April 3, 2017

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Vol XXVII No. 117

Subsidised LPG price hiked, ATF price cut NEW DELHI, APR 2 (AGENCIES): Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price has been cut by over 5 per cent, reversing a twomonth rising trend, while rates of subsidised LPG were hiked by Rs 5.57 per cylinder. Also, the rate of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) has been cut

by Rs 14.50 per cylinder in line with international trends. Price of jet fuel or ATF was cut by Rs 2,811.38 per kilolitre, or 5.1 per cent, to Rs 51,428 per kl with effect from April 1, oil companies said. Simultaneously, price of non-subsidised LPG, bought by those who have either given up their subsidies or exhausted the quota of 12 bottles of 14.2-kg in a year at below market price, was cut to Rs 723 per 14.2-kg cylinder from Rs 737.50.

Oil firms, however, raised price of subsidised cooking gas by Rs 5.57 to Rs 440.5 per 14.2-kg cylinder. This hike came as the state-owned oil firms on previous two occasions -- February 1 and March 1 -- did not effect any significant raise in prices in view of assembly elections in states like Uttar Pradesh.

DC Longleng issue resolved, says PPC D I M A P U R , A pr 2 (NPN): Phom People’s Council (PPC) has asked JCC to respect the decision of Phom people as the issue on suspension of DC Longleng has been amicably resolved in the presence of Phom leader and Yachem village on February 6, 2017. In this regard, PPC president Chingan Phom advised JCC “not to have any confusion or doubt relating to this matter in order to have better coordination in the days to come”.

Further, the Phom People’s Council urged the state government to conduct an impartial judicial inquiry at the earliest.

Landslide along NH-202: PWD (NH)

DIMAPUR, APR 2 (NPN): Executive engineer PWD (National Highways) Tuensang has advised the commuters to avoid the road between Chendang Saddle and Yakore on NH-155 (202New) as it has been blocked due to rockfall/ landslide at location138.800. The executive engineer informed that it would take some days to restore the road.

This is it!

“SM Krishna had no issue for 49 years in the Congress. Now after joining BJP it has become a dynastic party.”

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DIMAPUR, monday, april 3, 2017 Pages 12 ` 4.00

RBI Governor Urjit Patel gets big pay hike

Sindhu wins maiden India Open title

Colombia landslide death toll rises to 234: Red Cross

business, Page 8

sports, Page 12

international, Page 9

State unmoved by PILs on illegal appts SC rules all govt appointments to be advertised

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, APR 2 (NPN): Despite Public Interest Litigations (PILs) being filed against backdoor appointments by ACAUT and Chakhesang Students’ Union, a senior lawyer who spoke to this newspaper, pointed out that the state government had failed to take remedial measures to keep check on such illegal appointments.

The lawyer cited a Supreme Court ruling which was also widely published earlier, that “any appointment to a government job made without the post being advertised in the media violates Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.”

There is no room for back-door entry in public employment and temporary employees have no vested right to be regularised contrary to the scheme of merit and constitutional provisions, the Supreme Court stated.

A Bench consisting of

Justices G.P. Mathur and Dalveer Bhandari held that the High Courts could not issue directions to regularise the services of temporary or ad hoc employees in the absence of any existing vacancies.

Cautioning the High Courts, the Bench said: “It would be improper for the courts to give directions for regularisation of services of the person who is working either as daily-wager, ad hoc employee, probationer, temporary or contractual employee, not appointed following the procedure laid down under Articles 14 (equality before law), 16 (equality of opportunity in matters of public employment) and 309 (recruitment and conditions of service of persons serving the Union or a State) of the Constitution. In our constitutional scheme, there is no room for back door entry in the matter of public employment.’’

The Bench said: “The Union, the States, their departments and instrumentalities have resorted to irregular appointments, especially in the lower rungs of the service, without reference to the duty to ensure a proper

appointment procedure and to permit these irregular appointees or those appointed on contract or on daily wages, to continue year after year, thus, keeping out those who are qualified to apply for the post concerned and depriving them of an opportunity to compete for the post.’’

Writing the judgment for the Bench, Justice Bhandari said: “It is clear that adherence to the rule of equality in public employment is a basic feature of our Constitution and since the rule of law is the core of our Constitution, a court would certainly be disabled from passing an order upholding a violation of Article 14 or in ordering the overlooking of the need to comply with the requirements of Article 14 read with Article 16 of the Constitution. A regular appointment to a post under the State or Union cannot be made without issuing advertisement and inviting applications from eligible candidates.’’

It said that for any public appointment, a notice must be published in the appropriate manner calling for applications, and all the applicants must be considered fairly.

“Even if the names of the candidates are requisitioned from the employment exchange”, the employer must “invite applications from all eligible candidates from the open market by advertising the vacancies in newspapers having wide circulation or by announcement in radio and television”, the court said.

“If any appointment is made by merely inviting names from the employment exchange or putting a note on the notice board, etc, that will not meet the requirement of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.

Such a course… deprives the candidates who are eligible for the post from being considered.”

In another ruling, the apex court upheld a Bihar government appeal against a High Court bench quashing the dismissal of an illegally appointed police constable.

The constable had pleaded that he should be allowed to continue in the job because he had already served the police for 16 years. The bench of Justices T.S. Thakur and A.K. Goel rejected the argument.

NPCC demands sacking of T.R. Zeliang and Y. Patton

DIMAPUR, APR 2 (NPN): N agaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has demanded the removal of advisor (finance) and former chief minister T.R. Zeliang for adding Rs.463.52 crore to the deficit during his tenure as chief minister during 2016-17 and home minister Y. Patton for backdoor appointment of more than 2000 in the police department from 2014 to 2017.

NPCC media cell has held T.R. Zeliang responsible for creating a further deficit of Rs.463.52 core and shooting up the overall deficit to a whopping Rs.1657.87 crore in 201617. NPCC said though the total budget for 2016-17 was Rs.13,658.75 crore, it had little impact since T.R. Zeliang as chief minister in –charge of finance had added a huge deficit of Rs.463.52 crore during the last financial year 2016-17.

NPCC also took strong exception to the continuance of T.R. Zeliang as finance advisor and presiding over the finance department and therefore demanded that the DAN-III government bring (Cont’d on p-8) out a white paper on how

Rs.463.52crore was added to create a huge deficit of Rs.1657.87 crore. NPCC demanded that T.R. Zeliang be removed from the post of Advisor Finance for “creating havoc with state finances.”

Meanwhile, a senior Congress leader challenged the government to bring out the white paper and make it known to the people as to how such a huge deficit was accrued within a year. He also demanded that the government specifically point out which department(s) was sanctioned the ‘additionality grants’ for the year 2016-17.

F u r t h e r, N P C C charged home minister Y. Patton for unauthorised appointment through backdoor of more than 2000 to the police department after he took over the department in 2014.

It criticised Patton for “defending backdoor appointments” in the police department by “taking shelter under the 2010 P&AR memorandum” which excluded the police department (from open advertisements) and then shifting

blame on SPs and Commandants for appointments of constables.

NPCC maintained that SPs and Commandants could not have made the unauthorised appointments without the “blessings of higher ups”. Further it said that the home minister knew that there were more than 1600 excess appointments in the police department when he took charge but instead appointed more than 2000 unauthorised personnel to the department under one pretext of the other.

NPCC reiterated, that no amount of explanation or justification “will wash away the illegal actions of the home minister and for which, NPCC out rightly demands his removal from the cabinet.”

Response to CMO

NPCC has hit out at the media cell in the CMO, for its claim that chief minister Dr.Shürhozelie had made supreme sacrifice in 1999 by contesting for the Lok Sabha as an independent “ to salvage and regain the frozen party symbol (Cock).

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India to get over 9L tamperSH demands upgradation NTC asks CM to clarify on proof EVMs before 2019 Aug 3 Framework Agreement of Polytechnic institute

NEW DELHI/ HYDERABAD, APR 2 (IANS/PTI/ AGENCIES): The Election Commission will replace over nine lakh Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with advanced M3 machines before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the government has informed Parliament.

These machines will become inoperable the moment someone attempts to tamper with them. The new EVMs are likely to be introduced by the end of 2018.

The move comes in the wake of allegations of EVM-tampering by several political leaders in the February-March assembly polls.

While the M3 EVMs are technologically advanced, there is no operational difference between these and other EVMs and they do not affect booth-management system, Minister of State for Law and Justice P.P. Chaud-

hary told the Lok Sabha in a written reply earlier this week.

The minister said the Election Commission has decided to replace 9,30,430 EVMs purchased before 2006 in a phased manner before the General Election and simultaneous assembly polls in 2019.

Listing the features of the new M3 EVMs, the Minister said it has a Public Key Interface (PKI)-based mutual authentication between various EVM units for identifying a genuine unit, of authorised manufacturer, in the field to ensure that only genuine EVMs can be used for communication within the network.

“Its design ensures that the EVMs become inoperable the moment an attempt is made to physically open the EVMs,” the Minister said. (Full report on p-5)

DIMAPUR, APR 2 (NPN): Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has drawn attention on the statement made by Nagaland chief minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsü at the recent Kohima Division NPF Convention wherein he had purportedly reiterated that “the NPF supports the August 3rd, 2015 ‘Framework Agreement’ between the Government of India (GoI) and NSCN (I-M).”

N TC M e d i a C e l l pointed out that the chief minister is not only the leader of a prominent political party but also the leader of the state and therefore, has “immense responsibility and accountability to the people of Nagaland in particular”.

NTC said since the chief minister of the state was “so confident in ex-

pressing such unconditional support to an exclusive agreement between Government of India and NSCN (I-M)” it was made to believe that the “state leadership” knows about the contents of the agreement and therefore, urged the state leadership “ to divulge the contents of the agreement for the people of Nagaland to know and understand”.

NTC demanded that the state leadership first satisfy the stakeholders before lending support to such an important deal.

Further, Nagaland Tribes Council reminded that the Framework Agreement, which was signed two years ago, is an exclusive accord between the Central government and NSCN (I-M) but where major stakeholders were

not taken on board.

While lauding the state leadership for saying that “this does not mean that the party supports one political group,” the tribes council however questioned the state leadership as to what is the mechanism to include other NNPGs and stakeholders in the already signed agreement?

NTC has therefore made its stand clear that any ag reement in the Framework would be “an imposition, since the major stakeholders were not taken into confidence prior to finalisation of the said agreement.”

N a g a l a n d Tr i b e s Council said under the present “unpalatable situation” the state leadership owed an answer lest anything went wrong to the future of Nagaland.

DIMAPUR, APR 2 (NPN): Sumi Hoho (SH) on Sunday has renewed its demand on upgradation of Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu to degree level civil engineering college, the oldest polytechnic institute in the state, established in 1972.

In this regard, SH in an open memorandum urged upon chief minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu to implement the December 17, 2007 cabinet decision of to upgrade the institute to engineering college.

According to Sumi Hoho president Toniho Yepthomi and general secretary Vihuto Asumi, even after a decade the cabinet had failed to implement its decision.

The hoho also alleged that despite repeated appeals, the assurance of the officials had been only a lip

service and instead of upgrading the college, some departments have been shifted “elsewhere”.

Therefore, the hoho viewed that once the college is upgraded it would benefit the entire state as the institute was located at the centre of Nagaland.

The hoho also stated that location of the institute was congenial with enough area for operation and expansion in future.

In this regard, the Sumi Hoho has appealed to the chief minister to take up necessary action at the earliest.

In 2016, Nagaland BJP unit had also submitted a memorandum to Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar urging him to upgrade Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu, to Engineering college.

Govt proposes new RTI draft rules; seeks opinion Now, arms licence seekers head to NE NEW DELHI, APR 2 (AGENCIES): The government has proposed a new set of rules for processing Right to Information applications, complaints and appeals and has sought suggestions from the public by April 15.

The proposed rules, aimed at replacing RTI rules of 2012, have been placed by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on its website for comments from public.

“The time given is too less. There is no official press release in this regard as well.

How will people know that something like is placed on website for them to give opinion,” RTI activist Commodore (Retd) Lokesh Batra told PTI. A major proposal now allows the Central Information Commission (CIC) to convert a complaint into second appeal which would mean it can order the disclosure of information to an ap-

plicant who has come under complaint clause of the RTI Act which was not the case earlier.

“The Commission may in its discretion allow a prayer for any amendment of a complaint during the course of its hearing, including conversion of the complaint into second appeal, if available remedies have been exhausted, on a prayer made by the complainant,” the draft rules state.

The Supreme Court had held in one of its orders that Section 18 of the RTI Act provides for complaint while Section 19 of the RTI Act provides mechanism of second appeal.

It had said that the CIC while hearing a plea under complaint clause cannot order disclosure of the information which can only be provided if the person is approaching it under second appeal or section 19 of the Act.

Another provision says that the proceedings before the Commission will abate in case of death of the appellant.

The new draft rules also allow the Commission to use its discretion for allowing withdrawal of appeal or a complaint if appellant requests but such requests cannot be entertained once the matter has been decided by it.

Some RTI activists have objected to such suggestions by the government in the past saying information seekers may be coerced by people with vested interests and may even be killed as the information against them cannot be ordered to be disclosed in such cases.

The rules also introduce provisions like providing a copy of complaint and appeal to the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) before approaching the CIC. A proof in this regard

will also be submitted to the Commission along with the complaint or appeal.

The applicants will have to declare that the matter submitted by them before the Commission has not been decided or pending before the Commission or any court.

The applicants can now file complaints within 135 days of filing the RTI application only. Any delay in filing the complaint will have to be accompanied with the request for condonation of delay.

If the RTI applicant does not know the name and address of the CPIO or the First Appellate authority in a government department, he will have to provide a copy of his complaint to the department before approaching the Commission.

The new proposed process asks the Commission to get replies from the CPIO within a specified time before issuing notices to them.

SASARAM, APR 2 (AGENCIES): As obtaining arms licences in Bihar is a tough ask, people from the state are procuring the same from North Eastern (NE) states, especially Nagaland, with the help of their agents, sources said.

“One can obtain arms licence from North Eastern states within one month of submission of application.

It’s a hassle-free exercise in North Eastern parts of the country. People from Rohtas, Kaimur, Bhojpur and Buxar districts are making a beeline for these states, especially Nagaland, to obtain arms licences,” sources said.

“Around 3,000 applications for arms licences are pending in these four districts. People here treat weapon as their status symbol. When they fail to get one from their native district, they use agents to

procure the licence from north-eastern states,” said a source, adding such people show themselves as temporary residents of the states where they submit the application.

Rohtas arms magistrate Sanjay Kumar said several people have approached the department concerned in the recent past for entry of the details of arms which they managed to purchase on the basis of licence issued from Nagaland. “We verify the licences from the issuing districts and seek residential certificates.

Police verification is also done before the request is accepted,” said Kumar.

Buxar arms magistrate Anupma Singh too confirmed having received such requests. “We are getting applications from people who have got arms licences from Nagaland,” she said.

Many people, who have managed to procure arms licences from Nagaland through agents, said tedious processes in Bihar forced them to shift to north-eastern states.

“I got the licence within one month of submitting the application. I showed myself as the temporary resident of Dimapur in Nagaland,” said one of the licence holders, adding Nagaland issues national permit for arms.

In December 2014, the Delhi High Court sought responses from the Centre and the city government on a PIL alleging that criminals and anti-social elements across the country are possessing as well as using firearms issued on “fake” licences in North Eastern states. The Court asked Centre and Delhi government to “seek instructions” on the issues raised in PIL by an NGO. K Y M C

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Phom Monyiü celebrated in Longleng

(Inset): C. Apok Jamir delivering speech. Cultural troupe of Changlangshu presenting traditional dance.

DIMAPUR: Phom Monyiü—the premier festival of the Phom Nagas—was celebrated with much splendour on April 1 at Tourism Village Pongo, Longleng with parliamentary secretary for Tourism, C Apok Jamir as the chief guest.

According to a press release by Phom Monyiu Committee chairman,

L. Yingsham Phom, the chief guest wished the entire Phom community on the special occasion.

Apok termed Phom Monyiü as a rich cultural festival involving many traditional and ritualistic events.

Delivering significance of Phom Monyiü, headmaster Phom Lempong School

headmaster, Chingdam Phom, said that the festival was a time of love, sharing and invoking blessings where the family members and relatives come together to show their love and affection for one another.

He said the festival was a time of invoking blessings to the Almighty for the bountiful harvest of the

crops after they have been successfully sown.

The cultural troupe of the Changlangshu Village of Mon district brought much colour to the festival through their cultural presentation. The Konangla Society Pongo also presented a folk song. The festival was attended by hundreds of people along with the neighbouring villages from Ao and Konyak.

The festival kicked off with the invocation by Pastor N. Tongshaü and welcome address by Khangyong GB, Pongo; short speeches were delivered by president PSC, Hongkam, EAC Sakshi Hqs Er. Kevingoto Kunlu and president PPC, Chingan Phom. The chairman, Phom Monyu Committee L. Yingsham Phom thanked all the dignitaries and the public gathered for the valuable presence. The programme came to an end with benediction by Pastor L. T. Monglong.

TPO refutes 15 Assam Rifles statement DIMAPUR: Reacting to the news item, “15 AR nab two NSCN (k) members” published on March 23, Thang Public Organisation (TPO) has claimed that the two persons nabbed does not belong to Naga Political Group.

A press note by TPO vice president, B. Shen and general secretary, T. Penglang stated that the two persons nabbed on March 23 at Kusong village and Noklak village were not from NSCN (K) or any Naga political groups but mere public.

It also stated that the two arrested were “mentally” disoriented and do not have any relation with any faction of NPGs. TPO has strongly refuted the imperfect statement made by the Assam Rifles and urged them not to tag any mere public with undergrounds which would only create panic in the minds of general public.

Clarification to MVYYA’s notice PGS holds 36th parting social

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, APR 2 (NPN): Following the Model Village Yorübami Youth Association (MVYYA) summon notice in connection with the March 3 incident, Hokuto Zhimomi has clarified that the allegations levelled against him in the notice were “baseless and far from the truth.”

MVYYA had on April 1 issued a summon notice to Hokuto to present himself at Yorüba village on April 4, 12 noon. In his clarification to the media on Sunday, Hokuto while narrating the sequence of events claimed he was not a party in the land dispute between two

individuals but was present at the incident site on invitation as a mediator. He, however, admitted that scuffle broke out between the two parties on March 3.

He termed the summon notice as “disheartening”, saying “summoning an individual from another tribe, a renowned person and public leader, to one’s native village without reason and knowledge of ground reality was lawlessness and unheard of in Naga customary law.”

Maintaining that levelling false allegations against him in the media was a “crime”, Hokuto said the same notice should have been endorsed to Sumi

Council Dimapur, where he was a bonafide member, for amicable settlement. He opined that since the issue was regarding land dispute in Dimapur, the issue could have been taken up with the appropriate authorities or resolved through respective tribal hohos. Hokuto also expressed displeasure over the photograph used in the summon notice, where he was seen wearing the a political party symbol, adding it was questionable and defamatory. Further, Hokuto accused the “perpetrators” of manipulating and spreading false propaganda in the media to tarnish his image which, he said, amount to character assassination.

NSCN (I-M) condemns AR’s action

DIMAPUR: NSCN (I-M) while condemning the “unscrupulous action” of 32 Assam Rifles said, when Nagas were expecting final and peaceful solution from the prolong peace negotiation between India and Nagas represented by NSCN, the frequent raids, arresting and targeting national workers by the “notorious” Indian armed forces/agencies undermines the ceasefire ground rules and the peace talks.

A press statement by NSCN (I-M) MIP said that it has taken “serious note” of the unwarranted raid and arrest of its senior leader Zaremo Murry, steering executive member along with his wife, Easter Murry and a female helper, Boihe Konyak from their residence at Burma camp on April 1 at 4 p.m. by 32 Assam Rifles.

MIP said Zaremo was falsely accused of being a member of Khaplang group and was forcibly made to sign as a worker of

NSCN (K). It clarified that Zaremo joined NSCN (I-M) in 2016 after discharging himself from NSCN (R).

Condemning the action, NSCN (I-M) termed it as “undesirable and detrimental” to the prevailing peaceful atmosphere. It said the long awaited solution should not be relegated to the backburner due to such un-minded action of Indian armed forces.

NSCN (I-M) also stated that arresting of two innocent women civilians without any rhyme and reason was tantamount to violation of human rights and that such action was highly condemnable and have no place in a civilised society.

NSCN (I-M) has also asked government of India to immediately control its armed cadres to behave and adhere to the agreed ceasefire ground rules and that the arrested senior leader along the two women should be released unconditionally.

DIMAPUR: Phek Government College (PGC) held its 36th parting social on March 30, at the college auditorium.

Speaking on the occasion, PGC principal, Dr. Katoni Jakhalu encouraged the students to believe in themselves. Observing the dexterity of the students, the principal also emboldened to further use their various skills which might someday be a source of their livelihood.

PGC, vice principal Besengulie Venuh, released the college annual magazine, “Illumine Excellence”. He also lauded the editorial board for their tireless efforts in bringing out their excellent magazine during the course of

the function.

Meanwhile, skill development club also organised an exhibition cum sales day on the same day where handicrafts, traditional woven goods, knitted items etc by the students are showcased and sold to raise fund for the club.

The programme was chaired by PGC assistant professor, English department Keviriebeinuo Kehie, invocation prayer was pronounced by PGC department of chemistry assistant professor Dr. Atoholi, later vote of thanks was delivered by Dzeisekholie Keditsu, B.A 6th Semester and benediction was pronounced by PGC HOD, department of education Vevolu Khamo.

Interactive session on ‘competitive exams and career planning’ DIMAPUR: Interactive session on “competitive exams and career planning” was held at C-Edge College on March 30 under the Edge Study Circle Unit of the College. A team of young administrative officers led by SDO Civil, Dimapur, Moa Sangtam along with Ajit Ranjan, Vishal Chauhan, Dr C. Zupeni Tsanglai, Yithachu Thur and Imliwapang Aier were the resource persons. The resource persons shared their experiences and the strategies that helped them to crack the competitive exams. They stressed on the need to identify one’s passion and abilities in choosing a career and highlighted that positive strong will, perseverance and hard work were the key ingredients to achieve one’s goal. Students and alumni of the college, representatives of Showuba Students’ Union and Naga United Students’ Union attended the programme.

Principal, Dr Chubatola Aier expressed happiness for the noble initiative from the young officers. Assistant Professor, Limongi Khuvung was the moderator.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur monday, april 3, 2017

news in brief GPRN/NSCN informs: GPRN/ NSCN home secretary has convened an emergency meeting for all regional administrative officer and region secretary on April 5 at 10 a.m. at Council Headquarters. All have been directed to attend the meeting.

from the date of appointment in the officially approved 2015 graduated teachers seniority list has been convened on April 6 at 10 a.m. at LCS Building near Ao Church (Main Town) Kohima to discuss an urgent legal matter pertaining of GTs seniority. All the concerned recently promoted AHM/JEO/AEO/ GTs have been directed to attend the meeting mandatorily. For further information one has been asked to contact at 8014889277, 9436650749 and 9615149796.

PVC annual council meeting: Phek Village Council (PVC) has convened its annual council meeting on April 20 at 9 a.m. at Phek Village Panchayat Hall.

PVC has requested five representatives from each khel/unit/frontal bodies to attend the meeting.

Corrigendum: Apropos the photo capAHM/JEO/AEO/GTs emergency tion published on March 30, Ao Baptist meeting: Emergency meeting of re- Church youth should read as Kingdom cently promoted AHM/JEO/AEO/ Culture Project and not as published.

GTs whose seniority had been counted Inadvertent error is regretted.

ABAM observes Children’s Sunday

DIMAPUR: Ao Baptist Churches under the aegis of Ao Baptist Church Association (ABAM) observed “Children’s Sunday” under the theme, “Revive us in the word of God” (2; Chronicles 4:17 on April 2.

A press note by ABAM literature and education ministry stated that on realizing

the impending judgement of God, all parents and children has been urged to wake from spiritual complacency and to revive in God’s word.

ABAM hoped that there would be proper education from parents in all aspects of life so that children may have a prosperous life in future.

Sazolie College conducts 4th annual lecture on job opportunities

Rev. Dr. Mazie Nakhro speaking to faculty and students of Sazolie College.

DIMAPUR: Sazolie College, Jotsoma organised its 4th annual lecture on March 31, wherein Rev. Dr. Mazie Nakhro, director, Mission Facilitators, Texas, USA, spoke on the topic: “Finding Job Opportunities in the Private Sector: Be Your Own Boss”.

Stressing on the prevailing situation in the state, Dr. Nakhro lamented that leaders and elders, unlike in developed countries, were not doing enough to create opportunities for the younger generation. Instead, at present, he said the older generation was “eating the food” of the younger ones and the younger ones are not doing anything about it.

He opined that the older generation should take the responsibility of laying a good and strong foundation so that young

people could stand on their shoulders and progress in all areas. If Nagas can seek God and strive sincerely, he was optimistic that Nagas can reach the top in just two generations.

For creating more opportunities, Dr. Nakhro said that more investment should be made in the private sector instead of creating more government jobs without improving the work quality. He stated that distribution and devolution of power, instead of concentration of power in a few individuals, and privatisation instead of nationalisation are necessary for creating more opportunities. Creation of small businesses was also vital because it could be seen that they are the engines of economic activity in advanced countries, he added.

Dr. Nakhro urged the

students to wake up, strive and be more assertive, and also to rebel in the right manner. Instead of going with the flow and being complacent, he asked them to be more passionate in what they do and believe.

There are thousands of professions and within one profession there are in turn many job opportunities, so the focus should be on diversifying and creating more opportunities, he opined. Dr. Nakhro also discussed at length the various questions raised by the students.

The programme was chaired by Neikepelie Shunyu, assistant professor, English, Nzan Kikon, chaplain, invoked God’s presence, Dr Kangzangding Thou, principal, gave the introduction and Toshinaro Imchen, assistant professor, English, presented a special number.

It may be mentioned that Dr. Nakhro is an ordained minister of the Angami Baptist Church Council. He holds several degrees both secular and theological, including a Ph. D from Dallas Theological Seminary, Texas. Sazolie College Annual Lecture started in 2013 with a view to broaden the outlook and worldview, and enhance the perspective of the students’ community.

KVKs, ATMAs conduct various trainings for farmers

(L-R): Participants of KVK training cum demonstration in Dimapur. KVK Longleng fourth SAC in progress. Participants of ATMA training at Khar.

DIMAPUR: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Dimapur ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Medziphema, Nagaland conducted training cum demonstration on “soil health management” for the tribal farmers of the district.

The training was conducted to address the soil productivity related constraints on soil acidity and related fertility constraints, water logging in valley lands, loss of top fertile soil through run-off water, scarcity of water during lean season, low use of fertilizers and its low efficiency, low rate of improved agricultural practices, limiting soil depth etc.

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ers attended the training programme covering four villages viz. Dhansiripar, Ekhyo Yan, Diphupar and Seluophe village in the month of February and March 2017.

Inputs such as agriculture lime, vermicompost, plant protection chemicals and improved maize seeds were distributed during the training programme.

LONGLENG: Fourth scientific advisory committee (SAC) of ICAR, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Longleng was conducted on March 28, at Deputy Commissioner (DC) conference hall with agri. and allied departments; agriculture, horticulture, sericulture, irrigation and flood control, ATMA, land

resource and progressive farmers with SDO (civil) Longleng, Japhet Woch as chief guest.

At the training programme, Japhet stressed on multidisciplinary approach by all the agri and allied departments of the district to bring visible changes to the farmers. He also emphasized to do monitoring of schemes and programmes after implementing it.

Japhet encouraged the farmers to work with a vision and shared ideas on livelihood improvement through food processing and preservation and encouraged the womenfolk to take interest in household preservation.

The programme was chaired by SMS (plant

protection) E. Lireni Kikon with the briefing on SAC meeting. Progress report of KVK Longleng for the year (2016-2017) was presented

by Dr. K. L Meena, senior scientist and head and the action plan for the year 2017-2018 was presented

by SMS (Agronomy), Dr. Manoj Kumar, followed by interaction with the heads and representatives from different agri. and allied departments as well as progressive farmers.

During the programme, members unanimously resolved to organise scientific cultivation on large cardamom as it is one of the most important crop of Longleng district. Welcome address was delivered by SMS (Horticulture)

K .Lily Rangnamei and vote of thanks by PA (H/S) Thungchano S Ezung. Altogether 26 members attended the meeting.

KOHIMA: One day training programme on mushroom cultivation was conducted at DAO’s conference hall, Kohima, sponsored by ICAR, Jharnapani, Dimapur and organised by KVK Kohima with K. Michael Pienyii, scientist (plant protection) as the main resource person and DAO Kohima Vizonyii Lieziestu as the special guest.

In the keynote address, Vizonyii Lieziestu talked about the benefits of mushroom cultivation keeping in view the nutritional and medicinal aspects of mush-

room. He also apprised the trainees about the various indigenous species which could easily be cultivated.

In the technical session, K. Michael Pienyii, gave presentation on scientific methods of mushroom cultivation in detail. He encouraged the Trainees to take up mushroom cultivation (preferably organic) as it could become a subsidiary source of income.

Hands-on demonstration was done for easy learning and the trainees also participated actively with the request to conduct more such trainings as it is beneficial to the entire society. A total number of 48 trainees from different SHGs of Kohima attended the programme.

The programme was

chaired by scientist (soil conservation) Zhiete and concluded with distribution of mushroom spawns and sprayers.

WOKHA: Training cum demonstration and management of potential fruit crops was held at LBES Mission Centre, Vankhosung from March 30-31. The training was a part of the five days prog ramme organised by KVK, Wokha, with Subject Matter Specialist from KVK Mhalo and Megokhono as resource persons.

The resource persons spoke on raising and maintenance of fruits orchards, nursery plantations, nurture and maintenance through proper use of tools, manure treatment, spacing between saplings plantation, management, labour cost, etc.

They also spoke on farming fr uit crops as source of nutritional food, economic income and sustenance, identification of feasible areas, climate and environment for profitable harvest, consumer relations, availability of stockists for produced goods, transportation and market avenues to sell their produce etc. The participants were enlightened on the

harmful effects caused by unsupervised use of chemicals such as pesticides, insecticides and other agro related chemicals.

Practical training was also imparted on flower maintenance, soap making and mushroom cultivation in the programme. Free vegetables and mushroom seeds were also distributed in the programme.

M A N G KO L E M BA: Agricultural Technology and Management Agency (ATMA) Mangkolemba block conducted field day programme on study of importance and method of contour bunding at Waromong village on March 28 with SDAO & BTT Convener ATMA, Mangkolemba, Imkongtemsu as resource person.

In the programme, farmers’ group mobilization programme with seed money distribution to the groups was also carried out. Demonstration on cultivation of large cardamom was conducted at Khar, Yimjenkimong and Molungkimong villages on March 28-29 respectively. Altogether108 farmers were benefitted through programmes.

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WEATHER FORECAST April 3

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Guwahati Some sun with a heavy t-storm 28 18 Imphal

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(L-R): First two drops of polio being administered at Dimapur, Nagaland Police Referral Hospital, Mokokchung, Tuensang during second round of IPPI. DIMAPUR: Nagaland, along with other states in India on Sunday has launched second round of Intensive Pulse Polio Immunisation (IPPI) for the year 2017 by administering the first two drops of polio to eligible children from 0-5 years throughout the state.

Dimapur District Department of Health & Family Welfare conducted the second round of IPPI Polio which was launched

by Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi, by administering the first two drops of polio.

DPO RCH/UIP, Dr. Lanuakum, informed that during the first round of IPPI 2017, the coverage was 101 %. He attributed the success of Polio Sunday not only to the hard work of the health workers, but also due to the co-operation and active participation of the allied departments such as

the administration, social welfare department, Assam Rifles, para militaries, all the community leaders, NGOs, and volunteers who have been tirelessly contributing and supporting the medical department over the years.

The brief launching function was attended by officials & staff under CMO office and staff under Medical Superintendent, District Hospital Dimapur.

KOHIMA: During the launching programme, CMO Kohima, Dr. Avino Metha, stated that IPPI has been a regular activity with a goal to eradicate polio in the country. The country would be free from polio with collective support from the citizen, she said.

In Kohima district, as population 270063, target of 37808 children of five years and below were to avail polio drops. Two Mobile Polio teams on

IPPI would be visiting four transit points especially bus stations and taxi stands in the district for the next two days.

NPRH: Nagaland Police Referral Hospital (NPRH) conducted 2nd phase of Intensive Pulse Polio Immunization at NPRH Chumukedima.

DIG training and border K Martin Pienyu graced the programme and administered the first polio drops.

MOKOKCHUNG: Second round of IPPI of Mokokchung district was conducted at Imlong place wherein assistant commissioner M. Chaitanya Prasad as the chief guest administered the first polio drops.

He encouraged the health workers to give the best and every effort for a free polio zone.

DPO, RCH&UIP, Dr. Temsuyanger chaired the

programme and also gave a short introduction about IPPI. The programme started with invocation

by Pastor Bendang Longkumer.

It has been informed that informed that house to house visit for those missed out would be carried out on April 3 and 4. Altogether there are 209 polio booths. The programme was attended by Dr. S.S. Akaba Longchar CMO, Red Cross, UNDP, Rotary Club, etc.

TUENSANG: Tuensang District Health Society conducted the second round of pulse polio at Urban Sub-Centre of Chief Medical Officer.

The first two drops was administered by CMO Tuensang, Dr. T. Pangjung Sangtam in the presence of DPO, RCH & UIP, Dr. Temsu Longchar and staff.

The invocation was said by nursing sister in-

charge, S Alemla. The department mobilised 1,250 vaccinators, 46 supervisors in all the eight blocks of the district to cover over 27,552 estimated children below 5 years. There are 267 polio booths and 534 house to house teams.

WOKHA: Second round of IPPI was conducted at Wokha District wherein external observer deputy director, Health & Family We l f a r e Ko h i m a , D r.

Khriesi Sachu, visited the district and monitored the urban polio booths.

Altogether 197 polio booths, 5 transit teams, 1 mobile team were set up to ensure that all 0-5 year children population receives polio drops in the district. Monitoring and supervision were carried out in all the booths by the supervisors and house to house visit to be conducted on April 3-4 both at the urban and rural areas.

Deputy director Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Khriesi, administering polio drops in Wokha.

Leo Club of Dimapur administered polio drops to children during the second phase of Intensive Pulse Polio Immunization at Plaza Point on April 2.

DLSAs organise training for PL, PLVs in Kiphire, Mon PBCK ‘family evangelistic camp’ ends

DLSA Kiphire members and trainees after training for PL and PLVs. DIMAPUR: District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Kiphire and Mon in collaboration with Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) organised training for Panel Lawyers (PL) and Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) respectively.

Kiphire DLSA conducted the orientation training programme on March 30, at DC conference hall, Kiphire with the concept to equip the PL and PLVs with the basic knowledge of the laws and ideas about the relevant legislations and welfare scheme for assisting the legal aid seeker. The training stressed more on practical aspect for securing and achieving the greater goal of access of justice for all.

Addressing the introductory speech, Sessions Judge & Chairman of Kiphire DLSA, Mayang Lima, stated that legal aid clinic could not be open, till

date, in the Kiphire district “because of reasons beyond control” but appreciated the efforts put up by the PLVs of Kiphire district. He said the aims of legal services was to secure access to justice for all and therefore PLVs should be trained with basic laws by participating in such orientation training so that they could assist and guide the common man with the basic constitutional guaranteed and assurance enshrined in the Constitution of India.

Mayang further stated that lawyers cannot move around and therefore PLVs serve as a bridge to fill the gap between the grassroot level and legal institution.

He asked PLVs to work as network throughout the 11 districts front office t o p r ov i d e f r e e l e g a l assistance to the concerned beneficiaries or legal aid seeker.

Mayang requested the PLVs to live a life of dignity

so that the beneficiaries could approached them with confident in order to confide their problem.

He pointed out that PLVs should be well informed and aware about the basic laws and schemes so that they could serve efficiently.

Mayang further urged the PLVs to participate actively during training session and apprised the trainees about the next training session which would cover the challenges faced by the PLVs during their services and legal issues that were not clear to them.

In his address, SDO Kiphire, Benjamin, said although PLVs may not have legal background, they should know the basic legal knowledge and equip themselves through such training so that they could assist the common people seeking their assistance in a competent manner.

Re s o u r c e p e r s o n s from NSLSA and KDLSA,

Akumla Longchari, master trainer (PL), NSLSA, Tongpang L Jamir, master trainer (PL),NSLSA, L. Likhase Sangtam, retainer lawyer, Kiphire DLSA, Yi m t s u s a n g l a C h a n g , r e t a i n e r l aw ye r a n d Tuensang M. Glory Sema, Panel Lawyer, NSLSA also briefed the trainees on various topics. The programme was chaired by assistant public prosecutor, K i p h i r e, S e n t i l a A i e r.

Altogether 35 participants along with resource persons attended the programme.

MON: One day orientation training programme of PLVs and PL was organised

by NSLSA in Mon in collaboration with Mon DLSA. The training was organised to sensitise the P LV s o n va r i o u s n ew rules and legislations and to introduce them to the “training manual for legal services lawyers” covering legal topics within legal services domain as well as practical aspects to serve as a guide for PL and PLVs. The orientation training covered various topics such as Do’s & Don’ts of PLV, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims/Cases and role of PLVs, consumer redressal techniques & forums, role of PLVs/panel lawyers, practical on writing petition/ complain/fir, role play on crimes against women/ children & role of PLV. Re s o u r c e p e r s o n s

were legal aid counsel & trainer, advocate Limathung Ezong, advocate Limasenla L o n g k u m e r, a dvo c a t e Cheliam Khiam and advocate Esther K Aye. District & Sessions Judge cum chairman of Mon DLSA, Nieko Kanuo, spoke on the challenges/ problems and way forward for PLV’s & panel lawyers.

He encouraged PLVs to put into practice what they have learnt in the training and to spread the message in their own locality and churches.

K a nu o s a i d w h i l e performing their duties, PLVs might face various situations but asked them not to be discouraged and resolve the issue as a team.

He also motivated the PLVs to work hard and to bring laurel to their district by working sincerely and serving the people of Mon district so that deserving beneficiaries get access to justice.

In the programme, we l c o m e a d d r e s s wa s delivered by district & sessions judge cum chairman of Mon DLSA Neiko Kanuo, “ice breaking session” was initiated by NSLSA, legal aid counsel & trainer adovate Cheliam Khiam. The programme was attended by 26 participants including Vito K Chishi, assistant public prosecutor, two PL of Mon DLSA, 18 PLVs and resource persons.

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KOHIMA, APR 1 (NPN): Two-day Poumai Baptist Church Kohima “family evangelistic camp” held under the theme “rooted and built in Him” at Poumai Baptist Church Midland Kohima concluded, Sunday.

On April 1, Mao Baptist Church Kohima, Pastor, Rev. K. Losii Mao, while speaking on the topic “physical and spiritual development” reminded the congregation to exhibit God’s in their daily life.

He also asked the congregation to read the word of God regularly and apply the same in their daily life.

On Sunday services, Senior Pastor Baptist Mission Church Kohima, Rev. Moa Longchari, said a Christian cannot bear fruit without being deeply rooted in God. Citing an example, he said no tree can bear fruit by hanging in the air likewise a Christian life was fruitless without connecting in God. He asked the congregation to cling to the word of God always and not only in times of troubles.

Rev. Moa also led the congregation in prayer of re-dedication and recommitment to stands for God at all time.

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by Th. Moses, H. Sosii and P.H. Shesou; local Pastor Rev. Thaongaolou Rosii delivered welcome

address and introduced the speakers while special songs were presented by women society and BYF.

ICAR organises 3-day training DLCC quarterly meeting in Kma

DIMAPUR: Three-day training on “diversified aquaculture practices for sustainable Nagaland” funded under TSP was organised by ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Medziphema, Nagaland from March 28-30.

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to maximize production per unit area. He also urged the farmer to adopt integrated farming system as an alternate means to sustain livelihood.

Scientist (Fisheries), Jyotish Barman gave an over view on possibility of adopting different fish farming practices suitable for Nagaland. He stressed on following scientific system of production depending on

the topography and climatic condition of the locality.

Courses related to polyculture, cage and p e n c u l t u r e, c o m m o n carp breeding, fish health management, integrated fish farming were covered during the three days course. Later, course completion certificate was distributed to the trainees by the joint director.

Altogether 25 participants attended the training.

the new DC, Kohima and new chairman of DLCC. Dr. Hotokhu expressed hope under the leadership of the new chairman, the project of making Kohima tobacco free would be a success.

He also informed that 12 schools were selected as “Tobacco Free Schools”. In his declaration, 39 schools are now tobacco free under Kohima district and hoped that all the schools under Kohima district would be tobacco free.

Activities of District Tobacco Control Cell Kohima of September to November 2016 was highlighted by Senior Dental Surgeon, District Nodal Officer, Kohima, Dr. Arenla Walling.

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Participants after training on ‘diversified aquaculture practices for sustainable Nagaland’.

DIMAPUR: District Level Coordination Committee (DLCC) quarterly meeting was held on March 31 at Deputy Commissioner (DC)’s Conference Hall.

T h e p r o g r a m m e wa s chaired by DC Kohima and new chairman of DLCC, Rajesh Soudararajan.

In his address, the DC urged the authorities to work diligently to make Kohima tobacco free. Rajesh said he would appeal to the district transport officer to issue an order to all the public transports to create smoke free awareness.

In the programme, joint director (DHFW, Kohima), State Nodal O f f i c e r ( N TC P ) , D r.

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IMPHAL, Apr 2: Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju Sunday said that Centre was committed to extend all possible assistances to the state government towards fulfilling aspirations of people of Manipur.

Rijiju, who attended the inauguration function of “Digi-Dhan Mela” at City Convention Centre in Imphal today, further said that the ‘Digital India’ campaign was an important component for transforming the country.

He urged the people to educate other members of the family about the digital payments or the technology know-how and the benefits of cashless transactions so as to develop a digital economy in the state.

Reminding the enormous potential of Manipur in the field of art and culture, sports and natural beauty, the union state minister said that government at the Centre was always ready to extend all possible assistances to the state government towards fulfilling the commitment given during the election time.

He also assured that the Central government would

do anything and everything to fulfill the aspirations of the people of Manipur.

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh who attended the function said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India have seen many transformations in various sectors.

“Manipur would not be left out in this transformation. However, to bring transformation and change it should begin from ourselves,” he added.

Singh stressed the need for creating awareness about the digital payments throughout the state so as to bring a digital revolution and free from corruption.

He said the digital mode of transaction would enable the people living in the remote areas of the state to be a part of the banking system. He also urged bank authorities to open more bank branches and micro ATMs in rural and far flung areas of the state, observing a poor banking facility in these areas of the state.

He said that the Centre has given approval for a100 bedded Cancer hospital at JNIMS and also a 60 bedded Mental hospital in the state. To have better healthcare services in the state, the

Union home ministry has also approved for mobile or helicopter ambulance services for the remote areas of the state.

The Centre has already sanctioned 150 crores for building of a women’s market in each hill districts of the state and for the installation of flood lights in the Hockey Stadium and Main Stadium at Khuman Lampak Multi-disciplinary Sport Complex.

Reiterating government’s appeal to shun any form of strike like bandh and blockade, the chief minister said that “door is always open for dialogue.”

He said that bandh and other form of similar strike not only hinder development but also made the common people suffer.

Manipur government organized the “Digi-Dhan Mela” in order to promote cashless transaction and spreading awareness about digital payments in the state.

The inaugural function was also attended by Union minister of state for railways Rajen Gohain, state deputy chief minister Y Joykumar Singh among others.

Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) MC Mary Kom also attended the function as special guest.

northeast Shillong to be connected with NE cities under UDAN S hill o n g , A p r 2 (Agencies): To augment air connectivity, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has decided to connect all small towns and cities of Northeast in this financial year and air fleet between Shillong and other cities of the region would be enhanced from August next.

Except Itanagar, Kohima and Gangtok all other northeastern capitals have already been connected by air and the important towns of the region like Silchar, Lilabari, Dimapur and several other district towns of Assam have got air link.

The UDAN has been launched to increase air traffic among small towns at much lower flying prices, the officials said adding that the scheme had already cut down on airfare.

According to report, Shillong airport will be wellconnected with neighbouring cities of Northeast by the end of the year under UDAN scheme and the airport will be connected with Agartala, Aizawl, Dimapur, Imphal and Silchar.

Air Deccan has been selected as the first bidder to operate from the Shillong airport. Every flight will have 50 per cent low-cost seats of Rs 2,500 per seat under the central scheme.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur monday, april 3, 2017

Mizoram becomes 27th state to join UDAY (AT&C) and transmission losses and interventions in energy efficiency during the period of turnaround, the statement said.

The reduction in AT&C losses to 15 per cent and transmission losses to 2.5 per cent is likely to fetch additional revenue of around Rs 166 crore to the state, it added.

“Demand side interventions in Uday such as usage of energy-efficient LED bulbs, agricultural pumps, fans and air-conditioners and efficient industrial equipment would help in reducing peak load,

flatten load curve and thus help in reducing energy consumption in the state.”

“The gain is expected to be around Rs 30 crore,” it said.

“The central government would also provide incentives to the state government for improving power infrastructure in the state and for further lowering the cost of power,” it added. According to the Centre, the scheme would also allow speedy availability of cheaper power to 22,007 households in the state that are still without electricity.

‘Igniting Christian Mind’ by Hopeson released

3 UKDA militants killed in encounter

New Delhi, Apr 2 (IANS): Mizoram has become the 27th state to join the central government’s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (Uday) debt restructuring scheme for states’ electricity distribution companies (discoms), an official statement said on Sunday.

“The government of India and the state of Mizoram signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the Uday scheme on March 31, 2017, for operational improvement of the state’s Power Distribution De-

partment,” a Union Power Ministry statement said here.

Under Uday, a state government agrees to take over 75 per cent debt of its distribution company.

The scheme provides for the balance debt to be repriced or issued as state guaranteed discom bonds at coupon rates around 3-4 per cent less than the average existing interest rate.

Mizoram would get an overall net benefit of around Rs 198 crore by way of cheaper funds, reduction in aggregate technical and commercial

Rev. Dr. V.K. Nuh releasing the book on Sunday.

D imapu r , A p r 2 (NPN): A book titled “Igniting Christian Mind” written by Liba Hopeson was released on April 2 by

Rev. Dr. V.K. Nuh at Poumai Baptist Church, Senapati. The book contains fifty two significant articles for Christians.

Member of kidnapping DUA warns LF govt against terminated teachers gang, UG worker arrested

30 houses damaged in Mizoram storm

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IMPHAL, Apr 2: Manipur police Sunday arrested a member of a gang involved in kidnapping people for ransom.

A non-local woman allegedly used by an underground outfit was also nabbed in separate operation in Imphal on Sunday.

Imphal West additional SP Dr S Ibomcha Singh said that the gang member allegedly involved in kidnapping people for ransom was nabbed during an operation at Taothong Ayungba Maning Leikai under Lamshang police station in Imphal West district.

He said that Chongtham Ibomcha Singh (43) of Taothong Ayungba Maning Leikai was detained by a police commando team who rushed to the area based on specific information on presence of some members of a gang in the area.

He alleged Ibomcha is a member of the gang working under the command of one Khangembam Raju Singh, self style finance incharge of KRA(U).

During spot interroga-

tion, Ibomcha admitted that a team of KRA(U) including himself and some others led

by Raju kidnapped Soibam Dhanabir Singh (70) kidnapped proprietor of SDS Brick Field of Lamdeng Khunou on February 16 last and demanded Rs two crore for his safe released.

The proprietor was rescued by the police on February 23 last from Samurou area of Imphal West district but the kidnappers managed to escape.

In another unrelated operation, a team of Imphal West police commandos arrested a non-Manipuri woman allegedly engaged in the transfer of extorted money of the PREPAK (POR). The arrested woman was identified as Geeta Sharma (39) daughter of (L) Chandra Prasad of Moreh Premnagar Part-2 Purana Bazar. She is presently staying in a rented house at Major Khul, Imphal. She has been working under one S/S Commander Ningthi of PREPAK (PRO) and transferred extorted money from Imphal to Moreh and Moreh to cadres at Imphal, the police alleged.

Aga rtala , A p r 2 (Agencies): The Deprived Unemployed Association (DUA) Sunday warned the Left Front government in Tripura to stop playing partisan role among the 7.5 lakh unemployed of the state in the name of extending special help to 10,323 teachers whose job was terminated by the Supreme Court last week because of illegal and unfair means of appointment.

DUA vice-president Anuja Biswas told media persons here that they had been fighting in High Court and Supreme Court for last seven years against gross irregularity and nepotism in the teachers’ appointment in several phases between 2010 and 2014 despite repeated directions from the courts.

She criticised all the political parties and lawyers for not supporting them till they won the case in High Court in May 2014.

While ruling CPI-M targeted 58 petitioners who had gone to court against the appointment, opposition Congress and Trinamool played politics with the emotion of the deprivation and lawyers earned money by fighting the case.

“No political leader and lawyer extended any financial help to us, rather they humiliate us for attempting to fight the case.

But after winning the case in High Court, the then president of BJP Nilmoni Deb had taken effort to introduce us with a top RSS leader in Delhi and requested him to help us in Supreme Court.

Accordingly, two advocates Bharat Kumar and Joydip Roy fought for us without any fees in apex court,” Biswas stated in the press conference.

She accused Chief Minister Manik Sarkar of his ‘inhuman behaviour’ when at least 10 times the deprived candidates had met him in regard to gross malpractices in the process of selection by the administration. Biswas and other office bearer of DUA vehemently criticised the statement of Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty and CPI-M State Secretary Bijan Dhar that the government and party would stand with the terminated teachers and the government would make alternative arrangement for their livelihood.

“According to HC and SC, these terminated teach-

Forced conversions wrong: Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama releasing Assamese translation his autobiography ‘My Land and My People’ as ‘Mor Desh aru Mor Manuh’. (PTI) Guwahati, Apr 2 (PTI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today denounced conversion of faith by coercion and called it “wrong and not at all good for society”.

“Conversion by coercion is wrong as basically one should be free to choose his/her religion and whether one accepts a faith

or not should be an entirely independent choice,” the Dalai Lama said at the ‘Namami Brahmaputra’ River festival organised by the Assam government here.

He, however, suggested that it was better to follow one’s traditional religion as change of religion “creates confusion” but, if

an individual does convert, it should be done voluntarily and not by force as “it is not good and should not be done”.

The Dalai Lama said that studying other traditions, their values and traditions was a great way to ensure religious harmony, mutual understanding and respect for others.

“I never propagate Buddhism during my visits to the western countries as I believe it is better to follow one’s traditional religion but one should always study other traditions to develop understanding, respect and compassion for others,” the Nobel laureate said.

The Dalai Lama said the Nalanda scholars of Buddhism had always pointed out the need to study different philosophical thoughts -- both Buddhist and non-Buddhist – as this would be helpful in understanding other traditions.

“When I was in Tibet, I thought Buddhism was the best but when I came to India and met Hindus,

Muslims, Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians and people of other faiths, I realised that each tradition has values that need to be understood for promoting world peace,” he said.

The Dalai Lama asserted that both the concepts of ‘One religion-one Truth’ and ‘Several religion-several truths’ were simultaneously relevant and the understanding of these concepts strengthens the bond between different religions.

He further said that he is in touch with professors and scholars of various American universities to prepare a draft for secular ethics and urged Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to introduce it, when it is ready, in a few schools and monitor it for a few years.

“If it is successful, it can be introduced in other schools too as it is very important to educate children from the kindergarten to the University level to bring peace through compassion and love,” the Dalai Lama said.

ers were appointed in unfair, illegal and unconstitutional manner at the behest of CPI-M party and if the government again tries to help them it would be another instance of corruption because now there is no difference between 10,323 terminated teachers and 7.5 unemployed. The government should act equally to everyone otherwise, we shall move court again,” she argued.

Meanwhile, the chief minister has not yet issued any statement after five days of termination of such a large number of teachers’ job due to illegal and unfair means of appointment by his government. The CPI-M state committee held extensive meeting for past two days to find out the strategy to face the situation. However, there is no official statement of the party regarding the teachers.

Teaching in schools had collapsed where these 10,323 teachers were appointed. The education department was facing a crisis in managing the situation, as most of the terminated teachers avoided duty though SC allowed them to serve till December.

School teacher trampled to death by wild elephants Tura, Apr 2 (PTI): A school teacher was trampled to death by rampaging wild elephants in West Garo Hills district, police said today.

The teacher identified as Taher Ali Sheikh was trampled to death when the car he was travelling with along with other passengers came across a herd of wild elephants at remote Gaptuli village last evening, the police said.

While the other passengers made their way to safety after the elephants attacked the vehicle, the teacher, however, was not so lucky and was crushed along with the car he was travelling in, a senior district police officer said.

Residents living beside the area had reported earlier of herd chasing vehicles in the past few weeks mostly in the evening time as it was identified as one of elephant’s corridor.

Sheikh is a Hindi teacher in Kukurmara Higher Secondary School.

Aizawl, Apr 2 (PTI): At least 30 houses were damaged in MizoramAssam border Vairengte village when a squall accompanied by hailstorm lashed the northern part of the state this morning, officials said.

No casualty was reported.

Communication and power supply were disrupted in the area as a large number of poles were uprooted, officials said.

Many trees were also uprooted by the storm.

The author gave a brief introduction of the book and the reason for writing. He said, “Book is a good source of communicating the Gospel and the message of God to the people. Many do not attend Church but read, so writing book is vital. Writing book is not an easy task, it is challenging, he said.”

Dr Nuh congratulated the author for publishing his third book. Liba Hopeson has authored two books, Exploring for a better World and LIBA: Extended Forms, and coedited the book Human Issues: Unveiling the Kingdom Values.

Diphu, Apr 2 (PTI): Three militants of the United Kukigram Defence Army (UKDA) were killed and another injured in an encounter with security forces in Karbi Anglong district today, police said. Acting on specific information, a joint team of the army and police moved towards the remote Jullian village under Manza police station of the district and an encounter followed in which the three militants were killed. Operations were still continuing in the area and further details are awaited as the police party is out of communication network in the remote area, the police added.

Dear Hithono K. Zhimo, I believed that God created you for us to love. He knoes that we would love you the best. May God bless you.

From Teachers and friends Little Laureates Montessori School Selouphe.

Wishng u a very happy birthday..

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Following a devastating fire that raged through part of Ward-6 of Chumukedima Town in the early hours of Saturday the 4th of March triggering a human tragedy, a usually quiet neighborhood had suddenly livened into a hive of frenetic activity.

In the aftermath of 6 gas cylinders exploding in close proximity to each other within thin bamboowalled hutments the damage was awesome and frightfully extensive. Fully razing down 46 dwellings nothing could be salvaged materially. However, there was no loss to human life or injury to anyone in that tragic incident. We thank the Almighty for that.

The Public response was quick and overwhelming. On the initiative of the Head GB and ward 6 GB a good number of people had donated cash and kind on the first day itself towards the hapless victims most of whom were left with nothing save for the clothes they were wearing. Many came to the rescue not just in the form of donation but also sacrificially offered their time and services — thus revealing Man's innate goodness as sourced from a Divine loving Entity — God. Despite the relentless zeal shown by most it is regretted that many of them will have to go unnamed and unrecognized as unsung heroes. They deserve a standing ovation. However, mention must be made of those men and women volunteers who took charge of the relief kitchen serving well over a hundred people — some days that figure doubled, twice a day in the open for over 2 weeks under trying weather conditions such as wind and rain was no small matter. We salute them for their effort.

Given below are some of the prominent early Donors and those who rendered invaluable service towards the affected people. This is by no means an exhaustive list of all those who had a part in this Endeavour. If would be virtually impossible in this "Acknowledgement" to note every person or Institution as our records show an excess of 700 names till date and still counting.

Here are some :32. Cosmopolitan School 1. Ward - 6 GB 33. Nagaland Police Catholic Church Holy Family 2. Head GB 34. Ward 4 GB 3. Ward Chairman 35. Chumukedima Hindu Yuva 4. N. Jacob Parl. Secy.

36. BJP Minority Morcha 5. DC Dimapur 37. Nagaland State Mahila Morcha 6. EAC Chumuekdima 38. Tribal Union 7. Disaster Management 39. Christian School 8. Hindu Society 40. VHP Dimapur 9. Muslim Council Dimapur 41. Chumukedima Village Baptist Church 10. Red Cross Society Dimapur Branch 42. Chumukedima Village Council 11. 41 Assam Rifles (New Colony) 43. Bengali Samaj 12. Ward 1 GB 44. Meitei Pumba Lup Chumukedima 13. Ward-3 Business Community 45. Pochury Tribe Union 14. Ward 3 Union 46. Garo Community 15. Rengma Baptist Church 47. Bito Colony Ward-7 16. Town Baptist Church Chumukedima 48. Little Flower School 17. Sumi Baptist Church, Chumukedima 49. Dimapur Bongs 18. Chumukedima 'A' Village 50. New Wave United Club 19. Mothers Association 51. Nepali Youth Well Wishers Church 20. Meitei Baptist Church 52. Central Market Complex 21. CTC 53. Zeliangrong Baptist Church 22. Gabriel High School Chumukedima Ward - 5 54. Women Department Brother & Sister School 23. Tenyiphe - I Village 55. New Colony Ao Church 24. Christian Revival Church 56. Rengma Baptist Church (Youth Department) 25. Meitei Council Dimapur 57. Kukidolong Village Youth Organization 26. Faith & Action Bible Students 58. Kukidolong Lotha Baptist Church 27. New Chumukedima Nagamese Church 59. Chumukedima Ao Students Union 28. Holy Redeemer Health Centre 60. Fellowship Group Chumukedima 29. Christ Community Church 61. T. Shüya 30. St. Joseph School 62. Family / Relatives / Friends 31. NPF Minority Wing For their kind involvement in various capacities in helping the victims, my tenants, I express my profound gratitude to them all. May the good Lord bless most abundantly in return.

Sd/Dr. Q.Z. Lungalang (Land Owner) N.B. : A. The Christ Community Church had conducted a short prayer service for the fire victims at the site and pronounced blessings on them on Saturday the 18th March '17 at 4:30 p.m.

B. Special recognition is accorded to Mr. Pintu Das M. Ghosh Hindu Yuva President Chumukedima for having co-ordinated all the relief measures during this time of crisis.

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Choice is between tourism and terrorism, Modi tells Kashmir youth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting after inaugurating the Chenani-Nashri Tunnel, in Chenani (J&K) on Sunday. (PTI) tourism and then there is terrorism.

“For the past 40 years so many innocent lives have been lost. This has done no good to anybody but has only left the valley bloodied.

This bloodshed has not done good to anybody but has only snatched sons from their mothers,” he said.

“Had these 40 years been used for developing tourism things would have been different,” he said.

He also congratulated the Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu and Kashmir government for utilising central funds for the development of the state and assured his government’s continued support.

“Last year the Centre announced a package of

Rs 80,000 crore for the state and I congratulate Mehbooba and her government for already utilising more than half of the money.

Such packages often remain in paper and take years to materialise. But her government has done a commendable job,” he said.

Stressing on the state’s tourism potential and ability to boost the country’s per capita income, Modi asked the people of the Valley to work shoulder to shoulder with the government to change the fortunes of the state.

He termed the Chenani-Nashri tunnel as the valley’s “fate line” and said it will boost the economy of the state and farmers will be able to send their produce to

Delhi markets promptly and without concerns of delay.

Some Kashmiris throw rocks, others hew them to build tunnels While some Kashmiris were busy “throwing rocks” others were cutting through mountains to bring development to Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday and congratulated the youth of the state for the Nashri-Chenani tunnel that he inaugurated.

“On one side, there are those who are pelting stones, and on the other there are youth of Jammu and Kashmir who are carving a future of development for their state by cutting through rocks,” Modi told a rally here.

Modi said the government had made every attempt to preserve the environment and the Himalayas while constructing the 9.2km tunnel on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway.

“It’s a message India has given to the world struggling with global warming,” he said.

Modi congratulated the youth of Jammu and Kashmir who worked to make the tunnel a reality.

“The money for this tunnel came from the government of India. But there is also the scent of sweat of Jammu and Kashmir’s youth in this tunnel.”

‘Can’t stop MPs from practising other professions’ NEW DELHI, APR 2 (PTI): The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking to restrict lawmakers from practising any other profession, saying though the petitioner has a valid point the issue is beyond the realm of its jurisdiction.

“The prayers made in this petition do not fall within the realm of our jurisdiction under Article 32 of the Constitution of India. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed,” a Bench of Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said. The Bench observed that the petitioner in the matter has been affiliated to a political party and though he has a valid point, the court cannot frame policies in this regard.

“There are doctors who became IAS officers and engineers who are diplomats,” the court told the petitioner, adding, “You also have a political affiliation.”

The petitioner, advocate and BJP spokesperson Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, told the Bench that the restriction imposed on judges and public servants against engaging in other professions should also be applied to the lawmakers.

“Today, I saw five MPs in the Supreme Court. They have come here after signing a register at 11 a.m. in Parliament,” he told the court. To this, the Bench said, “Your arguments make sense, but how can we frame policies?”

India to get over 9 lakh tamper-proof EVMs before 2019

New Delhi/ HYDERABAD, Apr 2 (IANS/PTI/ AGENCIES): The Election Commission will replace over nine lakh Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with advanced M3 machines before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the government has informed Parliament.

These machines will become inoperable the moment someone attempts to tamper with them. The new EVMs are likely to be introduced by the end of 2018.

The move comes in the wake of allegations of EVM-tampering by several political leaders in the February-March assembly polls.

While the M3 EVMs are technologically advanced, there is no operational difference between these and other EVMs and they do not affect boothmanagement system, Minister of State for Law and Justice P.P. Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha in a written reply earlier this week.

The minister said the Election Commission has decided to replace 9,30,430 EVMs purchased before 2006 in a phased manner before the General Election and simultaneous assembly polls in 2019.

Listing the features of the new M3 EVMs, the Minister said it has a Public Key Interface (PKI)-based mutual authentication between various EVM units for

identifying a genuine unit, of authorised manufacturer, in the field to ensure that only genuine EVMs can be used for communication within the network.

“Its design ensures that the EVMs become inoperable the moment an attempt is made to physically open the EVMs,” the Minister said.

As per the Election Commission, approximately Rs 1,940 crore, excluding taxes, duties and freight charges, will be required for procurement of the said machines.

In another reply, in the Rajya Sabha last week, Chaudhary said the poll panel has informed the government that “they have not procured any electronic voting machine during 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17”.

Soon after the results of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls were declared, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati alleged that the EVMs had been “managed” to favour the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Other opposition parties, including the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party, sought a probe by the Election Commission after a report about EVM-tampering emanated from an assembly constituency in a bypoll in Madhya Pradesh.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also urged the ECI on Saturday to investigate cases of faulty EVMs to ascertain if they

Accused in rape-murder of 5-year-old absconding: Police Ghaziabad, Apr 2 (IANS): No arrests have been made so far in the rape-murder of a five-yearold girl in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Sunday.

Tension prevailed in Indirapuram area after the body of the girl, the daughter of a priest, was found in a half-constructed house on Friday midnight with marks of brutal rape and murder.

The girl was missing since Thursday. Three persons, including the accused’s father, brother and one Alam were detained and a police team was sent to Khagaria to arrest Afroz, a mason, who allegedly raped and

murdered the child, Superintendent of Police Salman Taj Patil said. Several raids were conducted at his house, Patil said.

Meanwhile, the postmortem report confirmed the child was raped before being killed. The residents were angry over police apathy for tracing the abducted child despite timely information. “The crime is grave and we will arrest the culprit at the earliest. He is a drug addict and still away from family,” the SP said.

“He does not use mobile phone otherwise we would have arrested him by putting his mobile on surveillance,” he added.

were tampered to favour the BJP in the assembly elections in Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Punjab.

Introspect Punjab polls result ,unfair to blame EVMs: EC to AAP

The Aam Admi Party is free to file an election petition in the state high court if it wants to verify votes cast in Punjab polls with data of paper trail, the Election Commission said today. In a stronglyworded letter, the EC also said it is for the AAP “to introspect as to why your party could not perform as per your expectations and it is unfair on your part to attribute unsatisfactory poll performance of your party to the alleged tamperability of EVMS.” The poll watchdog said after declaration of results only alternative available to verify the data of votes cast is to file an Election Petition before the high court concerned.

The AAP alleged that poll authorities in Punjab had refused to accept its demand to tally results with paper trail audit.

The party had moved the Commission over reliability of the machines and the results of Punjab polls.

EC should take action before people lose faith in EVMs: Congress The Congress on

Sunday urged the Election Commission to discuss the matter of EVM tampering with all the political parties and take necessary step in the regard, before people lose their faith in the device altogether.

EC should take action before people lose faith in EVMs: Congress

The Congress on Sunday urged the Election Commission to discuss the matter of EVM tampering with all the political parties and take necessary step in the regard, before people lose their faith in the device altogether.

Speaking to ANI here, Congress leader Hanumantha Rao said if Election Commission did not take adequate steps soon then people will soon stop believing in the voting machine.

“Initially Mayawati questioned the EVMs and then Kejriwal. The leaders are alleging of EVM tampering because they did not get votes even in their bastions. The Election Commission after mulling over the issue with all parties should take necessary steps in the regard, otherwise people will stop trusting EVMs,” he added.

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday demanded an inquiry after EVMs in Madhya Pradesh were

only dispensing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slips.

“There should be inquiry after Electronic Voting Machines in Madhya Pradesh were only dispensing BJP slips,” Akhilesh tweeted. He further said that the matter is not about checking of the EVMs but of people’s faith and confidence in the electoral process.

Earlier the Samjawadi Party supremo had backed Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati’s claim that the EVMs during the Uttar Pradesh electoral process were tampered and also called for the probe.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission has decided to send a team of senior officials prior to the upcoming by-election in Madhya Pradesh. A panel of three IAS and IPS officers, each being deputed as District Election Officer-cum-collector and Superintendent of Police of Bhind for supervising the polls.

This decision came following media reports that VVPAT deployed for an assembly by-poll was only dispensing slips of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) symbol during a demonstration exercise.

By-polls in Ater Assembly constituency in Bhind district and at Bandhavgarh Assembly segment in Umaria district will take place on April 9.

JNU moves high court to restrain students from holding demonstration

NEW DELHI, APR 2 (PRI): The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration has moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction to restrain its students from staging any demonstration within 100 metres of the administrative block.

The plea by the JNU administration was filed before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, who had recently asked the students to ensure the decibel levels were kept low during protests so that there was no disturbance in the functioning of the university. The court had on March 17 modified its order restraining the students from protesting within 100 metres of the block and had directed that the protest, if

any, should be peaceful and not block lanes or roads leading to the administrative block.

Alleging that the students of JNU have disobeyed the court’s direction, despite assurance given by them before it, the plea has sought action against the ones who have violated the order. The petition by JNU’s counsel Monika Arora has sought “immediate indulgence of the court” while highlighting that on March 23 the students had staged a dharna, burnt the effigy of the Vice Chancellor right outside the administrative block and blocked entry and exit of university officials.

While seeking direction to the police to provide adequate security as and when

India’s heartland sizzles as mercury soars

requested, the plea sought direction that “no dharna/ demonstration/street plays etc. will be allowed with or without noise making instruments within 100 metres of the administrative block” of the JNU. The court has fixed the plea for hearing on April 12.

The court’s earlier direction was issued on JNU’s plea against the blocking of its administrative department by the agitating students.

Earlier, during hearing of the plea, the court had suggested the Jawaharlal University Students Union (JNUSU) President and the administration to have a meaningful dialogue among them, which may lead to resolution of several problems.

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New Delhi, Apr 2 (IANS): It was a hot and sunny Sunday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 23.9 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season’s average.

Saturday’s maximum temperature inched closer to 40 degrees Celsius and was recorded 39.4 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season’s average.

The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 38 degrees Celsius

on Sunday.

Meanwhile, parts of north, west and central India recorded temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday due to heatwave conditions.

While Churu was hottest with 42 degrees Celsius, Jaipur recorded 40.3 degrees Celsius, Bikaner sizzled at 41.2 degrees Celsius, Ahmedabad at 40.1 degrees Celsius, Barmer witnessed 41.4 degrees Celsius and Agra recorded 40.9 degrees Celsius on Saturday.

14 cell phones seized from Baramulla sub-jail

Now AAP offers free water, power subsidy to Delhi tenants

S r i nag a r , A p r 2 (IANS): Fourteen cell phones used illegally by inmates of the Baramulla sub-jail in north Kashmir were seized on Sunday, the state police said.

“A joint search was carried out by Baramulla police and prison authorities in the sub-jail following information that some unauthorised things, including cell phones, were in use inside the jail,” a police officer said. A case has been registered, and investigation is underway.

New Delhi, Apr 2 (IANS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said those living in rented houses will also get free water and subsidised electricity if the AAP comes to power in the civic corporations.

“Those staying in rented houses don’t get benefit of low water and electricity tariff. After municipal elections, we will make sure even they receive the benefit,” Kejriwal tweeted.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader also

New Delhi, Apr 2 (IANS): The central government on Monday will release the second edition of India Rankings 2017 of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), a methodology adopted to rank all institutions of higher education in the country.

The rankings would be released by Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar, a release said.

appealed to the people of Delhi not to vote for the Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“The BJP hiked the electricity rates in Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh. If you vote for the Congress or the BJP in the civic polls, they would hike electricity and water rates in Delhi as well,” he said.

Delhi’s three municipal corporations with a total 272 members go to polls on April 23 and the results would be declared on April 26.

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Inaugurating the Chenani-Nashri tunnel here, Modi said the country’s longest tunnel would change the fortunes of the state and its economy and asserted the Centre’s commitment in boosting tourism in the state.

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t is interesting to observe that the war of words between ACAUT Nagaland and the NPF Media & Press Bureau has reached another level where the latter has challenged all the members to declare their personal incomes and assets both movable and immovable, and “the years of public service they have rendered if they are really clean to talk of corruption-free society”. ACAUT has readily accepted the challenge with a counter challenge that all NPF legislators also disclose their assets. The issue over backdoor appointments, alleged scam in diversion of PDS items, adulteration racket using diverted kerosene etc have been highlighted by ACAUT through the media. The highlight was more prominent by raids conducted by ACAUT volunteers at several places in Dimapur where widespread alleged adulteration of petrol and diesel oil were unearthed using kerosene as the medium. One can expect any political party wing to stoutly defend its party government and at times, while doing so, it could also spill over into other areas in making counter allegations or charges. The issues mentioned above are manifestations of what has totally gone wrong in Nagaland. Of course, it must be also noted that fuel adulteration is a problem in many states throughout India. So also diversion of PDS items to the black market which begins from the sources where allocations are made.

There is too much money involved in diversion of PDS items and the mishandling as exposed

by TV channels in recent years only prove that money makes the corrupt do strange things such as letting thousands of tons of rice or wheat rot in godowns while people starve or prices sky rocket.

The PDS scam as well as fuel adulteration scam are not the preserve of any political party. These items have been ‘traded’ past several hands, both of bureaucrats and politicians including middlemen down the line. What this means is that the scams mentioned above have thrived in the past several decades under various political parties. This also means that the prevailing system has nurtured and assisted in perpetrating monumental scams of the above items. The culprit is the system which creates the opportunity and which the corrupt bureaucrats and politicians exploit. A probe into the entire loophole-laden system which has promoted loot, is needed. On the issue of ACAUT willing to make public all the assets and incomes of its members; there is more to be understood then what is being said.

Income and assets can only be checked if there is scrutiny by authorities (such as Income Tax).

Otherwise, when there is exemption of Income Tax, one can claim that he or she had received properties worth several hundred crore rupees as inheritance or gift(s). Even one can claim that cash was given by some family member for some deal or some business done some years back.

The disclosure of assets and income is supposed to be mandatory for government employees but never enforced. Politicians make their mandatory declaration while filing nominations but some are simply ludicrous; such some known billionaires showing bank balance only rupees two or three lakh or possessing only one run down building or a car. Perhaps a Lok Ayukta is needed in Nagaland so that the government is under watchful eyes of the people.

DailyDevotion The Glory That’s Unsurpassed …the Lord Jesus…has sent me that you may receive your sight… —Acts 9:17 When Paul received his sight, he also received spiritual insight into the Person of Jesus Christ. His entire life and preaching from that point on were totally consumed with nothing but Jesus Christ— “For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2).

Paul never again allowed anything to attract and hold the attention of his mind and soul except the face of Jesus Christ.

We must learn to maintain a strong degree of character in our lives, even to the level that has been revealed in our vision of Jesus Christ.

The lasting characteristic of a spiritual man is the ability to understand correctly the meaning of the Lord Jesus Christ in his life, and the ability to explain the purposes of God to others. The overruling passion of his life is Jesus Christ. Whenever you see this quality in a person, you get the feeling that he is truly a man after God’s own heart (see Acts 13:22).

Never allow anything to divert you from your insight into Jesus Christ. It is the true test of whether you are spiritual or not. To be unspiritual means that other things have a growing fascination for you.

Since mine eyes have looked on Jesus, I’ve lost sight of all beside, So enchained my spirit’s vision, Gazing on the Crucified.

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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. ~ William Ellery Channing

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Aadhar link may not stop black money

he Finance Bill 2017 has moved beyond its customary role to make major amendments and linkages. The changes are beyond the monetary provisions.

It is not for the first time such a route has been adopted. Earlier too it was done for creation of an independent agency to manage government debt, the Monetary Policy Committee to target inflation and the merging of the Forward Markets Commission with the securities regulator.

The Finance Bill is money bill since it gives effect to tax changes proposed in the Union Budget.

A money bill is defined in Article 110 of the Constitution as one which only contains provisions related to taxation, borrowings by the government, or expenditure from Consolidated Fund of India. A money bill only needs the approval of Lok Sabha, and is sent to Rajya Sabha for its recommendations. Even if Rajya Sabha makes amendments, it goes back to Lok Sabha, which as it did now, can reject the amendments.

The opposition of course made a hue and cry.

Its criticism was restricted to government adopting an unconventional route for making legislative busi-

ness.

In addition to tax changes, the Finance Bill, 2017 amended several laws including the Securities Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 and the Payment and Settlements Act, 2007 to make structural changes such as creating a payments regulator and changing the composition of the Securities Appellate Tribunal.

The most debated was making Aadhaar mandatory for PAN and income tax. It may expose a citizen to unscrupulous hackers.

Though the system is said to be foolproof, the recent incidents of some banks misusing Aadhar shows that people are at risk.

The leaking of former cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s personal details by a sanctioned Aadhaar enrolment agency is stated to expose a deeper flaw in the identification project’s data collection and storage systems, with experts saying no citizens’ private information is safe.

Aadhar creates a data trail and virtually pips into the deals made by an individual. While the intention is to tackle the few non-taxcompliants, there is said to be an uncanny situation.

A future government can make use of such information for a motive other than that is being stated

now. An income tax paper fication should have called is itself is a public docu- for a wider debate. ment. Linking it to Aadhar Nobody can ensure increases the risk. It may that it would not lead to include blackmailing of unscrupulous ways to be individual or corporate as taken by the authorities. well as throwing critical in- The note-ban has reportformation to international edly led to increase in the fraudsters. “legitimisation” charges No digital data is con- several fold, harassment sidered safe, least of all, of individuals and busithat exposes one’s financial ness people. More stringent details. The the policing authorities Shivaji Sarkar higher are the need not corr uption. look the criticism from In this case too common a mere political angle. A taxpayers may have to pay rethinking is needed. Some and hush up. Such proviexperts apprehend that sions increase graft and even information of some the black money that the government functionar- nation wants to end. Yes, ies may be at risk at least it adds to tax terror. theoretically.

The PAN itself is Though no govern- enough. Linking it to anment accepts it, the leaks other card is superficial. on some international sysPrivate medical institems, are attributed to the tutions take money through digital trails. The rules say cheques and turn that into that failure to give iris and black. Can PAN or Aadhar biometric linked number prevent it? would lead to invalidation The business comof PAN. It possibly needs munity is concerned over a rethink. It would lead to restriction of deals in cash harassment of citizens. beyond Rs 2 lakh. The Apparently, it is the special investigation team handiwork of the bureau- had put it at Rs 3 lakh. The cracy to cover up their wholesale business though failures in locating shady itself routes most busideals. It empowers the nesses through banks, but bureaucracy. It also shows still majority of these take that the system distrusts ev- place through cash at least eryone in the society. This up to Rs 5 lakh. It makes may have serious fall-out transactions fast and the and lead to angst. An act businesses do not have to that has such wider rami- run for defaults. The reduc-

tion of limit and stringent provisions again lead to avoidable harassment.

Parliament’s own research system, PRS, is skeptical over the Finance Bill, 2017 making structural changes to many laws. Parliamentary committees allow for a forum for detailed scrutiny, deliberations and public consultation on proposed laws. “The opportunity to build rigour into the law-making process is lost if such legislative changes are not examined by committees”.

Amendments to the Finance Bill seek to replace certain tribunals and transfer their functions to existing ones. The rationale behind replacing these Tribunals is unclear.

For example, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) will replace the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Appellate Tribunal. It is unclear if TDSAT, which primarily deals with issues related to telecom disputes, will have the expertise to adjudicate matters related to the pricing of airport services.

Similarly, it is unclear if the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, which will replace the Competition Appellate Tribunal, will have the expertise to deal with matters related

to anti-competitive practices.

Tribunals affected by the move include those before which central government could be a party to disputes – such as those related to income tax, railways and administrative matters.

The parliamentary process requires wider discussion to understand the moves. The political leadership of a government is trusted, but often the bureaucratic process leads it to take decisions, which may not always be in the interest of the people.

The leadership has to be cautious.

The aim to reduce cash political donation to Rs 2000 looks pious. Its practicability has to be looked into. The bogey of black money trail has constricted open discussion. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s conversation on the issue also stated the reservation of political parties. The political bonds are a grey area. The move has not been openly opposed or even criticized by any party.

But it certainly needs a deep insight to prevent creation of a devious method.

The budget secrecy is sham. It can go through a process of open discussion. It can lead to better decisions.

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A blunder, a clarification and a mistake

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n a couple of letters that our newspapers were kind enough to print yesterday, i.e. 2/4/17, a gentleman pointed out to me, on Facebook, of an enormous blunder I had committed, furthermore, the letter seemed to be causing confusion in the minds of some people, and I realized that I had made a mistake in one. I hope this letter corrects all of them.

1. In my letter to the Nagaland Post titled,” An Address To My Fellow Sumis” I had written the name of Dr. Aotemsu instead of Dr. Aotoshi. I cannot describe the regret and embarrassment I felt at making such an enormous blunder. I apologise from the bottom of my heart to Dr. Aotoshi and his near and dear ones. I do not offer any excuses but hope that you will find it in you to forgive me by taking taking into account the fact that I was at my paddy fields in Northern Sumi, without access to our dailies, during the time of the dreadful incident.

I based my letter on a message I received on WhatsApp and I can only hope that you will forgive me for not taking more of an effort at research before I wrote the letter.

2. The abovementioned letter seems to have caused confusion in the minds of a few of my fellow tribesmen; The words, “Dimapur is not Zunheboto,; none of our ancestors donated land to establish Dimapur, so Dimapur does not belong to us” seems to be the source of confusion.

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words were self explanatory, but evidently I have misjudged the reader. So to clear up any confusion caused as a result of those words, here is the explanation. Unlike all the other towns of Nagaland, which have been established on lands belonging to one or some villages of a particular Naga Tribe or Tribes, including Zunheboto, no single Naga Tribe can claim that Dimapur Town has been established on land donated by their ancestors, so no single Naga tribe can claim that Dimapur Town is theirs.

The same yardstick applies to Dimapur District at large. The various villages established by the many Naga Tribes including the Sumis, belong to that particular tribe in question, no one tribe, including mine, the Sumis, can claim to own Dimapur District.

3.In a second letter of mine published in the Eastern Mirror and The Morung Express titled, “ The N.P.F. Party:- The Mother And Father Of All Grandiosity, “, I happened to mention that Hitler’s Third Reich lasted for a tithe of the promised 1000 years. Being an extremely infrequent churchgoer, and topping it up by never paying my tithes, I forgot that a tithe is 1/10 of anything. A tithe of 1000 would be a 100 and Hitler and The Third Reich obviously never lasted anywhere near that; a better option would have been to us “a hundredth” instead of “a tithe”.

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urprised not us but since we have to justify our stand, here are some logical reasons as to why ‘youth empowerment’ should not be discouraged in the Naga society as it is hinted and favored by some older Naga leaders and writers for the youths to remain a silent spectator and follow only in their footsteps when we ourselves grow our share of grey hairs.

In the western society the justice through law is not reserved only for some particular section of the people in the society. The law does not hold any preference based on class or age, sex of an individual to justify his place in the society. A paparazzi (photographer) can sue a famous celebrity or a janitor could file a law suit against a senator, should the charges pressed against the accused is entirely based on facts and seek justice. They don’t believe that it merely takes the number in age for an individual to attain the level of wisdom to change the society for the better. No not them, they are smart enough to comprehend (through comprehensive studies and research in psychology and neurobiology) that it takes some to attain great age to finally reach certain level of social and mental maturity while there are charismatic some whose mental maturity enlightens at a young age. It depends and varies from one person to the next. For this reason they don’t discourage but encourages and provide the necessary platforms to their youths to inspire and influence their society for change. Even Bill Gates, the world’s richest man was only 16 years old when he developed first his software that later led to the expansion of Microsoft.

The young Nagas of today are more equipped with information about the western society and their

developments thanks to western TV cable and spending times on the internet and social network sites which the older generations did not have access to during their development into adulthood. The bitter truth is that the modern minded Nagas (be it young or old) are more mentally civilized and psychologically advanced than the set of Nagas who still clings to the past and its former glories. For those who can’t seem to grasp this simple reality then we can’t make them understand any further.

Yes, the guidance and encouragement (positive reinforcement) of the few wise intellectual older Nagas is much needed in our society to direct the youths in building a bright future for our society channeled with the harnessing of the potential of the intellectual capacity of the young Nagas. In order to change a system we have to be a little bit radical in our approaches with not money or muscles as our weapon but “Truth”.

Today we have observed and understood the nature of the “system beyond system” where we all dwell in, from corruption to ignorance that has bounded the people from the “freedom to live” rather than surviving. If we want to bring total development in our society then the first obstacle we need to overcome is the present ignorant system that has its reach through every aspect in our lives.

If we check the facts then the truth is only that the older generations when they were young had been under a brutally ignorant system because of lack of western culture influence in those days.

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome in his speech that appeared in the daily papers on March 30, 2017 challenged the youths to overcome narrow mindedness

On rampant influx of non-locals

ne of the serious threats, even from a layman’s perspective, that seem to have started oscillating in Wokha town is the rampant rise in the already swollen bulge of the number of nonlocals in the recent past.

Single citizenship, as provided by the constitution, is a border crossing ease within the Indian Union which reflects a bi-polar character in the national security and tribal states within as well. The enforcement of Inner Line Permit (ILP) to check on illegal immigrants has not been successful as expected, ow-

ing to factors redressable and reasons beyond the grasp of law.

The rampant increase of non locals in Wokha is thus one of the serious issues that need immediate intervention from the administration as well as NGOs. It is disheartening to realise that we are gradually becoming dependent on the non locals in most of our daily affairs, as in business and transactional activities, for reasons best known to all of us. Adverse effects of this trend are slow and gradual which, in the later stage, would be a giant to kill in a single

blow.

A good number of shops are owned by non locals and recent development where our sisters are employed as sales girls is a matter of concern to ponder upon. The dignity of labour doing as sales girls is not questioned. However, non locals becoming employer is something to put our heads together. Most of the strategic locations are occupied by non-local business people with successive fellow businessman owing the same. It is felt, therefore, necessary to initiate certain steps and policies to put a halt on certain things

which otherwise would have negative impacts in later stage.

Tenants should have proper documents from the administration as well as colony council, and should not be patronised by locals on baseless pretext. There has to be a proper agency to check on the movement of non-locals and timely review from the administration as well. Comes Friday and the town become lifeless at noon which is an indication enough to initiate ourselves before the cat gets out of the bag.

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and broaden their potential by not remaining as mere spectators. He also talked about how most revolutions in history had been brought out by youth forces.

Kurt Cobain also said that it was up to the youths to bring positive changes in the society because as humans grows old they become fairly adjustable with the system where they have lived for long and doesn’t have the zest to change the total set of perspectives in their lives which is basic psychology. So it is up to the enthusiastic youths to utilize their modern knowledge and perspectives in shaping a new advanced society.

Every citizen has the right of freedom of speech and expression but this does not give the right to any individual or group to tarnish the name of any individual or an organization with false propaganda. If any accusation is to be made like, “the young minds which are capable enough to change the world is now gradually manipulated by the power of money. Indeed money and political power has become their top most priority” than make sure to produce the evidence to support the statements regarding the motives because your word will hold against you should one choose to sue you on charges for “false allegations” in court.

If not today, when are we Nagas planning to bring a practical systematic exchange of human interaction in our society based on mutual understanding and respect of human rights where every issue would be addressed on rational grounds as done in the Western Societies and not on vague customary obligations?

Liberal Democratic Party of Nagaland (Media Cell), (ldpnagaland@gmail.com)

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Sir,

Educate ourselves

For any society to change it takes time and that time factor filters through generations. If we want our children to inherit a better society, we need to change first and at the same time, guide the young ones properly.

Refinement is not just about eating habits or wearing decent clothes and speaking well. Refinement is also about the way we think and act so that others are not hurt in the process. Polite society did not emerge overnight even in other parts of more civilized world. Education is important but being educated only in book knowledge will not help us to grow. We need to educate ourselves in terms of human relations, which mean we need to become more patient, tolerant and adaptable in living together as different tribes.

Lithungbemo Yanthan, Dak Lane 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.

Members of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha protesting against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh at Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s residence in New Delhi on Sunday. (PTI)

Udhampur, Apr 2 (IANS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for supporting her government during the “difficult time” last year.

Mufti, apparently referring to the law and order situation in Kashmir Valley after the July 8 killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani, said Modi ensured that the state government survived the situation.

Mufti was addressing a rally here after Modi inaugurated the state-of-theart Chenani-Nashri tunnel, at nearly 11 km the longest in the country. “ M y g o ve r n m e n t would not have been able to handle it alone,” she said, and added that Modi provided central assistance through Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who was always there to help the Jammu and Kashmir government. She also praised Modi for his “determination”, saying he delivers whatever he aims at.

Mufti invited Modi to the state, saying he must visit Kashmir and give a message to the entire world that it is safe for tourists.

Showdown imminent between Puducherry government and Raj Nivas

PUDUCHERRY, APR 2 (AGENCIES): Signalling an imminent showdown between the Congress-led government and the Raj Nivas, Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Sunday made it clear that the recent transfer of a municipal commissioner would remain in force.

The transfer was based on a ruling by the Assembly Speaker and Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi had moved to overturn the decision.

Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Narayanasamy said that

the Speaker had given a ruling to transfer and put on compulsory wait the Commissioner of Puducherry Municipality as he was trying to scuttle privileges enjoyed by the legislators.

“The government is duty bound to implement a ruling given by the Speaker,” the Chief Minister said.

“I issued the order to transfer the officer as failure to do so would have even landed me in jail”.

On reports about the Lt. Governor initiating action against Chief Sec-

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ALLAHABAD, APR 2 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured Chief Justice JS Khehar that his government will make all efforts to back his resolve to reduce burden on the judiciary and pendency of cases.

"I assure the chief justice that government will back his 'sankalp' (resolve) to bring down the burden on the judiciary and reduce pendency of cases," he said in his address at the sesquicentennial celebrations marking 150 years of the

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retary for executing the transfer, he said’ ‘I accept responsibility for the decision. It is not the responsibility of the Chief Secretary, ‘ he said.

Narayanasamy said as per 47 (2) of the Business Rules, the Lieutenant Governor had to consult him before taking any decision.

The Chief Minister said he had apprised Prime Minister and Home Minister about the proceedings that happened in the Legislative Assembly leading to the transfer of the officer.

reply to militants who are creating trouble in Kashmir Valley.

The Home Minister had on Friday said that Pakistan was using the social media to incite youths in Kashmir to storm encounter sites and help holed-up militants. The strife-torn region had seen a “new trend” of late in which youths from nearby villages gather at the sites of encounter between security forces and terrorists and pelt stones to help the militants escape, he had said.

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Noting that he felt that there was an element of "pain" in the speech of Justice Khehar, Modi said the government had done away with 1,200 old laws to find a way out of the maze of the statues and also help the judiciary in modernising the system.

The Prime Minister lauded the steps being taken by the chief justice to make use of technology in simplifying the working in the courts and bring about qualitative change.

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NEW DELHI, APR 2 (PTI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the country is united against any kind of violence and Muslims have realised that terrorism is an attempt to defame Islam.

“The whole country is united against terrorism.

The Muslims have realised that terrorism is an attempt to defame Islam,” he told reporters here when asked about the violence perpetrated by militants in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Udhampur, Apr 2 (IANS): The central government on Sunday announced that it has sanctioned Rs 4,300 crore for the construction of ring roads -- one each in Jammu and Srinagar -- to decongest traffic in the two cities of Jammu and Kashmir.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari told a rally near this Jammu town that Rs 2,100 crore and Rs 2,200 crore have been earmarked for the ring roads in Srinagar and Jammu respectively. “Tenders for the Jammu ring road have already been invited and tenders for Srinagar will be invited shortly. The work on the ring roads will start in three months,” Gadkari told the rally, held after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the state-of-art Chenani-Nashri tunnel -- the longest in India.

Gopalakrishna Reddy is a friend of Naidu and had earlier served as a minister in his Cabinet in the undivided Andhra Pradesh.

They both hail from Chittoor district.

Gopalakrishna Reddy was also injured with Naidu when Maoists targeted the Chief Minister with landmine blast in 2003 near Tirupati.

On learning about his resignation, Naidu spoke to Gopalakrishna Reddy over phone and tried to pursuade him to withdraw the same.

Miffed over not being inducted in the cabinet, Prabhakar announced he will resign as member of assembly.

Another MLA B. Bojji declared his support to Prabhakar.

Senior leader from Guntur, D. Narendra was also unhappy over being denied the cabinet berth.

The MLA, who met Naidu on Saturday, had told the party chief he was expecting the ministerial position for his loyalty to the party. He reminded Naidu that he was loyal to the party even when it had to sit in the opposition.

A large number of Narendra’s supporters gathered at his house to show solidarity.

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Vidya Stokes and Mukesh Agnihotri, said.

They advised the BJP leaders -- two former Chief Ministers Prem Kumar Dhumal and Shanta Kumar and Suresh Bhardwaj -- to refrain from issuing misleading statements as the Congress would not bow down to their pressure tactics.

The ministers said Virbhadra Singh was a six-time Chief Minister and was not going to be un-nerved by the threats and pressure tactics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

A m a r avat i , A p r 2 (IANS): The Andhra Pradesh cabinet reshuffle and expansion on Sunday triggered dissidence in a section of the legislators of ruling Telugu Desam Party.

Unhappy over being dropped from cabinet, senior leader B. Gopalakrishna Reddy resigned from the state assembly while another legislator Chintamaneni Prabhakar, who didn’t find place in the ministry expansion, announced his resignation.

Gopalakrishna Reddy sent his resignation letter to Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

He was one of the five ministers dropped by Naidu.

Eleven new ministers including the Chief Minister’s son Nara Lokesh were inducted into the Cabinet.

The induction of three members of opposition YSR Congress Party who had switched loyalties to TDP, in the cabinet led to heartburn as the seniors and loyalists feel they were ignored to accommodate defectors. Naidu dropped Gopalakrishna Reddy, who was holding the Forest portfolio, to accommodate Amarnath Reddy, a member of YSR Congress, who had crossed over to the TDP.

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Shimla, Apr 2 (IANS): Expressing solidarity with Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, against whom a chargesheet was filed in a Delhi court over graft charges, six ministers in his cabinet on Sunday rejected the opposition BJP’s demands for his resignation.

The people in the state and the Congress, in particular, would not tolerate attempts of BJP leaders to tarnish the image of Virbhadra Singh and destabilise the democratically elected government, a statement by the ministers, including

The statement comes in the wake of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filing a chargesheet before Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal in Delhi against Virbhadra Singh and others for allegedly amassing assets worth around Rs 10 crore disproportionate to their known sources of income.

The Delhi High Court earlier on Friday dismissed the plea of the Chief Minister and his wife seeking to quash an FIR registered by the CBI against them.

Goyal, who was scheduled to take cognisance of the CBI’s final report in the case, on Saturday fixed April 3 for consideration of the chargesheet filed by the CBI against Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh and others.

The CBI has booked the accused under various sections of the Indian Penal Code dealing with abetment and forgery and under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act. In its report, the CBI has cited around 220 witnesses to support its allegations.

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At least ten such notices concerning individuals and companies with Indian links were issued last week -- which could be the highest for a country within a week. The notices name two listed textile firms -- Neo Corporation International and SEL Manufacturing Company Ltd. There are also some companies incorporated in tax havens like Panama and British Virgin Islands.

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NEW DELHI/BERNE, Apr 2 (Agencies): Stepping up its hunt for black money stashed abroad, India has approached Switzerland for banking details of at least ten persons and entities suspected to have kept untaxed money in Swiss banks.

These include two listed textile companies, while others are associated with an art curator and his carpet export business.

Switzerland’s tax department issued notices to them last week to reply within 30 days to appeal the decision about providing ‘administrative assistance’ in information requests from India.

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in the upcoming policy review in April 2017, with the Monetary Policy Committee firmly focused on the medium term target of 4 per cent,” rating agency Icra’s Managing Director Naresh Takkar said.

Apart from the challenge of getting inflation down to 4 per cent, which was flagged by the RBI Governor at the last review, one of the biggest factors influencing the analysts seems to be the shift in the policy stance to neutral.

“The RBI surprised with a shift to a neutral stance in February. Rates will remain on hold at April’s review,” analysts at Singaporean lender DBS said.

This will be the fourth policy which will be based on the recommendations of the six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

at tax consultant Nangia & Co, said: “GST is the biggest change that our country would see in last 50 years. I see that it was imperative that the government should continue exemptions on the current list of services which are tax neutral under the service tax regime.”

“I am ecstatic that there would be no levy of GST on services rendered

by Government, Reserve Bank of India, public conveniences, educational institution, services relating to agriculture, transmission or distribution of electricity, renting of residential dwelling for use as a residence, burial, healthcare, specified schemes of general insurance etc,” Mohan said.

Mohan, however, felt that this might lead to cascading effect of taxes, but by maintaining the status quo government has ensured that neither the consumer nor the small and mediumsized companies are not in a state of shock. Asked if these services would be kept exempt from GST, Adhia said: “We presume so... We will recommend to the GST Council that whatever is in the exemption list they should continue in the first year.”

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RBI Governor Urjit Patel in his last policy review on February 8 had kept key interest rate on hold at 6.25 per cent.

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Wholesale inflation soared to a 39-month high of 6.55 per cent in February while retail inflation inched up to 3.65 per cent due to rise in food and fuel prices, leading to speculation that RBI will keep interest rate unchanged again in its April policy.

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on manufactured products and service tax on rendering of services as well as state VAT on sale, to make for a national sales tax that will be levied at the time of consumption of a product or service.

Adhia said the approach for the GST rollout would be to avoid any shock in the first year and any review for inclusion of a service or change in rate could be done in the second or third year of the implementation based on revenue realisation.

“Our entire purpose will be that we don’t upset anything that is there now.

We will try to do some smooth landing. So we will recommend to GST Council that whatever is the existing exemption list for service tax they should continue because we cannot do too many things at the same time,” he said.

Currently, there are 17 items in negative list of services on which service tax is not levied.

On top of that there are over 60 services, like religious pilgrimage, healthcare, education, skill development, journalistic activities which are exempt from service tax.

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central bank has now disclosed that as per a Finance Ministry communication, dated February 21, the basic pay of the Governor and Deputy Governors have been revised.

Following the revision, the basic pay of the Governor stands increased to Rs 2,50,000 per month while the same for a Deputy Governor would be Rs 2,25,000, RBI said.

The pay hike is “with effect from Januar y 1, 2016”.

Dearness Allowance would be notified by the

were/ are involved in the said conspiracy of backdoor appointment, with further direction to CBI to inquire into their assets, if disproportionate beyond their known source of income.

Similarly, in 2015 the Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) pointed out over 3900 backdoor appointments in the police department. CSU submitted a representation to the government through DGP, however the union said there was not action initiated.

CSU said another representation was submitted to chief minister with copies forwarded to Governor, Home commissioner and DGP seeking positive response within 10 days.

However, despite all these the state government failed to take any action as demanded by the union, CSU said.

It was on this basis that the union took up the matter to fight for justice, CSU stated.

As per the RTI response, around 3900 individuals were appointed through backdoor in the Home department.

New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI): Education, healthcare and pilgrimages will continue to be out of service tax net even under the GST regime as the Centre is against giving any shock in the first year of the rollout by bringing in new services.

Besides making a strong case to the GST Council for not touching services that are out of tax net currently, the Centre will also pitch for keeping concessional rate for services like transport at the current level, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia told PTI in an interview.

The GST Council, headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising representatives of all states, is scheduled to meet in Srinagar on May 18-19 to decide on rates various good and services will be charged in the new indirect tax regime that is being targeted for rollout from July 1.

Adhia said the endeavour would be to maintain the current tax incidence on a commodity or service at the same level in the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.

GST will subsume central levies like excise duty

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central government from time to time while “all other allowances (are) to be paid at existing rates as if the pay has not been received with effect from January 1, 2016,” the RTI reply said.

The RBI, however, did not disclose the new gross pay for Patel and his deputies following the revision in basic pay.

With the earlier basic pay of Rs 90,000, Patel got a DA of Rs 1,12,500 and other payments of Rs 7,000 -- totalling to a gross pay of Rs 2,09,500. The increase in the basic itself would take his gross pay to nearly Rs 3.70 lakh.

Patel, who took over the reins of the central bank in September 2016, had received a salary of Rs 2.09 lakh in October -- the first full month in office.

This amount was same as drawn by his predecessor Raghuram Rajan in August that year.

Rajan assumed RBI governorship from September 5, 2013 at a monthly salary of Rs 1.69 lakh.

(From p-1) The court further said those recruited in violation of these provisions are not entitled to any relief, not even their salary, the court said.

It may be mentioned that ACAUT on November 16, 2015 filed a PIL on corruption in public employment at Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench (PIL no- 11/2015).

ACAUT said the PIL was necessitated since the stated government failed to take appropriate action despite the series of backdoor appointment exposés made by it since June 2015.

Seven departmentsHome, Law & Justice department, Rural Development, State Council of Educational Research & Tr a i n i n g ( S C E RT ) , Health & Family Welfare, Higher Education, Social Welfare, Roads & Bridges (NPWD) and NPSC were made respondents.

It also requested the court to direct Central Bureau of Investigation probe those officers, officials, politicians, including the appointees, who

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New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI): Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel and his deputies have got a big pay hike with the government more than doubling their basic salary to Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 2.25 lakh per month, respectively.

The “basic pay of the Governor and Deputy Governors” have been revised retrospectively with effect from January 1, 2016 and marks a huge jump from Rs 90,000 basic pay so far drawn by the Governor and Rs 80,000 for his deputies.

Still, their salaries are much lower than the top executives of various banks regulated by the RBI. The monthly emoluments of these top RBI officials include basic pay, dearness allowance and other payments, which totaled Rs 2,09,500 in case of Patel as on November 30, 2016, as per the latest information disclosed on the RBI website.

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Colombia landslide death toll rises to 234: Red Cross

South Korea’s presidential race to start this week

Seoul, Apr 2 (IANS): South Korea’s presidential race is set to begin this week after all parties nomiMOCOA, Apr 2 (PTI): nate their final candidates, The toll has risen to 234 officials announced on dead in a violent landslide in Sunday.

Colombia caused by the The nominations overflowing of three rivers scheduled for this week are swollen by torrential rain, those of the largest Demothe local Red Cross said cratic Party and the minor Sunday.

People’s Party, the two libHardest-hit was the eral parties that have argusouthwestern town of Moably drawn the most intercoa, in the Amazon rainforest in the wake of the oustest basin, with the previously er of President Park Geunreported number of fatalities hye, Yonhap News Agency hitting 206. reported. The other two At least 202 people main parties -- the former were wounded, more than ruling Liberty Korea Party 100 people missing, 300 and the splinter conservafamilies affected and 25 tive Bareun Party -- chose homes destroyed, the Cotheir nominees last week. lombian Red Cross said, On Monday, the Demciting information complied ocratic Party is scheduled from rescue workers. to name its presidential They were the latest candidate amid expectavictims of floods that have tions its former leader struck the Pacific side of Red Cross members conducting rescue and search operations on Saturday.

Moon Jae-in will clinch the South America over recent nomination and win the months, also killing scores basin area town of 40,000.

Putumayo Governor slides were caused by the election on May 9 too. of people in Peru and EcuaPresident Juan Manuel Sorrel Aroca called the de- rise of the Mocoa River and dor. In the southwestern Santos visited Mocoa, the velopment “an unprecedent- tributaries.

Colombian town of Mocoa, capital of Putumayo depart- ed tragedy” for the area.

The rivers f looded the surge swept away houses, ment, yesterday to supervise There are “hundreds of causing a “big avalanche,” bridges, vehicles and trees, rescue efforts in the heavily families we have not yet the army said in a statement. leaving piles of wrecked forested region. found and whole neighbour- Some 130 millimeters of Islamabad, Apr 2 timber and brown mud, He declared a public hoods have disappeared,” he rain fell Friday night, Santos (IANS): A “mentally unarmy images from the area health and safety emergency told W Radio. said. “That means 30 per stable” shrine custodian in showed. to speed up rescue and aid Carlos Ivan Marquez, cent of monthly rainfall fell Pakistan’s Sargodha city The mudslides struck operations. He also ex- director of the National Di- on last night, which precipi- killed 20 disciples, includlate Friday after days of tor- pressed his condolences to saster Risk Management tated a sudden rise of several ing women, with machetes and batons in a bloodbath rential rain in the Amazon victims’ families.

Unit, told AFP the mud- rivers,” he said. inside the shrine, police said on Sunday.

According to Sargodha Deputy Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta, custodian Abdul Waheed of the Ali Ahmed Gujjar shrine, told police his disciples er, as well as falling short BEIJING, Apr 2 (Agen- would have poisoned him on reconciliation with ethic cies): An explosion in had he not killed them on minorities and other social northern China’s Shanxi Saturday night. province on Saturday eveissues.

Waheed was arrested In a nationally tele- ning killed at least nine and along with five of his assovised speech last week injured six, state news ciates who mercilessly marking one year since her agency Xinhua reported. killed the people after drugThe blast occurred in ging them and stripping party took power, she suggested she would step down a residential building and them, a police official said. if Myanmar’s people felt was believed to have been The deceased, four she was failing to do her caused by illegally stored best, a suggestion that was explosives, Xinhua said. less an offer than a solicita- An investigation was unAn officials of Union Election Commission shows a tion for a mandate from derway. spoilt vote as they count ballots at a polling station in voters.

A number of buildings Yangon, Myanmar.

The combined nation- collapsed and search and Y A N G O N , A p r 2 sembles, where ethnic-fo- al and state assembly seat rescue work continued on (Agencies): Myanmar cused parties performed totals showed the NLD Sunday afternoon, said winning nine, the Shan state broadcaster CCTV. leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s strongly.

China has a poor reNational League for DeThe NLD won its Nationalities League for cord of industrial explosive Democracy six, the USDP mocracy party has retained 2015 election majority with accidents in residential ar2, and the Arakan National support in its Yangon the support of ethnic mistrongholds, but loyalty has norities anxious to end five Party and the All Nation- eas.

In October, 14 people weakened in ethnic minor- decades of military rule, alities Democracy Party were killed in neighbouring ity areas that helped boost but Suu Kyi’s failure so far one apiece.

One of the NLD’s Shaanxi province when a the NLD’s 2015 general to meet their political devictories was to fill the seat blast caused by illegally election victory, according mands for greater autonoto by-election results an- my has fractured their unit- won in 2015 by Suu Kyi, stored explosives destroyed who had to give it up when a block of prefabricated nounced Sunday. ed front.

The results from SatThe military-backed she joined the Cabinet as houses. A province-wide urday’s by-elections re- Union Solidarity and De- state counsellor, the coun- investigation into explosive production and storage was leased by the country’s velopment Party, which led try’s de facto leader.

The Shan party repre- launched following the ine l e c t i o n c o m m i s s i o n the previous government, showed the NLD taking won one lower house seat sents the biggest of the cident.

Both Shanxi and eight of 12 seats for the and one state assembly ethnic minorities, and the by-elections it won were Shaanxi have large coal combined upper houses of seat. the national parliament. It Suu Kyi has come held to fill seats where poll- mining industries, where won only one of seven under criticism for failing ing could not be held in explosives are regularly seats at stake in state as- to boost the economy fast- 2015 because of unrest. used.

2 dead; 26 missing in Indonesia landslide

Search and rescue teams were searching for missing people.

JA K A RTA , A p r 2 (Agencies): At least two people were killed and 26 were feared buried under heavy mud after a landslide struck Indonesia, the national disaster agency said Sunday.

Nineteen people were also injured when the landslide slammed into 32 houses in the village of Banaran in Ponorogo district, East Java on Saturday morning. Search and res-

cue teams were searching for missing people but heavy rain on Sunday afternoon forced them to stop, the national disaster agency spokesman said.

“The challenge is the road to the disaster zone is very narrow...and there are many cars now because people want to watch, so they interrupt or hinder the mobility of the team,” national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purno

20 people murdered in Pakistan shrine

Suu Kyi’s party retains some support in Myanmar

devices at European and US airports, the paper said.

There were also fears that computer hackers were trying to bypass nuclear power station security measures, it said. Security services fear that some will nonetheless try to exploit “vulnerabilities” in the nuclear industry’s internet defences.

Jerusalem, Apr 2 (IANS): Talks between the United States and Israel over the construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem were suspended on Sunday after both governments failed to reach an agreement. The negotiations, which started under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Trump’s special envoy Jason Greenblatt, have not been fruitful. After years of not being able to agree on a colony policy with Obama, Israel wanted to reach an agreement with Trump, in which Washington would allow Jewish settlement construction in the Palestinian territory.

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LONDON, Apr 2 (PTI): Britain’s nuclear power stations and airports have been instructed to “remain resilient” against potential terrorist attacks, amid fears that their systems may be targeted by hackers, according to a media report. Security services have issued a series of alerts in the past 24 hours, warning that terrorists may have developed ways of bypassing safety checks, The Sunday Telegraph reported. Intelligence agencies believe ISIS and other terrorist groups may have developed methods of planting explosives in mobile phones and laptops that can evade airport security screening methods.

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belonged to the same family.

One of the victims included the son of Waheed’s spiritual leader.

“Asif Pir Ali was the son of Muhammad Gujjar [the spiritial leader],” said a family member of the deceased.

Asif was working with the Islamabad police and was in Sargodha on leave.

Earlier the official said Waheed has claimed that his victims underwent ‘spiritual cleansing’ after being tortured.

The custodian worked for the Election Commission in Sargodha. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, Waheed retired from service a year ago.

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women and 16 men, hail from different areas of Punjab, Geo TV reported.

An injured woman, one of the survivors, managed to flee from the site and reported the incident to police.

The 50-year-old Waheed had phoned the victims, telling them to come to the shrine.

Waheed claimed the devotees had poisoned his spiritual leader Ali Muhammad to death two years ago, Geo News quoted a senior police official as saying.

“The suspect appears to be paranoid and psychotic, or it could be related to rivalry for control of the shrine,” he said.

Six of the deceased

Nugroho said.

Villagers were warned about potential landslides two weeks ago and evacuated the area at night, but many returned to the village the next morning.

Many of the missing people were working on ginger farms when the landslide struck.

This year alone 20 people have died in landslides in Indonesia, the agency noted.

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ANPSA Wokha unit NUVBC felicitates Jano Nyekha Otto Yeptho is first organises Cultural Fiesta N Nagaland Beatbox champ A O

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The event was a part of the Ekarikthin Festival of NIT Nagaland which featured Nagaland Anime Junkies (NAJ) Cosplay and Nagaland Beatbox Battle.

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The cosplay was won

by Imtisunep for his Tranduil cosplay.

the youngsters. Earlier, the programme started with invocation by Rev Fr Joseph TT, Rector & Principal of Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Wokha.

Welcome address was proposed by vice-president ANPSA Wokha Unit, Mhalo Ovung.

Cultural fiesta was set moving with the traditional fire making by president All Nagaland Private Schools Association Wokha Unit Mhonyamo Ngullie.

Comperes of the function were Y Thungben and Sorenbeni Kikon.

The programme culminated with vote of thanks by Thungchibemo Humtsoe.

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tto Yeptho from Kohima Science College became the first Nagaland Beatbox Champion after fighting an intense tie breaker battle with the popular beatboxer from Dainty Buds School, Zonimong Imchen at NIT Nagaland, Chumukedima.

Athozo Tsukru from Mezhur Higher was adjudged the third best beatboxer at the indihut battle which was attended by hundreds of people who braved the rainy weather to witness the top 16 beatboxers of Nagaland battle it out in the first of its kind championship in the state.

The winner received a swissbeatbox hoodie along with cash prizes and certificates sponsored by Pinnacle Skills and Aroma Eatery.

Meanwhile, the popular NAJ cosplay witnessed young Nagas who showcased their creativity with

ll Nagaland Private Schools Association (ANPSA) Wokha unit organised a cultural fiesta at Public Ground Wokha on March 31.

The event was graced by advisor ANPSA Pheluofelie, one of the founding members of ANPSA and former president.

Pheluofelie in his message called upon the schools to remain as one family and work together towards imparting better education to the students.

He exhorted the students to maintain a culture of unity and family spirit amongst them. The chief guest further challenged the teachers and educators to take learning out of the classrooms to make it palatable and practical.

In the fiesta, fifteen schools of the town showcased folk dances and songs with an aim to create awareness of their cultural heritage among

aga United Village Baptist Church (NUVBC) organized a felicitation program for Jano Nyekha, daughter of Reyopoyi Nyekha, Proprietor School of Music, on April 2 for being awarded the Best Folk Fusion at India’s biggest Indie Awards, the Radio City FM Freedom Awards 2017.

T h e p r o g r a m wa s chaired by NUVBC pastor, Kuhusheyi Chotso. During the function, School of Music hosteller presented a special performance. Certificate of felicitation by church, women department and youth department were handed over to Jano Nyekha by Church Advisor C.Danyi Lea. The congregation said special prayer for Jano and benediction was later pronounced by Church Advisor.

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PSG players celebrate with their trophies after winning the League Cup final soccer match against Monaco, in Decines, near Lyon, central France, Saturday. (AP/PTI)

Lyon, Apr 2 (IANS): Paris Saint-Germain’s attacking trio of Edinson Cavani, Angel Di Maria and Julian Draxler shone in their fourth straight French League Cup final victory, as they beat toughest rivals of the season AS Monaco 4-1.

It was the first time that French League Cup, inaugurated in 1995, saw

its final staged outside the Paris region.

The capital club took on an early lead just four minutes into the game here on Saturday, as Marco Verratti’s pass found Di Maria, who unselfishly steered Draxler to put the ball into an empty goal.

Monaco, who have tallied 130 goals in all c o m p e t i t i o n s s o f a r,

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levelled the game on 27 minutes, thanks to Thomas Lemar’s curling shot past goalkeeper Kevin Trapp.

However, Monaco’s offense was pretty influenced by the absence of Radamel Falcao, who failed to recover from a hip injury that has sidelined him several games, and suspended Fabinho, while their leak in defense did

West Indies keep series alive

DDBA new team elected

Record-breaker Dzeko gives Roma win

Dimapur, Apr 2 (NPN): Dimapur District Badminton Association (DDBA) has elected a new team of office bearers for the tenure 2017-2021 during the annual general meeting cum election of new office bearers at DDBA Indoor stadium, Dimapur on Sunday.

The new team will be led by Vikugha Chophi as president, Tali Akang- vice president, Dr. Molusen- general secretary, Alem PongenTreasurer, Asungba AoRoma’s Edin Dzeko, third from left, celebrates with teammates after scoring during a Info & publicity secretary Serie A soccer match against Empoli at the Rome Olympic stadium. and Ichet and Along as joint secretaries. Besides Rome, Apr 2 (IANS): for Dzeko to get his side win.”

13 executive members and Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko ahead, as he turned in The win took second6 advisors have also been broke a Roma goal-scoring Antonio Rudiger’s near- placed Roma to 68 points nominated. record as the capital football p o s t f l i c k - o n f r o m a from 30 games. They are During the meeting giants beat Empoli 2-0, corner match at the Stadio five points behind Juventus the members approved while Lazio beat Sassuolo Olimpico. but the Turin giants can the general secretary and 2-1 in the Serie A. Then, after half-time, regain their eight-point treasurer report, adoption Dzeko on Saturday he was once again in the lead at the top with a win of annual report, DDBA became the leading goal- right place at the right time against third-placed Napoli constitution and affiliation scorer in a single season -- finishing from close-range (65 points) away on Sunday of club members with D D B A . I t w a s a l s o for Roma thanks to his a nudge from Mohamed night.

In another match, resolved that an annual brace, moving to 33 goals, Salah towards the goal. according to the club’s Roma chief coach Lazio beat Sassuolo 2-1 membership fee of Rs. website.

Luciano Spalletti said: “We away, thanks to a strike 2000 will be collected from He started the day were below par in the first from Ciro Immobile (42nd every bonafide members of one goal adrift of three half and Empoli did better minute) and an own goal the club.

During the meeting, legendar y Giallorossi than us by moving the ball from Francesco Acerbi (83rd). Domenico Berardi’s the members also discussed hitmen -- Francesco Totti, around quickly.

“I wouldn’t say it was penalty in the 26th minute the forthcoming North Rodolfo Volk and Pedro East Masters tournament, Manfredini -- but leap- a scrappy win though, just had put the hosts ahead.

Sassuolo’s Lorenzo hosted by DDBA under frogged all of them over 90 a poor first half. We took the banner of Nagaland minutes, after two classic the game to them after the Pellegrini almost levelled in break and there can be no the final minute but he was LEON, Apr 2 (PTI): Badminton Association, finishes.

It took just 12 minutes disputing we deserved to denied by the crossbar. to be held tentatively in the Leander Paes on Sunday won his first title of the first week of May 2017. season, combining with Canadian Adil Shamasdin to lift the Leon Challenger Tour tennis tournament’s D i m a p u r , A p r C o l o m b o, A p r 2 of ICC Match Referees im- of the ICC Code of Conmen’s doubles trophy after 2 (NPN): A combined (IANS): Bangladesh cap- posed the suspension on the duct for Players and Players a straight-set triumph here. meeting of the executive tain Mashrafe Mortaza was all-rounder after Bangladesh Support Personnel, which P a e s , w h o w a s members of Nagaland on Sunday suspended for was ruled to be two overs deals with minor over-rate named a reserve in India’s Chess Association (NCA) a match and fined 40 per short of its target after time offences, players are fined D av i s C u p t e a m f o r with all district chess cent of his match fee, while allowances were taken into 10 per cent of their match the Uzbekistan tie, and associations will be held his players have been fined consideration, according to fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted Shamasdin defeated Luca on April 7 at 1:00 pm in the 20 per cent of their match an ICC release.

In accordance with Artime, with the captain fined MC Hall, Nagaland State fees, for maintaining a slow Margaroli (Switzerland) and Caro Zampieri (Brazil) Branch Indian Red Cross over-rate during the third ticle 2.5.1 and Appendix 2 double that amount.

6-1 6-4 in the title clash at Society office complex, ODI against Sri Lanka. The the USD 75,000 hard court Kohima. All the executive charge was laid by on-field ST members of NCA and umpires Michael Gough event.

With this win, Paes two executive members and Ruchira Palliyaguruge, of our beloved clinched his 20th ATP from each district chess third umpire S. Ravi and Lt. Selichem Sangtam (Apong) Challenger title. Paes has association have been fourth official Ranmore 18/01/1985 – 03/04/2016 requested to attend the Martinesz. Andy Pycroft now won at least one title of the Emirates Elite Panel every year for the past 26 meeting. years.

This was Paes’ first 1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY final this season. He had earlier reached the OF MRS. KIGWEDAULIE DWASWANG (POILWA VILLAGE) W/o Late Haireiding Dwaswang semi-finals of Dubai Championships and Delray Beach Open.

The last title Paes won on the ATP World Tour was in 2015 when he triumphed at Auckland with South African Raven Klaasen.

Paes’ last Grand Slam in the men’s doubles event 3rd April 2016 came in 2013 with Radek It's been a year, since you left us for your eternal Stepanek at the US Open while in mixed doubles, home on this day. We miss and cherish the memory you he is still a force, winning left behind when you were called by the Lord to be with three titles with Martina him. Till we meet again.

With Love Hingis in 2015 and the Son, daughters, grandchildren (24), "If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, French Open last season. great grandchildren (14) and relatives much damage on the other hand.

After Draxler fed Di Maria for a comfortable tap in, reigning champions PSG fared smoothly in the second half with Cavani’s dominant play. With a brace, the Ur uguayan striker set a personal best of 40 goals in a single season, overshadowing his previous record of 38 with Serie A side Napoli.

C av a n i v o l l e y e d Verratti’s sublime floated cross past Monaco goalie Danijel Subasic, before adding another spotlight show by putting Di Maria’s cross from the left flank into the net.

After harvesting their seventh French League Cup trophy in history, PSG, who experienced some troubles after humiliating Champions League exit caused by Barcelona, could still end the season with a domestic treble.

PSG were three points adrift Monaco on second place in Ligue 1, and they have reached last 8 in French Cup.

Paes wins first season title

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Mortaza suspended for one ODI

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Lewis scored a brilliant fifty while snatching the match away from Pakistan hands.

T r i n idad , A p r 2 (Agencies): West Indies’ hopes of earning a series draw with Pakistan were boosted with a sevenwicket win in the third T20 international in Trinidad, on Saturday.

Set 138 to win, there was no repeat of their collapse to defeat in the second T20I, with Evin Lewis the pick of the batsman, the opener blasting 91 off 51 balls.

Another victory for the West Indies in Sunday’s final game will see the series shared, ahead of the three-match ODI and Test legs of Pakistan’s tour.

Earlier, leg-spinner Samuel Badree (2-22) took two wickets for the hosts inside the opening four balls of the game to have Pakistan immediately on the back foot.

Kamran Akmal (48) and Babar Azam (43) then shared in an 88-run stand for the third wicket to see the visitors well-placed at 92-2 with eight overs to go.

But a batting collapse of 6-40, with Fakhar Zaman (21) the only other batsman to reach doublefigures, saw Pakistan stutter to a finish.

While the West Indies

EPL title race back on, says Antonio Conte L ON D ON , A p r 2 (Agencies): Antonio Conte admitted Chelsea’s shock 2-1 defeat against Crystal Palace has blown the Premier League title race wide open.

Blues boss Antonio Conte conceded the battle is back on, with his players needing to bounce back when Manchester City visit Stamford Bridge in midweek. “For others this is a good result. It makes it more interesting, the championship,” Conte said.

“But I always said that the league finishes when it is mathematically sure you have won. Otherwise you must play every game to try to win because, I repeat, in England easy games do not exist.”

“We have to play on Wednesday against Manchester City and we all know the strength of this team. But, now, the most important thing is to recover very well and rest.”

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lost opener Chadwick Walton for one in only the second over of their reply, the rest of their run-chase was highly routine.

Left-hander Lewis smashed as many as nine sixes in his blistering knock, with Marlon Samuels (18) and Jason Mohammed (17no) ver y much the support acts.

There would be no repeat of 18-year-old legspinner Shadab Khan’s heroics from the first two T20Is in the series as he finished with figures of 1-38 - the scalp of Lewis a ball before West Indies reached their target.

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Sindhu wins maiden India Open title

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India’s P V Sindhu (R) with Carolina Marin after winning women’s singles final of the ‘Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2017 tournament’, in New Delhi on Sunday. (PTI)

New Delhi, Apr 2 (Agencies): India’s badminton star PV Sindhu added yet another title to her name after winning the India Open Superseries title in New Delhi on Sunday.

This was her first title at home after she beat Rio Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin in the final.

Sindhu, who had lost to Marin in Rio, produced an inspiring performance and won the final in straight sets 21-19 21-16.

In a show great show of grit, Sindhu never let Marin dominate the match.

She continued to produce some crucial body smashes to keep the lead. The first game was a close affair as

Marin took the first point but Sindhu then took five straight points to lead early.

The lead continued for Sindhu till Marin won a point late it the game to make it 19-18 in her favour. But then she hit two returns outside the area and handed Sindhu a match point which she converted as Marin hit the return long.

The second game was even better for the Indian as she made an early four point lead and forced Marin to play according to her rather than giving away the advantage and play the game of her opponent.

A game break, Sindhu

led 11-7 and later made it 15-11 with some crucial and deep smashes. Her defence was also top notch as she made returns with ease and frustrated Marin.

Marin did try to make a comeback late in second game but it was little late as Sindhu took five match points. Marin managed to save one as Sindhu hit her smash straight into the net.

But, there was no fault in the second match point as she put one into Marin’s body, which the Spaniard managed to pick, could not cross over the net. The win gave Sindhu her first India Open title and second Superseries title after the China Open last year.

Indian beat Uruguay in Women’s HWL

Indian women’s hockey player in action during Women’s Hockey World League Round 2. (PTI)

VANCOUVER, Apr 2 (PTI): The Indian women’s team beat Uruguay 4-2 in the penalty shootout to begin their campaign in the Women’s Hockey World League Round 2 on a winning note here.

Skipper Rani, Monika, Deepika and Navjot Kaur held their nerves to score in

the tense penalty shootout that saw them through after the two sides were locked 2-2 at the end of the regulation time.

India got off to a good start and took the lead with skipper Rani scoring as early as in the sixth minute.

India held on to the

lead till the third quarter but Uruguay struck their first goal in the 45th minute to equalise through Maria Teresa Viana Ache.

After a quick twominute break before the final quarter began, a few key variations brought in

by India chief coach Sjoerd Marijne saw Vandana Katariya convert a fine field goal in the 49th minute to take 2-1 lead.

But a defensive error in the striking circle in the 54th minute saw the Indian team concede a penalty stroke which was successfully converted by Uruguay’s Manuela Vilar.

With the experienced goalkee per Savita producing a good show, India held their nerves to win 4-2 in the exciting penalty shootout.

Viktor Axelsen of Denmark steamrolled Chinese Taipei’s Tien Chen Chou in straight games to emerge men’s singles champion at the India Open Super Series badminton tournament, in New Delhi on Sunday.

Third seed Axelsen crushed Chou 21-13 21-10 in just 36 minutes to claim his maiden India Open title at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.

Coming into the match, the Dane was regarded an outright favourite and he was the superior of the two shuttlers on the court as he controlled the proceedings from the word go.

All throughout the match, the Chinese Taipei shuttler was struggling to match his opponent’s superior game and court coverage.

Axelsen adopted an aggressive approach all throughout the match and barring lapse in concentration at the start of the opening game, the Dane produced a blemishless display on the court.

Earlier in the day, seventh seeded Japanese duo of Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto stunned third seeded compatriots Na oko Fukum a n a nd Kurumi Yonao 16-21 2119 21-10 to lift the women’s doubles title.

Umesh likely play KKR’s first home game K o l kata , A p r 2 (IANS): Pacer Umesh Yadav is likely to take part in Kolkata Knight Riders’ first home game against Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens, CEO Venky Mysore said. The BCCI, in a statement, said that Umesh has a right hip injury and lower back soreness but should recover by second week of April.

K K R p l ay G l e n n Maxwell captained Kings XI Punjab on April 13 here before taking on Gujarat Lions (April 7) and Mumbai Indians (April 9) away. There were reports that Umesh might skip the first phase of the cash-rich league after a marathon Test season with India.

Konta beats Wozniacki to lift Miami Open title

Caroline Wozniacki (L) and Johanna Konta with their trophies after the woman’s singles final at the Miami Open tennis tournament. (AP/PTI)

MI A MI , A p r 2 (Agencies): Johanna Konta defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 to win the Miami Open on Saturday - the biggest title won by a British woman in 40 years.

Konta, who had never won an elite WTA premier mandatory event, will move to number seven in the world rankings with the victory.

The Sydney-born 25year-old, who beat Venus Williams in the semis, began superbly, breaking to love in the opening game before

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Wozniacki swiftly broke back to level at 2-2.

After another break each, the Briton took advantage of two doublefaults from the Dane to break to 5-4 and serve out for the set.

There was a similar pattern to the start of the second set, with the pair exchanging breaks in the first two game. The key moment came when Konta broke to go 4-3 up, with a little help from the net cord.

Clearly full of confidence, Konta then

broke again, with a lob on match-point, to secure the biggest win of her career and the best by a British woman since Virginia Wade won Wimbledon in 1977.

No British woman had ever won a premier mandatory event since the elite tier was introduced in 2009 and this was only the second time that Konta had even qualified for the Miami tournament.

The Briton said her quick start had really helped her in what was just her second premier mandatory

final, following her loss to Agnieszka Radwanska in Beijing in 2016.

“Going into any match but especially against someone like Caroline who is such an athlete and can really stay out there as long as she needs, I think it was important for me to assert myself right away in the manner that I wanted to play ... to give myself the best chance of executing what I wanted tactically,” Konta said.

Konta conceded that there was little to choose between herself and her Danish opponent, who she also beat in the Australian Open in January.

“Until the end there wasn’t too much in it. I tried to not wish time away and to really stay out there as long as possible and really enjoy competing.

I think even when it was finished I was expecting more points to come,” she said.

It was Wozniacki’s third final of the year and third defeat following her loses in Dubai and Doha.

“I was hoping it was going to be third time lucky in my third final but we will go for the fourth one,” said Wozniacki, who nonetheless said she was pleased with the consistency she has shown in the first quarter of the season.

Fo o t b a l l Fe d e r a t i o n (AIFF) on Sunday announced the launch of a new invitational multicontinental Champions Cup competition in August.

The newly proposed Champions Cup will be an annual affair played between four countries, it said in a statement. The C h a m p i o n s C u p m ay possibly see participation from an Asian, African and a North American country in addition to hosts India.

“We are quite excited at the prospect of introducing the new Champions Cup from 2017. AIFF and its partner FSDL have worked together over the last couple of months in studying the past and current year’s National Team engagements and how other countries are performing in Asia,” AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das said. “The introduction of the Champions Cup is a result of conscious efforts at our end to ensure the National Team receives enough Training Camps, International Friendlies as well as competitive games.

We are in talks with various Fo o t b a l l A s s o c i a t i o n s f r o m A F C, C A F a n d CONCACAF. We envision t o c o n s i s t e n t ly c l i m b through the FIFA Ranking charts by playing matches against good opponents,” he added.

Swansea, Boro play out bore draw

Gylfi Sigurdsson also came close from distance in the second half, but he too was denied

by Valdes in the Boro goal.

L o nd o n , A p r 2 (Agencies): Swansea City and Middlesbrough were forced to share the spoils after they played out a dull scoreless draw at the Liberty Stadium.

With fellow relegation candidates Hull City and Crystal Palace both winning on Saturday, the pressure was on both sides to get the three points to boost their bid to avoid the drop.

But both teams demonstrated why they are down near the bottom of the table as they played out a dour 90 minutes which featured few chances and was desperately short on quality and excitement.

The game actually began at a fast pace but the fear of losing to a relegation rival quickly took a grip on

proceedings and mistakes became commonplace.

For the 12th time this season, Boro failed to register a shot on target in the first half of a league match and they fared little better after the break.

However, substitute Rudy Gestede was presented a golden oppor tunity to snatch victor y in added time when Alvaro Negredo’s wonderful cross gave him the task of heading home from inside the six-yard box but the forward blew it, headed wide of Lukasz Fabianski’s near post.

The Swansea City enjoyed the greater share of possession and had the visitors pinned back for long periods of the game, most notably in the closing stages when Gylfi

Sigurdsson’s deflected freekick went just wide of Victor Valdes’ post. Replays showed that a penalty should have been awarded as the deflection came via a deliberate handball by a Boro defender.

Leroy Fer had a great chance to score in he 89th minute when he surged through the Middlesbrough backline but with just Valdes to beat, he overran the ball and the chance was gone.

Perhaps fittingly, this poor game ended goalless, a result which did neither team much help in their cause to stay in the Premier League.

Paul Clement’s side remain in 17th, one point above the drop zone while Boro are still in 19th place, five points from safety.

Zienuobadze HF, Lower LK register win Correspondent

Ko h i m a , A p r 2 (NPN): Zienuobadze High Flyers and Lower L. Khel Vikings registered win in their respective match on April 1 in the ongoing 2nd 10- Northern Angami -1 T-20 bash organized by Brotherhood group played a t Z i e k e z o u Ko h i m a village ground.

Zienuobadze High Flyers defeated High School Daredevils by 21 runs. Winning the toss, Zienuobadze HF elected to bat and managed to score 90 runs losing 5 wickets in 10 overs. Anga scored the highest run 38, while Aso contributed 23.

Chasing the target, High school Daredevils managed to score only

69 runs losing 5 wickets in 10 overs. Sobin and Wopenthung contributed 22 runs.

Anga of Zienuobadze HF was declared man of the match.

In other match, Lower L. Khel Vikings defeated Chedema Strikers by 26 runs. Let to bat first after losing the toss, Lower LK scored 90 runs with the help of 45 runs from Khrieseizo, whp was also adjudged the man of the match.

Visanyu and Mhalezhazo also scored 26 and 3 runs respectively.

Chedema Strikers managed to score only 64 runs losing 3 wickets in 10 overs.

Earlier, the first match between Kenuozou Wolves

Anga of High School Daredevils receiving MOM the man of the match award on April 1. (NP)

and Lower Bayavii Giants Vs North Block Warriors was abandoned due to 2nd match: 10:00 am inclement weather. Both Middle Bayavii Lions teams shared the point.

Vs T.Khel Knights 3rd match: 1:00 pm Today’s matches Upper Bayavii Sixers 1st match: 7:00 am Upper L. Khel Riders Vs D. Khel United

Hyderabad to host IPL final on May 21 New Delhi, Apr 2 (Agencies): The final of the 2017 edition of Indian Premier League will be held in Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, confirmed the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday (April 2).

T h e Wa n k h e d e Stadium in Mumbai will host Qualifier 1 while M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore will host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2.

The BCCI also stated that there will be a reserve day for the final. Should the final scheduled on May 21 be interrupted by weather, the match will resume, at the point where it was stopped, on the reserve day on May 22 with the full quota of overs being completed if possible.

However, if no play is possible on the original day, a new 20-overs-perside game will begin on the reserve day with each team being allowed to select a new playing XI. This will be Hyderabad’s first IPL final.

The IPL starts on April 5 with Sunrisers Hyderabad, the defending champions, taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore, the runners-up, in Hyderabad.

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