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EC bans publication of uncertified ads NEW DELHI, APR 6 (PTI): Election Commission on Saturday barred parties, candidates and others from publishing political advertisements on polling day and a day prior to it in each of the seven phases of Lok Sabha polls unless their contents are pre-certified by screening committees. EC used its constitutional powers to take the decision. Its proposal to ban political advertisements on election day and a day before is pending with the law ministry for years.

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NDPP condemns ‘fake letters’

DIMAPUR, APR 6 (NPN): In a clear case of fake news, social media was rife with forged letters purportedly signed by chief minister Nephiu Rio on opening a channel with Rahul Gandhi for a post-poll alliance (in the event Congress party comes to power). Another letter purportedly signed by chief minister Neiphiu Rio and NDPP president Chingwang Konyak, contained names of legislators from the opposition NPF, to be appointed as ministers and advisers. The letters (More on p-7) were clearly meant to create political confusion just five days before polling to the Lok Sabha and by election on April 11. Reacting to the list, NDPP through it media and communication committee accused its “adversaries” of being responsible for preparing the letters with forged signatures of chief minister Neiphiu Rio and NDPP chief Chingwang Konyak. NDPP in its statement condemned the adversaries who it said made the “false and fake documents”, with forged signatures to create “I don’t know why he confusion. According to wants to be a politician.” NDPP, the adversaries of the

5 years of BJP rule has left the country unstable: Dr. S.C Jamir Correspondent

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party had prepared the socalled the letter titled “Top Confidential” addressed to Congress president Rahul Gandhi under the letter head of the chief minister with his forged signature, extending support to Rahul’s leadership in the event of government formation at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. In the letter titled “Top Confidential” dated March 28, which was also forward-

ed to the media, Rio referred to an alleged telephonic conversation with Rahul Gandhi for a post-poll alliance with Congress and to be part of a “secular government under Rahul’s leadership in the event of government formation at the Centre. The letter also stated that the coalition partners of the PDA have agreed in principle to forge such a post-poll alliance.

NDPP said the other “fake confidential letter” dated March 27, purportedly signed by Neiphiu Rio and Chingwang Konyak, claimed to be a plan to induct three NPF legislators as ministers and five NPF legislators as advisors. The list also includes two former NPP legislators as minister and advisor, who had recently merged with NDPP. (Cont’d on p-11)

U N G M A ( M O KO KC HUNG), APR 6 (NPN): Veteran Naga politician and former governor and five-time chief minister of Nagaland, Dr. S.C. Jamir Saturday said that the 5-year rule of the BJP-led NDA government has left the country unstable and therefore the secular parties were rallying together to save the country from an “impending perilous situation.” Addressing a joint rally of the Congress and NPF parties for INC candidate (Lok Sabha) KL Chishi at Babu Tsubu, Ungma here on Saturday, Dr. Jamir, stated that because of the “communal BJP and its allies”, all secular parties in the country have combined together to fight this election. He said that the Congress party since India’s independence had ruled the country by taking people of all races and religious beliefs on board. Dr. Jamir said he was opposed to the BJP’s ideology of “one nation, one people, one religion.” The veteran politician also stated that the world

recognizes the Nagas as a distinct people because of their cultural identity and Christian faith. However, he said that this “Naga identity” was at risk of being wiped out by the onslaught of the BJP-NDA ideologies and asked if any Naga would want to accept a government that stands to destroy the Naga identity. He said that the Congress, NPF and other likeminded parties rallying together against the BJPNDPP was not for money or power but to safeguard the Naga people. He also urged Ungma villagers to seek divine wisdom and vote for the secular Congress party’s candidates to salvage the village’s reputation for posterity’s sake. Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president, K Therie, who also addressed the joint rally, said that the Congress party joining forces with NPF and other like-minded parties was solely for the sake of safeguarding Nagaland and the Naga people. Maintaining that Congress stood for unity in diversity, Therie said the party

was fighting the ensuing Lok Sabha elections to uphold secularism, scrap the Citizenship Amendment Bill and to find a solution to the Naga political problem. Appealing for Alemjongshi, Congress candidate for the by-election to 26 Aonglengden constituency, the NPCC president said Alemjongshi was a mature and experienced leader, adding that he would, if elected, be the “salt” in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly. Former chief minister and leader of opposition, TR Zeliang, also said that NPF rallying with Congress was an “issue-based support” and the coming together of “secular forces.” Stating that the NPF and Congress protested the CAB, he said NPF also stood for protecting the rights of the Naga people. Appealing to the conscience of the people, Zeliang said that Congress would lose the elections if it was to be decided by money, but added Congress would win if it was about policies. A vote for Congress is proof that Nagas are not fooled, said Zeliang. (Cont’d on p-11)

16th Lok Sabha MPs leave 15% dev funds unspent MUMBAI, APR 6 (AGENCIES): Members of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha utilised 85 percent of the developmental funds they were allocated, leaving 15 percent unutilised--Rs 1,806.08 crore of the total amount of Rs 12,051.36 crore, a remainder larger than the Rs 1,700 crore that the Tamil Nadu government

will spend to build 1,00,000 houses for people displaced by Cyclone Gaja. According to IndiaSpend re por t, MPs from Meghalaya, Delhi, Chandigarh, Gujarat and Sikkim led the country in utilising their funds, while Goa had the highest percentage (22.54 percent) left unutilised. Nagaland saw

no project recommended or amount sanctioned in the priority health and family welfare sectors, while Jammu & Kashmir saw only Rs 1.43 lakh sanctioned and Himachal Pradesh, just Rs 5,000. Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) enables parliamentarians to

recommend developmental work in their constituencies, based on local needs. Under the scheme, each MP is allocated Rs 5 crore per year of their tenure, to suggest works to be taken up in districts in his/her constituency to the district collector, the top administrative official in each district. (Cont’d on p-11)

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FATEHPUR (UP), APR 6 (IANS): Attacking the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said if its leaders are truly patriotic, they would respect country’s martyrs -- including former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi -- irrespective of their caste, religion or political background. “If BJP leaders, who talk big about patriotism, are true patriots, they would respect martyrs of the country -- whether that martyr is Hindu or Muslim or the father of their political opponent. He is a martyr. You can’t be selective in which martyr you respect. If you are true patriots, respect all martyrs including Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi,” she said at a street corner meeting here. “If they are truly patriotic, they would not have turned away and shut their doors on farmers when they came to Delhi to tell the government the problems they were facing... If they are truly patriotic, they would have delivered on the promise of creating jobs that they made to you,” she added. Calling the upcoming elections crucial for deciding the fate of the country, Vadra told the gathering that she was there to remind them of what true patriotism was all about. K Y M C

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to society and encouraged them to initiate change in communities, the state, as well as the country. He also stated that active involvement of Churches, civil societies, social media and tribal organizations have played a vital role in creating awareness and making individuals and communities decide to stand for clean elections. Dr. Fr. Anto appreciated the NBCC for initiating the campaign and awakening youth and the faithful in Nagaland. During the program, students Porhosie, KK Among, Angam and Nyanpong B shared from their experiences, and spoke about the corrupt practices of candidates, party campaigners, and the people at large during elections. The program ended with launching of a clean election campaign Facebook page created by NEISSR & Peace Channel, followed by a pledge taken for clean elections by the participants.

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Chief Minister, NPA, DPC offer condolences

DIMAPUR: Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio has expressed grief over the demise of B. Tekalong former NPSCN secretary, who passed away on April 6 in Dimapur. In his condolence message to Mrs. Moangla, Rio described him as a sincere and dedicated educationist who quietly gave his best for the development of higher education in the State. His quiet demeanor was proof that he did not seek fame or the limelight, he added. Remembering his motto “Learn to teach and teach to learn”, Rio said late Tekalong was focussed on his ethics and rendered his best services to the State. Rio said the state has lost an unsung hero, an intellectual who made many sacrifices for the betterment of higher education so that the future generations in particular would benefit. Rio along with his wife and all officers and staff of the CMO, conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved

family members and prayed that Almighty God grant them courage to bear the irreparable loss and also for the departed soul to rest in eternal peace. NPA: Nagaland Press Association (NPA) expressed shock and pain to learn about the demise of Tekalong Longkumer, father of K Wapongmeren Longkumer, Executive Editor of Eastern Mirror. NPA conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that Almighty God grant them solace and strength to bear the loss and for the departed soul to rest in peace. DPC: Dimapur Press Club (DPC) has also expressed pain on hearing of the demise of Tekalong Longkumer, father of Executive Editor of Eastern Mirror K Wapongmeren Longkumer. DPC conveyed its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that God grant eternal peace to the departed soul.

Election related news, Accessibility Observer visits Kiphire information and directives

Longleng Police seize cash & drugs

Students, faculty and resource persons after the NEISSR clean election campaign launching on April 5.

DIMAPUR: North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR) in collaboration with Peace Channel, launched a clean election campaign under the theme “We pledge for clean election in Nagaland

and India” at NEISSR conference hall, Dimapur on April 5. A press release from NEISSR media cell stated that, Dr. Fr. CP Anto, principal of NEISSR, appreciated the initiative of the

Zunheboto polling training: DC&DEO Zunheboto, Shanavas C, through a notification has informed all Heads of Offices of various departments under Zunheboto district that the third and final phase of combined election training of all the polling personnel will be held Assembly Constituency segment wise on April 8 at Town Hall, Zunheboto. DIPR reports that in order to ensure cent percent participation and attendance all HoDs have been directed to take personal interest in disseminating the training program well ahead of time to their respective officers and staff requisitioned for polling duties. Wokha polling officials directed to collect EDC: DC&DEO Wokha, Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon, has informed all concerned polling officials who have applied for Election Duty Certificates (EDCs) for the ensuing Lok Sabha Elections to collect the EDC in form 12B from the EDC Facilitation Centre, DC office, Wokha starting from April 6, without fail. DIPR, in a report added that some applications in Form 12 A have been rejected both from within and outside the district as credentials of the concerned applicants could not be located in the latest e-roll. EDC for ms for Pughoboto poll personnel: The ADC&DEO of Pughoboto has informed all government employees under Pughoboto election district drafted for election duty and who have applied for Election Duty Certificates (EDCs), that EDC/Form-12 B will be issued on April 9 and 10. All concerned individuals are to collect the same from the Pughoboto ADC office. NPF directs its units: In accordance with a decision taken by the Naga People’s Front (NPF) and declaration of its president Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu on March 30, all party men have been directed to immediately constitute Coordination Committees at the divisional, area, town and village unit levels. MP (RS) & secretary general NPF, KG Kenye, in a circular authorized the constitution of more coordination committees as per need for every polling station if the need arises. In

social work trainees and stated that as per the 2011 census, 50% of voters were below 25 years of age and 65% below 35 years. He pointed out that the youth play an important role in making positive changes

the absence of Congress party workers at any level, the NPF party authorities have been entrusted with ensuring that polling agents are appointed at the instance of NPF authorities. All necessary communications may be issued by the party office bearers at their respective levels to their subordinates. The tour itinerary of the candidate KL Chishi will also be intimated at the earliest, the circular said. Divisional authorities have been directed to extend their fullest cooperation and participation in their respective jurisdiction where the meetings/ rallies are to be held. PDA campaigns in 3 ranges in Wokha: A 3-day campaign in favour of PDA LS candidate, Tokheho Yepthomi was organized on April 3, 4 and 6 at Englan Range, Nrio Range and Chukitong Range under 37 Tuyi Assembly Constituency represented by deputy chief minister, Y. Patton. The deputy chief minister’s Media Cell, in a press release stated that the campaign was led by PS to deputy CM, Hachio Patton and press secretary to deputy CM, Dr. Chanchibemo Shitio. Congress, NPF campaign in Phek: A NPF and Congress election rally for Congress candidate KL Chishi was held in Phek Town on March 5. A press release by NPF Central HQs Press Bureau stated that Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu apologized to loyalists of the NPF for not setting up its own NPF candidate for the Lok Sabha Elections, but assured the people that it has been done so for a very good reason. MLA from 17th Chizami AC, Khalo described the coming together of the two different political entities as unique, adding that the move has been initiated for a common vision to protect the interests of the Nagas. MLA from 18th Chozuba AC, Dr. Chotisuh Sazo, speaking at the rally, reflected on the history of the NPF and stated that the NPF coming forward to extend support to Congress is based on the same ideologies of upholding secularism, a movement to stand against the Citizenship Amendment Bill and for the Naga political issue.

DIMAPUR: Static Surveillance Team (SST) manning a check post at Orangkong junction seized a cash amount of Rs. 3,00,500 and seized approximately 5 gms of brown sugar from the possession of one person. According to SP office Longleng, the person was identified as Supongwati. In this connection, a case has been registered at Longleng Police Station under Sarah R. Ritse inspecting records maintained by sector officer Kiphire, on the NDPS Act and further April 6 in Kiphire. (DIPR) investigation is on. DIMAPUR: Social Welfare & Acces- (PWDs) can comfortably cast their sibility Observer (AO) of Lok Sabha votes. Election 2019 secretary, Sarah R. Ritse Sarah asked the District Adminvisited Kiphire on April 6. istration to take welfare measures for DIPR reports that she interacted PWDs to give everyone an equal opporDIMAPUR: NSCN (I-M), with the district administration and tunity to exercise their franchise. She through its MIP, has exvisited some polling stations around expressed the view that better polling pressed grief at the demise Kiphire town and inspected places to station accessibility for the disabled will of razou peyu M. Shonmake sure Persons with Disabilities also increase public confidence. phun Maku from Narum village, Khurmi region, on April 5 after a prolonged illness. The MIP stated that late M. Shonphun Maku had served the Naga national cause for a long time since he joined service on June 5, 1965. It added that his name and service shall be recorded in the pages of Naga history. NSCN (I-M) conveyed its deepest condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that God grant Assistant Election Officer (AEO) Kiphire, Olivi Thurr speaking at the meeting with the departed soul rest in peace. Block Level Officers (BLOs) of Kiphire district on April 5. (Tsipise Antony)

NSCN (I-M) condolence

news in Brief NSCN (I-M) emergency meeting: An emergency meeting of UT-I and its representatives has been convened for April 8, 10 am at CHQ, Hebron. NSCN (I-M) MIP has requested that all tatar and above, deputy secretary and above and from the Naga Army, major and above, attend the meeting without fail. Lost and found: The Union Territory (UT-I) has recovered a two wheeler (bike) Pulsar 150 (white stripes) bearing Chasis no. MD2A11C25ECH69789, Engine no. DH2CEH49163. NSCN (I-M) through its MIP has informed the rightful owner to come and claim the bike by producing genuine documents at UT-I office during working hours within one week. The UT secretary may be contacted at +91-8014620571.

10 held on extortion charges

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Police has apprehended ten individuals on extortion charges so far in the month of April, 2019. Dimapur Police PRO, in a press release reported that cases in all the instances have been registered and investigations are on. One Mughato Chishi (38 years of age), son of late Tokheho Chishi, village of Bothimo, Zunheboto, present resident of Sunrise Colony, Burma Camp, was apprehended for collecting illegal tax in the name of NSCN (I-M) from pickup truck drivers carrying vegetables at Burma Camp area on April 1. Rs 300 cash was seized from his possession. Dimapur Police apprehended one Mokul Ali (45), son of late Asid Ali, village Mirgapur, under Badarpur Police Station, Karimganj, Assam, and a present resident of H/95 Zeliangrong Colony, Dhobinalla. He was arrested from New Market area for extorting money from footpath vendors in the name of the NSCN (I-M) on April 2. Rs.1950 in cash was seized from his possession. On April 4, Dimapur Police along with IRB and CAPF personnel arrested one Ghokivi (21), son of Asheto, present resident of Lhomthi village, Dimapur, from Hovishe village. He was apprehended from Hazi Park for illegal collection of tax in the name of NSCN (R) from auto drivers. Rs.1,48,800 cash, and one mobile phone containing pictures of demand slips of the NSCN (R) seized from his possession. Dimapur Police arrested four persons near Sumi Baptist Church Dimapur for extorting money from the business community near Liberty Hotel Church road Dimapur on April 4. Dimapur Police identified the four as: Nuklo Pongen (36), under secretary NSCN (I-M), son of Yanger Pongen, Longsa Village, under Mokokchung Police Station, a present resident of Padampukhuri Dimapur; Dominic Lotha (32) section officer NSCN (I-M), son of Nyanmo Lotha, Akuk village, Bhandari, Wokha, present resident of 5th Mile near Bamboo Resort Centre Dimapur; Yeshika Yeptho (28) under secretary NSCN (I-M), son of Vitovi Yeptho, Rotomi village, Atoizui, Zunheboto, present resident of 5th Mile Sugar Mill Colony Dimapur; and Shelvin Sankhil (37) section officer NSCN (I-M), son of Akho Sankhil, Lamrinku village, Pallel, Chandel, Manipur, present resident of “Erani Bill”. Rs. 65,000 cash, a demand list and six letter heads of the NSCN (I-M) were seized from their possession. On April 5, Dimapur Police apprehended one Bappa Ghosh, son of late Bandal Ghosh, Bardhaman village, Burdwan Sardar, Kolkata, West Bengal, a present resident of Power House Colony, Burma Camp Dimapur, for collecting illegal tax in the name of NSCN (I-M) from vegetable vendors at Rail Bazaar Dimapur. On April 6, Dimapur Police apprehended two persons, Zhutovi Yeptho (54), son of Ikapu Yeptho, Rotomi village, Atoizu, Zunheboto, present resident of Sematilla Dimapur; and Hokuzha Zhimomi (57), son of Hokhuyi Zhimomi, Sastomi village, Akuluto, Zunheboto, present address Xuvihe Colony Dimapur. They were arrested on charges of demanding Rs. 10,000 in the name of NSCN (I-M) from Reliance Petrol Pump, City Tower Dimapur. Rs. 10,000 was seized from their possession.

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Kohima SVEEP van ends campaign

DIMAPUR: A mobile van set up with posters, pamphlet and equipped with a Public Address (PA) system playing the district theme song "Be the One," had been on the move in and around Kohima district to create awareness about 'Clean Elections' since March 30. DIPR reports that the awareness campaign was organized under the Kohima district Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign with its main objective being to reach out to every eligible voter to vote right as per guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The mobile van covered Kezocha EAC circle area on April 1 and Kohima town on April 2 with the motorcycle rally. On April 4 it covered ADC Chiephobozou area and Botsa EAC circle area and on April 5 it covered Kohima village, Secretariat area and some town areas. The mobile van awareness campaign culminated on April 6 covering different colonies which included NHAK, Agri, Jail, Ministers Hill, Mohonkhola, Chandmari and Lerei. K

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WEATHER FORECAST April 7

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360 students receive KET scholarships

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Sylvia May speaking at the Student beneficiaries of the scholarships after the program held on April 6 in Sponsor Margaret Halnan interacting with her sponsored program. (NP) Kohima. (NP) student and his mother. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, APR 6 (NPN): A Kohima Educational Trust (KET) (UK) Scholarship Award 2019 ceremony was held at The Heritage, Kohima on April 6 where 360 selected students of standards 8 to 12 from all over Nagaland received scholarships. KET CEO, Sylvia May, in her speech expressed delight at awarding

a record number of new scholarships this year. She mentioned that when the KET/KES was set up, it was decided that they could do the most by helping young Nagas with their education, assisting with school fees, books, uniforms etc. May also stated that KET set up the scholarship program because her father Gordon Graham (one of the founding members of

KET) was a huge believer in the importance of education. She thanked students for the letters they write each year to sponsors of their scholarships, saying that they appreciate it greatly. KET scholar 2015, Tomugha Awomi gave a scholar’s speech where he, on behalf of the beneficiary scholars, expressed gratitude to their benefactors

Army Recruitment Rally for Nagaland

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KAYAKALP review meeting in Wokha

DIMAPUR: A district review meeting of Medical Officers (MOs) and district felicitation program on KAYAKALP award was conducted on April 5 in Wokha. A press release from district media officer NHM Wokha, Mhonbeni Ezung stated that the meeting discussed the poor performance of Ambulance services in the state as pointed out by Central officials. The MOs were encouraged to transport a minimum of two patients per day to show improvement in Ambulance services by October 2019. CMO Wokha, Dr. Robin Lotha stressed on Swachhata Pakhwada Fortnight (April 1 - 15) activities to be observed at all health units and documentation of these activities. Health workers at health units have also been directed to stay at their respective posting places till the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 are over. Following the review meeting, the District Felicitation Program on KAYAKALP Award was held. The CMO encouraged all health units to strive for excellence and sustain good practices in their health care facilities. DPM (QA), Dr. Thungchanbeni Patton spoke on the aims and objectives of KAYAKALP. She urged them to actively participate in the coming “KAYAKALP Assessment 2019”. T h e p r o g r a m wa s chaired by deputy CMO, Dr. Zuben Kikon, short speeches and a presentation on “Journey of KAYAKALP” were given by MS DMMDH, Dr. Tumchobeni, SMO, Dr. William, BPM CHC Sanis, Gloria and MO Nyiro PHC, Dr. Thechamo.

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who, he said, had become a constant source of support for them. He thanked the late Gordon Graham, founder of KET adding that his legacy would always be remembered. He also thanked Elizabeth Graham who, he said, has been his sponsor for the past years. Addressing his fellow scholars, Tomugha said it was not because of their

Aspirants run laps during the Army recruitment rally for Nagaland held at Bhagat Stadium, Dimapur.

DIMAPUR: The military Dimapur from April 3 to conducted an Army Re- 6 exclusively for youth of cruitment Rally for Na- Nagaland. galand at Bhagat Stadium, PRO (Defence), Col. C

Konwer, in a press release stated that an overwhelming response from youth from all districts was witnessed

surpassing previous records by about 25 percent. The rally was flagged off by brigadier VM Sharma, deputy director general, North East States on April 3. The release stated that at present, medical tests of selected candidates are in progress. Director of Recruiting, Col Sanjeev Malik, in-charge of recruitment in Nagaland, thanked all agencies and State officials involved in successful conduct of the rally which culminated on April 6. According to the press release, a written common entrance exam for selected candidates will be conducted on April 28 at Rangapahar Military Station, Dimapur.

own merit that they were receiving the scholarships but because of the toil of their forefathers. Veteran Saishe Sema, in his short speech thanked the KET/KES for looking after the students, adding that even though the government forgot them many times, the guests who fought for them were there for them today. Some of the donors who were present there per-

sonally handed the scholarships to the students. The program started with invocation of blessings by Kohima Educational Society (KES) former chairman, Pheluopfhelie Kesiezie, followed by a welcome address delivered by KES chairman, Dr. P. Ngully. War Veteran Richard Day also spoke at the program and shared from his experiences.

3 KUD holds annual meeting & picnic

DIMAPUR: Kewhimia Union Dimapur (KUD) executives held their annual meeting & picnic at TL Angami Park, New Chumukedima on April 6. A press release from KUD general secretary, David Sekhose stated that issues related to the welfare of the union were thoroughly discussed in the meeting. It was also resolved that the general body meeting scheduled for the latter part of April, will be attended by each and every KUD member, young and old. Membership and household registration will be done at the proposed meeting. Guo-o Kerhü-o convener finance committee and Setuo Kelio treasurer briefed the gathering on the KUD’s financial status. Earlier, Atho Dzüvichü vice president welcomed the gathering in the meeting chaired by KUD president, James Vizo.

Easterine Kire, K Kevichusa win literature award

DIMAPUR: Easterine Kire and Kethoser Kevichusa have won the Gordon Graham Prize for Naga Literature. Both of them will be awarded Rs. 1 lakh cash and a certificate

each. Kire has been selected for her fictional book “When the River Sleeps” and Kevichusa for his nonfiction “Forgiveness and Politics.”

They will be presented the awards on April 9 by chief minister Neiphiu Rio, and managing trustee & CEO of Kohima Educational Trust (KET), Sylvia May.

A Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY) program on ‘Mushroom production techniques’ was conducted from March 29 to April 3 at Medziphema town. (KVK, Dimapur)

CIHSR Universal health coverage campaign Cut-flower production training in Wokha

Resource persons and CIHSR staff with students and faculty of one of the educational institutions visited for the WHO campaign for Universal Health Coverage.

DIMAPUR: The World Health Organization (WHO) campaign for “Universal Health Coverage with the theme Everyone, Everywhere- Health for All” was commemorated as special events by the Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR) from April 1 to 6 in ten educational institutions in Dimapur. A press release from CIHSR media cell stated that the resource persons were Dr. Antoly Suu, deputy chief medical officer; Dr. Rebecca Zhimomi, district immunization officer; Dr. Atsung Aier, head of community health department; Dr. Leishiwon Kumrah, head of dermatology; Dr. Christy Simpson, principal

College of Nursing; and other faculty members of CIHSR. The resource persons expressed the view that all individuals and communities can get essential quality health services from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care. They added that everyone, everywhere from individuals to communities, cities, health professionals, civil society organizations, media and governments can play a part in the effort for universal health coverage by joining this campaign. Student Nurses Association (SNA) of CIHSR performed a drama depicting behaviors that may have

DIMAPUR: To promote entrepreneurship development in the field of cutflower production among rural unemployed educated youth, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Wokha organized a five-day residential training program on ‘Production and Management of Cut Flowers’ from March 22 to 26 at KVK Wokha Campus. KVK Wokha senior scientist and head, Dr. Santosh Kr Baishya, in a press release reported that the program was conducted under the Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) project. Youth were trained on nursery flower production, protected cultivation of high value crops,

production of important cutflowers, nutrient management in ornamental plants, Hydroponics and packaging and marketing of cut-flowers. The resource persons for the training program were Megokhono Meyase, ACTO (Horticulture) and Dr. BL. Mhalo Tungoe, ACTO (Agril. Extension). In the valedictory function, Dr. Santosh Kr. Baishya, encouraged the trainees to take up entrepreneurship development through floriculture and attract and motivate other youth to take up similar types of enterprises to secure a livelihood. The program was attended by 20 rural youths from five villages of Wokha district.

a positive or negative impact on individual health and the health of others. The campaign also displayed important world health day banners and posters in different locations of Dimapur and distributed pamphlets in different banks. Health awareness and eye screening sessions were also conducted among a few women in Master Colony, Kuda village. The campaign was organized in collaboration with Dimapur Municipal Corporation, and principals of institutions and pharmaceutical companies viz. K. Lifeline Surgicals, Medicine Distributors, Medico, Aaro- MGMHSS Dimapur students participated in the Innovative gya Enterprise and Indo Science Working Model (Exhibit) competition. On April 2, the school felicitated the students and their mentor. (MGMHSS) Foreign Surgico.

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Imphal security beefed for Modi’s visit

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IMPHAL, Apr 6: Security in Imphal has been tightened up on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Manipur. Modi is scheduled to arrive in Imphal Sunday afternoon on his brief visit to the state to attend a BJP’s election rally to be held in Imphal’s Hapta Kangjeibung. Besides random checking of selected vehicles, mopping operations were also conducting at selected sensitive localities in the twin capital districts by the state police commandos. In one such mopping operation at New Chekon area of Imphal East district, a place close to the rally venue, police commandos picked up three persons including two women and handed them over to Porompat police station for further verification. Around 300 people including women were verified during the operation conducted on Saturday morning. As part of security measures, Imphal West

Mopping operation by police as part of security measure ahead of PM visit in Manipur.

police commandos also conducted mopping operations at various areas in the vicinity of Imphal Airport and localities on both sides of road from airport to rally venue on Saturday. No suspect was picked up during the operation, a police source said. The source said that an intensified security measure has been put in place considering calls for total shutdown by insurgent groups announcing to boycott the visit of the Prime Minister.

Apart from the total shutdown call given by Coordinating Committee (CorCom) of major rebel groups operating in Manipur, other militant groups have also imposed similar boycotts for the VVVIP visit in the state. A team of Special Protection Group (SPG) that had already arrived in Imphal were also assisting the state security force and police in taking up security measures, particularly along the routes

where the Prime Minister would travel and the venue (Hapta Kangjeibung) where he would address the people of the state. The ruling BJP is expecting a gathering of around 50,000 people at the venue. Chief minister N Biren Singh who took stock of the preparations for the rally said, “We expect around 50,000 people to take part the party rally.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the state to campaign

for the party candidates in the fray from the two Lok Sabha seats in the state. The proposed visit of the Prime Minister is amidst separate total shutdown calls by insurgent groups operating in Manipur. Insurgent groups resorting to armed struggle to regain Manipur lost freedom have been boycotting visits of any head of India government in the state, CorCom said. Coordination Committee (CorCom), a conglomerate of some major rebel group based in the state has announced a total shutdown on April 7 to boycott what it termed visit of the “colonial leader”. The shutdown will be effective from 1 am till 6 pm on Saturday, CorCom announced in an e-mail statement. Other militant groups like the United People’s Revolutionary Front of Manipur (UPRFM) and some factions of Kangleipak Communist Party have also announced separate total shutdowns on the same day to boycott the visit of Prime Minister.

Manipur celebrates New Year Day Over Rs 47 lakh seized from IMPHAL, Apr 6: Manipur celebrated ‘Sajibu Nongma Panba Cheiraoba’, the New Year of Manipuri (Meetei) lunar calendar, with gaiety and fervour on Saturday. The celebration that begins with rituals of offerings of fruits, vegetables, rice and other uncooked food items to the almighty at the main entrance gate of each household culminated by worshiping of hill deity after climbing nearby hills. Sajibu Nongma Panba Cheiraoba is the New Year festival of Manipur celebrated on the first day of the month Sajibu (usually falls in March or April), the first month of Manipuri lunar calendar. Cleaning and decoration of houses and surrounding before preparing special dishes are other

activities of the festival. Traditionally, on the day, the ‘Chahitaba’ is also selected for the next year during a special ritual function at the royal palace. Chahitaba bears all the sins of the people for the whole year. Chahitaba is nominated by Maibas after referring to horoscope. As people pray for a peaceful and prosperous New Year, every household appease the almighty with a sumptuous feast. Married women visited their parental homes to present gifts to their relatives and wish them prosperity. Hot weather of the day could not dampen the spirit of the people who climbed hills near the valley areas where it is believed the almighty stays to watch them. People of all ages, all

walks of life converged at the foothill after partaking special meal with joy forgetting the hardships of life at the moment. The New Year celebrations are also followed by a traditional folk dance “Thabal Chongba” which is performed only during the Yaosang festival. Thabal Chongba is organized at various localities during the night time. Manipur Governor Dr Najma Heptulla, chief minister N Biren Singh and others extended their greetings to the people of the state, particularly to the Meetei/ Meitei on the occasion. “On this occasion, let us all resolve to make Cheiraoba, a harbinger of peace and harmony in the state and work together for a common goal,” said Dr Heptulla.

Cong entered unholy alliance with Muslim League: Yogi Adityanath

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Hojai (Assam), Apr 6 (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Saturday alleged that the Congress has entered into an “unholy alliance” with the Muslim League which was evident from the green flags seen at the time Rahul Gandhi went to file nomination in a procession from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. Gandhi filed his nomination paper from Wayanad which has a sizable Muslim population, on Thursday. A video of Gandhi’s procession while going to file nomination at Wayanad has gone viral. It was recorded from a spot that showed green flags of the Muslim League fluttering over the procession. “Gandhi ran away from Uttar Pradesh and filed his nomination from a seat in Kerala. In his procession there was neither the Indian Tricolour nor the Congress symbol ‘hand’ but only the Muslim League’s green flag with stars and moon,” he claimed while addressing an election rally here. K Y M C

“This unholy alliance has exposed the mindset of the Congress. The Muslim League was responsible for the partition of the country and the killing of lakhs of people during that time. Now the Congress has a political alliance with the same party,” the UP chief minister said. In Assam too, the Congress has entered into an understanding with Badruddin Ajmal’s AIUDF which is responsible for myriad problems in the state, he alleged. “The Congress has compromised the national security and your security by entering into both these alliances,” he told the rally. The Congress is finding it difficult to find candidates in the state as it is working with “negative forces”, he said. There is, however, no formal alliance between the Congress and the AIUDF for the general elections. The Cong ress has lost in all the states in the North East but the party has not learnt the lesson and is repeating the same

mistake again and again, he added. The BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strengthened the nation, he asserted. Following China’s incursion into Doklam through Bhutan, it got a befitting reply and was forced to retreat, Adityanath said adding that Modi has enhanced the country’s stature in the world by directing attack on terrorist camps inside Pakistan. After the attack, Pakistan went crying to other countries but the world leaders have replied that India has done the right thing, the UP chief minister claimed. “The USA that had entered Pakistan to finish off Osama Bin Laden. Israel had entered Palestine. India is the third country to enter another nation to attack terrorists,” Adityanath asserted. He asserted that India under Modi has emerged as a global economic power attaining the sixth position from the earlier 11th place under the UPA regime. “There has been no discrimination on the basis of caste, region, language and religion. All are enjoying the fruits of development,” the senior BJP leaders said. The prime minister has ensured development of the Northeast by directing his ministers to visit the region twice a month, understand the problems of the people and resolve it at the earliest, Adityanath said.

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Tezpur (Assam), Apr 6 (PTI): A total of Rs 47.91 lakh was seized from various areas in the state, police sources said on Saturday. In the first incident, Static Surveillance Team (SST) seized Rs 22 lakh from a person in Bihaguri area on Friday. The person claimed that the money was meant workers of Mazbat Tea Estate, a police officer said, adding that the management of the tea garden has been asked to produce relevant documents for claiming the money back. In another incident on Friday, a static surveillance team (SST) seized Rs 20.71 lakh from a biker in Sonitpur district during regular checking of vehicles, police sources said on Saturday.

The team seized the money on Friday when vehicles were being checked at Tumuki near Tezpur Medical College, the sources said. According to the biker, the money belonged to a microfinance company and he was on his way to deposit the money in a bank, they said. The seized money was counted in presence of a magistrate and sent to the treasury office in Tezpur since the person carrying the money could not produce any valid documents, a police officer said. The owner of the microfinance company has been asked to produce relevant documents in order to claim his money, the police officer said.

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Polling officials airlifted to remote areas in AP ITANAGAR, APR 6: Polling officials were airlifted to several remote parts of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday and Saturday. According to Northeast Now, on Thursday, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had successfully airlifted 32 polling personnel to Vijayanagar, a remote area in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. According to a press release issued by the Chief Election Officer’s (CEO’s) office, this second batch had 85 polling personnel. This completes the movement of poll personnel in Arunachal Pradesh. The team which was airlifted on Friday consist of poll personnel who will cover the polling stations under Tali A/C in Kurung Kumey district. A team of 35 polling personnel, who flew on Saturday from Daporijo will cover polling stations in Taksing circle under Upper Subansiri district. The Chief Election Officer’s office also reported that a polling party for Cheppe polling station under Anini Assembly constituency in Dibang Valley district also left on foot for their polling station on Saturday. This is the first team to move on foot for the 2019 polls in Arunachal Pradesh.

64 companies of CAPF in Tripura for Lok Sabha election Agartala , Apr 6 (PTI): Tripura Director General of Police, Akhil Kumar Shukla Saturday said 64 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) have arrived in the state for smooth and peaceful conduct of Lok Sabha elections. Tripura has two Lok Sabha seats - West Tripura and East Tripura, the elections for which would be held on April 11 and April 18 respectively. The DGP said the 856 km long border with Bangladesh would be sealed before the elections and BSF was asked to maintain a strict vigil along the border. BSF DIG and chief PRO of Tripura frontier, C L Belwa said, 18 battalions of BSF are posted in Tripura and border vigil was intensified in view of the elections.

Shukla said the CAPF personnel have been deployed in different parts of the state along with state police to provide security for smooth and peaceful conduct of parliamentary elections. The DGP told reporters that 180 Static Surveillance Teams (SST) and 180 Flying Squad teams (FST) are in position in different parts of the state to control any attempt of sabotage, detect movements of illegal items and also to look after other law and order related issues. He said all the 23 candidates in the fray in the two constituencies have been given adequate security. The DGP said so far 1395 non-bailable and permanent warrants have been executed after the announcement of poll dates by Election Commission.

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Meghalaya has highest enrollment of young voters

S H I LL O N G , A P R 6 (AGENCIES): Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer, Frederick Kharkongor said that the ratio of enrollment of young electorates is higher in Meghalaya compared to the ratio throughout India. “The ratio of enrollment of young electorates in India is only two percent. The ratio of enrollment of young electorates in the State is 4.26 percent till January. The figures is likely to go up once the final tabulation of young voters, who attain the age of 18 years who have recently enrolled in the electoral rolls,” Kharkongor said while addressing during an event #GoVote open mic which was held at Cafe Shillong here today. M e g h a l aya C h i e f Electoral Officer said that the 76,000 young voters is a figure which is there till January. “We are expecting to touch the figure of 80,000 young and first time voters, who will be casting their votes on the April 11 Lok Sabha polls,”

Frederick Kharkongor (File)

Kharkongor said. He also said that this number of young voters is very significant since they are the impactful segment of the society. Talking about the event, Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer said that they have organised this event in Cafe Shillong since it is one of the self contained places and there are a lot of people who come here to have a cup of coffee and to listen to some music. “It is this kind of creative engagement and dialogue that will motivate the youth to go and vote. Music also reflects great culture of our society where music is

the dominant vocabulary. Music and creative artists have to play a central role to motivate the young voters.We have long association with Summer Salt,” Kharkongor said. He said that this event would also be spread through the social media adding that many visitors of this event would spread a word of mouth about this initiative. Kharkongor said that they have created animations and videos which is being played in the cinema halls to fulfill the objective of the Election Commission that no voter should be left behind.

Tapir Gao on cash seizure: ‘A ploy by Cong’

BSF jawan shoots himself dead in Tripura

Tapir Gao (File) I T A NA G A R , A P R 6 (AGENCIES): “For fear of losing popular support of the people across the State, the Congress has been left with the only option to explore all means to tarnish the image of the BJP in the run-up of the simultaneous election”, stated Arunachal Pradesh BJP president Tapir Gao. This statement comes after Rs 1.8 crore was confiscated on Tuesday from a car which was part of the Chief Minister’s convoy in Pasighat. Gao who is also the candidate for the Eastern parliamentary seat of the

State admitted that the amount recovered from a private car belonged to a BJP MLA. “But the money can be acounted for as personal property and this could be proved during the investigation”, Gao said. Refuting the validity of the video that went viral on various social media platforms, Gao further clarified that the seized amount, as alleged the rival Congress, neither belonged to him nor Pema Khandu or Chowna Mein. Gao while taking a dig at the Congress said, “I am baffled at the fact that the Congress has been left with the only option of damaging the reputation of the BJP.” “The recent PRC issue at Lekang circle in Namsai district and the disaster that followed in the State capital bears the testimony to the fact that Congress cannot play fair politics and and rather play with the sentiments and emotion of the people of the State just before the election”, he said.

Ag a rta l a , A p r 6 (PTI): A BSF constable from Andhra Pradesh committed suicide with his service rifle, after firing at two of his colleagues in a camp at North Tripura district, police said on Saturday. The constable, B Durga Rao (38), was talking to a family member when he suddenly shot at one of his colleagues, Anil Kumar, on Friday night in Panisagar area, SP Bhanupada Chakraborty said. Hearing the sound of gunfire, another BSF jawan, Dhanraj, rushed to the spot to overpower him and during an ensuing scuffle, Rao shot at himself and died on the spot, Chakraborty said. Dhanraj also received bullet injuries in the tussle, he said. Both the injured jawans, whose condition is stated to be out of danger, are undergoing treatment at GB Pant Hospital here, BSF sources said. An investigation into the incident is on.

117 all women polling stations in Mizoram: CEO Aizawl, Apr 6 (PTI): Mizoram Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashish Kundra Saturday said there would be 117 all women polling stations, manned by women polling officials and women security staff for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the state. Polling for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram and the bypoll to the Aizawl West Assembly constituency will be held on April 11. Addressing the media, Kundra said that he had visited the districts of the state to oversee the poll preparedness and was fully satisfied that the election machineries were fully prepared to deliver on the promises of polls. “All the districts have completed commissioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and the third and final round of training of polling officials would be completed by Monday,” he said. This time, there would be 117 all women polling stations, manned by women polling officials and women security staff, on the polling day due to huge positive response in the state assembly

polls held late last year, the CEO said. He said 256 voters awareness for um were formed across the state besides formation of young voters club by social media enthusiasts. A few polling parties going to far and remote polling stations would leave from the respective district headquarters on Tuesday, most of the polling parties would be despatched on Wednesday. He said that while six companies of central armed police force (CAPF) personnel were being deployed six additional CAPF companies collected from within the state would also be deployed. Wireless communication back-up would be in place in ‘mobile shadow areas’ especially in southernmost Lawngtlai district where 50 per cent of the polling stations do not have mobile network, he said. The CEO said that there was only one polling station in Lawngtlai district where boats have to be used by polling officials as the village was inaccessible by road.

Assam BJP highlights past achievements to woo voters G u wahat i , A p r 6 (Agencies): Failing to publish a manifesto for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, the ruling BJP on Saturday released a two-paged appeal to urge the people to vote for the party, highlighting the BJP government’s initiative taken in Assam since 2014. The saffron party thanked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for initiating development projects in Assam since the BJP led government came to power at the Centre and taking steps towards making India a super power. Apart from highlighting the surgical strike to avenge the Pulwama attack, the appeal also highlighted the steps of the BJP government at the Centre to confer Bharat Ratna to Late Bhupen Hazarika, capacity enhancement of the Numaligarh Refinery Limited and for completing the three major bridge projects in Assam in the last few years. The party also claimed credit for taking steps against

the multi-crore cash for job scam of the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) and arresting of several bureaucrats for their involvement in corruption. Apart from this the party has also highlighted the smart fencing project under taken in Dhubri district of Assam to seal the Indo-Bangladesh border. The party’s appeal also avoided the issues of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill against which the State had witnessed series of protests across all districts in past few months. BJP’s national president Amit Shah had on Friday said that the party had already identified the illegal foreigners living in the state and that in next five years all the illegal foreigners will be deported back to their country of origin. The Congress had recently released its manifesto in Delhi and also in Assam and said that the party will repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill if the party comes to power at the Centre.

5 Congress gifted corruption to Arunachal: Khandu I T A NA G A R , A P R 6 (AGENCIES): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday lashed out at the Congress alleging that “deep-rooted” corruption was a “gift” of the grand old party, which had ruled the state for several decades. Addressing a rally in Bordumsa in Changlang district, Mr Khandu claimed that the situation has “changed” after the BJP came to power in the state. “Our government is already on the job to weed out corruption.. we will not spare anybody found indulging in unlawful activities,” he said. The recent arrest of a businessman and two government officials allegedly involved in a compensation scam on the ambitious Trans Arunachal Highway (TAH) project is a “clear example of our resolve against corruption”, Mr Khandu said. He said, the Northeastern region and Arunachal Pradesh, in particular, got its due importance after the NDA government came to power at the Centre in 2014.

Cong demands Deb’s arrest for spreading communal hatred

Biplab Kumar Deb (File)

Ag a rta l a , A P R 6 (AGENCIES): As Tripura prepares iteself for the Lok Sabha Elections in two phases- April 11 and 18 respectively, a spate of allegations on BJP pertaining to violation of MCC has been made by the opposition party. The Congress party on Saturday accused Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb of spreading communal hatred and demanded his arrest. State Congress vicepresident Pijush Kanti Biswas told a press conference that Chief Minister Deb repeatedly made false statements against the Congress party and its state president Pradyot Kishore Manikya Deb Barma with a view to spreading communal hatred. The lawyer and poli-

tician also said that CM Deb termed Congress “anti-national party” without having any knowledge of the words ‘national or ‘anti-national. Biswas said the Chief Minister is threatening voters through his public speeches by saying that people of Tripura would be deprived of existing subsidies and government benefits if BJP candidates were defeated in coming Lok Sabha polls. Earlier in March, Congress accused BJP leaders and supporters of violent attacks on its Lok Sabha candidates during poll campaigns. Tapas Dey, who is the TPCC vice-president had filed a complaint with the CEO and demanded action against the Chief Minister.

‘Mahagatbandhans’ always post-poll after 1977: Yechury Ag a rta l a , A p r 6 (IANS): ‘Mahagatbandhans’ have been formed only after Lok Sabha elections since 1977 and this time too, such a grand alliance would be formed after the polls, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Saturday. “Since 1977, no ‘Mahagatbandhan’ had been formed before the elections, it has taken shape only afterwards... In same way, this time, a grand alliance would be formed after the current polls and an alternative government would take shape at the Centre,” he said at an election rally here. The Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary said that if his party gets maximum seats in the Lok Sabha, they would not raise the issues of Left parties, but give voice to the people’s miseries and their necessities. “The MGNREGA (rural jobs guarantee scheme), the Forest Rights Act and many other his-

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toric acts were passed by the Parliament only due to the pressure and demand of the Left parties. The BJP-led government, during the past five years, held a lesser number of Parliament sessions only to curtail the rights and voices of the people,” he alleged. Yechury said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party only directs people on what to eat, what to wear and who their companions or friends will be and if anyone do not follow these dictates, their cadres are attacking them. Terming Prime Min-

ister Narendra Modi as “Chowkidar” (watchman) of “antariksha” (outer space)”, the Left leader said that Modi has been witnessing many things from space as he seen the strike by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan’s Balakot and was taking credit for it as well as for the missiles to destroy satellites in lowEarth orbit. Noting different BJP leaders and ministers had given numbers, spanning 0 to 430, for those killed in the Balakot strike, Yechury accused the BJP of trying to spread the fear of terrorism, Pakistani phobia and use violent politics to govern the country and win the elections. “Farmers are committing suicide, workers losing jobs, people have been facing unprecedented miseries and country’s economy is ruined... but Modi and his party leaders are highlighting fake credit for their government.”

Assam: 34 pc candidates in NPP launches social media campaign — One Voice, One North East phase 1 are matric pass or below campaign says that climate change poses a real challenge to our society, our economy and our national security. The party endeavour will be to mitigate climate change and protect the rich natural resources, and ensure that the quality

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engineering. Among the other contestants are Ubaidur Rahman (Asom Jana Morcha), who has studied till class 7, Ambaz Uddin (Ind), who is a matriculate, and Probhu Lal Vaishnava (Ind), who is a higher secondary pass. There are also two law degree holders — Hem Kanta Miri (Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist) and Arup Kalita (CPI); three master degree holders — Anup Pratim Borbaruah (NCP), Amiya Kumar Handique (CPI-M) and Bhupen Narah (Voters Party International), while Dilip Moran (Assam Dristi Party) has mentioned his educational qualification as BSc Part II. In Jorhat, there are three matriculates — Kamala Raj Konwar (National People’s Party), Raj Kumar Duwara (All India Forward Bloc) and Arbin Kumar Boruah (Ind). Congress’s Sushanta Borgohain is a graduate while BJP candidate Topon Kumar Gogoi is an MA, LLB. There are seven candidates in the fray in Kaliabor, from where Gaurav Gogoi of Congress is seeking a second consecutive term. He is a BTech and has a masters degree in Public Administration.

practices, which are climate friendly and also replicate ideas and scientific interventions to boost agriculture.. On education, the party said in its campaign that quality of education has posed a major hurdle for development. The party underlines the principle of ensuring holistic development of the society with emphasis on elementary, secondary to higher education vis-à-vis professional and vocational education system. On environment, the

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are veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Paban Singh Ghatowar, a Bachelor of Arts from St Antony College, Shillong, and Titus Bhengra, a retired professor of political science from DHSK College here. According to Bhengra’s affidavit, he holds a PhD from Dibrugarh University. Two other candidates from the seat are matric pass though one of them — Israil Nanda — holds a diploma in trade union management. In Tezpur, the Congress has fielded retired IAS officer MGVK Bhanu, a Masters of Engineering from IIT Delhi who hails from Andhra Pradesh. He retired last year as Assam’s additional chief secretary and was also the chairman of Tea Board. Up against him are Independents Ziabur Rahman Khan, who studied till class 10, and Iqbal Ansari, a higher secondary pass, Mahendra Orang (Voters Party International), a matriculate, and Mahendra Bhuyan (NCP), Pallab Lochan Das (BJP) and Bijoy Kumar Tiru (Ind), all graduates. Both the Congress (Anil Borgohain) and BJP (Pradan Baruah) candidates in Lakhimpur seat are matriculates though the latter has a diploma in mechanical

linked to rich resources of the region. On promoting Northeast, the party says that North East India is a kaleidoscope of cultural and linguistic diversity. Each state of the region has its distinctive heritage and tradition. It is a melting pot of indigenous communities and their faith. NPP envisages to promote and safeguard the interest of the indigenous people. On agriculture and logistics, the party would lay its importance and thrust on the indigenous agricultural

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Dibrugarh, Apr 6 (PTI): Fourteen of the 41 candidates in Assam contesting the Lok Sabha election in the first phase on April 11 are either matriculates or not even that, including a sitting BJP MP, according to their poll affidavits. However, the list also has an ex-IITian, a retired professor of political science and some law and masters degree holders among others. Polling on five of the 14 seats in Assam will be held on April 11. A total of 75,16,284 people are eligible to vote in Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Tezpur, Kaliabor and Jorhat constituencies. According to a law in Assam, a person needs to be at least Class 6 pass to become a member of a panchayat. The state’s BJP government wants that a minimum educational qualification for people wanting to contest assembly and parliamentary elections should also be fixed. The Supreme Court is hearing a plea seeking to fix educational qualification for poll candidates. In Dibrugarh, BJP’s Rameshwar Teli, who is seeking a second successive term, is HSLC pass from Tipling Ghat High School in Duliajan. Among his rivals

S H I LL O N G , A P R 6 (AGENCIES): The National People’s Party (NPP) has launched its social media campaign to ‘enlighten’ the electorates across Northeast on its agenda with the theme — “One Voice, One Northeast”. The party has prioritized rural economy, education, youth and employment, promoting Northeast, education, environment and health as its key focus in their campaign – “Agenda for Northeast 2019”. The three point agenda of the campaign — (a) to commit to the cause of indigenous people, minorities and the marginalized; (b) to ensure that the indigenous people and the minorities assert their ‘political say’; (c) to push for a strong political voice from the region to safeguard the interest of the people of Northeast. On rural economy, the party envisage on the potential that lies in the rural areas of the Northeast and would push for a holistic development of the rural economy with particular focus on agriculture, horticulture and allied sector. On youth and employment, the party states that it would encourage investment in private sector in tourism, hospitality, agriculture and IT. It also says that the party will formulate an ambitious policy to empower youth with different business and livelihood opportunities

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hen BJP founder and party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani (aged 91) was denied a ticket to contest for the 2019 Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar parliamentary constituency which he held since 1991, it was the last nail on his political career spanning over 60 years. Denying a ticket without prior information to a leader of such a stature was to rid of a man whose presence, caused some discomfort to those at the helm. It was Advani to built up the BJP from the time when in 1984 the party had won only two seats- one from Andhra Pradesh and the other from Gujarat. In 1990 its tally rose to 85 seats and by 1991 it crossed the 100mark by winning 120 seats. In 1996 the BJP won 161 seats and formed a coalition government under Vajpayee but it lasted only for 13 days. In 1998 the party tally rose to 182 seats when it formed the NDA government which lasted for 13 months. In 1999 the BJP again formed a coalition government under Vajpayee after winning 182 seats against 141 won by the Congress. The NDA coalition formed in 1999 lasted its full term till 2004. BJP lost in 2004 when its tally went down to 138 seats. Again in 2009,the party tally was further reduced to 116 and lost its second consecutive election. Perhaps the present BJP could have treated Advani better than having continually ignored him and making it clear he was no longer needed by the present crop or leaders. Advani was the real power behind the BJP but he never grudged the more popular Atal Behari Vajpayee from taking on the mantle of leadership of the party. Advani realised that Vajpayee his old comrade in arms, was the person who had the potential. Today Vajpayee is considered as the India’s most popular prime minister. Advani served as Vajpayee’s second-incommand becoming the country’s Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2004. Advani also served as Minister of Home Affairs in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government from 1998 to 2004. Advani was definitely pained by the happenings in India after Modi took over the government post2014 Lok Sabha election. In his famous statement made to a newspaper on June 18,2015 Advani had expressed fears that an emergency like situation could arise as “forces that can crush democracy” were stronger( than those who imposed the 1975 emergency), notwithstanding the constitutional and legal safeguards. In his tweets, after being denied ticket, Advani took on the present BJP leadership when he said the party has never regarded those who disagree with it politically as its “enemies”, but only as “adversaries”. He said BJP under Vajpayee and he, had committed to freedom of choice of every citizen at personal as well as political level.” The blog is at variance with the BJP stand over the last few months where its leaders, including PM Modi and party chief Amit Shah, have raised doubts about the patriotism of political opponents, especially the Congress. Besides Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and others have been treated shabbily. Even Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan an eighth time winner had to suffer embarrassment when she was kept in suspense over getting the ticket. The BJP today has no room for dissent or free speech and leaders of stature who have been the party’s national torch bearers have been elbowed out.

DailyDevotion The Collision of God and Sin

…who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree… —1 Peter 2:24 The Cross of Christ is the revealed truth of God’s judgment on sin. Never associate the idea of martyrdom with the Cross of Christ. It was the supreme triumph, and it shook the very foundations of hell. There is nothing in time or eternity more absolutely certain and irrefutable than what Jesus Christ accomplished on the Cross— He made it possible for the entire human race to be brought back into a right-standing relationship with God. He made redemption the foundation of human life; that is, He made a way for every person to have fellowship with God. The Cross was not something that happened to Jesus— He came to die; the Cross was His purpose in coming. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8). The incarnation of Christ would have no meaning without the Cross. Beware of separating “God was manifested in the flesh…” from “…He made Him…to be sin for us…” (1 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21). The purpose of the incarnation was redemption. God came in the flesh to take sin away, not to accomplish something for Himself. The Cross is the central event in time and eternity, and the answer to all the problems of both. The Cross is not the cross of a man, but the Cross of God, and it can never be fully comprehended through human experience. The Cross is God exhibiting His nature. It is the gate through which any and every individual can enter into oneness with God. But it is not a gate we pass right through; it is one where we abide in the life that is found there. The heart of salvation is the Cross of Christ. The reason salvation is so easy to obtain is that it cost God so much. The Cross was the place where God and sinful man merged with a tremendous collision and where the way to life was opened. But all the cost and pain of the collision was absorbed by the heart of God.

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Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing. ~ Bernard Baruch

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2019

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Rethinking social protection

xperience across the world over confirms that a steady, safe, wellpaid job is the best protection against economic hardship. However, the science of probability in attaining this ideal situation is dampened by a series of challenges embroiled our State. The proposition that the State Government or the private players in the State will endeavour to create more jobs to absorb the seventy thousand plus educated youths is a fallacy. The extensive agricultural lands that are fast degrading and left unattended due to the combined effects of unplanned development and climatic fluctuations pose a grave risk of losing more jobs. The eroding workforce catalyses by lack of skills in organized sector and the problem of availability of jobs in unorganized sector but lies untapped only appears to further compound rate of unemployment. The given context projects the State not to be so poor but still remain susceptible and vulnerable. As a long term vision with a short term implementation, the Central government has from time to time introduced schemes and welfare measures. Such welfare programs mostly concerns with health, education, social security and agriculture. Conspicuously, departments including School Education, Health & Family Welfare, Social Welfare, Agriculture have automatically become the nodal agencies to execute the programs as sanctioned by the Central government. These departments have, therefore, largest number of provisional employees hired for a specific target in a preset period of time. Understandably, host of educated youths have been into these momentary jobs to secure a decent living. In one way, for the time being, those engaged and hired by the Government were viewed fortunate as few selections had been made out of thousands of applicants. In contrast, the irregular payments of salary, the temporary nature of the jobs and the absence of rehabilitation scheme for workers relieved of assignment all these render the workers hinge on between the devil and the deep blue sea. Under this given circumstance, the perpetual obsession with the insecurity of the job afflicts both psychological and physical wellness of the workers. Creativity, by law of nature, becomes its first casualty. When prolong, it

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has a tendency to degenerate into mental disorder whereby it may assume certain manifested symptoms in the forms of being rebellious, negativism, frustration, anxiety, depression, and in extreme situation, suicide. Fear of chronic pain has been a subject of reference amongst those people who seek an instant escape route. Research shows that unemployed people took their own lives at around two-and-a-half times the rate of those in work subsequent to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union’s downfall also saw many middle-aged people drop in the sources of income and status collapse, leading to social instability and escalated incidence of suicide. In our State, the fluid flow of liquor has only appeared to further aggravate any unfortunate fall out of the present job instability along with a complete absence of policy to repatriate the relieved workers to other alternate means of livelihood. For Mikhail Gorbachev’s effort to restrict booze in mid-1980s has resulted in low drinking and suicide rates only to be revived following the break-up of the Soviet Union. The scenario, as such, warrants active labour-market policies sharpen to retrain the jobless workers and ease them back into work. The MGNREGS had bailed out many defaulting families in rural areas when implemented in full swing. An anti-poverty measure, Public Distribution System (PDS), has not only been a mere protection of marginal population from becoming absolutely poor. It served the twin objectives of protecting and ensuring prevention of population from becoming vulnerable. Sadly, the twin programs have not been without exploitation at the cost of the vulnerable, poor and destitute. A positive trend has recently been implemented by few private players in the State. For instance, the Entrepreneurs Associates have introduced a contributory pension system irrespective of whether a client is employed and self-employed. Under this system, a client is encouraged to make savings with the thrift-money daily, weekly or monthly. However, such is confined only to those who have wherewithal to make savings. This calls for rebalancing social protection architecture to arrest the plight of those at

nd Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.” Genesis 13: 10 God has given us the freedom to Choose right and wrong as well the good and Bad. We are not auto machine that moves and behave according to the central command of the manufacturer intention. We all have choices to make in daily life’s and response according to its needs. As Christian what we see and observed very keenly if not reflected properly will become part of us. When we see the above bible passage, The Bible said after few years of working along with Abraham, his flocks increases in number and Lot plan to come along with Abraham was the best choice. When their possession increases in great number they need to depart as family. Abraham gave the first choice to Lot to choose his own interest and will. Let us see the choice of Lot and Abraham. Lot Choice 1. As freedom was bestowed upon him, Lot looks everywhere, East and west, North and South as much as his eye can possibly scan. Nobody decided for him and after few mental calculations, his eyes and mind, nod yes and he decided to walk eastward. In many ways we tend to take decision according to our circumstances, conveniences, Criticism and convictions. Many people took choice according to their own conveniences too. 2. He choose what is best ac-

risk of losing jobs and avert the vulnerable population from falling into looming poverty trap. Experts recommended three types of instruments working hand-in-gloves as a comprehensive social protection system: Promotional instr uments: These instruments make investment “in the ability of families to survive shocks on their own”. The measures include enhancing productivity, access to job opportunities and incomes through human capital infrastructure, legislation and policy formulation on wage, labour, skills and livelihood interventions. Preventive instruments: Prevention primarily deals with reducing the impact of shocks prior to their occurrence by enabling the families to make savings through social insurance programs. Protective instruments: They are basically called anti-poverty measures as they target social assistance or safety net programs to the poor through tax-financed redistribution. It also aims at mitigating the impacts of shock post-occurrence. In the context of our State, whatever skilling programs that had been approved by the central Ministries may not invariably and automatically find their landing ground. As had been stressed in one of this writer’s articles published the previous year, application of Traditional Ecological Knowledge has assumed more relevance against the backdrop of climate instability. For instance, local skills in bee keeping, crafting & weaving, unique interior & exterior home designing, traditional practice of mix cropping alongside farmlands and rice terraces, harvesting of available medicinal and aromatic plants to indigenously manufacture medicines may be emulated, documented and incorporate in our school syllabus. Apart from the academic talents, the government may explore ways and means to hire local field talents in related subject matter. Rather than solely emphasising on theoretical instructions in seminars and exposures, those field talents who have equipped themselves with traditional practices (in farming and in augmenting local economy) may have far more positive implications when they impart know-how at the spot. Welfare of labour is a concurrent subject where

No longer politics

both the State and Central Governments can undertake legislation. Policy makers are duty-bound to legislate active labour-market policies which, as per Entry 24 of List-III (Seventh Scheduled), include conditions of work, provident funds, workmen’s compensation, invalidity and old age pensions and maternity benefits, or even social and health insurance. Recent fall in rate of suicide among elderly Britons has been attributed to its commendable palliative care system, dubbed as one of the best in the world. Here too, we only need vision to structure a robust social protection system to inclusively take care of our vulnerable lot, including those parents who killed their own biological offspring due to compelling economic reasons. Due to bleak market prospect, the private parties in the State are so far reluctant to venture into the realm of undertaking research, sharing of its findings and dissemination of information. The State is obligated by circumstance to establish governmentally funded think-thank to muster more precise information of its subject and deliver better governance. Sound policy intervention must be the State’s priority to train the local youths in tune with the local market demands, re-skilling and subsequent placement of the workers that are / are likely to be relieved of their current works when CSS winds up, targeted interventions to repatriate / rehabilitate those off work (caused by unplanned development, anthropogenic and natural activities) and adopting ameliorative measures to better position those workers whose agricultural lands and/or occupations are imminent to be affected by climate change. To bring about the change, we only need the will of the State to part its resources towards the wellbeing of its subject. The conspiracy of crunch resources should no longer procrastinate the development when the State has means to finance its flourishing business of hugemoney-funding horse-trading. The overheads involved in the commercialization of our representatives and in electioneering process could finance a social protection scheme, a think-tank or in rehabilitating the ones off work. Such might partially be a viable pre-emptive strike against impending social crisis. Nukhosa Chüzho, Kohima

(From previous issue) (2) Remember that Mr. Amit Shah, General Secretary of the BJP has made an open declaration that “Citizenship Amendment Bill” (CAB) will be reintroduced in Parliament if BJP is voted back to power. This is a highly communal oriented Bill that mainly focuses on giving Indian Citizenship to the prosecuted Hindu minority in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The mention of Christians in this farce is but eyewash to camouflage their main intent of establishing and enhancing Hindutva agenda by flooding the North East with foreign origin Hindus being granted citizenship with absolute equal rights. North Easterners will become servants of the ‘foreign origin’ Indian citizens in their own land just like the unfortunate Tripuris in Tripura. Mr. Amit Shah is more than aware that all North Eastern States, except Nagaland, had vehemently and aggressively opposed this Bill knowing well the danger that the ethnic communities of this region will be marginalised...yet such is the arrogance of BJP who are showing outright disrespect and disregard for the sentiments of the North Easterners. The embarrassing part is that NDPP-BJP combine in Nagaland had seen nothing of a danger in all of this. They were complacently wallowing in a fool’s paradise that ILP and Article 371A will protect the interest of the Nagas even if this despicable CAB was passed. The original stand of NDPP/BJP combined, defines their actual lack of concern for the Naga future so long as they can remain in power...until the people said otherwise. Do we not have ILP in Nagaland right now? Yet the influx of Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants (IBI’s) has already flooded Nagaland in various corners and in fact is controlling the commercial arteries in places like Wokha etc. ILP is but a pocket money earning avenue of the bureaucrats that Nagas can hardly rely upon. The sanctity of Article 371A is an untested ground and can be subjected to legal interpretation like that of the ‘natural resources’ fiasco where, despite resolution being passed in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly claiming ownership of natural resources above the ground and below the ground, was legally contested by the GoI and is still pending in court. So this leads us to the 3rd issue... (3) If “Uniform Civil Code Bill” is introduced and passed in Parliament and becomes an Act/Law...Nagas can very well pass a resolution of non-acceptance of this Law in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly saying that our Customary Law is protected by Article 371A. The simple truth is that the customary law of the Nagas have yet to be codified. Now, let us conjecture: if the GoI were to legally ask Government of Nagaland to produce the evidence of the existence of Naga Customary Law in court...in the absence of a customarily ratified Codification of all the Tribal Customary Laws...Nagas will have nothing to show. Then the ‘Hindutva agenda’ of the RSS, which is aimed at making India solely a Hindu Country, could perhaps force the hand of BJP to swamp the rest of the legal proceedings and go further by nullify the very existence of Article 371A. After all, BJP has already contemplated on the possibility of removing Article 370 from the Constitution concerning Jammu & Kashmir. The warped mind of BJP could very well infect Article 371A as well if they are back in power again... Does such a given scenario help us exude confidence that Article 371A will protect the interest of the Nagas? These are issues that have crossed the bounds of politics. These are questions that will determine the very survival of the Naga in the days to come where a misjudgement of the present generation can cost the Nagas dearly. It can destroy not only our present but the entire future of our children. Nagas are being called upon to decide wisely and not be stumbled by the temptation of MONEY...We need to acknowledge a Party that swears by Secularism with a proven track record since Independence. We need to stand with a Party with a proven track record of having stopped the passage of the CAB in the Rajya Sabha. Article 371A is safer in the “Hand” of such a Party...the INC. (Concluded) Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Retd); 3rd Mile Thilixu Village; Dimapur

Choice and its consequences

cording to him, “Me First” and my own needs. He does care only for himself and sharing the needs of other was low profile, He care less for his own brethren. His choice was best for him. He want to grab and grab as much as his paw can grab or seize. 3. He chooses his occupation and business over his own family affairs. Many people are married to their own occupation rather than their own wife and husband. 4. He had been blessed by God abundantly and had many flocks but the Bible is very silent about his giving in terms of sacrifice to God and he did not have an Altar for God to worship. 5. Those choices was the beginning of gradual but steadily spiritual decline of his inner soul, he did not seeks Gods approval in first place but follow what is conveniently good at present. Abraham Choice. 1. Abraham in many occasions ask Gods plan and he knew that what he sees is very temporary and his present choice does not dictate his future rather God has the best choice for him. 2. Abraham see tomorrow not his land but Gods Land and he let God choose his land and let God become his GPS for his life’s journey. Just simple faith makes a man faith strong and vibrant not complicated knowledge about God. 3. Abraham built an Altar for the Lord for thanksgiving and for the sacrifices to God almighty. 4. Abraham after his death, about 600 years the land that he trod upon as refugees became the reality for his generation and de-

scendants till today it’s occupied. Lot moves three times after his departure from Abraham, every time he moves its closer to worldly and its enjoyment. Every time he pack his things to move out from one place to another, he can hears the sound of the glamorous and the beauty of the city , it become very bright and it captivated his heart. The first time he moves along with his family near Sodom Genesis 13: 12. “Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.” The second move happen about ten years, he moves in city itself. Genesis 14; 12 “They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods and departed.” The Third move is his position as the elders or official of the city. In a very subtle way he became part of that famous city of sin. Genesis 19: 1. There are times as good Christian may all evaluate ourselves to how we are been attracted and captivated in our inner soul and life. May we all evaluated how much we love to enjoy ourselves with the things of this world and forgetting eternal grace. May we all evaluated ourselves to how much time, and energy are being spent for the temporary world and our investment for eternal goodness. Many people also mourn for the loss of this world and may we evaluated how far have we have gone from Godly blessings to temporary enjoyment in our personal and family areas. After the destruction of the city of Sin, we can see Lot lost his faith and character, he lost his wife, he committed incest with his daughter. His descendants became one of

the enemy from one generation to another with the people of Israel. Jesus when he was alive he said as quote by Luke 17: 32, “Remember Lot wife.” Today as we see the trends within our Naga society, are we moving toward Sodom and when everybody does it, has it become a social acceptable norms or what? Many of our powerful Politicians in Nagaland are acting like Lion of the Jungle but may I remind that they are not even a small cat, they are mere human being and it will be good if they can also realized that

they are human. Election is also here and may our choice be Sodom or Hebron. Choose prayerfully and may we pluck good fruits one day as rich harvest. Our Christianity and our life should be parallel if not we are no better than life of those Sodom and Gomorra people. Proverbs 14: 34. “Righteousness exalts the nation, But sin is a reproach to any people.” Is Naga people, no better than Lot and his wife? Lord Help us !!! Apise, Mission Compound, Kiphire

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Nagarjan road needs to broaden in public interest

Traffic jump from Nagarjan (Kuda) bridge till the fly over from morning to evening is becoming a nightmare for travelling public even after imposing one way system by the Traffic Police while crossing the near-dilapidated bridge. It takes nearly one hour to reach the fly over during peak hours. There will be not let up of the situation in the near future too but rather it will be worsening once the present bridge construction is over (hopefully by the end of the year) when all the vehicles including buses and heavy trucks are allowed to move without any restriction. The existing road from the bridge to Nagarjan Police Point is too narrow and become next to impossible to take on the heavy movement of the vehicles from both ankles. Thus it needs expansion urgently by way of black topping from end to end of the road side to get a little bit respite to the travelling public. This can be implemented with the ongoing road repairing work which has already started from 3rd miles and may be reaching the bridge point shortly. In view of this will the concern authority kindly do the needful without further delay considering public interest on top priority. N.A. Kasar, Kuda Village, Nagarjan

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

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2019

India sees role in drafting space laws New Delhi, Apr 6 (IANS/AGENCIES): India said on Saturday it is looking to play a role in drafting international laws on different aspects of outer space as a major space faring nation with proven technology such as ground-based direct hit deterrence capability. Addressing the media for the first time after the anti-satellite launch on March 27 along with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) G. Satheesh Reddy, Deputy National Security Advisor Pankaj Saran said that India is already actively engaged in all relevant international negotiations on outer space, including a group of experts on prevention of arms race in outer space. On various responses by the US on India’s antisatellite launch, including the one by NASA administrator James Bridenstine terming it a “terrible thing”, Saran said New Delhi treats the State Department statement as official and drew attention to report that NASA has conveyed that it is continuing with ongoing

chosen to minimize debris. India has the capacity to hit target up to 1000 km and the test was intentionally held at a lower height. Reacting to Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s comment that it was foolish to let out secrets such as possession of such a technology, Reddy said mission of this nature postG. Satheesh Reddy (File) test cannot be kept secret cooperation with India on technically as a satellite is space including on human tracked by many stations space flight mission. across the world. Earlier, Reddy said Feasible to target that India’s satellite hit poses no threat to Interna- multiple satellites: tional Space Station (ISS) DRDO chief as first claimed by NASA. Meanwhile Reddy Reddy said the Indian test on Saturday said it was was designed to ensure feasible to target multiple minimum debris. He said that simula- satellites (of the enemy) by tions showed that there was having multiple weapon a possibility of some debris launches, and added that escaping to higher levels, India has technology to hit but we can clearly say the at targets that are 1,000 km possibility of hitting ISS is in space. In other words the curnot there. He said that even NASA has claimed that the rent demonstrated prowess risk was for 10 days which of hitting at satellite some are over today. As per the 300 km above the earth can simulation, the entire de- be extended. Addressing a press bris will decay in 45 days. The DRDO chief said conference following a that a low orbit -- below permission to do so from 300 km -- was deliberately the Election Commission,

the DRDO Chairman said, “Hit to kill was achieved against live satellite with an accuracy with less than 10 centimetre. This is on par with the best reported world wide.” India had conducted its ASAT test on February 27. On being asked if multiple satellites can be hit, Dr Reddy said, “It depends how many are we tracking and it would require multiple launches. It’s feasible.” “The fear from the debris generated is not much, he said. The first 10 days are critical and those have passed off. The entire debris will decay in 45 days,” he said when asked about the apprehension expressed by NASA about the debris. “We don’t need more tests in this orbit (some 300 km above the earth) to prove it again,” Reddy said. The guidance and control algorithm has been developed to do interception at 1,000 km above the earth. This can cover almost all low earth orbit, including those orbits used by military satellites, Reddy added.

Agusta chargesheet: Michel files plea against leakage

‘Soul of nation being trampled’, claims Sonia

New Delhi, Apr 6 (AGENCIES): A Delhi court Saturday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on plea of Christian Michel, alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, alleging the agency of politicising the case by leaking the chargesheet copy to the media. The agency, on the other hand, sought an enquiry as to how the copy of the charge sheet was leaked to the media and asked for issuance of notice to a news organisation asking to explain how they accessed the document. Special judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to the agency and directed it to file a reply on Michel’s plea, which had stated that he had not named anybody in connection with the deal during investigation by the ED and that even though the court has not taken cognisance over the documents filed before it, in order to make the entire case a sensation again in the media, the agency had leaked the charge sheet. The court will take up the matter of leaking of the charge sheet copy on April 11.

New Delhi, Apr 6 ( AG E N C IE S ) : S o n i a Gandhi, the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance, on Saturday launched a stinging attack on the Narendra Modi government accusing it of being dismissive towards its political and ideological opponents. Gandhi said there must be “weight” in what a government says. Addressing People’s Agenda - Jan Sarokar 2019 in New Delhi, Gandhi said the Modi government has “destroyed the institutions” during the past five years. “The way the soul of our nation is being trampled for the past some time through a well-planned conspiracy is a matter of great concern,” she said adding, “Regressive forces have systematically dismantled our institutions. The current government has undermined the welfare architecture that was laid down over last 65 years.” Gandhi hit out at the BJP alleging that it does not respect diversity of India. “New definition of patriotism is being taught to us today. Those rejecting diversity are being labeled as patriots. Discrimination among our own citizen is being justified on the basis

ITBP border unit in Arunachal casts first service votes

of caste, religion and ideology,” the UPA chairperson said. The UPA chairperson’s sharp criticism of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has come close on the heels of a similar reference by the party veteran LK Advani. Writing in a blog recently, Advani said it his party has never regarded those who disagreed with it politically as “anti-nationals” or “enemies”. Many observers viewed Advani’s blog as a message to the BJP current leadership. On Saturday, Gandhi, in a veiled reference to controversies involving alleged consumption of beef and the BJP’s strong opposition to it, said, “It is being expected of us that in the matters of food, dresses and freedom of speech, we should accept the whims of a few people. The present government is not ready to respect disagreement at all.”

New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI): A total of 80 ITBP personnel cast their ballot under the service voter category from a border location in Arunachal Pradesh, a senior official said Saturday. The troops voted for their respective constituencies in Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Karnataka, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh among few others, from the Animal Training School of the frontier guarding force in Lohitpur on Friday, he said. This is the first case of service voters exercising their franchise in this north eastern border state in 2019. These postal ballots will now be sent to their respective constituencies for counting on May 23. “The first service vote in Arunachal Pradesh was cast by Deputy Inspector General Sudhakar Natarajan. A total of 80 personnel voted. “Other units of the force in the state and other far-flung areas are undertaking the same process,” an Indo-Tibetan Border Police force spokesperson said. Personnel of the armed forces, armed police forces and state police personnel deployed outside their constituencies are considered as service voters.

Will DMK’s recent ‘anti-Hindu’ comments get AIADMK-BJP votes?

Gurugram Hindu bodies shut meat shops for Navratri

C h e nna i , A p r 6 (IANS): The BJP and its alliance partners in Tamil Nadu are claiming consolidation of Hindu votes in their favour owing to the “anti-Hindu” speeches of leaders of the opposition DMK and DK, but the DMK rules out this issue impacting its poll prospects. “People are now saying the AIADMK-led alliance believes in God while the DMK-led alliance is atheist and anti-Hindu. Nowadays there is no distinction between Aryan gods (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) and Dravidian deities (Murugan, Amman and others). In Tamil Nadu, people now go to all temples,” Bharatiya Janata Party’s state OBC Morcha chief S.K. Kharventhan told IANS. The AIADMK-led alliance consists of the BJP, the PMK, the DMDK, the TMC, the PT and others. None of the parties preach atheism. On the other hand, the DMK-led alliance consists of the Congress, the Communist Party of India, K Y M C

the Communist Party of India-Marxist, the VCK, the Indian Union Muslim League and others. Recently K. Veeramani, the leader of Dravidian social movement DK, which is supporting the DMK-led alliance, said at a meeting said if there were mobile phones during the era of Lord Krishna, then the deity would have taken videos like that of the alleged perpetrators of the Pollachi sexual abusecum-blackmail issue. Linking the Hindu god with that of the Pollachi sex scandal accused has incensed not only the BJP and other Hindu outfits but also others. The state police has registered a complaint against Veeramani. However, the DMK or its alliance partners are maintaining a silence on Veeramani’s speech and also rule out its impact. “We have grown over the years talking such issues in strong terms. This will not impact the prospects of our alliance in the April 18 Lok Sabha polls and the assembly by-elections for

Sonia Gandhi (PTI)

18 constituencies,” DMK spokesperson T.K.S. Elangovan told IANS. “The issue before the people is the non- or bad performance of the K. Palaniswami government in the state and that of the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” “Leaders of DK always talk like that even though the stage is ours. It is their policy,” Elangovan added. In order to soothe the sentiments of the Hindus, DMK President M.K. Stalin, in a public rally, said he is not against Hinduism, adding that his wife goes to temples and he does not prevent her. However, there have been social media messages recalling Stalin’s derisive remarks about Hindu marriage customs while attending a Muslim’s wedding. Social media messages also cite late DMK President M. Karunanidhi’s statement that “Lord Rama is a drunkard” and the term Hindu also means “thief ”.

AAP brushes aside Goa Church displeasure reports

Panaji, Apr 6 (IANS): Reacting to reports of Goa’s Roman Catholic Church’s displeasure, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) state convenor and South Goa Lok Sabha candidate Elvis Gomes, here on Saturday, said views of “one or two of the clergy don’t represent” the views of the Church. “One or two clergymen don’t represent the Church. The founder of Christianity himself has taught us to forgive. I forgive those who spoke lies,” Gomes, a Roman Catholic by faith, told the media. The Catholic Church plays a key socio-political role in the coastal state and Catholics account for nearly a quarter of the Goa’s 1.5 million population. Gomes, facing sitting MP Narendra Sawaikar of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Francisco Sardinha of the Congress, is being criticised in some political quarters as a Congress “vote-cutter” and whose presence would bolster the BJP’s chances in the South Goa constituency.

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BJP can’t stop me by changing police officers, says Mamata Alipurduar, Apr 6 (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dared the BJP government at the centre to transfer as many state police officers they wanted and claimed that the saffron party won’t be able to stop her or her party Trinamool Congress in the coming Lok Sabha elections. “BJP is saying, change all the important officers. But first they have to change me. (It does not matter) if more good officers are changed as instructed by the BJP. Whoever comes in their place is also my officer,” Banerjee said at a public rally in Barobhisa in Alipurduar district. “They hold so much grudge against me. The more you (Centre) try to stop me, the more I will go ahead. You won’t be able to do anything,” she said. Banerjee’s comments came a day after the Election Commission removed Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma, his counterpart in the Bidhannagar Commissionerate

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Gyanwant Singh and two Superintendents of Police -- Shyam Singh of Birbhum and P.S. Selvamurugan of Diamond Harbour police district. Banerjee, who also holds the portfolio of Home and Hill Affairs in the state, urged the central forces to work together with the state police personnel. “I welcome the central force. All of you should be working together with the state force. No one should think that the central force belongs to the BJP. We also have very important forces in our hands,” she said. Bringing up the issues faced by the tea garden workers in the region, Banerjee said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed

to keep his promise of re-opening the closed tea gardens or providing economic stability to the tea labourers. She also said that her government will not allow the BJP to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal by any means. “NRC is being imposed by the BJP in Assam. They are excluding Bengalis and even Hindus. Chasing away Bengalis is not that easy. We will not allow it. In the Citizenship Amendment Bill, they talk about giving citizenship after six years. But what will the families do during that period,” she asked. In her next rally in the district’s Kalchini area, the Trinamool Congress supremo accused the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of doling out cash to the poor people in north Bengal before elections. She told the people to take the cash if needed as it was “common man’s money”, but not give a single vote to the saffron outfit.

EC bans publication of uncertified ads NEW DELHI, APR 6 (PTI): Election Commission on Saturday barred parties, candidates and others from publishing political advertisements on polling day and a day prior to it in each of the seven phases of Lok Sabha polls unless their contents are pre-certified by screening committees. The Commission used its constitutional powers to take the decision.

The EC had taken such a decision for the first time in 2015 Bihar polls. Its proposal to ban political advertisements on election day and a day before is pending with the law ministry for years. The poll panel said Saturday that instances of advertisements of offending and misleading nature published in print media have been brought to its notice in the past.

“Such advertisements in the last stage of the election vitiate the entire election process. The affected candidates and parties will not have any opportunity of providing clarification/ rebuttal in such a scenario,” it said. The EC order said that to ensure that no untoward incident takes place because of any inflammatory or hate advertisements, it is using its constitutional powers to direct that “no

political party or candidate or any other organization or person” will publish any advertisement in the print media on the day and one day prior to poll day in all the phases, unless the contents are pre-certified by screening committees. As of now, only electronic media is barred from showing election publicity material during the last 48 hours before conclusion of polling.

Gurugram, Apr 6 (IANS): With the 9-day Chaitra Navratri festival starting on Saturday, Hindu organisations forcibly shut around 180 meat and chicken shops at different locations of Gurugram, demanding they remain closed during the festival. Members of the Hindu Sena brandishing batons, hockey sticks, swords and iron rods were seen pulling down shutters of several meat and chicken outlets. Ritu Raj, chief of the Hindu Sena’s Gurugram unit, said around 200 members of different Hindu outfits assembled at the Shiva temple on Old Railway Road in the morning and marched in different directions to shut meat shops. “We have visited Sectors 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 21 and 22, Palam Vihar, Badshahpur, Om Vihar, Surat Nagar, Sadar Bazar, Anaj Mandi Dhanwapur, Dundahera, Molaheda, Sikandarpur and many other places and forced meat sellers to shut shops,” Ritu Raj said. K Y M C

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64% on-year to Rs 840 crore, boosted by the net addition of an estimated 29.5 million users. The US brokerage estimates Jio’s revenue would grow 57% on-year and 8% sequentially to Rs 11,210 crore, although monthly ARPU could dip 2% onquarter to Rs 127, marginally ahead of Airtel’s. Airtel is expected to report a net consolidated loss in the range of Rs 599 crore to Rs 1,300 crore — its first in almost 16 years — with still-low pricing, higher costs and its non-mobile businesses shrinking. CLSA estimates Airtel’s home broadband and DTH business will “see 3% on-quarter revenue declines” due to competition and a new regulatory order that allows consumers to select and pay only for channels they want to watch. The wide variation in Airtel’s loss estimates is due to the possibility of the telco being stung by higher depreciation and finance charges, said analysts.

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Mumbai, Apr 6 (Agencies): State Bank of India will reduce the interest rate by 25 basis points on cash credit and overdraft facilities with a balance over Rs 1 lakh from May 1. This comes after the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6 per cent. The revised rate will be 8.25 per cent. The reduction in the marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) is likely to be 8-10 basis points, depending on the tenor of loans, a senior SBI executive said. The bank will also cut

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data had forced operators to match tariffs to protect their user base, which hurt their revenue and earnings. Consequently, smaller telcos shut down and Vodafone India merged with Idea Cellular, reducing the field to three private operators — Jio, Airtel and VIL. Analysts now say the worst appears to be over. Bank of America-Merrill Lynch expects Airtel’s average revenue per user (ARPU) — a key performance metric — to jump over 21% to Rs 126. BNP estimates VIL’s ARPU will increase 19% to Rs 106. Both telcos introduced their minimum recharge plans in October, aiming to weed out non-revenue generating customers and boost ARPU. BNP expects Airtel and VIL to have each added 9-10 million mobile broadband users in the quarter. It said VIL’s data volume growth is poised to accelerate, driven by the speedy integration of networks following the merger. The brokerages said Mukesh Ambani-led Jio will likely report its sixth successive quarterly profit as Airtel and VIL continue to make losses for their India mobile businesses. BofAML said Jio’s net profit would jump

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“We do expect server DRAM demand to pick up as well as the S10 sales and foldable-phone sales to be better than expected going into the second half.” Daniel Yoo, global strategist at Kiwoom Securities, told Bloomberg TV. “Therefore the earnings pickup should lead the share price going into the future.” Samsung shares fell 0.5 per cent in early Seoul trade on Friday. The stock had gained 21 per cent this year through Thursday’s close after slumping 24 per cent in 2018. Data centers are working through their stockpiles of unused memory chips while Apple cut its sales forecast earlier this year amid continued trade frictions between the US and China. The Chinese economy, the biggest destination for Samsung-made components, has been slowing as well, while the World Trade Organization has cut its 2019 trade projection to the weakest in three years. Sales for the quarter were Won 52 trillion, missing expectations for Won 53 trillion. Samsung won’t provide net income or break out divisional performance until it releases final results later this month.

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“That’s when we will be amongst first three - US, China and India and then of course, we would in the rat race of the big three wanting to catch up with much mightier competitors. So the sheer size and opportunities is going to expand,” he said. Talking about avenues of growth for the next 20 years, the finance minister listed infrastructure creation, rural expansion and gender parity, among others. Jaitley, himself an alumnus of the college, said the 2011 Census showed that 21.9 per cent of India’s population lived below the poverty line (BPL) and with the present rate of growth,

Seoul, Apr 6 (Agencies): Samsung Electronics reported its worst operating-profit drop in more than four years, buffeted by falling memorychip prices and slowing smartphone sales. Operating income fell 60 per cent to about Won 6.2 trillion ($5.5 billion) in the three months ended March, according to preliminary results released Friday from the Suwon, South Korea-based company. That was the biggest decline since a similar drop in the third quarter of 2014. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg had expected a 56 per cent slump to an average of Won 6.93 trillion. Samsung issued a rare warning last month that its results would be short of estimates, reflecting slower orders from data center owners such as Amazon. com. and handset makers including Apple. That’s pushed down prices for both DRAM and NAND memory and compounded the struggles for the South Korean company as it counts on new devices such as the Galaxy S10 smartphone to help it fight back against increased competition.

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New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said India is expected to become the third largest economy in the world by 2030 with GDP touching USD 10 trillion, helped by consumption and investment growth. Currently, the size of the Indian economy is about USD 2.9 trillion, he said while addressing students of the Shri Ram College of Commerce here. “We keep oscillating between fifth and the sixth largest economy, depending on the dollar rate. As we look at the years ahead, we would be USD 5 trillion by 2024 and USD 10 trillion by 2030 or 2031.

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this might have further reduced to 17 per cent today. It should shrink to 15 per cent by 2021 and further down to single digits by 2024-25, he said. At the same time, the middle class population would increase to 44 per cent from 29 per cent in 2015, he said citing a study. “Therefore as you look ahead you would see poverty deplete, you will see an exponential growth of middle class and probably by 2030 almost half of India would be in that category (middle class),” he said. “Going by the data, the size of India middle class would be four times the size of BPL when 2024 general elections takes place and therefore we have to see (whether) public discourse is still behind the curve or it takes the curve further,” he said. So, consumption will get a boost with rising number of middle class, he said, adding that infrastructure creation, both rural and urban, would also help accelerate the growth process. He also said some sectors like infrastructure and railways need further fillip.

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‘Not aware’: Pentagon on Pak F-16 count

WASHINGTON, APR 6 (AGENCIES): The United States defence department on Friday said it was “not aware” of any investigation that was conducted to ascertain if Pakistan had lost an F-16 in a dogfight with Indian fighter jets on February 27, contrary to a report by a news publication that had gone on to say, citing unidentified defence officials, the count revealed none was missing. Foreign Policy magazine reported Thursday that US defence personnel conducted recently a physical count of Pakistan’s F-16s and found all in tact, none missing. It attributed the finding to two unidentified senior US defence officials and said the count was conducted at the invitation of Pakistan.. A US defence department spokesman told Hindustan Times in a statement that they, the department, “weren’t aware of any investigation like that”, that was said to have been conducted, according to unidentified defence officials cited in the FP report, and referred this reporter to the Department of State.

A report by a news publication that had gone on to say, citing unidentified defence officials, the count of Pakistan’s F-16s revealed none was missing.

Also read: India says Pak F-16 was shot down in Feb dogfight, refutes US media report The state department distanced itself from the news report saying in response to a direct request to confirm or deny it, “As a matter of policy, the Department does not publicly comment on details of government-to-government agreements on end-use monitoring of US-origin defence articles.” And it went on to reiterate its stated policy on Pakistan: “It is important to note that since January 2018, the United States

government has suspended security assistance to Pakistan.” US government’s position appears to be in line with India, which in the backdrop of the attack, has reaffirmed its account of the downing of the Pakistani F-16, citing “electronic signature” as evidence. “During the aerial engagement that followed, one MiG 21 Bison of the IAF shot down one F-16,” Air Vice Marshal RGV Kapoor said Friday, “The Indian Forces have confirmed ejections at two different places on that day. These were separated by at least 8-10 kms.

US to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terror organisation

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Washington, April 6 (IANS): The US is expected to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation as early as next week, according to an administration official. The designation decision, formally under the State Department’s purview, is taking on heightened importance as part of the White House’s increasingly aggressive strategy towards Iran, CNN quoted the official as saying on Friday. The IRGC was founded in April 1979 following the Iranian Revolution that same year that involved the of the monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi A branch of Iran’s Armed Forces, it has already been labelled as a terrorist

organisation by Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Officials have been debating whether to make the designation for several months. CNN reported in July 2018 that the administration was considering doing so. A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council declined to comment and the State Department did not respond to a request for comment. Defence officials have told CNN that US troops in Syria and Iraq often find themselves operating in close proximity to members of the IRGC. Last year, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats cautioned the administration that designating the IRGC could pose dangers to US forces, according to one

source familiar with the matter. Friday’s development comes after Brian Hook, the State Department’s special representative for Iran, told the media on Tuesday that “under the cover of the Syrian war, the IRGC is now trying to plant military roots in Syria and establish a new strategic base to threaten Syria’s neighbours such as Israel”. “In Iraq based on declassified US military reports, that Iran is responsible for the deaths of at least 608 American service members. This accounts for 17 per cent of all deaths of US personnel in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. “This death toll is in addition to the many thousands of Iraqis killed by the IRGC’s proxies,” he added.

One was an IAF MiG 21 Bison and the other a PAF aircraft.” India had scrambled its fighter jets to respond to a Pakistan air force intrusion into Indian airspace on Febr uar y 27. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was flying a MiG 21 Bison, got a lock on a PAF F-16 and shot it before his own aircraft was hit, forcing him to bail, according to Indian officials. The wing commander landed in Pakistan and was captured by Pakistan’s armed forces. Pakistani aircraft, on the other hand, fell in Pakistan, India has said and circulated pictures of one of its pilots and it has also said it knew the pilot’s name. India has also complained to the United States that Pakistan used American-supplied F-16s in the attack in a possible infraction of the memorandum of sale of the aircraft, and handed over evidence, pieces of an AMRAAM (advanced medium range air-to-air missile) that Pakistani fighter jets had used in the dogfight — no other Pakistani airforce aircraft can fire these

China's marriage rate drops for 5 consecutive years B ei j ing , A pri l 6 (IANS): China's marriage rate has been declining for five years in a row as the younger generation delays or has given up on marriage, according to statistics. The mar riage rate dropped from 9.9 per 1,000 people in 2013 to a five-year low of 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2018, said the National Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The figures vary in different regions. The more developed regions have lower rates of marriage, Xinhua news agency reported. Tying the knot is no longer a "necessity" for today's young adults, with many preferring the single life. "I'd prefer a high-quality single life to a low-quality marriage" is a common refrain in China, according to the report. Experts say that the increasing costs of living and child education constitute another factor for the downward trend in the marriage rate. The decrease is also closely related to the changing demographic structure, said Shi Zhilei, associate professor with the School of Public Administration of the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.

missiles. The United States routinely inspects defence equipment sold by its companies to foreign countries, as part of their respective end-use agreements. Pakistan, for instance, is prohibited from flying F-16s out of the country without notifying the United States in advance, according to sale agreement. Foreign policy magazine cited a senior US defence official to say the physical count was conducted at the invitation of Pakistan. And it took a while because not all aircraft were immediately available for inspection due to the conflict. The report went on to quote an unidentified senior defense official, “all aircraft were present and accounted for”. It cited a second official, who knew of the count, to say no Pakistani F-16s were missing. The count included F-16s that Pakistan had acquired from Jordan under third-party transfer the report said, adding that they were subject to the same end-user agreement and its rules.

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Iran evacuates thousands; more rains, floods likely

Iran orders 70 villages evacuated in Khuzestan over flood danger

TEHRAN, APRIL 6 (IANS) : Authorities in Iran on Saturday began to evacuate six more towns after forecasts of new round of flooding, state TV reported, as the death toll from the recent floods across the country reached 70. Heavy rains are set to strike Southwestern provinces and officials said they would have to release water from dams that were dangerously full, the BBC reported. According to officials, towns like Susangerd, with a population of 50,000, were at risk. It was expected to

be evacuated on Saturday, along with about five others in the Khuzestan province. Around 70 villages in the province have been evacuated. While women and children were being shifted to safer areas, men were asked to stay and help in relief efforts. Heavy rains in Iran began on March 19, affecting around 1,900 cities, towns and villages. Several roads, bridges and buildings have been destroyed. Around 86,000 people are living in emergency shelters. Of this, 1,000 were airlifted to safety.

Maldives votes in crucial ballot to elect new parliament

Madivian women cast their votes in Male, Maldives, Saturday, April 6, 2019.

MALE, APRIL 6 (IANS): Maldives headed to the polls on Saturday to vote in a parliamentary election deemed crucial for the future of the island nation. After a long and competitive campaign that spanned over four months, people began queuing outside voting stations as early as 5.30 a.m., reports Efe news. Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. across the country in the third parliamentary elections since a democratic constitution was adopted in 2008. The previous two parliamentary elections held in 2009 and 2014 were also significant as the polls took place just six months after

the presidential election. The ruling Maldivian Democratic Party’s (MDP) Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was elected as President last September and the party has been campaigning with the ‘Agenda 19’ slogan. The agenda includes 19 different bills to be approved in the next parliament. The MDP has said that it needs a full majority to pass laws to fulfil pledges made during the presidential polls. Its leader and former President Mohamed Nasheed is also running for a seat and rivals says he wants to become prime minister by changing the system of governance. Nasheed has not denied the allegations, but

during an appearance on a television debate, he said that a public referendum would be called for such a decision. The MDP’s decision to field candidates in all 87 seats has also caused rifts in the four-party ruling coalition. Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim accused the MDP of reneging on a coalition agreement for the four parties to jointly contest the parliamentary polls. The disagreement within the coalition resulted in the Jumhooree Party forming an alliance with the opposition Progressive Party of Maldives and People’s National Congress. The Elections Commission’s president Ahmed Shareef told Efe news on Saturday morning that voting was continuing smoothly with no major complaints. “I assure that this is a fair election being held in accordance with the laws and regulations,” he said. Shareef said some 37 international observers, 1,904 local observers, 1,998 local monitors and 1,545 candidate representatives were observing the election. Some 264,689 people are eligible to vote. There are 386 candidates. Voting was scheduled to end at 4 p.m.

According to reports, aid agencies are struggling to cope with the scale of the crisis and Iran’s budget is under pressure due to US sanctions on energy and banking. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said sanctions, reimposed after US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal last year, were hindering aid efforts and had caused shortage of rescue helicopters. The head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said the armed forces were “using all their power” to minimise damage.

BJP ‘whipping up war hysteria’, no F-16 downed: Imran Islamabad, April 6 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday accused India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “whipping up war hysteria” and cited a US report to dismiss its claims of downing an F-16 fighter of the Pakistan Air Force. “The truth always prevails and is always the best policy. BJP’s attempt to win elections through whipping up war hysteria and false claims of downing a Pak F-16 has backfired with US Defence officials also confirming that no F-16 was missing from Pakistan’s fleet,” he said in a tweet. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has reiterated that it shot down a PAF F-16 on February 27 as it thwarted a retaliatory attempt from the neighbouring country after hitting a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot the previous day. The issue came back to the fore after American magazine Foreign Policy reported US officials as maintaining that a count of the F-16s with Pakistan has found that none was missing. The IAF said that its MiG 21 Bison shot down a Pakistani F-16 aircraft in Nowshera sector, but Pakistan has denied that it had deployed F-16 fighter jets.

UN human rights expert plans to visit Assange the publication of personal data, Xinhua news agency reported. WikiLeaks said earlier this week on its verified social media account that Assange will be expelled within “hours to days”, quoting “a high-level source within the Ecuadorian state”. In an interview earlier this week, Ecuador President Lenin Moreno told local media that Assange had repeatedly violated protocol and conditions of his stay at the Embassy. Assange does not have the right to hack private accounts or phones and cannot intervene in the politics of other countries, especially Ecuador’s partners, said the President. “Several times, Assange has violated the agreement we reached with him and his lawyers,” Moreno said. In another statement released by the OHCHR on Friday, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer said he was alarmed by reports that Assange may be expelled from the Embassy of Ecuador in London,

indicating that he intended to personally investigate the case. Melzer said Assange’s expulsion from the Ecuadorian Embassy could “expose him to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights”. “I therefore urge the

Government of Ecuador to abstain from expelling Assange from its Embassy in London or from otherwise ceasing or suspending his political asylum until such time as the full protection of his human rights can be guaranteed,” said the special

rapporteur. Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Jose Valencia tweeted that “the diplomatic asylum is a sovereign authority of a state, which has the right to grant it or withdraw it unilaterally when it deems it justified.”

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G ene va , A pri l 6 (IANS): A UN expert plans to meet WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on April 25 after receiving complaints of privacy violations, a statement released by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said. The statement was released on Friday after the expert received two separate complaints made by Assange and Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno. In the statement, Joe Cannataci, the Human Rights Council special rapporteur on the right to privacy, said the meeting would “help determine if there exists a prima facie case of violation of privacy that warrants further investigation”. He also said that he was requesting further information from the Ecuadorian government on a complaint lodged by the country’s President that his privacy had been violated by

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Alternatives to plastic training

Kovi Meyase speaking at the alternatives to plastic training program held on April 5 in Kohima.

Kohima: An advocacy program on health effects due to plastic pollution and a training program on Paper and Cloth bag making as alternatives to plastic carry bags was organised by Green Team Kohima in collaboration with Kohima Watsu Telen (KWT), held at the Coming Generation Ambience Hall, Kohima on April 5. Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) in a press release said that its administrator and founding member of Green Team Kohima, Kovi Meyase lauded the KWT for their

efforts towards the government’s plastic free Nagaland initiative. Kovi said that it is the responsibility of citizens to safeguard the environment from plastic pollution without just waiting for the government to act. In her opening remarks, director of Higher Education and advisor of KWT, Dr. Anungla Aier thanked the KMC and Green Team Kohima for giving them the opportunity to learn adoption of alternatives to plastic. She said women play a very vital role in green shop-

ping since it is women who mostly shop for groceries. KWT will impart the paper and cloth bags making skills to other units as well after they learn it from Green Team Kohima, she added. Dr. Anungla further stated that members of the KWT would stop using single use plastics in any form setting an example to other women organisations. Thangi Maneen, retired commissioner & secretary to the government Of Nagaland and founding member of Green Team Kohima, through a slide-

show presentation advocated against plastic pollution. She said many chemicals are used to produce plastics which adversely affect health. Consuming food and water or breathing air polluted by plastics cause many types of cancer she stated. KCCI general secretary and member of Green Team Kohima, Akhrie Mor who spoke on behalf of the business community, expressed gratitude to the KWT for their dedication as mothers caring for the environment and health of children and the generations to come. The training program was chaired by Ongalo Murry, project coordinator of The Coming Generation and member of Green Team Kohima. The opening prayer was offered by Wawe-u kenye, assistant project coordinator The Coming Generation and member of Green Team Kohima. The program concluded with closing remarks from Chubasangla Longkumer, president of KWT. Green Team Kohima is a collective of KMC, KCCI, TCG, YARD, Project 72, EFG and individuals concerned about keeping the earth green.

ICD conducts faculty development program

DIMAPUR: Immanuel College Dimapur (ICD) organised a one-day faculty development program at the college Conference Hall on April 6, with the objective to improve performance of faculty members in education, research and administration. A press release from ICD media cell convener, Akutu Poireng stated that resource persons for the seminar were professor Rakesh Rai, HoD Education, Nagaland University and professor Buno Liegise department of Education, Nagaland University. The topics covered were “Evaluation in higher education” and “Professional ethics, accountability and attitude of teachers in higher education”. The program was led by Lanusangla Imsong, assistant professor of Zoology; the invocation prayer was said by Dr. Meyila, counsellor; a welcome address was delivered by Th Sharatchandra Singh, principal; and the vote of thanks was proposed by Imchanochetla Changkija vice principal. Rapporteurs for the seminar were Elone N, assistant professor of English and Loli Athisu assistant professor Political Science.

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LBC holds graduation ceremony

Graduating students of Living Bible College, Ayinato, at the graduation ceremony on Saturday. (NP)

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DIMAPUR, APR 6 (NPN): Living Bible College (LBC) Ayinato, on Saturday, conferred degrees on 19 graduating students at the 14th commencement exercise of the Centre. The students (12 Bachelors of Theology and seven Masters of Divinity) were conferred their degrees in the presence of well wishers and family. A dedicatory prayer for the students was said by executive secretary NCRC Sumi headquarters Pughoboto, Rev. Vitoka Kinny. The speaker of the program, Sumi Baptist Convention director, Rev. Dr. Khehovi Shohe, speaking

on the topic “Walking in the footsteps of Jesus”, reminded the graduating students that as Christians they should live their lives like Christ and carry out their mission with humility by leaving aside worldly affairs. He also asked students who conduct their mission in various places, to live Godly and exemplary lives just as apostle Peter had directed. Rev. Dr. Khehovi also reminded the students that academic achievements will help them in their ministries but before joining the ministry, they should remember that “kneeling at the feet of Jesus” was the best theological institution. On the occasion, the

college also gave away awards to achiever students. Aghali Shilena (Bachelor of Theology) was named as student of the year. The best discipline award went to Samit Lakra (Master of Divinity), and Mughatolu Swu (Bachelor of Theology) bagged the academic excellence award. Khrusazo Swuro (Master of Divinity) received three awards: best preaching, academic excellence and best Bible knowledge. Earlier, the program began with an invocation offered by NCRC Thilixu, Rev. Phuhoto Chishi followed by a welcome address by LBC managing board member, professor John Sema.

Southern Angami youth trained on Tourism DIMAPUR: To improve tourism and help promote eco-tourism’s tour guide entrepreneurs, a two-day training program was conducted for the youth of Southern Angami area on April 5 and 6, at John Government Higher Secondary School, Viswema. According to DIPR, a host of experts in the fields of Tourism, Art & Culture, and Bio-Resource imparted the training. The training was initiated by the Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) in collaboration with the Tourism department. Souther n Angami area, being one of the most popular tourist destinations in the state which boasts the Dzükou

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valley and Kisama, sees a lot of tourist influx and the training was conducted to enhance and boost tourism and also to assist and provide better services to tourists. Tourism deputy director, V. Doulo highlighted

the prospects of tourism and the government’s initiatives and he encouraged the trainees to “learn indepth knowledge about one’s resources, culture which will further fuel interest to preserve and promote tourism.” He also stressed on the need for a complete ban on hunting and the need to be vigilant about bio-resource theft. Art & Culture retired director, Vilalhou Noudi, spoke with the trainees about the knowledge of traditional motifs and arts, and their their symbolic representation and significance such as the Mithun head on village gates and over the entrance doorways of houses, which

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Apropos the news item “NNC (Parent Body) responds to WC” published April 6, page 10, the last paragraph should read as “this is indeed very crucial even for NSCN (I-M), NNC (PB), NNC (Thinoselie), NNC (Adino) etc. and therefore Working Committee (WC) alone will not bring solution to the Naga people at this stage.”

Assam Rifles conduct interaction, medical camp

The interaction with AR ESM in progress in Dimapur on April 6.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Battalion (5 Assam Rifles) conducted an interaction with Assam Rifles ExServicemen (AR ESM) at Kashiram Basti, Dimapur on April 6. According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the interaction was organized to enquire about the ex-servicemen’s well being and to address areas of concern. They were also briefed about various latest schemes introduced for the benefit of AR ESM and their dependents. It was attended by 40 AR ESM, 23 widows and 15 children from Dimapur town area. Phek Battalion medical camp in Meluri: Phek K Y M C

Battalion of Assam Rifles conducted a medical and check up camp at Meluri town, Phek on March 30. According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the aim of the medical camp was to provide free medical treatment and check up for the local populace of Meluri town. A specially constituted team under an Assam Rifles medical officer examined 160 people. Free medicines were also provided to ailing patients. The medical team also visited houses of elderly people who were too weak to attend the medical camp.

he said, signifies wealth and prosperity. A human head signifies power and prosperity, a hornbill head signifies bravery, success in warfare and other activities. A tiger’s head signifies great spirit and ability, and a moon represented by circles of black and white signifies time, season and security. Butterfly specialist, Thetsolo Naro enlightened the trainees on emerging trends in Lepidoptrology (study of butterflies). Naro has been researching butterflies of the Naga Hills since 2011 and till now has recorded 250 species of butterflies. She added that the presence of butterflies such as Bhutan Glor y, Great Spotted

Blue, Naga Sapphire, Blue Duke, French Duke etc. in Kohima can promote butterfly watching tourism in the area. Trainees were also impar ted training on ‘Tourism and Guiding Etiquettes’ by resource person Veteu Koza; ‘Techniques of Tour Guiding, handling guest properly’ by Kejaroko Pieru; ‘Tourism and Environment- Preservation and sustainability’ by Dr. Akho Yhokha; ‘Waste Management’ by Thangi Manen’ ‘Career prospect as Tourist Guide’ by Rohan Abraham; ‘Destinations in Nagaland’ SDAO Pughoboto distributed 900 Kuroiler Chicks to 50 beneficiaries of Chishilimi village by David Solo; and the under PMKSY 2018-19 at SDAO office on April 5. (DIPR) practical sessions were led by Nyuretho and Moa Sangtam.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The family members of Late Mrs Khevili Ayemi Martha of Satoi village wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy, gestures and kindness shown to us following our sad loss. We offer our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who stood by her emotionally, physically, financially and also through endless prayers during her prolonged illness and also being a part in the many wonderful chapters of her life. We would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their profound contribution and support throughout : 1. Mrs & Mr Kaito G. Aye, Hon'ble Minister Nagaland 2. Mrs & Mr Tovihoto Aye, Advisor, Govt of Nagaland 3. Rev Father George and Catholic Community of Zbto 4. Women Department, St Anthony Church, Zbto 5. St. Peters Church, Atoizu town 6. Apuza Zhevili Yeptho, Zbto 7. Mrs Khevili Z Swu, Hilboto Satakha 8. Mrs & Dr Yetovi, Dimapur 9. Mrs & Mr N. Chisho Swu, Satakha 10. Mrs & Mr V. Viyeshe Zhimo, Amphoto, Zbto 11. Mrs & Mr T. Khekaho Aye, S.T.O Dimapur 12. Mr Sukhato Rotokha, Project Colony, Zbto 13. Dr Viheshe Yeptho, Zbto 14. Mrs & Mr Hokugha Sukhalu, Woodland School, Zbto 15. Mr. Asheto A. Kiba, Zbto 16. Mr. Hukiye K. Yeptho, Chekiye Village 17. Mrs & Er. A. Victo Zhimo (Rtd, SE PWD) 18. Mrs & Mr Phushika Aomi, Dimapur 19. Er. Atoho Achumi, Zbto 20. Mrs & Mr Kughaho Zhimo, Kiyekhu Village 21. Mr. P Shikiho Zhimo, Thakiye Village 22. Mrs & Mr Kavito S. Awomi, Eralibil 23. Mr. Khuzheto Aye, Kiyeshe Village 24. Mr. Nikheto I. Zhimo, Zbto 25. Fr. Vinoto Justin, Laza Parish 26. Satoi Area Public Union, Dimapur 27. Satoi Village Welfare, Dimapur 28. Village Council, Satoi Born : 15 May 1944 29. Satoi Village Baptist Church Died : 31 March 2019 30. Satoi Area Public Union, Zunheboto 31. Our special gratitude to Dr Akaho, M.O, Zbto We regret our inability to thank each and every one of you individually but offer our sincere gratitude and prayer that God blesses you all abundantly. DP-2638

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A gracious woman retaineth honor : Proverbs 11: 16

Words are not enough to thank each and every individuals, neighbours, relatives, friends and well wishers who stood by us physically, spiritually and financially at the sudden demise of our beloved Lt. Zumchilo Ezung (Temjennungla) on 29th March, 2019. We the bereaved family members would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all for your love, prayer, sympathy and thoughts that comforted us at this difficult time. It’s our earnest prayer that our Almighty God may grant you all His abundant blessings. Loving Husband, Daughters & Relatives

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Narendra Modi, the party and the government. In his tweets, he has also been full of praise for Gandhi and RJD leaders, including its jailed president Lalu Prasad. In an apparent reference to Modi, Sinha said, “People have called your bluff and understood your hollow promises. You have been exposed.” Sinha said the BJP has now been “exposed” and people can see through its “hollow” promises. “It’s with a heavy heart and immense pain that I finally bid adieu to my old party, for reasons best known to all of us, on 6th April, which also happens to be the Sansthapna Diwas (foundation day) of BJP. “I don’t hold any ill will for our people as they

‘Pak not interested in NDPP condemns ‘fake letters’ getting rid of terrorism’

Vadodara, Apr 6 (PTI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday slammed Pakistan for not acting against terrorists operating from its soil despite India providing it evidence several times. Sitharaman told reporters here that Pakistan did not want to eliminate terror. “Pakistan is interested in promoting terrorism. It does not want to eliminate terrorism,” the senior BJP leader said when asked about Pakistan stonewalling dossiers on terrorists supplied by India. “Not just this government, but even earlier governments have given dossier after dossier, evidence after evidence but Pakistan has done nothing on them,” she said. Talking about the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai by Pakistani terrorists, she said even the first court in the neighbouring country had not completed the job of trying the accused. Claiming that only the Narendra Modi government could give a befitting reply to terrorists, she said opposition parties were insulting soldiers by questioning the February 26 air strikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot. The air strikes were carried out after the JeM terror outfit claimed responsibility for the February 14 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF troopers were martyred.

C h e nna i , A p r 6 (IANS): The Tamil Nadu government has renamed the iconic Chennai Central Railway Station as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR Central Railway Station. The name change became effective on Friday. According to a government notification on Friday, the station was renamed after the receipt of ‘no objection’ from the Union Home Ministry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election rally in the state had announced that the Chennai Central Railway Station would be renamed after late Chief Minister and AIADMK founder M.G. Ramachandran.

(From p-1) Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha, KL Chishi, said that this election was not about money, power or privilege, but about safeguarding the Naga people. He thanked the oldest regional party in the region, NPF, for their support. Chishi also promised that he would stand for the cause of the Naga people, protect their faith, their way of life and their integrity as a Member of Parliament, if elected. Claiming that BJP has plans to amend the Constitution of India to make the country a “Hindu Republic,” Chishi said that he was contesting to fight against the “demonic rule” of BJP and NDPP. Chishi assured that he would treat all Nagas equally for growth and development.

CEO urges security agencies to enhance vigil

DIMAPUR, APR 6 (NPN): Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nagaland, Abhijit Sinha, has requested all security agencies in the state to enhance vigil and also take all security measures to improve overall environmental security. According to media cell of CEO office Nagaland, the CEO has instructed all districts to complete the distribution of photo voter slips immediately and submit a report. Further, the CEO stated that Special Expenditure Observer, DD Goel, after reviewing election expenditure monitoring measures in the State, has left for Arunachal Pradesh. Goel has reportedly given instructed all nodal officers involved in election expenditure monitoring to make the system more ef-

(From p-1) Preference is given to works relating to priority sectors, such as provision of drinking water, public health, education, sanitation, roads, etc. The role of MPs is limited to recommending works. Thereafter, it is the responsibility of the district authorities to sanction, execute and complete the works within the stipulated time period, as per MPLADS guidelines. The funds are non-lapsable i.e., if any portion of an MP’s yearly fund remains unutilised at the end of the term, it is transferred to the next elected MP from the respective constituency. Note that the formula used in the government’s MPLADS data to calculate the utilisation percentage is: expenditure incurred by the district authority divided by funds released by the government. As the expenditure incurred is out of the amount available with the district authority and includes interest and previous unspent money, the utilisation percentage can be greater than the funds released; thus giving an unrealistic higher-than-100 percent result in some cases. IndiaSpend calculated the utilisation percentage by dividing the expenditure incurred by the district authority with the final amount of MPLADS funds available with the authority for spending on works recommended by an MP, which may include unlapsed MPLADS funds.

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(From p-1) In the education sector, West Bengal (Rs 44.41 crore) saw the highest funds sanctioned by district authorities on the recommendation of MPs of the 16th Lok Sabha, followed by Punjab (Rs 35.62 crore) and Tamil Nadu (Rs 27.85 crore). The least amount sanctioned for education works was in Nagaland, with just Rs 100 sanctioned for four works. The amount sanctioned in Mizoram was Rs 20 lakh followed by Rs 35.93 lakh in Jammu and Kashmir. West Bengal (Rs 39.97 crore) and Punjab (Rs 9.7 crore) also lead in terms of highest funds sanctioned for health and family welfare works, followed by Gujarat (Rs 6.25 crore) and Tamil Nadu (Rs 4.64 crore), respectively. Nagaland saw no project recommended or amount sanctioned under MPLADS in the health and family welfare sector. In Jammu & Kashmir, only Rs 1.43 lakh was sanctioned, while in Himachal Pradesh only Rs 5,000 was sanctioned. For sanitation and public health, yet again Punjab and West Bengal lead, with Rs 23.46 crore and Rs 17 crore sanctioned, respectively, followed by Rs 9.72 crore in Telangana. Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh lagged in this priority sector too. Almost nothing was sanctioned under MPLADS for sanitation and public health in Nagaland, while Rs 12 lakh was sanctioned in Himachal Pradesh, followed by Rs 14 The top five MPs upon whose recommendations funds were utilised the most (99.9 percent) by district authorities are Rama Kishore Singh (Vaishali, Bihar), Neiphiu Rio (Nagaland), Harsh Vardhan (Chandni Chowk, Delhi), Conrad Sangma (Tura, Meghalaya) and TG Venkatesh Babu (Chennai North, Tamil Nadu). Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, MP for Sabarkantha, Gujarat, saw 99.8 percent of his MPLADS funds utilised based on his recommendations. The top five states with highest percentage of MPLADS funds utilised are Meghalaya, Delhi, Chandigarh, Gujarat and Sikkim.

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fective. Secretary, Social Welfare, Sarah R. Ritse, appointed as Accessibility Observer, is presently touring the districts to get firsthand information of various accessibility measures, it added. Press conference on Apr 8: Meanwhile, CEO Nagaland; Commissioner, Nagaland & Returning Officer, Nagaland Parliamentary Constituency and the State Police Nodal Officer would hold a press conference at the Tapi Hall, Hotel Japfü, PR Hill, Kohima on April 8, 2019 at 4 pm in connection with the General Elections to the Lok Sabha, 2019. All print and electronic media houses in the State have been requested to attend the press conference.

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border which is known as Balakot and dropped bombs there,” Abdullah said addressing an election rally in the Fakir Gujri area here Friday. The former chief minister said the government claimed that a number of terrorists were killed but there is no clarity. “Some people said 500 were killed and some others even said 700 were killed. Here if one person is killed, the whole world comes to know. Would no one know if 300 were killed?” he asked. On the report in a US journal that the US count claims no F-16 jet was shot down by IAF’s MiG-21 Bison, Abdullah asked the prime minister why he was “lying” to the people of the country. “He (Modi) said we shot down their (Pakistani) fighter plane F-16. Now,

the US has come up saying all the Pakistani F-16s are counted. Not one has been shot down. There must be some basis for even lies, Modi ji. How long will you lie to people. And did you win (the battle)? Has Pakistan disappeared? Why are you lying? Do you think the Hindus will buy into all this?” he said. Hoping that the BJP will not return to power at the Centre, Abdullah said whichever party comes to power “they will definitely talk to Pakistan and Jammu & Kashmir will be the first priority”. “We can’t bear living like this ...That deaths take place everyday,” he said. About the gover nment’s decision to ban public traffic on Jammu and Srinagar highway two days every week, Abdullah said the road was not even closed during Kargil war. “Are we at war today that the government has closed the highway for two days a week? Are we slaves? Is Jammu and Kashmir a colony? We were never slaves and will never be. We have said goodbye to kings in 1947. Don’t threaten us, you are not our god,” he said.

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(From p-1) According to the letter, all formalities were to be completed on or before May 23, 2019. The letter also claimed that the post of deputy chief minister (currently held by BJP’s Y. Patton) will cease to exist. As per the document under the letter head of the NDPP party, the NPF legislators to be inducted as ministers included- Kuzholuzo (Azo) Neinu- Home and National Highways; C.L. John- Rural Development; E.E. Pangteang- Transport, Civil Aviation and Railways and Imnatiba (ex-NPP member)- Higher Education and Technical Education. The list also included advisors- Kejong Chang-home guards& civil defence, village guards; Eshak Konyak- Industries & Commerce and NIDC; Toyang C. Chang- IT, Science & Technology, NRE; N. Thongwang Konyak- Skill Development, Labour & Employment; B.S. Nganglang- Women & Child Development and L. Khumo (ex-NPP member)- existing portfolio with Tourism as additional portfolio. Stating that the fake letters were “completely ridiculous” and deserved no explanation or any comments, NDPP said the frustration of the adversaries, due to total failure and desperation, have once again attempted to create confusion by creating such fake news. This latest strategy of the adversaries has exposed the fact that they have completely run out of vision and political direction and have completely failed to provide any semblance of leadership, NDPP stated. The party said the matter will be handled in the most serious manner to initiate appropriate action as per the laws of the land. NDPP also said that the party will file a police complaint and ensure that such actions were punished in the most severe manner.

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S r i nag a r , A p r 6 (PTI): National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government of “lying” to the nation on the Balakot air strike and shooting down of a Pakistani F-16 in the aerial dogfight between the IAF and the PAF. Abdullah, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Srinagar constituency, said the BJPled central government carried out the aerial strike as the Prime Minister had “failed” in delivering on his promises made during the last general elections in the country. “He (Modi) had promised that Rs 15 lakh will be put in your accounts, did you get Rs 15 lakh? When he failed in all these things, his head was hanging whenever I used to see him in Parliament during the last few days as he realised that his power is gone. “At that time, some MPs would say that he would do something... Attack Pakistan so that everyone feels that Hanuman ji has come. What did he do? For a few seconds, he sent three planes to the

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rebel. “If speaking the truth is rebellion, then I am rebel,” he said addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters here. Party veterans are not being looked after in the BJP and are being sent to ‘margdarshak mandal’, he alleged. “In the BJP, democracy has slowly and surely turned into dictatorship. The party has become a one-man show and a twomen army,” Sinha alleged without naming anyone. He claimed whenever he tried to make a point, he was called a “traitor”. That Sinha was not happy with the BJP and the government led by it was clear from the past few months, during which he put out several tweets critical of Prime Minister

G h a z i a b ad, A p r 6 (IANS): A CBI court awarded death sentence -- 11th -- to Surender Koli in the Nithari serial killing case, here on Saturday. CBI Prosecutor J.P. Sharma said it was the 11th case in which Koli has been ordered to be hanged till death. But the court acquitted the co-accused Maninder Singh Pandher, due to lack of evidence. According to Sharma, a 10-year-old girl went missing after she had gone to deliver ‘ironed’ cloths at D-5, residence Pandher, where his domestic help Koli was living, on June 21, 2005. When the girl did not return home for two days, her parents lodged a complaint at Sector 20 police station on June 23, 2005. The case was handed over to the CBI on June 11, 2007 and the agency submitted chargesheet on April 9, 2008. The court of special judge Amit Vir Singh held Koli guilty on Friday. On Saturday, the court awarded a death sentence to Koli and imposed a penalty of Rs 1.10 lakh on him. The court, however, acquitted Pandher for lack of credible evidence.

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were like my family and I was groomed in this party,” Sinha later tweeted. He alleged that, like BJP’s founding member L K Advani, other stalwarts including Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha were not given respect and not “treated properly” in the party. He also attacked the Modi government, alleging, “everything happens from the Prime Minister’s Office...ministers can’t work freely.” Terming demonetisation as “probably the world’s biggest scam”, Sinha said, “It was a mindless decision...Several people died and we were told it was normal.” Sinha also said the country would have transfor med if the money splurged by the BJP on its publicity campaign was spent on development. Lauding the Congress’ proposed Nyuntam Aay Yojna (Nyay) scheme, he said the country has not seen such thing in past. He hailed the Congress as a “party of great nationbuilders and luminaries like Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Patel and many others” and exuded confidence that the grand alliance in Bihar will emerge victorious.

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New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI): Dissident BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha Saturday joined the Congress, which welcomed him with a Lok Sabha ticket, as he lambasted his former party, terming it a “one-man show and two-men army”. The 72-year-old actorturned-politician said he left the BJP, on its foundation day Saturday, with “immense pain and heavy heart”. He alleged there is no place left in the party for dialogue and its leadership does not value its own veterans, and views its opponents as “enemies”. Sinha also heaped praise on Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He is a dynamic, “tried, tested and successful” leader and the face and future of India, the Patna Sahib MP said. Within hours of joining, the Congress fielded Sinha from Bihar’s Patna Sahib seat, where he will contest against BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Sinha had met Rahul Gandhi on March 28. Attacking the BJP’s top leadership, Sinha said, “Today there is no place left for dialogue in the BJP anymore,” and if one speaks the truth he is termed as a

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EC decision on Modi biopic unlikely before Monday

NEW DELHI APR 6 (PTI): The Election Commission is unlikely to take before Monday a final decision on whether to restrain the release of a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi till the Lok Sabha polls are over, as the Supreme Court is slated to hear the issue that day. The EC has been made a party in a plea filed by a Congress worker who wants the top court to delay the film’s release claiming it “disturbs” level-playing field for candidates in the Lok Sabha polls. Sources said, now any decision will be taken after evaluating the developments in the top court. However, there is a strong view in the EC that it should not restrain the release of the biopic -- “PM Narendra Modi” -- and should leave it to the Central Board of Film Certification

(CBFC) to take a call on the issue, sources said. Opposition parties including the Congress have alleged the film will give undue advantage to the BJP in electioneering and its release should be delayed until the elections are over. The seven-phased Lok Sabha polls begin on April 11 and end on May 19. The model code of conduct, which among other things, calls for an evenplaying field for all parties and candidates, came into force on March 10 when the elections were announced. “PM Narendra Modi” is now scheduled to be released on April 11, the day the first phase of polling takes place. A functionary pointed to at least two Supreme Court rulings about movies. In one of the rulings, the SC had directed the West Bengal government to

AAP toughens terms for tieup with Cong in Delhi

New Delhi, Apr 6 (IANS): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would enter into an alliance with the Congress in Delhi only if it agreed for the same in Haryana in the Lok Sabha polls and backed its demand of full statehood to Delhi, said a senior party leader on Saturday. The talks for an alliance in Delhi were on between the two parties, with the AAP wanting it in Haryana and Chandigarh as well, the leader added. “The talks are on for 18 seats -- Delhi (seven), Haryana (10) and Chandigarh (one). We said it (poll understanding) will be possible only if the Congress agreed to an alliance in Haryana,” he said. The AAP has also conveyed that it could support the Congress in Chandigarh only if the Rahul Gandhi-led

party extended support to it in Faridabad, Gurugram and Karnal in Haryana. These two conditions were decided at a meeting of AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal with senior party leaders Sanjay Singh, Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai on Saturday, he said. “The Congress should openly declare a support to full statehood for Delhi, if it wants to have an alliance with the AAP,” the leader said. The talks for Punjab were ruled out by the Congress due to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s disagreement over the issue, he said. According to the sources, the Congress President had called a meeting on Saturday to discuss the issue with senior party leaders, including Delhi Congress President and former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

ensure satirical film ‘Bhobishyoter Bhoot’ is screened without obstruction. The movie was critical of the then state chief minister. “We also have to see the latest Delhi High court ruling which said the biopic screening should be decided by the EC,” he said, adding that the model code is silent on flims and thus it remains a “grey area”. He said the EC has to keep the court verdicts in mind. The Commission had earlier sent a notice to the makers of the film following a meeting with a Congress delegation, which sought a ban on its release ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. On Monday, the Bombay High Court disposed a plea against the release of the biopic. The court had said that the Election Commission will deal with the issue.

Malik advices against endangering J&K’s peace

S r inag a r , A p r 6 (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday said mainstream political parties should not raise issues that can endanger peace in the state and blur the line that separates them from terrorists and secessionists. He was commenting on statements made by the National Conference and PDP leaders that the relationship between Jammu and Kashmir and the country will end if the special status of the state is abrogated. “I appeal to them (mainstream parties) to talk political issues and election issues but not to talk about those things which can endanger peace and promote terrorism. Don’t remove the line that differentiates you from terrorists and separatists,” Malik told reporters here after visiting the Tulip Garden. Asked about the fallout of repealing Article 35A, he said “There is no ifs and buts. First, it is not my issue to discuss but this is like creating artificial fear and inciting people to garner votes. I am not in its favour.” Article 35A provides special privileges to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. Malik said the system was incomplete without mainstream political leaders. “You are leaders, you have a political party and we respect you. You have a place in this system, this

system is not (complete) without you,” he added. Asked about the security concerns raised by the mainstream political parties, the governor said adequate security will be provided to candidates and other leaders to ensure a peaceful election. “Security will be provided to the candidates as much is required for conduct of elections. I have spoken on phone with both the leaders and asked them to give us a list of people they want protection for. We will ensure that a peaceful election takes place,” he said. In response to a question, the governor said his administration will discuss and address all the issues arising from the ban on movement of civilian traffic on Jammu-Srinagar-Baramulla national highway for two days every week. “We are meeting today and will discuss all these things that have come up. I have not come here as tourist. All the issues that have come up over the past few days, be it related to security or highway, will be addressed. I can assure that we won’t do anything that will trouble the people of Kashmir,” he said. On tourism promotion, Malik said a conference is being held in Delhi in which ambassadors of various countries will be invited with the aim of getting negative travel advisories on Kashmir lifted.

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Deve Gowda clan thrives in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 6 (IANS): “A cat has nine lives, but Deve Gowda has 10!” is an oft-repeated phrase in Karnataka, as the former Prime Minister and ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo battles at the age of 86 to baptise two of his grandsons in the political terra firma. As one of the powerful families in the southern state, belonging to the politically dominant Vokkaliga community, Gowda told the media recently that he was keen on ensuring his two grandsons carry on his family’s tradition of serving the people as two of his four sons have been doing over the years, “What’s wrong if he wants his grandsons to follow in the footsteps of their fathers and grandfather, as they were born and brought up in a political family? Politics and serving the people is in their DNA,” JD-S spokesman Ramesh Babu told IANS here. Refuting suggestions that Gowda was perpetuating dynastic politics by fielding grandsons Prajwal and Nikhil in the party’s bastions Hassan and Mandya Lok Sabha seats in the old Mysuru region, Babu said there was nothing wrong if the progeny took to politics like coots and ducks take to water. “Why single out Gowda’s family when hundreds of families continue in the occupations of their fathers and forefathers, be it agriculture, business, commerce, films, industry,

Congress is a sinking ship like Titanic: Modi

N a n d e d, A p r 6 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday compared the opposition Congress to a “sinking ship” which will take down all who are on it. “Last time (in 2014), the Congress was reduced to just 44 (Lok Sabha) seats. This time the situation is even worse. It has become like the Titanic; with each passing day, it is sinking. All those who are in it are either sinking or jumping out to other parties,” Modi said while addressing a rally here. People, including Nationalist Congress Party’s Sharad Pawar, Praful Patel and others like Rajeev Satav have chosen to run away from the battlefield by not even contesting the elections, Modi reiterated. “The Congress itself is in a turmoil. The ‘naamdar’ (Rahul Gandhi) has

Narendra Modi (File)

run to Wayanad because his position has become uncertain in Amethi. After a microscopic analysis, he has selected a seat where the majority (Hindus) are in minority. From here, I appeal to the voters of Amethi to remember this insult of the Congress President,” Modi said. Taking potshots at Gandhi, he claimed that the Congress President’s recent rally in Amethi was a total washout, and even the party’s flag was not visible, indicating the levels to

which it has fallen there. Targeting the Maharashtra Congress, Modi said it has more groups than legislators in the state, so how could they work for the welfare of the people? Attacking the Congress allies, Modi said that Farooq Abdulla and his son Omar Abdulla wanted two Prime Ministers -- one from New Delhi and the other from Kashmir. “I ask you, is this acceptable to you? Say loudly, your voice should be heard in Jammu and Kashmir,” the Prime Minister said. Alleging that the Congress wanted to weaken the armed forces and trap them in false cases, Modi said the opposition party was willing to negotiate with the secessionist forces who took money from Pakistan to speak about separatism in India. “The Congress wants

to break the country. It is siding with the separatists. Its intentions became clear when they demanded proof for the Indian Air Force strikes. Congress is directly responsible for all the problems and fires raging in Jammu and Kashmir and our NDA government is engaged in dousing them since the past five years,” Modi said. The Prime Minister appealed to the people of Maharashtra to vote the Bharatiya Janata Party back to power in the upcoming elections, promising that “every vote you caste will come directly to me.” At the end of his speech, Modi asked the gathering to chant “Chowkidar” after him and urged every citizen in every village and town to be “Chowkidars” for the country.

Army Ex Vice IUML files complaint Congress never announces its PM Chief Sarath with EC over Yogi’s tweet candidate before polls: Chidambaram Chand joins BJP Madurai, Apr 6 (Agencies): Congress has never announced its prime ministerial candidate before elections, senior party leader and former Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram told the media in Madurai on Saturday. Responding to a query on the way Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami was harping on lack of clarity over prime ministerial candidate on the other side, Chidambaram said there was no rule that a prime ministerial candidate should be announced before an election. Morarji Desai, V.P. Singh and H.D. Deva Gowda were elected Prime Ministers only after the election. However, when it was pointed out that Congress had not got a majority to form a government on its own on those occasions, Chidambaram said his party had never announced its prime ministerial candidate before polls. “I have been in the Congress for about 50 years. In no election has the Congress in its election manifesto or through announcements,

P. Chidambaram (File)

identified anyone as PM candidate. It is different that people assumed it (prime ministerial candidate),” he said. Even in 2014, the then Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, did not say who was the AIADMK’s prime minister candidate. “She only raised the question whether it was Modi or Lady. The AIADMK now has deviated from the path of Jayalalithaa [by announcing Narendra Modi as the PM candidate],” he said. That the AIADMK had been claiming that only Modi could be an able prime minister was only because the AIADMK and the BJP had formed a mutual admiration society. “Instead, people should say that,” he said. When his attention was drawn to the BJP’s repeated

claims that the country had not seen any development under the 50-year-rule of the Congress, he said the per capita income was Rs 270 and the average lifespan of Indians was 32 years in 1947. “Is it still the same now” he asked. “If they say that India should have had much more development in the last 70 years, I do accept it. But, not [the allegation] that India has not at all developed. They are turning a blind eye to the facts,” he said. The size of below poverty line (BPL) families that was 70% during Independence, despite a manifold population growth, had now become 20%. “The major contributor of this is the Congress,” he asserted. When asked if he had anything good to say about the Modi government, he said that the very fact that it continued with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme and the midday meal scheme, introduced by the Congress, without stopping them, was good. “Otherwise, I don’t find anything new executed by the BJP government.”

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, Apr 6 (IANS): Former Indian Army Vice Chief, Lt. General Sarath Chand (retired), on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party headquarters here in the presence of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. “I was commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles and spent a good portion of my official career in Uttarakhand. I am now leaving to meet Chief Minister T.S. Rawat and others, who were instrumental in me joining the BJP. I am not joining electoral politics and after my brief stay in Uttarakhand, I will return to Kochi, where I reside,” he told IANS over telephone. The former highly decorated officer retired in 2018 after putting in 39 years of service. Chand, who hails from Kottarakkara, has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.

Chennai, Apr 5 (PTI): Indian Union Muslim League Saturday took strong objection over the tweet posted by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said it had filed a complaint with the Election Commission on the matter. “IUML filed a complaint today with Election Commission against the malicious tweet of Yogi Adityanath that Muslim League is a virus. IUML does not need a certificate about its nationalist or patriotic credentials from any quarters, including Yogi Adityanath”, IUML National General Secretary P K Kunhalikutty said in a statement. The IUML is a recognised party in Kerala and has a long history of upholding the “secular democratic ethos of our Constitution”, he said. The agenda of creating divisive politics by these “forces” in this country would not succeed as the people are determined to expose these forces and their game plans through the mighty force of the ballot paper, Kunhalikutty said. He claimed that the entire country recognised

and appreciated the IUML leadership for upholding the secular fabric and communal harmony of the country. “Today, faced with several of their own senior leaders coming out together to expose BJP’s dangerous and devious designs, to cause tensions in the country, the frustrated and discredited elements like Yogi are trying to malign our progressive political forces”, the IUML leader said. Stating that Adityanath’s statement was highly objectionable and illegal, Kunhalikutty said IUML has urged the Election Commission to take appropriate action against such forces “who are out to tarnish the image and secular credentials of IUML.” The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister had tweeted that the Muslim League is a virus and the Congress was affected by it. “Muslim League is a virus. If someone is affected by this virus, he cannot survive and today main Opposition party Congress is affected by it. Think, if they win what will happen? This virus will spread in the entire nation,” Adityanath had tweeted.

HD Deve Gowda (File)

politics or trade? It’s common for every generation to carry on the legacy of its previous or past generations,” Babu asserted. Though the state’s late Congress chief minister S. Bangarappa groomed his two sons -Kumar and Madhu into politics as a career, it is the Gowda clan that stands out tall in the state, as the octogenarian’s third son H.D. Kumaraswamy is a second time Chief Minister and second son H.D. Revanna is a senior cabinet minister in the 10month-old JD-S-Congress coalition government since May 2018. Kumaraswamy became Chief Minister for the first time in February 2006 in the state’s second coalition government in alliance with the BJP for 20 months till October 2007. Revanna was then the PWD minister, as now. E ve n G owd a wa s a PWD minister in Ramakrishna Hegde’s Janata Party government from 1983 to 1988. Prajwal is the son of Revanna and Nikhil son of Kumaraswamy. Gowda senior opted

to contest from the Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency instead of from Hassan, which he represented for a record six times since 1991, paving way for Prajwal to enter politics in a big way. Nikhil is also an upcoming Kannada film star, having acted in a couple of films, including one in Telugu. Though Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha is a second time legislator from Ramangaram, Revanna’s wife Bhavani is politically active, helping her husband in looking after their pocket borough of Hassan. Call it luck or god’s grace, Gowda is the only Karnataka politician to become Prime Minister. This happened in June 1996 after Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee realised his 13-day BJP government would fail to get a vote of confidence in parliament. Gowda is only the second politician from south India to become Prime Minister after P.V Narasimha Rao from the undivided Andhra Pradesh, who was in office from June 1991 to May 1996.

Modi is like ‘dreaded terrorist’, says Andhra CM

A m a r ava t i , A p r 6 (IANS): In a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said he is like a “dreaded terrorist” who has no humanity left in him. Addressing election rallies in Prakasam district, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President said Modi has become a dictator. “He is murdering democracy and ruining institutions,” said Naidu. For a second consecutive day, the TDP chief slammed Modi for using central agencies to target TDP leaders. “IT raids are being conducted on our leaders. He is also misusing CBI, ED and RBI against us for demanding justice for the state,” he said. He also lashed out at

N Chandrababu Naidu (File)

the Election Commission for shunting out Chief Secretary A.C. Punetha. “I am asking what mistake he committed that you have transferred him?” Naidu also reacted angrily to Modi accusing him of corruption in the construction of Polavaram and calling the project ATM for him. “He thinks the project can’t be completed without the Centre’s help. Whether the Centre extends its help or not, we will complete the project,” Naidu said.

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The family of Mr Q. Tuccu, Chairman NSCN/ GPRN sincerely acknowledge the esteemed presence of the Poumai community and other organisations during the Thanksgiving prayer service held at Nihoto Village on 5th March 2019. We have inadvertently missed out some important names at the time of editing of the acknowledgement which was published on the 9th of March, 2019 and we regret for the same. We sincerely appreciate and extend our profound gratitude for your kind co-operation and support. DP-2657

AFFIDAVIT Through the affidavit No. 1632/2019 dated 04.04.2019 declare that the names "Himato Murumi" and "Faruk Hussain" son of Toluvi Murumi alias Shahjul Islam herein refers to the name of one and the same person i.e. my son and me as such, wherever it appears differently, it should be presumed and considered as same and one person by all the competent concern. DP-2642 BEFORE THE CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE/ NOTARY PUBLIC DIMAPUR : NAGALAND Regd. No. 682/19 Date : 5/4/19 DECLARATION I, Shri. DAVID TEP aged about 79 years, son of Lt. KHENLO TEP, resident of Terogvunyu Village, Tseminyu Sub - Division, under KOHIMA Dist., Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows :1. That I am a citizen of India and resident of above stated place. 2. That, the declarant is the Head of the family of Shri. A. AHYULO TEP adopted son of Late ASERON TEP of Terogvunyu Village, Tseminyu Sub-Division, under KOHIMA Dist., Nagaland. 3. That in spite of repeated attempts at corrections and rectification of unwanted behavior of A. AHYULO TEP adopted son of Late ASERON TEP has paid no heed to the warnings from the family and continued rampantly disregard Christian values and discipline accorded to him and observing that he has no intention of mending his ways, we have decided that he should be excommunicated from the family. 4. That the family has also broken all ties with him from the date of publication of this Declaration. Hence any cases, debts, etc. arising out of his nefarious activities shall be held accountable by A. AHYULO TEP only and anybody dealing with him shall do so at their own risk and responsibility. 5. That the declarant do verify that the contents of the above statement are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing is concealed. 1. Solemnly affirmed and declared before me by the declarant on this 5th day of April, 2019 at Dimapur, Nagaland. Judicial Magistrate First Class/ Notary Public DP-2636

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UK issues new passports without ‘EU’ on cover

UK removes ‘European Union’ title from British passport.

London, Apr 6 (IANS): New British passports are being issued without the words “European Union” (EU) on its cover, despite the delay to Brexit. The new burgundy passports, came into force on March 30, the day the UK was to leave the EU. But some people might still receive the old version until stocks run out, reported BBC News on Saturday. One recipient said she was “truly appalled” at the change. Dark blue passports

resembling the pre-EU British design are due to be issued from the end of the year. Susan Hindle Barone, who received her new passport on Friday, told the Press Association the design should not change as long as the UK remained member of the EU. “I was just surprised -- we’re still members of the EU. I was surprised they’ve made the change when we haven’t left, and it’s a tangible mark of something that I believe to be completely futile. What do

we gain by leaving? There’s certainly a whole lot we lose,” she said. The change in the UK passport design has proved a rallying point for Brexit supporters, with former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage describing the 2017 decision to bring back the dark blue design as “Brexmas”. The decision to remove the “European Union” label was made in the expectation that the UK would leave the EU at the end of March, as scheduled. A Home Office spokeswoman said “in order to use leftover stock and achieve best value to the taxpayer”, passports that include the words “European Union” will continue to be issued for “a short period”. She said: “There will be no difference for British citizens whether they are using a passport that includes the words European Union, or a passport that does not. Both designs will be equally valid for travel.”

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Italy underlines efforts to avert no-deal Brexit

Conflict escalates in Libya as Guterres tries to broker peace

Theresa May (File) Rome, Apr 6 (IANS/ AKI): Italy will keep striving to prevent a disorderly UK departure from the European Union, premier Giuseppe Conte’s office said on Friday in a statement which warned that no-deal Brexit seemed “a growing probability”. “Italy re peated its commitment to ensure an orderly departure and to avoid ‘no-deal’,” said the statement. It was issued after talks in Rome on no-deal planning ahead of an emergency summit of European Union leaders on 10 April. “Despite this, given the UK’s continuing uncertainty and the growing probability of a no-deal departure, we have completed emergency

and preparatory measures,” the statement went on. The measures cover various sectors and topics from aviation to climate change, the Erasmus exchange programme for European university students, and assistance to citizens, the business and financial services sectors at transport hubs including air and sea ports, said the statement. The statement came as Britain’s premier Theresa May asked the EU on Friday for an extension until 30 June at latest from 12 April currently for the UK’s withdrawal from the 28-member bloc. May’s written request to EU Council president Donald Tusk came on the third day of crunch talks between her minority Conservative government and opposition Labour leader Jeremey Corbyn aimed at hammering out a compromise agreement to avoid a no-deal Brexit. As yet no Brexit withdrawal deal has been approved by Britain’s parliament.

Trump to migrants: We can’t take you anymore Washington, Apr 6 (IANS): US President Donald Trump paid a visit to the US-Mexico border on Friday, following a week of confusing comments over whether he’d shut it down. The President stopped in Calexico, California, on Friday afternoon to tour replacement border fencing and participate in a border security roundtable. According to the Arizona Republic, the two-mile stretch replacement barrier he’ll see was authorised prior to when he came into office, but a plaque on the bollards calls it “the first section of President Trump’s border wall.”

Donald Trump (File) During the roundtable, Trump said the immigration system is full, regardless of whether the individuals seeking to come into the US are seeking asylum or not, CNN reported.

“The system is full. We can’t take you anymore. Whether it’s asylum. Whether it’s anything you want. It’s illegal immigration,” Trump said. “Can’t take you anymore ... I’m sorr y. So tur n around. That’s the way it is.” He also repeated his claim asylum seekers were perpetrating a hoax on the US. “They have lawyers greeting them. They read what the lawyer tells them to read. They’re gang members and they say ‘I fear for my life,’” he said. “They’re the ones who are causing fear for life. It’s a scam, OK? It’s a scam. It’s a hoax. I know about

hoaxes. I just went through a hoax,” Trump said to laughter in the room. “So our system is full. We’re not taking them anymore.” The visit follows a series of threats Trump made calling for Mexico and Congress to shape up or face the closure of the southern border. The initial threat Trump issued last week was that he’d close down the southern border within a week if Mexico didn’t increase migrant apprehensions on its southern border, where Central American migrants seeking to move northward may eventually try to illegally enter the US.

The threat then evolved earlier this week when Trump began to push the responsibility from Mexico to Congress, after the White House began to claim that Mexico was doing more to stop border crossings and shifting its one-week ultimatum to an indefinite deadline. B u t b y T h u r s d ay, Trump’s demand morphed into a tariff threat. He said he’d give Mexico a one-year warning and potentially implement a 25%auto tariff if the country didn’t stop the flow of illicit drugs being smuggled into the US.

United Nations, Apr 6 (IANS): As Libya teetered on the brink of an all-out civil war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met rival leaders in an effort to broker peace, but left the country with a “deep concern and a heavy heart”, while a rebel offensive neared Tripoli. Hoping to stop the fighting, Guterres went to Benghazi on Friday to meet Khalifa Haftar, the leader of the rebel Libyan National Army (LNA), whose forces were reported to be advancing on the capital. According to a transcript released by his office, he told reporters as he left Benghazi: “I leave Libya with a deep concern and a heavy heart. I still hope it will be possible to avoid a bloody confrontation in and around Tripoli.” On Thursday in Tripoli, Guterres met Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj, High Council President Khaled Mishri and other leaders of the internationally recognised government the LNA is seeking to overthrow.

Antonio Guterres (File) After those meetings, he told the media that he found a “a strong support to the National Conference”. Cautioning against foreign intervention, he added: “It is not through foreign intervention that we are going to solve the problems of any country.” According to some reports, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were said to be backing Haftar. On a trip to the Middle East, Guterres visited the war-torn country to promote the the UN-backed Libyan National Conference later this year to bring

about reconciliation when he was caught up in the escalating conflict. At the UN headquarters on Friday, the Security Council met for hastily convened consultations and issued a statement warning that it would hold “accountable those responsible for further conflict”. The statement said that Council President Christoph Heusgen told reporters that it was adopted unanimously to call on the LNA “to halt all military movements” and “on all forces to de-escalate military activity”. In the bloom of the Arab Spring that swept many leaders in the region from power, a civil war broke out in Libya in 2011. Backed by the US under former President Barack Obama and by the NATO, the rebel forces took Tripoli and dictator Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed. Although elections were held the next year and a government was installed, chaos prevailed and conflict returned by 2014.

‘Pakistan won’t accept repeal of Indian Article 370’ Islamabad, Apr 6 (IANS): Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal has said that Islamabad will never accept India repealing Article 370 of its Constitution that gives autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir. Faisal made the remark during his weekly press briefing on Friday here, reports Radio Pakistan. “Pakistan will never accept the repeal of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution... Kashmiri people will also not allow this to happen ever. “Besides violating the rights of Kashmiris, it will also contravene relevant UNSC (UN Security Council) Resolutions,” the spokesman said while replying to a question.

Article 370 was incorporated in India’s Constitution in October 1949. It exempts Jammu and Kashmir from the country’s Constitution, while allowing the state to draft its own. It also gives power to the state legislature to define Jammu and Kashmir’s residents and their privileges. In the briefing, Faisal regretted that India postponed the Kartarpur Corridor meeting earlier this week. “Indian side has expressed willingness to attend a technical-level meeting on the issue on 15th and 16th of this month, which will hopefully set the pace for further talks,” Radio Pakistan quoted the spokesman as saying.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We the bereaved family members of Late I. ASHEMWATI CHANG would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to each and every individual, churches, colleague, neighbours, relatives, friends, doctor and nurses Civil Hospital Tuensang, Yangpi villagers, Forest Department and well wishers and all the organizations for sharing our grief and comforting 18/12/1974 us through prayer, physically, 10/03/2019 spiritually, materially, financially at his sudden demise and further on the journey for the final resting place at our native village. We regret our inability to mention each and every individual, but it is our humble prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly. DP-2635

Loving Wife, Children & Family Members

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2ND DEATH ANNIVERSARY LT. LIYANI TUNGOE 07-04-2017

How hard it is to live without you dearest "AYO", knowing that you are not here. Two years of agony, so distraught, grieving with true pain, Another sharp corner and we scream your name yet, knowing you are not here. Two years since we last said "Hello"! , Two years since we last said "Goodbye"! We do not wish to know why, For we weren't ready to let you go. Ayo, will the tears ever dry? We ask this as we wipe our eyes with pain till this day. Deeply missed in silent tears and thoughts. K-857

Ever loving, Husband, Son, Daughter & Grandson (Vivor)

1st Death Anniversary of our beloved

Late Chonsulo Tsopoe 7th April 2019

Lt. NATHAN LKR YAJANG (Born on: 09.04.1942 – Died on 30.03.2019) Words are inadequate to express our Thanks and Appreciation to all the churches, unions, councils and each and every individuals from near and far who stood by us in our times of loss and grief when our beloved father left for his heavenly abode to be with the Lord on 30th March 2019. It is our sincere prayer that our Almighty God bless all of you abundantly. Loving wife, children, In-laws, grand children and relatives K-880 K

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“A year has gone by since you left us to be with the Lord, but your sweet memories lives on afresh with us“ DP-2652

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2019

Music campaign against use of plastic concludes Billy Ray Cyrus steps into country music row A T he culmination program of the music campaign on ‘No to plastic! Yes to clean election’ was held at Old MLA hostel junction, Kohima on Saturday evening. The two week long campaign initiated by Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) in collaboration with Music Task Force (YRS) Nagaland to spread awareness on the hazardous effects of plastic pollution, a series of concerts was held in all the 19 wards of Kohima town, and few prominent locations in the town. The concerts have featured choirs from various churches, bands and prominent artistes. KMC administrator, Kovi Meyase speaking during the culmination program said the theme-based musical caravan started off on March 20 crisscrossing all over the 19 wards in as many days. This initiative, he informed was conceived with the sole purpose of creating awareness on the harmful effects of plastics and therefore to further propagate the government’s decision to restrict the use of plastics —more specifically

Assembly of God choir presenting a special song during the culiminating event at Kohima on Saturday evening. (NP)

ed that there is much more to be done with a huge task ahead. However, he maintained that the goal is not unachievable if we do not put our common resolve to eradicate the menace at hand. Towards this, he appealed to one and all in joining hands together to make “our city, our land and our future” more liveable by restricting the use of plastic. With election only five days away, chief Secretary Temjen Toy said “we have heard enough about clean election so let’s stop preach-

ing about clean election and let us start practicing. Together we can. Let us be the one.” On plastic pollution, Toy maintained that each individual must begin at home, schools, colleges and work places. Appealing the young people to be a part of these movements, Toy said, “Let us all be part of the solution and not the problem”. Deputy Commissioner Kohima, Anoop Khinchi urged upon the citizens of Kohima to decrease the use

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so, the use of single use plastics in our daily lives. He was optimistic that these events would sensitize at least a good number of the populace, broadly cutting across all sections of the society. He further informed that it has made inroads with the churches in Kohima, with a programme on April 8 to carry on with the plastic awareness concert campaigns with those in uniform — the police and students. This is just the beginning, said Meyase and add-

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he 17-year-old US singer’s debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? went straight to number one, with a combined 48,000 sales. She breaks Joss Stone’s 2004 record by about two months. It’s also the secondfastest selling record of the year, but still some way behind Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, which shifted 65,214 units in week one. “We worked really hard on this album,” Eilish told the Official Charts Company. “Thank you for the love!!” Billie Eilish - 17 years, three months, 18 days When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 2019 Joss Stone - 17 years,

five months, 28 days - Mind Body and Soul, 2004 Avril Lavigne - 18 years, three months, 15 days - Let Go, 2003 Ella Henderson - 18 years, nine months, 13 days - Chapter One, 2014 Diana Vickers - 18 Years, nine months, 15 days - Songs From the Tainted Cherry Tree, 2010 For context, she can’t legally celebrate this chart news with an alcoholic drink in the UK until her birthday in December - or for another three and half years back home. The self-professed new goth pop queen - who will perform at Glastonbury Festival this summer - has enchanted fans and critics alike over the past 12 months with a succession of provocative videos and singles like Should See Me

in a Crown, Bury a Friend and Wish You Were Gay. Top five albums 1) When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish 2) The Greatest Showman - Motion Picture Cast Recording 3) What a Time To Be Alive - Tom Walker 4) Staying at Tamara’s - George Ezra 5) Bohemian Rhapsody - OST Queen Three singles from Eilish’s record-breaking album have landed in the Top 20 too, with her latest release, Bad Guy, going straight in at number two. Only Scots singersongwriter Lewis Capaldi prevented her from doing the single and album double, as his hit track, Someone You Loved, celebrated a sixth week at the top of the singles charts. Another Scottish singer-songwriter, Gerry Cinnamon, saw his debut album Erratic Cinematic zoom a whopping 52 places up the album chart to a career-best number 20, following his sold-out UK tour. Meanwhile, the indefatigable soundtrack to the Greatest Showman bounced back up the album charts from three to two. (BBC)

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n a bid to provide Internet to the “unserved and underserved communities around the world”, Amazon is working to launch a constellation of 3,236 satellites into low-Earth orbit. The project “Kuiper” will consist of 784 satellites at an altitude of 367 miles from the earth, 1,296 satellites at 379 miles and 1,156 satellites at 391 miles -- facilitating Internet availability to over 95 per cent of the earth’s total population. “Project ‘Kuiper’ will provide low-latency, highspeed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world,” The Verge quoted an Amazon spokesperson as saying on Friday. “This is a long-term project that envisions serving tens of millions of people who lack basic access to broadband Internet.” Moving forward with the initiative, the project has already filed with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) -- the international organisation in charge of coordinating satellite orbits. (IANS)

of plastic as much as possible. Explaining in brief the harmful effects of plastics, Khinchi said it is time that each individual decide towards getting rid of this menace. He also called upon the people to work together and make Nagaland free of plastic. Thangi Manner, member of Green Team expressing grave concern on the menace of plastic pollution asserted on the need to save our land from pollution to make our land cleaner, healthier, better and more fertile. She informed that the Green Team is approaching government to have a total ban on plastic in Nagaland. Mannen also called upon the citizens of state to associate with the Green Team in its fight against plastic pollution. “We will be proud if Nagaland can be declared as a really, really no plastic zone state in India,” Mannen said. During the event, several artistes including Cotton Country, Ivy Entertainment, Isuiheing Zeliang, Mengu Suokhrie , LC Sekhose, Dahil Fithu & Band, enthralled the crowd. (Correspondent)

row has broken out over the decision by Billboard to remove Lil Nas X’s song Old Town Road from its Hot Country Songs chart. The song hit number 19 on the chart before it was removed. Billboard told Rolling Stone the song was removed because it “does not embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current form”. A remix of the song including Billy Ray Cyrus has since been released. When news of Lil Nas X’s exclusion from the country music chart surfaced, Billy Ray Cyrus tweeted his support for the young artist. The country music legend said “only outlaws are outlawed” and passed on advice to the 19-yearold rapper to “take this as a compliment”. Old Town Road currently sits at number 15 on the cross-genre Billboard Top 100 chart, and had been viewed more than 23 million times on YouTube. The song rose to prominence after it went viral on the lip-synching app TikTok.

It is not yet known if the reworked version will be eligible for inclusion in Billboard’s country music chart. In a Time Magazine interview about the controversy, Lil Nas X described the song as “country trap” and said it should be eligible for inclusion on both R&B and country music charts. The song includes elements of trap music, which grew out of the late 1990s hip-hop scene in the American South. The decision to exclude the track from the chart - and its absence from radio station playlists - was sharply criticised on social media. Many people suggested that the decision not to classify the song as country was evidence of racism in

the country music scene. While many people applauded Billy Ray Cyrus for lending his support to the younger artist, a number of social media users questioned why it was necessary for him to intervene. The controversy also started a conversation about the interaction between musical genres, and many pointed to other examples of country crossover artist who have been listed on the country music chart. Twitter-user @ Sojourner wrote: “White people infiltrate hip-hop, rap & pop... and black culture all the time. They get awarded for it and called innovators but a black man does it and it’s an issue. Nah. Good for Lil Nas X. He got a country hit.” (BBC)

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ech giants Google, Facebook and Twitter are slated to send their company representatives to testify at a Senate hearing next week about the alleged “censorship” of conservative voices. The Senate subcommittee is chaired by technology critic and Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who has alleged that Silicon Valley giants are biased against conserva-

tives and routinely censor right-wing voices. “Twitter and Google are also expected to send their representatives to the event titled ‘Stifling Free Speech: Technological Censorship and the Public Discourse’,” The Hill reported citing a source familiar with the matter. Facebook’s public policy director Neil Potts is scheduled to attend the hearing to be held by the

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. “Donald Trump in a tweet last month accused Facebook, Google and Twitter of being ‘on the side of the Radical Left Democrats’,” the report added. The three tech titans have denied the accusations, arguing that there was little evidence to back the charges.

This comes in the wake of conservatives, including US President DOnald Trump, increasing their criticism of social media companies. “Big tech behaves like the only acceptable views are those on the far left. And any views to the contrary are suitable for censorship and silencing,” Cruz said last week, according to RT.com. (IANS)

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Keys through to Charleston Open semis Tizu house lift SSP volleyball trophy

Charleston, Apr 6 (Agencies): Madison Keys overcame some uncharacteristically poor serving and elevated her game late on to edge fellow American Sloane Stephens 7-6(6) 4-6 6-2 and advance to the semi-finals of the Charleston Open on Friday. Both players struggled with their serves in a match that included 13 breaks but it was Keys who was able to cut down on the errors and step up the intensity in the third set, which she won when Stephens sent a backhand long. The match on the green clay also featured a seesaw first set tie-breaker in which Keys jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Stephens stormed back with six straight points. Stephens failed to convert either of the two set points she had on her serve and Keys unleashed a blistering cross court forehand winner to capture the hourlong first set. “It’s always tough to play a friend and it kind of shows at times like that,” Keys said of the wild first set tie-breaker.

Maradona to leave Dorados over ‘referee bias’

MEXICO CITY, Apr 6 (Agencies): Argentina great Diego Maradona said he will quit his job with Mexican second-division club Dorados at the end of the season over perceived refereeing bias against his team. The 58-year-old Maradona made the decision on Friday following a 1-1 draw with Venados, claiming his touchline presence led to decisions going against his team. “Once it (the Clausura) is finished, I will leave Dorados,” Maradona said at a news conference. “I’m very sorry about it, but that’s my decision.” Maradona, who won the 1986 World Cup with Argentina, said he would ask for a meeting with the club president to notify him of his decision and the reason behind it. At the root of his anger on Friday was a “very clear” penalty that was not awarded to his side. “Do you know why the referee didn’t give it? Maradona asked reporters. “Because you’re going to say tomorrow that it’s because it’s Maradona team.” Dorados extended their unbeaten run in the league to eight games and sit third in the standings, having lost to first-place Atletico San Luis in December’s Apertura final.

Madison Keys overcame fellow American Sloane Stephens to reach the Charleston Open semi-finals.

“It was up and it was down and it was just kind of crazy.” The win was a first for Keys over Stephens, who came out on top in their semi-final match up at last year’s French Open and in

the 2017 U.S. Open final. Next up for Keys is Puerto Rican Monica Puig, who crushed 29 winners to topple American Danielle Collins in their quarterfinal to end the day. The 25-year-old Olym-

pic gold medalist from San Juan fired down six aces to book her first semi-final trip since the Connecticut Open in August. Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki looked like she had fully recovered from the illness that sidelined her for two months earlier this year, playing nearly perfect tennis to down Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-2. Wozniacki, the 2011 champion in Charleston, smacked 15 winners to just eight unforced errors and looked particularly sharp returning serve, where she moved briskly and attacked Sakkari’s second serves. The only hiccup came in the match’s 16-minute final game, where Wozniacki needed five match points before she was able to break the young Greek’s service again to win the tie. The fifth-seeded Dane will be a heavy favourite in her semi-final showdown against Petra Martic, who upset Belinda Bencic 6-3 6-4 in the morning match. Wozniacki has never dropped a set to the Croatian in five career meetings.

Spurs planning huge summer clear out

(L-R) Christian Eriksen, Kieran Trippier and Serge Aurier are among the players Mauricio Pochettino is willing to let go this summer.

Lo n d o n, A p r 6 (Agencies): Tottenham are set for a summer clear out with the club prepared to listen to offers for up to 12 players including Christian Eriksen and Kieran Trippier, according to reports. Despite shelling out £1billion on a new stadium, Spurs are under no pressure to sell or even move players on before buying. But boss Mauricio Pochettino knows streamlining his squad could boost his budget in the summer transfer market. The London Evening Standard report Trippier, Eriksen and Serge Aurier will be allowed to leave for the right price. Despite enhancing his reputation with England at last year’s World Cup,

Tripper’s form has dipped and has been caught out of position or been at fault for a number of goals conceded this term. Crystal Palace rightback Aaron Wan-Bissaka is believed to be on Tottenham’s radar. But they could face competition from Manchester United for his signature. Spurs were willing to sell Danny Rose and Toby Alderweireld last summer who both looked to heading for the exit door last year, the situation will be the same again at the end of this campaign. Vincent Janssen, Victor Wanyama, GeorgesKevin Nkoudou and Fernando Llorente – players who have all struggled for first-team minutes this season are all looking to

be heading out of north London. It is thought the other names on the list include Erik Lamela and Moussa Sissoko, but only if substantial bids were made. Big bids would also cause Tottenham to consider the futures of Erik Lamela and Moussa Sissoko. But reports Eriksen could be allowed to leave will cause unrest amongst the Spurs faithful. The Dane enters the final year of his contract this summer and is a target for Real Madrid. Spurs are keen to tie him down to a new deal, but talks seem to have stalled and the club could cash in if they do not think they are making any progress on a new deal. DC-517

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London, Apr 6 (Agencies): Chelsea star Eden Hazard is set to finalise his move to Real Madrid in the ‘coming days’ after Zinedine Zidane approved the transfer. The 28-year-old wanted to move to the Bernabeu last summer following Belgium’s third place finish at Euro 2018 but Maurizio Sarri convinced him to stay at Stamford Bridge for one more season. However, the winger has less than 15 months to run on his existing deal in west London and has intimated he does not want to sign an extension, despite Chelsea offering him around £300,000-a-week. Hazard has made no secret of his admiration for Zidane in the past and the Frenchman’s return to Madrid appears to have swung the winger’s mind in favour of the La Liga giants. According to Marca, Chelsea and Madrid are now close to agreeing the terms of Hazard’s departure

Dimapur, Apr 6 (NPN): Sainik School Punglwa annual inter-house volleyball championship 2019-20 for junior category was held from April 2 to 5. In the final match, Tizu House beat Japfu House by 2 sets to 1 to emerge as the winner. Patkai House finished third in the championship. Cadet Lobsang Jimba was adjudged the best player of the championship. Gp Capt Sharad R Keskar, principal, graced the occasion as the chief guest and gave away the medals and certificates. After the event, probable names of cadets to represent the school in East Zone Sports Championship Champions of the annual inter-house volleyball championship with their medals and trophy after the prize distribution ceremony. were announced.

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son has not ended, but I’ve always appreciated him,” said Zidane. “I’ve seen him a lot since I was playing in France. He’s fantastic,” added Zidane. The Blues have appealed a two-window transfer ban but Christian Pulisic was signed in January and is likely to serve as Hazard’s replacement. The Belgian’s departure could convince Callum Hudson-Odoi to stay at the club, given his playing time is likely to increase. K Y M C

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MI outclass SRH in a low-scoring game CSK beat KXIP by 22 runs Hyderabad, Apr 6 (PTI): Young West Indies pacer Alzzari Joseph made a dream IPL debut by recording the best bowling figures in tournament’s history as Mumbai Indians picked up a 40-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a low-scoring game here on Saturday. Keiron Pollard hammered an unbeaten 46 off 26 balls, helping Mumbai Indians recover to 136 for seven after an ordinary start. While Pollard was the stand out batsman, another West Indian in Joseph made all the difference in the bowling department, ending with sensational figures of six for 12 in 3.4 overs, bettering the effort of Pakistan pacer Sohail Tanvir, who had taken six for 14 in the inaugural IPL edition in 2008. Hyderabad were all out for 96 in 17.4 overs. It was the third win for Mumbai Indians in five games while Hyderabad suffered their second loss in five matches. Considering the stellar form of openers David Warner and Jonny Bairstow, 137 was expected to be a comfortable chase for Hyderabad. But they both were dismissed cheaply

MI bowler Alzarri Joseph jubilate with his teammates after dismissing SRH batsman Vijay Shankar during their IPL match on Saturday. (PTI)

and that exposed the middle order which had not been tested much courtesy the devastating run of the openers. I Young West Indies pacer Joseph bowled a dream first over in the IPL, dismissing Warner in a wicket maiden. In his following over, the 22-yearold got rid of Vijay Shankar to leave Hyderabad at 43 for three in seven overs and

spice up the contest. Leggie Rahul Chahar picked up two important wickets to increase the pressure on the home team which was reduced to 62 for five in the 12th over. The hosts needed 53 off the last 30 balls and ended up well short of the target with Joseph running through the opposition line-up. Earlier, it seemed

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Kohima, APR 6 (NPN): The 11th edition of Open Basketball Tournament (OBT), organised by Suncity Kohima in association with Nagaland Basketball Association, will kick start on May 13 at Khuochiezie, Kohima local ground. Announcing this during a press conference, president of Suncity Kohima, Er. Medozhazo Rutsa said the champions of the tournament will receive a cash prize of Rs.60,000 while the runners-up will get Rs.30,000 along with trophy and citations. The

two losing semi-finalists will get Rs.10,000 each. The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament will pocket Rs.10000. The matches will be played under the guidelines of the Federation International Basketball Association (FIBA), which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. During the seven day long tournament, the teams will compete against each other in league system and knocked out matches. Like the previous years, the tournament will have digital scoreboard, 24 second shot clock, hydrau-

lic rings, fluorescent indoor lighting, LED board display, and live coverage. The organisers informed that the entry form will be available from April 12 onwards at Light House Fancy Market, Suncity Kohima Office and the registration fee is Rs 10,000 per team. For more information, contact at 9436000222 or 8732896363. Meanwhile, the organisers have also informed that a referee and coach clinic will be held from April 26 to 28 at Christ King Higher Secondary School, Kohima.

Hyderabad would limit Mumbai to a sub-120 total before Pollard’s brute power came to the fore, enabling the visitors to collect 39 crucial runs off the final 12 balls. It wasn’t the best of starts for Mumbai, who lost captain Rohit Sharma (11) and Suryakumar Yadav (7) early to be 30 for two in six overs. Stroke play was prov-

1st Aphuyemi Cup Football tournament

D i m a p u r , Apr 6 (NPN): The 1st Aphuyemi Cup Football Tournament, organised by Aphuyemi Football Club, will be held from April 23 at Pughoboto town. Therefore, interested clubs and teams can collect the registration forms from ‘The Oscar’ bamboo pavilion, Super Market Dimapur, ZK Bakery, Tseminyu New town and Family Mart, Pughoboto town. The clubs have also been informed to confirm their participation by April 17. For more information, contact 8787600205, 9615579605 or 9856787031.

ing to be difficult on a slow surface and the situation became worse for the visitors when the in-form opener Quinton de Kock (19) departed after trying to increase the scoring rate. The batsmen especially struggled against Nabi, who ended with envious figures of 13 for one in four overs as Mumbai crawled to 52 for three in 10 overs. After Nabi completed his full quota of overs, his Afghanistan teammate Rashid Khan made life tough for the opposition batsmen. Mumbai’s innings hardly had any flow before Pollard provided the much needed final flourish in the death overs by smashing Kaul for three massive sixes in the 19th over that went for 20 runs. Bhuvneshwar’s final over went for 19 runs with Pollard collecting two fours and a six, giving Mumbai something to bowl at. Poor fielding let Hyderabad down towards the end of the innings. Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians: 136/7 (Kieron Pollard 46*, Quinton de Kock 19; Siddharth Kaul 2/34) beat SRH 96 all out (DJ Hooda 20; Alzarri Joseph 6/12; Rahul Chahar, 2/21) by 40 runs

C h e nn a i , Apr 6 (Agencies): Chennai Super Kings returned to winning ways as they defeated Kings XI Punjab by 22 runs at the M. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Saturday. Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. Faf du Plessis, playing his first match of this year’s IPL, along with Shane Watson provided a solid start, adding 54 by the end of 6 overs. Both the batsmen played with positive intent, adding pressure on the Kings XI Punjab bowlers. Kings XI Punjab captain Ravichandran Ashwin got the first breakthrough, dismissing Shane Watson. Suresh Raina who arrived at the crease following Watson’s dismissal struggled to time the ball but du Plessis continued to bat strongly, reaching his fifty off 33 balls. However, Ashwin then struck twice, dismissing du Plessis and Raina in the same over after the duo had added 44 runs for the 2nd wicket. MS Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu then added 60 unbeaten runs for the 4th wicket to help Chennai Super Kings post a competitive total of 160 for 3.

CSK bowler Harbhajan Singh celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Mayank Agarwal. (PTI)

R Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers for Kings XI Punjab with figures of 3 for 23. Chasing a target of 161, Kings XI Punjab got off to a poor start as Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal were dismissed in quick succession by Harbhajan Singh in the 2nd over. KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan steadied the ship and at the end of 6 overs, Kings XI Punjab were 46 for 2. After the power play, Rahul and Sarfaraz continued to take singles, putting pressure on the CSK bowlers. Sarfaraz reached his fifty off 42 balls and then

Rahul completed his fifty off 41 balls. With the run rate rising steadily, Scott Kuggeleijn struck to dismiss Rahul for 55. Deepak Chahar then dismissed David Miller to end Kings XI Punjab hopes. A brilliant final over by Kuggeleijn sealed a victory for CSK who registered their fourth victory of the tournament. Brief Scores: CSK 160/3 (Faf du Plessis 54, M.S. Dhoni 37*; R. Ashwin 3/23) beat KXIP 138/5 overs (Sarfaraz Khan 67, K.L. Rahul 55; Harbhajan Singh 2/17, Scott Kuggeleijn 2/37) by 22 runs.

AIFF chief Patel elected to FIFA council Kuala Lumpur, Apr 6 (PTI): All India Football Federation president Praful Patel was Saturday elected as a FIFA Council member, becoming the first Indian to enter the prestigious council in a landmark development. Patel got 38 out of 46 votes. The AIFF chief was one of the eight candidates vying for the spot in the election which was held during the 29th AFC (Asian Football Confederations) Congress in the Malaysian capital. Patel was accompanied by AIFF general secretary Kushal Das and senior vice-president Subrata Dat-

ta. “Mr. Patel’s victory is a “landmark for Indian football”. Congratulations to Mr. Patel. He fully deserves this honour. His leadership has taken Indian football to greater heights. Asian football will immensely benefit from his presence as a FIFA Council member,” Datta told PTI. The AFC Electoral committee and the FIFA Review Committee conducted the eligibility review on all the candidates. A Al- Mohannadi (Qatar), Khalid Awad A. Althebity (Saudi Arabia), Mariano V. Araneta, Jr. (Philippines), Chung Mong Gyu (Korea Republic), Du Zhaocai (China PR), Meh-

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di Taj (IR Iran) and Kohzo Tashima (Japan) were the others who contested for the five available spots in the council. Earlier in the day, the congress re-elected Shaikh

Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa by acclamation as AFC president for a second four-year term until 2023. Shaikh Salman, whose presidency began in May 2013, was the only candidate for the position. There were initially three candidates confirmed by the AFC Electoral Committee following the completion of the eligibility checks on March 1. The number was reduced following the withdrawals of Mohamed Khalfan Matar Saeed Al-Romaithi (UAE) and Saoud A. Aziz M A Al-Mohannadi (Qatar) – both of whom threw their full support behind Shaikh Salman.

4 Nagaland cricketers selected for NE Zonal camp

Dimapur, Apr 6 (NPN): National Cricket Academy of BCCI has selected four Nagaland senior men’s player for NE states camp to be held in Imphal from April 10 to May 4. The four players from Nagaland are Jonathan Rongsen, Tahmeed Rahman, Imliwati Lemtur

and Sedezhalie Rupreo. Meanwhile, four Nagaland women’s senior players, namely, Elina Muru, Sentilemla Imsong, Merensola and Sariba have also been selected for Senior Women’s Camp for NE states to be held in Shillong from April 10 to May 4.

Liverpool leave it late to reclaim top spot London, Apr 6 (Agencies): Late goals by Mohamed Salah and Jordan Henderson earned Liverpool a crucial 3-1 victory at Southampton to move them back to the top of the Premier League on Friday. For the second week running Liverpool looked like losing ground on Manchester City in a titanic title race, but once again Juergen Klopp’s side would not be denied as they edged a step closer to a first league title since 1990. With games running out they lead City by two points, although Pep Guardiola’s champions have a game in hand. Locked at 1-1 Liverpool were laying siege to the Southampton goal but it was Salah, who had not scored for eight games, who provided the moment of magic they desperately required in the 80th minute, racing away to score a majestic solo goal. It was Salah’s 50th Premier League goal for Liverpool and six minutes

Firmino in action during the English Premier League match between Liverpool and Southampton.

later Henderson, on as a substitute, wrapped it up with a close-range finish. Shane Long had made it a nail-biting night for Liverpool’s massed ranks of supporters when he fired relegation-threatened Southampton ahead in the ninth minute. But Liverpool recov-

ered from a surprisingly sluggish start and Naby Keita’s header, his first goal for the club, levelled the scores before halftime. Victory lifted Liverpool to 82 points from 33 games, with City on 80 from 32. Liverpool needed a stoppage-time winner to beat Tottenham Hotspur

2-1 at Anfield last weekend and they were forced to do things the hard way again at St Mary’s. They were caught cold early on and Long punished them, calmly firing home after Ryan Bertrand’s cross was flicked on. It could have been worse with Long almost

making it 2-0 but Keita’s header calmed the nerves in the away ranks. Liverpool dominated after the break but Southampton defended tenaciously, even if they were lucky when Maya Yoshida appeared to bring down Keita in the penalty area. With the clock ticking down and Southampton enjoying a brief flurry of pressure, Liverpool broke and Salah drove forward at pace, making around 50 metres without a challenge before firing the ball past Angus Gunn. Southampton, who remain five points above the drop zone, were flattened and Liverpool were spared any late frights when Roberto Firmino found Henderson who stroked home. An ecstatic Klopp joined in the celebrations on the pitch with his players who face Chelsea at home next week. Match results Huddersfield 1 - 4 Leicester Newcastle 0 - 1 C Palace Bournemouth 1 - 3 Burnley

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