August 10, 2019

Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXIX No. 244

DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.00

President gives assent to amendments to UAPA

Nadal cruises into Rogers Cup qtrs

Pakistan bans cultural ties with India

national, Page 5

sports, Page 12

international, Page 9

Floods affect several states

NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (PTI): Incessant downpour battered several states, including Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, on Friday, with landslips and floods throwing normal life out of gear.

According to a forecast by the India Meteorological Department, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely in Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan in the next 24 hours,.

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 28 people have died over the past three days in rain-related incidents in the state, which is again at the receiving end of the nature’s fury.

At least 40 people are feared trapped under debris in major landslides that took place in Wayanad and Malappuram, he said.

Rail, road and air transport took a hit in the state with several trains being cancelled and the Cochin International Airport shut till August 11 due to waterlogging in almost 60 per cent region of its operational area.

A red alert for rainfall has been issued in nine of the 14 districts in the state

ZSTH flays AR; threatens to down shutters in Zbto

D I M A P U R , AU G 9 (NPN): Zunheboto Sumi Totimi Hoho (ZSTH) has threatened to down shutters in Zunheboto town in protest against the August 7 action of 32 Assam Rifles personnel on women and youth at Project Colony, Zunheboto town.

In a memorandum, ZSTH president Boholi Awomi and general secretary Hukashi R Awomi claimed that on August 7 at around 5 p.m. two AR personnel in civies were caught clicking photographs from mobile phones “in a suspicious manner”. Subsequently, ZSTH said some colony youth confronted the duo for secretly taking their photos leading to heated arguments. (Cont’d on p-7)

Fuel prices cut

NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (AGENCIES): Retail prices of petrol and diesel were cut for the second successive day across major cities of the country. Petrol became cheaper by 14-16 a litre while diesel prices came down by 7-13 paise per litre. In Dimapur, petrol price now cost Rs.70.17 a litre and diesel Rs. 63.70 a litre. In Kohima, petrol is retailing at Rs. 70.92 while diesel price declined to Rs. 64.23, 10 paise less than Thursday’s price.

This is it!

“Why plan and spend so much money for one-day Swaach Bharat.? Just pay me and I’ll do it regularly.”

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A flooded street following incessant monsoon rainfall, at Kalpetta in Wayanad, Friday,. (PTI)

and all educational institutions will remain closed.

Over 64,000 people have been shifted to 738 relief camps across the state, officials said.

Over 2.85 lakh people have been evacuated due to the devastating floods in western Maharashtra’s five districts, including the worst-hit Kolhapur and Sangli, with the death toll reaching 29 on Friday.

The region is being pummeled by rain over the last few days, and major rivers, including the Krishna and Panchaganga, are in spate. A total of 34 rescue teams are working in Kol-

hapur and 36 in Sangli.

In Karnataka, chief minister B S Yediyurappa said 12 people have died in rain-related incidents.

The floods and rains have left a trail of destruction in vast areas of north, coastal and Malnad districts of the state.

In Andhra Pradesh, 31 members belonging to the fishing community, including 12 women, who were trapped in the raging Godavari river at Polavaram were rescued by the Navy.

Heavy and incessant rains in south and west Odisha earlier this week claimed at least three lives,

NH-29 opens for single lane traffic

Road restoration work underway. (NP)

Correspondent

KOHIMA, AUG 9 (NPN): A portion of NH-29, which was totally cut off by landslide on August 5 near KMC old dumping site, was opened for single lane (light vehicles) on Friday night.

PWD (National Highways) engineer, who was on the spot till late night, told Nagaland Post that heavy vehicles would be allowed to pass through the fresh cutting road on trial basis starting August 9 night till next day.

Since the fresh earth cutting was not over yet and likely to continue, the engineer said the vehicular movement could be diverted on August 11, 2019.

left two missing and hit over 1.3 lakh people in nine districts, officials said.

The damage caused by the rainfall was known after the flood water receded from the submerged areas on Friday and the situation returned to normal, they said.

MeT Department said the recent spell of downpour was triggered by a deep depression which has now weakened and moved out of Odisha.

However, a fresh bout of rainfall is likely to lash the state after three days due to a cyclonic circulation in the area.

Decision on Congress chief today: sources

NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (AGENCIES): A new Congress president will be chosen when the party’s top decision-making body (Congress Working Committee) meets Saturday, sources said on Friday after a meeting at Sonia Gandhi’s home.

Mukul Wasnik has emerged as the front runner for the post left vacant after Rahul Gandhi quit in May, owning responsibility for the party’s national election debacle. A non-Gandhi may be party president for the first time in two decades as the Congress Working Committee meets tomorrow.

59-year-old Mukul Wasnik, a former minister with much administrative experience, is expected to take charge at least till the organizational elections. The Congress Working Committee will formally thank Rahul Gandhi for his role as president, the sources said, indicating that the party had officially given up attempts to persuade the 49-year-old to withdraw his resignation. According to sources, Mukul Wasnik is seen as a strong choice to repair the Congress’s organizational weaknesses with his long administrative record.

CAB will create demographic imbalance in NE region: NEFIP DIMAPUR, AUG 9 (NPN): North East Forum for Indigenous People (NEFIP), a conglomeration of various civil society groups, has warned that Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), if passed, would create demographic imbalance in the already fragile indigenous population of the Northeast and pose grave danger to their very existence, irrespective of the size of their population.

In a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the forum alleged that the Bill violated Article 14 as also the Preamble of the Constitution of India.

War ning that CAB would have severe impact on the ongoing process to update National Register of Citizenship (NRC) in Assam monitored by Supreme Court as the crucial dates of reference to recognise an immigrant for naturalisation were different, NEFIP pointed out that it negated section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 introduced in pursuance to Assam Accord, 1985 and would jeopardise the whole exercise already carried out. The Bill,

Members of NEFIP after the meeting in Guwahati, Friday.

introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 15, 2016, seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 and give Indian citizenship to all “persecuted religious minorities” from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan like Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Parsis.

Referring to the CAB’s objective of naturalising all illegal immigrants belonging these communities, the memorandum signed by NEFIP convener Ningthouja Lancha explained that it would be incorrect to assume that all illegal immigrants professing various faiths had entered India surreptitiously due to religious persecution in their home country, as most of them were economic immigrants.

And though BJP leaders had assured that the Bill

would not harm indigenous people’s economic, traditional and cultural interest, the forum said even now almost 80% of the economy was controlled by non-indigenous inhabitants of the region. So to further add non-indigenous population would not only aggravate the already marginalised indigenous population, but supplant the local population to the point of extinction, it warned.

Dismissing the argument that State governments could not be bypassed during the naturalisation process, NEFIP pointed out that a person not recommended for naturalisation in a particular State could apply for naturalisation from another State and thus become a citizen of India.

(Cont’d on p-7)

PDA lauds Ravi, GoI’s statement on Article 371 (A) DIMAPUR, AUG 9 (NPN): People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) has expressed its appreciation to Governor RN Ravi for declaring that Article 371 (A) was a solemn and sacred commitment to the people of Nagaland and that Government of India was “earnestly working to happily conclude the ongoing political process which is at a very advanced stage”.

In a joint statement, PDA chairman Chingwang Konyak and co-chairman Temjen Imna Along, the ruling coalition further appreciated Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home minister Amit Shah for declaring on the floor of Lok Sabha that special provisions enshrined in Article 371(A) would not be touched. “This gives us greater hope that the peace talks and negotiations for an early, honourable and acceptable solution are in the right direction for which PDA will extend full cooperation towards realising the long-felt aspirations of the people,” they added.

CEC rules out return to ballot papers KOLKATA, AUG 9 (PTI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Friday categorically dismissed the demand for doing away with EVMs and bringing back ballot papers, citing orders passed by the Supreme Court in the past.

He also said assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held only after receiving a formal commutation from the union ministries of home, and law and justice to that effect.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a host of other opposition leaders, including TDP’s N Chandrababu Naidu, Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray, have repeatedly claimed that Electronic Voting Machines could be tampered with and demanded a return to ballot papers.

“We are not going back to the era of ballot papers.

The Supreme Court has more than once said that ballot papers are our past,” Arora told reporters at the Kolkata airport.

Banerjee has often said that EVMs were earlier used in developed countries like the US, UK, France and Germany but they all reverted to ballot papers.

Arora is in the city to attend events organised by the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences and IIM (Calcutta) on Friday and Saturday.

When asked about the possibility of holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, where the House was dissolved in November last year, Arora said it could happen only after a formal communication was received from the union home ministry and the ministry of law and justice.

“We are waiting for the formal communication from the home and law ministries,” he said.

The Centre had on Monday abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir and split the state into two Union Territories.

The UT comprising Jammu and Kashmir division will have a legislative assembly like Delhi, while Ladakh will not have one like Chandigarh.

When asked whether the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a hugely contentious issue in Assam, will be implemented in West Bengal, Arora said the matter was being looked at by the Supreme Court.

“Let the Supreme Court come out with a verdict. At the moment it is for Assam. The Supreme court has not given the verdict.

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PNNMK celebrates raising day

A section of women participants with traditional attire during the Poumai Naga Naotumai Me Kohima raising day celebration in Kohima on Friday. (NP) Correspondent

Kohima, Aug 9 (NPN): Poumai Naga Naotumai Me Kohima (PNNMK) (women organization) celebrated its 12th raising day under the theme “how women can change in politics ?” with former chairperson PNNMK Rocinah as the speaker at Poumai Baptist Church Midland Kohima on Friday.

Based on the theme, Rocinah in her speech said women have great

CMO Zunheboto inaugurates Asukiqa SC DIMAPUR: Asukiqa SubCentre, which would cover Asukiqa, Ghokimi, Kitami, Tsaphimi and Puneboqa villages, was inaugurated

by Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Zunheboto, Dr. C. W Tungoe on August 9.

A press release by Chief Medical Officer Zunheboto office stated that in an inaugural address, Dr Tungoe expressed hope that inhabitants of the area would be benefited from the sub-centre.

He also urged the public to avail the services and to cooperate and support the staff of the centre.

The inaugural programme was chaired by VHC chairman, Vihose Assumi. Earlier, the programme began with an invocation by Ghokimi Baptist Church Pastor Rev. S. Kiheto; welcome address

by Asukiqa Area Joint Council (AAJC) chairman, Khuwoto Swu; speech by contractor, Hokuto and vote of thanks by GB Gokhimi, Johan.

role to play in the field of politics to choose the right and good leaders for the society. However, she lamented that in Naga society woman has no voice in the legislative and decision making body and claimed that if Naga women were given chance in the decision making body, women would perform well with more humanity.

Encouraging the women folk to exercise what is right, the former women leader said women should

exercise fearlessly with sacrifice for what is good for the society. She challenged the mothers and women to go out beyond kitchen and contribute something beneficial for the people.

Citing the example of some advanced women societies, she urged the participants to emulate from them the good qualities they possess and contribute to the society.

The programme chaired by PNNMK secretary, Kezevinuo Hormi began with an invocation

by MCRCK women chairperson and welcome song

by PNNMK executive members.

On the occasion, a new officer bearers for the tenure 2020 till 2022 were elected with Stella as chairperson, Apane as general secretary, Teresa as treasurer and Rocinah as jubilee convenor.

It may be mentioned that the women’s raising day is celebrated in all the Poumai villages on this day every year.

GMS Longya undertakes tour to ZPC

Awareness on OSC functioning

Sakhi-One stop Centre (OSC) conducting awareness programme on OSC functioning at Springdale School, Wokha on August 9. (DPRO Wokha)

DIMAPUR: Sakhi-One Stop Centre (OSC) cond u c t e d a n awa r e n e s s programme on OSC functioning on August 9 at Springdale School, Wokha.

According to DIPR, Myingthunglo Odyuo, an intern under OSC, spoke on the different types of violence. Briefing the students, Odyuo said that beneficiaries were women and children/girls below 18 years, where they can avail integrated support and assistance from the Centre facilitating immediate emer-

gency and non- emergency services including medical, legal, psychological and counseling support.

Advocate, Nancy, Case Worker OSC, Wokha dwelled on the protection of children from sexual offences Act, 2012 (POCSO), where she stated that the Act was enacted to provide protection of children from sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography, while safeguarding the interest of child at every stage of judicial process.

She also explained the students about the four pri-

vate areas of human body, adding the good touch and bad touch. She also urge the participants that in the event of anyone touches them inappropriately in the private areas making them feel uncomfortable and uneasy, to immediately complain to their parents, teachers or elders whom they trust or who can address the issue to the police.

The team also distributed flyers and pamphlets on domestic violence, cyber crime and toll free number 181to the students and teachers.

Two-wheeler taxi to provide free ride for LDA aspirants Correspondent

Kohima starting from 8:30 am onwards.

Nagaland two wheeler association, president, Chumben B Yanthan speaking to Nagaland Post said the initiative was taken to express their gratitude and small gesture to the citizens for their continuous support in their fight for legalisation of two-wheeler service in the state. “We request the aspirants appearing for LDA

exam to feel free and be confident with us to reach the venue on time,” he said.

“With the persistent pursuance of the riders and general public, we finally got the cabinet approved for this service”, he said. He further acknowledged the support from the state government, different stakeholders, organization, union bodies, and well-wishers in approving the two wheeler taxi in Na-

galand. It may be mentioned on July 28, the state cabinet during its meeting decided to approve two-wheeler taxi service in Nagaland. However, the Regional Transport Authority was yet to issues permit. It was learnt that Transport & Civil Aviation, Railways and Land Resources minister P Paiwang Konyak will officially launch the two-wheeler taxi after August 15.

DC & DEO Mon informs

Dimapur: Deputy Com-

Vice principal, Purna Chandra Mishra explaining the use of Smart Class projector missioner (DC) and District to the students of GMS Longya and college students. (NP) Election Officer (DEO) Correspondent

Kiphire, Aug 9 (NPN): Gover nment Middle School (GMS) Longya Ward Kiphire town undertook a tour programme to Zisaji Presidency Government College Kiphire on Friday. During the tour, students of class 7 and 8 visited college library, smart class room, computer class room, e-library and floriculture. Students were given an opportunity to sit

with the college students in the Smart class and taught them about Smart class facilities.

In a short interaction with the principal of the College, Helen Jamir acknowledged the teachers of the GMS Longya ward for taking up innovative initiatives for the government school students. She encouraged the students to be discipline and hard working in their study so that they could also sit in

the college in the future.

Vice principal ZPC, Purna Chandra Mishra, took the students around the college. Former president of Kiphire Area Students Union (KASU), Issac Tsalumpi also accompanied the students.

Meanwhile, the teaching faculty of the GMS Longya ward expressed gratitude to ZPC College authority for allowing the students to visit the college.

ADC and others at the coordination meeting held at Bhandari on August 7. (DIPR)

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DIMAPUR: St. John College (SJC), Dimapur organised one-day orientation workshop for teachers on effective teaching learning process to make teachers more responsible towards students.

The workshop was inaugurated by principal, Prof. S.T. Janetius.

A press release from SJC Dimapur stated that, Prof. S. T. Janetius insisted on the role of teachers in SJC, giving quality education, discipline and skills development orientation to the students.

The workshop was conducted by Don Bosco Institute for Development and Leadership (DBIDL) in three sessions.

In the first session, Dr. Varghese SDB spoke on the need for creativity and formation of attitude in the teaching learning process in the classroom management. Victor Pameih programme coordinator-DBIDL dwelt on traditional and modern classroom presenting concrete examples from daily situations in the college.

Dr. Peter Salew elaborated on the role of effective teachers in the third session.

Kohima, Aug 9 (NPN): Two-wheeler taxi Kohima riders will provide free ride to the aspirants for LDA examination under the Department of School Education scheduled to be held on August 10.

The riders will be available for dropping at PR Hill Junction, Razhu Point and High school junction in

Coordination meeting in Bhandari

DIMAPUR: The monthly departmental coordination meeting of Bhandari subdivision was held at the conference hall of ADC, Bhandari on August 7.

T h e m e e t i n g wa s chaired by ADC Tiameren Chang, who welcomed two NCS probation officers and other officers recently posted to the subdivision.

According to DIPR report, the ADC expressed gratitude to the officers of the sub-division for their concern and cooperation in donating a traffic is-

Workshop on effective teaching learning process

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

land to the denizens of the Bhandari town. He also thanked the public, students and NGO leaders who were present, for their support in helping the government servants in bringing innovative developmental initiatives to the public.

He also encouraged them to make use of the ambulance service which was flagged off recently to assist the public in need with a reasonable service charge. While discussing about preparedness for the upcoming Independence

Day celebration, 2019, the ADC reminded the departments to carry out their assigned duties on time.

In the meeting, deputy director, Nagaland State Seed Farm gave a powerpoint presentation of the departmental activities.

SBI Bhandari branch also highlighted on their banking activities within the sub-division and encouraged the members present to avail the benefits through banking under different schemes. Power department was entrusted to highlight its depart-

mental activities through powerpoint presentation in the next coordination meeting. Earlier in the day, the house along with public, church, NGOs and student leaders attended the inauguration of the newly constructed Traffic Island, which was sponsored by officers posted at Bhandari sub-division, 2018 to 2019 batch.

Lochumlo Mozhui, women pastor, Baptist Church, Bhandari town pronounced the dedicatory prayer after it was inaugurated by ADC, Bhandari.

Mon, Thavaseelan K has informed all political parties in Mon district that a meeting has been convened on August 13 at 12:30 p.m. at the Conference Hall of DC Mon. The meeting is in regard to special summary revision of photo electoral rolls w.r.t January 1, 2020 as qualifying date and Electors Verification Programme (EVP) scheduled between August 16, 2019 to September 30, 2019. All political parties have been asked to Government Primary School (GPS) Valley View teachers took the students for an educational tour to Nagaland Zoological Park on Friday. attend the meeting.

Corrigendum Dimapur:Apropos the news item published in the Nagaland Post on August 9, page 2, under the caption “NPF 34 A/C Aghunato merges with BJP”, APRO Aghunato, Kiviho K. Achumi clarified that the sentences contents in the speech of former NPF candidate Hukiye N. Tissica where it reads that “supporter and sympathizers of NPF party lost hope on their party because of difference of ideologies that exist within the NPF party in the higher level and foreseeing that NPF party has no future to look forward to, he said the party has decided to merge BJP en masse”, should be read as “deserting the NPF party does not mean that the NPF party does not have bright future.

But with the consensus of sympathizers, supporters & workers unanimously decided en masse to join BJP for the pride of the Constituency,” and not as published. The APRO has also tendered apology for the error hurting towards both the parties BJP/NPF in the State level, District, Sub - Division and the supporters in the grass root levels and also regretted for the inconvenience.

ALT to conduct surprise checking

Dimapur: Aoyimti Lanur Telongjem (ALT) youth forum has informed that it will be carrying out surprise checking of all business establishments within its jurisdiction.

Therefore, all the shops, establishments have been asked to desist from selling expired goods, excess price, tampered price tags, improper weighing scale and sale of tobacco products near educational

institutions.

In a press release ALT president Toshinungsang and general secretary Merangtemsu has also asked the owners to display rate board in hair salon and butchers shop.

It further warned that defaulter will be imposed a penalty and also cautioned against any unlawful, anti-social elements within the village area.

Social work in Tseminyu, Peren

Household attendance in progress during the mass social work at Tseminyu town on August 9. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: In view of the forth coming Independence Day 2019, to be held at Tseminyu on August 15, a mass social work was conducted at Tseminyu town on August 9.

According to DIPR, the social work, supervised by administration of Tseminyu led by Tsutsowe, SDO

(C), was successfully conducted beginning from 8 a till 1p.m.

Both government employees and public from all nine wards in Tseminyu town participated in the social work. Spot attendance was conducted for both public households of Tseminyu town and all the

department staff.

Meanwhile, a mass social work was also organised at New Peren HQ on August 9. The social work was organized with the initiative of administration officer led

by Deputy Commissioner Peren, SentiwapangAier and participated by various departments.

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nagalandpost.com Poll Q.: Was it democratic to downgrade J&K from status of state to UT? 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

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Abiogenesis performing at the celebration in Dimapur on Friday. (NP)

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WEATHER FORECAST August 10

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala A bit or morning rain

34 26

Aizawl

Brief afternoon showers

28 21

Guwahati An a.m. thunderstorm in spots 34 26

A t-storm around in the a.m.

29 22

Itanagar A stray a.m. t-storm; cloudy

30 24

Shillong

Cloudy, a shower or t-storm

26 19

Kohima

Cloudy, a shower or t-storm

25 19

Dimapur Cloudy, a stray thunderstorm

32 24

Imphal

Cloudy, a thunderstorm

27 21

Tuensang A p.m. t-storm in spots

21 17

Cloudy, a thunderstorm

27 22

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World Indigenous People’s Day celebrated

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Zunheboto Cloudy, a shower or t-storm

25 19

DIMAPUR, Aug 9 (NPN): Along with the rest of the world, Ao community of Dimapur celebrated “International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples”, at Elim Hall, DABA here on Friday.

The programme was organised by Tir Yimyim, under the theme, “Indigenous languages”.

Addressing the gathering, Language Officer, department of School Education, Takowati, stated that as per state government’s recognition, 18 languages have been recognised, namely, Angami, Ao, Sumi, Lotha, Phom, Konyak, Chang, Sangtam, Khiamnuingian, Yimchungru, Pochury, Zeme, Liangmai, Kuki, Chokri (Chakesang), Kheza (Chakesang), Nethenyi (Rengma) and Nzonkhwe (Rengma).

He said that the book titled, “Nagaland heritage studies” has been translated into all the recognised languages and has been taught till classes 8 in schools affiliated to Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE).

He also said that Sumi, Lotha, Ao and Angami languages are being taught till higher secondary level.

Regarding language textbooks, he stated that the book, “Nagaland heritage studies”, has been brought out by SCERT for class 8, having different stories and poems, and Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE), taking care of the books from classes 9 to 12. He further stated that negotiations and talks were going on at the government level to produce better textbooks. He suggested that Ao Senden Literature Board and Ao language section can coordinate together for

more productive reforms in the Ao language text books or books.

Rev. C Walu walling, in his speech suggested setting up of an academy so that Ao language can be preserved and moreover, studied in depth.

His view was that it will create employment platform for many youngsters, where they can be employed under research, archive, academic, audio visual, documentation of oral and written tradition, etc.

He further stated that through this academy, many cultural and traditional stories, dances, and other historic and ethnic documentations, apart from what was available, can be extracted and shared with young minds. He said oral historic events or stories can also be stored for the future generations. He further encouraged the gathering to

hold hands firmly to preserve the culture, tradition and mother tongue.

Introduction on International day of World Indigenous people’s day was delivered by Editor, Tir Yimyim, K Temjen Jamir. He told the gathering that International day of World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on August 9 each year to front up and protect rights of world’s indigenous population. He stated that this event also recognizes achievements and contributions that indigenous people contribute to improve world issues.

It was first pronounced by general assembly of United Nations in December 1994, marking the day of the first meeting of the UN working group on indigenous populations of sub commission on promotion and protection of human rights, in 1982.

Earlier, the programme chaired by sub editor, Tir Yimyim, Tinujungshi Tzudir began with an invocation by Rev. L Kari Longchar.

Abiogenesis and I Anungba Sanglir also performed special numbers during the event. An interactive session was also held initiated by associate pastor, DABA, Toshi Longkumer.

SJC Dimapur: St. John College (SJC) Dimapur also celebrated the day by organ-

ising various activities.

A release by the college stated that on the occasion, students wore traditional attire, or a modern fusion, to the college. It said unity in diversity was reflected amongst the college students acting as the custodians of their individual tradition, culture and heritage hailing from not only different tribes and parts of Nagaland but also other states.

In a brief programme, Kalika D. Swu of B.A 5th semester gave a brief introduction on the significance of the day while Wungstukiu of B.A 1st semester reflected on the experiences of the English department who recently conducted a field trip focusing on local indigenous languages.

Special prizes for the best dressed students (male and female) were won by Swagata Deb of B.Sc 1st and Akatoli Assumi of B.A 1st semester (female category) and Hutoka and Daniel, both of B.A 1st semester (male category).

The event concluded with some words of encouragement from the administrative head of the college, Peter J. Banks, who greeted the students in “Scottish Gaelic” before encouraging them to remember their roots and to make effort to preserve their indigenous languages.

Training on management of flowers and vegetables culminates

DIMAPUR: The two-day training programme on cultivation and management of flowers and vegetable under protected condition came to an end on August 9 at the Conference Hall, Directorate of Horticulture, Kohima.

The training was organised by department of Horticulture in collaboration with Saveer Biotech

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

Limited, New Delhi and Meghastar Agro HortiPvt limited, Guwahati, DIPR reported.

Addl. director of Horticulture, Qhutovi Wotsa, in his key note address, said that Nagaland has a long way to go in the development of export oriented production, besides having the potential, as the state was unable to meet the

trade policies. He pointed out that, Nagaland has the advantage of good climatic conditions and sufficient fertile land which was suitable for cultivation of all kinds of flowers and vegetables.

He apprised the trainees to consider the period of harvesting season so that the buyers and consumers demand could be met.

To create employment

and go green, Wotsa urged all to use fresh flowers instead of artificial flowers in any occasion. He urged the trainees to use optimum chemicals so that it will be beneficial to them and not create health hazard to the buyers or consumers.

He encouraged the trainees to choose the kind of flowers or vegetables which will create avenues

and give them economic returns. Deputy director of Horticulture, S. Senka Jamir said that owing to steady increase in demand of flowers, floriculture has become a lucrative business in Horticulture sector. He expressed hope that this training would be helpful for enhancing quality and quantity production of flowers and vegetables and

eventually help small scale and related horticulture businesses to meet market demand.

The training was sponsored under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Ministry of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Government of India. 80 participants attended the training.

District Hospital Tuensang building inaugurated in the year 2009 is in a deplorable condition. With the onset of rainy season, water entering through seepage has damaged the internal structure due to corrosion. Fungal growth on the walls and water logging has become a concern which can cause several health ailments.

(Photo Courtesy: C/J, Tsalonglee, Tuensang Town)

Jul 12 murder accused and family expelled

DIMAPUR: Chümoukedima organisations have “banished” Sanjay Lodh, the accused for the murder of a Naga girl, Tasenjungla on July 12, and his family from Chümoukedima jurisdiction, for life.

In a press statement, Chümoukedima Town Youth Organisation (CTYO), president, Diethosilie Shuya and assistant general secretary, Petekhrielie Kuotsu stated that after a series of meeting between CTYO, Chümoukedima Town Mechü Krotho (CTMK), Chümoukedima Town Mothers

Association(CTMA), Chümoukedima Town Students’ Union (CTSU) and the Hindu society on July 29, the organisations remained firm that the accused should be expelled for the heinous crime committed and tarnishing the image of peace loving people of Chümuokedima.

In this regard, the organisations warned that if any untoward scene arises in the future relating to the culprit and his family, the Hindu society of Chümoukedima will be held responsible.

LSU executive meeting

Dimapur: Leshemi Students’ Union (LSU) has convened an executive meeting on August 24 at 12 noon at Community Hall Leshemi village. All the executive/ advisory board/ representative have been requested to attend the meeting.

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KOHIMA, AUG 9 (NPN): International day of World’s Indigenous Peoples was celebrated at Makhrai Rabu, Tahamzam, Senapati on August 9 organised by the Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights(NPMHR) under the theme “indigenous language”.

NPMHR Secretar y general Neingulo Krome in his keynote address gave a brief history of indigenous people stating that August 9 marks the date of the inaugural session of the first working group on indigenous population at the United Nations in 1982.

When the United Nations was founded on October 24, 1945 at San Francisco in California of the United States of America, in the back-drop of World War II, its primary concerns were to prevent another such conflict with commitments to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and promote social progress, better living standards and human rights.

Indigenous peoples, who are known as the first peoples or original settlers of a region and more recently called the custodians and defenders of mother earth were not part of the United Nations systems. However, with this beginning in 1982, the United Nations general assembly in 1990 declared the year 1993 as the inter-

Elias T.Lotha speaking at the International day of World Indigenous People’s Day at Makhrai Rabu, Tahamzam. national year of the world’s indigenous peoples, where Nagas also celebrated and participated extensively through a yearlong commemoration with various activities which culminated in a grand celebration of “Naga Week” from December 1 to 5, 1993, under the theme - “Indigenous Peoples - A new partnership” at Kohima, where Nagas from all over Naga areas, regardless of geographical boundaries came and participated.

In the succeeding year, on December 23,1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided through its Resolution 49/ 214, that the international day of the World’s indigenous peoples shall be observed on the August 9 every year to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples. This occasion also recognizes

the achievements and contributions that indigenous peoples make to improve world issues particularly on environment protection.

Today, indigenous peoples all over the world are recognized as holders of unique languages, knowledge systems and beliefs and possess invaluable knowledge of practices for the sustainable management of natural resources . They have a special relation to and use of their traditional land.

Their ancestral land has a fundamental importance for their collective physical and cultural survival as peoples.

Indigenous people has their whole diverse concepts of development, based on their traditional values, vision, needs and priority.

He also mentioned that when it comes to political participation, indigenous

peoples are often identified with other neglected segments of societies. i.e. lack of political representation and participation, economic marginalization and poverty, lack of access to social services and discrimination. Despite the cultural differences, the diverse indigenous peoples share common problems also related to the protection of their rights. They strive for recognition of their identities, their ways of life and their right to traditional lands, territories and natural resources.

He ended his speech quoting “according to the UN the most fruitful approach is to identify, rather than define indigenous peoples. When enquired about RIIN, Krome stated that there is no need for government to bring this issues and disturb the people now and since it is under review process, the government should reconsider it and should not take it as a matter of prestige but listen to voice of the majority of the people.

Memai Council President SP Peter Khrasi stated that Nagas were together once and they are still together. He pointed out that his village is indeed one of the oldest but lacking in many ways and should be given more effort to become better. He stated that people must develop language as today’s generation do not

prefer to speak their native language, therefore the importance of preserving ones language should also be discussed and taught.

He appealed to start cultural dialogues and create a dialogue research center.

He said is possible to develop a common language of our own which will be acceptable to all adding that though it may take time, but it should start.

NPMHR executive council member Elias T.Lotha speaking on the theme ‘Indigenous Language’ focussed on the current situation of indigenous languages around the world with the aim to revitalize, preserve, and promote indigenous languages. He said that through language people can communicate and preserved their tradition, custom and unity that will enable them to grow.

Medium of Language is used to construct our future of human right for sustainable development, he added.

Elias also stated time has come to preserved and strengthened indigenous languages as language play an important roles to communicate with one another.

Tr a d i t i o n a l b l e s s ing was given by the senior pastor MBC Makhel Ch.Pfokrehrii followed by traditional tune by Makhrai Rabu villagers and folk fusion by Mom’s in touch.

IMPHAL, Aug 9: Amidst steeping up agitations demanding justice for the minor girl student who was found death in her hostel dormitory in suspicious manner, 10 members of the JAC have been picked by the police on Friday.

Normal life was severely hit in Manipur on Friday owing to the 19-hour general strike call given by the ‘JAC Against the Murder of Ningthoujam Babaysana Chanu’.

Babysana, a student of class-VII stayed in the hostel of Standard Robarth Higher Secondary School, Imphal was found death by hanging in suspicious manner in her hostel dormitory on July 18 last.

The JAC called for the general strike as part of its series of ongoing protests demanding justice for the victim student. The strike due to end by Friday midnight commenced from 5am.

The strike received overwhelming and spontaneous response from across the valley districts where protesters took to the streets in their respective localities and imposed blockade on roads. Sit-in-protests were also staged blocking roads at several places.

Even though there were sporadic incidences of protestors clashing with the police who used force to

clear the road for traffic, no major untoward incident related with the general strike was reported form any part of the state.

However two women protestors were injured by police action against the blocking of road at Lamphel area of Imphal West. They were hit by tear gas shells fired to disperse them from blocking the road.

The JAC has given the general strike call dissatisfied over the manner in which the police are investigating into the suspicious death of the girl.

The JAC alleged that police were trying to the convert it as a case of suicide brushing the truth under carpet. It further alleged police harassing members of the family of the victim student, their relatives as well as JAC members instead of conducting a fair investigation to deliver justice to the family of the victim girl.

Registering a strong discontent against police crackdown against leaders and members of the JAC and family members, 10 members of the “JAC against murder of Ningthoujam Babaysana Chanu” including the convenor surrendered to the police on Friday Earlier, in its crackdown against the JAC members, the police had already arrested two members including co-convenor who were later sent to judicial custody by a local court.

Denouncing the arrest of its members, the JAC had, on Thursday, announced that other 10 members who were searched by the police will surrender to the police if government fails to release the arrested two members by 10am of today.

Translating the announcement into action, 10 members of the JAC led by its convener came out together and surrender to the police who were on duty at Thangmeiband area today, around 11 am.

Reports said that in its continue crackdown, a strong team of police have stormed the house of the victim at Thangmeiband yesterday night and assaulted some family members.

The police charged them of inciting the ongoing agitations. An aunt of the victim girl and her husband alleged she sustained injuries after being beaten by the police late Thursday night. Police beat them up demanding production of their son on the alleged charge of taking main role in organising the agitations, the uncle who faced the wrath of the police disclosed.

Meanwhile, coinciding with the JAC’s allegation, police today gave hint while keeping the progress of the investigation of the case being conducted by Special Investigation Team (SIT), pending CBI taking over the case.

KA forest NEIPF and TPF pass resolutions to Tirong Aboh case: ‘Wanted’ posters create stir officials accused mark World’s Indigenous Peoples Day of taking bribes status enjoyed by the Northeast. The conference will be convened on September 7 this year at Itanagar and will be hosted by the Arunachal Pradesh chapter of NEIPF in collaboration with NEFA Indigenous Human Rights Organization (NIHRO).

The five signatories of the resolutions were: NEIPF chief convenor Anup Chetia, Arunachal Pradesh NEIPF convenor Tage Lapung, Manipur NEIPF convenor Moirangthem Gunedhor, Nagaland NEIPF convenor, Y Kikon and president of Tripura’s People Front and Tripura convenor of NEIPF, P.K Jamatia.

4 NRC officials held for taking bribe

GUWAHATI, AUG 9 (AGENCIES): A local court here on Thursday sent four arrested NRC officials to 14-day judicial custody, reports Northeast Now news.

The Dhupdhara police on Wednesday evening arrested the four persons engaged in NRC update exercise at the Kothakuthigaon here for allegedly demanding money from a person.

Police sources said based on an FIR filed by one Nagar Ali of Boko in Kamrup district at the Dhupdhara police station, police arrested the four employees.

Ali in his complaint alleged that NRC

official Barasha Das had demanded Rs 80 in return of carrying out his bio metric verification necessary for the NRC verifications process.

When Ali refused to pay the money, Das and three other staffers– Karuna Biswas, Mrinal Kalita and Soriful Hasan– get into a heated argument with him.

On being informed to police by someone, a team of Dhupdhara police immediately rushed to the NRC centre and bring the situation under control.

The NRC staffers were subsequently arrested on the basis of the complaint.

DIPHU, AUG 9 (AGENCIES): In a startling revelation, Forest beat officers at Lahorijan, Karbi Anglong have been accused of taking bribes from commercial vehicles to pass through the AssamNagaland border, an INSIDENE report stated.

The officers have been allegedly taking bribes from the commercial vehicles of Karbi Anglong and Nagaland, passing through the check post around Lahorijan at Dordoli Beat Forest and Manja Beat Forest area, the report stated.

T h e d r ive r s h ave alleged that they were charged Rs. 300-500 by local authorities.

It is to be mentioned at least 10 trucks carrying bamboo and 50 to 60 sandladen trucks pass through the area on a daily basis.

It was alleged that Rs 15,000 were being charged from sand trucks.

These drivers expressed inconvenience over the collection of such money by the beat officers in the region.

Former Mizo insurgents honoured for bravery

Aizawl, Aug 9 (PTI): Fifty-three years after a movement was launched in present-day Mizoram to seek independence from India, Mizo ‘soldiers’ of a former militant outfit were honoured at a government programme here.

A total of 138 ‘soldiers’ of the erstwhile Mizo National Army were awarded for their valour at the event on Thursday. Sixty-one of them were awarded posthumously. Titled as ‘Meet the Heroes: Peace Pays’, the event was organised to “commemorate Mizo Hnam Sipai, Mizo soldiers, who during the fight for independence, journeyed to China to undergo training and procure weapons”.

The programme was organised by the Tourism Department of Mizoram Government, led by the Mizo National Front (MNF). The development assumes significance as the celebration by the Mizoram Government was held in

partnership with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and North Easter n Council (NEC) of the Ministry of DoNER. Speaking as the chief guest, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said, “The Mizo National Army, who were once considered as lawless elements by the country, are now being honoured. “It is significant that even this programme is being sponsored by the Indian government. Their names are no longer spoken in hushed tones.”

The word ‘Peace Pays’ was first highlighted during the celebration of Republic Day in Delhi in 2000 on top of Mizoram state tableau despite opposition from the Central government of that period, the chief minister said. “The contingents, who went to China to procure arms and get training, are lucky to have been given an opportunity to fight for their land.

“The delegates and

contingents from China have a wonderful song that no one else can sing. It is a song about their journey, struggles and achievements,” said Zoramthanga, who himself was a cadre of the Mizo National Army and went to China.

Describing the importance of peace and serenity for social and economic development of the state, he urged the people of Mizoram to treasure and protect the hard earned peace, it currently enjoys.

Mizoram Tourism Minister Robert Romawia Royte, under whose initiative the programme was organised, voiced his hope that this “Peace Pays Project” not only honours heroes, but will also showcase the investment potential of Mizoram.

“Mizoram has been enviously peaceful since signing of the Mizo Peace Accord. That is very important for our state’s development. We have enormous

tourism potential and people are coming to us now. At the same time, we also need investment,” Royte emphasised. Song and drama performances as well as speeches from representatives of the delegates from China also marked the daylong programme.

Two books -- The Valorous Walk to China (Meet the Heroes: Peace Pays) and Expedition to China -- were released by the chief minister at the event.

MNF’s secessionist movement started in 1966 and came to an end in 1986, when it signed the Mizo Peace Accord with the Government of India and created a separate state of Mizoram. When the Mizo National Front (MNF) formed the government in 1987 under the leadership of Laldenga, Zoramthanga looked after Finance and Education departments. In 1990, when Laldenga died, he became the president of the MNF.

Pradesh; self-styled Major General Absolon Tangkhul, a resident of Phatang village under Ukhrul district of Manipur; and self-styled Captain Victor Tangkhul, a resident of Ukhrul district of Manipur.

As per the posters, the NIA has also announced cash rewards ranging from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 3 lakh for the individual(s) who can provide information leading to the arrest of the accused.

Tirong Aboh, sitting MLA from Ar unachal Pradesh’s Khonsa West assembly constituency, along with 10 others were shot dead by insurgents near

Bogapani in Tirap district on May 21. The case was later on handed over to the NIA in June.

The Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh, popularly known as ‘TCL’ region, has for long been known as a “disturbed area” with incidents of murder, extortion, loot and other subversive activities being carried out almost on a regular basis by underground militants.

These rebels, for some reasons, have allegedly been able to carry out their activities right under the nose of the state and Central governments.

Meghalaya to map expectant mothers by year end: CM

Shillong, Aug 9 (PTI): Expectant mothers in Meghalaya will be mapped by the year end and provided assistance to reach their nearest health centres, as part of government measures to improve maternal mortality rate (MMR).

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, addressing a national conference on e-governance here, said what started as a pilot project in one of the districts with the highest and low institutional delivery rate, will now be replicated across the state.

While Sangma did not elaborate about the district, a senior health of-

ficial said Ri-Bhoi is where the pilot project is being implemented.

“Within this financial year, Meghalaya, which has a bad record of institutional deliveries, will be able to cross the national average, if not achieve 100 per cent institutional delivery rate,” he said on Thursday.

“We mapped all pregnant mothers... with the same devices used by doctors, ASHA workers and Anganwadi workers,” the CM said.

The exercise allowed the health workers to map and predict the weeks the mothers were due for delivery, and send ambulances to drop them at the

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“Within six months, the institutional delivery rate jumped 100 per cent in that district,” Sangma said.

Last year, the Meghalaya Assembly Committee on Women Empowerment (MACWE) had expressed regret on the state recording 48.6 per cent non-institutional deliveries, and urged the government to take corrective measures. The national average is 130 per 1 lakh live births. Meghalaya recorded 187 maternal deaths in 2014-15 and 211 in the following year, according to data available with the state health department.

The office of the DSSU would like to congratulate Mr. Mughato Aye, Football Coach of State Boys Sports Academy Dimapur for being elected as the new president of the DDFA. We believe that under your leadership the Federation will reach its pinnacle and the knowledge and experience you posses will in turn be of great help and a blessing for the Naga youth in general who aspire and dream to be renowned sports person in future.

We wish you good luck in your future endeavour.

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face of drastic demographic shift due to immigration from across the border and the resultant threat to their identity and survival. Consequently, the meeting also urged the Government to fulfil its constitutional obligations under Article 29 of the Constitution in letters and spirit. The second resolution made was to convene a conference of experts and representatives of indigenous people of the Northeast to deliberate on the implications of the abrogation of special status from Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 vis-a-vis the fate of special constitutional

If the claims are true, then the NIA has apparently made a major breakthrough in the case that hogged headlines across the country for the manner in which the MLA and his aides were killed on that fateful day.

The posters consist of information regarding a few NSCN cadres, including self-styled Lt Col Apem, a resident of Tizit in Nagaland; self-styled Captain Ellie Ketok, a resident of Kheti village under Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh; self-styled ‘Kilonser’ Ravi Wangno, a resident of Dadam village under Tirap district of Arunachal

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AGARTALA, AUG 9: The Northeast Indigenous People’s Forum (NEIPF) and Tripura’s People Front ( TPF) along with thousands of people from Tripura and Representatives of indigenous people from the Northeast region gathered at Khumvulwag Dak Bungalow Stadium in Tripura to observe World’s Indigenous Peoples Day on Friday.

The NEIPF and TPF made the following resolutions on the occasion: Firstly, to extend unconditional solidarity to the people of Tripura in their struggle for conserving their language, script, and culture in the

I TA NAG A R , AU G 9 (AGENCIES): Has the National Investigation Agency (NIA) finally zeroed in on the killers of Tirong Aboh, the sitting MLA of Arunachal Pradesh’s Khonsa West assembly constituency? If a few posters, which are making the rounds on social media, especially in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, are to be believed, the central agency has not only identified the accused in the sensational killing of Aboh and 10 others in an ambush near Bogapani in Tirap district on May 21, but it is also on their lookout, reports East Mojo.

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Unable to go home for Eid, Yechury, D Raja not allowed to enter President gives assent Kashmiris fear for their families Kashmir, sent back: CPI (M) sources to amendments to UAPA Individuals can now be declared as terrorists

General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to attach properties acquired from proceeds of terrorism. Earlier, the law required that the NIA take prior permission from the respective state police chief to attach the proceeds of terrorism.

This delays the process as often such properties are in different states, another official said.

Earlier, officers in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police and above were empowered to investigate cases under the UAPA as per Section 43.

Pak nervous about India’s steps in JK NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (PTI): India on Friday said Pakistan is nervous over India’s steps in Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that Islamabad thinks it will not be able to mislead people if there is development in that region. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said steps have been taken keeping in mind the best interests of J&K. He asserted Pakistan’s efforts to link peace deal with Kashmir issue have not worked. “There is a feeling that Pakistan is nervous over India’s initiative in Jammu and Kashmir,” Kumar said.“Pakistan thinks it will not be able to mislead people if there is development in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.Kumar also said that Pakistan suspending the Samjhauta Express was a unilateral move which was unfortunate.On consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, he said: “We are in touch with Pakistan.”

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NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (PTI): CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yecury and CPI chief D Raja were not allowed to enter Jammu and Kashmir on Friday and were sent back from Srinagar airport after a brief detention, party sources said.

The Left leaders had gone to Srinagar to meet CPI(M) leader Md Tarigami and other party colleagues.

“They showed us a legal order which did not allow any entry into Srinagar. It stated that even escorted movement int the city was not permitted due to security reasons. We are still trying to negotiate with them,” Yechury told PTI over phone. Later, party sources said they have been sent back to Delhi.

Yechury and CPI general secretary Raja had written to Satya Pal Malik on Thursday informing him of their visit and requesting him to facilitate their entry.

“Both of us had written to the J&K governor requesting him that there should be no hurdles for our visit... despite that we have been detained. I wanted to

Sitaram Yechury addresses a press conference as D Raja looks on, in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI) meet my ailing colleague and our comrades who are here,” Yechury said.

In a statement issued by the CPI(M) politburo, the party hit out at the government over the detention, saying it was an “anti-democratic” act, which showed the ruling BJP’s “authoritarian face”.

“The politburo calls upon the people to protest this anti-democratic act of the BJP government,” the statement said.

The CPI in its statements said that detention was “despicable”.

“PM Narendra Modi yesterday in his broadcast to the nation claimed that

there is normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir and people are happy with the decision of abolition of article 370 and 35A. “If it is true then why national leaders are not allowed meeting people of Jammu and Kashmir. The whole Jammu & Kashmir is under seize with tens of thousands of security forces and they are parading in the streets of towns, villages and undemocratic curfew is in existence. This reflects the reality,” the party said in a statement.

On Thursday, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was detained and sent back to Delhi from the Srinagar airport.

Unnao case: Court frames rape charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (PTI): A Delhi court Friday framed charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar for allegedly raping a minor in Unnao in 2017.

District Judge Dharmesh Sharma also framed charges against Sengar’s accomplice Shashi Singh for allegedly kidnapping the minor girl, who is presently admitted in AIIMS, Delhi. She was criti-

cally injured recently when a truck rammed into her car. The court has framed charges under Sections 120 b (criminal conspiracy), 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping or inducing a woman to compel for marriage), 376 (rape) and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Sengar and Singh, however, denied the allega-

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assaulted the father of the the MLA and his “accom- father of possessing a coungirl and framed him in an plices” got lodged an FIR, try-made pistol and four live Arms Act case, in collusion accusing the rape survivor’s cartridges. with three state police officials and five others. The ST agency had submitted that

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Now, officers in the rank of Inspector are empowered to do so.

The inspector-rank officers have over time acquired sufficient proficiency to investigate UAPA-related cases and this move would quicken the delivery of justice in such cases, which are reviewed by senior officers at various levels. Home Minister Amit Shah had said the law, that would be used only to tackle terror, would help agencies remain four steps ahead of terrorists.

Shah said terrorist acts are committed not by organisations but by individuals.

Declaring an organisation as a terrorist organisation will not stop the individuals behind it.

Not designating individuals as terrorists would give them an opportunity to circumvent the law and they would simply gather under a different name and keep up their terror activities, he said.

where their father Bashir Ahmed is staying for over three decades. They work as coolies. They, along with around 400 Kashmiris, are staying at Jama Masjid near Mall Road in Shimla.

At present, around 7,000 Kashmiris are living in the state capital.

A majority of them work as labourers. Some of them run dhabas and tea shops. “We go to our homes in Kashmir to celebrate Eid with our families every year but this time, we are unable to go there,” said Farooq Ahmed of Pulwama district.

Besides, they are worried about their families.

“We are unable to talk to our families for over a week as telecom services have been suspended in the Valley. If the government has taken this step (revocation of provisions of Article 370 and 35-A) for our welfare, then why they have suspended telecom services,” said aged Gulam Hasan. Mohd Amin Ahmed, who runs a mobile shop outside Jama Masjid, said telecom services should immediately be restored in Kashmir.

We the bereaved family members would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us and shared our grief and sorrow and supported us financially, materially, physically and spiritually in prayers at the sudden demise of our beloved father Late Lanunuchet Lusang, Changki Village, Mokokchung.

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NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (PTI): President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to a legislation under which individuals can be declared as terrorists and their properties seized, officials said on Friday.

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 also provides for putting travel ban on such individuals once they are declared as terrorists.

The President gave his assent to the legislation late on Thursday night, a home ministry official said.

The Lok Sabha had passed the amendment Bill on July 24 and the Rajya Sabha on August 2.

India’s most wanted, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Jaish-eMohammad chief Masood Azhar, are likely to be the first two individuals to be designated as terrorists under the legislation, the officials said.

The amendments give powers to the Director

SHIMLA, AUG 9 (PTI): Contrary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance during his address to the nation on Thursday, Kashmiris in Shimla are not being able to go to their native places to celebrate Eid with their families.

A day after PM Modi’s assurance that those staying outside Kashmir would be provided every possible help to reach their homes for the Eid celebrations, Kashmiris working in Himachal Pradesh’s capital said they were not allowed to go beyond Jammu.

A resident of Anant n a g, I r s h a d A h m e d , told PTI that around 30 Kashmiris had left for their homes in two tempotravellers around 7 am on Wednesday, a day before the PM’s address, but they were not allowed to go beyond Jammu.

“We talked to them over mobile phone at 10 pm on Thursday. They informed us that security forces didn’t allow them go beyond Nagrota in Jammu district,” he added.

Irshad and his brother Parvej came to Shimla about seven years ago,

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We the bereaved family of Late Mr. Thochu Koza (Khezhakeno Village), would Like to express our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to all individuals, churches, organizations, colonies, neighbours and well wishers who stood by us spiritually, financially physically and materially during his illness till his last breath at Eden Medical Centre, Dimapur on 29-July-2019.

We convey our special thanks to : 18. Chakhesang Baptist Church Dimapur, 1. Vizo Theunou Women Dept.

2. Theja Metsieo 19. Chakhesang Colony Council 3. Remphamo Yanthan 4. Shri. Kevekha Kevin Zehol (D.C Dimapur) 20. Western Chakhesang Hoho Dimapur 5. Shri. Neiba Kronu (Planning & 21. Chakhesang Christian Revival Church Co-Ordination, Land Revenue) Dim 6. Dr. Ngopelo Keviechu 22. Chakhesang Christian Revival Church 7. Eng. Dzuvichulie Kohima (N.S.T) Sodzulhou 8. Thepfuneituo Rio 23. Sodzulhou Village Council 9. N.S.T Staff Union Kohima 24. Sodzulhou Women Organisation 10. C/W N.S.T Staff Dimapur 25. Khezhakeno Union Dimapur District 11. All NST Union Kohima 26. Khezhakeno Komuno Welfare Society 12. Doctors, Nurses & Staff of Eden Medical Dimapur Centre Dimapur 27. Komuno Khel Khezhakeno 13. Faith In Action Prayer Centre 28. C.R.C Lower Khezhakeno (Seitheke Basa) 29. Ritsemi Clan 14. Seitheke Basa Village 30. O.C and Staff, Women Police Station 15. Vecito Dozo Dimapur 16. Chakhesang Baptist Church Dimapur 31. Tenyimia Krotho (NST Dept) Dimapur Town 32. Rev. Ngolo & Family (HOPFAN) 17. Chakhesang Baptist Church Dimapur, Youth Dept.

Loving Wife, Children, Brothers, Sisters, In-Laws and Relatives.

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LATE YIMCHANG PHOM DIED ON 30TH JULY 2019

The family of LATE YIMCHANG PHOM wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our sad loss.

We offer our heartfelt thanks to the many friends, neighbours and well-wishers who visited our home, attended her funeral service and who provided emotional, physical, financial and prayer support. For those who travelled long distances, sent floral tributes and message of condolences, we are truly grateful.

A special word of thanks to :1. Doctors and Nurses of Zion Hospital, Dimapur.

2. Mr. & Mrs. S. Pangnyü Phom, Minister of Health and Family Welfare.

3. Officers and Staff of DC Office Kiphire.

4. Mr. & Mrs. Muthingnyuba, MLA. 5. Mr. & Mrs. John Tsulise, DC Longleng.

6. Mr. & Mrs. Sethsatong, PD Kiphire.

7. Mr. & Mrs. Chubawati Chang, Deputy Secretary.

8. Mr. & Mrs. Longtiba, SDO (C) Tobu.

9. Mr. & Mrs. Samuel, BDO Tamlu.

10. Yachem Union, Dimapur.

11. Ao Yimti Arogo and Village Council.

We regret and apologize for our inability to mention all your names individually and thank you in person. Your kind gesture during this difficult time of grief is priceless and for this we are indebted. May our good Lord bless you all abundantly.

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Loving children, in – laws, and grandchildren.

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OPINiON/EDITORIAL

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Effects of climate change

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everal states such as Maharashtra, Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar and Kerala are experiencing floods and water logging due to heavy rainfall during the past few weeks. In particular, Mumbai, India’s largest commercial metropolis is being deluged by continuous rainfall throwing normal life out of gear. Many flights and trains have been cancelled but the doughty and resilient Mumbaikars continue with life as usual .All these rains that should have been beneficial are instead unexpected and abnormal and brings a reminder about the seriousness of climate change.

Torrential rains are not abnormal but the magnitude of the quantity has certainly taken a heavy toll on life and property. A similar situation had occurred in 2018 and this seems to have become a pattern. First, there is a deficit in rainfall for an extended period and when the rains do arrive, they are so intense that they cause floods, landslides and flash floods. Kerala that used to experience heavy rains on rare occasions, had experienced a very dormant monsoon. Once the rains began, they did not stop for almost two weeks.

This has been a worrying trend for the past few years.

Back in 2016, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were in a drought-like situation when floods occurred in July-August, while Bihar and Assam -two states that are facing their worst floods in almost three decades, had deficit rainfall that monsoon. Global rainfall data for over the last century shows an alarming trend.

The number of rainy days is decreasing while intense rainfall events of 10-15 cm/day are increasing. This means that more amount of water is pouring down in lesser time. For example, globally, 50 per cent of annual precipitation (rain, snow and ice) is received in just 11 days. Humans have caused major climate changes to happen already, and which have been set in motion more changes still. Even if countries stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, global warming would continue to happen for at least several more decades, if not centuries. That’s because it takes a while for the planet (for example, the oceans) to respond, and because carbon dioxide – the predominant heattrapping gas – lingers in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. There is a time lag between what humans do and when they feel it. In the absence of major action to reduce emissions, global temperature is on track to rise by an average of 6°C (10.8 °F), according to the latest estimates. Some scientists argue a “global disaster” is already unfolding at the poles of the planet; the Arctic, for example, may be ice-free at the end of the summer melt season within just a few years. Yet other experts are concerned about Earth passing one or more “tipping points” – abrupt, perhaps irreversible changes that tip our climate into a new state. There is a record breaking heatwave in Europe which has left the continent scorched, including Germany where the climate talks are being held. Just before this an elongated heat wave period in India had swept through 23 states and Union territories. Both these events are a result of climate change which validates the work being done by climate scientists. So, it would be imperative for the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) to take the science of climate change seriously and use it in its negotiation proceedings.

DailyDevotion Prayer in the Father’s Hearing

Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.” —John 11:41 When the Son of God prays, He is mindful and consciously aware of only His Father. God always hears the prayers of His Son, and if the Son of God has been formed in me (see Galatians 4:19) the Father will always hear my prayers. But I must see to it that the Son of God is exhibited in my human flesh. “…your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:19), that is, your body is the Bethlehem of God’s Son. Is the Son of God being given His opportunity to work in me? Is the direct simplicity of His life being worked out in me exactly as it was worked out in His life while here on earth? When I come into contact with the everyday occurrences of life as an ordinary human being, is the prayer of God’s eternal Son to His Father being prayed in me?

Jesus says, “In that day you will ask in My name…”

(John 16:26). What day does He mean? He is referring to the day when the Holy Spirit has come to me and made me one with my Lord.

Is the Lord Jesus Christ being abundantly satisfied by your life, or are you exhibiting a walk of spiritual pride before Him? Never let your common sense become so prominent and forceful that it pushes the Son of God to one side. Common sense is a gift that God gave to our human nature— but common sense is not the gift of His Son. Supernatural sense is the gift of His Son, and we should never put our common sense on the throne. The Son always recognizes and identifies with the Father, but common sense has never yet done so and never will. Our ordinary abilities will never worship God unless they are transformed by the indwelling Son of God. We must make sure that our human flesh is kept in perfect submission to Him, allowing Him to work through it moment by moment. Are we living at such a level of human dependence upon Jesus Christ that His life is being exhibited moment by moment in us?

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Post-mortem

Nagas have common hope and vision

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hat is the long cherish dream of naga people, our common hope and our common vision? The foundation of Naga nation start from the plans of God, we the Naga have our common desire, common hope and our common vision, and our long-cherished is Naga nation. This aspiration of separate Naga nationstate have already there since the Naga practice village-sovereignty model long-before British colonial empire arrives in our ancestral Naga land. Nagas have been maintaining village sovereignty since our forefather and we have resisted the British colonial policy in Nagalim and there were many wars fought between the British army and Naga people, who protect their village sovereign rights, Naga identity and Naga ancestral homeland from the intruder.

Naga have legitimate aspiration and hope to achieve our long-cherished dream of Naga nation sooner or later; we have common hope and common vision, common principle and common vision are very clear, we will continue our national movement until unless we have achieved it.

Naga political problem is as old as the Union of India, and no-one can deny this fact! Naga have a

political problem with British India; they have violates our basic human rights, exploit our resources, they imposed their law on us by discarding our customary law.

They have had imposed heavy illegal taxes to Nagas, bring social disorder by delivering wrong justice to those who were loyal to them and they have the right to take a life if anyone revolts their colonial policy. India is following their footstep; their army have license to kills in Naga land. The misrule of the British government in Nagalim has influence to India but it has strengthens the feeling Naga national inspiration among the tribal leaders in all Naga inhabited areas.

Naga have fought side by side along India and Burma to British and we have driven out British from Nagalim and from Indian; no doubt, Indian National Congress spearheaded the movement, but they have forgotten other smaller group like Nagas who fought with them to Great Britain. In our surprise, India thinks that they can annex us by using force and they made a partnership with Burma and divided us (Nagas) without our concern; thereby, another political problem arises after 1947 since both nations declare

their independence, and start afresh conflict between the Indian army and Naga army. When the Indo-Naga political conflict arises after British left India and Nagalim; the First Prime Minister of India Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru said “Whether heaven falls and rivers run red with blood, I will not allow Nagas to be independent. He added, I will station one Indian soldier for every tree in Naga land and I will crush the Nagas within one week.”

His word was very powerful, the Indian sent their army troops to colonized Nagalim right after the Session of Indian Parliament by using military forces but Nagas fought back mighty India to protect Naga national rights, Naga identity, Naga ancestral homeland and political will of Naga people.

I have read all Indian history and we didn’t find any story that Nagas were part of India. However Nagas fought to British Empire along with Indian National Army under the leadership of Mr. Subhas Candra Bose. But after the British left India and Nagalim, they want to colonized Naga land by force; Indian didn’t want British rule in Indian, they want to get independence from the British and they have experienced misery life, famine, violating basic

human rights by colonizer and conducted exploitation in many ways for decades under British colonial rule; then why Indian want has colonized Nagalim and ruled Naga by force? When they know what the British did to India is bad and totally wrong, then why they want to continue same old technique applying to Nagas? This is completely illogical. Our aspiration of Naga nationalism is as old as Indian Union, and our political problem is as old as Indian and Burmese government then why they are acting so arrogant while negotiating with Nagas.

My simple message to Indian leaders: Nagas are not Indian, and we don’t want to become India; thereby, please don’t force us to become Indian, we will remain as separate Naga nation-state and we want all international community (nations) to recognize our sovereignty (our sovereign nation-state). However, we believe in peaceful coexistence with our neighbors by understanding their problem (Indian security interest) and respect their sovereign right. We can coexist together as separate nation state by respecting each other and making national agreement between two nation states.

Naga as a serate nation state is our Nagas long cherish dream; we the Nagas

have common hope and common vision, we will continue our Naga national movement with common hope, and we will be working together in our common vision by leaving aside our personal differences. Naga have lied down thousands strong men and women from all Naga tribes to protect our Naga national right, ancestral homeland, Naga identity, and our political will; Naga will continue to protect our ancestral Naga land, our Naga identity, and our sovereign right, but there are few Nagas who have worked for Indian government, who are still working day and night to divide Naga and trying to finished off Naga National Movement from with for their selfish interest. Naga should be careful to those people; for they will write what we want to read and they will speak what we want to hear but they will never ever write nor speak for Naga National Right.

Naga may not forgive them but may God forgive those hypocrites.

Disunity among the Nagas tribes, civil organizations, social leaders and Naga National workers is the stumbling block for the youngsters to participate in the national movement. We don’t want to fight among Nagas brothers and sisters, but we want to contribute our life long service for

Naga people and for Naga nation. Let’s reason together, why Naga national movement is so destructive to ourself ? Ideological differences, factional crashes and personal selfish interest has done enough damage to our Naga Family; now it’s the time to respect Naga greater interest for ‘reconciliation’ unity among Nagas is not an option but it’s a necessity, let’s forgive and forget one another in the name of Lord Savoir Jesus Christ.

Let’s give a chance to peace by stopping accusation and allegation between us.

We the Nagas should retrospect and try to come up with the ideas of peace treaty, Unity and reconciliation among Naga Political Groups; we (Civil) want only one Naga government, one Naga Army, and every tribe will contribute in our own capable and available resources to protect our Naga national Right and we will achieve our longcherished dream for sure.

(To be concluded) kharingyo Naga Shimrah Email. karinshimrah@ gmail.com An ex-executive officer in Greenpeace international, Human Right Activist, Specialized in Law and Governance, presently working as Social Activist in Southern Nagalim

My humble reply to Z. Lohe’s Nagaland resembles Kashmir statements (Part II)

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n the first para of Mr. Lohe’s article, “In response to Advocate Pakinrichapbo,” dated 06.08.19, he raised the issue of exclusively co-owning the State of Nagaland by aboriginal Naga landowners or to co-owned with intruders. The state is not a property to be owned by any class or groups of citizens. The general theory of the formation of a democratic state is to curb human selfish interest and equally protect and promote welfare for all groups of people living in a defined territory. The writer did not mention who those “intruders” are, so I shall reserve my comments for time being.

In reply to the second para, the writer puts all the blame on parasites (outsiders) for the poor economic state of Nagaland.

Here the writer did not state who these undeserved “parasites” are. Does the writer meant Nagas from outside Nagaland being members of certain nationalist factions (composed of Nagas from everywhere) making monetary gains through illegal taxations from the state’s govt. departments or through extortions in towns of Nagaland? Let’s not forget that, when the National Investigation Agency (NIA) starts to take action of various factions’ illegal taxation from government departments, it was the state government employee association that strongly opposed NIA intervention fearing prosecutions of government officials. Thus, to wholly place the blame on outside elements for Nagaland’s mess is unbecoming of a truthful man.

And I don’t speak for Nagas from outside Nagaland working in underground factions but voluntarily for thousands of poor civilian populations like me who happened to be part of Nagaland not because of our doing but because our grandparents and parents moved into Peren district of Nagaland responding to appeal of their tribesman of Nagaland. So we are nobody guest but protector of the lands of fellow tribesman and we deserve to be treated as equals.

Regarding state economy, the readers ought to know that the economy of Nagaland should not be measured from the standpoint of availability of government jobs alone. Moreover, the culture of respecting only government jobs has made a majority of the college-educated youths lazy by making them fully dependent on their parents and tribes’ sympathies to arrange for government jobs. Not willing to venture into roads less travelled, the numbers of educated unemployed youths are increasing rapidly. Only government initiatives cannot build up the state economy, private enterprise has to come in but why Multinational Corporation are not investing in Nagaland is the question, responsible indigenous people need to deliberate.

In reply to third paragraph, I don’t speak for other non-indigenous Nagas,

who have alternative homes and are yet exploiting Nagaland for personal gains in the guise of sacrificing for a common cause. But I have no alternative homes except Nagaland and it will remain my home. Also, I fully respect and consider the special laws of Nagaland, but let’s not be emotional here, the responsible citizens need to review and debate as to whether the special laws, like Article 371A and BEFR 1873, have pushed Nagaland forward or backward. Ironically, ILP imposed districts have seen an increase in the population of non-tribal business, workers. Laws alone cannot save the people; inculcating a sense of social responsibility is must on the part of indigenous people.

In reply to the fourth paragraph, if the indigenous Nagas of Nagaland think that only RIIN can defend Nagaland and ignore to address the urgent issues of corruption in government institutions, underdevelopment, misgovernance, and communalism (tribalism), you are all terribly wrong.

Nagaland can only be destroyed from within, with or without RIIN. I have no intention of co-owning Nagaland State and yet as I have stated in my earlier write up, the historical background of post-1963 settlers varies from person to person, tribes to tribes. Therefore, in order to secure social, political, and economic justice for the minorities, the State Government has to take into account of how the several hundred families settled permanently in the state post-1963, for now is the right time to prove that Nagaland government is a government of law and not a government of men or group of men.

In reply to the fifth paragraph, I am nobody’s puppet and had shared my opinion on my capacity for the welfare of all inhabitants of Nagaland. With regard to crude politicians, I never mention all Nagaland politicians are crude, but crude politicians do exist, look around. Also kindly check out pages 18-19 of the book titled “Democracy in Nagaland: Tribes, Traditions, And Tensions, edited by Jelle JP Wouters & Zhoto Tunyi.” I think that will suffice to counter the writer contention that Nagaland government have never been communal. With regard to tribal leaders, I appreciate those noble tribal leaders sincerely working for improving inter-tribe relations, but many tribal lords do exist. After Nagaland’s statehood, have we never witnessed any single inter-tribes or inter-village violent conflicts over land ownership issues, etc.? Or maybe the writer has lost his memory to recollect what happened during ULB crisis.

Lastly, reading the remaining paragraphs, I have to conclude that this writer doesn’t care about the fundamental rights of citizens to criticize government policies.

Mr. Pakinrichapbo (Advocate) Samziuram Village, Peren, Nagaland

(Form previous issue) agaland: Considerable safeguards under Article 371 (A) of the Nagaland state were provided by the constitution of India while dealing with the Naga interest not to join Indian Union. It foregrounds the nature of politics and the cultural aspects linking Nagaland and the Indian constitution.

Undeniably, Naga people, following their native values, are distinct from the rest of India.

Regular instances, with one studied from opinions through the Indian metropolis, show that the idea of cultural co-existence within India’s dominant structure, is deeply critical.

Arguably, the realization of a respectable ‘Naga Value’ may not pair up with the way India looks.

The irony remains whether ‘Indian stalwarts’ view Nagaland in continual exception of protection – when would the breakdown come in this era of politik? Semantically, the rise of Hindu nationalism does not depart from the historical scene of terror and perpetration to humanity. Post-Nagalandstatehood 1963, was long enough for India to ensure sincere development in the state. Very sadly, apart from developmental failure, the successive governments at the Centre had never gained the guts to say sorry for the painful atrocities meted out to the people in Nagaland. Instead, Nagaland continue to grope in political grief

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with reminiscence of unforeseen times never seem to fade from the Indian State paradigm. The Indian leadership had so far ruled in somewhat triggered by the law of military act, and suspicion against Naga integral respect, coupled by greed of land (not counting the people).

Evidently today, the Indo-Naga dialogue for possible settlement had toiled a ‘toothless framework’ with no results, notwithstanding changes through the process.

Considering the political breadth at revoking Article 370 amidst popular pressure, the absence of a mutual outcome in the protracted Naga issue reveals anything with India’s perceived negligence.

The nature of Indian dealings at best is instrumental for ‘clueless arguments’ – a kind the Nobel laureate Amartya Sen wrote ‘The Argumentative Indian.’ Politically speaking, the situation of Kashmir outweighed the Naga case in the preferred list of government actions at the Centre.

In that context, constitutional provisions of the two states were even not close, although aligned with some degree of autonomy. Hence in the wake of ‘Kashmir episode,’ Nagaland Governor R.N Ravi categorically stated confidence on the present state of Nagaland safe.

However with the state’s existing provisions, the Centre enjoys residuary powers over State powers through its Union agent

(Governor) when taken by situations threatening national integrity. It was only that the Naga situation had not been able to convince the Central leadership as Kashmir had done it from all quarters.

Elements of dismaying India’s gain in the Naga situation can prompt similar action connecting the fate of Kashmir. It is just a spark away.

Taking political stands, the future rulings at the Centre on Kashmir’s revocation will prove India’s long concept of a Unitary State. The Indian government with its declared commitment for democratic functioning hardly squares for a sincere approach of democracy.

Unjustified rulings have by far brought a mockery to democracy.

Indeed, the hype about democracy in the country obscures the imposition of what can be called a ‘structured democracy’ if not ‘twisted democracy’ that denies rightful participation to certain sections of society.

This approach of the state machinery to make laws that appears unfriendly to the people, had created confrontations from the people as a necessary movement against the state.

The nature of politics in India deserves serious re-scrutiny, while it widens doubt for a mutual delivery on the Naga talks.

(Concluded) Roviso Marza (Author teaches Political Science in the University of Delhi.)

Reader’s Post

Sir,

We want regular electric supply!!

This is not the first time someone has written to complain about the pathetic electric supply in Dimapur and perhaps won’t be the last. It seems like we are in another time and era with the frequent and prolonged load shedding.

The least any State can do for its citizens is to give them regular power supply. If the government fails to do so, it is not just the electrical department that is to blame but the entire government. I hope they wake up to this truth soon and act fast.

Daniel V Zhimomi, Dimapur 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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In a nail biting finish, DMK wins Vellore LS seat ZSTH flays AR; threatens to down shutters...

Election Officer A. Shanmuga Sundram presents certificate of election to D.M. Kathir Anand at Ranipettai Engineering College in Vellore district on Aug 9.

Assam Rifles nab NSCN (K-YA) cadre DIMAPUR: Based on specific information regarding presence of active cadre of “NSCN (K-Yung Aung)” group, troops of Assam Rifles launched an operation in general area at Project Colony, Zunheboto on August 7 and apprehended a “self style captain” Hito Sumi (27) son of Nighoshe Sumi, resident of Litsami village, Zunhe-

boto. According to AR sources, one 9mm pistol with a magazine was recovered from the arrested cadre.

AR claimed that Hito was involved in extortion activities in Zunheboto. The arrested person and the recovered items were handed over to Zunheboto police station for further investigation, AR stated.

Tadvi suicide case: 3 doctors get bail

MUMBAI, AUG 9 (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to three women doctors who were arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of their junior colleague Payal Tadvi. Justice Sadhana Jadhav granted bail to Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal, who are in jail since May 29, on a cash surety of Rs 2 lakh each. Justice Jadhav also imposed several other stringent conditions on their bail. The three doctors were booked by the Mumbai Crime Branch for allegedly abetting Tadvi’s suicide by passing casteist slurs. The high court granted them bail after Special Public Prosecutor Raja Thakre told it that he had no objection to relief since the charge sheet in the case had already been filed. As per the high court order, the accused doctors can not leave the city without seeking the trial court’s permission. It also prohibited them from entering the premises of the civic-run B Y L Nair Hospital, where they and Tadvi worked.

Prez hosts freedom fighters on 77th anniv of Quit India ‘Centre will cover 10 cr farmers ordered the arrest of Behera.

He remained disguise for one year and two months to evade the arrest.

He had also taken part in the Quit India Movement.

After independence, he dedicated himself to social service in the locality.

Similarly, Samal (90) was born in Balipadia village of Jajpur and participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942.

He was also involved in the attack on Badachana police station. He was a close associate of noted freedom fighter Brundaban Tripathy.

He was arrested by the British ruler and spent three years and six months Ram Nath Kovind greets a freedom fighter at in jail in Cuttack.

Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)

NAGALAND: : KOHIMA Dated Kohima, the 6th August 2019

NOTICE

This is to notify all the beneficiaries under ‘Financial Assistance to Destitute Women’ scheme (Destitute Women Pension) that, in line with the Government policy on Direct Benefit Transfer, the Department of Women Resource Development will henceforth transfer the pension amount directly to their respective bank account.

In this regard, those beneficiaries who are yet to open personal bank account at Nagaland State Cooperative Bank Ltd are asked to do so within two (2) months from the date of issue of this notice without fail.

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NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (PTI): The government aims to cover this year as many as 10 crore farmers under the PM-Kisan scheme, wherein they will be given Rs 6,000 annually in three equal instalments, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday.

Around 5.88 crore small farmers have so far received the first tranche of Rs 2,000 each under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) and 3.40 crore peasants have got the second instalment as well, he said.

“Barring West Bengal, all states are participating in the scheme. The prog-

ress so far is very good. We are targeting to reach out 10 crore farmers by end of the year,” Tomar told reporters.

The scheme will cover all 14.5 crore farmers in the country, irrespective of the size of their landholding, he said.

The scheme was launched on February 24 this year in the run-up to the 2019 Parliamentary elections in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh where the first rounds of instalments was paid to several farmers.

Initially, the scheme was designed to cover an estimated 12.5 crore small and marginal farmers holding land up to 2 hectares.

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NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (AGENCIES): President Ram Nath Kovind hosted an ‘At Home’ reception for freedom fighters on the 77th anniversary of Quit India Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

On the occasion, the President honoured and felicitated 78 freedom fighters from across the country.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah and other dignitaries were present.

The two freedom fighters from Odisha–Sahadev Behera of Nayagarh and Nilamani Samal of Jajpur–attended the ‘At Home’ reception today.

Behera (96) was born in Kantilo of Nayagarh in 1923. In 1938, he took the lead and raised voice against the torture of former local king.

The British ruler had

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In view of the “barbaric conduct” and “savage act”, the ZSTH has demanded “unconditional apology” from the commandant 32 AR Zunheboto on or before August 13, 2019.

Failure to tender apology within the stipulated period, ZSTH said it would initiate shutter down agitation in Zunheboto town.

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(From p-1) “... thus there is no way to stop them. In such case, a State can allow millions of foreigners to become Indians who cannot be denied entry into any State hence,” it pointed out. According to the forum, currently there were an estimated four million illegal immigrants in Assam who could not be granted citizenship under NRC. But, if CAB was enacted, these foreigners would be easily accommodated as legal citizens under one pretext or other, which would further worsen the present demographic crisis, it warned.

Meanwhile, NEFIP also expressed concern over the two notifications of September 7, 2015 by which the Passport (Entry into India) Rules of 1950 was amended, whereby those foreigners from the three countries who had entered into India by December 31, 2014 were legalised. The second notification amended the Foreigners Orders of 1948 by which the restrictive rules were relaxed for these illegal immigrants. And according to the forum, these were nothing but forerunner of CAB, adding that these relaxations of laws were detrimental to the interests of indigenous people of the Northeast. Questioning the wisdom of the Union Government on preferring foreigners over indigenous citizens in the Northeast as all these initiatives were aimed at protecting the foreigners at the expense of the indigenous citizens who had live in their ancestral lands since time immemorial, the forum mentioned in its memorandum that it was hopeful for a positive initiative and prompt action in the interest of the indigenous populace of the region. The forum also congratulated Modi for the spectacular achievement of his party in securing absolute majority in the Lok Sabha elections under his dynamic leadership. NEFIP came into existence as a consequence against the passing of CAB on January 8 this year in Lok Sabha to uphold the aspirations of indigenous people inhabiting the seven North-eastern States Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.

Distribution of sweets, bursting of crackers and dancing marked the DMK’s victory here and in other parts of Tamil Nadu.

Carrying party flags, DMK workers lined up at the residence of Stalin in Chennai to celebrate the victory.

District Election Officer and Collector A Shanmuga Sundaram gave away the certificate of election to Kathir Anand following completion of counting and tallying votes recorded in five Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) devices for each of the six

Z S T H , h o w e v e r, claimed that by 5:30 p.m. a contingent of 32 AR suddenly arrived at the spot, surrounded the area with “cocked gun and started beating up the youth mercilessly”. In the process, the hoho said two youth namely Arkha and Hito, a tuberculosis patent, were badly beaten up.

As the two youth were innocent residents of project colony, ZSTH said the womenfolk intervened by appealing to the AR personnel not to harm them further. However, the hoho alleged that the AR personnel started beating up even the mothers with “AK 47 and SLR butts”.

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sequently held on August 5 and the counting of votes was taken up on Friday morning.

The lead kept changing in initial rounds but the DMK candidate later narrowed the gap steadily and then forged ahead, holding on to the little over 8,000 vote difference till the end.

Reflecting the sea-saw battle, the AIADMK cadres brimmed with enthusiasm initially but once the trend changed it was the turn of DMK workers to break into celebrations here and at the party headquarters Anna Arivalayam in Chennai.

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a ruling party candidate meant a “huge victory,” he told reporters.

Also, the win has cemented DMK’s position as the third biggest party in the Lok Sabha, he said adding his party’s victory could have been “delayed,” but cannot be “prevented.”

He was apparently referring to the earlier cancellation of the election in Vellore in April when the rest of the 38 seats in Tamil Nadu went for polls. The EC had then cancelled the poll in Vellore following seizure of huge cash.

The election was sub-

assembly segments under the Lok Sabha seat.

With this win, the DMK’s tally in Lok Sabha has now gone up to 24 and that of the alliance led by it to 38.

According to the provisional data provided by the EC, the AIADMK polled more votes in Anaicut, K V Kuppam and Gudiyattam assembly segments while DMK was ahead in Vellore, Vaniyambadi and Ambur, which have a sizable Muslim population.

The AIADMK which strained every nerve to retain the seat and recover the lost political ground had to be content with giving a tough fight.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam had campaigned in the constituency and had accused the DMK of having swept the Lok Sabha polls by giving false promises.

The margin of victory in Vellore seat is however the lowest for the DMK compared to the April polls though the party’s ally Thol Thirumavalavan of Viduthalai ChiruthaigalKatchi had scraped home by just 3,219 votes in Chidambaram seat then.

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VELLORE (TN), AUG 9 (PTI): In a nail biting finish, DMK’s D M Kathir Anand on Friday won the Vellore Lok Sabha segment defeating his nearest rival, AIADMK’s ally A C Shanmugam, by a narrow margin of 8,141 votes.

The result came as a setback to the AIADMK which was hoping to retain the seat and prove a point after it faced a near rout in the April Lok Sabha elections with the DMK-led alliance winning 37 of the 38 constituencies then.

The DMK candidate, son of party Treasurer Duraimurugan, bagged 4,85,340 votes and garnered a 47.3 per cent vote share as it wrested the Vellore seat from its arch rival AIADMK which had won it in 2014.

Shanmugam of Puthiya Needhi Katchi, who contested on the AIADMK’s Two-Leaves symbol, polled 4,77,199 votes and got 46.51 per cent share, the Election Commission announced.

Thanking the voters, DMK chief M K Stalin said the victory was “exceptional and unparallelled.”

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On a weekly basis the local unit lost 118 paise.

“It was a volatile week for the rupee. The week began with Yuan depreciating to the lowest since 2008 and led the rupee to fall to Rs 70.9850, the lowest in five months. However, a relief rally was seen after RBI cut interest rates by 35 bps and rumours over FM rolling back FPI taxes,” Emkay Global Financial Services Currency Research Head Rahul Gupta said.

Forex traders said the trigger for the rupee going forward would be inflation data, any spurt on USChina trade war and geo-

political tensions between India-Pakistan.

“We expect the range to be Rs 70.40-71.25,” Gupta said.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) turned net buyers in the capital markets, putting in Rs 203 crore on Friday, provisional data showed.

Forex traders said rising crude oil prices also weighed on the domestic currency.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, climbed 1.43 per cent to USD 58.20 per barrel.

T h e d o l l a r i n d ex , which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.08 per cent to 97.54.

Meanwhile, the 10year government bond yield was at 6.50 per cent on Friday.

On the domestic market front, the 30-share Sensex settled 254.55 points or 0.68 per cent higher at 37,581.91. The broader NSE Nifty jumped 77.20 points or 0.70 per cent to 11,109.65.

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Mumbai, Aug 9 (PTI): The rupee declined by 9 paise to close at 70.78 against the dollar on Friday as market participants were cautious ahead of a meeting between foreign investors and finance ministry officials regarding the higher tax surcharge.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee witnessed high volatility.

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New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS): Benefiting from Jet Airways collapse in April, low-cost carrier SpiceJet posted a record profit of Rs 261.7 crore in the quarter ending June, 2019 as against a net loss of Rs 38.1 crore in the corresponding period last year.

The airline reported total revenue of Rs 3,145.3 crore during April-June period as against Rs 2,253.3 crore in the same period in FY19, registering a growth of 39.5 per cent.

During the three-month period, the airline added 32 aircraft, taking its fleet size to 107 as on June 30, 2019.

“SpiceJet has been on a spectacular growth journey and this quarter, in particular, has been very special for us. We added 32 aircraft to our fleet, expanding at

a pace unprecedented for a sector plagued by crisis showcasing our robust business model and proven operational capabilities,” airline Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh said.

As per an official statement, the airline’s operating revenues were Rs 3,002.1 crore during the April-June quarter this financial year as against Rs 2,220.4 crore for the corresponding quarter last year.

“On an EBITDA basis, profit is Rs 747.5 crore as against Rs 100.5 crore for the corresponding quarter last year. Operating expenses were at Rs 2,883.6 crore as against Rs 2,227.9 crore for the corresponding period last year,” the airline said.

Effective April 1, the airline adopted the new accounting standard IND AS 116 which effectively capitalises operating leases, and as a result, the lease rentals are now reflected as interest and depreciation for the quarter ending June 2019.

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The objective of nationalisation of banks included financial inclusion as the primary objective, along with increasing availability of credit to priority sectors such as agriculture and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

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core sector growth numbers are pointing towards a slowdown in the economy.

Besides, the problems in the NBFC sector are adding to the woes.

Sitharaman said the government is looking at the financial sector woes and will address them. She indicated steps would be taken in the coming weeks to deal with the issue.

She also assured the industry that the government would have a re-look at the penal provisions concerning mandatory investment towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) by the companies.

AA+’/Stable/’IND A1+’), State Bank of India (SBI; aIND AAA’/Stable), Bank of Baroda (BOB; aIND AAA’/Stable/aIND A1+’) and Canara Bank (CAN; aIND AAA’/Stable).

Over the years, the market share of PSBs in incremental credit generation shifted to other market participants including private banks, foreign banks, nonbank financial companies, housing finance companies and mutual funds, the report said.

The sharp deterioration in asset quality in the last few years led to accelerated provisions among all PSBs. This caused banks to suffer massive losses, which in turn led to failure in meeting objectives of the Indradhanush Scheme such as recapitalising banks based on their performance and their ability to support credit expansion.

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growing large economy and with the government and the RBI working together in synergy in a cordial relationship, the ecosystem will help incentivize investments.

“We (the RBI and the government) are on the same page as regards to efforts that are required to boost the economy,” she said and added there was an atmosphere of certainty and cordiality between the RBI and the government.

At no point and on no score, the government wants to make it difficult for the industry, she added.

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Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS): The recapitalisation of public sector banks (PSBs) by the government has not contributed to credit growth, rating agency India Ratings said.

The government has infused huge capital in PSBs but they have largely been used to mitigate losses and has failed to contribute meaningfully to credit growth, it said.

Between FY14-FY19, the government and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) together infused Rs 3 lakh crore into PSBs. However, from the value creation objective, the scenario looks bleak.

The current market value as on July 29, 2019 of government and LIC’s stake was Rs 4.4 lakh crore (FY14: about Rs A2.2 lakh crore). The increase in market capitalisation over FY14 is significantly lower than the capital infused.

Nine of 19 PSBs reported current value of investment higher than the investment amount. The key banks among them are Indian Bank (INDIAN; aIND

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New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday assured industry leaders that the RBI and the government are on the “same page” and making efforts to boost the economy.

Addressing captains of the industry at the CII national council meeting, the finance minister also said from next week she would be meeting industry people in different parts to the country over tax harassment-related issues and redress grievances on the spot.

Sitharaman said that even with some moderation, India is still the fastest-

Mumbai, Aug 9 (PTI): The country’s foreign exchange reserves declined

by USD 697.2 million to USD 428.952 billion in the week to August 2, due to fall in foreign currency assets, the latest weekly RBI data showed. In the previous reporting week, the reserves had declined by USD 727.1 million to USD 429.649 billion.

T h e r e s e r ve s h a d touched a life-time high of USD 430.376 billion in the week to July 19, 2019. In the reporting week, foreign currency assets, which are a major component of the overall reserves, reduced by USD 633 million to USD 398.724 billion, the Central bank said on Friday.

Expressed in dollar terms, foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the reserves. The country’s gold reserves fell by USD 166.4 million to USD 25.163 billion, according to the Central bank data.

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Nirmala Sitharaman flanked by MoS Finance Anurag Thakur (R) and Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty at a meeting in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)

“Our intention is not to criminally prosecute anybody,” she said.

The minister further said that starting next week she would be visiting different parts of the country to meet industry representatives to find out specifically where tax harassment is taking place. Tax authorities would be issued directions then and there to redress the grievances, she added.

Sitharaman also said a technology-based platform was being set up so that she herself could look into incidents of tax harassment.

On the taxation front, the minister said the government’’s intention is to reduce corporate tax and the industry would need to wait for it to happen, CII said in a tweet.

On outstanding dues from government departments and agencies to corporates and suppliers, Sitharaman stated that she was in the process of addressing the issue. Delayed payments to MSMEs are estimated at around Rs 48,000 crore.

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Pakistan bans cultural ties with India HK airport occupied by protesters Islamabad/Jaipur, Au g 9 ( I A N S ) : T h e Pakistan government has launched a national slogan “Say No to India” and decided to ban all cultural exchanges with New Delhi including all kinds of joint ventures in the entertainment industry of the two countries, the media reported on Friday.

The slogan was launched by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Thursday, Dawn News reported.

“All kinds of Indian content have been stopped and Pemra (Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority) has been directed to step up its vigilance in this regard along with actions against the sale of Indian DTH instruments,” Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Thursday evening.

Talking to media persons at a reception hosted by her, she said the move was in the wake of the Indian government’s decision to scrap Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Special Assistant added the media that the National Security Council had decided to establish a group to check on any kind of Indian content.

Qureshi reaches China to discuss Kashmir issue Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS): Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrived in Beijing on Friday to hold consultations with the Chinese leadership over India’s decision to revoke Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. On arrival at the Beijing airport, Qureshi was welcomed by Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Naghmana Hashmi and senior officials of the Foreign Ministry.

Speaking to the Pakistani media before leaving for China, the Minister said that “India is intent on disrupting the regional peace with its unconstitutional measures. China is not only a friend to Pakistan but also an important country of the region”. Qureshi told reporters that he will take the Chinese leadership in confidence over the situation. “I will apprise the Chinese leaders of the unconstitutional measures taken up by the Indian government in occupied Kashmir. I will also brief them of the gross human rights violations in the occupied valley.”

Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and other high officials are accompanying the Foreign Minister on the visit. Qureshi said on Thursday that the Indian government “can stage a Pulwama like terrorist act or drama to avoid the world’s attention from the grave situation in the occupied valley”.

e-Mohammed (JeM) terror launch-pad in Balakot area in Khyber-Pakhtunhkwa province Pemra was also instructed by the government to act against advertisements that were made in India.

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“The external communications will be dealt with by the ministry of information, Foreign Office and the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) as per nature of information,” Awan said.

The government on Thursday announced that it has also banned the screening of Indian films in the country’s cinemas, reports Dawn news.

“No Indian film will be screened in any Pakistani cinema. Drama, films and Indian content of this kind will be completely banned in Pakistan,” Awan had said in a tweet earlier in the day.

This is not the first time that a ban on Indian content has been imposed.

Earlier in February, the Pakistan Film Exhibitors Association had boycotted Indian films and announced that no Indian movie would be released in the country as a retaliation to Indian fighter jets bombing a Jaish-

A day after announcing the permanent suspension of Samjhauta Express, Pakistan on Friday said that it will also shut down the Thar Express, its last remaining train link with India, amid rising tensions between the two neighbours after New Delhi’s decision to revoke Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

The announcement was made by Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed at a press conference in Islamabad.

Ahmed said that “after the Samjhauta Express, we have decided to shut down Thar Express”, Radio Pakistan reported.

Addressing the press conference, Ahmed also said that he will visit “Azad Kashmir after Eid” and reiterated that “Pakistan does not want war with India”.

The Samjhauta Express ran twice a week from Lahore to Attari via the Wagah railway station.

Meanwhile, railway of-

US-Mexico officials to meet over El Paso massacre Mexico City, Aug 9 (IANS): Top-level Mexican and US officials will meet in Mexico City on August 13 to discuss the mass shooting in El Paso in which 22 people died, eight of them Mexican citizens, the Mexican government has announced.

In a message to the media from the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE), Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard on Thursday announced the “top-level meeting” among personnel from the Mexican Attorney General’s Office and “high officials from the office of the Attorney General of the US as well as the FBI and other agencies”, Efe news reported.

“We consider this to be an important step for consolidating the investigative file in the hands of the (Mexican) Attorney General’s Office and moving forward with classifying and, of course, with the legal process following the events that occurred in El Paso, Texas,” Ebrard said.

The Mexican government is evaluating - via the Mexican AG’s Office - a terrorism complaint against the young man who staged the attack, who is presently in US custody.

Last Saturday, 21-yearold Patrick Crusius killed 22 people and wounded 26 with an assault rifle at a Walmart store in El Paso.

Eight of the dead were Mexican citizens.

The massacre was motivated, according to authorities, by Crusius’s white supremacist ideology, given that he selected the Walmart in the border city for his attack because it caters mainly to Hispanics.

A day later, another shooter killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, before being gunned down by security personnel, although there was no apparent racial or ethnic animus that motivated the killer.

On Wednesday, the Mexican government delivered a diplomatic note to US authorities in which it asks the US government for all the information it possesses on the Aug. 3 El Paso shooting with an eye toward determining if there are other people or organizations seeking to harm Mexicans in the

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This comes after Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz President and opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif while speaking in the Parliament earlier this week compared the situation in Afghanistan with that of Kashmir.

“What kind of a deal is this that the Afghans enjoy and celebrate peace in Kabul, but in Kashmir, blood is shed? No, this is not acceptable for us,” said Sharif.

Voicing unhappiness over the remarks, former

Afghan President Hamid Karzai tweeted: “Comments in Pakistan linking peace in Afghanistan to their objectives in Kashmir are indicative of Pakistan viewing Afghanistan as strategic depth. I call on Pakistan government to stop using extremist violence as instrument of policy in the region.”

Sharif ’s remarks were also slammed by Afghan citizens on social media.

Meanwhile, the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul on Thursday said that the rift over Kashmir would not affect the peace drive in Afghanistan.

In preparation for the demonstration, the airport had increased security that led to passengers experiencing delays in reaching departure gates.

Hong Kong, Aug 9 (IANS): Hundreds of demonstrators have joined a three-day mass sit-in at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) on Friday in a fresh round of antigovernment protests in an aim to secure international backing for the movement.

Organisers said they were expecting thousands to show up, and hoped police would respect what they said would be a peaceful protest that was initially billed to last until Sunday, reports the South China Morning Post.

In preparation for the demonstration, the airport had increased security that led to passengers experiencing delays in reaching

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Last Saturday, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius killed 22 people and wounded 26 with an assault rifle at a Walmart store in El Paso.

Afghanistan not linked with Kashmir issue: Taliban to Pak Kabul, Aug 9 (IANS): The Taliban has hit out at Pakistan for linking the situation in Afghanistan with Kashmir issue, saying that Kabul should “not be turned into the theatre of competition” between New Delhi and Islamabad. “Linking the issue of Kashmir with that of Afghanistan by some parties will not aid in improving the crisis at hand because the issue of Afghanistan is not related nor should Afghanistan be turned into the theatre of competition between other countries,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed

ficials in Jodhpur have said that they are yet to receive any official communication on the development from the Government of India and hence the Thar Link Express shall depart for its scheduled destination, Munabao, at 1 a.m. on Saturday from the Bhagat ki Kothi railway station near Jodhpur.

Thar Link Express is the Indian part of Thar Express which runs once a week between Jodhpur and Munabao. Passengers from Munabao then clear customs and are transported across the border to the Zero Point station from where the Thar Express takes them to Karachi.

Speaking to IANS, Gopal Sharma, Railway PRO, Jodhpur division, said, “We are ready for the safe departure of Thar Link Express from our side. As of now, we have not yet received any information regarding the suspension of its services. The train shall depart at its scheduled time, 1 a.m., from the Bhagat ki Kothi railway station,” he said.

A total of 42 passengers have their bookings to go to pakistan on Saturday, sources said.

The train services were stopped after the 1965 IndoPak war before being resumed again in 2006.

United States.

The SRE said that the note delivered to the US Embassy “expresses (our) absolute condemnation and rejection of the massacre, which was directed against Mexican citizens.”

Therefore, the SRE asked for the cooperation of the US government so that the Mexican AG’s Office can obtain all information in the case and determine if other people or “white supremacist” organizations may be seeking to endanger the Mexican community in the US. “Hateful discourse must have no place in our societies,” the text reads.

Also, the Mexican government said it considers it “imperative” that US President Donald Trump’s call to condemn racism, fanaticism and white supremacy be made a reality.

Washington, Aug 9 (IANS): US immigration officials said they have temporarily released about 300 people who were among the 680 persons arrested in raids on food processing companies in Mississippi, deemed as biggest such operation in at least a decade.

On Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman Bryan Cox told the BBC that, of the 680 people arrested in Wednesday’s raids, more than 300 had been released with notices to appear before immigration judges.

“They were placed into proceedings before the federal immigration courts and will have their day in court at a later date,” he said in an emailed statement. The detentions took place at chicken processing plants, owned by five different companies, in the towns of Bay Springs, Canton, Carthage, Morton, Pelahatchie and Sebastopol.

Those who were not released will be moved to an ICE detention facility and held there, Cox said.

Cox told the BBC that those arrested were asked if they had any dependents needing care or if they had any children at school who needed to be picked up.

They were given access to phones at the processing site to make arrangements to care for their children.

departure gates, as airlines warned travellers to arrive early for their flights.

A new restricted area has also been created in a large part of the airport that would normally be open to the public.

The Airport Authority, which runs HKIA, said the new measures were “to maintain the smooth process of the departure procedures of passengers and the terminal operation”.

Only departing travellers with air tickets or boarding passes for flights for the next 24 hours and a valid travel document, or airport staff with proof of identity, would be allowed to access the check-in aisles at HKIA’s Terminal 1 from

6 a.m. to 11.59 p.m., between August 9 and 11, the authority announced.

Protesters have been distributing leaflets to travellers explaining the main demands of the movement, which erupted from opposition to the now-abandoned extradition bill, which would have allowed the transfer of criminal suspects to mainland China and other jurisdictions with which the city does not have an extradition agreement.

The demands include a full withdrawal of the draft legislation, implementation of universal suffrage and a retraction of the riot label attached to recent anti-bill protests.

9 India can take care of itself post 370: Afghan leader Kabul/New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS): Afghan Vice Presidential candidate and former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh on Friday said India was fully capable of taking care of itself after the change in Kashmir’s status, but Pakistan can only foment terrorism.

Saleh, who was injured in a terror attack on his party office last month, tweeted: “India can take care of its entirety by itself post the change of Kashmir status. What Pak can do, as always, is to provide more killing devices to brainwashed madrassa terrorists and ask them to kill Afghan civilians just because they are not anti-India. It is a likely scenario.”

His remark came after India revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status prompting Pakistan to expel the country’s envoy in Islamabad, cut off all cultural exchanges and trade ties, and resort to war-mongering against its eastern neighbour.

Saleh received shrapnel injuries in the powerful blast that hit his Green Trend party office in Kabul on July 28. He was evacuated and moved to a safe location. India has strongly condemned the attack.

Nagasaki seeks nuke ban on 74th A-bomb anniversary

A moment of silence was observed at 11.02 a.m., the exact time on August 9, 1945, when a plutonium-core atomic bomb codenamed ‘Fat Man’ was dropped by a US bomber.

Nagasaki (Japan), Aug 9 (IANS): Nagasaki on Friday marked the 74th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the US at the end of World War II in 1945, with the city’s Mayor urging the Japanese government to immediately sign a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons. A moment of silence was observed at 11.02 a.m., the exact time on August 9, 1945, when a plutonium-core atomic bomb codenamed “Fat Man” dropped by a US bomber exploded over the southwestern Japan city, three days after Washington dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb on Hiroshima, reports Kyodo News Agency.

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“As the only country in the world to have experienced the devastation caused by nuclear weapons, Japan must sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as soon as possible,” Tomihisa Taue said. The Mayor spoke at the annual ceremony held at the Peace Park which was attended by 5,200 people and representatives from around 70 countries including all five recognized nuclear powers -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the US -- as well as the UN and the European

Unio. The Mayor had urged the central government to sign the international treaty at the two previous annual ceremonies, but this year he used a stronger and more direct expression.

The treaty was adopted in July 2017 by 122 UN members but is not yet in force as it has not been ratified by the required 50 states.

Japan has refused to sign the treaty along with other countries under the US nuclear umbrella, as have the world’s nuclear weapons states, Kyodo News Agency reported.

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university sets up Bollywood films sweep 66th NFA Australian scholarship in SRK’s name

Prakash Javadekar receives a report for the 66th NFA from A.S.Kanal, chairman of Non-Feature Films. (PTI)

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ollywood films like “Uri: The Surgical Strike”, “Andhadhun”, “Badhaai Ho” and “Padman” won big at the 66th National Film Awards, which were announced on Friday.

The announcement was made in a press conference by Rahul Rawail, Chairperson, Feature Film Category; AS Kanal, Chairperson, Non-Feature Film Category and Utpal Borpujari, Chairperson, Best Writing on Cinema.

The Chairpersons and other Jury Members earlier on Friday submitted a report on 66th National Film Awards to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.

While Hindi movie

“Padman” was declared Best Film on Social Issues, Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal jointly received the Best Actor Award for their performances in “Andhadhun” and “Uri: The Surgical Strike”.

Aditya Dhar also won Best Director Award for “Uri: The Surgical Strike”.

The film that has Vicky playing an Indian Army officer also won the Sound Designer award (Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee).

Best Music Director (Background Music) went to Shashwat Sachdev for “Uri: The Surgical Strike”.

“Andhadhun” was also a favourite at this year’s edition of National Film Awards. Apart from the Best

Actor Award, the movie won Best Hindi Film award and honour for Screenplay writer (adapted): Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemant Rao and Pooja Ladha Surti.

“Badhaai Ho” bagged awards for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Supporting Actress (Surekha Sikri).

Akshay Kumar-starrer “Padman” was declared Best Film on Social Issues. “Padmaavat” won big, especially in the music categories. It bagged awards for Best Male Playback Singer (Arijit Singh for the song “Binte dil misriya mein”), Best Music Direction -- Music Director (Songs): Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Best Choreography (Kruti Mahesh Madya and Jyoti Tomar for the song “Ghoomar”).

As for other top honours, Gujarati film “Hellaro” was declared Best Feature Film winner, Keerthy Suresh was declared winner of Best Actress trophy for her performance in Telugu movie “Mahanati” and Uttarakhand was declared the Most Film Friendly State.

(IANS)

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ollywood stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal on Friday won the National Film Award for best actor for their roles in “Andhadhun” and “Uri”, respectively, while Gujarati movie “Hellaro” was declared the best film.

Bollywood emerged a major winner at the 66th National Film Awards, which were scheduled for May but were rescheduled due to the Lok Sabha elections.

Aditya Dhar won the Best Director award for his debut “Uri: The Surgical Strike” while “Andhadhun” also won awards for best Hindi film and best adapted screenplay.

Actor Keerthy Suresh won the best actress award for her portrayal of yesteryear star Savitri in Telugu

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elbour ne-based La Trobe University on Friday announced a scholarship in the name of superstar Shah Rukh Khan for aspiring female researchers from India.

The Shah Rukh Khan La Trobe University PhD Scholarship aims to inspire a female researcher from India to undertake research to help find solutions to the growing challenges of our time. The four-year PhD scholarship is being introduced in recognition of SRK’s dedication to women’s empowerment, through his MEER Foundation.

Not only this, La Trobe also awarded Shah Rukh with an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) for his contributions and efforts towards underprivileged children

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Emergency accommodation planned for stranded Boardmasters festivalgoers

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group has been set up to help festivalgoers stranded after the cancellation of Boardmasters this weekend to find emergency accommodation.

The festival was cancelled by organisers on Tuesday (August 6) after warnings of “severe weather conditions”.

The news left thousands without accommodation, as the festival’s campsite remains closed, with many alraedy down in Cornwall, where the festival was set to be held. A Facebook group called Boardmasters EmerK Y M C

gency Accommodation has now been set up, aiming to help stranded festivalgoers find last minute accommodation in and around the nearby town of Newquay.

The admins of the page say: “Firstly contact the ‘Visit Newquay’ office for all availability: Visit Newquay Tourist Information Centre, Marcus Hill TR7 1BD Newquay, Cornwall,” who can also be reached by phone on 01637 838516 or online here.

“If you are looking for emergency accommodation due the unfortunate

and women’s empowerment through Meer Foundation besides his achievements in the Indian entertainment industry.

Honoured with the university’s gesture, SRK said: “As a passionate advocate for women’s equality and empowerment, I am delighted that this scholarship will give an Indian woman a chance to pursue research in a field which is likely to lead her towards an exciting and a successful career. I thank the La Trobe university wholeheartedly for giving someone this wonderful opportunity.”

The candidate will be supported with a four-year research scholarship valued in excess of $200,000 to be completed at La Trobe’s state-of-the-art facilities in Melbourne, Australia.

(IANS)

Foo Fighters invite fans to choose Reading & Leeds setlist oo Fighters are inviting fans to put requests forward for their upcoming shows headlining Reading & Leeds.

Dave Grohl and co will top the bill at the festivals on the weekend of August 23-25 alongside The 1975, Twenty One Pilots and Post Malone.

In advance of the sets, the band have put a call out on Twitter for fans to request the songs they want to hear at the pair of shows.

It’s not the first time the band have asked for fans’ input recently. Last

cancellation of this year’s Boardmasters then feel free to use this group to coordinate finding a place.

“People with places for people to stay, feel free to post you details. Let’s keep this sensible though, it’s quite an important issue.”

Boardmasters also revealed that ticket holders would receive a full refund for their festival ticket.

Wu-Tang Clan, Florence and the Machine and Foals were due to headline the festival on Saturday and Sunday night respectively.

(NME)

Kerala’s ‘film family’ celebrates Keerthy Suresh’s national award

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Gujarati film ‘Hellaro’ best film, Ayushmann, Vicky Kaushal share best actor Nat Award film “Mahanati”.

“Badhaai Ho”, about a family dealing with a late pregnancy, was adjudged the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment and veteran actor Surekha Sikri bagged the best supporting actress for her role of a cantankerous matriarch.

Akshay Kumar-starrer “Padman” was named the best film on social issues.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavaat”, which faced a lot of hurdles during its release, walked away with best choreography for ‘Ghoomer’ and the best music director award for Bhansali. Its song “Binte Dil” landed Arijit Singh the best male playback singer recognition.

Singer-lyricist Swanand Kirkire won the best supporting actor award for Marathi film “Chumbak”.

The awards were announced by jury head Rahul Rawail. There is no clarity on when the awards will be presented.

(PTI)

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month, the band asked fans to share their best Foo Fighters memories for a new online project called ‘Foo Fighters Stories’.

“We want to hear about YOU,” a description reads.

“Did you capture a great photo of your crew at a Foo show? Have a memory tied to a Foo Fighters album or song? Or maybe just want to send a message to the band?

“We want to meet YOU!! Share your Foo Fighters story and include any photos, videos or memorabilia featuring YOU!”

Lucknow court issues non-bailable warrant against Honey Singh

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non-bailable warrant has been issued against singer Yo Yo Honey Singh by a local court in a seven-yearold case lodged by IPS officer Amitabh Thakur.

The FIR was lodged against Singh on December 31, 2012, at the Gomti Nagar police station. The complainant claimed that the lyrics of the song, “Main hoon balaatkari”, sung by Honey Singh, were derogatory and condemnable. The complainant added that the song in question was widely available on the internet After investigation, the police registered a case against the singer on June 27 2013, under Sections 292, 293 and 294 of the IPC. The court had ordered the singer to appear before it on December 23, 2013 but Honey Singh did not take cognisance of the same.

The court has now asked the singer to appear before it on September 11, 2019. Honey Singh is a popular rapper in Punjabi and Hindi and his songs are known for their controversial lyrics.

(IANS)

The band also recently opened a new series called the ‘Foo Files’, which looks set to periodically release rare music from the band’s presumably bulging vault of unreleased material.

The first release to come from the ‘Foo Files’ was a live EP is titled ‘00950025’, which fans are assuming to be a reference to the band’s debut album (released in 1995), which celebrates its 25th anniversary next year.

The three-track release features, as the band call them, “elusive live tracks.”

(NME)

uresh Kumar, Maneka and Keerthy Suresh, often referred to as Kerala’s complete film family, were in celebration mood after Keerthy Suresh bagged the best actress national award for her role in the bilingual film ‘Mahanati’.

Speaking to IANS, Keerthy’s father Suresh Kumar, one of Malayalam film industry’s top notch producers, said, “It’s something that we will cherish for a long time”.

“To be honest, we would have been disappointed had she not got this award, as it was such a beautiful performance by her. We were sure that she had done a great job as an actress and hence we did expect this would come,” he said. Incidentally, Kumar’s wife Maneka was a hugely

popular actress in the 1980s and acted in over 100 films before ending her career after marrying Kumar.

“She (Maneka) missed the national award by a whisker for her performance in the Malayalam film ‘Oppol’, when actor Balan K. Nair won the best actor award for his role in the same film. So our wait has finally ended with Keerthy

winning it and hence it’s double joy for all of us,” said Kumar.

Starting off as a child artiste, Keerthy made it big with her debut lead role in director Priyadarshana’s film ‘Geethanjali’ in 2013.

She has not looked back since then, acting not just in Malayali cinemas, but also in other South Indian films as well.

(IANS)

Mr. & Misss Freshers’ of The Global Open University Nagaland (TGOUN) along with the special guest, director and registrar TGOUN, Dr. Imotemsu Ao, vice chancellor, Dr. H.N Dutta, faculty and non teaching staff during the freshers’ meet celebration for Hotel Management and Fashion Technology department at the university campus.

HAPPY 50th YEARS BIRTHDAY

ADAM NGULLIE We wish you a very happy and joyful year ahead. May God love and care you as you did for us. May you live another long and beautiful life.

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GR-IV STAFF EMPLOYEES SEMINAR TRAINING KOHIMA : August 10. 2019. The All Nagaland State Gr-IV Staff Employees Association ( ANSGEA ) Central office bearers had organised the Seminar training for the first time where five members each represented from the district and sub-divisional directorate which was held at CANSSEA office Kohima : The Special Guest of honour was consented

by Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Advisor Honourable Shri. Dr. Neikiesalie Kire where he had encouraged to all the Gr-IV Staff Employees Association to maintain good relationship in the work place and also with their colleagues and officers.

He said this while addressing the All Nagaland State Gr-IV Staff Employees Association (ANSGEA) General meeting Cum – Seminar training which was held under the theme “To serve the people with efficiency in the 21st Century” at CANSSEA office Kohima.

Dr. Kire urged the gathering to serve the people not only to render their service with efficiency but also with humanity and Christian attitude while performing their bounden duty.

Additional Director ATI Kohima Shri. L. Youdang Jamir in his address as a resource person said that, the Gr-IV staff employees are the multi tasking staff and therefore without their help and assistance cannot function and run the office well. In the first session of the programmed Shri. Khrieketou Yano, Joint Secretary, ANSGEA chaired the programme where an invocation prayer was pronounced by Pastor Alo Kezo from Christian Revival Church Rakabozou Kohima. Special song was presented by Miss. Sevo and Friends.

Welcome address was delivered by Shri. Y. Shahkam Chempang, President, ANSGEA. while vote of thanks was offered by Shri. Imlitemjen Ao General Secretary ANSGEA..

The All Nagaland State Gr-IV Staff Employees Association would like to express our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to all individual during our general meeting cum – seminar training which was held on 30th of July 2019.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Shri. Neiphiu Rio, Hon’ ble Cheif Minister, Govt. of Nagaland.

2. Dr. Neikiesalie Kire, Hon’ ble Advisor Urban & Municipal Affairs, Govt. of Nagaland.

3. Shri. Temjen Toy, IAS. Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Nagaland.

4. Shri. Sentiyanger Imchen, IAS. Addl. Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner Planning.

5. Shri. Neiketouzo, P.S to Chief Minister, Govt. of Nagaland.

6. Shri. L. Youdang Jamir, Addl. Director, ATI Kohima.

7. Shri. Alo Kezo, Pastor Christian Revival Church Rakabozou Kohima.

8. Miss Sevo & friends for enthralling the gathering by their beautiful voice.

9. Shri. Willy Belho, Cameramen, Kohima, Nagaland We the ANSGEA once again, express our heap of thanks to all and sundry who have made our programme a grand success and further we pray to Almighty God to bless you all opulently.

Sd/Sd/( Y. Shahkam Chempang ) ( Khrieketou Yano ) President ANSGEA Joint Secretary ANSGEA.

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Rain washes out first India-WI ODI

India’s cricket players and umpires inspect the pitch after a rain stop during their first ODI match in Providence, Guyana on Thursday. (AP/PTI)

Providence, Aug 9 (PTI): Rain played spoilsport as the first One-Day International between India and the West Indies was called off after the home side scored 54 for one in 13 overs here.

The stop-start match, which was reduced to 34over-a-side, was abandoned after a second rain interruption. After waiting for more than an hour and a half, the umpires were forced to call off the match on Thursday.

Opener Evin Lewis and Shai Hope were batting on 40 and 6 respectively when the match was called off after Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss

and asked the West Indies to bat.

The other opener Chris Gayle was out in the 11th over after scoring 4 off 31 deliveries in an agonisingly slow knock. He had come into the match 12 runs short of Brian Lara’s 10,405 ODI runs, the most by a West Indies batsman.

The match was already reduced to 43-over-a side contest even before a ball was bowled as wet outfield due to rains had forced the toss to be delayed. The match began two hours later from its scheduled start.

West Indies made a quiet start with Bhubaneswar Kumar and Moham-

med Shami exploiting the conditions well to tie down Gayle and Lewis before the first rain interruption.

India did not take the DRS when Lewis looked plumbed in front of wicket in the fourth over off Shami’s bowling. Replays showed the ball would have gone on to hit the leg stump but India did not opt for a review. Lewis was on 1 then.

The home side had scored 9 for no loss in 5.4 overs at the first rain break.

The match was about to be resumed 30 minutes later but wet area near the bowlers’ run-up led to another delay of more than half an hour.

1st pole fishing competition on Aug 15

Dimapur, Aug 9 (NPN): The 1st Pole Fishing Competition 2019, organised by Chishi's Pond Management, will be held on August 15 at Chishi's Pond, Model Colony, Purana Bazaar, Dimapur.

The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of Rs. 30,000 while the first and second runners up will receive Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively. Participant with the biggest catch of the day will

be rewarded Rs. 5,000. Anglers finishing on 4th to 35th spots will be awarded angling rods, reels and other angling accessories.

The event will accommodate a maximum of 100 anglers only.

Registration fee per angler is Rs. 1500 and the organiser will provide free breakfast and lunch for the participants. For further details, interested anglers can contact Vipi Enterprise at 8974203031.

The Indian fielders and the two West Indies batsmen -- Gayle and Lewis -- came out to the ground but Kohli was seen having a discussion with the umpires.

Play did not start immediately as the umpires reckoned the ground staff need more time to get it ready. Kohli and some other Indian players were seen shaking their legs for a while, moving to the tunes of the DJ at the venue.

T h e p l aye r s l a t e r walked off the field and the ground staff were seen spraying a lot of sawdust on the wet areas.

The umpires made another inspection and after more than an hour’s interruption, the match resumed for a 34-over-a-side affair.

G ay l e a n d L e w i s picked up steam after the long interruption. Lewis hit Khaleel Ahmed for 15 runs with a six and two fours in the eighth over but the introduction of wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav put some brakes on West Indian batsmen.

Kuldeep gave India the breakthrough as he dismissed dangerman Gayle who dragged the ball onto his stumps. Hope came in two overs later, but rains also came back to force the players to the dressing room once again.

The second one-dayer will be played in Port of Spain on Sunday.

India had earlier won the T20 series 3-0.

2nd Summer A’chik Football tourney held

D i m ap u r , A u g 9 (NPN): The 2nd Summer A’chik Football Tournament, organised by A’chik Immanuel Football Club (AIFC) Eralibill, was held at Ekranipathar village public ground from July 29 to August 3. In the final match, AIFC defeated A’chik Football Club by a margin of 4-3 goals to win the tournament.

Ricky D Sangma (AIFC Eralibill) was the highest scorer of the tournament while Jhon G Momin (AFC Ekranipathar) was named the best goal keeper. Altogether, 10 teams participated in the tournament. Jiten Gogoi, convenor, DNBUC graced the opening ceremony as the chief guest while Herctor Sangma, principal, Candidates of probation referee exam with members of Dimapur District Football LDHSSD was the guest of Referee Association (DDFRA). The referee association conducted the probation honour. The closing cerereferee exam on August 7 and 8 at DDSC Stadium, Dimapur. Altogether, 17 candidates mony was graced by Samuel appeared in the exam.

Marak as chief guest.

Sri Lanka recall Chandimal for New Zealand test

C o l o m b o, Au g 9 (IANS): Sri Lanka recalled former captains Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews on Friday for the first test against New Zealand which starts in Galle on Aug. 14.

Chandimal was dropped from the team for their tour of South Africa earlier this year due to poor form and did not make the squad for the World Cup either. Mathews, who missed the South Africa tour due to a hamstring injury but played in the World Cup, returns to the test side after an impressive performance in Sri Lanka’s recent 3-0 one-day international series win over Bangladesh.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella, who also missed the World Cup, is another notable addition to the 15-man squad, which includes spinners Lasith Embuldeniya, Lakshan Sandakan and Akila Dananjaya.

Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara and Vishwa Fernando are the three quicks in the line-up, with all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva offering another spin option. Sri Lanka will be coached by former fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake during the series, after his appointment on an interim basis on Wednesday. Sri Lanka Cricket has so far refused to clarify whether head coach Chandika Hathurusingha has been sacked.

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a 7-5 6-4 win over Russian qualifier Ekaterina Alexandrova.

Japanese second seed Osaka then closed out the day’s action with a 7-6(4) 6-4 win over Polish qualifier Iga Swiatek.

“I’ve been actually looking forward to playing her for a while,” Williams said of the Osaka matchup.

Williams, who is eager to get more hard-court matches under her belt before seeking a record-tying 24th career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open, came back from an early double-break down, helped in part by eight double-faults by Alexandrova in the first set.

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seed, in her first career meeting with Alexandrova, went down a break again and trailed 3-1 in the second but her serve suddenly started to click as she stormed back to 3-3 and from there raced home.

“She played really well. She didn’t really give me any rhythm,” Williams said. “I wasn’t sure what would come, if it was going to be hard or soft or a winner or what so it was definitely a challenge for me.”

Osaka also had her hands full and needed to save a pair of set points before grabbing the opener against Swiatek.

The Japanese made a quick start to the second set

and seemed in control until Swiatek made a comeback, the 18-year-old winning over the crowd with her versatile play as the match wore on.

Osaka, 21, said she was excited about the chance to play Williams, someone she grew up watching and has beaten in their two previous meetings.

“Whenever I get the opportunity to play her it’s something that I feel is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” said Osaka.

“It feels more like I am showcasing my skills to her like ‘look what I can do.’

So I will go into the match with that mentality.”

Defending champion Simona Halep, in her first

BCCI finally comes under National Anti-Doping Agency New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI): Ending years of defiance, Indian cricket’s governing body, the BCCI, on Friday agreed to come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), becoming a National Sports Federation in the process despite being financially autonomous.

Sports Secretary Radheshyam Jhulaniya, who along with NADA DG Navin Agarwal met BCCI CEO Rahul Johri along with the Board’s GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim here on Friday, said that the Board has given in writing that it would adhere to the anti-doping policy of NADA. “All cricketers will now be tested by NADA,” Jhulaniya said.

The implication of this development is expected to be massive as BCCI now becomes a designated NSF and will face a more pressure to come under the Right To Information (RTI) Act as per government norms.

“The BCCI raised three issues before us about the quality of the

dope testing kits, competence of pathologists and sample collection. We assured them that whatever facilities they want, we will provide but there will be some charge for it. But that higher facility will be equal for all NSFs. BCCI

is no different from others.

They have to follow the law of the land,” Jhulaniya said.

“The BCCI will agree to the law of the land,” said Johri, adding, “We have raised quite a few issues which the sports Secretary said will be addressed by them. We have agreed to bear the differential cost of high quality testing.”

The BCCI had been vehemently opposed to signing up with NADA, claiming that it is an autonomous body, not a National Sports Federation and does not rely on government funding.

The primar y concern was the contentious

‘Whereabouts Clause’ with regards to Out of Competition Testing, something that all star India players have been wary of as they considered it an invasion of their privacy.

The ‘Whereabouts Clause’ requires every athlete to fill up a declaration form wherein h e / s h e would have to mention three specific dates in a year when they are not competing but are ava i l a b l e for NADA’s Dope Control Officer (DCO) for sample collection.

If any athlete fails to appear on all the specified dates, it invites sanctions for breach of the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) Code. The premier example of this is West Indies’ all-rounder Andre Russell who was banned for one year by the Jamaican Anti-Doping Agency. Till date, Sweden-based International Dope Testing Management (IDTM) has been collecting the samples and submitting them to the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL).

“IDTM IS no longer the authorised agency,” Jhulaniya asserted.

Sane could be out for 7 months, says Guardiola Lo n d o n, Au g 9 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : M a n chester City manager Pep Guardiola has said Leroy Sane’s knee injury is set to rule him out for “six or seven months.”

The Germany winger suffered the injury during the Community Shield victory over Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday and will undergo surgery in Barcelona next week.

Guardiola said he expects to be without the 23year-old until after Christmas. Sane had been linked with a summer move to Bayern Munich throughout the transfer window, which closed for Premier League clubs on Thursday.

“Normally this kind of injury is six or seven months,” Guardiola told a news conference on Friday ahead of his side’s Premier League opener against

Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka advance in Toronto

T ORON T O, Au g 9 (Agencies): Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka advanced to the Rogers Cup quarter-finals on Thursday to set up their first meeting since the American’s infamous row with an umpire overshadowed last year’s U.S. Open final.

Osaka won her first career Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows but the title match will be remembered for Williams’ feud with Carlos Ramos, who warned her for a coaching violation before deducting a point and then a game for her behaviour.

Williams, a threetimes Rogers Cup champion, overcame a sluggish start on Thursday to earn

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event since winning last month’s Wimbledon, needed 67 minutes to secure a 6-2 6-1 win over Russian wildcard Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Halep took a medical timeout in her previous match to have her left Achilles tended to and she said she still felt pain in the area against Kuznetsova but that it was feeling much better.

“The fact that I’m back in the quarter-finals here means a lot to me,” said Halep. “It feels like I’m getting back the rhythm which I had in Wimbledon.”

Up next for Halep will be in-form Czech qualifier Marie Bouzkova, who breezed by former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 6-2 and has yet to drop a set.

Earlier, Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova beat Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-3 7-5 to set up a last eight meeting with Canadian Bianca Andreescu, who upset Dutch fifth seed Kiki Bertens 6-1 6-7(7) 6-4.

Also securing passage to the last eight were American Sofia Kenin and 2017 champion Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.

Leroy Sane

West Ham. “Hopefully in February or March he can be back with us. I didn’t think about him leaving. Always I said he’s our player and he didn’t tell me he wanted to leave, always I thought he was ours.”

“It’s bad news and in three seasons we’ve had three ACL [injuries]. He’s young and he will recover well hopefully. All the people will help him, he will feel alone and we help him

Prosecutors to drop rape charges against Neymar Sao Paulo, Aug 9 (Agencies): Brazilian prosecutors are dropping a rape case against soccer star Neymar, they said on Thursday, likely bringing an end to the most serious of charges against the Paris St Germain striker.

The former Brazil captain was accused of raping a model in a Paris hotel room but he alleged the encounter was consensual and prosecutors could not find evidence to contradict that.

“There was an amorous relationship,” one of the prosecutors, Estefania Paulin, told reporters in Sao Paulo. “What was not proven is that there was violence in the sexual act.”

A judge must now sign off on the decision that had been recommended by police who investigated the accusations.

T h e c a s e r e c e ive d worldwide attention in May when a model accused the former Barcelona and Santos striker of raping her in a hotel room after the two met on social media. Neymar denied the accusations and released private chats and lurid photos they had exchanged.

to feel as comfortable as possible.”

City kick off their campaign with a trip to West Ham on Saturday a week after lifting the Community Shield with a penalty shoot-out victory over Liverpool.

Riyad Mahrez missed the game at Wembley because of fears he could fail a doping test after taking an unknown sinus medication while playing for Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations, but will return to the squad at the London Stadium.

Aymeric Laporte is also fit after recovering from a knock picked up in training.

“Last season West Ham finished well,” Guardiola said. “Manuel [Pellegrini] has quality in identifying the way he plays.

In the start it was not easy [for him], they lost the first

three or four games but he’s a calm person and the board supported him.”

“He made good results at the end of the season -- [against] Tottenham, Watford. The quality in his teams and the quality of the players up front, they’ve got many good players.

It’s the first game. Playing away is tricky but we are ready.”

Guardiola also confirmed that David Silva will replace Vincent Kompany as club captain after a vote among players this week.

Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero will act as vice-captains to Silva, who is entering his final season in Manchester after joining the club from Valencia in 2010.

“He has to be himself, David has to be himself and make decisions for the team,” Guardiola said. “He will be a good captain.”

FELICITATION

The Kuhuboto Area Sport Association extends hearty congratulations to Mr. Mughato Aye, Football Coach of Khughovi Village under Kuhuboto Area for being elected as President of Dimapur District Football Association.

The association wishes him success in his endeavour and to uplift the younger generation in the field of sports.

Xusheto Zhimomi Gen. Secretary, KGSA

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Chen Area Union Tizit would like to thank and give gratitude to all the churches Mon District, ADC Tizit, SDPO Tizit, Assam Rifle Tizit, Village Council of Tizit Area, all the NGOs of Tizit, various Associations, all the individuals and well wishers who stood positively with us and rendered their valuable time and support through physically, financially and spiritually at the demise of Late Shri. Phowang Konyak at Tizit who was drowned at Tizit River on 31st July 2019.

Lastly we deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually but it is our earnest prayer and hope that our good deeds and helping hand will be rewarded by our Almighty God abundantly.

Chen Area Union Tizit.

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APPRECIATION

The Sumi Council, Dimapur would like to express its appreciation to Shri Mughato Aye, Football Coach, State Boys Sports Academy, Dimapur for being appointed as the President of the Dimapur District Football Association.

Shri Mughato Aye was a renowned player and is an established coach nurturing the young football talents of the state. Under him the state junior teams have achieved success on many occasions.

With his appointment as the DDFA president, the Sumi Council Dimapur is optimistic that the game of football will benefit immensely.

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Nadal cruises into Rogers Cup qtrs MONTREAL, Aug 9 (Agencies): Defending champion Rafael Nadal maintained his momentum in Canada and cruised to a 6-3 6-4 win over Argentinean Guido Pella to advance to the Rogers Cup quarterfinals on Thursday.

Nadal, who won this event for the fourth time last year, battled through the wind and broke Pella’s service four times in the triumph. Playing in his first action since losing to Roger Federer at Wimbledon last month, the 33-year-old Spaniard enjoyed an easier outing than his opening match against England’s Daniel Evans on Wednesday when he rallied from a tiebreak deficit.

Nadal will now face seventh seed Fabio Fognini after the Italian beat France’s Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 7-5.

“He’s playing great,” Nadal said of Fognini after pulling ahead of Federer with his 379th ATP Masters 1000 win.

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“I saw him a little bit yesterday. He played a great match. He’s having a great season, one of the best of his career, if not the best.

We are in quarterfinals of a Masters 1000. All opponents are tough. For me, tomorrow is an opportunity to go on court against one of the best players, try to play a good match. So let’s see if I am able to.”

In earlier action, Austrian second seed Dominic Thiem beat Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6(7) 6-4 to reach the

Rogers Cup quarter-finals.

Thiem, who before this week had never won a match in five attempts in Canada, had his hands full against 14th-seeded Cilic but did well to save all nine break points he faced while relying on a steady stream of groundstroke winners.

The Austrian, who arrived in Montreal fresh off a claycourt title in Kitzbuhel where he was the top seed, said his triumph on home soil helped ease the transition to hardcourt tennis.

“The last three, four years I didn’t play worse than this year, but I just came with low confidence and I came little bit sad to Canada because I didn’t play good in my own home tournament,” said Thiem.

“This year everything is different. I won this title at home. I made one of my biggest dreams come true.

Of course, I’m so confident coming here. That’s the difference. That’s also made the transition pretty easy.”

Up next for Thiem will be Russian eighth seed Daniil Medvedev, a 6-3 6-3 winner over Chile’s Cristian Garin.

In other action, sixthseeded Russian Karen Khachanov rallied to beat 19-year-old Canadian birthday boy Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7(7) 7-5 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals.

Third seed Alexander Zverev of Germany will face Khachanov in the quarters after a 7-5 5-7 7-6(5) win over Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili.

McCullum set to become KKR assistant coach

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SAI to conduct selection trial

Dimapur, Aug 9 (NPN): Sports Authority of India, Sports Training Centre, Dimapur will be conducting a selection trial to fill up vacant seat in the discipline New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI): of boxing and sepaktakraw. The selection Former New Zealand captain trial will be held at SAI ground, Half Brendon McCullum is returning to Kolkata Knight Riders but this time in a coaching role after being signed by the IPL side as assistant coach, a media report has claimed.

McCullum, who retired from all forms of competitive cricket recently, will also take over as the head coach of the Caribbean Premier League side Trinbago Knight Riders.

Interestingly, he will replace Simon Katich in both the sides. With KKR he will be associated as assistant coach and at Trinbago Knight Riders he will replace the Australian as head coach.

The former Black Caps skipper has played 101 Test matches for New Zealand and scored 6453 runs with a high score of 302. He featured in 260 ODIs and amassed 6083 runs with a strike rate of 96.37. KKR had announced that they were parting ways with Jacques Kallis, their head coach, and Katich.

Nagarjan, Dimapur on August 23 at 6:30 am. Players born on or after 01-01-2006 are eligible. Therefore, players have been asked to report with age proof certificate, Adhaar Card, school reading certificate and 4 colour passport photos.

Dimapur to have Astro turf pitch soon Correspondent KOHIMA, AUG 9 (NPN): Astro turf pitch will be soon laid at Police Complex, Chumukedima, Dimapur, said Er. Zale Neikha, advisor, Youth Resources and Sports on Friday.

He said that PDA government, under the leadership of Neiphiu Rio was keen to install astro turf ground in Dimapur to help the sportspersons and equip the state with more standard football ground. The advisor said that the chief minister and along with him have inspected the site for approval and necessary

A football match in progress during the Kohima District Inter School Football Tournament at IG Stadium, Kohima. The astro turf pitch was inaugurated on January 28. (File)

preparations of Detailed Project Report was going on. After the DPR is completed, the department will push forward for sanctioned of funds, said Neikha.

When queried if

DDSC Stadium in Dimapur would get an astro turf pitch, Neikha said that since DDSC Stadium is a multipurpose ground, astro turf won’t be laid.

Neikha also informed

that during his meeting with Kiren Rijiju, Union minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, he reminded the Union minister of setting up astro turf ground in all district headquarters of the state. He also told the minister that it would be the first priority by the department to send the proposal to the ministry for sanctioning of funds for laying astro turf pitch in all the district headquarters. He was hopeful that Union minister will do his best to help the northeastern states with better infrastructure in sports.

Regarding the complaints about Kohima local

ground being locked, the advisor said he will meet with the concerned authority and do what is best for the sportspersons.

On Baichung Bhutia Football Academy, he said after tying up with the academy, the boys were supposed to be trained at the academy.

However, the department has not received any information from the academy, said Neikha while assuring to look into the matter. It may be mentioned here that Nagaland’s first astro turf football ground was inaugurated by chief minister Neiphiu Rio at I.G Stadium, Kohima on January 28.

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