August 19, 2018

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Kerala flood situation worsens, death JCPI wants entire state under BEFR Act toll reaches 357; 11 dists still on alert

DIMAPUR, AUG 18 (NPN): A recently formed body under the aegis of Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) and styled as Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) and representing Civil Society Organizations, tribal Hohos, NGOs, and pressure groups of Nagaland, has expressed apprehension about the consequences of ongoing NRC exercise in Assam where 40 lakh people had their names deleted from the NRC. JCPI through its convenor K.Ghokheto Chopy, Co-Convenor Joel Naga and secretary Tiatemsu Longchar, pointed out that out of the 40 lakh a substantial number could eventually be declared nonIndian citizens after the ongoing exercise by the end of the current year.

JCPI expressed deep concer n if those who failed to get their names in the NRC Assam, decide to seek citizenship from neighbouring states including Nagaland by taking advantage of loopholes.

JCPI said Naga civil society groups and NGOs have been observing the

Assam: Indefinite stir by petroleum workers from Aug 27 GUWAHATI, AUG 18 (AGENCIES): Assam Petroleum Mazdoor Union (APMU) will go a Statewide indefinite strike from August 27 over an alleged illegal syndicate that has surfaced in the Digboi marketing terminal.

According to INSIDENE report, APMU general secretary Ramen Das said the union decided to carry out this strike as it felt that the State government was ignoring the matter. He alleged that some people were illegally collecting money from oil tankers, which load oil from the Digboi terminal. These gangsters collect lakhs of rupees from these tankers every month, he added.

Das said the APMU had even informed the district administration about the matter, but alleged that no action had been initiated so far and hence the decision to go on an indefinite strike till the issue was resolved.

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complacent attitude of the government in dealing with such matters such as (1) preventive mechanism on entry of illegal migrants and (2) identification of illegal settlers already in Nagaland.

In favour of the spontaneous response by public organisations at the meeting convened by Nagaland Tribes Council at Tourist Lodge Dimapur on August 8, 2018 and then by JPCI at De-Oriental Hotel Dimapur on August 14, 2018 it was unanimously resolved to submit a representation to the state government in order to reflect the “voice and sentiments of the stakeholders” related with the fundamental issue over influx of illegal immigrants.

JPCI has urged upon the state government to create a separate cell or a separate department under home department to competently deal with strict enforcement of BEFR Act of 1873 and Foreigners Act 1946 on a daily basis.

In order to achieve this, JPCI urged upon the government to boost morale of the enforcers through proper training

and reorientation with legal strategy.

JPCI has urged upon the government to extend BEFR 1873 to the entire state and especially Dimapur district. It said so long as Dimapur was out of the purview of Inner Line Permit (ILP), it will continue to remain as feeder district of illegal immigrants to interior areas.

The state government was urged to strengthen implementation of prevailing ILP and immediately issue operational guidelines to the enforcers such as disabling ILP holders residing in ILP zone from renewing permit after expiry without first going/moving out of the ILP zone.

JCPI has insisted that ILP should differentiate between tourist, transit passenger and manual or skilled labour. The ILP should also be for limited period and those ILP holders should be allowed to do business in the state.

JCPI said Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh are empowered by the BEFR Act to issue guidelines on entry or non indigenous people.

JCPI highlighted how

Former UN chief Kofi Annan passes away

Late Kofi Annan

G E N E VA , A U G 1 8 (AGENCIES): Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died.

He was 80.

An official statement from The Kofi Annan Foundation was shared on Mr. Annan’s Twitter handle: “It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation

announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th August.”

Annan played a central role in the creation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He launched the Global Compact initiative, the world’s largest effort to promote corporate social responsibility, in 1999.

“His wife Nane and their children Ama, Kojo and Nina were by his side during his last days,” said the statement on Mr. Annan’s Twitter handle.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the death of former UN Secretary General and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan and called him a conscience keeper of international peace and security.

Mizoram enforces ILP. It said Mizoram has two sets of guidelines- Temporary ILP: where tourists, visitors, labourers and business representatives are issued only 15-day entry permit while for Regular ILP, the visitor is allowed six months of stay. JCPI said Regular ILP can only be issued if there is a local guarantor but that the permit cannot be renewed beyond two times.

JCPI also urged upon the state government to issue notification for Village Councils and Urban Wards/Colonies to assist state agencies to enforce BEFR Act particularly in the border and vulnerable areas and to maintain 24x7 strict vigil.

It also suggested that state authorities issue notifications directing village authorities and GBs/ licensing authorities such as RTAs and Municipal / Town Councils not to issue residential certificates/ permanent resident certificate/driving license/trade license to anyone without establishing the antecedents of the applicants.

In order to formulate cohesive and collective

measures for prevention of inter-State influx of illegal immigrants, the JCPI urged the state government to tie up with neighbour states.

It also impressed upon the state government to establish Foreigner Tribunals under the Foreigners (Tribunals) Orders, 1964 and Foreigners Act, 1946, without which, the coverage and the legal system for effective enforcement of the laws would always be found wanting.

DDGBA backs JCPI

Dimapur District GB Association (DDGBA) has resolved to extend its “full support” to Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) during a joint meeting with eight administrative units and Lotha and Ao GB unions on August 18, 2018 at its office.

In a press release, DDBGA president, Tokuho Sohoi Neho, and general secretary, T Kenneth Tsopoe, said the meeting also resolved to advise respective GBs of village or town not to issue PRC/TRC without proper verification of docu(Cont’d on p-7) ments.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG 18 (IANS): Death toll due to rains and floods in Kerala has gone up to 357 this monsoon season, as 22 more deaths were reported on Saturday and red alert continued in 11 districts following prediction of more rains.

Meanwhile, India Meteorological Department forecast on Saturday afternoon that widespread rains, with heavy rains at isolated places, is likely to continue over Kerala following low pressure area very likely to develop over northwest Bay of Bengal and the neighbourhood during the next 24 hours.

Barring Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kasargode, the remaining 11 districts of Kerala continued to be on red alert following prediction of more rains.

The worst affected places include Aluva, Chalakudy, Chengannur, Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta, where massive rescue operations were on as scores of persons were rescued.

Media houses continued to be flooded with requests from friends and

Indian navy and rescue personnel evacuating local residents.

relatives of those stranded in affected areas.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan held a review meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kochi. In a memorandum submitted to the Centre, Vijayan said that the death toll in rain-related incidents since May 29 had climbed to 357. Over 3.53 lakh affected persons had been lodged in over 2,000 relief camps, he said.

Modi sanctioned Rs 500 crore to the flood-battered state, apart from Rs 100 crore announced earlier by the Centre on August 12, before returning to Delhi after an aerial survey of the affected areas.

Vijayan told the media

Imran Khan sworn-in as Pakistan PM Nagaland donates Rs.

ISLAMABAD, AUG 18 (IANS): Cricketer-turnedpolitician Imran Khan was sworn-in on Saturday as Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister, three weeks after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the highest number of seats in the July 25 general election.

Khan, who outvoted opposition and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Shahbaz Sharif in the Prime Minister’s election on Friday, was administered his oath by President Mamnoon Hussain at the Aiwan-e-Sadr (President House) here, reports Dawn news.

After taking his oath, Khan and his wife, Bushra Imran, greeted various guests. Khan then proceeded to the Prime Minister’s Office, where he was presented a Guard of Honour.

The oath-taking ceremony commenced at 10.10 a.m., with the national an-

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Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain (C) administers oath to newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) Saturday. (AP/PTI)

them followed by recitation of verses from the Holy Quran. High-profile guests including outgpomg caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan and Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi were in attendence.

Other notable guests present include former Indian cricketer-turned-poli-

tician Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer-turned-commentator Rameez Raja, legendary paceman Wasim Akram, newly-elected Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, singers Salman Ahmed and Abrarul Haq, actor Javaid Sheikh, former National Assembly speaker Fehmida Mirza and senior PTI leaders.

On Friday, the National Assembly (NA) elected Khan as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

D I M A P U R , AU G 1 8 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio, on behalf of the state government, Saturday announced a relief of Rs. 1 crore for flood hit Kerala, a DIPR report stated.

The chief minister further appealed to the people of Nagaland, NGOs, civil societies, Churches etc. to extend their assistance by contributing towards the relief fund and to pray for the people of Kerala, who have been hit by one of the worst natural calamities i the history of the state.

The rains have not only brought floods but also triggered landslides in the state, bringing Kerala to an abrupt halt, DIPR stated.

All means of transportation have been affected by the torrential rains and people are experiencing extreme hardship besides

Smartphone screens dirtier than toilet seat: study KSCSU on encroachment issue LO N D O N, AU G 1 8 (IANS): If you think toilet seats are the dirtiest ones swarming with germs, look at your smartphone. A research has revealed that smartphone screens have three times more germs than a toilet seat.

More than a third of people (35 per cent) have never cleaned their smartphones with wipes, a cleaning fluid or a similar product, according to the study done

by Insurance2Go, a gadget insurance provider based in Portsmouth, England.

“The average smartphone screen has been found to be more than three times dirtier than a toilet seat,” sky.com reported on Saturday, citing the findings.

One in 20 smartphone users was found to clean their phones less than every six months, said the study.

For the study, researchers swabbed three smartphones -- an iPhone 6, a

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The findings showed that all areas of the phones “harbour at least some quantity of each type of substance”.

The screens were the filthiest part of the smartphones, filled with germs which may lead to skin problems and other health issues.

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here that the situation is “very serious and grave”.

“The death toll would have been higher, but for the work we did. Things are under control,” said Vijayan, whose government was flayed by Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala for failing to take up rescue and relief work effectively.

M e a n w h i l e, a n ge r mounted across Kerala as coordination of rescue work went haywire due to the magnitude of calamity.

Kerala is facing the heaviest rains and consequent widespread floods and destruction since 1924, which the state estimates has caused a loss of over Rs 19,500 crore.

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handsets had a combined total of 254.9 colony-forming units per cm2. This means there was an average of 84.9 units on each screen.

“In contrast, a toilet and flush was found to have just 24 units, while an office keyboard and mouse was found to have just five,” the report said.

The back of the smartphones had an average of 30 units, the lock button had an average of 23.8 units, and the home button had an

average of 10.6 units.

More than a third of the respondents admitted having not cleaned their phones for long.

“Our phones are never far from our sides; we take them everywhere with us.

Therefore, it’s inevitable that they’ll pick up a few germs along the way,” Gary Beeston, sales and marketing manager at Insurance2go, was quoted as saying.

A fifth of British adults now spend more time online each week than the average time spent at work, said a recent study from the UK’s communication regulator Ofcom.

Two in five adults (40 per cent) first look at their phone within five minutes of waking up, rising to 65 per cent of those aged under 35, while 37 per cent of adults check their phones five minutes before lights out, again rising to 60 per cent of under-35s.

D I M A P U R , AU G 1 8 (NPN): Drawing attention to the issue over land encroachment in Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, the Kohima Science College Students Union (KSCSU) issued a statement to highlight the actual issue in order to avoid any misunderstanding and in the greater interest of the public.

In a press note, KSCSU general secretary Vibeizotuo Tetso acknowledged that, since four decades ago, the Jotsoma Village Council (JVC) had initiated the move against illegal occupation and allotment of college land to various parties. Similarly, Tetso said that the union had urged ANCSU to take up the issue since 1990’s.

In this regard, Tetso said ANCSU had officially tabled the land encroachment issue during its 2013 General Assembly, and endorsed time and again in subsequent Assembly sittings. Therefore, Tetso said

the present movement had gathered momentum and had reached the public domain.

While acknowledging all concerned individuals and citizens for tirelessly working for the welfare of the student community, Tetso said there had been some doubts due to lack of communications.

KSCSU hoped that the issue would be resolved through the process of peaceful dialogue mechanism.

Tetso said KSCSU firmly believe in the constitutional values and the rule of law, and therefore urge all the parties concerned to amicably resolve the issue in an inclusive manner and at the earliest possible time in the greater interest of the student community.

The union further urged the government to expedite the process to solve the issue in order to fulfill the vision of the college as envisioned by the founding fathers and land donors.

many losing their lives.

Gov donates Rs. 2 lakh

Nagaland Governor, PB Acharya, has donated Rs. 2 lakh towards the Kerala Chief Minister’s Relief Fund in aid of the people affected by unprecedented flood in Kerala.

According to a Raj Bhavan statement, Governor Acharya has also appealed to the people of Nagaland, organisation and NGOs to donate generously to support and help people in Kerala who have been badly affected due to the recent flood. The donation towards the Kerala chief minister’s relief fund can be made directly into Account number 37319948232, Bank- State Bank of India, Branch- City Branch Thiruvananthapuram, IFS CodeSBIN0070028, and Name of Donee: CMDRF.

IMD issues weather alert for NE states

D I M A P U R , AU G 1 8 (NPN): Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a weather alert, predicting heavy to very heavy rain in Nagaland and other parts of the North East in the coming days.

According to the IMD alert, heavy to very heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places over Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on August 19,2018.

While heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places over Assam and Meghalaya on August 19, 20 & 22; over Nagaland on August 19 and 22 and over Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on August 22.

Meanwhile, a fresh red alert was sounded in 11 of the 14 districts in Kerala as the India Meteorological Department has warned of “heavy to heavy rainfalls” in the next 24 hours.

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KVK farmers training in Noklak

Participant farmers with the resource persons on August 17.

DIMAPUR: A one-day training program under the division of Plant Protection and Soil Conservation (PPSC) was conducted on August 17 by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Tuensang for farmers of Noklak.

A press release from KVK Tuensang stated that resource person SMS (Plant Protection), Eliseni Tsopoe, spoke on the general management of insectpests and diseases in winter vegetables and highlighted

the organic approaches for pest and disease management. During the training, a film on demonstration of insect trap probe, which is the latest technology invented by TNAU for dealing with storage pests in

grains, was also shown.

ACTO (Soil Conservation) KVK Tuensang, Imtilemla highlighted to the farmers the importance of soil and water conservation and nutrient management.

She trained the farmers on dual cropping of Azolla with TRC paddy for soil nutrient management and for getting assured increase in yield. As part of the training program, the KVK distributed azolla culture to the participants.

The farmers also assured the resource persons that they would adopt the trained practices. The program was chaired by president of Thang Noklak Range Public Organization & Farmers Organization, L. Hangthing.

Altogether 47 beneficiaries including 16 females from Noklak town, Nokyan, Nokyan B, Kusong and Noklak village attended the training program.

Naga Hoho mourns Vajpayee’s demise

DIMAPUR: Naga Hoho (NH) has expressed profound sadness over the demise of former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, after a prolonged illness.

In a condolence message, NH president P. Chuba Ozukum described late Vajpayee as an ardent politician, a poet and a real orator with whom India, irrespective of political affiliation, fell in love. He was a political icon and a transformer of Indian society taking it to greater heights, NH stated.

He said the Nagas had lost a man who felt deeply for the Naga cause, and the first Prime Minster who acknowledged the unique history and situation of the Nagas in 2002.

During his term as the Prime Minster, NH said Nagas had the great hope of resolving the Indo-Naga problem, but unfortunately his stint as the PM ended before the Naga problem could be resolved.

Dimapur Police crime reports

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Police, on August 17, rescued one female and arrested the accused, one Bijoy Deka, from Purana Bazar Dimapur. Later both the victim and the accused were handed over to Borpathar Police.

According to additional deputy commissioner of Police/PRO Dimapur, again on August 18 at around 2:15 pm, one person, namely Niuto Awomi, v/o Kiyevi PS Chumukedima Dimapur was arrested by the public while he was trying to steal money from the ATM booth located at 4th Mile Near Agri Expo. In this connection, one crow bar used for opening the ATM cash vault was seized and a case has been registered at Diphupar PS and investigations are on.

On August 13, Dimapur police arrested two persons namely, Nitoho Kinimi, v/o Kuhoxu Ps/Po Niuland, P/A Half Nagarjan and Tokato Jimumi v/o Roni Ps/ Po Bhandari, P/Add Signal Bazaar for extorting money from business communities. 32 nos of vehicles tax information slip, one note pad, one visiting card NNC-Non Accord and Rs. 750 cash were seized from their possesAs per the order issued by the Principal District & Session Judge Mokokchung, sion. Accordingly a case has been registered at East PS the destruction committee destroyed around 70 cases of seized liquor in the court Dimapur and investigations are on. premises on August 18 morning. The liquor was destroyed in the presence of destruction committee members. (NP)

NLBC celebrates 20th Fresher’s Day DIMAPUR: New Life Bible College (NLBC) celebrated its 20th Fresher’s Day on August 17, with DDADU vice president Tito Yepthomi, as the chief guest where he briefly shared about his initial struggles and how his persistent faith in the Lord enabled him to attain success. He encouraged the

students to work hard and firmly stand in Christ.

NLBC director, Rev Dr. Xashepu Wotsa, in his vote of thanks appreciated the chief guest for his valuable insight and further expressed the belief that through humble people like the chief guest, the Lord's ministry would grow fruitfully.

MCD visits Prodigal’s Home

President and members of Dimapur Chamber Of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) visited Sharon Home of Hope at Burma Camp and distributed rice, pulses, apple DIMAPUR: As advised by the Deputy Commissioner and various other food items to the students there on August 15.

CRPF battalion cleanliness drive

of Dimapur, members of Muslim Council Dimapur visited Prodigal's Home at Fellowship colony, Dimapur on August 15 and distributed sweets, snacks and juices to children of the home. This was stated in a press release from MCD, secretary social services, Kalimur Rahman.

Medical camp held at Longleng & Tamlu

CRPF personnel working with spades and hoes during the cleanliness drive on August 16.

DIMAPUR: CRPF 173 Bn carried out a cleanliness drive at Agri Expo, Dimapur as part of Swachh Bharat on August 16.

A press release from 173 Bn CRPF stated that more than 70 personnel and officers of the Battalion along with staff

of Agri Expo carried out the cleanliness drive.

Commandant Joseph Keishing spoke about the importance of cleanliness adding that that the cleanliness drive would continue in other vital areas also.

Rostrum inaugurated in Mangkolemba

DIMAPUR: A rostrum at public ground, Mangkolemba town was inaugurated by Razouvolie Dozo, ADC of Mangkolemba on August 13.

A press release from MALT president, I. Tia Jamir and general secretary, Sentimeren Imchen stated that the construction of the rostrum was the initiative of Dozo, ADC with the cooperation and assistance from every governmental department, NGOs and indiK

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viduals. The Mangkolemba Town Council (caretaker) was entrusted the responsibility of constructing the rostrum, which was completed in two and half months.

Furthermore, a major renovation of the GA Rest House, Mangkolemba was also initiated by Dozo, ADC. A prayer program was organized to mark the opening of the refurbished rest house for government officials and the public, which was conducted

by Dr. Akok Amer, pastor

of Mangkolemba Baptist Church.

The short inaugural program was attended by members of Mangkolemba Town Council (Caretaker), ward chairmen and Gaonburas, Dobashis, church workers and NGOs. The program was chaired by Medemwapang, and short speeches were delivered by Jongpongtiba, Hokiyong ward chairman, Sashikaba, GB and I. Tia Jamir, MALT president.

DIMAPUR: In connection with the Independence Day celebrations 2018, a one day free medical camp exclusively for women and girl children was organized by the District Task Force, Beti Bachao Bati Padhao (BBBP) Longleng on August 15 at Mt. Carmel School Longleng and at local ground Tamlu for Tamlu sub-division.

According to a DIPR report, Minister for Health & Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Jacob Zhimomi inaugurated the medical camp at Longleng. He also inspected the camp and interacted with the doctors, nurses and other health works during his visit.

The medical camps were conducted under the supervision of the district administration of Longleng led by deputy commissioner & chairman DTF, John Tsulise Sangtam.

All together 998 patients were registered in

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Longleng and free medical facilities were provided.

Ultra sound was taken for 30 pregnant women, one diagnosed with twin pregnancy, three breech presentations, and one low lying placenta while the rest of the pregnant women had normal pregnancies.

Meanwhile, in Tamlu 161 female patients availed the facilities provided in the camp.

The activities of the medical camp were baby show (0-6 months), vaccination drive, awareness and sensitization on Sukhunya Samriddhi Account Yojana, display of movies & videos on BBBP, distribution of IEC materials and free medical check-ups.

The medical team was led by CMO Longleng, Dr. Kongyan Phom and Medical superintendent District Hospital Longleng, Dr. Toshirenla. In Tamlu the medical camp was conducted under Dr. Baungan and Dr. James, PHC Tamlu.

Vajpayee’s zeal and determination to traverse the 72 kilometer road from Dimapur to Kohima spoke volumes of his love for the Naga people, it stated. “It was then he committed to grant the four lane road between Kohima-Dimapur… which will be fondly remembered in all years to come.”

NH said Vajpayee’s “sympathy and love for the Nagas was clearly understood when he as the Prime Minister in 2003 granted financial aid to Nagaland to waive out the entire deficit and start with zero deficit budget by granting Rs. 1050 crores.”

It was a feat which no Prime Minister had ever done for Nagaland in its past 55 years of statehood and in the history of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, NH added.

NH said Nagas had lost a valued leader who could relate to the Naga problem, and prayed for his soul to rest in eternal peace.

news in Brief Irrigation & Flood Control department renamed: The Government of Nagaland has renamed the Irrigation & Flood Control department under the first Schedule, Section 22 of the Nagaland Rules of Executive Business, 2016 as the “Water Resources Department” with immediate effect. (DIPR) Information for Mokokchung schools: The District Education Officer Mokokchung has informed all principal, ghss/headmaster GHS including private schools under Mokokchung district to collect Teachers Day tokens from August 20 to 30. All the head of institutions have been informed to submit the detailed ‘number of enrolment’ under their respective schools.

Lost and Found: One ATM card belonging to one Hekali T Sumi has been found near TK Service, 2 Half Miles, Dimapur on August 17. The rightful owner may contact 7085615586 and claim the same by producing one relevant document.

DAKT informs on registration

DIMAPUR: Delhi Ao Students Union (DAKT) has informed all Ao students in Delhi that it has started its registration process for Ao students currently residing and studying in Delhi for the session 2018-19. Parents have been requested to encourage their wards to get themselves registered. Delhi Ao Students Union will not claim responsibility for any untoward incidents that befalls students not registered with the union. All students of Ao community enrolled in any institution in Delhi and NCR have been directed to contact the statistics secretaries at the numbers mentioned below to get registered. Statistic secretary, Satemmenla at 9871147468 and assistant statistic secretary, Chubayanger at 8131062784.

SSG program held in Medziphema

Er. Ichirang Zeliang with participants of the SSG program meeting held in Medzhiphema on August 13.

DIMAPUR: As a part of the Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) 2018, an awareness program was held on August 13 at Medzhiphema town hall with WATSAN members, village council members and youth members from different villages under Medzhiphema sub-division.

At a later meeting, PHED SDO Medzhiphema, Er. Ichirang Zeliang gave a brief highlight of the SSG under the aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission, where districts and states will be ranked on the basis of performance on quantitative and qualitative parameters of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen). He called upon the people to step out and clean their villages and surrounding areas with pride and make cleanliness a daily habit across villages. He further appealed to the gathering to actively participate and popularize the mission so that people were sensitized and mass awareness was created among

the rural populace.

During the meeting, an assessment of each village was done based on sanitation and cleanliness level. Based on the result of assessment, the village authorities were requested to work on improvement of sanitation where it lagged and to improve the overall sanitation and cleanliness. The people were taught about the SSG 2018 app for online feedback from the citizen.

In an earlier keynote address, Er. Zeliang also presented a brief progress report and underscored the benefits of cleanliness to lead healthy lives. He stated that the Union Government had engaged a third party to visit villages and take stock of rural cleanliness.

Program pamphlets and banners were distributed to the villagers and vote of thanks was pronounced by the staff of the department at the end of the program.

SJC freshers’ & college festival DIMAPUR: Students of St. John College (SJC) celebrated its Freshers’-&College Festival on August 16, at the college premises, under the theme “Earn while you Learn”.

The day began with a welcoming program for the freshers hosted by Kewimesin Nriame. Resident pastor Toshi Imchen pronounced the opening prayer.

Managing director, Temsurenla, in her message, drew attention to the student’s overall development through courage, determination and hard work.

She stated that the world was calling for a person who really thought well of themselves and encouraged everyone to find their identity, and to inculcate in themselves the value of doing things dif-

One of the stalls selling the Naga cuisine Galho.

ferently to succeed in life.

Highlights of the program included a prayer for freshers, special performance by seniors and introduction of freshers.

Later, benediction prayer was proposed by Kamlubuibo, English department.

The college festival

was held for the first time with games, music, food, craft and photo booth stalls run by the students, thus giving them an opportunity to develop some entrepenurial skills.

The day was especially marked with an evening concert by renowned musician Alobo Naga.

BBC, MTC extend support to ANCSU

DIMAPUR: The students’ unions of Bailey Baptist College (BBC) and Mount Tiyi College (MTC) of Wokha district have expressed their unconditional support to All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) on the issue of land encroachment of Kohima Science College, Jotsoma.

A press release by BBCSU president, Chonchithung Y Emungrui stated that the two colleges also endorsed the set up of a scholarship cell, permanent settlement of scholarship and also demarcation & concrete walls to be built in and around

the demarcated land of all government colleges and polytechnics. This, the release stated, was in accordance with issues raised by the office of the ANCSU for the upliftment and welfare of the students’ community.

The unions also requested all stakeholders to support the concerns of the student community as these issues compromise the welfare of the student community as a whole.

It also urged the state government to resolve the issue at the earliest.

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WEATHER FORECAST August 19

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Guwahati A stray a.m. t-storm, cloudy

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Ashish Sharma (Middle holding flag) at Big Bazaar Dimapur on Thursday. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, AUG 18 (NPN): Ashish Sharma, a twenty nine year old, hailing from Delhi who used to be a mechanical engineer by profession, reached Dimapur on August 17 evening. He is on a walk across India on the trail of his “Beggar-free India” campaign called ‘Unmukt India’, which began from Jammu to cover a total distance of 17,000 kms on foot. The idea behind his campaign

is the elimination of begging and to make India a beggar free nation.

Speaking to Nagaland Post on Saturday, Sharma narrated how one evening while he was returning home from work, he saw a malnourished child with a bleeding hand, begging.

Moved by the sight, he took the child home, gave him first aid, some new clothes and got him enrolled in a nearby school.

He said that the incident changed his life, which prompted him to pursue

this issue. He quit his job in a multinational company in 2015 and embarked on a journey to cover the entire country on foot to create awareness against children begging.

“After doing extensive research, I concluded that the condition was going from bad to worse. The government-run welfare schemes were not reaching those who actually deserved them because of lack of awareness,” he said.

Sharma said that jour-

neying on foot was not at all an easy task, but his goal to make India a nation free of child begging kept him going. Initially he was rebuked by his parents but now they are proud of him, he said. His father Suresh Sharma, who is working in the agriculture department (in a semi-limited firm) and his mother, a home maker, have been thorough supporters of his mission.

He started his journey from Jammu on August 22, 2017 covering Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman, Silvasa, Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakand, UP, Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and now Nagaland.

By Saturday evening, in Dimapur, Ashish had already met various NGOs, gone through the markets and visited two schools.

Sharma said that he has already covered 8,603 kms of his planned 17,000 kms walk.

He added that he intends to meet the governor and chief minister of Nagaland after he reaches the state capital on Sunday.

His next immediate destination is Manipur followed by the other North Eastern

Mission Indradhanush committee meeting held

DIMAPUR: A State Steering Committee Meeting for Extended Mission Indradhanush under Gram Swaraj for Aspirational District (Kiphire) and Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign was held on August 16 at the Chief Secretary’s Conference hall, under the chairmanship of chief secretary, Temjen Toy. According to DIPR, NITI AAYOG under the extended Mission IndradA tour for class –VII students to Zoological Park, Rangapahar, on August 18, hanush under Gram Swaraj organized by Government Higher Secondary School Purana Bazaar was led by Abhiyan (GSA) has identiteacher K. Vikato Sema. (NP) fied 115 aspirational districts (ADs) in India with Kiphire district being one among them, and 16 villages have been selected by the MoHFW. Vaccination sessions will be carried out in the entire district in three rounds from July to September 2018.

Dr. Archana, RRT (WHO) Nagaland, gave a presentation on M-RVC preparedness. She said that

NDPP Youth Central, led by general secretaries Meyisanger Lemtur and Jemtimenba held the 1st coordination meeting with members of the Mokokchung District NDPP Youth organisation, Saturday, at Hotel Whispering Wind. The main agendas of the meeting were proper coordination and unity among the rank and file of the party, to penetrate into the grassroot levels, membership drives, clarify the NDPP manifesto, leadership orientation and preparing members to assist in times of natural calamities. (NP)

the vaccine protects against measles and rubella. It will be introduced nationwide through the campaign in schools, government hospitals, health centers and outreach sessions. Children in the age group of 9 months to less than 15 years should get the Vaccine shot irrespective of their previous immunization status. Dr. Archana added that the success of this campaign will require support from teachers, various departments, Women & Child Development, information & Broadcasting etc.

The MR campaign will start from October 3.

Te m j e n To y, w h o chaired the meeting, appreciated the Health & Family Welfare Department for the campaign. He appealed to the departments to reach the vaccine to people through active participation and he promised the government’s help in all possible way if or when required.

states.

He travels around 30 to 40 km a day and meets thousands of people to make them aware of the welfare schemes that could change an individual’s life.

When asked if he really felt this campaign would eradicate begging, he was clear that it will not - not directly. But this is just the first phase of his mission, and as soon as he completes his mission, he said that him and his supporters are going to organize a rally in New Delhi to spread awareness, and then they will start sending children to schools starting from the villages.

Sharma has even programmed a mobile application named “Duayen” (currently in the testing phase) which connects schools, hospitals, police stations, administrative officials and other government establishments, to help identify lost children and child beggars, to help them reach their homes.

He plans to launch the application when he celebrates “Unmukt Diwas.”

He will be travelling through the North East for 49 days, after which he will leave for West Bengal.

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Lezo Putsure with the author, Nzan Kikon during the launch of the book at Hotel Ura on August 18.

DIMAPUR: Nzan Kikon, a counselling psychologist by profession, has released a novel titled “The Starry Night” published by PenThrill publications on August 18.

A press release from YouthNet stated that the book was released by director of YouthNet, Lezo Putsüre at Hotel Ura, Kohima. Lezo Putsure, in his speech, commented that writing and its implementation was the hardest thing, stating that it takes intelligence, critical thinking, and grammar. He also commended PenThrill for opening doors for many people both young and old.

In her publisher’s note, Vishü Rita Krocha

said, writing, like everything else, required a great amount of dedication. She congratulated Nzan Kikon for setting his heart to writing and bringing out a novel as a result.

The author also read from the book while a review by Fabian W. Marbaniang, (HoD, English department, Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong) was read out

by Mimi Suohu, KROS College, Kohima. Other highlights of the program included a prayer by Magdalene Ezung, pastor, Faith Harvest Church, Kohima; special number

by Ayim Longchar; and acknowledgements by Tracy Kikon. The program was chaired by Vavine Roshi.

NDPP women, Mercy Society distribute rice to the needy

The rice being distributed in Medziphema at the NDPP office.

DIMAPUR: Mercy Society, a Dimapur based group, under the initiative of NDPP Women organisation, Dimapur region distributed rice free of cost to the poor and needy widows in the region. The mission was also continued at Medziphema on August 15- 17, under the guidance of the NDPP Women Or-

APO executive council meeting

ganisation, 5 Ghaspani-II A/C, where around 30 beneficiaries were gifted rice free of cost.

In a press release, Women Organisation, NDPP 5 Ghaspani-II A/C president, Megozomeü Khate and secretary, Chinnu Chongloi, conveyed gratitude to Mercy Society and NDPP Women

Organisation, Dimapur region, for the generous gesture to uplift the lives of widowed mothers. It further noted that “Kind deeds will never go unrewarded” and encouraged other citizens to embark on such projects in their own neighbourhoods in order to propagate love for humanity.

NCD councillors meeting

Dimapur: Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) has convened a councillors meeting on August 22, 12 p.m. at Naga Council conference hall, Nyamo Lotha road Dimapur, to deliberate various issues. All Naga councillors have been requested to make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Dimapur: Angami Public Organisation (APO) has convened its executive council meeting on August 22, 11

a.m. at APO hall, Kohima.

All the APO office bearers, executive council members from NAPO, WAPO, SAPO,

CPO, AMK, and AYO and concerned frontier organisations have been requested to attend the meeting.

Reports of DPDB and SDPDB meetings

Two-day training on journalism

Rights & Entitlements program at DBC

DIMAPUR: The Planning and Development Boards of various districts and subdivisions held their monthly meetings from August 16 to 18. Following are the DIPR report extracts of these meetings.

Kohima DPDB: The Kohima District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting for the month of August was held at DC’s Conference Hall on August 18. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of advisor of Youth Resources and Sports and chairman DPDB Kohima, Er. Zhale Neikha. MLA Keneizhakho Nakhro was also present in the meeting.

The chairman welcomed all the members and appreciated the good attendance.

He expressed optimism that the next meeting would see good attendance as well.

Deputy Commissioner and vice chairman DPDB Kohima, Rajesh Soundararajan, chairing the meeting, reviewed the last meeting minutes and K Y M C

took up the day’s agendas.

On the recent unprecedented heavy rain, the DC said that houses and families in Kohima district had been badly affected and displaced.

Moreover the lifeline road between Dimapur and Kohima has been cut off and a new landslide has occurred near the KMC dumping site. However, the DC appreciated the tireless efforts put in by the line departments for restoration works and encouraged them to continue their works. Informing the board that the Incident Response System (IRS) had been activated since August 1, the DC has requested all the DDMA members and line departments to be ready as and when required to execute their roles and responsibilities as per the IRS structure.

Tobu SDPDB: The Tobu SDPDB meeting was held at ADC conference Hall on August 16 under the chairmanship of SDPDB chairman &

advisor DUDA, Bongkhao Konyak.

At the outset, the chairman called for constructive ideas for the welfare of the people of Tobu sub-division. The last meeting minutes was reviewed by ADC Tobu Zebethung Kithan. The board decided to remind to the concerned authority about the immediate posting of headmasters to Government High School Tobu and Bume, SDO Civil Muknyakshu, EAC Mopong, SCMO, and nurses to Tobu HQ. The board also deliberated on issues like shortage of water supply and construction of roads at various places.

The chairman reminded the officers to regularly attend their posts.

Changtongya SDPDB: The Sub-Divisional Departmental Co-ordination Forum meeting, Changtongya sub-division was held on August 16 in the office chambers of SDO (Civil) Changtongya. The chairman, Moakumzuk Tzudir, SDO (C) Changtongya, welcomed

all the members present and encouraged all the SDDCF members (Head of Officers) to perform their respective duty at their place of posting, to serve and also to cooperate with the public.

In view of reported case of total absence of officers/staff and “nonopening of Government Office” it was decided that random surprise checkings would be conducted.

The chairman also enquired about the damaged transformer, and the SDO (Power) assured the house that the matter would be looked into at the earliest.

Continual failure of mobile connectivity of service providers BSNL and Airtel was taken up and it was that the respective offices should be asked to improve services at the earliest.

The house also decided to organise the 3rd Inter Departmental Football Tournament in the month of October and selected the Organizing Committee members.

DIMAPUR: A two-day training program on journalism was conducted for first year B. Ph students of Salesian College of Higher Education (SCHE) on August 17 and 18 with secretary of social communication wing, Dimapur province, Fr. Jonas Kerketta SDB as the chief resource person.

A press release from assistant professor, English and media wing SCHE Dimapur, Christudoss A. stated that the two-day course highlighted the importance of newspapers, its structure and the art of writing news.

The students were divided into groups, and the dignitaries encouraged the budding journalists with their presence and words.

In the concluding session, director of SCHE, Fr. V. A. Thomas, principal of SCHE, Fr. Sabu Jose, dean of studies, Fr. C.D. Mathai, and youth director of the college, Fr. Christudoss were present. They made different trial newspapers according to their respective groups.

Around 47 students attended the training program.

DIMAPUR: Kohima Law College (KLC) led by its professor-in-charge Kezhokhoto Savi conducted a “Know Your Rights & Entitlement” awareness program at Don Bosco College (DBC), Kohima on August 16.

Savi, in a press note said that the resource persons for the program were Alemtemsu Atsungchanger, A. Akongla Phom, Medovizo Solo, Randanbemo E. Kikon and Vinguse-u Yashu. The topics presented included Consumer Rights, Food Safety & Standard Act and Lokayukta, besides others.

Savi, who is also the NVCO president, appealed to the state government

to honour the directions of the Supreme Court of India where a date line was given to the government of Nagaland to set up Lokayukta. Lokayukta, in simple terms, can be defined as an Anti-Corruption Act, the release stated. Under it, public servants, including the chief minister, will be under more scrutiny against corruption and erring officials can be punished. The release further explained that Lokayukta is a person who is appointed by the Governor.

Savi also asked political parties, especially the ruling party, to not deduct percentages of public fund in the name of funds or commissions.

The prog ram was chaired by Lanukumla, asst. professor DBC, and the vote of thanks was delivered by asst. professor, Aosunep.

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MU crisis: Agitators accuse HRD of violating agreement

IMPHAL, Aug 18: Agitating MUSU, MUTA and MUSA Saturday hinted at continuing its agitation even after signing a memorandum of agreement with the Union ministry of human resource development ministry.

In a joint statement, MUSU, MUTA and MUSA have alleged the Union ministry of human resource development of violating the agreement which was signed on August 16.

Earlier in the day, Union ministry of human resource development (HRD) issued an order reconstituting the fact finding committee as per the agreement reached on August 16 after three days of hectic parley between representatives of MU fraternity and officials of HRD in the presence of Manipur chief minister.

The order reconstituted the fact finding committee of three members by a twomember enquiry committee to enquire into the allegations made against vice chancellor Prof AP Pandey.

Retired acting chief justice of Meghalaya High Court, T Nandakumar is still the chairman of the re-constituted enquiry committee and retired vice chancellor

Arms seized in Mizoram Aizawl, Aug 18 (Agencies): A joint operation conducted by Serchhip Battalion of Assam Rifles and Customs Department led to the recovery of 8 foreignmade assault rifles along the Indo-Myanmar border at Zokhawthar in Champhai District of Mizoram.

Acting on specific intelligence, Assam Rifles established multiple check posts along the Indo-Myanmar Border to intercept the smugglers.

On being confronted, approximately 500 meters from the border on the Indian side, the two suspects on a motorcycle, tried to flee into Myanmar.

of Tezpur University (of Assam) MK Choudhary has been inducted as member after removing the earlier two members.

However, the agitating MU fraternity, in the joint statement, pointed out that the HRD ministry simply reconstituted the enquiry committee continently dropping the term “Independent” and sidelined the issue of leave to Prof AP Pandey.

The joint statement of the agitating MUSU, MUTA and MUSA reiterated that the issue of giving leave to Prof AP Pandey was the most contentious one in the light of recent general anguish relating to inspection of a college in Kohima by a UGC team headed by Prof AP Pandey as VC of MU. After tremendous efforts, during the three days long parley, it was agreed in the meeting that during the period of enquiry and until follow up action on the enquiry report by the competent authority, Pandey will be on leave.

“But in a crude and blatant manner, the issue of leave has been completely left out of the order,” the joint statement pointed out while alleging that it was nothing but a clear violation of the mutual agreement.

“We strongly feel that these non-honouring of the items of the agreement as clear violations of the mutual understanding and thus amounting to breach of trust. We also feel that this amounts to insulting all of us including the honourable chief minister of Manipur,” the joint statement said while hinting continuation of the agitation.

Mention may be made that MU fraternity had agreed to suspend all forms of agitations temporarily after the agreement was reached with a condition that Union HRD ministry give a positive response to agreement that was signed on August 16.

As the ministry failed to fulfill the conditions, particularly reconstitution of the fact finding committee as independent enquiry committee and giving leave to AP Pandey, MUSU, MUTA and MUSU will continue their agitation, a source in the agitating fraternity said.

The Centrally run Manipur University has been in almost defunct state since May 30 after the students under MUSU launched indefinite strike demanding removal of Prof AP Pandey as vice chancellor of the university.

Dibrugarh, Aug 18 (Agencies): The Dao Division of Indian Army on Friday apprehended three ULFA (I) linkmen from different areas of Dibrugarh district.

They were identified as Haren Chandra Das, Mukib Ahmed and Sushil Pradhan.

According to sources, acting on a tip off about the presence of three ULFA (I) over ground workers, the 9th battalion of Rajputana Rifles launched an operation and apprehended three of them from different locations of Dibrugarh. Recently 9th battalion the Rajputana Rifles has conducted several successful operations to mitigate the impact of ULFA (I) in upper Assam.

This operation is also a major part of the ongoing crack down by security forces against the terrorist outfit active in Upper Assam.

An FIR was lodged at Dibrugarh police station.

According to police, three of them were involved many crimes and working in upper Assam as linkmen of ULFA (I). Security forces have launched operation against the terror outfit and apprehended many cadres from upper Assam in recent past. This year Independence Day celebration was peaceful in entire Assam because the security forces have thwarted all the plans of insurgent groups.

eco-friendly process.

“We have apprised the Chinese officials, investors and businessmen about the variety of enormous resources, both forest and mining, available in the northeastern region.

Surface connectivity, including railways, has developed to a large extent in the northeast region and transportation now become easier between the region and the rest of the country via Bangladesh, he added.

The minister said after the completion of the under construction bridge over river Feni (135 km south of Agartala) in southern Tripura, the region would be directly connected with the Chittagong international sea port in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Chittagong sea port, only international port nearest to northeast India, is 72 km from southern Tripura’s border town Sabroom.

JCILPS locks down NIT Imphal campus

School principal arrested for not hoisting Tricolour

of the gunny bag led to the recovery of two US origin 5.56 mm M-16 rifles, two German origin 7.62 mm G-3 rifles and four Myanmar origin 5.56 mm MA3 assault rifle.

Agartala, Aug 18 (IANS): A Chinese delegation would visit Assam and Tripura next month to study the possible investment sectors in the resource-rich northeast India, Tripura Health and Family Welfare Minister Sudip Roy Barman said on Saturday.

Roy Bar man, who as member of the Indian delegation visited China earlier this week, said : “A Chinese delegation would visit Assam and Tripura in September to study the probable investment sectors in the northeastern region and the region’s available resources. After visiting Assam, the delegation would visit Tripura.”

The Chinese official delegation, he said, would talk to top officials, traders, investors and experts of the northeastern region comprising eight states in Guwahati, the Minister, who returned here on Fri-

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IMPHAL, Aug 18: Volunteers of Students’ Wing of Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) Manipur locked down National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Imphal on Saturday. The students were protesting against holding of interview for the recruitment of 22 faculty members of the institute outside the state even as the permanent campus is in Imphal.

The interview reportedly commenced Saturday in Kolkata despite repeated appeal to hold the same in Imphal and postpone the same until the authority address the demand.

After locking down the institute, convener Manjit Sarangthem said that the interview was reportedly conducted in Kolkata against the demand of various CSOs of the state to hold the recruitment interview in the state. While demanding that the interview be declared null and void, Manjit said, “there is no valid reason for holding the interview outside the state.”

Manjit claimed that the interview scheduled on August 18 and 19 at Ho-

AGARTALA, Aug 18 (Agencies): The Tripura government has sought predevolution revenue deficit of Rs 1,07,714.83 Cr from 15th Finance Commission for the period of 2020-21 to 2024-25 financial years besides separate funds of over Rs 4900 Cr for disaster management and Rs 17000 Cr for sectorspecific projects.

Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath Saturday said, with the approval of the council of ministers the memorandum has been sent to the 15th Finance Commission, which has not yet finalised the schedule of visiting the state.

The state demanded to increase the share of states in the divisible pool of central taxes from 42 per cent to 50 per cent to as compensation for the losses as the central cesses and surcharges were kept out the divisive pool.

“At least 10 per cent of the divisible pool of central taxes needs to be earmarked for northeastern states and compensation provided to make good the GST revenue losses incurred by the states beyond 5 years is badly needed,” the memorandum stated.

The state government has also demanded the commission to earmark at least 5 per cent of the divisible pool for local self-bodies and separate provision of

funding for Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) area development.

The state, however, requested 15th Finance Commission to decide the horizontal sharing of taxes in advance for Tripura out of the total tax pool, so that the state government can plan accordingly.

“Even after vertical sharing of the 42 per cent of the taxes with the states by the 15th FC, Tripura had got only 0.64 per cent of the total share. But if 15th FC increases the vertical tax share to 50 per cent with states, and in the case of Tripura, the volume of money is increased to 1.5 per cent of the total amount of tax devolution, the chronic underdevelopment of the state would be ended by 2024-25,” Nath stated.

He stated that the government has projected the expenditure between 2020-21 and 2024-25 would be Rs 1,22,214.89 Cr and the revenue collection by the state from own sources would not be more than Rs 14,500 Cr. Hence, the state has placed its demand for Rs1,07,714.83 with the 15th FC apart from grants for state-specific project based allocations, separate funding for disaster management, ADC and local self-government.

Kilangajung Longchar, Wishing a very special Birthday for an amazingly true and inspiring daughter. Thank God for leading our daughter this far and pray that Almighty God will continously bless her and grant her long Life.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY .

From ur loving mom, dad, grandparents, uncle, aunty.

Dearest Vina, Many many happy returns of the day From love ones.

Dear Grandma, As you grow older and wiser, we pray to God to shower His blessing upon you and grant you a longer and a healthy life. Wishing you a very HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY!!!!

Your loving children and grandchildren.

Chinese team to visit NE to study Over 50 hospitalised for suspected food poisoning investment: Tripura Minister day, told IANS. An Indian delegation led by Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Ram Madhav on a visit to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou since August 11 met Indian and Chinese officials and businessmen from different parts of the country. Senior Ministers from Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat -- the states governed by the BJP -- were the part of the 10-member delegation, which was jointly supported by the Union Ministry of Industries and Commerce and India Foundation, a NGO runs by Ram Madhav.

Roy Barman, who also holds the Information Technology, Science, Technology and Environment Departments, said that the Indian delegation first visited a waste management plant in Guangzhou that generate power from garbage and waste materials in a very

In the ensuing chase, the suspects abandoning their motorcycle and gunny bag crossed River Tyao and fled into Myanmar. The search

Tripura sends requisition of Rs 1.07 L cr from 15th FC

Students locking down NIT campus in Imphal in protest against holding interview for faculty outside Manipur on Saturday. (NP)

tel Gateway, Kolkata, was against the rule and the decision to hold the interview outside the state was a ploy to carry out different kinds of misconduct and wrong doings during the interview process. He alleged that the decision was akin to mocking the indigenous people of

the state while raising suspicion about NIT staff and the government of cahoots for some hidden agenda.

Reasoning that recruitment for Central institutions has always been held at their respective regions or place, the convener warned of intense agitation.

Morigaon, Aug 18 (PTI): The principal of a missionary school in Assam’s Morigoan district was arrested on charges of dishonouring the national flag, police said Saturday.

According to district’s Dy SP Mrinmoy Goswami, Father James Xavier was arrested Friday after locals complained that he did not hoist the national flag in his school on Independence Day and also defied a government order to fly it half mast from August 16 for seven days as a mark of respect to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Father Xavier was released on bail by a local court Saturday, the DSP added. Locals had lodged the complaint at Morigaon police station Friday against Xavier, who is the principal of St. Eugene School.

A case was filed under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insult to National Honour (Amendment) Act 2005 and the principal was arrested as all educational institutions have to hoist the flag on Independence Day, Goswami said.

Udalguri, Aug 18 (Agencies): In a suspected case of food poisoning, over 50 people including women and children were admitted to the Panery Subsidiary Health Centre in Udalguri district on Saturday.

According to information, the people fell ill after consuming prasad at Pub-Panery Bishnu Mandir as a part of monthly naamprasanga on Friday night following which the devotees including a good number of women and children suffered from dizziness and vomiting since last midnight.

The patients were rushed to the health centre where they have been currently undergoing treatment. Members of students’ bodies and locals in large number visited the health centre to take stock of the situation. “We took part in the naam-prasanga and consumed chickpea (but) and laddu which were part of the prasad served to the

The patients undergoing treatment at Paneri Panery Subsidiary Health Centre in Udalguri on Saturday.

devotees, following which I along with my two children suffered uneasiness and started vomiting,” said a patient Lakhi Priya Lahkar.

Meanwhile, the conditions of the patients are stated to be stable as informed by attending Ayurvedic doctor Santosh Singh Yadav.

Insecticide-treated pulses have been detected as the prime cause for prasad

poisoning cases. According to experts, chick peas (but) and green grams (magu) are treated with high doses of insecticides before being exported to States like Assam – where there is high demand of these pulses – from the producing States.

This is done so that the pulses can be stored for a longer period.

But due to improper

methods of storage, such pulses again get damaged during the storage period.

Experts view that the insecticides (chemicals) are absorbed by the pulses and it generally can’t be washed off. So, badly stored chick peas and green grams if offered as prasad may harm the consumers and cause food poisoning cases, say experts.

Assam lynching: 12 arrested from Biswanath district

Guwahati, Aug 18 (PTI): Twelve people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in lynching a man and severely injuring three others on suspicions of cattle theft in Assam’s Biswanath district, police said Saturday.

Machetes, sticks and rods used in the August 15 attack were seized and police were looking for others involved in the incident, Superintendent of Police (SP) Diganta Kumar Choudhury told PTI.

In the attack, Deben Rajbongshi (35) was killed and Pujan Ghatowar (40), Phulchand Sahu (25) and Bijoy Nayak (25) were injured by a mob of villagers at Line Number 15 of Diplonga Tea Estate under the Sootea police station, police had said.

“As per our probe, around 15 people were involved in provocation and attack on the four persons.

During the last two days, we have arrested 12 people who were involved in the

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lynching incident,” the SP said today.

“Line number 15 of Diplonga Tea Estate, where the incident occurred, has about 40 resident families.

At the time of the attack, around 50 people were present, but not all of them were involved,” he said.

Police have registered two cases - one against the four for allegedly lifting two cows and the other against

the people for assaulting them.

The victims belong to Gereki village, the residents of which claimed that they were were pig traders, and not cattle thieves.

In the recent months, cases of vigilantism and moral policing have been reported from different districts in Assam, with at least four major cases reported since June.

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Sabalie Colony Chumukedima, Dimapur, do declare through an Affidavit, that, my name in my daughters Passport (Republic of India) is entered as Esterlane Imchen in place of Esther Imchen. The name Esterlane Imchen and Esther Imchen are same and one person only. Henceforth my name Esther Imchen will be used in all purposes.

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Claims and objection if any on the aforesaid land may be submitted to the office of the undersigned within 30 (thirty) days from the date of publication of this notice after which the permit would be issued to Shri. Iraklung Ramlia.

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Kerala flood: states, political parties, NGOs, individuals offer help Saturday donated Rs 2 lakh to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for floodaffected victims in Kerala.

He also urged his fellow parliamentarians and also legislators from across the country to follow suit and provide succour to Kerala.

Varun Gandhi, grandson of late prime minister Indira Gandhi, has not drawn a single paisa as salary in the past nine years of his being in Parliament.

UP announces Rs 15 crore flood relief for Kerala: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the state government will donate Rs 15 crore to help the floodaffected victims in Kerala.

Adityanath said the state will also send medicines and relief material to Kerala. He also exhorted social groups, non-government organizations and others to come forward to help people of Kerala, who have been severely affected by incessant rains that have triggered unprecedented floods.

“The state government and people of Uttar Pradesh stand by the people of Kerala in these testing times and would extend all possible help at this hour of crisis,” the Chief Minister said.

Dalai Lama offers aid: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and made a donation towards relief and rescue efforts.

“I am writing to express my sadness at the loss of life and devastation of property,” the letter said, “as well as the hardship caused to so many people due to unprecedented flooding in parts of your state.

“I appreciate that every effort is being made to rescue those affected and that relief efforts are underway.

As a mark of my solidarity with the people of Kerala, I am making a donation from the Gaden Phodrang Trust of the Dalai Lama towards relief and rescue efforts,” it said.

“I offer my condolences to you, to the families who have lost loved ones, and to all affected by the flooding,” said the Tibetan spiritual leader.

Haryana announces Rs 10 cr: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said the state would provide a financial assistance of Rs 10 crore to flood-affected people and for rescue operations in Kerala.

The people of Kerala have been facing heavy losses of life and property due to severe floods and Haryana is with Kerala in this hour of need, an official statement quoting Khattar said.

Overflowing rivers and a series of landslides have caused the death of 180 people as of Saturday morning, with over three lakh people forced to move to some 2,000 relief camps.

Sidhu under fire for Pak visit; BJP calls it ‘shameful’ No difference between ‘party, state’ under Modi regime: Sibal

Centre decides to retire MP cadre IPS officer

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS): As Kerala battles the worst floods in its recent history, many NGOs have come forward to lend their support to ensuring supply of packaged meals and other relief items to the worst affected areas of the state.

Rise Against Hunger India (RAHI), a renowned International NGO, has associated with many NGOs including Arshabharath, Hope Foundation and the Times Foundation to help the families living in the make-shift relief camps.

Not just food, RAHI is also mobilising other important and essential items like hygiene kits, toiletry, soaps, water containers, utensils, bed sheets, blankets, clothing, water purifier and similar products, which can be utilized by survivors in relief camps.

Save the Children India unit too has come forward to help the victims, especially children, in the flood-affected areas. It will be setting up child-friendly spaces, which provide children with important psycho-social well-being through learning and recreation facilities.

“We will do everything to help children get back to school as quickly as possible once it is safe to do so,” Bidisha Pillai, CEO, Save the Children, said.

“We are sending our first lot of meal boxes to Wayanad on Sunday. By next week, more material

Chandigarh, Aug 18 (PTI): The opposition in Punjab today targeted Navjot Singh Sidhu for attending the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, with the BJP describing his visit to Islamabad as “shameful”.

It also asked the cricketer-turned-politician whether it was necessary to visit Pakistan at a time when India was mourning the demise of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Sidhu’s hug with Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the ceremony also came under fire with the opposition parties asking him whether he remembered the sacrifices made by the Indian soldiers at the border at that time.

“Sidhu’s visit to Pakistan is shameful,” said Punjab BJP chief Shwait Malik.

“On one side, the Pakistan army was involved in attacking our soldiers at the border and on the other side Sidhu was hugging the Army chief. Does it mean he was thanking him for killing

A bed-ridden patient being rescued from a flood affected region following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Aluva at Kochi on Saturday. (PTI)

will be sent to Mundalur in Kannur. Our intention is to provide immediate assistance to the affected families, and once the rains subside, help them get back to their normal lives as soon as possible,” Dola Mohapatra, Executive Director, RAHI added.

Maha extends Rs 20 cr plus flood aid: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday an-

nounced an emergency financial aid of Rs 20 crore plus food and other essentials for the flood hit victims of Kerala, an official said here. From Sunday, the government, in collaboration with various agencies and NGOs will make arrangements for food and other items of daily need for the flood victims.

A consignment of six tonnes will be despatched

Navjot Singh Sidhu (file)

our jawans?” he asked.

Malik dubbed Sidhu as an “opportunist” and accused him of putting the nation’s dignity at risk.

The BJP leader demanded an apology from him for the “unacceptable act.” The Shiromani Akali Dal said Sidhu broke the “decorum” by visiting Pakistan.

“The whole nation is observing seven-day mourning in the wake of the death of former PM Atal Bihari

Vajpayee. At this point of time, it becomes necessary that no minister should attend ceremonial functions.

By visiting Pakistan, Sidhu has broken the decorum,” said SAD spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema.

He said Sidhu’s hugging of Bajwa, who was sitting next to president of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) Masood Khan, has sent a “wrong message” to Indian armed forces.

The SAD targeted the

Congress to launch agitation over Rafale deal

WCD summons AI chief over delay in harassment probe

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS): The Congress on Saturday decided to step up its attack over the Rafale deal, terming it a “scam” of the Narendra Modi government and said the party will launch a nation-wide agitation on the issue.

The issue came up for discussion at a meeting of Congress general secretaries, party in-charges of states, legislative party leaders and state unit chiefs, which was presided over by Congress President Rahul Gandhi. The meeting discussed the party’s preparations for the assembly polls later this year in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram.

Briefing reporters later, Congress Communications In-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said the meeting discussed “political challenges in the electionbound states”. He said that meeting also discussed the Rafale deal signed by the Modi government to purchase fighter jets from

Rahul Gandhi

France and alleged that there had been a loss of Rs 41,000 crore to the exchequer.

He said the Con gress party will launch an agitation to highlight “bhrashtachar ka khel, Rafale” (corruption in Rafale deal).

“It was decided that the scams of Modi government, particularly the Rafale scam, will be taken to the people of India. In next 30 days, Congress workers will fan out and hold district and state-level demonstrations,” Surjewala said.

New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI): The Women and Child Development Ministry has summoned Air India chief Pradeep Singh Kharola next week seeking explanation behind the delay in completing probe in a sexual harassment case, a senior official said.

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi had directed the head of the Internal Complaints Committee of Air India to complete the inquiry in June.

The complaint of sexual harassment was lodged by an air hostess of the national carrier against its senior executive.

However, the inquiry has not been completed yet and the ministry has summoned Kharola on August 23 to explain the reason behind the delay, the official said.

According to a WCD Ministry official, Gandhi had also taken up the matter with Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu.

to Kerala on Saturday, while another five tonnes will follow shortly.

In this, realtors, umbrella bodies, MCHI and CREDAI have contributed foodgrains worth Rs 1.50 crore while the Rajasthani Welfare Association and JITO have extended help of Rs 51 lakh each.

The private sector ICICI Bank also announced a contribution of Rs 10 crore towards Kerala flood relief, besides waiving off various penalties on late EMI payments for all retail loans, credit card dues and cheque bouncing cases for the current month.

While Rs 8 crore of the contribution will go to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF), the rest will be in the form of essential commodities, food, medicines, clothes, sanitation and hygiene products, to the 14 worst-hit districts, said the bank’s Executive Director Anup Bagchi.

Earlier on Saturday, the State Bank of India donated Rs 2 crore and initiated several ground-level measures in the deluged state.

Besides, the SBI has encouraged all its 270,000 staffers to contribute to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF), and the bank would contribute an equivalent amount.

The bank also announced a waiver of fees and charges on services like loans for flood relief,

ruling Congress, saying the party which had been criticising the Centre over the deaths of jawans at the border should now explain to the “controversial visit” of its own leader.

Sidhu is a Cabinet minister in the Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in Punjab.

The main opposition party, the Aam Aadmi Party, also condemned Sidhu for hugging Pakistan Army chief.

“Though it is Sidhu’s personal visit to Pakistan, if he hugged Pakistan Army chief then it is condemnable,” said AAP MLA and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema.

Haryana Health minister Anil Vij termed Sidhu’s participation in the ceremony as an “act of disloyalty” towards India which “will not be endorsed by any patriotic citizen” of the country.

Sidhu was among the special guests present at Khan’s oath-taking ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr (the President House) in Islamabad, Pakistan today.

duplicate passbooks, ATM cards, cheque books, EMI delays, etc, besides making attempts to restore the working of branches and ATMs in the flood affected regions of the state.

Cong MPs, MLAs to donate month’s salary: The Congress on Saturday demanded that floods in Kerala should be declared a “national calamity.”

All elected representatives of the party would donate one month’s salary towards relief efforts in the state, it said.

The decision to donate salaries was taken at a meeting of Congress general secretaries, party in-charges of states, legislative party leaders and state unit chiefs, which was presided over by party chief Rahul Gandhi.

Gandhi had earlier in the day urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately declare the floods in Kerala as “a national disaster.” Briefing reporters after meeting of Congress office-bearers, party communications in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said the Modi government should come forward to help Kerala where over 180 people have died and property worth over Rs 3,000 crore has been damaged due to floods.

“It was decided that all Congress MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Congress MLAs across India and party MLCs will donate

Nagpur, Aug 18 (PTI): Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal today said the dividing line between the “state” and the “party” was blurred under the BJP-led government.

Speaking at a panel discussion here, the former Union minister also said that the UPA government which was accused of lacking a “strong leader” delivered better economic growth.

He was speaking on the topic ‘Conflict in Democracy’. To a question about the alleged use of “street violence” by those in power, Sibal said, “This is a problem which arises when there is no difference between the state and the party.

“The reason why this is happening on the streets is that the party is ruling the government, but the government is not ruling this nation.

“If the BJP comes back to power, this will continue, and if there is a coalition government, this will not

Wanted woman involved in 113 crimes held in Delhi New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS): A woman gangster involved in 113 crime cases and counted among top five dreaded women criminals in Delhi was arrested early on Saturday, police said.

Basiran, 62, was called ‘Mummy’ or mother by her gang members. Her eight sons too are involved in heinous crime along with her, ranging from murder, contract killing, robbery, bootlegging, to snatching.

Basiran had shifted base to south Delhi from her native Rajasthan some 45 years ago and began to sell illicit liquor in slum areas and entered the world of crime through petty crime.

“Basiran was arrested on a tip-off from Sangam Vihar when she arrived there to meet her family. She was on the run for the past eight months in a case and was declared a Proclaimed Offender in May,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Baaniya said.

“Basiran told police

that she and her gang members Aakash and Vikash had taken a contract to kill an Uttar Pradesh native Miraz for Rs 60,000 from his stepsister Munni Begum. Munni took Miraz to Basiran’s residence in Sangam Vihar on September 9, 2017, after which Aakash, Vikash, Neeraj and a teenager took Miraz to a forest area on the pretext of drinking liquor and strangled him. They later burnt the body,” the DCP said.

Police came to know of the crime a week later when a person who had gone to the forest area to attend nature’s call found the decomposed body.

Police arrested the teenager, who disclosed the involvement of others in the crime. Police arrested those involved in January 2018, but Basiran was evading arrest since them.

Basiran was declared a Proclaimed Offender by a court on May 25 and her residential property sealed as per the law.

one month’s salary, which will be sent through the AICC for relief measures in Kerala,” Surjewala said.

He said it was also decided that all Congress governments will come forward to help the people of the state.

Surjewala said Punjab government has already donated Rs 10 crore to the Kerala Relief Fund and JD-S and Congress- government in Karnataka has also donated Rs 10 crore to the relief measures. The government in Puducherry has also donated Rs 1 crore.

He said special relief committees will be formed in adjoining states including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu apart from Puducherry. Material collected by Congress workers will be sent to the people of Kerala.

Surjewala said the party also noted with concern the grave situation due to floods in Karnataka and some other parts of the country.

“Modiji should stop discriminating in matters of flood relief. The Prime Minister must rise above partypolitics and come forward to help Kerala, Karnataka and other flood-affected states. The Prime Minister should declare Kerala floods as a national calamity,” Surjewala said.

Varun donates Rs 2 lakh: Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi, on

Congress leader Kapil Sibal (L) with Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha and Former Advocate General of Maharashtra Shrihari Aney (R), in Nagpur. (PTI)

happen,” he opined.

The senior Congress leader argued that coalition politics produced much more economic growth for the country than a government led by a strong leader, in an apparent swipe at the Narendra Modi regime.

“We (UPA gover nment) had GDP (growth) of 8.1 per cent for 10 years. According to this government, we had no strong leader, but yet we delivered and it is the coalition that delivered, not

a party which had absolute majority,” he said.

“The quality of democracy in the country is now different from that between 2004 to 2014, but democracy is still alive, no matter who is in power,” Sibal said.

“However, the nature of democracy has changed and the reason why the nature of democracy has changed (is) because we have a centralised system of decision-making (now),” he said.

Bhopal, Aug 18 (PTI): The Centre, acting on the recommendation of the Madhya Pradesh government, has decided to prematurely retire a 1995 batch Indian Police Service officer “in public interest” with immediate effect, an official said today. IPS officer Mayank Jain (51) was suspended after the Lokayukta police raided his properties in May 2014 claiming to have unearthed illegal wealth allegedly amassed by him. The state government in March had asked the Centre to prematurely retire Jain, an official said, adding that such retirement might be the first for an IPS officer serving in the state.

“The Central government after careful consideration of the proposal of the state government and the performance of Mayank Jain, IPS (MP-1995) has come to the conclusion that the officer is not fit to be retained in service in public interest,” the order from the Centre read.

Committee probing Jayalalithaa’s death summons AIIMS doctors C HE N NA I , Au g 1 8 (pti): The Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry, probing the circumstances leading to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death, has summoned three doctors of AIIMS, who examined her at the Apollo Hospital here, to appear before it on August 23 and 24.

The commissioned has summoned GC Khilnani of the Department of Pulmonology, Anjan Trikha, Professor of Anesthesiology, and Nitish Nayak, a professor at the Department of Cardiology.

The doctors had periodically examined Jayalalithaa when she was undergoing treatment at the Apollo Hospital between September 22 and December 5, 2016.

The expert doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be examined as the commission’s witness on both the days, panel sources told PTI. Summonses have

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already been served on them and they have accepted it, the sources added.

So far the commission’s 75 witnesses and seven others who had voluntarily petitioned the panel have been examined.

Of them, over 30 have been cross-examined by counsels for V K Sasikala, the jailed aide of late AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa.

It may be recalled that the examined witnesses include over a dozen doctors (government and Apollo Hospital), retired and serving government officials and

police officers.

In September 2017, the Tamil Nadu government constituted the panel under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952.

The panel’s terms of reference was to inquire into the circumstances leading to the hospitalisation of Jayalalithaa on September 22, 2016, and treatment provided by the hospital till her demise on December 5, 2016.

The Commission had invited all those having “personal knowledge and direct acquaintance” in the matter to furnish information to it. Following Jayalalithaa’s death, suspicion on the circumstances leading to her demise was raised by several people, including the present Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and his followers.

Then a rebel party leader, Panneerselvam and his followers had demanded a probe into her death, either a judicial inquiry or a CBI probe.

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In their own right

erhaps it was a coincidence but it did indicate that it was time for people who have pioneered political movements in their heydays since the pre-Independence and immediate post-independence period to depart. In August three such stalwarts of their respective parties- former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (died on August 17), former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee (died on August 13) and Dravidian icon and five-time Tamil Nadu chief minister M.Karunanidhi (died on August 7), have left behind their footprints in the sand of time. Their passing away within a space of hardly a week in between and on the same month, has left the nation weighed down with the added grief. The demise of each of these distinguished persons has seen a deluge of obituaries, 24x7 breathless media coverage of their funerals and cloying paeans to their greatness, their personalities, their popularity and momentous occasions in their long careers. Of all, it may be said that Atal Behari Vajpayee was the tallest as he was loved and revered by all Indians irrespective of their ideology or affiliation. There are as many accolades that had been written and will continue to be written about the greatness of Vajpayee as a humble and compassionate soul. He was also a bold leader who took decisive actions-be it in reaching out to the Kashmiris and Pakistanis, changing the surface with his Golden Quadrilateral project, liberalising the economy through disinvestment etc. Even his enemies loved and respected Vajpayee and that itself is most remarkable and quite comparable with the personality of Mahatma Gandhi. If anything, Vajpayee was and perhaps will be, the tallest leader of the BJP in memory and whose ideology, though welded with that of the RSS, chose to walk along the path of consensus and accommodation. Vajpayee worked in tandem with his life-long colleague L.K.Advani in shaping the destiny of the Jan Sangh to Bharatiya Janata Party and also the political fortunes of the nation. The other notable and much respected parliamentarian who died on August 13 was veteran Marxist leader from Bengal Somnath Chatterjee. He was Lok Sabha speaker from 2004 to 2009 during the UPA-I. Chatterjee had been a long time Lok Sabha MP winning ten times from Bengal. He was not only a veteran parliamentarian since 1971 but also a skilled orator and much respected. Somnath Chatterjee was expelled in June 2008 by the CPM for refusing to resign as Lok Sabha speaker and vote against the government, after the Left withdrew support to the UPA-II. This remained the saddest chapter for Somnath Chatterjee till his death. His family rightly refused to allow his body to be taken to the CPM headquarters or have the party flag draped over the coffin.

Another political titan of India was M.Karunanidhi who took active part in the dravidian party’s anti-Hindi agitation. He was five time chief minister and also held the post of president of the DMK for 50 years.

Karunanidhi was to the Dravidian movement and DMK what Nehru was to the independence movement and the Congress. What can be said of the three political titans is that they came, played their part to the best of their abilities and departed and left behind a national polity poorer.

DailyDevotion Have You Ever Been Speechless with Sorrow?

When he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich. —Luke 18:23 The rich young ruler went away from Jesus speechless with sorrow, having nothing to say in response to Jesus’ words. He had no doubt about what Jesus had said or what it meant, and it produced in him a sorrow with no words with which to respond. Have you ever been there?

Has God’s Word ever come to you, pointing out an area of your life, requiring you to yield it to Him? Maybe He has pointed out certain personal qualities, desires, and interests, or possibly relationships of your heart and mind. If so, then you have often been speechless with sorrow. The Lord will not go after you, and He will not plead with you.

But every time He meets you at the place where He has pointed, He will simply repeat His words, saying, “If you really mean what you say, these are the conditions.”

“Sell all that you have…” (Luke 18:22). In other words, rid yourself before God of everything that might be considered a possession until you are a mere conscious human being standing before Him, and then give God that.

That is where the battle is truly fought— in the realm of your will before God. Are you more devoted to your idea of what Jesus wants than to Jesus Himself? If so, you are likely to hear one of His harsh and unyielding statements that will produce sorrow in you. What Jesus says is difficult— it is only easy when it is heard by those who have His nature in them. Beware of allowing anything to soften the hard words of Jesus Christ.

I can be so rich in my own poverty, or in the awareness of the fact that I am nobody, that I will never be a disciple of Jesus. Or I can be so rich in the awareness that I am somebody that I will never be a disciple. Am I willing to be destitute and poor even in my sense of awareness of my destitution and poverty? If not, that is why I become discouraged. Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus— not love for Jesus Himself.

Quotes

“The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness. Good thing we have other people to help us remember.” ~ Vera Nazarian

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2018

Post-mortem

Vital facts of Naga Club, its building and plot

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aga Club was not formed in the style and meaning of European Club, but was formed as an organization for the interest of the Naga People. Mr. A. Kevichusa, one of the pioneers of the club, recorded, and I quote “It was for the general interest of Naga People that the first Naga Club was established by stalwarts like Hisaslie, Krusiehu, Dr Khosa and others, and the same aim should be maintained.

The building was not constructed for any particular person. It was constructed in 1946. It does not belong to the Angamis in particular.

Neither does it belong exclusively to the Kohima people nor to the Christians but belongs to the Naga people as a whole.” unquote.

Naga Club, as we know, had been taken care of by the successive Deputy Commissioners as caretakers w.e.f 1918 to 1947, and thereafter, by some public leaders w.e.f 1948 to 1966. Mr. Kyomo Lotha Ex MP was the last General Secretary and caretaker of the erstwhile Office Bearers. Ever since, the Club remained dormant from 1967 to 1981. Realizing the need to revive the Club, the Naga Elders Conference convened a Naga Public Meeting on 7th January 1982 at the Panchayat Hall of the Kohima Village and there 6(six) Office Bearers of the Naga Club were elected headed by Mr Azuto Rengma as President. Their tenure cleared the prevalent controversy over the Naga Club Building. However, with no guidelines or constitution of the Club, the members in a meeting declared that the office bearers will shoulder the affairs of the club voluntarily without specific tenure. This must be the reason why there is also no record of any membership drive since its inception in 1918. Further, all of the other Office Bearers of the Naga Club (1982- 2007) except Mr. kewezu Mero, Joint Secretary cum caretaker rest of the other office bearers had expired before 2007.

Since then, the Naga Club again remained dormant for almost a decade until February 2017.

Under this circumstance, some concerned Naga Elders comprising of various tribes, understanding and realizing the sacredness and historical significance of the club in regard to the Naga National Movement and Naga nationhood, came together and held a meeting on 27th March 2017 at a Hotel in Kohima through the initiative of Mr Pelhouruo Suokhrie and discussed on the

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n this fast changing and competitive world, thousands of Naga youngsters instead of changing for the best and joining the rest of the world in the competitive race have changed for the worst. The topic of unemployment never fails to draw the attention of both online and offline debates.

People grumble upto the heavens but never question themselves as to why they are still unemployed. State politicians and Bureaucrats are placed on their altar every single day for their big time sacrifices. These youngsters would crucify all the NGOs and leading Pressure Groups in Nagaland without understanding an iota of how activists are struggling to improve the system.

They dominate social media with the world’s mightiest vocabularies. People use social media responsibly but these legends are 24/7 on Facebook. Who are they?

They are the Naga educated unemployed youths.

Digital era is indeed a huge blessing to the world at large but massive transformation took its turn faster than we thought. We live in the IT Age today (Information Technology) but how were we till the Age of Science? Let us be honest, head hunting was just yesterday, semi-nakedness and bare footed was our existence and this custom is still to die down in some pockets of our State. We lack basic etiquettes because we have taken the shortest route possible to the so called

need of reviving the Naga Club; several rounds of meetings followed. To crystallize the objective a meeting of concern elders was held on 14th May 2017 at Hotel Ozone café, Kohima which decided to hold a further meeting comprising all the Naga Tribes of Nagaland. Accordingly, the meeting of the representatives of Tribal Hohos of Nagaland was held on 16th June 2017 at the Naga Club Building which elected a Team of 5(five) Ad-hoc Office Bearers.

Realizing the need to regularize the ad-hoc office bearers for full swing activities on the forthcoming centennial celebration of the Club, the general meeting of the Tribal Hoho representatives on 17th August 2018 regularized the ad-hoc body by voice vote. The Naga Club has since then set in motion as to how to observe the centenary celebration by appointing an organizing Committee.

In regard to the Naga Club Building and its Plot there should be neither doubt nor any misunderstanding for all concern.

The following facts should clear all mists. On formal return of the building by the State Government to the Naga Club, the NSF under the then President, Mr Vizolie Sorhie, on 4-4-1983, applied for renting some rooms of the Naga Club Building. In a prompt response to the request, the authority of the Naga Club on 7-4-1983 allotted a part of the building to NSF on rental basis, documents of which are available with the Club. However, in regard to receipt of rent payment, if any, there is no record.

Mr Kewezu Mero, the only surviving member of the defunct Naga Club of 1982, as per the record of the Naga club, spent an amount of Rs 27,612/- for the construction of Naga Club Hotel.

In order to adjust the said amount, the then Office Bearers of Naga club, on 13-9-1991, allowed Mr Kewezu Mero to run the Naga Club Hotel for a period 10 years w.e.f 01-01-1992 to 31-12-2002.

As per this record, his tenant-ship expired 16 years ago.

Basing on the above two documents noted above, all doubts and misunderstandings whatsoever should be cleared and that the properties of the Naga Club should be brought under the full control of the club in a congenial manner before the celebration of the Centennial jubilee.

Krurovi Peseyie, Chairman, Naga Club, Kohima

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The role of D.EI.ED teachers in imparting quality education

eeping in view the exigency of trained teachers in educational institutions, the national government has recently implemented Diploma in Elementary Education (D.EI.ED.) course for untrained teachers at Primary Level and Upper Primary Level as obligatory with immediate effect in order to meet all the challenges related to teaching and development of education qualities throughout the country. Consequently innumerable prospective teachers hurriedly enrolled themselves in the last part of the month of Sept.

2017 through internet for the said course of two years duration under the guidance and supervision of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) The implementation of D.EI. ED course may sound excellent in theory but it may not be so much in practise. On the other hand, we cannot precisely come to the conclusion how much it will be effective or acclaimed as suitable as well as feasible catering for the needs of students and teachers alike. Something lacking imperfect as well as controversial issues are not far to seek.

1. Non-availability of study materials mainly, the prescribed books for the course, lack of proper and authentic information from time to except internet, illequipped scattered study centres without well-qualified instructor/staff, haphazard time-table, performing and submission of written assignments simply by collecting readymade answers from Internet – the only source of store house of our knowledge, PCP classes conducted simply as per norms without giving much attention and proper importance.

On the whole there was no scope to develop and nurture the potentialities of teachers even to acquire minimum knowledge. How can we advocate them as trained teachers when they themselves are bereft of the acquired qualities.

2. Some of the aims and objectives, title of the course for Evolution scheme of D.EI.ED Programme are no longer considered imperative as they are not directly linked with teaching and learning process. Some are impracticable too in class room teaching.

3. Even before the end of First Year Exam. and announcement of the result, teachers have been asked to submit their fees for the admission in second year course. It clearly reveals that there will be no detention policy. All will be declared qualified and trained.

Whenever some kinds of training is imparted for the greater interest of the nation, mainly for the teachers, the govt must take the decision cogently, otherwise it may have detrimental effects also.

4. The course is meant to some extent a Refresher Course over the subjects to be taught. It does not help to enhance abilities, knowledge and skills to teachers to harness their works.

5. The right qualifications for the teaching jobs rests on to a certain levels of knowledge and ability, irrespective of so called trained and untrained, which can be attained in slow degrees.

6. The success in teaching depends primarily on the adequate knowledge of the subject a teacher is going to teach. Selecting or giving preference to a teacher merely on the basis of training may cause confusion and ever mar. How can a student learn a particular subject and expect better performance from a teacher who himself is not qualified for the same?

7. Methods of teaching are continuously changing. They are dynamic with the passage of time and changing situations. A good teacher must keep pace with the progress of methodology.

8. To evaluate the progress or measuring intelligence, abilities and capabilities of pupils solely depend on the performance of exam results in different subjects. It further evaluates the performance of the teachers and the efficacy of the school as a whole. We want our children to score high marks, without trying to find out where their talent and their teaching methodology lie.

9. In private institutions, some administrators are autocrats.

They give sole importance to the academic performance of the children. Poor performance of the children may cause impending danger to the concerned teachersinsecurity of services.

10. In a crowded class, the teachers whether trained or untrained are always under great strain-conducting class-tests, periodical test, evaluating answerscripts etc. Paying individual attention and caring is not feasible.

11. The Schools are preoccupied with preparing for the final examination which will entitle them to admission to the next class. The teachers sometimes fail to cover the loaded course and heavy syllabus from the prescribed text –books. The end-results of the system may be literacy but it is certainly not education.

Unemployed yet not Employable

‘Civilization’.

Educated people should know only few households could afford a landline connection only few years back.

That too for just local calls and we had to visit PCOs to make STD/ISD calls either at night or early in the morning in order to avoid the full charge. I was in Vellore for health check-up way back in October 2003 when the then Prime Minister of India visited Nagaland and lifted the ban of mobile phone that was earlier prohibited due to insurgency problem. I brought home Nokia handset but had to wait for months since the first group of post paid BSNL SIM cards were issued to Legislators and higher ups only. Some even submitted application with VIP’s recommended letters.

I mean the use of cell phone uniformly by all walks of life isn’t yet a full decade in Nagaland.

Today even the houseflies can afford net pack, all thanks to various telecom companies for providing us the lowest affordable cost and unbelievable offers. What a great change in youngsters getting access to Facebook lately! It appears even Neil Armstrong was not as excited as them being the first human to land on the moon. Findings reveal most of our Naga lads are more engaged in Facebook than even its founder Mark Zuckerberg. To feel ashamed of one’s odd behavior has become too luxurious. Facebook has become a vomiting station. We must be having

the world’s most hopeless, jobless and shameless netizens. If we have sold our right during election, what right do we have to talk about non-transparent politicians? If ‘clean election’ doesn’t exist in our book, why complain about development? If everyone has an intense dislike for corruption but still didn’t vote for the right candidate, why shout for change? Some youngsters should be satisfied with the cash they collected-extorted from the candidates during election but they are still hopeful of backdoor appointment from their representatives. Isn’t this a dual standard? They still have the audacity to curse politicians on Facebook.

Meanwhile, we also witnessed some people’s allout campaign against their constituency candidates on Facebook. Your vengeance speaks volume, people resort to such acts when their expectation rises higher than who they are. Nagaland is such a State with no industries of her own nor are the potential companies investing in Nagaland to accommodate the backlog of unemployment. In the Government sector too, there is over staffing pattern in the State. The 13th Finance Commission had recommended the State should spend only 35% within revenue expenditure on salary of Government employees.

However the expenditure on account of salary to the total of revenue expenditure during the period was to the

tune of 60%. According to the 13th Finance Commission, the state was supposed to reduce about 46,000 employees. Jesus is Jesus, being the Lord He could feed the multitudes with 2 fishes and 5 loaves of bread. Nagaland cannot rain down Government jobs without post creation. Unless someone dies or attains superannuation, there is no vacancy in all the Departments.

You grow a year older each birthday and the peak of your ability decreases.

Can you visualise that it is another inflation taking toll on your age? You definitely feel the pinch when younger batches overtake you in the job interviews. Has the education failed you or you failed the education? If you think you are not a competitive material for open battle, ever thought of employing yourself with humble earnings? Your Facebook posts and comments will not bring any solution or salvation.

You really think you won a debate when someone gives up on you? They abandon the debate because you made them understand that you are jobless and nobody in the real world. Just remember, they have better life beyond Facebook and got better things to do than to continue the nonsensical debate.

Our local entrepreneurs have a good reason to prefer recruitment of non-Nagas over Nagas and the reason is “not employable”. They can never be punctual nor sincere and have no job commitment

12. There is always a cutthroat competition mainly among the private schools of repute. Most of them follow their own methodology including teaching aids or visual aids at the Junior and Senior Primary stage to make the lesson interesting, attractive and effective.

13. There is a general tendency with the school authorities to prescribe more and more books for various types of study to the young students. Everyone comments adversely on the sight of the school going boys and girls carrying bulky loads of books on their backs and usually their backs bent by the load. How can we expect to expedite the process of gaining knowledge by prescribing lots of books for study with no time for these growing children?

14. The present education policy only ensures that students attend classes regularly, more and more children get admitted and there be less drop-out. Here also the stress is on the quantity of students in school, not the quality.

15. The courses and structures of studies should provide the best possible educational preparations for making job-oriented.

16. When we look into the problems of education, we see wide scale disparities in the educational development in the urban and rural areas which affects the standard and quality of education. Can the train teachers do something in order to minimise the wide disparity?

In fine, we can come to the conclusion that there is a crying need to stop such commercialisation of education at all level .

Unless we are able to put an end to all such unhealthy trends in education, and evolves a comprehensive system of education at all levels, we cannot provide both quality and help in achieving the universialisation of education or mass education in this country.

Neither can we make education an expensive item far from the access of common – man, nor can we afford to provide good and quality education to the millions of this country free of cost. A middle path has to be found very soon so as to protect the common children from the prevailing crisis of education lest they should be the ultimate sufferer in the whole process. The fissiparous tendencies that we notice today are the outcome of the lack of a definite education policy followed by the nation, Shibdas Ghose, PWD/Landmark Colony, Dimapur

as well. They are not good in what they do, that is why their employers axe them after a short stint.

A roaring lion in the wild scares the shit out of animals in the jungle but nobody cares when the caged one roars. Lazy bees swarm the blogs with Oxford fever.

But why care about Facebook worms and virtual vocalists? Sometimes do your Maths, you could be cursing your future while cursing others because there is power in the words we speak. You got to minimize venting out your anger in social media. If you are frustrated because you are not successful in life, empower yourself one more time and don’t stop believing in your ability. If you are a dropout and you foresee your bleak future, just remember a quote “when a caterpillar thought its life was over, it turned into a beautiful butterfly”. If you think you have lost all hopes, search deep within yourself, you will discover a raw diamond.

Bill Gates said “I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all subjects. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft” Work culture has been altered by abuse of social media. The world grows smaller each day due to technological accessibility which is considered the Windows of the World.

Why should someone whine without shaping one’s own destiny? Look up, the world has space station, you got to occupy the space and create your world. No investment, no returns only Hard work pays. We know you find solace on Facebook but if you understand you are not a stakeholder with CEO, time to realize you are one potential candidate for online slavery. Enough of Facebook crucification. Time to question yourself, why do you remain “unemployed yet not employable”.

Vikali Shikhu, Unity Village, 5th Mile, Dimapur

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The department has already informed through media about power outage in different parts of Dimapur on different days. Maintenance is essential every now and then as is the norm for any public amenity. Hopefully after maintenance is done, citizens of Dimapur can enjoy regular supply of electricity which has become such an expensive commodity.

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UIDAI to add face recognition feature New Delhi, Aug 18 (AGENCIES): Aadhaarissuing body UIDAI has finally announced a phased rollout of face recognition feature as an additional mode of authentication, starting with telecom service providers from September 15.

The Authority had earlier planned to roll out face recognition feature from July 1, a target that was later pushed to August 1. It has also proposed a monetary disincentive for telcos found slipping on the prescribed targets from mid next month.

For authentication agencies other than telecom ser vice providers (TSPs), UIDAI said specific instructions will be issued on implementation of face authentication feature, but did not give a fresh deadline.

S i g n i f i c a n t ly, t h e Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has further said ‘live face photo’ capture and its verification with the photo obtained in eKYC will be essential in those cases where Aadhaar is used for issuance of mobile SIMs. UIDAI says the move is aimed at curbing the possibility of fingerprint spoofing or cloning, and seeks to tighten the audit process and security around issuance and activation of mobile SIMs.

UIDAI had earlier planned to roll out face recognition feature from July 1, a target that was later pushed to August 1.

It may be recalled that in June this year, a Hyderabad-based mobile SIM card distributor had forged Aadhaar details for activating thousands of SIMs. “This instruction (for matching live face photo with eKYC photo) will apply only where Aadhaar is used for issuance of SIMs. As per Telecom Department’s instructions, if SIM is issued through other means without Aadhaar, then these instructions will not apply,” UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey told PTI. UIDAI has proposed a two-factor authentication for use of face recognition by telcos. Where an individual provides Aadhaar number, the authentication will be done using fingerprint or iris and face. For individuals providing Virtual ID, the authentication can be on basis of fingerprint or iris. UIDAI said in

case where an individual is unable to authenticate fingerprint or iris, face authentication can be used as an additional mode, to make the system more inclusive.

“TSPs are hereby directed that with effect from September 15, 2018 at least 10 per cent of their total monthly authentication transactions shall be performed using face authentication in this manner. Any shortfall in transactions using face authentication would be charged at Rs 0.20 per transaction,” said a UIDAI circular.

Pandey said this will ensure that telcos provide face capture facilities to customers who encounter difficulty in authentication due to worn out fingerprints. “Combination of live face with fingerprint in authentication will also enhance Aadhaar security

as it will effectively curb fingerprint spoofing,” Pandey said.

The circular also states that after successful eKYC authentication, the telecom operators will also capture the live face photo (that is, not merely holding a still photo in front of a camera) of the individual, over and above the photo captured for face authentication.

“It shall be the responsibility of the TSP that the live photo thus captured shall be verified at their backend system with the photo received in eKYC before activation of the SIM. “The TSP shall store both the photos in its database for audit purpose...this process shall be followed for the eKYC performed for all the customers for issuance of SIM cards,” the circular said.

Failure to comply, will invite a financial disincentive in line with the prescribed norms, the authority warned.

“It has been noticed that due to non-readiness of few device providers, the various AUAs (Authentication User Agencies) were not in a position to implement face authentication with effect from August 1, 2018. “Therefore, to avoid any inconvenience to public it has been decided to roll out the face authentication in a phased manner,” UIDAI said.

Vajpayee’s ashes to be immersed in Haridwar today New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI): Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes will be immersed in various rivers across the country, starting with the Ganga at Haridwar tomorrow, the BJP said today.

The immersion ceremony at the holy city tomorrow will be attended

by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his Uttarakhand counter part Trivendra Singh Rawat among others, BJP leader Bhupender Yadav told reporters here.

One of the most charismatic leaders in independent India, Vajpayee passed away here on Thursday at the age of 93. He was cremated with full State honours at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in the national capital yesterday.

Yadav said an all-party prayer meeting for the BJP stalwart will be held here on August 20 and another such meeting will be organised in Lucknow on August 23 since Vajpayee’s appeal cut across political divide.

Apart from the home minister and Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Vajpayee’s relatives will attend the Lucknow prayer meeting, he said, adding that the former prime minister’s ashes will also be immersed in the Gomati river there.

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1,500 stranded in flood-hit Kodagu district of Karnataka K o da g u, A u g 1 8 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday visited the flood-hit Kodagu district in the southern state, where hundreds are marooned in villages and towns due to heavy rains.

“At least 1,500 people are stranded in various parts of the district, but the rescue officials have not been able to reach them due to bad weather and landslides. Efforts are being made to rescue them,” Kumaraswamy told reporters here.

The Chief Minister earlier in the day held a meeting with district officials on the flood situation in Kodagu, and on heavy rains lashing coastal and south interior districts.

He made an aerial survey of the coffee-growing district, about 270km from the state capital Begaluru.

THe district is one of the worst-hit districts in the southern state.A “The officials are trying to airlift people in the district, but the weather has not been very favourable,” the Chief Minister said.

Heavy rains, flooding and landslips in the district have claimed six lives so far, a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said.

The state has announced a compensation of

Thousands are stranded at high-ground areas and are waiting to be rescued in Madikeri in Kodagu.

Rs 5 lakh to the kin of those who lost their lives due to the rains.

The Chief Minister earlier announced Rs 200crore fund to take up relief measures in the rain-hit districts.

Kumaraswamy, who also visited a relief camp in Madikeri in the hilly district in Western Ghats, told people that the state is taking up rescue and relief operations on a war-footing.

The water being released from Harangi reservoir in the district across Harangi river, one of Cauvery’s tributaries, has been flooding several towns and villages in the region.

Over the last 24 hours, Madikeri received a very heavy rainfall measuring up to 30 cm, while the district received an average rain

upto 16 cm, according to the weather office.

About 60 Dogra Regiment soldiers and 12 expert naval divers rescued 873 marooned people in the flood-hit district till Friday, where overnight heavy rains caused landslides and inundated low-lying areas at Makkanduru.

Another 525 personnel from the fire services, home guards and civil defence teams are working on the rescue operations in the district.

In all, 948 specialised rescuers from various state and central agencies are working in Kodagu district, a CMO statement said.

So far, more than 1,250 people have been rescued and shifted to about 30 relief camps set up across the district, the statement added.

Engineer, lawyer set up group PM took impromptu decision Odisha to receive heavy rainfall to monitor ‘biased, fake’ news to walk at Vajpayee’s funeral media users. The duo had been working on the project for the last two years, but made a soft-launch of the forum on Twitter over a week ago. Since then, they have filed almost two dozen cases, mainly of sedition, across the country against several people.

“We are getting full support from people of clean and responsible media and not going to deter from wrong doers. Either self regulate or we regulate them legally. We are teams of professionals from all domains backed by strong teams of lawyers across,” Saxena tweeted yesterday. The 54-year-old dismissed suggestions that his organisation was like a pressure group or a media PM Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, other leaders watchdog and also denied any political participate in the last journey of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday. (PTI) affiliation.

Koregaon-Bhima riots hearing to begin from September 5: Officials M u m ba i , Au g 1 8 (IANS): A two-member judicial commission will hold its first hearing on the January 1 caste riots in BhimaKoregaon in Maharashtra from September 5 to 7, an official said on Saturday.

The hearings will be held by the probe commission comprising former Bombay High Court Chief Justice Justice J.N. Patel and former Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sumit Mullick. Justice Patel is also a former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.

“Around 500 witnesses are likely to be examined during the hearings, starting with around a dozen (witnesses) next month, besides examining the voluminous documents running into more than 10,000 pages filed before the commission,” Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray told IANS. “Among other things, the commission will inquire into the riots, its causes and consequences, whether police and civil administration had made adequate arrangements on that day

or not,” he added. The commission will also examine the sequence of events that led to the violence, the persons/organisations/groups responsible and security aspects during the gathering of over 200,000 Dalits at the venue.

Soon after the riots, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had announced the judicial probe. It was appointed on February 9 with a tenure of four months.

According to Hiray, the commission has already visited the riots scene in Pune district, taken pictures and videos, collected research material and other documents.

Around 500 affidavits have been filed before the commission, including by Pune Rural Police, members of the public, organisations and NGOs, and prime accused and Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote, head of Hindu Ekta Samiti who was arrested in March and is currently on bail.

On January 2, Pune police had slapped cases against Ekbote and another Hindutva leader

Shri Shivpratisthan India chief Sambhaji Bhide alias Bhide Guruji were under The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Indian Penal Code, for allegedly inciting the violence in Koregaon-Bhima on January 1.

Violence erupted in small village of KoregaonBhima and its nearby areas during the celebrations of the historic Anglo-Maratha War of January 1, 1818, between the army of Peshwa Bajirao II and a small force of the East India Company that comprised a large number of Dalits.

Dalits from across the state had congregated around the Victory Pillar (Vijay Stambh) erected by the British in Sanaswadi village, when stone-pelting was started allegedly by right-wing groups carrying saffron flags.

In the ensuing clashes, more than 30 vehicles, including government buses, police vans and private vehicles, were torched or damaged and Rahul Fatangale, 28, of Nanded lost his life.

sequent 48 hours. The low pressure is likely to trigger heavy rainfall in the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Khordha, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur on Saturday.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur over Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Balasore, Cuttack, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur and Balangir districts on Sunday, the IMD statement said.

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was taken by surprise. Modi quietly followed the hearse that was on its way to Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, the funeral venue.

At that point, the Special Protection Group, the elite force that guards the PM, informed the police that Modi would walk alongside the funeral procession right up to Smriti Sthal in north

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New Delhi, Aug 18 (AGENCIES): Outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, as former PM Atal Bihari Vaypayee’s mortal remains were being taken out of the building, Prime Minister Narendra Modi followed behind.

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Delhi, a senior police officer said. BJP chief Amit Shah, Union ministers and chief ministers of several states, including Vijay Rupani, Shivraj Chouhan, Yogi Adityanath and Devendra Fadnavis were among those who walked sombrely behind the carriage as it slowly made its way to the cremation site.

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Mumbai, Aug 18 (PTI): An aeronautical engineer from Mumbai and a Delhibased lawyer have come together to set up a group, which will monitor news reports and social media posts that are “biased and fake” and take necessary action.

The organisation, “India Against Bias Media” (IABM), has been formed by Vipul Saxena, an aeronautical engineer, and Vibhor Anand, a Supreme Court lawyer.

The group has been filing cases against disseminators of reports, which are aimed at, “destroying religious and social fabric of the country”, Saxena said.

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Bhubaneswar, Aug 18 (IANS): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said several parts of Odisha are likely to receive heavy rainfall in next three days.

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vice-president level, at Infosys under the stewardship of Chief Executive Officer Salil Parekh, who took over the reins of the company eight months ago. For Parekh, Ranganath’s exit comes at an inconvenient time, given that Infosys is struggling to maintain its previous levels of margins, even as it chases growth.

His exit is bound to raise concerns on stability at the top, and Infosys’ ability to retain its most valuable top leaders, given that Ranganath was widely seen as a steadying influence at the company, especially under the tenure of previous CEO Vishal Sikka when the company went through unprecedented levels of tumult.

Other than Ranganath, Infosys lost two other top leaders this year, former president Rajesh Krishnamurthy and former healthcare business head Sangita Singh.

“Over the last 18 years Ranga has played a pivotal

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New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI): Gold prices fell by Rs 90 to Rs 30,250 per 10 grams at the bullion market Saturday owing to tepid demand from local jewellers even as the precious metal strengthened overseas.

However, silver held steady at Rs 38,000 per kg on scattered enquiries from industrial units and coin makers. Marketmen attributed the slide in gold prices to easing demand from local jewellers and retailers in the domestic spot market but a firm trend overseas capped the fall.

Globally, gold rose by 0.93 per cent to USD 1,184.60 ounce and silver climbed 0.99 per cent to USD 14.77 an ounce in New York in yesterday’s trade.

In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity declined

by Rs 90 each to Rs 30,250 and Rs 30,100 per 10 grams, respectively.

M u m ba i , Au g 1 8 (Agencies): Infosys Chief Financial Officer MD Ranganath, a veteran of nearly two decades at India’s second-largest software services company, has abruptly stepped down from his position, marking the second CFO departure at Infosys in three years.

In a statement to stock exchanges, Infosys did not give a reason for Ranganath’s departure, but said the company’s board had accepted his resignation and Ranganath would continue in his current role till 16 November 2018. The board has already started the process to hunt for Ranganath’s successor, it added.

According to two people aware of the matter, who requested anonymity, Jayesh Sanghrajka, deputy CFO at Infosys, is likely to replace Ranganath as the company’s next finance chief.

Ranganath’s departure marks the third top-level exit, all of them at the executive

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during the demonetisation phase.

“In contrast, GST implementation does not seem to have had any significant impact on credit.

Overall, MSME credit and especially micro credit to MSMEs, including loans by banks and NBFCs, shows a healthy rate of growth in recent quarters,” it said with the disclaimer that the views and opinions do not necessarily represent the views of the RBI. During the quarter April-June 2018, bank credit to MSMEs increased on average by 8.5 per cent (y-o-y), mirroring the level of growth during AprilJune 2015, with credit to micro and small enterprises growing at an even healthier rate.

The growth in credit to MSMEs has recovered since the lows of late 2017 to reach the mid-2015 level, it said.

such as Bhushan Power and Steel, Lanco Infratech and Alok Industries are factored in, as haircuts in these cases are expected to be much higher. For instance, against the admitted claims worth Rs 47,000 crore by financial creditors, the highest offer (by JSW Steel) is only Rs 19,350 crore.

Lanco Infra, with Rs 45,263 crore in debt from financial creditors, is feared to be heading for liquidation as the lenders have reportedly rejected an offer. In case of Alok Industries, against the debt of Rs 29,500 crore, Reliance and JM Financial have placed a joint bid of only Rs 5,050 crore.

Nevertheless, once these old cases, where chances of a grand turnaround without massive investments are remote, are settled and new cases come in, recovery would be much higher, a senior government official said.

This is because creditors can invoke insolvency proceedings against defaulting firms very early when chances of turning them around would be much higher and easier.

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M u m b a i , Au g 1 8 (PTI): MSME exports were hit more by issues related to GST implementation than demonetisation, according to a report released Saturday.

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), considered a powerful engine of the country’s economic growth, are contributing around 40 per cent of the overall shipments from India. “...MSME exports were affected more adversely by issues relating to GST implementation than demonetisation due to delay in refund of upfront GST and input tax credit affecting cash-driven working capital requirements,” said Mint Street Memo published by the RBI. The report noted that the credit growth in the MSME sector had started decelerating even before demonetisation and declined further

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on the basis of the inputs provided by resolution professionals (RPs).

Operational creditors, including raw material suppliers, have received Rs 2,015 crore, making up for 61 per cent of their claims.

Financial creditors, expectedly, made up for the bulk (96 per cent) of the total claims admitted by RPs. “The IBC is way better than the earlier system, where recovery used to take a lot of time, and wherever a one-time settlement took place, the amount was usually not more than 2030 per cent. Also, many stressed firms were allowed debt restructuring, which further worsened their state of health. In contrast, the IBC stipulates a time-bound resolution of default cases, which is good,” said Manoj Kumar, partner and head (M&A and insolvency resolution services) at consultancy Corporate Professionals Capital.

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The report has been released on the website of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI).

The report compares growth rates between old series (2004-05) and new series based on 2011-12 prices.

As per the old series (2004-05), the expansion in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices was 9.57 per cent during 2006-07, when Manmohan Singh was prime minister.

As per the new series (201112), the growth number stands revised at 10.08 per cent.

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level is more,” Garg said.

When asked how the rupee will be affected if China devalued its currency, he said that for the first time in the last 20 years, the Chinese economy had experienced current account deficit (CAD).

“Now China’s exports and imports are altering fundamentally. So far, the depreciation of the Chinese yuan was not so high. Even if the Chinese currency is devalued, India will not be affected as long as the depreciation of all currencies vis-a-vis the dollar was similar,” he added.

There would be no problem as terms-of-trade would not change, Garg said.

New Delhi, Aug 18 (Agencies): Creditors have recovered Rs 49,783 crore, or almost 56 per cent of their admitted claims, from 32 stressed companies where insolvency resolution plans were approved by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) by the end of June, showed data compiled by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India.

Despite the average 44 per cent haircut that the creditors in general had to take in these cases, analysts said the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has performed much better than the earlier system where the recovery process was strenuous and yielded too little. Of course, the headline numbers are good primarily because of Bhushan Steel, which accounted for close to 64 per cent of the total claims by these 32 firms and an equal amount in recovery.

Financial creditors, such as banks, have managed to recover Rs 47,768 crore, or a little over 55 per cent of their claims, showed the data by insolvency regulator, compiled

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growth rate recorded by the country after the economic liberalisation programme launched by the then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao. “The GDP backseries data is finally out. It proves that like-for-like, the economy under both UPA terms (10 year avg: 8.1%) outperformed the Modi Govt (Avg 7.3%),” the Congress party had said in a tweet yesterday.

“The UPA also delivered the ONLY instance of double digit annual growth in modern Indian history,” it had said.

The GDP numbers for the later years too have been revised upwards, according to the report.

The National Statistics Commission had set up the committee to recommend suitable measures to strengthen systems and processes for collection, collation and dissemination of these statistics with possibility for improving timeliness.

Kolkata, Aug 18 (PTI): The rupee, which has taken a severe battering of late, is expected to stabilise at 68-69 per US dollar level riding on positive capital inflows this month, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhas Chandra Garg said Saturday.

The rupee is already Asia’s worst performing currency and had touched an all-time low of 70.09 per US dollar on Tuesday.

According to Garg, the current turmoil in Turkey, triggered by US sanctions, had not affected the perception of India. The flow of foreign portfolio investments (FPI) had not altered either and there had been no outflow in July, Garg said while speaking at an interactive session organised by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry here.

During the first three months, there had been outflow of capital and in the last year the total outflow was USD 20 billion, he added.

“If oil prices do not rise further, the chances of the rupee stabilising at 68-69

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New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI): New GDP data does not change reality that ‘macro-economic instability’ was highest under the previous UPA government period, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Surjit Bhalla said Saturday.

According to the back series data prepared by the by the Committee on Real Sector Statistics, constituted by the National Statistical Commission, Indian economy clocked a 10.08 per cent growth rate in 2006-07 under the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the highest since liberalisation of the economy in 1991.

“Rumour going around t h a t U PA h a d h i g h e r growth; therefore no policy paralysis; “new” GDP data does not change reality that macro-economic INSTABILITY was highest under UPA-highest inflation ever, highest center + state fiscal deficits, highest corruption & highest policy paralysis,” Bhalla said in a tweet.

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protests, which took place a few hundred meters from the fence, though dozens came closer, with some rolling burning tires, witnesses said.

Medics said Israeli gunfire killed two men and wounded at least 270 other Palestinians, 50 of them with live bullets.

An Israeli ar my spokeswoman said troops had responded with “riotdispersal means” to prevent breaches of the border.

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B EI J IN G , A u g 1 8 (Agencies): China’s Defence Ministr y has lodged a complaint with the United States about a Pentagon report that said China’s military was likely training for strikes against the United States and its allies, saying it was “pure guesswork”.

The assessment, at a time of heightened USChina tensions over trade, was contained in an annual report that highlighted China’s efforts to increase its global influence, with defence spending that the Pentagon estimated exceeded $190 billion in 2017.

China’s Defence Ministry said in a statement late on Friday that the Pentagon report misrepresented China’s strategic intentions and exaggerated the “so-called China military threat.”

“China’s military expresses resolute opposition to this and has lodged stern representations with the US side,” it said.

China is on the path of peaceful development and pursues a defensive national strategy, and has always been a contributor

to world peace and protector of the global order, the ministry said.

“The Chinese military’s strengthening of modernisation is to protect the country’s sovereignty, security and development interests, as well as global peace, stability and prosperity,” it said.

“The Chinese military’s reform, weapons development and defensive capabilities in the internet space are just and reasonable. The criticism in the US report is pure guesswork.”

The Pentagon report said that while the People’s Liberation Army had continued to extend operations, it was not clear what message Beijing was looking to send by carrying out bomber flights “beyond a demonstration of improved capabilities.”

This year, China’s air force landed bombers on islands and reefs in the South China Sea as part of a training exercise in the disputed region.

In January the Pentagon put countering Beijing, along with Russia, at the centre of a new national defence strategy.

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The Longkumer (Akhori) Kidong of Changki Village would like to express our happiness and congratulates Shri. Ben Longkumer, Commandant, NAPTC, Chumukedima who has once again been selected for the award, the Police Medal for Meritorious Service 2018 (PMMS) from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India.

The Longkumer (Akhori) Kidong immensely prays and wishes him success in his future endeavour.

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Washington, Aug 18 (IANS): Donald Trump announced that he will travel to Paris next November 11 to commemorate Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I. He said on his Twitter account that he will “go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th.”

The President said he had also “cancelled” the military parade in Washington that was planned for the same day to coincide with Veterans Day in the US, due to the “ridiculously high” cost estimated by the authorities. “Maybe we will do something next year in DC when the cost comes WAY DOWN,” he added.

The decision to put off the US parade came the same day that it was leaked to US media that it would cost $92 million, far more than originally estimated.

Trump asked the Pentagon last February to organise the event after being impressed the year before in Paris by the military parade on Bastille Day, July 4, to which he was invited by French President Emmanuel Macron.

With immense pride and great respect, we extend our heartiest congratulations to our esteemed member Smti.

Temjensola, Tracer, office of the PHED, for being awarded the District Award, on the 72nd Independence Day, 15th Aug. 2018.

Giving all praise and Glory to the God Almighty. Wishing her long life and a bright future.

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The Chakhro Zheri Krotho would like to congratulate Shri. Holshe Khrieo, Nagaland Sepaktakraw Coach for receiving Dr. T. Ao Sports Award 2018. The Union wishes you success in your future endeavours.

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With immense pride, the C H U K I T O N G L I M H AT H U N G MOTSURUI, would like to express our profound happiness and heartfelt congratulations to Miss.

Tsenbeni Ezung, D/o. Nchemo Ezung, on her selection for undergoing MBBS course through NEET Examination.

The Chukitong Limhathung Motsurui wishes her success in her future endeavours.

The Doctors and Staff under Chief Veterinary Officer, Dimapur extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Govind Sharma, Animal Attendant, Veterinary Hospital Dimapur on being conferred Governor's Commendation on the occasion of 72nd Independence Day. We wish him the very best in all his future endeavour.

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ISTA N BU L , Au g 1 8 (Agencies): Turkey’s president said Saturday his country will stand strong against an “attempted economic coup” amid heightened tensions with US. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told thousands of supporters in Ankara that the country was being “threatened by the economy, sanctions, foreign currency, interest rates and inflation.”

“We tell them that we see their game and we challenge them,” he said.

Turkey is reeling from a massive sell-off of its currency as Washington imposed sanctions and threatened new ones if an American pastor under house arrest isn’t released.

Evangelical pastor Andrew Craig Br unson faces up to 35 years in jail if convicted of espionage and terror-related charges.

T h e l i r a ’s va l u e dropped 38 percent against the dollar since the beginning of the year and sunk as low as 7.24 this week.

On Friday, ratings agencies

GENOA, Aug 18 (Agencies): Italy mourned the victims of the collapse of a motorway bridge in the northern city of Genoa with a state funeral on Saturday, as rescue workers kept searching for the last few unaccounted people buried in the rubble.

On Tuesday a 200-metre section of the Morandi bridge in Genoa gave way in busy lunchtime traffic, killing at least 38 people.

The mass for 19 of the victims was held at the Exhibition and Trade Centre of the northern port city and led by the city’s archbishop, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco.

But some of the victims families boycotted the event and held their own private services, as a protest against the state, seen as negligent in its role of overseeing safety on the privately run bridge.

A car was found on Saturday morning by rescue workers under slabs of concrete. The fire brigade and the Genoa prefecture said it was “compatible” with one believed to carry a family of three. But the official death toll has not yet

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More victims of the Genoa bridge collapse were laid to rest on Saturday during a state funeral.

been revised.

The government has declared Saturday a national day of mourning and declared a state of emergency for Genoa, one of Italy’s largest ports.

Members of the fire brigade, rescue teams and the police force were welcomed with applause as they entered the exhibition centre, where the caskets, including a small white one for a child, were lined up in front of a temporary altar.

“These things should not happen but unfortunately they still do. Now they’re looking for someone to blame but dead people cannot come back,” said Giuseppe Rondinelli, a

friend of one of the victims, who was among the mourners.

Players of the city’s two soccer teams, Genoa and Sampdoria, sat among the crowd, having refused to play matches this weekend in sign of respect. Relatives of the dead stood beside the coffins, adorned with white and yellow roses, some with their hands on the caskets.

Albanian flags were draped over two caskets and the Chilean flag on two others. Another was covered with soccer memorabilia.

“The collapse of the bridge was a gash in the heart of Genoa, it’s a deep wound,” the archbishop said in his homily.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his wife Emine, left, throws flowers to his supporters as he arrives to deliver a speech at his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) congress in Ankara, Turkey on Saturday. (AP/PTI)

downgraded Turkey’s credit rating further to “junk” status, pointing to currency volatility and concerns over central bank independence.

Some Erdogan supporters at his ruling party’s congress to elect a new executive branch wore shirts with the lira sign.

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SUTEMI VILLAGE COUNCIL FELICITATION On behalf of all the bonafide citizens of Sutemi Village, hereby extend our heartiest congratulations to our brothers, Dr. Hesheto Y. Chishi for being awarded Governor's award in the field of Art (Folk) and Mr. Kihovi Y. Chishi, Electrician for being awarded Governor's Gold Medal during Independence Day 2018.

We pray and wish them success in their future endeavours.

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With immense pride, the Ghukiye Students' Union would like to congratulate Mr. Vito. A. Zhimomi, Son of Mrs. & Mr. Avikhu Zhimomi of Ghukiye Village for securing Top 1 in recently declared NEET examination 2018.

The Union further prays and wishes him success in his future endeavour.

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China’s Defence Ministry said the “peaceful construction work” in the South China Sea was its right as a sovereign country, and it criticised the United States for its freedom of navigation operations there.

It said the report by the United States harms mutual trust between the two countries, the ministry said.

“We demand the US side abandons Cold War thinking, objectively and rationally views China’s defence and military construction, stops issuing the relevant reports, and takes actual steps to promote and protect the stable development of military-tomilitary relations,” it said.

While Washington and Beijing maintain a military-to-military relationship aimed at containing tensions, this has been tested in recent months, notably in May when the Pentagon withdrew an invitation to China to join a multinational naval exercise.

In June, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis became the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014.

Twitter, referring to a Muslim festival that begins on Aug. 21 and ends on Aug. 24.

Israel sees the Gaza protests as a bid by Hamas, against which it has fought three wars in the last decade, to use civilians as cover for cross-border attacks. Hamas denies this.

Separately, Israeli police said they were attacked on Friday by a knife-wielding man after he emerged from a complex housing Al Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third-holiest shrine, in East Jerusalem.

The man was shot dead, police said, describing him as a resident of an Israeli Arab town where pro-Palestinian sympathies are strong. CCTV video from the scene showed a man lunging at a police trooper with a knife, but not what followed.

Palestinians said that, after the incident, Israeli authorities barred Muslim worshippers from Al Aqsa mosque.

“This is a grave escalation that may lead to unpredictable consequences,” Abbas said in a statement carried by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

We the Viswema Youth Organisation take this opportunity to express our utmost gratitude and convey our heartiest congratulations to the following persons for bringing pride and laurels to our Village recently.

1. Dr. Hovithal N. Sothu, Dy. Director (Training) ATI, Kohima for receiving Governor’s Gold Medal award fitted with ribbons.

2. Mr. Holshe Khrieo, Sepaktakraw Coach for receiving Dr. T. Ao Sports Award, honoured in recognition of his distinction in the field of Sports.

3. Mr. Vikehieto Kennao, Inspector, O.C. Kiphire Police Station for receiving Governor’s Gold Medal award.

4. Miss Puleno Neikha, Instructor, Department of Youth Resources & Sports, Kohima for participating in the 18th Asian Games, Indonesia as Coach of the Indian Women Sepaktakraw team.

We wish and pray that Almighty God blesses you all and use you to greater success in all your future endeavors.

“Strength & Vigour” (Mr. PUVITO NEIKHA) (Mr. MHASHEKHOL KENNAO) President, General Secretary, Viswema Youth Organisation Viswema Youth Organisation

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knife after leaving a mosque complex.

After a more than fourmonth surge in confrontations over the Gaza Strip border, Israel this week eased its clampdown on the enclave’s commercial traffic and fishing. Cairo said it was finalizing details of a longer-term accommodation between Israel and the dominant Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Some 20,000 people participated in Friday’s

Fr i d ay ’s d e a t h s brought to 170 the number of Palestinians killed

by Israeli forces since the weekly protests began on March 30. The campaign is pressing for rights to land that Palestinians lost to Israel in the 1948 war of its foundation, and for an end to the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza.

Anger in Gaza has also been stoked by funding cuts by the Western-backed administration of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, which dominates the West Bank and is the rival of Hamas, which runs Gaza. Their efforts at agreeing on a powersharing unity deal with Egyptian mediation have not borne fruit.

Cairo had no immediate comment on Friday’s incidents.

Hamas official Izzat Reshiq said the group, and other Palestinian factions, concluded a round of talks with Egyptian security officials over a possible truce with Israel and that further talks were scheduled for later this month.

“Efforts will resume after the holiday of Eid Al-Adha,” Reshiq said on

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GAZA, Aug 18 (Agencies): Israeli troops killed two Palestinians and wounded at least 270 taking part in weekly Gaza border protests on Friday, medics said, as Egyptian mediators tried to clinch a truce deal that would calm the impoverished enclave.

In Jerusalem’s Old City, another area that Palestinians want for a future state, Israeli police said they shot dead an Arab who attacked them with a

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Vixeshe N. Chishi, Chairman Sutemi Village Council

'ATTENTION TO LANDOWNERS OF OLD SHOWUBA VILLAGE' All Provisional Land Pattas/Permits/Certificates issued by this Council prior to 1st March 2018 shall be treated as invalid for all purposes in view of Land Patta Revision.

The Landowners are directed to get their Land documents Renewed/Replaced before 30th November 2018 and failing which penalty as deemed fit will be imposed. Renewal/ Replacement of Pattas, etc can be done with the VCC on Saturdays between 8:00 am to 10:00 am. Further, no construction of buildings of any type, fencing, etc. shall be allowed without the prior approval of the Council.

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APHUYEMI SÜMI KÜQHAKULU, KOHIMA (PUGHOBOTO AREA PUBLIC ORGANISATION, KOHIMA Motto: “Protection and Identity” Estd : 2006

ASKK ELECTS NEW OFFICE BEARERS Aphuyemi Sumi Kuqhakulu Kohima (Pughoboto Area Public Organisation, Kohima) in its general meeting held on 16th June,2018 at the Heritage, Kohima, has elected new office bearers for the tenure 2018-21 as hereunder : President - Mr. Ngukato K. Tsuipu, Vice President - Kivigho Achumi General Secretary - Caleb Swu, Finance Secretary - Mr. Isak Swu Statistical Secretary - Mr. Bovito Kiho, Media & Publicity Secretary - Miss. Inakali Zhimo, Treasurer cum Banker - Mr.Lashito Sheqi. *Advisors* Mr. Isak Wotsa Mr. Tokuho Zhimo Mr. Ahovi Swu Mrs. Hosheli Q. Wotsa In view of the change of guard, it is informed to all concerned to contact the above mentioned office bearers in the event of any issues involving Sumi Aphuyemis (Pughoboto Area) at Kohima town.

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CONDOLENCE MESSAGE The Konyak Village Councils' Union (KVCU) 137 recognised and unrecognise Villages have mourned the sudden demise of Late J. K. Yeanglong Konyak, Chairman of Totok Chingnyu Village Council, who passed away on 10th August 2018.

The KVCU President PM. Nockpai Konyak in his condolence message expressed sadness at the demise of Late J. K. Yeanglong, who was a good leader, contributed towards the society and the Konyak Area in various capacities. His demise was a great loss to our community in general, we will not forget him. KVCU conveys condolences to the bereaved family and prays for the departed soul to rest in peace.

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Priyanka, Nick seal relationship with ‘roka’ ceremony Google admits tracking users on smart phones despite disabled feature P G riyanka Chopra and N i c k Jo n a s, f o l lowing months of speculation, on Saturday solemnised their relationship with a traditional Indian ‘roka’ ceremony. The actress says she is “taken” with her “heart and soul” by the American singer, who has introduced her to the world as the “future Mrs Jonas”.

“Taken... With all my heart and soul,” Priyanka posted on Instagram with an intimate photograph following their pre wedding Punjabi ritual at her residence here.

Nick posted the same photograph in which the couple looks much in love, and wrote: “Future Mrs Jonas. My heart. My love.”

Priyanka, 36, and Nick, 25, looked every bit ‘desi’ in traditional Indian wear for the ceremony, which was attended by their close family members and friends. Nick’s parents -- mother Denise and father Kevin Jonas Sr -- who flew down from the US with their son for the occasion on Thursday -- also dressed in Indian wear for the celebrations.

While there was a buzz that Nick proposed to Priyanka on her 36th birthday on July 18, news had followed that he got a Tiffany & Co. store in London shut down to purchase an engagement ring for his lady love.

Priyanka had been making efforts to hide the

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas at their roka ceremony.

sparkler, but in the photograph that she has shared from the ‘roka’, the rock takes the limelight.

The ceremony was attended by Priyanka’s cousin Parineeti Chopra, as well as celebrities like Arpita Khan Sharma, Mushtaq Sheikh and Srishti Behl Arya.

Priyanka is a former Miss World, who established her space in the Hindi film industry with a slew of impressive projects like “Fashion”, “Mary Kom”, “Barfi!”, “Bajirao Mastani” and “7 Khoon Maaf ”. She forayed into the international showbiz world with a singing career, and eventually landed the lead role in American TV show “Quantico”.

It gave her a launchpad that pushed her presence in the global entertainment universe. She made her Hollywood debut with

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“Baywatch”, followed by “A Kid Like Jake”. She will also be seen in “Isn’t It Romantic?”

She is also an active philanthropist.

Nick is a popular singer and has also acted in “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”, as well as done TV shows like “Hannah Montana”, “Camp Rock” and “Scream Queens”.

The two have been creating a buzz since a joint appearance at the Met Gala red carpet in 2017, leaving everyone wondering whether they were dating.

Celebrities from Bollywood and Hollywood sent in good wishes in abundance for actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas, who made their relationship official

here on Saturday with a traditional Indian ‘roka’ ceremony.

Gigi Hadid, Ranveer Singh, Hrithik Roshan, Ileana D’Cruz and Laura Brown are some of the known names to have congratulated them.

After months of speculation, the “Fashion” actress took to her Instagram account to make it official that she is “taken” with her “heart and soul”, while Nick introduced her as the “Future Mrs Jonas”.

Here’s what the celebrities wrote after Nick and Priyanka shared an intimate photograph from the ceremony: Preity Zinta: Congratulations to my dear Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas on their new journey together. Wish you both loads of love, happiness and togetherness always.

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nthony Bourdain was loved and celebrated for his blunt way with words, and comedian Patton Oswalt shared an email Sunday that captured the late chef’s uncompromising spirit perfectly.

The comedian tweeted that when he and his wife, Meredith Salenger, were planning their honeymoon to Paris after their November 2017 wedding, friends and family put together a list of things to do and places to eat in the City of Light. Then he sent the list to Bourdain.

“I’m a fan and an admirer so gotta tell you this is no way to enjoy Paris,” Bourdain shot back. “F---

them. All of them.”

What followed was a list of five items starting with “Try and plan as little as possible.” “I love and miss him,” Oswalt tweeted along with a screenshot of the email.

Colleagues, friends, celebrities and fans alike have been mourning Bourdain’s death since he was found dead in France on Friday at the age of 61. The chef and explorer, who hosted CNN’s “Parts Unknown,” died by suicide, the network said. Bourdain was in France filming an episode of the Emmy-award winning series when a friend found him unresponsive.

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Hrithik Roshan: Huge congratulations Gigi Hadid: So happy for you two.

Laura Brown: Welcome to the club.

Bipasha Basu: Congratulations sweetheart.

Have a beautiful life together forever.

Malaika Arora Khan: Congratulations girl Sophie Choudhary: They say love happens when you least expect it.

So thrilled for one of my favourite girls Priyanka Chopra. You both look beautiful and so happy together. Stay blessed always, big love. P.S. He sure makes for a cute videshi desi boy.

B h u m i Pe d n e k a r : Wow, congratulations. Love and happiness.

Masaba Gupta: Lovely. Congratulations.

Ashish Chowdhary: Couldn’t be happier Priyanka Chopra and it’s because you look so happy, and that’s exactly how I’d want you to be forever. You’re the sweetest and kindest girl, and nothing less than a giant world of happiness is what you deserve. God bless you, Nick Jonas and your families.

Neha Dhupia: Congratulations Pee Cee. Urvashi Rautela: Congratulations to the beautiful couple.

Abhishek Kapoor: Heartiest congratulations to Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. Have a blast you guys.

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ilmmaker Karan Johar will be back with the next edition of popular celebrity chat show "Koffee With Karan", and has already started working on it.

On Saturday, Karan took to Twitter to tease his fans and followers about the upcoming edition of the show.

"Time to wake up and smell the...Coming soon," Karan posted with an emoji of a coffee cup. He also shared a photograph which showed him shooting for the sixth season. The show is aired in India on Star World. His chat show is hugely popular as he gets his celebrity friends and fraternity members to open up about their lives in an up, close and personal way.

In the last season, the episode with Kangana Ranaut was much talked about as she branded Karan as a "flagbearer of nepotism", leading to a debate that continues to rage in the Hindi film industry.

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on M. Chu’s romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians is holding a slight edge over The Meg at the Friday box office but the race is close, according to early returns.

Crazy Rich Asians looks to gross $6.3 million or more on Friday for a projected three-day weekend of $20 million-plus for a five-day debut of $28 million or more. That would be a strong showing for a rom-com considering the ongoing comedy slump at the box office. Meanwhile, now in its second weekend, Warner Bros.’ The Meg looks to earn as much as $6 million on Friday for a three-day haul of $18.5 million-$20.5 million.

Chu’s modestly budgeted $30 million film, based on Kevin Kwan’s best-selling 2013 novel of the same name, is the first Hollywood studio movie since 1993’s The Joy Luck Club to feature an all-Westernized Asian cast. The story follows American Ra-

chel Chu (Constance Wu) as she accompanies her longtime boyfriend Nick Young (Henry Golding) to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. As Rachel visits Nick’s hometown for the first time, she quickly learns that her boyfriend is from one of the richest families in Asia. Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, Gemma Chan and Jimmy O. Yang also star.

Crazy Rich Asians, nabbing an A CinemaScore, is playing heavily female (68 percent), while comScore exit polls show that 44 percent of Wednesday’s audience was Asian and 60 percent of the audience was under 35. The movie’s current Rotten Tomatoes score is 92 percent.

The weekend’s two other new offerings are Pete Berg’s Mile 22, starring Mark Wahlberg, and Studio 8’s prehistoric adventure-drama Alpha, directed by Albert Hughes and starring Kodi SmitMcPhee.

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oogle has updated a help page for customers of mobile phones to acknowledge that they still can be tracked for using its Search or Maps services, even if they turn off the phone’s tracking feature.

In the help page for the Location History setting, Google clarified, “This setting does not affect other location services on your device, like Google Location Services and Find My Device. Some location data may be saved as part of your activity on other services, like Search and Maps,” Xinhua reported.

The Google update came three days after a report of the Associated Press said that several Google apps and websites store user location even if users have turned off Location

History.

The latest description of the Google help page is an apparent revision of what the US tech giant has previously stated: “With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored.”

Google has been criticized for tracking users’ locations, which could result from its push to make more profits from advertisers who could target more easily a certain group of users with the Google tracking data.

G o o g l e ’s p r ev i o u s statement about Location

History could be misleading for users who turned off the tracking feature to show they did not want to be tracked, while the users were not aware that they were still tracked for their movements and locations via other Google services, such as Google Search, Maps, weather updates or browser searches.

Google offers users ways to keep their movements or locations private by disabling the “Web and App Activity” option on their mobile devices.

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Aretha to be honored at MTV VMA Awards

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he MTV Video Music Awards plans on honoring the legacy of Aretha Franklin — they’re just not sure how they will do it.

The VMAs will air live Monday.

Show executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic tells The Associated Press on Friday that his team is “working on a lot of different options.”

Franklin, who was 76, died Thursday at her home in Detroit from pancreatic Aretha Franklin cancer. Ignjatovic says he’s working to and done in a way that feels tonally right find “the right tone and the right artist” to properly pay tribute to the Queen of Soul. because it’s Aretha Franklin.”

The VMAs will be held at Radio City He adds: “Whether it’s a performance or (FoxNews) spoken — just something that’s organic Music Hall in New York.

The 'Spikeywill Man of Danger" attracts a crowd as he performs during the annual arts and entertainment event The Edinburgh Festival, Friday. The Edinburgh Festival attracts many thousands of visitors viewing the thousands of performers in a kaleidoscope of performing arts concentrated in and around the city. (AP/PTI)

Birbhum: Sunita Singh Choken, ambassador of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao', pedals as she is on a cycling expedition across the country to spread awareness against and atrocities again women. (PTI)

Musk aims for $25,000 Tesla car for the masses NASA’s Parker Solar Probe

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fter giving a “tearful” interview to The New York Times, Tesla Chairman and CEO Elon Musk sat with popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee for a chat, revealing his plans for a mass-market electric vehicle priced as low as $25,000.

“That’s something we could do. If we work really hard I think maybe we could do that in three years,” Musk replied to Brownlee (who goes by the handle @ MKBHD on Google-owned YouTube) on Friday.

The interview took place on August 15 but a 17minute video was uploaded

by Brownlee on YouTube on Friday -- a week after Musk tweeted about taking Tesla private with “funding secured” that created a storm at the Tesla board and amid market watchers.

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Elon Musk unveiling Tesla's Model X electric car.

enough to be able to offer a truly mass-market electric vehicle.

Currently, the price for Tesla Model 3 starts from $35,000 and Model S from $75,000.

“Musk also expressed a desire to improve production to the point where Tesla can make two cars at once,” said the report. “We’ve really gotta figure out how to make two new vehicles at the same time,” Musk told Brownlee.

The YouTube interview came a day after Musk spoke to NYT about “excruciating” times at Tesla, noting that he “nearly missed

his brother’s wedding this summer and spent his birthday holed up in Tesla’s offices as the company raced to meet elusive production targets on a crucial new model”.

Earlier this week, Musk confirmed that he is closely working with Goldman Sachs and private-equity firm Silver Lake to take the electric carmaker private -- a deal that would need nearly $70 billion in funding.

“I’m excited to work with Silver Lake and Goldman Sachs as financial advisors, plus Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Munger, Tolles & Olson as legal ad-

visors, on the proposal to take Tesla private,” Musk tweeted.

Musk said that in late July, he met Saudi Arabian sovereign fund representatives to discuss the electric carmaker’s possible exit from the stock market.

He said in a statement that the Saudi sovereign fund had first contacted him “at the beginning of 2017 to express (their) interest because of the important need to diversify away from oil”.

“I continue to have discussions with the Saudi fund, and I also am having discussions with a number of other investors, which is something that I always planned to do since I would like for Tesla to continue to have a broad investor base,” he added.

He said he had most recently met with the Saudis on July 31 and left that meeting “with no question that a deal with the... fund could be closed, and that it was just a matter of getting

the process moving”.

“This is why I referred to ‘funding secured’ in the August 7 announcement,” he said, referring to his surprise tweet on that date that he was thinking about taking Tesla private.

According to Musk, “two thirds” of Tesla’s current stockholders would be interested in continuing to hold the firm’s shares once it goes private.

On August 7, Musk surprised the investment world with a Twitter announcement that he was considering taking Tesla private and that the funds needed to do so - which some financial analysts estimate at more than $70 billion - were “secured”.

Musk’s tweet caused a financial firestorm with Tesla shares immediately skyrocketing by almost 11 per cent, although in the coming days they lost a good part of what they had gained and tanked further after Musk’s interview with the NYT. (IANS)

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ASA’s historic mission to solve the mysteries of the Sun which was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket on August 12 is operating according to plan, mission controllers have said.

As of 12 p.m. EDT on August 16, the Parker Solar Probe was 4.6 million kms from Earth, travelling at 62,764 kms per hour, and heading toward its first Venus flyby scheduled for October 3, 2018, Geoff Brown of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, or APL, in Maryland, wrote in a NASA blog post on Friday.

The spacecraft will use Venus to slightly slow itself and adjust its trajectory for an optimal path toward the first perihelion of the Sun on November 5 this year.

“Parker Solar Probe is operating as designed, and we are progressing through

our commissioning activities,” said Project Manager Andy Driesman of APL. This solar probe is humanity’s first-ever mission into the Sun’s atmosphere, called the corona. Here it will directly explore solar processes that are key to understanding and forecasting space weather events that can impact life on Earth.

The mission has already achieved several planned milestones toward full commissioning and operations, according to the mission controllers.

On August 13, the highgain antenna, which Parker Solar Probe uses to communicate high-rate science data to Earth, was released from locks which held it stable during launch.

Controllers have also been monitoring the spacecraft as it autonomously uses its thrusters to remove (or “dump”) momentum, which is part of the flight opera-

tions of the spacecraft.

Managing momentum helps the spacecraft remain in a stable and optimal flight profile.

There are four instrument suites on board Parker Solar Probe, which will each need to be powered and readied for science data collection.

The FIELDS investigation, which consists of the most elements, went first. It was powered up on August 13 for two activities, Brown said.

First was the opening of the clamps which held four of the five FIELDS antennas stowed during takeoff.

These antennas will be deployed roughly 30 days after launch, and they will stick out from the corners of the spacecraft’s heat shield called the Thermal Protection System and be exposed to the harsh solar environment.

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Usain Bolt poses for pictures with fans upon arrival at Sydney international airport.

S y d n e y, A u g 1 8 (Agencies): Usain Bolt says he’s deadly serious about becoming a professional footballer and plans to show the world what he’s capable of after arriving in Australia Saturday for a trial stint with an A-League club.

The superstar athlete has been given the chance to prove his worth by the Central Coast Mariners, who have agreed to let him train with the team indefinitely in his pursuit of a playing contract.

They hope to tur n him into A-League material in time for the start of

the 2018/19 season in late October. Bolt, wearing a Mariners scarf, was met by a media scrum at Sydney airport and said he would push himself hard to make the grade.

“I always put my best foot forward and I’m going to show the world what I’m made of,” he said.

“This is real,” added the 31-year-old when asked if it was simply a stunt.

“I’ve said since my last season of track and field that I want to play football and I know what I can do. I’m grateful to the Mariners for giving me the opportunity and am happy to call Aus-

tralia home for now.”

Bolt has already tried out with teams in Germany, Norway and South Africa, to no avail, since retiring from athletics last year.

Despite being an eighttime Olympic champion and the fastest man on earth, he admitted to being nervous about what lay ahead in the small town of Gosford, 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of Sydney, where the club is based.

“Nerves will always be there, but I’m more excited than anything else,” said the Jamaican, who is set to have his first training session on Tuesday.

FIFA fines Atletico Madrid over 3rdparty ownership

LAUSANNE, Aug 18 (Agencies): Spanish club Atletico Madrid have been fined, FIFA said on Friday, for signing a player to a contract that allowed third-party ownership, which is banned by world football’s governing body.

Atletico must pay 52,000 Swiss Francs (45,900 euros, $52,170) for “entering into a contract that enabled a third party to influence the club’s independence in employment and transferrelated matters and entering incorrect information in the International Transfer Matching System,” a FIFA statement said.

The player in question was not named. FIFA’s disciplinary committee also fined clubs in Qatar, Dubai and Iran for failing to obey its previous decisions as well as rulings by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to pay “significant overdue amounts of money to players.”

FIFA also threatened the clubs with points deductions and transfer bans. The Qatar Sports Club was fined 30,000 Swiss francs and ordered to pay outstanding wages within 90 days or miss four transfer windows.

El Shamal of Qatar was fined 15,000 Swiss francs and ordered to pay in 30 days or miss one transfer window.

Penalty shot-out tournament held

Dimapur, Aug 18 (NPN): A one-day penalty shot-out tournament, organised by Kuki Students’ Organisation Nagaland sports committee, was held at Ahthibung local ground on August 18.

In the final, Songlhuh Youth and Students’ Union beat Christian School Athibung 3-2.

Vice president of KSON, Henkhogin handed over the cash prize to the wining team.

Altogether, 20 teams from Ahthibung circle participated in the tournament.

The opening ceremony was graced by Deputy Ranger of Ahthibung Beat, Seilun Singson as the special guest. God’s blessPlayers from Peren district who won medals at the 42nd inter-District and state Open Badminton Championship during a felicitation programme organised by Progressive ing was invoked by Rev. Lenthom Gangte.

Peren (P2) at DC Park, Peren town on August 15. Peren won 6 medals.

25th DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Late P. Wopemo Tsanglao, Pastor 19-08-1993

“My soul finds rest in God alone”

1st Death Anniversary of Late Chilo-o

Psalms 62:1

It’s been 25 years since you left for your eternal home, yet your sweet memories will always be treasured in our hearts.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2018

W/o D. Kapanyi It’s been a year since you left for your heavenly abode but your sweet memories, love and deeds, we will always treasure in our hearts.

You are always remembered.

Husband, children, in- laws & grandchildren.

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10th Death Anniversary

Loving children, in-laws, grandchildren and great grandchildren

of

Late L. Kavito Yeptho

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Dearest Daddy, 10 years has gone by since the day you left as on this fateful day, though you’re gone and no more with us, a part of you lives in each one of us.

We miss you dearly, the love, warmth, joy and happiness that you so dearly shared with us can never be forgotten nor replaced. And there will never be another like you.

So on this day, we remember you with silent tears and we pray that our Almighty grant you solace and peace in his loving arms till the day we meet again.

We love you and we miss you dearly.

Lt. Toyili S. Muru

Born on : 28th June 1972 – Died on : 13th August 2018

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Loving wife & children

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith"

She led a life decorated with little nameless, unremembered act of kindness and love. She thaught us life is not forever Love is.

Remembering her beautiful life in silent grief. We the family members of Late Toyili S. Muru, express our profound appreciation and sincere gratitude to all who had stood with us physically, spiritually and financially during her illness and at her sad and sudden demise on 13th August 2018.

May the Almighty bless each of you abundantly.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”

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IN GRATITUDE

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We the family members of Late Duolhou Thomas Vizo would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to all those who stood by us spiritually, physically and materially at the sudden demise of our beloved father on 11th August 2018. We convey our gratefulness to the Parish Priest, Christ King Church Kohima Village, public leaders, government officers and staff from various departments, members of various churches, organisations, neighbours, relatives and all our well wishers for your unconditional love extended to us.

We regret our inability to thank each and everyone of you individually but we humbly pray that God the Almighty bless you all abundantly.

Family members and relatives.

Born on : 10/08/1923 – Died on : 10/08/2018 We would like to extend our profound gratitude to all who stood with us, showing your affection and also extending your financial help on the day our father Mr. Shinito Chophi left us for his heavenly abode on 10th Aug. 2018. We are unable to thank each and everyone of you in person however, we pray that you will abundantly be blessed in all walks of life.

We would also like to thank especially:1. Nikiqhe Baptist Church 2. Nitozu Baptist Church 3. Luheje Baptist Church 4. Shokhevi Baptist Church 5. Kuhuboto Town Baptist Church 6. NCRC Doyapur Road Dimapur 7. Mr Kihoto Hollohon 8. Mr. Akato Chophi GPRN (R) 9. Mr. Katovi Chishi

Late Duolhou Thomas Vizo (1919 - 11.08.2018)

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18th Asian Games kick off with grand ceremony

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra bears the tricolour as he leads the Indian contingent at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium during on Saturday. (PTI)

J a k a rt a , Au g 1 8 (IANS): The 18th Asian Games opened amid a spectacular ceremony at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in this Indonesian capital on Saturday night.

A day after celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the country’s independence, Indonesian President Joko Widodo declared the Games open following a speech by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) chief Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, reports Xinhua news agency.

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was India’s flag bearer in the opening ceremony, with 568 athletes

marching behind him.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy and Vice Premier Sun Chunlan attended the ceremony, standing up from her seat and waving to the Chinese delegation as the Asian sports powerhouse was led into the stadium by Rio Olympics taekwondo gold medallist and flagbearer Zhao Shuai in the athletes parade.

China sent a relatively young delegation, with 631 out of their 845-athlete squad participating in neither the Olympics nor the Asian Games. “The Asian Games can serve as a mid-

Fireworks explode over the Gelora Bung Karno main stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on Saturday.

term exam for us in build-up to the Tokyo Olympics,” Chinese delegation general secretary Liu Guoyong said prior to the opening ceremony. “The Games could let them have a feel for major international sporting events.”

The Chinese squad also features 19 Olympic champions, including Rio Olympics women’s volleyball MVP Zhu Ting, world’s famous shuttler Lin Dan and swimming king Sun Yang.

To highlight the athletes parade, the North and South Koreas marched together under a unified Korean flag, just like that during

the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February. They will also field joint teams in women’s basketball, rowing and canoeing events.

The athletes’ parade was followed by a stellar art performance, which was full of Indonesia’s diverse cultures, history, legendary folklore and traditional dance with an immense volcanic mountainscape as the storytelling canvas.

The cauldron for the Asian Games was lit by Indonesia’s first ever Olympic gold medallist, famous shuttler Susi Susanti.

China will try to become runaway leaders again

in Jakarta after they have led the medals table in the past nine editions. They will be competing in 376 medal events in 38 sports.

The Jakar ta Asiad will stage 465 events out of 40 sports, among which 330 events from 32 sports will feature in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Games will also showcase climbing and skateboarding, the two sports being added to the schedule of the Tokyo Olympics. The Indonesian martial art of pencak silat will be among 10 events making their Asian Games debut.

Jakarta has had less

The combined Koreas march into Gelora Bung Karno Stadium under the “unification” flag during the opening ceremony. (ap/pti)

than the normal amount of time to prepare for the Games. It was selected only four years ago after Vietnam, the original host, pulled out due to financial setbacks.

The Asian Games, attracting more than 10,000 athletes, will run through Sept. 2. Jakarta will be the main venue while several sports will take place in Palembang, the capital city of South Sumatra Province.

It’s the second time for Jakarta to host the Asiad, which had its fourth edition in the Indonesian capital in 1962. The inaugural Asian Games were held in New Delhi, India in 1951.

PM conveys best wishes to Indian contingent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his best wishes to the Indian contingent for the 18th Asian Games, which started today in Jakarta, Indonesia.

“Best wishes to the Indian contingent for the @ asiangames2018, which are being held in Indonesia. We are extremely proud of our athletes and I am sure they will give their best through the games,” he tweeted.

The Asian Games will take place simultaneously in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, and Palembang, capital of the province of South Sumatra.

In all, close to 11,000 athletes from 45 countries will be in action at the Games, which will conclude on September 2 The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, will be a reality check for India’s athletes after the Commonwealth Games high. India had equalled their best performance in terms of medals won in the 2014 Asiad with a total of 57, including 11 gold, and the contingent of 572 athletes this time would be hoping to better that.

Third test: India 307/6 on Day 1 vs England Dimapur Football League from Sept 14

Virat Kohli, second left, and Ajinkya Rahane encourage each other during the first day of the third cricket test match against England on Saturday. (ap/pti)

Nottingham, Aug 18 (Agencies): Virat Kohli fell three runs short of a century as India edged day one of the third Test against England after being put in to bat.

The India captain shared a fourth-wicket stand of 159 with Ajinkya Rahane (81) and was on course for a second hundred of the series before he edged Adil Rashid (1-46) to slip.

Chris Woakes (3-75) had taken three wickets to give England the upper hand at lunch but for much of

the next two sessions India dominated as the sun came out, the early swing subsided and Kohli and Rahane took full advantage.

Stuart Broad (1-64) eventually broke the stand 50 minutes into the evening session when he had Rahane brilliantly caught by Alastair Cook at first slip and Kohli followed as he nicked an expansive drive to Ben Stokes.

James Anderson (1-52) struck with the last ball of the day to give England a late boost as India closed on

307-6 at Trent Bridge.

With a green tinge to the surface, Joe Root opted to bowl first after winning the toss but, after twice being shot out cheaply at Lord’s, there was more resilience about India’s batting early on as the recalled Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul put on 60 for the first wicket.

Ben Stokes was given an early bowl on his return to the England side but it was Woakes who made the breakthrough, angling the ball across the left-handed Dhawan (35) and finding the

Kohima Football League -2

Sechü Zubza FC beat Khriekesa FC

The match between Sechü Zubza (Red) FC and Khriekesa FC on Saturday. (NP)

Correspondent

Ko h i m a , Au g 1 8 (NPN): Sechü Zubza FC thrashed Khriekesa FC 4-0 at the ongoing Kohima Football League-2 to stay atop the league table with 23 points on Saturday.

Neikhotso Nagi opened the scoring for the league leaders in the 7th

minute. The second goal was an own goal by Neilabeituo Shiiya of Khriekesa FC in 34th minute.

After the lemon break, Sechü Zubza scored two more goals. Shiirhosiil Zhotso scored the third goal in the 82nd minute while the 4th goal was scored by Hanglen Chang in the 87th minute to com-

plete the rout. Letkhokai Kuki and Petevizo Kezieo were cautioned for unsporting behaviour in the field.

Meanwhile, the Kohima Football League will be suspended on August 20 and 21. The league will resume on August 22.

The fixtures for the remaining matches will be updated soon.

edge, Jos Buttler gobbling up the chance at second slip.

T w o o v e r s l a t e r, Woakes struck again. The all-rounder nipped the ball back into Rahul (23) and hit him plumb in front. The opener was persuaded to review but to no avail.

Kohli survived a review when he was rapped on the pad by Broad as lunch approached but England’s disappointment was shortlived as Woakes surprised Cheteshwar Pujara (14) with a bouncer the Indian batsman hooked the ball to Rashid at long leg.

The sun was shining as the players emerged after the break and batting soon appeared far simpler. Kohli and Rahane quickly assumed control, scoring at a good rate without offering England any chances of note until the closing stages of the afternoon session.

Kohli went on though and a century seemed inevitable, such was his control.

In contrast, control had largely alluded Rashid in his first six overs and when he

tempted Kohli (97) to drive in his seventh, the initial response from the England players was one more of surprise than celebration as Stokes pouched the catch at slip.

Rishabh Pant came in and showed no signs of nerves on debut as he got off the mark in Test cricket with a six back over Rashid’s head. The second new ball should have brought Broad a second wicket but Keaton Jennings spilled a straightforward catch at third slip after Broad got the ball to rear up at Hardik Pandya, flick the glove, thud into the batsman’s shoulder and loop towards the cordon.

It didn’t prove too costly though as Anderson ended what had been a frustrating day for him on a high, an outswinger to Pandya (18) taking the edge and Buttler was again on hand to take the catch.

Brief scores: India 307/6 (Virat Kohli 97, Ajinkya Rahane 81, Shikhar Dhawan 35; Chris Woakes 3-75)

Organizing Committee members along with advisors, DDFA and DDFRA at DDSC Stadium on Saturday.

Dimapur, Aug 18 (NPN): Dimapur Football League (DFL), organized

by Naga United Football Club under the aegis of Dimapur District Football Association (DDFA), will be held from September 14 till October 27 at DDSC stadium, Dimapur.

The objective of organizing DFL is to stage a competitive and compelling league with talented players of Nagaland, said the organisers. The organisers

also aim to reshape the scenario of football in Dimapur district and to provide platform to the players.

“The DFL aims to adopt the highest standards to promote football and we are committed to work under the guidance of DDFA and Dimapur District Football Referee Association (DDFRA),” the organizers said.

Dimapur District Football Association is ready to provide all pos-

sible support and assistance to the organizers, said DDFA member Tsenthungo Lotha. DDFRA has also echoed the same support.

The organizers have started issuing forms for registration and the last date of issuing forms has been fixed on August 25.

Interested clubs have been informed to contact mobile numbers 8575394092 or 8730003333 or visit DDSC Stadium at Room no 8.

Newcastle held 0-0 by Cardiff City; Tottenham win C a r d i f f, A u g 1 8 (Agencies): Kenedy saw a last-gasp penalty saved having earlier escaped a red card - as 10-man Newcastle missed the chance to snatch victory at Cardiff on Saturday.

Cardiff had the better of the game and should have broken the deadlock when Kenneth Zohore headed wide early in the second half.

Newcastle looked laboured and, after Kenedy avoided a red card for kicking out at Victor Camarasa, substitute Isaac Hayden was sent off in the 66th minute for sliding in from behind on Josh Murphy.

But Cardiff could not capitalise and were fortunate in the end to leave with a point from a goalless draw after Neil Etheridge saved Kenedy’s penalty with almost the final kick of the match.

The miss capped a dismal display from Kenedy, while Etheridge has now saved a spot-kick in both of Cardiff ’s opening two matches of the season.

Last weekend it was in

Kenedy stepped up to take the penalty only for it to be superbly saved by Cardiff goalkeeper Neil Etheridge.

a 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth but on this occasion it earned Cardiff a point that they probably deserved on the balance of play.

Etheridge was called into action to keep out early efforts from Kenedy and Ayoze Perez, but, at the other end, Sol Bamba saw a header from a corner blocked on the line.

The visitors appeared fortunate not to be reduced to 10 men in the 34th minute when Kenedy kicked out

at Camarasa and escaped punishment.

Kenneth Zohore then went close with a header before Etheridge saved again from Perez.

Cardiff continued to look the more positive side after half-time and Zohore should have scored when he headed wide from Joe Ralls cross in the 54th minute.

Newcastle were finding it difficult to get out of their own half and their efforts were hampered further

when Hayden was shown a straight red for a tackle from behind on the impressive Murphy.

Harry Arter, who escaped a red for a sliding challenge from behind on Joselu, shot wide as Cardiff pressed for a winner, but in the end it was Newcastle who went closest to breaking the deadlock.

Cardiff captain Sean Morrison blocked Yoshinori Muto’s cross with his arm and Kenedy stepped up to

take the penalty, only to see Etheridge guess right and save.

M e a n w h i l e, H a r r y Kane scored his first Premier League goal in August to help Spurs to a 3-1 win over Fulham at Wembley.

Lucas Moura gave Spurs the lead on the stroke of half-time with a wonderful curling effort from the edge of the area but Aleksandar Mitrovic equalised shortly after the break with an opportunistic close-range header.

Spurs regained the lead with a quarter of an hour remaining as Kieran Trippier bent in a free-kick from distance before Kane rounded off the victory with a clinical finish.

The result means that Spurs have collected six points from their opening two games this season while Fulham, despite a promising performance, are still without a point.

Match results West Ham 1 – 2 Bournemouth Leicester City 2 – 0 Wolves Everton 2 – 1 Southampton

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