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DIMAPUR monday, august 1, 2016

Railways to invest `7000 cr in NE

Suresh Prabhu, Md Mujibul Haque, and others during the flagging off programme in Agartala on Sunday. (PTI)

of the Indian and Bangladesh governments were present at the flagging off ceremony at the Agartala railway station.

Prabhu invited the Bangladesh railway minister to come to Delhi to discuss the increased railway connectivity between India and Bangladesh.

“India is keen to increase railway connectivity with Bangladesh. If the facilities of the Chittagong port can be used, then trade and economy of both northeast India and Bangladesh will flourish,” he added.

The railway minister said that to boost tourism in northeast India, his ministry would sign an agreement with the state governments of the region to undertake specific joint tourism development projects.

He said a passenger train between Agartala and Kolkata will start in August.

Bangladesh Railway Minister Mazibul Hoque said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had announced a revival of all the pre-1965 railway connectivity with India. “We want very close connectivity between our two friends (India and Bangladesh) and more closer people to people relations.”

Hoque, who came here on Sunday to attend the function, said Modi and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar had agreed to help Bangladesh to curb terrorism in the country.

Sarkar said: “Without the development of connec-

tivity, how can industrialisation take place and boost the economy?”He said earlier Congress Prime Ministers, including the late Rajiv Gandhi, seriously neglected the demand for extension of railway network in Tripura.

Prabhu in Dimapur to lay foundation stone Union minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhu, will arrive Monday to lay the foundation stone of Dimapur (Dhansiri)-Zubza new railway line project at Dimapur Railway Station at 10 a.m.

Nagaland governor, P.B. Acharya, and chief minister, T.R. Zeliang, would be present.

Later, the minister would also address the media.

Traffic regulation: Dimapur Traffic Police (DTP) has once again reminded commuters of the traffic regulations that would be put in place in view of the visit of the union railways minister, to be enforced only on August 1 between 8:30 a.m.-12 noon.

DTP said taxis and autorickshaws would not be allowed to park within the premises of the railway station while commuters have been advised to avoid Super-Market- Nagarjan Junction- Railway station route. Vehicles coming from Purana Bazaar area would not be allowed to enter the Town area via Old Dhansiri Bridge.

Kashmir remains paralyzed for 23rd day; death toll 49 SRINAGAR, JUL 31 (PTI): Normal life remained paralyzed in Kashmir for the 23rd consecutive day on Sunday due to separatist- sponsored strike as also curfew and restrictions in parts of the Valley where the death toll rose to 49 with one more youth succumbing to injuries sustained a week back.

17-year-old Ishfaq Ahmad Dar, who was injured during protests in Sopore town of Baramulla district on July 23, succumbed at SKIMS Hospital Soura Sunday morning.

“According to SP Sopore, the said boy had fallen from a tree on July 23,” a police spokesperson said.

He said an FIR with regard to spreading of rumours has also been lodged in Police Station Sopore.

Meanwhile, curfew remained in force in five police station areas of capital Srinagar, Anantnag town, Pulwama town, parts of Baramulla town and Shopian town.

Restriction on assembly of four or more people also continued in entire Kashmir which has been witnessing unrest ever since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8. “Curfew is in place in five police station areas of Srinagar city-- Nowhatta, Khanyar, Batamaloo, Safakadal and Maharajgunj,” a police official said.

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For improving Nagaland’s connectivity Staff Reporter Dimapur, Jul 31 (NPN): August 1, 2016 will be a ‘Red Letter Day’ for the state of Nagaland, when union railway minister Suresh Prabhu lays the foundation stone for the 123-kilometre (76 mile) long Dimapur-Zubza-Kohima new line project which has the status of a National Project.

The railway ministry has initially sanctioned an amount of Rs 850 crore for the implementation of the 40-km line from Dimapur to Zubza. According to an official source, there will be 46 major bridges, 13 road over bridges, 21 road under bridges and 24 tunnels in the entire length of the line.

The first phase of the construction would begin with laying 20-km tracks up to Chumukedima, out of which about five km would pass through the hilly areas.

It is likely to be completed within a period of three years, out of the total estimated period of seven years for the full project, sources added.

According to sources, the proposed railway link would connect 24 villages and towns through its route with the final halt at Thizama under Kohima district.

T.R.Zeliang has renewed his demand on the Centre to include DhansiriKarong line as it would promise the best railway alignment for onward connectivity to

Imphal-Moreh and South East Asia.

The Dimapur (Dhansiripar)- Zubza-Kohima railway line has been pursued over the past few decades as per the government of India’s policy of linking all state capitals by rail.

With politics determining the course, Dimapur railway station has not been given its due by the central railway authorities.

Though Dimapur is the second highest revenue earning station after Guwahati for the NFR, not even one long distance train has been introduced from Dimapur. The only train starting from Dimapur is Nagaland Express from Dimapur-Guwahati.

Whereas 19 long and medium distance trains commence from Dibrugarh and another 21 long and medium distance trains commence from Tinsukia.

The Jan Shatabdi Express was introduced to Dimapur by then railway minister Ram Vilas Paswan during 1996. It was meant to link state capitals. Since Dimapur being the only railhead of Nagaland, the Jan Shatabdi was to run between Guwahati to Dimapur. Within a short span, Jan Shatabdi extended gradually to Furkating, Mariani and till Jorhat. Today it is known as Guwahati-Jorhat Jan Shatabdi Express.

Dimapur also has only one covered platform(No1)

while the other platform (No.2) is still without a roof for many years.

Another dire need for promoting economic growth of Nagaland is the DimapurTuli-Naginimora railway line which could haul tons of coal and bamboo products.

The two railway lines have been on the anvil for several decades.

Improving the facilities at Dimapur Railway Station requires space but large portions have been encroached where religious structures have come up.

It may also be mentioned that the government of India also has a policy to link all state capitals with airports.

Former chief minister Neiphiu Rio continues to pursue the proposed ‘green field’ airport at Chiethu some 15 kms near Kohima, estimated at Rs.1231 crore . His successor, T.R.Zeliang however, has taken up another proposal for construction of an alternative ‘green field’ airport at Razaphema (around 67 kms from Dimapur) U n d e r t h e c e n t r e ’s ‘green field’airports , the cost for the Gangtok Pakyong Airport in Sikkim was projected at Rs. 358.36 crore by the Sikkim government. This was approved by the Airport Authority of India. Likewise, Itanagar airport in Arunachal Pradesh was estimated of cost Rs. 699.66 crore and was approved by the Centre.

A G A RT A L A , J U L 3 1 (IANS): The Railways will invest Rs 7,000 crore in the current fiscal (2016-17) to develop its network in the seven North Eastern states, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Sunday.

“In 2014-15, the railway ministry invested Rs 2,702 crore for (this purpose). In the current financial year, the investment will be more than Rs 7,000 crore,” Prabhu said here after flagging off the AgartalaDelhi weekly passenger train service. “Northeast India is a priority area for the central

government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally giving special emphasis for the all round development of the region,” he said.

“Increase of inter-state connectivity and connectivity between the region and the rest of the country are being given the highest priority. Available connectivity will boost the region’s economy,” Prabhu said.

Bangladesh Railway Minister Mazibul Hoque, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain and top officials

NPRAAF asks DoSW to clarify on deduction of GIA

Manipur jail killing: Demand for high level probe 89 dead, 68 lakh displaced as rains pound North & East

DIMAPUR, JUL 31 (NPN): While appreciating Department of Social Welfare (DoSW) for clarifying certain points raised by it based on RTI queries, Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) however noted that it was not satisfied with the clarification on anomalies and irregularities in the department.

In a press note, NPRAAF information and publicity cell Sunday urged the department to come out with a clear picture on the issue of deductions of funds from Grants-in Aid (GIA) allotted to some NGOs. Though DoSW had clarified on the issue of “some NGOs maintaining multiple homes and thus availing multiple Grants-in Aid (GIA) and permissible 3 % of total project cost of any central/ state programmes”, NPRAAF however said the issue on deductions of GIA to some NGOs remained unclear as the issue was raised after its members physically visited the beneficiaries.

NPRAAF claimed that the beneficiaries were allegedly made to sign receipts quoting higher amount of money, but were given only lesser amount. The forum said it has evidence and was willing for joint inspection if the department desires.

NPRAAF said that the department in its earlier RTI reply stated that “individuals are not granted GIA or other monetary assistance.”

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This is it!

“More the merrier, I say.

All these banned trucks coming here is more opportunity for money.”

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IMPHAL, Jul 31: Family of an under trial prisoner, Thangminlian Zou alias Bobon (29), Sunday demanded a high level enquiry into the death of three prisoners even as Manipur Home minister Gaikhangam said a detailed report of the incident would be published soon. The two convicted, Yusuf (21) and Abdul Salam (22), and inmate Thangminlian Zou from Manipur’s Churachandpur district died in a mob attack inside Shajiwa Central Jail early on Saturday morning.

While receiving the body of Zou, his wife Zohreitui raised many doubts on the incident and demanded a high level inquiry into it.

The mother of a threeyear-old girl wanted to know on what condition her husband was lodged together with the two foreign nationals and how the duo received deadly weapons inside the cell.

“Jail authority must clarify the reason behind the killing of my husband, why he was lodged together with two foreigners and how they

received deadly weapons,” she asked.

According to Zohreitui, her husband’s head was badly smashed by deadly weapons besides severe injury marks on his chest and stomach.

Zou was an under trail prisoner who was in the jail after arrest in 2013 in connection with a murder case registered with Churachandpur police in 2010 and his trial continued since July 25, 2014.

“His case is a custodian death. Government must constitute a high level inquiry to know the truth of the incident,” Zohreitui reiterated her demand. The body of Zou was taken to his native village for performing last rites.

Before handing over the body, post mortem was conducted in the presence of a magistrate with video coverage at JNIMS hospital, Imphal.

The two foreign nationals had been arrested by police at Moreh, the border town, for entering Manipur without valid travel documents in 2013.

They have been in judicial custody facing trial.

Meanwhile, deputy chief minister Gaikhangam said

that his department will come up with a detail report on the circumstances that led to the Saturday’s deadly mob.

“An inquiry has been initiated into the incident and I will meet you after two or three days with a detail report of the incident,” the deputy chief minister said.

No Saudis in Indian jails: Ambassador JEDDAH, JUL 31 (AGENCIES): Saudi Ambassador to India Saud Al-Sati has categorically denied Indian media reports that two Saudis were killed in prison violence in Manipur on Saturday.

“No Saudi has been killed in any prison,” he told Saudi Gazette on the phone, adding, “There is not a single Saudi in any Indian prison.”

The Saudi ambassador said that the foreign nationals were, in fact, Bangladeshis who entered India illegally.

He said that the Saudi Embassy got in touch with the Indian authorities who confirmed that there were no Saudis in the prison.

NEW DELHI/GUWAHATI, JUL 31 (AGENCIES): With the monsoon trough moving toward northern parts of India, overflowing reservoirs and swirling rivers in combination with lightning strikes have claimed 89 lives over the last few days in Assam, Bihar and Odisha, displacing close to 68 lakh people and rendering tens of thousands homeless.

The National Disaster Response Force and State rescue and relief teams evacuated people from the danger zones and moved them to camps.

In Assam, which was the worst-affected on Saturday, more than two dozen lives were lost in the floods, and about 37 lakh people in 3,300 villages were displaced from their homes. Close to 80 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park, home to the one-horned rhinoceros, lay submerged.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied

by Minster for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonwal, conducted an aerial

Soon, door-to-door screening of diseases NEW DELHI, JUL 31 (AGENCIES): In an ambitious bid to detect cancer, heart disorders and other non-communicable diseases as early as possible, the government is set to roll out a door-to-door screening programme in 100 districts with plans to include more districts at a later date.

The programme will entail testing for cancer, diabetes and hypertension, which account for over 35% of deaths in India and 55% of premature mortality in the 30-69 year age group -- on a scale that has not been attempted before.

“The Centre has already issued guidelines to states for the programme. Some of the states have also started submitting their proposals.

We are targeting to roll out the programme in all 100 districts by the end of this year,” a senior official in the health ministry told TOI. First phase is estimated to cost around Rs 232 crore.

The ‘Prevention, Screening and Control of Common Non-Communicable Diseases ‘ programme will be part of the flagship National Health

Mission. The Centre will fund 60% of the cost of the project, whereas states will bear the rest. In case of the north-east and hilly states, the health ministry will fund 90% of the project cost.

The programme will be mainly implemented through ASHAs (accredited social health activists) and ANMs (auxiliary nurse midwife) in coordination with state authorities.

ASHAs and ANMs will be given mini testing machines and equipment which can be carried to doorsteps or set up at health camps for collecting samples. The government has already set up similar testing facilities at district hospitals and NCD clinics.

The government has already started training programmes for ASHAs and ANMs for conducting these tests. The move comes in the wake of rising burden of noncommunicable diseases posing a serious risk to the country’s population.

According to the World Health Organisation’s latest assessment, 25% of Indians

are at risk of premature death from NCDs, the largest cause of death. The most prevalent NCDs in India are cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer and diabetes.

Experts say diabetes is of particular concern as it is increasing rapidly and is often related to other ailments like strokes and complicates treatment of other disorders. While 63 million Indians were reported living with diabetes in 2013, it is projected to grow to 101.2 million in the next 15 years.

The NCD burden adds up to significant costs to the government and individuals who are saddled with high hospital bills. According to a report the Harvard School of Public Health, India could incur a cost of $4.58 trillion between 2012 and 2030 due to NCDs and mental health conditions. Of this, cardiovascular diseases ($2.17 trillion) and mental health conditions ($1.03 trillion) will account for the major economic burden.

Of late, the health ministry has taken several steps in the direction including introduction of cardiac care clinics,

NCD clinics at the primary and secondary healthcare level. It has also launched schemes and programme making medicines for cancer and heart diseases available at discounted prices.

Free check-up for pregnant women

Expressing concern over pregnancy related deaths and other complications, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said government hospitals and other facilities will provide free medical care to needy pregnant women in the country.

During his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address to the nation, Modi called upon doctors across the country to join in the government’s mission to provide free medical care once in a month to pregnant women in their areas. “The government of India has started a mission to help such women. Lots of doctors have already written to me, but we will need more,” he said, adding that on 9th day of every month pregnant woman will be checked and given medical aid at government hospitals free of cost.

survey of the flood-hit areas of the State. In all, 14 NDRF flood rescue teams have been deployed and 64 boats pressed into service in Assam.

Singh held a review meeting with the chief minister, senior officials and rescue and relief teams, and promised all help from the Centre.

Union health minister J P Nadda said 11 states have been hit the hardest by floods and rains this year. The minister said around one crore insect nets have been distributed to states affected with rains as protection from various vectorborn diseases. He also said the areas where water logging has been reported, medicine and testing kits have been sent.

“The Centre has made preparations to control the situation and video conferences with the health ministers of various states have been done three times in these 11 states,” said Nadda.

Odisha: At least 45 persons were killed by lightning in Odisha and 50 others were injured on Saturday and Sunday, official sources said. `While 40 died on Sat-

urday, five lost their lives on Sunday. The Indian Meteorological department (IMD) has forecasted heavy rain in the state till August 6 resulting in flood like situations in Mahanadi, Bansadhara and Rushikulya rivers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the tragedy. “The unfortunate loss of lives due to lightning in Odisha is saddening. Deepest condolences to the families of the deceased,” the Prime Minister’s office tweeted on Sunday. “I hope those injured due to lightning in Odisha recover soon: PM,” PMO wrote.

Tamil Nadu: In Tamil Nadu, flood alert has been issued in low lying areas near south Pennai river in Krishnagiri district. Heavy rain in Karnataka has led to an increased inflow of water into rivers and lakes in Krishnagiri and Salem districts of Tamil Nadu.

Bihar: The flood situation in Bihar remained grim on Sunday, while in UP many rivers were flowing above the danger mark. A total of 52 tehsils of 20 districts and over

800 villages with over two lakh persons are flood affected. In Bihar, an estimated 27.50 lakh people have been affected in 12 districts, though no fresh casualty has been reported. The death toll in the state stands at 26.

Rivers Ghaghra-Darauli and Gangpur-Siswan in Siwan disrict, Bagmati-Benibad in Muzaffarpur district, KoshiBaltara in Khagaria district, Mahananda-Dhengraghat in Purnia district and Jhhawa in Katihar district were flowing above the danger mark inundating 12 districts.

UP: In UP, many rivers including the Ganga were flowing near or above the danger mark, creating floodlike situation in several villages. Light to moderate rain or thundershower occurred at a few places in eastern Uttar Pradesh and most places in the western region. All major rivers of Terai region continue to flow either above or near the danger mark due to continuous rain in upper Himalayan reaches and excess water release from barrages, said reports.

Petrol, diesel AR busts illegal detention price slashed centre; 6 held, 2 rescued

NEW DELHI, JUL 31 (AGENCIES): Petrol price, on Sunday, was cut by Rs 1.42 a litre and diesel by Rs 2.01 per litre, the third reduction in rates this month on global cues.

Petrol price was last cut

by Rs 2.25 a litre on July 16.

Diesel rate on that date was reduced by Rs 0.42 a litre. Prior to that petrol price was cut by 89 paise a litre and diesel by 49 paise on July 1.

Prior to the reductions in July, rates had been hiked on four occasions since May 1.

Petrol prices in the four hikes had been raised by Rs 4.52 a litre and diesel by Rs 7.72 per litre. “The current level of international product prices of petrol and diesel and RupeeUS Dollar exchange rate warrant decrease in selling price of petrol and diesel, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision,” IOC said in a statement.

Barring an exemption on April 16, when price of petrol was cut by 74 paise a litre and diesel by Rs 1.30, the upward trend in rates had been a phenomenon since March 17.

DIMAPUR, JUL 31 (NPN): PRO IGAR (N) in a statement has claimed that the 32 Assam Rifles busted an illegal detention centre, run by NSCN (I-M) in “Sitiki basa village, Dimapur” and rescued two abducted civilians.

On July 30, PRO said after receiving inputs AR carried out a search where two “abducted individuals” were found “bound in chains were subjected to inhuman and despicable conditions”. The victims were identified as Raju Choudhary, resident of Khatkhati, KarbiAnglong and Nayan Bora, resident of Bokaghat, Golaghat.

PRO said Raju, state president of an NGO-- Anti Corruption and Crime Investigation Front (ACCIF) having office at Purana Bazar, was abducted on May 2 and was detained for nearly three months.

PRO said Raju was asked to pay Rs. 20 lakh for his release.

According to PRO, the second victim, Nyan Bora, stated that he was abducted at Dimapur Railway Station on

June 18, 2016 after he arrived from Furkating to buy clothes for his brother’s shop.

PRO said the victim disclosed that he was subjected to beating for one month and a demand of Rs Five lakh as ransom was made to his family for his release. PRO said during the search, six NSCN (I-M) cadres who were running the illegal detention centre were also apprehended— “sgt. maj. Kuhoto Sema, resident of Zunheboto; ‘lnc crpl’ Angam Pamei, r/o Tamenglong; ‘pvt.’Ashim Valui, r/o Ukhrul; ‘pvt.’ Akum Yim, r/o Kiphire; ‘pvt’ Lipisa Achumi, r/o Kiphire and ‘pvt.’ Aleng Tangkhul, r/o Ukhrul. PRO said that many incriminating documents related to kidnapping/ extortion were also recovered at the illegal detention centre.

Meanwhile, the apprehended cadres along with the recovered items and rescued individuals were handed over to Diphupar Police Station in presence of the family members, Police representatives, PRO stated.

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NSRLM conducts CRP round in Mkg, Wka

Nagaland Post, Dimapur monday, august 1, 2016

news in brief Tsg DPDB meeting: Tuensang district planning and development board meeting cum finalization of LADP 201617 schemes would be held on August 6,11a.m. at DC conference hall Tuensang.

All the MLAs and concerned DPDB members have been requested to attend the meeting.

Kma old age home foundation day:

Kohima Old Age home would be celebrating its 11th foundation day on August 1, 11 a.m. at old Age Meriema below New High Court with secretary rural development Kelei Zeliang IAS as the chief guest.

USTK to celebrate Tsiingremmong festival: Ungma senso telongjem Kohima

(USTK) would be celebrating Tsiingremmong festival on August 2, 10 a.m. at State

(L-R): Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission conducting Community Resource Person Round at Mokokchung and Wokha.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) under the department of Rural Development has been conducting Community Resource Person Round (CRP Round) in nine intensive blocks at nine districts of Nagaland.

In Mokokchung, Block Mission Management Unit (BMMU), RD block Tuli, Mokokchung has been conducting first phase of CRP round in two villages, namely Merangkong and Wameken which falls under RD block Tuli, Mokokchung.

The staff along with the community resource persons from resource block (RD block, Changtongya) have been engaged in the said villages for identification of existing SHG, sensitization and mobilization of the com-

munity resulting in formation of new SHG among the womenfolk of the village.

Mission director and additional secretary, Athel Lotha and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Roland Lotha visited Wameken village on July 25 where the CRP Round had started since July 9.

During the meeting with the stakeholders and SHG members, mission director stressed on the co-operation of the community for the successful implementation of the program. COO, Roland shared on the vision, objectives and program of NSRLM and also informed that NSRLM was the only government program for SHG in the country and the facilities to be provided to the deserving SHGs. The meeting was chaired

by block program manager, BMMU, RD Block, Tuli, Moatoshi and introductory session was led by SPM-FI (district in-charge) Sentinaro while welcome speech was delivered by council chairman, Wameken.

Earlier, special song was presented by Molongtet SHG of Wameken village and Imolila shared her success story after joining SHG at Akhoya village. There will be nine CRP Round in each intensive block covering the villages that falls under intensive block from July 2016 till March 2017 where the formation of new SHG, bringing existing SHGs into NSRLM fold, bank account opening for the SHGs and nurturing of those SHGs would be continued.

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mission director, Athel O Lotha during her visit at Wokha block visited Wokha village, Riphyim and Longsa villages on July 28-27, accompanied by the chief operating officer, NSRLM, M Rollan Lotha. Addressing the gathering, Athel O Lotha highlighted the importance of NSRLM in addressing issues of poverty in the state and to achieve this goal with key stakeholders as partners.

She appreciated the effort of the CRP teams who were stationed in the villages for 20 days, and mobilizing the community in the right direction.

Looking at the high turnout and pro-active participation of the community towards the program, Lotha hoped that the mission would go a long way to bring change

in the lives of the poor and marginalized. During the programme, M Rollan Lotha of COO programs briefly touched on the strategic five year plan of NSRLM in a block. He also mentioned that success of each level would depend on building capacities and also active participation of key stakeholders, as the program would ultimately have to be sustained by the community themselves.

The programme was also attended by PD-DRDA and district mission manager, NSRLM Thungdeno Mozhui, PO-DRDA and district program manager, NSRLM Nchumthung Ngullie, BDO & block mission manager, NSRLM, Wokha Block Thungbeni Ngullie and the block mission management unit, Wokha block team.

SRSU organizes inter school summer meet DIMAPUR: Two-day inter school summer meet was organized by Satakha Range Students’ Union (SRSU) on July 22 and 23 at public ground, Satakha with Zhimo executive engineer irrigation & flood control Er. Ghukhuyi as the chief guest.

During the two days summer meet, various cultural, sports, literary competitions. Career guidance and counselling was conducted

by SDO (C) Zunheboto Shri.

Shanavas (IAS) and NCS, Satoi, Nockpai Konyak (EAC) as resources person.

Academy Hall Kohima with Advisor Urban Development S.I. Jami as the chief guest.

PTYC elects new team of office bearers: Phek Town Youth Club (PTYC) has

constituted a new team of office bearers for the tenure 2016-18, with Seyieveto Lohe as convenor, Veto Hoshi as co-convenor along with 21 other members.

ANUDEEA-CEMA informs: All Na-

galand Unemployed Diploma Engineers Association of Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Engineering (ANUDEA-CEMA) has informed that its 4th general meeting would be held at LCS building complex, near Ao Church and not as scheduled, it said time and date would remain the same. The association has regretted the inconvenience.

SCTE observes ‘World Nature Conservation Day’

DIMAPUR: State College of Teacher Education (SCTE) Kohima on July 27 observed “World Nature Conservation Day” under the theme “Seven billion dreams; one planet; consume with care” UNEP, with Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) department of forests, ecology, environment and wildlife Subongnukshi (IFS) as resource person.

Focussing on state environment, the resource person emphasized on conservation and pointed out the uniqueness of state flora and fauna and the methods of government methods that have been

adopted to conserve the flora and fauna.

He called upon the student teachers to play their part responsibly as educators.

Subongnukshi also pointed out that conserving the environment was rooted within oneself and that even before the government implemented such law, the locals took the initiative to the preservation of the environment.

The programme was organized as a part of their yearly academic plan which aims to equip the student teachers with knowledge besides the regular curriculum.

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ATMAs, KVKs conduct trainings, demonstrations for farmers

ATMA officials and farmersat Zanger village, Pungro block.

ATMA officials and farmers at Jalukie, Peren.

DIMAPUR: Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) have conducted various kinds of trainings and demonstrations for the upliftment of farmers across Nagaland.

KUHUBOTO BLOCK: ATMA Dimapur, Kuhuboto block conducted training and demonstration on “Micro irrigation system” and “System of Rice Intensification” on July 25. Resource person for the programme were ATMA, Kuhuboto block ATM Ameto Yeptho, ATMA Kuhuboto block, ATM Yimobendang.

Ameto spoke on “Micro irrigation system” where he presented his slide using pico projector, emphasizing on drip and sprinkler irrigation system. Yimobendang spoke on “System of Rice Intensification” where he also presented his slide with the help of micro projector or pico projector.

In a separate programme, ATMA Dimapur, Kuhuboto block organized Block Farmers Advisory Committee (BFAC) on June 16, at ATMA training hall, DAO office.

The meeting elaborated on the different activities of agricultural extension and its allied sector under taken under the block. The members participated actively and gave their valuable suggestions for the better functioning and K

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a good coordination under the block. Earlier, the meeting was chaired by BFAC chairperson under Kuhuboto block, Visheli and later vote of thanks was delivered ATMA, Kuhuboto Block A.O & BTT convenor Wochamo. Altogether 25 BFAC members attended the meeting.

K I P H I RE : AT M A Kiphire under P.M.K.S.Y conducted training and demonstration on soil and water management on July 27 at Zanger village, Pungro block with BTT convenor, Yamokiu as resource person.

In the training Yamokiu stressed on the importance of soil and water management for sustainable crop production and on preservation of “our” ecology.

In the second technical session, agriculture technology manager Pungro block, Imliwati spoke on water management and briefed the gathering on water harvesting techniques, micro irrigation etc.

He encouraged the farmers to practice the methods which would help them to grow crops during dry season. Altogether 15 farmer attended the programme.

SHAMATOR BLOCK: ATMA Tuensang Shamator block conducted demonstration programme on water harvesting and management under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sancheyee Yojana (PMKSY)

ATMA officials and farmers at Tuensang Shamator block

Participants after the programme of adoption of Hukphang Village by KVK Longleng.

Participants after the ‘rabi kisan gosh’ progamme by KVK Longleng at Yongam village.

on July 29 at Shamator HQ. During the demonstration resource person, AO Shamator, Thritiba demonstrated on construction of water harvesting structure and its management. Fishery Farm School with Showuba as farm teacher and Farmer Interest Group (FIG) was also formed at Shamator village respectively. The programme was chaired by BTM Suponglemla Chang. Altogether 23 farmers attended the programme.

JALUKIE BLOCK: ATMA Jalukie block conducted two demonstration programmes under PMKSY at Jalukie B and Old Jalukie on July 30, chaired by ATM, Lhaihoichong Singson. The resource person BTM Jalukie block, Aola Tzudir demonstrated on agricultural water management and drip irrigation. She also demonstrated the construction of water harvesting structure for roof top rainwater harvesting.

Altogether 21 active farmers attended the programme.

KVK LONGLENG: One day technology showcasing cum scientist-farmers’ interaction programme was organized by KVK, Longleng ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region on July 29, at KVK adopted Hukphang Village.

Gracing the programme as chief guest, APMC Chairman Longleng Angoi Phom

appealed the farmers to participate in the programme in large scale. He congratulated the KVK for showcasing different successful technology extended in the farmers’ field and assured the Longleng farmers to help in marketing their produce.

Keynote address on different successful technology extended by KVK Longleng in the farmers’ field was delivered by (SWCE) SMS, Dr. P. Chowdhury. Neem Oil was distributed to all the farmers’ and training has given for its application.

The programme followed feedbacks and interaction session where farmer shared their importance of the training and queries and issues on agricultural problems were discussed. Altogether 105 farmers including farm women were participated at the programme. Later, vote of thanks was delivered by programme assistant (Home Sc.). Thungchano S. Ezung.

In a separate programme, a “rabi kisan gosthi” was organized by KVK Longleng, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region on July 28 at Yongam village with Deputy Commissioner (DC) Longleng, Y. Denngan Avennoho Phom as the chief guest.

In his speech, the DC advocated for gender equality and appealed the Phom male to work together with their

wife and children. He said Phom people should not be dependent on credit system and they should become active in farming activity.

An exhibition followed by the inauguration of “rabi kisan gosthi” was organized for showcasing new technology extended in the farmers’ field by KVK, Longleng.

SMS (SWCE) Dr. P. Chowdhury explained different technology to the chief guest and farmers attending the rabi gosthi.

The programme coordinator, Dr. K.L. Meena delivered the welcome address whereas Dr. Manoj Kumar delivered the keynote address. During the Scientistfarmers’ interaction, oilseed and pulses cultivation in rice fallow, application of neem oil for insect pest management, vegetable cultivation practices, oil milling techniques, rainwater harvesting for pulses cultivation, irrigation for pulses and off season vegetables and Pradhan Mantri Sinchay Yojana (PMSKY) were discussed. Altogether 141 farmers and 91 farm women from Yongam and 50 from Nyang village participated at the programme.

PEREN: With an aim to boost awareness and expose the farmers to new ideas of agricultural practises on irrigation and water harvesting, ATMA Peren undertook within State farmer’s expo-

ATMA officials and farmers at Kobulong block Mokokchung.

sure tour to ICAR Jharnapani & CIH Medziphema under PMKSY on July 28.

The team led by two deputy Project Director’s of ATMA Peren visited various research farms at ICAR KVK & Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH).

The team also visited meet the farm manager and explained on different water harvesting structures and its purposes like Jalkund, cemented structured, fishery cum water harvesting tanks etc. Different methods on technique and importance of irrigation like drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation etc was also demonstrated to farmers and highlighted the wise use of irrigation water management and explained in brief the uses to apply the amount of water needed by the crop.

Farmers were also highlighted on four things including as know your crop, know your soils, know your water, know your field in order to improve irrigation efficiency on the farm.

Later, farmers were also taken to vermi-compost, livestock unit, floriculture unit, fruits plantation like guava and banana plantation, nursery unit, grafting etc. Altogether two ATMA officials and 10 farmers attended the tour programme.

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onstration programme on agri and allied activities was organised by ATMA Phek for Kikruma and Chetheba block on July 25 and July 26 at Phusachodu & K. Basa Village respectively.

At the programme, an exhibition cum sale of various crops and processed products was organized where altogether 65 farmers and women SHGs actively participated.

Resource person, KVK, Phek SMS (agronomy) Hanah K. Asangla gave a detailed explanation as well as practical demonstration on nursery raising on vegetable crops.

Meanwhile, resource persons KVK Phek, SRD Potsülü Theluo, demonstrated on dish was gel making as well as detergent making keeping in mind the economic interest of women SHGs and also for own individual use as both the products are easy to make and cost effective too. Later, the programme followed BFAC meeting for both the blocks.

In a separate programme, Rüza Farm School (RFS) sponsored under PMKSY was inaugurated on July 27, at Kikruma village. The programme was organised by ATMA Phek Kikruma block.

At the inaugural programme, resource person FD District Fishery officer, Phek Dzuthoru Chotso conducted training and demonstration.

Altogether 27 farmers attended the programme. The programme appointed Zanehü Tunyi as farm teacher.

Demonstration cum inauguration of farm school on ‘water harvest management’ KOBULONG BLOCK: ATMA, Kobulong block, Mokokchung conducted demonstration on low cost water conservation for seasonal crops and inaugurated a farm school on “water harvest management” at Yimchalu village on July 28 with SCA, Mokokchung, Longkaba as the resource person.

He briefed on the importance of making low cost water conservation tank in the field and preserving the water especially for winter crops cultivation during winter season when there was scarcity of water. He further explained and demonstrated on the procedures for making low cost water tank structures.

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Aoyimsen discussed with the farmers on the importance of farm school and encouraged them to work hard for better result in farming process. ATM, Kobulong block, Moanaro also briefed the trainers about the concept of farm school. Altogether 28 farmers attended the programme. Earlier the programme was chaired by ATM, Kobulong block, Nuksunginla.

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ANCSU foundation day Dimapur: All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) would be celebrating its 37th foundation day on August 2, 10 a.m. at Zonal Council Hall Kohima with chief secretary Pankaj Kumar as the chief guest.

DIMAPUR: Mon Forest Division in collaboration with the Fingerprint and Castle Group conducted a workshop on Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) mitigation on July 30 at Mon. Speaking at the programme as chief guest, Conservator of Forests (NTC), Y.M Jami provided valuable inputs on various dimensions of mitigating the HWC. Jami gave various examples of such efforts being practiced both nationally and globally. He also stressed on the need for involvement of the communities to minimize such conflicts in the future so as to protect & conserve “our” precious wildlife. Hongba from Fingerprint presented the various short term and long term effects of decreasing wildlife and he also urged the different stakeholders to take the necessary steps in this regard.

The workshop was fo(L-R) Commandant Joseph Keishing donating blood at the blood donation camp. (NP) A CRPF jawan being cused on how to minimize the awarded “DG’s Disc and commendation certificate” at Zubza, Kohima.

DIMAPUR, JUL 31 (NPN): Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 173 BN CRPF, Dimapur and 78 Bn CRPF celebrated its 12th Raising Day and 77th Raising Day on Sunday and July 27 in separate programmes at Dimapur and Zubza, Kohima respectively.

In Dimapur, 12th Raising Day celebrations of 173 BN CRPF, Dimapur, was on Friday officially declared open by commandant, 173

BN CRPF, Joseph Keishing, here at unit headquarter (HQ) of the 173 BN CRPF. On the first day of the three-day event, a blood donation camp was also organised. CRPF jawans, including the unit commandant, donated blood to the visiting team of medical workers led by Dr. Temsu from District Hospital Dimapur.

As part of the celebration, a Mela is also underway

at the unit HQ where varieties of food and various form of entertainments are on offer. (Staff Reporter) ZUBZA: Commemorating the 77th Raising Day of CRPF’s “selfless service” to the nation, a “sangeet sandhya” (music night) was organized by the 78 Bn CRPF at Zubza Kohima followed by award ceremony and grand “barakhana” on July 27.

During the musical

night, the officers and personnel of CRPF were awarded with “DG’s Disc and commendation certificate”, “internal security medals” and “hero of the month July 2016” in recognition of their excellence in operational duties of Internal Security.

Two “DG’s Disc” and commendation certificates, nine internal security medals were presented to officers and personnel by Commandant Neeraj Yadav.

Participants after the workshop at Mon. human wildlife conflict.

The DFO, Mon division, who chaired the programme, also highlighted the problems related to HWC in the district. He opined that Forest department, district administration, agri and allied departments and the villagers should work together to minimize the HWC as there was urgent need to protect

the wildlife from any kind of retaliatory killings plus there should be fast compensatory mechanism, he added.

Khelen Samom IFS, Suman Sivachar IFS, Prabhat Kumar IFS and representatives from the KU, KNSK, district administration and village council members from the affected villages also participated in the workshop.

KUT supports ENPO & KTC on banning SRF

DIMAPUR: Khiamniugan Union Tuensang (KUT) has extended cooperation and support to Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ organization (ENPO) and Khiamniungan Tribal council (KTC) on the issue of banning Sovereign Republic of Freeland (SRF) within its jurisdiction in particular and the ENPO area as a whole.

A press release issued by KUT president, M. Neolo and KUT executive chairman, N.L. Tangsoi informed that the in lieu of ENPO and KTC stand, KUT summoned all those persons within the community

involving in the activities of the SRF in December 2015.

It stated that during the meeting, the persons involved in the activities of the SRF had voluntarily agreed upon to honour and abides by the decisions of the KTC and the ENPO. KUT informed that no Khiamnuingan citizens must get involved with SRF and asked them to restraints from the activities of the SRF as the organization has been declared as non-existence within entire Khiamniungan jurisdiction by KTC.

ICTCs staff trained on quality management system

DIMAPUR: With an aim to ensure uniform quality services across all the Integrated Counseling and Testing Centres (ICTCs) in Nagaland, two-day training on “implementation of quality management system (QMS)” was conducted for ICTC staff for five districts in Nagaland.

The training for Kohima, Wokha and Mokokchung districts was held on July 26

CPMFS annual debate competition on human rights DIMAPUR: Annual North East Zone Inter Central Paramilitary Forces (CPMFS) debate competition on human rights was organized on July 30 at the ARTC & School, Dimapur with DIG, ARTC & School, Brigadier Gurjap Singh as the chief guest.

I n t h e p r o g r a m m e, Brigadier Gurjap Singh enlightened the gathering on the essential provisions of the law affecting human rights and their effective use.

He emphasized that people in uniform must constantly strive to adhere to the law of the land and operate within the directives of the government.

Brigadier Gurjap also appreciated the efforts put in by the participants and made a special reference to the efficient conduct of the event by the organizers.

Seven teams comprising the Assam Rifles, BSF, CRPF, CISF, SSB, RPF and ITBP representing CPMFs based in the North-East Region participated in the event.

Workshop on mitigation of human-wildlife conflict in Mon

The topic of the debate, “Protection of Human Rights: Is it not the duty of security forces?” was chosen by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) with a view to sensitize the security forces about human rights and related issues while dealing with the public.

The team of the Assam Rifles secured 1st position, whereas the teams of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF) secured 2nd and 3rd positions respectively in Hindi language debate category.

In the category of English language, Assam Rifles secured 1st position, and the teams of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) secured 2nd and 3rd position respectively.

The chief guest presented memento to the judges and gave away the prizes to the participants of teams securing first, second and third positions in debate competition.

and 27 at De Oriental grand, Kohima while training for the districts of Dimapur and Tuensang was conducted on July 28 and 29 at Hotel lake Shilloi, Dimapur.

Speaking at the inaugural programme at Kohima as chief guest, department of health and family welfare, principal director Dr. L. Watikala, highlighted the values of quality services in the ICTCs. He also

appreciated SHARE India for taking forward the QMS activity in the state through NSACS. NSACS project director, Dr. Meguosielie Kire, spoke on the values of training and proper monitoring of the activities to attain the goal while SHARE, India, project manager Dr. Nangjong, briefed the participants about the training objectives.

The trainings were facilitated by trained personnel from Share India, officials from NSACS and SRL, Kohima including NACO, technical officer, Smita Mishra, Dr. P. Tia Jamir, JD, BSD, NSACS, Dr. Margaret Yhome, HoD, Microbiology in-charge State Reference Laboratory (SRL), NHAK & Dr. Nangjong, Project Officer, Project LaQSH, SHARE India, Hyderabad.

The training topics included lab services under NACP IV, ICTC under NACP IV, introduction to HIV testing and Introduction to Quality Management System (QMS) in ICTC while group work sessions on Role of Counselors in QMS at ICTC, preparation of SOPs and Use of the ICTC QMS checklist were also taken.

Altogether 82 partici-

pants consisting of medical officers, ICTC counselors, laboratory technicians, district ICTC supervisors and District Program Managers (DAPCU) were trained. The training was hosted by Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) with support from NACO, CDC and SHARE India.

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PGC organises mass sanitation cum cleanliness awareness

PGC faculty and students after the cleanliness drive.

DIMAPUR: Peren Government College (PGC), Peren conducted a mass sanitation cum cleanliness awareness drive on July 30 at Peletkie village.

PGC stated that apart from cleaning the roads and footpaths in the village and the premises of the village primary school, the students and faculty also donated plastic waste baskets which were strategically placed in and around the village.

PGC had earlier adopted Peletkie village as its “best practices” for the year 2016-2017 under the aegis of the “Research, Consultancy & Extension Cell (IQAC)” of the College.

During the adoption period, the college endeavours to carry out various programmes in the village including sanitation and cleanliness drives, research projects, folk lore preservation, health talks and medical camps.

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Agartala-Delhi train service flagged off

An security person captures the picture of new Tripura Sundari Express from Agartala to New Delhi, during its flag off ceremony at Agartala railway station in Tripura on Sunday. (PTI) AGARTALA, JUL 31 (IANS): The 67 years old popular agitation for railway services to Tripura finally culminated in Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday flagging off the Agartala-Delhi passenger train services on the newly laid broad gauge track.

The much awaited weekly passenger train named “Tripura Sundari Express” would run between Agartala and Anand Vihar station of Delhi and Anand Vihar and Agartala covering a distance of around 2,480 km in 47 hours.

Bangladesh Railway Minister Mazibul Hoque, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain and top officials of the Indian and Bangladesh government were present at the flagging off ceremony held at the Agartala railway station.

This railway connectivity is the lifeline for millions in Tripura, western Manipur and Mizoram besides southern Assam.

With the launch of the

ABSU observes 20th anti-terrorism day at Goibari DIMAPUR, JUL 31: All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) has observed 20th anti-terrorism day on July 30 at Jwhwlao Swambla Fwthar in Goibari near Basugaon in Chirang district, according to a press release issued by ABSU on Sunday. The programme started with flag hoisting and floral tributes paid to late Swambla Basumataray, former president of ABSU who was killed by terrorists on July 30, 1996. Pigeon was released as a mark of peace and a memorial lecture was organised on the occasion which was chaired

by Pramod Boro. President, ABSU. In his speech, Boro said that “terrorism” is an inhuman act indulged by human being, which should be stopped to protect humanity around the world. “India is land of Mahatma Gandhi and it is for non violence, terrorism or any sort of violence is to be condemned in the country,” he said.

passenger train, the mountainous border state of Tripura has now been connected with the national capital via Guwahati, Assam’s main city which is about 600 km from Agartala.

The extension of the existing metre guage track up to northeastern state capital of Agartala brought the city on India’s rail map for the first time in October 2008 since the advent of the railways in this subcontinent in 1853.

The single-track 227 km metre-gauge link -- Badarpur (south Assam) to Agartala -was converted into broad-gauge track earlier this year spending Rs 2,016 crore.

“Though a veteran journalist Amiya Deb Roy first wrote a letter to the central government to extend railway network in Tripura in 1949, the formal agitation for rail had begun in December 1951 through a mass gathering addressed by veteran communist leaders Jyoti Basu, Muzaffar Ahmad and S.A. Dange,” said writer and journalist Tapas Debnath.

He told IANS: “Former

AIZAWL, JUL 31 (PTI): The proposed talks between Mizoram government and Manipur’s Hmar People’s Convention (Democratic) militants is expected to begin from second week of August, a senior police official Sunday said.

The official said the modalities from the government side for the forthcoming talks would be finalised on Thursday next week in a meeting of senior home department and police officers chaired by state Home Minister R Lalzirliana.

“We have received positive responses from the HPC (D) leaders of the state government’s peace overtures,” he said, adding the exact time and place for the talks would soon be finalised even as second week of August was proposed earlier.

The negotiations between the state government and the Hmar outfit, led by its Chairman H Zosangbera, fizzled out in August 2013 over disagreement on the extension of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) which resulted in the arrest of several leaders of the militant group.

Formed after the signing of an agreement between Mizoram government and HPC, the HPC (D) has been indulging in multiple violent and illegal activities in the state from across the border.

The outfit has been demanding a separate autonomous district council under the Sixth Schedule of Constitution by carving out the areas adjoining Manipur. The failed parleys between the state government and the Hmar outfit, led by its Chairman H. Zosangbera, in August 2013 was followed by the ambush of a team of legislators in which three policemen were killed on March 28 last year near Mizoram-Manipur border Zokhawthiang hamlet, police sources said.

AVBM observes its 11th foundation day

Kevi Seyie addressing the foundation day celebration.

DIMAPUR, JUL 31: The 11th foundation day of Assam Valley Baptist Mission (AVBM) was observed at Nakachari in Assam’s Jorhat district on Sunday, according to a press release issued by Angami Baptist Council, Kohima on Sunday.

The day-long celebration

Myanmar officials to visit Assam G U WA H AT I , J U L 3 1 (AGENCIES): The Myanmar government has established contacts with its Indian counterpart expressing its desire to visit the foreigners detention camps in Assam where a number of Myanmarese nationals, caught for illegally crossing the border, are languishing.

The team is expected to prepare a detailed investigation report concerning Myanmarese detained in Assam and subsequently take up the issue with the Indian government to facilitate their release.

A letter in this connection is expected to reach the State government through the

parliamentarians and top Tripura Left leaders Dasaratha Deb and Biren Datta had first raised the demand in the Lok Sabha for an extension of railway network to Agartala in 1952.”

The stir got a new impetus after the CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) led Left Front government headed by former Chief Minister Nripen Chakraborty assumed office first time in 1978. Chakraborty met then railway minister Madhu Dandavate on January 12, 1978, and put up a strong demand to put Agartala on the railway network.

A series of movements had been organised in Tripura, Guwahati and New Delhi for extension of railway network to Tripura. Incumbent Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Revenue and PWD Minister Badal Choudhury among many other leaders were actively involved in these agitations.

“Agartala is the first state capital in independent India connected with rail network in October 2008,” said S.S. Narayanan, a senior official

of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).

Thousands of cheerful people gathered at the Agartala railway station on Sunday to witness the historic moment, with some women blowing conch shells to wish the formal launch of the train services a successful one.

“It took more than four decades to connect the capital city after northern Tripura’s business hub Dharmanagar came on the railway map in 1964,” said Choudhury. Dharmanagar is about 200 km from here.

“The NFR has so far spent about Rs 2,016 crore to connect Agartala by rail by making two big tunnels through the Longtharai Valley and Atharamura Hills and constructing a record number of 233 minor and major bridges,” said an NFR engineer.

The 1,962-metre Longtharai tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in eastern India.

The NFR is now laying broad-gauge track for the 112km Agartala-Sabroom line by March 2018 and investing Rs 3,351 crore.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said: “After the Indian Railways extends its line up to Sabroom, it would be very easy to connect with the Chittagong international sea port in southeast Bangladesh, which is just 75 km from the Tripura border town.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Dhaka in June last year has laid the foundation stone to construct a bridge over Feni river, adjoining Sabroom, to connect the town with Bangladssh’s hill town Khagrachari. This will open another railway link between the two neighbours after the existing Kolkata-Dhaka and proposed Agartala-Akhaura rail links.

“After extending the railway line to Sabroom, Tripura and the entire northeast would be linked with Southeast Asia very easily,” Sarkar told IANS.

Mizoram-HPC (D) talks to begin from 2nd wk of August

Ministry of External Affairs within a week’s time.

At present, 29 Myanmarese nationals are lodged in detention camps in Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Jorhat and Tezpur.

The delegation will interact with the Myanmarese nationals and quiz them on the circumstances leading to their exodus and detention in India and the route they had followed to cross over.

This, according to many, will be the first ever official visit by the Myanmarese government officials to study the infiltration through the Northeast India.

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has witnessed various Christian activities by its 52 constituent churches. The programme started with flag hoisting by its president which was followed by dedication of motorbike sponsored by Kumlong Baptist Church and a newly carved out office with its furniture donated

by Alempang Baptist Church both from Mokokchung district by speaker.

AVBM is a common Baptist Christian venture initiated by about 28 Baptist Churches mostly independent churches located in Jorhat, Sivasagar and Golaghat districts bordering

with Nagaland in 2005.

The foundation day was observed at a place where surrounded by villages and tea gardens where there are around 40 Churches and 4,000 believers.

In her message, Angami Baptist Council, Kohima (ABCK) member Kevi Seyie dwelt on “Right Foundation” where she touched many hearts of the congregation with almost perfect Assamese language which was an asset for many in penetrating the word of God. Kole Natso has also graced the occasion.

The service was chaired by its president and welcome speech was delivered by by Franklin (Moon) Lawson. Mission report and appreciation was read out by its secretary cum missionary Sanjay Pantati. The vote of thanks was pronounced by its advisor Imsu Jamir.

The choir team of Jorhat Baptist Church has enthralled the congregation with special numbers.

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Meghalaya likely to withdraw NOC to UCIL to mine uranium

SHILONG, JUL 31 (AGENCIES): With protests against uranium mining in the state growing louder in the past few weeks, the Congress government in Meghalaya is likely to withdraw the permission it had given to Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) way back in 2009.

While CM Mukul Sangma has called a crucial state cabinet meeting on Monday, reports from Shillong said the government will review the decision of 2009 and “most likely” revoke it in the wake of mounting pressure on it from various quarters including traditional tribal bodies.

“The gover nment is seized of the situation and a cabinet meeting has been convened on Monday to discuss the issue to arrive at a positive conclusion,” reports quoting chief minister Sangma said on Sunday. It also quoted Sangma as saying that any decision to

let UCIL begin uranium mining would be taken only after taking all sections of people on board. The decision to permit UCIL to start uranium mining in the West Khasi Hills district was earlier taken by a previous Congress-led government headed by DD Lapang in August 2008, in which present chief minister Mukul Sangma was a deputy chief minister. The then government, which issued permission to UCIL to start pre-development works like roads to the mining site, setting up health centres and schools for the local people, had also agreed to lease out 422 acres of land for 30 years to UCIL to carry out mining. In November 2009 however, the same government had shelved the UCIL’s pre-mining development activities and instead constituted a 33-member Joint Committee on Uranium Mining in Meghalaya (JCUMM) to examine various issues related to the likely im-

pact of the mining.

The issue suddenly came up again when UCIL, on July 2 floated a tender notice seeking EOI from Indian companies, JVCs and/or consortiums for providing consultancy services for obtaining some pending statutory clearances apart from obtaining permission for several related activities “leading to successful opening” and subsequent “uninterrupted operation” of the project. It has also sought services for conducting public consultation and forest land diversion apart from setting up roads and other infrastructure for the project.

As student groups, opposition political parties and tribal organisations strongly reacted to UCIL’s attempt to resume uranium mining, chief minister Sangma went on record indicating that the PSU would be held responsible for any law and order problem emanating from it.

AASU demands to check death of animals

MORIGAON, JUL 31 (PTI): All Assam Students Union (AASU) Sunday expressed concern over the situation of all National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in the current floods and demanded adequate measures to stop mass deaths of wild animals, including one-horned rhinos due to the calamity.

A high-level team of the students led by its President Dipankar Nath today visited Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon district and expressed apprehension over the plight of wild animals as well as forest protection staff there.

The team feared that there is every possibility of casualty of rhinos, buffaloes etc in the Sanctuary which has the highest density of rhinos in

BJP to announce CM’s candidate soon Correspondent IMPHAL, JUL 31: BJP is all set to announce its chief ministerial candidate for 2017 Manipur elections within a couple of months, BJP national general secretary (I/C NE) Ram Madhav Sunday said.

Madhav was camping in Imphal to attend the first executive meeting of BJP Manipur Pradesh on Sunday.

He, however, said the announcement of CM’s candidate is not an emergency, but there was discussion among various leaders for a choice for upcoming elections. Madhav further said that BJP is adopting a strategy for capturing power in Manipur in the elections. “We have already started its ground work to strengthen the party in every constituencies of the state,” he added. The state has 60 Assembly constituencies, out of which 20 in hill districts are reserved for ST candidates. He claimed that BJP would be able to give an alternative government, free from nepotism and corruption.

The general secretary, however, gave a indirect reply to queries regarding taking the sitting Congress MLAs within the fold of the party.

the world. The AASU President claimed before reporters that the wildlife protection staff at Pobitora have been performing their duties without proper food, drinking water and above all without logistical support.

Further, the wildlife protection staff are not getting even their remuneration on time, alleged the AASU President. “Though both Kaziranga National Park and Pobitora WL sanctuary are completely under water and all the wild animals including one-horned rhinos are under starvation, the forest department is playing the role of mute spectators. There will be mass casualty of wild animals if this situation goes on,” Nath said.

Embankment Protection panel to be set up in Assam

GUWAHATI, JUL 31 (PTI): A protection committee to avert breaches in any embankment in flood-hit Assam will be set up with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal issuing directions to Chief Secretary V K Pipersenia in this regard.

The Embankment Protection Committee comprising engineers, experts, youth organisations, NGOs, clubs and socio-cultural organisations will help averting breaches in embankment with timely intervention, an official release said.

Sonowal asked the Water Resources Department to go for thorough inspection of the condition of around 1,200 embankments covering a stretch of 5,000 km so that strengthening and repairing of the old ones could be carried out.

The release said the chief minister directed officials to submit project estimates within August so that revetment of the embankments can start from September onwards.

He also asked DGP Mukesh Sahay to ensure police patrolling round the clock in flood affected areas so that anti-social elements cannot

take advantage of the situation.

Meanwhile, Pipersenia, Sahay and Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Darash Mathur announced to contribute a week’s salary towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the flood-hit people.

Officers from the rank of Commissioners and Secretaries will also donate one-week’s salary for the flood affected people, the release said.

Pipersenia appealed to officers and employees of all the departments to contribute generously towards the floodaffected people of the state.

Later in the evening, Kaliabor Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) Madhumita Bhagawati has been placed under suspension for causing “enormous embarrassment to the state government.” An official release said, “This photograph was sent to the official Whatsapp group

by SDO (Civil) Kaliabor subdivision, under whose jurisdiction a part of Kaziranga falls.

It has now being brought to the notice of the state government that this photograph does not belong to the current Kaziranga floods.”

OFFICE OF THE

SWEBA STUDENTS’ ORGANIZATION SWEBA, VISWEMA

FELICITATES

Call for Expressions of Interest: Chartered Accountant Firms for the Internal Audit of Nagaland State AIDS Control Society.

Ref:NSACS/APPT/Audit-INT/2016-17

Dated 01/08/16

1. The State AIDS Control Societies (SACS) are responsible for implementing the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) Phase IV in the States. The Government of India has received a Credit (Credit- 4299-IN) from the funds pooled by the International Development Association and World Bank in various currencies towards the cost of Fourth National HIV/AIDS Control Project and it is intended that part of the proceeds of this credit will be applied to eligible payments under the contracts for which this invitation for Bids is issued. SACS is a registered organisation under the control of the State Government and it the nodal organisation for all the HIV/AIDS prevention and control work that is taken up in the state. SACS releases fund to peripheral organizations like NGOs and hospitals under the Government sector. Hence it is essential to assess as to conduct an internal audit under the provision of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as applicable in the State.

2. Expressions of Interest are invited from CAG empanelled Chartered Accountant firms to conduct the statutory audit of the Nagaland State AIDS Control SACS for a financial year.

Eligibility & Assessment Criteria; The EoI and capability will be assessed against evidence of skills and experience in providing accountancy services in the State/States.

Requirements The EoI should be sent along with a Capability Statement including a profile of the organisation relevant technical and geographical coverage along with the financial turnover for the last 3 financial years. A format for the capability statement is available on the NACO web-site: http//:www.nacoonline.org/. Individual CVs are not required at this stage. Any EoI with inadequate information, those which do not meet the above criteria, or those received after the closing date will not be short listed. EoI should be as concise and focused as possible to give evidence of the above requirements including the capability statement and organisation profiles.

They should be mailed to the Project Director, Nagaland State AIDS Control Society, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, New Secretariat, Ruziezou, Kohima-797001 to arrive no later than 12 noon on 18th Aug 2016. Only organisations, which pass the pre-selection process, will be contacted and invited to submit detailed proposals.

For Further Information: For further information on NACP, interested bidders are requested to contact the following email id:nsacspdfinance@gmail.com or Tel No.: 08131891067. The contact person is: Assistant Director (Finance) NSACS.

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(Dr.MEGUOSIELIE KIRE) Project Director, NSACS

Miss Nokekunü Vizol Miss. Vimeno Kechü Miss Vivonü Kechü D/o Dr. Atha Vizol D/o Lt. Krowhe Kechü D/o Vikehel Kechü MBBS MBBS Civil Engineering The Sweba Students’ Organization with immense pride would like to congratulate them for their success in the recently conducted NSEE. The organization wishes them greater achievement in their future endeavours.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE SUB-DIVISIONAL OFFICER PHED, PEREN SUB-DIVISION NAGALAND

No.SDO/PHE/PRN/EST-2/2016-17/28 Dated Peren the 29th July 2016 RESTORATION OF WATER SUPPLY TO OLD PEREN TOWN

The (PHE) Department in collaboration with the Deputy Commissioner, Peren amicably settled the non availability of water supply at Old Peren Town with the help of concerned public leaders. The Department was permitted to carry out the restoration of water supply work at the source on 15th July 2016.

PHED Officer and their staff started the pipe line repairing at source and along the main gravity alignment. During the repair works, it was found that the pipe lines were blocked with stones and checking and removing these stones from the pipes has delayed the restoration works.

However, with the consistent hard working of the department staff, the pipe lines were cleared and water supply was restored on 26.07.2016. The discharge of water reaching the town was measured on 27.07.2016 in the presence of all concerned representatives indicating a flow of 1,57,000 litres per day thereby relieving the consumers from water scarcity in the town.

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Dalits ‘threaten’ to show strength in 2017 Gujarat polls

Dalit community people attend a Mahasammelan in Ahmedabad on Sunday in the wake of the recent Una incident. (PTI)

by the community leaders included withdrawal of cases filed against Dalits during recent protests, speedy probe in the 2012 Thangadh police firing (in which 3 Dalits were killed), allotment of five acres of land for community members who want to discontinue their traditional work and martial arts training to SC members for self-defence.

“This agitation will continue till the government accepts our demands. If the government can sit with Patels and accept their demands, it should do the same with Dalits and call them for a meeting,” Mevani said. Former IPS officer Rahul Sharma, who took on the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government during the post-Godhra riots, also addressed the gathering. A suggestion by Sharma to hold a foot march was accepted by Dalit leaders.

“This fight is against a particular ideology, which believes in creating rifts between different communities and religions. To bring this movement ahead, I suggest to hold a foot march from here in coming days and reach Una on August 15. We will celebrate our independence by hoisting flag in Una on August 15,” Sharma said.

The suggestion was quickly accepted by the audience as well as leaders, who announced a “pad yatra” from Sarangpura area here from August 5 that will culminate in Una on August 15 after covering a distance of almost 380 KM. Among others, several Muslim leaders of Jamiat-EUlema also attended the rally to express solidarity with Dalits.

Death toll in J&K rises to 49; curfew continues SRINAGAR, JUL 31 (PTI): The death toll in the ongoing unrest in Kashmir Sunday rose to 49 as one of the injured persons succumbed at a hospital here even as curfew in some parts and restrictions in rest of the Valley continued as a precautionary measure.

Ishfaq Ahmad Dar (17), who was injured during clashes in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on July 23, succumbed at SKIMS Hospital Soura this morning, a police official said.

Dar had suffered critical injuries during clashes that erupted a day after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter on July 8.

Curfew remained in force in five police station areas of the summer capital, Anantnag town, Pulwama town, parts of Baramulla town and Shopian town as restrictions on assembly of four or more people continued in entire Kashmir.

“Curfew is in place only in five police station areas of Srinagar city -- Nowhatta, Khanyar, Batamaloo, Safakadal and Maharajgunj,” he said.

Mobile Internet services continued to remain snapped in the Valley where the postpaid mobile telephony services have been restored across all networks.

The incoming facility on prepaid connections has also been restored, but the outgoing calls are barred on such numbers. Meanwhile, normal life remained paralysed elsewhere in the Valley for the 23rd consecutive day today in view of the strike call given by the separatist camp.

The separatist camp has extended the shutdown call in Kashmir till August 5, calling for march to Hazratbal shrine on Friday.

Violence cannot resolve any issues: Mehbooba

S R I NAG A R , J U L 3 1 (PTI): Amid the unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Sunday said violence cannot resolve any issue and dialogue is the only way forward.

She also said there was an “issue in the minds” of the people and it needs to be addressed.

“Mufti (Mohammad Sayeed) used to say bullets and grenades cannot solve issues. Gun has not changed anything. There is no way out other than dialogue,” Mehbooba told NDTV. Referring to the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley, she said everyone should “feel the pain” of the future generation.

“Those who have other ideology should also feel the pain of the younger generation getting affected. What do you want to achieve by this (violence)? What Azadi (freedom), what Pakistan or what India,” she said.

Mehbooba said the security forces have been able to contain the situation but there was an issue in the minds of the people which needs to be addressed.

“We brought in security forces and they contained the situation. But there is an issue which is in the minds.

It has to be addressed,” she added.

The Chief Minister also spoke about destruction of public property during the clashes after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Bhurhan Wani on July 8 saying it was a setback to development process.

“Why attack police stations, court and other buildings. We will have to rebuild them later,” she said.

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Mehbooba Mufti tion, Mehbooba said people have to ponder over how the educational, economic and social structure of Kashmir is being systematically ruined because of the prevailing situation.

“Our enterprising young boys and girls are not able to apply for KAS examination. They are not able to avail of the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme, the educational and training institutions are shut, the tourism sector has taken a big hit, the development process has come to a standstill and the socio-economic condition of the people is deteriorating day-by-day because of the prevailing law and order situation,” the Chief Minister said.

“There are instances in the history where various nations and communities including the Palestinians did not allow the education of their children to suffer amid conflicts and wars,” she said.

Ironically, in contrast, the first casualty of unrest in Kashmir has always been the education and the economy, she added.

Mehbooba said instead of asking the Kashmiri youth to focus on education, they are being incited to take stones in their hands and attack whosoever comes their way.

Another AAP MLA arrested NEW DELHI, JUL 31 (PTI): AAP legislator from Narela Sharad Chauhan has been arrested by police in connection with the suicide of a woman worker of the ruling party, taking the total number of arrested party leaders to 12.

Chauhan and main accused Ramesh Bhardwaj were questioned by the crime branch of Delhi Police for several hours in the past four days in connection with the case.

Besides Chauhan and Bhardwaj, five others including the MLA’s associates Amit and Rajnikant have been arrested last night, said a senior police officer. Bhardwaj was arrested by a police team from Sonipat on July 26. He was questioned for several hours in connection with the suicide of the woman, along with the local MLA of Narela. The woman had consumed poisonous substance at her home in North-West Delhi’s Narela and died during treatment at LNJP Hospital on July 19. The woman had filed a complaint against Bhardwaj for allegedly touching her inappropriately and a case of molestation was registered in June. The accused was arrested and later released on bail.

On July 20, Delhi Police had registered a case of abetement to suicide and handed over the entire matter to a Special Investigation Team.

The family members of the woman had claimed that she had gone into depression after her alleged molester Bhardwaj, an AAP colleague, was released on bail. She had also alleged that the accused was being protected by the local AAP MLA. The woman in a video recording had also levelled serious allegations against Bhardwaj, accusing him of pressuring her to “compromise” if she wanted to rise in the party and claimed himself to be “close to the local party MLA.

AHMEDABAD, JUL 31 (PTI): Thousands of Dalits Sunday took out a rally here where community leaders asked them to give up disposing dead cattle to “send a strong message” to the BJP-led Gujarat government ahead of the 2017 Assembly polls and demanded firm steps to curb the atrocities on them.

The Dalit leaders also announced a plan to organise a foot march from here to Una town in Gir-Somnath District, where four Dalits were brutally thrashed by cow vigilantes for skinning a dead cow. They said the march will be organised from August 5 as a mark of protest against the July 11 incident which caused an outrage.

As part of their continuing protests over the assault

on their community members, thousands of Dailts attended a mass gathering organised here in Sabarmati area.

Speaking at the gathering, Dalit leader and Convener of the event Jignesh Mevani put forward a slew of demands before the state government and asked his community to take a pledge to stay away from their traditional work of disposing the dead cattle.

“To give a strong message to the government, I urge all Dalits to discontinue the work of disposing dead animals. I also want you to take a pledge of discontinuing the work of cleaning sewer lines. We no longer wish to do this work and want the government to allot agriculture land to us, so that we can live a respectable

Cow slaughter case: Mob attacks house, owner held

EC mulls changes in norms Rains disrupt normal life in Mumbai; 9 die in house collapse in Thane for ‘national party’ status

MUZAFFARNAGAR, JUL 31 (PTI): Tension prevailed in Kadhli village here after a mob attacked a house where an alleged cow slaughter took place following which police arrested the house owner and lodged an FIR against those who indulged in the rioting.

The trouble started when irate locals last evening gathered outside Zishan Qureshi’s house accusing him and his family members of cow slaughter, they said.

The mob damaged Qureshi’s house but police reached the spot and brought the situation under control, police said. There were earlier reports that the mob tried to set afire the house but SSP Deepak Kumar denied that they made any such attempt. A case has been lodged against the family members for alleged cow slaughter, police said. Qureshi was today arrested, the SSP said.

NEW DELHI, JUL 31 (AGENCIES): BSP, CPI and NCP may get to retain their national party status for now, with the election commission mulling revision of norms for such recognition of a political party to allow for a review under the election symbols (reservation and allotment) order after two consecutive polls rather than the prevailing five-year assessments.

“It is but fair to review recognition of a party as national or state party on the basis of two consecutive polls, given the revolving door electoral politics in many states. This would take care of dismal performance clocked by a ruling party on account of anti-incumbency vote,” an EC functionary pointed out. “Rather than reviewing recognition of a political party every five years, it is better to give them time covering the entire cycle of 10 years to adjust for anti-incumbency. If they fail to fulfill the criteria over

life,” he said.

“If atrocities on Dalits do not stop, we will show our strength in the 2017 Assembly polls,” Mevani asserted.

Putting forward a series of demands, he asked the government to come to the table for talks, just like it did with the Patel quota leaders.

“We want everyone who thrashed Dalits in Una to be arrested under Prevention of Anti-Social Activity Act (PASA).

If they come out on bail, the government must extern them from five districts,” he said.

“We also want government to make all safai kamdars (sanitation workers) permanent in their posts and pay them as per the 6th Pay Commission,” the Dalit leader said.

Other demands voiced

two consecutive polls, a status downgrade would be in order,” said an EC official. EC sources said its order on the status downgrade proceedings against BSP, NCP and CPI, initiated through notices sent to these parties in July 2014 following their dismal performance in last LS polls, may be pronounced soon.

Were the EC order to go with the view favouring amendment to the symbols (reservation & allotment) order, the BSP can go into UP polls with its national status intact. Put simply, it can avail of privileges such as free airtime on state media for campaigning and exemption of travel expenditure by up to 40 VVIP campaigners from billed to the candidate. The order will also benefit CPM, facing loss of national party status in aftermath of its poor show in the recent West Bengal polls. Less than 2,000 political parties are registered, though only 50-odd are recognized as national or state parties by the EC.

MUMBAI/THANE, JUL 31 (PTI): Incessant rains lashing Mumbai and neighbouring districts of Thane and Palghar Sunday throw normal life out of gear, even as nine people were killed in a building collapse in Bhiwandi town amid the heavy downpour.

The suburban trains, considered ‘lifeline’ of daily commuters in Mumbai and adjoining areas, were affected due to the heavy rains but it being a holiday today with major offices remaining closed the impact was less.

Nine persons, including four children and three women, were killed and 10 others injured when a residential building collapsed in Bhiwandi town of Thane amid heavy rains.

The two-storey structure, housing 7 to 8 families, at Gaibi Nagar under Shanti Nagar police station limits, crashed around 9.30 AM, Bhiwandi tehsildar Vaishali Lambate said.

Besides, 12 persons, including three children and

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However, the forum alleged that certain individuals were given monetary assistance during the year 2013-14 on the “recommendation of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and duly endorsed by State Level Selection Committee”.

NPRAAF also said this was in contradiction to the RTI response furnished by the DoSW and wondered “if any eligibility criteria for central/ state programme can be compromised on the recommendations of some commissions/ authorities”.

On DoSW’s claim, that the pending of payments to NGOs were due since the beneficiaries were not coming forward, NPRAAF asked the department to inform the beneficiaries on any GIA available for them since without being informed, the NGO would not have the knowledge of such sanctioned benefits.

To substantiate its claim, NPRAAF cited an instance, where a certain children home expressed surprise to find its name mentioned as a beneficiary of Rs 80, 000 in the RTI document. Thereafter only, the particular children home went and claimed the amount from the department, NPRAAF said.

F u r t h e r, N P R A A F pointed out several other instances, where the amount of GIA given to beneficiaries did not match in the RTI replies.

The forum said “in Annexure – I, a certain NGO was shown as a beneficiary of Rs 2 lakh, however, in the A.P.R receipt, the same beneficiary was shown to have received Rs 1.5 lakh only”.

“Another NGO was shown as a beneficiary of Rs 1 lakh but the A.P.R receipt showed that the beneficiary received only Rs 80,000”, NPRAAF said.Therefore, NPRAAF said it welcomed any joint sitting and verification with the DoSW to sort out the issues.

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two women, were stranded at a tourist spot behind a housing complex on Ghodbunder road in Thane due to an overflowing nullah. An SOS was sent to the disaster management cell and they were rescued with the help of a ladder and rope.

It turned out to be a hectic day for firemen and disaster management cell of Thane which received several calls of flooding, waterlogging and tree fall in the city.

The weather department has predicted very heavy rainfall in Mumbai and its suburbs during next 24 hours.

“Mumbai has been receiving good rainfall since yesterday due to active monsoon conditions. We expect very heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours due to strong westerly winds and an upper air cyclonic circulation over Gujarat,” V K Rajeev, director of weather forecasting at IMD here, told PTI. He said moderate rainfall is predicted over central Maharashtra and Marathwada

The flooded Thane Railway Station following heavy rains in Mumbai on Sunday. (PTI) region during next 24 hours.

Trains on the Central Line were running 5-10 minutes behind schedule, according to a Central Railway official.

The services on Transharbour Vashi-Panvel-Thane line were severely affected, while on the Harbour line,

trains were running 15-20 minutes late, the official said.

The disaster management cell of Thane received over 50 calls regarding waterlogging, tree fall and also of a few incidents of wall collapse, but no one was injured.

TMC’s regional disaster

management cell chief Santosh Kadam said 175 mm rainfall was recorded today in Thane city till 4 PM. The city has received 2,140.50 mm rains so far this monsoon season, as compared to 1,557 mm downpour during the same period last year, he said.

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Wish list for Dimapur

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imapur occupies an esteemed position as the commercial capital of Nagaland reflecting the spirit of enterprise and also home to several thousand tribes, both from within and beyond and communities who make the city truly cosmopolitan. It is the gateway of Nagaland and also offering opportunities that could literally transform the economy of the state. Being everything to everyone also naturally invites or raises hopes of high expectations. In order to facilitate trade and commerce, the crucial role that connectivity plays cannot be ignored. Dimapur is well connected with mainland India through a network of road, rail and also air. With rising population, and increased trade and economic activities, travel to and from Dimapur has not met the desired level. Unlike surface communication (road) where movement is not dependent on central or state agencies; both rail and air travels depend totally on central agencies. The centre has to provide airports and aeroplanes and railway tracks and trains for transportation and travel. Both rail and air travels are the crucial modes for promoting business and commercial activities. Air connectivity to and from Dimapur has suffered a lot due to various factors and chief among which has been the step motherly treatment meted out by the civil aviation ministry. Dimapur airport is among the oldest in the region though civil air services started operation since the mid-seventies when certain states in the region such as Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya were not air-linked by regular Indian Airlines service. Today, volume of passengers has suffered after flight operations were drastically reduced and erratic which drove many to take flights from Guwahati. Even today, many air travellers prefer to fly from Guwahati for convenience of departure and arrival. Air India operates five flights and daily flight

by Indigo. However, while Indigo and Air India both stopover at Kolkata, the arrival time is such that Dimapur passengers are not given the option for convenient schedules onwards. The demand that at least three or four flights be via Guwahati from Delhi is long pending. Travel and transportation by rail to and from Dimapur sharply highlights the insensitivity of the railway authorities. First, Dimapur facilitates travel of thousands each day, to various parts of India. Secondly, Dimapur railway station is the second highest revenue earner of the NF Railways.

However, NF Railway has not taken any concrete steps to facilitate travel for the passengers. This newspaper has been airing the view that NFR introduce at least five long distance trains from Dimapur to cater to demands but it has fallen on deaf ears at Maligaon, the NFR headquarters. As the second highest revenue earner, Dimapur should have been rewarded with improved facilities, more quotas and more trains but they do not figure at all.

Take the case with Jan Shatabdi which is meant to link state capitals. Though Dimapur is not a state capital, yet it remains the only railhead and so the Jan Shatabdi was to link Dimapur and Guwahati.

However today, Jan Shatabdi links Guwahati with Jorhat. This has robbed passengers of Dimapur of quota and stoppage time. Railways also have to demolish encroached areas since more space is needed to improve facilities at Dimapur railway station. Unless the railways reclaim its lands, there would be no scope for future development and as a consequence, it is the travelling passenger who is deprived.

DailyDevotion Becoming Entirely His Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. —James 1:4 Many of us appear to be all right in general, but there are still some areas in which we are careless and lazy; it is not a matter of sin, but the remnants of our carnal life that tend to make us careless. Carelessness is an insult to the Holy Spirit. We should have no carelessness about us either in the way we worship God, or even in the way we eat and drink.

Not only must our relationship to God be right, but the outward expression of that relationship must also be right. Ultimately, God will allow nothing to escape; every detail of our lives is under His scrutiny. God will bring us back in countless ways to the same point over and over again. And He never tires of bringing us back to that one point until we learn the lesson, because His purpose is to produce the finished product. It may be a problem arising from our impulsive nature, but again and again, with the most persistent patience, God has brought us back to that one particular point. Or the problem may be our idle and wandering thinking, or our independent nature and self-interest. Through this process, God is trying to impress upon us the one thing that is not entirely right in our lives.

We have been having a wonderful time in our studies over the revealed truth of God’s redemption, and our hearts are perfect toward Him. And His wonderful work in us makes us know that overall we are right with Him. “Let patience have its perfect work….” The Holy Spirit speaking through James said, “Now let your patience become a finished product.” Beware of becoming careless over the small details of life and saying, “Oh, that will have to do for now.” Whatever it may be, God will point it out with persistence until we become entirely His.

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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ~ Golda Meir

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The fall of Europe has lessons for India

ndia needs to be on the caution. It should be preparing for a futuristic change in the economic, trade and diplomatic policy. Brexit, though appears to be far-fetched thinking, may mark the beginning of fall of European Union and collapse of Euro.

It may also be the reprocessing, if not undoing, of globalization that former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher had projected as the TINA ( there is no alternative) factor, as the Soviet Union started collapsing in 1980s.

It has important lessons.

India should desist from becoming a bureaucracy-oriented democracy. Europe today is revolting against the Brussels bureaucracy, which is imposing rules and laws, on the democratically elected governments. Brexit is the first major onslaught on that process.

India needs to rethink about a Goods and Services Tax (GST). (Instead it should have a uniform tax rate). It empowers the central tax bureaucracy, weakens the states and is likely to create a convulsive situation. The central system is likely to overwhelmingly create a situation, where tax oppression is bound to increase.

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Despite prime minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Arun Jailey repeatedly calling upon the tax bureaucracy to behave in a civil manner, it is sending notices to virtual nonearners (or very low earners).

Resentment is building up.

With GST, the bureaucratic net widens. Many in the state governments are likely to lose jobs. So would discontent.

The political leaders in the states would have to take the brunt and that may lead to an implosive situation – almost similar to what is happening in Euro-zone. The bureaucracy rarely listens to sane advice. It thrives on stringent impractical rules. It helps them in rent seeking. India must be wary of it before allowing the central taxman rule the states.

Europe is the laboratory for studying the failures of a stringent monolithic system as opposed to diversity that signifies India.

As nearly everyone now acknowledges, the euro has been a disaster. This economic catastrophe was imposed on the people of Europe in order to achieve the central objective of the EU - and to pander to the French establishment’s view of what was in France’s national

interest. and Spain now hovers around A Pew research survey 25 percent, with youth unemin February-March found that ployment over 50 percent, and a plurality of voters in France, all the EU members subjected Itraly, Germany and Nether- to heavy doses of austerity have lands want the EU to return witnessed a steep rise in the some of its pownumber of ers to national Shivaji Sarkar people livgover nments. ing below Hungary is planning to hold a the poverty line. The recent referendum.

European Central Bank (ECB) The key question to arise announcement of “quantitative from this episode is about what easing” — a monetary sleightmight happen in the future. The of-hand to pump money into euro is not an isolated occur- the Eurozone — is too little, rence. It followed upon other too late. The major principle of crazy decisions, including the European integration is on the common agricultural policy reversal. Instead of Eastern and and the Schengen passport-free Central Europe catching up to travel zone. Given free rein, the rest of the EU, pockets of who knows what monstrosi- the “west” have begun to fall ties the Brussels elites will yet behind the “east.” The GDP unleash upon the people of per capita of Greece, for examEurope? It wants a common ple, has slipped below that of pension policy and tax har- Slovenia and, when measured monization, not to the liking in terms of purchasing power, of most. even Slovakia, both former Not only has it impover- Communist countries. ished the countries of southern “In many countries the Europe, with huge numbers of perception is that national people made unemployed, but governments are powerless it has also allowed Germany and that there is nothing at the to run an enormous current European level to address probaccount surplus, now amount- lems,” says Paul De Grauwe, ing to over 8 percent of GDP, a former Belgian member of obliging other countries to run parliament now at the London corresponding deficits. The School of Economics. “Both unemployment rate in Greece Europe and national govern-

ments lose legitimacy.”

It is a terse statement.

India needs to listen.

The European project is teetering. Growth is anaemic at best and socio-economic inequality is on the rise. The countries of Eastern and Central Europe, even relatively successful Poland, have failed to bridge the income gap with the richer half of the continent.

And the highly indebted periphery is in revolt. Politically, the centre may not hold and things seem to be falling apart. From the left, parties like Syriza in Greece are challenging the EU’s prescriptions of austerity.

From the right, Euroskeptic parties are taking aim at the entire quasi-federal model. Racism and xenophobia are gaining ever more adherents, even in previously placid regions like Scandinavia.

The standard of living in Hungary, 25 years after the fall of Communism, remains approximately half that of neighboring Austria. Similarly, it took Romania 14 years to regain the GDP it had in 1989 and it remains stuck at the bottom of the EU. Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary all remain economically far behind Austria. It is a continent of

Post-mortem Introspection of NSEE-II result 2016

he intellectuals in Nagaland must be exercising their utmost caliber to find fault with the government just like NGO’s such as ACAUT, NSF, Naga Hoho, NMA etc to dig out the truth in the society. Such positive criticism never under mind in the society when the population of Nagas search for any kind of solution to the multifarious problematic society in this turmoil stage. These are the provoking actions to the Government for a better society.

In no where the Nagas as a whole are the enemies to each other. All are contributing for a better Naga society. When NSEE_II result is published in the media, the mind set of society is perplexed and compared as technical & professional study manipulation if it is happened is same to that of backdoor appointments by the authorities of the government. The impact of professional studies is worse because the power of society lay on those professionals after their completion of their studies. Let us be fair enough to analyze the NSEE-II result in selecting the MBBS and BDS aspiring candidates: 1. As per the notification in the media, the result of the NSEEII is tentatively to be available in the website on 9th July (Saturday) 2016. It is not so, and the result of the same is known to elite group of society on Sunday through offline. The official NSEE-II selection list is published in the media and website on 15th July 2016. What is the technical difficulty of knowing the NSEE-II result for public knowledge instead of off-line result. Why leak out to few privileged class? The online and offline differentiation in the computer age is now clearly known to the Nagas who have computer knowledge.

2. Speculation also sometimes comes true in Nagaland situation. The force behind the screen might be a multifaceted one and the controlling authority might have a tough time to drag the whole system based on the universal truth.

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Slight mistake can be refered back to the beginning stage of Hard disk copy analyses of its originality in the highly technological computer centre in the country.

3. Borderline candidates in MBBS and BDS selection list are sometimes marginalized just because of the uncertain situation in ascertaining the central allotment of MBBS and BDS seats.

When politicians and bureaucrats pouch their heavy weight in selection list, the borderline candidates are sometime discriminated but it never effects the toppers in the result list. That advantage of politicians and bureaucrats exploring the situation is right and no one have a say on that. Because, the controlling authorities are also human beings and fall-short of perfectness.

4. In the past years, the student community has dug –out several anomalies in the technical study results and remedial measures were taken at the right time.

A glaring example is the die-hard Ao lady who fought her rights on the basis of tooth and nail which shook the government and she retained her seat and pursued with her further studies based on truth.

5. In the past years because of the shortage of qualified Naga candidates for various lines of technical studies, non- Naga candidates were accommodated in Nagaland state quotas. This is our state’s loss and in particular the student community who are the backbone of our society in the near future.

Nagas who are pursuing various technical lines witnessed such anomalies and they are in utter surprise to experience the half truth of Naga elders mentality.

6. The words dubbing, tempering, manipulating and maneuvering the situation etc. are not new words in the Naga society. Each and every intellectual person can give proper and befitting justification of our stand points without base on the truth. But the truth

shall reveals sooner or later. The state quota of MBBS seats in the past year sometime reached up to 49 seats. With intervention of Supreme court decision there is no more entrance examinations conducted by the respective Medical college for admission. As such the MBBS seats for Nagaland state should be increased to some extent.

When the central policy of ‘LOOK EAST POLICY’ to ‘ACT EAST POLICY” is in its full implementation stage, Nagaland state should not be deprived of this previledges.

All the qualified candidates who have crossed the cut off 288 marks must be accommodated in MBBS seats. The rest backward tribe quotas as when necessary can be adjusted as per the direction of the administrative notification as mentioned in category wise and other directive principles.

7. In the past there was a clash policy between the Technical Education department and other NGO bodies in allotting the higher and professional studies. As such a good number of already admitted candidates were withdrawn back due to non-payment of institutional required fees. This is nothing but a policy paralyses and conflicting plans between the two bodies trying to overtake each other and ultimately the student’s community become the victim of the policy paralyses. By now the Technical department must be aware of the problem and have clear picture to accommodate the aspiring candidates if qualifying cut-off marks is fulfilled. The state Government of Nagaland should have clarity in their mind the seat allotment of MBBS & BDS instead of playing blame game and take advantage of the situations in their favor for playing favoritism and nepotism.

In the computer stage of life of Global society nothing can be hidden to solve the problem when we refer back to the original Hard Disk copy and analyses in the super computer machenism available in some institution or place. To wipe

out all type of corruptions the RTI, FIR,etc are very much available in our democratic country. Above all the student community has got a supportive back of Naga unique culture and tradition of solving the problem and to ascertain the truth. There is no worriness in our mind. Be bold enough to face the reality of the situation and firmly relay on the truth. Let the welfare of the Naga student community be the final law of this land so as to maintain the equality of life without creating previledge or unpreviledge classes in our day to day dealings.

8. The ENCSU is rightly questioned the justice of the selection board by way of retaining the back-ward quota of 45% which is equal to 7 MBBS seats. The selection Board is also rightly enterpreted the selection of MBBS seats for the backward tribes by slashing the 3 three backward tribes based on their merit list.

But the bond of contention is the merit list of asprirants candidates is broken after accommodating three BT candidates and restart again the merit list to accomodate the advanced tribes such as Angami and lotha candidates. It seems the four MBBS seat which are rightly reserved for BT is somehow given to them as there is no BT qualifiying candidates who crossed 288 cut-off marks. The three candidates are already adjusted. The remaining 4 four seats is rightfully adjusted to the general merit candidates.

Who knows after the sending out to respective Medical Colleges the four general merit candidates may forwarded under BT tags for admission. If it is not done so the board has justification. The best is keeping in mind the eligible BT qualifying candidates under the 7 MBBS seats(BT quota) and if necessary push down the merit list for more adjustment and let the merit list is not distorted in its publication of NSEE-II result 2016.

K.Ritse, Pfutsero Town

Nagaland Congress (NC) supports intensive revision of Electoral Roll

he essence of democracy is people’s power; ultimate power bestowed on the people specifically in the selection of Representative to the Legislature through constitutional process of election.

Democracy is therefore, synonymously identified as people’s government and the welfare of the people becomes first and last responsibility of elected government.

People’s choice to extend or withdraw support to the government, political party in power or leadership depends on the accomplishment or failure of the elected government to fulfil this objective. Such is the power of the electorates, the fate of democracy lies in the hands of the electorates.

Quite contrary to the spirit of democracy the electorates in Nagaland largely abused their voting power in choosing their representative not on the strength of his principle or capability and integrity but purely on how much cash, material or brute force can be applied.

Election from village to municipal level, from students’ union to hoho level up to State Assembly is characterized by same evils; they differ only in degree. Election has become such an expensive thing for contesting candidates and easiest means for making fast money by the electorates during election both of them intentionally decided to manipulate E-Roll to the extreme to serve their respective purpose.

The candidate inflated the figures multiple times in his village/town to enhance his vote bank beyond imagination and the voters holding multiple/bogus voters’ list to demand cash or kind from each contesting

candidate. It is an organized manipulation with full involvement of village council/ municipal authority, enumerators, political parties and contesting candidates. The failure, rather routine attitude of Election Authority towards visibly unrealistic ERoll without enforcing stringent measure at appropriate time has really hampered democratic election process for many years in the past. Given this fact tempered free, factual E-Roll is a MUST. A positive step towards this objective is the intensive process being undertaken

by Election Commission of India (ECI) to bring about factual E-Roll. The attention of Nagaland Congress (NC) is drawn to the efforts of the Election Department in Nagaland headed by Mr. Sanjay Kumar, IAS, the CEO to rectify the enormous anomalies in E-Roll. However, it may be noted with seriousness that E-Roll conducted on the basis of existing census is still questionable for reasons specified above. Census 2001 was therefore, challenged and rejected by State Government for extreme abnormality, nay distortion of population reality because sheer intention was to inflate E-Roll for election purpose.

Census 2011 recorded a reverse order of population in most districts in the State and this fact endorses our contention that E-Roll must be likewise reviewed drastically to bring it down to reality.

The Election Authority must also consider the fact that over and above highly inflated census figure there will be instances where E-Roll is higher or equivalent or above the 60:40 ration of E-Roll and Census figures. For instance, a

rich man opened a farm in the outskirt of a Village somewhere in Nagaland where two persons were posted to man the farm and against this farm a ghost population of 400 odd was registered in the Census.

Similarly, most of the villages have unrealistic census figures as there used to be competition between the villages to have the bigger population size than the other.

With the kind of the spirit of competition, the national ceiling prescribed for decadal growth at 22 % is never adhered to. Besides, multiple entries in census enumeration is rampant. These manipulations are done at the behest of mostly the rich and the powerful. Another area of grave concern is the presence of floating population in Nagaland. There is cross border registration as citizens as well as voters in the State of Nagaland. These people hold dual citizenship in two or more states. During elections these category of people used to participate in more than one State as voters. This practice is illegal besides creating nuisance to law abiding citizens.

The NC appreciates the Election Department for detecting and deleting several lakhs of multiple and bogus voters in the State but there are still more of such kind and NC appeals the Department not to compromise with any force on this matter. The NC also appeals the local self government and concerning citizens of Nagaland to give full cooperation to the Department so as to bring about tempered free, factual E-Roll in the State.

Vaprumu Demo, General Secretary, Media & Spokesman, Nagaland Congress

severe disparity. Many others Sweden, Denmark and Ireland are unhappy.

The EU sanctions on Russia have a boomerang effect on itself. The EU took too much for granted. Brussels autocratic functioning has led to the resentment, now may be even revolt, among the unwilling, who do not want to have free movement of people or labour and an unmanageable currency festered by ECB. India is on the threshold of building a new economy.

The EU remains one of its biggest export destinations. A fall or splintering of Europe or weakening of Brussels would lead India to rethink its strategies. Its cost on diplomacy may increase. It is too early to predict but India has to start the process of building up bridges with individual countries in Europe. Modi has partially started that process with his visits.

European countries or the US with Donald Trump want to build walls. India has to learn to penetrate it. One hopes European dream does not become a nightmare. But India must be ready to accept the impending changes in robust way to take the advantage of emerging situations.

Rejoinder to ‘NPRAAF finds anomalies in the department of Social Welfare’

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n response to the allegations levelled by the NPRAAF against the department of Social Welfare as appeared in local dailies on July 4, 2016, the department is constrained to issue the following rejoinder to the allegations.

No deductions in any form have been made at source by the department. And if any staffs are found indulging in such illegal practices of the department will initiate disciplinary action against the erring official/staff.

Under the RTI Act every department is mandated to disclose information. The department has so far been complying. If there are such instances/cases where disclosures had been denied individuals/group may take up the matter with competent authority with supportive proof.

All the registered NGOs seeking GIA are verified through the District Welfare Offices and basing on their verification the State Level Selection Committee for GIA recommends their inclusion for receiving the GIA. Some registered NGOs are maintaining multiple homes and if the State Level Selection Committee finds them befitting and deserving of GIA then only the grant is provided to the NGOs under multiple schemes.

Details as under: 1) Ebenezer is maintaining a Children Home as well as an Old Age Home in Dimapur. (2) Caring Neighbour Ministry is maintaining an Old Age Home in Mokokchung and a Children Home in Dimapur.

For the implementation of any Central/State programmes 3% of the total project cost is permissible for administrative expenditure. Setting aside Rs. 50,000/- for office expenses come up to only 1.1% of the total amount GIA released. Therefore, earmarking the amount for such expenses shall not be issued. No GIA is withheld by the department and pending payments if any is due to the NGOs not coming forward to claim the GIA. The department would further like to clarify that the amount of Rs. 5,00,000/- available under State Plan during 2013-14 was primarily earmarked for prevention and rehabilitation of drug abuse not confining to voluntary organizations alone.

On the recommendation of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the State Level Selection Committee had duly endorsed the recommendation made to an individual whose case was deserving and befitting. The department is of the view that withholding such relief to a deserving individual should be going against the moral ethics.

T. Merangtsungba Aier, Director

Reader’s Post

Problems faced by DBs in Dimapur

Sir,

a) Dimapur being the commercial headquarter of Nagaland faces many problems to be solved by the administration with the active participation of the DBs and customary courts, but at present there is only a handful of regular Dobashis. Most of the DBs in district headquarter Dimapur are casual as well as fixed pay appointees because of which the day to day problems cannot be carried out smoothly. b) The casual appointees are not allowed to enjoy yearly increment as that of the other casual appointees in other district and some sub-station in the same district. c) Though the district requires more DBs, there is no new post creation and whenever some posts are vacated due to retirement or death, in such cases the senior or experienced person serving as casual or fixed pay categories should be regularized in the vacancy. Where as in July 2015 an interview for one post of DB was conducted in the absence of competent authority (DC).The interview was only for namesake, out of syllabus questions were prepared and random marks were given to the person that has been selected beforehand (back door appointment). Thus being a customary court the post be given to the most experienced senior person. d) Dimapur being a part of Nagaland, almost all the cases are to be judged according to our Naga customary laws and practices. Therefore, non-locals (non-Nagas) should not be given the privilege of appointment as DB or GB, because they do not know our Naga customary laws and traditions, but in areas dominated by non-locals they should be represented in local self-government as a council member.

I hope and pray that my personal observation and experiences during my tenure as a DB under the district administration Dimapur be addressed as a given problem for the citizens of Dimapur and surrounding areas and the competent authority will take up these matter seriously and do justice to safeguard our rights.

Tepuchol Angami, DB (retd) Dimapur

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

Kohima Law College students with professor-in-charge, Kezhokhoto Savi after the awareness programme on July 30 at Kohima.

DIMAPUR: Citizen rights awareness programme was conducted at SBCK High School, Bayavu, Sephuzou Youth Fellowship, Kohima on July 30 by Kohima Law College (KLC) LLB final year students, led by professor-incharge, Kezhokhoto Savi.

The team covered topics on National Food Security Act, Lokayukta, Food Safety & Standard Act, Consumer Rights, Child Rights Protection, Environment Protection, & Right to Information Act (RTI).

While presenting on National Food Security Act 2013, the team clarified the information of the rate of

wheat given by DC Kohima as Rs.3 per kg (wheat) as “wrong”.

It stated that No beneficiaries either AAY or Priority Household (PHH) would be charged more than Rs.3 per kg of rice and Rs.2 per kg of wheat.

It was informed that National Food Security Act was an Act of the parliament of India which aims to provide subsidized food grains to twothirds of India’s 1.2 billion population. The Act also covers the mid-day meal scheme, integrated child development services and recognizes maternity entitlements.

The team informed that

it was the duty of the state government to take delivery of food grains from the concerned department of central government.

The state government shall also appoint for each district a redressal officer for expeditious and effective redressal of grievances of the aggrieved persons in matters relating to district wise distributing of food grains under this Act, stated the team.

The team has also informed people to dial at Nagaland State Consumer Helpline Toll Free No. 1800345-3701 during the office working hours for any consumer grievances or query.

ENPO greets Changs; welcomes ENSF team

DIMAPUR: Eastern Nagaland Peoples Organization (ENPO) has extended its sincere greetings to all Changs on the occasion of Nyaknyulum festival which would be celebrated in the first week of August every year.

ENPO expressed the hope and prayed that, while celebrating the festival with full gaiety and enthusiasm, the people of Chang community would extend a message of light and peace to the people around the

globe as the festival signifies a triumph over darkness.

ENPO has also congratulated the new team of ENSF for the tenure 2016-18 led by president, Sepili Sangtam and general secretary, Imtichoba Chang.

It expressed confidence that the new team of well educated and dedicated student leaders would work for the welfare of the student community, particularly in Eastern Nagaland.

SAMETI organises training on ‘scientific piggery production’ DIMAPUR: Three-day training programme on “scientific piggery production” was organized by State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Nagaland from July 26-28, at SAMETI, Medziphema.

The training aimed at preparing ATMA functionaries from all districts with knowledge about piggery production and management for assisting the farming community in achieving sustainable livelihood through piggery farming.

Resource persons for the training program, KVK Dimapur, SMS (animal science) Dr. Ebibeni Ngullie delivered a detailed theoretical and practical sessions on “significance of scientific management of piggery”, “housing management”, “breeding management”,

“care of pregnant sows and piglets”, “importance of artificial insemination in pig”, “disease management”, “feeding management” and “sanitary measures”.

The valedictory function was chaired by SAMETI, DPD Vikaho Chophi, while feedback from the trainees was given by Dr. Khriengunuo Mepfhuo and BTM, Kohima Lanuzulu Pongener, and ATM Dimapur, respectively.

Meanwhile, KVK, SMS (soil science) Dr. Ebibeni Ngullie in her valedictory address stressed that 60% of our state’s pork is imported and there was immense scope for pig rearing to not only meet the demand of pork but also as an employment generating enterprise.

Later, vote of thanks was delivered by SAMETI, DPD Dr. Ithika C. Swu.

AR apprehends NSCN (K) member DIMAPUR: Joint team of 9 and 32 Assam Rifles along with Nagaland Police nabbed one NSCN (K) civil wing cadre identified as ‘leacy’ Asopa Yimchungar (43) son of Thuvikiv Yimchungar resident of Noklak village under Tuensang at Dimapur.

According to AR, a specially constituted team tracked the cadre and nabbed him near Supply Depot, Dimapur on July 26. One 7.65 mm pistol, “three rds”, one magazine and one register with details of tax collection from vehicles was seized from his possession.

AR said during the initial questioning, the cadre revealed that he was an active member of NSCN (K) ‘civil wing’ since March 2014 and had been working independently at Dimapur to collect tax on orders from town commander.

AKMWP to be vigilant on government schemes

DIMAPUR: Association of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat (AKMWP) in its general body meeting has resolved to pursue and be vigilant on central schemes so that the same are implemented.

A press release by AKMWP president, Neibulie Kiewhuo and general secretary, Thejao Sekhose this was resolved in an emergency general body meeting held on July 19 at its office building, Officer Hill, Kohima. The meeting was attended by all the 42 panchayats and sector chairmen under Kohima Municipal Council (KMC).

During the meeting, the house welcomed the launching of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by the chief minister on June 29 at Dimapur. It stated that the house deliberated on some important issues which directly involved the panchayats, such as government schemes for providing subsidized loans and allotments of Basic Service for Urban Poor (BSUP) flats at Kohima, in 3 (three) Complex since 2015 and

Sensitization prog on commoditization guidelines in Dmu DIMAPUR: A sensitization programme on commoditization guidelines was conducted on July 22, for all VECs under SDEO Dimapur.

At the programme resource persons, project assistant Solomon briefed the gathering on how to implement SSA activities and its implementation, project assistant Vikali Shikhu briefed on CCE activities and its importance while JEO Kitoshe Z Swu briefed on MDM activities powers and functions in implementing MDM programme.

Meanwhile, SDEO, Dimapur T. Kiyeli Yepthomi in his speech urged upon the SMCs and head teacher/ teacher- in charges to utilize proper benefits of SSA and CCE programme.

He said MDM cash book, stock and consumption, register, meal served and tasting register should be maintain properly.

Lamenting on the presence of proxy teacher, he mentioned that proxy teachers in the school have been encouraged by VECs. He thereby, cautioned teachers in-charges and village authority under SDEO Dimapur that the authority would be held responsible if any proxy found under SDEO Dimapur.

which ultimately became “forgotten schemes”.

Pointing out the failure of previous schemes, AKMWP stated that it has resolved to pursue the matter tooth and nail this time with concern agencies.

AKMWP stated that the department concerned for the schemes would be wholly answerable for the delay/failure and not the ward panchayat authority. It said ward panchayat have been questioned for every failure of the government and at times even suspected of drawing the money in partnership with the department officials.

Meanwhile, AKMWP on behalf of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat has also extended appreciation to the assistant director and colleague of Food and Civil Supply Kohima for distributing the Primary House Hold (PHH) rations cards for all the 19 Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat in the presence of deputy commissioner and the addtional deputy commissioner Kohima on July 29.

I&FCD bids farewell to retiring CE

Retiring IF&CD chief engineer Er. Njilo speaking at the farewell programme . (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Irrigation & Flood Control Department (IF&CD) on July 30 organised a farewell programme at IF&CD Conference hall for the outgoing Chief Engineer, Er.Njilo Kemp, who had served the Department for the last 35 years. According to DIPR report, speaking at the programme, the incoming chief engineer, Er. Kughaho Sema highlighted the achievements of Er. Njilo Kemp describing him as the pioneer in bringing about major central schemes in the department like ground water schemes, command area development programme, flood management programme and accelerated irrigation benefit programme. He also described him as an ethical and honest person. Also gracing the programme, parliamentary secretary for irrigation & Flood

included Er.Tsuktinungsang, Superintending Engineer, on behalf of Irrigation Deparatment Engineers Association, Er.Chubasashi Chang on behalf of Outpost Officers, Er.Dikhalo Lasushe on behalf of IDDEA, Shetoli,Registrar, on behalf of ministerial staff and Er.Sobu Angami.

A special song was presented by Er.J Lanu Longchar, Executive Engineer, Mokokchung, and a Power Point Presentation entitled ‘A walk through Er.Njilo Kemp life’ was presented by Er.Wapangnaro Imchen, SDO. The programme was chaired by Secretary IFCD, Bendangkokba, IAS, vote of thanks was delivered by Er.K Hutoi, Executive Engineer, IFCD and ended with benediction by Er.Achakbou, Sr.Agri Engineer.

ZDLSA organises ‘jail lok adalat’, legal awareness prog DIMAPUR: Zunheboto District Legal Services Authority (ZDLSA) conducted “Jail Lok Adalat” followed by Legal Awareness programme at the District Jail, Zunheboto on July 28.

In a release, ZDLSA stated that the “Jail Lok Adalat” was conducted exclusively by ZDLSA for pending cases which saw a total disposal of four cases on criminal compoundable matter.

Later, a legal awareness programme was organized for the jail inmates and jail staff on the theme “rights of prisoners and duties of jail warders”.

Judicial magistrate first class and secretary ZDLSA, Atoka Achumi, presented the introduction and keynote address on the purpose of the programme and the role and of the legal services institution on safeguarding the rights and privileges of a prisoner.

He informed that such legal services and aid would include all kinds of services such as payment of court fee, process fees, all other

charges payable or incurred in connection with any legal proceedings, providing advocates in legal proceedings, obtaining and supply of certified copies of orders and other documents in legal proceedings and preparation of appeal, printing and translation of documents in legal proceedings.

Achumi informed that the expenses in all this services including the fee of lawyers are borne by the district and state legal services authority.

Resource person and panel lawyer ZDLSA, Y. Katovi Awomi also spoke on the statutory provisions on the topic “rights of prisoners and duties of jail warders.”

ZDLSA members and District jail Zunheboto authority after ‘jail lok adalat’ programme.

The programme con- Tovi Z.Yeptho and benediccluded with vote of thanks tion by Chaplin, District Jail by panel lawyer, ZDLSA, Zunheboto.

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In his speech, the outgoing chief engineer highlighted the achievement of the department saying that the department had never sought consultancy service for preparation of detailed project reports. He encouraged the department to work for the welfare of the farmers in providing irrigation. He also encouraged the officers to work for the betterment of the Department.

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New Delhi, Jul 31 (PTI): Overseas investors have infused over Rs 12,600 crore into country’s equity markets this month, making it highest inflow in four months on rising hopes of passage of the GST Bill in the Rajya Sabha and expectations of better corporate earnings.

Besides, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have invested Rs 6,845 crore in the debt markets during the period under review.

Experts are hopeful that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill will be passed in the Upper House of Parliament.

The Bill is likely to introduce in the Rajya Sabha this week.

being put under hammer by the service tax department, while other properties will be auctioned by the lenders whose dues from longgrounded Kingfisher Airlines have ballooned to over Rs 9,000 crore including penal interest.

For almost all the properties, the reserve price has been marked down after the earlier attempts failed to attract bidders.

The 17-bank consortium, led by the State Bank of India, is re-auctioning Kingfisher House in Mumbai and the airlines’ trademarks and brands, including the ‘Kingfisher’ logo.

On August 4, the lenders will re-auction Kingfisher House, the erstwhile headquarters of the airline, at a lower reserve price of Rs 135 crore. In the initial attempt in March to sell the property with a built-up area of over 17,000 sq ft in plush Vile Parle area near domestic airport here, not a single bidder came forward at the then reserve price of Rs 150 crore.

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the government’s shareholdings in the banks, which have been under-capitalised compared with their private peers because of restrictions on their ability to sell equity to raise money.

The average Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) -- or the ratio of a bank’s capital to its risk -- for public sector banks stood at 11.6 percent as of March 31, lower than 13.2 percent for banking system as a whole.

Basel-III regulations provide for bank to have a minimum capital ratio of 9 percent

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out, we can even hope for the interest rates to moderate,” the statement said, citing Secretary General D.S. Rawat.

However, the survey also noted that the private sector remains hesitant about pumping in fresh investment.

The survey reflects that “in terms of the domestic investments there has been no change in the firm investment plans in the April to June 2016 quarter,” the statement said.

“Industry is not confident about own investment plan as 37.9 per cent of respondents believe that domestic investment may increase or there will be no change in the shorter horizon.”

“Thus there seems to be a continuing lack of appetite for new investment in the private sector,” it said.

MUMBAI, JUL 31 (PTI): As the lenders and tax authorities cool their heels for Vijay Mallya to return to India, they will put under hammer next month assets worth over Rs 700 crore of the embattled businessman’s long-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.

The items waiting for the right bidders are plenty — the erstwhile headquarters Kingfisher House near Mumbai airport ; cars and office furniture; Mallya’s plush personal jet along with everything inside that include cushy couches and even a bathrobe; Kingfisher Villa in Goa famous for parties hosted by Mallya; and numerous brands and trademarks including the famed ‘Fly with Good Times’.

This would be the second try by the lenders and tax authorities at auction of these assets as part of their efforts to recover thousands of crores worth outstanding dues, after the earlier attempt for each of these properties proved to be a damp squib.

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hanush plan said.

The government is committed to making extra budgetary provisions in FY’18 and FY’19, to ensure that PSBs remain adequately capitalised to support economic growth, it said.

According to sources, 75 percent of the announced allocation will be disbursed immediately while the balance will be linked to the banks’ performance.

Out of the Rs 22,915 crore, State Bank of India (SBI) will get Rs 7,575 crore, followed by Indian Overseas Bank (Rs 3,101 crore) and Punjab National Bank (Rs 2,816 crore).

The other lenders, which have received capital infusion are Bank of India (Rs 1,784 crore), Central Bank of India (Rs 1,729 crore), Syndicate Bank (Rs 1,034 crore), UCO Bank (Rs 1,033 crore), Canara Bank (Rs 997 crore), United Bank of India (Rs 810 crore), Union Bank of India (Rs 721 crore), Corporation Bank (Rs 677 crore), Dena Bank (Rs 594 crore) and Allahabad Bank (Rs 44 crore).

The infusion will boost

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New Delhi, Jul 31 (IANS): Indian industry expects growth in sales and profitability to pick up by the year-end on the back of a rise in consumer demand buoyed by good monsoons, said Assocham on Sunday, citing its Bizcon survey.

“As many as 65.5 per cent of the companies covered under the June series of Bizcon said they expect the macroeconomic parameters to look up by December 2016,” said a statement issued by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham). “The survey tells us how things would look up in the next six months, mainly on the back of uptick in consumer demand helped by good monsoon. If consumer prices ease after the monsoon plays

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Mallya’s assets to go under hammer for Rs 700 cr

New Delhi, Jul 31 (PTI): Having announced capital infusion of Rs 22,915 crore in PSU banks, the Finance Ministry has asked them to submit plans for raising resources through markets, including public offers and sale of non-core assets.

“With the infusion, the financial strength of the banks will get a boost. This can be then leveraged by the banks to raise funds from the markets which is looking up,” sources said.

Banks were advised to submit funds raising from market at a meeting of chief financial officers of public sector banks (PSBs) with senior finance ministry officials to discuss the capital allocation recently.

Under Indradhanush roadmap announced by the ministry last year, the government will infuse Rs 70,000 crore in PSBs over 4 years while they will have to raise a further Rs 1.1 lakh crore from the markets to meet their capital requirements in line with global risk norms Basel-III. “Improved valuations coupled with value unlocking from non-core assets as well as improvements in capital productivity, will enable PSBs to raise the remaining Rs 1,10,000 crore from the market,” Indrad-

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enabling ‘bands’ being notified.

Bands will result in different GST rates in different states, which though expected to be nominal, will impact a uniform pricing by companies across country and will thereby dilute the concept of a harmonised single national market,” he said.

He said the April 1, 2017, deadline for roll out of GST seems to be “extremely aggressive” given that the industry, specifically service sector, still is in the process of completely understanding the implications of GST and needs to undertake a host of next steps for a meaningful implementation, including on the IT side.

However, PwC’s Rastogi said “should Rajya Sabha passes the Constitution Amendment Bill in current Monsoon session, then the possibility of GST being applicable from April 1, seems to be more realistic”.

Stating that sales tax/ VAT on liquor and petroleum has been one of the largest contributors to VAT revenue to states, Jaising hoped these products would be added into the GST net, in the near future.

“While the non-inclusion of petroleum and liquor appears to be in the best interest of the state’s revenues, the petroleum/liquor companies may incur GST for the business operations which would be a sunk cost to such companies, the burden of which is ultimately pushed to consumers,” he said.

may be contacted in the case of any queries or grievances on the landing/home page of the said website.”

CIN is the unique number allotted to an entity after getting registered under the Companies Act. As for conversion of an unlimited liability company into a firm company limited by shares or guarantee, the ministry has made the norms stricter.

Under the amended rules, after conversion, name of the company should not be changed for one year and it will also not be allowed to give dividend unless past debt and liabilities are cleared.

In this regard, the ministry said “past debts, liabilities, obligations or contracts do not include secured debts due to banks and financial institutions”.

The corporate affairs ministry, which is implementing the Companies Act, has already effected a number of changes to various rules under this legislation as part of larger efforts to protect investor interests as well as improve ease of doing business. Most provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, came into effect from April 1.

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mitment of the government to introduce GST. “Hope our representatives put the nation first, behave responsibly to pass the GST bill,” he said.

The Bill is listed for consideration in the Upper House this week.

PwC Partner (Indirect Tax) Anita Rastogi said the proposed 1 percent tax was not in line with the key concepts of GST, as the levy would have been a cost in the entire supply chain at various supply incidences. “Hence its removal is a welcome decision”.

Nitish Sharma, partner, Nangia & Co said the doing away with additional tax is favourable step towards removing impediment in the credit chain and would certainly simplify the tax process.

Haskins & Sells LLP said the decision to do away with the 1 percent tax proposed earlier to compensate the manufacturing states will remove a major aberration in the GST value chain.

Further the statement that states would be compensated for revenue losses for five years would go a long way in addressing their concerns on a very crucial aspect of the GST process, he said.

On flaws in the GST Bill, Jaising said the industry has been making representations to do away the band that the states would be able notify GST rates.

“The draft GST bill does continue to mention about the possibility of GST council

NEW DELHI, Jul 31 (Agencies): Companies conducting online business will now have to provide on their websites details about their registration with the government as well as information about person to be contacted for grievances.

The government’s move to introduce the requirement for companies comes against the backdrop of instances where people have been duped by way of fraudulent activities, including through online platforms.

Tweaking the rules for incorporation of companies, the government has also put in place stricter conditions for conversion of unlimited liability companies into a company limited by shares or guarantee.

The corporate affairs ministry has amended the rules for incorporating a company under the Companies Act, 2013.

Now, “every company which has a website for conducting online business or otherwise, shall disclose/ publish its name, address of its registered office, the Corporate Identity Number, telephone number, fax number, if any, e-mail and the name of the person who

Submit plans for fund raising from market: FinMin to PSU banks

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New Delhi, Jul 31 (PTI): With the government dropping the contentious 1 percent additional inter-state tax, the proposed national sales tax or the GST stands simplified with aberrations removed, said tax experts.

Ahead of Rajya Sabha considering the biggest indirect tax reform measure since independence, the government has met a key opposition demand of scrapping 1 percent additional tax on inter-state movement of goods. It has also agreed to compensate states for any revenue losses for five years.

“The tax process/system under GST would stand simplified with the government’s decision to do away with 1 percent additional tax on interstate supplies. “...Tax would have resulted in a cascading tax on interstate supplies, resulting in an otherwise not so pure GST and would have also driven companies to consider the same while making warehousing/ logistics decisions,” said Mahesh Jaising, Partner, BMR & Associates LLP. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) seeks to replace a slew of Centre taxes and levies in 29 states, transforming the nation into a customs union.

Analysts believe the GST could boost India’s economic growth by up to 2 percentage points.

Sachin Menon Partner and Head, Indirect Tax at KPMG, said the changes made in the GST Bill shows the com-

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Clinton plans to create 10 mn jobs

Washington, Jul 31 (PTI): Hillary Clinton today said her economic plan would create 10 million jobs in the US while that of Donald Trump would cost three and half million jobs as the Democratic presidential nominee underlined her Republican rival is not offering “real change” but “empty promises”.

“My plans would create millions more jobs than Trump’s,” Clinton said at an election rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. “In fact, under my plans, the economy would create at least 10 million jobs in our first term,” she added.

“As for Donald Trump?

Well, his policies were found that they would actually cost us nearly three and a half million jobs,” the 68-year-old former secretary of state said, referring to a study done by a top economist associated with the presidential campaign of Senator John McCain.

“In fact, the more you listen to Donald Trump, the more you realise he is not offering real change. He’s offering empty promises, and what little we know about his economic policies, from running up our debt, to starting trade wars, to letting Wall Street run wild, could devastate working families,” Clinton said.

Hillary Clinton She said her vision of America is in “sharp contrast” to what Trump is “laying out, because I don’t think we’re weak”.

“I don’t think we’re in decline. I think we can pull together because we are stronger together, and if anybody like him spent a day on the factory floor here, they’d see what teamwork looks like. They’d understand what it means to create and build.”

Clinton, who was joined

by Senator Tim Kaine, is on a bus tour in Pennsylvania and Ohio with her vice presidential running mate. During the tour, they said in the first 100 days in office, they would announce to make the largest investment in new, good-paying jobs since

World War II. Visiting Johnstown Wire Technologies, a factory with a record of creating jobs and investing in America, Clinton highlighted her plans to invest USD 10 billion to strengthen manufacturing communities like Johnstown.

Clinton and Kaine contrasted their shared vision for an American economy that works for everyone — not just those at the top — with Trump’s long record of outsourcing products to be made overseas, instead of here in America.

“Donald Trump, you hear him, he talks a big game about putting America first. Well, with all due respect, please explain to me what part of America first leads Trump to make Trump dress shirts in Bangladesh, not Ashland, Pennsylvania.

“Or to make Trump furniture in Turkey, not Freeburg, Pennsylvania. Or Trump picture frames in India, not Bristol, Pennsylvania,” Clinton said.

The Trump Campaign criticised her for visiting this township in Pennsylvania, saying Clinton visiting Johnstown is like a “robber visiting their victim” as the state has lost 1 in 3 manufacturing jobs since China was put in the World Trade Organisation.

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One dead, three injured in Austin shooting: Police

Investigators at the scene of a shooting in downtown Austin, Texas, Sunday.

Austin, Jul 31 (AP): A shooting in a crowded entertainment district of downtown Austin today set off a chaotic scene, leaving one woman dead and three others wounded and police searching for a suspect.

Austin Police Chief of Staff Brian Manley says police received reports of gunshots in the crowded entertainment area shortly after 2 AM (local time). Police arrived to find a chaotic scene and five people shot. Manley says a suspect began firing into the crowd after an initial disturbance.

He said woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and three other women were taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge with gunshot wounds. Officials described those transported to the hospital as serious, but said their wounds were not considered

life-threatening.

Manley said another victim declined to be transported to the hospital.

“It was a very chaotic scene,” Manley said. “A lot of people running in different directions with all the gunshots coming out.” He said officials are trying to determine who the suspects are, and he did not rule out that a suspect might be one of the people transported to the hospital.

Police originally reported an active shooter scene in the area, but Manley said two separate incidents caused the confusion.

He said there was another confrontation in a nearby parking garage and that a shot was fired there. A man was transported to the hospital after that confrontation, but his condition was not immediately known.

Trump attacks slain Muslim US soldier’s parents; triggers row Washington, Jul 31 (PTI): Donald Trump today hit out at the father of a fallen Pakistani-origin Muslim American soldier over remarks that he has “sacrificed nothing” for the country as the Republican presidential nominee mocked the mother for keeping silent, triggering a bipartisan backlash.

The reality TV star said he “created thousands of jobs and “made a lot of sacrifices” in response to an impassioned speech by Army Capt. Humayun Khan’s father Khizr Khan at last week’s Democratic National Convention.

The 70-year-old real estate tycoon known for making controversial statements, however, drew sharp criticism from different quarters, including from his own party, when he questioned whether Khan’s wife was even “allowed” to speak, both for attacking a mourning mother and because many considered them racist and anti-Muslim.

“Who wrote that? Did (Democratic rival) Hillary (Clinton)’s script writers write it?” Trump said in an interview with ABC News. “I think I’ve made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard.”

Khizr Khan, in a moving tribute to his son at the Convention in Philadelphia while posthumously receiving a Bronze Star and a Purple

Khizr Khan and Donald Trump Heart after he was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2004, stunned a national audience with a speech directly confronting Trump, who has called for a ban on Muslims entering the US. He asked Trump to “go look at the graves of brave patriots who died defending the United States of America”.

“You will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities. You have sacrificed nothing and no one.”

Trump said: “I’ve created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. Sure those are sacrifices.

“I think my popularity with the vets is through the roof.”

Responding to a question, Trump alleged that Khan’s wife Ghazala, who was standing besides him wearing a head-

scarf during the speech, was not allowed to speak.

“His wife, if you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say.

She probably, may be she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me, but plenty of people have written that. She was extremely quiet and it looked like she had nothing to say,” he said.

His remarks gathered storm as some Republicans also rounded on their candidate, with Ohio Governor John Kasich, a former rival to Mr Trump for the Republican nomination, tweeting: “There’s only one way to talk about Gold Star parents: with honour and respect.”

Trump later sought to tone down the remarks, issuing a statement in which he called Humayun “a hero”.

Aikins creates French Catholics, Muslims join to mourn priest 16 killed in hot balloon crash in Texas skydiving history

Houston, Jul 31 (PTI): The hot air balloon that caught fire mid-air and crashed in central Texas killing all 16 people on board may have struck high-voltage power lines before hitting the ground, authorities said today as they probed the deadliest balloon accident in US history.

Federal Aviation Authority officials said the balloon carrying 16 people caught fire before crashing around 7:30 am in pastureland near Lockhart, 48 km south of Austin, in an area often used for balloon landings, a public safety official said.

The Caldwell County Sheriff ’s Office said nobody on board survived.

Caldwell County Judge Ken Schawe was quoted by CNN as saying that it looks like the balloon collided with a power line before catching fire and crashing to the

ground.

An official with the Texas Department of Public Safety said that investigators believe the hot air balloon struck power lines and caught fire. This is the preliminary working theory, he said.

“First I heard a whoosh,” Margaret Wylie, who lives near the crash site, told CNN affiliate TWC. “And then a big ball of fire (went) up. I’d say it got as high up as those lower electric lines.”

The 16 deaths make the balloon accident the deadliest on record in the US. Previously, the highest number of fatalities in a single US hot air balloon crash was six in 1993 in Colorado.

Law enforcement officers responded to a 911 call about a possible auto accident in the Maxwell area, according to a statement on the Caldwell County Office

Indian-origin S’pore ex-Prez Nathan suffers stroke, critical

S R Nathan Singapore, Jul 31 (PTI): S R Nathan, a former Singapore President of Indian-origin today suffered a stroke and is in a critical condition in the ICU. 92-year-old Nathan suffered a stroke early this morning and is in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit at Singapore general hospital, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

Nathan was Singapore’s sixth and longest-serving president, had earlier suffered a stroke in April last year.

Following that his family said he was recovering and undergoing therapy.

Nathan was in office for

two terms from 1999 to 2011 and officially stepped down as President on August 31, 2011 after announcing that he would not seek a third term in office. He was succeeded by President Tony Tan Keng Yam. After stepping down, Nathan took up appointments as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and at the Singapore Management University’s School of Social Sciences.

Prior to becoming President, he held key positions in the civil service, in security, intelligence and foreign affairs.

He was appointed as Singapore’s High Commissioner to Malaysia in 1988 and later Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States of America from 1990 to 1996.

He also served as Singapore’s Ambassador-at-Large, and later pro-chancellor of the National University of Singapore.

He is also a recipient of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the highest honour accorded to the Indian-origins oversees by the Indian government in 2012.

Los Angeles, Jul 31 (AP): A 42-year-old skydiver with more than 18,000 jumps made history when he became the first person to leap without a parachute and land in a net instead.

After a two-minute freefall, Luke Aikins landed dead centre in the 100-by-100-foot net yesterday at the Big Sky movie ranch on the outskirts of Simi Valley.

As cheers erupted, Aikins quickly climbed out, walked over and hugged his wife, Monica, who had been watching from the ground with their 4-year-old son, Logan, and other family members.

“I’m almost levitating, it’s incredible,” the jubilant skydiver said, raising his hands over his head as his wife held their son, who dozed in her arms.

“This thing just happened! I can’t even get the words out of my mouth,” he added as he thanked the dozens of crew members who spent two years helping him prepare for the jump, including those who assembled the fishing trawler-like net and made sure it really worked.

The stunt, broadcast live on the Fox network for the TV special “Stride Gum Presents Heaven Sent,” nearly didn’t come off as planned when Aikins revealed just before climbing into his plane that the Screen Actors Guild had ordered him to wear a parachute to ensure his safety.

Rouen (France), Jul 31 (AFP): Churches across France opened their doors to Muslims today to join in prayer with Catholics following the jihadist murder of a priest, the latest in a string of attacks.

More than 100 Muslims were among the 2,000 faithful who packed the Gothic cathedral of Rouen near the Normandy town where two jihadi teenagers brutally murdered 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel.

“This morning we extend a special welcome to our Muslim friends,” Rouen Archbishop Dominique Lebrun said in his homily.

“I thank you in the name of all Christians. In this way you are affirming that you reject death and violence in the name of God.” Outside the cathedral a few policemen and soldiers stood guard but did not conduct searches, seeking to reassure a jittery population after the second jihadist attack in less than a fortnight.

The priest’s murder sparked renewed recriminations over perceived security lapses after the Bastille Day truck massacre in southern Nice claimed 84 lives.

Both of the 19-year-olds attackers -- Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Petitjean -- had been on intelligence services’ radar and had tried to go to Syria.

And the jihadist killing of a priest at his altar on Tuesday also prompted fears

Muslims put flowers and mourn in front of the church where French priest Muslims put flowers and mourn in front of the church where French priest Father Jacques Hamel (inset) was killed. of possible tensions between religions in the officially secular country.

The most poignant moment of Sunday’s mass in Rouen was the sign of peace, a regular part of the liturgy when the faithful turn to greet each other in the pews, either shaking hands or kissing.

Archbishop Lebrun used the moment to step into the congregation and greet Muslim leaders attending, as well as three nuns who were at the church in Saint-Etienne-duRouvray when Hamel had his throat slit.

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“Islam has found its place in France... contrary to the repeated attacks of populists on the right and far-right,” he said. “This intolerable rejection of Islam and Muslims... must be combatted -- and it is -- with the greatest strength,” he said.

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Officers found the balloon basket on fire on the ground, the statement said.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transpor tation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating.

The NTSB says it is working with the FBI to document the crash site, which was secured like a crime scene for evidence collection. Authorities have not named any of the people on board.

But The Statesman newspaper reported that Skip Nichols was the owner and pilot of the hot air balloon company that officials say was involved in the deadly crash near Lockhart.

The name of the company involved in the crash is Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides, an official with direct knowledge of the investigation said.

Balloon flights originate in several locations in central Texas and go to dozens of destinations at USD 399 per passenger, the company says on its website.

NTSB spokesman Christopher O’Neill said 16 was the maximum number of passengers allowed under federal regulations governing hot air balloon operations.

In 2013, 19 people died in a hot air balloon crash in Egypt, near the city of Luxor, becoming he world’s most fatal hot air balloon accident in at least 20 years.

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Honaito Chisho (F), after being crowned at the ‘Face of Dimapur 2016’ during an event at IMC Hall, Dimapur.

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onaito Chisho, a student of Unity College, Dimapur was adjudged as the Face of Dimapur during the first season of event held at, IMC Hall, Dimapur, Saturday night organized by GL Trendzanda.

The first and second runners up were bagged by Ahoto Achumi and Sungdar respectively.

The show which consisted of three rigorous rounds included Ethnic, Casual and Formal rounds basing on which the judges gave decisions to the contestants.

The contestants were put to test with a host of questions put up by the three judges Nise Meruno, Ani Yepthomi and Siddharth Boro.

The subtitle winners were: Mr Photogenic-Kaho Yeptho,

Mr Talent-Kuhuto Ayemi, Mr Personality-Honaito Chisho, Best Ethnic-Sungdar and Best Physique-Tongpok Pongen.

The event also witnessed special performances by First Step Dance Academy, NE Best Mom’s Dancing Star second runner up- Gwanile Rengma, while winner of You Know You Got It-Aloke Yepthomi covered the song-Cheap Thrills

by Sia. B1A4 also performed a dance.

Midway through the event female models walked the ramp showcasing collections by an upcoming designer Piketo Zhimomi. The event was choreographed by the renowned Assamese choreographer Chow Poran Gogoi.

GL Trendzanda director Gihutoli Khulu proposed the vote of thanks.

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Mr Bloys did not rule out a spin-off, saying that “we’re open to it, (the producers) aren’t opposed to it, but there’s no concrete plans right now”.

Last year, Game of Thrones won a record 12 Emmy Awards for a series in a single year.

The series has picked up 23 nominations - another record - ahead of this year’s annual ceremony to be held in September.

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HBO programming chief Casey Bloys made the announcement at the Television Critics Association’s conference.

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Rio Olympics in crisis

Conte unsure on Costa future

London, Jul 31 (Agencies): Antonio Conte has admitted he is not sure if Diego Costa will remain a Chelsea player next season.

The Spain international striker missed Saturday’s 3-2 International Champions Cup defeat to Real Madrid with a back injury amid widespread speculation in the British media over a potential return to Atletico Madrid.

And speaking after the match in Michigan, Chelsea manager Conte stated he did not know if the striker would still be at the club when the Premier League season starts next month.

“I can say that today Costa is a Chelsea player,” he said. “He didn’t play in these games because of injury and if he solves the injury and I see in training that he is in good shape it can be possible to see him in the next game against Milan. “But I can say only this. I speak only for today and today Costa is Chelsea’s player. Tomorrow if you ask Games, which run through me if Costa will remain with Aug. 21. That is double the us, I don’t know.” number of security agents on the ground in London at the 2012 Olympics.

Brazil has more homicides than any other nation, Rio de Janeiro, Jul according to annual United 31 (Agencies): Olympic Nation reports on murders, tennis men’s doubles chamand Rio has recently endured pions Bob and Mike Bryan have pulled out of the Rio an increase in crime amid an Games amid ongoing health ongoing recession, rising un- concerns. The Bryan brothers employment and shortfalls in are the most successful men’s public security budgets. doubles duo of all time, winThe problem with the se- ning an incredible 16 Grand curity contractor is similar to Slam titles as a pairing. one that hit London Olympic They won gold at London organizers in 2012.

2012 and were expected to deJust two weeks before fend their Olympic title in Rio the Games started in London, but announced via their Facethe G4S security firm said it book page they will not travel to could not provide the 10,400 Brazil, citing the health of their guards it was contracted to families as their number one provide. That forced the Brit- priority. “After countless hours ish government to put an extra of deliberation, Mike and I 3,500 troops on standby to fill have decided to forego the Rio the gap.

Olympics,” their social media

Security firm fired for failing to hire thousands of guards

earlier this week. Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes said that members of the federal government’s National Force, along with active and retired police from Rio and other states, will comprise the corps of 3,000 people screening fans and running metal detectors at Olympic venues.

Moraes has said that the main security concern is crime against visitors. But fears of potential terror attacks grew after Brazil last week arrested several people who allegedly swore allegiance to the Islamic State militant group and supposedly planned to carry out attacks.

The change in venue screeners will not impact the 85,000 soldiers, police and other government security officers who will be patrolling Rio’s streets in an effort to keep the peace during the

Bryan brothers pull out of Olympics

Halep advances to Rogers Cup final

Olympic sailing venue damaged by wind Rio de Janeiro, Jul 31 (IANS): Strong winds and high seas lashed structures at Rio 2016 Olympic Games venues as fresh doubts were raised about the quality of local construction work. The most serious incident occurred on Saturday at the Marina da Gloria, the starting point for sailing events, where waves partially destroyed the main ramp for sailors to access the water.

Organisers said the company responsible for building the ramp was inspecting the damage, but gave no estimate on when it would be repaired.

Wild weather also hit Copacabana beach, where the tide reached TV studios built on the sand. Workers immediately erected a wrought-iron levee to stop waves from battering the structure. Sand barriers were also built to protect the beach volleyball arena.

Rio’s construction standards were questioned in April when a new elevated bike track collapsed into the sea, killing two people.

she’s so good at.”

Keys won the Wimbledon tuneup event in Birmingham, England, for her second career WTA Tour title.

Halep topped Kerber after losing to her in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

“It was not my day,” said Kerber, the second-seeded German playing her last event before the Rio Olympics. “I was not playing my best. I made lot of mistakes. That’s actually not my game. I knew I had to go for it, take chances and be a little bit risky to win against her.”

Kerber won six games in a row, including a service break to start the third set, but then Halep took over again with a break to tie it 2-2 and go on a run of six consecutive game wins to end the match.

“In the second set when I lost the serve at 3-2, I was a little bit disappointed,” Halep said. “Also the nerves were very big. I don’t know why, but I couldn’t manage that moment and I can say I gave up a little bit mentally. But then in the third set, I said that ‘I have to calm down, to just go and play like I did in first set - aggressive, to open the court, to try to finish the points with winners.”’

post read. “Though we’d love to compete again, as husbands and fathers, our family’s health is now our top priority. Representing Team USA is one of our proudest tennis moments to date and winning Gold in 2012 will always remain the pinnacle of our career. The Olympics means so much to us for so many reasons and the memories we have wearing the Stars and Stripes will burn brightly forever.”

“Thank you to the USTA for the nomination and to our fans for their unwavering support. We wish every athlete luck in their quest for Olympic glory and hope the Rio games are a positive experience for everyone involved.”

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reaches for a shot from Gael Monfils, of France, during a semifinal at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament, Saturday, Jully 30, 2016, in Toronto. (AP/PTI)

courtside interview. “You never know what is going to come the other way from a guy who has been in top form in the last couple of weeks.

“He won in Washington last week and came in here and won comfortably in most of his matches. I had to stay committed from the beginning and I’m very, very pleased

with the way I played.”

Djokovic is 9-2 against Nishikori and has won their last eight meetings, including the hard-court final in Miami earlier this year.

“Playing against Kei is never easy,” Djokovic said.

“He’s been around. He’s an established top-five, top-10 player. He’s one of the quick-

est on tour and I’m going to have some fun.”

Nishikori is seeking his first ATP Masters 1000 title after reaching the third final of his career in the elite events.

“I knew I would have to step it up a little bit in the second set the first couple of games,” Nishikori said after beating Wawrinka for just the second time in five meetings.

“And after that, I tried to be more aggressive and really concentrate because he was a little bit down and I knew if I had to let him, he’s going to come back.”

Wawrinka, a two-times grand slam champion who has won 14 ATP World Tour titles, became increasingly dispirited as he lost 11 of the last 13 games after squandering four set points in that opening set.

Nishikori, serving at 40-0, sealed victory on the first of his three match points when an overhead smash prompted an unforced error from his opponent, ending an encounter that lasted just under an hour-and-a-half.

Frampton wins WBA featherweight title

B r o o k ly n , J u l 3 1 (Agencies): Carl Frampton became a two-weight world champion after defeating Leo Santa Cruz by a majority points decision in Brooklyn to claim the WBA featherweight title.

The former super-bantamweight champion (23-0 KO 14), fighting for the first time at featherweight, produced a superb performance to inflict the first defeat of Santa Cruz’s career and was declared the clear winner by two judges, with the third ruling it as a draw.

By doing so, Frampton, who made the decision to move up in weight in February after unifying the IBF and WBA super-bantamweight titles

with victory over Scott Quigg, claimed the belt his manager Barry McGuigan won in 1985.

The Northern Irishman promised to prove that “he was the best featherweight in world” in the build-up to the bout at the Barclays Center and he did not disappoint in the early rounds, rocking Santa Cruz onto the ropes with a series of powerful, sharp punches.

Frampton continued to land the more effective punches, but Santa Cruz, who was making the second defence of the title he won in August 2015, eventually settled down and responded with productive sixth and seventh rounds.

Santa Cruz (32-1-1

KO18), a three-weight world champion, dished out some lethal combinations, but was unable to capitalise as Frampton absorbed the punishment before regaining the initiative in the following two rounds.

Frampton continued to look assured until the closing stages of the fight, when he was tested by a powerful overhand right from Santa Cruz in the 10th round.

But a late surge from Santa Cruz was not enough.

Despite judge Guido Cavalleri scoring the contest 114-114, Frank Lombardi (116-112) and Tom Schreck (117-111) ruled in favour of Frampton, sparking joyous celebrations in the ring.

Over 80% of tickets sold for Rio Brasilia, Jul 31 (IANS): More than 80 per cent of the tickets available for the Rio Olympics have been sold, organisers said on Saturday.

Fans have spent 1.03 billion reais ($320 million) on tickets, representing 96 per cent of the target set by the Rio 2016 organising committee, Xinhua news agency reported.

Some 6.1 million tickets were made available for the Games. According to organisers, ticket sales revenue is expected to make up 16 per cent of the cost of running the Olympics, which run from August 5 to 21.

The figures were presented in a report to the International Olympic Committee during its last meeting with organisers before Friday’s opening ceremony.

The report also included an update on unfinished construction work at the Olympic village, which prompted some delegations to delay their arrival. “Everything is on track,” Rio 2016 president Carlos Nuzman said. “All Games have problems. The forecast is that within three, four or five days, we will correct a lot of things,” he added.

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M ON T R EAL , J u l 3 1 (Agencies): Simona Halep beat Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the Rogers Cup final for the second straight year.

The fifth-seeded Halep will face American Madison Keys in a rematch of the Romanian player’s three-set victory in the round of 16 at Wimbledon. The 10th-seeded Keys beat Slovakia’s Kristina Kucova 6-2, 6-1 in the second semi-final. “She hits the ball very strong,” Halep said about Keys. “Her serve is good. It will be not like today, with many rallies. In Wimbledon, the points were shorter. So I expect that I will not have a good rhythm because she can hit a winner and you don’t see the ball. But she can miss sometimes.”

Last year in the final in Toronto, Halep retired in the third set because of illness, handing the title to Belinda Bencic. Halep won two weeks ago in Bucharest for her second title of the year and 13th overall.

“She gets a lot of balls back,” Keys said about Halep.

“Her ability to get that extra ball and become the one that’s in charge of the point is what

Toronto, Jul 31 (Agencies): Novak Djokovic maintained his unbeaten record against Frenchman Gael Monfils with a 6-3 6-2 win in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Saturday, while Japan’s Kei Nishikori also reached the final after beating Swiss second seed Stan Wawrinka.

Wo r l d nu m b e r o n e Djokovic, now 12-0 against Monfils, has the opportunity to become the tournament’s first four-time winner when he meets Nishikori in final Nishikori came from 2-5 down in the opening set to stun Wawrinka 7-6(6) 6-1 in the first semi-final at the Aviva Centre.

Monfils came into the semi-finals having won nine straight matches, including the Citi Open title in Washington, D.C. last Sunday.

Djokovic overcame a service break in the third game and was dialled in the rest of the way in the 74-minute match. The Serb evaluated his play as his best of the week.

“It came at the right time,” Djokovic said in a

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Rio de Janeiro, Jul 31 (Agencies): With just five days before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics in Rio, it has been revealed that 2,500 of the 3,000 security screening guards roles have not been filled - and the company responsible for filling them has been fired.

And officials have begun drafting in soldiers and ex-policemen to help fill the empty posts, it has been revealed.

It comes after the Brazil authorities terminated £4 million deal with Artel, a company who have no previous experience of securing huge sporting events, after it emerged that they could not fill the roles themselves.

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India will do well at Hamilton storms to German GP win Rio Olympic: Modi HOCKENHEIM, Jul 31 (Agencies): Lewis Hamilton extended his lead in the Formula One drivers’ championship to 19 points after winning the German Grand Prix with ease on Sunday, with Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg only fourth.

Rosberg surrendered his lead from pole to the Briton, who stormed away to claim his sixth win in seven races and strengthen his grip in the title

chase. Second was Daniel Ricciardo, with Max Verstappen, his Red Bull team-mate, third.

Reigning world champion Hamilton took full advantage of a poor start by Rosberg, who also received a five second pitstop penalty for an over-aggressive passing move, to deliver a flawless drive.

For Rosberg, who was seeking to repeat his 2014 triumph, it ended up as a day of disappointment on home soil.

The home fans at Hockenheim had another German to cheer as four-time champion Sebastian Vettel finished fifth ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and compatriot Nico Hulkenberg, who was seventh on home turf for Force India. Briton Jenson Button, the 2009 world champion, finished eighth ahead of Finn Valtteri Bottas of Williams and Mexican Sergio Perez of Force India.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flag off “Run for Rio” at National stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.Sports Minister Vijay Goel is also seen. (PTI) New Delhi, Jul 31 (IANS): Assuring “all possible help” to the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 scheduled to begin on August 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hoped that Indian sportspersons will be able to win hearts of people from across the world.

“I hope these 119 sportspersons will perform well (in the games), and they will be able to win hearts of the people, who come there from different parts of the world,” Modi said while flagging off “Run for Rio” here at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

The Prime Minister also expressed satisfaction over the fact that India, this time around, was able to send a strong contingent of 119 sportspersons to the Rio Olympic Games.

“India has been associated with the Olympic Games for over 100 years but only this year we were able to send 119 sportspersons to Rio,” he said, adding that the entire contingent was prepared well and government took special care of their training.

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they like to be trained, and all arrangements were made accordingly for every selected individual with government spending from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 1.50 crore on a player.

Modi said that care has also been taken to provide good Indian food to the visiting contingent.

Speaking about how a player needs time to settle down in new conditions of a host country, he said the sportspersons need time to come out of the jet lag and that is why India sent its contingent to Rio well in advance.

The Prime Minister also urged people to start preparing about the next Olympic Games, to be help in Tokyo in 2020, saying every district of the country must send a sportsperson to the international games.

“Our government will do everything to support and prepare sportspersons for next 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo,” he said.

Wishing well to the Indian contingent in the Rio Olympic Games, Modi said that as India celebrates its 70th anniversary of independence on August 15 this year, the tricolour will also be going up in Rio as they perform well in the international event.

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