August 31, 2019

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Vol XXIX No. 265

DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Fresh restrictions imposed in Kashmir, Friday prayers pass off peacefully

Van Dijk named UEFA Player of the Year

Indian-Americans in Texas excited about Modi’s visit

national, Page 5

sports, Page 12

international, Page 9

Govt unveils mega bank mergers

NEW DELHI, AUG 30 (PTI): Continuing its firefight against an ever-deepening economic slowdown, the government on Friday unveiled a mega plan to merge 10 public sector banks into four with a view to creating fewer and stronger global-sized lenders with robust balance sheets that can be used to boost credit and spur growth.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who had last week announced the first of three planned stimulus packages, made the announcement of the mergers just before official data showed that growth in Asia’s third largest economy slumped to an over sixyear low of 5 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2019-20.

The mergers announced on Friday, together with two set consolidations done last year, will reduce the number of public sector banks to 12 from 27 in 2017.

At a media briefing, she said Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank will merge with Punjab National Bank to create the nation’s second-largest lender behind State Bank of India.

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will merge with Canara Bank while Andhra Bank and Cor poration Bank would subsume into Union Bank of India, and Allahabad Bank will be amalgamated with Indian Bank.

Also, the government will infuse Rs 52,250 crore in 10 banks to boost their balance sheets. “Banks with a strong national presence and global reach is what we want,�

Sitharaman said. “Scaling up will only allow them to have lot more resources and therefore the lending cost

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After the merger, India will have 12 “solidly present, well-consolidated, energised, adequately capital endowed banks,� she said. “We are trying to build NextGen banks.�

Sitharaman had last week unveiled the first of three planned stimulus packages that included a reduction of taxes, improvement of liquidity in the banking sector (formal and shadow), increased government spending on auto and infrastructure, and acceler-

ated refunds of goods and services tax (GST).

This was followed by liberalisation of foreign investment rules in four sectors, including coal mining, contract manufacturing, single-brand retail and digital media.

These, together with the announcement on Friday and one more stimulus package possibly for the real estate sector in the next few days, are aimed at pulling out the economy from its worst showing in over six years.

Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar said employee interest will be protected in the bank merger process.

In 2017, the government merged SBI with five associate banks, which was followed by the merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda last year to create the thirdlargest bank by loans in the country. The consolidation, the government feels, will make bank balance sheets stronger with greater capacity to lend and strengthen them against piling debt.

After the mergers, the country will have 12 public sector banks, including SBI and Bank of Baroda.

Assam NRC final list today

GUWAHATI, AUG 30 (PTI): The law and order situation in Assam is normal on the eve of publication of the final NRC and the Centre has rushed additional 51 companies of paramilitary forces to Assam to maintain law and order in the state, Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said on Friday.

The state police have also been deployed along with the central paramilitary forces and all measures are in place to ensure peace and harmony in Assam when the final National Register of Citizens list is published on Saturday, Saikia said on Friday. He expressed confidence that the people of Assam will cooperate and maintain peace as they did during the publication of draft NRC on December 31, 2017 and the complete draft on July 30, 2018.

The situation in the state is “calm, quiet and under control�, he said adding “Assam police is prepared for any kind of situation�. “The law and order situation in the state is normal and the NRC publication will be a peaceful event. Besides Assam Police personnel, there are 167 companies of CAPF deployed in the state.

India’s GDP dips to over 6-yr low of 5% NEW DELHI, AUG 30 (PTI): India’s economic growth on Friday slumped for the fifth straight quarter to an over six-year low of 5 per cent in the three months ended June as consumer demand and private investment slowed amid deteriorating global environment.

Having lost the tag of world’s fastest-growing economy earlier this year, India’s GDP growth was behind China’s 6.2 per cent in April-June, its weakest pace in at least 27 years.

GDP of India, Asia’s third-largest economy, slumped by larger than expected 5 per cent in AprilJune, the slowest pace since January-March 2013.

The growth stood at 5.8 per cent in JanuaryMarch of 2019 and 8 per cent of April-June 2018, according to official data released on Friday.

The previous low in GDP growth was recorded at 4.3 per cent in the January-March quarter of 201213. India’s economic growth stood at 8 per cent in the same quarter of 2018-19.

RBI had marginally lowered GDP growth projection for 2019-20 to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent projected earlier in the June

policy and underlined the need for addressing growth concerns by boosting aggregate demand. So far, RBI has cut interest rate by 110 basis points this year.

Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian said GDP numbers indicate that growth while still high has shown some slowdown. “Similar phenomenon has been observed previously in the last quarter of 2013-14,� he said.

He said the government has been taking all necessary steps in short term and medium term to take care of the situation.

He said Budget for 2019-20 has announced Rs 100 lakh crore investment in infrastructure creation in the next five years which has the ability to crowd in investment.

Fitch Group’s India Ratings and Research chief economist Devendra Pant said that declining savings especially household saving is a major challenge for the economy and is leading to structural growth slowdown.

The rating agency believed that there is no quickfix solution to the downturn which has been in the making for the past few years.

Slump in GDP ‘Modimade disaster’: Cong

The Congress on Friday hit out at the government, saying the slump in GDP is a “Modi-made disaster�, and demanded that a financial emergency be declared in the country. The truth can no longer be hidden despite “headline management� by the ruling dispensation, the opposition party said.

Global issues had no role play in the slump in GDP, the Congress claimed, adding that a white paper should be released on the “shrinking economy and rising frauds�. The Congress said low GDP growth was expected and alleged that BJP-led central government had single-handedly “murdered� the Indian economy. “Convenient time to hold a PC and attempt headline manipulation, but you can’t hide from the truth Madam FM Nirmala Sitharaman,� it said Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the financial mismanagement and a spate of economic emergency prevails and pervades the entire economy. “The dismal and disappointing GDP data only reflects it.�

UNC, LPO urge Centre to recognise Flash floods affect two villages under Kohima district Naga national flag, constitution Correspondent IMPHAL, AUG 30: United Naga Council (UNC) has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recognise “Naga national flag and constitution� while settling the Naga political issue.

In a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister and signed by its president S Kho John and general secretary S Milan on behalf of the Naga people of Manipur, the council stated that the Nagas had been “prayerfully� waiting for the last 22 years for finalisation of the Naga peace process that would be acceptable and honourable to both the parties based on the unique history and situation of the Nagas.

The memorandum mentioned that recognition

Diesel price cut, petrol static

NEW DELHI, AUG 30 (AGENCIES): Following the daily revision in retail fuel rates, petrol prices remained static while diesel prices fell by 5 paise across four metropolitan cities in the country on Friday.

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of Naga national flag and constitution would finally bring about an honourable and acceptable political settlement between the Government of India and the Nagas.

Short of these recognitions would amount to negating true spirit of the historic Framework Agreement signed between Government of India and NSCN (I-M) on August 3, 2015, UNC stated.

The UNC appealed to the Prime Minister to consider solution to the Naga issue as top priority of his government.

LPO appeals to GoI DIMAPUR: Lotha Public Organisation (LPO) has appealed to the Government of India to concede and respect the NSCN’s core demands for Naga flag and constitution (yehzabo),

which it maintained would “positively usher clear message and manifestation of pride and identity to the Nagas.�

In a press release, LPO chairman Sulanthung Humtsoe and general secretary Zaremo Kikon acknowledged the Government of India and the NSCN(I-M) for signing the “historic Indo-Naga framework agreement� and strongly urged both the negotiating parties to sort out an acceptable and honourable political settlement at the earliest possible time.

Fur ther, LPO expressed confidence that Nagaland Governor and Interlocutor for Nagaland RN Ravi would expedite the Naga political settlement within three months period.

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Flash flood that has destroyed large tracts of paddy fields at Thekrejuma village. (NP)

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KOHIMA AUG 30 (NPN): In a delayed report, flash floods affected two villages in Kohima district on August 28. A flash flood reportedly occurred in Chathe river near Thekrejuma village early on August 28, following which over 30 paddy fields were reportedly inundated and bridge, electric poles, water pipes and several agricultural links road were damaged.

Thekrejuma village falls under Western Angami region, but the road that leads to the village goes via

Medziphema, some 16 km away from the town. It falls under SechĂź Zubza subdivisional headquarters.

According to SechĂź Zubza SDO (C) Mhomo Tungoe, the remote village was completely cut off as the only bridge connecting the village had also been washed away. The village was without electricity as some electric poles were also damaged by the flash flood.

Tungoe said he had received a call around 6 am that flash floods had occurred in Chathe river (Thekrujuma) around 5 a.m. and that the floodwaters had destroyed

huge stretches of paddy fields on both sides of the river, while roads communication and electricity supplies too were disrupted.

On reaching the village along with DBs, he said he found that the only bridge over Chathe connecting the village had been washed away and the electric poles supplying electricity to the village were destroyed.

Vast stretches of paddy fields lying on both banks of the river too were inundated by floodwaters stretching to almost a kilometre along the river course. He said about 20 farmers claimed to have been

affected, although accurate assessment of their damage could not be made as the river was still turbulent.

While the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Kohima were immediately informed about the ground situation, the SDO said a team of officials from agriculture department too were dispatched the next day. The villagers had already constructed a temporary foot bridge over the river the next day, he added.

Providing an assessment of the damage caused by the flash flood, Thekrejuma Village Council chairman

Rßßngutuo Kruse mentioned that over 30 paddy fields stretching for about a kilometre were inundated, crops in about two-thirds of the paddy fields were completely damaged.

And as the only bridge connecting the village was washed away, an emergency foot bridge had been constructed on Friday, he added.

However, as the flash flood had also widened the breadth of the river, Kruse expressed apprehension that constructing a temporary bridge for vehicular movement would be difficult.

Altogether eight electric poles were also destroyed, for which the entire village was reeling under complete darkness, Kruse said, adding as the flash flood had flowed down from above the village, almost all irrigation canals were also damaged, which had become a cause for worry for the standing paddy.

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Silent procession against rape of minor in Wokha Transfer and posting of IAS, NCS officers Correspondent

KOHIMA, AUG 30 (NPN): Hundreds of womenfolk from different walks of life under the aegis of Lotha Eloe Hoho (LEH) staged silent procession denouncing the rape of a minor girl at Wokha town on Friday.

The womenfolk led by LEH officials converged at Police Point Wokha Town and then took out silent procession till deputy commissioner (DC) Wokha office where a memorandum was submitted to the DC. In a delayed report, one minor girl was allegedly raped during the middle part of August. PRO Wokha police informed that medical examination confirmed the rape of the minor. PRO said two suspects have been arrested and kept under police custody for further investigation.

Womenfolk taking part in the silent procession at Wokha town. (NP)

The memorandum signed by LEH president Zuchopeni Ezong and general secretary Loreni Kithan demanded that thorough investigation and award punishment to the perpetrators as per POCSO Act. LEH also demanded that the rapist should not be granted bail at any cost.

Condemning the hei-

nous crime, LHE said that rape has reached an alarming rate in Wokha district, adding that such act was not a crime against an individual but crime against the society at large.

LHE has asked the law enforcing agency to take prompt action and demanded that no leniency should be shown towards

the accused so as to deter others from committing such offence in the future.

DC Wokha Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon appreciated LHE for conducting the procession peacefully. He said rape against minor was a heinous crime and there was no place for such criminal in the society. Reminding that Parliament had recently approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, DC said the penalty for rape against minor has been enhanced. He assured that thorough investigation would be conducted and take up the matter with utmost priority.

Seeking active support of the tribal and women organizations, DC urged LHE to immediately inform the district and police administration if such cases occurred in future.

D I M A P U R , AU G 3 0 (NPN): The state government has once again issued a notification ordering the transfer and posting of 25 IAS and NCS officers with immediate effect.

Imjung M. Panger, IAS, commissioner & secretary, H &TE (designate) has been retained as commr. & secy. Geology & Mining and shall hold additional charge of H&TE. Y. Kikheto Sema, IAS, commr. & secy. Fisheries, Geology & Mining (designate) is transferred as commr. & secy. PHED. Dinesh Kumar, IAS, commr. & secy. W&H (designate) is transferred as commr. & secy. Fisheries and P&AR. Rovilatuo Mor, IAS, commr. & secy. PHED (designate) is retained as commr. & secy.W&H. Asenla Keitzar, IAS commr. & secy. Labour & Employment, Skill Dev. &

Entrepreneurship is transferred as commr. & secy.

Women Resource department vice Alan Gonmei, IAS commr. & secy. Women Resource department (designate) relieved. Anenla T. Sato, IAS on return from training is posted as commr. & secy. Labour & Employment, Skill Dev. & Entrepreneurship.

Motsuthung Lotha, NCS, commr. & secy. is relived of Justice & Law (designate). R. Ramakrishnan, IAS, principal secy. will hold charge of Justice & Law. Lhouchalie Viya, NCS, secretary Home (designate) is relieved of SAB and GAB and hold charge of NSDMA and Nodal Officer, Census.

Alun Hangsing, NCS secretary Geology & Mining and YR&S (designate) shall continue to hold charge of ex-officio direc-

tor, geology & mining till further orders.

Athel O. Lotha, addl. secy. W&H (designate) is retained as addl. secy. RD & MD, NSRLM till her promotion. Henkhohao Singson, NCS, addl. secy.

Evaluation shall hold additional charge of Home department, i/c SAB & GAB. Martha R. Ritse, NCS addl. secy. Agri and Team Leader NHBM (designate) is transferred as addl. secy.

Tourism.

Imtimenla, NCS, dy. secy. RD (designate) shall take charge of MD, NSRLM on promotion of Athel O. Lotha.

Moatemsu Sangtam, NCS ADC Pfutsero (designate) is transferred as ADC Peren. Limanenla, NCS, dy. secy. Social Welfare (designate) is retained as ADC, Commissioner’s Office.

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DAY-NRLM launched in Pfutsero

(Inset) Neiba Kronu addressing the gathering at the launching prrogramme of DAY-NRLM in Pfutsero.

DIMAPUR: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) was jointly launched for Kikrüma, Chetheba,Chizami Rural Development (RD) block on August 29 at the Multi-Purpose Indoor Stadium, Pfutsero Town.

A press release by DAY-NRLM stated that at the launching programme, minister for Planning & Coordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Neiba Kronu expressed the hope that Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the state would become a “mini bank” for

the rural community.

He stressed on the importance of team work, exceptional coordination between SHGs, village leaders and the need to maintain good relationship with banks.

The minister also expressed on the need to

market local produces, and stressed for development in tourism, transport, communication and power sectors.

In a keynote address, additional secretary RD and mission director NSRLM, Athel O Lotha highlighted about DAY-

NRLM in Nagaland. She said the mission was implemented as Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) in the year 2013 in nine blocks under nine districts of the state.

Lotha said NRLM was restructured from IRDP to SGSY which at present was known as DAY-NRLM. She said NRLM, a community managed programme, aims to reduce rural poverty and bring poor together as women SHGs, village level organization, and cluster/block level federations.

The launching programme was chaired by ADPM Phek, Zhalie Puro, a prayer was said by Pfutsero Town Baptist Church Sr. Pastor Rev Dr. Neingupe Cheiro, welcome address

by Women SHG Federation Pfutsero Block president, Wepretso-ü Kupa, a song by Baptist Theological College, T. Chikri, Pfutsero and vote of thanks by BPM Chetheba, Senovielhou Koza.

The programme was attended by various governmental officials, public leaders, village representatives and SHG members.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2019

AEP+ conducted at GMSs Kohima

DIMAPUR: An Adolescents Education Program Plus (AEP+) was organised at Government Middle School (GMS) Midland and Government Middle School (GMS) Forest Colony, Kohima on August 29 and 30 respectively.

A press release by FPA India, Nagaland Branch stated that the programme was organised by Family Planning Association (FPA) of India, Nagaland Branch with the objective to provide information regarding various issues related to adolescents and growing up, thereby developing their skills in making decision, assertiveness, communication and stress and emotion management.

The release stated that the resource persons addressed the students on diverse topics under AEP+ and also sensitized them on various kinds of abuses an individual encounters.

The resource persons also informed students on cases of incest and asked them to seek professional assistance if they have been victimized.

news in Brief DMC convenes meeting: Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) administrator, Moa Sangtam has convened a meeting on August 31 at 11 a.m. at Town Hall, Dimapur in connection with the review of DMC residential sanitary tax collection. All colony council chairmen and GBs have been asked to attend the meeting.

MCSC general meeting: Model Colony Sumi Community (MCSC) has convened a general meeting of all Sumis residing at Model Colony, Purana Bazar on September 1 at 4 p.m. at the residence of its residence of its banker, Yekuto Kiho. All residents have been asked to attend the meeting.

DIC Longleng informs beneficiaries: District Industries Centre (DIC) Longleng has informed that selection of beneficiaries and interview for PMEGP Scheme 20192020 under DIC Longleng would be held on September 7 at 10 a.m. onwards at the office chamber of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Longleng. All applicants, both under KVIB and DIC, have been requested to produce original documents during the interview. It has been notified that separate calling letters would not be issued.

UCTM felicitation programme: United College of Theology and Missions (UCTM) Dimapur held a felicitation program on August 28 for Dr. Epovezo Chuzho on his completion of D.Min from Hindustan Bible Institute & College (HBI) Chennai under Asia Theological Association (ATA). A brief message was delivered by UCTM president, Rev. Dr. Phuveyi Dozo and a prayer was said

by Rev. Dr. N. Toshi Ao. GPRN/NSCN recovers: GPRN/NSCN Union Territory has informed that it has recovered one Scooty (two-wheeler) NL-07 M 4840. Rightful owner has been asked to claim the same by producing valid original documents within seven days from the date of publication of the information.

Further details can be contacted at 9615583344.

Clarification: Apropos news item “EJC threatens road blockade”, published on August 30, 2019, the joint meeting of Emlo-to Joint Council (EJC) and landowners was held on October 4, 2018 and not as rendered. Further, EJC has objected to the proposed road construction from Khubokita to Naghuto New and not as rendered.

Forum for Peace Police, PTTU install CCTV cameras INTACH heritage NSRLM Kohima block launched formed quiz 2019 at Jalukie

DC Kohima, Thejawelie Gregory Sote and others during the launching of NSRLM Kohima block on August 30. (NP) Correspondent

Kohima, Aug 30 (NPN): Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM), Block Mission Management Unit for Kohima Block was launched by Kohima deputy commissioner, Thejawelie Gregory Sote at Kohima Village Council hall on Friday.

During the launching programme, Thejawelie spoke on the importance of rural stakeholders in implementing various government programmes at the grassroots level.

He said rural upliftment programmes initiated by the central or state governments have clear vision and objectives, but was up to the people who either let it flourish or make a liability of such programmes.

He further called upon the gathering to be more proactive and committed while accepting rural upliftment programmes and to create sustainable community institutions in the long run.

ADPM-DMMU Kohima Keneivole Richa gave an overview on NRLM, DPO-

cum-DPM,DRDA Kohima Chubaneken, COO,NSRLM Menuoneituo Chadi, and BPM-SVEP Selabeituo Theünuo, also spoke during the occasion.

Kohima BDO Ruokuozelie Usou delivered the welcome address, Dz iesekhrienuo Keretsü presented a special number, The launching programme was chaired by Vitsu Yhome, Block Programme Manager, Kohima block while vote of thanks was proposed by Mesuhe Zao, AC-Kohima Block.

DIMAPUR: People’s Forum for Peace comprising of members committed to work for peace, justice and sustainable development in Jalukie valley, Peren district was formed on August 29 at Town Baptist Church, Jalukie. A press release by Peace Channel stated that resource person, Vitono Haralu from Peace Channel, spoke on the objectives of the forum and how it can came into existence.

Haralu said for um could only be formed if there was an equal representation from all sections of the society as it seeks equal opportunity for all to be heard and share opinions and experiences.

She said the forum explored strategies of building peace and bringing development by working together on socio economic, building multi-cultural, tribal and religious contexts. Haralu also said that an inclusive platform for face to face dialogue among organisations involving people from all walks of life was critical to dialogue between parties in conflicting situation and issues. Earlier, the programme was led by Jalukie Town Baptist Church, youth Pastor Albert N Hau.

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PTTU members and police personnel after installing CCTV cameras.

DIMAPUR: With an aim to make Pfutsero town safer and peaceful, office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) Phek, DEF Phek in collaboration with Pfutsero Town Traders’ Union (PTTU) installed CCTV cameras at two main traffic points at Pfutsero Town.

A press release by PTTU said that the CCTV cameras were installed to ensure the standard level of security of the people and also with an aim to make Pfutsero the “safest and most peaceful town” in the state.

It said the CCTV cam-

eras would help the law enforcement agencies obtain vital clues, to maintain law and order in the town.

According to Pfutsero Town Traders’ Union, SDPO Pfutsero stated that this initiative will set a good example for the other districts to follow.

WCSU cautions government employees

DIMAPUR: Wokha Circle Students’ Union (WCSU) has cautioned the government employees under its jurisdiction to be sincere and diligent in their duty.

It also warned that any employee found neglecting public office would face repercussion from the union for hampering public welfare.

The union will also be conducting

surprise checking under its jurisdiction.

This was stated in a press release issued by WCSU president, C Longshithung Lotha and general secretary, Jonjibemo Tsopoe.

Further, the union warned that it would remain vigilant against those erring employees neglecting public office without any genuine reason.

DIMAPUR: INTACH Nagaland Chapter organised the INTACH heritage quiz 2019, nation’s biggest quiz competition for school children at DBIdl, Riverbelt Colony, Dimapur on August 29. A press release from INTACH Nagaland Chapter state convenor, Sentila T Yanger stated that, 31 teams from Christian Higher Secondary School, Ram Janki Higher Secondary School, Delhi Public School, The Maple Tree School, Charis High Academy, Hollotoli School and Cornerstone Higher Secondary School participated in the quiz.

After two levels of competition held on written and oral rounds, Ikusa Yeptho and Shlok Mundhra of class 10 students from Hollotoli School, Purana Bazaar, Dimapur emerged as the winner.

They will represent Nagaland and their schools at the regional round in Guwahati. INTACH Nagaland Chapter thanked the school principals and teachers for their support towards the programme.

Thousands pay homage to late Theyo; speaker, CM, others condole Correspondent

KOHIMA, AUG 30 (NPN): Thousands of people Friday paid homage to former minister and Nagaland Peace Centre (NPC) chairman Netsutso Theyo (N Theyo) at jubilee hall Chakhesang Baptist Church Kohima (CBCK) Kohima where a send off service was held.

Theyo passed away Thursday night at Oking hospital Kohima after a brief illness. Born on May 5 1930, late Theyo hailed from Thenyizu village under Phek district. He was 89 and leaves behind seven children and 27 grandchildren.

The programme was led by CBCK pastor Rev. Dr. Vetso Koza, bible reading and prayer was done by Huverii Medeo, songs were presented by Cornerstone choir and Nagaland college of music and fine Arts, while CBCK Senior pastor Rev. Dr. Kevekhalo Lasuh gave message and prayer.

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taries, public leaders, church members, friends and the like.Later, the mortal remain was taken to his native village Thenyizumi where he would be laid to rest at Chetheba on August 31.

Speaker, CM, LoP, others condole: NLA speaker Vikho-o Yhoshü, state chief minister Neiphiu Rio, leader of opposition TR Zeliang and many others have condoled the death of Netsutso Theyo (N Theyo).

Yhoshü expressed deep sadness over the untimely demise of Theyo and conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved children and family members. He described late Theyo as “a man with multifaceted calibre”, and said though he personally had no much close association and acquaintances with late Theyo, he knew him politically and uphold him to be a humble and a dynamic leader who worked diligently for the welfare and uplift of his constituency and for the people of Nagaland in general.

CM: Expressing grief at the demise of N Theyo, the state chief minister Neiphiu Rio said that in his demise not only his

Nagaland College of Music & Fine Arts presenting song during funeral service of N. Theyo on Friday. (NP) family or the Chakhesang community, but the entire Nagas have lost a leader who worked tirelessly for the betterment of the people and the society. In a condolence message, Rio said late Theyo from his early days served in many capacities as a student leader. He was also engaged in many social and humanitarian activities and was a philanthropist down to the core, Rio added.

He dedicated his entire life for the betterment of the Nagas, the chief minister said and expressed deepest condolences to the members

of the bereaved family.

LoP: Leader of opposition TR Zeliang said he was deeply pained and grieved by the demise of N Theyo, who he said has always been an inspiration and a treasured guide to many in the society. In a condolence message, Zeliang said late Theyo served the State and the people in various capacities with utmost sincerity and dedication. Former chief minister said that his untimely demise was a great loss to the Naga people and the Chakhesang community in particular. Zeliang

extended condolences and prayed to Almighty God to grant solace to the members of the bereaved family.

Kronu: Minister of Planning and Co-ordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Neiba Kronu has expressed anguish at the sudden demise of late N. Theyo. Neiba described late Theyo as a humble, God fearing and peacemaking person. He was the first Christian from Thenyizumi village and also the first member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly and also the president from

June 1995 to June 1997, Neiba said. The minister further conveyed condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

CPO: Deeply mourning the demise of N Theyo, the Chakhesang Public Organisation (CPO) said that his contribution towards Chakhesang community deserved to be remembered and cherished. CPO said he steered and guided Chakhesang people under various capacities as a student leader and a politician.

NPCC: Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president K Therie expressed deep pain at the demise of N Theyo and said his passing away has created a huge vacuum which cannot be filled and was a great loss not only to the Chakhesang community but also to Naga society as a whole. Therie said late Theyo was a tall pillar of strength and guidance and was instrumental in steering the course of not only the Chakhesang community but also the state of Nagaland through the selfless leadership he gave the Naga people.

NDPP: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) president Chingwang Konyak expressed grief that his friend N.Theyo was no more. In a condolence message, Konyak recalled working together in Hokishe Sema Ministry in NNO government. Describing late Theyo said “a simple and strength forward person”, NDPP president conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members.

NPC: Members of the Nagaland Peace Centre (NPC), Kohima has deeply mourned the demise of late N. Theyo, saying at his demise the Peace Centre has lost the architect of the peace mission and the vacuum created would be difficult to fill in. NPC executive director Pedi Miachieo conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed to Almighty for his soul to rest in peace.

CHK: Chakhesang Hoho Kohima (CHK) has deeply mourned the demise of N. Theyo, who was a tall leader amongst the Nagas.

After retiring from active politics, CHK said he tirelessly worked for peace in

Naga Society and had served as the Chairman, NPC till he breathed his last.

W C H : We s t e r n Chakhesang Hoho (WCH) has mourned the demise of N Theyo and said his passing away was a big loss to the Nagas in general and the Chakhesangs in particular.

WCH prayed that the Lord grant strength and comfort to all the bereaved family members during this time of loss and intense sorrow.

NSCBMDSN: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Memorial Development Society Nagaland (NSCBMDSN) has expressed deep shock at the sudden demise of N. Theyo and conveyed its deepest condolences to the bereaved family. In a condolence message, NSCBMDSN chairman Dr. Er. Vekho Swuro described late Theyo as a man of integrity, very honest, frank and straightforward in his dealings and approaches, adding that “we will feel his absence greatly.”

NSCBMDSN said he was one of the eyewitnesses of Bose presence at Thenyizu Village and his testimony, which has been documented both in print and video, was widely read and seen.

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Tokheho stresses on practical skills

DIMAPUR: Two students from Nagaland have been selected to witness the historic landing of Chandrayaan-2 on moon with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at ISRO control room in Bengaluru on September 7.

Shlok Mundhra, a class 10 student of Hollotoli School, Dimapur was one of the top two students selected amongst the thousands of students in the recent online

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WEATHER FORECAST August 31

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Max Min

Agartala A shower or t-storm around

34 26

Aizawl

A thick cloud cover, a t-storm 29 21

Guwahati A morning t-storm in the area 35 26 Imphal

A morning t-storm in the area 31 21

Itanagar Considerable cloud, a t-storm 32 23 Shillong A shower or t-storm around Kohima

25 19

a couple of showers and a t-storm 26 18

Dimapur Cloudy; a t-storm in spots

32 23

A morning shower or t-storm

28 20

Tuensang A shower or t-storm in spots

21 16

Mkg Wokha

Considerable cloud, a t-storm 28 22

Zunheboto A thick cloud cover, a t-storm 26 18

Space Quiz 2019 conducted

by MyGov, in collaboration with ISRO. According to online portal, another candidate was a class 10 student, Aleyzeza Leyri.

C h a n d r aya a n - 2 , a three-module spacecraft comprising an orbiter, lander and rover, which was launched on July 22, will land on the moon on September 7.

Awareness on ‘single use plastic’

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3 2 students selected to witness Chandrayaan-2 landing

Tokheho Yepthomi

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, Aug 30 (NPN): Lok Sabha MP, Tokheho Yepthomi Friday graced the 32nd Regional Level Youth Parliament Competition 2019-20 (RLYPC) at KV, Dimapur as chief guest.

In the competition, KV Dulianjan emerged as the winner.

Five schools- KV Dulianjan, KV Tinsukia, KV Dinjan, KV Rangapahar and KV No. 2 Imphal participated in the competition organised and hosted by KV Dimapur.

The youth parliament in progress at KV Dimapur on August 30. (NP)

In his address, Tokheho termed the event as an opportunity for the participants to exhibit their oratory skills and presence of mind. He said skills should not only be limited for participation, but more importantly for the students to equip with skills that would mould them to hold steadfast in life.

The MP also said that through such kinds of events, the students will be able to experience the country’s vibrant democracy, where freedom of speech was not only a right guaranteed by the

constitution of India, but also a way of life, where debate, criticism and correction form the essence of a tolerant society. He further urged all participants to inculcate such characteristics to carry the baton of the country’s founding fathers.

He went on to say that India being the biggest democracy in the world, it was indeed a blessing for all to avail opportunity to exercise their franchise to elect leaders of their choice. “Our parliament is a beacon of inspiration for many who strive

to become democracy”, Tokheho stated.

Tokheho also elaborated to the participants and gathering regarding the procedures and functionaries during a Lower House meeting and further motivated the participants by urging them to hone their skills as they will one day become the leaders and representatives of the people. He also reminded the participants that in a democratic set up, a strong opposition plays a vital role and acts as the watch dog of the constitution.

Guest of honour,

Asst. Commissioner, KVS, regional office, Tinsukia region, S V Joglekar, delivered the key note address.

In his speech, he highlighted the proceedings of RLYPC and stated that the same competition was held all over India, where winners were selected and competed in the National level. Earlier, the programme was chaired by principal, KV Dimapur, Umesh Chandra, who also delivered the address. Special numbers and cultural dance were performed by the students of KV Dimapur.

DIMAPUR: Eco Club, SASRD conducted an awareness programme on “Single use plastic” under the theme “Minimizing plastic pollution for cleaner environment” in collaboration with SU: SASRD and Atsi and Co. with DC Dimapur, Kevekha Kevin Zehol, as the guest of honour on August 27.

A press release from SASRD Eco Club general secretary, Dokimong N Yimchunger stated that DC encouraged the students and faculty that as responsible citizens they should facilitate actions to mitigate problems caused by plastic.

He also challenged the students to start the change from within and that relying only on government’s order

alone was not enough. He further emphasised that it was one’s duty to enlighten one’s immediate friend and encourage them to take up responsibility and action.

NITCA event coordinator, Atsi Jamir appraised that the programme was not only to spread awareness but to put it into practice and to make it happen.

The programme chaired by SU: SASRD general secretary, Atsungpong Longchar began with an invocation by Moangsenla Pongen. Eco Club: SASRD also presented skit, while professor A.K Makar, dean, NU, SASRD delivered the welcome speech. Vote of thanks was delivered by SASRD Eco Club president, Wonchibeni Odyuo.

Zhale-o discusses PMJVK with Naqvi DoSE organises mid-day meal mela in Peren

Zhale-o Rio with Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in New Delhi on August 30.

DIMAPUR: Advisor Sericulture, Excise and Minority Affairs, Zhale-o Rio called on union minister of Minority Affairs, Mukhtar

Abbas Naqvi at his official resident, New Delhi on August 30 and discussed on various development projects under PMJVK

for socio-economic, educational development in the state, as the state could not access fund to fill up the critical gapes.

A press release by Kuolie Mere, PRO (IPR) Nagaland House, New Delhi, stated that Zhale-o also urged the Union Minister for approval of more minority block centres under qualified districts so that benefits could reach to the targeted groups in the state.

The advisor also congratulated Naqvi on his success in the recent parliamentary election to Lok Sabha.

The advisor was accompanied by Zaputuo, OSD to advisor and Kedichatuo Kense, ALO, Nagaland House, New Delhi.

State govt. to promote kitchen gardening in every school

Correspondent K o h ima , A u g 3 0 (NPN): Under the initiative of MDM project, Department of School Education (DoSE) organised a mid-day meal Mela-2019 at Peren town local ground on August 30.

Altogether, 133 schools participated in the mela, said Wonthungo Tsopoe, director of School Education. The main objective of the mela was to encourage kitchen gardening in every school, so that while preparing mid day meal, organic vegetables can be added in

Namri Nchang and others visiting the stalls at the mela on August 30. (NP)

the diet, he added. He also informed that to encourage kitchen garden, horticulture and agriculture departments have come forwards and will be supplying varieties of fruits sapling and gardening tools.

Speaking on the occa-

sion as special guest, advisor Water Resources, Namri Nchang said that state government with the directive of Government of India was putting its best efforts to uplift the children in the state.

He said that the main

objective of the school kitchen garden was to help in addressing malnutrition and micro nutrient deficiencies by consuming freshly grown vegetables, to give children first-hand experience with nature and gardening and to enhance the knowledge

of children regarding nutritional aspect of vegetables and harmful effects of junk foods.

Namri also said that not only children but also teachers and VEC of every village should take up the initiative so that the next generation will have much better knowledge. He also said that Mid Day Meal Scheme was designed by the Government of India to provide better nutritional to students nationwide.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by principal director School Education, Shanavas C while welcome address was delivered DC, Peren, Sentiwapang Aier.

Principal secretar y School Education & NCERT, Menukhol John also delivered short speech.

Khehovi inaugurates SIHM & catering technology

H Khehovi Yepthomi and others after inaugurating the SIHM and catering technology on Friday. (NP) Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, AUG 30 (NPN): The third State Institute of Hotel Management (SIHM) & Catering Technology, in the North East was inaugurated Fr i d ay, a t D a r o g a j a n , Dimapur by advisor of Tourism, Art & Culture, H Khehovi Yepthomi as special guest.

Addressing the gathering, Khehovi said the institute was one of a kind opportunity that has been given to the Nagas at a time when employment was scarce. Getting the chance to generate new jobs is always a blessing, he added.

K h e h ov i wa s a l s o optimistic that through the institute, tourism would K Y M C

grow and move forward further and better hospitality industry in Nagaland. And that it is a grand prospect to establish a self-sufficient economy for the people and for the upcoming generation.

“Our goal is not merely top build a big building or to fill it with people, but also to make a strategic investment and to produce employment and more job opportunities for a greater Nagaland” Khehovi added.

He expressed gratitude to financial institutions involved in the project and the department officials who put in their sincere effort. He also made a special mentioned of late N.Y. Chishi, the contractor of the project.

Khehovi also lauded chief minister Nagaland Neiphiu Rio, through which the project was successful.

Tourism commissioner & secretary, T. MhabemoYanthan stated that with the launch of the institute, innovation and application of the right frame of mind will upscale the position in this fearlessly competitive professional sector.

Regional director (NE) India Tourism Guwahati, S.S. Devbarman in his address said that Hotel management being a technical institution has an important role of developing tourism in the region and with the coming up of the Institute will boost the job opportunity and a big boost for employment generation and

has tremendous future and prospect. He on behalf of the ministry assured all assistance and cooperation.

The technical report was presented by executive engineer, Tourism, Er. Thungdemo Patton where he informed that the Tourism ministry funded Rs. 1269 lakh for the main building, quarters, hostels and after which the NEC supported in two phases for approach road, security fencing, filling etc.

To u r i s m d i r e c t o r, Akhale Vizol delivered the vote of thanks while the dedicatory prayer was offered by Sumi Baptist Church Purana Bazaar, pastor Easter H. Shohe and special song by Jano Nyekha.

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‘Ignorant’ misleading people on NRC: Hajela

Guwahati, Aug 30 (PTI): NRC State Coordinator Prateek Hajela has denied all charges levelled by a Guwahati-based citizens’ forum and claimed that the group is “misleading” the people of Assam and “ignorant” of the basics of the verification system of the National Register of Citizens.

The Sachetan Nagarik Mancha, a platform of citizens formed during updation work of the NRC, had submitted a memorandum to Hajela and then to President Ram Nath Kovind earlier this month alleging wrongful exclusions as well as inclusions in the document, the final version of which is slated to be released on Saturday. The Mancha recently held a demonstration in New Delhi for an error-free NRC, touted to be a proof of Assamese identity, and demanded a CBI probe into the alleged illegal trading of legacy data.

Giving a point-by-point rebuttal of allegegations levelled against the NRC authorities by the Mancha,

Prateek Hajela (File) Hajela wrote a letter to its president saying, “It appears that far from carrying out any responsibility, your organisation is involved only in creating rhetoric making grandiose allegations which are not supported by an iota of evidence.”

The allegations “appear to be aimed at misleading the public of Assam in a sensitive matter like updating of NRC”, Hajela said in a letter, dated August 29, a copy of which is in possession of PTI. On the claim of the Mancha that its memorandum had signatures of 25 lakh indigenous people, he said it contained signatures of only 1,67,758 persons

against 1,84,734 names.

“Your claim of 25 lakh indigenous Indian citizens of Assam as having signed the memorandum is not found to be supported by any evidence at all,” it added. Hajela said the Mancha mentioned a few registration numbers like “ARN No 30071, 301664” suspected to be of doubtful people included in the list, but the “NRC ARN number is a 21-digit number and the numbers quoted by you of 5-digits cannot, therefore, be ARN numbers.”

Records do not reveal any objection that has been filed through the Mancha though it alleged that a large number of foreigners have been included in the draft NRC, he said.

“In fact, your organisation has not been able to point out a single such case of wrongful inclusion since publication of the Complete Draft NRC on 30/07/2018,” Hajela said.

After the publication of the draft, there was a statutory provision of filing objections by anyone against

Will declare state drought hit: Mnp CM

Mainpur CM distributing tree saplings to the people attending the combined Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders Day in Imphal on Friday.

Correspondent

IMPHAL, Aug 30: Manipur government is all set to declare the State drought hit.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh who talked to reporters on the sideline of his monthly combined Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders’ Day held at the Durbar Hall of Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Friday made the announcement.

Singh said that a special meeting has been convened to discuss the drought like situation in Manipur at his secretariat on Saturday. All ministers, MLAs and top officials of the state government including chief secretary and other concerned departments have been informed to participate in the meeting, he added.

Even as heavy rainfall has led to extensive flooding, landslide and displacement of lakhs of people in most states in Northeast, Manipur has been facing a drought-like situation.

The State is experiencing rainwater deficit of 41-

50% and lack of adequate irrigation facilities to help rainwater reach the fields from the existing water bodies which has aggravated the situation.

Very little rain in August has only aggravated the grave situation.

The chief minister said that deputy commissioners of all the districts had already submitted their reports on the present drought situation in their respective district. “ T h e g ove r n m e n t will announce Manipur as drought affected state after the discussion (during the proposed meeting on Saturday),” he said.

In Friday’s combined Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders’ Day, hundreds of people turned up to highlight their grievances to the chief minister.

The chief minister personally attended to around 450 complaints and met nearly 1500 people from 9 am to 3 pm. A huge number of people were seen gathered at the gate of CM’s Secretariat, Imphal since early morning to obtain

Police seize foreign brand cigarettes worth 6 cr in Mnp Correspondent

IMPHAL, Aug 30: Manipur police have arrested three persons along with foreign branded cigarettes valued around Rs 6 crore in the international market.

The seized foreign branded cigarettes include 21 boxes of Win (4,20,000 sticks), 35 boxes of Gudang Garam (5,04,00 sticks), seven boxes of Paris(1,40,000 sticks) and 114 boxes of ESSE-Light (11,40,000 sticks).

The three individuals arrested with the illegal smuggled items were identified as Th Sashikumar Singh (22) of Pukhao (Imphal East), Kh Sanaton Singh (41) of Lamshang (Imphal West) and Kh Sarat Singh (28) of Ka-

mong (Imphal West) A release of the state police PRO issued on Friday said that a Tamenglong police team who frisked and checked duty of the travellers along NH-37 (Imphal-Jiribam road) intercepted the illegal items on the intervening night of August 27 and 28.

The Tamenglong police team conducted the frisking and checking between Barak Bridge and Sibilong village of the highway.

The seized contraband items which would be valued around Rs 6 crore in the international market were handed over to Customs Division, Imphal for further necessary legal action, the release added.

entry pass. Unlike previous Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders’ Day, the chief minister personally distributed tree saplings to the people who turned up to highlight their grievances on Friday.

A total of 1400 plant saplings including Indian Olive (Chorphon), Yellow Myrobalan (Manahi), Arjuna (Mayokpha), Indian Gooseberry (Heikru), Tree Bean (Yongchak) and others were distributed to the people.

After handing over the saplings, the chief minister appealed to the people to plant more trees and nurture them in their vicinity.

People expressed their happiness over the initiative of the chief minister towards achieving ‘Green Manipur’ and promised to nurture saplings properly till maturity. While talking to reporters, the chief minister appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister for forest Prakash Javadekar for sanctioning Rs 309 crore under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) fund for afforestration efforts and activities to preserve the environment in the state.

He said the amount was sanctioned acknowledging the conservation and protection activities of environment by the government of Manipur.

Officials of health department and JNIMS were there to attend to the people who sought medical assistance, reimbursement and health care in government medical hospitals.

any suspected wrongful inclusions.

“You have further alleged that names of indigenous people are excluded from NRC (Draft). On this account also, you have not pointed out a single such instance to any of the NRC authorities so far,” Hajela said. The memorandum also alleged that no scientific system was followed to verify the process of NRC update, to which the state coordinator said all submitted documents were checked through the issuing authorities if such papers were available in the records.

He said six crore documents were handled in four years with the help of an extremely sophisticated information technology based system.

“It appears that your allegation of non-verification of authenticity of documents stems from a complete ignorance of even the basics of NRC verification system,” Hajela said.

Another scientific method of verification is the one based on the family tree

that involves checking the consistency of all persons claiming descendance from the same ancestor, he said.

On the charge that districts along India-Bangladesh border have seen lesser exclusions than the other ones, the NRC State Coordinator questioned the basis of that theory.

“Considering the fact that immigration from ‘Specified Territory’ has been happening for around a century now, it is not known as to how you could assume that post-1971 illegal migrants would be confined only to the border districts,” Hajela added.

He advised the Mancha to find out from the authorities concerned the number of illegal immigrants declared by the Foreigner’s Tribunals for border districts.

Assam, which had faced an influx of people from Bangladesh since the early 20th century, is the only state having an NRC which was first prepared in 1951. It is for the first time since then that the NRC is being updated.

NSCN/GPRN(K) takes umbrage to spike in violence D I M A P UR , AU G 3 0 (NPN): NSCN/GPRN-K has taken strong exception to the spurt in violence in Naga inhabited areas which it said was “at the behest of anti social and anti-national elements in the guise of nationalists.”

Stating this MIP of NSCN/GPRN-K also termed the violence as “dampening of fragile peace” that was “endangering the prospects of early solution” when Nagas have been welcoming the dawn of peace and tranquillity in the land and eagerly anticipating resolution of the “nearly century old Inido-Naga political conflict.”

MIP cited what it termed as “ a bizarre incident” when a resident of Jongji Havi (in Arunachal Pradesh) was “mercilessly murdered (thrashed and tortured to death) by NSCN (R) at the order of ‘maj.’ Phangrang Jugli, the district commander of Changlang.”

MIP said Phangrang was arrested by Arunachal Police in Itanagar on pend-

ing cases against him while travelling to Changlang from Dimapur “ to execute the victim.”

MIP said Phangrang’s subordinates had committed the “heinous murder” after ordering the victim to go to Changlang . It also alleged that the main accused were‘capt’. Khilpong Jugli of Old Salang village, ‘sgt maj.’

Namkang Jugli of New Salang and ‘2nd lt’ Yongham of Old Jukhi village- all belonging to NSCN(R).

MIP also clarified that the victim was not a member of NSCN/GPRN-K and allegations against him were baseless.

MIP also demanded that the law enforcement not to grant bail to the accused and set an exemplary justice and that all the remaining accused persons be arrested and brought to justice before “ the situation goes out of control”. Further it demanded that NSCN(R) authorities clarify its position to either take responsibility or take action against its errant cadres.

Tripura to get LPG supply from Middle-East via Bangladesh

Agartala, Aug 30 (IANS): India will transport LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) imported from the Middle-East to Tripura using Bangladesh’s Mongla port, said a top state official on Friday. “On Tripura government’s request, the Indian Oil Corporation will transport to the state LPG imported from the Middle-East with the help of a Bangladeshi private organisation,” said Debashish Basu, Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Tripura. At present, Tripura gets LPG transported in tankers from -- Guwahati (600 km from Agartala via Meghalaya) and Silchar (287 km from Agartala) -- in Assam.

IN THE COURT OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE 1st CLASS DIMAPUR : NAGALAND DECLARATION I, Mr. TALIWAPANG, Brother of Late Sademkaba Ao, aged about 47 years, R/o Mekuli Village, Mokokchung, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath as follows : 1. That, I am a citizen of India and an indigenous inhabitant of Nagaland.

2. That, I am the legal brother of Late Sademkaba Ao. 3. That, on 4th July 2019, one person namely Mr. JOSEPH KICHU had made a declaration on daily news print claiming that he is the legal/natural son of my brother Late Sademkaba Ao. 4. That, we the family members of Late Sademkaba Ao are surprised and shocked to see such declaration made by Joseph Kichu on the daily news print media.

5. That, my deceased brother was un-married at the time of his un-timely death and at no point of time had my late brother acknowledged/accepted Mr. Joseph Kichu as his natural son.

6. That, the claimant Mr. Joseph Kichu has no legal evidence or proof to stake his claims that he is the natural son of our late brother.

7. That, the declaration made by Mr. Joseph Kichu is purely made to malign the good name of my brother Late Sademkaba Ao and our family and clan name in general.

8. That, the declaration made by Mr. Joseph Kichu is an attempt to deceitfully confer himself the legal status of my family and our clan, which shall not be accepted in any circumstances by the family members of Late Sademkaba Ao. 9. That, our family members does not acknowledge/accept Mr. Joseph Kichu as the natural son of Late Sademkaba Ao. 10. That, who so ever deal with Mr. Joseph Kichu on the basis of being the natural son of the late brother will be doing so at their own risk.

11. That, the declaration made above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and nothing have been concealed therein.

Solemnly sworn before me on this the 30th day of August 2019 at Dimapur.

DECLARANT Regd. No. 2141/2019 Date : 30/08/2019 NOTARY PUBLIC DP-6583

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2019

2 convicted for trying to sell heroin in school

I M P H A L Au g 3 0 (AGENCIES): In Manipur, two people were convicted by a local court on Wednesday on charges of attempting to sell heroin inside a private school in Imphal 18 years ago, reports The Times of India.

A fast-track court convicted the duo, Lianpu Simte (35) of Tengnuam village and Biaklian Paite (27) of Bungmual village hailing from Churachandpur districtunder Sections 21 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (ND&PS) Act,1985.

The court has fixed September 5 for pronouncing the quantum of punishment.

On September 8, 2001, police had held the duo after they were found to be loitering in a suspicious manner near the gate of private school at the Thangmeiband area of Imphal West. Upon searching them, police seized.

Pursue your dreams: Sinha to sportsmen Itanagar, Aug 30 (PTI): Everester Arunima Sinha exhorted the sportsmen of Arunachal Pradesh to pursue their dreams with determination.

She appealed to budding sportspersons of the state to shed negativity in life and always think positive to excel.

“There are ups and downs in life but you have to conquer it with determination so that you can achieve the goal you have set,” Sinha said while addressing a function on Thursday.

Sinha, who lost one of her legs in an accident in 2011 scaled the Mount Everest in 2013 with a prosthetic leg, said that climbing mountains has taught her the valuable lessons about confidence, leadership, resilience and team building.

“But above all it has taught me the power of humility. It does not matter what you achieve in life.

What matters is how those achievements make you a better person. How you treat others is at the core of what makes you a good human being,” she said.

“Failure is not when we fall short of achieving our goals. It is when we don’t have goals worthy enough,” she said.

Former Indian Football team captain Potsamgand Renedy Singh, who was also present in the function, urged budding sportspersons of the state to work hard adding that there is no short cut to success.

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Heloo, Babyti...

On your birthday, I pray you get whatever your heart desires.May this special day brings with it God’s blessings and Love all around your Life. Happy Birthdayyyyy, let happiness and Peace be your gift!!!

Yours, Kiba Hello Bro, Wishing you a life filled with lots of happiness and joy. May you always be successful in whatever you do.

Happy birthday Bro. God bless u more.

IED explosion rocks Ukhrul

Remnants of IED which exploded in Ukhrul town on Firday collected by the police from the spot.

Correspondent

IMPHAL, Aug 30: A loud explosion awoke denizens of Manipur’s Ukhrul town on Friday. No human casualty was caused by the IED (Improvised Explosive Device) explosion that occurred outside a shop in the market area of Viewland in Ukhrul town at around 5.20am on Friday.

Police said that it was a low intensity timer IED that went off outside the Makan General Store while all the shops in the market area were yet to be opened

for the day.

The impact of the explosion damaged some portion of the shop. Police suspect the hands of cadres of a militant group actively operating in the district behind the explosion in connection with extortion demand.

No armed groups so far claimed responsibility till the time of filing this report. After registering a suo-motu case, the police have initiated an investigation to establish the motive behind it as well as the find out the culprit(s).

NAGALAND UNIVERSITY

(A Central University Estd. By the Act of Parliament No. 35 of 1989) Headquarters : Lumami-798627

NO.NU.CC-L/SW-HW/11 (Pt-II)-3123

Dated : 28th August, 2019

NOTICE INVITING TENDER

Nagaland University invites sealed tenders for renewal of Firewall at Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema. Interested parties may download the tender documents from the University website: www.nagalanduniversity. ac.in and submit their quotations along with tender fee of Rs. 1,000/- (nonrefundable) in the form of DD in favor of Registrar, Nagaland University, Lumami in a sealed envelope superscript on the cover “Tender for Renewal of Firewall for NU, Kohima Campus” and addressed to the undersigned on or before 20th September, 2019. No tenders will be accepted beyond this date and time.

Dr. Abemo, Registrar DC-1279 Gram:Agricomplex Medziphema

Phone:247241/247250 Fax :03862 -247241

ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AKULUTO : NAGALAND NO.ADMN/AKLTO/JUD-05/2008-09/521

Besty Kevi, You know us so well and yet you stick around. You are either a sensational friend or a little bit crazy. Either way, you are here! Happy birthday, baby! I hope to reciprocate your devotion of friendship in the years to come.

From your loving and caring Friends of Godwin Hr. Sec School Hi, Babyyy...May the cheers of this day be with you in the coming years.There is no better way to say happy birthday than to say you mean very much to me. The best of years are still ahead of u baby girl, the best is yet to come.

Happiest birthday Babyti!!.

Yours only, Boiii Nguka.

Dated Akuluto the 30th Aug, 2019

Whereas, Shri/Smti Ghotoli, W/o Lt. T. Pukhato Chophy who served as Work Assistant under the establishment of Nagaland University Lumani, Akuluto has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under Indian Succession Act, 1925 in order to draw/ receive the payment of movable/immovable properties of Lt. T. Pukhato Sema who expired on 24-08-2019.

The incumbent demised while serving as Work Assistant under Nagaland University Lumami.

Public are hereby asked to file claims/objections if any within 30 days from the date of issue of this notice.

DESCRIPTION OF ENCLOSURES : 1. Appointment order no : FA-222/estt-1/2004 (part-I) Dated Kohima dated 2007 2. A/C No : 20071094066 3. Any other dues.

IMSENPERONG WATI Addl. Deputy Magistrate Akuluto, Nagaland DP-6599

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ZUNHEBOTO : NAGALAND No.JUD-21/SUCCTN/LEGAL GRDNSP/2018/ ZBTO, Dated the 27/08/2019

NOTICE CALLING OBJECTION FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE Shri/Smti KAVILI SWU of South Point West colony/village/ town under Zunheboto District has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate/Guardianship Certificate declaring that His/Her/ Wife/ Husband/Brother/Sister/Father/Mother/Son/Daughter, Late K KASHETO SEMA has expired on 22 Aug 2019.

It is hereby notified that if No Objection to issue this Certificate is received from anyone within a period of 30 (thirty) days w.e.f the date of publication in press, the Certificate shall be issued, and no further complaint will be entertained for the issue of the same.

Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto : Nagaland DP-6592

(Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Nagaland Centre, Medziphema, Nagaland- 797106

CORRIGENDUM

The tender invited for supply of the following item listed below along with tender ID, with last date of submission as on 28th August 2019 has been extended for another 15 days.

1. Tractor operated paddy thresher and winnower : Tender ID No. 2019_DARE_494439_1.

The Last date of submission as on : 11th September 2019 of 3:00 PM. Opening Date : 12th September 2019 of 3:00 PM. Details of Tender form/bidding documents may be downloaded from the institute website: www.icarnagaland.nic.in and http://eprocure. gov.in. /Central Portal Procurement Portal (https://eprocure.gov.in/ eprocure/app).

DC-1281 Sd/- Assistant Administrative Officer

FELICITATION

With immense pride and honour, we the Lozaphuhu Village Council and the Lozaphuhu Students’ Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to the following persons.

1. Shri. Nusieta Rhakho on being promoted to Additional Secretary, Home Department.

2. Shri. Kechangulie Nienu on being promoted to Joint Secretary, Youth Resource and Sports.

3. Shri. Niekhoyi Rhakho for clearing recently conducted LDA cum Computer Exam under DC Office, Phek.

We further pray to Almighty God to grant you all with sound health, wisdom and success in your future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/(KEVEDUYI RHAKHO) (NESHEKHO RHAKHO) Village Council Chairman President, LSU

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India, Pak discuss details of Kartarpur Corridor Fresh restrictions imposed in Kashmir,

Indian officials after a meeting with Pakistan couterparts to finalise the technical details of the Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur, Friday, (PTI) shrine in Gurdaspur district and facilitate visa-free movement of Indian Sikh pilgrims, who will have to just obtain a permit to visit Kartarpur Sahib, which was established in 1522 by Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak Dev. This was the first meeting on the Kartarpur Corridor after India on August 5 revoked Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories. Chahal said the technical issues regarding level of roads and bridge of proposed corridor, were also discussed. Medical facilities which would be provided to pilgrims during their visit

were also discussed.

In the meeting, which was held in makeshift tents at the Zero point, both the sides discussed timing of completion of bridge, alignment of roads and other engineering aspects of the proposed crossing points.

“The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere,” said Chahal. He said various works relating to the corridor would be completed well in time before the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in November.

So far, there is no official word from the Pakistani side on Friday’s meeting.

The area where the meeting took place was heavily guarded and no media

personnel was allowed to go near the venue. However, the devotees and local people were allowed access to a point on the Indian side from where they could see the Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib. Pakistan and India have been discussing the modalities regarding the opening of the corridor at Narowal, some 125-km from Lahore, on the occasion of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in November.

Over the past few months many rounds of meetings have been held on the corridor during which the experts from the two sides have discussed its alignment, coordinates and other engineering aspects of the proposed

It’s a conspiracy, says Shivakumar after ED summons BENGALURU, AUG 30 (PTI): Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Friday said the ED has issued fresh summons asking him to appear before it in a money laundering case and termed the action a ‘conspiracy’ to defame him and his party.

The former Karnataka minister said the Enforcement Directorate has asked him to appear before it in Delhi on Friday by 1 pm and he was considering all legal options. Shivakumar told reporters that he will face it “legally, politically and socially”. On whether he was feeling targeted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, he said “whoever has done... I wish them best... I have done my duty for the party. I’m proud to do my job. Whatever is in my fate will happen.”

The ED move comes after the Karnataka High Court on Thursday dismissed Shivakumar’s petition challenging the summons issued to him in the money-laundering case registered by the agency against him and a few others on the basis of an alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions case.

Shivakumar indicated that

Army chief reviews preparedness of forces in Kashmir SRINAGAR, AUG 30 (PTI): Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday reviewed the operational preparedness of the forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in the valley on the first day of his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

This is General Rawat’s first visit to the state where restriction are in place since August 5 after the revocation of provisions of Article 370.

Soon after his arrival, General Rawat visited forward areas along the LoC, an Army official said.

The official said the Army chief interacted with the commanders and troops on ground who briefed him about the operational preparedness of the troops, especially along the LoC. The Army chief is likely to be briefed about the situation in the hinterland during his interaction with senior officials at Badamibagh headquarters of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, the official said.

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D K Shivakumar his “instrumental role” in ensuring safe stay of Gujarat Congress MLAs in a Karnataka resort during the Rajya Sabha polls in 2017, amid allegations that the BJP was trying to poach them, was the reason for the searches and subsequent I-T and ED action on him.

“When the ED summons came (earlier), I had said that this is an Income Tax case, ED has nothing to do with it, I have had no foreign transaction or was cheating the government, and have been paying taxes, there was no conspiracy involved,” Shivakumar said.

Stating that he was yet to receive copy of the court order, he said, when he arrived home last night, ED officers from Delhi and Bengaluru came and issued the summons asking him to

appear at 1 pm in Delhi on Friday. “I cannot attend by 1 pm as I had family and personal commitments, but I will respect the summons and go to Delhi to appear before ED. I have all the right to use all my legal options to protect myself and respond to this conspiracy,” Shivakumar said.

He also termed the “sudden scheduling” by ED “malafide”, but added he

believed in rule of law and will fully cooperate with it.

“I have to protect myself legally and politically as this is a conspiracy to trouble me by my political and official friends. I have not committed any sin, nor committed any murder nor have taken bribe or any heinous crime like rape. I have done my business in accordance with law and with honesty,” he said.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Through this column the family members of Late Mrs. Khuli Swu would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to all the friends, neighbours, churches, individuals, well wishers and relatives who showed great kindness and support during her illness and stood with us till her last breath on 26th August 2019.

Though we are unable to thank each and everyone individually it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you.

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WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE

29th October 1960 – 27th August 2019 We the bereaved family members of Late Thipuneyo Puro (Khusu) of Kikruma Village express our profound and heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals, friends, neighbours and well wishers, who stood by us physically, morally, spiritually and financially during the prolonged illness and sudden demise of our beloved father Late Thipuneyo Puro (Khusu) on 27th August 2019. It is our sincere prayer that may Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

A special word of thanks to: 1. NHAK ICU (Dr. Sendimeren & Staff) 2. Blood Donors 3. North Kikruma Baptist Church 4 Chakhesang Baptist Church Kitsubozou 5. The Vineyard School Kohima 6. The Constellation Group Kikruma 7. NIC Staff & Wipro Team Nagaland 8. Mrs. Lanu Kronu, Lady Wife of Honourable Minister, Planning & Co-ordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs 9. Dr. Vesapra Tunyi & family Loving Family Members K-2370

crossing points.

In July, delegations of the two countries held a meeting on the Pakistani side of the Attari-Wagah border to discuss the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor.

The corridor will also be the first visa-free corridor between the two neighbours since their independence in 1947.

Pakistan is building the corridor from the Indian border to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, the final resting place of Guru Nanak, while the other part from Dera Baba Nanak up to the border will be constructed by India.

India is constructing a bridge at the zero point and has urged Pakistan to build a similar bridge on its side that will provide safe and secure movement of pilgrims and address concerns regarding flooding. The bridge is over a creek of which the majority part falls in Pakistan.

Tension between India and Pakistan has escalated after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Reacting to India’s move on Kashmir, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian High Commissioner.

Friday prayers pass off peacefully

Security personnel stop a scooterist to maintain law and order, in Srinagar, (PTI) SRINAGAR, AUG 30 (PTI): Fresh restrictions were imposed in the city and other parts of the Kashmir Valley as a preventive measure in view of Friday congregational prayers which passed off peacefully, officials said.

Restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPc were announced on public address system. People have been asked not to venture outside and barricades have been placed.

While Friday congregational prayers were offered in mosques located in the interiors of the city and elsewhere in the valley, no prayers were allowed in

major mosques and shrines of the valley for the third consecutive week.

The prayers have passed off peacefully with no major untoward incident reported so far from any part of the valley, a police official said.

Normal life remained disrupted across the Kashmir Valley for the 26th consecutive day, with markets closed and public transport off the roads.

While landline telephony services have resumed in many parts of the valley, mobile telephone services and all Internet services con-

tinue to remain suspended since 5 August after the Centre’s move to abrogate Article 370, that provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcate the state into two union territories.

Most of the top level and second rung separatist politicians have been taken into preventive custody while mainstream leaders including three former chief ministers -- Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti -- have either been detained or placed under house arrest.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

SUMI BAPTIST AKUKUHOU KUQHAKULU (SBAK - NBCC) NITO MOUNT ZUNHEBOTO The (SBAK - NBCC) Nito Mount is deeply grieved by the demise of Late Hotoshe Zhimo of Ghukiye Village. He has rendered his service to SBAK ministry in the capacity of Governing Board Convenor Nito Theological College from 2003 – 2006 and Chairman Executive Council from 2007 – 2008. During his tenure he contributed many good things in various ways towards College and Association which will be cherished forever. We convey our deepest condolence to the bereaved family.

May his soul rest in peace.

From, Rev. Hukugha Zhimo Executive Secretary SBAK – Nito Mount, Zunheboto

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Born on 09 April 1994 – Died On 26 August 2019 We the bereaved family members of Miss H. Yuya Walim would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, churches, associations, classmates, departments, families, friends and well wishers who stood by us and extended their help physically, mentally and financially during our time of grief at the sudden demise of our beloved daughter.

May God the giver of all, bless you all graciously, this is our prayer.

“We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the lord”.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Born: 8th March 2003 – Died: 21st August 2019

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain”.

Born on 02/08/1959 – Died on 24/08/2019

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7 Words are inadequate to express our heartfelt gratitude for your love and concern extended to us in form of prayers, financial support and physical presence during the illness and ultimate demise of our beloved father Late T. Pukhato Sema of Lumami Village on 24th of August 2019.

It would be incomplete without conveying our special thanks to: 1. S h r i . K azh et o K i n i m i . A d v i s o r, S k i l l Development Labour Employment.

2. Shri. Kheto Kinimi, Ex Minister 3. VC and NU Staff Lumami 4. Engineer Wing, NU Lumami 5. Non-teaching Staff, NU Lumami 6. Doctors and Nurses at CIHSR Dimapur 7. Er. Sentiwapang, NU Lumami 8. Mrs. Vikali Kinimi, Dimapur.

9. Mr. Yekuto Aye, JE. 10. Lumami Kuposhukulu, Dimapur 11. Akuluto Union, Dimapur 12. SBC Akuluto (Nito Mount) 13. SBC Akuluto (Aizuto) 14. NCRC Akuluto 15. Lumami Baptist Church 16. SBC(B) Mokokchung 17. Student Union, Akuluto 18. Lumami Union, Akuluto 19. Jisu Papeni Akuluto SBCA 20. Armour Brothers SBCA 21. Antioch Church, Akuluto 22. Blood Donors.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual who stood by us during our moment of sorrow. We pray that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Philippians 1:21.

We, the family members of LATE ALENSO, Chungtia would like to express our deepest and heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual who stood by us spiritually, physically and financially during his prolonged illness and sad demise on 21st August 2019.

We would like to specially thank the teachers and students of Queen Mary Higher Secondary School, Mokokchung for the kind gesture shown to our beloved son during his illness.

May Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Family members & relatives.

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ISLAMABAD/GURDASPUR, AUG 30 (PTI): Officials from India and Pakistan on Friday discussed in a cordial atmosphere the technical modalities like the level of the roads and the bridge of the proposed Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims, the first such meeting after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status leading to fresh tensions between the two countries.

The meeting at the Zero point, where the Indian and Pakistani side of the proposed corridor converge, was attended by 10 to 15 officials from each side, an official of the National Highways Authority of India, who attended the meeting, told PTI. The meeting lasted for close to two hours during which various technical aspects pertaining to the corridor were discussed, chief engineer with NHAI, T S Chahal, said. Officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs, BSF, Land Port Authority of India, which is constructing a state-of-the-art passenger terminal building, also attended the meeting. The corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak

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Towards improved connectivity

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hile it is laudable that the governor of Nagaland R.N.Ravi has taken up the issue of early commencement of the proposed Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik(UDAN) low fare air services that would connect Dimapur to Guwahati, Imphal and Dibrugarh etc; perhaps there is also a need to look at the other aspect of improving connectivity beyond the north east. According to Raj Bhavan sources, in response to Ravi’s request to begin UDAN air services, the union minister of state for civil aviation Hardeep Singh Puri instructed the officials of his ministry to commence UDAN services by October this year. Presently two airlines operate to and from Dimapur. It may be noted that 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. While Air India operates six times a week(except Saturday) from Dimapur to Kolkata , IndiGo operates daily flights from Dimapur to Kolkata and Delhi. Air connectivity in other airports like Imphal, Jorhat, Aizawl and Dibrugarh have increased along with passenger facilities. Dimapur is not only the gate way of Nagaland but it also serves portions of upper Assam such as Karbi Anglong, Jorhat, Golaghat districts as an important railhead besides facilitating air travel for passengers from Karbi Anglong and Golaghat districts. The volume of passengers travelling by air from Dimapur has been on the rise for several years. However air connectivity to and from Dimapur has not been commensurate with rise in passenger volume. When airports in other states are enjoying additional flights including operation by private airlines, Dimapur appears to be consigned to its fate. Even the present air service from Dimapur to Kolkata by Air India, passengers flying to Delhi and other destinations have to wait for several hours before taking the connecting flight. Though it may not be possible to enable connection with all flights, yet the options for passengers would be greatly helped by rescheduling flights to enable passengers take their connecting flights to other destinations on arrival at Kolkata. UDAN is a regional air link service that could help those travelling from Dimapur to Imphal or Dibrugarh. However,there is no mention of connectivity to Aizawl or Agartala or Umiam (Meghalaya). Be that as it may, it appears that UDAN could eventually end up as a ferry service for air passengers from Dimapur to Guwahati in order to take their connecting flights to other destinations. This would mean that air passengers would opt to fly to other destinations from Guwahati.

Invariably this could also mean degrading the status of Dimapur into a subsidiary airport. What would have been a boon for air passengers from Dimapur is if Air India operates daily flights including Saturday to cater to the growing need. Also, it would be helpful if Air India re-introduced twice weekly flights between DelhiGuwahati-Dimapur and back as in the past in view of the fact that passenger volume by air and train has risen. Many would choose to fly from Dimapur to Guwahati or Guwahati to Dimapur. Besides, those flying to Guwahati would have the option to take connecting flights from Guwahati to Imphal, Agartala, Aizawl or Dibrugarh and vice versa. It is hoped the governor and the state government would do the needful in order to facilitate travel and tourism.

DailyDevotion Usefulness or Relationship?

Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. —Luke 10:20

Jesus Christ is saying here, “Don’t rejoice in your successful service for Me, but rejoice because of your right relationship with Me.” The trap you may fall into in Christian work is to rejoice in successful service— rejoicing in the fact that God has used you. Yet you will never be able to measure fully what God will do through you if you do not have a right-standing relationship with Jesus Christ.

If you keep your relationship right with Him, then regardless of your circumstances or whoever you encounter each day, He will continue to pour “rivers of living water” through you (John 7:38). And it is actually by His mercy that He does not let you know it. Once you have the right relationship with God through salvation and sanctification, remember that whatever your circumstances may be, you have been placed in them by God. And God uses the reaction of your life to your circumstances to fulfill His purpose, as long as you continue to “walk in the light as He is in the light” (1 John 1:7).

Our tendency today is to put the emphasis on service. Beware of the people who make their request for help on the basis of someone’s usefulness. If you make usefulness the test, then Jesus Christ was the greatest failure who ever lived. For the saint, direction and guidance come from God Himself, not some measure of that saint’s usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that counts, not what we do for Him. All that our Lord gives His attention to in a person’s life is that person’s relationship with God— something of great value to His Father. Jesus is “bringing many sons to glory…” (Hebrews 2:10).

Quotes

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2019

Post-mortem

RBI transfer to government: The good and the bad

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he RBI board accepted the recommendations of the Bimal Jalan committee and has decided to transfer Rs 1,76,051 crore to the government. This is broken as Rs 1,23,414 crore as surplus for year 2018-19 and another Rs 52,637 crore of excess provisions identified by the committee as per the revised Economic Capital Framework (ECF).

Out of this total sum, an amount of Rs 28,000 crore has already been paid as interim dividend and already been accounted by the budget in the previous financial year. The difference in accounting is owing to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) not following the conventional financial year of April-March thus far.

The following implications are noteworthy from a macro and markets perspective, in our view:

1. The net liquidity injection from the RBI as a result of this exercise will amount to Rs 1,48,051 crore (Rs 1,76,051 crore minus Rs 28,000 crore already paid). This is against an expectation of normal budgeted dividend of Rs 90,000 crore (assumed RBI dividend component of the Rs 1,06,042 crore budget number). We have done a forward liquidity assessment for the rest of the year in a recent note (https://www.idfcmf. com/insights/money-creation-to-pick-up-pace-anrbi-update/).

This is now updated for approximately Rs 58,000 crore of excess transfer and still leaves open market operations (OMO) purchase of bonds in play from the RBI. However, these will now probably shift to the January-March quarter and will be of a smaller amount

than earlier assumed.

2. From a budget standpoint, the extra ‘windfall’ owing to the Jalan committee is Rs 58,000 crore. Given the expected revenue shortfalls in a slowing economy and especially vis-a-vis the aggressive assumptions in the budget, it would be prudent to keep this amount in order to meet the budget numbers more credibly. So far, any hope of meeting the budget targets rests on a similar expenditure compression as that undertaken last year, including via moving some items of spending ‘below the line’. Any temptation to use this amount towards a ‘fiscal stimulus’ risks regenerating worries around the quality and effectiveness towards meeting the deficit targets.

3. As pointed out by a friend of ours, the new formula for distributing

future dividends potentially imposes a constraint on the quantum of such distributions. The committee has recommended ‘realized equity’ to be 6.5 to 5.5 per cent of balance sheet. It has recommended taking this to lower bound and transferring the entire excess of Rs 52,637 crore so created. Further, as per the suggested surplus distribution policy, only if realized equity is above its requirement will the entire net income be transferable to the government. If it is below the lower bound of requirement, risk provisioning will be made to the extent necessary and only the residual net income (if any) transferred to the government.

Wi t h i n t h e r a n ge of contingent risk buffer (CRB), that is, 6.5 to 5.5 per cent of the balance sheet, the Central Board

will decide on the level of risk provisioning. Given that provisioning is now at lower bound, future dividend transfer decisions will have to account for increasing the size of realized equity in line with the RBI’s growing balance sheet, before such pay outs can be made. This implies that such transfers are unlikely to match the substantial jump that has been recorded in the current year.

Conclusion:Overall, the identified ‘excess’ transferable capital by the Jalan committee is only just above Rs 50,000 crore, far below the hopeful bounties being talked about. Not just that, future pay-outs are now formula driven and subject to some constraints with respect to the maintenance of a minimum CRB. However, we believe, this disappoint-

ment is blunted owing to a much higher than expected normal dividend transfer for the current year which, if used judiciously, can be invaluable in making the budget math sound more credible.

Overall though, the recommendations and their acceptance by the RBI lend credibility to India’s overall policy frameworks and institutions, especially given the history with respect to this particular debate around RBI capital. From a market standpoint, the net additional amounts involved here at just under 0.3 per cent of GDP do not really move the underlying narrative, which remains bullish for quality interest rates.

By Suyash Choudhary (Suyash Choudhary is the Head - Fixed Income, IDFC AMC. The views expressed are personal- IANS)

The missing part of the solution Join NDA and become a hero

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.N.Ravi’s appointment as the governor of Nagaland came out of the blue, catching the establishment by surprise and unsettling the party on the other side of the negotiating table.

An interlocutor for a Governor? (Or the other way round). Even as eyebrows remain raised and a cautious acceptance proffered, the interlocutorcum-governor attempted to put to rest any misgivings about his appointment by stating in an unambiguous and reassuring term what his foremost mission was – to finally settle the Naga issue within three months.

Wonders will never cease!

The statement sent ripples of hushed optimism across the masses and set the chattering classes parading their intellectual acumen in their analysis of the Naga issue.

Like the bracing wind on a summer morning, their normative political commentaries on the issue refresh the weary soul in the thick of tired matters.

A sudden combination of political romanticism and intellectual idealism has taken over the role of the academia and feeds the general understanding that everything hinges on political solution. That idea is a welcome relief from the harsh realities and for a moment we’d rather suspend disbelief in effete idealism and pretend everything will be hunky-dory once political solution is found. We’d rather wallow in a virtual world.

Less than a month on the job, Governor Ravi was stopped in his track on seeing the situation on the ground.

In an interview with Nagaland Post, he diverged for a moment to put in something that had, perhaps, hit him hard; that at the functional level Nagaland government didn’t ‘appear normal’: that there is breakdown of institutions in the state, that transparency is in deficit, that accountability and fair play are mere words in the dictionary, that the state and people who matter are pathologically corrupt, that the public, destitute of everything modern, are deeply entrenched in the idea of political freedom without a hint of care for other freedoms.

His observation of the state as dystopian was thrown in sharp relief against our utopian dream.

He popped our balloon.

Ravi said his priority was to help Nagaland

become a functional state.

That is an interesting statement. He will have to deal with a state government that has sunk so low as to make itself abnormal and non-functional.

He must know what he is up against: an institutionalized corruption that threatens to frustrate any effort at making the state normal and functional. Yet when the constitutional head of state has stated that he would help improve the situation, we might just as well expect some Operation Clean Up Nagaland initiative.

Ravi has his hands full, dual-tasking as interlocutor and as constitutional head of state. He has rough days ahead juggling his two very distinct tasks. The two roles don’t seem to fit very happily together. But we need to make concessions and take him at his word that his role as governor would give the needed impetus to take the peace talk to the desired conclusion. We keep our fingers crossed in eager anticipation of what the next two months will unfold.

The realities on the ground must have prompted him to say that mere political solution wasn’t enough. The benefits of the solution must reach the people. It’s a statement that is abstract and intriguing to the class of people who swear by hard politics and possess the received wisdom that only political solution matters.

Ravi’s statement is a pointed reminder that political solution can prove to be a mare’s nest without some economic structure and distributive justice.

A workable political solution presupposes existence of functioning institutions, developed human resource, ready work force and all other basic and normal infrastructures like good roads, water, electricity, healthcare, education, … the works, and above all, transparency and accountability.

The situation on the ground must enable a smooth transition from the present to the future. In other words, the situation must be normal.

In the absence of the elements of a free state, political solution will only be symbolic. The free state will have no choice but to lapse into banana republic.

Real power will then lie elsewhere, in the hands of those who feed. That is the grim reality staring us in the face. However, we do not expect freedom

fighters to have economic policies in place. And, why? Because they are freedom fighters.

Having an economic policy and development plans are the job of the government of the day before the solution, which can be tweaked, improved upon, or changed by the ‘new government’ after the solution.

The new government would build its economy on the backs of existing institutions, infrastructure, brainpower and manpower.

We speculate that the Framework Agreement of 3 August 2015 has broadly taken care of the above.

The question remains: will any system of governance the Framework envisages work in Nagaland? That the Framework might have framed in larger geographical areas is beyond the scope of this discussion.

But the fact that it encloses present Nagaland as the dominant area merits a study on its government, and may cause us to imagine it as a dry run for governance after the solution.

If governance during the last fifty six years of statehood be any indication, no system may work in the way it should. We may be in for a rough ride after the solution.

If only the state government could help redeem whatever honour is left of itself and the people of the state, our pride as Nagas would be restored.

At possibly the closing chapter of the government of a federating unit, it would do much good to itself by showing that the august house is not a den of thieves and iniquities.

A top-down strategy of making good the plunders of the past would help salvage a little pride.

That would be aligning with Governor Ravi’s top priority in improving the situation. In an ideal world this will be exactly what the state government would do.

As the atmosphere lie pregnant with expectations and anticipations, we are wary of possible conflicts between the negotiating parties, stress and strain from disunity, stop-go strategy of the government of India, hijacking of the solution, deviating from the spirit of the struggle or simply fizzling out, and above all a no-show state government.

Despite the odds we are waiting in the wings as we, seriously, pray.

Ekyimo Shitirie Bayavu Hill Kohima

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hen we talk about h e r o t h e n we mostly think of people on screen who are into films and acting but the real heroes who are always ready to serve the nation.

When we talk about leaders it is not only political leaders of the country. One of the best options to become hero as well as leader is none other than joining Indian Defence Forces as an officer. When young people are running from place to place for better employment and jobs there is no other profession better than a young officer in the defence forces and live a life with honour and pride.

Students may join defence forces in India by cracking exams like National Defence Academy Examination or Combined Defence Service Examinations. The best one is of course cracking NDA exam and join the forces.

An Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 17th November, 2019 for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA for the 144th Course, and for the 106th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from 2nd July, 2020. The approximate number of vacancies to be filled on the results of this examination will be as under: — National Defence Academy: 370 to include 208 for Army, 42 for Navy and 120 for Air (including 28 for Ground Duties) N av a l A c a d e m y : 45 (10+2 Cadet Entr y Scheme) Total: 415.

Educational Qualifications: (i) For Army Wing of National Defence Academy :—12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination conducted by a State Education Board or a University. (ii) For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy :—12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or a University.

The fee for the entrance is INR 100 however candidates from SC/ ST communities /Sons of JCOs/NCOs/ORs are exempted from payment of fee. The papers consist of maths and general ability test followed by health check up and SSB interview. Syllabus includes algebra, matrices and determinants, trigonometry, analytical geometry of two and three dimensions, differential calculus, integral calculus and differential equations, vector algebra, statistics and probability, etc. Paper II consists of general ability test which includes English and general knowledge. The question paper in English will be designed to test the candidate’s understanding of English and workman like use of words. The syllabus covers various aspects like: Grammar and usage, vocabulary, comprehension and cohesion in extended text to test the candidate’s proficiency in English.

The question paper on General Knowledge will broadly cover the subjects like Physics, Chemistry, General Science, Social Studies, Geography and Current Events, etc. The Service Selection Board (SSB) procedure consists of two stage Selection process - stage I and stage II. Only those candidates who clear the stage I are permitted to appear for stage II. Aspirants may fill in the online application before 3rd September and details are available in the website of UPSC and advertisement has been published at Employment News. Only unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd January, 2001 and not later than 1st January, 2004 are eligible to apply.

All the leading cities of the country has written centre for the exam.

Students clearing the written would be called for the interview accordingly.

Students currently studying ion Class XII may try and appear in the exam if they are eligible according to their age. There are many top officers in the armed forces from different parts of North Eastern states. Some of the top position includes Lieutenant General, Air Marshal and Commodore in the Indian Navy apart from many other who have won awards and medals.

Ranjan K Baruah (Writer is a career mentor, skill trainer and motivational speaker and may be reached at 8473943734 or bkranjan@gmail.com for any career related queries)

Some thoughts on all the Indo Naga peace talks

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he first Indo Naga peace talks also some, who are trying to take flight lasted for 8 years (1964-1972). into a world of fantasy rather than face The second peace talks lasted for the harsh realities of the present? hardly some months in between 1975 In my personal opinion, what all to 1976. The third peace talks have these evaders, ambitious businessmen, been going on for the past 22 years. But opportunist and pragmatist seem to what has all these peace talks achieved? have overlooked is the inescapable fact NOTHING AT ALL! And it simply has that without freedom and liberty, human not achieved anything because it has dignity is reduced to an animal state of not addressed the issue which is Naga existence. sovereignty and independence. After all After all, what is the point of dishow can there be a solution to a problem playing a signboard at your door stating if the problem is not addressed at all in “This house is protected under Article the peace talks?

371 (A)” when the Indian Army can Tragically, on the part of most Na- walk right through that door and argas, almost all educated Nagas have for rest you or even shoot you to death on all these years, desperately tried to evade suspicion! Also, when, in the world will the issue. Instead of trying to solve the our educated Nagas ever understand that issue, there are those businessmen who all their dreams of business success or want to go for a temporary respite so any other success will happen only after that they could once again invest in their we have full freedom and liberty in our business without extortion demands. land? Such a fate for life is not a matter Then there are those who want to pass of choice but a pertinent decision that on the problem to the future generations every individual Naga must make. so that they can pursue their ambitious All other successes will be tempodreams in the present. rary and fleeting because the political There are also those educated Naproblem will engulf us again and again gas who wants to go for a pragmatic until it is permanently solved. alternative in the light of the present Kaka D. Iralu insurmountable realities. And are there Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Chinmayanand case: Missing UP student found No return visa to India yet for exLUCKNOW/NEW DELHI, AUG 30 (PTI): The missing student whose father alleged she was sexually harassed by BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand was found in Rajasthan with a friend on Friday morning, police said.

The young woman, who had been missing since August 24, is fine and is being brought to Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh police chief O.P Singh told reporters here.

“We constituted a number of teams and they were working in Rajasthan, Haryana, UP and Delhi.

Her movement was being tracked for the past four to five days. Her call details are being analysed,” the director general of police said.

It was not immediately known where in Rajasthan she was found.

C h i n m aya n a n d ’s counsel Om Singh said she appeared to have fallen prey to those working against the BJP leader and was being used to serve their interests.

“She will be brought here and her statement to the police will clear the air and conspirators will be nabbed,” the counsel said.

The Supreme Court asked the counsel appearing for the state to apprise it of the woman’s exact location

UP govt asked to produce harassed woman before it on Friday itself

Swami Chinmayanand and also by when she could be produced before it.

The apex court had taken cognisance on its own in the matter after a group of lawyers had written a letter to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on the matter.

Shahjahanpur Superintendent of Police (city) Dinesh Tripathi said teams from the district were sent to different places to locate the LLM student.

“In Shahjahanpur episode the girl has been located by Shahjahanpur police in Rajasthan along with her friend. Necessary legal action is being taken,” Uttar Pradesh Police posted on its Twitter handle.

Shahjahanpur police said Chinmayanand has been booked on charges related to abduction for murder and criminal intimidation.

The Supreme Court Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to produce before it during the day the woman law student who had gone missing after levelling harassment allegations against former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, and was found in Rajasthan.

The apex court was informed by the counsel appearing for the state government that she was found in Rajasthan on Friday and was being taken to Shahjahanpur to meet her parents.

After a bench of jus-

tices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna asked the state’s counsel to apprise it as to when the woman can be produced before the court, the lawyer said that she, along with the police team, is enroute to Shahjahanpur and has reached Fatehpur Sikri.

The counsel said that if the court asks the authorities to produce the woman before it on Friday itself, she can be brought within two-and-a-half hours.

After hearing the submissions, the court directed the state government to produce the woman be-

fore it during the day. The bench said it would interact with the woman in-camera and the bench will assemble after that to pass appropriate orders.

The top court had taken cognisance on its own in the matter after a group of lawyers had written a letter to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi requesting him to do so. The Shahjahanpur police had on Tuesday lodged an FIR against Chinmayanand after the student went missing following her allegation in a video clip that he had been harassing her.

Woman tells Supreme Court she wants to stay in Delhi

The Supreme Court said Friday evening that the woman law student, who had gone missing after levelling harassment allegations against former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand and was found in Rajasathan, did not want to go to her home state Uttar Pradesh.

The judges had an in-camera interaction with the woman who was brought to the apex court by the UP police on its direction.

“The woman wants to be in Delhi till her parents come here,” a bench comprising justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna said in an open court hearing.

The bench said the woman will be in the national capital for four days and the apex court registry will ensure her safe stay. The top court directed Delhi Police

Commissioner to ensure safe travel of the woman’s parents from UP’s Shahjahanpur to Delhi to meet her.

The bench said that the woman has told it she had left Shahjahanpur with her three college mates in order to protect herself.

The apex court said that the woman has told them that she would not go back to UP until she meets and talks to her parents.

The bench said that it would hear the matter again on September 2 and till then the woman will not talk or meet anyone except her parents.

The bench said that the woman has told them that after meeting and talking to her parents she will take decision on her future course of action.

Chinese soldier settled in India

BHOPAL, AUG 30 (PTI): A former Chinese soldier, who got married in India in 1974 and returned to his native country for the first time in 2017, is now stuck there for want of return visa to India, his son said on Friday.

Wang Chang Qi (80) was captured by Indian forces in 1963 after the India-China war. Convicted for spying, he was in Indian jails for six years till his release in 1969.

He married a local woman in Tiroda village of Madhya Pradesh in 1974 and settled there, raising a family comprising two sons and two daughters, before visiting his homeland for the first time in 2017, almost 54 years after he first came to India. Since then, he has made three more visits to China. His last visit there was in October 2018 and he is now stuck there for want of return visa to India, his son Vishnu Wang (38) said.

“My father first returned to China on February 10, 2017 and came back on May 10, 2017. His second visit to China was in August 2017 and he returned in October 2017 as my mother was sick and died later,” Vishnu said.

“He went to China again in January 2018 and returned in April-May the same year.

His fourth visit to China was on October 1, 2018 and he is now stuck there as he hasn’t got his return visa to India,” Vishnu said. Vishnu said his father has been awaiting visa renewal since April this year to return to his family in India.

Vishnu said his father applied to the Indian embassy in China in April but there was no response. “I have been in communication with Indian officials both in India and China but things aren’t moving,” he said. Qi was captured by Indian forces in 1963 after he lost his way back to China following the India-China war. Convicted for spying, he remained in Indian jails for six years.

He settled in Tirodi village in naxal-infested Balaghat district, where he worked in a flour mill before starting a grocery shop. In 1974, he married an Indian woman, Sushila, and had four children - two sons and two daughters.

“My father applied for visa with the Indian embassy in Beijing in April this year but was unable to get the same for reasons

better known to the authorities, Vishnu told PTI from Tirodi.

“I also tried to contact the Indian embassy in Beijing and my father also went there three times from his home town Xianyang in central Shaanxi province, which is about 1200 km from the Chinese capital, to get visa but didn’t get a satisfactory reply from the authorities, Vishnu said.

Vishnu, who works as an accountant with a private firm, said earlier his father used to get visa, valid for a year, within a fortnight from the date of application.

After the Indo-China war, the former Chinese soldier was spotted in Assam by the Indian Red Cross Society and handed over to the Indian Army on January 1, 1963. Vishnu said his father then spent six years in prisons in Assam, Ajmer and Delhi before the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered his release in March 1969.

“The Indian government had promised the court that it would rehabilitate my father. He was taken to Delhi, Bhopal, Jabalpur and then finally handed over to Balaghat police,” Vishnu said.

Flash floods affect 2 villages in Kohima Chidambaram to be subjected 3 more days of custodial interrogation ences & Rural Development and other neighbouring places. But with the flash flood, the water supply to these places had also been disrupted as water pipes measuring over 5 km in length had been damaged.

Though the volume of water is slowly subsiding, reports stated that it was still difficult to cross the river due to turbulence. The footbridge was not convenient for women as well, it was informed. District administration officials visited the

village on August 28, while the agriculture department officials visited it the following day.

Meanwhile, in another instance of flash flood occurring on the same day, Dzüleke village, which is 40 km away from the State Capital, was affected.

Sources said around 10 paddy fields were damaged in the process due to the increased volume of water flow in the river after heavy rainfall in the evening of August 27.

Transfer and posting of IAS, NCS officers (From p-1) Imtiwapang Aier, NCS dy. secy. Agri shall continue to hold charge of Team Leader, NHBM. Warren Hollohon, NCS ADC Longleng (designate) is retained as dy. secy.

H&TE. D. Robin, NCS SDO(C) Longleng shall hold current charge of ADC Longleng.

T Moa Lemtor, NCS, SDO (C) Chen shall hold current charge of ADC Pfutsero.

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P Chidambaram after being produced at a CBI court in the INX media case, in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI) with further documents.

The judge asked the CBI as to why it required five more days for interrogating Chidambaram and wanted to see the case diary.

When the ASG said there are voluminous documents, the judge said, “You were aware about the volume of documents, why did you ask for only five days custody for the first time, Second time also you asked for five days only. Why this approach.”

ASG Nataraj replied that it all depends upon how Chidambaram answers the questions.

The judge, after going through the case diary, said the grounds which the CBI has given for further custodial interrogation are vague.

He said the CBI should have asked for custodial interrogation of Chidambaram for 15 days on the very first day of his production.

CBI said that Chi-

dambaram was not giving straight answers, though he has been questioned for 8-10 hours every day.

“There is a case of further extension of his custody,” the ASG said.

He further said Chidambaram had agreed before the Supreme Court that he has no problem if the CBI custody is extended till Monday. Noting the submission, the court asked Chidambaram’s counsel Dayan Krishnan and CBI to discuss and decided how much custody is required.

“What’s the use of this court?,” an upset judge said.

Krishnan said till now 55 hours of questioning has taken place and not a single document was there on money trail.

He said the investigation is also not fair and three files have been shown to Chidambaram 20 times and claimed that there is not a shred of documents on money trail.

Trg in RSS shakhas will improve mental capabilities of security: Goyal NEW DELHI, AUG 30 (PTI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said sending private security guards for training in RSS shakhas will improve their mental and physical capabilities.

Addressing a gathering at the “Private Security Industry Conclave-2019”, Goyal said during the Lok Sabha polls held in AprilMay, lakhs of people became “chowkidar” (guard) of the country and for the first time, the dignity reserved for the armed forces and police was given to private security guards.

“I urge you to look at training in a big way... the training we get in RSS shakhas is far superior

Piyush Goyal addresses the inaugural session of FICCI’s Private Security Industry Conclave in New Delhi, (PTI) to some of the training I think some of these security guards get. That is not to suggest that you should send all these people to shakhas, but it will not be bad, they will learn something.

“They will improve

both their mental and physical capabilities. I am only trying to mention that training is a very essential element in the work that your industry does,” he said Goyal said the industry should not look at its

20-per cent growth within the country, but should expand internationally.

He said it should invest more in training and make a focussed effort to develop a “certification” system like giving meritbased three or four stars, so that it provides avenues of promotion to the employees as well as allows people to select the security guards of their choice.

“We can look at public-private partnership to ensure both aspects of private security -- the personnel coming from recognised agencies and the industry being able to provide such guards. The government is ready to play the role of facilitator to work

on preparing an organised framework, in which the private security industry works, including licensing, registration and training,” the minister said.

He further said the industry should ensure that the security guards get minimum wages, the promised benefits of the job and that they come from accredited agencies.

“If we ensure that the 70 lakh number turns two crore...urge everyone to check the credentials of the security guards under the Private Security Regulation Act in your respective societies. If they are not trained, it will harm us in the long run,” Goyal said.

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PATNA, AUG 30 (IANS): Keeping in mind health concerns, the Bihar government on Friday put in place a ban on ‘pan masala’, which, however, will be applicable for one year.

Bihar Food Safety Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said: “Total 12 companies in the state have been totally barred from production, storage, transportation, exhibition and sale of ‘pan masala’ either in packed or loose form for next one year from today”.

An order issued by the Health Department said that under the Indian Constitution, any state government can ban the consumption of products that are injurious to people’s health to provide them a nutritious and healthy lifestyle.

The Food Safety Commissioner has invoked a ban on different ‘pan masala’ manufacturing companies following orders issued by the Chief Secretary in a meeting held on July 5.

The ban has come into force after magnesium carbonate was found in ‘pan masala’ samples taken from different districts of Bihar.

Magnesium carbonate can cause various heart diseases. Under the Food Safety Act 2006, mixing magnesium carbonate in ‘pan masala’ is fully banned.

the CBI for eight days since his arrest on August 21, after the Delhi High Court on August 20 dismissed his anticipatory bail plea.

The CBI sought extension of Chidambaram’s custodial interrogation by five days in the case.

His son Karti was also present in the court.

An application seeking extension of five more days of police custody was moved on the ground that extensive interrogation was conducted and he was confronted with relevant records and statements of witnesses.

However, the agency said despite best possible efforts, investigation cannot be completed due to his evasive and non-cooperative attitude and further time is required.

Additional Solicitor General (ASG) K M Nataraj, representing the CBI, said Chidambaram has been partially interrogated and he is required to be confronted

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NEW DELHI, AUG 30 (PTI): Former finance minister P Chidambaram will be subjected to three more days of custodial interrogation by the CBI in a corruption case arising from the INX Media scam as a Delhi court remanded him in the agency’s custody till September 2.

The order was passed

by Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar before whom Chidambaram was produced on the expiry of fourday custodial interrogation granted on August 26.

“Investigation being the prerogative of the investigating officer and given the fact that the record is voluminous and accused needs to be confronted.

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It aims to restrict the deficit at 3.4 per cent of the GDP in the current fiscal, same as the last fiscal.

The CGA data showed that revenue receipts of the government during AprilJuly, 2019-20 remained unchanged at 19.5 per cent of the Budget Estimate (BE) compared to the corresponding period last year.

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On GDP, he said significant uptrend was seen in the power sector. The sector has posted a growth of 8.6% in Q1. The CEA said it points towards recovery and the government is taking all steps to help growth both in short and medium term.

The Indian economy grew 5 per cent year-onyear in first quarter of FY2020, slowing from a 5.8 per cent expansion in the previous quarter. It was the weakest growth rate since the first quarter

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The clarification came after a fake order dated August 29 started doing the rounds on various social media platforms, including Twitter and WhatsApp groups, claiming that the government has extended the due date for filing income tax returns for individuals (financial year 2018-19) by a month till September 30. Individuals, including salaried taxpayers, and entities- who do not need to get their accounts audited - are required to file their ITRs for fiscal 2018-19 (assessment year 2019-20) by Saturday, August 31.

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI): The government’s fiscal deficit touched Rs 5.47 lakh crore in the June quarter, which is 77.8 per cent of the budget estimate for 2019-20.

In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit or gap between expenditure and revenue was Rs 5,47,605 crore at July-end, as per the data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) on Friday. The fiscal deficit stood at 86.5 per cent of 2018-19 budget estimate in the year-ago period.

The government estimates the fiscal deficit to be at Rs 7.03 lakh crore during

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of 2013.

The slump in GDP expansion is in line with industrial production growing at 3.6% in the first quarter compared with 5.1% a year earlier.

High-frequency indicators such as automobile sales, rail freight, domestic air traffic and imports (non-oil, non-gold, nonsilver and non-precious and semi-precious stones) indicate a tough slowdown in consumption, especially private consumption, even with low inflation.

India’s passenger vehicle industry suffered its worst performance in 19 years in July with a 31% drop in sales and the ninth consecutive month of declining sales, underscoring a sharp decline in demand mostly due to NBFC credit crunch.

Although the RBI has cut the key lending rate four times in succession by a total of 110 basis points, this has not translated into growth. ‘ Last week government had announced a slew of measures to check falling growth and next week some more announcements are expected relating to the housing sector.

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI): The I-T department on Friday dismissed social media reports which claimed that the government has extended the due date for filing of income tax returns (ITRs) by a month and advised taxpayers to complete the process by the set deadline of August 31.

“It has come to the notice of CBDT that an order is being circulated on social media pertaining to extension of due dt (date) for filing of IT Returns. It is categorically stated that the said order is not genuine.

Taxpayers are advised to file Returns within extended due dt (date) of 31.08.2019,” the Income-Tax department said on its official Twitter handle.

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New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS): Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian on Friday said there is “some slowdown” in Gross Domistic Product (GDP) as global headwinds and trade wars are contributing to the slackness, expressing hope of investment to pick up in the coming quarters.

“Investment drives our economy while consumption is a force multiplier.

We Expect investment to pick up in the coming quarters”, he said.

Commenting on the state of economy after the dismal Gross Domistic Product numbers for the Q1, he said the slowdown is high as global headwinds and trade war have contributed to it.

India’s GDP growth slowed to 5% in April-June 2019. The biggest cause was the manufacturing sector, which saw a tepid growth of 0.6 per cent.

Subramanian said government is taking proactive steps to reach $5 trillion economy and it is committed to retaining fiscal path.

The economy needs an average growth rate of 8% to reach the 5 trillion

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Indian-Americans in Texas excited about Modi’s visit Houston (Texas), Aug 30 (IANS): As Houston gets ready to host Indian Prime Minister Modi in a grand event at the Texas capitals landmark NRG Stadium, which is expected to be attended by 50,000 people, the Indian-American community is gearing up to show its support, the media reported. Titled “Howdy Modi!”, the event on September 22, hosted by the Texas India Forum, is being promoted as a community summit. It is expected to be the biggest ever gathering of Indian-Americans in the US, The American Bazaar reported on Thursday. Besides Modi’s remarks, special cultural programmes were being planned to reflect the US-India cultural ties with a tagline, “Shared Dreams, Bright Futures”.

According to organisers, the event, billed as the biggest diaspora event ever addressed by Modi abroad, the live audience will be the largest for an Indian Prime Minister in North America and the largest for a foreign leader visiting the US, other than the Pope.

Titled ‘Howdy Modi’, the event on September 22, will be hosted by the Texas India Forum.

Neeraj Singh, a student who was born and brought up in the US, is planning to attend the event.

“I haven’t yet registered for the event and now it is on the wait-list already,” he said. “But I am hoping to register just to see for real the address of this Prime Minister who is often the subject of dinner time conversations in my family. “We have lived in the US for decades now, but it is crazy that the amount of time my family discusses Indian politics is much more than they discuss American politics.” Organisers were doing everything from free registration to free parking

to ensure that attendees reach the venue in historic numbers, The American Bazaar reported.

Meanwhile, Manisha Kumar, a resident of Sugarland, Texas, said there was a frenzy in her neighbourhood over Modi’s visit unlike anything she had ever witnessed before.There are more than 130,000 individuals of Indian origin in the Houston area, according to the American Community Survey in 2017. This will be Modi’s second trip to Houston, where he had earlier taken part in the ground-breaking ceremony of the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir.

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US states declare emergency over hurricane Dorian Washington, Aug 30 (IANS): The US states of Florida and Georgia have declared a state of emergency as the powerful hurricane Dorian is expected to hit the region in the days ahead.

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida on Thursday expanded the state of emergency declaration he issued for 26 counties to one that covers all of the 67 counties in the state “due to hurricane Dorian’s uncertain projected path”, Xinhua news agency reported.

“All residents, especially those along the east coast, need to be prepared for possible impacts,” DeSantis said in a statement.

DeSantis added that he has activated more than 2,500 Florida National Guard troops.

Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia declared a state of emergency in 12 counties in the southern coastal area of the state. Urging residents in Georgia “to be ready to move quickly,” Kemp said little is known about “the initial or the path that the storm will take”, but more information will come within the next 24 hours.

“There’s a lot of moving parts right now that

our counterparts in Florida are dealing with, and then we’re also preparing as well for whatever happens,” he added. According to the latest forecast by the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) issued at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dorian, now near the Bahamas, is still a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 km per hour. It is moving northwestward near 20 km per hour. The NHC expected Dorian to strengthen to a Category 4 hurricane with peak winds of 209 km per hour by Sunday, possibly making landfall by September 2 in the east coast of Florida.

According to forecasters, Dorian could be the strongest direct hit to Florida’s east coast since hurricane Andrew in 1992.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he decided to cancel a planned trip to Poland during the weekend and stay in Washington “to ensure that all resources of the federal government are focused on the coming storm”. Speaking at the Rose Garden of the White House, Trump said Vice President Mike Pence will travel in his place.

Hong Kong, Aug 30 (IANS): Three prominent Hong Kong democracy activists, including Joshua Wong who was one of the main leaders of the Umbrella Revolution in 2014, were arrested on Friday for their involvement in an unlawful assembly, the police said.

Wong, pro-independence activist Agnes Chow and campaigner Andy Chan are seen as key figureheads of anti-government movements in Hong Kong over recent years. Their arrests come on the eve of a proposed mass protest that has been banned by police.

Wong was arrested on three charges of organizing, inciting and taking part in an illegal assembly during a siege of police headquarters on June 21, when demonstrators demanded a complete withdrawal of a now-shelved extradition bill and an exoneration of those arrested in previous clashes.

Chow was detained on charges of inciting and taking part in the same assembly, the South China Morning Post reported.

They were later released on bail, according to the BBC.

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Independence campaigner Chan was arrested on Thursday night on suspicion of rioting and assaulting a police officer during a protest. He was stopped from boarding a plane leaving for Tokyo at Hong Kong airport.

These activists are among 900 people arrested since protests began in June.

Wong -- who served time in jail for his role in the 2014 Occupy movement -- was detained on his way to a metro station, while Chow was arrested at her home in Tai Po. They are leaders of the pro-democracy outfit Demosisto, which has been campaigning for democratic self-determination in Hong Kong.

A third member of the party, Ivan Lam Long-yin, was charged with inciting others to take part in an unauthorized assembly.

He was said to be out of town and did not show up at court.

Sha Tin District Council member Rick Hui Yui-yu was also arrested on suspicion of obstructing officers in the execution of their duty in relation to the July 14 clashes at a shopping mall in the area, the police said.

In a Facebook post, Demosisto called the arrests a “political operation” and warned that they could lead to “a deadly situation that is more difficult to resolve”.

August 31 marks the fifth anniversary of Beijing’s stringent “831 Decision” on Hong Kong’s democratic reforms.

Protesters had planned to launch another mass demonstration before they were banned by police.

The arrests come after the police earlier this week rejected the Civil Human Rights Front’s plan to march from Central to Beijing’s liaison office in Sai Ying Pun on Saturday.

Trump formally launches Warfare Pakistan observes Kashmir Hour to express ‘solidarity’ Command to assert supremacy Washington, Aug 30 (PTI): President Donald Trump has formally launched the US Space Command, which he said will ensure that America’s dominance in space is “never threatened,” amidst advances made by countries like Russia and China.

The command’s establishment comes as the US has grown increasingly concerned about threats to its satellites from countries like Russia and China.

“Those who wish to harm the United States, to seek to challenge us on the ultimate high ground of space, it’s going to be a whole different ballgame,” he said on Thursday at a White House ceremony marking the command’s establishment.

Describing the establishment of the 11th Combatant Command as a landmark moment, Trump said it recognises the centrality of space to America’s national security and defence.

Gen John W Raymond will be the commander of

Judge refuses to halt UK Parliament suspension plans L o n d o n, Au g 3 0 (IANS): A Scottish judge on Friday refused to order a temporary halt to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to temporarily suspend the UK Parliament.

A group of 75 parliamentarians were seeking an interim interdict - similar to an injunction - at the Court of Session ahead of a full hearing, the BBC reported.

Their request was declined by Lord Doherty, who said he was not satisfied there was a “cogent need” for an interdict.

But the full hearing will now be heard on September 3, instead of September 6.

Lord Doherty told the court that it was in the interest of justice, and in the public interest, that the case proceeds sooner rather than later. The refusal comes two days after Johnson on Wednesday announced he would suspend Parliament from mid-September, a week after MPs reconvene on September 3 following the summer recess, until October 14, when there would be a Queen’s Speech.

The new flag for US Space Command is unveiled during a ceremony with President Trump.

the US Space Command, which has been established as the 11th Unified Combatant Command of the American armed forces.

The command will initially consist of just 287 personnel and its final location has yet to be determined.

Its responsibilities will be transferred primarily from US Strategic Command, according to CNN. “It’s a big deal. As the newest combatant command, SPACECOM will defend America’s vital interests in space -- the next war-

fighting domain,” Trump, also the Commander-inChief of the US military, said.

“SpaceCom will ensure that America’s dominance in space is never threatened,” he said.

“This is a landmark day, one that recognises the centrality of space to America’s security and defence,” he said.

The Trump administration has identified Russia and China as the countries who pose threat to the United States in space.

Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS): Pakistan on Friday observed “Kashmir Hour”, with the national anthems of the country and “Azad Ja m mu a n d K a s h m i r ” (AJK) being played nationwide to express “solidarity” with Kashmiris.

This comes amid tensions between the two neighbours over India’s revocation of special status for Jammu and Kashmir.

Sirens blared across Pakistan as the clock struck noon and traffic signals turned red on all thoroughfares of the federal capital.

Civilians and traffic stood still at 12 p.m. with chants of “Kashmir Banega Pakistan”.

Education institutions, government and private offices, banks, traders, lawyers and military authorities took part in the various events in support of the people of “Indian occupied Kashmir” (IoK).

In Islamabad, the main event was held outside the Prime Minister’s Office where a flag-waving and slogan-shouting crowd was addressed by Prime Minister Imran Khan, Dawn newspaper reported.

Brazil bars land-clearing fires for 60 days

The decree published in the Official Gazette on Thursday is aimed at avoiding new outbreaks of fires at a time when authorities are starting to control the blazes.

B r a s i l i a , Au g 3 0 (IANS): Brazil’s government published a decree that prohibits for 60 days the use of fire to clear land for crops and cattle grazing in the Amazon region, which is suffering its worst blazes in recent years.

The decree published in the Official Gazette on Thursday is aimed at avoiding new outbreaks of fires at a time when authorities are starting to control the blazes that have torched the planet’s largest rainforest over the past three weeks and alarmed the international community, Efe news reported. Deforestation and field burning - common practices even among indigenous communities - are used to prepare land for agriculture and ranching and are allowed in the Amazon

under certain laws that will be suspended over the next 60 days. Brazil’s government, which is responsible for nearly 70 percent of the Amazon’s roughly 7 million sq km (2.7 million sq. miles), said Wednesday that the amount of fire hotspots has started to decline but did not present data for the entire region. Authorities only offered concrete statistics for the northwestern state of Rondonia, which borders Bolivia, a country whose Amazon region also has been affected by the blazes.

Those figures indicated that the number of fire hotspots observed in Rondonia fell from 400 to 24 between Monday and Tuesday, a reduction attributed to firefighting efforts

by Brazil’s armed forces.

Brazilian President Jair Bol-

sonaro last Friday ordered the deployment of military personnel to fight the blazes throughout the Amazon region. According to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), a research unit of Brazil’s Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication Ministry, a total of 71,497 forest fires have been detected in Brazil in the first eight months of this year, up 83 percent from the same period of 2018.

More than half of those blazes were located in the country’s Amazon region, the INPE said. Brazil’s most prominent environmentalist said Monday that the failure to protect the environment and an outdated approach to economic development are the main factors behind the fiery “holocaust” raging in the Amazon region.

Civilians and traffic stood still at 12 p.m. with chants of ‘Kashmir Banega Pakistan’.

“Today, all of Pakistan, wherever there are Pakistanis, whether they are our students, or shopkeepers or labourers - today all of us are standing with our Kashmiris. Our Kashmiris are going through a very tough time. Approximately 8 million Kashmiris for the last four weeks have been locked under curfew,” said the cricketer-turnedpolitician.

He said that the pur-

13 killed, 70 wounded in Yemen fighting: UN U n i t e d Nat i o n s, Aug 30 (IANS): Preliminary reports said 13 people were killed and at least 70 others wounded in clashes in Yemen’s Aden and Abyan governorates in the past two days, a UN spokesman said.

Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said on Thursday that streets in Aden are empty and flights to and from the airport are temporarily suspended, Xinhua news agency reported.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Lise Grande on Thursday called on everyone who is fighting to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law.

She also repeated her appeal for support to the humanitarian response in Yemen. Dujarric said this year’s humanitarian response plan requires 4.2 billion U.S. dollars, but only 34 percent is funded.

The program assists more than 20 million Yemenis, including 10 million people who have relied entirely on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs, he said.

pose of today was to send a message from Pakistan that “until Kashmiris get their freedom we would continue to stand with them”.

“We will stand with them till the last breath.”

Khan said that he conveyed to all foreign leaders that if the international community “does not stand up to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘fascist government’, the effect would be felt in the whole

world”.

“We will run a worldwide campaign involving overseas Pakistanis, international human rights organisations and activists, celebrities, and influencers. We will inform them of the situation in IoK and they can help turn the world’s attention to this grave humanitarian crisis,” he added.

Khan reiterated that if India planned to take any action in Kashmir, then “ev-

ery brick will be countered with a stone”.

“Forget the media; they did not let even (Indian) opposition leaders go to Srinagar,” said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader.

Small and large rallies were held across the country by citizens, lawyers, and people from other walks of life.

Various leaders took part in these events including Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.

Another event was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr where President Arif Alvi addressed the crowd, saying: “The government of Pakistan and people are standing with Kashmiris.”

According to the Railway Ministry, all trains were to stop for a minute and all railway workers took part in Kashmir Hour events.

Flags, badges and other items depicting “Kashmir solidarity” were distributed among people, particularly youth and children across the country.

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Arju Autumn Fest in Tuli from Oct 10

Director, CECS, Subonenba Longkumer (4th from Right), along with various performers for the Arju Autumn Fest, during the press conference. (NP)

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ommunity Educational Centre Society (CECS) is all set to organise the first ever Arju Autumn Fest Tuli to be held at Rajeshwari Karuna School (RKS), Tuli from October 10 to 11.

This was announced at a press conference held at Banquet Hall, Hotel Acacia, Dimapur on Friday by director CECS, Subonenba Longkumer alongside various other artistes and performers.

It was disclosed that RKS, portraying an Arju will bring about an ultimatum platform for youths in particular and for all enthusiastic community, both young and old, to strive and participate in

various activities, besides displaying their talents.

“The fest will be unprecedented, unique and extravagant in comparison to other celebratory event”, remarked Subo.

An Arju (Ao dialect), is a “Bachelors’ Hall”, where ancestral wisdom and knowledge about tradition, society and skills were discussed and learned during the olden days.

The fest is pictured to create an avenue besides entertainment, a platform to promote untapped talents, local entrepreneurs, tourism and more so as a knowledge hub.

Asked on why the event is being held at Tuli, Subo stated that while

rest of major events and festivals were either held at Dimapur or Kohima, the Arju Autumn Fest is to be hosted at Tuli, so as to be a breather for those enthusiastic fans, wanting to explore and visit other places of the state.

The director further mentioned that the festival is envisioned to promote tourism and to support local entrepreneur and also to boost local economy.

It aims to see a segment where various educational institutions, corporate sectors and government departments would be able to promote them.

In regards to visitors from outside Tuli, it informed that certain number

GoT stars Clarke, Leslie on Indian adventure

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ame of Thrones stars Emilia Clarke and Rose Leslie are in India, and they are enjoying their stay in the country crediting it for giving “brain altering joy”. Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen in the fantasy series, took to Instagram on Friday to share a series of the photographs

from her India visit along with Leslie, who was seen as Ygritte in the show.

“NAMASKAR India,” Clarke wrote as she began her post. It seems Clarke stayed at the Ananda resort in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.

The actress, who had earlier confessed that her grandmother was half In-

dian, shared a glimpse of her vacation, which included lighting a diya at one of the ghats, getting robbed by monkeys at her hotel room, experiencing peace by visiting Indian temples.

She also shared how she is spending time during her getaways -- by reading a couple of books. (IANS)

TaFMA “Open House” Wokha was launched on August 29 at Hotel Hornbill & Restaurant. TaFMA is an initiative of the government of Nagaland under Music and Arts policy to promote the musicians at the grass root level in a cafe cultures which can nurture new talents and also provide platforms for local musicians of all ages and genres. Dedicatory prayer was offered by associate pastor WTBC, Rev. Khonbemo K Kikon while the first song was performed by Bravo School of Music.

of outdoor tents would be made available for booking and also guest houses available nearby the fest venue.

Some of the major events for the festival are battle of the bands, indigenous games, Ao Naga museum, volleyball tournament, ATV ride, zip lining, etc. and various performances featuring Incipit, Dreamz Unlimited, Sunep Lemtur, Zuchobeni Tungoe, Mengu Suokhrie, Toshimoa Jamir, Imli K Imchen and other local artistes and many others.

For battle of the bands, deadline for registration had been postponed till September 3 and 6, as per participants’ request.

Lana Del has started writing her next album ‘White Hot Forever’

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ana Del Rey has revealed that she has started on her next album, ‘White Hot Fever’, with a release date slated for next year.

The singer released her sixth album ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’ today (August 30), which NME has hailed as “stunning”, but already has her sights set on what’s next. “I’ve already written parts of it,” the musician told The Times of her next album. “It’s called White Hot Forever, I feel like it probably will be a surprise release sometime within the 12 or 13 months.

“I’m really excited right now. I don’t want to take a break,” she added, saying that she wasn’t done yet with finding “special little melodies”.

Yesterday Del Rey unveiled a new video for her cover of Sublime’s ‘Doin’ Time’, which features on ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’ In it, she poses as a Godzilla-type figure towering over the skyscrapers of Los Angeles and hot-footing her way down to Venice Beach. Watch it below.

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Audition for Dimapur and adjoining areas will be held on September 3 at Banquet Hall, Hotel Acacia, Dimapur and for Tuli and adjoining areas will be on September 6. On spot registration would also be made available.

Prize pool for the beat contest will be Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 25,000 for winners and runners up, respectively, along with gift hampers and also an audio recording deal. Addressing the media person, manager Incipit, Moanungsang stated that the festival is an ice breaking challenge for the organizing team and said that CECS has taken a bold step in organising the festival.

He opined that the festival is not just a venue of coming together to be entertained, but rather as an event where youngsters can come forward and showcase their talents and also promote themselves in various ways and means.

For more information and queries regarding the festival, one can contact helpline number at 8787546811 or 7005725271, or log on to www.cecsociety.org or email at arjuautumnfesttuli2019@gmail.com.

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Jubal Centre for Music & Arts inaugurated at Pfutsero

TaFMA advisor, Theja Meru along with the members of Jubal Centre for Music and Arts at Pfutsero on Friday. (NP)

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ubal Centre for Music and Arts was inaugurated at Pfutsero under Phek district on Friday. The launching program was held at the TT Stadium, Pfutsero, with advisor of Task Force for Music and Arts (TaFMA), Theja Meru as the guest speaker.

Speaking at the occasion, Meru attributed the gift of music to God while recognizing the town as having inspired Methanielie Jutakhrie’s hit song “Pfütsero” and thanked the caretakers of the town, which is the highest altitude town in the state.

Meru disclosed that the Chief Minister of Nagaland has concerns for the younger generation which has pioneered the setting of TaFMA. Highlighting the various activities like the district wise Open House,

the upcoming rock contest, the Nagaland Choir Olympics, etc. the guest speaker also encouraged the talented youths of the district to take advantage of the activities of TaFMA. He dwelt on the abundance of talent in the state and termed music as the soft power of Nagaland, and how the department has been working towards uplifting and promoting every talent in the state.

The advisor also appreciated the Jubal Centre for incorporating traditional music instruments in its curriculum. The centre was the brainchild of four young dynamic musicians, who came together sensing the need to have a proper Centre for Music and Arts at their own district, and to provide opportunity to young and talented music lovers to hone their skills at

par excellence. Khrowutso Letro (Director), Wekhro-ü Thele (Administrator), Wepu Puro (Secretary), and Mesezü Venuh (Coordinator), all have a background in music, where two of them are members and also members of Nagaland Chamber Choir.

The centre aims to develop the highest quality of musical knowledge to enhance students’ creativity through learning music; develop students’ capabilities in all aspects of discipline, equip and empower every student by identifying their musical potentials, engage in regular choir practice to perform in church, social and musical events and focus on promoting and preserving the indigenous culture, traditions, and arts through various research activities. (Correspondent)

Nagaland’s beauty mesmerized Zeenat Aman

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eteran actress Zeenat Aman has said she is mesmerized by the beauty and cleanliness of Nagaland. She added that Northeastern state is full of talent -- be it in music, painting or other art forms.

“I have visited Nagaland and it is such a beautiful place. The people there are warm, lovely and friendly in nature. I have to say that there is so much of talent there -- be it music, painting or other arts forms” said Zeenat, while interacting with the media when she came out to support Former Miss Nagaland 2012 Imlibenla Wati during a special non-commercial photo shoot on Thursday in Mumbai.

“Nagaland is one of the cleanest places in India. It’s very beautiful and scenic. People there take pride Zeenat Aman and Imlibenla Wati in keeping everything neat and clean.

Imlibenla Wati has represented They decorate their houses by planting trees and flowers so, I have fond India at the Miss Asia Pacific World memories of places I have visited in 2016 pageant in China, while Zeenat won the title of Miss Asia Pacific Nagaland,” she added.

in 1970. Praising Imlibenla for her achievements, Zeenat said: “I was so happy to meet this young lady (Imlibenla Wati). She has won many competitions like Miss Nagaland 2014, Miss India Elite 2015, Miss Super Talent World 2016 and Miss Asia Pacific India, so it’s very relevant because I was the first person to win Miss Asia. I think she is very beautiful, intelligent and softspoken.”

Zeenat Aman was one of the top actresses of the seventies and the eighties, and she starred in numerous blockbusters of that era, including “Hare Rama Hare Krishna”, “Don”, “Yaadon Ki Baaraat”, “Dharam Veer”, “Qurbani” and “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” among many others.

Asked what she feels about portrayal of Indian women in Hindi films in recent times, she said: “Honestly speaking, I haven’t watched a lot movies recently, so I cannot give you a comment on what’s happening.”

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“Sang at church last night. God is pulling me through a hard season.

Having trust in Jesus at your worst times is the absolute hardest. But he is faithful to complete what he started. I also want to thank my wife for being such a huge support in my life through this season.. it says in the bible count it all joy when you face trials of various kinds.

“Sounds insane considering when you face trials you feel terrible. But if we are grateful and worship God for what we do have in that season there is so much power in that... whatever pain you are going through just keep telling yourself ‘this won’t last’ Love you guys we in this together,” he wrote.

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finished behind Gorsa by just 0.2 point.

Rajput had qualified for the final in second place (1,180), following a successful appeal by India after a scoring equipment malfunction.

He began the first kneeling position poorly but recovered well to move up to fifth after 10 shots.

By the end of the 15th and final shot in the position he was at fourth, which he maintained till

Chennaiyin FC sign winger Chhangte

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Chennai, Aug 30 (IANS): Chennaiyin FC have roped in 22-yearold winger Lallianzuala Chhangte on a permanent deal, the Indian Super League (ISL) club said in a statement.

The current India international put pen to paper on a long-term contract with the club, after a two-year spell with Delhi

Dynamos FC and a recent trial with Norwegian topflight club Viking FK. “Chennaiyin FC are one of the biggest clubs in India with a rich history in the Indian Super League. I am elated to join them as they celebrate the completion of five glorious years.

It is my ambition to add to their success and achieve a lot in the seasons to come.

NYK Dimapur observes national sports day

DIMA P U R , AUG 3 0 (NPN): Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) Dimapur observed the National Sports Day on August 29.

JS Kooner, State Director, NYKS Nagaland, who graced the programme, spoke on the importance of fitness and the role of youth. He also encouraged the gathering to adopt a healthy living for a healthy lifestyle.

A panel discussion on the role of youth volunteer in Fitness Campaign was

led by K. Phyobemo Lotha, UNV- District Youth Coordinator, NYK, Dimapur, who was of the view that being fit and sound enhances productivity and create more opportunity in one’s endeavours. The three panellists were, National Youth Volunteer Longshithung Kikon, Tarepyangla Ao and MSW Intern, Imlisunep.

The programme was attended by National Youth Volunteers, Youth Club members and NYKS officials.

PGC observes Fit India Movement Dimapur, Aug 30 (Agencies): Phek Government College (PGC) observed the launch of Fit India Movement along with the rest of the country on August 29.

The college’s fraternity and the students also watched the live telecast of Prime Minister’s flagship fitness program, Fit India, after a brief introduction by the principal in the college’s hall.

With a mission to uphold the tenet of the fitness movement, Phek Government College plans to incorporate physical exercises during the college’s assemblies and to organise regular health workshops. The college’s sports committee was also changed to sports and physical health club.

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Personally too, I feel Chennaiyin is the right destination for me to further my development.

“The coach (John Gregory) has shown a lot of trust in me. I am keen to repay that and help the club get back to its rightful place at the top,” said Chhangte from Goa, where he is currently with the India senior team, preparing for the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Oman and Qatar.

Hailing from the town of Lunglei in Mizoram, Chhangte’s star began shining brightly when he was picked by the DSK Shivajians Liverpool International Football Academy in 2014.

He impressed in the 2014-15 U-19 I-League, where he top-scored with 16 goals, as he also went on to train briefly at the Liverpool youth academy in England.

The Mizo speedster subsequently represented the India U-19 and U-23 sides, with a loan spell at ISL side NorthEast United FC during the 2016 campaign.

Chhangte was then drafted in by Delhi Dynamos, where he played in the previous two ISL seasons and registered eight goals and four assists in 36 appearances.

the end of the second prone position series of 15 shots.

He still had some ground to cover and responded with a brilliant standing position series - a 10.9 on the 36th and an encore on the 43rd, putting him in contention for gold.

Had he shot better than the 8.8, Rajput could have won his second ISSF World Cup gold medal.

However, the effort was good enough for Rajput to join India’s other quota holders Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela, Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rahi Sarnobat and Manu Bhaker.

The World Cup and Commonwealth Games gold medallist shot 392 in kneeling, 398 in prone and 390 in standing to make it to the eight-man finals.

China’s Changhong Zhang topped the qualifications with a total of 1,181.

Among the other Indians competing in the event, Chain Singh finished 49th with 1161, Parul Kumar was 57th with 1148.

Only five shooters were eligible to win Olympic quota in the event.

Lewandowski to stay with Bayern till 2023 Berlin, Aug 30 (IANS): Robert Lewandowski has agreed to stay with Bayern Munich till June 2023, the German record champions have confirmed in an official statement.

Penning a contract extension, the 31-year-old striker from Poland has committed his future to the “Bavarians” till June 2023, Xinhua news agency reported.

“Robert is for me the best striker in the world and for years a cornerstone of our team... We are very happy that he will play for Bayern for a long time,” Bayern Munich’s CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Thursday. Lewandowski joined Bayern in the summer of 2014 and immediately made an impact as he scored 197 goals in overall 246 competitive encounters.

Since joining the defending champions, Lewandowski lifted the top-scorer trophy three times (2016, 2018, 2019). In addition, he clinched the “FCB” five Bundesliga titles (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) and the German Cup twice (2016, 2019).

L o n d o n, Au g 3 0 (Agencies): Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino reveals he will continue at Spurs following Sunday’s north London derby, saying exit rumours are “stupid”.

Spurs suffered their first defeat of the season at home to Newcastle on Sunday, losing 1-0 to a Joelinton strike at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, bringing Pochettino under some criticism.

The Argentinian had also expressed his dislike of the English transfer window closing date and said it left his squad unsettled until the European deadline on September 2.

However, when asked if he will leave after facing Arsenal, Pochettino replied, “What can I say about a stupid rumour?”

“After five years now I start my sixth season.

You know how we worked this summer to rebuild and update because from each summer, version 2.0, 3.0 now we’re version 6.0 MP software. That stupidity can happen through some rumour sending to social media that creates a big, big problem that doesn’t exist.”

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“I will not walk away after Sunday’s game. I will be working Monday and Tuesday and then going away for a few days and coming back to meet Daniel [Levy] and watch some internationals.”

Pochettino continued to confirm his stability at the club by saying he still has a strong relationship with chairman Levy, and revealed the pair went for dinner on Thursday night along with assistant coach Jesus Perez.

He said, “We were at dinner in London. It was very good. We talked about everything. We needed that conversation, very positive.”

“The most important thing is to help the team on the pitch and make sure the communication is clear. I hope that I can extend my life here. Sure it’s good for us and good for the club. In the end, it’s in the hands of the players and the results, and the last word will be with Daniel.”

Liverpool get kind Champions League draw

Sanchez completes loan move to Inter Real Madrid to face PSG in group stage; Tottenham face Bayern Munich MANCHESTER, Aug 30 (Agencies): Manchester United’s Chile forward Alexis Sanchez has joined Inter Milan on a seasonlong loan, the clubs said on Thursday.

The deal runs until June 30, 2020 and comes after a disappointing spell for the 30-year-old at Old Trafford. Sanchez joined United from Premier League rivals Arsenal in January 2018 as part of a swap deal for Henrikh Mkhitaryan but has failed to make an impact, scoring five goals in 45 appearances in all competitions for the club.

“Manchester United and Internazionale have agreed a loan deal for Alexis Sanchez,” United said in a brief statement on their website here “We wish Alexis well for his season-long loan.”

Italian media reported this week that United would continue to pay part of Sanchez’s wages at Inter and that there was no obligation to make the move permanent at the end of the season.

Sanchez will join up with Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku who left United for Inter this month in a deal reported to have cost the Serie A club around 80 million euros ($89.15 million).

Nyon, Aug 30 (Agencies): Holders Liverpool received a relatively kind draw for this season’s Champions League group stage but 13-times European champions Real Madrid were pitted against Kylian Mbappe and Paris St Germain.

Ju e r ge n K l o p p ’s side, who beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in June’s final to win their sixth European Cup, will face Serie A’s Napoli, Austria’s Salzburg and Belgian side Genk.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane will return to his homeland France for a clash with PSG in Group A which also features Club Brugge and Galatasaray.

The draw produced two fascinating groups which should deliver a real battle for qualification with Barcelona facing Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan and Slavia Prague in Group F. Group D is also a mouth-watering prospect with Italian champions Juventus taking on Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Lokomotiv Moscow.

Last year’s runners-up Tottenham Hotspur face German champions Bayern Munich as well as Greek side Olympiakos and Serbia’s Red Star Belgrade in Group B.

Murray knocked out in Mallorca

Andy Murray

Mallorca, Aug 30 (Agencies): Andy Murray was knocked out of the Rafa Nadal Open on Thursday as Matteo Viola won the biggest match of his career in three sets.

Mur ray, who was continuing his comeback from hip surgery, had dispatched teenager Imran Sibille and Norbert Gombos at the ATP Challenger Tour event.

But the Scot, currently

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ranked 329th in the world, lost 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3) to 32year-old Viola, who broke Murray five times to seal a famous win.

"I'm cramping. Very tired," said Murray after his defeat by world No 240 Viola. "I would have liked to have played more matches but it was good.

I played two competitive matches. Physically I need to get better."

The former world No

1 competing on the circuit for the first time since 2005 started strongly by winning the opening set, but Viola, who reached a career-high 118 in 2018, held his nerve to send the match into a deciding set.

Murray appeared to struggle on serve and took a couple of injury timeouts as the match headed into a tie-break. The three-time major winner had a look of frustration on his face which was summed up when he double-faulted on match point.

Viola will next face Blaz Kavcic, a Slovenian ranked 239th in the world.

Murray returned to the courts in June playing doubles, including Wimbledon, before pulling out of the doubles at the US Open to concentrate on his singles career.

He had lost in the first round of Cincinnati and Winston-Salem before taking the decision to compete on the second-tier Challenger Tour for the first time since 2005.

Wesley Sneijder performs the draw for Champions League group stage in Monaco.

Liverpool played Napoli at the same stage last season, losing 1-0 in Naples before securing a place in the next round with Mohamed Salah scoring the only goal in the win at Anfield.

“Napoli are obviously a very experienced side and their coach Carlo Ancelotti has won the competition,” said Klopp, referring to his triumphs with AC Milan and Real Madrid.

“I will need now to have another, closer look at Genk and Salzburg, but I already know they are very young, very exciting and very fresh, so it will be interesting, 100

percent,” he said.

Two of Liverpool’s squad, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita, have played for Salzburg, who are managed by American Jesse Marsch.

Liverpool, beaten by Real Madrid in the 2018 final, are looking to becoming the first English team to reach three consecutive Champions League/European Cup finals.

In the past two seasons, Liverpool have scored more goals and won more games than any other team in the competition.

It remains to be seen if PSG’s Brazil forward Ney-

mar, linked with Real and Barca, will be at the club when the Parisians take on Madrid. Real eliminated PSG in the last 16 in 2018.

Chelsea have a tricky test in Group H where they face last season’s semifinalists Ajax Amsterdam along with Spain’s Valencia and French club Lille.

Premier League champions Manchester City will feel happy with their draw in Group C which puts them up against Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb and Italy’s Atalanta, who are in the group stage for the first time.

LOTHA PUBLIC ORGANISATION REAFFIRM TO SUPPORT NAGA POLITICAL SOLUTION. While acknowledging the Government of India and the NSCN-IM for signing the historic Indo-Naga framework agreement, and also recognizing the uniqueness of the Naga history and its situation. The Lotha Public Organisation strongly urges both the negotiating parties to sort out an acceptable and honourable Political settlement at the earliest possible time so as to achieve the long dreams felt and desire by the Nagas.

Further, the LPO appeals to the Government of India to concede and respect the NSCN core demands for Naga Flag and its Constitution (YEZHABO) of the Nagas in the ambit of the Framework Agreement, which will positively usher clear message and manifestation of pride and identity to the Nagas.

Meanwhile, LPO is confident that, the message delivered by the Indo-Naga peace interlocutor Shri R.N Ravi will expedite the Naga political settlement within three months period, as assured to the Nagas. LPO presume that, Shri R.N Ravi will understand the core Naga issue and play a proactive role at this crucial hour with equitable and logical solution.

LPO stressed that, after long decades of peace negotiations under the leadership of Lt. Chairman Isak Chishi Swu and the current chief negotiator Th. Muivah, the government of India and the NSCN-IM signed the hard earned historic framework agreement. Therefore, LPO acknowledged the two prominent leaders and the principal organization representing the peace talks and has intense confidence that, NSCN-IM under the leadership of Th. Muviah will bring the Naga political solution which will be acceptable and honourable to the Nagas.

Further, the LPO call upon the Naga people to remain united and appealed to all Naga Political groups to come together by forgetting all the past issue in the interest of the Nagas at large.

(SULANTHUNG HUMTSOE) Chairman Lotha Public Organisation

(ZAREMO KIKON) General Secretary Lotha Public Organization

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Rio de Janeiro, Aug 30 (PTI): Sanjeev Rajput secured India’s eighth Olympic quota in shooting with a silver medal finish in the men’s 50m rifle, 3 positions, event at the World Cup here on Thursday.

Thirty-eight-year-old Rajput shot 462.0 in the eight-man finals, finishing second behind Petar Gorsa of Croatia (462.2).

Gorsa won the Olympic quota in air rifle. China’s Zhang Changhong clinched the bronze medal.

Rajput, a former Indian Navy marksman from Haryana’s Yamuna Nagar, could have won gold but for a poor last shot. This could have been his second World Cup gold after the he won one in 2011.

Rajput had been denied a chance to compete in the Rio Olympics after his quota had been exchanged for a shotgun spot by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).

The Navy marksman staged a remarkable comeback after a poor start in the finals.

His first three shots were in the 9s. However, a 8.8 final shot meant he

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NEW YORK, Aug 30 (Agencies): Naomi Osaka continued her bid for a second straight U.S. Open title with a business-like 6-3 6-4 win over Magda Linette on Thursday to book her place in the third round.

After struggling with nerves in her gruelling firstround match, Osaka was calm and collected on Louis Armstrong Stadium court, smacking 13 winners and playing stout defence to dispatch Poland’s Linette.

After a one-sided first set, trouble brewed for the world number one when Linette raced out to a 3-0 lead in the second on a sunsoaked court.

But the 21-year-old Japanese kept her composure and battled back, hitting a deft volley on match point to seal the win before an adoring crowd includ-

ing former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick and former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant.

“Going into this match I was very calm, because I was thinking there is no way my nerves could be worse than they were the day before,” Osaka told reporters.

“For me, I also had that comfortably of knowing I have played Magda before.

I’ve never played (first-round opponent Anna) Blinkova before, so there is also that added stress not knowing what she can do.”

“For me, that stress was taken away today, because I have played Magda in Australia most recently, which was a hard court. So, yeah, I came in pretty confident with my abilities, and I think that showed a little bit.”

Osaka, who took the

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tennis world by storm when she followed up her breakthrough win at Indian Wells last year with victories at the U.S. and Australian Opens, said she was learning to deal with the pressure that comes with being at the top of the sport.

“I’m not really thinking too much anymore,” she said.

“I used to think about

Navarro fined $40,000 after retiring in 1st round The U.S. Open fined Carla Suarez Navarro $40,000 on Thursday for violating the First Round Performance Rule.

The 30-year-old Spaniard retired after losing the first set of her first-round match against qualifier Timea Babos 6-2, citing back issues.

“After reviewing reports from Medical Staff and Grand Slam Supervisors, the determination was made that Carla Suarez Navarro did not perform to the required

AIFF ‘D’ license course held in Manipur

AIFF ‘D’ license instructor N. William Koso along with football coaches and others during the ‘D’ license course in Imphal.

Ko h i m a , Au g 3 0 (NPN): The All India Football Federation “D” License course, organised by All Manipur Football Association, was held from August 25-30 at Khuman Lampak main stadium in Imphal, Manipur.

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eration D License Instructor N William Koso from Nagaland was the course instructor during the six-day long license course for football coaches held under All India Football Federation.

A total of 24 participants including Razoukhrienuo Agnes from

everything. I used to think if I have this amount of points, I can stay No. 1 or I can get into this tournament or whatever.”

“The me right now just wants to play really good tennis. For me, that’s the foundation of getting to the top.”

Next up for Osaka is 15-year-old American wildcard Coco Gauff who

edged past Hungarian qualifier Timea Babos 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in a match that lasted two hours and 21 minutes.

With the win, Gauff became the youngest woman to reach the last 32 at Flushing Meadows since Anna Kournikova’s run to the round of 16 in 1996.

“We were both just testing each other,” Gauff said on court after the match, crediting her opponent. “I think if I didn’t win that last point, then maybe she would have won. It was that kind of match.”

Meanwhile, in women’s singles, former world No. 1 Simona Halep was shocked by 23-year-old qualifier Taylor Townsend at the Flushing Meadows as the Romanian was defeated 6-2, 3-6, 6-7 (4) to crash out of the competition.

“I never played with someone coming so often to the net,” Halep said. “I didn’t miss much. It’s unbelievable.”

Nagaland took part in the course.

Professor Dr. Nandabir Singh, RIIMS Medical College took class on diet and nutrition, first aid and hygiene in sports, while ex AFC referee instructor Jadavchandra took class on laws of the game.

professional standards,” tournament referee Soeren Friemel said in a statement.

Suarez Navarro, the 28th seed, said on Twitter on Thursday that she had had “not the easiest weeks” this year due to back pain but did not directly refer to the fine.

“We made our best effort to be ready and play our heart out, but it got really worse during my opening match in New York,” she wrote. “Sad to leave this way from events I deeply appreciate.”

Ole laughs off talk of Ibrahimovic return to Man Utd L on d on , A u g 3 0 (Agencies): Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has laughed off the idea that Zlatan Ibrahimovic could make a shock return to Manchester United.

Ibrahimovic will be out of contract at LA Galaxy in November, once the MLS season has ended, and stated in an interview earlier this week that he would be open to a return. Romelu Lukaku was sold to Inter Milan, while Alexis Sanchez has joined the Italian club on loan for the rest of the season, and Solskjaer has openly admitted that United are now short in attack.

Ibrahimovic spent 18 months at Old Trafford under previous manager Jose Mourinho and scored 28 goals in his first season in 2016/17. However, he then suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury and failed to recover his place in the side after Lukaku’s arrival, triggering his 2018 move to LA .

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Van Dijk named UEFA Player of the Year Monac o, Au g 3 0 (Agencies): Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk won the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award on Thursday, edging out Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Lucy Bronze took the women’s prize.

Dutchman Van Dijk starred as Liverpool won their sixth European Cup last season with a 2-0 Champions League final victory over Tottenham in Madrid.

“I need to thank my teammates, without them I would not have achieved what I have achieved,” Van Dijk told BT Sport.

“It’s been a long road and it’s part of my journey.

I’m very proud to get this trophy. It’s credit to everyone who has helped me.”

The 28-year-old is the first defender to win the award since the inaugural edition in 2010-11.

He moved to Liverpool from Southampton in January 2018 for a then-world record fee for a defender of £75 million ($91.4 million), immediately helping them reach that season’s Champions League final where they lost to Real Madrid.

But Van Dijk was a key figure as Liverpool won their first major trophy since 2012 last term, while also setting a club-record points tally in finishing second by a point behind

Virgil van Dijk with the award after winning the UEFA Men's Player of the Year.

Manchester City in the Premier League.

“I wasn’t 18 and went straight to the top. I had to work every step of the way,” added Van Dijk, who was also part of the Netherlands side who lost the inaugural Nations League final to Ronaldo’s Portugal.

Messi and Ronaldo had claimed five of the previous eight awards between them, with Andres Iniesta (2012), Franck Ribery (2013) and Luka Modric (2018) completing the winners’ list.

“It’s not easy but of course we have a good relationship,” said Ronaldo of Messi.

“We have not yet had dinner but it is nice. We push each other and it’s good to be part of the history of football.”

Ronaldo’s first season in Italy after joining Juventus from Real Madrid brought him a Serie A winners’ medal, but the Turin giants suffered a shock Champions League quarter-final loss to Ajax.

“It was a special year,” said the 34-year-old.

Full-back Bronze won the Women’s Champions League title with Lyon before helping England reach the women’s World Cup semi-finals.

“We had an amazing season, winning the treble,” said Bronze of Lyon’s exploits. “I think any of my teammates could have been up here receiving the award today.”

The 27-year-old Bronze is the first English player to win either of the UEFA player of the year titles.

YRS academy crowned state taekwondo champions

DYRS academy players along with the coach after receiving the award at IG Stadium, Kohima on Friday. (NP)

Correspondent Ko h i m a , Au g 3 0 (NPN): Department of Youth Resources and Sports (DYRS) academy emerged as the overall champions of the 32nd edition of the Nagaland State Taekwondo Championship organised

by Nagaland Taekwondo Association (NTA) at the IG Stadium, Kohima.

The overall champions grabbed 27 medals (22 gold, 4 silver and a bronze) while runner’s up Kohima District Taekwondo Association bagged 32 medals (12 Gold, 12 silver and 8

bronze). Dimapur district secured the third place with 33 medals (11 gold, 13 silver and 9 bronze).

President of Nagaland Taekwondo Association, Pele Khezhie handed the awards to the winners during the closing ceremony.

Ten teams namely-

Dimapur, Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire, Longlen, Peren, Kohima, Phek district and also one each from Department of Youth Resources and Sports and Police department participated in the two-day long championship.

England’s Rayudu does retirement U-turn India reach 72/2 at lunch on Day 1 of 2nd Test Anderson ruled Kingston, Aug 30 (PTI): India laboured their way to 72 for 2 under testing conditions after opener K L Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara were dismissed cheaply in the opening session of the second World Test Championship match against the West Indies on Friday.

Rahul and Pujara were out for 13 and 6 respectively after India were put into bat on a Sabina Park pitch which had some grass on it.

Captain Virat Kohli and the other opener Mayank Agarwal were batting at 41 off 99 balls and 5 off 30 deliveries respectively at the lunch break.

After West Indies captain Jason Holder opted to field, Rahul and Agarwal negotiated the first half an hour without taking any risk on a tricky pitch.

Opening bowlers Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel, however, could not get much movement from the pitch.

Holder introduced himself in the seventh over and immediately got the

Mayank Agarwal and captain Virat Kohli on Day 1 of the 2nd Test match between India and West Indies.

breakthrough by having the wicket of Rahul to break the 32-run opening stand.

It was a peach of a delivery which jagged away from middle stump with Rahul edging it to Rakheem Cor nwall at

first slip for a comfortable catch. Rahul hit two fours in his 26-ball innings.

Holder was getting the bounce and movement and debutant Cornwall made the Indians toil for runs with his tight off-spin bowling.

India were 36 for 1 in 13 overs at the drinks break.

Pujara, who came after Rahul's departure in the seventh over, struggled again as he took 15 deliveries to open his account and was finally out for 6 which came from 25 balls.

The bounce extracted by 26-year-old off-spinner Cornwall, who stands at 6ft and 5 inches and weights more than 140kg, did brought Pujara's downfall as he hit straight to the hands of Shamarh Brooks.

India were 46 for 2 in the 17th over at the fall of Pujara but Kohli and Agarwal ensured that the visiting side do not lose any further wicket. The duo added 26 runs in 13.1 overs for the unbroken third wicket.

Agarwal has so far hit five fours from the 99 balls, while Kohli's 5 came from 30 deliveries.

Brief score: India first innings: 72 for 2 in 30 overs (Mayank Agarwal 41; Jason Holder 1/7) vs West Indies

out of Ashes

Manchester, Aug 30 (IANS): Veteran pacer James Anderson has been ruled out of the rest of the Ashes and has been replaced

by Craig Overton in England's 13-man squad for the fourth Test at Old Trafford.

Apart from the addition of Overton, there is no other change to the England squad that played in the third Test in Leeds.

Overton is returning to the Test fold for the first time since March 2018. Anderson, on the other hand, had been recuperating from a calf injury that he picked up in the first Ashes Test. He bowled 20 overs on Tuesday for Lancashire XI's friendly game against Durham.

However, he experienced pain in his right calf and had to withdraw from the rest of the game. As a result, he was also ruled out of the rest of the two Ashes Tests.

The fourth Test starts on September 4, with the series level on 1-1 thanks to England's miraculous win in the third Test at Headingley.

Hyderabad, Aug 30 (Agencies): India batsman Ambati Rayudu has made a volte-face on his decision to retire and made himself available for Hyderbabd in domestic cricket, a senior official said on Friday.

Rayudu, 33, was not picked in India’s squad for the 50-over World Cup in England after being tipped as the team’s top choice for a middle-order batting spot.

He was not considered as a replacement even when India lost opener Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar to injuries, with Rishabh Pant and Mayank Agarwal called up instead, despite being named as one of the five stand-bys for the tournament.

A smarting Rayudu, who quit first-class cricket in 2018 to focus on his limited-overs career, announced last month he has retired from all forms of the game.

He has now informed the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) of his availability.

“He has withdrawn

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his retirement letter that he gave and said he’s available to play for HCA,” Ratnakar Shetty, a member of the committee in charge of the HCA administration, said.

Rayudu will be available to play the full season for Hyderabad and it was a “good” news for the team, Shetty added.

The middle-order batsman has played 55 one-day internationals for India, the last of them in March against Australia, and was part of the Chennai Super Kings franchise in the 2019 Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.

“It is great news for us.

I still believe he still has five years of cricket and groom youngsters which is more important for us. Last year without him, we struggled in Ranji Trophy,” HCA chief selector Noel David told Sportstar.

“Rayudu’s class and experience will prove to be very handy for Hyderabad and will surely have a major positive influence on the other players as he will be playing in all the formats. Hopefully he carries on the good work and leads from the front and I am confident of Rayudu getting support from all quarters.”

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