December 15, 2017

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Correspondent

KOHIMA, DEC 14 (NPN): Adding further momentum to the clamour for “solution before election” in the State, chief minister, T.R. Zeliang on Thursday moved a resolution in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) urging the Centre to resolve the vexed Naga political issue before the Assembly polls scheduled early next year.

The resolution, moved on the first day of the two-day Winter Session also called upon the Election Commission not to announce election schedule before a final solution was arrived at on the matter.

NLA further resolved to call upon all civil societies, tribal hohos, church and other organizations to cooperate with the State government on the matter.

The Assembly also called upon all political parties and Independent candidates to take the demand for “solution before election” to the field so as to present a united stand before the Government of India (GoI) and Election Commission of India.

Earlier, Zeliang referred to the consultative meet of

NTC backs PCC demands DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has extended its total support to the demands put forth by the Public Coordination Committee (PCC), saying the demands were were “legitimate and just” for the benefit of all Nagas and the coming generation.

NTC media cell in a press release reminded the state government that it must meet the core demands, if it was serious about good governance, transparency and fighting corruption.

NTC further appealed to all right-thinking citizens of Nagaland to extend solidarity as the fight was for the future of all Nagas.

The demands of Public Coordination Committee were-- revocation of October 26 Office Memorandum (OM) that scrapped Grade III posts from the purview of NPSC, set up Lokayukta as per the demands of ACAUT incorporating all the points that have been raised by ACAUT Nagaland and not merely passing a Lokayukta bill for name sake without any teeth and also to declare answer keys for all stages of exams conducted by NPSC to remove manipulation.

First day of the Nineteenth session of the 12th NLA underway on Thursday. (DIPR)

the Nagaland Legislators Forum with parliamentarians and ex-parliamentarians on December 7, where it was resolved to urge the NLA to adopt a resolution for “solution before election” during the current session of the House.

He said the meeting appreciated the various measures taken by the Government of India (GoI) for early solution to the protracted Naga political issue, including signing of the Framework Agreement on August 5, 2015 with NSCN (IM) and a written agreement with the Working Committee of Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) on November 27 this year.

Zeliang said solution to the Naga political issue could not afford any more delays and thereby “interminably deny the Nagas their democratic right to self-determination and other concomitant rights and vestments”.

Lokayukta report tabled: In the backdrop of Public Coordination Committee threatening to launch hunger strike demanding Lokayukta, chairman of Select Committee on Nagaland Lokayukta Bill 2015, Er. Levi Rengma, tabled a copy of the committee’s report before the House. Announcing that consideration and adoption of the Bill would be taken up on Friday, NLA Speaker, Dr Imtiwapang Aier asked the legislators to

submit amendments (if any) before 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Move to revoke Nov 26, 2016 resolution: On the other hand, in another important move, the chief minister also moved the House for introduction of resolution to revoke the Assembly resolution passed on November 26, 2016 on the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2006. The Speaker informed the members that consideration and adoption would be taken up on Friday.

Earlier, Aier made obituary references to former legislators Kiyaneilie Peseyie, N Yeangphong Konyak, Viyekha Rengma and Kiyelho Sema, all of whom had passed away.

No bid to upset applecart: 7 NPF legislators clarify

Zeliang ministry rejig after winter session of NLA

DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): After senior legislators herded around 16 legislators together at Hotel de Orient Kohima Wednesday to form a lobby against the backdrop of ‘reconciliation’ between chief minister, T.R. Zeliang and NPF president, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu fell apart, seven NPF legislators who were in the group and purportedly owing allegiance to chief minister, T.R. Zeliang have clarified that they were not part of any bid to topple the incumbent.

A statement issued on Thursday by seven NPF MLAs-- Pukhayi Sumi, Deo Nukhu, Eshak Hessum, Phowang Konyak, Namri Nchang, Dr. Benjongliba Aier and Dr. Longriniken – denied media reports of any such move at the meeting held at Hotel de Oriental Grand in Kohima on Wednesday.

According to the legislators, they were informed that a meeting had been convened at Hotel de Oriental Grand by NPF president, Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu and that they were all supposed to attend the same without fail.

They said that they had turned up for the meeting in good faith, but were surprised to find the gate locked behind them once they had assembled inside and that their car keys were seized, thereby leaving them without any means to communicate with other people outside.

The MLAs said that after several hours they realised that Dr. Shürhozelie was not going to show up, alleging that the “whole tamasha was cooked up and orchestrated by Rajya Sabha MP, K.G. Kenye and some few senior members”.

(Cont’d on p-7)

DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): Nagaland GBs’ Federation (NGBF) has appealed to the relevant authorities to defer the upcoming general elections till the Government of India (GoI) and the Nagas come to an honourable solution and achieve permanent peace.

A press note from NGBF president, Sahleem Konyak; general secretary, Shikuto Zalipu and information & publicity secretary, Akhu Naga expressed happiness over the Naga political development and made the “fervent appeal” to defer elections adding that they represented the grass-root people of Nagaland and the pioneers of the Naga movement.

NGBF expressed appreciation over the decision of the apex civil societies on December 9, to urge the GoI to suspend polls so that negotiators may focus on the Naga political issue.

They also said that they were equally grateful for the decision of Nagaland Legislators Forum, Ex-MLAs, and MPs, on

Exit polls show clear majority for BJP in Gujarat and Himachal

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (AGENCIES): A number of exit polls on Thursday predicted a comfortable win for the BJP in the Assembly elections in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. All the exit polls showed the BJP far ahead of the Congress and above the majority mark in both assemblies.

An average of the exit polls predicted a win from 117 of the 182 seats for the BJP in the Gujarat Assembly and 64 for the Congress. A poll of polls projected a 4720 seat share in favour of the saffron party in the 68-seat Himachal Pradesh Assembly. The official results will be declared on Monday.

Gujarat: An exit poll

by Times Now-VMR predicts a win for the BJP with 113 seats and 66 seats for the Congress. The RepublicCVoter exit polls projects 108 seats for the BJP and 74 for the Congress.

NewsX-CNX exit polls shows a BJP victory with 115 seats and 70 for Congress.

ABP-CSDS projects a 117seat win for BJP and 64 for Congress. Today’s Chanakya projects 135 seats for the BJP (Cont’d on p-7) and only 47 for Congress.

Projected seat share for Gujarat Assembly elections, 2017 Congress

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NLA calls for ‘solution before polls’

NGBF for Naga solution before 2018 election

Exit poll seat share projection for Himachal Pradesh polls, 2017 Congress

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The second and final phase of the Gujarat elections were held on Thursday, with a 68.70% voter turnout. The first phase of the elections to 89 seats in Gujarat was held on December 9, with a 68% voter turnout. Polling was marred by reports of malfunctioning electronic voting machines.

Himachal Pradesh: The India Today-Axis My India exit poll forecast a BJP win with 47 to 55 seats in the Assembly and only 13 to 20

for the Congress. The Times Now-VMR exit poll also predicts a saffron party victory with 51 seats and only 17 for the Congress.

The exit poll by Republic-CVoter projects a BJP win from 41 constituencies and 25 for the Congress. The Today’s Chanakya exit polls on the Himachal Pradesh elections predicts 55 seats for the BJP and 13 for the Congress. ABP-CSDS projects a 49-seat win for the BJP and 41 for the Congress.

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Correspondent

KOHIMA, DEC 14 (NPN): Following the sacking of four cabinet ministers on December 13, chief minister, T.R. Zeliang is all set to form a new team after the winter session of the Assembly, which will conclude on December 15.

A senior legislator informed Nagaland Post that the reconstitution of the new ministry, which was supposed to be held immediately, was postponed since they did not want to disturb the ongoing Assembly session.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, another source disclosed that some cabinet ministers were likely to be dropped. This was an indication of paving way to induct the loyalists of Dr. (Cont’d on p-7) Shürhozelie Liezietsu.

PMEGP beneficiaries lock banks in Mkg

This is it!

One of the banks locked down by the PMEGP beneficiaries in Mokokchung.

Correspondent

”Fate of an elected member is uncertain. One day you’re in, next day you’re out.”

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MOKOKCHUNG, DEC 14 (NPN): Tired of running from pillar to post and seeking their rights to be financially assisted, the unemployed beneficiaries of PMEGP (2014 – 2017 phase) resorted to locking down three banks, namely

Axis, ICICI and HDFC, indefinitely, in Mokokchung.

Speaking to this correspondent, 2 PMEGP beneficiaries Imli and Temjen stated that locking down the banks was their last resort. They said they had approached both the authorities of the banking sector as well as the district adminis-

tration to earnestly address their distress, to no avail.

They stated that the stress beneficiaries have been put through have been insurmountable. Imli and Temjen stated that the lock down of the institutions would continue till their rights are thoroughly addressed, “come hail or storm.”

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WEATHER FORECAST December 15

(Temperature in ºC)

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Agartala Partly sunny and pleasant

26 13

Pleasant with sunshine

Aizawl

23 9

Guwahati Not as warm with hazy sun

25 14

Mostly sunny and pleasant

23 8

Imphal

Itanagar Periods of sun with a shower 23 12 Shillong Partly sunny

19 6

Mostly sunny and not as warm 19 7

Kohima

Dimapur Mostly sunny and pleasant

24 12

Mostly sunny and not as warm 21 6

Mkg

Tuensang Mostly sunny and cooler

14 6

Partly sunny and not as warm 19 11

Wokha

Zunheboto Mostly sunny and cooler

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Congress party members attend KDCC public rally at Kohima, Thursday. (NP) Correspondent

KOHIMA, DEC 14 (NPN): As part of its preparation for the ensuing Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018, Kohima District Congress Committee (KDCC) organised a public rally at Congress Bhavan Kohima on Thursday wherein various speakers lambasted NPF-led DAN government for its misgovernance.

Addressing hundreds of Congress members, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) vice president, Khriedi Theiinuo, attacked the present government, saying “instable government causes lots of corruption and siphoning of money meant for the

public”.

He also attacked the ruling government for the deplorable roads condition in the state. He reminded the gathering that Congress as the oldest political party in the country ran the government with “programme and policy”.

Theiinuo informed that the NPCC members met the Election Commission of India during their recent visit to state and highlighted the loopholes in conduct of state election and nonimplementation the latter’s guidelines.

Lamenting the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the country under PM Narendra Modi government, he

claimed that the “government has grown richer” while the common people suffer from it.

Reminding the gathering Naga people are exempted from tax, he said under the GST no Naga has been spared from paying tax yet Naga people are not raising any voice against it.

He assured the people that if Congress runs the government, the party would work for the welfare of the common people.

NPCC working president NPCC and Kohima district in-charge, P. Ayanba Aonok, accused NPF-led DAN government of running the government “without any work programme” for which he said the “Con-

gress was determined to oust this government”.

He reminded the gathering that Congress has three important objectives – socialism, secular and democratic and that Congress has a “soft side” for the Nagas and the common people.

NPCC treasurer and former minister, Seyiekuolie, said that people in the rural areas are longing for the Congress to come back to power after 2018 election.

He also exuded hope that Congress will form government at the Centre after 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Earlier, in a welcome address, PCC member 11 Northern Angami -11 A/C Zacharia said the rally was organized to strengthen and unite party men and women to “vote out the most corrupted DAN government”.

Other speakers who spoke expressed optimism that Congress would come back to power after the Assembly elections due to “instability and corruption” of the present NPF-led DAN government.

KDCC president, Kevi Vizo, who chaired the programme, said the Congress party support the NBCC initiative of clean election.

Invocation was said by Living Word Church High School Area Pastor Jiyalo Mesen.

CTAN: requisition power dept. SDO and JE posts to NPSC DIMAPUR: Combined Technical Association of Nagaland (CTAN) has demanded that the power department posts of SDOs and JEs, not sent to NPSC, be sent for requisition before December 20, 2017.

In an ultimatum, CTAN pointed out that they had made a number of verbal and written appeals requesting the department to requisition to NPSC, SDO and J.E posts, for fair and

transparent competition.

However, as per the RTI reply from PIO, Power Department, only two SDO posts have been sent to NPSC and nine are to be sent for direct recruitment, as mentioned in the requisition letter from the department, dated December 12. CTAN also alleged that the department had not maintained the ratio for direct recruitment and promotion as per the En-

gineering Service Rule, i.e.

60:40 for SDOs and 90:10 for JEs. With their demand for requisitioning the said posts to NPSC, they also reminded the department to restrain themselves from granting any further promotions to SDOs and JEs, effective from the date of this press release, until the ratio cited above was achieved.

CTAN added that

with the expiry of the date, the department and contract appointees illegally occupying these posts would be held fully responsible for any untoward incident and threatened that they may go to the extent of stopping the department from functioning.

CTAN is a conglomeration of seven associations: CEAN (Civil Engineers Association of Nagaland), AECEN (As-

sociation of Electronics and Communication Engineering of Nagaland), AMEN (Association of Mechanical Engineers of Nagaland), FGAN (Forestry Graduates Association of Nagaland), HGN (Horticulture Graduates of Nagaland), ASAN (Agriculture Students Association of Nagaland) and GEEAN (Graduates Electrical Engineers Association of Nagaland).

BJP mandal Wokha conducts booth level training

Correspondent

WOKHA, DEC 14 (NPN): BJP 38 mandal Wokha conducted booth level training on Thursday at Wokha Town Hall and imparted election related training to party workers as part of its poll preparedness for the ensuing State Assembly Election in 2018.

BJP leader and organizing secretary in-charge of Nagaland, Ananta Mishra along with state BJP leaders attended the training.

In the training, short speeches

were delivered by various State BJP leaders.

Speaking on the occasion, Yanghose affirmed that BJP was a party with a difference and cadre based party that stood for development. He highlighted the past and present achievements of BJP government and called upon the party workers to work for development and for BJP’s victory.

Also speaking on the occasion, Dr. M. Chuba Ao stressed on the role of booth level workers, saying they were indispensible in ensuring victory of the party’s

candidate.

He appreciated the Wokha district BJP for its loyalty and discipline, adding that the party had high expectations from the district.

K. James Vizo, in his speech, remarked that pioneers of the State BJP were from Wokha district wherein leaders from the district played a vital role in establishing the BJP party in Nagaland.

According to Vizo, it was only right that BJP should form the next government in Nagaland for stability, good governance,

performance and corruption-free government where Nagas could see transformation, transparency and development.

Vizo further challenged the booth level workers to inculcate a spirit of competition among them for securing victory in the coming elections.

The training was chaired by BJP 38 Mandal, president, Yiponthung Ezung; welcome address was delivered by BJP Wokha president, L. Meribemo Kinghen and vote of thanks by BJP 38 Mandal general secretary, Peter Humtsoe.

Night carnival attracts more visitors

(L-R): Moatoshi Longkumer. Visitors throng ongoing Dimapur Night Carnival 2017, Thursday. (NP) Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): Day four of the fifth edition of Dimapur Night Carnival 2017 at Super Market, continued to attract more visitors, as youngsters continued to throng various activity stalls on Thursday.

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entertainment activities, karaoke stalls etc were another attraction for youngsters. According to night carnival media cell, Azolo Nuh there has been a footfall increase visitors and the number of stalls have also been increased. Around 250 stalls have been put up, which will go on till December 17.

Songs and dances by various local artists and

fashion show were also organized on Thursday, which was graced by prominent businessman and social worker, Chandu Kumar Agarwal. The carnival is jointly organized by district administration, DCCI, Business Association of Nagaland (BAN) and East Dimapur Business Association (EDBA).

Earlier, on Wednesday, the chief guest was

retired additional director of land resources and mission director of Nagaland Bio resources, Moatoshi Longkumer.

He congratulated the organizer for providing platform to upcoming entrepreneurs to exhibit their skills and products. He also urged the youngsters to be self depended by keeping away from “gun culture and donations”.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur friDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017

news in Brief WSH meeting: Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) has convened a meeting of its office bearers and executives on December 18, 10 a.m. at its office. All members have been requested to attend the meeting.

CNTC (Sumi) meeting: A meeting of CNTC Sumi office bearers and executives, Western Sumi Hoho and Western Sumi Kukami Hoho has been convened on December 16, 11 a.m. at Tourist Lodge. All concerned have been informed to attend the meeting.

Unity Club T.Khel Kma annual day: Unity Club T. Khel Kohima village, Kohima would be observing its 38th annual day on the December 17 at T.Khel Kohima village, Kohima. All the members and well wishers have been requested to come and be part of the programme.

KMC informs: Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) would be organizing annual inter-ward cleanliness competition cum pre-Christmas on December 16, 2 p.m. at KMC office.

LH ‘2nd Lasumi Day’: Lasumi Hoho would be celebrating its “2nd Lasumi Day” on December 23 at 10:30 a.m. at Ladekou (Lasumi village). All the Lasumi citizens have been requested to attend the programme.

Khulazu Bawii BC gospel anniversary: Khulazu Bawii under Phek district would be celebrating its 75th gospel anniversary cum new church building dedication on December 16-17.

JDU to consider re-expansion into Nagaland DIMAPUR: Janata Dal United (JDU) is considering the possibilities of expansion into the state. A press release from JDU office secretary, Mithilesh Prasad said that party secretary, Afaque Ahmad Khan told the press on Thursday that a three member team of senior party leaders headed by secretary general K.C. Tyagi, will be visiting Nagaland, mid January 2018, to explore the possibilities of building the party in Nagaland. He said that the party had decided to focus attention on building the party in the North Eastern states with special focus on Nagaland.

Khan also said that Janata Dal (United) had been part of Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) since its inception but had become defunct in the past few years. He also explained that since Nitish Kumar became president of JDU, a cross section of people including many unions, organizations and also DAN alliance parties had been inviting him to the NE states, especially Nagaland. He also said that in the past Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain & Mr. George Fernandes had been seeing to it that the NE people are not alienated and added that “because of the faith reposed on Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain by the people of the NE states, it’s leader signed a peace accord.”

ANCSU condemn legislators for ‘irresponsibility and negligence’ DIMAPUR: All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) has condemned all the legislators for being “irresponsible and negligent and not hearing the current hue and cry of the student community”.

A press release from ANCSU speaker U/A, Pithungo Shitio and vice president & chairman of grievances committee, Benjong Longchar said that ANCSU as a student’s welfare organization had submitted four charter of demands with great hope and anticipation.

It then said ANCSU was not even sure whether the government had taken the matter seriously because there was no sign of any action initiated by the government.

Referring to the memorandum submitted on December 12, ANCSU said that it had sought the attention of the chief minister and his cabinet to take stock of the situation before the winter session, but expressed dismay that the CM had not reacted or responded.

ANCSU has listed their demands as: To make alternative arrangement for disbursing post-matriculation scholarship to ST students of Nagaland for the year 2106-17; to set up a separate cell/nodal department for implementing/initiating all the scholarship schemes; to revoke P& AR dated October 26, 2017 office memorandum; and oppose the August 11, 2016 P& AR office memorandum.

ANCSU said that the government should take serious note of the demands to avoid misunderstandings and warned that failing to do so would result in them initiating their own course of action.

Further, ANCSU has reiterated their appeal to the state Governor to intervene in this matter.

SVUD advent Christmas: Sitimi Village Union Dimapur (SVUD) would be celebrating its 12th advent Christmas on December 16, 2 p.m. at the residence of Kakugha Zhimo, Eralibill Lane-I. All the in-laws and members have been requested to attend the celebration.

DNNRE informs: Dimapur Nkonjan Nyiro Range Ekhüng (DNNRE) has informed that an introductory programme for former and present executive committees of DNNRE would be held on December 16, 1 p.m. at the residence of chairman, Chiporao Ngullie, Notun bosti Dimapur. All the former and present executive committees, office bearers of village unions, officers and elders have been requested to attend the programme.

CMC Purana Bazaar social work: Council of Middle Colony (CMC) Purana Bazaar would be conducting social work on December 16 from 7 a.m. onwards. All the residents of middle colony Purana Bazaar have been asked to clean their respective sites or area including road which would be supervised by the council members during the social work.

Government designates director, urban development: Joint Director, Urban Development, Government of Nagaland has permitted A. ZanbemoNgullie to take current charge of Director, Urban Development, and Nagaland with effect from December 1 till further order. (DIPR)

crime beat

41 Assam Rifles seize liquor

The three arrested persons with seized liquor.

DIMAPUR: 41 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) on December 13 has seized 1200 cases of liquor worth Rs. 25 lkah (approx) and arrested three persons.

According to officiating PRO HQ IGAR (Nor th) Lt. Col Angshuman Chakrabarti, based on specific information, 41 Assam Rifles established mobile vehicle check post in general area Kukidolong Bridge and seized the liquor along from a truck

(AS 19C-3941). PRO said three individuals identified as Basanta Singh (35) son of late Nabakumar, Sanatomba Laishran (35) son of late Mukesh Singh both residents of Jaget Gaon, Bokajan, Assam and Irfan Khan son of Sher Khan (21) resident of 7th Mile Model Village, Dimapur were nabbed.

The apprehendees along with the recoveries were handed over to Medziphema, Police Station, Dimapur, informed PRO.

Seized food items destroyed at Peren town DIMAPUR: Food Safety Wing under the Chief Medical Officer Peren led by food safety officer and sanitary inspector conducted inspection of food business from November 28 to 29 at Peren town and destroyed the seized food items on December 8.

A press release by CMO Peren, Dr. Denis Hangsing stated that huge amount of food items sold beyond “best before” dates and considered unfit for human consumption were seized from majority of the shops on violation of Food Safety & Standards Acts 2006.

CMO warned that such offences of the food business operators in future would attract penalties in accordance to section 50 & 59 of the Act. CMO also informed all the food business operators under Peren district not registered or renewed under FSSAI to get it done from the office of the CMO Peren.

Body found at Railway Bazar DIMAPUR: One dead body of non-Naga male around 45 years of age was found at Railway Bazar, Dimapur on December 13.

According to additional deputy commissioner of police PRO Dimapur, no injury mark was found on the body during preliminary enquiry and that the deceased was suspected to have died of illness.

PRO informed that the deceased was shifted to District Hospital Morgue for post-mortem examination and identification.

Claimant for the dead body

or relatives and friends has been requested to contact Sub-Urban Police Station, Officer-in-Charge.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017

ZCCI VP passes away; shops to remain partially closed

DIMAPUR: Zunheboto Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ZCCI) vice president, Tovi Kiba has passed away on Thursday. As a tribute to the deceased, ZCCI has

requested all shops at Zunheboto Town to remain closed on December 15 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

In a condolence message, ZCCI president, Shikahoto Jakha,

WSYF extends greetings

DIMAPUR: Western Sumi described late Tovi Kiba as a young Youth Front (WSYF) has dynamic entrepreneur. extended Christmas and The message said his death was New Year 2018 greetings to a great loss for ZCCI in particular all Sumi youths and Nagas in general. and SĂźmis in general.

WSYF has also asked youths to celebrate the festive season in true Christian spirit and also advised youths to drive carefully to avoid accidents.

EDSYO volunteers manning single lane, Thursday.

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): East Dimapur Sumi Youth Organization (EDSYO) volunteers on Thursday assisted Dimapur Traffic Police personnel in regulating vehicular movement along the jam-packed area – Purana Bazaar junction-Zion Hospital (Burma Camp) to Padum Pukhuri junction.

EDSYO had also rendered their service earlier this year during the monsoon season, braving the

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rain. After the closing down of the old RCC Bridge at Nagarjan and dismantling of bridge connecting Purana Bazar and Walford Bridge for constructing of a new bridge, Dimapur has been experiencing heavy traffic along NH 29 (Dimapur to Chumukedima).

O n T h u r s d a y, 5 0 EDSYO volunteers descended on the highway to enforce single laning of vehicles and basic driving etiquette.

EDSYO would be helping the traffic department for three days.

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Aadhaar implementation creating confusion: Mukul

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Meghalaya NCP chief removed Shillong, Dec 14 (PTI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has sacked Meghalaya state president Sanbor Shullai for reportedly hobnobbing with the BJP. Incumbent state vice president Vijay Raj has been accordingly appointed as the working president of the party state unit.

“On the recommendation of the NCP national General Secretary in-charge NE states Praful Patel, Shullai has been relieved from the post of state president with immediate effect,” NCP Secretary S R Kohli said in a letter to the state unit, a copy of which was made available to the media.

Sources close to the party said that Shullai was removed amid media reports of his hobnobbing with the BJP keeping in view Assembly elections in the state next year.

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biometric scheme is not compulsory in the state, the chief minister however, said that the state government cannot completely stop the enrolment of Aadhaar since students pursuing their career outside Meghalaya and those availing scholarships need it.

“If Aadhaar is not issued to such students they will not be eligible for these entrance examination,” he said.

Sangma said that the central government should consider not making Aadhaar mandator y in the northeastern region which

Kokrajhar, Dec 14 (PTI): A hardcore NDFB(S) militant was killed and two policemen injured in an encounter in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, the police said here Thursday.

Acting on specfic information about the presence of three NDFB(S) militants in Dum Bazaar area, a police team launched an operation there yesterday night.

In the ensuing encounter, one militant was killed while others managed to escape, Kokrajhar SP Rajen Singh said here Thursday.

Two police commandos were also suffered injuries in the encounter.

The slain militant has been identified as self-styled Sergeant Major cum platoon commander of NDFB(S)’s West Zone, Soheton Narzary alias Sandwe.

Police recovered an AK-56 rifle, a magazine, 16 empty cases, a detonator, two mobile hand sets and other articles from the spot.

New Delhi/Agartala, Dec 14 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Thursday extended by six months the December 31 deadline to terminate 10,323 Tripura government teachers as per its earlier order following a state government appeal, a Minister said.

“The Supreme Court extended the termination deadline to June 30. These teachers were set to lose jobs on December 31 after the Supreme Court’s March 29 order,” Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty told the media in the state capital.

The Tripura government had earlier moved the apex court and urged it to extend the deadline by a year, though a bench comprising Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Uday Umesh Lalit extended it only for six months. The Minister said a possible standoff and crisis vis-a-vis termination of these teachers had been temporarily averted.

On March 29, the Supreme Court had upheld a Tripura High Court verdict to terminate these government teachers on the ground of certain indiscretions.

In an apparent move to circumvent the Supreme Court order, the Tripura government in May announced the recruitment of 12,000 non-teaching staff in the Education Department, ostensibly to “accommodate” these teachers.

According to the Minister, the Supreme Court, following a contempt petition, put a ban on October 4 on the recruitment of 12,000 non-teaching staff until the next hearing on January 16.

An unemployed youth from Tripura had filed the contempt petition, alleging that the government had violated the apex court order by trying to redesignate the posts likely to fall vacant after the sacking of the teachers and by initiat-

ing the recruitment process for 12,000 non-teaching employees.

“Commissions set up by the Centre have recommended upgradation of education and extra-curriculum activities. Therefore, the Tripura government had initiated the process to recruit 12,000 non-teaching employees. These 12,000 posts do not fall under the Right to Education Act purview and National Council for Teacher Education guidelines since they are not teaching posts. The state government has full authority to recruit persons for these posts,” the Minister added.

The 10,323 government teachers, divided into three groups, had demanded continuation of their services beyond December 31.

A section of the teachers had launched intermittent agitations, including road and railway blockades, from December 7 to press for their demand.

institute by not addressing their long pending demand of equivalent stipends with the MBBS students and nondisbursement of stipends for months.

While alleging that no satisfactory was given by the pertinent authority despite enquiry, the interns have also threatened to the launch intensified forms of agitations if their demands are not addressed within the

Villagers object inauguration of power project by PM Modi Aizawl, Dec 14 (Agencies): Alleging that NEEPCO did not follow norms, the people of Saipum village in Mizoram have objected to the commissioning of NEEPCO’s power project scheduled to be inaugurated

by Prime Minister.

Prime Minister is scheduled to inaugurate the 60 megawatt Tuirial Hydro Electric Project from Aizawl during his visit on December 16. “Public hearings on environmental issues were never held and the NEEPCO failed to provide compensation to a large number of families who were displaced by the project and those who lost agricultural land,” the All NGO Committee said.

Villagers of Saipum participated in a protest march yesterday and demanded that Modi should not inaugurate the project.

Chief Minister should visit the project site and listen to the grievances of the people, the committee said

in a statement. State IGP Zorammawia said that there was no major problem due to protests by the villagers of Saipum. The village leaders and the NEEPCO authorities reached to an agreement today and was optimistic that there would be no confrontation.

next three days.

Suspending their OPD duty for the day, the interns staged a sit-in demonstration in front of RIMS OPD block. The Dental College of RIMS Imphal, an autonomous body under ministry of health and family welfare, government of India was established in 2011.

The college is affiliated to Manipur University, Imphal and recognized by Dental Regd. No 1062/17

Council of India.

During the protest hours, the interns abstained from attending their OPD duty without prior notice, causing inconveniences to the patients coming to the department for treatment An official source said that the proposal to increase the stipends of the BDS interns was pending for approval with the ministry of health and family welfare.

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 14.12.17

I, Mr. Dhanrashi Tamang, son of Mr. Ser Bahadur Tamang, permanent resident of Matripukri, P.S. East Imphal, Dist. Imphal, Manipur and presently residing at 3rd Mile. Dist Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declares as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That I am the natural son of Mr. Ser Bahadur Tamang and he was born on 08/05/1943.

3. That in some of my important and official documents my father's name has been recorded as Pasan Tamang and Ser Bahadur Tamang.

4. That the names Pasan Tamang and Ser Bahadur Tamang is the same and single person i.e. my father and there are no discrepancies between the above said names.

5. That this Affidavit is sworn for making correction of my father's name before the competent authority.

6. That henceforth, I shall be known as Mr. Dhanrashi Tamang, son of Mr. Ser Bahadur Tamang, permanent resident Matripukri, P.S. East Imphal, Dist. Imphal, Manipur and presently residing at 3rd Mile, Dist. Dimapur, Nagaland for all official purposes.

I further declare that the statements made by me herein above are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing has been concealed herein.

DEPONENT Sworn before me on this 14'" day of December 2017.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Dimapur : Nagaland DP-12962

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA : NAGALAND

NOTICE

Dated Wokha the 11th Dec. 2017

No. Judl-47/2017-18/ / Whereas, Smti. Mhabeni Tsopoe, wife of Late Shri.

K. Renthungo Tsopoe, a permanent resident of Wokha Town has applied for issue of Succession Cerificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits/ family pension from the Govt. and to operate AC No. 11766546809 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri. K. Renthungo Tsopoe who expired on 10/11/2017.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/ objections if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice.

No claims/objections will be entertained after the cut off date and Succession Certificate shall be issued.

Particulars of Mrs. Mhabeni Tsopoe Hotolu Swu Addl. Deputy Commissioner W/o Lt. Renthungo Tsopoe Wokha, Nagaland AC No : 35717922149 SBI

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IMPHAL, Dec 14: BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) interns associated with Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal Thursday staged a silent protest demanding equal stipends and release of pending stipends.

The interns alleged that they have been discriminated by the authority of the

Agartala, Dec 14 (PTI): RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat would pay a fiveday visit to Tripura from Friday during course of which he would review the organisatinal works of the Sangha to further strengthen it in the Northeastern region.

Bhagwat would interact with the executives of the north eastern region as part of the exercise, sources in the RSS said Thursday.

“Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwatji would review the organizational works of the Uttarpurba Kshetra with the executives of RSS in his five day tour beginning from tomorrow. He would also address a public rally here on Sunday”, RSS Pracharak, Manoranjan Pradhan told reporters here.

He said, the entire north eastern region was organizationally divided into four ‘Prantas’, which include Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Assam and Dakshin Assam and added

Mohan Bhagwat

Tripura, Mizoram and Barak Valley falls under Dakshin Assam Pranta.

Pradhan said, all the major organizers of all the four Prantas would be present in the ‘Samiksha’ (review meeting) and would discuss how the organization could be further strengthened in the region.

The RSS Chief would leave the state on Dec 19.

Bhagwat visit assumes significance as Tripura would witness Assembly poll early next year. BJP and RSS have been working intensely in the state to make a determined effort to form a government in the state ruled currently by CPI-M.

Dearest Kaka eyilobeni, You are two years old today!May you have many more birthdays and and a lifetime of love,laughter and happiness!

Happy Birthday to the most beautiful..sweetest baby that has ever walked on this earth...

With lots of love Loreno & Liben.

Northeast sees rise in use of e-cigarettes

GUWAHATI, Dec 14 (Agencies): There is a slow but gradual increase in the use of electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes in some NE states, revealed a latest Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) released last month.

E-cigarette, also called vape, is an alternative to paper cigarettes which functions by heating a liquid composed of nicotine and other flavours. A user inhales the vapour which is released upon heating.

Both Mizoram and Manipur recorded a slight increase in awareness and also use of e-

cigarettes. Interestingly, 8% of people in Manipur know about e-cigarettes contrary to the national figure of 3%.

Again, out of this 8%, 2.5% smoke the product.

In Mizoram, 4.3% are aware of it and 1.8% of them use it. In Meghalaya, 2.8% of people are aware of e-cigarettes. Out of them, 2.3% use it which is again higher than the national figure of 0.7%.

“The use of e-cigarettes is still low in the country ,” said Sulabha Parasuraman, consultant of GATS 2 and faculty member of Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

Tripura teachers get 6-month extension Manipur youth death case: citizens demand justice

RIMS’ BDS interns demand equal stipends Correspondent

RSS Chief to pay 5-day visit to Tripura

People staging a sit-in-protest in Imphal on Thursday.

Correspondent

IMPHAL, Dec 14: Student community of the state joined hands with local residents of Imphal’s Uripok and staged a sit-inprotest in Imphal Thursday demanding justice to Manipur youth found dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida three months ago.

Dead body of Pravish Chanam, a 22-year-old student from Manipur’s Uripok locality who went missing from a concert in Greater Noida on September 8, was found to have been cremated by the local police.

The body was found cremated three days later without informing his fam-

ily members, even though the family had filed a report on September 9.

Suspecting foul play, victim’s family has been demanding a thorough CBI investigation into his disappearance, death and cremation with the supports of various students bodies based in both Manipur and New Delhi.

In the wake of students’ uproar, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh had even taken the matter with his counterpart UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath during a meeting at New Delhi few days after the incident.

The state chief minister had even deputed a senior officer of state police

department to investigate into the matter.

However, till date no encouraging development has come up to deliver justice to the family of the victim youth, student leaders who took part in Thursday’s protest along Uripok-Kangchup road alleged.

Representatives of student bodies like All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU), Manipuri Stu-

AFFIDAVIT

Deponent

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER Dated, Mon the 20th Nov' 2017

NOTICE Whereas an application has been submitted by Smti. Chunyu Konyak with prayer for issue of Succession Certificate for drawal of entitled pension dues and any other outstanding dues from the Government of Nagaland on behalf of her husband deceased Late Wenging NO.62809 6th NAP under the establishment of Commandant 6th NAP Bn. Tizit, who expired on 03/11/2017.

Objection are hereby invited from persons having objection or claim for withdrawal of the said dues by the applicants within 30 (thirty) days with effect from the date of issue of this Notification. No petition will be entertained after the expiry of the given period.

Deputy Commissioner Mon : Nagaland

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OFFICE OF THE KEVIJAU COLONY, WOMEN AND YOUTH ORGANIZATION, KEVIJAU COLONY, DIMAPUR, NAGALAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Kevijau Women Organisation and Youth Organization wishes to acknowledge the participation of every individual of Kevijau Colony in the cleanest Colony competition and securing 1 runners up title organised by Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) on 3rd Dec. 2017.

We would also like to extend our special heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to those who helped and guided us in cash and kinds.

1. Kevijau Colony Council 2. Mr. Sentitoshi, Manager FCI 3. Sr. Manager, Indian Oil Corporation, Depot 4. Manager, Hume Pipe Factory 5. Mr. Neibu Nagi Mr. Ningrieshang President Kevijau Colony Youth Orgnaisation Dimapur

Mrs. R. Atula Pongen President Kevijau Colony Women Orgnaisation Dimapur

Magistrate/Notary Public

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MON : NAGALAND

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dents’ Federation (MSF), Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) and Kangleipak Students’ Association (KSA) took part in the protest staged by the residents of Uripok, the native locality of the victim, Pravish Chanam.

After few hours of sit-in-protest, the protestors blocked the UripokKangchup road in the afternoon, disturbing normal vehicular movement.

Placards with slogans like, “We want justice,” “Handover Pravish Chanam’s death case to CBI,” “Manipur chief minister investigate into Pravish Chanam’s murder case,” etc were displayed at the protest site.

Talking to media, local leaders threatened that the People’s Action Committee (PAC) formed in connection with the murder of Pravish Chanam would launch a series of agitations with the supports of student bodies if government delays in delivering justice to the victim’s family.

"I Indra Bahadur Kuwar Chettri, S/o Khadka Bahadur Kuwar, R/o Medziphema, Dimapur, Nagaland vide Regd.

No. 8479/2017 dated 14/12/2017 hereby rectified and corrected my legal father's name from Khadka Bahadur Chettri to Khadka Bahadur Kuwar, and the same shall be construed as his official name/surname".

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

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Shillong, Dec 14: Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma Thursday accused BJP-led NDA government of creating confusion over the implementation of Aadhaar not only in Meghalaya but across India. “… In one letter the Centre says that Aadhaar is not compulsory but in correspondence from the different Central ministries they insist on Aadhaar number of the beneficiaries for centrally sponsored schemes,” he informed the Assembly during the Question Hour.

“There is conflicting directions coming. Therefore, all are confused, due to the multiple correspondences contradicting each other.

I am equally confused,” Sangma said, while reiterating that he will not enroll for Aadhaar.

Informing the Assembly that enrollment for the

is peculiar with issues of illegal immigrants, porous border, besides the National Population Register yet to be updated.

“Because without it (NPR) how will we know that Aadhaar exercise does not go beyond Indian citizens. Therefore, Aadhaar should not be made mandatory in Meghalaya otherwise it would lead to complication for a state that is dealing with issue of illegal immigration,” he said.

Sangma said that he had also spoken to his Assam counterpart on Aadhaar.

The Chief Minister said that he would ask the chief secretary Y Tshering to convene a meeting with the banking officials to get clarity on the banks circulars “forcing” people to link their bank accounts with Aadhaar number.

Sangma said 4,63,058 have been assigned Aadhaar numbers in Meghalaya.

NDFB (S) militant killed in encounter

Nagaland Post, Dimapur friday, DECEMBER 15, 2017

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT : NAGALAND NOTICE

NO.REV-1/90-D/13143-44

Dt. Dimapur the 14th Dec' 17

Notice is hereby given that Smti. S. Sendong Ao resident of Dimapur who has applied for issue of mortgage clearance concerning to Patta No. 1119, Dag No. 1248 measuring an area 00-01-09 located at Block No/Village 09 Mouza No 02 which has been mortgage in the NIDC Bank/Society.

Claims & Objection if any on the aforesaid land may be submitted in written in the Court of the undersigned on or before 21-12-17.

Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Nagaland DP-12961

PUBLIC NOTICE

The members of the general public are informed that the eight sons of Late Liremo Ngullie had made a standing resolution in respect of the landed properties of their deceased father Late Liremo Ngullie and therefore the public are warned not to transact with the lands standing in the name of Late Liremo Ngullie within the jurisdiction of Niroyo Village, Wokha without the knowledge and the consent of all the surviving 8(Eight) sons of Late Liremo Ngullie namely (i) Shri. L. Nyimbomo Ngullie (ii) Shri. L. Yantsow Ngullie, (iii) Shri. L. Habemo Ngullie, (iv) Shri. L. Mhonlumo Ngullie, (v) Shri. Zubenthung Ngullie (vi) Shri. Chumbenthung Ngullie, (vii) Shri. Vungathung Ngullie and (viii) Shri. Lumbenthung Ngullie and any one transacting with the lands shall be doing so at his/her own risk and for which the sons of Late Liremo Ngullie shall under no circumstances be held responsible.

Standing Resolution entered amongst the 8 sons of Late Liremo Ngullie in respect of the landed property(s) located at Niroyo Village, Wokha published in the press release dated 6th May 2010 is reaffirmed by virtue of Declaration vide Regd.

No.619/17 dated 12/12/2017.

Dated : Dimapur 13th day of December 2017

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(Shri. L Nyimbomo Ngullie) Eldest Son of Late Liremo Ngullie Public Ground Colony, H/No-8 Dimapur : Nagaland

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur friDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017

EC has become PM Modi’s ‘captive puppet’: Congress

Modi appealed to people on December 9 to vote... it was not a violation. No notices were sent to them.

The Election Commission remained silent then,” he said.

“Amit Shah using the Ahmedabad Airport to hold a press conference was not a violation? Arun Jaitley holding a press conference in Ahmedabad and one union minister (Piyush Goyal) holding a press conference in Delhi twice was not a violation?”

He alleged that Amit Shah was aware a case was being filed by the poll panel against the news channels for airing Gandhi’s interview much before it was announced.

“The EC was receiving orders from the PMO. Several ministers were calling the journalists and

threatening them.”

Surjewala said when the Congress asked the poll panel about its complaints, it was told they would be looked into after 5 p.m. -when the second and final phase of Gujarat election would end.

“The Chief Election Commissioner (A.K. Joti), who was Chief Secretary to Modi (when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat), is still acting as the Chief Secretary to Modiji. This is shameful for the Election Commission.”

The Congress said the way the BJP was behaving showed Modi had conceded defeat in Gujarat.

Replying to questions, Surjewala said either the Commission was blindfolded or sleeping.

He said on Wednesday, the Congress sought an appointment with the Election Commission around 4.30 p.m. and was told the meeting would take place on Thursday morning. “It was only after we threatened to stage a ‘dharna’ we were given an appointment at 10.15 at night,” he said.

“We are tr ying to wake up the Election Commission. We appeal to the Election Commission not to turn blind and deaf.”

Max Hospital urges revocation of licence cancellation order

Congress workers protest outside EC headquarters

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): The Congress on Thursday accused the Election Commission of becoming a “captive puppet” in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who it said was brazenly breaking rules in a final bid to save the BJP’s “sinking ship” in Gujarat.

Charging the poll panel with not acting on Congress complaints against the BJP and Modi, the party said the poll panel was turning a blind eye to democratic and constitutional norms being violated by the ruling party openly.

The Cong ress denounced Modi’s “roadshow” after he voted in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

This, it said, was a flagrant violation of the model code of conduct.

“It was an election campaign. Modi’s roadshow after casting vote is a clear case of violation of the model code of conduct.

The Election Commission, it seems, is working under pressure from the Prime Minister and PMO,” Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said.

“If any shame is left in the Election Commission, it should act on the Congress complaints,” party

NEW DELHI, DEC 13 (IANS): Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh-located Max Super Speciality Hospital on Wednesday said they have appealed to the authorities concerned to revoke cancellation of their licence.

The appeal comes nearly a week after the Delhi government cancelled the 250-bedded health institution’s registration licence after its doctors on November 30 declared a newborn premature baby as dead even though he was alive.

“Following the due process of law, we have filed an appeal with the appropriate authorities against cancellation of registration of Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh,” said the hospital in a statement.

Stating that earlier they had also requested the Delhi government to review their decision and restore the registration, the hospitals said the licence cancellation had caused significant inconvenience to thousands of patients and local residents who did not have suitable alternatives for their medical needs in the vicinity.

“Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh on a monthly

Chief Election Commissioner, A.K. Joti spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told reporters here.

“It seems the Election Commission is blind. They cannot see Modi openly and brazenly violating the model code of conduct.

“This shows how unfortunately the Election Commission has become a captive puppet of the BJP,” Surjewala said.

“The Election Commission has different standards for the BJP and the Congress. What is the reason for the Election Commission to behave like a front organisation of the BJP?” “When Rahul Gandhi gave interview to news channels, a notice was sent to him. But when Arun Jaitely released BJP’s manifesto on December 8, it was not a violation. When

Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh basis treats around 14,000 patients in the OPD, attends to over 1,600 emergency patients and additional 3,000 are treated in in-patient wards.

“In compliance of the cancellation order, not only did we have to turn down the OPD and new IPD (cases), but planned procedures such as 171 chemotherapies, 63 surgeries and 241 dialysis sessions had to be cancelled, rescheduled or transferred,” said the hospital.

“In the interest of public welfare, we urge the government to reconsider their decision of cancelling the hospital’s registration,” the statement read.

Through its cancellation order dated December

Eight Maoists killed in Telanagana gunfight BHADRADRI (TELANGANA)/ DEC 14 (IANS): Eight Maoists were killed in a gunfight between the rebels and security forces in Telanagana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district, adjoining Chhattisgarh, on Thursday morning, a senior police officer said. No security personnel was injured, said Telangana Director General of Police Mahendar Reddy. The gunfight broke out when a security force team, on a routine patrol, were attacked near the Nellamadgu jungles by Maoists waiting to ambush them, and immediately retaliated, he said. “After a long exchange of fire, the Maoists fled back into the jungles.

After that, security forces searching the spot found eight bodies of the rebels as well as a large haul of arms and ammunition as well as articles of common use. Searches are on,” he said.

India ready to work with new Nepal govt

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): Welcoming the parliamentary and provincial election results in Nepal, India on Thursday said it was looking forward to working with the new government in Kathmandu.“India has age-old unique time-tested ties of friendship with the country,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in his weekly media briefing here. “We look forward to working with the next democratically elected government in Nepal to advance our close and multi-faceted partnership across all sectors and to support Nepal in its pursuit of peace, stability, economic prosperity for all round development,” he said. Nepal’s CPN-UML emerged as the largest party in the Himalayan nation.

8, which came after a threemember panel submitted a report to Health Minister Satyendar Jain, the Delhi government restrained the hospital from admitting any more new patients and put a stop to all outpatient treatment services and laboratory testing on the premises with immediate effect.

The 22-week premature baby boy was declared dead by the hospital on November 30 and handed over to the parents in a plastic bag, along with his still-born sister. However, the baby showed physical movements while being taken for burial. The baby was then admitted in north Delhi’s Agarwal Nursing Home but died on December 6.

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (PTI): Congress workers today protested outside the Election Commission headquarters here alleging that it is adopting “double standards” and not following the principle of neutrality while dealing with the Congress and the BJP. Members of the Congress’ women wing raised slogans against the poll body and carried placards demanding action against the prime minister and other BJP leaders for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in Gujarat.

Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev, who led the protest, alleged that “the EC is showing leniency and different standards for the BJP, but is initiating action against the Congress leaders”. “This is not fair for the poll body, as it should act in the same manner against the prime minister and the BJP for violating the law.

The same standards and the law should apply to all, irrespective of one’s party,” she told PTI. She said the Congress has already given evidence to the EC over prime minister’s appeals made on December 8 and 9 when the campaigning had ended and the EC should also issue a notice.

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Puppetry is Cong art, they made PMO a puppet: BJP

Nearly 50% ballotting as voting picks up in Gujarat second phase

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): Hitting back at the Congress for terming the Election Commission a “puppet”, the BJP on Thursday said that puppetry is the “art of the Congress” and its attack on the poll body shows their “dynastic arrogance”.

It said Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi had converted “even the office of the Prime Minister into a puppet for 10 years”.

“Sheer pettiness of Cong ress to call ECI names is glaring. You loved it when the same ECI declared Ahmed Patel winner in RS polls,” tweeted G.V.L Narasimha Rao, National spokesperson, BJP. “Why are you taking out your anger now on the ECI for the spontaneous support to the PM? Isn’t it too much to expect the ECI to act as Parivar’s Darbaris?.”

“Dynastic arrogance of Nehru dynasty is on vulgar display in its frontal attack on the ECI. How dare you give a notice to King Rahul?. “The same mentality evident in PM being called ‘neech, tu chai bech’ or CEC as a puppet.

Request media not to fail in duty and object to such abuse,” he added.

GANDHINAGAR, DEC 14 (IANS): Brisk voting was seen in Gujarat’s second phase elections on Thursday, with nearly 50 per cent polling registered by late afternoon, amid complaints of EVM malfunctioning.

Voting is being held in 93 assembly constituencies across 14 districts in northern and central regions of the state. There are 851 candidates in the fray.

The sluggish voter turnout of the first few hours due to the chilly winter morning gave way to enthusiasm as the sun warmed the temperature, and long lines could be seen outside polling booths.

According to sources in the Chief Electoral Office (CEO), Gujarat office, around 48 per cent ballotting was recorded by 3 p.m.

A skirmish related to the elections took place between two groups of the same community in Hasanpur village in Visnagar, Mehsana. The police was forced to resort to baton charge and 10 persons have hospitalised.

Elections are being held in Banaskantha, Patan, Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Dahod, Kheda, Anand, Vadodara and Chhota Udepur districts from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A total

GANDHINAGAR, DEC 14 (IANS): The second and final phase of the bitterly fought Gujarat Assembly polls ended on Thursday evening amid a war of words between the ruling BJP and an aggressive Congress.

Balloting closed at 5 p.m. with an estimated 60 per cent of the 2.22 crore electorate exercising their franchise in 93 constituencies across 14 districts of northern and central Gujarat.

Nearly 50 per cent polling was seen by 3 p.m., the Election Commission said. One official said the overall polling could even cross 70 per cent.

Thursday’s fight for Gujarat, ruled by the BJP for 22 long years, ended more or less peacefully.

Voters, however, complained about malfunctioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at some places.

The sluggish voter turnout in the first few hours due to the winter chill gave way to visible enthusiasm as the day progressed. Long queues of men and women were seen outside polling booths almost everywhere.

But with the stakes high in Gujarat, the Bharatiya Janata Party

(BJP) and the Congress were locked in a war of words after Prime Minister Narendra Modi voted in Ahmedabad and then went around the area, flashing his finger with the voter mark.

A furious Congress complained to the Election Commission that Modi held a roadshow in Ranip area.

Afer casting his vote, Modi stood on the steps of his vehicle and waved to the cheering crowds.

His 97-year-old mother Hiraba, who lives in Gandhinagar with Modi’s younger brother Pankaj Modi, also voted in Gandhinagar North.

The Congress accused the Election Commission of ignoring the BJP’s and Modi’s violations of the model code of conduct.

Congress activists staged a demonstration outside the

SUMMONS FOR SETTLEMENT OF ISSUE (ORDER -V, RULE -1, 5, 20)

IN THE COURT OF SMTI. W. V PATTON, CIVIL JUDGE, JUNIOR DIVISION DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

IN THE COURT OF SHRI. AJONGBA IMCHEN, CIVIL JUDGE (SENIOR DIVISION) DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

SUIT NO : Civil Suit No. 66/16 PLAINTIFF : NIDC Ltd. DEFENDANTS : Shri. Atu Imchen.

To, Atu Imchen S/o. Shri. S. Noksang Imchen Proprietor of M/s Imchen Mechanised Furniture Industrial Estate (Old Complex) Diphu Road, Dimapur, Nagaland Alternate Address : R/o H/No-33, Kashiram Ao Sector, Dimapur : Nagaland ....................... Defendants.

SUIT NO : Civil Suit No. 58/17 PLAINTIFF : NIDC Ltd. DEFENDANTS : Shri. Adolie Secu.

To, Shri. Adolie Secu S/o. Sinyu Secu Proprietor of M/s Adolie Secu Mechanised Furniture Unit Industrial Estate (Old Complex) Diphu Road, Dimapur, Nagaland Alternate Address : Shri. Adolie Secu S/o Sinyu Secu R/o H/No-29, Ruzaphima Village, Dimapur : Nagaland ....................... Defendants.

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(SMTI. W. V PATTON) Civil Judge Junior Division Dimapur : Nagaland

of 25,575 polling booths have been set up in 14,523 places and two crore voters are .

Till noon, the voting percentage was: Banaskantha, 26.74, Patan - 29.15, Mehsana - 33.56, Sabarkantha - 36.56, Aravalli 31.95, Gandhinagar- 30.23, Ahmedabad- 23.92, Anand - 31.18, Kheda - 29.87, Mehsana - 30.96, Panchmahals - 31.49, Dahod - 32.41, Chhota Udepur - 25.44 and Vadodara - 32.41.

The Congress party has complained the Election Commission of India (ECI) about a road show held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he cast his vote in Ranip area of Ahmedabad.

Modi, registered as a voter in Ranip area of Ahmedabad, exercised his right at the polling booth at Nishan Vidyalaya in Ranip region

of the city. Afer casting his vote, he stood on the steps of his vehicle and carried out a road show for quite a distance, waving to the crowd and the gathering.

There were also several complaints made to the Election Commission about malfunctioning of Electronic Voting Machines in and around Vadodara city. At many places, the polling was halted due to such malfunctioning.

There were reports of a skirmish in Dhanera town in the Banaskantha, where a poll official was attacked by a group, police said.

Many bigwigs, including union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, state Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki and Patidar leader Hardik Patel have cast their vote.

Gujarat battle ends amid Congress-BJP war of words

SUMMONS FOR SETTLEMENT OF ISSUE (ORDER -V, RULE -1, 5, 20)

Whereas the abovenamed plaintiff has instituted a suit against you for recovery of Rs. 94,853/- (Rupees ninety four thousand eight hundred fifty three) only as on 31-07-2016 with agreed interest both penden- tilite and future, termination of lease deed dt. 29-11-2011, eviction and permanent injunction etc.

You are hereby summoned to appear before the Court in person or by pleader duly instructed and able to answer all material questions relating to the suit on this 20th day of December 2017 at 10:00 am without fail.

Take notice that in default of your appearance on the date mentioned the suit will be heard and determined in your absence.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Court this 17th day of Nov. 2017.

People wait in a queue to cast their votes for the second phase of assembly elections in Ahmedabad on Thursday. (PTI)

Whereas the abovenamed plaintiff has instituted a suit against you for recovery of Rs. 82,092.60/- (Rupees eighty two thousand ninety two and sixty paisa) only as on 30-04-2017 with agreed interest both penden- tilite and future, termination of lease deed dt. 19-04-12, eviction and permanent injunction etc.

You are hereby summoned to appear before the Court in person or by pleader duly instructed and able to answer all material questions relating to the suit on this 18th day of December 2017 at 10:00 am without fail.

Take notice that in default of your appearance on the date mentioned the suit will be heard and determined in your absence.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Court this 16th day of Nov. 2017.

DC-2966

SHRI. AJONGBA IMCHEN Civil Judge (Senior Division) Dimapur : Nagaland

office of the poll panel in New Delhi.

BJP veteran L.K. Advani, the Lok Sabha member from Gandhinagar, cast his vote at a booth in Hindi Vidyalaya in Shahpur area of the old city.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley voted at a booth in Chimanbhai Institute at Vejalpur area.

Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel too voted on Thursday. Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who has virtually thrown his lot with the Congress, exercised his franchise in Viramgam.

A skirmish took place between two groups in Hasanpur village in Visnagar at Mehsana. The police used batons to disperse the mob. Ten persons have hospitalised.

The districts were

elections were held on Thursday included Banaskantha, Patan, Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Dahod, Kheda, Anand, Vadodara and Chhota Udepur.

A total of 25,575 polling booths were set up in 14,523 places.

There were several complaints regarding malfunctioning EVMs in and around Vadodara city, halting polling temporarily.

A clash also erupted in Dhanera town in Banaskantha district, police said.

The first round of polling to elect a 182-member Gujarat Assembly took place on December 9. The votes will be counted on Monday.

IN THE COURT OF

CIVIL JUDGE SENIOR DIVISION DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

To

EXECUTION CASE NO. 17/2014 NIDC Ltd. Dimapur ....... Decree Holder -VrsShri. K. Sohilo Tep & Ohrs. .... Judgement Debtors

1. Shri. K. Sohilo Tep, S/o Kegwanye Tep R/o. Way Side Villa, Tseminyu Town, Dist. Kohima, Nagaland Present Address : C/o. Tetso College, 5th Mile, Dimapur; Nagaland 2. Shri. John Kemp, S/o. Mr. Malohe Kemp Potdar, Sub Treasury Office, Tseminyu Town, Dist. Kohima, Nagaland 3. Mr. Tesinle, W/o. Mr. Sohilo Tep ANM, Office of the Medical Officer, Tseminyu Hospital Tseminyu Town, Dist. Kohima, Nagaland ...... Judgement Debtors NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE WHEREAS the NIDC/decreeholder in the said Execution case No. 17/2014, has applied in this Court for attachment and sale of the hypothecated vehicle and attachment and sale of both movable and immovable properties lawfully belonging to or standing in the name of the judgement debtor No. 1 in Kohima and /or within the state of Nagaland and attachment of the salaries and/or pension benefits and sale of both movable and immovable properties lawfully belonging to or standing in the name of the judgment debtor No. 2 and 3 in Kohima and /or within the sate of Nagaland, as the Judgment Debtors has failed to satisfy the decree dt. 17.12.14 passed by the Ld. Civil Judge Senior Division, Dimapur, Nagaland in Civil Suit No. 10/2009.

You are asked to appear before this Court on 18th day of Dec. 2017 at 10:00 a.m and to show cause as to why the properties and securities mentioned above should not be attached and sale towards the recovery of the decreed amount.

Take notice that in default of your appearance on the date mentioned above the matter shall be heard and determined in your absence.

Given under my hand and seal of the Court this 17th day of Nov. 2017.

(SHRI. AJONGBA IMCHEN) Civil Judge Senior Division DC-2963 Dimapur : Nagaland

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OPINiON/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 13 Dimapur, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017

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Mid-East spark

here has been a lot of discussions and articles written about the consequence of the US president Donald Trump deciding to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv, the present capital of Israel to Jerusalem. The move was seen as a challenge to those nations who believe in the policy of status quo and those who support the claim of the Palestinians. Trump’s decision to shift the American embassy to Jerusalem is an old resolution and not one which he decided. The Jews and Palestinians share the same history and very close genetical lineage. In the biblical accounts, Palestine was called Philistine and the people who were called Philistines arrived from other nearby areas. Also, according to biblical accounts, Jerusalem was called ‘Moriah’(or Mount Morah). This was a place in the wilderness area in Abraham’s day (2000 BC) and a thousand years later (1000 BC) King David established the city of Jerusalem there, and his son Solomon built the First Jewish Temple there. According to the Old Testament historical books Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the Lord appeared to his father David (2 Chr.3:1). In other words, ‘Mount Moriah’ in the time of Abraham was an isolated mountain top in the wilderness but 1000 years later through David and Solomon it became the central and capital city of the Israelites where they built the Jewish Temple.

King Solomon built the first Temple in the 10th century BCE, on a site whose sanctity went back eons before that. After several attacks, the temple was eventually razed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. After the fall of Babylon, Persian King Cyrus The Great allowed jews to return beginning from 538 BCE. The returnees then built the second temple also known as Herod’s Temple. The temple was again destroyed by the Roman Emperor Titus in 70 CE. Jerusalem remained as the spiritual capital of the Jews and after Islam came into existence around six hundred years later, it also became the holy city of the Palestinian Arabs. Jerusalem is considered holy by the three monotheistic religions- Judaism, Christianity and Islam because of the temple mount where the Jewish temples were built. The Dome of the Rock was built between AD 685 and 691 by the caliph ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, not as a mosque for public worship but rather as a mashhad, a shrine for pilgrims. The rock over which the shrine was built is sacred to both Muslims and Jews .Both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque are located on a raised platform known as the Temple Mount. Israelis and Palestinians both claim Jerusalem as their capital. West Jerusalem, the side of the city is controlled by Israel since 1949 while East side of Jerusalem used to be controlled by Palestine. Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1967 and annexed that half of the city. Since 1988 and the beginning of a peace process that envisioned a two-state solution to the conflict- that is, an independent Palestinian state and an independent Israeli state side by side - US policy has been to leave the status of Jerusalem to be decided by the two sides as part of a final peace agreement. However with the latest decision of President Trump, the twin capital theory lies buried and the veil of strife-torn peace has been lifted.

DailyDevotion The Great Life Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled… -John 14:27.

Whenever we experience something difficult in our personal life, we are tempted to blame God. But we are the ones in the wrong, not God. Blaming God is evidence that we are refusing to let go of some disobedience somewhere in our lives. But as soon as we let go, everything becomes as clear as daylight to us. As long as we try to serve two masters, ourselves and God, there will be difficulties combined with doubt and confusion. Our attitude must be one of complete reliance on God. Once we get to that point, there is nothing easier than living the life of a saint.

We encounter difficulties when we try to usurp the authority of the Holy Spirit for our own purposes.

God’s mark of approval, whenever you obey Him, is peace. He sends an immeasurable, deep peace; not a natural peace, “as the world gives,” but the peace of Jesus. Whenever peace does not come, wait until it does, or seek to find out why it is not coming. If you are acting on your own impulse, or out of a sense of the heroic, to be seen by others, the peace of Jesus will not exhibit itself. This shows no unity with God or confidence in Him. The spirit of simplicity, clarity, and unity is born through the Holy Spirit, not through your decisions. God counters our self-willed decisions with an appeal for simplicity and unity.

My questions arise whenever I cease to obey.

When I do obey God, problems come, not between me and God, but as a means to keep my mind examining with amazement the revealed truth of God. But any problem that comes between God and myself is the result of disobedience. Any problem that comes while I obey God (and there will be many), increases my overjoyed delight, because I know that my Father knows and cares, and I can watch and anticipate how He will unravel my problems.

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Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017

The Magnificant: A Song of Messianic Liberation

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he Song of Mary in Luke 1:46-55 is traditionally known in Latin as the ~IMagnificat~I, which means “glorifies.” It is said that this passage of the Gospel terrified the Russian Czars, because it contains “the revolutionary germ” against oppressive power structures.

The young pregnant Mary had gone to visit her cousin Elizabeth, who was also miraculously conceived in her old age.

Elizabeth congratulated Mary because she would be the mother of the Messiah, the Liberator of God’s people from all that is sinful, wrong, and oppressive.

Then, Mary broke out singing: “My soul magnifies the Lord / And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior (vv. 46-47). Here she praised God because she was to be the mother of the Messiah, an honor which every Jewish female longed for. She knew that this was a great event - God’s visitation upon His people.

Mary felt humbled and

unworthy that God would notice the “lowly state of His maidservant” (vv. 4849). She was a bit surprised that God had chosen to send the Messiah, the King of the Jews, not through the expected route of royal palaces, that is, He didn’t pick a queen or a lady of high standing. Instead, He took into account the “lowly state of His maidservant” and chose to display His mighty work of deliverance through her, because she was poor and lowly.

Another quality God took note of was that she was God-fearing: she did not question God’s mysterious ways nor would she oppose the sacrificial mission of her Son, unlike other mothers of young people who were liberators of their communities. And by calling herself as “His maidservant,” she showed her complete willingness to do whatever God wanted her to do. And all these qualities revealed her great wisdom despite her tender age.

From thanking God for His unmerited favor

towards her, Mary general- through her Son, the Mesized her praise and spoke siah. She expected God to for her people. She said, “put down the mighty from “And His mercy is on those their thrones,” while exaltwho fear Him from genera- ing “the lowly” (v. 52). Oh, tion to generation” (v. 50). what would have Herod That is, God has treated the thought if he had known righteous well throughout that a woman of the people the ages and He would vin- had sung such a “revodicate them lutionary fully in the Mazie Nakhro m e s s a g e ” future. in her song?

Then, she reflected Perhaps he would say that on the depressing political she was crazy or had her situation her people were in charged with incitement and yet rejoiced that God of rebellion against the had intervened to right the Roman Imperial rule. wrongs by a reversal of Coming down to verse situation. First, according 53, Mary expressed how to Mary, God “has shown God would solve a sociostrength with His arm; He economic issue through the has scattered the proud” Messiah: He would fill the (v. 51). Here she was pos- hungry with good things sibly recalling how God and send away the rich demonstrated His power empty. At the time of Mary, against the proud and pow- the poor and downtrodden erful Pharaoh and used His had few legal rights and no servant Moses to bring the recourse to defend themIsraelites out from oppres- selves against the wrongs sion in Egypt to freedom perpetrated by the rich and in a land which was, in powerful. But when the Mary’s time, occupied by Messiah comes, He would the Romans. For Mary, this reverse all this and cause His process of God’s deliver- people to enjoy the abunance of His people has be- dance of His blessings, both gun and it would continue spiritual and material.

Lastly, Mary expresses the traditional Jewish hope of vindication in the face of oppression at the hands of foreign, pagan rulers (vv. 54-55). Though a poor peasant, she understood that Israel had been groaning under the weight of oppression, but God had not forgotten them. He would finally act on their behalf in remembrance of His mercy and set them free from everything that is oppressive. And that He would do so through the Baby in her womb.

So now what? What applicable truths do we find from this famous ~IMagnificat ~Iof Mary, the mother of our Lord?

First, we must understand that God acts on behalf of the poor and the lowly, because He can readily display His power through them. Conversely, He is against the mighty, because they are rich and proud and often exploit the weak.

Second, we must recognize that those in power often exploit situations and

create problems to the common people. When this happens, attempting to remove the problems at the grass-root level isn’t going to work. We can’t just keep picking people up at the bottom of the cliff and not climb the mountain to see who is throwing them off the edge. In other words, the source of the problems must be identified first and then fixed, just as God would “put down the mighty from their thrones,” because they became the cause of problems for those who were under their watch.

Third, when human problems need to be fixed, God often steps in to intervene so as to bring reversal of situation. But He does this by using human instrument.

Finally, just as even Mary, the mother of our Lord Jesus, hoped for the liberation of her people, we too should be inspired to pray that God would deliver us from every oppressive rule and grant our freedom according to His perfect will.

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Christian youth and media

he post modernists postulate that there is no objective or absolute truth. To them truth is always relative to some particular frame of reference, such as a language or a culture. A postmodernist view the world outside of themselves as being in error, that is, other people’s truth becomes indistinguishable from error. Therefore, no one has the authority to define truth or impose upon others his idea of moral right and wrong. Thus, they reject the book such as the Bible which is believed to be absolutely true.

Post-modern philosophy has enormously influenced many people, particularly in the west.

It is greatly held and accepted by youngsters who wish to live an unrestricted life. They want absolute freedom in life; hence they heartily embrace this philosophy. In the year 2016, surprisingly, oxford dictionaries word of the year was post-truth, an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief ’. Post-truth culture is sweeping and affecting lives of many. Post-truth culture is a culture that elevates feelings and preferences over fact and truth. This culture is little similar to hedonism. Hedonism is the philosophy that pleasure is the most important pursuit

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of mankind, and the only thing that is good for an individual.

Hedonists, therefore, strive to maximize their total pleasure.

They believe that pleasure is the only good in life, and pain is the only evil, and our life’s goal should be to maximize pleasure and minimize pain.

Now, under the topic Christian youth and media, you might be wondering why I start with postmodern philosophy and post-truth culture. It is said that certain Jewish writers are very competent in indoctrinating the mind of the readers. Gradually, as the readers read the articles in the magazines, without their realization, they are brainwashed with the ideas contained in the articles. Likewise, the media induces and alters our mind. The philosophy of postmodernism and post-truth culture is given a lot by media. The notion that every truth is relative is greatly instilled in the mind of the youths by media. However, sadly, many do not realize it and embrace postmodernists’ philosophy without even knowing what postmodernism is. Therefore, many Christian youths are misled and ruined, falling in the trap of media-influence.

Media is an inescapable reality.

When we think of media, we could be extreme in two ways.

For instance some totally ignore and shun social media as if it is inherently bad. Before I

used social media, I was also pessimistic and cynical. On the other hand, some bask in the glory of media so much so that they fail to recognize and realize the blight or the damage that the media brings about.

Apparently, there are positive and negative impacts of social media. Though it is unwise to study only the negative effects of something, bearing in mind that the merits or advantages of media are perceptible, I would like to stress on few negative effects of social media in this write-up. Undeniably, the ministry of God can be carried out in a much better and effective way with the help of media today. Nevertheless, the ruination of Christian lives, particularly the youth, due to wrong use of media is appalling. I would implore you to rethink on how the Jewish writers coax and sway their readers using enticing ideas. Let me point out three pertinent effects of media on youth. Firstly, I would like to stress on the wave of media in changing our perspectives and worldviews. Our mind is extremely powerful. The things we see enchant and beguile us tremendously. The pictures, films and videos the media present alter our worldview extensively. Though many youths do not have the knowledge of relativism, it impinges upon them compellingly. Relativism

New Horizon

is the belief that there’s no absolute truth, only the truths that a particular individual or culture happen to believe. If you believe in relativism, then you think different people can have different views about what’s moral and immoral. The idea ‘it depends on how you think’ is instilled in the minds of the youth by media. Thus, sin is normalized; a filthy thing is embraced without any thought of guilt. What is scripturally wrong is projected as lawful and permissible. For instance, physical relationship before marriage is considered as legal by many today. It has become like an accepted cultural practice. However, it contradicts the Biblical teaching. Jesus said, “You have heard that it was said to those of old; you shall not commit adultery. But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart (Matt. 5:27-28).

If what we see can lure us to commit sin, Christian youths using media is a great challenge. It may not be wrong to say that the fascinating scenes offered by media boost our lust intensely. Today, many account lust as love. In the name of love relationship, many defile the temple of God. (To be concluded) Liba Hopeson, libahopeson@gmail.com

Issues confronting our confused and chaotic society

oliticians do not buy votes. Majority of ‘WE NAGAS’ sells vote directly or indirectly, that’s the root cause of all problems and we are “THE CREATOR” of our own mess. So, let’s stop the hypocrisy of blaming only the politicians when it’s ‘picture clear’, that the foundation of all the issues and problems confronting our society today, has been laid by us. Before speaking ill of others at least have the courage to own up our action. In all fairness, we have to maintain a certain standard of fairness as we expect the same standard from others; otherwise it amounts to being double standard. No matter, the extent of ‘CLEAN ELECTION’ campaign, at the end of the day, for the vast majority of poor people, hardly making ends meet, development will be the last thing in mind and money will be the last thing they will ‘SAY NO TO’.

I will not refuse to acknowledge some people who do not sell their votes but unfortunately that too comes with rider, that is, award of contract works or backdoor appointments after winning election in return for their so called “Free Votes”.

Now, please justify yourselves as to how our representatives can work honestly and efficiently under such “CONDITIONED CONDITION” and decide for yourselves who, to be blamed and who, to be held accountable for all the mess we are in. As for me, our politician’s actions are justified, created and overshadowed by our ‘own individual selfishness’ and we are all responsible for making them “THEM”. Many may or may not agree with me but that’s the sad reality of it.

With regard to clean election initiatives of the religious organization, I would say, please do not make a mockery of yourself, as it is like, you seek donations from the politicians for your various activities on one hand and ‘preach your preaching’ to people not to accept money from them on the other. This is the height of hypocrisy; your double standard has been exposed. I say, either “Practice what you Preach” or change your speech. Questions would not have been raised, if you had minded your own business. Please do the needful to set your house in order before even thinking of venturing out

on the issue/issues that may prove counterproductive and bring disrepute to your name.

I’m not being pessimistic here, let us be practical and try to understand the ground reality.

You signing the pledge with the politicians has been so far the joke of the year. You are living in fool’s paradise to even think that these politicians will strictly adhere to your pledge. If you have a real genuine concern for the society as you say and preach, by now, you should have mobilized all your resources for “The Clean Election Campaign”, toured all the villages of the state and “SIGNED the PLEDGE with the PEOPLE”, not with the “POLITICIANS”, who has played politics with you and made a fool of you.

Please maintain your sanctity as a religious institution by not meddling in the dirty mud’s of politics, as the saying goes, “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone”. It’s time we do away with all the hypocrisies, for the best time to start a “NEW BEGINNING”, is “NOW” either with the election or solution. KUKNALIM. Hukai. H Zhimo, Forest Colony, Dimapur

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political dynamism is expected to take place with Rahul Ghandi setting to take over Congress leadership in New Delhi on 16 December 2017.

The recent Gujarat election campaign had created a vibrant impact

by Rahul Ghandi. Whether Congress party wins the Gujarat election or not is not the issue. But even increasing Congress tally will have an extensive political implication in the forthcoming Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and other States elections. Even now there is wide difference between the BJP ruled States and one man up-man ship of Shri.

Narendra Modi in Delhi. Modi’s image and popularity does not seem to fetch huge votes in the provinces (States) People are watching the outcome of Gujarat election result because the Gujarat result will be trend-setter for other States and 2019 parliamentary election specially for the Congress party.

Now the scenario in Nagaland is, if the BJP is unseated in Delhi, the survival of the Government in Nagaland will be short lived. Consequently, Naga people of all hues will flock to Congress party again. But the question is, whether the Nagaland INC is ready to accept them?. Whether the present Congress leadership has built a house large enough to accommodate the people as because the passive and docile attitude of the present Congress leadership has created lot of doubts in the mind of the people. Perhaps the matrimonial proximity with the people in power might have taken its toll.

Kethosilie Angami

Reader’s Post

Do you have room for Jesus this Christmas?

Sir,

Are you preparing for Jesus to come in? What is your plan for this coming Christmas? Let us not forget to clean our mind, body, soul and spiritual life so that we will not reject our savior Jesus Christ to get into our life and home. The most important thing to be considered at Christmas is to make a place/ room for Jesus in our life.

The physical arrangement is secondary but the spiritual preparation is priority. When we look at the world growing and developing, we are living in the fastest world age where we are too much confined on worldly and earthly perspective that we always fail to give importance on spiritual building. We keep our savior Jesus Christ as an option and give less importance for which we could not be prosperous and successful in our life.

For many past years, Christmas celebrations become Christ-less celebration which makes us missed the main target. Therefore, why not we make this coming 2017 Christmas a significant one by making a room for Jesus to stay with us in our heart. If you and I miss to have Jesus, our savior like the inn keeper who had no room for Joseph and Mary (Jesus’ parents). People had no room for Jesus on his first birthday.

The greatest gift of God to mankind is Jesus i, e Christmas.

So what is your gift for Jesus? Are you going to share your love, joy, peace, kind and resources to others? Of course, the number will be differing from one person to person but how many times are we having Jesus in our hearts that’s the reason for Christmas. Let Jesus transform us and make us a better person and let our sorrow turn into joy, loss into profit, and failure into success through this Christmas. May this Christmas bring joy, love, peace and hope to all God’s children?

Kuzhohuto Rhakho, Pastor, Naga Christian Fellowship, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra

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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Manmohan meets Naidu SC order on interim ahead of Parliament session relief on mandatory ary 5. The 21-day session is scheduled to have 14 sittings of both Houses of Parliament. In another tweet, the Vice President said: “I will work with all party leaders during the Winter Session and try to build a congenial environment in which public issues and national concerns can be discussed and where every member is given a reasonable opportunity to present her or his perspective.”

Gang of fraudsters busted in Srinagar SRINAGAR, DEC 14 (IANS): Police here said on Thursday it has busted a gang of fraudsters that cheated over 30 business establishments in the Kashmir Valley.

Two persons, identified as Tahir Amin and Waheed Bhat, have been arrested. The duo, along with a woman, have been cheating people for the last six months, a police officer said. The gang used social media applications and websites like OLX.com to cheat gullible customers. They used to buy electronic articles like cell phones, LED TVs and ovens against fake bank cheques, he said. “Similarly, they used to buy articles including electric wires, bath fittings, clothing from renowned showrooms in the valley using bank cheques to make the payments.

Raj govt plans law to provide death penalty for raping minor

JAIPUR, DEC 14 (PTI): The Vasundhara Raje-led Rajasthan government may soon move a Bill to provide death penalty to those convicted of raping minors on the lines of a legislation passed recently by the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, a senior minister said.

“The government is currently studying the Madhya Pradesh model. The Madhya Pradesh legislation is awaiting the President’s nod and we are waiting to know its fate. If it gets the nod, we will introduce a Bill in the Assembly,” Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said.

On December 4, the Madhya Pradesh Assembly had unanimously passed ‘The Penal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill2017’ to provide for death sentence to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 or below. The legislation seeks to introduce section-376 (A)(A)-- in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) under which a person convicted of raping a girl aged 12 years or below may be awarded death penalty, life imprisonment or a minimum imprisonment of 14 years with a fine. It also seeks to bring in section 376 (D)(A) for gang

rape of girls up to the age of 12. The convict under this section may be awarded capital punishment, life imprisonment or a minimum of 20 years in jail, besides a fine. Under both the sections, the convict awarded life sentence will have to remain in jail till death.

According to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) 2016 report, cases of crime against children have shown a steady rise in Rajasthan. Rajasthan recorded 4,034 such cases in 2016, which is 3.8 per cent of the crimes against children (98,344) registered across the country. In 2015, the state had registered 3,689 cases of crime against children.

linking of Aadhaar

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): The Supreme Court will on Friday pronounce its order on the plea for interim relief on a batch of petitions seeking stay of various Central and state government notifications mandating the linking of Aadhaar with various schemes including taking exam by the students, availing scholarship, cremation and treatment of HIV positive patients.

The government has already issued 139 notifications mandating the linking of Unique identification Number with various schemes including MNREGA, old age pension scheme, provident fund and Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana. Reserving the order after the hearing spread over three and half hours on Thursday, the five judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that the regular hearing on the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar being violative of right to privacy would commence on January 10, 2018.

The court indicated that it will address the government plea for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with the opening of new bank accounts in its order to be pronounced on Friday.

report on action taken on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 122nd Report of the Committee on Estimates pertaining to Power Department; and iii) 129th report on action taken on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 123rd Report of the Committee on Estimates pertaining to Women Resource Development Department.

P. Paiwang Konyak, parliamentary secretary for Transport & Civil Aviation, moved the introduction of the Nagaland Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1978 (First Amendment) Bill, 2017.

Rs 1054 cr for modernisation of 7 CAPFs

New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI): The government will spend Rs 1,054 crore in the next two years on the procurement of modern weapons, vehicles and other gadgets for seven paramilitary forces, including CRPF and BSF, an official said.

Three more central forensic laboratories will also come up in Pune, Bhopal and Guwahati by next March to help law enforcement agencies in detecting, arresting and prosecuting criminals expeditiously, the official said.

The decisions were taken at a highlevel meeting chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh here today, a ministry official said. Of the Rs 1,054 crore approved by the central government, half of the amount will be spent in the next two years for mordernisation of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), while

the rest will be spent for the upgradation of six other central armed police forces -BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB, NSG and Assam Rifles, the ministry official said.

Earlier, only Rs 200 crore was given for the seven central armed police forces every year under the scheme of modernisation of police forces.

The home ministry also enhanced the financial powers of the director general of each of the central armed police forces from Rs 15 crore to Rs 20 crore per year, the official said.

The ministry has also issued guidelines for the implementation of a Rs 25,000-crore mega internal security scheme, approved by the union cabinet in September, to strengthen the country’s law and order mechanism, mordernise police forces and effectively fight against terrorism.

Nadda asks states to implement law We will take up fishermen issues, says Rahul regulating clinical establishments NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (PTI): Calling it a “turbulent period” in the healthcare system, Union health minister J P Nadda today urged the states to implement the Clinical Establishment Act for regulation of private healthcare institutions, in the backdrop of cases of alleged medical negligence and overcharging by private hospitals.

The Clinical Establishments Act was been enacted by the Centre to provide for registration and regulation of all clinical establishments in the country with a view to prescribe the minimum standards of facilities and services provided by them.

The minister said that the government is committed to bringing about proactive policy changes in the healthcare sector to make it more responsive to the needs of the common man and to create a network where the government and the private sector can work together for ensuring universal healthcare at affordable cost.”In this turbulent period of the healthcare system, stakeholders must sit together to sort out the differences to evolve a policy framework that should address how to provide affordable universal health-

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NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): A day ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday met Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

Later, Naidu tweeted about meeting Singh, who is a Congress member of the Rajya Sabha from Assam. The Winter Session will begin on December 15 and continue till Janu-

(From p-1) They said afterwards, Kenye arrived followed by former chief minister and Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio, who addressed the gathering numbering around 16. According to the MLAs, Kenye had informed them that both the MPs (he and Rio) had a meeting with Dr. Shürhozelie the previous night for a change of guard. They however said that they learnt to their dismay that “this was a total lie meant to sour the relations between Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang and Dr. Shürhozelie.” The MLAs declared that whatever decision the chief minister had taken was right and they continued to stand “firmly behind his dynamic leadership”. They also appealed to all members not to create such propaganda in the future.

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communicated to the general public. “At the same time, medical community should be aware of the imponderables being faced by those who are seeking medical help, particularly from the point of view of cost. Such meaningful interfaces can take the medical profession to its pristine glory,” he added.

Nadda also highlighted the achievements of his government in the healthcare sector, such as increase in the health expenditure as a proportion to the GDP. Prior to 2014, there was a cut in the health expenditure. As against this, the expenditure is increasing every successive year since 2014. For the year 2017-18, the budgeted expenditure is 27.5 per cent higher than the previous year. Of that, more than 70 per cent has already been expended, he said.

Pitching for greater cooperation between public and private hospitals to ensure universal healthcare, the minister said that a beginning has been made in this direction also.

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“The private healthcare sector cannot remain unregulated and that is why we have been asking states to implement the Clinical Establishment Act,” Nadda said inaugurating the 14th India Health Summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here today.

The minister pointed out that the medical profession is lacking communication skills, and the challenges as well as the impediments should be communicated to the general public.

“You cannot afford to live in silos. The challenges, impediments and advantages India possesses in the medical system should be

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We will bring pressure on both the governments to do the needful for the families which have lost their breadearners,” he told the women who poured their grievances to him.

Gandhi said: “We will put a tremendous amount of pressure on the Central government in Parliament.

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Gandhi, who met the families in Chinnathurai in this southern-most district of Tamil Nadu, said their problems could be better addressed if there was a separate Ministry for Fisheries at the Centre whom the distressed people can look up to.

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ventional submarine to be inducted into the Indian Navy. Kalvari means Tiger Shark.

Modi was received at the Naval Dockyard by Navy Chief Sunil Lanba and presented a 100-man Guard of Honour.

He thanked France for its help and collaboration in developing the Scorpene submarines, which encompass superior stealth and combat capabilities.

“It signifies strengthening of the growing strategic ties between India and France,” Modi said.

The Scorpenes were being built by the Mazagaon Dockyard Ltd (MDL) here under Project 75 with transfer of technology from a foreign collaborator -DCNS of France.

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MUMBAI, DEC 14 (IANS): Heralding it as a significant new era to boost India’s defence and security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday commissioned the country’s first indigenously-built Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari into the Indian Navy.

He formally unveiled the commissioning plaque and shook hands with naval officers, before taking a quick voyage in the submarine.

It is named after the first Foxtort-class submarine - INS Kalvari - which was inducted into the Navy on December 8, 1967. This indigenous version comes days after the golden jubilee of the Navy’s submarine wing.

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with Captain S.D. Mehendale at the helm.

The commissioning will augment the offensive capability of the Indian Navy and the Western Naval Command in particular.

The second in the series of six submarines in this project, INS Khanderi is currently undergoing sea trials and all the submarines are due to be inducted gradually into the Indian Navy by 2020.

The state-of-the-art features of the Scorpenes include superior stealth and ability to launch crippling attacks with precision-guided weapons.

The attacks can be carried out with torpedoes both while submerged or on the surface -- in all war theatres including the tropics, giving it an unmatched invulnerability.

The submarine has an overall length of 67.5 metre and a height of about 12.3 metres. The hull form, fin and hydroplanes are specifically designed to produce minimum underwater resistance.

Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and French Ambassador Alexandre Zeigler were present at the event.

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Narendra Modi commissioning the country’s first indigenouslybuilt Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari on Thursday.

lvari will provide a significant boost and synergise the country’s defence, economic, technical and international powers, along with people power on the global arena.

It will play a crucial role in India’s security and regional stability, he added. Modi said India was fully alert with regard to its global, strategic and economic interests in the Indian Ocean.

“India’s humanitarian commitment to national security and diplomacy makes us stand apart in the world. So, a safe and secure India is good not just for this country but for entire humanity.”

He said India was playing a crucial role in confronting “all challenges emanating from the high seas, be it terrorism, piracy, narcotics smuggling or illegal fishing” for the countries in the Indian Ocean rim.

In her address, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said submarines were “lethal, potent and cutting platforms in modern warfare, essential for peace and deterrence”.

INS Kalvari is manned by a team comprising of eight officers and 35 sailors

(From p-1) He also stated that all reports and Bills laid before the House for consideration and adoption would be taken up on Friday.

Other transactions during the day included Zeliang laying the 50th (201516) and 51st (2016-17) annual reports of Nagaland Public Service Commission, annual reports of the Nagaland Information Commission for 2015-16 and 2016-17 and the Nagaland School Education Service Rules, 2017 during business hour.

The chief minister also presented the Audit Report of Comptroller and Auditor General of

(From p-1) December 7, to urge the GoI and other stakeholders to resolve the Naga issue before the elections.

They added, it was under the leadership of chief minister, T.R. Zeliang, “Naga political leaders (NSCN-IM, NNPGs)” and Naga civil societies that the Naga political movement had reached this far. NGBF also sent a “sincere prayer and appeal” to the NSCN (K) leaders to join the negotiations and be a part of the peace process.

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Globally, gold rose 0.17 per cent to USD 1,257.50 an ounce in Singapore.

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Protein rich eggs, meat and fish as a category, however, grew at a slower pace of 4.73 per cent during the month, against 5.76 in preceding month. WPI inflation of food articles increased to

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prevalent at that time and states would be at liberty to levy cess on it in order to protect their revenues.

Both states and the Centre earn 40 per cent of their revenue from petroleum products at present.

Modi also hinted at the reduction of tax slabs going forward after tax collection stabilises.

The current GST regime has five tax slabs --- 0 per cent, 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent. An additional GST cess is also levied on certain products.

Although the final decision would be taken by the Council, he said, “The possible scenario could be that the current highest tax slab of 28 per cent could be brought down to 25 per cent and two tax slabs of 12 per cent and 18 per cent could be merged into one.”

cost of energy for consumers. This will be of benefit to ordinary households and small-and- medium enterprises, which have significant energy costs.”

Energy that is saved will be used by farmers for irrigation and to preserve fruits and vegetables in cold storages, Kovind said, adding that energy efficiency is relevant to many of the country’s flagship programmes – from ‘Make in India’ to building Smart Cities.

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NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (PTI): All powerful GST Council will consider bringing electricity, petroleum products and some other items under the ambit of GST in future, Bihar Finance Minister Sushil Modi said on Thursday.

“Electricity, real estate, stamp duty and petroleum products should become part of GST (Goods and Services Tax). This would be our (GST Council) endeavour,” he said at the annual meet of industry chamber Ficci.

He, however, said it would be difficult to specify any timeline for this to happen. Inclusion of these can happen without amending the Constitution, he said.

If petroleum products are brought under the GST regime, he said, it will attract the highest tax slab

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many more buildings will be constructed, he said.

Energy efficiency in the building sector, therefore, is a necessity, he added.

Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh said as many as 10 states have already notified Energy Conservation Building Code and the government will bring such code for residential buildings as well.

Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) felicitated the winners out of 322 energy efficient companies from select sectors across India.

The participating units of the 2017 awards programme have achieved monetary savings of Rs 1,895 crore against total investments of Rs 1,495 crore in energy conservation measures during 2016-17.

The collective energy savings of 2,762 million kWh achieved by these units is equivalent to avoided generation capacity of 527 MW at power stations.

The President also presented prizes to school children who won the National Painting Competition 2017.

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to take India a few years to return to GDP growth levels of 7.5 per cent and above,” Standard Chartered said.

Indian economy had grown by 7.9 per cent in 2015-16.

“Even as the economy stabilises and the twin balance sheet problem is gradually addressed over the next two years, private investment - a current weak point for growth - is likely to take time to improve.

“Excess capacity and, more importantly, general elections in May 2019 are likely to delay the positive impact of policy changes,” it said.

Standard Chartered said the market is concerned about fiscal slippage in FY18 in the wake of GST implementation and higher crude oil prices.

“We expect a temporary reversal of fiscal consolidation in FY18. We forecast a deficit of 6.3 per cent of GDP (with upside risk to 6.6 per cent), versus 6.2% in FY17 and the 5.9 per cent budgeted by the government,” it said.

New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI): Availability of energy with efficiency is the backbone of India’s economic growth and development, President Ram Nath Kovind said Thursday.

He said that while India has succeeded in becoming a power surplus nation in the past three years, it cannot rest. “Our needs will certainly grow.

After all, electricity is to the industrial age what water is to agriculture.”

Energy availability and efficiency is the backbone of India’s economic growth and development, he said, addressing a function on the occasion of National Energy Conservation Day. “It poses not one but several challenges such as access to energy, sustainability of energy sources and efficiency of energy use.

All of these are important as the government works towards its commitment to provide ‘24X7 Power for All’,” Kovind said.

The President also launched a web portal on energy conser vation in buildings.

He said: “Energy conservation and efficiency are critical to our endeavours.

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The government, it said, has implemented bold reforms in recent years, including the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).

“While these reforms have brought short-term economic pain, they have boosted India’s mediumterm outlook,” the report said.

Moody’s has upgraded India’s sovereign rating by one notch to Baa2 and changed its outlook to stable from positive in November.

Also India significantly improved its ranking in the World Bank’s 2017-18 Ease of Doing Business survey, rising 30 places to 100.

“However, it will likely

“A coordinated action plan is being undertaken by the agencies on-board the MAG and the ED action is one among them,” a senior Finance Ministry official said.

The Panama Papers, released last year by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), contains brief particulars of 426 people, prima facie, Indians or persons of Indian origin.

The Income Tax Department has said that it has found 147 of the total of 426 of these cases “actionable”.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy- making body of the tax department, has recently said investigations in the Panama Papers till now has resulted in detection of undisclosed wealth of Rs 792 crore so far and the probe in these cases is on in “full swing”.

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NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (PTI): India’s economic growth has bottomed out and the GDP growth will recover further to 7 per cent over the next few quarters but it is likely to take few years to return to 7.5 per cent above levels, Standard Chartered said.

In a research report on Economic Outlook in 2018, it said the worst is over for India’s GDP growth, while forecasting a growth rate of 6.5 per cent for the current fiscal and 7.2 per cent in the year thereafter.

“We expect growth to normalise gradually over the next four to six quarters as the disruptive impact of major policy changes fades,” it said.

Economic growth has bottomed out after slowing to a 13- quarter low of 5.7 per cent in April-June.

“We see growth recovering further to 7 per cent over the next few quarters (6.3 per cent in July-September 2017) supported by several factors,” Standard Chartered said.

These factors include

New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to issue fresh notices to more than 45 Indian entities named in the Panama Papers list on charges of possible forex law violations, official sources today said.

The agency, they said, is investigating about 46 “actionable” cases of Indians on this global leaks list for possible violations under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).

The central probe agency will soon issue notices to about three dozen entities soon, they said.

The agency, one of the members of the multiagency group (MAG) of investigative agencies on Panama Papers, will also submit a report of this action to this panel that will subsequently forward a consolidated report for review to the Prime Ministers Office (PMO).

The ED has already initiated the action of “seizing of assets” under the FEMA law in few such cases.

“Out of the 46 actionable cases given to the ED, only a few are of the nature of serious violations.

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6,700 Rohingya killed in first month of Myanmar violence: MSF

Ya n g o n , D e c 1 4 (Agencies): At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed in the first month of a Myanmar army crackdown on rebels in Rakhine state that began in late August, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday.

The figure is the highest estimated death toll yet of violence that erupted on August 25 and triggered a massive refugee crisis, with more than 620,000 Rohingya fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh over a threemonth period.

The UN and US have described the military operation as “ethnic cleansing” of the Muslim minority, but have not released specific death tolls.

“At least 6,700 Rohingya, in the most conservative estimations, are estimated to have been killed, including at least 730 children below the age of five,” MSF said today.

The group’s findings come from six surveys of more than 11,426 people in Rohingya refugee camps and cover the first month after the crisis erupted.

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A Rohingya Muslim man carries an elderly woman through water after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, near Palong Khali, Bangladesh on Nov. 1, 2017. (FILE)

with survivors of violence in Myanmar, who are now sheltering in overcrowded and unsanitary camps in Bangladesh,” said the group’s medical director Sidney Wong.

“What we uncovered was staggering, both in terms of the numbers of people who reported a family member died as a result of violence, and the horrific ways in which they said they were killed or severely injured.”

Rohingya refugees have shocked the globe with consistent stories of security forces and ethnic Rakhine Buddhist mobs driving them out of their homes with bullets, rape and arson that reduced hundreds of villages

to ash.

Rights groups say the crackdown was the culmination of years of persecution and discrimination against the Muslim group in mainly Buddhist Myanmar, where they are effectively stateless and denigrated as outsiders.

Earlier this month the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the military-led crackdown appeared to include “elements of genocide”.

The MSF surveys put a number to the horrors.

Gunshot wounds were the cause of death in 69 per cent of the cases, according to the aid organisation.

Another nine per cent

were reported burned alive inside houses, while five per cent died from fatal beatings.

For children under five, nearly 60 per cent died after being shot, MSF found.

MSF said the peak in deaths coincided with the launch of “clearance operations” by the army and local militias in late August, and showed “that Rohingya have been targeted”.

Myanmar’s government did not respond to a request for comment.

But it has consistently denied committing atrocities in Rakhine, saying the crackdown was a proportionate response to the Rohingya militants who attacked police posts on August 25, killing around a dozen officials.

The army has put the official death toll at 400 people, including 376 Rohingya “terrorists”, and cleared its troops of any abuses in an internal probe.

The government has also blocked a UN factfinding team from accessing northern Rakhine state, despite global calls for a credible investigation.

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Trump Russia scandal ‘harm US’: Putin

Lo n d o n, D e c 1 4 (Agencies): Russia’s president has accused opponents of his US counterpart Donald Trump of harming the US by “inventing stories” about contacts with Russia. At his annual news conference, Vladimir Putin said contacts between the Trump team and Russian officials before last year’s election were normal, reported BBC. He said the US opposition were not treating those who elected Mr Trump with respect. The Trump campaign is being investigated for collusion with Russia.

US intelligence agencies have concluded that Moscow tried to sway the presidential election in favour of Mr Trump, but Mr Putin denies the allegations.

“It’s all invented by those in opposition to Trump to make his work seem illegitimate,” Mr Putin said, when asked about the investigation.

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Washington, Dec 14 (IANS): Three astronauts landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday after spending nearly five months at the International Space Station.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Expedition 53 crewmates Randy Bresnik of NASA, Paolo Nespoli of European Space Agency (ESA) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos landed at 2.37 p.m. Kazakhstan time, NASA said. During his time aboard the orbital complex, Bresnik ventured outside the

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1st Prize : Rs. 30,000/- with trophy and certificate 2nd Prize : Rs. 15,000/- with trophy and certificate Mogadishu, Dec 14 where dozens of soldiers been blamed for the masThe US has carried out rd sive truck bombing in the at least 32 drone strikes this 3 Prize : Rs. 10,000/- with trophy and certificate (Agencis): An Islamic had gathered.

“He wanted to inflict capital in October that left year against al-Shabab and extremist suicide bomber Entry fee : Rs. 1500/- per team disguised as a police officer killed at least 17 and injured 20 at a police academy in Somalia’s capital today, police said.

Colonel Mohamud Aden said that 20 other officers were wounded by the blast, some of them seriously.

The bomber, with explosives strapped around his waist and torso, infiltrated General Kahiye Police Academy and targeted officers gathering for special morning exercises, Captain Mohamed Hussein said.

The officers were rehearsing for Somalia’s Police Day celebrations scheduled for December 20, Hussein said. The bomber walked into the police academy undetected and joined a long line of officers in the rehearsal parade before he detonated the explosives under his sportswear, Hussein said.

“He detonated his bomb vest having realised that his presence had drawn suspicion among officers in the queue,” he said.

Police officer Farah Omar who was at the scene at the time of the blast said the bomber targeted a spot

a maximum damage,” said Omar.

The Somalia-based alShabab extremist group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. Al-Shabab, which is allied to al-Qaida, carries out frequent bombings and attacks against hotels, checkpoints and other high-profile areas of Mogadishu. Al-Shabab has

512 dead. Only a few attacks since 9/11 have killed more people.

Al-Shabab has become the deadliest Islamic extremist group in Africa and is increasingly targeted by the US military after the Trump administration early this year approved expanded airstrikes and other efforts against the fighters.

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I N V I TAT I O N The Convener, together with the members of the Golden Jubilee Celebration Committee, New Jalukie Village cordially invites the kind presence of all the village people, our daughters at their in-laws away and sons and all the household from the village residing at near and far off places as we celebrate the 50th Year of God’s deliverance on the 19th of December 2017 at New Jalukie Village Ground.

Shri T. R. Zeliang, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland has kindly consented to grace the occasion as Chief Guest.

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WORD OF GRATITUDE The members of 2 NAP E' COY Baptist Fellowship, Akhuluto, Nagaland would like to thank our Almighty God for blessing us abundantly in making our 25th Anniversary celebration a grand success which was held on 30th Nov.2017.

We would also like to convey our sincere Gratitude to each and everyone who supported us spiritually and Financially for the celebration.

Our special thanks goes to : 1. Commandant and All ranks of 2nd NAP Bn, Alichen.

2. Shri Kekheto Kinimi, Head G.B. Lumithsami village and owner.

3. Police Baptist Church, Alichen & Women Department and all the COY Fellowship.

4. All the neighbouring churches at Akuluto. nd

5. All the Organization & Individual and well wishers.

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a small but growing number of fighters linked to the Islamic State group, many of them defectors from alShabab.

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space station for three spacewalks. Along with NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, Bresnik lead a trio of spacewalks to replace one of two latching end effectors on the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2.

They also lubricated the newly replaced Canadarm2 end effector and replaced cameras on the left side of the station’s truss and the right side of the station’s US Destiny laboratory.

Ryazanskiy conducted one spacewalk with fellow

REJOINDER

Through this column, I, Mr. Ramuk Jamir of Ungma village do hereby declare that Mr. Merang has nothing to do with the seized items (liquor) which was intercepted by the Assam Rifles on 10 Dec 2017 as published in Nagaland Post on 13th Dec 2017.

That I am solely responsible for which inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION KOHIMA : NAGALAND

NOTIFICATION

Dt. Kohima the 14th Dec’2017

No. Misc/Advt/03/2017-18: As per the guideline of National Institute of Open School (NIOS) for in-service teachers training of D.El.Ed course, 57 (fifty seven) Study-Centres have been identified and approved vide order No.EDS/B.ED-1/99 dated. 12th Dec’2017, the detailed study-centres are listed in Annexure-I. In this regard, principals of the Study-Centre listed in Annexure-I are directed to collect Accreditation-Form from the respective District Education Officer of your district and submit in the Directorate of School Education at Room No: 2 (two) after duly filling-up the form before 20th of Dec’2001.

Annexure-I D.El.Ed Study-Centers for in-service Teachers.

Sl.No DISTRICT SCHOOL NAME Govt. Hr. Secondary Schools 1 DIMAPUR GHSS Chumukedima 2 DIMAPUR GHSS Dimapur 3 DIMAPUR GHSS Medziphema 4 KIPHIRE GHSS Kiphire 5 KIPHIRE GHSS Pungro 6 KOHIMA GHSS Kohima Razukhrie 7 KOHIMA GHSS Kohima Vill Siekhazou 8 KOHIMA GHSS Kohima Vill T.M 9 LONGLENG GHSS Longleng 10 MOKOKCHUNG GHSS Mokokchung Mayangnokcha 11 MOKOKCHUNG GHSS Ungma Senayangba 12 MON GHSS Mon 13 MON GHSS Mon Town D 14 PHEK GHSS Pfutsero 15 PHEK GHSS Phek 16 PEREN GHSS Peren 17 TUENSANG GHSS Longkhim 18 TUENSANG GHSS Shamator 19 TUENSANG GHSS Thangjam 20 TUENSANG GHSS Tuensang 21 WOKHA GHSS Chukitong 22 WOKHA GHSS Wokha 23 ZUNHEBOTO GHSS Zunheboto Private Hr. Secondary Schools 1 DIMAPUR Carmel Hr. Sec. School, 4th Mile, Dimapur 2 DIMAPUR St. Mary's Hr. Sec. School, Padumpukhuri, Dimapur 3 DIMAPUR Eastern Academy Hr. Sec. School 4 DIMAPUR St.Clare Hr. Sec. School 5 DIMAPUR North Town Hr. Sec. School 6 DIMAPUR Assembly Of God Higher Secondary School 7 DIMAPUR Greenwood Hr Sec School 8 DIMAPUR Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Dimapur 9 DIMAPUR Little Star Hr. Sec. School 10 DIMAPUR Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur 11 DIMAPUR Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, Dimapur 12 DIMAPUR St Edmund's Hr. Sec. School-Dimapur 13 DIMAPUR St. Mary's Higher Secondary School 14 DIMAPUR Zakiesato Memorial Hr. Sec.School 15 DIMAPUR Unity Christian Hr.Sec.School Diphupar, Dimapur 16 DIMAPUR Assisi Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur 17 DIMAPUR Bethesda Higher Secondary School 18 KIPHIRE Loyala Hr. Secondary School, Kiphire 19 KOHIMA Mt Hermon Hr. Sec. School, Kohima 20 KOHIMA Mezhür Hr. Secondary School, Kohima-Nagaland.

21 KOHIMA Ministers' Hill Baptist Higher Secondary School 22 KOHIMA Holy Family Higher Secondary School Kohima 23 KOHIMA Little Flower Hr. Sec. School, Kohima 24 KOHIMA St Mary Cathedral Hr Sec School 25 MOKOKCHUNG Queen Mary Hr. Sec. School 26 MOKOKCHUNG Edith Douglas Hr. Sec. School 27 MON St. John's Higher Secondary School, Mon 28 MON Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School 29 PEREN Baptist Higher Secondary School, Peren 30 PHEK St Xavier Hr Sec School Meluri 31 TUENSANG St. John's Higher Secondary School 32 WOKHA Don Bosco Hr Sec School, Wokha 33 ZUNHEBOTO Woodland Hr. Sec. School Private B.Ed College under Nagaland University 1 Dimapur Mount Mary College (B.Ed), Chumukedima Sd/WONTHUNGO TSOPOE DC-2964 Director

cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin in August to deploy several nanosatellites, collect research samples and perform structural maintenance. Bresnik now has spent 150 days in space on two flights. Ryazanskiy now has 306 days in space on two flights. Nespoli has logged 313 days in space on his three flights.

The Expedition 54 crew continues operating the station, with Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos in command.

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Philip Anselmo & The Heavy metal is misrepresented at Grammys: Walt Disney buys Illegals: New Song streaming Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows Murdoch’s Fox for $52.4bn “T M

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alt Disney says it is to buy 21st Centur y Fox’s entertainment assets for a total $52.4bn (£39bn). The deal includes Fox’s 39% stake in satellite broadcaster Sky, and the 20th Century Fox film studio, Disney announced.

Fox’s remaining assets, including Fox News and Sports, will form a new company. The deal ends more than half a century of media expansion by Fox owner Rupert Murdoch, who is 86 years old.

He turned a single Australian newspaper he inherited from his father

at the age of 21 into one of the world’s largest news and film empires. Mr Murdoch’s shift to selling assets rather than buying them has come as a surprise to those who expected him to hand over the businesses to his sons, James and Lachlan.

Disney will buy the Fox assets for $52.4bn in stock, plus about $13.7bn net debt, leaving the value of the deal at about $66.1bn. It is not clear how the deal will be received

by US antitrust regulators.

The US Department of Justice recently sued to block AT&T’s $85.4bn deal to buy Time Warner, on

Nevermore and Sanctuary singer Warrel Dane dies at 56

the basis that it will raise prices for consumers and competitors.

Fox’s proposed deal to buy the remainder of Sky is being already investigated by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is due to publish provisional findings in January.

The BBC understands that the Disney deal will not alter that investigation. Disney chief executive Bob Iger will remain in his role until the end of 2021. Fox is selling assets including its FX and National Geographic cable channels and media company Star India.

Disney also will buy Fox’s stake in the Hulu video streaming service, giving it majority control of a competitor to Netflix. Hulu is also partially owned by Comcast and Time Warner.

The deal will also add to Disney’s huge back catalogue, with high-grossing films such as the original Star Wars movie, Avatar and Deadpool, as well as TV hits including The Simpsons.

(BBC News)

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he frontman of metal bands Nevermore and Sanctuary has died at the age of 56 after suffering a heart attack, his guitarist has said.

Warrel Dane, who was born in Seattle and who won a reputation for his distinctive vocals, died in Sao Paolo, Brazil while recording his second solo album. He had reportedly begun to complain of feeling unwell on Tuesday before dying yesterday.

Speaking to UOL, guitarist Jonny Moraes - who was working with Dane on his album - said he died in the flat he was staying at in the South American city. He added that he attempted to save his friend’s life with a ‘cardiac massage’ - CPR but Dane was dead by the time paramedics arrived.

‘His health was already very weak because of diabetes and his problems with alcoholism,’ Moraes said. ‘He was already facing many health problems.’ His record label Century Media confirmed Dane’s death,

adding that they ‘mourn the passing’ of the star.

Dave Mustaine, from metal royalty Megadeth, tweeted that he was ‘so incredibly sad’ to learn of his friend’s death. He added: ‘I recorded his first album with him, we were family. He was important to so many people and so many loved him.

His legacy lives on with his songs and his voice.’

Dane had spent years struggling with alcohol problems, but had recently said he was getting better. The album he was working on was titled ‘Shadow Work’, which he said in May would be the answer to Nevermore fans’ prayers.

(Daily Mail UK)

he Ignorant Point”, a brand new song from Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, the project led by the former Pantera and current Down/Superjoint frontman, can be now streamed online. The track is taken from Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals’ sophomore album, “Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue”, which will be released on January 26, 2018 via Anselmo’s Housecore Records in the U.S. and Season Of Mist in other parts of the world.

The disc is the follow-up to Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals’ debut, “Walk Through Exits Only”, which came out in 2013 to mostly positive reviews.

Anselmo states about the tune: “’The Ignorant Point’ is a tip of the hat to today’s top-notch, morally sincere, trustworthy news agencies, web sites, bloggers etc. that have kept the public in such great spirits with their dedication to truth and honesty. Burp. Keep up the good work, bullshit artists.

We’ve got our collective eyes on you.”

The lineup of the The Illegals has changed on several position since album one. This is what Philip has to say about his new crew: “Their creative input is fantastic. This is something that was very different from the first record where I was very staunch. I wanted it to be ugly. I was very firm that I was writing every note. The thought was, ‘This is my contribution to ugly music right this second in a heavy

metal vein.’ That was great at the time. ‘Walk Through Exits Only’ made its own little statement that I am a free agent and I belong to no single band. This time, I worked closely with everyone. We tried different ideas together. It made the spirit of this thing come alive even more because of the enthusiasm these guys bring. It enhanced the integrity of the project.”

Anselmo is an iconic artist - maybe a little bruised, scarred, singed, and somewhat battered by time, himself, and others. But the Lousiana resident remains proudly standing, unbent, and still angry. Loved and hated, attacked and praised, Philip is not ready to go down into the archives of musical history without a fight.

His new cooperation with the band that Philip himself created, The Illegals, is as brutal, kicking, lashing, and fury-filled as one could expect from this artist and “Walk Through Exits Only”. “Choosing Mental Illness as a Virtue” is a much the metaphorical fist in the face and display of force as his adherents could wish for. (Blabbermouth.net)

. Shadows spoke to Meltdown of the WRIF station about Avenged Sevenfold’s grammy nomination for “Best Rock Song” for the title track of the band’s latest album, “The Stage”.

It’s the first-ever Grammy nod for the Southern California-based group, whose video for “The Stage” has amassed over 22 million views.

“Honestly, and everyone says it, but it’s just nice to be in the conversation with especially Metallica and Foo Fighters,” M Shadows said. He went on to say that “it’s crazy” to be nominated for an album that came out more than a year ago behind which Avenged Sevenfold has yet to properly tour the U.S. “It gives us this extra push going into this [next] touring cycle, which I think we needed, which is cool,” he explained.

M. Shadows was also critical of the Grammy organizers who continue to include heavy metal in the 70 categories that aren’t televised during the performance-heavy broadcast.

“My whole thing was that metal… if you’re getting the ‘metal’ award, they don’t actually televise it, so no one sees it - it doesn’t move the needle at all. And I think that’s what the Grammys have to get that right.

“When you look at metal, it’s probably one of

the healthiest genres when you look at it in a worldwide perspective - every single country listens to metal,” he continued. “And whether it’s mainstream or not, it’s irrelevant. People will watch your program if you’re giving awards to bands that deserve it and it’s actually on TV, and it helps those bands push the needle forward.”

Shadows said that Avenged Sevenfold is “fortunate this year to be in the ‘rock’ category” because “Best Rock Song” is among the categories that are included on the telecast. “And I think that’s the whole point - you wanna get nominated for a Grammy and you wanna get noticed by people and

seen on TV,” he added.

“You’ve gotta think there’s 15 different categories for classical, there’s, like, 17 categories for jazz,” M. Shadows said.

“It’s a crazy thing that they have to try to balance.

But I think metal, out of all the genres, is just misrepresented in a big way.

And I think they can put that on TV and get some mainstream exposure for bands like Mastodon and Meshuggah. I think it’s cool.”

The band will release a deluxe edition of “The Stage” on December 22.

The new version will feature seven additional studio songs plus four previously unreleased live tracks recorded during recent shows at the O2 Arena in London.

The winners of the 60th Grammy Awards will be revealed on January 28, 2018 in a two-part ceremony, with the majority of the 84 awards handed out in a non-televised event that afternoon while a dozen or so are doled out on the CBS awardscast that evening.

(Blabbermouth.net)

50th Wedding Anniversary

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ollywood actor and filmmaker Neeraj Vora died at a Mumbai hospital on Thursday morning after being in coma for almost a year. The 54year-old actor was at the residence of producer Firoz Nadiadwala but was rushed to hospital when his condition deteriorated. His death was condoled by Bollywood celebs and PM Narendra Modi. Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit tweeted, “Writer, Director, Actor, Producer Neeraj Vora was on ventilator from last 4 days & expired due to multi organ failure. The Creamation will be held today at 3 pm today at the Santa Cruz west. Creamation Ground (sic).” Neeraj’s wife died a few years ago, he has no children. (Hindustan Times)

Mr. Athungo Tungoe & Mrs. Thungrhoni Tungoe 15-12-1967 – 15-12-2017 Dearest Mom & Dad, Today is the milestone for 50 years of Successful Marriage.

May God continue to bless you with more joy, grace and understanding and love to last you another 50 years together.

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From your loving Children, grandchildren and in-laws.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF PRINTING & STATIONERY NAGALAND: KOHIMA

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The Department of printing and stationery, Nagaland formally launched its official website http://www.govtpress.nagaland.gov.in with Shri. Wati L. Imchen, Director, Printing & Stationery, consented to gracing the function on December14, 2017 at the Director’s chamber along with Officers and Staff.

Downloading of official e-gazette and common forms would be available for all from the website, therefore, Director urged to maintain the website in a colourful manner and added that the website be updated for easy accessible with factual figures and accuracy.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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Sri. Khekaho Assumi, Hon'ble Parliamentary Secretary, Youth Resources & Sports and MTF, GoN, is being highly acknowledged for his valuable contribution to the Golden Jubilee Celeberation of Akuluto Govt. High School: Construction of School Gate in commemoration of Golden Jubilee, which was long awaited need of the school and contribution of Rs.1 (one) lakh towards jubilee celebration. May our Lord Almighty continue to bless him and his leadership abundantly always.

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City beat Swansea to create history

David Silva celebrates with team-mates after scoring a goal against Swansea City.

L o n d o n, D e c 1 4 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : M a n chester City maintained their irresistible Premier League charge, offering no let-up in their all-conquering season with a record 15th successive league win as they outclassed struggling Swansea City 4-0 on Wednesday.

Pep Guardiola’s side, fresh from defeating their closest chasers Manchester United on Sunday, were at their dazzling best against the league’s bottom club, easing to victory with David Silva’s double and goals

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from Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero.

Swansea, who remain rooted to the foot of the table, offered a brief illusion of being in the contest but it was over once Silva had flicked the visitors ahead superbly after 27 minutes and De Bruyne netted from a free kick in the 34th.

As City eased towards a 25th Premier League match unbeaten, the magnificent Silva linked superbly with Raheem Sterling in the 52nd minute, and Aguero finished the rout five minutes from

fulltime.

There was a glorious inevitability about City’s progression as they maintained their 11-point gap at the top of the table and completed an outright Premier League record with their 15th successive win, eclipsing Arsenal’s 14 recorded across two seasons in 2002.

City had made four changes to the side that beat Manchester United 2-1 with injured captain Vincent Kompany replaced

by Eliaquim Mangala while Danilo, Aguero and

Bernardo Silva were also brought in. Yet the rotation made no difference to unbeaten City’s relentless rhythm as they clocked up their 16th victory in 17 league matches this season, with only Everton having taken a point from them.

Swansea offered early hints that they could offer a few problems but when they gave the ball away under City pressure, Bernardo Silva swung in a pinpoint cross that his Spanish namesake flicked neatly into the net.

De Bruyne again underlined why, along with the mesmeric Silva, he has been the League’s outstanding performer this season with a free kick which evaded everyone in a battered Swans’ rearguard.

Silva should have made it three but missed an easy 47th minute chance before he made amends five minutes later when Sterling found him with a pinpoint pass and the Spaniard took a touch before chipping over the onrushing Lukasz Fabianski.

City’s strength in depth was again illustrated as Aguero, back in the side with Gabriel Jesus rested, finally got on target with a sharp shot past Fabianski.

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Shillong, Dec 14: Meghalaya will be able to host the 2022 National Games despite the perceived shortcomings and paucity of time to prepare for the mega event, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Zenith M Sangma said on Thursday.

“With only four years left for the mega event, the state is not losing hope to ambitiously host it. We cannot deny that the time is short, but we will be able to host it in 2022,” Sangma said in the assembly.

“There is a big challenge to get land which will be appropriate in terms of topography, accessibility from the games village,” he added.

Sangma also informed that soon there will be a signing of the “host city contract’ between the Indian Olympic Association, Meghalaya government and the Meghalaya State Olympic Association.

The Minister informed the House that for the National Games an estimated 14,450 athletes and officials will visit the state.

“At a time we should be able to accommodate 6000 of them,” he said.

Dawid Malan (left) and Jonny Bairstow celebrate after putting on an impressive partnership in tough conditions.

Perth, dec 14 (agencies): Dawid Malan’s brilliant ton helped England score 305/4 in their first innings against Australia on the opening day of the Third Ashes Test match here on Thursday.

England were struggling when Malan (110 not out) came in the middle. By stumps, Malan had played 174 balls and slammed 15 boundaries and one six.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow (75 not out) was also at the crease when umpires dislodged the bails for the day.

Deciding to bat, England started off on a poor note as they lost their experienced batsman Alastair Cook (7) with just 26 runs on the board. He was dismissed by pacer Mitchell Starc. Incoming batsman James Vince (25) then joined Mark Stoneman (56) and the duo played sensibly.

But just when things seemed good in the middle, Vince was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood.

Skipper Joe Root (20) also failed to fire and both were dismissed by Pat Cummins. After adding a few

more runs to the board, Stoneman was sent packing

by Starc. But Malan and Bairstow then came together and from 131/4 the duo went on to add 174 runs and made sure the visitors reached the 300-run mark without losing any more wickets.

For Australia, Mitchell Starc scalped two wickets while Hazlewood and Cummins chipped in with one wicket each.

Brief scores: England 305/4 (Dawid Malan 110 not out, Jonny Bairstow 75 not out; Mitchell Starc 2/79) against Australia.

Argentina will be Real Madrid enter Club World Cup final Nagaland Olympic: Football semis today stronger at World 2nd: Kekhrieneinuo Solo, Kohima 3rd: Vinakali Achumi, Mkg 200M (men) 1st: Rongsenmeren, Dimapur 2nd: Digumpeung, Peren 3rd: Seyievizo Kire, Kohima 200M (women) 1st: Tsujen, Tuensang 2nd: Abeino Neihu, Kohima 3rd: Lanutola, Mokokchung 400M (women) 1st: Tsujen, Tuensang 2nd: Abeino Neihu, Kohima 3rd: Pelevonuo, Dimapur 400M (men) 1st: Widambo, Mokokchung 2nd: Nekhoto Tunyi, Phek 3rd: Avituo Kheya, Kohima 1500M (women) 1st: Peiheiteile, Dimapur 2nd: Kelesenu Valeo, Mokokchung 3rd: Shoniu. S, Tuensang 1500M (men) 1st: N. Puchong, Tuensang

2nd: Pache, Tuensang 3rd: Longshithung, Mkg Tennis (men’s double) Gold: Vilasier Khate & Zhaputso Khate, Dimapur Silver: Metba Phone & Vikhozolie, Longleng Bronze: Vitsizolie & Bantilo, Kohima

Medals tally G S Kohima 12 15 Dimapur 12 7 Phek 11 9 Mokokchung 9 7 Tuensang 9 2 Wokha 2 5 Peren 2 3 Longleng 1 6 Zunheboto 1 3 Mon 0 1 Kiphire 0 1

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Horn defends WBO welterweight title

Jeff Horn successfully defended his world title against Gary ‘Corcoran.

S y d n e y, D e c 1 4 (IANS): Australian WBO welterweight boxing champion Jeff Horn successfully defended his world title against British contender Gary ‘Hellraiser’ Corcoran at the Brisbane Convention Center.

Although Horn get off to a good start in the first round on Wednesday and was able to control the distance, Corcoran found his range shortly after and frustrated the Aussie with relentless pressure and body shots, reports Xinhua news agency.

As the fight wore on however, the challenger was unable to sustain the high pace and Horn began do land heavy blows after the seventh round.

The highly entertaining bout ended via TKO 35 seconds into round 11, after Corcoran’ s cornerman threw in the towel when they noticed a large cut open up over the Brit’s left eye.

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appears the local hero will travel to Las Vegas next year, to take on undefeated American WBO and WBC light welterweight world

champion Terence Crawford. Although the Aussie would be a sizable underdog, boxing promoter Bob Arum says Horn should not be underestimated.

“Terence Crawford is one of the best fighters around,” Arum said.

“As far as skill is concerned, I would favour Crawford, but as far as strength and size are concerned, you have to go with Jeff.”

“Anybody that says Jeff doesn’t have a chance is crazy, this is going to be a very, very competitive fight.”

Cup, says Messi

Rio de Janeiro, Dec 14 (IANS): Argentina will be a better team at the 2018 World Cup than the one that struggled during the South American qualifying tournament, according to Albiceleste captain Lionel Messi.

The two-time World Cup champions avoided missing football’s biggest event for the first time since 1970 when a Messi hat-trick ensured a 3-1 victory over Ecuador in the final CONMEBOL zone qualifier in October.

Argentina have been drawn in the same group as Croatia, Iceland and Nigeria for the June 14-July 15 tournament in Russia.

“We’ll be in good shape when we get there because we’re still growing,” the Barcelona forward told FIFA.com, Xinhua reported on Wednesday. “We had to go through something that we didn’t expect or deserve, because we had earlier matches against Venezuela and Peru that we could have won easily. If we had, then we wouldn’t have had to go through what we did at the end.

“We’ve had four competitive matches with a new coach (Jorge Sampaoli), but the national team’s going to change now that the Ecuador game is behind us.

We’re going to grow and get rid of all the tension and fear we felt because of that match and because of the risk of not achieving our objective.”

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Born : 20th May, 1924

Died : 28th Nov., 2017

We, the family members of Late Sademkala Changki would like to express our sincere gratitude to all individuals, villagers, churches, friends and well wishers, who stood by us at the demise of our beloved mother, and supported us through prayer, financially and physical presence. Words are inadequate to express how grateful we are to you all. We deeply regret our inability to come and thank each one of you, therefore, through this column, we express our profound gratitude to one and all. We sincerely and humbly pray that our Almighty God to bless you all.

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Abu Dhabi, Dec 14 (Agencies): Defending champions Real Madrid came from behind here to beat Al Jazira of the United Arab Emirates 2-1 in the FIFA Club World Cup semifinal.

Real Madrid will face Brazil’s Gremio, 1-0 winners over Mexican club Pachuca, in Saturday’s final, reports Efe. Brazilian referee Sandro Ricci disallowed three goals: two for the Spanish club in the first half and one for the UAE side in the second half.

Romarinho opened the scoring for Al Jazira just four minutes before the end of the first half.

Cristiano Ronaldo equalized for the Blancos in the 53rd minute. With nine minutes to go in regulation,

Gareth Bale is congratulated by his team-mates after he scores a goal against Al Jazira.

Gareth Bale scored the winner for Real Madrid just after he entered the pitch as a substitute for Karim Benzema.

Al Jazira and Pachuca will vie for third place in a match hours before the final. Bale, who is making his return from a calf injury,

said afterwards: “It’s great to score. You want to have an impact when you come on as a sub, but the most important thing is that we’ve won and we’re in the final.

“I have to improve a

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CONDOLENCE

God‛s greatest gift returned to God – Mother O, Lord we put her in thy hands She had a kindly word for each And she died beloved by all. ~Loving husband, sons, daughters & grandchildren

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Class of 92 condoles the sudden demise of Late Imtichuba Imsong who left us for heavenly abode on 9th Dec 2017. We believe that our friend is now resting peacefully with God in Heaven. Thank you so much for the joys and happiness that you left behind, we will cherish all the good memories forever. Tearfully CO92.

RIP

bit, but I have to be patient.

I’ve had a few problems, I have to listen to my body but I’m going to work hard both on and off the pitch to get back to where I want to be.”

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF BELOVED MOTHER LT. KHOCHELO KITHANPVÜI

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Dimapur, Dec 14 (NPN): Dimapur will take on Zunheboto in the football semi-final match at 9:00 am on Friday while Phek will lock horns with Peren in the second semifinal at the ongoing 1st Nagaland Olympics at NAPTC Ground, Chumukidema.

Day-2 results Discus (men) 1st: Venuzo Dawhuo, Phek 2nd: Khirelasakuo, Kohima 3rd: Khiretseizo, Kohima Discus (women) 1st: Veluno Shiloh, Phek 2nd: Kuvelu Medeo, Phek 3rd: Vithonu Theyo, Dimapur Long Jump (men) 1st: Nekhoto Tunyi, Phek 2nd: Widambo, Mokokchung 3rd: Moalong Jamir, Dimapur Long Jump (women) 1st: Aungkali Kiho, Dimapur

Born on : 10-05-1965

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Through this column, we the bereaved family of Lt. Miss.

AGHATOLI M. AWOMI would like to thank.

1. Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Chumukedima 2. Ngozubomi Union, Dimapur 3. Kulolau Aghulito Nizhevi Kuposhukulu, Dimapur 4. Ward – 6 Union, Youth, Chumukedima 5. All ranks and files 1st NAP Battalion, ‘D’ Company 6. Agape Colony Fellowship, Chumukedima 7. Godwin Higher Secondary AGHATOLI M. AWOMI School, Chumu DOB – 25/07/1997 8. Brother’s & Sister’s School, DOD – 05/12/2017 Chumu 9. Doctors, nurses & staff “Your life was love & labour CIHSR & Eden Medical Your love for your family true You did your best for all of us Centre We will always remember you.”

10. Aby Tent House, Chumu 11. Lizu Old Baptist Church 12. Blood Doners 13. Friends & well wishers For supporting and standing by us physically, mentally, spiritually & financially in our time of grief. Forgive us of our inability to thank every individual and well wishers but we earnestly pray to Almighty to bless each one of you abundantly.

THANK YOU

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Love Family members & relatives

Died on : 12-12-2017 We, the bereaved family members of Lt. Süsükümba Ao express our sincerest and heartfelt gratitude to all the families, friends, relatives and well wishers who stood by us physically, financially and through prayers during the time of his illness till his demise. We are truly humbled and moved by your immense outpouring of love and graciousness shown during our darkest moments.

We sincerely convey our deepest appreciation to : 1. Mr. & Mrs Lanu Yaden, Delhi.

2. Mrs. Amenla Yaden.

3. Naga Naval community, Kolkata.

4. Naga Christian Fellowship, Kolkata.

5. Naga Union, Kolkata.

6. Naga Students’ Union, Kolkata.

7. DRC & Staff, Kolkata Nagaland House.

8. Mr. & Mrs. Bendangwati, OC, East Police Station.

9. Police Department, Dimapur.

10. Dimapur Ao Baptist Church.

11. Dimapur Aoli Ozuküm Telongjem.

12. Riverbelt Colony Council.

13. Molungkimong SensoTelongjem, Dimapur.

14. Dimapur Molungkimong Fellowship.

15. Dimapur Molungkimong Ozuküm Kidong.

16. Tetemjen S.H.G. 17. Riverbelt Colony Women Prayer Group.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone personally for all these many gestures of kindness and expressions of sympathy towards us but it is our sincerest prayer that our good Lord continues to bless you and your families abundantly.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017

FIH chief Batra elected unopposed as IOA President thus, became one of the few sports administrators to head a national Olympic committee while heading an important international sports federation.

Batra’s election to the top post was a mere formality after Asian Tennis Federation President Anil Khanna withdrew from the

race last week.

Khanna, who wrote a letter to the IOA election commission, informing his decision to withdraw from the contest, supported Batra for the president’s post in its Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) held here today. Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President

Birendra Baishya was also in the fray initially for the President’s post but eventually pulled out of the race.

H o w e ve r, s o m e amount of uncertainty hangs over the elections after the Delhi High Court, while refusing to interfere with the process, clarified that the results will be sub-

ject to the final outcome of an application pending before it.

The High Court’s directive came after advocate and sports activist Rahul Mehra sought an interim stay on the election on the grounds that it was being held in violation of the sports code.

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Narinder Batra

New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI): International Hockey Federation (FIH) chief Narinder Batra was Thursday elected unopposed as the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), while Rajeev Mehta was reelected secretary general for a four-year term.

The 59-year-old Batra,

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