December 15, 2019

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6-hr bandh peaceful across Nagaland

(L) Passengers stranded at Dimapur railway station and (R) A view of closed shops during the bandh in Kohima. (NP)

Staff Reporter/Correspondents

DIMAPUR/KOHIMA/ MOKOKCHUNG, DEC 14 (NPN): The six-hour state-wide lightning bandh, from 6 a.m. to 12 noon, called by Naga Students Federation (NSF) on December 14 passed off peacefully, without any untoward incident reported.

The bandh was called to express resentment against the passing of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Parliament.

In Dimapur, shops, offices remained closed and vehicular traffic was off the roads during the period of the bandh. Over 30 trucks were stranded near Dillai gate in view of the bandh.

Speaking to Nagaland

NPFLP asks for CEC meet to discuss MPs stand on CAB DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): NPF Legislature Party (NPFLP) has asked party president Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu to convene an emergency meeting of the Central Executive Council (CEC) to deliberate on the stand taken by two NPF members of parliament-- KG Kenye (RS, Nagaland) and Lorho Pfoze (Lok Sabha MP from Manipur) on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

This was among the three-point resolution adopted at the meeting of the legislature party held on December 12 at the residence of the legislature party leader, T.R. Zeliang.

Both the MPs had voted in favour of the Bill in the recent Parliament session.

The party also resolved to challenge the inaction of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Speaker on the disqualification petition filed against the seven dissident NPF MLAs in the court of law.

Meanwhile, the opposition party appreciated the state government for extending promulgation of Inner Line Permit (ILP) to Dimapur district, adding that its had been the demand of the NPF party.

This is it!

“Frankly, sanctifying the money without knowing the source, has been bothering me lately.”

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Post DNSU vice president, Sentimeren said that since the bill (CAB) was already passed, the union would wait for the next course of action if the North East Students Organization (NESO) or NSF have any further plans.

DNSU has demanded that the government effectively implement Inner Line Permit (ILP), not only in Dimapur, but whole of Nagaland. Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the Dimapur station during the bandh.

Talking to Nagaland Post, some passengers said they were caught unawares of the bandh. It was only after 12 noon, the passengers were able to move out to their respective destina-

tions. Dimapur Railway station manager, Soumendra Mazumder mentioned that despite NFR cancelling several trains in view of disruptions in train movement, Nagaland express arrived Dimapur Saturday, around 6.10 a.m. particularly for Dimapur passenger.

He also said that three special trains were being provided by the NFR for passengers (Guwahati-Dimapur-Guwhati).

Commissioner of Police, Dimapur, Rothihu Tetso was also present at the station to take stock of the situation. He expressed concern that over 700 passengers were stranded at Guwahati station, mostly students. Though special train service was provided,

many were not aware of it, he added.

It may be mentioned that to assist Dimapurbound passengers stranded in various parts of Assam and many passengers planning to travel to Dimapur, Nagaland in transit through Assam, a joint control room has also been set up at Police Control Room, Office of Police Commissioner, Dimapur. Dimapur police have informed that Dimapur-bound passenger or passenger in transit through Dimapur could contact the Joint Control Room No.7085055050 for any queries.

Kohima: In the state capital, Kohima, the lightning bandh evoked mixed response among the public.

Lok Sabha MP clarifies on voting in favour of CAB

DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): Lone Lok Sabha MP from Nagaland, Tokheho Yepthomi Saturday issued a statement clarifying his stand as to why he had voted in favour of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the recently held Winter Parliament session.

Tokheho pointed out that in the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 there was nothing mentioned about protection of North Eastern States. On the contrary, he said the CAB that was recently passed by Parliament, was amended to give protection to states under the Sixth Schedule and Bengal Eastern Frontier Act 1873.

He said during the meeting of the NDA held on November 17, 2019 the MPs from Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland had urged Union Home Minister to exempt their states from the CAB, which was agreed upon in the presence of the Prime Minister. Tokheho

maintained that the exclusion of various states from CAB was possible only because of co-ordination of MPs from the Northeast and the MPs will continue to do so.

To clarify doubts about inclusion of ILP in the amended CAB, he urged all to spare time and read the contents of the Bill.

Tokheho said his duty as MP from Nagaland was to serve in the interest of the state. It was only after the assurance given to the MPs by Home Minister, to exempt Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland out of the purview of CAB, Tokheho said he supported the bill in parliament.

“My voting in favor of the Citizenship Amendment Bill was not a unilateral decision. It was a decision taken after directives from my party President and leaders that I supported CAB in parliament,” he stated.

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There was total closure in the main town area. However, some shops in other parts of Kohima remained open. It was reported that Angami Public Organization had issued directives, asking shops to remain open. However, none from the APO could be contacted for comment.

Interacting with media persons, NSF vice president Deivi Yano and general secretary Liremo Kikon informed that they did not receive any official intimation from APO about the directive. They however said that the bandh was successful and peaceful in Kohima and across the state.

NSF said since it was a lightning bandh, many people were exempted for the purview of the bandh particularly students appearing exams. NSF further acknowledged the support and cooperation rendered by the public in observing the bandh successfully.

Meanwhile, with regard to the explanation sought from the three Naga MPs, NSF said the issue would be taken up during the federal assembly scheduled to be held on December (Cont’d on p-7) 16.

ANPDU appeals public not to panic Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): All Nagaland Petroleum Dealers Union (ANPDU) has once again appealed to the public not to panic by believing in rumours about shortage of fuel supply in the state.

Despite assurances made by the state government and petrol pump dealers, large number of vehicles continued to throng the fuel outlets in Dimapur till late evening on Saturday. When contacted, ANPDU president Akokla Pongen Lucy said there were rumours about shortage of fuel at Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), which was not true.

While assuring that Nagaland has enough stock to last for a month, Lucy appealed to the public not to panic. She also clarified that outlets have daily stock limitation and once they exhaust the stock, the outlets are bound to close for the day. She said some oil tankers were stranded in view of the bandh. However, by Sunday, Lucy was hopeful that NRL tankers will reach Dimapur.

the chairman of Assam Petrochemicals Limited, resigned from the party on Friday, a day after popular actor Jatim Bora resigned from BJP. Bora was also serving as the chairman of the Assam State Film Finance and Development Corporation.

After resignation, Bhuyan said, “The revised Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA is anti-Assamese and I cannot be a part of such a government which has failed to gauge the mood of the people against the Act.” Bhuyan, taking part in the mass hunger strike in Guwahati on Friday said, “Citizenship Act is against Assam and against Northeast and we will have to keep fighting against it until and unless it is scrapped.”

Actor Jatin Bora on Thursday announced his resignation from BJP and said, “I am Jatin Bora be-

cause of the people of Assam. I will never support such an Act and I am with the people of Assam in the fight against it.”

Fo r m e r A s s e m b ly Speaker and senior BJP Pulakesh Baruah resigned from the party Friday. BJP MLA from Padma Hazarika has also indicated that he will quit the party if the voters of his constituency who are opposed to the CAA ask him to do so. Assam Assembly Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami has also voiced his concern regarding the CAA and on Thursday urged the government to reconsider its decision of implementing it in the Brahmaputra Valley.

He said that the new Act can cause hatred in the state and the situation in the state can deteriorate further.

Speaking to Northeast Now, a senior BJP member seeking anonymity said on

M’laya Cong demands recall of Governor

Correspondent

A protestor in the middle of the road in Bengal’s Sanmtragachi. (PTI)

GUWAHATI/KOLKATA, DEC 14 (PTI): Protesters torched about five trains, three railway stations and tracks, and at least 25 buses on Saturday amid spiralling violence in West Bengal during the agitation against the amended Citizenship Act, while an oil tanker driver was killed in Assam’s Sonitpur district.

Suspension of Internet services across Assam was extended for 48 hours till December 16 though curfew was relaxed in Dibrugarh and Guwahati and also parts of Meghalaya. The UGC National Eligibility Test for candidates scheduled to appear in Assam and Meghalaya was postponed.

In West Bengal, protestors mostly targeted railway properties with Murshidabad, Malda and Howrah districts bearing the brunt of their ire. Official sources said public property worth crores of rupees have either been destroyed or looted.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has resolutely opposed the Citizenship Bill, appealed for peace, while the opposition BJP threatened to seek imposition of President’s Rule if the “mayhem by Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators continued.” The protests affected movement of trains in South Eastern Railways and in Howrah and Sealdah sec(Cont’d on p-7) tions.

SHILLONG, DEC 14: The opposition Congress in Meghalaya Saturday demanded that Governor Tathagata Roy be recalled for his controversial tweet asking those who do not want “divisive democracy” to go to North Korea. “We have decided to place a demand before Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recall the Governor for his controversial tweet,” opposition Congress chief whip, Process T Sawkmie said.

On Friday, Roy who was backing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, had tweeted: “A democracy is NECESSARILY DIVISIVE. If you do not want it go to North Korea.” “Two things should never be lost sight of in the present atmosphere of controversy. 1. The country was once divided in the name of religion. 2. A democracy is NECESSARILY DIVISIVE. If you don’t want it go to North Korea”, he said.

Citizenship Act will ‘shred’ India’s soul: Sonia Gandhi NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (PTI): Congress leadership on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the Modi government over alleged attempts to “divide” the people of the country and “failures” on the economic front, with party chief Sonia Gandhi claiming the Citizenship Amendment Act would “shred” India’s soul and vowing to fight till the last breath to protect the nation, its democracy and the Constitution.

Gandhi was speaking at the party’s mega ‘Bharat Bachao Rally’ at the Ramlila grounds in the heart of the national capital, which was also addressed by other top leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath. The leaders hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the

Dissidence in Assam’s BJP-AGP govt; many leaders quit GUWAHATI, DEC 14 (AGENCIES): A number of functionaries of the ruling alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) have resigned from their posts in the aftermath of the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) act, with some saying that the state government had failed to gauge the mood of the people against the new law that allows citizenship to migrants from minority communities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Senior BJP leader Jagadish Bhuyan, who was also the chairman of state-run Assam Petrochemicals Limited, resigned from the party and his post on Friday. “When I saw the revised CAA was against Assamese people, I decided to quit. From now I will take part in anti-citizen law protests,” said Bhuyan.

Senior BJP leader Jagadish Bhuyan, who was also

Protests continue against CAA across NE states, West Bengal

Saturday, “Several grassroots workers across Assam are thinking of quitting the party.” “Most of these workers feel that the Citizenship Amendment Act is will bring down a threat to Assamese language and culture,” he said.

Dissidence within the AGP is also evident as several party workers have openly spoken against party president Atul Bora and Rajya Sabha MP Birendra Prasad Baishya for supporting the Act in the Parliament.

“Several members from the district level bodies of AGP have resigned over CAA,” informed a senior AGP leader in Guwahati speaking to Northeast Now on Saturday. “I have talked to my party colleagues and very soon some of the prominent leaders of the party will tender our resignation to the party president,” he added seeking anonymity.

Sonia Gandhi addressing the ‘Bharat Bachao Rally’ at the Ramlila grounds in Delhi. (PTI)

new citizenship law, situation in Kashmir, state of economy, escalating prices, “rising” crime against women and joblessness.

A combative Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused PM Narendra Modi of “burning the Northeast” and working towards weakening the country. He alleged that Modi was only interested in grabbing power and doing politics.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi took a jibe at the Centre and said: “Modi-Shah are not both-

CAA: SC likely to hear pleas on December 18 Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (NPN): The petition filed by the Indian Union Muslim League against the Citizenship Amendment Act is likely to be heard by the Supreme Court on December 18. Several petitions filed by political parties and organizations related to the amended Act is also likely to be heard on the day.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Tripura royal scion and chairperson of Joint Movement Against CAB, Pradyut Debbarman have also filed petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the amended Act. Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra including Congress leader and former minister Jairam Ramesh also moved the apex court.

ered at all that Citizenship Amendment Act will shred the soul of India, just like it is happening in Assam and North East.”

She called upon the people to fight against injustice and pledged that her party will not retreat and will fulfil its duty towards saving the country, its democracy and Constitution till the last breath.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused his successor Narendra Modi of misleading the people by making “lofty promises” which

he “failed” to fulfil.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a jibe at the BJP for its ‘Modi hai to mumkin hai’ slogan, saying it is possible under Modi “to have onion prices at Rs 100 a kilo, highest unemployment in 45 years, loss of 4 crore jobs and suicide of 15,000 farmers”. Castigating the BJP for its “litany of injustices”, she said those who don’t fight the prevailing situation today will go down in history as cowards.

Spl trains from Guwahati to help stranded passengers NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (AGENCIES): Railways is running special trains from Guwahati to help stranded passengers in Assam which has been hit by violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Special passenger trains are being run in Guwahati so that people reach their destination in upper Assam. One such train was operated on Friday to Dimapur. .

A special passenger train to Dimapur from Guwahati will also run on Saturday night, they said. While 2000-2400 passengers were ferried in the last two days, around 600-800 passengers were still stranded in Guwahati. These shall be ferried

by Sunday morning.

Trains cancelled: NFR has informed that several have been short-terminated/ cancelled in view of the

unrest. Dec 15: 55601& 55602 (Guwahati-Lumding vice versa), 55603 & 55604 (Guwahati–Mairabari vice versa), 55713 & 55714 (New Jalpaiguri–Rangiya vice versa), 55719 &55720 Dekargaon–Bhalukpong, 55721 & 55722 (Rangiya– Dekargaon vice versa), 55801 & 55802 (New Bongaigaon – Guwahati vice versa), 55802, 55803, 55804, 55809, 55810, 55817& 55818 (Guwahati–New Bongaigaon vice versa), 55812 & 55811 (Kamakhya–Dhubri vice versa), 55813 & 55814 (Dekargoan–Murkongselek vice versa), 55819 & 55820 (Guwahati–Mendipathar vice versa), 55823 &55824 (Rangapara–Dekargaon vice versa), 55861 & 55862 (Rangiya–Dekargaon vice versa), 55894 & 55895 (Rangapara-Rangiya vice versa) (Cont’d on p-7) K Y M C

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State level VDP for ST/SC entrepreneurs in Dmu

DIMAPUR: State level Vendor Development Programme (VDP) for Schedule Tribe (ST) and Schedule Caste (SC) entrepreneurs was held on November 13 at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur.

A press release by Business Association of Nagas (BAN) informed that the programme was organised

by Nagaland Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC) in collaboration with department of Industries & Commerce (I&C), government of Nagaland and BAN under National SC-ST Hub Scheme of Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), government of India.

Speaking at the inaugural function as special guest, director, I&C department, K. Hokishe Assumi, encouraged the budding entrepreneurs to scale up from single level to cluster level to meet the supply chain demand. He also assured government support

K. Hokishe Assumi, Tali Longchar and others after the programme.

to the entrepreneurs.

Assumi also encouraged the entrepreneurs to start innovative businesses and develop sustainable business models.

In a key note address, deputy director, ministry of MSME, government of India, Tali Longchar, divulged that Dimapur will

shortly have a Directorate of MSME, exclusively for Nagaland.

Longchar said in January 2020, every district was to organize exhibitions, trade fairs, workshops and seminars and a budget of Rs. 10-20 lakhs per district has been allocated for the same.

He also explained Central Public Procurement Portal and Govt. eMarketplace (GeM) and stressed that entrepreneurs must equip themselves with digital know how to be competitive.

BAN president, Vitho Zao said the association with around 400 members

is a young association and that the members wish to learn more about the government schemes, policies and procurement procedures. He requested the government to conduct similar programs in the future.

N I D C m a n a g e r, Temjenyanger Jamir said VDP is basically organised in line with the public procurement policy 2012 with a core importance to SC/ ST entrepreneurs.

He stated that the VDP is an awareness programme to create linkage of SC/ST entrepreneurs with the central ministries and CPSUs in procurement of Goods and Services.

The inaugural programme was chaired by BAN information & publicity secretary, Dr. Yan Murry, invocation was pronounced

by DSBC Associate Pastor, Kaniti Aye and Functional Manager, DIC Dimapur Kavito Zhimomi proposed the vote of thanks. The programme was followed by technical session.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2019

news in Brief NSCN/GPRN (Khango) terminate: NSCN/GPRN (Khango) has terminated the service of ‘lieutenant’ Mulevo Khesoh, son of Shevota Khesoh and ‘leacy’ Kuto Lohe son of Puchota Lohe both hailing from Ketsapo village under Phek district for their anti government activities. In a press release, NSCN/GPRN (Khango) through its MIP informed all concerned that anybody dealing with them shall be doing at their own risk.

NBDC to celebrate golden jubilee : Notun Bosti Council Dimapur (NBCD) will be celebrating its 50 years golden jubilee (1969-2019) on December 28 where Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Dimapur, V. Lovitoly Sema will grace the jubilee programme as special invitee. All the residents of the colony have been requested to be part of the event.

DUCCF, GBUD appeal: Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation (DUCCF) and GB Union Dimapur (GBUD) have requested all chairmen and GBs to participate in the December fest scheduled on December 16-17.

Advent Christmas celebrated in Kohima: Kohima district administration along with sister departments within the office premises celebrated advent Christmas on December 13 at Deputy Commissioner’s office compound, Kohima.

One held with heroin

DIMAPUR: Excise department (Narcotic Cell) Nagaland arrested one woman along with 150 gms of “sunflower (heroin)” on December 12 at the InterState Excise Check Gate Khuzama, Kohima.

In a press release, deputy commissioner of excise (NC) S.Chanlei Angh informed that the seizure was made when Excise

NC duty party during routine checking intercepted a Maruti Alto passenger vehicle (NL 01H 7838).

On checking the car, Angh said the Excise personnel recovered the drugs packed inside soap-cases and concealed inside a polythene bag containing dried Naga King Chillies.

In this connection, one Shovi (35) wife of Lt. Bosu,

resident of Senapati Town, Manipur was arrested and booked under relevant sections of the NDPS Act 1985, and further investigation is on, informed the release. The Excise NC duty party consisted of AIE Nokcha Ao, head constable Burtemshi and constables Nyingpen, Khumeng, Vitsathrong, Aienla, Pongyong and Tokaho.

1098 bottles of liquor destroyed ‘pre-trial’ NCSU felicitate best male and female Kohima traffic police Correspondent

Destruction committee destroying the seized liquors in Dimapur.

DIMAPUR: Various brands of liquor, seized by Assam Rifles, were destroyed “pretrail” on December 13.

In a press note, public prosecutor & chairman destruction committee T.

Marlemba said 181 cases of various brands were seized by 5th Assam Rifles under Diphupar PS and 917 cases of various brands by 41 Assam Rifles under Medziphema PS. The

seized items were destroyed “pre-trial” in the presence of public by the respective destruction committee constituted by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dimapur.

KO H I M A , D E C 1 4 (NPN): Nagaland Contractors and Suppliers Union (NCSU) has felicitated the best male and female traffic police in Kohima during the celebration of advent Christmas with Kohima Town Pastors’ Fellowship on December 14 at Hotel Japfii, Kohima.

The best female traffic police was awarded to Toki Sangtam and best male traffic was award to Lenghokyu Sangtam.

NCSU president, Pele Khezhie thanked the pastors for their sacrifices and remembering the association, also gracing their programme annually. Welcoming the traffic personnel, he said that traffic job is one of the noblest services but no one recognises them.

For this, he informed that NCSU took the challenge to acknowledge their noble service to the state capital and it was since 2015 they started the initiative for Best Traffic Award during their

Winner of best female traffic Toki Sangtam and best male traffic Lenghokyu Sangtam with NCSU officials and invitees on December 14 at Hotel Japfii, Kohima.

advent Christmas celebration.

Khezhie stated that NCSU was established in 1975 and has more than 5000 members over the district with their head office in Kohima and 11 district unit offices.

Kohima Traffic DSP, Manon Wallin in his greetings thanked the NCSU for appreciating their work and recognising them not only

with words but also through gesture by organising such programmes. He said the most common trade between pastors, traffic police and contractors is that they all work in the lives of the people, saying they are like machine of the society who work for the welfare of the society. He also maintained that it is the good oiled machine that made the machine operational and to

have that they have to follow the life of Jesus Christ.

He further advised all to work with humbleness and humility. As they celebrate Christmas, he said this is the season to introspect and repair themselves with humbleness and honesty.

S p e a k e r, Ko h i m a Town Pastors Fellowship president, Kevichalie Metha in his speech said God is omnipresent and the service

that one do for the people is a service to God and if one is faithful, God will bless him/her. He also questioned the true meaning of Christmas and said many of them focused so much on other things and forget about the true meaning of Christmas. In the midst of all the celebration, he stated that Christ should be the in the middle and should be the reason of celebrating Christmas.

Metha also took the Hornbill Festival and other festivals or events as an example and said they are very busy with these celebration and preparation throughout the month and do not look deeper on what Christmas really means. He ended his speech advising all to be more like the three wise man in the Bible who only focused on the birth of Christ and kept everything aside.

The program was earlier blessed with invocation

by Ruokuovilie Sachü and benediction was predicted

by Vezopa Rhakho.

Workshop on National Lok Adalat settles 92 cases in the state promoting AR conduct various activities peace

DLSA Dimapur after the observation of National Lok Adalat in Dimapur.

DIMAPUR: District Legal Services Authorities in all the district headquarters on December 14 observed the National Lok Adalat (Peoples Court) along with the rest of the country.

A press release from Lok Adalat Wing, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority informed that a total of 11 Lok Adalat sitting benches were constituted for settlement of various disputes by bringing compromise between the parties through Lok Adalat conciliators and members presided over by a sitting judicial officer.

In total, 136 disputes/ cases were listed and taken up at the Lok Adalat and a total of 92 disputes and cases were disposed off amicably. Settlement amount was also involved in some cases which in total amounts to Rs. 83,68,901/- only.

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this settlement amount is the amount mutually agreed for payment between the litigants (or) parties who are involved in a dispute where the parties on arriving at a consensus or willing amount to settle the disputes for the damaged caused or a negotiated amount for payment on a claim by a party. Settlement amount also includes the fine money, bank recovery money, money suits, compensation money, etc.

Among the cases dealt and disposed, most of them were bank recovery cases, civil cases. 10 cases of Motor Vehicle accident compensation cases pending before the MACT Dimapur were taken up and all 10 cases were disposed in this Lok Adalat.

The NSLSA Lok Adalat wing stated that the pervasive effort made by the district judges, chief

judicial magistrate and civil judges who acted as presiding officers and the panel lawyers & advocate as conciliators along with the para legal volunteers who acted as members was commendable in disposing cases and thereby reducing the burden of case pendency in the courts.

The officials of the bank of various branch, various insurance companies and institutions were also commended for their amenable participation in the Lok Adalat, which resulted in quick and inexpensive settlement with a significant number of bank recovery cases settlement.

Usually the Lok Adalat sittings are conducted within the premises of the district court buildings and sometimes camp court and mobile Lok Adalat are also organised by District Legal Services Authorities. Lok

Adalat is a platform for the people based on the principle of serving justice on equal opportunity basis, compromise, conciliation and fair play. It is not at all a substitute to the present justice dispensation system, but rather a complimentary to achieve speedy justice and a binding resolution.

Lok Adalat is less expensive than the regular court based litigation, the release stated.

It informed that a person can bring a dispute or case before Lok Adalat for settlement if the dispute is not yet brought before any court, either party to the dispute may submit an application before the chairman or secretary of the District Legal Services Authority expressing his/her desire to get the dispute settled in Lok Adalat. If the case is already pending before any court/tribunal/authority or office, it may be referred to Lok Adalat by filing a joint memo by both the parties to it or by filing an application by either party to it.

For pending cases in courts, court may itself refer a case to Lok Adalat on its own if it considers the case to be fit for settlement in Lok Adalat. The litigants would get the same justice, which they get in the court concerned.

The litigants may get their disputes settled only when they are satisfied with the compromise proposed by the conciliators. If they are not satisfied, they are at liberty to proceed with their case before the court concerned.

education held

DIMAPUR: The Threeday workshop on “promoting peace education through inter-disciplinary and multi dimensional approach in combating violence” concluded on December 13 at Peace Channel hall, Dimapur, Nagaland.

A press release by Peace Channel stated that the workshop was organised by North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR) and Peace Channel in Nagaland and Patel Kelavani Mandal (PKM) College of Education, Madampam, Kerala and Bethlehem Educational Research Foundation and Peace and Harmony Foundation, Kannur Kerala.

The release stated that the main purpose of organising the workshop was to establish a network with various institutions working on peace and peace related issues.

It informed that the institutions signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the mission of peace building, developing training manuals, academic research, exchange of faculty and students programme and even to establish a chair on peace and culture of dialogue in Patel Kelavani Mandal (PKM) college, Madampam, Kerala in the days to come.

DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles battalions under the aegis of Headquarters of Inspector General of Assam Rifles (North) have been conducting various activities across the state for the benefit of the general public.

Phek Bn: Phek Battalion of Assam Rifles conducted a motivational lecture on “join security forces” on December 11 for the students of Government Primary School, Akhen village.

Phek Battalion also conducted a lecture on waste management under theme ‘clean and green Nagaland’ at Avangkhu village, Phek.

The battalion also conducted a security meeting with village guards and village functionaries on December 2 at Avangkhu.

Jalukie Bn: Jalukie battalion of Assam Rifles conducted a cleanliness drive under “Swatchata Pakhwada” at Tening, Peren, Pedi, Athibung and Jalukie.

Jalukie battalion also conducted awareness lecture under “Swatchhta Pakhwada” initiative at village council hall, Tening town on December 9.

In another event, a mass “Shram Daan” was also organized at Peren district. The event aimed to sensitize local populace about importance of clean and healthy environment and ill effects associated with unhygienic lifestyle.

Jalukie Battalion also

organised “free medical camp” at village Peletkie on December 9.

Mokokchung Bn: Mokokchung Battalion of Assam celebrated “Fitness Week” on December 8 at Assam Rifles Public School, Mokokchung. The aim of the event was to encourage students endeavour to take physical activities and sports in their daily life to maintain their mental and physical well being.

Mokokchung Battalion also conducted a “Clean Mokokchung” campaign along with Police representatives Mokokchung as a part of ‘Swachta Pakhwara Week’ on December 2.

Kohima Garrison: A state of art Sainik Institute was dedicated to troops of HQ IGAR (North) by Maj Gen P C Nair, YSM, IG Assam Rifles (North) on December 12 at Kohima Garrison.

Mon Bn: Mon Battalion of Assam Rifles conducted a Career guidance programme on November 29 at Wangkho Government College.

The battalion also organised trip for 21st Nagaland Girl Battalion NCC from Konjong Higher Secondary School to Coy Operating Base, Lungwa on December 7.

Shamator Bn: Shamator Battalion of Assam Rifles organised ‘Swachata Pakhwada’ on December 1 at Shamatore. Lecture on World Aids Day and various lifestyle disease

including preventive measures was also covered.

Earlier the battalion also conducted medical camp on November 24 at Langnyok.

Medziphema Bn: Medziphema Battalion hosted educational trip comprising of under trainees of Cooperative Training Centre (CTC) Medziphema on November 28.

Tuensang Bn: Tuensang Battalion conducted medical camp at Pessao village and its surrounding areas on November 29.

Dimapur Bn: Dimapur Battalion conducted contact and outreach programme for youth of Nagaland for employment in hospitality and tourism management sector on November 28, in collaboration with Pragati Edutech of Guwahati.

The battalion conducted friendly football match with a team from Khushiabil village on December 10.

Zunheboto Battalion: Zunheboto Battalion organised “Debate Competition” on “Is Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a Success or Failure” at ARPS, Zunheboto on December 9, where students actively participated in competition giving out their unbiased opinion about various pros and cons about the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiative.

In other event, lecture on “Hygiene and Sanitation” was conducted with an aim to promote awareness about health and sanitation.

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Neiba Kronu and others at Bade village on December 14.

DIMAPUR: Chakhesang Youth Front (CYF) held its 12th biennial general conference on December 13 and 14 at Bade village Dimapur under the theme, “The Diligent Hands will rule”. The conference was graced by Minister for Planning and Co-ordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Nagaland, Neiba Kronu as the guest speaker on December 14.

A presss release from CYF stated that speaking at the programme, Kronu challenged the present generation to wake up from their slumber and contribute for developing the society.

Apprising the youth of the developed countries of the world, he urged the Chakhesang youth to start adopting

the work culture of them.

With Naga solution at hand, the minister encouraged the youth to keep working and doing what they are doing for their livelihood saying that they shouldn’t let solution hinder them in their works.

He demanded the youth to contribute what they are capable of to the society. “The present generation should not threaten the government for development but should know how to build friendship with others in exchange for development. Protection of the leaders is the responsibility of the youth”, he added. He maintained that the best and prime time of a person is youth life and encouraged the youth to decide and start doing what they can do now.

Kronu further briefed the policies of the Government of Nagaland under the leadership of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio in empowering the youth to sustain their livelihood and not depending only on government jobs.

President Chakhesang Public Organisation, Mikha Kenye in his greetings highlighted the imposition of ban on various activities in protecting and preserving the wildlife and ecosystem of the community. He requested the youth not to lose the spirit and love of patriotism and nationalism.

“Youth should be able to tackle any kind of situation that arises and have concrete co-ordination with the other organisations of the society”, he stated. He

retendered the work and eats culture that was maintained by their forefathers and should be carried on.

The first president of CYC and chairman NEPED Government of Nagaland, Kevechutso Doulo exhorted the youth to continue to stand united irrespective of the differences in safeguarding the society. He briefed the establishment of CYF and thanked the pioneers who had contributed for the society. He warned the youth to beware of the social media which has conquered all the platforms of the society and refrain from spreading rumours which creates division among the people and breaks down the integrity of the society which has become the greatest threat. He further encouraged the youth to expose their talents and earn fame in their respective fields.

The general conference was chaired by vice president CYF, Vetsurayi Tetseo, invocation by Rev. Dr. V. K Nuh, the new office bearers for the tenure 2019-2021 was presented by advisor, Welete Kapfo after which senior pastor Chakhesang Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Weyiete Lohe prayed for them, words of gratitude was proposed by organizing secretary CYF, Rukuvo Sakhamo and benediction

District level children’s parliament general session in Peren

Participating students and stakeholders after the programme at SXHSS, Jalukie.

DIMAPUR: District level children’s parliament-Peren annual interface meeting with stakeholders and interschool debate under the theme, “With Children, For Children; From Idea to Action” was held on December 12 at St. Xavier Higher Sec-

ondary School, Jalukie.

The event was organised

by Children’s Parliament initiative in Nagaland under the aegis of Development Association of Nagaland (DAN).

A press release from DAN stated that special

guest of the event, ADC, Jalukie, Dr. Tinojongshi Chang enlightened the children on importance of children participation on governance.

He stated that the importance of participation as a means by which ado-

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Participants of the youth fest at BHSS, Dimapur.

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a governance perspective, the participation of children can lead to better and more responsive decision-making and can inform stronger, more effective services.

The parliamentary session was led by presiding officer Milka, deputy speaker of district level children’s parliament.

Inter-School debate competition was also held in the second session on the topic, “Children’s Participation in Governance- Liability or Asset”.

The best speakers of the session were awarded to Chenlimi Tshanguru from St. Xavier Higher Secondary School, Jalukie and Ngimyile Zeliang from All Saints Higher Secondary School, Peren.

NSVDBA informs PMAY beneficiaries

DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Village Development Board Association (NSVDBA) has asked all beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme under 74 Rural Development (RD) blocks, who have received first allocation, to utilise the benefit and construct the house according to guidelines of the scheme.

In a press release NSVDBA president, Tohoshe Awomi and general secretary, Manthungo Kikon have asked the beneficiaries to also enable the department to geo-tag, so that the government of India can release the

second phase allocation of the scheme to the beneficiaries.

NSVDBA said due to the inability of the department to geo-tag and submit necessary documentation the Centre has stalled the second phase allocation.

In this regard, NSVDBA has appealed all Block Development Officers (BDOs) of 74 RD Blocks to be stationed at their place of posting and steer the VDBs and take necessary measures for the early completion of all the necessary documentation and geo-tagging for early release of the allocation.

Dr. SC Jamir speaking at the annual day programme.

DIMAPUR: Former governor and also former chief minister of Nagaland, Dr. S.C. Jamir has termed education as an imperative institution for social, economic and political transformation of a society.

Dr. Jamir made this remark while addressing the “annual day-cum-award giving away ceremony 2019” of Delhi Public School (DPS) Dimapur on December 13 at the school ground.

T h e ve t e r a n N a g a politician, who was also governor of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Odisha, said nation building process takes its form and momentum in the educational institution itself.

He then encouraged the teachers to emulate the example of inspiring teachers to prepare youths who are educated and capable, with skills and intellectual capacity to meet various needs and requirements for developing the nation.

The former five-time chief minister of Nagaland while addressing the elite gathering of intellectuals and working professionals especially the Naga parents, implored upon the need to create an environment whereby a new Naga polity sanctified with honesty, sincerity and with commitments can be build.

Displaying the wide spectrum of new experiences and learning that have taken place in the school, Dr. Jamir said the annual day celebration truly proved to be the acme of excellence of all academic and co-scholastic endeavours of DPS Dimapur.

Earlier, pro vice chairman of the school, Dr. Aotoshi delivered the welcome speech and the principal, B.K Nanda read out the annual school report. Besides the cultural presentations, various awards and trophies were given away on the occasion.

Workshop on measles elimination & rubella control

Resource person Dr. Victoria speaking at the workshop on December 14 in Longleng.

DIMAPUR: One day district level workshop on measles elimination and rubella control was held on December 14 at the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Longleng office.

A press release from CMO Longleng office stated that resource person, RRT World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Victoria updated the participants on the global and national status and gave a way-forward for measles elimination and rubella control.

Dr Victoria also gave a detailed reason and clarifi-

cation on types of surveillance, the key strategies for measles elimination and rubella control and also briefed the participants on several other points.

DPO (RCH/UIP) Dr Imnameren Phom spoke on district update on AFP-MR surveillance and progress in MR elimination, HRA reprioritization using sur-

veillance data, and district weekly review meeting.

The workshop was attended by deputy CMO Dr Philip Kent, all the medical officers from the health units, district community mobilizer, VCCM UNDP, vaccinators, ASHA coordinators from three blocks, and community health officers.

WORLD FAMOUS KERALA Anil Kumble and Miss World Manushi Chhillar award them AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING AILMENTS their final degrees at PU’S 3rd Convocation Ceremony ALL TYPES OF PARALYSIS/STROKE | RHEUMATOID 3519 bachelor and PhD graduates from Parul University set for new endeavours

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adodara-Gujarat based Parul University proudly hosted its 3rd Convocation ceremony awarding degrees to its 3519 degree and PhD students upon the successful completion of their programmes.

Padmashree cricketer Anil Kumble and Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar were awarded honorary doctorates during the ceremony. While addressing the graduate students and their parents, Dr. Devanshu Patel, President of the University said that the students are continuously prepared for the campus interviews and majority of the placement activities are scheduled during their academic pursuits. This being the reason, many among the 3519 students present at the convocation had already

grabbed handsome job placements.

Speaking at the convocation, Anil Kumble expressed to the students that their parents have sacrificed a lot to see them get graduated. Therefore he persuaded the students to work towards their passion and adviced them to have faith in themselves because with success comes more difficulty.

Manushi Chhillar encouraged the latest graduating batch who contributes to 65% of India’s youth population to take care after their responsibilities.

She urged the students who are all set to face the real world, to work with morality and spread the aroma of the values inculcated in them by the University.

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DIMAPUR: Assemblies of God of East India (AGEI) held its youth fest under the theme, “Limitless” on December 11-13 at Bethesda Higher Secondary School, Dimapur.

A press release by AGEI informed that the resource persons of the fest were Rev. Valson Varghese, co-chair, Gen Next, AGWF, Rev. Moses Murry, general supdt, AGEI, Lezo Putsure, director Youth Net, Kevihulie Pienyu, youth director, Nagaland district and Tolibo Swu Murry, counselling psychologist.

The release said the resource persons deliberated on topics such as relationships, youth and entrepreneurship, fundraising, leadership and youth, Christian dating and youth and overcoming depression.

Altogether 250 delegates from north east India attended the youth fest program.

lescents are involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of all relevant legislation, policies, services and programmes affecting their lives, including at the local level, can thus lead to better services, move responsive local policies and plans, and a more effective use of local budgets in support of children’s priorities.

Dr. Tinojongshi asserted that importance that design elements should be considered holistically rather than in a linear fashion in collaboration with key stakeholders, particularly children and local government.

He told the children that it was time to address the more practical aspects of the participation mechanism design. He said from

was pronouved by Rev. Bonny Resu.

Earlier, Member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly Government of Nagaland, Dr. Chotisuh Sazo graced the occasion as the inaugural speaker on December 13. Relating to the theme of the session, he challenged the youth to adopt the culture of working hard for survival in this competitive world. Portraying the work culture of the advanced countries of the world, he pointed out that they should also come out from their comfort zone and strife for their dreams in developing the society.

Sazo also briefed the history of early settlement of the Nagas and how their forefathers have struggled for them to be what thjey are today. He further requested the youth not to forget the good culture of respecting and honouring the elders.

Member Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Kezhienyi Khalo also graced the session and shared his concern for the youth urging them to be in the forefront leading the society with their talents and ability whenever required.

The new team of office bearers would be led by Lhuvesayi Lohe as president, Nyitso Therieh as general secretary and other 11 members.

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CAB stir : Security beefed up in B’’desh consulates

AGARTALA/GUWAHATI, DEC 14 (IANS): The Assam and Tripura governments have increased security at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commissions here in view of the stir against the amended citizenship law, officials said on Saturday.

The situation in Assam is gradually improving, while Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya and other northeastern states are almost normal after violent agitations against the citizenship act earlier this week.

Officials in Guwahati and Agartala said that security has been further strengthened at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission offices and additional security forces deployed in and around the complexes of the two diplomatic missions.

Bangladesh media reported that acting Foreign Secretary Kamrul Ahsan held a meeting with Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka and requested the protection of the personnel and properties of the mission by the host government.

“Ganguly assured that the authorities concerned of the Indian government are

being immediately alerted to enhance security of the chancery and residential premises of the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Guwahati,” the media report said quoting officials of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

According to the Airport Authority of India’’s (AAI) Regional Executive Director Sanjeev Jindal, almost all airports in the northeastern states are operating normal flights to and from northeast India and other parts of the country.

“We are operating almost all the airports of northeastern region and our airports are open for passengers over night on Friday.

Even if there is no flight we are allowing the passengers to use guest houses, lounges, water, heating and are trying to provide food as well,” Jindal said.

He said that except Dibrugarh (in Assam), other airports in Guwahati, Silchar, Jorhat, Teju, Tezpur (all in Assam), Agartala (Tripura), Imphal ( Manipur), Dimapur (Nagaland) and Lengpui (Mizoram) are operating normally.

In Dibrugarh, the unavailability of adequate private or public transport systems is causing the suspension of all nine flights to and from Dibrugarh airport except Army chartered and

Arunachal media orgs stage protest rally

Press fraternity of Arunachal showing solidarity.

ITANAGAR, Dec 14: In solidarity with press members of Assam, the press fraternity of Arunachal Pradesh staged a protest rally here today in condemnation to the police brutality at the Prag News Channel office and government censorship on Pratidin Times (Assam). In a recent viral video, police can be seen barging into the premise of the Prag News Channel office in Guwahati and beating camerapersons with their batons.

The Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalist (APUWJ), Arunachal Press Club (APC), and the Arunachal Electronic and Digital Media Association (AEDMA) have strongly

condemned the police, and both the central and the Assam government for its attempt to muzzle the press from reporting the widespread protest in Northeast against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, that was passed on December 11 last.

“We want free press in a democracy like India, we are the voice of the people and press should be allowed to function without any censorship and without any repressive policy,” said APUWJ president, Amar Sangno.

Sangno also questioned the motive behind the internet shut down in Assam and other parts of the North East.

helicopter services.

“Challenges are there for men and material but we all stakeholders are working hard in close coordination and serving the people for their safe movement in and out of northeastern region,” Jindal said.

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), which operates trains in some parts of Bihar and West Bengal besides the entire northeastern region, only cancelled the trains touching tension-ridden Dibrugarh in northern Assam.

“Due to security reasons we are not operating trains linked to Dibrugarh.

However, over 70 to 75 per cent trains are already either operational or to be run later in the day in the northeastern states,” an NFR official told IANS. The agitations also affected the operations of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) refineries and LPG production units in Assam and other northeastern states causing shortage of fuel and cooking gas.

“The availability of petrol, diesel and LPG would be normal in a day or two. Efforts are on to transport these petroleum products to all the northeastern states,” an IOC official said in Agartala.

Army warns people about ‘fake news’ against the force New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI): Amid protests in the Northeast over the amended Citizenship Act, the Army on Saturday advised people to not fall prey to “fake news” directed against the force.

The Army posted a collage of screenshots of social media accounts, accusing them of spreading misinformation against the force by accusing it of carrying out atrocities.

The Army rejected the allegations.

“Please desist from spreading misinformation.

Some ill-intentioned (people) are spreading rumours on social media. Be careful of such fake news. The Indian Army — the Army of the country,” read a tweet on the official twitter handle of the Indian Army.

The Northeast has been on the boil since the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Mention may be made that the army have recently helped many stranded passengers.

Meghalaya CM meets Shah, seeks ILP in the state NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma met Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday late night to implement inner line permit (ILP) in the state.

“MDA Govt delegation called on Hon’ble Home Minister @AmitShah ji around 12:30 a.m. today in Delhi to urge the central Govt to implement Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Meghalaya. The State Govt will convene a one day special session to bring in Govt resolution to implement ILP”, Sangma tweeted.

“HM was very receptive to all the issues raised by the delegation and has agreed to examine the matter”, Sangma said.

Shah has extended the Inner Line Permit to Manipur and other parts of the North East. Assam and other states in the North East are witnessing agitations in the wake of CAB. The Adaptation of Law (Amendment) Order, 2019 dated December 11 has included ‘districts of Kamrup, Darrang, Nowgong, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Naga Hills, Cachar, states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and area of districts of state of Nagaland as notified from time to time’. Various organisations in the North East had been raising their voices against the CAB citing it as a threat to their ethnicity.

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IMPHAL, Dec 14: Following reports of depleting stock in some local media as a consequent of turmoil situation in neighbouring Assam state, panic buyers in large numbers thronged most of the oil pumps in Manipur on Saturday.

As a result , most of the oil pumps closed after opening for few hours, citing stock exhaustion.

Manipur procures petroleum production from Assam, the state currently hit by raging protest against CAB that disturbed the normal plying of Imphalbound petroleum product careers in the last few days.

As reported in some media in Imphal, the disturbance in the procurement of the petroleum product has led to the depletion of stock of petrol, diesel and LPG depots in the state.

The state may face shortage of petrol, diesel and LPG after around 10 days in case mass protest raging on in neighbouring Assam against CAB is not resolved within a week or normal plying of the petroleum product carriers is not resumed.

Taking serious note of the developing situation, state consumer affairs, food and public distribution swung into action by an

Special trains from Guwahati to help stranded passengers

New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI): Railways is running special trains from Guwahati to help stranded passengers in Assam, where protests are underway against the Citizenship Amendment Act, officials said on Saturday.

Special passenger trains are being run in Guwahati to reach their destination in upper Assam.

One such train was operated on Friday to Dimapur. Another was run to Furkating, the main railway junction in Assam’s Golaghat district on Saturday and another to Dibrugarh.

A special passenger train from Guwahati to Dimapur will run at 2:30 pm from Guwahati tonight, they said.

The officials said the railways is using social media like Facebook and Twitter to inform passengers about the special trains and also to appeal to people to not vandalise station property.

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tinuously monitoring the situation and senior officers are camping in control room to supervise.

Public relations offices in the affected areas are issuing regular press releases to inform the public about train movement.

“Railways is becoming soft target and thousand of passengers are inconvenienced and stranded. Railways is making efforts for informing about cancellation of trains.

Safety of passengers is paramount and hence cancellation of trains.

Wherever possible, local railway administration are running local trains for stranded passengers,” an official said.

Several parts of the northeast India have witnessed violent protests over the past few days against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which expedites citizenship applications from religious minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, but not Muslims.

issuing order asking the petrol pumps to immediately stop random selling of petrol and diesel.

They asked the pump authorities to allow customers with two-wheeler filling their tanks with only three litres, four-wheeler (light vehicles) with five litres and 10 litres for heavy vehicles at a time.

Further, oil pumps were ordered not to entertain with extra containers.

Though media reports said that there were stocks for 10 days in the IOCL depots in Imphal, state CAF&PD minister Karam Shyam said that the current stock of fuel will last for only five days.

Considering the current stock and to manage it , an order for interim arrangement of oil pumps restricting from random selling of petrol and diesel was issued, he said.

The minister however said despite oil pumps opening as usual with strict instruction to comply with the order of the CAF&PD, all the pumps in Imphal and its outskirts remained close since afternoon with “ nil stock ”.

Not only in Imphal but similar situation of panic buyers in long beeline queue was reported in other petrol outlets in other parts of the state including Jiribam district.

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Curfew relaxed in Guwahati, Dibrugarh for few hours GUWAHATI, DEC 14 (PTI): The curfew, imposed in Guwahati and Dibrugarh town amid violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act, was relaxed on Saturday for a few hours, officials said.

The curfew has been relaxed in Guwahati from 9 am to 4pm and in Dibrugarh from 8 am to 2 pm, they said. Police are using loudspeakers to inform the public about the relaxations, they added. Long queues were seen outside shops in Guwahati at several places, including Dispur, Uzan Bazar, Chandmari, Silpukhuri and Zoo Road.

Auto-rickshaws and

cycle-rickshaws were plying across the city. However, buses were off roads.

Petrol pumps in the city have also opened with vehicles waiting in lines to refuel. Schools and offices, however, remained shut.

After the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was cleared by Parliament, violent protests broke out across the state with agitators engaging in pitched battles with the police, forcing the administration to impose curfew in several places.

The legislation has put the entire Northeast on the boil where people fear that it may exacerbate the problem of illegal immigration.

Oil tanker set ablaze in Assam, driver killed as protests continue Guwahati, Dec 14 (PTI): An oil tanker was set ablaze in Assam’s Sonitpur district, killing its driver, even as protests against the amended Citizenship Act continued on Saturday across the state amid a rail blockade, sit-ins and hunger strikes by different organisations, officials said.

The empty oil tanker, on its way for refilling petrol from Sipajhar in Udalguri district, was set ablaze by a group of people at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur on Friday night, police said.

The driver of the tanker was taken to a private nursing home where he succumbed to severe burn injuries on Saturday morning, they said.

Meanwhile, AASU, Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) and 30 other organisations of indigenous people, spearheading the agitation against the Act, held protests in all districts of the Brahmaputra Valley

along with senior citizens, students, artists, singers, intellectuals and teachers.

The AJYCP blocked tracks at Kamakhya railway station, disrupting train services from Guwahati to other parts of the country.

“We do not want to inconvenience but the blockade has been called to draw the attention of people from allover the country about the threat to the people of the state due to the ammended Citizenship Act,” AJYCP general secretary Palash Changmai said.

The AJYCP has also given call for a 36-hour ‘Gana Anshan’ (mass hunger strike) from 6 am on December 16 across the state, while from December 18, they will organise ‘Gaon Sabhas’ (village meetings) in all village of the state. The AJYCP, which also demands that Assam be brought under the Inner Line Permit (ILP) regime, has also planned ‘Gana Samadal’ (mass

rally) on December 24.

“We have coined the slogan ‘No CAA, Yes ILP’ and we will continue our agitation till it is granted,” Changmai said.

Protests by people and students are happening across the state and it will continue everyday till 5 pm, AASU General Secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi told PTI. The AASU has called for ‘satyagraha’ for three days, beginning December 16.

“We will continue with our agitation till the Act is withdrawn but we will follow the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi in our struggle which will be nonviolent and disciplined,” Gogoi said.

A Northeast Frontier Railway spokesperson said that all trains to Upper Assam districts have been terminated at Guwahati, while all-long distance trains leaving Guwahati will resume their onward journey after the blockade.

NE communities in Bangalore Left parties call 12-hour anti-CAB general strike on Dec 19 in Mnp MANPAC decides to continue anti-CAB protests organise sit-in protest against CAA Correspondent

The Naga Students' Union Bangalore (NSUB) seen during the sit in protest.

Correspondent KOHIMA, DEC 14 (NPN): Northeast communities in Bangalore came together on Saturday to organized a sitin protest against the amended Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) from 11 am to 1 pm in Bangalore.

Hundreds of people from different northeast communities gathered at Sri Puttanne Chetty Town Hall, where Naga Students' Union Banglaore (NSUB) along with its sub-units participated in the protest to show resentment over K Y M C

the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) which was passed in both the houses of the Parliament recently, a press release issued by Naga Students' Union Banglaore on Saturday stated.

The gathering was addressed by leaders from different Northeast States.

All the leaders who spoke on the occasion voiced their resentment on illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and also talked about the compromise of culture and tradition which was at stake.

They also expressed their concern that Tripura was

the victim now but the rest of the NE is next. NSUB president Nuthipru Nienu, while addressing the crowd, said CAB is an ethical predicament that challenges the complexities of the northeast indegenous people and that the incursion of the migrants might result in tribal cultural dilution which poses a major ethical dilemma. The president also mentioned that the bill was passed without considering the sentiments and plea of indigenous citizen of Northeast, to which he said the people are opposing CAB.

IMPHAL, Dec 14: Left Parties in Manipur on Saturday announced a dawn to dusk anti-CAB general strike in the entire state to be imposed on December 19 while Manipur People Against Citizenship (Amendment) 2016 (MANPAC) reaffirmed its stand against Citizenship Amendment Bill after reviewing the contentious bill in a review meeting held today with the CSOs. Addressing a press conference in which leaders of left parties present, CPI Manipur state council secretary L Sotinkumar announced that the general strike was given as part of nationwide protest against CAB by the left parties.

The strike will be effective from 6am of December 19 till 6pm of the same day, he said.

Leaders of the left parties like CPI, CPI(M), RSP and Forward Bloc attended the press conference held

at Irawat Bhavan, Imphal today.

The general strike was given as a joint meeting of the left parties held in Imphal today resolved to launch intense forms of agitations against the CAB, he said.

He alleged that Inner Line Permit regime will protect from CAB was a wrong impression given to the people by the ruling BJP. But, people knew that CAB bears BJP’s agenda of making the country a Hindu nation.

The BJP’s move was an attack to the secular structure of the country and the bill that had converted into Act was anti-constitutional, he went on to allege.

He observed that keeping its agenda of making India a Hindu nation in the fore, BJP had drafted the bill without considering the worse effect to the national integrity in future.

The CPI leader announced that left parties will not take part in a gath-

ering of political parties to celebrate enforcement of ILP system in the state to be hosted by state chief minister N Biren Singh.

“We will not take part in the celebration. It is too early to celebrate the ILP regime,” he said while alleging that the BJP government had put the people of the Northeast in a confused state.

Exempting parts of Northeast states where sixth scheduled and Inner Line Permit system was in force from CAB and covering parts of the region by the CAB showed Centre’s intention of enforcing the Act. Other leaders of the left parties asserted that it is not the time to remain celebrate for bringing Manipur under Inner Line Permit regime without knowing the evil impact of Citizenship Amendment Bill.

They alleged that CAB is anti-constitutional. Above this, there said there was a ned to review why other states where Inner Line

Permit system is in force are raising their voice against Citizenship Amendment Bill.

The left parties also sought the supports of the CSOs of the state opposing the CAB to the proposed 12-hour bandh.

In conclusion, the leaders of the left parties observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the departed souls of the people who died in the anti-CAB agitations in Assam and Tripura.

On the other hand, Manipur People Against CAB (MANPAC) today reviewed the adaption of ILP regime and impact of CAB with the leaders of the CSOs of the state.

After a thorough deliberation on pros and cons of CAB, the meeting re-affirmed Manipur People Against Citizenship (Amendment)’s stand against CAB and resolved to continue its anti-CAB protest in the state.

The review meeting

jointly presided by Manipur People Against Citizenship (Amendment) convener, Yumnamcha Dilipkumar, co-convener Amu Kamei and Mangcha Haokip was held at Lamyanba Shanglen, Palace Compound.

The meeting strongly condemned “gross violation of human rights” by the security forces while dealing with anti-CAB protestors in parts of Assam and Tripura and resolved to support the cause of the people of these two states and any movement proposed by North East Forum for Indigenous People (NEFIP) against Citizenship Amendment Bill.

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Protests against CAA in Bengal

noon, they entered the station complex and set the ticket counter on fire. When RPF and railway personnel tried to stop them, they were beaten up,” a senior Railway Protection Force official said. Train services have been affected.

Mamata warns of strict action against vandalism

Congress supporters burn effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raise slogans during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Kolkata.

Kolkata, Dec 14 (PTI): Road and rail blockades continued in different parts of West Bengal on Saturday by people protesting against the amended Citizenship Act. Incidents of violence were reported from Murshidabad and North 24 Paraganas districts, and rural Howrah, police said.

The National Highway 34, one of the arterial roads that connect north and south Bengal, was blocked in Murshidabad. Several other roads in the district were also blocked, they said.

In Howarh district’s Domjur area, the National Highway 6 was blocked as

protester set tyres ablaze and ransacked several vehicles, the police said.

Huge police contingent has been rushed to the spot to control the situation, they said. Train movements were also blocked in the SealdahHasnabad section of the Eastern Railway.

The agitators are staging sit-ins on the tracks at Shondaliya and Kakra Mirzapur stations of the section since 6.25 am, a railway spokesperson said.

P r o t e s t s o ve r t h e amended Citizenship Act reached the shores of West Bengal on Friday, with agitators resorting to violence and arson at railway stations

and thoroughfares across the state, seeking immediate revocation of the law.

Portion of Howrah station set on fire

Portion of a railway station complex in West Bengal’s Howrah district was set on fire on Saturday by a mob who also thrashed security personnel guarding it, officials said. Hundreds of people protesting against the amended Citizenship Act since morning had blocked roads in and around the Sankrail railway station and had set a few shops on fire, police sources said.

“Later in the after-

Nirbhaya case: Hangman asked to maintain secrecy, be alert

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday warned of strict action amid violent agitations and vandalism in several places across the state by people protesting against the amended Citizenship Act. She appealed to people to maintain calm and protest democratically.

“Do not take up law in your hand. Do not put up road blockades and rail blockades and create trouble for the common people on the roads,” Banerjee said in a statement released from the chief minister’s office.

“Do not cause damage to government properties.

Strict action would be taken against those who are found guilty in creating disturbances,” the statement quoted her as saying.

She also reiterated that the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed country-wide NRC will not take effect in the state. “It is my request, don’t create confusion among people,” she said.

Girl set ablaze after rape in Fatehpur Fatehpur, Dec 14 (IANS): In another heinous incident of rape, an 18-yearold girl was allegedly raped and set ablaze by a man in Fatehpur district on Saturday. The girl was rushed to a nearby hospital by the police where after receiving primary treatment she was referred to the Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur.

The victim’s father alleged that while his 18year-old daughter was at home alone on Saturday, her 22-year-old uncle raped her. After the girl threatened to tell the family about the incident, the uncle poured kerosene on her and set her on fire.

“A case has been filed against the accused on the complaint of the victim’s brother,” said CO City Fatehpur Kapil Dev Mishra.

Fatehpur District Magistrate Sanjeev Singh and SP Prashant Singh met the family of the victim and assured them of action against the accused.

Dr Naresh Vishal, posted in the emergency ward of Fatehpur district hospital, said, “The girl was 90 per cent burnt. She has been referred to the Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur.”

Dr Anurag Rajoria, MO of Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital, said, “She was been taken to the mini operation theatre. Once she is stable we will shift her to the burn ward.”

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CAB protests in Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia turns into war zone

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (PTI): The Jamia Millia Islamia University turned into a battlefield on Friday after police and students, who wanted to march to Parliament House to protest the amended Citizenship Act, clashed with each other prompting the local AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to reach the spot to take stock of the situation.

For ty-two students were detained following a clash between police and students after the protestors were stopped at the varsity gate and prevented from carrying out their march Police said they had to resort to use of tear gas as the protesters broke barricades and indulged in stone-pelting.

The students, who were baton-charged by police personnel, alleged that the police also used tear gas to quell their march. Some students also pelted stones from inside the university, prompting police to enter the varsity and baton-charge them.

However, the protestors alleged that police pelted stones first and they threw stones in response.

The protesters, numbering around 1,000, started their march from gate number 7 of the varsity towards Sukhdev Vihar metro station, raising slogans like ‘NHRC Haaye Haaye’, ‘CAB waapis lo’, ‘BJP hai

A march by Left-wing students of Jamia Millia Islamia university to Parliament turned violent on Friday after Delhi police, in a bid to stop the protest, lathi-charged the protesters.

The students belonging to the All India Students’ Association (AISA) were protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Jamia Milia cancels exams over CAA protest The Jamia Millia Islamia University here on Saturday cancelled the odd undergraduate and postgraduate semester examinations due to a protest at its premises against the Citizenship (Amendment), Act (CAA), 2019.

“All students of odd semesters of UG and PG programmes are hereby informed that the examinations scheduled for December 14 stands postponed.

The date of the postponed papers shall be notified in due course of time,” the Office of the Controller of

Pawan said, “The officials of Meerut jail suggested to me not to talk to a lot of people. They have also asked me not to leave the city and take care of my health. They have asked me to be alert as orders (regarding carrying out the hanging of the convicts in the Nirbhaya case) from the state jail administration can come anytime.”

When asked whether the Meerut jail authorities informed him about the hanging of the convicts, the hangman said, “No, they have not referred to the Nirbhaya case but as per the speculation doing the rounds in the media it seems that they want me to be on alert regarding the same matter.”

“I don’t need any preparation time. I only need 45 minutes after reaching Tihar jail,” said Pawan, adding that he is unaware about the news that the Tihar jail officials are getting the nooses

from Buxar in Bihar.

Asked how can one hangman carry out the hanging of all the four convicts simultaneously, Pawan told IANS, “I will hang four nooses, then tie the hands and feet of all the four convicts, put the noose around their necks and as soon as the jailer will pass on the signal I will pull all the four levers at once. After half an hour or so I along with a doctor will check the bodies hanging in the chamber and once the doctor will confirm their deaths the lights of the chamber will be switched on. Then the jailer will file a report on it.”

On 10 September 2013, the four adult defendants were found guilty of rape, murder, unnatural offences and destruction of evidence.

All four men faced the death penalty, and demonstrators outside the courthouse called for the hanging of the defendants.

CAA divisive, against spirit of Constitution: Kamal Nath

Maha: Three lowintensity tremors hit Palghar

Indian ethos will endure onslaught by communal forces: Mahua Moitra

Bhopal, Dec 14 (PTI): In an indication that he will not implement the new citizenship law in Madhya Pradesh, CM Kamal Nath has said the new legislation is “divisive” in nature and “against the spirit of the Constitution”.

He also sought to know why PM Narendra Modi did not hold talks with chief ministers before the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was drafted. “I am deeply hurt that PM Narendra Modi and the central government did not even call the chief ministers for a talk on such an important issue before drafting the CAB,” Nath said in a statement issued here late Friday night.

“The Congress party has been of the view from the beginning that any move aimed at dividing the Indian culture and society is against the spirit of the Constitution and is unacceptable to it.

The Congress party’s stand would be our stand in Madhya Pradesh,” he added.

Earlier, Congress MLA Arif Masood demanded that the chief minister reject the amended Citizenship Act as well as proposed country-

Kamal Nath (File)

wide National Register of Citizens. Masood, the MLA from Bhopal Central consituency, told reporters on Thursday night he would resign as legislator if the demand was not fulfilled.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by the RS on Wednesday and by LS on Monday.

President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Bill on Thursday, turning it into an Act. As per the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 and facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants, but given Indian citizenship.

Palghar, Dec 14 (PTI): Three low-intensity earthquakes rocked Maharashtra’s Palghar district in the last 24 hours, and there were no reports of any loss of life or property, a district official confirmed on Saturday.

Three low-intensity tremors were recorded from Friday afternoon to the early hours of Saturday at Dundalwadi village in Dahanu taluka, district collector Dr Kailas Shinde said.

There were no reports of property damage or casualties, he added.

The latest tremor, measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale, was recorded at precisely 5.22 am on Saturday, chief of the district disaster cell Vivekananda Kadam said.

While a quake of magnitude 3.2 was recorded at around 12.26 pm on Friday, another one measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale was witnessed at around 9.55 pm, he added.

Dahanu taluka has been experiencing such tremors for the last one year, with most of them centered around Dundalwadi village.

hai’ and ‘Inquilab Zindabad’.

The students also carried a blackened effigy of Home Minister Amit Shah and banners of ‘Save Constitution’, ‘CAB will kill India’.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people protested across Karnataka on Friday against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), an official said on Saturday.

In Shivamogga, Muslim Muttahida Mahaz lead the protests against the CAA. The protesters gave a memorandum to the President of India Ram Nath Kovind through the office of the deputy commissioner.

Assailing the CAB in Bengaluru city, Lok Tantrik Yuva Janata Dal said it will petition the Supreme Court against the controversial citi-

zenship bill which excluded persecuted Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In Chintamani, many people protested after the Friday prayers and raised slogans against the CAA which ended at the Tehsildar’s office.

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind members were joined by others organisations in the protest against the act in Bidar. The protesters passed through Ambedkar Circle, Chowbar, Gawan Chowk, Shaha Gunj and presented a petition to the President of India Ram Nath Kovid through the deputy commissioner’s office.

Kodagu Muslim Jamaat Union in Madikeri also submitted a memorandum in the additional deputy commissioner’s office against the CAA.

Rakesh Sinha writes to VC over Jamia violence New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS): Rajya Sabha MP of BJP Rakesh Sinha on Saturday wrote to the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia, Nazma Akhtar, in the wake of violence that erupted on Friday. Sinha urged the Vice Chancellor to form a committee to probe organised violence by communal elements with League mindset on Saturday.

In his letter, he wrote “violence, that took place on December 13 was an unfortunate and shameful event for any central university. Opposing and staging protests are part and parcel of a democracy but it is unacceptable when it is done in a fasist way.” He also added that “what happened on Friday during protest was an organised violence by communal elements with league mindset.”

Calling the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 secular, the parliamentarian said “Some people are highly influenced

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): The hangman who is expected to carry out the execution of the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder convicts has been asked by the jail authorities to maintain secrecy and be on alert.

Pawan Kumar, the fourth-gen hangman from Meerut, on Saturday told IANS, “Now I won’t be talking much on mobile or to the media till the final orders on execution of the Nirbhaya case convicts come.”

“Till now, I was talking to the media about it.

I always wished to carry out the hanging of the four convicts. Since the matter is quite sensitive and involves legalities and the Tihar jail administration has secretly contacted the Uttar Pradesh jail administration regarding the hangman, several restrictions have been imposed on me,” said Kumar.

When asked who imposed these restrictions,

Police and protestors scuffle outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University.

Chandigarh, Dec 14 (IANS): Indian ethos is all about moderation not given to excesses and will certainly endure the present onslaught by communal forces, firebrand Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra averred categorically rejecting the idea of nationalism being thrust upon by the Centre.

While speaking during the first session ‘Jingoism and Hyper Nationalism An Indian Perspective’ on the second day of three-day Military Literature Festival here, Moitra, while accepting that the Opposition had been caught unawares with unleashing of hate and communal agenda, called for a comprehensive counter narrative to negate the nefarious designs of the inimical forces.

“A n y n a t i o n a l i s m which teaches me to treat my nation above God is not acceptable to me,” she said invoking Rabindranath Tagore, adding aggressive dependence on religion demonstrates abject failure of ruling class on all major fronts.

Taking par t in the

Rakesh Sinha (File)

by stone pelters of Kashmir.

They raised slogans provoking communal sentiments.”

He wrote that “the violent protest that took place on Friday, is an attack on democratic set up of the country and should be investigated. Being a court member of the university, I request you to probe the aforesaid incident under the leadership of retired judge and identify the perpetrators conspiring for communal tension and take action against them without any delay.”

Mahua Moitra (File)

discussion, panellist and RSS ideologue Desh Ratan Nigam stated the Constitution originally was not supposed to be secular and it was only with 42nd Amendment in 1976 the word secular was inserted during the Emergency.

“The Article on fundamental duties enjoins upon all of us to protect the national culture and heritage,” said Nigam, adding it was Indira Gandhi who introduced the idea of nationalism by incorporating Article 51 A in the Constitution.

The session moderated by eminent journalist Mark Tully lived up to its billing producing much political steam and witnessed many impassioned exchanges with

both the panellists holding their ground keeping the fully packed hall on the edge of their seats.

Responding to a question, Nigam though accepted that the concept of nationalism was being misused by some vested interests who were using it for their political gains.

“I don’t subscribe to this term nationalism,” Nigam said, adding that “Bharatiya is what encompasses the all dimensions of our cultural belief where no one is superior and all are equal”.

“Attacking anyone is not in our ethos and even our no first use nuclear doctrine demonstrated this,” he added. Earlier while initiating the discussion, Tully said the whole world was witnessing rising tide of nationalism which has the potential of being misused for political gains.

Egging on the panellists in his inimitable style, Tully not only got both the political figures share their insights on various topical issues but also got the audience palpably involved in the engrossing discussion.

Examination said in a notification. On Friday, a march staged by the All India Students’ Association (AISA) to Parliament turned violent after the police lathi-charged the protesters in a bid to stop them from moving ahead.

Several media personnel were also injured in the students-police face-off.

After the protests, several messages were circu-

lated on social media asking the students to boycott all the academic activities, including the ongoing examinations. Several students were injured and admitted to the Holy Family Hospital after they were lathi-charged by the police. Around 50 protesters were detained and taken to Jaitpur and Badarpur police stations to bring the situation under control.

Jamia Milia cancels exams over CAA protest The Jamia Millia Islamia University here on Saturday cancelled the odd undergraduate and postgraduate semester examinations due to a protest at its premises against the Citizenship (Amendment), Act (CAA), 2019.

“All students of odd semesters of UG and PG programmes are hereby informed that the examinations scheduled for December 14 stands postponed.

The date of the postponed papers shall be notified in due course of time,” the

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Office of the Controller of Examination said in a notification. On Friday, a march staged by the All India Students’ Association (AISA) to Parliament turned violent after the police lathi-charged the protesters in a bid to stop them from moving ahead.

Several media personnel were also injured in the students-police face-off.

After the protests, several messages were circulated on social media asking the students to boycott all the academic activities, including the ongoing examinations.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXx NO. 13 Dimapur, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2019

Economy a jigsaw puzzle

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he economy has become a jigsaw puzzle. The government is trying to understand for the last six years. Each understanding is leading it to dangerous lows. The leaders of the government are happy.

They say the NDA government must not be blamed for the faultiness. The NDA, according to them, had inherited an economy devastated by the Congress-led UPA and NDA is on a constant correction mode. That’s good. The people are merely asking how long the previous UPA and the Congress could be blamed for all the ills. True, the erosion of banks had started with the liberalization of the former finance minister Manmohan Singh in 1992. The Harshad Mehta stock scam is too difficult to be forgotten. That began a systematic erosion of bank funds and a number of institutions like UTI, LIC, GIC, and several banks lost huge sums. The UTI collapsed for losing its total kitty of Rs 64,000 crore. The correction started with Atal Behari Vajpayee. Institutions like SEBI as regulator was set up. New norms for banks were set. The banks had till 2009 NPA of about Rs 44,000 crore. After that as incentivisation of industries began by finance minister P Chidambaram, it soared to over Rs 7 lakh crore in 2014. It was not easy for the NDA government to correct it. But is the NDA not at fault? It continued with the same policies. The difference was that the set of beneficiaries, the companies, changed. The NPAs went on rising. And to cover up the situation, the loss making banks were merged. The reality is the banks continue to be in critical situation.

In short, the savings of the people has been swindled.

The NDA government also could not check the road toll scam. The banks and financial institutions have lost over Rs 1 lakh crore by conservative estimates. Various policies of the NDA right from the 2016 demonetisation to MUDRA loans for smaller entrepreneurs have only added to the losses. Most schemes of NDA are half baked. At a time when taxes should have come down, it raised income tax to 42 percent, tightened screws on taxpayers, could not check the fall of the rupee despite fall in imports and harassed functioning industries to the extent they got busied in saving their skin. Tax terror has increased despite the digitization the harassment has not come down. One after the other industries is going into difficulties. Easiest way has been to reduce the number of employees. So joblessness is a gift of this government. Along with this the rural and urban purchasing power came down with demonetization and despite increased circulation of cash nothing has normalized. Further the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s roll back of most of her budget proposals, the government seems to have lost track of the economy.

The fault lines are deep. Since the government and its functionaries are not in a dialogue mode, it is losing grip over the track. It is also losing on the price front. Since day one by keeping petroleum prices high, it virtually broke the backbone of the economy as industry was saddled with high running and transportation costs.

Inflation is a natural corollary. During the past about six years alone the prices have risen by over 25 percent.

Strangely enough, despite this NDA tom-toms that it has kept the inflation at a low. No government in the recent past has been such disarray on economy as the NDA. It does not want a national dialogue ton this either. The result is not only the government is sinking it is taking nation’s economy downhill.

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.

Quotes

There's a world of difference between truth and facts.

Facts can obscure the truth. ~ Maya Angelou

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2019

Post-mortem

CAB issue: Lok Sabha MP clarifies I I n the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 there is nothing mentioned about protection of Northeastern States. On the contrary, the C.A.B that has just been passed by Parliament has been amended to give protection to states under the Sixth Schedule and Bengal Eastern Frontier Act 1873.

During the NDA meeting held on 17/11/2019 MPs from Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland urged the Hon'ble Home Minister to exempt our states to which the he agreed in the presence of the Hon'ble Prime Minister.

To clarify doubts about inclusion of ILP in the amended CAB I urge one and all to kindly spare time and read the contents of the Bill.

Meghalaya does not have ILP and this is the reason for protest in the state. The Chief Minister of Meghalaya met the Home Minister on the 13/12/2019 evening for implementing ILP in his state and they are going to convene a special one day Assembly session to pass a bill to cover the entire state under ILP. Manipur has also been brought under the ambit of ILP to exclude it from CAB. The exclusion of various states from CAB has been possible because of co-ordination of MPs from Northeast and we will continue to do so. It is also the practice in Parliament that members are given time to speak according to the numeric representation of a party. As most members from northeast are lone representatives we are only given three minutes each to speak, thus limiting our time to speak on issues.

For Nagaland, even Dimapur is now covered under the ILP and the onus is now on the Naga people as to how we implement it to safeguard our lands. Unless we allow/permit a person to come and settle in our land how can one forcibly come and settle in our land. Immigrants are in our state because we choose so that they

till our lands, build our houses, fix our electricity, fix our plumbing, sell vegetables grown on our very soil, load and unload our commercial vehicles amongst many other employment avenues. There is hue and cry about unemployment in our state and how immigrants are draining our economy, but what is the cause for immigrants to come to our state? It is because we 'allow/permit' them to do so because we do not do the works that they are doing.

The notion of millions waiting at the Bangladesh border once the bill is passed is an absolute fallacy because the CAB is to give Indian citizenship to people who already reside in various parts of India and NOT for new immigrants from Bangladesh.

Immigrants can only settle in our lands when and only they are given a Permanent Resident Certificate by village councils and municipal authorities, so why the fear of being overrun by people who are already living in some part of our country.

Will they be willing to leave their current homes and jobs to come and live under our tribal and customary laws?

As a region we should all stand by one another, but we have to understand the genesis for protests in Assam and their internal state dynamics. My duty as MP from Nagaland is to serve in the interest of our state and with assurance given to us by Home Minister to exempt Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland out of the purview of CAB, I supported the bill in parliament. My voting in favor of the Citizenship Amendment Bill was not a unilateral decision. It was a decision taken after directives from my party President and leaders that I supported CAB in parliament.

Tokheho Yepthomi, MP, Lok Sabha

Charity begins at home

n the background of the great apprehensions of the people of North-East India (NEI), expressed through spontaneous protests, both prior to and in the aftermath of the CAB (Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019) becoming CAA (Citizenship Amended Act 2019), and also urged by Prophet Isaiah’s inspiring words, “For Zion’s sake (read “for NEI’s benefit”) I will not keep silent…until her vindication shines out like the dawn” (Is. 62:1-2), here comes an apolitical, a layman’s plain reflection on the prevailing situation.

As the protests are still raging in North-East India against the passage of the CAB perhaps in an unwarranted hurry to hasten the granting of Indian citizenship to refugees from the PAB countries (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh), I am reminded of a popular phrase by Sir Thomas Browne, “Charity begins at home…”

(Cf. Religio Medici, 1642). The dictum, perhaps, expresses the overriding demand to take care of one's family (read “one’s nation”), before caring for others.

The fact that our political leaders are thinking of the welfare of the refugees who have come to India (especially to the North-East) to flee the alleged religious persecutions in their respective countries, seems highly magnanimous and praiseworthy. But here comes the question of priority. The ‘noble act’ of helping the outsiders could be justified and almost border on deep spirituality, if the problems of the natural citizens (of North-East India) were solved first: population explosion (the Assam Government has already warned on 23 October 2019 that families with

more than two children will be debarred from government jobs from 1 January 2021), growing unemployment (highest in 45 years), spiralling prices of essential commodities, miserable road connectivity, erratic power supply, devastating floods every year, rapidly growing threat to indigenous cultures due to influx of outsiders, et al.

The situation of demographic imbalance is strongly felt in India’s third smallest state, Tripura. According to 2001 Census, the tribal state of Tripura has 70% outsiders and only 30% indigenous population.

The state of Assam experiences the problem of illegal immigrants acutely. Most of the refugees came from East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.

These immigrants pose a threat to the land, economy, jobs, religion and culture of the local citizens.

The famous Assam Movement (1979 – 1985) spearheaded by the AASU (All Assam Students’ Union) ended with the Assam Accord signed between the AASU leaders and the Indian Government with the agreement that the refugees would be detected and deported. The conversion of the CAB into CAA 2019 seems to nullify the promises of the Assam Accord and seemingly favours not those who actually voted the political parties to power but the prospective voters from outside. Moreover, the new citizenship bill (CAA 2019), is described by many legal luminaries as unconstitutional as it is based on religious discrimination and excludes the persecuted Ahmaddiyas, Hazaras and Shias from the three PAB countries as well as the displaced Hindus of Sri Lanka

and the Christians of Bhutan from the purview naturalized Indian citizenship.

The problems of religious minorities from/in our neighbouring countries could be better solved through robust diplomatic efforts. This is, in fact, more possible now than ever before, given the fact that our current Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has umpteen times demonstrated a rare quality of creating a special chemistry of friendship and working relationship with most of the heads of nations. Counting on this personal ability of the Prime Minister and enlisting the help of the international human rights bodies, India could stop or minimize religious persecutions of minorities in our neighbouring countries, thus preventing further influx of refugees into India. Some of the refugees who have sneaked into the Indian soil illegally could be repatriated.

Such measures, of course, might require long and sustained efforts. But these steps would be more plausible than the facile measures of sheltering the refugees in India, particularly in the underdeveloped North-East India and putting the indigenous population to further suffering and sense of insecurity. Hasty and uncalculated steps of granting Indian citizenship to the outsiders, would fling open the floodgates of illegal migration into the Indian soil. It would also unnecessarily create the opinion that Sir Thomas Browne’s dictum has now been replaced with the phrase, “Charity begins outside”.

Jonas Kerketta, Bosco College of Teacher Education, Dimapur

Non-Naga communities memo to CM on ILP

Respected Sir Wishing you & all the citizens of Nagaland a Merry Xmas in advance Sir !!

We the leaders of the Non-naga communities of Dimapur Town strongly believe & support the govt. to stridently check the infiltration of illegal immigrants in Nagaland. We are willing to support the Govt. of Nagaland for non-implementation of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Dimapur. So also, Union Home Minister’s statement on Dimapur not being under ILP as declared in the Parliament on late night of 9th Dec’19 & Govt. Of Nagaland’s notification on the same day is very contradictory.

We believe that extending Inner Line Permit for the genuine Indian citizens in the remaining 18-km stretch of Dimapur Town (out of total of 16,579 sq. km. land of Nagaland) will adversely impact the business, education, tourism, infrastructure & industrial development in Nagaland & social harmony amongst the residents of Dimapur in particular. As such, we refrain from supporting ILP extension to Dimapur, as it will prove to be detrimental to the progress of Nagaland & its citizens as a whole.

Sir, historical background of Dimapur is known to all where Non-nagas had to suffer immeasurably during the early settlements hundred years back, due to the jungles infested with malaria mosquitos & leeches. This is the reason no Nagas settled down in plains of Dimapur earlier, besides the reason of hot & humid climate. So also, most of the land regulations of Nagaland were made barring Dimapur mouza till recently.

Many Non-nagas are considered founding-fathers of Dimapur who ensured it to become economic hub which was possible due to non-implementation of ILP here. Nagas’ population in Dimapur is nearing half of Dimapur’s population today, as they have themselves opted for staying in non-ILP zone for the economic reasons.

Dimapurians in general have had to support utmost to the national workers fi-

nancially. Plains peoples’ educational, political, fundamental rights have been curtailed repeatedly at the hands of the various Governments of Nagaland too, since the inception of the state of Nagaland in 1963.

Now, we humbly bring to your notice our concerns for your kind consideration before considering the implementation of the extension of the Inner Line Permit to Dimapur town: 1. Sir, Non-naga residents of Dimapur as enrolled in last or any voter list of Nagaland till date & their descedents need not require ILPs ever, including their spouses for which family passes may be issued if needed. Any genuine Indian having any evidence of staying in Nagaland for the previous six months must be considered for ILP exemptions 2. Sir, Dimapur is a cosmopolitan town, termed mini-India, where maximum no. of non-naga citizens are residing in Nagaland. It will be very inconvenient for the majority of the non-naga citizens of Dimapur to apply for the ILP every month or year & queue up to the authorities now & then at the respective entry check gates, including bus stands, railway station & airport. Minimum one year online ILPs can be issued for the permanent workers, with yearly renewal possibilities in the same document as a remedy.

3. Sir, majority of the non-naga citizens living in Dimapur always abide by the rules & regulations, Acts enacted by the state govt. or central govt. We are living very harmoniously with the naga community since the inception of the state of Nagaland. Many non-naga families have been residing here long before the creation of Nagaland state. Genuine Non-naga citizens of India never created any problem for the state govt. or the local bodies.

4. Sir, there are well set rules for the detection & deportation of the illegal immigrants by which Bangladeshi or any other foreign nationals can be deported. All the genuine Indian citizens of Dimapur town in particular need not

be put to test on such flimsy ground of IBIs. 5. Sir, as you know, Dimapur town is the only business hub not only for Nagaland but for the adjoining areas of Assam. Daily floating population of more than 40,000 visit Dimapur for shopping, business, jobs, tourism & other social reasons. If ILP is extended to Dimapur town, then it will bar the people to visit Dimapur & businesses will suffer heavily.

6. Sir, thousands of naga people, including senior citizens & widows, have their source of income through rentals from shops & houses which will come down heavily with the loss of population & businesses. Land valuation will decrease rapidly, creating havoc upon all the land owners of Dimapur.

7. Sir, more than 15 malls & innumerable showrooms have recently been opened in Dimapur by the naga entrepreneurs employing more than 2,000 naga youth directly or indirectly, who will all be adversely affected by the extended ILP system too.

8. Sir, Dimapur Town is not only the business hub, giving maximum revenue to the state & central govt. in the form of GST, Income Tax etc. If the businesses will be negatively affected then revenue will also come down. This will affect the governmental developmental programs too.

9. Sir, there is no big industry in Nagaland & investment is very negligible from rest of India. Many companies which were planning to invest here may desist further as & when ILP is implemented. This will hamper employment opportunities for our naga brothers & sisters.

10. Sir, we require skilled workers & professionals in every field in Nagaland like education, IT, construction, road development, tourism, infrastructure development etc. Mostly, we are dependent on outsourcing the same.

So also, our naga brothers & sisters are looking for white-collar jobs only. As such, there is a vacuum in the menial jobs which is generally being filled by the

non-nagas. If ILP is extended to Dimapur, most of them will desist from coming even to Dimapur, as is the case in general with the rest of Nagaland.

11. Sir, Dimapur is presently having the only rail head in the state of Nagaland & Manipur. It will be very inconvenient to the visitors of Manipur as well, including business organizations who are dealing with the railways for transportation of goods.

12. Sir, Govt. of India had introduced Act East Policy to develop entire NorthEast by connecting us with the mainstream India & also, south-east Asian countries.

Introduction of ILP will negatively affect the whole idea of Act East Policy.

13. Sir, tourism is a big business which can generate huge employment & revenues for the state of Nagaland.

As Nagaland is stated to be the Land of Festivals & both Govt. of India & state Govt. has heavily invested in tourism sector, extension of ILP to Dimapur will restrict many Indian citizens & foreign nationals from visiting Nagaland. In that case, investment done by the state & the center will not be economically viable.

14. Sir, mob mentality has adversely affected the image of Nagaland time & again, which will be further aggravated by the chasm being created by the extension of ILP in Non-naga populated Dimapur. Non-nagas including the aborigines of Dimapur i.e. Kacharis, Mikir, Garo, Kuki tribes besides the indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland from Marwari, Jain, Bihari, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Assamese, Bengali, Nepali, Meiti, Kerala communities etc. are being labeled as non-locals, business community, illegal migrants, illegal immigrants, tsumars etc which may be viewed as racial discrimination by the vested interests.

15. Sir, India has accommodated all kinds of races & religions in its bosom including nagas of all hues which showcases its secularist credentials with equality in all respects. So also, India has been protective of all its minorities in every respect

with special benefits for their better growth. Nagaland too needs to reciprocate in the same coin for its better growth & international image.

16. Sir, Govt. of India has recently granted citizenships to all the foreign nationals who were persecuted on the religious grounds in the neighboring countries & who came to India six years back. As such, exemption of ILPs to the genuine Indians citizens staying in Dimapur can be made from retrospective dates too.

17. Sir, in this age of globalization, liberalization has set forth many economies to boom for better job opportunities & higher per capita income for its citizens.

Parochial protectionism cannot benefit the citizens in the long term in this competitive world. Our creative & talented naga brothers & sisters must be allowed to explore global opportunities by raising their levels of competence.

18. Sir, many residents of Dimapur have already left Dimapur for the greener pastures across India. All the adjoining areas of Assam are becoming the business & industrial hub bordering

Nagaland. MNREGA & many more schemes of Govt. of India for the poor people are ensuring that people stay in their respective states. We are already witnessing negative growth of non-nagas in Dimapur town in particular.

Even the new generation of all communities is opting to settle outside Nagaland.

19. Sir, online trading, Demonetization, GST regime has already broken the backs of all kinds of trades in Dimapur. ILP implementation will further aggravate the losses, thereby shift of businesses on a large scale.

20. Sir, hyper-active civil society members may lead to fear psychosis in Nagaland & beyond the borders which may hurt Nagaland’s economy & image adversely.

In the light of the above facts, we the citizens of Dimapur fervently request your good authority to refrain or defer ILP extension in Dimapur till the final Peace Accord is signed in between Govt.

Of India & Naga Political Groups. We would forever remain grateful for this kind act of yours.

Presidents & Secretaries, Non-Naga communities of Dimapur, Nagaland

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Who will be blamed?

India is already in a deep trouble of rapid population growth, unemployment, poverty and internal violence.

Imagine what would happen when millions of refugees are added to the nearly 1.37 billion current Indian populations? It will be absolutely disastrous than we expect it to be. On one hand, Central Government is working on formulating Population Control Law (which is expected to be tabled in the Parliament soon), while on the other hand, they are opening the country's door and inviting millions of refugees. It is totally incomprehensible.

Coming back to our kitchen, it is deeply painful to see that our own elected MPs of Nagaland had voted in favour of the CAB in both the Houses of Parliament. I'd never expected that! I thought nothing less than repealing of the Bill would make us soft. It is just an Appeasement Policy of the BJP to exempt us from CAB because we are under ILP regime. When things take U-turn tomorrow and the idea that we are protected by the ILP is repealed, who will be blamed? We are safe today does not at all mean we will be safe tomorrow. It may not affect us immediately but definitely it will.

Bujel Konyak, Aboi Town.

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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trends on Twitter ‘I am not Rahul Savarkar, I won’t apologise’ #NamamiGange as PM takes boat ride in Kanpur New Delhi/ Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS): Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday refused to apologise over his “Rape in India” remark and mocked Sangh ideologue V.D. Savarkar and said, “I am not Rahul Savarkar and I will not apologise for speaking the truth”.

Rahul Gandhi also accused the Prime Minister of burning the northeastern states and West Bengal over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, that was signed by President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday night, a day after it was passed in Rajya Sabha.

Addressing the ‘Bharat Bachao’ rally here at Ramlila ground here, Rahul Gandhi said, “Yesterday in Parliament, the BJP people asked me to apologise. But I want to tell them that I am not Rahul Savarkar, I won’t apologise. I won’t apologise for speaking the truth.”

The Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad instead demanded apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the country.

The Lok Sabha on

Rahul Gandhi (File)

Friday burst into fierce attack by treasury benches on Rahul over his “Rape in India” remark, with all BJP members condemning the statement and seeking his apology.

Lamenting at the government over the economic crisis, Rahul said, “The strength of this country was its economy, many countries looked at us and they wondered how we reached at 9 per cent GDP. And now today even onion is being sold at Rs 200 a kg. “ T h e e c o n o my o f India has been destroyed single handedly by Modi,” he said.

Slamming the Prime Minister for demonetisation and faulty implementation

of the GST, Rahul thundered, “You must remember he came on TV at 8 p.m. in 2016 and made Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes illegal tender. He hit the Indian economy so hard that it has been unable to recover since then.” He also alleged that the government has waived loans to the tune of Rs 1.45 lakh crore of the industrialists.

Accusing the BJP of working like the enemy of the country, the Congress leader said, “All the enemies of the country wanted to destroy Indian economy and that work has been done by Modi.”

“Our enemies cannot do the damage to our economy but out Prime Minister

‘AIMIM will fight against the CAA at every possible forum’

PM calls review meeting, cabinet reshuffle expected

Asaduddin Owaisi (File)

HYDERABAD, DEC 14 (PTI): AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said he has filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court, challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act. I have filed a PIL before the SC challenging the #CAA @aimim_national will fight this battle to preserve a plural, secular constitutional democracy in Bharat.

This fight will be before every possible forum & using every constitutional tool available to us,” he tweeted.

Owaisi had on Monday last attacked the Union government in the Lok Sabha over the Citizenship

(Amendment) Bill, saying it was aimed at making Muslims “stateless” and would lead to another partition.

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, Owaisi had said he was called Mahatma after he tore the discriminatory citizenship card in South Africa The Hyderabad MP had then torn the copy of the bill to highlight his protest, inviting sharp reactions from the treasury benches, which described his act an “insult” to Parliament.

The Act is an insult to India’s freedom-fighters, Owaisi had said, accusing the BJP-led government of working to marginalise Muslims in the country.

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his cabinet ministers to give a detailed presentation on their ministries on December 21 at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg here.

Sources have revealed that the under-performing ministers might be dropped from the cabinet which indicates the much awaited first cabinet reshuffle of NDA-II. Sources said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah, working party president J.P. Nadda and General Secretary (Organisation) B.L. Santhosh might also attend the meeting. In the meeting Modi will take stock of the anticipated projects of the concerned ministries. Some new faces might be given ministerial portfolios.

After Narendra Modi became Prime Minister for the second time on May 30, 2019, there has been no cabinet reshuffle even after six months whereas in the previous term the first cabinet reshuffle took place within six months on November 9, 2014.

can do it,” he alleged.

Referring to violence in the northeast and in West Bengal after the passage of CAA and the condition of Jammu and Kashmir after the revocation of Article 370, he said, “Go to Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura. They are burning. The government works to divide and weaken the country.”

“For power, Modi can do anything,” he alleged, adding that Modi is concerned with his own image only.

Rahul Gandhi also attacked the BJP and said that you people elected Modi to make the economy stronger five months ago. “You elected him to make the country stronger, but he didn’t work on that. Now our GDP is at 4 per cent, farmers are committing suicides. I asked in Parliament how many farmers committed suicide and they said they don’t know. They know only one thing and that is to divide the country,” he added.

Rahul Gandhi appealed to the party workers to raise the voice against the government to save the country.

Savarkar is nation’s idol, no compromise on that: Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena, alliance partner of the Congress in Maharashtra, reacted sharply to Rahul Gandhi’s jibe `my name is not Rahul Savarkar’ on Saturday, saying there could not be any “compromise” on the Hindutva ideologue.

“Veer Savarkar is an idol of whole country and not just Maharashtra. The name Savarkar denotes pride about nation and self.

Like Nehru and Gandhi, Savarkar too sacrificed his life for the country. Every such idol must be revered.

There is no compromise on this,” Sena leader Sanjay Raut tweeted.

Addressing the Congress’ mega “Bharat Bachao Rally” in Delhi earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi rejected the BJP’s demand for apology.

“The BJP asked me to apologise. My name is not Rahul Savarkar, it is Rahul Gandhi, and I will never apologise for speaking the truth,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews the Namami Gange project aimed at cleaning river Ganga, in Kanpur, Saturday. (PTI)

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the maiden meeting of National Ganga Council in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, #NamamiGange trended on Twitter, with users praising the clean-Ganga efforts.

The hashtag got 29.4K tweets. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wrote on @myogiadityanath: “The day is not far when Ma Ganga will be

(From p-1) Mokokchung: The 6-hour bandh in Mokokchung passed off peacefully without untoward incident being reported.

Shops and business establishments downed their shutters while vehicles remained off the roads.

The bandh initiated was initiated by the Ao Students Conference (AKM) and supported by various NGOs including Ao Senden, Watsü Mungdang, Mokokchung Town Aor Telongjem, All Ward Union Mokokchung, all the federating units of AKM besides Sumi Students Union

(From p-1) (AJYCP) and 30 other indigAccording to a railway enous organisations in the official, 78 trains, including Brahmaputra Valley.

28 express trains, were canTrain services between celled by the South Eastern Guwahati and the rest of the Railway, while around 39 country were disrupted in a trains were either rescheduled rail blockade called by the or diverted.

AJYCP. A railway official said Around 25 private and all trains to upper Assam dispublic buses were torched by tricts have been terminated. protestors on the arterial Kona Assam Chief Minister Expressway which provides Sarbananda Sonowal said the connectivity to NH2 (Delhi number of people to benefit Road) and NH6 (Mumbai by the amended Citizenship Road) while a number of bus- Act will be “very negligible”. es were set ablaze in Malda The exact number of those and Murshidabad districts, people will be disclosed at police said. an appropriate time, he said In some cases even fire and urged people to maintain engines and ambulances were calm. not spared, they said.

Police chief Bhaskar In Assam, the All Assam Jyoti Mahanta said 85 people Students Union (AASU), have so far been arrested for which is spearheading the violence during protests. The agitation in the northeastern situation is under control and state, kept up its protest meet- police will take stern action national have been arrested.

Consignments of psychotropic drugs ings along with Asom Jatiya- against people indulging in in India were found to be sourced from tabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad violence, he said.

Canada, Australia and USA. The shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine were sent from India to Australia.

(From p-1) The seizures made by the NCB have 75723 & 75724 (New Bongaigaon–Guwahati DEMU reflected national and international rami- vice versa), 75727 & 75727 (Guwahati–Haibargaon DEMU fications which warrants deeper probes to vice versa) and 75729 & 75729 (Guwahati–Silghat Town understand the various linkages of these DEMU vice versa). Further, 13141 & 13142 Sealdah–New cartels. Looking into the gravity of the of- Alipurduar Tista Torsa Exp from Sealdah on December 15 fences, the NCB has constituted a Special have also been cancelled. 15959 Howrah– Dibrugarh Kamrup Investigation Team (SIT) to further probe Exp, 12518 & 12517 (Guwahati–Kolkata Garib Rath Exp from the links of this network and for effective Guwahati on Dec 14 & 15), 13145 Kolkata–Radhikapur Exp prosecution. from Kolkata and 13146 from Radhikapur on Dec 15.

(SKK) Mokokchung unit and Sumi Hoho Mokokchung.

L a t e r, A K M a d dressed the media, wherein they strongly expressed dismay at the two MPs from Nagaland who had voted in favour of CAB. The AKM said that by doing so, the two MPs have sold out the rights of the Nagas and therefore they should resign on moral grounds. The AKM further expressed their gratitude to one and all for extending their support in making the bandh a successful one.

Meanwhile, DNSU acknowledged all tribal stu-

dents unions-- Ao Students’ Union Dimapur, Lotha Students’ Union Dimapur, Chakhro Angami Kuda Students Union, Rongmei Students Union Dimapur, Mao Students Union Dimapur, Chakhesang Students Union Dimapur, Zeliang Students Union Dimapur, and Eastern Naga Students Union Dimapur, for their service and support to make the bandh successful and peaceful. DNSU also thanked the Dimapur police and the public for their cooperation.

The six-hour bandh in other districts also passed off peacefully.

NCB busts international drug cartel

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS): The Narcotics Control Bureau busted an international drug cartel worth Rs 1300 crores and seized cocaine worth Rs 100 crores.

The cumulative seizure of cocaine done by the NCB in India is around 20 kgs, having international value of Rs 100 crores. The agency also seized 55 kg cocaine and 200 kgs of Methamphetamine with help of Australian counterparts.

The total international worth of the seized drugs from the drug cartel is about Rs 1300 crores. In pan India level operations, five Indians, one US national, two Nigerian nationals and one Indonesian

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The organisations include United Against Hate, Karwan-e-Mohabbat, Citizens for Peace and Justice, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), Joint Forum Against NRC (WB), National Alliance for Peoples Movements (NAPM), Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Gandhi Peace Foundation, Rashtra Seva Dal, Sarv Seva Sangh, All India Progressive Wom-

made not just to make the Ganga clean but to bring back its lost glory.”

One user had a philosophical take: “The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves.

A man cannot realise God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as ‘’I am such an important man’’ or ‘’I am so and so’’. Level the mound of ‘’I’’ to the ground by dissolving it in tears of devotion.”

6-hr bandh peaceful across Nagaland Protests continue against ...

60 groups to launch non-coopreration movement against CAA, NRC

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): Expressing their resentment over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), over 60 organisations have come together to launch a non-cooperation movement against any registration based on discriminatory and divisive citizenship.

To register their protest against the new citizenship law, the organisations have given a call to observe December 19 as the day to reject the CAA passed by the Parliament earlier this week.

The organisations have planned more than 100 events under a common banner, “Ham Bharat Ke Log: National Action Against Citizenship Amendment”.

On December 19 in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi visited the Ghaseda village in Mewat (now Haryana) to appeal to Meo Muslims not to leave for Pakistan.

“As many as 70,000 Muslims walked back from Pakistan border after Bapu’s promise on citizenship. Recalling their ‘saajhi virasat’ (shared heritage) and ‘saajhi shahadat’ (shared tradition of martyrdom), citizens all over the country will hold public events to reject the Citizenship Amendment Act and to demand ‘saajhi nagrikta’ (undivided citizenship),” the organisations

clean from Gangotri till the Bay of Bengal. Whether it is Kashi, or Prayag, or Kanpur, the water of Ganga will be fit for offering to gods.

The dream of every Indian will be fulfilled through “Namami Gange’’ project.

The post got 321 retweets and 1.5K likes.

One user posted a clipping of the holy river and wrote: “Here’’s the view of picture-perfect Varanasi Ghats. Attempts are being

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business 7th Economic Census to be continue to weigh on eco- completed by Mar nomic activity as the diffi-

US-China trade: Eco gets new lease

NEW YORK, DEC 14 (AGENCIES): Two of the biggest hurdles constraining the world economy have just been cleared. Dogged for most of 2019 by trade tensions and political risk that hammered business confidence, the outlook for global growth will enter 2020 on a firmer footing after the US and China struck a partial trade deal and outlook for Brexit cleared somewhat, , reported business standard.

“The China trade deal and UK election result have taken out a major tail risk overhanging markets and companies,” said Ben Emons, managing director for global macro strategy at Medley Global Advisors in New York. “Business confidence should see a large boost that could see a restart of global investment, inventory rebuild and a resurgence of global trade volume.”

Like financial markets, most economists had factored in some kind of phase-one trade agreement between the world’s largest economies when projecting the world economy would stabilize into 2020 after a recession scare earlier this year.

But at a minimum, the agreement between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping means some of the more dire sce-

narios being contemplated just a few months ago now appear less likely. Bloomberg Economics estimated in June that the cost of the USChina trade war could reach $1.2 trillion by 2021, with the impact spread across the Asian supply chain. That estimate was based on 25 per cent tariffs on all US-China trade and a 10 per cent drop in stock markets.

The phase one deal nevertheless leaves some complicated issues unresolved, paving the way for fresh clashes as Trump runs for reelection next November. Still to be dealt with are US complaints over the vast web of subsidies ranging from cheap electricity to low-cost loans that China has used to build its industrial might. Trump said talks over a Phase Two deal will start immediately.

“A trade deal that takes tariffs back to May 2019 levels (for the US that would mean 25 per cent on $50

billion in China imports and 10 per cent on another $200 billion) and lowers uncertainty could boost global GDP for 2020 by 0.6 per cent. A breakdown in talks and higher tariffs -- still a possibility given how past agreements have broken down -- would drag global output down 0.1 per cent”, said Tom Orlik, chief Economist, Bloomberg Economics As for Brexit, the sweeping election victory by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party means Britain is set to leave the EU on Jan. 31. Bloomberg Economics says the result puts a growth rebound in play which, coupled with looser fiscal policy, means activity should accelerate over 2019.

At the same time, Johnson must now negotiate a new trade deal with the EU by the end of next year, meaning fresh uncertainty could emerge. “Brexit could

cult task of forging the UK’s new trading relationships is just beginning,” said Simon Wells, chief European economist at HSBC Holdings Plc. The twin developments come amid broader signs that demand across much of the world is stabilizing as key manufacturing gauges trough. The International Monetary Fund had flagged upside risks to its recent outlook if major trade tensions were resolved.

Policy makers have also sounded more upbeat this week.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said the euro zone’s economic slowdown was showing signs of bottoming out and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the prognosis for the US remains favorable. The Chinese government said it would improve the effectiveness of fiscal policy in 2020, while Japan is planning new fiscal stimulus.

Morgan Stanley economists expect the global economy to recover some momentum in 2020 with growth improving from a trough of 2.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of this year to 3.4 per cent by the end of 2020 with that uptick driven more by the rest of the world than the US

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): The 7th Economic Census, which is being conducted nationwide through common services centres (CSCs), is expected to be completed by March 2020, Central Statistics Office Director General (Social Statistics) A.K. Sadhu said on Friday. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has tied up with CSC eGovernance Service for the 7th Economic Census.

The sur vey was launched in Delhi on Friday.

“For the first time, the entire Census is being conducted on a digital platform by the use of an application which will ensure high accuracy and data security.

“In Delhi, the entire process will take around three months where enumerators will survey around 45 lakh establishments and households,” Sadhu said after flagging off the survey for Delhi.

Sadhu said Delhi is the 26th state where the survey has been launched, while the process is already on in 20 states and five union territories (UTs).

Started in 1977, only six economic censuses have been done so far due to massive work involving in-depth survey and data compilation.

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RBI central board discusses policy structure for coop banks, NBFCs B H U B A N E S WA R / MUMBAI, DEC 14 (IANS): The RBI central board on Friday discussed policy framework for cooperative banks, NBFCs, current economic situation and domestic and global challenges.

The board’s discussions focussed on issues related to urban cooperative banks, extension of enforcement policy and framework to cooperative banks and NBFCs, the RBI said in a statement.

The central board of the Reserve Bank of India discussed the policy for cooperative banks and nonbanking financial companies during its meeting.

The matter was taken up at the 580th meeting of RBI’s central board here.

The meeting was chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. The NBFC sector has been under pressure since Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) went burst in 2018. This created a liquidity crunch for the banking sector as it affected banks that lend to NBFCs. The RBI central board also reviewed the current economic situation and domestic and global challenges. The economic troubles are not subsiding as evident

in the macroeconomic figures.

I n d i a ’s e c o n o m i c growth slumped to its lowest in six-and-a-half years during the September quarter.

Meanwhile, retail inflation of the country in November rose to over a three-year high on the back of higher vegetable prices, while industrial output slumped for the third month in a row in October due to poor performance of eight core industries.

Notably, the RBI looks at retail inflation while deciding its policy rates.

RBI to provide liquidity facility to make NEFT system 24x7

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to provide an additional collateralised intra-day liquidity facility for smooth operation of payment system National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) on a round-the-

clock basis from December 16, the central bank said.

The move will aid the payment system become operational on a 24x7 basis.

The facility is used to electronically transfer funds from one account to another of banks which are members of this system. “... In order to facilitate smooth settlement of NEFT transactions in the accounts of the member banks maintained with the Reserve Bank in a 24x7 environment, it has been decided to provide an additional collateralised intra-day liquidity facility, to be called Liquidity Support (LS),” RBI said in a notification.

“The LS facility will be available for facilitating NEFT settlements on 24x7 basis. The LS facility will operate as per the same terms and conditions as the Intra-Day Liquidity (IDL) facility,” the notification said.

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FOR SALE 1. 6 Bighas Land, between Old and New Showuba. Close to four lane and foothill road.

Rate : Rs. 140/- per sq. ft.

2. Patta Land at Tea Estate Borlengri Length 160 ft. (Main road touched) by 120 ft.

Rate : Rs. 240/- per sq. ft.

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price in the range of Rs 100 to Rs 110 per kg fat which is more than 15 per cent increase than last year for the 36 lakh milk producers of Gujarat.”

Lately, weather related phenomenon have pushed food prices higher, thereby lifted India’s retail and wholesale inflation levels.

Recently, data by the National Statistical Office (NSO) showed that Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) inflated to 10.01 per cent during the month under review from an expansion of 7.89 per cent in October 2019 and (-)2.61 per cent rise reported for the corresponding period of last year.

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“It is worthwhile to note that in the last 3 years Amul has made only two price revision for pouch milk which is only Rs 4 per litre and less than 3 per cent per annum increase in MRP. The price increase in milk is much lower than average food inflation,” the company said in a statement.

“This year the price of cattle feed has increased by more than 35 per cent. Considering increase in cattle feed and other input costs, our member unions have increased milk procurement

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15 coal mines. On the basis of the evaluation of the applications, received in the allotment processes, these 6 coal mines are under consideration for allotment.

These include Durgapur II, Mandakini, Utkal C, Sugia, Tokisud north.

These mines will add more than 5mt coal per annum and boost the coal production in the country and reduce the dependence of industries on imported coal. This will also generate about Rs 15,000 crore revenue for State Governments where the mines are located besides royalties and other applicable taxes.

the corresponding period last year,” the company said in a statement.

“Mother Dairy is compelled to raise its milk prices in Delhi NCR for all its milk variants with effect from December 15, 2019.” This is fourth increase in milk prices by the cooperative in last three years. The prices have been revised upwards in March and October 2017 and in May and december 2019.

Another major producer, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation which markets dairy products under the brand name of Amul, has decided to revise the milk prices by Rs 2 per litre being sold in

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Government, an official statement said.

Accordingly, allotment process of Bikram mine in Madhya Pradesh to Birla corporation has been initiated. The company quoted a price of Rs 154 per tonne of coal that would provide state government a revenue of Rs 166.32 crore for 30 years.

The Jamkhani block in Odisha is being allotted to Vedanta that quoted a coal price of Rs 1674 per tonne giving a revenue of Rs 13,057 crore to the state.

In the Allotment process, applications were received in case of 6 out of

vember.

Incidentally, the milk price component in wholesale price index has shown an upward trajectory for the past seven years. This has meant that consumers have been paying higher prices for milk every year.

According to Mother Dairy, the adverse climatic conditions have resulted in a significant increase in feed and fodder prices.

“This has impacted the prices paid to the milk producers. The raw milk prices, which in a normal year come down during winter months, have firmed up substantially. The prices paid to milk producers have increased by about Rs 6 per kg in the last few months, up by almost 20 per cent than

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NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): After poor show of investors in the previous rounds of coal auctions, government is now finally considering allotment of six mines soon.

The Ministry of Coal had initiated the auction process for 27 coal mines under tranches 8, 9 and 10 for non-regulated sector and the allotment process for 15 coal mines under tranches 6, 7, 8 and 9 for various specified end-uses such as power, iron & steel.

In the auction process, the successful bidders for all the mines except Gare Palma IV-1 have been recommended by the Central

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (IANS): After onions made headlines with exorbitant cost, milk will soon become dearer as major processing firms have decided to raise prices by up to Rs 3 per litre on the back of constrained supply.

Accordingly, the rise is seen to be in line with the retail food inflation trajectory which has shown an upward trend, as perishable items’ supply has been adversely impacted due to weatherrelated phenomenon such as flooding and extended monsoon.

Last week, Consumer Price Index which gauges retail inflation showed a year-on-year (YoY) rise of 3.46 per cent in milk and milk products during No-

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Not fair that I am being impeached: Donald Trump WASHINGTON, DEC 14 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Friday said it was unfair that he was being impeached as he had done no wrong and the country under him was doing quite good.

“It’s not fair that I’m being Impeached when I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong!,” Trump said in a tweet on Friday night as a key Congressional committee, earlier in the day, approved the two articles of impeachment against him.

The impeachment against Trump now moves to the House of Representatives, where the opposition Democratic Party enjoys a majority. Once passed by the House, the trial for impeachment would be carried out in the 100-member US Senate, where Trump’s Republican party has a majority.

“The Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats have become the Party of Hate.

They are so bad for our Country!,” Trump said in his tweet.

Earlier in the day, he described the impeachment as a hoax and politically

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motivated.

“The impeachment is a hoax. It is a sham. It started a long time ago, probably before I came down the escalator with the future First Lady. It started a long time ago,” Trump told reporters earlier in the day at the White House.

“It is a witch hunt. It is a sham. It is a hoax. Nothing was done wrong. Zero was done wrong. I think it is a horrible thing to be using the tool of impeachment, which is supposed to be used in an emergency.

And it would seem many, many, many years apart,” he asserted.

“To be using this for a perfect phone call, where the president of that country

said there was no pressure whatsoever -- did not even know what we were talking about. It was perfect; the relationship is perfect. I have done much more for them than Obama did for them.

It is a scam. It is something that should not be allowed.

And it is a very bad thing for our country,” Trump said.

The Democrats, he said were trivialising impeachment.

“I tell you what, someday there will be a Democrat president and there will be a Republican House, and I suspect they are going to remember it. Because when you use impeachment for absolutely nothing, other than to try and get political gain,” Trump said.

He asserted that his poll numbers had gone through the roof.

“Fundraising for the Republican Party has gone through the roof. We are setting records. We have never -- nobody has ever seen anything like it because the people are disgusted.

The people are absolutely disgusted. Nobody has ever seen anything like this,” he said.

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N.Korea conducts another Australia to witness hottest day on record test at satellite launch site Seoul, Dec 14 (IANS): North Korea said on Saturday it has carried out “another crucial test” at its satellite launch site and the results will be used to strengthen its “reliable strategic nuclear deterrent”.

The unspecified test took place from 10.41 p.m. to 10.48 p.m. on Friday night at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, better known as the Dongchang-ri site, Yonhap News Agency reported citing the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) as saying. It did not say what was tested.

“The research successes being registered by us in defence science one after another recently will be applied to further bolstering up the reliable strategic nuclear deterrent,” the KCNA said.

“Our defence scientists were honoured to receive warm congratulations from the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on the spot,” it added.

Friday’s test came about a week after the North conducted what it called “a very important test” at the satellite launch site on December 7, sparking concern that the communist nation could be preparing to launch

a long-range rocket.

South Korea has confirmed that the North tested a rocket engine last week.

The Friday night test also came a day before US top nuclear envoy Stephen Biegun’s planned visit to Seoul in an apparent bid to keep up the dialogue momentum with the North, said Yonhap News Agency.

Speculation was growing that he could visit the inter-Korean border truce village of Panmunjom for possible contact with North Korea.

The North has used the Dongchang-ri site to test rocket engines and launch vehicles to deliver satellites, and such technology could be diverted to develop and launch long-range weapons.

In March 2017, North Korea successfully tested a new high-thrust engine at the station, which was employed to launch ICBMs, such as the Hwasong-14 and Hwasong-15, later that year.

Amid stalled denuclearization talks, North Korea has carried out a series of weapons tests in recent months mostly involving short-range missiles.

Adelaide should see highs of 40 degrees on December 17 and 19.

Canberra, Dec 14 (IANS): Australia could experience its hottest day on record next week as a severe heatwave in the country’s west was set to make its way east, weather forecasters said on Saturday.

Next week, the extreme heat was likely to continue in parts of Western Australia and also affect much of South Australia, where Adelaide should see highs of 40 degrees on December 17 and 19, 41 degrees on December 19 and 42 degrees the next day, the BBC quoted the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) as saying.

British-Muslims fear for their future under Johnson government L o n d o n, D e c 1 4 (IANS): British-Muslims have said that they feared for their future under a new Boris Johnson government after his landslide win in the December 12 general election, a media report said on Saturday.

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has called on the Prime Minister, who has been personally accused of Islamophobia, to reassure British-Muslims

of their place in the UK, metro.co.uk said in the report.

Harun Khan, Secretary General of the MCB, said that as ruling Conservative celebrated their win, there was a “palpable sense of fear” among Muslim communities around the country.

“We entered the election campaign period with long standing concerns about bigotry in our politics

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and our governing party.

Now we worry that Islamophobia is ‘oven-ready’ for government.

“Johnson has been entrusted with huge power, and we pray it is exercised responsibly for all Britons,” Khan said.

In the December 12 election, Johnson gained a Commons majority of 80, his party’s largest since since Margaret Thatcher triumphed in 1987, and

in contrast, the opposition Labour suffered its worst election result since the 1930s The war ning from MCB came as Sayeeda Warsi, a former Conservative co-chair and Cabinet Minister, said the party “must start healing its relationship with British Muslims”, the mirror.co.uk report said.

In a tweet on Friday, she said: “Independent

Inquiry into Islamophobia is a must first step”.

“The battle to root out racism must now intensify.”

During campaigning, the Prime Minister had apologised for hurt caused to the Muslim community by his party, but stopped short of saying sorry for offensive comments which included comparing Muslim women who wear the burqa to letterboxes.

In Melbourne,Victoria state, the temperature was forecast to hit 41 degrees on December 20. The heatwave was also expected to affect areas of New South Wales and southern parts of the Northern Territory.

The current hottest day record of 50.7 degrees was set on January 2, 1960 in the outback town of Oodnadatta in South Australia.

Fire weather warnings have also been issued for parts of Western Australia and Queensland.

Meanwhile in Perth, Western Australia, temperatures were forecast to remain high on the week-

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end, reaching 40 degrees on Saturday and 41 degrees on Sunday.

“We’re expecting some incredibly warm conditions as we head into next week, potentially record-breaking for a number of areas across southern Australia over the next seven days or so,” BOM meteorologist Diana Eadie said.

The country, she added, could also see its highest average temperature record - when all of the maximum temperatures recorded on any given day are combined - broken next week. That record is 40.3 degrees from January 7, 2013.

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Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been battling the ADF militant group in the restive east.

Bunia, Dec 14 (AFP): Seventeen people have died in three attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo hit by chronic unrest, the army and local observers said Friday.

Two of the attacks in Ituri province were attributed to the Codeco militia that has also been accused of a civilian massacre in June. An army spokesman, lieutenant Jules Ngongo, told AFP that the three latest deaths occurred “during an attack by militia fighters very early on Friday”.

Local radio director Daniel Tibasima said he had seen the bodies of “a pastor, an intelligence agent and a woman”, and added that a well-known local shopkeeper had also been kidnapped.

Meanwhile, another attack on Wednesday night on the shore of Lake Albert left “nine dead, including four women, a young girl and four men”, Tibasima added.

A diplomatic source confirmed the toll and an army spokesman acknowledged clashes with the attackers, adding that the situation was “under control”.

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The army added that “terrorists” had killed five people in the territory of Beni in the neighbouring North Kivu province, as the government seeks to return farmworkers to land taken back from armed assailants.

“Five civilians were killed by terrorists on Thursday in reprisal for reverses inflicted on them by the army,” regional military spokesman Mak Hazukai told AFP. “This residual group will be very quickly eradicated” by the army, Hazukai added.

The five Beni killings were attributed to the ADF which is accused of killing over 1,000 people in the Beni region since October 2014. Agricultural work had resumed in an area taken back from the ADF. “We have authorised the local population to resume normal farming activities in the Mwalika valley... which has been cleaned up and secured,” Hazukay said.

People are only allowed to enter the valley if they show a badge handed out by the authorities.

Many towns and villages in Beni have been abandoned by residents due to the unrest. Eastern DRC has been troubled for years by militia that control swathes of territory and exploit its mineral wealth.

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2nd Timothy 4:07 "Your life was a blessing, your memories shall always be treasured, your love and care are beyond words and shall be missed beyond measured".

We the family members of Late Mrs. Zhetoni Yeptho, W/o Mr. Z Hekato Chophi, Pastor, Kiyelho Village Baptist Church would like to express our sincere thanks and deep appreciation to everyone who stood by us through your prayer, material and emotional support at her sudden demise. It is our humble prayer that our merciful God will surely reward you all according to his riches in glory.

We regret our inability to thank each and every one of you personally; nevertheless we would like to express our deepest gratitude to : 1. Unity Village, Sumi Baptist Church; General, Women & Youth.

2. Sumi Baptist Church, Diphupar 'B'; General & Women.

3. Unity Village Ao Baptist Arogo.

4. Kiyelho Ghami Baptist Akukuhou; General & Women.

5. NCRC Unity Village.

6. Sahoi Baptist Church.

7. Chekiye Baptist Church.

8. S. Hetoi Baptist Church; General & Women.

9. Sovima Sumi Baptist Church; General, Women & Youth.

10. Sumi Community, Sovima.

11. Lumithsami Kughuko Kuqhakulu.

12. School of Engineering & Technology (SET) Dimapur.

13. Seven Mothers Group, 5th Mile.

14. MGM Hostelers and Principal, Dimapur .

15. Rotomi Welfare, Dimapur.

16. Yeptholimi SHG. 17. History Group-B 401-Tetso College.

18. CLF WSBAK. 19. CLF Khaghaboto and Churches.

20. Hevishe Baptist Church .

21. Viyishi Baptist Church.

22. Xukiye Baptist Church.

23. Akito Baptist Church.

24. Shozukhu Baptist Church.

25. Zukihe Baptist Church.

26. Phuhoto Baptist Church.

27. Ghonivi Baptist Church.

28. Lukhuto Baptist Church.

29. Yehokhu Baptist Church.

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documentary Fans gather to pay tribute to Rihanna’s sold for $25 million Juice WRLD on streets of Chicago S

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ours after Juice WRLD’s family and closest friends held a funeral for the late rapper, thousands of fans held a vigil for the young star on the streets of Chicago last night (Friday December 13).

Juice WRLD, real name Jarad Anthony Higgins, died last week at the age of 21 after suffering a seizure at Chicago airport.

Gathering to honour him on the streets of his hometown last night, many fans carried signs, while others carried bluetooth speakers blaring his music, with dozens more singing along to the rapper in Chicago’s Millennium Park.

Speaking to NME, many said that they felt they had a personal connection with Higgins.

“The impact he had on me, I can’t even describe,” 22-year-old Jeremy Hill told NME. “I was in a dark place when I got

into him and he helped me get over a heartbreak.

He really gave voice to the voiceless. It’s like he was one of us.”

“A lot of his fans never saw him. It’s so sad, but I’m glad I saw him once,” Francis said.

Eddie Bravo, 18, also of Chicago, said Juice WRLD “made music that we all could relate to. I loved him, he made music we all could relate to…All the legends die young.”

Nicki Minaj also spoke out to pay tribute to Juice WRLD this week, when giving a speech at Billboard’s Women In Music Awards.

“I felt like he was a kindred spirit, and looking back now, I wish I did something differently or said something to help.

“He spoke to me in detail about how in love he was with his girlfriend and how passionate he was about music. And when he

was in the studio with me he did so many songs so quickly. He was honest and pure about what he felt and that inspired me.”

After offering her condolences to Higgins’ family, Minaj urged addressed the late rapper’s drug addiction, commenting: “It’s so important that we don’t pass judgment so that people don’t feel ashamed to speak up and ask for help.”

Police confirmed that both drugs and guns were found on Juice WRLD’s plane, and that he was given the opioid antidote Narcan shortly before he died.

This week also saw the rapper’s family break their silence on his death, and confirm that the 21-year-old was battling an addiction to prescription drugs.

“We loved Jarad with all of our hearts and cannot believe our time with him has been cut short,” they said.

(NME)

inger Rihanna’s documentary has been reportedly sold to Amazon for a whopping $25 million.

Sources say Amazon paid $25 million for the untitled film’s rights in a move that reflects last week’s $25 million Apple TV+ deal for an Eilish documentary directed by and produced in collaboration with Eilish’s label, Interscope Records.

Amazon declined to comment, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

The untitled documentary, which Berg began working on years ago, is dubbed an unfiltered look into Rihanna’s life, providing a glimpse into the evolution of one of the world’s most well-known pop artists.

With unparalleled access into the singer’s life and more than 1,200 hours of footage, the documentary offers private insights into Rihanna’s personality, sense of humour, work ethic, family and love.

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have worked together previously on Universal’s Battleship.

Berg previously gave details about the underwraps project -- “That was a fun change of pace... to go travel with Rihanna around Europe, and Rihanna is surrounded by girls. We were in Nice (France).

“She was going to do a concert on Bastille Day. And that truck driver who killed all those people plowed through them right in front of our hotel. So even in me trying to do something light, I had a very, very front-row seat to something that horrific.”

(IANS)

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Baptist Institute of Church Music inaugurated at BTC Pfutsero

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aptist institute of Church Music (BICum) was inaugurated by Director of TaFMA, government of Nagaland, Dr. Hovithal Sothu on December 13 at Baptist Theological College, Pfutsero.

The guest of honour, Dr. Sothu congratulated BTC for starting BICuM which is a great step towards promoting excellence in music. He stated that Nagas, despite being talented, are unable to ex-

cel because Naga people are easily satisfied with mediocrity. He further encouraged the aspirants in the field of music to work hard and strive for professional excellence. He also said given the present efforts of TaFMA, the future of music in Nagaland is bright.

This institute aims to impart a one-year certificate course in music and to educate the BTC students in church music

Lyrics to Elton John’s ‘Your Song’ sell for £180,000 at auction

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he first handwritten draft of the lyrics to Elton John‘s ‘Your Song’, written by his lifelong collaborator Bernie Taupin, have been sold at auction for £180,000.

Maxine Taupin, who was married to Ber nie from 1971 to 1976 and the inspiration for ‘Tiny Dancer’, put a number of the lyricist’s drafts up for auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles. Watch the original 1970 video for ‘Your Song’

below.

The lyrics to ‘The Border Song’ sold for £24,000, while ‘Bennie And The Jets’, including a second

verse which did not make it into the final song, reached £67,000.

Handwritten drafts of ‘Candle In The Wind’, ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Ro a d ’ a n d ‘ S a t u r d ay Night’s Alright for Fighting’ remained unsold in the auction, which raised £271,000 overall.

Maxine said: “When Bernie had completed an album’s worth of lyrics, we would pay Elton a visit.

When I heard the finished

songs, I was instantly transported to that magical place these two creative Speaking to Rolling Stone prior to the auction, Taupin explained that she could not remember how she wound up with the valuable lyrics after her divorce.

“You don’t just normally sit in a room and divide things up, but it might have happened like that,” she said.

“I don’t really remember the moment. But some of them were framed on a

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eteran film actor Danny Aiello, known for his roles in the movies "Do The Right Thing" and "The Godfather Part II", is no more. He was 86.

He also played Madonna's father in the 1986 video for "Papa Don't Preach".

His family said with "profound sorrow" in a statement that he died after a

short illness, reports bbc. com. A veteran of stage and film, Aiello was best known for playing the pizza parlour owner Sal in Spike Lee's 1989 "Do the Right Thing". The role earned him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination. He also played the hesitant fiancé of Cher's character, Loretta, in Moonstruck in 1987.

(IANS)

Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary Mrs. Alemla & Mr. Wonyimo December 15, 2019

I Corinthians 13:7 Love bears all things, all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Dear Mom & Dad, For all that you’ve been to us For all that you’ve done for us For all that you are We Love You From your children

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With great joy and pride we extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Vikuonuo Sachü, D/o Late Kekhriengulie Sachü of D’Khel Kohima Village for being crowned as Miss Nagaland 2019 and Miss Kohima 2nd Runner Up 2019.

We are proud of your achievement and also pray that our Almighty God guides and blesses you abundantly and wish you success in all your future endeavors.

From: Nnyie Neinuo Khezhie & Npuozha-u Balie Khezhie

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AOYIMTI WATSÜ TELONGJEM 2½ MILE DIMAPUR

FELICITATION Members of Watsü Telongjem, Aoyimti would like to put on record our heartfelt congratulations to Shri.

Imokaba Jamir (I.R.S) for his being elevated to the position of Commissioner of Income Tax, G.O.I. We wish him a very successful and fulfilling future.

Secretary Watsü Mereninla

President Watsü Apokla

FELICITATION Heartiest congratulations to Mrs. Khevili K. Ayemi (Women Pastor, Lhomithi Baptist Church) on receiving "Ministerial License Certificate" under WSBAK on 26th Nov. 2019.

We, the Women Department, Lhomithi Baptist Church (LBC) are overwhelmed by your accomplishment and recognition.

May the good Lord bless and use you for His glory.

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(December 9) ATEEZ announced they’re also coming to London next year on tour.

The K-pop group are bringing ‘The Fellowship: Map the Treasure Tour’ to London’s SSE Arena Wembley on March 20. Tickets for the event go on sale on December 18 at 11am.

As part of the group’s European tour they will also perform shows in Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Warsaw and Moscow during March.

(NME)

wall in my home and other ones were in a bank vault, perfectly preserved.”

She added: “When I heard the finished songs, I was instantly transported to that magical place these two creative forces have been taking us all to for so many years.”

Ms Taupin, who last saw Elton perform in 2004, said that she decided to cash in on the lyrics in the wake of ‘Rocketman’s success.

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consisting of 13 members, the band have released three studio albums. Their 2016 debut ‘Love & Letter’ topped the Korean album chart upon release and was followed by ‘Teen, Age’ in 2017.

The group is currently on their third world tour, this time in support of their 2019 album ‘An Ode’ – titled the ‘Ode to You’ tour – which won the Album of the Year accolade at the Asian Artist Awards.

Seventeen will perform at The SSE Arena, Wembley on March 8 2020. Tickets for the show go on sale at 9am on December 19 this month.

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E V E N T E E N h ave announced a new European tour, including a date at London’s Wembley SSE Arena in March.

The K-pop group – S Coups, Jeonghan, Dino, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Winwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, and Vernon – will first play a string of dates across the continent, with the London date marking their first ever performance in the UK. The band will also play a number of shows across Europe as part of their latest world tour, including dates in Milan, Paris and Berlin.

Watch the video for their single ‘Hit’ below.

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and strengthen the music programme and activities of the college for the glory of God. This inauguration programme was followed by a concert “A Night of Advent Season’s Music” at Chakhesang Mission Centre Church. Besides enthralling performances from the students and college community, the Sweven band and the Canticles both from Pfutsero enthralled the stage with their talent.

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Aus take huge lead against Kiwis in 1st Test

PERTH, DEC 14 (AFP): Australia was in a commanding position despite a late batting collapse on the third day of the first Test against New Zealand at Perth Stadium on Saturday. Having led by 250 runs on the first innings, the home side were 167 for six at stumps, with Matthew Head on eight and Pat Cummins on one -- an overall lead of 417. Cruising at 131 for one when Marnus Labuschagne (50) and Joe Burns (53) were at the crease, the Australians lost five for 29 under lights later in the day against some spirited bowling from the Kiwis, with Tim Southee claiming 4-63.

Labuschagne, dropped on four by Colin de Grandhomme from the bowling of Neil Wagner (2-40), missed the chance to join elite company when he pulled a short ball straight to Mitchell Santner at mid-wicket from Australia’s Joe Burns hits a ball from New Zealand’s the same bowler. Without a Neil Wagner during play in their cricket test in Perth, Test century only a month Australia, Saturday. (AP/PTI)

ago, he was on track to become just the second Australian batsman, and fifth overall, to score four Test centuries in succession.

The only Australian to do so previously was Jack Fingleton in 1936. Santner couldn’t get a wicket with his spin, but he was the centre of attention in the field, colliding with Aleem Dar late in the day and leaving the umpire with a knee injury.

Dar, umpiring in a record 129th Test match, spent several minutes lying on the ground and needed medical attention before returning to his post. Smith’s relatively lean summer continued when he holed out to a short ball from Wagner for 16, the first time in his entire 71-Test career he has gone three matches without a half-century.

After the home side made 416 the Kiwis were dismissed for only 166 in their first innings as Australian paceman Mitchell

Starc terrorised their batsmen in continued sweltering conditions. Australia didn’t enforce the follow-on given the extreme heat and the absence of front line paceman Josh Hazlewood due to injury. Starc claimed 5-52 and troubled the New Zealanders with his pace and bounce. Only Ross Taylor offered meaningful resistance with 80, but he was caught at slip by Smith off the bowling of Nathan Lyon. Smith took three catches, including his blinder on the second day to remove Kane Williamson for 34 and end a 76-run third-wicket stand with Taylor.

His third was contentious, when de Grandhomme (23) was given out caught behind by Dar to hand Starc his fifth scalp. De Grandhomme tried to fend off a rising delivery and the ball deflected off his helmet to Smith in slips, with Dar believing it also brushed the batsman’s gloves.

BWF World Tour Finals 2019: Tai Tzu Ying to face Chen Yu Fei in final

GUANGZHOU, DEC 14 (AGENCIES): Two Chinesespeaking players have made it to the final of BWF World Tour Finals women’s singles event. Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying would take on China’s Chen Yu Fei for the title on Sunday in Guangzhou.

Tai won her match against Okuhara 21-15, 21-18 while Chen got the better of the other Japanese, Akane Yamaguchi, by 21-18, 21-9.

In the first semi-final, Nozomi Okuhara raced off to a good start as Tai showed her characteristic looseness at the beginning of a match. But soon, the Taiwanese player tightened up her game and started to get back level. Surprisingly, there weren’t too many of those magical shots which the Asian Games champion is known for. Instead, there were precise and calculated shots which led to her establishing a big lead.

Tai wrapped up the

first game and went into the second with momentum behind her. Once again, the initiative was taken by Okuhara. But once again, Tai came back with a bang and established a lead. However, Okuhara, known to be a doughty fighter, kept herself in the game through her good retrieving skills and had a one-point lead going into the mid-game interval.

After the interval, Tai immediately pressed the accelerator and got ahead. Her shots were starting to find the lines and there was the occasional sublime flourish as well. Despite the Japanese player’s fighting spirit, Tai completed the game without much fuss to make the final.

The other semi-final saw home favourite Chen Yu Fei take on Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi. The All England Champion has been in good rhythm and her form was sustained in this match also. Playing in a seamless

manner she made Yamaguchi run around the court and played enough good winners to keep herself ahead.

Yamaguchi was trying hard in the first game. Her ability to nullify some of the winners and play decently at the net did cause the Chinese lady to stretch herself even more. But she was aided by some unforced errors and her own perseverance to get ahead and clinch the first game. After this, the second game was fully dominated

by Chen. Moving with ease around the court and playing very well-placed smashes, she left her opponent far behind and wrapped up an easy win. The match between Chen Yu Fei and Tai Tzu Ying promises to be a thrilling contest. While Tai’s quality is well known to everyone, Chen’s superb form makes her tough to beat. It is impossible to predict a winner. The contest should be engrossing.

“It’s true that in the last games we did not lose but we did not win. We performed enough to win the games so tomorrow we need to continue like this with quality and a little bit of luck,” said Costa.

The Portuguese coach will bank on his team’s away form. They are unbeaten on their travels and six of their seven points so far have come from away games.

Only FC Goa (9) and Odisha FC (8) have scored more goals away from home than the Islanders (5).

“With all respect to Bengaluru, we are speaking about the champions. We will respect Bengaluru and all the teams but we want to play with quality and do our best to win the game,” he said.

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Bengaluru FC will look to continue its unbeaten run in the ISL when it meets Mumbai City FC.

BENGALURU, DEC 14 (IANS): Bengaluru FC will look to extend their unbeaten run when they take on Mumbai City FC in an Indian Super League (ISL) clash at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Sunday.

After an indifferent start, the hosts have found their mojo and sit second on the table with 13 points from seven matches. More importantly, Carles Cuadrat’s men are unbeaten and have the best defensive record in the competition.

Bengaluru have conceded just two goals so far

and one of them came from a penalty. Mumbai face the tough task of breaching the Bengaluru backline at the Sree Kanteerava where they are yet to ship in a goal this season. Both goals they conceded came in away matches.

Led by Juanan and ably supported by Albert Serran and goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Bengaluru rarely afford opponents a crack at their goal. In fact, they have faced the lowest shots at home (23) in the league. Whenever the defence has come under

pressure, Gurpreet has been sensational in forming the last line of defence. He was particularly exceptional in Bengaluru’s 1-0 win over Odisha FC in the previous game, pulling off six saves.

“I think Mumbai have a few new players, but the soul of the team is the same.

I trust my players and my team to do a good job. We have made it tough for teams to score against us, and we aren’t a good opponent to play against,” said Cuadrat.

While their defence has been exemplary, Bengaluru have struggled in

attack. Their forward line has struggled to score goals and has just seven to show for their efforts. In fact, they scored more than one goal in a game just once - in a 3-0 win over Chennaiyin FC. Jorge Costa’s Mumbai side will bank on Amine Chermiti to trouble the Bengaluru backline. The Moroccan is the focal point in attack and has scored four goals this season. Mumbai badly need a win at this juncture, having gone on a six-game winless run after their opening match win over Kerala Blasters.

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With immense happiness and pride the Dimapur Nkonjan Kithamorui Ekhung takes pleasure to extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Alex Kithan recipient of the prestigious "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS" by NE IDA Guwahati Assam on account of his lasting contributions in the field of Dental Science and longstanding professional conduct. The Ekhung is extremely happy and feels immensely proud for bringing laurels to the family. We pray that our Almighty God continue to give more wisdom, achievement, and recognition in his entire future endeavor.

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The Supply Colony Council Dimapur sincerely appreciates and express its deepest gratitude to our honourable Shri. Tovihoto Aye, Advisor (Power) and Shri. Nihol Aye, OSD (Transport), for blacktopping the colony roads and replacing the transformer, also adding more than 30 (Thirty) electric poles which were neglected for more than 30 years.

The Supply Colony Council wishes them long life and success in all their future endeavours.

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Salah’s magic leads Liverpool past Watford 5th Dimapur district inter-

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool scores his sides first goal during the match Premier League between Liverpool vs Watford at Anfield on Saturday.

LIVERPOOL, DEC 14 (AGENCIES): Liverpool moved 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to Mohamed Salah’s double, but had some wasteful finishing from bottom-of-thetable Watford to thank for a 2-0 victory at Anfield.

The Hornets remain six points adrift of safety, but will wonder how they headed home empty handed after enjoying the vast majority of the chances against the European champions.

Salah produced the two moments of real qual-

ity from Jurgen Klopp’s men by finishing off from a rapid counter-attack from a Watford corner to open the scoring before flicking home a second a minute from time.

Nigel Pearson was taking charge of Watford for the first time and the impetus of a new manager showed with the 40-point difference between the sides at opposite ends of the table not in evidence in their performances.

However, the big difference was obvious in both boxes as the league’s lowest scorers passed up a host of

huge opportunities, whilst Salah was deadly.

Only Watford’s profligacy allowed Liverpool to keep a first clean sheet at Anfield all season as Troy Deeney just failed to reach a teasing cross across the face of goal before Will Hughes dragged a shot just side.

Abdoulaye Doucoure then completely miscued with the goal at his mercy from Etienne Capoue’s clever cut-back with what incredibly was only the second most embarrassing mishit of the half from Watford.

After so many missed chances, the visitors were made to pay by the ruthless runaway leaders as 15 seconds after a Watford corner, the ball was in their net.

All three of Liverpool’s attacking trident were involved as Roberto Firmino’s pass over his head freed Sadio Mane down the left and he fed Salah to cut inside on his weaker right foot to bend the ball brilliantly into the far corner.

Watford should still have been level before the break when Ismaila Sarr

somehow also failed to connect with Alisson Becker grounded after parrying Gerard Deulofeu’s cross.

Sar r was wasteful again at the start to the second half as he blasted straight at Alisson with Deeney pleading for a cross.

Liverpool’s extra quality in the final third was in evidence once more when Mane headed in from Xherdan Shaqiri’s cross, but the Senegalese’s celebrations were cut short when the goal was ruled out by a VAR for the most marginal of offside calls.

That handed Pearson’s men a lifeline, but again they failed to take their chance to capitalise when Deulofeu broke clean through on goal only for Alisson to save once more.

This was Liverpool’s seventh game in a run of 15 matches in 50 days across five competitions and the strain on Jurgen Klopp’s squad was not only shown in a jaded display but another injury blow.

Georginio Wijnaldum limped off on the hour mark and could now be a doubt for the Reds’ attempt to win the Club World Cup in Qatar later this week.

However, Liverpool will travel to the Middle East in buoyant mood even if Leicester manage to cut their double-digit lead back to eight points when the Foxes host Norwich later on Saturday. Salah made sure of the points late on with an imaginative finish to turn home Divock Origi’s mishit shot.

departmental sports week Medical deptt wins overall championship trophy

Staff of medical department--overall champions of inter-departmental sports meet. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): Medical department emerged as the overall champions with four gold medals and one silver medal while school education department bagged the runner-up position clinching four gold medals at the 5th Dimapur district interdepartmental sports week which concluded today 14th December 2019.

Speaking at the closing ceremony as a special guest, CMO Dimapur, T Pangjung Sangtam, congratulated all the winners and the par-

ticipating departments. He reminded that games and sports was not only about winning but participating and playing with true sportsmanship spirit.

Pointing out non communicable diseases like heart attacks and strokes were on the rise, CMO said one of the most important preventive measures for non communicable disease was to keep oneself active through games and sports. He encouraged one and all to take part in sports. Observing that during occasions such

as sports week, friendship was being developed and people get to know each other better, Sangtam thanked all the participants for their active participation during the Dimapur district interdepartmental sports week.

The closing ceremony was held at Badminton stadium GHSS ground Nagarjan Dimapur where the special guest and EE power gave away the medals to the winners. The sports week which kicked off on December 19, 2019 concluded on Saturday.

We are on a mission to do Nadal, Djokovic, Federer to play in Aus Open 2020 FIFA confirms four bids for 2023 Women’s WC better in one-dayers: Pollard

C H E N NA I , D E C 1 4 (PTI): West Indies captain Kieron Pollard on Saturday said his team is “on a mission” to do better in the one-dayers but insisted that favourable results may not come immediately.

The Caribbeans take on a formidable India in a three-match contest beginning here on Sunday, and Pollard said his side would look to carry on the momentum of the 3-0 series win over Afghanistan last month. “We are on a mission and have a clear plan of how to approach 50-over cricket.

There is a process and it is something we are actually going through. The results might not show straightaway. We had a good series against Afghanistan. Now, we are coming up against a better side in

India,” Pollard said ahead of the first ODI here. “It’s a matter of what we need to do going forward. There are things internally which we are working on. Success will not come overnight.

Winning is always good.

Sometimes, you play well but the result would not go your way. The Afghanistan series was good and we want to continue in that track. That’s is the ultimate goal,” he added.

Asked how his team plans to go about handling the middle overs in ODIs, he said it has been discussed and the players were aware of their roles and responsibilities.

“We have discussed how we want to go about playing middle overs, be it batting and bowling and how we want to play this format,” he said.

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer.

ary 2020. “We are delighted to welcome this extremely strong player field to Melbourne in what promises to be a once in a generation event,” said tournament director Craig Tiley.

“The very best players are back, there are records up for grabs and it is very possible we will see a new champion crowned on both sides. There are so many great storylines for AO 2020... Will it be the year for one of the young guns to stop Novak, Roger or Rafa?,” he added.

World No. 18 Alex de Minaur leads the Australian men’s contingent with Nick Kyrgios, John Millman, Jordan Thompson and Alexei Popyrin all confirmed for the main draw. The Australian Open will take place between January 20 and February 7, 2020.

GENEVA, DEC 14 (IANS): FIFA has confirmed that it has received bids from Brazil, Japan, Colombia and a joint bid from Australia and New Zealand to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The 2023 Women’s World Cup has witnessed an unprecedented interest from FIFA’s member associations with the four bids having been submitted before the deadline of Friday, FIFA said in a statement, reports Xinhua news agency.

The international football governing body will kick off an assessment process, including inspection visits to the bidding countries which are expected to take place across January and February 2020. The FIFA Council will evaluate all eligible bids and select the hosts at its meeting in Addis Ababa in June 2020, said the statement. The 2023 World

Cup will feature 32 teams for the first time according to a unanimous decision by FIFA Council following this year’s World Cup in France.

“France 2019 was certainly a watershed moment for women’s football, and now it is FIFA’s responsibility to take concrete measures to keep fostering the game’s incredible growth,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in the statement.

He vowed to make the Women’s World Cup bidding scandal-free. “With the FIFA Women’s World Cup generating an unprecedented interest across member associations, we are ensuring that the process to select the hosts is seamless, objective, ethical and transparent. By the time the FIFA Council announces the hosts, there should be no doubt whatsoever as to why that choice was made,” he noted.

MELBOURNE, DEC 14 (IANS): World’s top tennis players will return to Melbourne Park in January next year, led by Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who will be going for a record-extending eighth

Australian Open title.

They will be joined

by Roger Federer, Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Matteo Berrettini, Roberto Bautista Agut and Gael Monfils.

A total of 104 players have received direct entry into the men’s and women’s singles main draw and another eight are awarded with wild cards, while 16 places will be settled at the qualifying rounds from 8-11 Janu-

SSP 12th annual sports meet concludes

Messi the best of his time, not all time: Ronaldinho

Have lot of respect for Sourav: Ravi Shastri

Chief guest giving away trophy to winners.

DIMAPUR, DEC 14 (NPN): The closing ceremony of the XII Annual Sports Meet of Sainik School Punglwa was held on December 14, 2019 with Col Shakti Singh, Commanding Officer, 36 Assam Rifles, gracing the occasion as chief guest.

On his arrival, the chief guest was accorded Guard of Honour by the cadets of Sainik School Punglwa.

At the event, the chief guest released ‘VYWOM’ (Voice of the Young Warriors of the Morung), a magazine by the cadets

which showcases their inherent creative expressions and different activities undertaken in the school.

In his speech, the chief guest appreciated the effort the school had put in to bring up the school to the present standard. He also lauded the exhilarating performance of the cadets in the various events that they had displayed. He reminded the cadets to realize the privilege they had in being part of the Sainik Schools and advised them to take advantage of the holistic education the school was providing.

Later, the chief guest gave away the prizes to winners in the various events.

The school also presented memento to the chief guest and the then the meet was declared closed by the chief guest.

On the last day of the sports meet, four final track events were held – 100m for class X and XI, 400m for class VIII and IX, 4x100m rally for class X and XI and 200m for class VI and VII respectively.

The overall trophy for Inter House Athletic Meet was lifted by Patkai House.

Earlier, School Principal, Gp Capt Prasun Basu delivered welcome address.

The function included spectacular and mesmerizing items such as Mass PT by cadets of class VI, Flag Exercise by cadets of classes VIII and IX, Music Yoga by cadets of class VII, Bamboo Exercise by cadets of class IX and Gymnastics by cadets of class X. The occasion was also marked by a vibrant Band Display by the school band.

RIO DE JANEIRO, DEC 14 (AGENCIES): Lionel Messi can certainly be considered the best player of his era but Brazil great and former Barcelona teammate Ronaldinho does not think he is the greatest of all time.

Messi won a record sixth Ballon d’Or earlier this month, taking him ahead of long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo. While the Juventus star has shown signs of decline over the past year or so at 34, Messi – two years his junior – continues to sparkle in LaLiga with Barca. Despite missing a chunk of the early-season action through injury, Messi already leads the scoring charts in Spain’s top flight with 12 goals from just nine starts – Karim Benzema has 11 from 14.

The Argentina star’s form has been particularly impressive over the past six weeks, netting 13 times in 10 games for club and country, most recently hitting a hattrick in Barca’s 5-2 triumph over Real Mallorca.

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 (PTI): “To hell with those who don’t understand” was Ravi Shastri’s inimitable response to the sceptics, who have constantly made conjectures about his alleged frosty relationship with BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.

A week back, it was Ganguly who had cleared the air on his part making it clear that rumours of bad blood between him and the head coach of the Indian cricket team are merely “speculations”.

“As far as the SouravShastri ‘game’ goes, that is a brilliant chaat and bhelpuri for the media with all mirch and masala,” Shastri said during ‘India Today’ channel’s special programme ‘Inspiration’.

“What he (Ganguly) has done has a cricketer, I have got utmost respect.

He took over Indian cricket at the most troubled times, post the match-fixing era when the Indian cricket was in shambles. You needed the faith of the people to comeback and I respect that. And

Ravi Shastri and Sourav Ganguly

if people don’t respect that, to hell with them,” Shastri, known for his plain speak, said.

The Ganguly-Shastri relationship became a topic of discussion after the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman preferred Anil Kumble over him in 2016, with both having a public fallout.

Shastri termed Ganguly’s ascension as the president of the cricket board as “outstanding” after three years without a democratic

set-up. “Oustanding (Sourav as BCCI President). First of all, I am thrilled that there is a BCCI in place. We played three years without a BCCI. which allowed the ICC to take off to another level.”

For someone whose life has been an open book, the 57-year-old doesn’t really give two hoots to all the abuses that are directed at him on social media.

“What is this social media, this troll? I post my fans, they read, thank you very much...uske baad bhaad mai gaya jo.. (go to hell). It is just to tell my fans, I am

here and what I am doing.

Bolne waale bolenege (critics will never be quiet). We are a country of 1.2 billion people. People who do not have any work, they will speak,” Shastri said in a typical answer.

While he has always been known to be a tough cookie, Shastri did admit that being an India coach comes with its own baggage of pressure. “Of course, you feel pressure. For ‘Chrissake’ (Christ’s sake), I am the coach of an Indian cricket team. This is not a mic in my hand. With mic I could tomp it off, it could take off.

This is pressure. You are answerable. It’s a responsible position,” he said.

For all his critics, he has a simple answer.

“You point one at me, there are three fingers pointing back at you, always remember that. So you’re not here to get intimidated by nobody. This Indian team hates losing. Why? Because they know they can win anywhere. No one hates losing more than Virat Kohli and the coach.”

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