February 11, 2019

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CAB: 10 hrs Nagaland bandh today

‘Remove dictatorship, save democracy’ rally in Delhi on Feb 12 Appeal to observe bandh NEW DELHI, FEB 10

Anti-CAB protesters with placards outside Raj Bhavan Kohima on February 8. (NP file)

DIMAPUR, FEB 10 (NPN): Naga civil society organizations (CSOs) under the banner of Nagaland GBs Federation will be imposing a state-wide bandh on February 11 from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. while the bandh in ENPO areas will be imposed from 6 a.m. to 12 noon.

Despite the state government’s appeal to reconsider the bandh call, assuring that it will propose adoption of a resolution to oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in the forthcoming budget session scheduled to be held on February 21, the CSOs were adamant to go ahead with the bandh.

Organizations like the Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigrants

SAH opposes CAB DIMAPUR, FEB 10 (NPN): Sumi Aphuyemi Hoho (SAH) on February 9, during its executive meeting at Pughoboto, unanimously decided to oppose the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016. T While welcoming the state government’s decision to propose for adoption of a resolution to oppose the Bill in the forthcoming budget session, SAH reminded that if the Bill becomes an Act, it will pose a great danger to the indigenous people of Nagaland.

SAH president Inavi Swu and general secretary Ghuzui Shohe therefore appealed to state government to urge the Centre to scrap the Bill before it is too late.

SAH also expressed concern over delay in solving the Naga issue. Pointing out that Nagas had been patient enough, the hoho therefore urged Government of India to solve the Naga issue before the coming parliamentary general election.

Meanwhile, after deliberating on the harmful effects caused by use of pesticides and herbicides, the house resolved to completely ban use of salt and other chemicals in Pughoboto sub-division with immediate effect, keeping in mind to protect and preserve the natural environment and soil from contamination.

This is it!

“I just cannot believe that these days people choose to feed cows than fellow human beings.”

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(JCPI) had categorically stated that “under no circumstances will the bandh be called off.”

It however decided not to deploy any volunteers to enforce the bandh anywhere across the state, leaving it to the people to make a conscious decision to support the bandh in order to send a message to the Central Government that the preservation and the protection of the indigenous lives in the North East was of outmost priority.

While informing that press and media were automatically exempted, JCPI said police, district administration, medical & emergency services, army & paramilitary forces, students and teachers on examination, pre-engaged programmes like weddings,

autorickshaws or transportations ferrying students on examination, train and flight passengers, members of the NSCN (I-M) attending the National Hoho, etc. are also exempted from the purview of the bandh.

On Friday, tribal organisations, civil society groups, students and elders took out a rally in the state capital to protest against the controversial Bill, besides demanding resolution of the “Indo-Naga” political issue before the announcement of parliamentary elections.

Two memorandums to the President of India on the Citizenship Amendment Bill and Prime Minister of India on Solution to IndoNaga Political issue were submitted through secretary to Governor PB Acharya.

Pursuant to the resolution adopted at the consultative meeting held at Hotel Saramati here on February 6, Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of civil organisations, tribal bodies and indigenous citizens of Nagaland have appealed to all citizens of the State to observe Nagaland bandh on Monday.

In a statement issued by its media cell, JCC the proposed bandh to be peaceful and voluntary participation of every citizen, knowing the issue for which the mass agitation had been necessitated, “as such a law will have immense ramifications” and adversely impact the future, both directly and indirectly.

JCC explained that the resentment of the people of Nagaland expressed in the form of mass agitation was against the “lackadaisical attitude” of Government of India (GoI) and dillydallying concluding political negotiations for years. It said the Nagas were now feeling agitated as years of negotiations without apparent solution was tantamount to taking them for a ride.

(IANS): Chief Ministers-Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi), Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal) and N. Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh) will address a ‘Remove Dictatorship, Save Democracy Rally’ at Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday, the AAP said on Sunday.

Main leaders of other non-BJP parties will also take part in this rally, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said.

“India is currently passing through a decisive phase. The Modi-Shah duo is bent upon destroying the Constitution and democracy, which our country succeeded in achieving due to the sacrifices of millions of freedom fighters,” AAP leader Gopal Rai said.

“Today it is the duty of every patriotic Indian to stand up for safeguarding the country’s Constitution and democracy.”

He also said that to achieve this, the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and West Bengal will address the ‘Remove Dictatorship, Save Democracy (Cont’d on p-7) Rally’ on February 13.

Panel pushes for early Naga solution GUWAHATI, FEB 10 (AGENCIES): A Rajya Sabha panel has urged the Centre to conclude the Naga peace talks, which started more than two decades ago, and come to an agreement with stakeholders soon. This is the second time in seven months that the departmentrelated committee on Home Affairs (Rajya Sabha) has asked the NDA government to bring the Naga peace efforts to a logical end.

The panel also wondered at the delay in concluding the Naga peace talks “when all other stakeholders other than the Government appear to be eager to conclude it.” Any further delay may harm the progress achieved in the last few years, it said. The panel headed by Congress leader P. Chidambaram submitted the 219th report (action taken report) to the department related Standing Committee on Home Affairs in the Rajya Sabha on February 7.

In the re por t, the Home Ministry said, “Talks with NSCN (I-M) and other groups are continuing and efforts to reach a final settlement are going on.”

In July last, the committee, in a report, observed that there had been positive

outcomes in the peace process. It also expressed fears that Naga groups and tribal bodies might get restless because of the delay in finding a solution to the crisis.

The report further said, “The Committee apprehends that any further delay may harm the progress achieved during the last few years.

The Committee, therefore, strongly recommends that the Government should conclude the peace talks, at the earliest, based on a broad understanding over the most contentious issues.”

The committee had observed that the improvement in law and order in Nagaland could be attributed to the 2015 Framework Agreement. It noted that it “believes that the signing of the final Naga Peace Accord can bring long lasting peace to the State that was once the hotspot of insurgency for the North Eastern Region.”

The report said any final settlement with the Naga groups might have implications for Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, where Nagas live in certain areas. The most contentious issue until now has been the Nagas’ demand for integration of Naga-

dominated areas of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

“The committee, keeping in view the historical dynamics of insurgency, wishes to remind the Government that the most important aspect of any agreement with insurgents is the adequate rehabilitation and settlement programme for the cadres of the insurgent outfits. NSCN (I-M), being the largest group in the entire region, would have thousands of cadres who must be adequately settled to make the agreement successful and to prevent the emergence of any splinter groups…. the government should, nevertheless, stay prepared for any scenario that may emerge in the aftermath of this agreement, and keep security forces on the alert,” the panel said in its report.

After signing a Framework Agreement with the NSCN (I-M), the Centre also signed a ‘preamble’ or ‘Agreed Position’ in November 2017 with six Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs). The latest to join the peace talks, under the banner of the NNPGs Working Committee, was NSCN (K) led by Khango Konyak.

NVCO: No moral right of State govt Nagaland gets ‘Best Eri Silk Producing State’ award to appeal for bandh withdrawal DIMAPUR, FEB 10 (NPN): Extending its full support to the Statewide bandh called by the Nagaland GB Federation (NGBF) on Monday, the Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) asserted that the State government had no moral right to appeal to civil society organisations to reconsider the proposed bandh as lone Lok Sabha member from NDDP had voted in favour of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which it said was against the interest of present and future generations of Naga society.

Alleging that the PDA gover nment had been pleasing its master by not opposing the Bill with silly excuses that the Nagas were protected by Article 371(A) of the Constitution

of India and Inner Line Regulation (ILR) of the Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR), 1873, NVCO president Kezhokhoto Savi questioned the government how it was protecting rights of the indigenous Naga inhabitants under Article 371(A) when so much lands were owned by non-Indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland.

It asked the government to what extent it had been effectively enforcing BEFR when the non-Nagas and illegal Bangladeshi immigrants had almost controlled the markets in Nagaland.

A statement issued by the organisation’s press and media cell regretted that though the State government had come up with drafts several times, it had never come to a conclusion, which showed its “in-

sincerity and indifference towards the interests of its citizens”. It pointed out that the government was still silent on the people’s demand to apply the ILR to State’s commercial hub Dimapur.

Pointing out that the Nagaland and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1978 had clearly stated that the entire “surface of the earth’s crust within the territory of Nagaland” was to be owned by the indigenous Nagas and not by non-Indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland, NVCO also opposed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on Saturday at a public rally that the Bill won’t harm interests of the Northeast, It also expressed its gratitude to groups protesting and fighting for the interests of the Northeast.

DIMAPUR, FEB 10 (NPN): Nagaland was awarded as the ‘Best Eri Silk Producing State’ by Union minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj at a mega silk event – Surging Silk – in New Delhi on Saturday.

Informing about it on twitter, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio Sunday said: “Nagaland was awarded the “Best Eri Silk Producing State” in India

by MoEA Sushma Swaraj at a mega silk event, Surging Silk, in New Delhi. The award recognises Nagaland’s contribution to the overall development of Sericulture and silk industry in India.”

The event was held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi under the theme ‘Surging Silk’ with Union minister Sushmita Swaraj as the chief guest.

Speaking on the occasion, Union External Affairs minister Swaraj assured that the textiles ministry would

Award winners from various states with Sushma Swaraj and Smirti Irani in Delhi.

provide all support for promoting silk in global markets. Swaraj also said silk is a strong commodity and there is huge demand for it in the international markets.

Union Textiles minister Smriti Irani, while speaking at the function, said that silk production increased by 41 per cent since 2013-

14. During the event, best achievers in silk industry across various segments of sericulture in the country were honoured and awards were also given to the best performing states.

According to reports, a mobile application was also launched for quality certification in silkworm

seed sector. India’s silk production capacity is expected to reach about 38,500 tonnes by 2020 from the current level of 32,000 tonnes, say reports.

It may be mentioned that India is the second largest producer of silk after China and the largest consumer of silk.

‘Regular flight from NE to Bangkok from March’ NMA urges Gov to intervene in CAB, NSCW Thai team to visit NE to explore trade & investment GUWAHATI, FEB 10 (AGENCIES): North East region of India will get a regular flight service to and from Bangkok from March of this year. Suchitra Dural, India’s ambassador to Thailand in her address at the North East India Festival in Bangkok declared that regular flights between and Guwahati and Bangkok will begin from March onwards, The Shillong Times report stated, The three-day festival which concluded on Sunday saw unprecedented participation by delegates from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, Thailand and NE India.

The inaugural session on Friday was attended by Commerce Minister of Thailand Chutima Bunapraphasara who hailed the initiative to connect both the regions.

She declared that a team from Thailand will travel to the North East to explore trade and investment potential in the next six months.

Ambassadors of ASEAN countries besides industrialists of Thailand attended the inaugural day’s programme.

A dv i s o r o f To u r ism and Art & Culture, Nagaland, H. Khehovi Yepthomi also delivered a speech at the inauguration dinner on February 8 (See more on page 3).

The festival was organized by socio cultural trust, Trend MMS and supported by various state governments of North East India and presented by In-

dian Embassy at Thailand and North Eastern Council, a statement issued on Sunday stated.

Union commerce and civil aviation minister, Suresh Prabhu, through a recorded speech, informed about India’s commitment and support for the Act East Policy and promised that regular flights will be initiated and special trade concessions offered. He also spoke about the North East flying sea planes soon in the river system of the region.

Nagaland’s advisor for Tourism, Arts and Culture, H. Khehovi Sema, additional chief secretary of Meghalaya, RV Suchiang; advisor to Manipur CM, Rajat Sethi and Lal Ro Dingi, in-charge of tourism and industries of North Eastern Council addressed the audience and invited the delagates and people in attendance to explore

the North Eastern region of India.

Shyamkanu Mahanta, chief organiser of the festival, spoke on the potential of Northeast region, its geographical proximity with the ASEAN region and about developments in road and air connectivity ushering new hope in trade and tourism.

The highlights of the festival included among others dance forms of the Sumi Naga tribe, Manipuri Thang Ta, Dhol Chalam and Bagrumba, Tiwa, Bihu from Assam.

Tea, cane and bamboo, ginger of the Northeast was showcased and state specific tourism pavilions were set up. Besides, fashion shows and musical performances by Zubeen Garg, Manipuri band, Featherhead, Pretty Rhythms of Nagaland, Minutes of Decay, etc. enthralled the audience.

DIMAPUR, FEB 10 (NPN): Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) has sought the intervention of Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya over the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, chief minister Neiphiu Rio’s statement regarding identity of Naga women marrying non-Naga men and tenure of Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW).

In a memorandum to the Governor, NMA expressed concerned over the passage of Bill without any objection from the Nagaland government, thereby “putting the future of our children at stake”. It feared the Bill would open the floodgates of more illegal immigrants into the State, “this time under the guise of religion”.

Mentioning that the earlier stand of the government had brought much disappointment as it was not ready to protect the identity and rights of indigenous

people despite being elected by the people, the association said it was relieved that the government later decided to oppose the Bill during its cabinet meeting held on January 28.

Pointing out that even Inner Line Permit (ILP) had not been effective as Nagaland main gateway Dimapur was exempt from it, the association regretted that citing Article 371(A) as a safeguard for every issue was unfortunate as Nagas were well aware of the facts.

NMA also objected to the controversial statement of Rio at Tuensang on January 13 that Naga women would forfeit their Naga identity, if they married non-Naga men, and termed it as a bid to divert public attention from CAB. It asserted that, in a democratic society, any proposed law that affected the life and welfare of Naga women must also take into account voices of women,

who comprised almost half of the State’s population.

The memorandum hoped the State government would reconsider its stance and ensure that the rights and identity of Nagas and their children were duly protected from such laws that would negate “our very existence in the years ahead”.

NMA also sought the attention of the governor to the tenure of the State Women Commission that is over. Reiterating its call for expansion of the commission with inclusion of more women members from various backgrounds sensitive to women’s rights and issues The memorandum was signed by NMA president Abei-Ü Meru, vice-president Sara Nuh, joint secretary Malsawmthangi Leyri, secretary Lochumbeni Humtsoe, advisers Sano Vamuzo, Abeni Tck Lotha and Prof (Dr) Rosemary Dzüvichü, besides executive member Vilanuo Angela Yhome.

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CBCMH special prayer for ‘solution’ and CAB Temjen Imna encourages PGC students

The prayer service in progress on Sunday at Chakhesang Baptist Church Ministers’ Hill, Kohima.

DIMAPUR: Responding to the Nagaland Joint Christian Forum (NJCF) call for a special prayer in Churches across the state, the Chakhesang Baptist Church Ministers’ Hill, (CBCMH) Kohima, at its

Sunday morning devotional services held a special prayer, in the Church on February 10.

The NJCF had directed all Churches of various denominations in Nagaland to pray for an early

Naga political solution and also pray for the unrest created by the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2016.

Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao, senior pastor of CBCMH, who led the congregation

Pholami GHS gets Tribal Girls’ Hostel

in prayers, said that the 21 years of negotiations in the Indo-Naga political situation proved futile. Despite the efforts of negotiators, groups, and leaders, a solution has been kept on hold, he said. He felt that

New political party to be launched

DIMAPUR: Republican Party of India (A), Nagaland, held its first executive meeting at Tourist Lodge, Dimapur on February 9. A press release from Republican Party of India (A), Nagaland, president Mughato Aye stated that, the Republican Party of India (RPI) will pledge its undying support to the NDA alliance partners in the state.

The party will also strive to work for the interests of the Naga people, maintaining the spirit of serving the Nagas first, party second and self last, stated the release.

It also said that the launch of the party will take place at Agri Expo, Dimapur on February 19, graced by Ram Das Athawale, union minister for Social and Empowerment. All local bodies, individuals and well-wishers have been welcomed to the Nosazol Charles and others after inauguration of the Tribal Girls Hostel in launching program.

Pholami on February 6.

DIMAPUR: A Tribal Girls Hostel building attached to Government High School, Pholami Village under Phek district was formally inaugurated on February 6 by Nosazol Charles, additional development commissioner, Planning & Coordination department, Nagaland.

A press release by the school stated that the construction of this hostel was sanctioned through the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.

Addressing the gathering, Charles recalled his association with the project

and expressed immense satisfaction at its completion and at the additional development in the form of Headmaster’s Quarters and Assembly Hall through judicious use of funds by the joint Village Council and Village Education Committee team of Pholami Village.

Chairing the function, Vezhoduyi Nakro, chairman PWUP, recalled how the present site of the Government High School was inaugurated by the then development commissioner, Alemtemshi Jamir on May

28, 2010.

He said the school building was later inaugurated by the then commissioner & secretary of School Education, F. P. Solo on March 2, 2016 through whom, the present Girls Hostel was initiated.

Earlier, a welcome address was delivered by Pholami Village Council chairman, Vesopa Nakro.

Raruveyi Swuro, chairman PWUK, spoke words of acknowledgement.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Thupiisiiyi Medeo, Head GB.

the Government of India, on its part, was apparently “cheating” the negotiators and the Nagas as a whole.

Rev. Dr. Phesao added that it was high time the public became aware of the such tactics. According to Phesao “vested interest attitude” of a few individuals, tribalism, and nepotism were the biggest stumbling blocks to achieving a Naga political situation.

Stating the CAB was the biggest threat to North Eastern states, Rev. Dr. Phesao urged the people to raise their voices against the bill. Once the bill is passed, “our future generation will become minority,” he asserted.

He also felt that one of the most disappointing aspects of the CAB was that it is based along religious lines, which, he opined, would pose a huge challenge particularly for religious minorities of the country, including the Christianity majority state of Nagaland.

DIMAPUR: A one-day training program on Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance with WATSAN committee, was organized

by DWSM, PHED Phek division, sponsored by WSSO, PHED Nagaland, at Phek town council hall,

Kiphire Battalion distributes medicine

diversity could contribute towards efforts to eradicate poverty and create economic opportunities for people. He therefore said that it was the responsibility of humans to treasure and preserve the great natural abundance of the country.

Vice chancellor Dr. D. Gnanadurai inaugurated the seminar and said that it would provide a robust and dynamic platform to meet people, exchange research ideas and broaden networking.

Earlier, the inaugural function started with a prayer by Fr. Xavier. During the two-day event, ten technical sessions were held where twenty five research papers were presented by scholars, students and resource persons from different institutions.

Sr. Thynase, administrator, congratulated faculty members and students of the Zoology department for their efforts in organizing the seminar successfully.

DIMAPUR: Kiphire Battalion distributed medicine at Mutinkhong village on February 8.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), elders of the village said that 22 to 23 cases of jaundice had been reported in their village and no medical facilities were available.

The Battalion Commandant’s “spontaneous action” helped bring the required medication for patients. CMO, Kiphire and MO Integral Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) were informed about the reported cases of jaundice.

Dr. Visa, MO, Likhimro PHC has been detailed to do an assessment and submit an FIR at the earliest. In the mean time, CHC, Pungro was contacted and medicines were procured from Dr. Aso and sent to Mimi by Assam Rifles for the patients.

Swift action in this regard was appreciated by the public, civil adminsitration and GBs.

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sion (NBHM), addressed the gathering about the valuable contributions of bees and the need to save bees from extinction so that mankind may survive.

Dr. A. Kanchana, registrar, delivering a keynote address said that sustainable maintenance of bio-

Phek on February 9.

A press release from IEC consultant PHED, Phek, Kutulu Vero stated that Kethonu Theyo, chemist, PHED, Phek, emphasized on the importance of water quality and the duty of the WATSAN commit-

tee to collect water samples and get them tested from their respective villages.

Water testing kits were distributed to all the trainees and also they were also given hands on demonstrations of the field testing kits.

JDA training concludes at T&ATI Dimapur DIMAPUR: A long term training for NPSC recruited Junior Divisional Accountants (JDAs) concluded with valedictory function on February 8, chaired by Temsuinla Aier, deputy director.

A press release from the Treasuries & Accounts Training Institute (T&ATI) Dimapur, stated that Imtimendang, advisor of the Training Institute, spoke about the importance of accounts service and urged trainees to serve society sincerely.

Junior Divisional Accountants, Kathyinla spoke on behalf of the trainees.

M.K Chophi speaking on behalf of the faculty exhorted the trainees to share the knowledge acquired during the training with their colleagues.

International conference on American literature

SJU organizes national seminar on biodiversity

sponsored by the National Bio Diversity Authority (NBDA) and Indian Academic and Researcher Association (IARA).

A press release from SJU, Dimapur, stated that chief guest, Ntsemo Ngullie, chairman, Nagaland Beekeeping & Honey Mis-

city of funds. He, however, expressed appreciation for the people of the district for giving their unceasing cooperation and support to the college. He also laid stress on the need to develop a strong education system to develop the state.

Temjen Imna further reminded the students that PGC was not only for Chakhesangs alone, and en-

Kethonu Theyo, PHED officials and trainees of the one-day training program on Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance held on February 9.

presentations on multidisciplinary topics from universities, college teachers and research scholars from various disciplines. Abstracts of papers in about 250 words have been invited on broad sub-themes latest by February 17. Details are available on the university website.

The abstracts should be e-mailed to nndas69@yahoo.co.in, rosedzuvichu@ yahoo.com, nndas@nagalanduniversity.ac.in

DIMAPUR: Department of Zoology, St Joseph University (SJU), organised a two-day national seminar on “Biodiversity and Human Welfare-The Current and Future Trends in India-BHWCFTI-2019” on February 7 and 8 in Dimapur. The event was

DIMAPUR: Temjen Imna Along Longkumer, minister for Higher Education visited Phek Government College (PGC) on February 8.

A press release from member, media cell, PGC, Temjenmeren stated that, in his speech, Temjen Imna lamented the government’s inability to invest where it was needed owing to scar-

PHED Phek training on water quality

DIMAPUR: Department of English, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema is organising an international conference on contemporary American literature, history, culture and politics from February 28 to March 1 at Nagaland University Kohima Campus.

English department professor and head, Dr. Rosemary Dzuvichu, in a press release invited paper

Ntsemo Ngullie felicitating SJU faculty members during the seminar on Biodiversity and Human Welfare.

Temjen Imna Along speaking at the program.

couraged students to serve the people of Nagaland once they passed out of the college and work anywhere in the state with sincerity and dedication.

Also, speaking during the program, additional director of Higher Education, Watijungshi encouraged the college to work harder towards excellence even after the assessment.

The prog ra m wa s chaired by Dr. Vizovol Mekro, principal PGC. Dr. Mekro thanked the minister and briefed him on the immense contributions of the administration, eleven wards and other organisations of Phek town in the hectic preparations for the college NAAC peer team visit the following week.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Besengulie Venuh, vice principal, PGC. The minister was accompanied by NEPED chairman, Kevechutso Doulo, Higher Education director, Watijungshi, political secretaries, public leaders and a host of other dignitaries.

A Saraswati Puja pandal at Kuda Village, ‘C’ Khel, D Colony, Dimapur on February 10.

Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja), also spelled Basant Panchami, is celebrated every year on the fifth day of the bright half of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month of Magha which typically falls in late January or February. It marks the arrival of spring. (NP)

ARC coaching classes for board exams

Members of ARC, Assam Rifles personnel, parents and students after the closing program of the 25 day coaching classes for class 10 students.

DIMAPUR: Ahthibung Region Club (ARC), in collaboration with Assam Rifles, organised coaching classes for class 10 students of the area, in Ahthibung which culminated on February 10.

A press release from ARC vice chairman, Henpu Kuki stated that during

coaching classes held for 25 days, students from local schools were coached on appearing for the exams.

The coaching classes were run by volunteer teachers, Hesat Guite and Lalboy, and suitable Assam Rifles personnel. The classes aimed to improve

the overall results of students from this remote area. All students were given free stationeries for the exams during the closing ceremony.

Parents and ARC authorities also joined the closing ceremony to wish the students all the best for their board exams.

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WEATHER FORECAST February 11

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Itanagar Partial sunshine; pleasant

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019

H. Khehovi Yepthomi.

DIMAPUR: Advisor of Tourism and Art & Culture, H. Khehovi Yepthomi called on South-East Asian countries, and states of North East India to make use of each other’s proximity and shared borders to develop each other’s economies through tourism and by creating strong cultural ties.

A press release from the advisor’s press secretary stated that Khehovi was speaking at the inauguration dinner of the Northeast Cultural Festival at Bangkok Central World 2019, in Thailand on February 8.

Calling it one of the biggest events of the North East region of India, Khehovi

said it had been created to highlight the potentials of tourism and resources that the region has to offer. Besides this, he added that the festival also allows for states

out horizons and associations with each other.”

Referring to the festival, Khehovi pointed out that many, including himself, had travelled long distances to be there from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, Thailand and NE India. This, he said, served as a reminder of how important the purpose of the festival was. “The main significance of all of your presence is to set up new friendships within our neighbouring countries and states to promote tourism while having a good time and finding new experiences at this event that will take place till the 10th of this month” he stated.

The festival ended on February 10, and the inaugural event witnessed ‘Pretty Ryhthm’, a Sulimi four member band, performing a folk fusion presentation.

Thirty cultural teams, nine Tourism officials and Joyti Kailesh (RC of Nagaland House), also attended the program. This program was sponsored by the department of Tourism, government of Nagaland.

Khehovi calls for SE Asian nations and NE states to help each other develop of the North East to unite and establish ties with each other and the rest of India.

Inviting delegates to visit the Nagaland stall for food items, souvenirs, cultural dances, music etc., he offered another invitation for the North Eastern states and South-East Asian countries to visit Nagaland, “not just for our International Hornbill Festival, but for more than that, to broaden

Mao Baptist Church building dedicated in Kohima

(Inset) Rev. Dr. L. Kholi. MBCK women presenting a special song. The Mao Baptist Church Kohima new Church building dedicated on Sunday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, FEB 10 (NPN): A new Church building of the Mao Baptist Church Kohima (MBCK) was dedicated under the theme “Founded in Christ”, by executive secretary Mao Baptist Churches Association, Rev. K. Koda, as administrator, at Midland Kohima on Sunday.

Speaking on the dedication theme during the worship service, pastor MBC Punanamai, Rev. Dr. L. Kholi said every Christian should build foundations deeply rooted in Christ. Lauding the Church members for their enormous contributions

and efforts to in constructing the building, the revered reminded the congregation that a Church has to be built with the right and Godly motives to glorify God. Stressing on the importance of Christ in individual lives, Kholi said a personal relationship with Christ was more important than Church buildings and the individual life has to be properly founded in Jesus Christ.

Encouraging pastors and Church workers to read the Bible, he said they have to be versed in Biblical knowledge to be strong in faith and to stand firm in God. Chairman New

A bridge over Tsutha River that connected Seyochung town of Kiphire district and Aghunato town of Zunheboto district was washed away by water in the year 2015.

The Border Roads Organization (BRO) built a replacement Bailey Bridge which was opened for all vehicles this month. (Tsipise Antony)

Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) workers, on Sunday, clearing drainage near MH Hospital that had been clogged for years. (NP)

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building souvenir; special songs were presented by MBCK youth and MBCK women; offertory prayer was said by Rev. N. Kaiho; Rev. L. Adani read from the scripture; hymns were led by A. Asiisa, music director MBCK; D. Kholi was the pianist and the benediction prayer said by Rev. S. Mangli.

E a r l i e r, t h e n e w Church building plaque was unveiled by Rev. K. Koda. The program was attended by pastors of various Churches of Kohima town, MBCA pastors and Church leaders, well wishers, Midland Colony GBs and leaders, MBCK members and others.

WSBAK Revival Hour held in Dimapur

AMAM observes National Road Safety Week DIMAPUR: Adventure and Motorsports Association Mokokchung (AMAM) observed the 30th National Road Safety Week in collaboration with Transport Office Mokokchung on Saturday.

A press release from AMAM media cell stated that, B. Chekum Chang, Road Safety Enforcement Officer (RSEO), Mokokchung reported that there were nine road incident reports received by the department in 2018.

He also added that the National Road Safety Week initiative was observed to make public aware of road safety.

Members from AMAM and transport officials initiated a sticker and banner campaign to mark the event.

More than 900 stickers were pasted on vehicles at various locations to spread awareness about the Road Safety Week. Banners were also placed at strategic locations around Mokokchung town AMAM, as an active motorsports association in the district, took up this campaign as a social responsibility to sensitize both pedestrians and drivers on road safety measures.

Church Building Committee Ashikho Daili, in his brief report said that work for foundation of the new Church building began in May 2010 with around Rs. 3 lakhs in hand.

He reported that the total expenditure of the new Church building construction came to around Rs. 6.5 crores. Funds came through free will contributions, donations, earned through mass social works, sales days, special offerings and other activities.

The worship service was led by pastor MBCK, Rev. K. Losii Mao; invocation prayer was said by Rev. A. Pfokrelo; Rev. K. Koda released the MBCK new

Y. Kikheto Sema speaking at the WSBAK Revival Hour program.

that Christian leaders should find time to organize similar revival hours even during times of electioneering given the fact that violence and hatred erupts regularly during such times.

Speaking to the youth, Kikheto urged youngsters to work and eat rather than remaining idle and becoming a liability in society.

He also spoke about the impending danger of Naga people becoming servants in their own land if they continued with the trend of allowing immigrants to take care of their fields, properties and all other works in the guise of employing labour initially, even though Nagas could do these works as well.

The revival hour was held from February 8 to 10 and attended by 160 Churches approximately, with a total of more than 7000 people.

DIMAPUR: A Western Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (WSBAK) Revival Hour was held on February 10 at Kiyezu ‘B’ Village, Dimapur.

A press release from Western Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu’s media cell stated that commissioner & secretary for Finance and Land Resources department, Y. Kikheto Sema, in his speech as speaker, said the Nagas had been organizing numerous revival hour programs.

However, the personal commitments and promises made to God at the venues fade away even as the events end. “Revival should first begin from our homes and neighbours,” he asserted adding that “it is important to reconcile with neighbours and God as well.”

Kikheto also wondered how many of the people gathered for the revival would still continue to carry on the revival. He observed that many people who commit to change themselves at revivals do not fulfil the commitments they make.

Speaking about the atmosphere that elections create, Kikheto was of the view that Nagaland needed revivals even during elections stating that the polls were a time when Christian principles were placed in the back burner. He indicated

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CAB protest in Imphal: 5 injured

Police burst mock bombs to diperse women vendors in Imphal on Sunday. (NP)

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IMPHAL, Feb 10: At least five women were injured as police used force to disperse women vendors of Ima Keithel (women market), who were on a sit-in protest in the main market complex from Saturday morning.

Around 3000 women vendors were demanding a written assurance from the state chief minister to the effect that the Bill shall not affect the Northeastern region in general and Manipur in particular.

Owing to the protest, normal business activities in the three market places

– Paona Bazar, Thangal Bazar and Khwairamnband Keithel and its surrounding markets – remained paralysed for the second day.

On Sunday, a police team with women personnel used force to disperse the protesting women after they refused to leave the market complex which led to a confrontation between the women vendors and women police personnel.

Police also fired several rounds of tear gas shells and mock bombs as the situation remained out of control.

In the melee, at least five women vendors and a women police consta-

ble sustained injuries. All were immediately rushed to RIMS hospital.

Meanwhile, MANPAC strongly condemned the “serious action” of the police and security forces, while alleging that the women vendors staging democratic protest against CAB were dispersed using force without prior warning.

The MANPAC convenor, who came to the site along with some other leaders, said the women vendors were staging the protest peacefully and democratically and the police and security force personnel acted against them without

House panel points out ‘divergent’ views of Centre, Assam on AFSPA

New Delhi, Feb 10 (Agencies): A Parliamentary panel on Home Affairs, headed by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram expressed dismay over the “divergent” views taken by the Centre and the Assam government over the continuance of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the state.

According to The Indian Express, Assam has been under AFSPA since 1990.

While the Union Home Ministry claims that the security situation in Assam has improved, the Sarbananda Sonowal government has declared the entire state as a disturbed area.

“The committee is unable to comprehend the divergent perceptions of the situation in Assam. On the one hand, the ministry has asserted that there has been an improvement in the security situation in Assam and, on the other hand, the area declared as disturbed under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, has been increased,” the report stated. It added, “the state

government of Assam has notified the whole State as disturbed area on the plea that it is not the appropriate time to reduce the area under AFSPA. This is a paradoxical situation that needs to be resolved.”

The Home Ministry, on behalf of the Central government, stated in its response that despite improvement in the security situation in Assam, “the State Government is of the view that Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 is to continue in the entire State for some more time.”

The panel, however, did not take up the recent protest in Assam and other States of North East over the Citizenship Amendment Bill.

In the 219th report on action taken by the government on the recommendation of the committee tabled before Parliament this week, the Parliamentary panel also expressed serious “concern over the abysmally low number of Bru families repatriated to Mizoram”. In July last year, the government

signed an agreement with the Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Association (MBDPA), and the governments of Mizoram and Tripura to repatriate over 5,000 families staying in Tripura.

The committee noted, “As against the targeted 5,407 families, only 48 families (less than 1 per cent), could be repatriated to the State of Mizoram.

The Committee expresses its anguish over the fact that the ministry has not provided any comment on its recommendation regarding reviewing the poor living conditions in the six relief camps where Brus have been residing after their exodus from the State.”

Noting the decline of insurgency-related incidents in Northeast, the committee conveyed its concerns over the large number of victims, who were kidnapped or abducted in Assam before and during 2016 and are yet to be found. “Even more worrisome is the fact that a large majority, more than 81 per cent, of victims are women.

any provocation.

Such attack on women vendors will not able to suppress the movement against CAB in the state, he asserted.

Meanwhile, according to PTI report, the People’s Alliance Manipur formed by 131 civil society organisations has called for a total shutdown from 5 a.m on Monday till 5 p.m on Tuesday in protest against the citizenship bill.

One of the activiststs said that they shall stay in the market complex until Wednesday when it is expected that the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 will be passed by the Rajya sabha. The Lok Sabha has already passed it. This has become a headache for the police and paramilitary personnel maintaining law and order in the city areas.

There are problems in procuring potable water, and even toilets and bathrooms do not have running water. Inakkhunbi, a vendor, said: “We buy bottled water since there is no water supply.”

The initial plan was to stage a routine sit-in by the women vendors.

“But we decided to stay in the market complex till Wednesday since the Central government is firm on passing the Bill,” said a woman vendor.

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Vision screening campaign benefits children in Mizoram

New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): A vision screening programme in remote areas of Mizoram has benefited a large number of children from underprivileged background and plan is afoot to expand the programme, the NGO running it has said.

The India Vision Institute (IVI) in collaboration with a major eye glass maker has also distributed free spectacles to several children in these areas.

“The vision screening program has worked to provide coverage to underprivileged children in Serchhip and Lunglei districts.

Some 450 children found to have refractive errors in the districts are being provided free spectacles,” the IVI said in a statement.

The IVI is a notfor-profit registered trust focussed on supporting and promoting eye health awareness, research, education and technological development in Indian optometry to advance capacity in vision correction, and prevention of eye disease and blindness.

As part of the campaign, at Aijal Club in Aizawl recently, free spectacles were distributed to 30 children from Serchhip district, who were among those screened earlier by IVI in Serchhip and Lunglei. The remaining chil-

dren were provided free spectacles at their respective schools in Serchhip and Lunglei on February 6 and 8, the NGO said.

Those present at the spectacles distribution included India’s Ambassador-designate to Azerbaijan and former Consul General in Sydney, B Vanlalvawna, and other senior officials of partnering agencies, the IVI said.

“The work of vision screening and provision of free spectacles by IVI is noteworthy. I am particularly happy that IVI screenings have touched lives of children in remote parts of Mizoram,” Vanlalvawna was quoted as saying in the statement.

A collaborative vision screening and free spectacles campaign has overall benefited over thousands of children in remote corners of Mizoram, the NGO claimed.

IVI CEO Vinod Daniel said plans are afoot for expansion of the campaign in the state. Recently, IVI launched a vision screening program for 4,500 children in Aizawl supported by Oil India Limited (OIL), he said. “IVI will also screen vision of another 10,000 children in the state, making a total additional coverage of around 15,000 in the coming months,” he said.

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CBI grills Kolkata Police chief for second day

Shillong, Feb 10 (IANS): Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a second day here on Sunday in connection with the chit fund scams, an official said.

The probe agency may confront Kumar with former Trinamool Congress MP, Kunal Ghosh, who has also been summoned to the CBI office here in Oakland, in connection with the Rose Valley and Saradha chit fund scams, the official told IANS on the condition of anonymity Ghosh, who was arrested in November 2013 was granted interim bail by the Calcutta High Court in 2016, arrived at the office at 10 a.m, while Kumar reached half an hour later.

“Our investigation team will interrogate both of them,” the official said.

On Saturday, the CBI interrogated Kumar for eight hours for “withholding and tampering important documents” in the scams. Kumar arrived in Shillong on Friday evening from Kolkata via Guwahati after the Supreme Court, while hearing the matter on February 5, directed him to join the CBI probe in Shillong, a neutral place.

Assam takes highway of economic resurgence: Sonowal

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Diphu, Feb 10: Preparations are underway for the 45th Karbi Youth Festival (KYF), the six-day-long cultural celebration, which will begin from February 14 in Taralangso, ‘Karbi People’s Hall’.

“Usually, the festival starts from February 15 and ends on 19. But this time, we will open the reception counter a day ahead of the festival i.e. on February 14,” Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council’s Executive Member Horensing Bey, who is the president of reception committee, said.

“Lack of proper accommodation for artists coming from different KCS Zones and remote areas is a common problem of the KYF but this year permanent camps have been set up so that no artists are denied lodging,” Bey said.

The improvement work of 3km road from DIG Bungalow to Taralangso is scheduled to be completed before the festival begins.

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Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurating the manufacturing plant of Essel Propack at Madanpur in Kamrup district on February 10. (UB)

Guwahati, Feb 10 (Agencies): Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday said that after only one year of the successful organization of Advantage Assam: Global Investors Summit, the State is witnessing a plethora of big-ticket investments which have underlined the State’s potential to become a top investment destination.

Sonowal said this on Sunday while inaugurating the greenfield manufacturing plant of Essel Propack at Madanpur in Kamrup.

“The summit which saw the signing of some 240 MoUs with the commitment of Rs 79,000 crore investment has already

resulted in public sector investment to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore and nearly Rs 10,000 crore from the private sector. We are marching ahead in our goal to make Assam the gate way to South East Asia and positioning ourselves as a top investor friendly destination in the country.

As a result, the state is witnessing an economic resurgence,” Sonowal said.

Essel Propack is one of the top manufacturing companies in the world of laminated plastic tubes catering to the FMCG and Pharma sectors. This is the seventh such plant of the company in India and first in NE region which has set up bases in many

countries of the world. In the first phase, the company has invested an amount of Rs 82 crore which will be increased to a total of Rs 192 crore in subsequent phases.

The plant is currently providing employment to 150 people and it has a manufacturing capacity of 275 million tubes annually.

Dabur, Ozone, Emami, Hindustan Unilever, Patanjali etc are some of the companies that purchase tubes for their products from this Essel Propack plant.

S ay i n g t h a t E s s e l Propack was one of the companies which committed investment in the state during the road show held in Mumbai before Advantage Assam summit, Sonowal thanked CMD of Essel Propack Ashok Goel for fulfilling the commitment by opening this production facility which would generate employment.

Highlighting the landmark initiative of the Central Government to increase the production capacity of Numaligarh Refinery Limited from 3

MTPA to 9 MTPA with a whopping investment of Rs 22,594 crore which would open newer avenues of employment, Sonowal urged the State’s youth to empower themselves to take advantage of this changing scenario.

He also called young aspiring entrepreneurs to come forward to derive benefit from the ‘Assam Startup – The Nest’ incubation centre recently opened by the state government so that Assamese youth can become job creators instead of being job seekers.

Saying that the State Government is making all efforts to provide a conducive environment to the investors to facilitate industrial growth, the chief minister said that Act East Policy has given impetus to the trade and business in the state and through this policy the state would become the gateway and the business hub of South East Asia.

He urged the global investors to take advantage of these changing times and set up their businesses in Assam so that they can take advantage of the state’s growth and prosperity.

CAB will not be passed, says Yashwant Sinha MNF mulls new Bill to impose prohibition

Former union finance minister Yashwant Sinha addresses a meeting against the CAB in Guwahati, Sunday. (PTI)

Guwahati, Feb 10 (Agencies): Terming the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 as wrong from all aspects and against the ethos of the country, former union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said that the Bill will not be passed in the Upper House even as the veteran politician predicted that the BJP government will never come to power again.

According to Northeast Now, Sinha said this

while delivering a talk on the topic of ‘State of the Nation and the Way Forward’ organized by Asom Nagarik Samaj in Guwahati on Sunday and urged the people of the Northeast to be united to ensure that the saffron party does not get a single seat in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls in the region.

“Both the Houses of Parliament are being stalled. Besides that, I have been interacting to different people before coming

here. I understood that except BJP, other political parties are firmly against the Bill. I doubt that the ruling party will dare to pass the Citizenship Bill in Upper House amid ruckus.

As the ongoing session is the last Parliament session of this government, there is no chance that the Bill will be passed,” he said while adding that there is nothing to worry as this government is not coming to power again.

“I can tell you with confidence that this government is not coming to power for a second time. So there is nothing to worry.

In case you are still worried, just wait for another two days with patience,” he said while addressing a packed house at the ITA Pragjyoti Cultural complex in Guwahati.

He said that the entire north-eastern states are facing an existential question due to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. “If someone tries to end someone’s exis-

tential, people will object and protest. The people of the north-eastern states are objecting and protesting as they are facing an existential threat due to this Bill,” he said extending his support to the agitation against the Bill.

Yashwant lambasts Modi, says PMO dictates everything

Meanwhile, Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP government at the Centre, former BJP leader and Union Minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said that the current BJP government at the Centre has been challenging all the constitutional conventions and destroying all democratic institutions of the country.

“You all know that we have a written Constitution. There are some constitutional conventions in the country which needs to be respected. But the government is hardly following any constitutional

conventions these days,” he said.

Referring to the status of the current Cabinet, Sinha said that in the current dispensation everything is decided from the Prime Ministers’ office. The BJP and PDP formed the government in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Amit Shah visited Kashmir one day and announced that the BJP is pulling out support from the PDP in the state. The Home Minister who was sitting in his office in North Block came to know about this through television channel,” said Sinha.

“When the Prime Minister signed the Naga Framework Agreement with NSCN (IM), the Home Minister came to know about it only when he was rushing to the press conference convened by the PMO the same evening.

The Raksha Mantri was not aware when Prime Minister finalized the Rafale deal in Paris,” said Sinha.

AIZAWL, Feb 10 (Agencies): Mizo National Front (MNF) party is mulling to introduce a new Bill seeking prohibition of sales of liquor in Mizoram. The new Bill is planned to be introduced in the upcoming budget session in March this year.

According to Northeast Now, Mizoram excise and narcotics minister K Beichhua said that a new legislation will be passed in the upcoming budget session to replace the Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition & Control) or MLPC Act 2014 and impose total prohibition in the state, according to reports. He said that Mizoram had earlier declared prolonged dry days as a prelude to prohibition which was quashed by the Gauhati High Court following the petition filed by liquor vendors and warehouse dealers.

He also added that though the government is desirous of observing dry days, it has to respect the court order. Citing that drugs and alcohol have killed many young people and rendered many women

as ‘widows’, the minister vowed that the government would not remain idle to curb the menace. He also called upon the people to extend support to the government in its fight against drugs and alcohol in the

state. The MLPC Act, introduced by Lal Thanhawla-led Congress government came into force in January 2015 replacing the 18-year-old total prohibition law. The first wine shop was opened in the state in March 2015.

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Whereas it is notified that last opportunity is given to No.100584 Constable Temjennongsang to report back to undersigned within 7 (seven) days from the date of publication of this final calling notice, failing which you will be dismissed from service from the date of your absence and declare deserter without further notice.

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UP-U’khand hooch tragedy toll rises to 97

Lucknow/Dehradun, Feb 10 (IANS) The death toll in the moonshine tragedy in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand rose to 97 on Sunday even as 215 people were arrested in a sweeping police crackdown on illicit liquor in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

Simultaneously, as the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) blamed the ruling BJP in both states for the mass deaths, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said he smelt “a conspiracy” in which the SP may be involved.

He said in Gorakhpur that a probe had been ordered. “Such incidents have happened in the past too where many times SP workers were involved. The guilty will not be spared.”

The death toll in Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh remained unchanged at 36, but 18 deaths were reported from the Meerut Medical College where many had been brought after consuming the illicit liquor on Thursday.

Meerut’s Superintendent of Police Ranvijay Singh confirmed the hospital deaths and said 14 others were still undergoing treatment at the medical facility and were in critical condition.

A hospital doctor told IANS that 17-18 of the

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Family members mourn the death of victims who were poisoned after consuming a spurious liquor, in Saharanpur, Saturday. (PTI) 22-24 people brought after taking the moonshine had died. Saharanpur District Magistrate Alok Kumar Pandey told IANS that postmortem had confirmed 36 deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor.

Eleven persons also died in Kushinagar district.

A total of 32 people died in Roorkie and Haridwar in Uttarakhand.

All the deceased had crossed over to Balupur in Roorkie in the neighbouring hill state on Thursday for an after-death ritual where they were apparently served the spurious liquor.

In the crackdown following the deaths, a total of 9,269 litres of moonshine

was seized in Uttar Pradesh and 1,066 litres in Uttarakhand.

A total of 215 persons were arrested in Uttar Pradesh while cases against 297 others have been filed.

In Uttarakhand, 49 cases have been registered.

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a magisterial enquiry into the tragedy and many police and excise department officials have been suspended.

Police raided many places in Banda, Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot, Basti, Deoband, Maharajganj, Mathura, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad and Meerut.

In a joint raid conducted by the police and excise

department, in Nagla Madhya village of Etah district, 50 litres of spurious liquor was seized on Sunday and three persons arrested.

The deaths ignited a blame game.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments in both the states ruled by it and said the BJP has to own up the responsibility for the tragedy.

“BJP is in power in both these states. If anyone is responsible, it is the BJP,” he said, and asked the state governments to hike the compensation announced to the bereaved families from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 20 lakh.

Economic fugitives should not be sheltered: VP Bengaluru, Feb 10 (PTI): Imploring industry bodies to weed out “black sheeps” who give a bad name to the business community, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu Sunday asked various nations to reach a consensus to not provide shelter to fugitives involved in economic offences.

“In the wake of the economic offences by some individuals, I implore industry bodies to weed out black sheeps who give a bad name to the business community,” he said at “The Huddle,” a thought conclave held by ‘The Hindu’ here.

“Time also has come for various nations to arrive at a consensus in not providing shelter to economic fugitives,” he added.

These remarks come in the wake of industrialist Vijay Mallya’s possible extradition to India from the United Kingdom. A UK court on December 10 last year had ordered extradition of Mallya, who is wanted in India for alleged fraud and

Venkaiah Naidu (File) money laundering involving an estimated Rs 9,000 crore.

“It should be remembered that such economic offences pose a direct challenge to a nation’s health and wealth,” Naidu said.

Voicing concern about the disruptions in the functioning of Parliament and legislatures, Naidu said the time has come for political parties to evolve a code of conduct for their MPs and MLAs and ensure effective functioning if these Houses have to fulfil the aspirations of people.

“It is truly unfortunate that disorder and disruptions have become the order

of the day,” he said.

He said he also felt that political parties should not resort to populist, impractical and short-term promises to win elections as the country’s economy would suffer in the long-term due to unproductive schemes.

“We need to empower people to stand on their feet, rather than making them increasingly dependent on governments,” Naidu said.

The vice-president said the delicate balance between the executive, legislature and judiciary should be maintained at all times and nobody should encroach into the domain of the other.

“The wheels of democracy will run smoothly as long as each wing functions within its demarcated domain and not overstep into other’s jurisdiction,” he added.

Naidu said the other major challenge the country needs to address on a war footing is the deficiencies in infrastructure development and the central government

is already addressing the issue by building road and highway networks, developing ports and promoting regional air connectivity.

The Public-Private Partnership projects have to be scaled up for accelerating the pace of infrastructure development and need to promote massive infrastructure projects for the country to compete with other countries, Naidu said.

On the media scenario in India, he said some of the news stories are slanted to suit the views of the management and media outlets are being started for commercial and political considerations, not for providing pure and unadulterated news to the people.

Mindless sensationalism and paid news are some of the concerns that media professionals themselves need to address, he added.

Media associations should also come out with a code of conduct for journalists to ensure professional integrity, the vice-president said.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday demanded the BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand ensure strict punishment to those responsible for the hooch tragedy and provide adequate compensation to the families of the deceased.

Over 60 people have died in the hooch tragedy that hit two adjoining districts in the two states with more people dying of the spurious liquor they drank at a Haridwar village, officials said.

More than 20 people died in Balupur and its neighbouring villages in Haridwar district and around 40 had died in UP’s Saharanpur district.

Priyanka Gandhi, who took charge as AICC general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh East last week, said it was unimaginable that the business of illegal liquor was operated on such a large scale under the patronage of the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh governments.

“I am very shocked and saddened to know that more than 100 people have been killed in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, Kushinagar and several villages, and the death toll is continuing to mount,” she

Temperature dips to 3 deg Cel in Nashik Nashik, Feb 10 (PTI): The minimum temperature dipped to 3 degree Celsius in Nashik district of Maharashtra, forcing grape growers to set up bonfires to save the crop from damage, officials said on Sunday.

Two bodies of beggars were also found on the Godavari river’s bank in the city on Saturday evening, with police suspecting that they died of severe cold conditions, an official at Panchavati police station said. The unidentified bodies were later sent to the Civil Hospital for post mortem, he said. A minimum temperature of 3 degree Celsius was recorded in Niphad tehsil, the agricultural belt in the district famous for grape production, at 7 am on Saturday, a MeT department official said. Frozen dew drops on sugarcane, wheat and grapevines prompted the farmers to light bonfires to save the crops from perishing, an official at the district collectorate said.

BJP, Congress heavyweights Amol Palekar’s speech on whirlwind tour of Odisha cut off at Mumbai event Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 (PTI): With the Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls drawing closer, heavyweights of both BJP and Congress are all set to increase the frequency of their visits to Odisha.

Both the parties are focussing on Odisha where Assembly election is likely to be held along with Lok Sabha polls in April-May this year.

After his back-to-back Odisha visits, BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to address a rally at Sambalpur on February 15, a party leader said.

Shah will have a meeting with the booth level organisers of four Lok Sabha constituencies of Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Bargarh and Sundargarh. About 60,000 booth level organisers will attend the meeting, according to state BJP chief Basant Panda.

This will be Shahs third visit to Odisha this year and the second in 12 days.

His last visit to Odisha was on February 3 when he addressed a meeting of BJP’s ST Morcha at Puri.

Earlier, he had visited Cuttack district and addressed a public meeting at Kulia in Salipur block on January 29.

On both the occasions, Shah had slammed the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Odisha dubbing it as a “fused transformer” which needs to be replaced.

Shahs back-to-back visits were followed by a tour of BJP stalwart and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to Dhenkanal and Paradip on February 6 when he launched a slew of projects.

The BJP, which seems to be leaving no stone unturned to brighten its poll prospects, is also organising “Parivartan Samabesh” in all the 147 Assembly segments in the state. The saffron party has set a target of winning more than 120 of the 147 Assembly seats in the state.

As part of its strategy, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union ministers Giriraj Singh, Ram Kripal Yadav and

Manoj Sinha are scheduled to lead the partys campaign in Odisha in days ahead.

Rajnath Singh is slated to visit Odisha on February 17, while Giriraj Singh and Ram Kripal Yadav are also scheduled to tour the state.

Adityanath’s programmes are being given final shape, a senior BJP leader said.

The visits are coming after three back-to-back visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the state on December 24, January 5 and January 15.

The saffron party is keen to corner a large number of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha and also overthrow the Naveen Patnaik government. The BJD is in power in Odisha since 2000.

Cong res president Rahul Gandhi, who has already visited Odisha twice in a fortnight, is slated to undertake another visit this month.

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has also urged the AICC to bring Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as a star campaigner during Rahul Gandhi’s visit.

Mumbai, Feb 10 (AGENCIES): Veteran actor and director Amol Palekar was repeatedly interrupted during his speech at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Mumbai and then cut off after he criticized the government.

Palekar was speaking at the opening of an exhibition “Inside The Empty Box” in memory of artist Prabhakar Barwe.

A video circulating on social media showed Palekar criticising the Ministry of Culture for reportedly scrapping the advisory committees at the gallery’s Mumbai and Bengaluru centres. “Many of you may not know that this retrospective will be the last show decided by the advisory committee of local artists and not by some bureaucrat or an agent of the government with an agenda of either moral policing or proliferation of certain art commensurate with an ideological incline,” Amol Palekar said referring to news reports.

“As of November 13, 2018, the artistes’ advisory committees at both regional centres Mumbai and Bangalore have been abolished,

Amol Palekar (File) is what I have learnt,” he said. He added that he was “in the process of verifying the hearsay”. At this point, a gallery member on stage interrupted, saying that Amol Palekar should talk about the event.

“I am going to talk about the same. Are you applying censorship to that,” Palekar responded, He then said that as per his information, after the abolition of local artists’ committee, decisions as to whose work should be exhibited would be taken from Delhi by the Ministry of Culture.

He was again interrupted by a woman, who said, “This is not needed at the moment, sorry....The function is about Prabhakar Barwe, please stick to that.”

Priyanka Gandhi (File) said in her first official statement after taking charge as general secretary.

“No amount of condemnation is enough for this heart-wrenching incident,” she said in the statement issued in Hindi.

Priyanka Gandhi said she hopes that the BJP governments will take strict action against the criminals responsible for the deaths and provide appropriate compensation as well as the provision of government jobs for the families of the deceased.

“I am extremely distressed to hear about such a tragic incident and express my deepest condolences to the family members of the deceased persons,” she said.

Meanwhile, BSP supremo Mayawati also come down heavily on the government over the deaths.

5 Centre committed to resolve Goa mining crisis, says Naik Panaji, Feb 10 (PTI); Prime Minister Narendra Modi has briefed the Union Cabinet about the mining crisis in Goa and asserted the need to resolve the issue on priority, Union AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik said on Sunday.

A delegation of mining dependents and MPs from Goa had last Wednesday met Modi in New Delhi over their demand for resumption of the iron ore extraction operations in the coastal state.

“After the delegation of Goa leaders and mining dependents met the prime minister, he chaired a Cabinet meeting where he briefed the members about the mining issue and asserted that we need to find a solution to it,” Naik told reporters on the sidelines of a government event near Panaji.

The mining operations, a key source of revenue to the government, came to a standstill in March last year following a Supreme Court order which quashed 88 mining leases. The BJP-led state government has requested the Centre to amend the existing mining laws during the ongoing session of Parliament so that leases get extended.

Naik said a speedy solution to the mining crisis was not possible as

Muslims must be part of India’s growth: Frank

Frank Islam (File) New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS): Muslims must take active part in shaping the future of India and be “equal partners” in the country’s “shared prosperity”, India-born American philanthropist Frank Islam said here.

Drawing attention to the Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee report of 2006, Islam said the only way forward to move out of poverty was to take up education.

He was delivering a lecture at the India Islamic Cultural Centre here on Saturday. “I love India because

I was born here and because of its art, music, history, culture and rituals. But most of all, I love India because it stands as an international beacon of democracy, diversity and peace,” he said.

Speaking of education, he said women’s education and empowerment were must if India is to achieve full potential and become a leader in the global community. “Education prepares girls to become change agents. Their participation is vital for the future of individual family and for India,” Islam said.

In the context of maintaining social harmony, Islam said he believed in the interfaith dialogue as it “brings people together and increases religious and cultural unity”. “Interfaith dialogue allows us to build bridges, to break down barriers and to promote a shared sense of community. India has long succeeded because it is diverse, inclusive and tolerant,” he said.

Shripad Naik (File) the issue was “not within the Union government’s purview”.

“But, the government is on it and we will be able to find a solution by February 15, after the budget session of Parliament ends on February 13,” he said.

Reacting to a statement by Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF) that it does not have much hope from the BJP, Naik said leaders of mining dependents should “stop misguiding the people”.

The minister also ruled out the possibility of the mining issue impacting BJP’s prospects in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.

“Goa’s people know what we have done for them. We are indebted to the people of Goa who are responsible for the party’s growth. They will surely stand by the BJP during the Lok Sabha elections,” he said.

Zee files defamation case against ‘The Wire’ New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS): Zee Media Corp Ltd has filed a criminal defamation case against the Foundation for Independent Journalism which runs the news portal ‘The Wire’ on charges of publishing defamatory articles. Zee filed the case through advocate Vijay Aggarwal on February 7 under sections 499, 500, 34 and 109 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the Foundation as well as Gulam Shaik Budan, Anuj Srinivas, M.K. Venu, Siddharth Vardarajan and Sidharth Roshanlal Bhatia. The case was filed in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Anand at the Patiala House Court here. The offence is punishable with up to two years of imprisonment. The main allegation in the case is that articles dated January 24, 2019 were published wherein false and defamatory allegations against Zee Media Corp Ltd were levelled.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXIX NO. 65 Dimapur, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Unrelenting on CAB

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hile the people of the north east has spoken out in one voice against the proposed Citizenship(Amendment)Bill 2016 and while most political parties also chose to oppose the bill by heeding to the voices of their people, the NDA government has shown little inclination to hear these pleas.

The ball is clearly in the BJP government’s court after it was passed by the Lok Sabha on January 8,2019.

The Bill was originally introduced in 2016 and later sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The Committee submitted its report and after which the Bill was redrafted and presented to the Lok Sabha. The opposition in the Rajya Sabha has raised objections to the proposed amendment in the bill, which excludes Muslims. The very fact that the CAB excludes Muslims goes against the grain of secularism which remains the core of Indian democracy. Opposition parties have been demanding that the bill be referred to a select committee before it is discussed in the Rajya Sabha. The Citizenship Act of 1955 labels a person an “illegal immigrant” if they have entered India without travel documents or overstayed the date specified in the travel documents. The minimum residency period for citizenship as per the Citizenship Act of 1955 is 12 years. However under the CAB 2016 it is being reduced from 12 years to 6 years. There have been massive outpouring of anger against the CAB, particularly in Assam and Manipur. Even Meghalaya a state having BJP as a coalition partner, has, in no uncertain terms, made known its total opposition against the Bill.

Rather one of the two, BJP legislators from Meghalaya, Sanbor Shullai warned that he would be compelled to leave the party if the controversial Bill is passed in the Rajya Sabha. Even Meghalaya chief minister and National People’s Party(NPP) president Conrad Sangma has threatened to snap ties with the BJP if the CAB is passed in the Rajya Sabha. Sangma’s threat comes after his party-NPP- unanimously decided to oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

In an unprecedented constitutional move, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram have passed resolutions in the state assemblies to reject the bill.Reports of angry protestors in Assam and Manipur continue to pour in.

In BJP-ruled Assam, when prime minister Narendra Modi arrived Guwahati, he was greeted with black flags and slogans. The Asom Gana Parishad(AGP) had to walk out of the BJP-led coalition in order to make good its repeated warnings in the past against the CAB. In Nagaland, the state-wide 10-hour bandh on February 11 comes after the earlier 11-hour bandh held on January 8. Both the bandhs are directly linked with opposition against the CAB. The sentiments against the CAB throughout the north east is discernible and has clearly pitted the BJP against the rest in the region. However, the BJP is not interested to heed to the voices of even its own north east party members.

That itself is an indication of how prepared the party is to push through the legislation. According to reports, the BJP’s calculations indicate that it will not lose too much in the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 even if the bill is amended and passed into an Act before the elections, has made it unwilling to drop the bill. Eventually, what BJP does with CAB will impact 2019 polls and also the political landscape of the region.

DailyDevotion Is Your Ability to See God Blinded?

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things… —Isaiah 40:26 The people of God in Isaiah’s time had blinded their minds’ ability to see God by looking on the face of idols. But Isaiah made them look up at the heavens; that is, he made them begin to use their power to think and to visualize correctly. If we are children of God, we have a tremendous treasure in nature and will realize that it is holy and sacred. We will see God reaching out to us in every wind that blows, every sunrise and sunset, every cloud in the sky, every flower that blooms, and every leaf that fades, if we will only begin to use our blinded thinking to visualize it.

The real test of spiritual focus is being able to bring your mind and thoughts under control. Is your mind focused on the face of an idol? Is the idol yourself? Is it your work? Is it your idea of what a servant should be, or maybe your experience of salvation and sanctification? If so, then your ability to see God is blinded. You will be powerless when faced with difficulties and will be forced to endure in darkness. If your power to see has been blinded, don’t look back on your own experiences, but look to God. It is God you need. Go beyond yourself and away from the faces of your idols and away from everything else that has been blinding your thinking.

Wake up and accept the ridicule that Isaiah gave to his people, and deliberately turn your thoughts and your eyes to God. One of the reasons for our sense of futility in prayer is that we have lost our power to visualize. We can no longer even imagine putting ourselves deliberately before God. It is actually more important to be broken bread and poured-out wine in the area of intercession than in our personal contact with others. The power of visualization is what God gives a saint so that he can go beyond himself and be firmly placed into relationships he never before experienced.

Quotes

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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ndian political economy is at test. The budget has caused discomfort in the opposition. It has taken away the wind out of their sail as the government proposes income guarantee and welfare of the most populous communities – farmers, labourers, working class, the low-earners, and indicates more sops after polls.

Income guarantee is a masterstroke as it keeps farmers out ambit of WTO. Has it turned the opposition jittery? Is it not the reason for upping their ante? May be. More so as the figures of total subsidies from food, urea, LPG, cotton procurement, North-East industries and Jammu and Kashmir, interest subventions are continuously rising from Rs 224,428 crore in 201718 to Rs 334,234 crore in 2018-19.

The allocation for scheduled castes’ welfare has also jumped to Rs 76,800 crore from Rs 49,177 crore in 2017-18 – Rs 27,623 hike. This is at a time when the government claims that it has been reducing subsidies.

The railways for long were used for populist

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Budget has more sops

purposes. The Modi gover nment has carefully showcased it through the Train 18 – semi superfast.

The budgetary figures indicate that the railways are being given special attention. Its capital outlay has seen whopping rise of Rs 72,407 crore from Rs 152,255crore in 2017-18 to Rs 224,662 crore. The total outlay increases by over Rs 115,810 crore. It means a lot and it touches almost all corners of the country.

T h e r u l i n g N DA can carefully use it for electoral campaign. The opposition has to work overtime to negate these figures.

A careful rejig of etail (electronic retail) rules is to help Indian businesses – a plus during the poll time. The new policy puts a series of curbs on how the worlds giant retailers Amazon India and Flipcart operate - restricting discounts, now ownership in sellers on the market place platform and disallowing exclusive product launches – forcing them restructure operation and take hit on sales.

The grand swadeshi move has led to $ 50 billion market value loss in

the global equity market for the US giants – Walmart and Amazon, which owns 77 percent stake in India’s online retailer Flipkart.

A quiet Indian move that saw the two giants committing less investment in the Indian market as their business saw a slower growth.

The figures are spread to various heads and the ruling combine is likeShivaji ly to make a kill during the campaign.

The opposition has reason to feel jittery. So is not there anything for bashing the NDA? There are many but the recent offers of sops would not make it easy to counter these. Jobs are definitely one. Unemployment in 2017-18 was a 45-year high of 6.1 percent, says the labour survey of the National Sample Survey Office against 2.2 percent in 2011-12. It was higher in urban areas at 7.8 percent. That is the BJP’s major support base. In rural areas it is 5.3 percent.

A major job crisis is reflected as over 6 percent more people have been found to be displaced from jobs since 2011-12 and 10 percent since 2004,

the NDA-I. This shows that proportion of people in the 16-64 age group have less chance of having a job, technically signified as fall in labour force participation. In 2004, labour force was 43 percent, in 2011 shrunk to 39.5 percent and in 2017 to 36.9 percent.

The Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE) Sarkar shows job deterioration throughout 2018, when 11 million jobs were lost – 7.4 percent unemployment – till December 2018.

The figures suggest that job crisis has persisted during the UPA and despite promises NDA could not check it.

The overall investment rate has also come down. Bank credit growth is slow. The employment is falling. The stark question is how India would be able to maintain 7 percent growth.

The GST has created a pan-India market. It looks good but it has also hit many small businesses that could survive on tax avoidance.

Demonetisation also caused loss of jobs and

slowing down. But the subsequent poll results right from UP in 2017 to MP in 2018 does not show much loss of votes for the BJP. While should not make the BJP complacent, it has also little logic for the opposition to be buoyant unless they play deftly.

What can hit the BJP are some no-traditional aspects that nobody has taken note of. In the rural areas, major criticism of the party is not so much on job losses but imposing of various cess from petrol, tolls on roads, city entries, junking of ten-year-old vehicles as per NGT orders and post-demonetisation “scrutiny” by the incometax department (I-T).

Despite income guarantee now, farmers are not getting remunerative prices. The LPG price increases has hit the rural hearth. The slowdown of the real estate sector has hit many supportive industries like brick kilns. Even NGO work has been hit by imposition of GST on their donations. These are raising discontent at the minutest levels.

The issues could be cashed by the opponents.

The people are wondering why the government did not take note of these

issues.

The I-T can become a major issue as there is six-fold increase in scrutiny - from the 20,088 cases in 2017-18 to 134,574 cases as per finance ministry data. Majority of these are for I-T returns of 2015-16.

It has hit many marginal farmers.

Separately, 2,99,937 notices were sent by the department during 201718 to those who deposited large sums during demonetisation but did not file income tax returns, There is a cry that rent-seeking has increased.

A progressive society lets the people move freely. But tax shackles are causing harassment. The Modi government has done well in freeing those earning upto Rs 5 lakh from the I-T net.

It needs to consider I-T abolition in its manifesto. It would save the people from tax terror as also increase essential money flow into the economy.

The path to the elections is interesting. It is a major social churning.

The emerging Mahagathbandhan and NDA are poised to woo the voters with easing of the economy. Brain wracking for a new economy would continue.

Post-mortem NLSF standpoint on Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016

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e, the Nagas are all Indians by choice or coercion; pending the final settlement of the Indo-Naga issue.

Most of us from the Nor th-easter n States in mainland India have faced discrimination in some form or the other and are still facing, for no fault of ours but due to our physical appearance and attributes which the almighty God created and we inherited the Mongolian DNA. Hindus of North-easter n States opposing the CAB 2016 which allows Hindus from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan begs the question of: “why on earth are they against their brethren in terms of religion with similar religious practices?” Hindu majority North-eastern states of Manipur and Assam are leading the charge in opposing the CAB 2016; if we go back to history and reflect, doesn’t it rings the bell of Hitler’s Nazi party policy and implementation of the extermination of Jews and promoting the idea of racially pure Aryan race; Tactics and strategies have changed but the aims and objectives sound and act similar.

If CAB 2016 is just an issue of demographics and

vote bank politics, then why are the Mizos of Mizoram State under Indian Union sloganeering “Hello China, Bye Bye India”, thereby rejecting democracy and welcoming Communism; If we truly introspect, doesn’t it bring up the Issue of race, as even Christians are opposing Christians from the three mentioned countries in the CAB 2016, despite the inclusion of Christians along with other minorities of those countries.

“Is it because most of the North-eastern Indians are of Mongolian race and thereby the fear of politically and systematically being wiped out as a race through guileful policies and inter-marriages”, only to be remembered in the future as a footnote in the annals of history that there once lived in majority, the Mongolian race in most of the Northeastern States of India.

The CAB 2016 has many dimensions of nefarious hidden agenda, therefore. The Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) totally and wholeheartedly opposes the CAB 2016 and is ready to challenge CAB 2016 from implementation, even if CAB 2016 is passed by the Indian Parliament.

C. Talimoa Chishi, President NLSF

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CAB a future threat to Nagas

t has hardly soaked into the minds of our politicians that the public of Nagaland and the entire north east has one major worry on our minds. We the public want them to know that the issue of the CAB has a tremendous impact on the future of Nagaland.

Our Chief Minister and the cabinet hardly lifted their eyebrows when New Delhi tabled the issue.

Whereas, the other states from the beginning were vehemently raising their voices. Could it be that we are in such a compromised state that we don’t know white from black?

Did our ministers did not want to upset the BJP and its agenda?

You would think that Christians may not have anything in this regard. We do. We are not just foot cushions for all to walk on. We do have an opinion when it comes to our future or the future of our children. God the Father has a standard where the very existence of the citizens will not be threatened by outside alien (foreign) factors or enemies. Nagaland is supposed to be a protected place as per the rules. Our Nagaland is already exploding with traders and businessmen most of which are illegal immigrants called Bangladeshis claiming to be from Assam. They continue to come in as Nagaland is a haven of peace and prosperity for them. Occasionally they are given the honour of being freedom fighters for NPGs collecting taxes or some dirty job. Our politicians boast of Article 371A and ILP and such instruments but hardly, we hardly do anything about it.

Our politicians are even thinking of selling off our land in the name of setting up safe zones or special economic zones. Unemployment of our youth is a big subject and government jobs are at the mercy and whims of our ministers. Our Nagas cannot compete with Bangladeshi claiming to be from Assam. Their brotherhood runs thick and they are already setting up chains of business. What can some of our youth do but get drunk with ‘Assam’ made hard liquor and threaten local business men or make fast friends with these Bangladeshis from Assam now running business big and small, and some in the name of some glorious big Naga dada. So we want Rio and his government to live up to their words. Ensure ILP and enforce it. Our grandchildren may be speaking Bangla instead of Nagamese if you will not lift up your arm to drive illegal immigrants and a mini Mecca in every colony with ear-splitting loud speakers with the call of the Imam.

It is a tragedy that a student body has to take the matter time to time when it comes to ILP. Politicians have shamed us by quoting ILP without any substance. Probably all illegal immigrants just take a good laugh as whenever we bring up the ILP. They are good at giving a little bribe and our local officials are equally smart at receiving the bribe. Yeah we are so proud to have the ILP on paper. But is your government going to put the law into good effect? We request our Police department starting with the

‘Community is the power, community is the cure, community matters’

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strong sense of community adds real value to our lives. It not only helps us feel more connected to the world around us, it also makes a measurable difference in our happiness and our health.

We must inspire our community by increasing people’s confidence, helping them connect to others, and pushing them to challenge themselves. Communities give us all kinds of opportunities to be friendly and helpful, of course, from lending a neighbor a cup of milk to supporting a local church project or providing an elderly acquaintance a caring ear. Helping is accurate, the value we get from offering such small acts of daily kindness would be hard to overrate.

Community just makes things so much better. Although we might be an introvert by nature and find ourselves want-

ing alone time, we should value community and appreciate all the advantages it has. Not just the offline community but the online ones are also particularly enriching.

Look around your community and be inspired even on those days when your belief in yourself isn’t working. When working alone, it’s oftentimes too easy to give up when things get hard. By surrounding yourself with others working toward a similar goal or objective, you’ll get motivation, support, and friendly competition to push yourself just a bit further than you would have done on your own. We need each other maybe not in the ways that characterized us evolutionarily, but for a need that remains essential for psychological survival.

Express happiness when you see your people. Show your excitement. You will never

regret showing too much love and they will love receiving it.

Give credit to your people as often as you can.

Just as people want to be heard, people want to be recognized. Instill confidence in others by complimenting your people and making them feel confident. It’s free it makes them feel good, more comfortable, and safe.

Connect people help your community don’t expect to get anything from it. Just know that you are spreading goodwill for your tribe, and again, the universe is always watching.

Don’t make friends just to make friends. Build the right community who will give you the strength to act on your ideas and inspire you to be the best version of you.

Jacob Singh Sundas, Concerned Citizen of Chümoukedima Town, Dimapur

very top, as you are all salaried and paid well to do your job, to check this nuisance in our land. Do your job sincerely. Don’t you think you are going to give an account to God one of these days? We need to hear about our smart police not just in pretty uniform but in duty as well. The police exist not just to put on a uniform but to check criminals and illegal activities from the minister to the lawbreaker on the street. Are we seeing corrupt and undisciplined law keepers? Are the hands of our law keepers tied up by our unrivalled ministers or their hands equally muddy? Woe is us if there is not a God fearing man in the land. Do we even see what has happened to Tripura?

The original locals are in such a minority now. They have lost their land, their honour and their future. Perhaps our politicians are so short-sighted and are just looking to make a quick buck before the next election. Please study the ground realities. Do you not see the numbers of them as they gather at the time of Id? These illegal immigrants are not just picking up every business but marry local women and own properties with the connection. Unless we act strictly with provisions like ILP, we will consider every government as traitors to the Nagas. We are asking ourselves, is our Naga government a friend or a foe? If you are for the Nagas then act for the Nagas. Where is the change you promised?

Media cell, Citizens Believers Movement

Reader’s Post Sir,

Against CAB: A simple theory!

Why do we protest against passing of Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016? The most simple answer to this is that when it is passed the six religious minority of Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan will become Citizen of India by naturalization. When the need for mass deportation of immigrants arise our rights inscribed in the Indian Constitution Article 371 (A) and BEFR (1873) will become a mere Ordinary Right. The most effected will be the towns and cities as we cannot have the Right to deport Immigrants of Indian citizens whereas we can readily deport Illegal immigrants with the special rights given to us. Thus, the reality is that Mass exodus of Illegal immigrants won’t affect us in return but the deprivation of Indian citizens in our soil may cause havoc to our fellow Nagas living in the mainland India. The most crucial task of protecting our Identity as a Naga lies within the ambit of our socio-political leaders before we fall in prey of this alien inter-cultural domination. This is why our hue and cry should be heard because our resentment is as clear with our conscience.

This may sound contradictory but it has to be addressed at this point of time.

Atö Keduvito Lüho, Khuzama village

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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BJP’s Mukul Roy named in FIR for TMC MLA’s killing

Truth will always prevail: Robert Vadra

Robert Vadra (File)

New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): Robert Vadra, who was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for three consecutive days last week in connection with a probe into allegations of money laundering to purchase assets abroad, said on Sunday that truth will always prevail.

“Morning, Just want to say thank you to all my friends and acquaintances who have reached out in support from all over the nation, at this time,” Vadra said in a Facebook post.

Vadra, the brother-inlaw of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and husband of AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, was questioned for about eight hours by the ED on Saturday as he appeared before the agency for the third consecutive day.

“I’m fine, good and disciplined to deal with anything, I’m put through.

‘Truth will always prevail’.

Wishing you all a hap-

py Sunday and a healthy week,” he said. He also faced two sessions of questioning on February 7 and 8.

W h i l e Va d r a wa s quizzed for about five-anda-half hours on Thursday, he was grilled for about 9 hours the next day. Vadra has denied the allegations against him.

The ED case against Vadra relates to allegations of money laundering in the purchase of a Londonbased property located at 12, Bryanston Square worth 1.9 million GBP (British pounds), which is allegedly owned by him.

The agency has told a Delhi court that it has received information about various new properties in London which belong to Vadra.

These include two houses, one worth 5 million GBP and the other valued at 4 million GBP, six other flats and more properties.

No agenda, no answers: PM Modi slams Opposition alliance Ti ru pp u r , F e b 1 0 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the opposition alliance, questioning why they were combining against him when they claim his government was a failure.

Referring to the coming together of opposition parties of various hues, Modi, addressing a rally in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur after inaugurating a slew of projects, termed them an “adulterated alliance” and a “club of rich people” to promote a dynasty.

Nobody knows the agenda of the opposition alliance and they don’t have worthwhile answers to any question, he alleged.

“The only answer they have for all the questions is ‘ask Modi’,” he said.

Citing cases against opposition leaders, he said after the availability of family pack ice creams and mobile telephony packages, it is “now the turn of family pack jail”.

Alleging that the opposition was good at spreading panic and misleading the youth, farmers and other sections of society, the Prime Minister said that for a long time the opposition parties had created tension in society on the issue of social justice.

“For us, social justice is an article of faith and not

TDP protest FREE FIBRO SCAN Modi’s visit to AND Andhra Pradesh FATTY LIVER SCREENING CAMP Vijayawada/GunFAITH HOSPITAL

a mathematical formula, the way it is for the opposition parties,” he said, adding that it was the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee that restored reservation in promotions for the SC/STs, a privilege that was scrapped by the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre earlier.

Referring to his government’s decision to provide 10 per cent reservation to the economically backward sections, Modi said the move aims at equality of opportunities to all and would not affect the existing reservation for SC/ STs and Other Backward Classes.

He criticised the Congress’ farm loan waiver scheme saying that it would not benefit anybody but would result in an extra burden of Rs 50,000 crore, while his government, for the first time in India’s history, had announced a Rs 6,000 per year income

(SP) Ajay Singh told PTI. The protesters set afire three police vehicles -- two jeeps and a bus, he added.

The SP said the protesters also pelted stones, injuring four personnel, adding that police had to lob tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

The Hindoli-Uniyara state highway was blocked in Bundi district, where hundreds of people demonstrated throughout the day.

As traffic movement came to a halt, vehicles were diverted to other routes.

The demonstrators, however, allowed the passage of ambulances and vehicles with patients or pregnant woman. Chief Minister

(From p-1) Referring to the promise of “election for solution”, the committee expected GoI to be transparent and more honest with its citizens “rather than giving them false hopes and ultimately betray them, citing excuses”.

It alleged that, rubbing salt to the injury, New Delhi was now hell bent on imposing its political agenda as the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was passed in Lok Sabha on January 8. It said the Bill was now expected to be tabled in Raja Sabha anytime as a supplementary item, as confirmed by BJP’s national secretary Ram Madhav.

Mentioning that people of the Northeast cutting across political affiliations had rejected CAB outright, JCC regretted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook visits to a few

North-eastern States with the intention of pacifying the people.

“Nevertheless, whatever assurances GoI had given on CAB and its implications, one cannot be duped for the reason that there is no mechanism by which indigenous people can be protected locally or nationally from the menace once CAB is enacted,” it added. JCC said “relentless lobby” of the Central government for the Bill amounted to total disregard to the sentiments of people of the Northeast.

Meanwhile, JCC appealed to all tribe hohos and GBs to coordinate and monitor the bandh to ensure that no violence takes place under any circumstances. It said the bandh was a conscience call to the people to rise on the occasion and protect their rights, privileges, dignity and security.

Mayawati’s main purpose was to build own statues: Paswan New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): Taking a dig at BSP supremo Mayawati, Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan said Sunday that her main purpose in erecting statues of several Dalit icons, including B R Ambedkar, when she was the Uttar Pradesh chief minister was to build her own statues.

Paswan’s comments came in the wake of some adverse observations made by the Supreme Court in a plea filed against her decision to spend public money on statues of leaders, some of whom were linked to her party, and also on the BSP symbol of the elephant when she was at the helm in UP.

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Ashok Gehlot called the stone pelting and the torching of vehicles unjustified.

“Holding protest is justified but sitting on railway tracks is not. Protesters should come forward for talks. The government is open for dialogue and has constituted a committee,” he said.

Referring to the violence in Dholpur, Gehlot said, “Anti-social elements have joined the protest. Administration and police will investigate the reasons of the incident. Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla has appealed to maintain peace so people should listen to him.”

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tur, Feb 10 (PTI): TDP workers staged protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrived Sunday on his first visit to the state after the ruling Telugu Desam Party severed ties with the NDA. Naiduled party quit the BJP-led alliance protesting the “injustice” done to the state post-bifurcation. Giving the protocol a go-by, none of the state ministers turned up at the Gannavaram airport to formally receive Modi, who is on an official-cumpolitical visit. BJP leaders alleged that people were “thwarted,” from reaching the venue in large numbers and said countdown would start for Naidu when Modi commences his rally.

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scheme for farmers’ holding less than five acres of land.

When the scheme was announced in Parliament the opposition parties were left shocked, he added.

Modi said the work culture of his government is vastly different from that of the earlier Congress led one.

He stressed his government has zero tolerance against corruption, and is providing “Kamaraj Rule” or corruption-free rule, like freedom fighter and veteran leader K Kamaraj who provided a clean government as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister.

The Prime Minister said no middleman roam around in the corridors of power now, which was not the case with the earlier Congress-led governments.

He said the government has struck down various bogus companies and bogus beneficiaries of various welfare schemes.

Without naming him directly, Modi took a jibe at former Union Finance Minister P.Chidambaram as “recounting minister” and said the latter is of the view that all the knowledge in the world resides in him.

In 2009 Lok Sabha polls, Chidambaram was declared a winner after a recount of votes.

Gujjar community members block national highway 58 in support of their demand for reservation in Ajmer, Sunday, Feb 10, 2019. (PTI)

Nizamuddin August Kranti Rajdhani Express, 19022 Lucknow Jn.-Bandra Terminus Express, 12059/12060 Kota-Hazrat NizamuddinKota Jan Shatabdi Express and 12909 Bandra Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express were among those which were cancelled.

At least 13 trains were running late in the zone. The 22405 Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express, Mumbai-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express were delayed by around three hours while the RaxaulAnandvihar Sadbhavna Express was running late by seven hours, it said.

Naidu drag Modi’s wife in response to comment Amaravati, Feb 10 (PTI): Taking exception to the Prime Minister addressing him as “father of Lokesh” at a rally in Guntur on February 10, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu launched a counter-offensive by dragging Narendra Modi’s wife into the row.

“You have estranged your wife. Do you have any respect in the family system,” Naidu asked Modi. The TDP president said he loved his family and respected it. He said the Prime Minister did not have a family or a son.

“Since you have referred to my son, I am mentioning about your wife. People, do you know Narendra Modi has a wife? Her name is Jashodaben,” Naidu told a public meeting at Vijayawada. The Chief Minister also continued his outburst at the Prime Minister, accusing him of ruining the country and all the systems. Naidu, who had earlier welcomed demonetisation when it was announced on November 8, 2016, now called it a “mad Tughlaq act”. “They scrapped Rs 1000 currency note but brought in Rs 2000 note. How will corruption end,” he asked. The TDP had quit the NDA in March last year protesting against the “injustice” done to the state post-bifurcation.

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Bengal Police told PTI that two of the four people named in the FIR have been arrested.

“So far, we have arrested two persons in this case and detained another three.

A country-made revolver used to shoot the MLA has also been recovered.

“As per our primary findings, it seems that the victim was fired from behind and the act was the result of a well-planned plot,” he said.

Asked about the chances of the assailants fleeing the area, the officer said the state police have been put on a high alert.

“Nadia shares border with Bangladesh and there could be a possibility of them (assailants) trying to escape to the neighbouring country. Police have been

Jaipur/New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): The Gujjar community agitation demanding five per cent quota in jobs and education turned violent Sunday with shots being fired and police vehicles torched in Dholpur district and protesters blocking road and rail traffic in many areas in Rajasthan.

As a precautionary measure, authorities have imposed prohibitory orders under CrPc section 144 in Dholpur and neighbouring Karauli districts, police said. At least 20 trains were cancelled and seven diverted during the day as the protesters, led by the Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti chief Kirori Singh Bainsla, continued their sit-in on railway tracks in Sawai Madhopur district for the third day on Sunday, officials said.

The sit-in began on Friday evening and has affected the movement of over 250 trains through the region since.

The agitators also blocked highways connecting major cities on Sunday.

According to police officials, three cases have been registered in connection with the blocking of traffic.

Violence broke out in Dholpur district as unidentified miscreants fired 8-10 rounds in the air while a blockade on the Agra-Morena Highway was in place, Superintendent of Police

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put on high alert to check the movements along the border,” he said.

The country-made revolver was recovered from a ground near the place of the incident.

Biswas (41), who represented Krishnaganj constituency in the Assembly, was shot from a point blank range by unidentified assailants Saturday evening inside a Saraswati puja marquee at Phoolbari area, which is about 15 km from the Bangladesh border.

He was immediately taken to a local hospital where doctors announced him “brought dead”.

His body was brought home from the hospital Sunday morning for last rites, amid a blame-game between the ruling party and opposition BJP leaders over who was responsible for the death.

A large crowd gathered to pay last respects to the deceased MLA at his residence, a few metres away from the Saraswati Puja marquee where he was shot.

Roy, a former TMC member of Parliament, said that the legislator’s killing could be a result of infighting within the TMC.

New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): A parliamentary panel has taken strong exception to the utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund in construction of buildings, saying such allocations virtually defeat the very purpose of the project -- the women safety.

The Parliamentar y Standing Committee on Home Affairs, headed by Congress leader P Chidambaram, said, “The committee is also of the firm view that funds for construction of buildings should come from other sources and not from the Nirbhaya Fund.

“Nirbhaya Fund should not be used for construction of buildings. Such allocations virtually defeat the purpose of it,” the panel said in its report submitted to the Rajya Sabha last week. The committee said it strongly recommends that the home ministry should desist from sanctioning funds for schemes like construction of buildings from the Nirbhaya Fund and adhere to its original purpose.

The Nirbhaya Fund was started in 2013 by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to implement initiatives aimed at enhancing safety and security of women across the country.

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Kolkata (WB), Feb 10 (PTI): The killing of Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas drew sharp reactions from the ruling party and opposition BJP as a police complaint named saffron party leader Mukul Roy alleging his involvement in the incident.

Roy, a former TMC general secretary who joined the BJP last year following differences with party supremo Mamata Banerjee, denied the allegation, claiming that Biswas was a “victim” of the TMC’s internal feud.

Amid allegations that there was no security cover despite the presence of the MLA and a minister at the venue of a Saraswati Puja where the incident occurred, the officer in-charge of local Hanskhali police station and the personal security officer of Biswas were suspended.

A departmental inquiry has also been initiated against the OC and the PSO, who was reportedly on leave on Saturday, police said.

Roy is among the four persons against whom an FIR has been lodged in connection with the killing of Biswas, police said.

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New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): The finance ministry has sought from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Rs 27,380 crore that was withheld by the central bank towards risks and reserves in the previous years, said sources. The RBI had retained Rs 13,190 crore towards risks and reserves during 2016-17. It increased to Rs 14,190 crore in 201718. Together, the retained amount is Rs 27,380 crore.

The ministry has requested the RBI to provide an interim surplus for the current fiscal on the analogy of the previous financial year and transfer the amount withheld from the surplus of 2016-17 and 2017-18, sources said. Earlier this month, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg had said the government expects Rs 28,000 crore from the RBI as interim dividend during the current fiscal.

The RBI, which follows July-June financial year,

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has already transferred Rs 40,000 crore in the current fiscal. If the central board of the RBI approves the transfer of Rs 28,000 crore requested by the government as interim dividend for the current fiscal, the total surplus transfer by the central bank would be Rs 68,000 crore in 2018-19.

According to sources, the government expects Rs 69,000 crore dividend in the next financial year. The government has projected to mobilise Rs 82,911.56 crore as dividend or surplus from the RBI, nationalised banks and financial institutions during 2019-20. After making provision for bad and doubtful debts, depreciation in assets, contribution to staff and superannuation fund and for all matters for which the provision is to be made by or under the Act or which are usually provided by bankers, the balance of the profits shall be paid to the central government, as per the RBI Act.

Hiring and production outlook improves in manufacturing: FICCI

Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts to cross Rs 90,000 cr

Mumbai, Feb 10 (Agencies): A quarterly survey by industry body FICCI portrays a better outlook for the manufacturing sector with 54 per cent of respondents reporting higher production from October to December quarter of 2018-19 compared to 47 in the same quarter of the previous year.

The percentage of respondents reporting low production was only 13.5 per cent in Q3 2018-19 as compared to 15 per cent in Q3 of 2017-18.

Similarly, 70 per cent of respondents mentioned that they were not likely to hire an additional workforce in Q3 of 2017-18. This percentage has come down to 65 per cent for Q3 of 2018-19.

Going forward it is expected that the hiring scenario will improve further, noted the survey.

FICCI’s latest quarterly survey assessed the

New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): The country’s largest telecom firm Vodafone Idea is planning to invest around Rs 20,000 crore in networks over the next 15 months, according to company officials.

“We have given capex of Rs 270 billion for financial year 2019 and financial year 2020, combined together. Out of that, roughly Rs 70 billion has been spent in first nine months. In next 15 months we are looking at capex deployment of Rs 200 billion,” Vodafone Chief Financial Officer Akshaya Moondra told analysts in a tele-conference.

The company is also planning to raise Rs 25,000 crore through rights issue, in which the promoter shareholders -- Vodafone Group and Aditya Birla Group -- have reiterated to the board that they intend to contribute up to Rs 11,000 crore and Rs 7,250

sentiments of manufacturers for 11 major sectors namely automotive, capital goods, cement and ceramics, chemicals, fertilisers and pharmaceuticals, electronics and electricals, leather and footwear, metal and metal products, paper products, textiles, textile machinery and tyre.

The responses were drawn from over 300 manufacturing units from both large and SME segments with a combined annual turnover of over Rs 2.2 lakh crore.

In ter ms of order books, 43 per cent of the respondents in October to December 2018 are expecting a higher number of orders against 42 per cent in October to December 2017.

The outlook for exports is somewhat stable with 36 per cent of participants expecting a rise in exports for Q3 2018-19 and 32 per

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cent expecting exports to continue on the same path as that of the same quarter last year.

Rupee depreciation has not led to any significant increase in exports as 78 per cent of the respondents reported that the exports were not affected much by rupee depreciation. This shows other global factors are restricting India’s growth in exports.

However, the overall capacity utilisation in manufacturing remains low at 75 per cent in Q3 2018-19.

High raw material prices, the high cost of finance, an uncertainty of demand, shortage of skilled labour, high imports, the requirement of technology upgradation, excess capacities, delay in disbursements of state and central subsidies are some of the major constraints which are affecting expansion plans of the respondents.

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New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): Total deposits in Jan Dhan accounts are set to cross Rs 90,000 crore with the government making the flagship financial inclusion programme more attractive especially by doubling accident insurance cover to Rs 2 lakh. According to data from the finance ministry, the deposits, which have been steadily rising since March 2017, have already reached Rs 89,257.57 crore as on January 30, and are steadily rising. The deposits stood at Rs 88,566.92 crore on January 23.

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) was launched on August 28, 2014, with an aim to provide universal access to banking facilities for all households.

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The government has also shifted the focus on accounts from ‘every household’ to ‘every unbanked adult’. According to the latest data, there were 34.14 crore account holders under the PMJDY. An average deposit in these accounts was about Rs 2,615, compared with Rs 1,065 on March 25, 2015.

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The promoter shareholders have also said that in case the rights issue is under-subscribed, each of the promoter shareholders reserves the right to subscribe to part or whole of the unsubscribed portion.

Moondra told analysts that the capex guidance of Rs 27,000 crore does not include capacity that will be created by reusing equipment from the synergy of operations between Vodafone and Idea, which is estimated to be valued at around Rs 6,200 crore.

When contacted, Vodafone Idea confirmed investment details and said “capacity creation on account of consolidation of spectrum is over and above capacity creation with the above two categories of fresh capex and redeployed equipment”.

investment has been committed for the exploration of 55 oil and gas blocks, awarded through the first round of auction.

The OALP, under the new Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), allows investors to carve out blocks of their choice and submit an expression of interest (Eol) throughout the year.

Under the HELP, the competitive bidding will be continuous and blocks will be awarded twice a year.

The HELP replaced nine earlier rounds held under the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) wherein the government carved out areas for bidding.

The HELP’s main features are revenue-sharing contracts as opposed to the previous profit-sharing model, single licence for both conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources exploration and marketing and pricing freedom.

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According to the ministry, the bidding for the OALP Round II, started on January 7 with 14 blocks on offer, will continue till March 12.

In October 2018, the government awarded 55 blocks to explorers under the OALP Round I. “We awarded 55 blocks, spread across 10 sedimentary basins, under the maiden bid round after a gap of six years, and 30 contract areas under the Discovered Small Field (DSF) Policy Bid Round I,” Pradhan said at the launch.

“The second bid rounds for both the DSF Policy and the Open Acreage Licensing Policy are underway and have witnessed encouraging response from investors,” the minister said.

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New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI): At a time when twowheeler manufacturers are finding sales moving at a slow pace in the domestic market, their exports have risen by 19.49 per cent in the April-January period this fiscal, according to the latest data from auto industry body SIAM. Total two-wheeler exports during the period stood at 27,59,935 units as compared with 23,09,805 units a year ago, showed the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data. The growth in exports of two-wheelers from the country is driven mainly by motorcycles and scooters.

Motorcycle shipments to foreign markets during the period stood at 24,12,800 units as against 20,34,250 units in the corresponding period last fiscal, up 18.61 per cent.

Likewise, scooter exports zoomed by 26.67 per cent to 3,32,197 units as compared to 2,62,253 units in the year-ago period, SIAM said. Exports of mopeds grew by 12.3 per cent to

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New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS): The government on Sunday launched the third round of oil and gas auction under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP), which is expected to generate $600-700 million exploration work commitment.

“It is expected that the OALP III would generate immediate exploration work commitment of around $600-700 million,” the Petroleum Ministry said.

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan declared the third bid round open with the launch of the notice inviting offer and model revenue sharing contract at the threeday Petrotech 2019 global meet, which got underway at Greater Noida in the national capital region on Sunday.

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14,938 units, against 13,302 units a year ago.

Recovery in markets such as Africa and Latin America has helped twowheeler manufacturers crank up their exports from India, industry observers said.

L e a d i n g t h e t wo wheeler export bandwagon is Bajaj Auto, which shipped a total of 14,50,766 units in the April-January period, a jump of 24.87 per cent. Chennai-based TVS Motor Co’s exports also zoomed by 29.18 per cent to 5,04,799 units dur-

ing the period, as per the SIAM data.

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India also posted a 10.3 per cent increase in its two-wheeler exports to 3,25,759 units during the period. India Yamaha Motor posted a 2.39 per cent increase in its exports to 2,09,352 units, while Hero MotoCor p’s shipments stood at 1,63,480 units, up 5.74 per cent.

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New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS): Noting that finance ministers all over the world are perennially in search of revenue to balance government budgets, acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday favoured printing currency as a way of deficit financing, citing the example of the US. Goyal’s remarks follow his presentation of the interim Budget 2019-20 earlier this month, which contained major largesse for the stressed agriculture sector as well as tax sops for the middle class with implications for the fiscal deficit.

The fiscal deficit estimate for the current year has been revised upwards to 3.4 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

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He told the gathering in jest that as Finance Minister he would have been happier if he had known of SPMCIL’s recent creditable performance on both the production and profit fronts.

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Protest against govt’s Catalonia policy M A D R I D, F e b 1 0 (Agencies): Thousands of people demonstrated in Madrid on Sunday against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s proposed talks to ease political tensions in Catalonia, in a protest organised by centreright and far-right opposition parties.

According to BBC, demonstrators waving Spanish flags filled the Plaza de Colon in the city centre in the largest protest Sanchez has faced, with their slogan “For a united Spain, elections now!” a reminder of the pressure on his minority government.

The Socialist government’s proposal last Tuesday to appoint a rapporteur in talks among political parties to address the Catalan independence crisis galvanized the opposition, which has deemed it a betrayal and a surrender to pressure from Catalan separatists. The opposition has called for early elections.

Sanchez, who replaced a conservative government last June, holds just a quarter of the seats in parliament and relies on backing from anti-austerity party Podemos, Catalan nationalists and other small parties to pass laws.

Thousands of demonstrators hold Spanish flags during a protest in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday. (AP/PTI)

The government faces a key vote next Wednesday on its 2019 budget proposal, which will likely fail without the support of Catalan parties. But those parties have said their vote for the budget is conditional on the Catalan talks including the issue of independence, something the government will not

include.

Failure by parliament to approve the budget bill could prompt a snap election before the next scheduled vote in 2020.

Centre-right wing parties Popular Party and Ciudadanos organised Sunday’s protest, and the newly emerged far-right party Vox also participated.

“The time of Sanchez’s government has ended,” Popular Party leader Pablo Casado said at the protest.

Sanchez said on Saturday that the gathering would show a “Spain in black and white that simply proposes to go backwards.”

Ana Puente, a 73 year-

old retiree, said she was protesting for a “united Spain”.

“The government is giving many things to supporters of Catalan independence and is going to break Spain apart,” said Raquel García, 76, who was carrying a Spanish flag.

The protest took place two days before the start of the trial of 12 Catalan independence leaders, who face up to 25 years in prison on charges of rebellion and misuse of public funds for their role in a failed secession bid from Spain that they are accused of spearheading in 2017.

The government is squeezed on both sides of the Catalan issue: Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo said on Friday talks were on track to fail because Catalan pro-independence groups had rejected the government’s proposed framework. The Catalan groups want a referendum on independence included on the agenda, which Madrid will not accept.

Recent opinion polls have shown the Popular Party, Ciudadanos and Vox could win a majority of seats in parliament if elections were held, allowing them to replace the Socialist government.

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May to ask MPs for more time on Brexit Lo n d o n, F e b 1 0 (Agencies): Prime Minister Theresa May will ask MPs to give her more time to secure changes to the controversial part of her Brexit deal - the Northern Irish backstop.

According to BBC, Mrs May is due to report back to MPs this week, after trying to persuade the EU to make last-minute changes.

According to the BBC’s Iain Watson, the PM will promise Parliament another vote on other Brexit options if a deal is still not ready by the end of February.

Labour wants to hold Mrs May to her word and make sure the vote is held.

The shadow Brexit secretary, Sir Keir Starmer, has said Labour has drafted an amendment which, if passed this week, would guarantee a vote by the end of the month.

He accused the prime minister of “running down the clock” so that Parliament will only have a choice between her Brexit deal, and a no-deal exit.

There are fewer than 50 days until Brexit. The law is already in place which means the UK will leave the EU on 29 March 2019.

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Mrs May’s Brexit deal - which she spent months negotiating and had agreed with the EU - covers the terms of the UK’s divorce and the framework of future relations.

But it was rejected by the UK Parliament and if it is not approved by Brexit day on 29 March, the default position would be a no-deal Brexit.

Last month, Parliament voted in favour of an amendment that supported most of the PM’s deal but called for backstop - which is a last-resort option to prevent a hard border in Ireland - to be replaced with “alternative arrangements”.

The prime minister is now in talks with Brussels to seek these changes to the backstop.

But if no changes are agreed by Wednesday, which is likely, Mrs May will address MPs and say more time is needed. She will then table a “neutral motion” for debate.

On Thursday, MPs will debate the motion and potentially any amendments, such as Labour’s in a series of parliamentary votes.

According to the BBC’s political correspondent Iain Watson, some ministers have considered resigning so they could support backbench proposals to force Mrs May to delay Brexit.

However Downing Street’s message to them is not to do anything hasty, he said. To reassure them, Downing Street is promising that if there is still no deal by 27 February, MPs will have another opportunity to table amendments setting out alternative options.

These options could include extending article 50 to allow more time to reach an agreement with Brussels.

A number of government ministers will also be meeting their counterparts across the continent this week, in order to underline Mrs May’s determination to achieve a deal.

B’desh warns US, Russia push rival UN actions on Venezuela Will regard Pakistan as brother against lingering when in power: Afghan Taliban Rohingya crisis

Taliban political chief Sher Mohammaed Abbas Stanikzai, first row second from left, Abdul Salam Hanafi and other Taliban officials pray during the peace talks in Moscow on February 6. (AP/File)

Islamabad, Feb 10 (Agencies): In an exclusive interview with Dawn. com, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid has said that if the Taliban do end up having a say in the Afghan polity one day, they will approach Pakistan “as a brother and a neighbour”, seeking “comprehensive ties based on mutual respect, just as we seek such relations with all other neighbours.”

He acknowledged that Pakistan had remained “the most important hub” for Afghan refugees during the Soviet invasion, and that it was even considered a “second home” by Afghans.

Speaking to Dawn.

com, Mujahid also outlined the motivation for talks with the US, the conditions in which they are prepared to negotiate and their vision for a new political order, while insisting that the Taliban are holding talks with the United States “on their own initiative”. Responding to a question regarding the timing of the talks, Mujahid explained that, even prior to the US invasion, the Taliban had asked Washington to engage in dialogue instead of war. He added that they had eventually even opened a political office in Doha in 2013 for this purpose, but Washington had been unwilling to negotiate at

the time. The spokesperson said that now that the US is willing to talk, they have decided to engage with them.

On a question regarding Pakistan’s role in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table, Mujahid said: “There is no role being played by any outside country. This has always been our own initiative and policy.”

Mujahid said that the Taliban would have an “important role” in the new political order in Afghanistan, but declined to elaborate “before the right time”.

“When we say we want an inclusive political system, we mean that the [future] government will represent all ethnicities of Afghanistan,” he said, adding: “All will serve in it, and all will look [after the country’s affairs] themselves without any arguments”.

The spokesperson said that while the Taliban do not have a codified manifesto, their “clear” objectives were the end of the occupation of Afghanistan, establishment of an Islamic government, establishment of peace and security, reconstruction of Afghanistan and the provision of administrative services.

Dhaka, Feb 10 (IANS): The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh on Sunday said prolonged Rohingya crisis would encourage formation of pockets of radicalism, which could destabilise the South Asian region.

Speaking at a seminar on “Bangladesh and Human Rights” in Dhaka, A.K. Abdul Momen said Rohingya refugees needed to be sent home at the earliest, with safety and security, Efe news agency reported.

“My fear is, if this (Rohingya) problem lingers for a longer time, it may encourage pockets of radicalism and create problems of uncertainty and instability not only for Myanmar and Bangladesh but for the entire region,” Momen said.

“Rohingya must go back to their homes, earliest the better. The global leadership must come forward to resolve the crisis at its root, not in Bangladesh,” he said.

Momen, a former Bangladesh permanent representative in the United Nations, became the Foreign Minister after a new government took charge in January.

L o n d o n , F EB 1 0 (AGENCIES): The United States has presented a draft resolution on Venezuela to the United Nations Security Council, triggering a Russian counterproposal.

The US draft resolution calls for international aid deliveries and presidential elections in Venezuela while stressing “deep concern with the violence and excessive use of force by Venezuelan security forces against unarmed, peaceful protesters”.

According to Aljazeera, The US expresses “full support for the National Assembly as the only democratically elected institution in Venezuela”, said a copy of the text obtained by AFP news agency.

In response, Moscow came up with an alternative resolution, expressing its concern for Venezuela’s territorial integrity and political independence.

The Russian draft criticises any “attempts to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of Venezuela”.

The US is sponsoring a campaign for international recognition of Venezuelan opposition leader and head of the country’s elected leg-

‘Heavy clashes’ as US-backed forces make final push against IS Omar Oil Field (Syria), Feb 10 (AFP): USbacked forces were locked in fierce fighting Sunday as they pressed the battle against the last shred of the Islamic State group’s “caliphate” in eastern Syria.

The jihadists overran large parts of the country and neighbouring Iraq in 2014, but various military offensives have since reduced that territory to a patch on the Iraqi border.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by a US-led coalition, announced a final push to retake the jihadist pocket late Saturday, after a pause of more than a week to allow civilians to flee.

SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali on Sunday afternoon said his fighters had battled their way forwards against the jihadists, capturing 41 positions from them.

“Our forces are relying on direct combat with light weapons,” he told AFP. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights moni-

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on February 9, 2019 it had begun the “final battle” to oust the Islamic State group from the last scrap of territory it holds in eastern Syria. (AFP)

tor group said the SDF had advanced across farming land, backed by coalition air strikes and artillery fire.

Earlier, an SDF field commander reported “heavy clashes” as his fighters gained ground.

The SDF launched an offensive to expel IS from the oil-rich eastern province of Deir Ezzor in September.

The Kurdish-led alliance has since whittled down jihadistheld territory to a scrap of just four square kilometres (one square mile) between the Euphrates and the Iraqi border.

Up to 600 jihadists could still remain inside, most of them foreigners, Bali said. Hundreds of civilians are also believed to be

inside, he said.

But Bali added the extremist group’s elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was likely not in the last pocket.

“We do not think he is in Syria,” Bali said, without adding further details about the whereabouts of the man who declared a cross-border IS “caliphate” in 2014.

On the Iraqi side of the

border, French members of the coalition on Saturday stood ready to pour fury on any jihadists trying to escape. Dozens of 155-mm shells were lined up ready to be loaded onto three green-and-black Caesar gunhowitzers with a range of 40 kilometres (25 miles).

Coalition deputy commander Christopher Ghika last week said Iraqi forces had sealed their border with Syria. Since September, more than 1,270 IS militants, more than 670 SDF fighters, and around 400 civilians have been killed in the fighting, the Observatory says.

At the height of their rule, the jihadists imposed their brutal interpretation of Islamic law on a territory roughly the size of Britain.

But military offensives in both countries, including by the SDF, have since retaken the vast bulk of that “caliphate”. On Saturday, Bali said he expected the battle for the last patch of IS territory to be over in days.

The UN Security Council meets to discuss the situation in Venezuela in New York [File:Carlo Allegri/Reuters]

islative body Juan Guaido over President Nicolas Maduro.

Last month, Guaido declared himself the interim head of state.

While no date has yet been set for a vote on the American draft, negotiations are ongoing.

Showing its support for President Maduro’s regime, Russia will likely use its veto power to block the US resolution, according to diplomats.

Meanwhile, Colonel Ruben Paz Jimenez, deputy of the Directorate of the Military Hospital in Maracaibo, announced his

3 killed in Indonesia flash floods J a k arta , F e b 1 0 (IANS): As many as three people were killed and three others injured as flash floods struck the West Java province of western Indonesia on Saturday night, said an Indonesian disaster agency official. “Torrential rains caused a dam to burst and the water submerged Jati Endah village in the Bandung district by 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, destroying 12 houses,” Xinhua news agency quoted spokesman of National Disaster Management Agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho as saying on Sunday.

The agency will do a risk assessment by combing all the affected areas, he said in a text message.

The provincial meteorology and geophysics agency had earlier issued a warning of unfavourable weather condition, saying rains with moderate to high intensity would occur along with thunders, according to him.

support for Guaido.

In a video shared on social media on Sunday, the military leader said “90 percent” of his colleagues in the armed forces are unhappy and urged fellow troops to allow humanitarian aid into Venezuela.

A week ago, an Air Force general also switched sides, saying he was backing Guaido.

Humanitarian aid sent by the US recently arrived in the Colombian city of Cucuta on the border with Venezuela.

“Venezuela won’t allow the spectacle of fake humanitarian aid because

we’re no one’s beggars,” said Maduro.

“Venezuela is not suffering the humanitarian crisis fabricated by Washington over the last four years to justify intervening in our country.”

He blamed the shortage of food and medicine on US sanctions, which mostly target regime individuals as well as state oil company PDVSA. “Liberate the money that has been blocked and sequestered,” said Maduro.

“This is a macabre game.

We squeeze them by the neck and make them ask for crumbs.”

Abu Dhabi includes Hindi as third official court language DUBAI, Feb 10 (PTI): In a landmark decision, Abu Dhabi has included Hindi as the third official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English, as part of a move designed to improve access to justice.

The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department on Saturday said it has extended the adoption of interactive forms of statement of claims filed before courts by including the Hindi language alongside Arabic and English in labour cases.

This is aimed at helping Hindi speakers to learn about litigation procedures, their rights and duties without a language barrier, in addition to facilitating registration procedures via unified forms available through the ADJD website, the judicial body said.

According to official figures, the UAE population is estimated to be around five million of which 2/3rd

are immigrants from foreign countries. The Indian community in the UAE, numbering 2.6 million, constitutes 30 per cent of the total population and is the largest expatriate community in the country.

Yo u s e f S a e e d A l Abri, undersecretary of the ADJD, said the adoption of multilingual interactive forms for claim sheets, grievances and requests, aims to promote judicial services in line with the plan Tomorrow 2021, and increase the transparency of litigation procedures.

“This is in addition to facilitating registration procedures to the public through simplified and easy forms and raising litigants’’ legal awareness via interactive forms of the statements of claims, to ensure access to the legal materials related to the subject of the dispute,” Mr Al Abri was quoted as saying by the Khaleej Times.

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ctor Jude Law says joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is like getting an invitation to a “good party”.

Law has joined MCU with “Captain Marvel”. He will be seen as the commander of Starforce, and a mentor to Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel, essayed by Brie Larson.

“It was just a thrill. It’s like being invited to a party as you have heard about who has been at the party for the last few years, and you know and admire some of those people,” Law said in a statement to IANS. “And it sounds like

a good party. Then you suddenly realise that you haven’t had an invitation yet. So, to get an invitation is a good feeling. I’d been a fan, so being able to step into and live out the things that I admire and love is a thrill,” he added.

The actor says the studio likes to do things “just slightly differently”.

“So the creation of this piece in its own right has been fascinating to watch and really fun to lear n about. It’s quite unique.”

Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” will also introduce the MCU’s first stand-alone, female-fran-

chise title character.

What kind of a ride can audiences expect?

According to Law, the movie will be a standalone where people can enjoy it even if they haven’t seen all the others.

He added: “What will be interesting is that they will be able to see this one and watch them almost chronologically because we are starting at the beginning. There are all these little gags that tie through to stories that you have seen before, which I think will be amusing and satisfying.”

S e t i n t h e 1 9 9 0 s, “Captain Marvel” follows Danvers’ journey as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes. Based on the comic book series, first published in 1967, “Captain Marvel” also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn with Annette Benin and Jude Law. It will release in India on March 8 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

(IANS)

novel method called stress cardiac MRI can not only diagnose heart disease, but can also predict which cases are potentially fatal, suggests a new research.

The study showed that predicting mortality is a key requirement for the technology to be more widely used.

In addition, results suggest cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has the potential to be a non-invasive, non-toxic alternative to stress echocardiograms, catheterisations and stress nuclear exams in identifying the severity of the coronary artery disease.

“We’ve known for some time that CMR is effective at diagnosing coronary artery disease, but it’s still not commonly used and represents less than one per cent of stress tests used in this country,” said senior author Robert Judd, co-director of the Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center in the US. For the study, researchers analysed data from more than 9,000 patients

Lzzy Hale is ‘excited’ about Sean Penn writes essay second Grammy nomination gushing over ‘A Star Is Born’

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alestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale spoke to Entertainment Weekly about being nominated for a Grammy this year in the “Rock Performance” category after previously winning the “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance” trophy in 2013 for “Love Bites (So Do I)”. Asked if she feels comfortable with being slotted into different categories when it comes to labels of genres, Lzzy said: “It’s so difficult, I think, for everyone to figure out where you belong. We listen to a lot of different things, but our roots are based in rock.

We’re a rock band. We’re friends with all the metal guys and a lot of those bands have taken us under their wing. But [with] the first [nomination], you’re surrounded by these metal [groups] that do influence you but you’re not a metal band. So this time it’s nice to have a more even playing field.

“A great thing that came out of being in the hard rock/metal category

is that there were a lot of young girls that kind of freaked out in a good way.

As in, ‘Wow, that’s possible that a girl can win a Grammy under that category.’ So just in our world, there were waves that we saw just from fans [saying], ‘When I saw you win, that meant that I wasn’t crazy for loving this heavy music and I wasn’t crazy for trying to pursue this. It’s possible.’”

As for how it feels being nominated for a second time, Lzzy said: “It’s just so different now, because we’ve been working for years. The first time felt like, ‘Wow, somebody threw us a bone.’ But this time it’s, like, ‘These are our peers and we’re being recognized among them and we’re like a real band, guys!’ So we’re excited. It turns out it doesn’t get old.”

This year, Halestorm is nominated for “Uncomfortable”, a song from the “Vicious” album it released last year.

Last July, Hale told the Associated Press that she an her bandmates take the criticism they get in stride.

“We’re on our fourth record on a major label and we won a Grammy Award, and there’s this misconception that you’ve had the success and therefore it gets easier,” she said.

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ctor Sean Penn could not contain his love for the Bradley Cooper-directed flick “A Star Is Born” in an op-ed he penned.

Penn, 58, wrote the op-ed for Deadline where he discussed why the film should sweep the Oscars and why it is one of his “favorite films of all time.” The film stars Cooper as country singer Jackson Maine who discovers a fellow singer, Ally, played by Lady Gaga.

The film was nominated for eight Oscars.

“This isn’t Bradley Cooper’s opportunity, it’s theirs [award voters] to appreciate the depth and value of this film before its legacy outlasts their chance to participate in it,” Penn wrote.

Penn admired Cooper for creating a movie “about us as the flawed contemporary characters we are.” The Academy Award-winning actor said he believed the film was courageous and inspiring.

He noted that while there are “many really good films and performances nominated this year”, “in a fair world” the film would sweep the awards.

“It’s just such a gift,” he wrote. “Clear minds and hearts cannot possibly deny it its due.”

Penn admitted that he doesn’t have much hope that the movie will sweep.

“To spare myself potential disappointment, I’m raising a glass in advance to Bradley Cooper and ‘A Star is Born,’” he wrote.

He concluded his essay by saying that “A Star Is Born” is “everything that movies should be.” The Academy Awards will air on Sunday, Feb. 24.

(FoxNews)

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who underwent CMR. The findings, published in JAMA Cardiology, showed that for patients without any history of heart disease and at lowrisk based on traditional clinical criteria, those with an abnormal CMR scan were 3.4 times more likely to die compared to patients with a normal CMR scan.

For the entire patient population, there was a strong association between an abnormal stress CMR and mortality, even after adjusting for patient age, sex and cardiac risk factors, the team found.

While non-invasive cardiac stress testing is a cornerstone in the clinical management of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, CMR works as well or better than other exams at identifying heart wall motion, cell death and the presence of low blood flow, said the study.

Furthermore, the technology does not require any radiation exposure, which is essential in nuclear stress tests.

(IANS)

his year’s MusiCares Person of the Year honoree Dolly Parton stopped to speak with Billboard’s Chelsea Briggs on the red carpet ahead of the tribute event on Friday (Feb. 8), where she discussed why the honor means so much to her, what advice she would give to her younger self and her relationship with her goddaughter Miley Cyrus, and more.

Speaking of receiving the Person of the Year honor, Parton tells Briggs that it feels like a lifetime of work getting to this point. “MusiCares is such a big deal for charity, and it’s for such a

good cause,” she says.

“So just the fact that all these great artists are gonna be singing my songs and raise a lot of money...

I’m just gonna get to sit back and enjoy it!” Asked what advice she would give to her younger self, knowing what she knows now, Parton replies with a laugh, “I would

just say buckle up -- you’re in for the ride of your life, girl!” She adds that she has been so lucky to see so many of her dreams come true, and that this has really been “like a dream” for her. The singer also opens up about her admiration for her goddaughter Miley Cyrus, telling Billboard that she loves her because she is “such a pro,” adding that Cyrus knows who she is, and that she is such a talent. “A lot of people don’t realize just how much talent she really does have,” Parton explains.

“There’s nothing Miley can’t do, and nothing I wouldn’t do for Miley.” (Billboard)

Gautam Singhania and actress Raveena Tandon at the Vintage Car Show 2019, in Mumbai, Sunday, Feb 10, 2019. (PTI)

Gerard tell-all about My Chemical Romance split

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e r a r d Wa y h a s opened up about the split of My Chemical Romance in a new interview, whilst also addressing rumours of a possible reunion.

The emo outfit split in 2013, with rumours of a potential reunion circulating in 2016 when the band started to tease the 10th anniversary of classic album ‘The Black Parade’. However, the group failed to reunite for any new music or live shows.

Speaking about the break-up to The Guardian, Way said the band felt pressure during the sessions for 2010’s ‘Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys’ and said this played a part in the band’s split, as did the weight of expectation – something he said they’d felt since the success of ‘The Black Parade.’

Way s a i d : “ W h e n things start to succeed and go really well…that’s when a lot of people start to have an opinion and that’s when you run into struggle… everybody had a fucking opinion about what MCR should be. So it made it difficult to figure out what direction to take next. You get caught up in this trap

of ‘Is it ever gonna be good enough?’”

He added: “It wasn’t fun to make stuff any more.

I think breaking up the band broke us out of that machine.”

At the time of their break up, Way said the band weren’t needed any more because Barack Obama was in power. When asked if the political climate now would be reason enough for the band to reform, Way revealed that he thought about it but doesn’t think it will happen, despite the fact

he misses playing with the band. Way added: “That’s stuff I thought about when the world started to get super f----d-up again…It definitely came into my head, but I’d changed so much as a person. I didn’t know how I’d fit into it any more, I didn’t know how the band would fit into it any more. But you’re right, the world is definitely in need of something positive. “We definitely get offers regularly to reunite – it’s a constant thing…It’s flattering, it’s really nice of people…I miss

playing with the guys, but I don’t think so.”

However, Way then went on to give MCR fans some hope, saying that if the band reformed, they would do things differently.

In 2017, Way didn’t rule out a MCR reunion when the members of the band reunited publicly to attend a show together. They were all seen in attendance at former guitarist Frank Iero’s gig with new band The Patience at Los Angeles’ Troubadour.

(NME)

Scott Stapp all praises for Dolly Parton

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cott Stapp and his wife Jaclyn caught up with Asked to name his favorite songs of Parton's, Stapp Billboard’s Chelsea Briggs on the red carpet at chooses “Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That,” the 2019 MusiCares Person of the Year Gala on “Nine to Five,” and “Dumb Blonde.”

Friday (Feb. 8), where they spoke on how they have been influenced by Dolly Parton and what their favorite OFFICE OF THE songs of hers are.

Parton, the evening's honoree, has been "such an inspiration" for Stapp. "She's a legend," he said. "She's a songwriter, she's an actor, she's been such a positive H.Q. KOHIMA : NAGALAND voice for optimism, for positivity, a force for feminism, ctor Brad Pitt stood before anyone else was."

He adds that she “sidestepped her beauty” and outside a hotel showcased her diverse talent, proving herself as an actor where his former songwriter, singer and performer. wife Jennifer Aniston was celebrating her 50th birthday party.

Aniston had a celebration on Saturday for th her birthday, which falls on Monday.

IPU Brad Pitt was spotted outside the party, people.

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Kezhavizo Thevo Kekhriezo Nagi The 55-year-old “War Your love for us is so dear for The Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) extends Machine” star made a ca- which we are ever grateful. our sincere congratulations to Eno. Kezhavizo Thevo sual entrance at the hotel, and Eno. Kekhriezo Nagi for bringing laurels to the with his long hair slicked We being in your shelter and guidance is indeed a community with their excellent performance in the 1st back underneath a cap.

Party guests included blessing.

Open Chakhesang Meet 2019 held at Pfütsero Town on Pitt’s ex Gwyneth Paltrow, Your support and patience 8th February 2019. plus Aniston’s ex John We are immensely delighted that both of them are Mayer and his ex Katy is ever invigorating. members of AYO Community First Responders Team Perry, who was joined by Your sacrifices and hard (Khriekesa Pelikro)and have been actively working for beau Orlando Bloom. work is a motivation to the interest of the public at large.

George and Amal emulate.

The Union also extends our heartiest congratulations Clooney, Reese Witherto Eno. Kezhavizo Thevo who emerged as the champion spoon, Ellen DeGeneres, Being Thankful to God of the 1st Open Chakhesang Wrestling Meet 2019.

K a t e H u d s o n , D e m i we pray for His relentless We wish them the very best in all their future Moore and Jennifer Meyer blessings upon you with a endeavours. also attended the party, the very long life.

Neinguvoto Krose Kekhrie Pfukha source said.

President, AYO General Secretary, AYO Wife and children DP-1201 DP-1206 (IANS)

Pitt spotted outside Aniston’s party

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b i o ge n e s i s p e r formed at the third edition of the Guwahati International Music Festival (GIMF), a premier festival of world music and Northeast Indian Art and Culture in Guwahati on February 8. The folk fusion band from Nagaland K Y M C

played three of their songs with Arenla on Vocals and Bamhum, Meren Tzudir on Bass, Neil Gonmei on Drums and Moa on Guitar, Bamhum and Harmonica.

Organized by the Eastern Beats Music Society in collaboration with North

Eastern Council, Government of India, the 3rd edition of Guwahati International Music Festival included various workshops, lecture-demonstrations and a film screening during the day and performance by150 artists from 4 countries in the evening.

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Real leapfrog Atletico in La Liga with derby win

M a d r i d, F e b 1 0 (IANS): Real Madrid climbed into second place in La Liga and gave themselves renewed hope of a title run with a 3-1 away victory over crosstown rival Atletico Madrid in Matchday 23 action.

Santiago Solari’s men (45 points) now provisionally trail league-leading FC Barcelona by five points pending the Catalans’ match on Sunday against Athletic Bilbao, reports Efe news.

Two of the four goals required the confirmation of the video assistant referee (VAR) staff on Saturday, while what could have been the first goal by Atletico newcomer Alvaro Morata was disallowed for off-side.

Atletico came out aggressively in the opening minutes with a high press, but it was Real Madrid who drew first blood at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium shortly after the quarterhour mark on their first scoring chance.

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Bale celebrates his goal with Luka Modric, Dani Carvajal, Toni Krroos and Sergio Reguilon. the play to prevent Spanish Correa set up and Antoine but VAR allowed the goal international Sergio Ra- Griezmann finished off by to stand. mos from heading a corner firing a shot between the The visitors reclaimed kick by German midfielder legs of goalkeeper Thibaut the lead for good though Toni Kroos, but the ball Courtois. late in the first half afthen ricocheted softly to an V i n i c i u s J u n i o r ter VAR confirmed that unmarked Casemiro, who claimed he was fouled ear- Uruguayan defender Jose scored on a half-bicycle lier in the play by Correa. Gimenez had brought kick past Jan Oblak.

Real Madrid also protested down Vinicius inside the Nine minutes later, that Griezmann was off- area and Sergio Ramos Atletico drew level on a side before receiving the converted from the 12-yard counter-attack that Angel Argentine’s slide-rule pass, mark.

The on-field referee also had signaled for a penalty, although the replay showed the foul may have occurred just outside the box.

Atletico were unable to get into their stride, with Morata (whose debut came in the club’s 1-0 loss last weekend to Real Betis) failing to score once again in his second appearance since joining on loan from Chelsea.

The Spaniard did make his presence felt though in the 54th minute when he nearly scored on a deft first touch and lobbed shot over Courtois, but VAR ruled him off-side.

Super-sub Gareth Bale then sealed the win when he scored on a left-footed shot just inside the far post in the 74th minute off a pass from Luka Modric, 17 minutes after the Welshman took the field as a replacement for Vinicius.

With the loss, Atletico has fallen to the third spot in La Liga with 44 points, one behind Real Madrid and six off Barca’s pace.

Bhandari inter-departmental sports held

Players and match officials being introduced to the special guest.

Dimapur, Feb 10 (NPN): The first Bhandari Sub-Division InterDepartmental Sports Meet in support of Beti Bachao Beti Badhao concluded on February 9 at the public ground, Bhandari. Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Wokha graced the closing ceremony as the special guest.

Speaking at the programme, the special guest lauded the departments headed by the civil administration, Bhandari for their efforts in implementing Beti Bachao Beti Badhao

programme in the subdivisional level.

While calling upon the nodal departments to give special attention so that no child remains malnourished, he stated that healthy children make healthy community.

He also stated that it is a matter of pride and encouragement that Wokha district is selected as one among 25 best BBBB programme implementing districts in the country.

The old perception and mind set of the people that girls can’t be at par with boys in achieving

goals and realising their potentials through their abilities should change and equal opportunities should be given to the girls without discrimination, he said.

Education, being the most powerful tool for empowering the girl child, the district administration is willing to support girls who are willing and ready to study in government schools and become self reliant and resourceful in the future, Samoon added.

Expressing concern for under-age pregnancy in the society, he called for all concerned to create awareness and address the issue for all round safety of the girls.

7 NA P B h a n d a r i emerged as the winner of both men’s football and women’s volleyball while Social welfare Department was the winner of the women’s tug of war.

S p e c i a l g u e s t D r.

Manazir Jeelani gave away the prizes to the winning teams.

Altogether 21 departments participated in the three-day sporting meet.

We have to ignore the table: Rafa Sanchez targets Champions League glory with Utd Lo n d o n, F e b 1 0 (Agencies): Rafael Benitez has told Newcastle to ignore the Premier League table as they prepare for Monday night’s tough trip to in-form Wolves.

The Magpies headed into the weekend sitting in 15th place in the table and two points clear of the drop zone after back-to-back league victories over Cardiff and Manchester City before last weekend’s narrow defeat at Tottenham.

However, that had changed significantly by Saturday evening after wins for Cardiff and Burnley

Rafael Benitez saw them drop two places and remain clear of trouble by virtue only of goal difference, although Benitez had already urged his players to concentrate only on what they could affect.

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Asked about the difficulties of playing on a Monday evening, he said, “When you have this situation for a while and you know it will be like that, you have to wait. You cannot change anything. The only thing you can do is be sure you prepare for your game properly, and that’s it.”

“Your players can’t affect what happens on the other pitches, so you just have to stay concentrated on your game. Sometimes it’s positive, sometimes it’s negative and because you can’t change anything,

it’s better that you don’t focus on that. You have to say, ‘Okay, what do I have to do? Perform with my team’, and that’s it.”

Newcastle’s travelling fans could receive a boost this time around with record signing Miguel Almiron in line to make his debut at Molineux.

Paul Dummett, Mohamed Diame, Ki Sungyueng and Joselu are all available after injury as well as Yoshinori Muto following his return from the Asian Cup, but Almiron is likely to make the matchday squad.

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Lo n d o n, F e b 1 0 (Agencies): Alexis Sanchez is hopeful he can achieve his dream of winning the Champions League with Manchester United.

United face PSG in the first leg of their last-16 tie at Old Trafford on TuesAlexis Sanchez day. Sanchez missed out on European glory while at they won the Champions Barcelona, having joined League in 2011 before leavthe club the season after ing before they won it again

in 2015.

“The Champions League is a dream for any footballer,” Sanchez told the Sunday Mirror.

“I lived with that dream at Barcelona and saw what it was like. I hope I can win it one day and why not here? We have got through the group stage and PSG is next. It’s a big test but it’s 180 minutes

of football - anything can happen.”

“United is a club with so much history and is capable of beating any rival.

If we win at Old Trafford and we don’t concede, then I think we would be favourites for the second leg.”

“I think we can do that and I see this United team with a lot of chances to score in Paris.”

3RD DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Late Yanbemo N. Ngullie

(Died on 11/02/2016) Three years have passed since you left us on this day, yet not a single moment has passed without you in our hearts, we deeply miss you in silent tears and prayer.

Loving dad, brothers, sisters and relatives DP-1186

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of our beloved Lt. MRS. JONGPONGMENLA

Through this column, we the bereaved family members of Lt. Ratsemo Odyuo of Yikhum Village would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us during his aged old ailment and ultimate demise on 07/02/2019, at Wokha Town. We regret our inability to mention each and every individual by name but may the Almighty God bless you abundantly.

We would like to convey our special thanks to:1. The Pastor and his colleagues of Yikhum Baptist Church.

2. The Chairman and Council Members of Yikhum Village.

3. The Pastor, his staff of Englan Baptist Church.

4. The Chairman and office bearers of Yikhum Ekhung, Wokha Town 5. All the Vehicle owners accompanied from Wokha to Yikhum Village.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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“What a friend we have in Jesus” Your favourite song still echoes in our hearts.

It makes deeper sense and saddens us as you left us...

But dear Brother, it is of utmost comfort we can say now that you are with the Lord.

Singing what you do best, Singing in full glory with the angels.

"In His arms He'll take and shield Thee, Thou will find a solace there."

Thank you for the lesson that salvation is More important than riches and wealth.

Missing you and fondly remembered.

Loving parents, siblings, son and daughter.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

OBITUARY

I thank my God every time I remember you.

Philippians 1:3 Dearest Oja, it’s already been a year since God took you home. We still miss you every day. The emptiness still lingers but we carry on the journey of life remembering how you cared and prayed for us, on your knees every morning. Your love and deeds lives on as blessings in our lives.

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1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY Forever in our hearts

BORN: 12/11/1930 – DIED: 2/02/2019 We the bereaved family members of Late Benjongwati Longkumer, offer our heartfelt gratitude to all individuals, churches and organizations who supported and stood by us physically, spiritually and financially at the demise of our beloved father. Thank you for your kindness and sympathy at a time when it was much needed.

We deeply regret our inability to mention each and every individual but it is our fervent prayer that God Almighty bless you all abundantly.

We would like to convey our special gratitude to : 1. Valley View Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Dimapur 2. Dept. of Women Ministry ( VVSBA ) 3. Dept. of Youth Ministry ( VVSBA ) 4. Dept. of Children Education Ministry ( VVSBA ) 5. Dimapur Dibuia Senso Telongjem 6. Dimapur Dibuia Longkumer Telongjem 7. Natsümi Baptist Akukuhou 8. Natsümi Küqhakulu Dimapur 9. Natsümi Women Society Dimapur 10. Pughoboto Town Baptist Church 11. Women Dept. Pughoboto Town Baptist Church Loving children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and in-laws DP-1204 K Y M C

Died on 6th of February 2019 We the bereaved family members of Late Leno Nakhro express our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us spiritually, physically, materially and financially during illness and at the sad demise of our beloved on 6th of February 2019.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Doctor, nurses and staff members Naga Hospital Kohima.

2. Naga Hospital Welfare Committee Kohima.

3. Shri. Keneizhakho Nakhro, MLA. 4. Principal, Staff members and students of Alder College Kohima.

5. Baptist Church Jotsoma (BCJ).

6. Union Christian Revival Church (UCRC) New Market.

7. New Market Thenupfümia Khrotho.

8. Spectrum Printers.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual but we pray that the Almighty God bless each one of you abundantly.

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Lt. Dr. Renponthung Kikon (1971 – 2018) 11th February 2018 A year has already passed and still we look forward to you coming back home.

You are loved and missed everyday. The only solace is that you are in a far better place and we will all be united one day.

Remembering you today and always.

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– Loving wife and family

Born :- 20.03.1965 – Died :- 21.01.2019 The family members of Late Pukhaxu. I. Achumi would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to one and all who shared our grief and helped us through prayer, support, financial help and services during his illness till his last journey.

We convey our special thanks to:1. Zion Hospital Research Centre, Dimapur, Doctors, Nurses & Staffs 2. Valley View Sumi Baptist Church 3. Akighini Muqo, Valley View 4. Sumi Council, Valley View Colony 5. Valley View Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu 6. Natsumi Village Baptist Church 7. Natsumi Kuqhakulu, Dimapur 8. Natsumi Service Union, Dimapur 9. Natsumi Azanoqo, Dimapur 10. Natsumi Welfare Union, Kohima 11. Natsumi Kuqhakulu, Pughoboto 12. NCRC, Natsumi Village 13. Catholic Church, Natsumi Village 14. Chisholimi Dept. of Women Ministry 15. Kitami Village Baptist Church 16. Sumi NCRC, Mishikito 17. Sumi Aphuyemi Kuqhakulu, Dimapur 18. Officers & Staffs, Electrical Division 19. Relatives, Friends, Church Members & Well Wishers.

We deeply regret our incompetence to mention each and every individual. But we pray that our Almighty God bless you all immensely.

- Loving wife, daughter and son DP-1195 K Y M C

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NZ beat India; win T20 series 2-1

New Zealand team members with the trophy after victory against India in their twenty20 international in Hamilton on Sunday. (AP/PTI) Hamilton, Feb 10 (IANS): New Zealand defeated India by four runs in the third and final Twenty20 International (T20I) to clinch the series 2-1, here on Sunday.

Chasing the 213-run target, India could score only 208/6 in their 20 overs.

India suffered their first blow early when opener Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed by Mitchell Santner in the first over.

Rookie all-rounder Vijay Shankar and Rohit Sharma came together to add 75 runs between them before the former was dismissed after mistiming an attempted slog sweep off Santner’s bowling.

Shankar was the top scorer for India. He hit five boundaries and two sixes in a quickfire 28-ball innings

that produced 43 runs.

The visitors were plunged into deeper trouble soon afterwards as Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma were dismissed in successive overs.

Rohit, who scored 38 runs off 32 balls, was looking good for a big score.

But he went after a Santner delivery that was a bit wide outside the off-stump only to offer an easy outside edge to New Zealand wicket-keeper Tim Seifert.

Hardik Pandya smashed 21 runs off 11 deliveries before he was sent back to the pavilion

by Scott Kuggeleijn. When Daryl Mitchell claimed the prized wicket of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the next over, the Kiwis were well and truly on top.

Although Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pan-

dya made a valiant attempt with a late 63-run stand off the last 28 balls, it did not prove to be enough.

Karthik remained unbeaten on 33 runs off 16 balls while Krunal was not out on 26 off 13.

For the hosts, Santner and Daryl Mitchell bagged two wickets each.

Earlier, a brilliant toporder batting display helped New Zealand post a big total of 212/4 in 20 overs.

Colin Munro’s 72 off 40 balls and Tim Seifert’s 43-run knock set up a perfect platform for the other batters, which helped them post a big total.

Apart from the duo, Colin de Grandhomme (30) and Kane Williamson (27) also contributed handsomely.

Put in to bat, New Zealand openers Seifert and

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Nagaland beat Arunachal in U-19 One-Day League

Dimapur, Feb 10 (NPN): Na- League at Dehradun, Uttrakhand on to bat and put up a score of 145 runs galand defeated Arunachal by 10 runs February 10. After winning the toss, on the board. Arunachal were bowled Munro got off to a flying in the women’s cricket U-19 One-Day Nagaland captain Sentilemla elected out for 135 runs. start, slamming 80 runs in just 7.4 overs before Seifert was stumped by Dhoni off chinaman Kuldeep Yadav.

In his 25-ball stay, Seifert hit three boundaries and as many sixes.

Unperturbed by the fall of the opener’s wicket, Munro and skipper Williamson joined hands for a 55-run stand for the second wicket to help New Zealand get past the 130-run mark in 13 overs.

Ju s t w h e n t h i n g s seemed good in the middle, Munro was dismissed by Kuldeep in 13.2 overs. He slammed five boundaries and as many sixes, which also included some beautifully crafted shots.

Grandhomme and williamson then tried to maintain the flow of runs at the same pace. But in the process, Williamson departed. The skipper was sent packing by pacer Khaleel Ahmed in 14.4 overs when scoreboard was reading 150 runs.

Despite the wicket, Grandhomme kept on playing his shots before his stay was cut short by pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the penultimate over.

Daryl Mitchell (19) and Ross Taylor (14) remained unbeaten and finished off the proceedings.

For India, Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets, while Bhuvneshwar and Khaleel took a wicket each.

Brief scores: New Zealand: 212/4 (Colin Munro 72, Tim Seifert 43; Kuldeep Yadav 2/26) against India: 208/6 (Vijay Shankar 43, Rohit Sharma 38; Mitchell Santner 2/32, Daryl Mitchell 2/27).

Man City thrash Chelsea 6-0 London, Feb 10 (Agencies): Chelsea recorded their heaviest ever defeat in the Premier League as they succumbed to a 6-0 loss at the hands of Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. It only took 25 minutes for City to match that goal haul against Chelsea on Sunday, with the west Londoners imploding yet again this season.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring after just four minutes and then Sergio Aguero doubled the lead with a ferocious long range effort, having earlier missed from impossibly close range. The Argentine added a second a few minutes later after a poor back header from Ross Barkley, and then Ilkay Gundogan curled in a fourth. It

marked the first time since Roman Abramovich bought the club that Chelsea have conceded four first-half goals, and the first time since 1999 when they were beaten 4-1

by Sunderland. Twenty years ago, it was Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips who did the damage, both grabbing braces in a furious 38-minute opening period. Things did not improve in the second half, with Aguero grabbing his hat-trick from the penalty spot before Sterling - who started the scoring netted City’s sixth. The result is Chelsea’s biggest defeat since they were beaten 7-0

by Nottingham Forest in 1991 and sees the Blues slip to sixth in the Premier League table after their goal difference took a hammering at the Etihad.

Spurs see off Leicester 3-1 in EPL

Christian Eriksen whips an effort into the bottom corner from the edge of the area to double Tottenham’s advantage.

Lo n d o n, F e b 1 0 (Agencies): Tottenham battled to a 3-1 victory over Leicester City on Sunday to close to within five points of Premier League leaders Liverpool.

A first goal for the club from Davinson Sanchez and a fine strike from Christian Eriksen were enough to give Mauricio Pochettino’s side the win at Wembley.

Ja m i e Va r dy, w h o missed a penalty with his first touch as a substitute, halved the deficit with 14 minutes to go but Son Heung-min struck a third on the break to seal the three points in injury time.

Kasper Schmeichel blocked a Danny Rose strike after a good run from the left-back, but Leicester looked the more threatening

of the sides in the opening half-hour, with James Maddison twice dragging shots wide from good positions.

I t wa s S p u r s w h o struck first after 33 minutes, though. Kieran Trippier sent a corner to Eriksen on the edge of the box, and his cross was headed in by Sanchez, who looked very close to being offside.

Demarai Gray headed a great chance straight at Hugo Lloris as Leicester threatened again early in the second half, with Puel turning to Vardy on the bench before the hour mark, but the striker saw his penalty comfortably saved by Lloris after Jan Vertonghen was judged to have fouled Maddison. Three minutes later, Spurs had their second. Ricardo Pereira gave away the ball near his

own box, allowing Fernando Llorente to set up Eriksen to fire beyond Schmeichel from 20 yards out. Harvey Barnes produced another tame finish when sent through on goal by Vardy, before Pereira made amends for his earlier error by sending in a low cross that Vardy flicked past Lloris.

Any threat of a comeback was killed by Son in injury time, though, as he raced clear on the break into Leicester’s half of the field before slotting the ball beyond Schmeichel.

Spurs turn their attentions to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League before their next league game on February 23 at Burnley. Leicester have a 13-day break until they host Crystal Palace.

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