February 19, 2018 by Nagaland Post

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MONDAY, February 19, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

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NPF likely to pull out of Mnp govt IMPHAL, FEB 18 (IANS): BJP-led Manipur government appeared shaky as the Naga People’s Front announced on Sunday that it is likely to withdraw support to it after the Nagaland elections slated for February 27. “We have decided to withdraw support from the coalition soon. The decision may be announced shortly after the Nagaland elections,” said NPF’s state president, Marung Makunga. The NPF MLAs has four lawmakers in the 60-member Assembly, where the BJP has only 21 and dependent on other allies for its majority. An NPF lawmaker is a cabinet minister.

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“Actually, inflation these days has also multiplied the price of one vote.”

“During a public meeting, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh told the NPF members of the Autonomous District Council of Chandel district to join the BJP. Was it a mere joke or mocking our party or showing disrespect to our party?” Makunga asked during a press conference here. Political observers feel that the parting of ways may be the last straw for the coalition government. Indications are that the High Court is likely to take firm decision on March 13 when the petitions against the appointment of 12 Parliamentary secretaries will be heard. State Congress president T.N. Haokip said that the eight

Congress MLAs who had joined the BJP may have to return or face disqualification proceedings and the party has submitted petitions to Governor Najma Heptulla and Speaker Y. Khemchand in this regard. Other NPF leaders said that the Chief Minister had announced allotment of crores of rupees for the hill districts as part of his slogan “go to the hills” but nothing has been done after such announcements. The NPF’s announcement comes in wake of the developments in Nagaland where the BJP has dumped the NPF, an ally for over a decade and tied up with a newly-floated party for the state assembly polls.

NCP candidate shot dead in Meghalaya TURA, FEB 18 (AGENCIES): Jonathone Sangma, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate for Meghalaya Assembly elections, was reportedly shot dead by unidentified assailants at Samanda, East Garo Hills, on Sunday. Sangma was contesting the polls from Williamnagar seat. According to local media reports, the incident took place when the NCP leader was returning home in Williamnagar, after attending campaigns in Sobokgre and Nabokgre. Sangma recently joined the party to contest the forthcoming polls.

Over 78% voter turnout in Tripura polls AGARTALA, FEB 18 (AGENCIES): Over 78 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 p.m. in the single-phase Tripura Assembly polls on Sunday, according to Election Commission. The turnout is likely to increase as a large number of people were still standing in queues even after the voting hours were over. The polling was delayed in the morning following complaints of EVM malfunctioning. The voter turnout stood at

91.82 per cent in the last Assembly election. As per the polling watchdog, there were several complaints of malfunctioning of EVMs but many were found to be false. The EC said a total of 12 ballot units were replaced, adding that no incidents of violence were reported from anywhere in the state. Two crude bombs were recovered which were disposed off, the EC said. The voting is being held in 59 of the total 60

seats as polling could not be held in the Charilam constituency due to the death of CPI(M) candidate Ramendra Narayan Deb Barma last week. The constituency will go to polls on March 12. The counting of votes would be taken up on March 3. There are 25,73,413 registered voters — 13,05,375 male and 12,68,027 female — in the state. The number of voters under the third gender category in the state is 11 and that of the new voters 47,803.

NBCC responds to Kiren Rijiju’s remark Emilo K. Konyak

KOHIMA, FEB 18 (NPN): Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has responded to the union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju who asked the Church not to “mix religion with politics” during a BJP rally in Mon Friday. NBCC general secretary Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho told Nagaland Post in an interview Sunday, that the church had cautioned all Christians in Nagaland against the threat posed to their faith by the ‘Hindutva’ ideology riding on the shoulders of BJP/RSS in a similar way the church called for ‘Clean Election’ against election evils that pose a threat on Naga society. He said it was the bounden duty of the church to speak out on issues concerning their faith such

NJCF appeals DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): Nagaland Joint Christian Forum (NJCF) said it was pained to note that the Christian majority society has been badly divided on political party line. In a press note, NJCF vice president, Rev. Dr. N. Paphino lamented that people have become very “unchristian in our words and attacks. Truth is suppressed and propaganda abound trying to overpower each other with canon of unreserved attacks.” At the end, he said people fail to realize that we are all responsible for the kind of society we have created for ourselves and for the generations to come. (Full text on p-6)

as electoral evils that posed grave harm on society and ‘Hindutva’ ideology that is against other minority religions in India. He denied outright the charge made by Rijiju that the church was mixing religion with politics and instead reminded Rijiju that it was his party (BJP) which had always exploited religion for political gains throughout the country. Rev. Keyho buttressed his point with the BJP’s agenda for construction of the Ram mandir in Ayodhya. He said this proved that BJP/RSS exploited communalism and division. Rev Keyho also said it was unfortunate that Kiren Rijiju, a tribal from Arunachal Pradesh chose to attack the concerns of NBCC. “Instead, I would have expected a leader of his stature from the North East region to be

sensitive of our concerns.”Rev. Keyho said the NBCC had only cautioned people about the threats posed on their faith by those pursuing the ‘Hindutva’ ideology who seek to lure and come to power with promises of ‘development’. He said the Christian faith in Nagaland is under the radar of the outside forces whose very core ideology is against freedom of religious minorities such as Christians. Rev. Keyho said the church was against the forces that are polarizing India and weakening the fabric of unity in diversity. He said NBCC was quite concerned with intolerance from communal forces and believed that a secular India was always preferred over a communal India. (2018 Assembly polls: Demand for cash up, see p-5)

Poll violence: 3 women assaulted BJP, others condemn DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): In a case of poll related violence, three women reportedly belonging to Merangkong village were physically assaulted on Saturday night. In a complaint lodged at Tuli police station, 21-Tuli NDPP general secretary, N. Mangyang Jamir alleged that supporters of a rival candidate came to the houses of the three housewives and took them to an isolated place on Saturday night. Thereafter, Mangyang said the women were physically tortured and verbally abused. NDPP Tuli has appealed to the law enforcing agency to arrest all the culprits involved and demanded stringent action. Meanwhile, NDPP has appealed to the Nagaland State Women Commission to take up the issue and initiate strong action as per the law.

DIMAPUR, FEB 18 (NPN): State BJP, including other organizations have condemned the life attempt on BJP candidate from 40Bhandari A/C, Mmhonlumo Kikon on Saturday evening. BJP: State BJP unit has condemned the assassination bid on its MLA, Mmhonlumo Kikon, who is contesting from 40 Bhandari A/C, near Yimpang village, Wokha district while returning from an election campaign on Saturday evening. (Cont’d on p-5)

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8th WA AC organises common platform

Candidates along with the organisers at the programme. from the party were fresh and untainted individuals with a vision for a brighter future of the state. NPP candidate, Asu Keyho said that he joined politics 25 years ago and his sole objective was to bring development to the state and urged the people to vote for him. The programme was led by convener of the common platform committee, Dr. David Sachii, invoca-

tion was said by pastor Soul Harvest Church of the living God, Rev. Kevisede Kire, special song by Toshinaro Imchen, while a vote of thanks was proposed by president 8th Western Urban Panchayat Union, Khrielakuo Sekhose. Hundreds of citizens of five colonies from Kohima town that fall under the constituency of 8th Western Angami attended the programme.

Seminar on Tenyiie held in Kma

Students of PHS, Dmu excels at Ntl level competition

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KOHIMA: A common platform for intending candidates of 8th Western Angami (WA) Assembly Constituency (AC) was organised by 8th Western Urban Panchayat Union of Kohima town at APO hall Kohima on Saturday. In his address, NPF intending candidate, Kenizakho Nakhro said that his top priority is to represent

the constituency. Nakhro said if elected, he will take the citizens’ suggestion of the constituency to develop and promote what is best for them in their areas. NDPP candidate, Er. Kevisekho Kruse said he moved to politics from government service to bring changes within the wrong system of governance and government mechanisms prevailing in Nagaland. He said many of the candidates

Resources person of the programme and others. DIMAPUR: Seminar on Tenyidie organised by Angami Students’ Union Kohima College, Kohima was held on February 17 at Ura Academy, Kohima under the theme “Tenyidie, U Mhasimhale Bode-u” with Professor D. Kuolie Head, Deptt of Linguistic Nagaland University and Secretary General, Ura Academy, Kohima and Daso Paphino, Director Treasuries and Account, Kohima as resource persons. Speaking at the semi-

nar, D. Kuolie said that language was the best way to learn a culture and also said that through the learning of languages one can widens the scope in the process of gaining knowledge. He encouraged the students to enrich the language by putting more important into writing poetries and stories. Further, D. Kuolie advised the present generation to respect elders, respect one’s language, respect one’s traditional

DC & DEO Peren informs on postal ballot DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Election Officer (DEO) Peren, Smita Sarangi, has informed all concerned who have applied via Form 12, for issue of postal ballot to be physically present along with valid identity proof on February 19, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and February 20, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at town hall, Peren Town. According to DIPR, the DC & DEO has directed all police personnel under Peren district, polling duty personnel registered as voters in other districts and all government employees under Peren district requisitioned for election duty as sector officers, flying squad team members, static surveillance team members, video surveillance team members, expenditure monitoring team members, block level officers etc. and all employees from the polling personnel to take note and be present. It has further clarified that all postal ballot for the aforementioned employees would be issued only at the above mentioned location and not through any other means.

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Immanuel College organises seminar

Students of the college along with the teachers. DIMAPUR: Placement cell, Immanuel College organised a seminar on “career guidance and opportunity in the private sector and employment” in collaboration with YouthNet on February 17 at the college auditorium. Resource person for the seminar was learning and development and talent

management, manager Nuneseno Chase. The programme was led by placement cell convenor Dr. Pelesakuo Kehie and invocation prayer was pronounced by department of botany, assistant professor Vepu. Vote of thanks was delivered by department of history assistant professor, Imjungla

Imchen. T h e s e m i n a r wa s aimed at helping students acquire knowledge, skills and experience, necessary to identify options and explore alternatives and to develop individual competences in self-knowledge, educational and occupational exploration and career planning.

Commissioner of taxes notifies on e-way bill

DIMAPUR: Commissioner of State Taxes, Nagaland, has notified that rules relating to furnishing of information prior to commencement of intra-state movement of goods within Nagaland and generation of e-way bill for such movement of goods will be applicable from June 1, 2018 for all taxable goods of any value. According to DIPR, the commis-

sioner of state taxes said that no e-way bill under rule 138 shall require generation on intra-state movement of goods within the State of Nagaland till May 31, 2018. E-way bills can be generated from the common goods and services tax electronic portal www.ewaybillgst.gov. in before commencement of movement of goods.

NAAC Assessment & Accreditation orientation at SCHE

DIMAPUR: Pilgrim Hr. Secondary (PHS) administrator, Dimapur felicitated award winners of a slogan and painting competition organised by Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India. Imkongsunep got the first prize and Sentimongla Longkumer, the second prize for the Slo- Students along with the teaching faculty at the programme. gan Competition and they were awarded cash prizes DIMAPUR: Salesian recipient of the Governor’s lightened the governing Director SCHE, Fr. Tom of Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 7,000 College of Higher Educa- Gold Medal and a member body, teaching faculty and Karthik thanked Dr. Berespectively. Okini K. Jimo tion (SCHE) organised an of CQAC department of students of SCHE on the hera for his resourceful and Awe Naro bagged the orientation programme on Higher Education, Gov- required areas to work insight on NAAC Assesssecond and consolation “NAAC Assessment and ernment of Nagaland, as upon based on his experi- ment and Accreditation ences. and said that the college prizes respectively for the Accreditation” on Febru- the resource person. In his presentation, He encouraged the will work as a team topainting competition. They ary 17 with Dean of Social attires and protect one’s were awarded with cash Sciences, Patkai Chris- Behera highlighted the gathering to work with the wards realising its dream lifestyle and become a good prizes of Rs. 7,000 and Rs. tian College, Dr. Ranjan various criteria for assess- goal of getting the college of getting NAAC accredKumar Behera, a 2015 ment of colleges and en- accredited by NAAC. ited. 2,000 respectively. society. M e a n w h i l e, D a s o Paphino in his session presented slides tracing out where the Tenyimia actually originated and then DIMAPUR: Kohima Baptist Pas- election. KBPF has requested all church how they migrated from tors’ Fellowship (KBPF) has appealed to all the churches in Kohima members to intercede for wisdom DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer one place to another. He also gave a brief town to offer special prayer for the and to vote consciously to elect (DEO), Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon has informed all polling view on the traditional forthcoming state assembly election honest and God fearing leaders to personnel who failed to attend the trainings that there will be a games, traditional instru- which is scheduled on February 27. govern the state. Meanwhile, Pastors special training on February 19, 10 a.m. at DBs court DC office In a press release, KBPF stated have been asked to take two Sundays, complex. ments, houses and attires. Further, there will be hands-on training for polling personnel The seminar was attended that in line of the NBCC’s call for February 18 and 25 ahead of the by students from different clean election it has asked churches polling day, to lead their respective everyday during office hours at the same venue. Any personnel colleges leaders from vari- to invoke God’s divine intervention congregation for a time of fervent willing to clarify doubts regarding any polling procedures have been informed to come and clarify their doubts. for conduct of peaceful, free and fair prayer and intercession. ous students’ unions.

KBPF appeals to churches

DC and DEO Wokha informs polling personnel

CRSC organises seminar on ‘Career Guidance’ news in Brief KVK Mon conducts field day and interaction NSCN (K) discharges : NSCN/GPRN (K) Sumi Region has informed that as per a discharge application on health grounds, Mulato has been discharged from active service as khapur to Zunheboto Region. A press statement by NSCN/ GPRN (K), home secretary, stated that Mulato has been discharged from active service of NSCN (K) and henceforth he shall not be associated or involved in any activities of NSCN (K).

UCC to organise common platform

CRSC officials and students during the career guidance seminar. DIMAPUR: Chingmei Range Students’ Council (CRSC) organised a seminar on “career guidance” at Chang Baptist Lashong Thangnyen Jubilee Memorial hall Tuensang on February 14. A press release issued by CRSC president, Chaangkamba Chang and K

press & information secretary, Alem Chang said that the resource persons were PGT (Education), O. Akum Chang, who imparted valuable life goals through the topic titled “career settings” and pastor Tuensang Town Baptist, Lashong, Rev. H. Sangkap Chang who

spoke on “career goals”. While delivering his presidential note, president CRSC, Chaangkamba Chang thanked the department of under developed area, government of Nagaland for sponsoring the career guidance seminar which helped in moulding and pruning 128 students

of Chingmei range. M e a n w h i l e, I A DPRO Tuensang, Thungti Lempong Chang motivated and encouraged the students through his life experiences and to help them understand life’s values, while Roselemla Chang was the moderator.

: United Colony Council (UCC) will be organizing its common platform programme for all candidates of 2 Dimapur-II Assembly Constituency (A/C) on February 19, 11 a.m. at government higher secondary playground, united colony. All indenting candidates of 2 Dimapur-II A/C have been invited to share the manifestos and objectives with the public. The council further requested the general public of the colony to attend the programme..

Officials of KVK along with farmers. DIMAPUR: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Mon, Aboi organised a two-day programme on field days and farmers-scientist interaction from February 15 to 16 at Ngangching village and KVK campus, Aboi under National Innovations Climate Resilient in Agriculture - Technology Demonstration Component (NICRA- TDC). The main purpose of the two day programme was to

convince and motivate and to remove doubts, superstitions and unfavourable attitudes about new practices. In the programme, assistant chief technical officer (genetics & plant breeding) Dr. M.S. Sachan demonstrated minimal tillage of pea crop cultivation with the harvesting of rice with colocasia on the same plot under resource conservation technology during

the field days. M e a n w h i l e , D r. Paihem Michui, Martha Chakruno, and Dr. M.S. Sachan, ACTO(s) led the farmers- scientist interaction under the theme of multiple cropping systems to increase the cropping intensity and crop productivity for doubling of one’s income. Altogether 68 practicing farmers and farm women attended the programme. K

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WEATHER FORECAST February 19

(Temperature in ºC)

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Agartala Sunshine

31 13

Aizawl

Sunny and pleasant

Guwahati Hazy sunshine Imphal

Pleasant with plenty of sun

25 9 28 12 26 7

Itanagar Some sun; a couple of shower 22 12 Shillong

Hazy sunshine

19 4

Kohima

Plenty of sun

20 5

Dimapur Pleasant with sunshine

26 11

Sunny and nice

22 6

Tuensang Cooler with plenty of sun

14 6

Moslty sunny and cooler

19 11

Mkg Wokha

Zunheboto Plenty of sunshine

19 5

General police and expenditure observes at the programme.

DIMAPUR: General, police and expenditure observers convened a meeting with all cells members on February 17 at the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tuensang. According to DIPR, the cell members included personal, transport, material, training, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit

Trail (VVPAT) with Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), postal ballot, data management, control room, Media Certification and Monitoring Cell (MCMC), ID card, election expenditure and monitoring, web casting accommodation construction. The meeting discussed in detail the preparedness

for the conduct of polls. L. Jamithung informed the gathering about the inclusion of 15 female polling officials and 511 vehicles requisitioned for the same. Further, seven companies of armed forces have reached Tuensang and it was expected that 22 more companies would arrive for the election duty.

Kiphire: District legal service authority (DLSA) organised a programme on the opening of Legal Literacy Club (LLC) in Kiphire district with Guwahati High Court Judge, Justice Michael Zothankhuma, as chief guest, at the conference hall of the Deputy commissioner Kiphire on February 17. Speaking at the programme, Justice Michael said that knowledge was a very powerful weapon and asked students to use it for the right purposes. He also asked the students to know their fundamental rights guaranteed in the constitution, adding that if they do not know their rights they would feel hesitant in life and would not be able to move forward with confidence. Stressing on the importance of legal rights and appealing to the students, Justice Michael said that the students were lucky to have the programme organized in the district as well as their schools because many do not get such opportunities. He also added that programmes like these educate students on rights like minimum wages rights. He expressed hope that with

Lt. Solanuo Badze, Keyake, ENCSU extends support P. Khel Kohima village dedicated to ‘clean election’

Family members and well wishers at the unveiling of late Solanuo Badze, Keyake, P. Khel Kohima village.

DIMAPUR: The renovation and blessing of late Solanuo Badze, Keyake, P. Khel Kohima village was formally dedicated on February 17 by SDB Parish Priest Christ King Church Kohima village, Rev. Fr. Peter Salwe. Late Solanuo Pienyii was the wife of late Rheichalie Pienyii, Peshkar who was also the first president of Naga Club. Delivering a speech at the programme, Prasielie Pienyu said that the resting place was constructed and erected on January 23,1929 by late Rheichalie (Hisale) Pienyii in memory of his wife late Solanuo Pienyii. He said that late Rheichalie Pienyii son of Pusalie Pienyu was born in 1864, joined the Ameri-

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can missionary established Mission School and studied to Class VI and later joined the DC’s office as Peshkar during the British regime. The monolith erected read that he settled many disputes or cases during those days which may have led to serious village or tribe conflicts. Thus he brought peace and tranquillity among the Nagas. The late Rheichalie Pienyu was a founding member of the only Naga Club formed in 1918 and became the first president of the Club which functioned at Chotobosti (now called Kitsubozou). It may be noted that Lt. Pienyu was a Naga Nationalist and a signa-

tory on the famous memorandum submitted to the Simon Commission on January 10, 1929. He translated Easopfables (Greek) to Angami dialect called “Tefii Dzeda”. He was included as a member in the construction committee of Government High School Zienuo Badze (now called Ruzhukhrie Higher Secondary School) and his contribution towards the school was one of the highest amongst the Nagas. Solanuo’s resting place was renovated on February 17and dedicated to the public by the great grand children of late Rheichalie Pienyii, Prasielie Pienyii, Keduokhrietuo Pienyii and Visabeinyii Pienyii.

DIMAPUR: Eastern Nagaland College Students’ Union (ENCSU) has strongly extended support to the “clean election” campaign for the forthcoming election. A press note by ENCSU president, M. Longre Chang and general secretary, Wangnei C. Jessuhu appealed all the students’ community and responsible citizens to uphold voting rights to the right candidate and that students should practice a very keen manner for clean and fair election and must stimulate and exercise the wisdom of standard for peace and clean election in the society. ENCSU appealed college students to be superior by leading families, friends and localities into clean election practice and urged voters of Nagaland to skip from being money-minded

but be free from corruption and to exercise their franchise without fear. It also reminded the candidates to understand the value of clean, free and fair, saying that the people trusting and believing elect them to be leaders so as to lead the society in the right direction. Further, ENCSU requested the party members and candidates to maintain decorum while delivering public speeches from hammering and insulting one another during the campaigns and rather encourage electorates to vote for the right candidates of their choice. The union expressed hope that all franchises in the state will stand for clean election to bring progressive changes in the society and that the new government will be responsive and bring peace and harmony.

Chief guest speaking at the programme. (NP)

the clinic and more sessions in the schools, legal awareness and awareness of rights will increase. NJS Registrar Guwahati High court, Y. Longkumer who spoke on the occasion also appealed the students to grab this opportunity and advised the students to read more books. District Education Officer, D. Panda who also spoke on the occasion appreciated the DLSA for bringing activities to the district by conducting awareness programmes, establishing legal clubs and for

various other legal related activities in the district. Panda also appreciated the efforts the chief judicial magistrate for her part in the initiation of these. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mezivolu T. Therieh NJS and secretary Kiphire DLSA while chairing the program, expressed gratitude to justice Michael Zothankhuma and said that the problem in the district was lack of awareness of legal awareness and she expressed hope that the student community will take the legal service vision forward to the community

and society. She also added that para legal volunteers (PLVs) and panel lawyers will visit the schools, interact with and conduct seminars with the students. Meanwhile, APP & Ex. Member DLSA Kiphire, Sentila Aier acknowledged the visiting officials. Altogether five schools government higher secondary school Kiphire, Agape school, Saramati school, Christian high school Pungro and government higher secondary school Pungro were given computers sets by the department.

St. Xavier School Shamator building inaugurated

Bishop along with the faculty during the inauguration.

DIMAPUR: St. Xavier School, Shamator’s new building was blessed by Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima, and was inaugurated by Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC) Shamator, Limakhumla Pongener, on February 17. A press release by secretary to Bishop, Fr. Victor Renthungo, said that while blessing the school building, the bishop exhorted that the day was indeed a “red letter day” for the people of Shamator. In his message, Bishop James Thoppil exhorted the gathering to be grateful and supportive to the fathers and sisters and those involved in spreading the mission work of education. He also Residents of Lengrijan Colony, Dimapur received materials for kitchen waste compost from PRO Rural congratulated the Fathers which distributed the items in collaboration with and Sisters and as well as the people for their effort Dimapur Municipal Council on February 16.

and interest in building the church. In her speech, the guest of honour, Limakhumla, quoted the words of Steve Jobs “stay hungry, stay foolish” to challenge the students to remain hungry for knowledge and to be able to take risk to do something new. Earlier, St. Xavier

School Shamator, principal, Rev. Fr. Tommy, delivered the welcome address; the day was marked with special items performed by the students. The school building was blessed and inaugurated in the presence of fathers, sisters from the neighbouring parishes, parents and students.

WDLSA inaugurates legal literacy club

Students along with LLC members and others.

DIMAPUR: Wokha District Legal Services AuDedication ceremony of candidate, Dr. R. Thungchamo thority (WDLSA) judicial Ezung of 37 Tyui A/C on February 17. magistrate first class and secretary, Seyielenuo Mezhii officially inaugurated legal literacy club on February 16, at Government Hr. Sec, School, Mount Sinai School and Little Angel School respectively. Delivering the keynote address, secretar y Seyielenuo Mezhii stressed on the concept of LLC and its objectives and encouraged participants to learn about the basic laws so that they could live a life in a The candidature declaration programme of Nagavito dignified manner and also Sumi of 4 Ghaspani-I was held on February 17 at help others in the society. She also assured instiChekiye Village Dimapur. K Y M C

tutions that panel lawyers & PLVs would be attached with the LLC so as to ensure that its visions were fulfilled. Speaking on “child rights”, superintendent of Observation Home Wokha & PLV Wobenthung J. Patton spoke said that a child belongs to the age category that has not completed 18 years of age, therefore, he said that rights are guaranteed to each child just because he/she is a humanbeing, he said that none could live without having theses rights. He summarised the rights into four types - survival & development right,

participation right, protection right & provision mechanism right. “children are being given extra care and protection as they are the future” he further added. Earlier, the programme was chaired by para legal volunteer (PLV) Lichumo Kikon, welcome address by panel lawyer, Renbonthung Tsanglao and short speeches were delivered by respective school head masters, while the vote of thanks was delivered by panel lawyer, Shanchobeni Lotha. The programme was attended by all LLC Members, teacher in charge and the head of the institutions.

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Assam plans heliport near Kaziranga to boost tourism

CPI-M, BJP confident BJP ruled states are seeing the of victory in Tripura highest rate of rapes: Congress

Agartala, Feb 18 (IANS): As Sunday’s voting to elect 59 of the 60 members of the Tripura Assembly passed off peacefully, the ruling CPI-M and the BJP exuded confidence of an electoral victory in the northeastern state. Except snags reported in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) attached with VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) in around 180 polling stations, the polling was incident-free. Over 75 per cent of the eligible voters had voted till 4 p.m. when the official voting hours ended. B h a r a t i ya Ja n a t a Party (BJP) Tripura unit President Biplab Kumar Deb said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party President Amit Shah, General Secretary Ram Madhav, Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other party leaders inquired about polling in Tripura. “People want change. People strongly wish for a BJP government in Tripura. It is certain that the BJP will form the next government in Tripura,” Deb told the media here. Communist Party of IndiaMarxist (CPI-M) Tripura State Secretary Bijan Dhar said the Left parties were

“overconfident” of forming the next state government. He said CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, politburo members Prakash Karat, Brinda Karat, Biman Bose and other central leaders enquired on phone about the polling. “The Prime Minister and other BJP leaders always talk of Digital India, but in today’s (Sunday) elections a large number of EVMs-VVPATs malfunctioned to create serious doubts about the high-pitch Digital India campaign,” the Left leader said. Tr i p u r a C o n g r e s s Vice-President Tapas Dey also said that frequent inquiries about Tripura elections were received from Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s office in Delhi. All India Congress Committee General Secretary C.P. Joshi, Secretary Bhupen Bora and other leaders also talked to Tripura Congress leaders on the polling, he added. Criticising the state Election Department, the Congress leaders said election authorities in Tripura were partial and election management was ver y poor and inefficient.

North East Graduate Conference concludes

Delhi youth held in Imphal with smuggled gold

Guwahati, Feb 18 (PTI): The Assam government is planning to construct a heliport near the famous Kaziranga National Park to attract more visitors, the Chief Minister’s Office said Sunday. During a function held today to distribute sophisticated arms to forest personnel at Kaziranga National Park, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed three of his cabinet ministers to scout for land to build the proposed heliport near the national park known for housing one-horned rhinos. A heliport is an area used for landing and takeoff of helicopters that includes buildings and facilities and typically contain one or more touchdown and lift off areas with limited facilities such as fuel or hangars. According to an official release from the Chief Minister’s Office, Sonowal directed Forest and Environment Minister Pramila Rani Brahma to take action for setting up an international standard convention centre at Kaziranga at an early date. “He also directed the

forest minister along with Water Resources Minister Keshab Mahanta and Agriculture Minister Atul Bora, who are the local MLAs of Kaliabor and Bokakhat constituencies where majority of the Kaziranga National Park falls, to identify a suitable location for building a heliport nearby the park for increasing tourist flow,” it added. The statement did not mention details such as by when the work is expected to begin or if the government is in the process to obtain necessary clearances. During the function, Sonowal distributed 272 INSAS rifles, 954 SLRs, 133 units of 12 Bore Pump Action Guns, 20 pieces of 9mm pistols and 91 Ghatak rifles among frontline forest personnel of the state, the release said. Handing over the arms, Sonowal expressed hope that modern weapons would enable the forest personnel to carry out their duties in a more effective manner. The state government had made a provision of Rs 10 crore in the 2016-17 state budget for purchase

of modern arms for forest department, the release said. “Another Rs 10 crore has also been kept in the 2017-18 budget for purchase of more such arms and equipment in the coming days,” it added. S o n owa l s a i d h e would address the grievances of forest guards and frontline workers in a phased manner and mentioned about initiatives like new uniform for smart forest guard force and imparting intensive training for handling modern arms. Sonowal also said that 10 Wildlife Fast Track Courts have been set up for speedy proceedings against poachers and other wildlife criminals. Brahma said that a number of initiatives have been taken to protect the rhinos and other wild animals of the state and the reconstitution of Anti-Rhino Poaching Task Force is a step in that direction. At the function, Sonowal also distributed ex-gratia to the next of kin of victims of man animal conflict and compensation to the injured.

Nagaland team with chancellor of USTM, Mahbubul Hoque at the 5th North East Graduate Congress 2018. Dimapur, Feb 18 (MPM): The three-day long 5th edition of North East Graduate Congress (NEGC) concluded Sunday at the University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) with participation of more than 10,000 students from the entire north-eastern states. Addressing the students, USTN chancellor, Mahbubul Hoque encouraged more participation of students in the flagship event

of the university. He said, “If any student is brilliant and unable to go for higher education, they should get recommendation from their college Principal. Our doors are always open for meritorious students.” Emphasizing on entrepreneurship, he said there has to be innovative approach in any entrepreneurial venture. He also stressed on saving the environment and presented pine saplings to all the participating col-

Bangladeshi held with gold biscuits Agartala, Feb 18 (PTI): A Bangladeshi was arrested with 12 gold biscuits valued at Rs 39 lakh at Agartala airport Saturday evening, police said. The person hailing from Comilla district of Bangladesh was to board a flight to Kolkata. Police said CISF personnel found the gold biscuits weighing 1.2 kilogram during routine search. The Bangladeshi entered Tripura through Akhaura international check-post near here this afternoon and reached the airport.

Assam govt grant for 39 ailing journalists

Guwahati, Feb 18 (Agencies): The Assam government on Saturday decided to provide one-time financial grant of Rs 10,72,343 to 39 ailing scribes and their families under the Journalists Medical Welfare Scheme this year. The one-time financial grant was finalised in a meeting of the selection committee of Journalists Medical Welfare Scheme, chaired by Additional Chief Secretary of IPRD AK Singh, an official release said. The meeting thoroughly scrutinised the proforma and necessary documents submitted by the applicants before finalising the list of beneficiaries under the scheme, it said. Since the inception of the welfare scheme in 2012, a total amount of Rs 69,81,343 has been disbursed to 157 journalists, it added. AFFIDAVIT

Regd. No. 2405/llg Date 19/01/18 I, Shri LONGCHET PHOM, permanent resident of Yachem village in the District of Longleng, State:- Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as follows:1. That, I am a citizen of India by birth and resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That, in all my document my name has been recorded and reflected as LONGCHET PHOM WHEREAS due to ignorance and clerical mistake my name has been entered and recorded as LONGSHET PHOM in my Bank Pass Book. 3. That, this Affidavit is made to declare that the name LONGSHET PHOM and LONGCHET PHOM refers to same and one person only that is me 'LONGCHET PHOM'. 4. That, this affidavit is made to declare that when the name LONGCHET PHOM and LONGSHET PHOM appears it should be read corrected and understood a 'LONGCHET PHOM'. That, the statement made in para 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing immaterial has been made or concealed therein. And I sign this Affidavit on this the 17th January 2018 at Longleng, Nagaland. DEPONENT Solemnly sworn in and declare before me by the above name Deponent on this the th 17 January 2018 at Longleng, Nagaland. DP-1535

leges, along with the prizes and awards. Earlier, welcoming all the participants, USTM pro vice chancellor, Dr. Alaka Sarma said that students should try to spread light in and around the society they live. “If you cooperate with each other, you will reach your destination very fast and NEGC is such a friendly platform that gives you the opportunity for healthy competition”, she added.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, February 19, 2018

Koklabari Samuguri College bagged the best college award while Imphal College, Manipur and Pub Kamrup College secured the second and third place respectively. Nagaland state emerged as the best team in cultural procession while Assam and Manipur took the second and third place. Diphu Government College was awarded the most active college and Modern College, Manipur was named the best disciplined college.

Imphal/New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS): An 18year-old Delhi youth was caught at Imphal Airport on Sunday while trying to smuggle three gold bars weighing 500 grammes in a body cavity on to a flight, a CISF official said. Mohit Kishan was held during pre embarkation security check for a Delhi-bound Indigo flight at around 9 p.m. “We noticed presence of metal in a body cavity of the passenger. He was taken to a separate place for thorough checking. On enquiry, he revealed he was carrying gold concealed inside his rectum,” said Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Assistant Inspector General Hemendra Singh. Three gold bars weighing about 500 grams valued at approximately Rs 15 lakh were recovered from his possession, he said, adding that the passenger and the gold were handed to custom officials in Imphal for further action.

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Shillong, Feb 18: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his failure to introduce Women’s Reservation Bill in the parliament, All India Mahila Congress President, Sushmita Dev on Sunday attacked the BJP-led NDA government at the centre for its failure to ensure security to the fairer-sex across India. “All the BJP r uled states are seeing the highest rate of rapes. In Haryana, there were 6 rapes within the span of 10 hours, Prime Minister didn’t as much as comment on it,” she told journalists here in pollbound Meghalaya. “ To d a y, M a d h y a Pradesh has the highest rate of rapes in the country but the Prime Minister is silent on it. In Rajasthan where rates of rape are also one of the highest, the Prime Minister has never spoken about it,” the Lok Sabha member said. “Crime against women have gone up all over India, and I can tell you that the BJP government is not at all serious about the security of women,” the Congress Lok Sabha member said. Dev was reacting to Irani electioneering campaign on Saturday where she raked up the infamous sex

scandal of a minor girl at the Marvelene’s Inn, the guest house run by Meghalaya Home H.D.R.Lyngdoh’s son Nathaniel Osbert Rymmai. Meghalaya police had arrested four people in connection with the rape case including former legislator Julius Dorphang. “I am shocked to see that a central minister (Irani) visited Meghalaya to highlight the rape of a girl. I would like to ask her that the ‘Biggest Sex Scandal’, in the history of India has happened in Gujarat’s Kutch, what we call the ‘Naliya Kand’.

“It (‘Naliya Kand) is the biggest sex racket of trafficking in women and sexually abusing women in the Prime Minister Modi’s own state and in Gujarat he visited that Kutch region but never mentioned a word,” she said. “Meghalaya is a progressive state. In Meghalaya, women play an important role and you cannot just raise the issue of 1 rape in Meghalaya and say that women are unsafe … But, still a rape is a rape, whether it is 1 or 100. We condemn it,” Dev said.

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New book examines struggles of NE New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI): The struggles - old and new - of the Northeast, the changes that have taken place in the region and if its people are still “different” to the rest of India and whether they are destined to remain so - these are some of the issues that a new book examines. Two decades after he wrote the much-acclaimed “Strangers of the Mist”, writer-journalist Sanjoy Hazarika presents the case for the region in “Strangers No More: New Narratives from India’s Northeast”, published by Aleph Book Company. Ar med with more stories, interviews and research, and after extensive travels through the region, he explains how and where things stand today in the Northeast. “This is a deeply personal book, for it reflects what I regard as the core issues facing the eight northeastern states of India: politics, policy, law and disorder, violent uprisings and pain-

ful reconciliations, offence and defence, conservation and oppression, history and the contemporary reality, stereotyping and breaking out of the mould, hope and despair,” Hazarika says in the book. He spends a fair amount of time looking at how new frontlines are emerging, of the new battlegrounds of discrimination and communalism, of the dangers of Islamic radicalism born out of prejudice as much as mobilisation in the nearly-400 pages book. “There is too the relentless and ruthless exploitation of natural resources in the name of ‘development’ and ‘management’, profiting a handful and pauperising the vulnerable,” he says, adding, “In this, I have focused on the struggle between political and commercial lobbies on one side and environmentalists, human rights campaigners, social scientists, researchers and writers on the other.” The book among other things also examines the

imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the Northeast. “Strangers No More” presents a study of what Hazarika describes in the book as the Centre’s “pusillanimous failure” to follow up on the Justice Jeevan Reddy Committee’s report reviewing the AFSPA. “That incapacity and official inchoateness has democratic incontinence stamped all over it. These are studied in detail, with personal narratives, official texts and a range of responses and documentation,” he says. “AFSPA is a brief yet ponderous and powerful law, widely reviled as draconian. It has survived the wrath of Supreme Court judges who have virtually shredded the official position in powerful judgments. Yet its removal remains implacably blocked because the Centre hasn’t shown the guts, vision or trust that’s needed for its revocation,” Hazarika says.

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Rahul Gandhi question PM’s silence on massive bank fraud Enforcement Directorate raids over 45 locations in 15 cities

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modis and Finance Minister Arun Jaitleys silence over the “Rs 22,000 crore banking scam”, and asked the government to stop behaving like it was “guilty”. Taking a dig at the Prime Minister, Gandhi said on his social media handle: “Prime Minister Modi tells kids how to pass exams for 2 hours, but won’t speak for 2 minutes on the 22,000 crore banking scam.” “(Arun) Jaitley (Finance Minister) is in hiding. Stop behaving as if you are guilty! Speak up.” State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has admitted to unearthing a fraud of Rs 11,515 crore involving jeweller Nirav Modi’s companies and certain other accounts with the bank’s flagship branch (Brady House Branch) in Mumbai and its second largest lending window in India. Nirav Modi, the prime accused, fled the country just before the scam came to light. The ruling BJP and the Congress have been trading charges over the culpability of the banking fraud that

6,498 crore. Additionally, three companies of Gitanjali Group were also named in the CBI FIR for defrauding Rs 4,886.72 crore.

PNB officials took commission to sign LoUs

Rahul Gandhi dates back to 2011-12. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday conducted searches at over 45 more locations in 15 cities across India in connection with the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, an official said. The agency raided 10 places in Bengaluru, seven in Delhi, five each in Kolkata and Mumbai, four each in Chandigarh and Hyderabad, three each in Patna and Lucknow, two in Ahmedabad and one each in Chennai and Guwahati. It also conducted raids in Goa, Jaipur, Srinagar and Jalandhar cities whose locations are yet to be confirmed, the official said. In Delhi, the ED con-

ducted raids at the Gitanjali brand counter in MGF mall in Saket, Ambience mall in Vasant Kunj, Gitanjali counter shoppers stop in Janakpuri, RCube in Rajouri Garden, Regal jewellers and Gitanjali store in Dwarka sector 11 and Rohini. The ED on Friday and Saturday also conducted raids at 35 and 21 locations across India respectively in connection with the fraud involving around Rs 11,300 crore and has seized diamonds, gold and jewellery worth Rs 5,674 crore. The action is based on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case registered against Nirav Modi on Wednesday in connection with a fraud involving Rs

Job seekers protest at Bihar railway stations

Punjab National Bank officials used to take percentage commissions in lieu of issuing letters of undertaking and foreign letters of credit to diamond czar Nirav Modi and his partner Mehul Choksi and their firms, according to the probe into the Rs 11,300 crore banking scam. The fresh revelation in the banking fraud has come after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned former PNB Deputy Manager Gokulnath Shetty, Single Window Operator Manoj Kharat, and Hemant Bhatt, the authorised signatory of prime accused Nirav Modi’s group of companies. They were arrested on Saturday and have been remanded in police custody till March 3. According to CBI sources, the arrested bank officials during interrogation disclosed that for every LoU, a percentage of the amount was fixed depending upon the amount to be sanctioned.

Toll in Rajasthan cylinder blast climbs to 19 Jaipur, Feb 18 (IANS): The death toll in the cylinder blast in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district has gone up to 19 as 10 more bodies being recovered from under the rubble on Sunday. According to official sources, all the persons, who were missing since the blast in Beawar town on Friday night, have been accounted for. However, the administration will continue with the rescue operations, involving army personnel and the national and state disaster response force personnel, till the entire rubble is removed. The twin cylinder blast on Friday night led to the collapse of a double-storey building, Kumavat Bhavan, which was hosting a pre-wedding function for Hemant Patlecha. While nine bodies were recovered on Saturday, 10 bodies including that of the bridegroom’s mother, Achuki Devi, were found on Sunday. Seriously injured patients were earlier referred to Ajmer and now have been shifted to Jaipur. The 19 dead included three children - Lakshat, 1, his brother Kartavya, 2, and Khushi Devda, 2. Some of the other deceased have been identified as Nirmala Devi, Monica, Hemlata, Basant Raj and Hitesh.

2018 Assembly polls: Demand for cash up

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The protesters, mostly job aspirants, demonstrated in Aurangabad, Patna and Vaishali districts. Patna, Feb 18 (IANS): Thousands of youths on Sunday staged violent protests and indulged in arson at three railway stations in Bihar against reducing the age limit for recruitment in the Railways, leading to services being disrupted for some time, police said. The protests against the age limit reduction for Group D recruitment and reserving most of the seats for ITI holders in the Railways came two days after hundreds of unemployed youths protested at Ara train station. On Sunday, the pro-

testers, mostly job aspirants, demonstrated at Rafiganj railway station in Aurangabad district, Athamgola railway station in Patna district and Hajipur railway station in Vaishali district. They forcibly stopped trains, blocked tracks, torched vehicles and threw stones at police officials in Rafiganj and Athamgola railway stations. The protesters shouted slogans against the BJP-led Central government and displayed posters that read “hum pakoda nahi bechenge”, “protest against sur-

gical strike on railway job aspirants”, “notify more jobs in railways”. The protest left half a dozen police officials injured and services on the Gaya-Mughalsarai section of the East Central Railway disrupted for hours. “Some pelted police with stones when officers tried to disperse them in which nearly a dozen of them were injured,” a district police official said. The police opened fire to disperse the protesters in Rafiganj after they tried to ransack the railway station.

KOHIMA, FEB 18 (NPN): The much-talked about ‘clean election campaign’ has not been able to make any major impact on the electorate as there are reports of voters in some rural areas having hiked their demand for the quantum of cash for votes, much more than during 2013 Assembly election. When contacted, some candidates confirmed with this Correspondent that voters had increased their demand for cash. A few remarked in a lighter vein that NBCC’s clean electing campaign had cleansed them instead. According to some candidates, few voters made excuses like, being farmers, they could not ask for jobs or contracts and so demanded cash in return for votes. It has been learnt that some clans with 60-70 voters were reportedly demanding cash of more than Rs. 15 lakh in some areas, while some voters said that infrastructural development or NBCC’s clean election campaign would not feed them and hence asked for cash. Speaking to Nagaland Post on the issue, NBCC general secretary Rev. Dr. Z. Keyho said clean election campaign was an uphill task and that the council was fighting many issues, but most important was the issue of selling one’s precious vote. He admitted that unless party camps and other electoral malpractices aimed at buying and selling votes were stopped, the clean election campaign would prove futile. Stating that it had come to the knowledge of NBCC that voters in different parts of the State were selling their votes, Keyho lamented thus: “This, I believe, is the dirty aspect of an election.” Calling for rooting out the practice, he said Nagas had already experienced the negative impact of selling votes and yet some people were finding it difficult to come out of the habit. Keyho warned that unless asking or receiving money from politicians and betting for the highest offer were stopped, the cycle of corruption would continue. He pointed out accepting cash or any other thing in kind from a candidate was not only a violation of the election rules, but a sin and against the Christian principles. Hence, he appealed to the Nagas to remain clean and make a difference this election.

21st century is the age of knowledge economy: Kovind NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (AGENCIES): President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said the 21st century was the age of “knowledge economy” and the power of new ideas and innovation was greater than money. He said a sustainable development of the human society was possible through the confluence of Indian values and modern science and technology. Kovind was addressing the diamond jubilee celebrations of University of Delhi’s PGDAV College here. Pointing to the success of the youth and their startups in e-commerce, transport and tourism, he said more than capital investment, it was the human talent and ingenuity that were behind such success. “The 21st century is the age of the knowledge economy. In todayâ€[TM] s era, the power of new ideas, new thinking and innovation is greater than money,Kovind said. The President said that the definition of employment is changing. Employment is no longer just a conventional job. Creating self-employment opportunities for yourself and for others has become more feasible,” he said. In order to encour-

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President Kovind during the diamond jubilee celebrations of University of Delhi’s PGDAV College. age self-employment, the government is providing assistance through various schemes, Kovind said, as he urged students to use these opportunities for their career development as well as to create opportunities for others. Remembering social reformer Swami Dayananda Saraswati, he said that to spread his teachings, Indian educationist Lala Hansraj had laid the foundation of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (DAV) school in Lahore about 130 years ago. Kovind also praised the DAV family of educational institutions, saying

it has imparted education based on modern scientific perspectives, as well as inspired by Indian traditions, to successive generations in the country. Indeed, the philosophy of the DAV institutions, which were first founded in the 19th century, can stand us in good stead in the 21st century as well, he said. The President said that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had completed his MA from DAV school in Kanpur. “I also completed my B com and LLB from DAV school, Kanpur,” he added.

BJP, others condemn

BJP media cell said it was shocked at the blatant attack on one of its most prominent and respected leader and that it was completely unacceptable. The party also termed the attack as “politically motivated” that was aimed at silencing one of the most “dedicated and uncompromising voices” speaking for the rights of people of Bhandari constituency. BJP demanded that the district authorities take immediate steps to ensure Mmhonlumo’s security, besides nabbing those behind the bid on his life. Alleging that the attack was carried out at the behest of his rivals and that it was part of an effort to increase attack on its workers in different parts of Nagaland, the State BJP appealed to election officials to investigate the matter as well as other similar incidents involving violation of the Election code of conduct. When all parties, including BJP, have endorsed Nagaland Baptist Church Council’s (NBCC) call for clean elections, why are the rivals openly resorting to bribery, violence, threat and intimidation against BJP, the

party wondered. According to the party, numerous incidents involving attacks on its party cadres in different parts of the State showed the growing pattern of politically motivated violence by rival parties that must be halted before it spiralled out of control. The State BJP also appealed to the people of Bhandari constituency to maintain calm and peace so that the normal election process was not hampered. Meanwhile, Wokha district BJP also condemned the assassination attempt on Mmhonlumo Kikon. While criticizing its rivals’ supporters for openly encouraging youths to be violent, the party appealed to the citizens to refrain from such activities and march towards a better society. The party has appealed to the law enforcing agency to take stern action against the culprits involved in the ambush. RALH, RRUD: Ralan Area Lotha Hoho (RALH) and Ralan Range Union Dimapur (RRUD) have condemned the life attempt on Mmhonlumo Kikon, BJP candidate from 40-Bhandari A/C. In a press note chair-

men of RALH, Hayithung Kikon and RRUD, Yihamo Humtsoe while terming incident as senseless and barbaric, said it deserved to be condemned by all. The unions further appealed to the law enforcement agency to arrest the culprits responsible. LLRPO: Lotha Lower Range Public Organisation (LLRPO) has vehemently condemned the disturbance of the peaceful atmosphere in an around 40 Bandari Assembly Constituency due to the forthcoming state General Assembly Elections. A press release from L L R P O s e c r e t a r y, M . Yanathung Ngullie, said the organisation felt that such acts were detrimental to peace and tranquillity and the perpetrators of such acts had no place in civilized society. It urged the law enforcing agencies to book any individual or organization that abet violence and award them befitting punishment as per the law. LLRPO further appealed to all the civil societies, village councils, political parties and individuals concerned, within its jurisdiction, to maintain a peaceful atmosphere during the period of the election process.

contestants 2 CPI (M) workers surrender More than 40 languages may be BJP, BJD accuse each other of K’taka to submit sources luring voters in Bijepur bypoll heading for extinction: Officials of income: CEO in murder case of Cong leader NEW DELHI, FEB 18 (AGENCIES): More than 40 languages or dialects in India are considered to be endangered and is believed to be heading towards extinction as only a few thousand people speak them, officials said. According to a report of the census directorate, there are 22 scheduled languages and 100 nonscheduled languages in the country which are spoken by a large number of people - one lakh or more. However, there are around 42 languages which are spoken by less than 10,000 people. These are considered endangered and may be heading towards extinction, a home ministry official said. A list prepared by UNESCO has also mentioned about the 42 languages or dialects in India which are endangered and

they may be heading towards extinction, the official said. The languages or dialects which were considered endangered, include 11 from Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Great Andamanese, Jarawa, Lamongse, Luro, Muot, Onge, Pu, Sanenyo, Sentilese, Shompen and Takahanyilang), seven from Manipur (Aimol, Aka, Koiren, Lamgang, Langrong, Purum and Tarao) and four from Himachal Pradesh (Baghati, Handuri, Pangvali and Sirmaudi). The other languages in the endangered category are Manda, Parji and Pengo (Odisha), Koraga and Kuruba (Karnataka), Gadaba and Naiki (Andhra Pradesh), Kota and Toda (Tamil Nadu), Mra and Na (Arunachal Pradesh), Tai Nora and Tai Rong (Assam), Bangani (Uttarakhand), Birhor (Jharkhand),

Nihali (Maharashtra), Ruga (Meghalaya) and Toto (West Bengal). The Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, has been working for the protection and preservation of endangered languages of the country, under a central scheme, another official said. Under the programme, grammatical descriptions, monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, language primers, anthologies of folklore, encyclopedias of all languages or dialects especially those spoken by less than 10,000 people are being prepared, the official said. Apart from the 22 scheduled languages, there are 31 other languages in the country which were given the status of official language by various state governments and Union territories.

Bhubaneswar, Feb 18 (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday accused each other of using money to lure voters ahead of the February 24 bypoll for the Bijepur Assembly seat in Odisha’s Bargarh district. Both parties approached the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) a day after Rs 40.5 lakh in unaccounted cash was seized from a SUV by Bargarh police, who arrested Akash Agarwal and his father Om Prakash Agarwal as they could not provide satisfactory answers about the cash. A BJP delegation led by Sajjan Sharma filed a complaint with the CEO and accused Bargarh district administration of working to favour the ruling party in the bypoll. “Use of black money by the BJD is now rampant

and the district administration is working at its behest. Besides, we have urged the CEO to take appropriate action against persons accused of distributing money to voters in Bijepur,” Sharma said. He demanded a thorough inquiry to unravel the source and destination of illicit cash. On the other hand, the BJD alleged that both Akash and his father are “active workers of Bajrang Dal and Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) respectively” and have links with the BJP. “Persons arrested with the cash are VHP activists. Om Prakash Agrawal is a member of the VHP while his son Akash has links with the VHP and BJP,” BJD Vice President Surya Narayan Patro said. The VHP denied the claim as well as links with Agarwal.

Bengaluru, Feb 18 (IANS): Candidates of political parties and independents who will be contesting the upcoming Karnataka legislative assembly election have to disclose the sources of their income and assets, as directed by the Supreme Court, state Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar said. “All candidates contesting in the upcoming state assembly election will have to disclose the sources of their income and assets along with that of their spouses and dependents in their nomination papers, as mandated by the Supreme Court,” the poll official told IANS here. The 15th assembly elections in Karnataka are due in April-May. A division bench of the apex court headed by Justices J. Chelameshwar and S. Abdul Nazeer on Friday directed the Election Commission to make disclosure of the source of income.

K ann u r , F e b 1 8 ( A G E N C IE S ) : T w o CPI(M) workers surrendered before the police on Sunday in connection with the murder of Youth Congress leader M Shuhaib, but the Congress cried foul saying they were ‘dummy killers’ intended to protect the real culprits. Aakash Thillangeri and Rijin Raj, two active workers of the party, went to a police station near Mattanoor with some local leaders and surrendered, said a senior police officer of north Kerala. Their surrender has exposed the CPI(M) leadership’s repeated claim that the party had no role in the brutal murder. On 11 February, a four-member gang had stabbed Shuhaib (29) after hurling bombs at him. He succumbed to his injuries a day later. The post-mortem report showed he had

received 37 stab wounds. “We really doubt their role in the murder. It seems a drama enacted by the party to save its face. Real killers are still roaming around and the police dread to touch them due to political patronage,” said Congress leader K Sudhakaran, former MP from Kannur. He has announced an indefinite fast from Monday protesting the delay in arresting the assailants. The father of the victim also shared similar concerns saying those who had surrendered had nothing to do with the murder. “I don’t think they are involved. It seems a drama to control growing public anger,” said father VP Muhamad, a Gulf returnee. He said he will move the court soon seeking CBI probe into his son’s murder.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 73 Dimapur, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Election war

s it is, the recent diktats issued by village councils to vote for a particular candidate is bad enough for a just and free democracy but it is unthinkable that those who defy the antidemocratic diktats are being excommunicated. It is not about two wrongs cannot make one right; it is being wrong all the way and which will always remain wrong. First of all, diktats in several villages existed since the 70s in a significant way and it is therefore not a new phenomenon. Also excommunicating candidates and their supporters is also not a new phenomenon since it had been done in the mid 70s. The issue of diktats may be a traditional practice for enforcing the rule of the village councils/clans over a village but using so in favour of a candidate is a wrong reason on a wrong occasion and a wrong method. Issuing a diktat to vote for a particular candidate used to be done in the past when there used to be candidates from other villages. It was a simplistic but undemocratic means for the cause of village loyalty and also a wrong reason since election is a contest, like a game of football and not a war for survival. With more people joining electoral politics, it is also not unusual to have more than one candidate from a village. In such circumstances, the thinking is that if the votes in a village should get fragmented among candidates hailing from the same village, then it diminishes the chance of the village getting its own candidate elected. Probably this worry has contributed to the issuance of diktats. However when a candidate or two refuses to accept the diktat then the village council finds its authority challenged and as a consequence the offender is excommunicated. This is also a misuse of the traditional penalty because it is usually awarded to those who have committed heinous crimes etc against a village member or one who has brought big shame to the village. These issues such as diktats and expulsion/excommunication of a village member over the issue of election, needs to be addressed urgently. This is so because the village authorities need to be enlightened that they cannot keep on issuing diktats every five years and followed by expulsions or excommunications on those defying the anti-democratic diktats. In some cases, when a village authority obtains undertaking from candidates from the village that each would abide by any decision on who will be the consensus candidate, anyone who reneges on that undertaking faces consequences. It may be that each candidate thought that he would be the choice but when that did not happen; the candidate reneged on his word and filed nominations. In the first place, candidates wanting to contest should not be party to any exercise that seeks to deprive anyone from contesting as enshrined under Representation of the People Act 1951. When courts take up such cases, such undertakings should be taken into account as one cannot have the benefit of both. Also there have been reports of violence and attempted assassinations. The issue of attempted assassination is most serious and has to be dealt with sternly. It is such evil doers who deserve to be excommunicated under Naga customary laws or imprisoned for life under IPC.

DailyDevotion Taking the Initiative Against Despair Rise, let us be going. —Matthew 26:46 In the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciples went to sleep when they should have stayed awake, and once they realized what they had done it produced despair. The sense of having done something irreversible tends to make us despair. We say, “Well, it’s all over and ruined now; what’s the point in trying anymore.” If we think this kind of despair is an exception, we are mistaken. It is a very ordinary human experience. Whenever we realize we have not taken advantage of a magnificent opportunity, we are apt to sink into despair. But Jesus comes and lovingly says to us, in essence, “Sleep on now. That opportunity is lost forever and you can’t change that. But get up, and let’s go on to the next thing.” In other words, let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invincible future with Him. There will be experiences like this in each of our lives. We will have times of despair caused by real events in our lives, and we will be unable to lift ourselves out of them. The disciples, in this instance, had done a downright unthinkable thing— they had gone to sleep instead of watching with Jesus. But our Lord came to them taking the spiritual initiative against their despair and said, in effect, “Get up, and do the next thing.” If we are inspired by God, what is the next thing? It is to trust Him absolutely and to pray on the basis of His redemption. Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step.

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All that shine is not diamond, Save poor depositors;

PNB fraud symptomatic of banking malaise

he banks are in dire need to save their coffers. The latest Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam of Rs 11.4 thousand crore is a testimony that the poor man’s savings are at the greatest risk. It is strange that PNB so far has told CBI of a mere Rs 280 crore fraud. The rest are its assessment that the PNB itself has to account for as transactions have hit several banks. The actual hit may be more. The fraud as per reports has been happening since 2006 and possibly intensified since 2011. And none knew about it! How come despite a supposed lead in July 2017, the PNB kept it in wraps! It is intriguing that while the key players, diamond merchant Nirav Modi, his uncle Mehul Chokshi, Modi’s wife and other family members flee the country in the first week January 2018, the CBI is told about it days later and is able to file an FIR on January 30. The ED and others seize over Rs 5000 crore assets, including diamonds and fixed deposit papers from Nirav Modi establishments 15 days later. The assets are illiquid, subject to legal hassles and no succour for PNB and

poor depositors. While the government puts the blame on PNB, it appears that LoU used for short-term credit on foreign shores for purchases of diamonds abroad had exposure to several other banks like overseas branches of Axis Bank, Allahabad Bank and Nostro account of PNB – an account that it holds in foreign currency in another bank. The PNB had honoured the claims until January 5. In 1969, banks were nationalized and many later, to save the poor man’s savings. It was hailed as a ‘socialistic’ equalizer as it was professed to prevent the large houses playing with public money. The 1991 liberalisation and severe scams that deprived the banks, UTI and LIC of billions proved that large players conversant with the loopholes always had a free hand. It also proved that the money once lost to the public sector or for that matter any bank never comes back. Tardy investigations and prosecutions lead virtually nowhere to recover the money that belongs to the poor and banks fleece them all the way for operating their own accounts.

The banks have mastered the art of swindling for the profit of scamsters and may be a large number of bankrelated functionaries. The Indian society has to learn from its own and western experiences how to move out of transacting through the banks. Let us not forget that 2007-08 severe meltdown was led by the US and EuroShivaji pean banks, insurance companies like US government’s AIG and other financial institutions. The sub-prime crisis pauperized millions in these rich countries. So it happened during the late 1990s that hit the southeast Asian tigers. More less cash has turned out to be bigger route to loot the people who put their money in banks and consider it to be “safe and easy” savings and transaction mode. It is a global crisis and operators are continuously at advantage. The political players, mostly from the poor and middle class, also need to be aware. The lobbies have got around them to misguide and make them announce schemes which often benefit the scamsters and malign the political system.

The key players in all such global crisis have been the nexus of banksstock market and master swindlers. They have acted through the routes of power corridors even in the US and Europe said to have strong regulatory mechanism. Indeed it is strange that a government does not mind ruthlessly punishing poor employees, Sarkar bank cashiers for the smallest unintended mistakes, lets big players go off free. It calls for a probe also into the misutilisation of funds by autonomous institutions, government organisations, which have been given liberal grants to never attain the objectives. It has benefitted some top functionaries. This has been happening for decades include very innocuously looking bodies that are into education, mass communication and social innovation. So the PNB scam through alleged fraudulent letter of understandings (LoU) issued by a PNB official in 2017 summer on which the bank also received fees for three months though is shocking has surprised none. The practice has continued at least since 2011. While the bank is being

blamed for embezzlement, role of its internal auditors and even RBI’s inspection team is under the scanner. During all these 12 years Nirav Modi and his uncle’s companies have made large profits in the stock market but the bank’s dues were never paid. It casts its shadow on the share market as well and the linkages must be probed. How has the PNB allowed them to function without getting the principal back? There is an elaborate web of deception in the Indian banking system. It exposes a weak-risk management practices and glaring oversight lapses. Indian banks apparently have not learnt from the tightening of international practices after the sub-prime 2008 crisis. Instead Indian banks opened up their coffers and as the Economic Survey 2016-17 says that 50 houses were responsible for most bank NPAs, now stated to be 82 percent of the exposure. Bank recapitalization of over Rs 1 lakh crore to keep them afloat is a tax on depositors. The alarm bells are tolling. The biggest SBI reported Rs 2416 crore loss a few days back. Many others have either dwindled profits

or are in losses. The PNB fraud is a mere symptom. It needs an intense probe across the banks, including so-called private ones and financial institutions to diagnose the malaise. Most such corporatelinked frauds erode assets, reputation of the country and impoverish the poor who have to suffer in many ways. In the West the depositors and pension fund insurers lost almost all of it after 2008. In India they are suffering with less interest accruals, higher bank charges and other hardships. The online banking has exposed many of them to frauds. Entire banking system requires to be cleansed. The government must start the process and should not consider PNB as an aberration. A detailed study and remedial procedures are needed. The non-cash transaction for now at least needs to be contained to save the banks and the poor depositors. It is a systemic need and the people be freed of complicated linking with many documents. The aim has to be to stem the banking rot and not punish the poor. All that shine is not diamond.

Post-mortem Nagaland Joint Christian Weighty reading: Books which Forum appeals provide physical exercise too

he Nagaland Joint Christian Forum is pained with the state of affairs in our Christian majority society where we are badly divided on political party line. We have become very unchristian in our words and attacks. Truth is suppressed and propaganda abound trying to over power each other with canon of unreserved attacks. At the end, we fail to realize that we are all responsible for the kind of society we have created for ourselves and for the generations to come. We all must own the responsibility together to rebuild our society in the fear of God. This mindset should prevail in all of us including the politicians, the civil society and the church. Unless we change our ways of doing things shouting alone will not change our situation. Things will remain the same and the five years cycle will continue. More division will be created and our people will become more frustrated and we will become cynical with the good intention of change. Nagas have come to a stage where we cannot choose what is right from what is wrong. This is because we have deviated from the truth as Christians. We have failed to speak the truth in love. Honesty and integrity has disappeared in the lives of the leaders. We have chosen to become anything we want at the expense of forgetting from where we come from. Our personal and selfish interest have taken over the common benefit. Politics has fooled us for much too long. We are easily bought and are used by others, our originality is lost. We are led to listen to outsiders who know less about us and because of that we have failed to listen and pay attention to the realities within us. In a Christian majority state like Nagaland, it pains us to see that we have come to a stage where outsiders seem to play a major role in deciding our fate. We choose to embrace political ideologies of others rather than keep our faith intact. We have lost trust and faith in each other and have allowed others to come and break us. We melt at the feet of others. What do they know about the Nagas that we don’t know? What do they see in us that we do not see? The division on party lines, the disunity and the tendency to be easily influenced with political rhetorics have become the order of the day. We seem to find more comfortable to embrace others than build up each other. Politics is good and a state cannot be run without it. Politics is not what you do to further yourself but to further the cause of the society. It must transcend beyond the party

line deep into the grassroots where the common people are living out their lives day in and day out. Our society needs good constructive politics without interference and influence. This needs resolute determination. In our political arguments, let us also not forget the bigger picture. What goes around out there comes around. More than anything else we need leaders with integrity and honesty and who can stand the test and others will follow. We should not be easily influenced by what other people say but judge them by what is happening in the larger picture. Let us not forget the pains and cry of the minority groups. Unless we leave a trade mark for their sake a time will come where the Nagas will be haunted by the follies of our action we make today. At least the Nagas can be the voice of those who suffer for their faith and their status in the bigger picture of a secular India. Our condition is as such that we blame everything on lack of development. We fail to realize that lack of honesty, transparency and sincerity over the years have led us to this state of affairs. Development and the change we long for can only be brought by honest and upright people and not by talk. We have lost our vision. The selfishness in us has caused us to jump from one tree to the other looking for the greener pastures. We are what we are today because of what we have become politically in the past. A time to empty during election and a time to fill up in the next five years to come. We do anything to be elected. Pronounce every lie to entice. I point at, I criticize and demean others without realizing that I am part of the mess and the problem created. Election time is a time to talk about change, lay the blue print for change but that change must be realistic. Along with that the change must begin in us first. Let us not cover our lies with more lies. As voters don’t allow yourself to be bought. Vote with pride and with your God given conscience. We have the vote in us to elect upright and honest leaders this time around. Your vote can make the difference! Don’t only think of our woes and plights when they hit us, now is the time to think and vote right. The answer to our problem is not blowing in the air, the answer lies within us. May God gives us the strength as we face the poll this time around. Lead me Lord, I will Follow... Rev. Dr. N. Paphino, Vice President, NJCF Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the

omeone once quipped that out to a married ex-lover to help Napoleon’s invasion, is a prime exthe “universal aptitude for him produce a science fiction ample, while Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ineptitude makes any hu- film, claims to be the world’s “Crime and Punishment” is well man accomplishment an incred- longest novel, with over 17 mil- over 500 pages and “The Brothers ible miracle” and devoted book lion words, over 10,000 pages Karamazov” anything between readers know it too well. Any across 17 volumes. The novel’s 720 to 1,013 pages, depending on of the (sadly-diminishing) tribe title is itself 6,700 words long, it the translation. It must, however, would be familiar with responses contains a 4.4-million-letter noun be noted that the authors were of wonder over the fact that they as well as a three million-word- paid by the page. Another notable one is Ivan manage to read even a modestly- long sentence. long work in a day or two. Wonder Persian poet Ferdowsi’s (or Goncharov’s “Oblomov” (1859), what these amazed people would Firdausi/Fardusi) “The Shah- which just clocks in a doorstopper make of a book termed a “door- nameh”, about Iranian history with translations spanning from stopper”? from the world’s creation to the around 500 to 550 pages, but the “Doorstoppers” are books Islamic age, in an abridged Eng- entire first part, over 50 pages, so thick and heavy that they can lish prose translation runs close just describes the title character be used to keep doors open -- or to 1,000 pages and, according to trying to get out of his bed -- and even be a literary weapon, liter- the introduction, a current full on to a chair. French authors too remain ally. The irrepressible TVTropes. English verse translation is nine masters -- Victor Hugo’s “Les org, which also suggests they can volumes long. be a substitute for barbells or an Japanese epic “The Tale of Miserables”, is affectionately opportunity for orthopaedists, Genji”, varies by language and called “The Brick” by its admirers, says “Proper Doorstoppers” (also translator, but one copy is 1,090 and has a detailed description of a known as “Tree Killers”) should pages long. And many classic crack in the wall, through which a be over 500 pages at least, with Chinese novels are in the 2,000- character looks, spanning a page a normal typeface -- at least 10 page range -- Luo Guanzhong’s and a half -- in the condensed point. 14th century epic “Romance of version. Indians too figure, with A distinction needs to be the Three Kingdoms”, about war, drawn with “Omnibus” editions, turmoil, and bloodshed in the Vikram Seth’s “A Suitable Boy” which usually bring a trilogy, or eponymous period (188-280 AD) being over 1,500 pages and Vikram Chandra’s “Sacred Games” at complete works of an author into runs to over 2,300 pages. one. While technically a “doorSo does the 16th century around 1,100. Though, technology has stopper”, they are not, for this “Journey to the West” about Chiterm is for one particular work, nese Buddhist monk Xuanzang’s now enabled even a huge doorwhich per TVTropes, “can and pilgrimage to India to study Bud- stopper to easily fit on a light, will cause massive muscle fatigue dhism and obtain accurate copies handy, smartphone or e-reader, when reading while holding the of religious texts and the exploits determined bookworms from the book in your hands”. of his three supernatural co-trav- dawn of publishing to well into While religious scriptures ellers and protectors, especially the 20th century -- and even now -- or their exegeses -- dictionaries, “The Monkey King”, while Cao -- never hesitated to carry around encyclopaedias, most textbooks, Xueqin’s 18th century “Dream weighty tomes on journeys, to especially computer program- of the Red Chamber”, about the work and otherwise, giving the ming, accountancy, biology, et al, decline of a noble family is shorter phrase “active readers” a whole new meaning. Whoever says book are doorstoppers, let’s see some -- at only 1,800-odd pages. notable examples from both clasRussians were quite famous reading is a lazy activity, should sical and popular literature. for this At 1,200 pages, Leo Tol- try to read one of these. (IANS) Though English has some of stoy’s “War and Peace”, about the most well-known examples -- Russian nobility before and during Vikas Datta, (vikas.d@ians.in) Charles Dickens, Margaret “Gone With the Wind” Mitchell, J.R.R. Tolkien (save “The Hobbit” and “The Silmarillion”), J.K. Rowling (“The Order of the Phoenix” onwards), the phenomenon is present in literary traditions across the world -- Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, among many others and much old. Sir, Marcel Proust’s “A la ReNagaland was once a God-fearing country, where truth was not cherche du Temps Perdu” (“Re- relative but absolute. As I look at the political situation today, all I membrance of Things Past” or see are narcissistic who have been leading this State to the complete “In Search of Lost Time” now, opposite of what our founding fathers had planned. It truly grieves my 1913-27 in French) about his heart. God has abundantly blessed Nagaland, and we thank Him yet childhood and adulthood experiwe eliminate Him from everything possible. Is it any wonder that He ences in late 19th century/early 20th century France, holds the has taken His hand of blessing off this State and left it in the hands Guinness records title of longest of godless people? God must’ve had enough of we have fashioned novel with its one and a half mil- ourselves into today. Who are you casting your votes to on February lion words. The author was still 27? You decide. Let your faith decide and not your greed. We would adding to it and revising the last do well to remember the words of President Ronald Reagan who three volumes at the time of his said “Without God, there is no virtue, because there’s no prompting death, leading to the possibility it of the conscience. Without God, we’re mired in the material, that could have well emerged longer. flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive. Without God, However, Mark Leach’s there is a coarsening of the society. And without God, democracy “Marienbad My Love” (2013), will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we’re one about a tortured (mentally) au- nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.” Aienla Jamir, Kohima thor on a desert island reaching columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Maha to launch cheap sanitary pad scheme on March 8: Fadnavis costs of sanitary pads, their unavailability in rural areas and awkwardness among women to purchase them from male chemists as the main reasons behind such low usage. The state government has appointed “Umed’- the Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission, as a nodal agency for effective implementation of the scheme, the official said. Under the scheme, beneficiary girls will be given “Asmita Cards”, while participating Self Help Groups (SHGs) will be entrusted with the task of the supply and sale of sanitary pads and counselling the girls and women. “The SHGs will have to procure sanitary napkins from suppliers by registering on the Asmita mobile application and distribute them to rural women and girls as per the requirement and demand,” the official said, adding that the SHGs

concerned will earn Rs 5 in profit per sanitary packet. Meanwhile, the Rural Development Minister said a hygiene campaign will also be launched across the state to increase awareness among young girls on usage of sanitary pads. “This will boost school attendance as well. Similarly, it will help to create employment opportunities for women in rural areas and create awareness about health and education,” Munde said. The move came at a time when various sections of the society and some political parties have been demanding slashing of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on sanitary napkins. Earlier this year, the state Cabinet approved a plan to provide sanitary pads to women in rural areas at subsidised rates to promote hygiene and reduce school absenteeism.

Government employees frustrated because of Govt instability: Er. Kruse

IIT-M to create India-specific cancer database

ments to discharge their duties. Kruse was of the view that things were wrong within the leadership; there had been too much “entertainment” in the past years. He posited that politics should be value based and people of clean character, guided by spiritual values should lead the people for the state to improve. He highlighted some of his priorities -- focus on sports, acceleration of economic progress through education, eco-tourism, health, sports and agro based activities etc. Also he touched on the subjects of good road connectivity, efficient administration and revenue generation, women and youth empowerment, equal attention to both urban and rural sectors, moral and spiritual development and conservation of the environment.

Chennai, Feb 18 (PTI): IIT-Madras is in the process of creating an India-specific cancer genome database aimed at early detection and development of better treatment strategy for the disease. The National Cancer Tissue Biobank (NCTB), a first of its kind community-based initiative in the country, is collecting cancer tissues from Indian patients “to generate a cancer genome database which was not available so far.” Prof S Mahalingam, the faculty-in-charge of NCTB, said different types of cancer tissues were being collected for this purpose. “This (collection of samples) is critical for identifying the specific changes happening in our own population to develop the diagnostic kit for early detection (of cancer) and this will help us to design a better treatment strategy,” he told PTI.

agenda in order to take the State to greater heights. Stating that the Naga people had wasted four precious years of BJPled NDA govt from 20142017, Rio asserted that the Nagas should catch the bus this time to get along with the govt at the centre under the dynamic leadership of PM Modi. On the NDPP-BJP alliance, he made it clear that at no point would the Christian faith be threatened. Rather, he said NDPP will defend the Christian faith in all times to come. “The NPF has been in alliance with the BJP for the last 15 years under the DAN govt. Likewise, the NDPP-BJP alliance will work to bring a stable govt. Only when the govt is stable, there will be development,” he said. Rio also clarified that no political party, be it NDPP, NPF, BJP or Congress, should not be regarded as a political party

which has attachments with any religion. “All political parties are formed with development as its top agenda,” he said. “Instead of worrying about political alliances, what concerns me more is weak leadership”, he stated. On his return to State politics, Rio thanked the Naga people for bestowing their trust on his leadership. He expressed hope that the Naga people will vote the NDPP-BJP alliance to power. For the voters of the 15th Southern Angami A/C, he sought for their support and requested them to elect the NDPP candidate Neikha. Others who spoke at the function were former MLA Dr. Neiphrezo, NDPP candidate Zale Neikha, Dr. Atha Vizol and Vilahosa Luho. Earlier, Rio also addressed a similar function for the same candidate at Kidima village.

Clean Ganga mission: Govt make plans for STPs New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI): To ensure better coordination and improved quality of water, the government plans to have a single operator maintain all sewage treatment plants (STPs) in a city along the Ganga, as part of its efforts to clean the river, a senior official said. The Union Water Resources Ministry has already invited tender for integrating the existing sewage treatment infrastructure in Mathura with a new 30 million litres daily (MLD) STP to be built there under the hybrid annuity-based

public private partnership mode. Under this mode, the government will pay the operator 40 per cent of the amount initially, while the remaining 60 per cent will be spent by the operator. The rest of the amount would be paid by the government over a period of 15 years, “provided the firm operates and maintains the STP properly and meets the ministry’s affluent discharge norms”, the official said. He said efforts are on to integrate STP infrastructures in Allahabad

(72 MLD) and Kanpur (49 MLD) in Uttar Pradesh, Patna (150 MLD) in Bihar and Kolkata (136 MLD) in West Bengal. Tenders for these projects are likely to be invited by the last week of this month, the official said. “There are several STPs in each city along the Ganga. Some of them are old and are not operating properly. Upgradation, operation and maintenance of STPs in the entire town/ city would be done by one

operator. This will also mean the ministry does not have to deal with five to six operators,” the official said. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), which is executing the mission on behalf of the ministry, has sanctioned 97 sewerage infrastructure projects at a cost of Rs 14,127 crore to abate pollution in the 2,525-km long river. Of these, 11 are proposed to be completed under the hybrid annuity model.

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New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI): The railways will now deliver gold-standard coaches, meant for Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains, to trains “patronised by the poorest of the poor”, a note from a meeting of senior railway board officials has said. The upgradation work will be done under the project Swarna, which was launched last year to refurbish railway coaches, but covered only the premium Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. “Project Swarna will be extended to second level of trains. While selecting the trains, the approach must not be elitist. The trains which are patronised by the poorest of the poor must also be identified,” says the minutes from a meeting of senior railway board officials earlier this month. Under the project, the railways gave its zones a free hand to spend as much as Rs 50 lakh per rake (set of coaches), which usually takes around Rs 30-35 lakhs, to develop and create “aesthetic” and “passenger friendly” coach interiors, officials said. It was also decided in the meeting that the principal chief mechanical engineers of all zonal railways can identify mail and express trains that can be upgraded. The upgrade will mean that passengers on board such trains will experience improvement in coach interiors, toilets, cleanliness, staff behaviour, catering, linen, punctuality, on-board entertainment and security.

KOHIMA, FEB 18 (NPN): NDPP-BJP chief ministerial candidate, Neiphiu Rio said the inability to form a stable government had hindered many development activities in the state with T.R. Zeliang running an opposition-less govt as chief minister. Rio said this during the campaign programme for the 15th Southern Angami assembly constituency NDPP candidate Zale Neikha at Viswema village council hall on Sunday. The former chief minister was confident that the NDPP-BJP alliance will form the government. He was also of the view that the central govt had trusted his leadership and therefore, extended an alliance with the newly formed NDPP. He made a fervent call to the Naga people to subscribe to the calling of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development

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KOHIMA, FEB 18 (NPN): Retired chief engineer, Er. Kevisekho Kruse on Sunday lamented that the government employees had been frustrated over the past last four years due to the instability and non performance of the state government. Interacting with media persons at his private residence at Kohima on Sunday afternoon, the NDPP intending candidate from 8 Western Angami A/C said that during his term as chief engineer of PHED, he had seen five PHED ministers come and go in four and half years. This affected successful implementation of various schemes, Kruse said. He said there was a cry and a hunger for change in the government functioning system and this would only happen with new leader-

ship. Er. Kruse added that unless there was a drastic change in the state with a new ruling government, the rising unemployment in the state could never be checked and solved. He mentioned that one of his visions was to lessen unemployment through skill development and entrepreneurship. He also explained that Nagaland was sanctioned the highest amounts for its roads, but this did not translate into actual physical road improvement. On the educational system, Er. Kruse said there was total failure within the system and there was a need to streamline the curriculum in line with other states. He also pointed out on the transfer and posting of officials that each minister wants officers of their choice and this juggling of officers made it difficult for depart-

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strual hygiene among rural women. The Asmita Yojana was announced last year by Women and Child and Rural Development Minister Pankaja Munde. According to the official, there is very little awareness about hygiene during periods among girls in the age group of 11 to 19 years and women in general in rural areas of Maharashtra. “Only 17 per cent of them use sanitary napkins,” he said. He attributes high

Ko l k at a , F e b 1 8 (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that the $1.8 billion Punjab National Bank fraud was fuelled during demonetisation and demanded the unearthing of the “full truth” behind the scam. “This is just a tip of the iceberg. This big bank fraud was fuelled at the time of #DeMonetisation. Big money-laundering happened during DeMo. Key bank officials were changed. Who are these people put in? There are more banks involved. The full truth must come out,” she tweeted. Banerjee had earlier demanded a thorough investigation into the Punjab National Bank fraud and said she would not let the central government off the hook until the people’s money is secured. Accusing the Centre of trying to take away the people’s money deposited in the banks with its Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, the Chief Minister said she had written “strong” letters to the Finance Ministry to demand withdrawal of the bill.

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Mumbai, Feb 18 (PTI): At a time when attempts are being made to remove the taboo associated with the topic of menstrual hygiene with increased awareness, the Maharashtra government is all set to roll out its “Asmita Yojana” on the International Women’s Day next month. Under the scheme, girls in Zilla Parishad schools will get a sanitary napkin packet at Rs 5 while rural women can avail it at a subsidised rate of Rs 24 and Rs 29. The scheme, catering to girl students and women in rural areas, will be formally launched on March 8, a Rural Development ministry official told PTI. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will be present at the launch. Akshay’s film “Padman”, released recently, envisioned to create awareness about men-

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Mumbai, Feb 18 (PTI): Diagnostic chain Metropolis Healthcare has drawn up a Rs 100-crore capex plan to open 30 labs and 700 collection centres, apart from entering the African market, a top company official has said. “We havve 2,000 collection centres now and are adding 700 more along with 30 laboratories over the next 12 months. We are already present in four countries and is entering two more African markets,” promoter and managing director Ameera Shah told PTI. Cur rently, the lab chain has 2,000 collection centres and 150 labs across the country and Sri Lanka, Kenya, Mauritius and Ghana. The company would strengthen its presence in Southern and Western states and expand to the Northeast where it does

not have much presence, Shah said, adding they have already identified a lab for acquisition in Gujarat. The company will invest around Rs 100 crore for expansion, medical equipment and IT development, she said, adding the capex will be funded through internal accruals. She also ruled out hitting the capital markets for funds saying they have no plans to raise money through an initial public offer in the near future. As part of the publicprivate partnership, programme, they were recently awarded a contract by the National Aids Control Organisation (Naco) under the Union health ministry to conduct an HIV viral load-testing across 525 antiretroviral therapy (ART) centres in the country. The project will bring about a sweeping change in the way HIV patients are

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New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI): State-owned UCO Bank Saturday said it has exposure of USD 411.82 million (about Rs 2,636 crore) in the Rs 11,400-crore PNB fraud committed by billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and his associates. In normal course of business, the Hong Kong branch has been negotiating export documents against Letter of Credit issued through authenticated SWIFT message by Punjab National Bank (PNB) after receiving acceptance through authenticated SWIFT message, UCO Bank said in a regulatory filing to stock exchanges. The applicants for these Letters of Credit includes few of the corporate clients associated with the incident of recent fraud at PNB, it said. “The outstanding exposure involved in the transactions is approximately USD 411.82 million and the bank is fully confident to receive the payment from the PNB,” it said. Earlier this week, fraud-hit PNB said it will honour its bonafide commitments and entire liability will be known after the investigation.

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Mumbai, Feb 18 (PTI): Rating agency Crisil has put the scam-ridden Punjab National Bank’s ratings on ‘watch’, following the Rs 11,400-crore fraud detected by the lender at one of its Mumbai branches. The fraudulent transactions were carried by the diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his companies by acquiring fraudulent letters of undertaking (LoUs) from the lender’s Brady House branch at Horniman Circle branch in south Mumbai to secure overseas credit from other lenders. These are mostly domestic lenders such as SBI, Uco Bank, Allahabad Bank, Union Bank, Axis Bank among others. The agency has a AAA and AA ratings on the various debt instruments of the Delhi based public sector lender which is the second largest amongst the nationalized banks. “We’ve placed our ratings on the debt instru-

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The Grant Thornton’s Bon Appetit survey was based on findings from 35 (Mumbai) and 29 (Bengaluru) owners and Key Managerial Personnel (KMPs). Like GST, demonetisation has also affected the restaurant industry, the survey revealed. The impact of demonetisation appeared to have been more in Bengaluru, where only one-third of the respondents said there is no impact, compared to Mumbai, where it was 60 per cent, it said. This is also as cash is still a predominant mode of payment and accounts for 20-30 per cent of receipts in a restaurant, it said. M-wallets have just started picking up and account for 4-5 per cent of the collections, it added. “The Indian restaurant industry has evolved and grown significantly over the past two decades and continues to grow at a steady pace. “This can be attributed

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Sebi is planning to make a fresh push on its earlier proposal, although it is open to make a constructive changes to the proposed framework, he added. The regulator plans to go ahead with its earlier proposal that mandated listed companies to disclose any payment defaults to banks and financial institutions within one working day of such a miss. Earlier, the regulator had put off implementation of its directive “until further notice” that required listed firms to inform exchanges if they default on loan payments to banks and financial institutions, just a day before it was supposed to be implemented on October 1. Banks had asked for more time for the rules as the Indian credit market was different from its Western counterparts where such a disclosure is mandatory.

Mumbai, Feb 18 (PTI): The restaurant industry in Mumbai and Bengaluru feels the impact of Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been largely positive, but lack of clarity on regulations remains a major hurdle, according to a survey. More than 70 per cent of the restaurant owners in the two cities believed GST is a positive decision for the industry, while 68 per cent businesses felt it will ease compliance since it is backed by technology, said the survey by Grant Thornton India, a leading assurance, tax and advisory firm. High rentals and difficulty in retaining experienced staff are key challenges faced by the restaurant industry in Mumbai and Bengaluru, said the survey titled ‘Bon Appetit – Emerging trends, opportunities and challenges in Indian restaurant industry’. Lack of clarity on regulations has also been mentioned as an area of concern, it added.

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Ever since the fraud came to light last week, investors wealth has seen a massive erosion worth billions of dollars at PNB, Gitanjali Gems and several listed firms, including public sector banks with direct or indirect exposure to Modi. With an aim to help investors take an informed decision at the earliest in cases of loan default, Sebi had proposed to mandate listed companies to make immediate disclosure about their loan defaults. However, the proposal had to put “on-hold” apparently after reservations expressed by the banking industry that such a move can create a panic like situation. “With the PNB fraud coming to light, it has become important to ensure timely disclosure of even a small loan default rather than the situation to balloon into a major crisis,” a senior official said.

will be attached soon under the anti-money laundering law,” a senior ED official said. He added that the ED and the I-T department had zeroed in on about 200 dummy or shell companies in the country and abroad that were being used to route or receive funds as part of the alleged fraud. It is suspected that the shell firms were being used by the accused to launder money and create “benami” assets in the form of land, gold and precious stones, which is now being probed by the tax department. Both the ED and the IT department had formed special teams to investigate the case, sources said. The ED has seized diamonds, gold jewellery and other precious stones worth Rs 5,674 crore till now in the case. The I-T department yesterday attached nine bank accounts of Gitanjali Gems, its promoter Mehul Choksi and others in connection with a tax evasion probe against them.

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NEW DELHI, Feb 18 (PTI): Concerned over a massive Rs 11,000-crore fraud at PNB remaining undetected for years, markets regulator Sebi may give a fresh push to its “onhold” proposal to mandate listed firms to disclose all loan defaults within a day. While billionaire jewellery designer Nirav Modi, the alleged perpetrator of this fraud, is not directly linked to any listed company, his relative and business associate Mehul Choksi’s Gitanjali Gems is a listed firm and has been involved in some other cases of suspected market manipulations. Sebi has already launched a probe into trading and disclosure related issues in the matter of Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Gitanjali Gems in connection with the biggest fraud in the Indian banking industry so far, allegedly perpetrated by absconding Modi.

New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI): At least 200 shell firms and “benami” assets have come under the scanner of the investigative agencies that are probing the Rs 11,400-crore alleged fraud at the Punjab National Bank (PNB), involving diamond czar Nirav Modi, his relative and business partner Mehul Choksi and others. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which continued its searches against Modi, Choksi and their companies for the fourth day today, is also moving to attach at least two dozen immovable properties under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED today raided at least 45 premises, including jewellery showrooms and workshops, across the country. “As many as 29 properties -- of Modi, his family members and companies -that have been provisionally attached by the Income Tax department, are being assessed by the ED under the PMLA. A few more assets

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An Aseman Airlines flight carrying 60 passengers and six crew crashed in Iran TEHRAN, Feb 18 (Agencies): An Iranian passenger plane on a domestic flight crashed into the country’s Zagros mountains on Sunday killing all 66 people on board, officials said. The Aseman Airlines flight left Tehran’s Mehrabad airport around 0800 (0430 GMT) for the city of Yasuj in Isfahan province, said Mohammad Tabatabai, director of public relations for the airline. The plane crashed into Dena mountain, part of the Zagros range, around 23 kilometres (14 miles) from Yasuj, some 500 kilometres south of the capital, he told state broadcaster IRIB. “After searches in the area, unfortunately we were informed that the plane crashed. Unfortunately, all our dear ones lost their lives in this incident,” said Tabatabai. The plane was carrying 60 passengers, including

one child, as well as six crew, he added. A helicopter sent by Iran’s national emergency services was unable to land at the site of the accident due to severe weather, its spokesman said. The Relief and Rescue Organisation of Iran’s Red Crescent said it had dispatched 12 teams to the region. “Given the fact that the area is mountainous, it is not possible to send ambulances,” Mojtaba Khaledi, spokesman for the national emergency services, told ISNA news agency. Decades of international sanctions have left Iran with an ageing fleet of passenger planes which it has struggled to maintain and modernise. It has suffered multiple aviation disasters, most recently in 2014 when a Sepahan plane crashed killing 39 people. Tabatabai said the plane that crashed on

Sunday was a twin-engine turboprop ATR-72. Aseman currently has a fleet of 36 planes -- half of them 105-seat Dutch Fokker 100s. Its three Boeing 727200s are almost as old as the Islamic revolution, having made their first flights in 1980. Lifting sanctions on aviation purchases was a key clause in the nuclear deal Iran signed with world powers in 2015. Following the deal, Aseman Airlines finalised an agreement to buy 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets for $3 billion (2.4 billion euros) last June, with an option to buy 30 more. However, the sale could be scuppered if US President Donald Trump chooses to reimpose sanctions in the coming months, as he has threatened to do. The US has maintained its own sanctions on Iran, which block almost all trade with the country, but plane manufacturers were given a specific exemption under the nuclear deal. Boeing, which is also building 80 planes for national carrier Iran Air, faces heavy criticism from US lawmakers who say Iranian airlines have been used to ship weapons and troops to Syria and other conflict zones.

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Washington, Feb 18 (IANS): The White House continued to deny collusion with Moscow a day after special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals and three entities for allegedly meddling in the US 2016 presidential election, the media reported. In a series of tweets on Saturday, President Donald Trump said that, despite the newly announced charges, the Russian meddling had no effect on the outcome of the election, reports CNN. “’Charges Deal Don A Big Win’, written by Michael Goodwin of the @nypost (The New York Post), succinctly states that ‘the Russians had no impact on the election results’. There was no collusion with the Trump Campaign. “She (Hillary Clinton) lost the old-fashioned way, by being a terrible candidate. Case closed,” Trump tweeted. In a separate tweet, the President quoted Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from when he made the announcement regarding the various indictments on Friday. “Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein stated at the News Conference: ‘There is no allegation in the indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election’,” Trump tweeted.

Florida shooting survivors call for tougher gun laws

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understand why it should be harder to make plans with friends on weekends than to buy an automatic or semiautomatic weapon,” Gonzalez, who huddled in an auditorium during the shooting, said at the rally outside a federal courthouse. “Maybe the adults have got used to saying, ‘It is what it is,’... But if us students have learned anything, it’s that if you don’t study, you will fail. And in this case if you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead.” She addressed politicians, saying to those who take campaign donations from the National Rifle Association (NRA): “Shame on you.” Hundreds of people gathered began to chant, “Shame on you! Shame on you!” As she ended her remarks, she shouted her disagreement with what she hears from the other side of

the gun laws debate, CNN reported. “Politicians who sit in their gilded house and senate seats funded by the NRA telling us nothing could have been done to prevent this, we call BS!. “They say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence. We call BS,” she cried with the crowd screaming along with the final word. The attack, one of the worst mass shootings in US history, was carried out by a former student of the school, Nikolas Cruz, 19. He killed 17 people -- 14 students, three staff members -- and injured 15 others. He was expelled from the school for “disciplinary reasons”. Cruz, who has had a history of mental illness, is currently at the main Broward County jail facing 17 counts of premeditated murder. His next court date is set for Monday.

Israel strikes Gaza after blast wounds four soldiers GAZA CITY, Feb 18 (Agencies): Israeli jets struck the Gaza Strip on Saturday after four soldiers were wounded when an improvised explosive device blew up along the border with the Palestinian enclave. The explosion earlier Saturday, which left two of the Israeli soldiers severely injured, was one of the most serious incidents on the border of the Hamas-ruled enclave since the Islamist movement and Israel fought a war in 2014. In response Israel’s army said it attacked “18 terror targets belonging to the Hamas terror organisation” in two waves of air strikes. “Eight targets were attacked in a military compound near Deir el Balah, which belongs to the Hamas terror organization, including weapon-manufacturing and training infrastructures,” a statement released early Sunday read. An earlier statement said the fighter jets had targeted “six military targets in Gaza belonging to Hamas, including: a terror tunnel in the Zaytun area and military compounds near Deir elBalah and Khan Yunis”. The army also reported that a “launch was identified from the Gaza Strip at Israeli territory”, with a projectile hitting near a home in a southern Israeli community. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a security conference in Munich called

Rohingya return: Bangladesh lists 8,000 names DHAKA, Feb 18 (Agencies): Bangladesh handed over a list of more than 8,000 Rohingya to Myanmar on Friday as it moves to kick-start their repatriation weeks after the process was halted due to lack of preparation. Dhaka’s home minister Asaduzzaman Khan formally gave the list to his Myanmar counterpart Lieutenant General Kyaw Swe after officials of the two nations held a meeting. “We’ve handed over a list of 8,032 people from 1,673 families to them. The (Myanmar) delegation received it very cordially and told us they would start processing their repatriation,” Khan said. About 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled army-led violence in Myanmar since last August and are living in camps in Bangladesh.

Miami, Feb 18 (IANS): Survivors of a deadly shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 students and teachers, have called for tougher gun laws in the country and and urged voters to kick out lawmakers who oppose the move, the media reported. At an emotional rally

on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, Emma Gonzalez, a senior at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland where the massacre took place on February 14, demanded national lawmakers do something to prevent mass school shootings, reports CNN. “We certainly do not

PoK govt orders state funeral for LoC victims

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Islamabad, Feb 18 (PTI): Prime Minister of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider has instructed authorities to give state funerals to those killed due to alleged firing by Indian troops across the Line of Control. Haider yesterday accused the Indian Army of targeting civilians, including women and children, The Express Tribune reported. “All deputy commissioners have been instructed to ensure the best treatment of the injured as well as funerals of martyrs with state honour,” he said, alleging that Indian troops recently targeted a school van killing its driver. He also appealed to the Government of Pakistan to raise the issue of ceasefire violations at the Line of Control allegedly by the Indian Army in the UN Security Council. “Pakistan must raise the issue of targeting of civilians, schools and hospitals in the Security Council,” he added.

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S A N T I AGO, F e b 1 8 (Agencies): Thirteen people were killed in southern Mexico when a minister’s helicopter crash-landed on its way to the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that rattled the region, officials said Saturday. The 7.2 magnitude quake caused only material damage when it struck late Friday, but it triggered a

tragedy in the town of Santiago Jamiltepec in Oaxaca state, where the chopper landed on its side, crushing a van. Five women, four men, and three children were killed on the spot, while another person died in hospital, the Oaxaca prosecutor’s office said. On board the UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopter were Interior

Minister Alfonso Navarrete and Oaxaca state Governor Alejandro Murat, who were unharmed. D oz e n s o f p e o p l e turned out Saturday to pay their respects to the dead, carrying candles and white flowers, as trumpets and saxophones played in tribute. Maria Margarita Sanchez lost her son, Lorenzo Zarate, in the accident.

“I can’t describe my sadness,” the 63-year-old told AFP, covering her face with a scarf. Navarrete told the Televisa TV network that the helicopter pilot lost control of the aircraft just as it was coming in to land. A local resident who declined to give his name said many locals had been planning to spend the night outside -- at the site where the chopper crashed -- for fear of being trapped in their homes in case of aftershocks. The officials had been heading to survey damage near the epicenter of the quake, located 37 kilometers from the southwestern town of Pinotepa de Don Luis, according to the US Geological Survey. The earthquake damaged about 50 homes in Santiago Jamiltepec, as well as the town hall and church, but no one was killed, the interior ministry said. Oaxaca state authorities opened shelters for those affected, and nearly 6,000 soldiers and federal police were deployed to help with the emergency response.

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the Gaza border incident “very serious” and pledged to “respond appropriately”. A Palestinian security source said the Israeli air strikes hit three bases belonging to Hamas in the east of the blockaded Gaza enclave. Two Palestinians were injured in the raids, Palestinian medical sources said. Earlier in the day the army said “two soldiers were severely wounded, one moderately and one slightly” when an improvised explosive device blew up along the border fence with Gaza. None of the soldiers’ lives were in danger, a spokesman clarified. In response Israeli forces said a tank quickly opened fire at an “observation post” in southern Gaza, causing no injuries on the Palestinian side.

Palestinian security sources said the explosion took place east of the city of Khan Yunis. Israeli army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said a “rogue group” had claimed responsibility for the blast, likely indicating one of the more radical Islamist groups who are present in Gaza. But he insisted that “from our point of view Hamas is responsible” and said the explosive had been planted during a protest arranged by the group on Friday. Israel holds the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas responsible for any fire coming from the blockaded coastal enclave. The Israeli army responds automatically to any strikes on its territory, generally targeting Hamas facilities. Hamas’s armed wing,

the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, in a statement said they had fired at the Israeli jets overhead. But Conricus said there was no truth to the claim. Hamas and Israel have fought three wars since 2008, and the last conflict in 2014 was waged in part over tunnels from Gaza that were used to launch attacks. Israeli aircraft hit Hamas targets in the southern Gaza Strip repeatedly in early February, after it said Palestinians there fired a rocket into the Jewish state. Tensions between the Palestinians and Israel have been high since US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state in December. Netanyahu will visit the White House next month, a senior US administration official told AFP on Friday.

Stop blaming Pak for failures in Afghanistan: Gen Bajwa to US Islamabad, Feb 18 (PTI): Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Bajwa has claimed that there are no safe havens for terrorists in his country and asked the US to stop blaming Islamabad for its failure in Afghanistan. Gen Bajwa asked the American leadership to instead search for the reasons for its failures in the wartorn country. Speaking at the threeday Munich Security Conference where militar y chiefs and civilian leaders

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have gathered to discuss the world’s most pressing security issues, the army chief yesterday categorically denied the existence of terrorist sanctuaries on the country’s soil and recalled

the steps taken to prevent unauthorised movements across the porous border, the Dawn reported. Gen Bajwa said Pakistan was being attacked from terrorist hideouts on Afghan soil. He also emphasised the need for repatriation of 2.7 million Afghan refugees currently residing in Pakistan. Pointing to the Jamaatul-Ahrar, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and Islamic State safe havens, he said terrorists had established sanctuaries on the Afghan soil along the border with Pakistan.

PRESS RELEASE In pursuance to letter no. ELE/CDT-218/2015-17/ dated 30th January 2018, regarding guidelines for casting of votes through postal ballot for polling personnel, police personnel and others who are drafted for election duty for the General Election to Nagaland Legislative Assembly, 2018, the following venues are hereby notified as Facilitation Centres for casting of votes by Postal Ballots. The postal ballots will be cast at the facilitation centers as per the dates for the different category of personnel at the location as mentioned in the schedule. Further as per ECI guidelines, all political parties/ candidates are hereby informed to submit details of their polling agent/s for the facilitation centres to the respective Returning Officer on or before 19th Feb’ 2018. The Returning Officers may compile the same and submit to the undersigned and also disseminate this information to the candidates and their agents and the polling agents shall be present at the location/ dates as mentioned above to witness the same. And no personnel will be allowed to carry the postal ballot out of the facilitation centre. FACILITATION CENTRES FOR CASTING OF POSTAL BALLOTS TIMING 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM Sl. DATE PERSONNEL FOR CASTING POSTAL VENUE No. BALLOT 10th IRB PERSONNEL 10th IRB CAMP ZADIMA 1. 20th Feb. 2018 th th 4 NAP PERSONNEL 4th NAP CAMP THIZAMA 2. 20 Feb. 2018 th GOVERNMENT DRIVERS REQUISITIONED DBs COURT, DC OFFICE 3. 20 Feb. 2018 FOR ELECTION DUTY KOHIMA POLICE HEADQUARTER PHQ, KOHIMA 4. 21st Feb. 2018 DEF, HOME GUARDS AND FIRE & S.P OFFICE, KOHIMA 5. 22nd Feb. 2018 EMERGENCY SERVICE 1. DC & DEO STAFFS OF KOHIMA DBs COURT, DC OFFICE 6. 22nd Feb. 2018 KOHIMA 2. CEO’s STAFFS 3. NODAL OFFICERS’ OF DEPT. 4. SECTOR MAGISTRATES/ MAGISTRATES 5. ACCOUNTING TEAM 6. ASST. EXPENDITURE OBSERVERS 7. FLYING SQUAD TEAM 8. STATIC SURVEILLANCE TEAM 9. VIDEO SURVEILLANCE TEAM 10. VIDEO VEIWING TEAM 11. WEB CASTING TEAM 12. MCMC TEAM 13. CONTROL ROOM CENTRE 14. POLLING PERSONNEL WHO HAVE APPLIED FORM 12 BUT ARE EXEMPTED FROM ELECTION DUTY 7. 22nd & 23rd Feb. 2018 PRESIDING, 1st POLLING, 2nd POLLING, 3rd KOHIMA COLLEGE POLLING, VVPAT PERSONNEL AND GRADE IV PRIVATE VEHICLE DRIVERS REQUISITIONED DBs COURT, DC OFFICE 8. 24th Feb. 2018 FOR ELECTION DUTY KOHIMA FOR PERSONNEL ON ELECTION DUTY DBs COURT, DC OFFICE 9. 25th Feb 2018 WHO HAVE MISSED OUT ON THE ABOVE KOHIMA MENTIONED DATE

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orchestra plays ‘Transformers’ movie Joe Satriani on ‘G3’ praises ‘KuchGerman Kuch Hota Hai’ in Berlin franchise to get rebooted tourmates Petrucci and Collen “T “G

lucky to have him.” Phil: “It’s great. I think the main thing is, I get inspiration off of these two. It’s like crazy, every night. We’re actually creating music on the fly, so a lot of the time, especially on the ‘jam’ part, someone will play something that’s like, ‘Oh — what’s that?’ It just automatically — it’s unbelievable. That’s the magic of it, you know. That’s the magic of being a musician, that discovery. We’re actually discovering and creating music on the fly. It’s total magic, wonderful.” On the tour’s camaraderie: John: “What makes it really a lot of fun is that

Scientists uncover hidden details in Picasso’s painting

Papa Roach frontman Shaddix admits struggling with depression

there’s this traveling community of musicians who just are having such a great time, love sharing stories, musical experiences. I really look forward to that aspect of G3 – not only being able to play, and play with Joe and Phil and jam, but being in that environment with all these amazing musicians. It’s very cool.” Joe: “With ‘G3’, everybody gets to do their thing with their band in front of the audience before the jam starts, so we kind of exorcise all those gunslinger demons, and then by the time we get on stage [together], everyone’s so relaxed, and we’re ready to do some-

n international team of scientists has used multiple modes of light to uncover details hidden beneath the visible surface of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece “La Misereuse accroupie” or “The Crouching Woman.” Researchers released their findings on Saturday’s press conference at the ongoing four-day annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in Austin, Texas, Xinhua reported. The 1902 oil painting, owned by Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Canada, depicts a crouching and cloaked woman, painted in white, blues, grays and greens. Researchers used noninvasive portable imaging techniques, including infrared reflectance hyperspectral imaging and then an X-ray fluorescence imaging instrument to detail those buried images.It shows that Picasso painted over another painter’s work after rotating it 90 degrees to the right, using some of the landscape forms in his own final composition. For example, Picasso incorporated the lines of the cliff edges into the woman’s back. Picasso also made a major compositional change, the study showed. The artist initially painted the woman with a right arm and hand holding a disk but then covered them with her cloak in the final work. Marc Walton, a research professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University said, “Picasso had no qualms about changing things during the painting process.” The imaging techniques allowed art collectors to better understand Picasso’s style, influences and process. “When we saw the rendering of the lead elemental map, it became clear to me that the arm hidden under the visible surface of ‘La Misereuse accroupie’ is the same as the proper right arm of a crouching woman in a Picasso watercolour recently sold at auction,” said Kenneth Brummel, the AGO’s assistant curator of modern art. The watercolour is titled “Femme assise” (1902). (IANS) K Y M C

apa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix has opened up about the death of Linkin Park‘s Chester Bennington. Bennington passed away at the age of 41 after he was tragically found dead at his California home on July 20. Papa Roach and Linkin Park toured together in their early careers, including a stint at Ozzfest. After Bennington’s passing, Papa Roach honoured the frontman with a cover of Linkin Park’s In The End during a concert in September. Speaking to Australia’s The Void, Shaddix explained that both he and Bennington “have struggled with a lot of the

same demons, a lot of the same issues.” “I’m deeply saddened to know that it came to that for him in his life,” he said of Bennington’s ultimate passing. “It’s, like, God, it’s just fucking terrible. But the reality is we can try to find these things that we feel fill the whole in our soul and a lot of us struggle in trying to find that and sometimes it just gets too dark. “And that’s how it got for him and, unfortunately, it came to that. It’s incredibly sad. He left a lot of loving people behind. But through the story, it opened up a bigger dialogue.” Shaddix also spoke of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who passed away in May 2017. “You

thing new, that we didn’t do last night or the week before. “We go out there, I think, with the express desire to see how we can push each other. But we’re looking at each other — we’re elbow to elbow — and after the show, we talk about it for a half hour. If anything happened that someone didn’t know how to do, we discuss, like, ‘Well, this is how you do it,’ and ‘Wasn’t that funny?’, and ‘Wasn’t that cool?’ We’re definitely out there pushing each other.” The 2018 North American “G3” tour featuring Satriani, Petrucci and Collen will wrap up February 25 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Satriani and Petrucci will then overseas for a six-week European “G3” tour, which will also feature former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth. Satriani’s sixteenth solo album, “What Happens Next”, was released on January 12 via Sony/ Legacy. (Blabbermouth)

just think about these great dudes that a lot of people looked up to and you just see the power in their music and how it influenced and affected and lifted people out of these dark places. That’s hardcore stuff.” “I sit here as a testament, as a man that has been to those dark places my own self, and I haven’t taken those actions,” Shaddix continued “And just to say to people, there’s hope. “What I would say that’s the thing that I think gets a lot of us rock and rollers is there’s a loneliness at times that sets in. When you’re out on the road and you’re doing it for so long, and you don’t know who really wants to just love you for you or for your status or whatnot, and so you’re careful about who you let into your life, and then, all of a sudden, you find yourself isolated and alone and lonely, and that’s a dangerous place for a lot of people to be.” Meanwhile, Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda says the band will continue after the death of Chester Bennington. (NME)

ilmmaker Karan Johar says he felt honoured and excited after listening to a German chamber orchestra playing songs from “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”, which launched him as a director in 1998. Karan is representing Indian cinema at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival where the orchestra played some tunes from the Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji-starrer. The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra gave a rendition of “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”. “Was so excited and honoured to see this! ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’,” Karan tweeted on Sunday.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is participating in the European Film Market from February 16-18 in Berlin. The Indian delegation, which also consists of filmmakers like Jahnu Barua and Shaji Karun, is being led by Karan. Later, Karan also took a quiz related to the film on Twitter. “I can’t believe that I didn’t get all right! Shameful!” he tweeted. “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”, a romantic drama, followed the lives of three characters -- Anjali, Rahul and Tina. (IANS)

Happy 100th Birthday greetings

HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY! On this auspicious day we thank you for being the best father that we can ever ask for. May our God Lord continue to bless you Long life!

As we celebrate the 100th birthday of our most beloved mother Mayangnungla Kichu (born 19.02.1918), Khensa, Mokokchung, on this day 19.02.2018, we would sincerely like to give thanks to our Almighty God for this incredible milestone. She has inspired us through a lifetime of wisdom, ceaselessly guiding us to strive towards greater good. With much hope we continue to pray that each day of her life brings immense happiness and blessings to all. Happy 100th Birthday Dearest Mom; Grandma; Great-Grandma,

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3” tourmates Joe Satriani, John Petrucci (Dream Theatre) and Phil Collen (Def leppard) were recently interviewed by the New York City classic rock radio station Q104.3. On how Collen came to be invited to join the tour: Joe: “Last August, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, we had a ‘G4 Experience’, which is, like, a five-day, total immersive guitar extravaganza. The campers come and they get to hang with us all day long, attend clinics, watch performances, hang out and jam with us, and Phil blew everybody away. He just brought everything — he brought the experience and his musicianship to everybody, the beginners, the pros, and the rest of the stars that were part of the ‘G4 Experience’. We just had such a great time, and it was a wonderful chemistry on stage. We were totally blown away when all of a sudden he made himself available for a ‘G3’ tour. We’re so

ransformers: The Last Knight”, which released last year, will get a reboot. According to Transformer World 2005, a fanpage of the “Transformers” franchise, Toy company Hasbro has announced that the “Transformers” live-action film series will be “reset” by a new team at media company Paramount Pictures, following the release of its “Bumblebee” spin-off film. The company made the announcement during Friday’s Toy Fair 2018 Hasbro Investor Preview, where it was revealed that the planned sixth instalment of the main “Transformers” film series had been pulled from Hasbro and Paramount’s slate of upcoming projects, reports aceshowbiz.com. The new agreement between Hasbro and Paramount will grant the toy company greater creative control of their content and greenlighting new projects. Hasbro will reportedly spend between $100-$125 million on film and television content throughout this year. Furthermore, there are currently no live-action “Transformers” projects listed on the slate of upcoming films, which runs through to 2021. It is unclear if its Paramount/Hasbro Event Film scheduled for 2021 is the said reboot of the “Transformers” franchise. (IANS)

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Bayern win; Hamburg Cavani, Neymar key as PSG beat Strasbourg lose in Bundesliga

Bayern Munich players celebrate after scoring a goal against Wolfsburg.

Berlin, Feb 18 (IANS): Runaway leaders Bayern Munich continue their winning run to stay atop the standings after beating Wolfsburg 2-1 whereas struggling Hamburg lost 1-2 to Bayer Leverkusen in the 23rd round of the Bundesliga. The German record champions carved out a 2-1 win over the “Wolves”, who gave away a one-goal lead to suffer their third straight defeat on Saturday. Bayern were caught flatfooted in the eighth minute as Wolfsburg grabbed a bright start through Daniel Didavi, who headed home Yunus Malli’s corner. The Bundesliga frontrunners controlled the ball but were unable to produce goal-scoring opportunities against Wolfsburg’s wellpositioned defence. It took 16 minutes before Bayern defender Niklas Suele tested Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels with a header on target. After the restart, Bayern came out strong and

Hirscher wins second gold at Winter Olympics

Marcel Hirscher

PyeongChang, Feb 18 (IANS): Austrian Alpine skiing great Marcel Hirscher won his second gold medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games as he claimed the men’s giant slalom title here on Sunday. Hirscher, who won the combined event on Tuesday, maintained his top place after the first run and posted the winning total of 2 minutes and 18.04 seconds, reports Xinhua news agency. He became the 10th men’s Alpine skier to win multiple gold medals at a single Winter Games, and the first since 2006. “The first Olympics, they were not so successful. I mean, finishing fourth and fifth, it was OK. The next Olympics, in Sochi, second and fourth place. So a lot of fourth place(s). And now, I think it pays off,” he said. With the 2017 giant slalom world title under his belt, Hirscher has become the third straight reigning world champion to claim the Olympic gold medal in this event, after Carlo Janka of Switzerland in 2010 and Ted Ligety of the United States in 2014. Following Hirscher’s victory, Austrian skiers have won a record five gold medals in giant slalom, surpassing Switzerland. Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, who trails Hirscher in second position on the World Cup leader boards, made a strong comeback from 10th place in the first run, finishing 1.27 seconds behind Hirscher. It was Kristoffersen’s second Olympic medal. K Y M C

they should have levelled the scores but Arjen Robben failed to beat Casteels with a foul play penalty in the 55th minute. However, Wolfsburg custodian was hapless moments later as Robben’s pinpoint cross found Sandro Wagner, whose header from inside the box restored parity in the 64th minute. Wolfsburg defended deep and tried to secure a draw on home soil but Bayern had the last laugh as Gian-Luca Itter fouled Robben inside the penalty area, allowing Robert Lewandowski to seal the victory from the spot in the dying minutes of the game. With the result, Bayern extended their advantage to 21 points for the moment whereas Wolfsburg stay on the 15th place. Bayer Leverkusen extended Hamburg’s winless run to 10 games as goals from Leon Bailey and Kai Havertz were enough to edge the “HSV” 2-1. The “Werkself ” set the tone from the kick off as Charles Aranguiz rattled

the woodwork with 26 minutes on the clock. Hamburg lacked in penetration and posed no threat to Leverkusen’s defence. Heiko Herrlich’s men eventually broke the deadlock with 40 minutes as Hamburg failed to clear the ball from the area allowing Bailey to tap home from close range. Hamburg remained harmless after the interval while Leverkusen wrapped up their two-goal lead after Kai Havertz’ one timer beat Hamburg goalie Christian Mathenia following the build up work from Bailey in the 50th minute. The hosts reduced the arrears out of the blue as Andre Hahn overcame keeper Bernd Leno with a lob in the 71st minute. Hamburg pressed frenetically but Leverkusen were able to kill the clock and to secure the 10th win of the season. With the win, Bayer Leverkusen jumped to the 2nd place while relegation threatened Hamburg continue on the 17th place.

PARIS, Feb 18 (Agencies): Edinson Cavani struck twice as Paris SaintGermain beat Strasbourg 5-2 on Saturday to relieve some of the pressure on the runaway Ligue 1 leaders following their Champions League defeat at Real Madrid. Strasbourg struck early through Jean Eudes Aholou, but PSG hit back courtesy of a Julian Draxler effort before two goals in as many minutes from Neymar and Angel Di Maria put the home side in control. Stephane Bahoken pulled one back midway through the second half as Strasbourg threatened an unlikely comeback, but Cavani’s league-best 22nd and 23rd goals of the season ensured victory for Unai Emery’s team. The visitors, who inflicted PSG’s first defeat of the season in early December, sprang another surprise by grabbing the lead on six minutes following a clinical

counter-attack. Neymar was guilty of overplaying and lost possession allowing Strasbourg to break with great effect, the move finishing off with Aholou steering home a precise first-time finish from Kenny Lala’s cross. PSG responded quickly though as an intended pass through from Neymar was diverted straight into the path of Draxler who swept low into the far corner for his first league goal in over three months. The hosts promptly surged ahead as Neymar, picked out lurking on the far side of the box by Giovani Lo Celso, exhibited terrific composure and a deft touch to eliminate two defenders and tap home after his initial effort was kept out by Oukidja. A dreadful lapse of concentration from Pablo Martinez then allowed Di Maria to pinch the ball from the centre-back within seconds of the restart and

Paris Saint-Germain maintain perfect home record after winning 13th game.

drill beyond Oukidja for PSG’s third. Oukidja shovelled away a powerful Cavani header and Di Maria fluffed a glorious chance to extend the lead after Dani Alves

had squared for the Argentine, but Bahoken gave Strasbourg a lifeline as he guided home from the edge of the box on 67 minutes. However, Cavani allayed fears of another late

Anderson ends Nishikori run in New York NEW YORK, Feb 18 (Agencies): South Africa’s Kevin Anderson ended Kei Nishikori’s hopes of a comeback victory on Saturday at the New York Open, beating the Japanese fifth seed in three sets in Long Island. Top seed Anderson downed Nishikori 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4) in a gruelling 2hr 11min semi-final and will now play America’s Sam Querrey in Sunday’s final. Nishikori had been chasing a first ATP Tour victory after returning from a five-month injury layoff. However the 28-yearold was slow to start, with Anderson racing through the first set to go 1-0 up before Nishikori found his

Kevin Anderson beat Kei Nishikori at New York Open.

range in the second. Anderson’s reliable service game -- he won 79 percent of his first serve points compared to Nishikori’s 60 percent -was to prove decisive in the third set tie-break. Nishikori dropped three service points in the tie-break, which 31-

year-old world number 11 Anderson duly punished to wrap up the win. Earlier, Sam Querrey came from behind to win 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 6-3 against France’s Adrian Mannarino to the delight of the home fans.

PSG collapse with a clever chipped finish over the advancing Oukidja, and the Uruguayan struck again 11 minutes from time after latching on to an assist from Neymar.

7th Death Anniversary of Late Mrs. Toholi Zhimo

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1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Late Toshivi Tuccu 15/09/1943 - 19/02/2017

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Through this column, we the family members of L ate D r. Taje n Aie r (Süngratsü) would like to thank all the individuals, organizations and churches who stood by us, blessed and comforted us with immense kindness and compassion during the time of his illness and demise on 11th February 2018. In our grief we still cherish the rich legacy of our father’s humility, simplicity, integrity, wisdom, courage and strong faith in God, as a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and our mentor. We regret our inability to thank everyone personally but it is our sincere prayer that the Almighty God will bless each one of you abundantly. DP-1545

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“Kughono kithimi xüputhu nikeno panonguye kungughalo kungumi toive nani.” Mt. 22:30

I puh akiviu, Alhou noh o saluve keu ampe shive aghinamu, o kikimiye eno okümlah kivi qqoye anileshi kümsülu acheni.

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Jesus said to him, 'I promise you that today you will be in paradise with me. Luke 23:43.

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Born on 3rd February 1955 - Died on 6th February 2018

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." - 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV) The family of the LATE KHETOI AWOMI, wishes to thank all family members, friends, neighbours and well wishers for all acts of kindness shown to us during our recent bereavement. Thank you to Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute Guwahati, all the Blood Donors, Sumi Christian Fellowship Guwahati, Sumi Baptist Church Diphupar, The Repairers Of The Breach (TROTB) Nagaland, World Impact Community Church (WICC) Dimapur, New Life Church Nagaland, Baptist Graduate School of Theology & Mission (BGSTM) Dimapur, Phuye New Baptist Church, Phuye Old Baptist Church, Khitsakita Baptist Church, Khitsakita Students' Union, Atoizu Nito Mount Church, Suruhuto Area Church Leaders Fellowship (SACLF). God bless each of you. DP-1511

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We, the bereaved family of Late Hekhüyi Yeptho of Thokihimi Village, would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all individuals, churches, villages neighbour, friends, relatives and all wishers who supported and stood by us morally, physically and spiritually at his sudden demise at Kuhuboto Town. We deeply regret our inability to mention all the names individually, but it is our prayer that our Almighty God bless all abundantly for your gracious deeds. We would like to convey our special thanks to 1. Thokihimi Union Dimapur. 2. Kuhuboto Town Baptist Church 3. Chekiye Cultured Group. 4. GB’s of Kuhuboto Town. 5. Sector II Kuhuboto. DP-1547

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India beat SA by 28 runs in 1st T20I

Indian batsman Virat Kohli (Captain) taking a run during the 1st T20I cricket match in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday. (AP/PTI)

Johannesburg, Feb 18 (IANS): A brilliant allround show helped India beat South Africa by 28 runs in the first Twenty-20 International (T20I) at the New Wanderers Stadium here on Sunday. Put in to bat, Shikhar Dhawan (72) hammered the South African bowlers all around the park and helped India to post a massive

203/5 before pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5/24) wreaked havoc in the South African batting line-up to take a crucial 1-0 lead in the three-match series. With this bowling stats, Bhuvneshwar also became the first Indian bowler to take five wickets in each of the three formats (four times in Tests and once each in One Day Internationals

and T20Is). Chasing a challenging target, South African openers J.J.Smuts (14) and Reeza Hendricks got off to a good start. But in the third over, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Smuts to make it 29/1. Middle-order batsmen Jean-Paul Duminy (3) and David Miller (9) were also dismissed cheaply by

Lajong to host Aizawl in season’s final NE derby

Aizawl FC coach with Shillong Lajong coach.

Shillong, Feb 18 (PTI): Shillong Lajong FC will host defending champions Aizawl FC in the season’s last northeast derby in the Hero I-League

Olympic champ Kipruto handed CWG wild card

Conseslus Kipruto

Nair o b i , F e b 1 8 (IANS): Athletics Kenya (AK) has handed Olympic and world steeplechase champion, Conseslus Kipruto, a wild card to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Kipruto who won the men water and barriers race at the Rio 2016 Olympics and the London 2017 worlds was taken ill on Friday and was advised by doctors to skip competition, reports Xinhua news agency. “Shortly after arriving in Nairobi, I started feeling unwell and doctors advised me not to run today (Saturday). I wanted to compete and make it to the squad for Australia but after becoming sick, I requested AK for the wild card,” the former World U-18 champion stated. Kipruto, 23, added the world title to his Olympics crown last year after battling an injury plagued season to sustain Kenya’s dominance at the event.

here tomorrow. Shillong Lajong and Aizawl are placed 5th and 6th on the standings respectively with 18 points each and it will be interesting

to see which of these two teams will emerge victorious at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. A new-look Aizawl FC who drew with Indian Arrows in their last outing are determined to thwart their opponents and come up on top. “We do not underestimate Shillong Lajong as they are a very good side, said Aizawl coach Santosh Kashyap at the pre-match press conference. “However, we will not hold back and will try our hardest to win the three points, he added.

Bhuvneshwar and Hardik Pandya respectively. With the scoreboard reading 48/3, Farhaan Behardien (39) came in the middle and played sensibly along with Hendricks. The two displayed quality shots and forged an 81-run partnership for the fourth wicket. But just when things seemed good Behardien was sent back to the pavilion by leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in the 15th over. After adding a few more runs with new batsmen Heinrich Klaasen (16), Hendricks (70) was caught behind off Bhuvneshwar in the 18th over. Now with 46 needed in 14 balls, lower-order batsmen Andile Phehlukwayo (13), Chris Morris (0), Dane Paterson (1) and Junior Dala (2 not out) failed to rise to the occasion and only managed to score 175/9 in 20 overs. Earlier, opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan once again unleashed mayhem in South Africa, with his 72 powering India to 203 for five wickets. The Delhi left-hander, who hit 323 runs in the six One-Day Internationals (ODIs), blasted 10 fours and two sixes in his 39-ball innings as others batted around him. After home captain

Jean-Paul Duminy put India into bat, India’s innings was lifted by a brisk 21 off nine from Rohit Sharma, who got out in the fifth delivery of the second over after edging to wicketkeeper Heinrich Klassen off debutant Junior Dala. Dhawan’s show began after this as he got useful support from Suresh Raina (15 off 7) and Virat Kohli (26 off 20). Till the dismissal of Kohli, who was ruled LBW against spinner Tabraiz Shamsi in the third delivery of the 10th over, India had already scored 108. Dhawan made the most of the ill-disciplined bowling from Chris Morris, Dala and Andile Phehlukwayo, who were allowing the 32-year-old to free his arms on the leg side. A failed scoop attempt of a slower delivery from Phehlukwayo ended Dhawan’s innings as Klassen dived front to removed the danger. Later, Manish Pandey (29 not out off 27), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (16) and Hardik Pandya (13 not out) took India past the 200-run mark. Brief scores: India 203 for 5 (Dhawan 72, Dala 2-47) beat South Africa 175 for 9 (Hendricks 70, Behardien 39, Bhuvneshwar 5-24) by 28 runs

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Lukaku brace sends Utd to FA Cup qtrs

Manchester United players celebrate after Lukaku goal scored a goal.

Lo n d o n, F e b 1 8 (IANS): Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku scored a brace as Manchester United booked a quarter-finals spot for the fourth consecutive season with a 2-0 victory over fellow English Premier League (EPL) club Hudderfield. The 24-year-old Lukaku (3rd minute, 55th) scored in either half to seal Manchester United an important victory after being outplayed by the home side in the initial 45 minutes during the match

on Saturday. Lukaku opened the scoring from a through ball assist by Juan Mata which was perfectly tucked away at the near post. However, Huddersfield who are 17th in the EPL table gave a good account of themselves disallowing the strong Manchester club control possession in the first half. Closing on the firsthalf, Mata had a goal ruled out the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), although there was some confusion

over whether the decision was a correct one. In the second-half, Van La Parra’s miskick and a Huddersfield penalty appeal after half-time somehow initiated the second goal for Manchester United. The goal by Lukaku was started by himself after a Huddersfield corner came to nothing. He later passed to forward Alexis Sanchez and raced onto the return ball, bearing down on goal before smartly finishing it past the goalkeeper.

England beat New Zealand but miss T20 final

Hamilton, Feb 18 (Agencies): England cricket team registered their first win of the series by defeating New Zealand two runs in the 6th T20I of the Trans-Tasman Tri-series in Hamilton but failed to secure their passage into the final against Australia because of inferior run-rate. England scored a total of 194/7 after being sent into bat first the Kiwis skipper Kane Williamson. Eoin Morgan was the team’s top scorer with 80 not out while Dawid Malan made 53. Fo r N ew Z e a l a n d Trent Boult took three for

50 and Tim Southee two for 22. A New Zealand win would have automatically put them into the final of the tri-nation series against Australia but England were required to bundle the hosts under 174 to secure their progression. The Kiwis started off on a usual note with Colin Munro smashing a fifty off just 18 balls while the Centurion from the previous match Martin Guptill looked on song until his dismissal for 62. New Zealand never really had qualification under

New Zealand will now take on Australia in the final of Trans-Tasman Tri-series.

threat but courtesy some amazing yorkers towards the end from Chris Jordan and Tom Curran, England at least got a consolation

win under their belt in their last fixture of the tri-series. S CO R E : E n g l a n d 194-7 off 20 overs (E Morgan 80 not out off 46 balls,

D Malan 53 off 36; T Southee 2-22 off four overs) beat New Zealand (M Guptill 62 off 47 balls, C Munro 57 off 21) by two runs.

Suarez, Alba strikes give Barca win M A D R I D, F e b 1 8 (Agencies): Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba were on target as Barcelona saw off Eibar 2-0 on Saturday to continue their unbeaten record in La Liga and extend their lead at the top of the table. Lionel Messi had a hand in both goals against an Eibar side who finished the match at Ipurua with 10 men after the secondhalf sending-off of Fabian Orellana. It was not a comfortable afternoon for Ernesto Valverde’s men on a rainy day in the Basque Country, and they had to wait until Alba’s goal two minutes from the end to put the match to bed. Still to lose 24 games into the league campaign, Barca are now 10 points clear of Atletico Madrid at the top of the table, although the capital side can trim that lead when they host Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Barcelona will now turn their thoughts to the Champions League last 16, first leg against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, and Valverde will be hoping his squad suffered no ill effects from a testing afternoon. Valverde sent out a strong team, choosing to start Andres Iniesta and leave Philippe Coutinho on the bench, despite the Brazilian being ineligible for the Champions League. Coutinho came on for Iniesta for the final half-hour. Barca went ahead in

Luis Suarez collects an incisive pass forward from Messi and kept his composure to round Eibar goalkeeper Mark Dmitrovic.

the 16th minute, Messi’s superb pass releasing Suarez, who rounded goalkeeper Marco Dmitrovic to score. But the visitors had a couple of let-offs in the first half, with Sergio Busquets lucky not to concede a penalty as he pulled back Kike Garcia in the box. Orellana then hit the bar with a fine strike from outside the area. However, the Chilean was sent off midway through the second half, stupidly picking up a second yellow card for kicking the ball away. Barca eventually took

advantage of the extra man in the 88th minute. Messi, who hit the post in the first half, was denied by Dmitrovic, but the ball fell for Alba to score. Earlier on Saturday, Sevilla warmed up for their Champions League clash with Manchester United by winning 2-1 at Las Palmas, although they were aided by a controversial late offside call. Goals from Wissam Ben Yedder and Pablo Sarabia had Sevilla in control in Gran Canaria, before Jonathan Calleri pulled one back for Las Palmas from the penalty spot.

And the islanders were denied a 93rd-minute equaliser when an extremely tight offside call went against them -- Alejandro Galvez looked to be level with the last defender before putting the ball in the net. Las Palmas remain in the relegation zone. Having experienced some indifferent form following the appointment of Italian Vincenzo Montella as coach at the end of December, Sevilla have now claimed back-to-back league victories since progressing to the Copa del Rey final, in which they will play Barcelona.

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