February 24, 2019

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Vol XXIX No. 78

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NPF stages walk-out claiming Rio tables 5-point resolution against CAB Oppn violation of rules by treasury bench oppn locks horns with government over protection under art. 371- a

Correspondent

KOHIMA, FEB 23 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister and Leader of the House, Neiphiu Rio Saturday tabled a government resolution in the state Assembly which out rightly rejected the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2016 after a stormy debate. On the other hand, the Leader of the Opposition (LoO) moved for an amendment on the government’s resolution on CAB, seeking to omit resolution Nos. III and IV. In the third resolution tabled by Rio, it re-affirmed the Constitutional guarantee given by Article 371A, which is the part and parcel of the historic 16 Point Agreement that led to formation of Nagaland State and protects, defends and safeguards the customary way of life of Nagas, right to land and its resources etc., without interference by Parliamentary enactments like the CAB. The fourth resolution also reiterated the Constitutional position as aforesaid that, except the indigenous population in Nagaland, no-

NSCN/GPRN (K) CFSB meet CFMG chairman Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, FEB 23 (NPN): NSCN/GPRN (K) Cease-Fire Supervisory Board (CFSB) members on Saturday met Cease-Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) chairman and has formally resumed 2001 cease-fire.

Talking to Nagaland Post, NSCN/GPRN general secretary, Isak Sumi, said CFSB members met CFMG chairman, Lt. Gen. (retd) Shokin Chauhan, and has “officially” resumed the cease-fire with government of India. He said both the parties would maintain cease-fire as per the CeaseFire Ground Rules (CFGR) agreed position.

It may be noted that NSCN/GPRN (K) decided to resume the cease-fire which it unilaterally abrogated on 2015 after the split of NSCN (K). The group then joined the ongoing Peace Process with Government of India as part of Working Committee (WC) of NNPGs. Earlier in an interview to Nagaland Post, deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) and GoI’s Representative to Naga Peace Talks, R.N. Ravi, had also said that cease-fire would automatically resumed if NSCN (K) join the peace process.

This is it!

“I think it’s time to form a union so that we all get equal share.”

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body is entitled to own land and resources in the State, that has been guaranteed not only by Article 371A (1)(a) of the Constitution but also by the Inner Line Permit notification issued under the Bengal and Eastern Frontier Regulation 1873, with was included and reiterated as point no.16 of the 16 Point Agreement.

Earlier, the opposition NPF had staged a walk-out during question hour and returned to the house while the issue of resolution of the CAB was tabled by the LoH. Besides out rightly rejecting the CAB, Rio said that the resolution proposes not to implement the Bill in Nagaland as it will impact the unique history and status of the Nagas under the Constitution of India.

The resolution also expressed solidarity with the States and communities of the North East in their struggle against the implementation of CAB on the ground that it has the potential of changing the demography and the interest of indigenous tribes in the NE States and could divest them of their constitution-

ally guaranteed political, cultural and economic rights.

Once adopted, Rio said the government would authorize the Speaker to communicate the content of the resolution to Parliament.

Earlier, initiating the debate, opposition member Imkong L. Imchen reiterated that Article 371 (A) was fading and the inherent provisions were being done away by Central government and legal luminaries.

He said since the 16 Point Agreement was “made by politicians”, the issue cannot be left to the interpreted by bureaucrats and legal luminaries otherwise would “destroy the legislative intend.”

Imchen said that though the entire region was fully aware of the CAB, it continues to remain a threat even if it has failed to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha.

Pointing out that NLA has every right to go against the CAB consciously, Imchen said there was no room for exemption and demanded that the Bill be scrapped in totality by making it non existence and therefore supported amendment moved

by T.R.Zeliang.

Echoing the same concern, opposition members- Dr Imtiwapang, Yitachu, B.S. Nganglang, Dr Chumben Murry and Moatoshi- also supported the amendment moved by the opposition leader. They, however, said it should be passed as the resolution of the assembly and not as a government resolution.

On the other hand, the treasury bench members including ministers-Tongpang Ozukum, Neiba Kronu, Temjen Imna Along, G Kaito Aye and advisorsToshi Wungtung and Imnatiba supported the five point resolution, asserting that the government was determined to protect the rights of Nagas as enshrined under Article 371(A).

Meanwhile, BJP member Along said that though BJP leaders had declared to bring back the CAB if voted in power, state BJP leaders will approach them against the plan at the present situation. However, when NPF member Moatoshi Longkumer asked whether state BJP leaders were willing to dissociate with the BJP

State police set to form elite force Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, FEB 23 (NPN): State police department is all set to form Nagaland Armed Police Special Task Force (NAPSTF), an elite force equipped with best weapons, mobility and equipments.

DGP Nagaland, T. John Longkumer announced this while addressing uniformed personnel at the Passing out Parade of the 55th batch cadet havildars and recruit constables of NAP/ IR Bns and HG&CD at NAP Training Centre Parade Ground, Chumukedima here on Saturday.

DGP said that NAPSTF has been approved by the administrative department, adding that preparations have already started.

“It is our dream and aspiration to modernise the police force of Nagaland and make it the best police in India, which would be successful through join effort,”

he added. Highlighting the achievement of the Nagaland police, the state police chief said that Nagaland was the second state in India to launch an Emergency Response Support System (ERSS). Stating that the department has been working for the enhancement and welfare of the police, the DGP challenged jawans and officers to inculcate a “credible force” in the eyes of the people of the state.

He encouraged the Nagaland police to keep up the great work and continue to live by their motto.

Reminding the chief minister’s announcement that 15% extra allowance of the basic pay for personnel posted at the NPTS, the DGP was hopeful that it would come into effect from April 1, 2019. Congratulating the 376 recruits, police chief encouraged them to carry out their duty with pride and joy. Stating that

it was a beginning of a new chapter, he called upon the recruits not to miss the opportunity in their initial years but dispense their duty without fear.

He reminded them that the initial days would impact their later years. Further, DGP asked them to be mentally prepared and ready for any situation as an armed force; to sacrifice, protect and safeguard the nation.

Giving a brief report of the training, NAPTC Commandant, Ben Longkumer, pointed out that altogether 376 personnel have been recruited including eight cadet havildars and 368 recruit constables. Highlights of the programme included parade review by IGP (Trg & Bdr) Nagaland, Liremo Tsopoe Lotha, administration of oath, presentation of trophies and certificates to awardees in various categories and marching out of the parade.

1700 kg formalin-injected fish seized DIMAPUR, FEB 23 (NPN): Despite instruction to fish vendors to get sample analyzed before sale and extending prohibition order banning fresh fish treated with formalin or any form of preservative for a year with effect from December 2018, around 1700kg fish treated with formalin was seized in Kohima on Saturday. In a press note, food safety cell, H&F department, stated that Kohima Municipal Council officials intercepted a pickup truck transporting fresh fish from Dimapur to Kohima at by-pass check gate on February 23.

Samples of Rohu, Katla, Pankaj and Prawn were collected and sent to State Public Health Laboratory for testing (SPHL). The test report from food analyst confirmed the presence of added formalin in the fish, the food safety cell stated.

The seized fish was destroyed at Zürüzou (KMC

if the party came back to power and enforce the CAB, Along replied: “We will not”. Moatoshi continued his speech saying posterity will blame the BJP leaders for the lip service given to the people.

Reacting to the statement of the opposition members, minister planning and co-ordination Neiba Kronu said government has not taken any decision on emotion and said Article 371 (A) was very much effective. He said equalizing the Naga’s rights with other states tantamount to “undermining ourselves” and said Nags rights were different.

Suggesting a unanimous decision to work out formula to protect the people, Kronu said just by maintaining that article 371 (A) does not protect the state, will be detrimental and the future generations will blame them.

Amidst deliberations, the deputy speaker Zhaleo Rio adjourned the house for the day while announcing that further discussions on the resolution before passing it would continue on February 25.

VCs will have authority if CAB enforced: Toshi Correspondent

KOHIMA, FEB 23 (NPN): Advisor IPR, SCERT and village guard, Toshi Wungtung, said that the Village Councils (VCs) and administration would have the authority to grant or to withhold citizenship to fellow Indians if the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was enforced, but for foreigners it becomes a central subject.

Maintaining that Nagas were protected by ILP and Article 371 (A), he asked the members to be very conscious before making any political statements.

Affirming that Article 371 (A) protects Nagaland, Wungtung cited an instance of boundary wall construction between India-Myanmar which was resolved because of Article 371 (A).

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State Lokayayukta (Amendment) Bill 2019 passed in NLA

Correspondent

KOHIMA, FEB 23 (NPN): The opposition NPF Saturday walked out of the Nagaland Assembly during the ‘Question Hour’ alleging that the ruling PDA government was not following the laid down rules and procedure of the House.

The issue came up when Urban Development minister, Metsubo Jamir had stood up to reply to a starred question and supplementary of the Rural Development department put up by opposition member, Yitachu.

The Leader of Opposition (LoO), T.R. Zeliang intervened and demanded that the concerned advisor for Rural Development or the Leader of the House (LoH) should have replied and not any other member.

To this, chief minister and LoH, Neiphiu Rio, who is also the minister in-charge of RD, informed the House that he had authorised some of his cabinet ministers to reply to some of the questions. “Any minister can reply to any questions,” Rio said and stated that it had been the general practice

of the Assembly even in the past.

PHED minister Jacob Zhimomi came in to defend the treasury bench, pointing out that even in the Parliament, the Prime Minister replies for his colleagues.

To this, Yitachu cited an example that in the absence of the Finance minister, the minister of state for finance replies on behalf of the minister and that the same yardstick was not applicable.

Alleging that such a measure was a breach of privilege, Zeliang also demanded that the Leader of the House point out the rules under which such precedent was set and staged a walk-out along with the other opposition MLAs. However, the deputy speaker, Zhaleo Rio continued with the remaining questions despite the absence of the opposition MLAs. Later addressing the media at his chamber in Assembly Secretariat in the presence of his colleagues, Zeliang said the treasury bench can always authorise its MLAs appointed as advi-

Nagas take out mass rally in Delhi DIMAPUR, FEB 23 (NPN): Thousands of Nagas living in Delhi Saturday took out a peaceful rally in the national capital with the demand for early solution to the Naga political issue that was honourable and acceptable to all Nagas.

The rally, organised by Naga Students’ Union Delhi (NSUD) in collaboration with Naga community in Delhi on the theme “Global Nagas Call for Immediate Political Solution- Honourable and Acceptable”, was taken out from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar.

Around ten thousand Naga residents, including students, employees, lawyers, religious leaders, scholars, intellectuals, organisations and from the various professions capital converged at Mandi House and later marched towards Jantar Mantar, Delhi.

Hundreds of volunteers and choirs from various Naga fellowships also took

Naga community of Delhi during the rally in Delhi, Saturday. (PTI)

part in the rally carrying placards some of which read “Nagas want! Solution, Solution, Solution”, “Nagalim, Nagalim, Nagalim!

March on, March on, March on”, “Modi must Respond!

Where is the Solution” etc.

In a press note, the organizers stated that the purpose of the rally was to express the “deep sense of despondent prevailing among the Naga due to protracted Naga political issue.”

Formalin injected fish destroyed in Kohima on Saturday.

dumping site) in the presence of district administration, police, KMC and food safety officials.

It may be mentioned that last year on June 25, 5280 kgs of formalin laced fished were tested positive and were destroyed. The prohibition order was ex-

tended from December 2018 for a year, banning of fresh fish treated with formalin or any form of preservative and instruction for fish vendors to get sample analyzed before sale by Commissioner Food Safety-cum-Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare department.

It said the peace talks between Centre and NSCN (I-M) witnessed 21 years of negotiations and along with NNPGs Working Committee (WC) since November 2017 has been continuing without much tangible result except the Framework Agreement 2015. Therefore, they said that today’s “historic rally” was a call to expedite the ongoing negotiations and facilitate an early democratic solution.

Arunachal PRC stir: 1 killed in police firing

Correspondent

KOHIMA, Feb 23 (NPN): State Assembly on Saturday passed the Nagaland Lokayayukta (Amendment) Bill 2019 by a voice vote. The bill was introduced by the leader of the house and chief minister, Neiphiu Rio. The Act, which has come into effect, will extend to the entire state and will also be applicable to public servants posted outside Nagaland in connection with the affairs of the State of Nagaland. Under the bill, Rio stated the Lokayukta shall be appointed by the governor in accordance with the recommendation tendered by a select committee consisting of the chief minister, the chief justice of Guwahati High Court, NLA speaker and the leader of opposition.

sors of the departments to answer the questions. “However, there has been no such precedence or any laid down the rule for a minister to reply to questions on another department,” he said. “This government is going out of the rules and precedence and that’s why we walked out,” he justified.

Zeliang also asserted that if such procedures continue, the Opposition will move for adjournment of the House.

AG clarifies: Advocate General of Nagaland, K.N. Balgopal clarified to the house that the Leader of the House can authorize any of his ministers to answer questions on behalf of another minister during the question hour. He also said that a minister in-charge can authorize another minister to answer questions on his behalf as per the principle of collective responsibility.

Meanwhile, NPF legislator, Kuzholuzo Neinu objected that members were not supposed to bring printed or written speeches to respond to queries, except the LoO or papers for refer(Cont’d on p-11) ences.

Protestors gather outside Arunachal secretariat. (Photo: twitter)

ITANAGAR/DIMAPUR, FEB 23 (PTI/NPN): One person was killed in police firing when protesters seeking changes in the recommendations by a government-appointed panel for granting permanent residence certificate (PRC) to non-Arunachalees tried to enter the Civil Secretariat here, officials said Saturday.

Internet services in the state capital were suspended (Cont’d on p-11) and the Army was conduct-

ing flag marches between Naharlagun and Itanagar in view of the tense situation.

Several protesters on Friday night tried to enter the Civil Secretariat forcing police to open fire in which one person was killed.

Arunachal Pradesh Home minister Kumar Waii said the situation is under control and the state government has deployed all available forces.

Protesters had set ablaze 50 vehicles and dam-

aged over 100 vehicles on Friday evening.

Alobo Naga and the Band escapes unhurt: Alobo Naga and the Band had a narrow escape in Itanagar as mob ran amok burning down almost everything at IG Park, Cona where the Itanagar International Film Festival was scheduled to take place.

As per reports, the festival was scheduled to play host to the likes of Alobo Naga and the Band from Nagaland and SKD band from Assam.

In his Facebook post, Alobo Naga claimed they were caught in the middle of firing. He also claimed that mob burned down their car (Innova) and all instruments along with all the other vehicles parked inside the venue (IG park). The Naga musician said they also avoided mob attack in two places to reach Naharlagun train station.

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Highlights: Day 3 of NLA session

Correspondents/DIPR

KOHIMA/DIMAPUR, FEB 22 (NPN): The third session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) which began of February 21, will continue till the 26th.

Following are some highlights from Day-3 of the session.

Task Force for PWD roads: PWD Minister, Tongpang Ozukum said every division now has a task force to handle routine maintenance of existing PWDs roads in the state.

He said this in reply to a starred question raised by NPF MLA, Chumben Murry on departmental quality control systems put in place to oversee work of the PDA government’s “Repair of district headquarter roads within 60 days” promise.

On the actions being initiated against poor workmanship and erring officials, Ozukum stated that instructions were given to executive engineers to rectify all defective works and they are being rectified.

Responding to a supplementary question, Ozukum elaborated that these task forces were constituted under the road maintenance policy.

He said the executive engineer in-charge of working division would ensure the task force was constituted in their division with available manpower. The engineer will also ensure that roadside jungles are cleared, shoulders, cross slopes, side drains and waterways are maintained, and potholes repaired.

The minister added that the additional chief engineer in-charge of the task force will ensure that periodical checking is conducted and any issue will be brought to the notice of the government. The task forces will also hold monthly meetings.The performance of the task force will be reviewed every quarter, in a review chaired by the PWD minister.

Dimapur Municipal Council revenue/expenditure: The Dimapur Municipal Council has generated a revenue of Rs 10, 29,06,773 from April 2018 to December 2018, and incurred an expenditure of Rs 12,14,39,789 in 2018-19. This was stated by minister for Urban Development & Municipal Affairs, Metsubo Jamir in reply to an unstarred question raised by opposition MLA, Moatoshi Longkumer.

Of the Rs 10,29,06,773 generated, Rs. 11,32,175 was from trade licences, Rs. 20,00,800 from sanitary tax, Rs 3,19,090 - trade licence late fine and checking, Rs 36,49,240 - residential sanitary tax,

Rs 1,81,15,612 - house rent, Rs. 2,97,660 - small vehicles fees, Rs. 6,01,02,524 - tolls & urban utility fees, Rs. 2,24,000 - transfer fee, Rs. 18,63,820 - hoarding/advertisement, Rs. 15,51,000 cesspool, Rs. 6,42,480 - Veterinary Cell, Rs. 4,63,500 - allotment fees, Rs. 2,73,000 - construction fee, Rs. 4500 - rate control, Rs. 7,87,412 - garbage disposal, Rs. 5,52,000 - mobile tower fees, Rs. 5,00,000 - grant-in-aid, Rs. 1,60,000 - slaughter house, and Rs. 78,760 - miscellaneous. From April 2017 to March 2017, DMC has earned Rs 13,99,98,429.

The expenditure incurred

by DMC for undertaking various development activities from April 2017 to March 2018 was Rs 12,35,45,293. From April 2018 to December 2018, the DMC has spent Rs 12,14,39,789. The development activities undertaken for 2018-19: under sanitation - Rs. 13,851,905, development - Rs 28,971,136, and others such as salary, bills, purchase etc. cost Rs 78,616,748.

MGNREGA: Chief minister, Neiphiu Rio, while replying to a starred question, said that a total amount of Rs. 1,38,86,48,000 was received in two installments of Rs. 56,64,48,000 and Rs. 82,22,00,000 from the Government of India under MGNREGA during 2018-19.

He also added that 127.01 lakh man-days were allotted (approved labour budget) under MGNREGA during 2018-19.

Medical college to start functioning by 2020/2021: H&FW minister, S. Pangnyu Phom stated that out of the total fund of Rs. 27.50 crores received from the finance department and Rs. 25.00 crore in CD, Rs. 1,21,74,000 had been incurred till date against the Nagaland Medical College Kohima.

Replying to a starred question asked by MLA, CL John on the amount spent against the college, Phom also said that the GoI has released Rs. 153.03 crores of the total project cost of Rs. 189 crores so far.

He also stated that codal formalities were duly observed when awarding the work contract, including advertisements in newspapers.

Phom also stated that the department was planning to start the college by 2020/2021. The government is yet to decide the model to run the upcoming Medical College.

However, the decision will be made only after consultation with all stakeholders.

The project includes all basic necessities including hostels for boys and girls. He also added that a separate work order has been issued for the construction of the fence.

Rs 13.13 crore received for agriculture development: Under International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), Nagaland received Rs 13.13 crore.

Agriculture minister, G. Kaito Aye, revealed this when replying to an unstarred question raised by opposition MLA Toyang Chang.

He also informed Toyang that Rs. 3.276 crore had been utilized till date for project management unit (Rs. 2,77, 40,000) and district management unit (Rs 50,20,000).

Only one sub-division under Horticulture department: Opposition MLA Y Vikheho Swu, raised an unstarred question about the total number of sub-division offices under Horticulture department to which chief minister, Neiphiu Rio replied that there was only one sub-divisional horticulture office in Tseminyiu sub-division under Kohima district.

25 CHCs and 138 PHCs in Nagaland: Minister of Health & Family Welfare (H&FW), S. Pangnyu Phom stated there are currently 25 Community Health Centres (CHC) and 138 Primary Health Centres (PHC) in the state, replying to an unstarred question raised by opposition MLA, YM Yollow Konyak.

Longleng is the only district without a CHC but it has five PHCs in Yongyah, Tamlu, Yachem, Sakshi and Bura Namsang.

Four PHCs were upgraded to CHCs on May 7, 2015. These were in Alichen under Mokokchung district, Shamator under Tuensang district, Wakching under Mon district and Peren Town under Peren district. On being asked about the present status of Wakching CHS, Phom stated that due to financial constraints, the department was unable to change the dilapidated hill type hospital building constructed in 1963. Two staff quarters were constructed in 1998 and 2008 respectively. He stated that there are 24 staff, including a doctor, deployed at PHC Wakching.

DDSP Gangsaw installation work at Wezihu: Minister Geology & Mining and chairman NSDMC, V. Kashiho stated that the DDSP Gangsaw installation at Wezihu had been completed and it is under a tune up trail run.

Replying to a starred question raised by MLA Yitachu, Kashiho said that the project will be commissioned immediately after tuning is complete.

Present status of JICA project: Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, CM Chang reported the JICA project’s present

status where he said that that under the JICA assisted Nagaland Forest Management project, the society had been registered and different committees have been constituted for implementation of the project.

The project has been initiated with release of the project operation manual, organising of sensitisation workshop and institutional strengthening.

Replying to MLA, Imtiwabang Aier’s starred question, Chang listed the district wise fund utilisation from the revolving fund sanctioned on August 18, 2017. Details in rupees, in the order of ‘Construction of buildings’, ‘TA/DA’ and ‘Total’, are as follows: Dimapur -- 22,77,000; 1,75,000; 23,92,000.

Kohima -- 26,73,000; 1,75,000; 28,48,000. Peren -- 95,00,000; 1,75,000; 96,75,000. Wokha -63,78,000; 1,75,000; 65,53,000. Phek -- 44,00,000; 1,75,000; 45,75,000.

Mokokchung -- 40,00,000; 1,75,000; 41,75,000. Tuensang -- 87,90,000; 2,30,000; Rs. 90,20,000. Longleng -1,44,81,848; 1,75,000; 1,46,56,848.

Mon -- 60,50,000; 1,75,000; 62,25,000. Kiphire -- 51,00,000; 1,20,000; 52,20,000. Zunheboto -- 50,00,000; 1,75,000; 51,75,000.

Overall total: 7,05,14,848.

Pension Payment: Replying to a starred question raised by MLA, Yitachu on pension payment, chief minister, Neiphiu Rio said that the Accountant General, Nagaland has made records available only up to December 2018, and as per records furnished, the total amount spent on account of pensions and other Retirement Benefits from April 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 is Rs. 1112.72 crore. He further added that the anticipated expenditure for pensions and other retirement benefits for the month January, February and March 2019 is estimated to be 612.14 crore.

315 unauthorized employees: On a starred question raised by MLA, C.L. John, minister H&FW, Pangnyu Phom said that the department had taken action against unauthorized Adhoc appointments and that the department had served Show Cause Notices to the 315 unauthorized employees. However, he said that this Notice was recalled on technical grounds as an authority not competent to do so had issued the notice.

The minister also mentioned that based on the recommendation of the Committee constituted to examine the Adhoc/Contingency, service extension was approved for a period of one year w.e.f April 2, 2017, and since then their services are being extended annually.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2019

news in Brief Trade license renewal for Kohima: The Kohima Municipal Council has informed all business establishments and institutes within its jurisdiction to renew their trade licenses for the period 2019-20 on or before March 31. Late fines will be imposed after the expiry date.

PDPA informs pensioners: A new team of Phek District Pensioners’ Association (PDPA) office bearers has been nominated led by Yeveyi Sapu as president, Khrüzonyi Chüzho as general secretary along with four others. All pensioners of Phek district have been asked to contact any of the officials and executive in-charge of the respective unit at 9862486757, 7005957038, 8974267658, or 9612724721.

All pensioners’ of Phek district have also been requested to renew their ID cards

by April 30.

ANSSATA Zunheboto unit emergency general meeting: All Nagaland Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan Teachers’ Association (ANSSATA) Zunheboto Unit (2010 & 2013 batch) has convened an emergency general meeting for February 26, 10:30 am at SKK conference hall, Zunheboto. It is mandatory for teachers under DEO and SDEO Zunheboto and Aghunato to attend the meeting.

A departmental training for handymen was held under the supervision of chief engineer, Mechanical, in Dimapur from February 12 to 16. (PWD Assistant Mechanical Engineer, Imtinuksung Longkumer)

A ‘Garbage to Gold’ training program on household level composting & distribution of materials was conducted by Pro Rural in collaboration with Dimapur Municipal Council at S.M Colony, Circuit House and Residency Colony on February 15 and 16. (Pro Rural)

NDPP 2 Dimapur II meeting with colony councils

DIMAPUR: NDPP 2 Dimapur II A/C, led by Supu Jamir, held a meeting on Saturday with council of four colonies- Landmark, PWD, Oriental and Lotha Colony, and discussed various issues pertaining to the ongoing road construction from PWD Junction to Lotha Colony via Unity College. Jamir was accompanied by the contractor and JE, PWD. A press release from Department of Agriculture, Peren demonstrated bee-keeping in rapeseed and mustard and conducted an IPM on oilseeds under NFSM at Beisumpuikam NDPP 2 Dimapur II A/C village on February 23. Altogether 47 farmers attended the training and media cell stated that during the meeting, Supu demonstration program. (Department of Agriculture, Peren)

JN Aier College bags ‘3rd best college’ title

A team from JN Aier College, Dimapur at the 6th North-East Graduate Congress 2019 held from February 15 to 17.

DIMAPUR: JN Aier College, Dimapur emerged as the “3rd Best College” in the 6th North-East Graduate Congress 2019, organized K

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by the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya. A press release from J. N. Aier College, media cell stated that the Congress

was held from February 15 to 17, where more than 10,000 students from 300 institutes in the North East and Sikkim participated. 32

students accompanied by two teacher co-ordinators, Sevolu Kezo and Khenili Kiho, attended the graduate congress meet.

thanked Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio and PWD minister Tongpang Ozukum for their concern for the public. Jamir appealed the department to be vigilant, while requesting the contractor to execute good workmanship in the work.

Representatives from the four colony councils also spoke at the meeting.

Meanwhile, the four councils during the meeting decided to form a committee that would oversee the ongoing works.

Eastern Christian College (ECC) Political Science honours students of 6th semester, went on a field trip to Khonoma village on February 16. The students held an interactive session to discuss the battle of Khonoma 1879, as part of their syllabus course work. (ECC media cell)

NFHRCC resolves DIMAPUR: The NFHRCC convened an emergency meeting with all participating apex tribal hohos on February 23 in Dimapur to discuss the issue of the Nagaland Trans-Expressway (Nagaland Foothills Road) alignment at Ralan Area.

N F H RC C c o nv e n o r, Subu Jamir, general secretary, W. Lemba Chang, and AGS, Chenithung Humtsoe, in a press release stated that the house resolves the following: i) Resolved to re-affirm the earlier resolution in regards to avoid the DAB Areas/sensitive Areas from any unwanted obstructions; ii) resolved to reaffirm its stand on the approved NFHRCC original alignment; iii) resolved to invite contractor M/S Trident Enterprises and Associates, State PWD (R&B) department and apex tribal hohos “for certain clarification on the work allocated at Ralan Area sector”, on Feburary 28, 2019 at 11 am, to the NFHRCC office, Dimapur.

Deputy Commissioner Mon, Thavaseelan K inaugurated a Sanitary Napkin Incinerator at District Hospital Mon on February 22 in the premises of the RDC building. ADC & administrator of Mon Town Council, Kumar Ramnikant, donated the incinerator as part of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign. (DIPR)

Assam Rifles respond to NSCN(R) allegation

DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles has responded to the allegations levelled against it by the NSCN(R) of having committed “brutal action” against its president, published in local dailies on February 23.

Assam Rifles HQ IGAR (N), PRO, Lt Col L Vincent Patton, in a rebuttal statement said that on February 22, at around 4:45 pm, the Assam Rifles Battalion stationed at Mon received input of some armed persons moving around the City Post Office “in a suspicious manner.”

According to the statement, an operation was immediately launched and the

Assam Rifles column found three individuals with assault weapons, “who when asked for their antecedents failed to reply or prove their identities satisfactorily.”

It further claimed that on further questioning, it came to light that the individuals were the PSOs of the NSCN(R) president.

“Although they had violated the Ceasefire Ground Rules by moving without Identity Cards and carrying and displaying unauthorized assault weapons in public place, but upholding, the spirit of Ceasefire and Peace process, the individuals were left at 5 PM within 15 minutes after completing the formali-

ties” Assam Rifles claimed.

It also denied any acts of humiliation or harassment as was alleged.

The statement added that the Assam Rifles conducts all operations in an unbiased manner upholding Human Rights as per the mandated Ceasefire Ground Rules. “The aspersions cast against Assam Rifles of violating Ceasefire Ground Rules, humiliation, harassment and trying to sabotage the peace process are false, baseless and a deliberate attempt to malign the image of Assam Rifles” it claimed adding that Assam Rifles was committed to its motto “Friends of the North East.”

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Volunteers hard at work sweeping together sand, dust and litter accumulated along both sides on the overpass. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, FEB 23 (NPN): Team Clean Dimapur (TCD) conducted its first cleanliness drive this year, on Saturday.

During the drive, volunteers from different walks of life swept up dust and litter on the Fly-Over from Bata Char Ali to Tourist Lodge, Dimapur.

Students from ElShaddai school also joined hands with TCD and helped out in the effort to create a cleaner Dimapur.

Kikheto Chishi, CAO UT-1, NSCN (I-M), and his team, besides participating in the cleanliness drive, contributed financially and also put necessary materials at the disposal of TCD.

Altogether, around 170 volunteers swept the footpaths along both sides of the overpass and collected dust and sand that had accumulated over the years.

Team Clean Dimapur also called upon the denizens of Dimapur to extend their support and cooperation towards the team’s initiative for a cleaner Dimapur.

GHS Ahthibung receive furniture and books

DIMAPUR: Government High School (GHS) Ahthibung received furniture and books, donated by Assam Rifles on February 18.

A press release from Headmaster, GHS, Ahthi-

bung, Elvis Singson stated that the school received four Almirahs, 15 chairs, 15 study tables, two office tables and 91 books under operation SADHBHAVNA 2018-2019 Project, by As-

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Assam Rifles officer 2IC Mathew from Jalukie battalion, motivated the students by explaining the benefits of quality education and he also urged them to

CEAN holds general meeting, elects new team DIMAPUR: Civil Engineers’ Association of Nagaland (CEAN), in its 29th General Meeting held on February 16 at CANSSEA Conference Hall, Kohima, elected a new team of office bearers for the tenure 2019-20.

A press release from advisor Civil Engineers’ Association of Nagaland, Er. Albert Peri stated that the new team will be led

by Er. Taiwang Konyak as president, and Er. Nungshisosang as general secretary.

During the meet, a general report was presented by general secretary, Er. Waweu Wetsah, a speech was delivered by junior Engineer, PHED (advisor, CEAN), Er. Ponghen Bezo.

T h e m e e t i n g wa s chaired by vice president, Er. Imlitongzuk Jamir; an invocation was offered by advisor, Er. Akishe Jimomi; a welcome note was delivered by core member, Er. Kikovozo Tetso. President, Er. Albert Peri, spoke some words of gratitude followed by a closing prayer.

The association appealed to all civil engineering graduates to register with the association to support and to uphold the activities of the association.

NEIVBS organizes Christian education teachers’ training

Resource persons and participants of the NEIVBS Christian Education Teachers’ Leadership Training program conducted from February 13 to 17.

DIMAPUR: North East I n d i a Va c a t i o n B i b l e School (NEIVBS) conducted a five-day Christian Education Teachers’ Leadership Training program at Life Spring Cor ner, Dimapur from February 13 to 17.

A press release from NEIVBS media cell stated that the main speakers were Rev. Vangpong Phom, B. Chingnya former youth secretary PBCA, Chingnyi Christian edu-

cation superintendent, Moishen, lecturer GSC, and Hammei Buchem, VBS director. The music leaders were Yiman and Henlang.

The trainee students were from different Churches who are working as women pastors, youth pastors, Sunday School teachers, music teachers and pastors. Chonben Shitiri, trainee student from LBCA, bagged the best merit certificate award.

During the training program, combined fellowships were held every evening. Special numbers were presented by Khiamniungan Baptist Church Dimapur, Signal Phom Baptist Church.

Samuel Angora Naga, Assamese Baptist Church, Rev. Mane Noklang, pastor Signal Phom Baptist Church and Rev. Delip Singh Nagamese United Baptist Church read from Scripture.

utilise the new facility for their overall growth.

Students, teachers, GBs and the chairman attended the program and also expressed their gratitude to Assam Rifles.

National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) mapping and household listing under the Government of India, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Research and Development Initiative (RDI) Nagaland concluded on February 18 at AIDA training centre, Don Bosco Dimapur with four days of house training and two days of urban and rural field visits. (NFHS-5)

Free health camp conducted in Zisunyu

Two benificiaries of the health camp hold up pamphlets received at the camp on February 16 in Zisunyu.

DIMAPUR: State Health A ge n c y - - Ay u s h m a n Bharat, National Health Protection Mission (AB – NHPM/PMJAY) Scheme -- and Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company (AMHIC) conducted a Beneficiary Identification Drive (BIS Drive) at Zisunyu village, Panchayat Hall, Tseminyu block under Kohima district on February 16.

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Kejriwal to fast for Delhi statehood

Arvind Kejriwal (File) New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI): Raising the pitch on the issue of statehood for Delhi ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said in the Assembly that he will launch an indefinite hunger strike from March 1 to press the demand, terming it “aar-paar ki ladai” (final battle).

The AAP-dominated Assembly also adopted a resolution demanding that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs take necessary legal and legislative steps to declare Delhi a “full-fledged” state without any further delay.

“I will sit on an indefinite hunger strike from March 1 to organise people for the full statehood demand. Even if we die in this movement, we will gladly do so but this ‘aar-paar ki ladai’ will continue and Delhi will get full statehood,” Kejriwal said in the House.

Kejriwal had staged hunger strikes in his earlier avatar as an anti-corruption activist before the formation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and this will be first such stir after becoming chief minister of Delhi

in 2015.

In March last year, the AAP chief had threatened to go on a hunger strike on the sealing issue but later changed his mind.

Speaking on the issue of full statehood during the budget session of Assembly, Kejriwal took a dig at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Centre’s alleged interference in Delhi’s affairs.

“I want to tell the Prime Minister to handle Pakistan which he has not been able to do, and give the Delhi Police and MCD to the people of Delhi,” he said, alleging that problems of poor law and order and insanitation are being faced by the people in the national capital.

Accusing both the Congress and the BJP of “back-stabbing” Delhi over full statehood issue, Kejriwal said their governments exploited people of the city.

“Even the Britishers did not commit so much atrocities. Delhi people pay Rs 1.5 lakh crore as Income Tax and received only Rs 325 crore from the Centre.

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Delhi’s blood,” the chief minister alleged.

Full statehood will mean better law and order and women safety. Delhi will become clean city like London and Paris and every household will have its own house, he claimed.

“We will give house to each voter family in 10 years after attaining full statehood. We will give employment to youths, regularise ad-hoc employees, open universities and send corrupt and inefficient officers to jail because Modi government will not be able to have our files,” he promised.

The resolution questioned how a politically nominated Lt Governor could act as a “super-boss” of a democratically elected council of ministers in Delhi.

“This House resolves that the NDMC area in Delhi, which is governed by the NDMC Act be kept under the exclusive control of the central government, and the rest of NCT of Delhi be declared a full-fledged state,” it added.

AAP leaders said Kejriwal will hold meetings with party MLAs, MPs and office bearers over the weekend to plan the full statehood movement.

The party has been ratcheting up pressure on statehood issue, especially after the Supreme Court recently delivered a split verdict on the contentious issue of control of services in the National Capital Territory between the Delhi government and the Centre and referred the matter to a larger bench.

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PM Narendra Modi with NC leader Omar Abdullah. (File) Jaipur/Srinagar, Feb 23 (AGENCIES/ PTI): Paying homage to the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that peace in the world will not be possible if terrorism continued.

Speaking at a rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk district, he said a strong consensus has been reached against terrorism today and the entire world is with the families of those killed in the Pulwama attack. “Not just India, the entire world is with you (families). Have faith in soldiers and the government,” he said.

The Kashmiri youth is also disturbed by terrorism and “our fight is not against Kashmiris”. They are with people of the country, he said. Modi said stern action has been taken against separatists in Jammu and Kashmir, and a “free hand” has been given to the Army. “ B e l i e ve i n a r my jawans on the borders, Maa Bhawani blessings and Modi government, all scores will be settled this time,” he said.

People of Kashmir lined up for donating blood for those injured in firing during the Amarnath yatra last year.

Our fight is against terrorism and against those who are against humanity, the Prime Minister said. He said

people in Kashmir have been suffering from terrorism for the last 40 years and they want peace too. There was 70-75 per cent voting in the recent panchayat elections, Modi said.

NC leaders welcomes Modi’s remark

NC president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah Saturday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement denouncing attacks on Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack.

“The statement will go a long way in pacifying people of the country.

Although it took him too long to come out against the unwarranted and targeted violence being orchestrated against Kashmiris putting up across the country.

However, we welcome the statement and expect corrective measures will be taken in this regard,” Farooq Abdullah said in a statement issued here. The MP from Srinagar, however, said the prime minister must ensure that his directions are followed in letter and spirit.

“Words are not enough.

The prime minister has to ensure that his directions of not targeting Kashmiris are followed in letter and spirit on the ground as well,” the National Conference president said.

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New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI): Firing a fresh salvo at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday alleged that the government “did not want to accept” that there was a “job crisis” in the country, and said the PM should hold discussions with the youth to address the issue.

During an interaction Shiksha: Dasha Aur Disha -- with university students at the JLN Stadium here, he also alleged that the country’s wealth is “concentrated” in the hands of “a few people”.

The Congress chief asserted that the state must pay for a large part of education of students. There was no immediate reaction from the government.

China is growing economically, and one sees ‘Made in China’ labels on so many products in the country, Gandhi said, adding that he was “absolutely convinced” that India could go ahead of China.

He reiterated the per hour job figures to attack the prime minister on the

Rahul Gandhi (File) issue. “In a county of over 1.2 billion people, and India is creating about 450 jobs per 24 hours while China is creating 50,000 jobs in the same 24 hours,”he said, claiming, “these are not my figures, but of the Finance Ministry given in Lok Sabha”.

“Our prime minister doesn’t seem to think this is a problem,” Gandhi alleged.

“We need to first acknowledge that there is a problem, and then we need to galvanise support to fight it. That is what we (Congress) believe in,” he said.

Gandhi said he has already challenged Prime Minister Modi to debate with him on Rafale, corrup-

tion, job and other issues.

“But has he come and interacted with you (students) like this, taking questions from you,” the Congress president asked the students.

The prime minister should interact with the youth and listen to their views on the job scenario and “say that he needs your support to address this issue,” Gandhi said.

He said that “the prime minister should not be telling his views to the youth, but listen to their voices”.

Responding to another question, Gandhi said the share of the education sector in the budget should be increased.

Wealth is “concentrated” in the hands of “a few people”, he alleged, and asserted that the state must pay for a “large part of education” of students.

Congress does not support that privatisation is the way to improve the education system, the party chief said. Delhi Congress chief and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit was also present on the occasion.

MP swine flu deaths cross 2018 figure

Bhopal, Feb 23 (PTI): Thirty-nine people have died of swine flu and 167 persons have tested for the H1N1 virus in Madhya Pradesh since the start of this year, state Health Minister Tulsiram Silawat said Saturday.

Officials said the number of swine flu deaths in the first two months of 2019 is higher than those in 2018 which saw 34 deaths.

A state government public relations officer further informed that Chief Minister

Kamal Nath had asked the health department to open a virology laboratory in Indore to test patients for the H1N1 virus.

Such testing facilities in the state are currently available only in the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences-Bhopal and the Indian Council of Medical Research’s facility in Jabalpur, he said.

“We have taken steps to control the spread of the H1N1 virus. Health committees have been formed at the state and divisional levels for this,” Silawat told PTI.

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The threat came in a telephone call to the AI Operation Control Centre at Mumbai Airport late on Friday night. (File) Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS): Security in and around India’s busiest airport - the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) - as well others around the country has been tightened following a threat to hijack an Air India aircraft, official sources said here on Saturday.

The threat came in a telephone call to the AI Operation Control Centre at Mumbai Airport late on Friday night, warning that an Indian Airlines (part of Air India) flight would be hijacked to Pakistan.

“It has been classified as a ‘non-specific threat’, but we have taken it seriously, in view of the current situation. Since it has not given details of any particular flight that may be targeted, we presume it can apply to any Air India flight anywhere in the country,” a top official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told IANS. Early on Saturday morning, all agencies concerned held a meeting and later the Director General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which guards airports around the country, and all airlines to implement enhanced security measures with immediate effect.

The BCAS directive, issued through its Deputy Director Operations 2, New Delhi, said that all aircraft operators shall adopt eight

specific measures, intended to ensure security of flights and passengers.

The directive has asked the CISF’s Airport Security Unit and Aviation Security Group and other agencies to maintain strict access control to regulate entry to terminal buildings, all operational areas and other aviation facilities.

There is to be enhanced screening of passengers, staff and visitors including extra random screening at the main gate, of hold baggage, cargo, cargo terminal, catering, mails, etc, and ramping up of surveillance - both through CCTVs and manual - in and around the terminal building and operational areas, besides strengthening of Quick Reaction Team and perimeter patrolling.

They have been asked to undertake intensive checking of vehicles entering the car parking area to preclude the possibility of car bomb attacks. The directive also sought strengthening the manning of all cargo gates and vehicle entry gates with strong armed support and any other security measures based on local intelligence inputs.

CISF Additional Inspector General of Police Hemendra Singh told IANS that the paramilitary force was already been on high alert in wake of the Pulwama attack and after this alert, it had further increased its vigil.

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n February 14, 2019, a convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethpora (near Awantipora) in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The attack resulted in the deaths of 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel including the suicide bomber. However, the suicide attack has also raised questions about intelligence or security failure in sanitising the J&K National Highway which could have prevented the deaths. Many have raised questions about how the huge presence of security forces at different locations, random patrolling by the Quick reaction teams (QRT’s) of the Indian army, CRPF and random checking of vehicles at security check points set up by the State police could not detect the suicide bomber driving the SUV packed with around 300 kgs of IED. The radical shift from usual attacks shifted to suicide bombs. This is the first time a classical car bomb has been employed in J&K, the previous two attempts being less sophisticated and therefore, only partially successful. Also for the first time, a local lad, Adil Ahmad Dar, from Pulwama — the hotbed of terrorism in the Valley — a fully radicalised Burhan Wani fan comprehensively trained for the operation has become the Kashmiri suicide bomber. The February 14 attack marks the return of the IED (improvised explosive device), a more deadly version of the car bomb, and the birth of a willing-todie local jihadi. The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed. Within 100 hours of the attack, the JeM leadership responsible for it was eliminated.

Everyone in India is rightly braying for revenge strike.

Prime Minister Modi has been criticised for politicising the issue and the opposition wasn’t going to allow that.

Modi has given a free hand to the Army to plan out the revenge attack on the time and place of its choosing.

The present mood across the nation is also reminiscent of the 2016 Uri attack on an Indian Army brigade headquarters in Uri, near the Line of Control in a predawn ambush. It was reported that 17 jawans were killed in the surprise attack by the terrorist outfit JeM. The casualties were primarily believed to have occurred as a result of non-fire retardant transition tents.

After the 2016 Uri attack, a similar standard operating procedure was followed after meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Security. On the other hand, retaliating is not an option and quite irresistible, especially during election time. Given the rich electoral harvest reaped from the 2016 surgical strikes -a retaliatory strike is not un-inevitable. It may be noted that multiple raids incorrectly called ‘surgical strikes’ - a term used for aerial or nuclear targeting - were to take out terrorist launch pads, not strike Pakistan army posts that facilitate infiltration and exfiltration of terrorist groups.

Be that as it may, the political compulsion, if the situation so demands, that such strikes could bring huge political dividends; then it would be most likely. The dividend could be in the form of postponing the Lok Sabha polls which would give the ruling party more space and opportunity to regain its lost ground. The other is that even if polls are held after such a strike, it would be considered a game changer. However, the danger is if the strike escalates into a full blown war between the two nations.

DailyDevotion The Determination to Serve

The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve… —Matthew 20:28 Jesus also said, “Yet I am among you as the One who serves” (Luke 22:27). Paul’s idea of service was the same as our Lord’s— “…ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Corinthians 4:5). We somehow have the idea that a person called to the ministry is called to be different and above other people. But according to Jesus Christ, he is called to be a “doormat” for others— called to be their spiritual leader, but never their superior. Paul said, “I know how to be abased…” (Philippians 4:12). Paul’s idea of service was to pour his life out to the last drop for others. And whether he received praise or blame made no difference. As long as there was one human being who did not know Jesus, Paul felt a debt of service to that person until he did come to know Him. But the chief motivation behind Paul’s service was not love for others but love for his Lord. If our devotion is to the cause of humanity, we will be quickly defeated and broken-hearted, since we will often be confronted with a great deal of ingratitude from other people. But if we are motivated by our love for God, no amount of ingratitude will be able to hinder us from serving one another.

Paul’s understanding of how Christ had dealt with him is the secret behind his determination to serve others. “I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man…” (1 Timothy 1:13). In other words, no matter how badly others may have treated Paul, they could never have treated him with the same degree of spite and hatred with which he had treated Jesus Christ.

Once we realize that Jesus has served us even to the depths of our meagerness, our selfishness, and our sin, nothing we encounter from others will be able to exhaust our determination to serve others for His sake.

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The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me?

There is nothing between. ~ Mother Teresa

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Dangerous ideology

agas have little understanding of democracy and no clue as to the purpose behind the formation of Political Parties.

All political parties claim to have the interests of the state and its citizens in mind; and democracy is a system of government where the people are given the power to choose the party which governs them.

But it is the party which decides what path the nation will take to ensure the welfare of the nation and its citizens.

The purpose and goal of any political party is embodied in the ideology behind the formation of the political party and the Manifesto of the Political Party outlines the steps the party intends to take, once in power, to achieve its goal. What we have to understand is that the manifesto of a political party may change, but never its ideology.

Just before the previous assembly elections, I posted, on Facebook, that India has only two “real” Political Parties, the Communist Party of India (in this case the C.P.I. (M), i.e. Marxists) and the Bharatiya Janata Party. I dub them “real” political parties, because both are based on concrete ideologies; whereas the rest of the political parties of India, including the Congress (I), are based on the personalities of their leaders.

Communism/Marxism is a commonly understood/ misunderstood ideology, but Hindutva, the ideology behind the B.J.P. is more sinister and insidious. The B.J.P. is the political wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Fascist Organisation. Why is it Fascist Organisation?

Because fascism believes in the superiority/promotion of something over the other, and the subjugation/annihilation of the “”inferior”. Superiority may take the form of race, as in the Nazi Party’s belief that Aryans were superior to other races and their attempt to annihilate the Jews

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and subjugate the Slavs; or promotion, as in the belief of the R.S.S. that India must become a Hindu Nation.

The Manifesto of the B.J.P., among other aims, already has the banning of cow slaughter in India, the introduction of a Uniform Civil Code, the abrogation of Article 370 (which gives Kashmir its special constitutional status) and the building of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. The fact that they have not completely achieved any of these aims is only because they lack the numbers in Parliament to push through these amendments.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill is an underhand attempt to grant citizenship and thereby, voting rights, to the countless Illegal Bangladeshi Hindus already in the Northeast of India, and an open invitation to 17 million more Bangladeshi Hindus to enter Northeast India illegally, with the guarantee that with the passage of time, they would be assured Indian Citizenship. These Illegals, with no ties to the people or the land of Northeastern India will have loyalty and allegiance to the R.S.S./B.J.P. alone. Their votes will provide the numbers needed in Parliament to push through all the Constitutional Amendments that the R.S.S. feels necessary to see India turned into a Hindu State.

The fact that the B.J.P./ R.S.S. did not press for the Bill in the Rajya Sabha was not because of a change of heart, but because they realised that they did not have the numbers to push it through. Amit Shah, the President of the R.S.S., has publicly and unequivocally stated that they intend to push through the CAB, if voted to power in the upcoming Parliamentary Polls.

There is a clear and present danger of the Northeastern Peoples becoming minorities in our own land as long as the R.S.S./B.J.P. holds

on to its ideology of Hindu Supremacy. Nagas should not cling to the imaginary protection of Article 371A and the Inner Line Permit of the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation,1873.

For the B.J.P. has openly stated its objectives to introduce a Uniform Civil Code, supplanting the Indian Civil Code, which protects 172 million Muslims in India, and remove Article 370, which protects 12.5 million Kashmiris, once it has the numbers; how long do you think Article 371A, which covers hardly a million Nagas, will stand in the way of this Hindutva onslaught?

As to the B.E.F.R. 1873, it is a British Law, which can be removed, simply by a notification from the Central Government at New Delhi, no Parliamentary Session needed for it.

The Committee set up to study the possibility of extending the Inner Line to cover Dimapur District is hogwash, pure and simple; an electoral ploy with an eye on the coming Lok Sabha Elections. Even if it does become a reality, the B.J.P., can scrap the B.E.F. law with the stroke of a pen.

The N.D.P.P. and the Naga members of the B.J.P. are guilty of selling our land and our future for their short term gains. And before the N.P.F. starts taking the moral high ground, it needs to cut its ties with the B.J.P. in Manipur, for you are hunting with the hounds in Manipur and running with the hare in Nagaland. For make no mistake, we are being hunted in our own land. Your ideology of money will soon see us enslaved to other people, in our own land.

God save Northeastern India Kahuto Chishi Sumi, Akukau (G.B.) Hevishe Village, Khaghaboto Range, Dimapur, (Kahuto107@gmail.com)

Rejoinder to ‘a personal sadness’

by Gen. (Retd) Thinoselie M. Keyho

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hile the Naga people and the Nation ought to be indebted and grateful to you for your contributions for the Naga Cause, my attention has been drawn to your letter “A Personal Sadness” published in the local dailies on 19th February, 2007 and felt the necessity of stating a few facts on behalf of the many people who consider Brig. (Retd) S. Singnya as a fatherly figure and a hero.

Brig. (Retd) S. Singnya, Kedahge of the Federal Government has been a role model and an inspiration for many of us. His dedication and commitment to the Naga National cause is considered second to none. He may lack educational qualification but God has been gracious in bestowing him with wisdom and leadership qualities. Many of his contemporary dedicated national workers except for a very few were highly qualified but integrity and patriotism mattered more than educational qualification and most people were not aware that the lack of a high educational degree is a disadvantage in the service of the nation before you noticed and mentioned it.

To my knowledge, Brig. (Retd) S. Singnya has never sought for positions or leadership but when he was thrust with the responsibility of the Kedahge of the FGN, he had accepted with a sense of duty and he will continue to discharge his responsibilities so long as he enjoys the confidence and support of the FGN leaders. And I can vouch with conviction that he would gracefully step down the moment he loses their confidence and support being fully aware that a leader can legitimately lead as a popular leader only as long as he enjoys the confidence and support of the majority of the members.

Today many institutions and organizations have been weakened and damaged beyond repair because some leaders adamantly refuse to pave the way even after losing the confidence and support of the members thereby creating more differences, leading to groupism within the organization and division of the institution. If we dig deep enough into the causes of

why the NNC has splintered into so many groups today we may be able to unearth the reasons behind and the person/s responsible for the divisions.

Brig. (Retd) S. Singnya is one of the leaders responsible for the survival and continuity of the NNC and the FGN. At a time while many Naga leaders including you were able to sleep peacefully in the comfort of your homes, he had to live and sleep in the dense jungles far away from civilization, hunted in his own land all for the sake of the noble Naga cause. Brig. (Retd) S. Singnya was and still is the Champion of the Naga National movement from my community, a leader of integrity and an adherent to the Naga ideals and dreams. A leader of his stature who is admired and commands respect can never be a mere rubber stamp. He leads from the front and contributes positively for the Naga Nation with his vast experiences and his unwavering attachments to the Naga aspirations.

As the Kedahge of the FGN, being the chief executive of the FGN, he acts responsibly and rationally with maturity and wisdom. In any democratic government action based on collective decisions can hardly be considered unconstitutional. For the record, he cannot and he does not have the liberty to act at his own discretion or at the behest of individuals, his actions are based on collective decisions.

It is also most unfortunate that a leader of your stature who was once considered sacrosanct and revered can easily label another Naga leader Mr. Senka Ao as a defector and betrayer.

To which group has he defected to and whom did he betray? To my limited knowledge and understanding the NCC does not demand loyalty to any individual but to the Yehzabo of Nagaland and the National goal. I believe abiding by the popular decision is the best policy because democratic institutions cannot practically function like the authoritarian institution of one man rule and one man decision.

K.Tanghiu, PS to Kedahge, FGN

The fear of being dominated by ‘others’

he mass protests that rock the whole of the Northeastern region in the last few months over the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), for granting citizenship to all the persecuted minorities from the India’s neighboring countries, had prevented the central government from passing the bill in the upper house of parliament effectively ending another tragic phase of upheaval, confusion and fears that had haunted the people of the region for last several years, as the bill is set to be lapse by June 2019 unless the new government at the center takes a fresh initiative towards passing and implementing the said bill.

The bill which had failed to pass in parliament but unexpectedly succeeded in uniting the whole region, that is inhabited by diverse communities of different race, religion and culture where each of them having different socio-political interests and aspirations, in total opposition to the same reflects the common fears of the indigenous people belonging to the region as they perceived the possible threat of being populated and dominated by the “others” if the bill had to implement in the region and thereby relegate them to becoming minorities in their own land.

The people of the region has the genuine reason to fear as this whole political gimmick over the question of accommodating “others” comes at the backdrop of decades of

center’s misrule in the region ever since it was made part of the Union.

This political misadventure of forced accession had left the region totally devastated as New Delhi intends always to keep the region only for meeting its strategic purposes.

Lack of socio-economic development, problem of unemployment, ethnic conflicts and animosities and discontentment among the people which led to insurgencies that cost countless innocent lives becomes the order of the day which creates disillusionment in the region. The sad reality is that the state of Assam, for instance, among the most resourceful state in the country, both in terms of human and natural, which, among others, accounts for around 50 percent of India’s production of tea and 15 percent of the country’s crude oil production, is today reduce to a state of political chaos as a result of the divisive, communal and vote bank politics of New Delhi, because of which the common people of Assam never find a way to benefit from those abundance which is their own.

New Delhi had lost the trust of the Northeasterners as life’s experience under occupation during the last seven decades force the people of the region to feel that any policy/ies coming from the center would be always detrimental to their welfare and well-being. When the people of the region

had already understood the awful price of being under the control of New Delhi, they cannot afford to endure the prospect of another form of domination from “outsiders” through the CAB. On the other hand, the plight of the minorities on the other side of the subcontinent is real.

And what is more saddening is the political circumstance under which they had become minorities, and suffer from that curse of being a minorities not for any of their fault but entirely because of the pre-independence partition politics which led to the division of the entire subcontinent. Here, in Northeast India, we has a fear of becoming minorities in our own land, which is legitimate; what we should not forget is the historical injustices that had already made so many common people of our neighbors become minorities in their own land too.

This full-blown humanitarian crisis that emerges from the ashes of partition’s tragedy should be a major source of concern for all and need to be attended. The tragic narrative to this whole contour is the response of the authorities and mainstream political parties to the crisis who sometimes invented an antagonistic phrase like “illegal immigrants”, “outsiders/ foreigners” etc… to create panic and suspicions among different ethnic communities in the region and then talk about

“granting citizenship” to minorities from neighboring countries on the ground that they are persecuted in their respective countries at another times for advancing their agenda with the hope to make them their permanent support group through vote bank politics.

Today, Assam Congress, led by Tarun Gogoi, project itself as a major force in anti-foreigners’ crusades and making a promise to rescue the region from the influx of illegal immigrants once in power. But history records that the grand old party of India is the forerunner in resorting to the vote-bank politics using immigrants for their electoral gains.

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, former President of India and congressman from Assam, had openly admitted that his party had brought Muslim from Bangladesh to Assam just for the sake of votes and to retain their rule in Assam.

The party needs to justify its position opposing the controversial CAB when its principal opponent, the saffron party, is resorting to same old dirty politics of converting immigrants into a permanent political support base, which had been originally the Congress’ long-term electoral strategy for winning election.

If New Delhi feels morally obligated and have political will to take care of the welfare of those minorities who are really affected by partition and had to suffer persecution in their homeland,

then they need to create a proper legal and constitutional framework under which it would work out identifying proper territorial locations elsewhere in the country for repopulating them once they are granted full citizenship. And it needs to do away with the same old habits of creating an impression and apprehension here in Northeast that through CAB, or with any other political tools, the whole region would become a dumping ground for “illegal immigrants”. Because even if India legally/politically succeed, if not through force, in granting citizenship to those minorities, unless the perception of the people of the region change they will remain an outsiders in the heart and soul of the region

and will never be fully absorb in the socio-political life of Northeast nay the whole of India. Instead it would only make way for future conflicts among different ethnic groups in the region/country.

The most unfortunate outcome, though, that sprouts from this whole process is that because of the divisive politics drawn from New Delhi who refuses to acknowledge the sentiments of the Northeast people, this very region, that housed the most vibrant, most straight forward and most friendly indigenous people were made to appear as cruel and unfriendly people, not willing to take heed to the suffering of “others” from their neighbors.

Dr. Nsungbemo Ezung, Wokha Town, (ezung_n@yahoo.com)

Reader’s Post

Uniformity of price rates Sir,

It is indeed gratifying to buy organic local vegetables from local vendors across Dimapur. However, the price rate of these organic vegetables is very expensive. People buy organic vegetables to encourage local vendors but it is sad when one small bundle of mustard leaves which is not enough to feed a family of five is charged at a high rate.

Is there no authority to control price rates of vegetables supposedly being sold as very fresh organic ? Everybody likes to encourage and patronize local vendors but not at the expense of being fleeced unnecessarily. There should be some uniformity of price rates to be followed by all and not charging randomly.

Ngipnon Konyak, Bank Colony, Dimapur

Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami in JK

Police swooped on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir members in Kashmir during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

been picked up in the past, officials privy to the developments said this is the first major crackdown on the Jamaat-e-Islamia.

The hearing on Article 35A, which provides special rights and privileges to natives of Jammu and Kashmir, is likely to take place in the apex court on Monday.

The outfit in the past has been touted to be the political wing of the Hizbul Mujahdeen, but the organisation has always

Avalanche in HP: Trapped Army jawans still untraceable

Shimla, Feb 23 (PTI): Five Army jawans, who were trapped in an avalanche that struck near Shipki La on Sino-India border in Himachal Pradesh three days ago, were still untraceable, officials said on Saturday.

Six jawans of the Army’s 7 JAK Rifles -- four from Himachal Pradesh, one each from Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir -- were buried under the avalanche that occurred near the Shipki La border outpost in Himachal Pradesh’s tribal Kinnaur district around 11 am on Wednesday.

The body of one of the jawans, Havaldar Rakesh Kumar, was recovered the same day while the five others were still missing.

About 220 Army and 30 Indo-Tibetan Border

Police (ITBP) jawans restarted search and rescue operation to trace the five jawans on Saturday at 7 am, Kinnaur district public relations officer Mamta Negi said.

She said two teams from Jammu and Kashmir and a sniffer dog have also been brought at the spot for search operation but the buried Army men have still not been found.

According to a defence spokesperson, specialised rescue dogs, rock drills and chain saws have been deployed into the search operation. The track leading to the avalanche site is under heavy snow, he said.

Due to the concerted efforts of the Army and the Border Road Organisation (BRO), the track has been partially cleared, he added.

maintained that it is a social and religious group.

Palpable tension was in the air and people were seen grouping at streets even as security had been tightened.

As many as 100 additional companies of the paramilitary (nearly 10,000 personnel) have been sent to the Kashmir Valley in the wake of a potential law and order situation.

Officially no one has been able to provide reasons

Noida/Delhi (UP), Feb 23 (PTI): A team of CBI officials, including a woman constable, was allegedly attacked and chased away by relatives of an accused, also a CBI official, in a 2014 land fraud case from his village in Greater Noida on Saturday, officials said.

A few CBI officials were injured during the scuffle with the relatives, who forced the sleuths inside a private property in Sonpura village and beat them up with sticks and bare hands to help the accused escape, the agency said in a statement issued in Delhi.

It also alleged that mobile phones, ID cards of some members were burnt by the attackers.

The agency said it filed a complaint with the local

police, following which an FIR was registered.

The Central Bureau of Investigation is probing a 2014 case of alleged land fraud, amounting to Rs 126 crore, linked to the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) .

On February 3, the agency booked two of its officials posted in Ghaziabad, both of who were probing the case, on charges of criminal conspiracy and under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The accused CBI Inspector V S Rathore was arrested while ASI Sunil Dutt has been absconding.

On Saturday morning, a five-member CBI team reached Sonpura village in connection with their inves-

Bhadohi (UP), Feb 23 (PTI): Thirteen people, including nine from West Bengal, were killed in an explosion at a shop here on Saturday afternoon which led to the collapse of three adjacent houses, officials said.

Six people were also injured in the incident. It is suspected that some people are still trapped under the debris and a rescue operation has been launched, they said.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the incident and directed the district officials to ensure

proper treatment of the injured, a spokesperson said in Lucknow. The blast took place at the shop in Rohta Bazaar, which was run by Kaliyar Mansoori. His son was running a carpet factory behind the shop and its workers could be among those trapped under the debris, District Magistrate Rajendra Prasad said, adding the injured have been admitted to hospital.

Locals claimed that Mansoori was also in the business of making illegal firecrackers. Earthmoving equipment have been pressed into service to carry out relief and rescue works.

Teams of forensic experts, NDRF and senior district officials have reached the site, he said. Superintendent of Police Rajesh S said SHO of Chauri police station Ajay Kumar Singh, and police chowki in-charge Pramod Kumar Verma have been placed under suspension.

According to an official in West Bengal, the nine people from the state killed in the incident were residents of Malda district.

A 10-member team of the Malda district administration and police are leaving for Bhadohi Saturday night to bring back the mortal remains of the workers.

tigation and to look for Dutt when his relatives attacked the sleuths, Gr Noida police said. “An information was received at Ecotech-3 police station about the family and relatives of the accused misbehaving with CBI officials. The police immediately reached the spot and detained some persons from the spot. The complaint of misbehaviour was found true, a case has been registered and legal proceedings are underway,” Superintendent of Police (Rural) Vineet Jaiswal said.

The relatives have been charged with holding government officials hostage, assaulting them and obstructing government officials’ work, Anita Chauhan, SHO Ecotech 3 police station, told PTI.

on Greenpeace bank accounts

Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS): The Karnataka High Court has quashed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) order freezing the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, the Indian arm of the international environmental watchdog said on Saturday. “ We we l c o m e t h e quashing of the ED order by the Karnataka High Court as it unfreezes our bank accounts, which receive donations from thousands of environmentally conscious Indian citizens,” said Greenpeace India in a statement here.

According to the judgement, sourced by IANS from the high court, Justice Alok Aradhe on February

14 quashed the ED order issued in October 2018, freezing the bank accounts, especially in IDBI Bank.

The ED froze the accounts for alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) after a search of the Greenpeace officer here on October 5, 2018 The freezing of bank accounts led to financial crisis for the organisation and forced it to reduce its workforce substantially.

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Police personnel inspect the area where an explosion caused three houses to collapse, in Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday. At least four people were reportedly killed in the explosion. (PTI)

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Bengaluru, Feb 23 (AGENCIES): In a massive fire that broke out at a parking lot near the venue of the Aero India Show at Bengaluru, nearly 300 cars have been gutted.

Thick smoke could be seen billowing upwards from the car parking near the Yelahanka Air base where the aero show is underway in Bengaluru. It is not yet clear how the fire broke out.

The cars in the parking lot belonged to the people who had come to see the aero show.

The flight display at the show as temporarily halted.

As many as 10 fire tenders were dispatched and they managed to bring the blaze under control quickly by creating gaps between cars by removing adjacent cars.

No planes are reported to have suffered any damage. DGP Fire, MN Reddi tweeted, “Totally about 100 cars burnt in the fire. Fire spread is controlled by creating a gap by removing adjacent cars. Fire under control now. No injuries or any harm to people reported.

Likely cause: dry grass fire aided by heavy winds.”

UP explosion: 13 killed, 6 injured

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S r i nag a r , F e b 2 3 (PTI): Nearly 150 people, mainly from the Jamaat-eIslami Jammu and Kashmir including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz, were detained during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday as tension gripped the Valley ahead of a hearing by the Supreme Court on Article 35A of the Constitution.

Though police termed the detentions as routine saying that leaders and potential stone pelters have

for such a massive deployment. The Jamaat issued a statement condemning the detentions and said “...

The move is a well designed conspiracy to pave way for further uncertainty in the region.”

The outfit claimed that during the intervening night of February 22 and February 23, police and other agencies launched a mass arrest drive and raided many houses in the Valley, wherein dozens of its central and district level leaders were arrested, including its Ameer (chief) Jamaat Dr Abdul Hamid Fayaz and advocate Zahid Ali (spokesperson).

The Jamaat termed the raids as “fishy” at a time when the Supreme Court is to hear a petition regarding Article 35A of the Constitution “...The way forces personnel unleashed the spree of mass arrest and detained dozens of Jamaat members prior to the hearing seems something is hatching behind the curtains. Any attempt of eroding or tampering Article 35A is unacceptable for people of Jammu and Kashmir,” it said.

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mat. Of the 8 companies/ businesses that participated in the competition, Online Express Nagaland who scored 57 score points out of 80 points was adjudged the winner.

Reading Kaba also highlighted trade fair as an important element to present the potential of the region, and to bring about collaboration, and cooperation between various agencies, partners, companies, etc to develop the economic activity.

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guest of honour, Managing Director of N. N. Construction & Decors, Nibu Nagi, exhorted the entrepreneurs and participants by sharing his experiences and also provided suggestions on doing business.

The NITFaS-2019 also conducted the first NITFaS Entrepreneurship Competition & Award with a cash prize of Rs.50,000 sponsored by N.N Nagi School, Dimapur. The competition was held in a live formal presentation and pitching for-

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DIMAPUR, Feb 23 (NPN): The first Naga International Trade Fair & Summit 2019 (NITFaS) held at Agri Expo Complex, Dimapur concluded on Saturday.

The four-day trade fair & summit began on February 20 where daily company exhibition activity and business summit were organised.

Exhibitors were also given the opportunity to pitch their business and service in a live formal presentation format.

On the closing day,

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25. The clothes at the new store are characterized by an attitude that is equally at home on the street or on campus, as it would be on ramp.

With trendy cuts and styles that are high on colour, People would be a solution for fashion forward young men and women by continuously offering the latest range of casual shirts, tees, western tops, fusion tops, jeans, winter-wear, and accessories like bags, scarves and shoes.

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weighted at 100%.

Exposures to AFCs, NBFCs – IFC, NBFCs– IDF and other NBFCs that are not NBFC-ND-SI are risk-weighted according to ratings assigned by the rating agencies accredited

by RBI. Risk-weighted assets are used to determine the minimum amount of capital that must be held by banks and other institutions to reduce the risk of insolvency and the capital requirement is based on a risk assessment for each type of bank asset.

“It has been decided that exposures to all NBFCs, excluding core investment companies will be risk weighted as per the ratings assigned by the rating agencies registered with Sebi and accredited by the Reserve Bank of India, in a manner similar to that of corporates,” the central bank said.

D I M A P U R , F EB 2 3 (NPN): ‘People’ a fashion and accessories store was launched on Saturday by Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur, Kevekha Kevin Zehol here at Clock Tower near NRL petrol pump, Dimapur. People store in Dimapur is the second store in North-eastern region.

People store franchisee owner, Prateek Jain said that the collection ‘People’ brand suits best to the people of Nagaland as the fashion in Nagaland is much advanced than many other parts of

India. He said that youth of Nagaland can find very high fashion choices at reasonable prices in the newly opened store. People, the curator of what is edgy and trendy, will change the way Dimapur get access to fastfashion by offering cool style and great clothes, footwear and accessories at amazing price, he added. He, therefore, welcomed the people of Nagaland to check the collection and experience fashion in all new level.

The People store provides inaugural offer of Rs. 500 off on shopping worth Rs. 2500 valid till February

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Mumbai, Feb 23 (Agencies): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday allowed bank exposures to all non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), excluding core investment companies (CICs), to be risk weighted according to the ratings assigned by the rating agencies.

RBI had said it would consider this when it released its statement on developmental and regulatory policies on 7 February and is expected to facilitate the flow of credit to well-rated NBFCs. Exposures on rated as well as unrated non-deposit taking systemically important NBFCs (NBFC-NDSI), other than asset finance companies (AFCs), NBFCs–infrastructure finance companies (NBFCs-IFC), and NBFCs–infrastructure development funds (NBFCsIDF), are uniformly risk

Naga International Trade Fair concludes

Dimapur DC Kevekha Kevin Zehol inaugurating the new store on Saturday. (NP)

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deployment of 5G. “Department of Telecom is yet to auction spectrum in the 3300-3600 MHz bands.

Therefore, the telecom service providers are likely to incur initially an additional investment while launching 5G services on account of spectrum cost,” TRAI said.

The spectrum availability is among the most important issues, hence for full implementation of the 5G network, it is crucial that enough spectrum is made available in appropriate frequency bands.

“All the government agencies in India are assigned spectrum administratively. Spectrum audit will help in identification of unutilized or inefficiently utilized spectrum. After the identification, Licensed Shared Access (LSA) can be used for optimal utilization of spectrum,” the regulator said.

LSA is a concept to dynamically share a spectrum band, whenever and wherever it is unused by the incumbent users.

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expected to add revenue streams for telecom operators as they go beyond just connectivity and infrastructure providers to become service enablers and service creators.

5G network rollout will be the next big opportunity for telecom players that are bleeding due to the tariff war triggered by Reliance Jio. While Vodafone Idea’s net loss widened to Rs 5,005 crore in the quarter ended December 31, 2018, from Rs 4,974 crore in the preceding quarter, Airtel posted a decline of 72% in profit to Rs 86 crore for the same quarter from Rs 306 crore a year earlier.

According to the data

by Ericsson, 5G enabled ‘digitalization revenue’ potential in India will be over $27 billion by 2026.

Moreover, the cumulative economic impact might be worth $1 trillion by 2035, as per the High-Level Forum report, said TRAI. 3.5 GHz spectrum band is expected to be the first band globally for

etary position.

The order signed

by Madhani Puri Buch, whole time member of SEBI, said: “I declare that the noticee (Indian Infoline Commodities) is not a fit and proper person to hold, directly or indirectly, the certificate of registration as commodity derivatives broker, and hereby, reject the application dated December 23, 2015 filed by India Infoline Commodities Limited for registration as commodity derivatives broker. The noticee shall cease to act, directly or indirectly, as a commodity derivatives broker.”

SEBI has also ordered both Motilal Oswal and IIFL to transfer securities of all their clients and allow withdrawal within 45 days of the order.

NSEL did not maintain sufficient underlying stock on trades it allowed even as brokers sold lucrative contracts to investors.

This built defaults and resulted in the exchange denying payments worth Rs 5,600 crore in 2013.

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New Delhi, Feb 23 (Agencies): The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that 5G network is expected to be deployed in India along with the rest of the world by 2020.

According to Financial Express, in a white paper titled Enabling 5G in India, the telecom regulator said that the technology will “make it possible to use 5G for healthcare (telesurgery), autonomous vehicles, automated manufacturing etc,” and would have the potential to work catalyst to the higher overall economic growth of India.

However, to implement 5G networks, the white paper said that India would need an additional investment of $60-70 billion.

The areas where investment would be expected include network densification, fiber for backhaul, layer upgrades, spectrum access and microwave backhaul, the white paper said.

The technology is also

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS): A day after its commodity broking arm was declared unfit for derivative trading by market regulator SEBI, Indian Infoline Commodities (IICL) on Saturday said it is seeking legal advice to appeal against the order.

IICL is the commodity broking arm of IIFL. The company along with Motilal Oswal Commodities Broker was declared not “fit and proper” by SEBI as part of action in the NSEL case. The company is among 300 brokerage firms investigated

by SEBI for violation of ruled in the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) scam.

“IICL is seeking legal advice about going in for appeal. We would like to clarify to all our stakeholders and clients that this order has no impact on businesses of other companies of IIFL Group,” the brokerage said in statement.

The statement further said that IICL does not have any outstanding dues towards any clients and it does not have any propri-

‘Pakistan control of JeM HQ fabricated’

Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS): Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday called Indian media reports of the Pakistan government taking administrative control of the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) “fabricated”, claiming that the facility was a madrasa where students receive education and the action had nothing to do with the Kashmir suicide bombing.

His comments came after the country’s Interior Ministry on Friday announced that the Punjab province’s government took administrative control of a mosque-and-seminary complex in Bahawalpur area which is believed to be the headquarters of Masood Azhar’s JeM. The terror group had claimed the February 14 Kashmir suicide bombing that killed 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, heightening tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi.

“The government of Punjab has taken over the control of a campus comprising Madrassatul Sabir

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and Jama-e-Masjid Subhanallah in Bahawalpur, reportedly the headquarters of JeM... and appointed an administrator to manage its affairs,” the Interior Ministry had said.

However, in a video message on social media, Chaudhry said that the Punjab province government took administrative control of Madrassatul Sabir and Jamia-e-Masjid Subhanallah in Bahawalpur in line with the decisions taken during the National Security Council (NSC) meeting and as part of the National Action Plan (NAP).

“During yesterday’s NSC meeting, it was decided that NAP will be fully implemented. Some steps were taken in this regard

yesterday and today the Punjab government took administrative control of a madrasa in Bahawalpur,” he said.

“This is the madrasa that India was doing propaganda over and alleging that it is the headquarters of JeM. Tomorrow, the Punjab government will give media persons a tour of the madrasa so everyone can see how it is functioning and see the truth for themselves,” he added. Stating that “around 700 students are studying at the madrasa”, Chaudhry quoted as saying by Geo News: “This step (to take administrative control) has nothing to do with the attack in Kashmir.

“NAP is our own security document over which all political parties are in consensus and we are implementing it.”

Pakistan on Thursday also banned the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-udDawa (JuD) and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation amid growing international pressure to act on terror groups operating from its soil.

international North Korea condemns Kashmir suicide attack Seoul, Feb 23 (IANS): North Korea on Saturday condemned the Kashmir suicide attack that claimed 40 CRPF troopers’ lives, saying it firmly opposes all forms of terrorism.

“We express our grave concern over the tragic incident whereby more than 40 lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attack that occurred in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14,” a spokesperson of the North’s Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama was claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed.

“It is the consistent principled stand of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to oppose terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” the ministry’s spokesman said.

The condemnation by the reclusive regime followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Seoul where he extended India’s strong support to the ongoing dialogue between two Koreas and between the US and North Korea.

Trump: India, Pak facing ‘very dangerous situation’ of people are. It’s going to be a very, very delicate balance. There is a lot of problems between India and Pakistan because of what just happened,” he said.

The US President had earlier said that the Pulwama attack “only strengthens our resolve to bolster counter-terrorism cooperation and coordination between the US and India”.

Islamabad, however, denies any involvement in the bombing but sought from India “actionable intelligence”, which was termed by New Delhi as a

“lame excuse”.

Also, the Pakistan Army accused India of sending war threats and warned of a “surprise response” if New Delhi initiated any aggression amid escalating tensions.

Trump, in response to a question during Friday’s news briefing, said that the US had suspended military aid to Pakistan “because they weren’t helping us in the way that they should have”.

“I stopped paying Pakistan the $1.3 billion that we used to pay them.

In the meantime, we may set up some meetings with

Pakistan,” he said, but did not explain the nature, level or timings of those meetings.

“Pakistan was taking very strong advantage of the US under other Presidents and we were paying Pakistan $1.3 billion a year. I ended that payment to Pakistan because they weren’t helping us in a way that they should have.”

He, however, added that ties between the two countries had improved.

“We have developed a much better relationship with Pakistan (in a) short period of time than we had (before),” Trump said.

15TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY of

LT. PANGERREMBA IMCHEN 01.03.1931 – 24.02.2004

Everyday was a blessing in our life when you were here, every moment is cherished in our thoughts, you are loved, you are missed and you are remembered.

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the man who died. Rather we should thank God that such man lived.”

Loving wife, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren & grand daughter-in-law.

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Three UK ministers back Brexit delay

London, Feb 23 (IANS): Three British cabinet ministers have signalled that they will back plans to delay Brexit if MPs vote down Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposal for a new deal with the European Union.

Ahead of the vote in the Commons, Amber Rudd, David Gauke and Greg Clark said on Friday they were prepared to defy May unless there was a parliamentary breakthrough on her deal, the Daily Mail reported.

Downing Street said the trio’s views on no deal were “scarcely a secret”.

“The Prime Minister

is working hard to ensure we get a deal with the EU that allows us to deliver on the result of the referendum.

That is where the Cabinet’s energy should be focused,” Number 10 said in a statement. Writing in the Mail, the cabinet ministers warned that a no-deal departure would wreck the economy, put the defence in jeopardy and risk the break-up of the UK. They expressed the hope that Parliament agrees a deal “in the next few days”.

“If there is no breakthrough in the coming week, the balance of opinion in Parliament is clear -- it

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15.03.1959 – 15.02.2019

We the bereaved family members of Late Inaho Z Yeptho, G.B Thilixu Village would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and every individuals, friends, neighbours, relatives, unions and well wishers who supported materially during his brief illness and sad demise of our beloved father who left us for his heavenly abode.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every one of you, but it is our humble prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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The UK government has repeatedly refused to rule out the possibility of the country leaving without a formal deal, which will happen if May is unable to get MPs approve the deal she negotiated with Brussels in time.

MPs will debate Brexit again next Wednesday and are expected to consider an amendment tabled by former Tory minister Oliver Letwin and Labour’s Yvette Cooper to give Parliament the opportunity to delay Brexit and prevent a nodeal situation if there is no agreement with the EU by the middle of March.

of

Late Imlikokba Tsopoe (Yenjamo) Pongitong Village

You have left us on this day 32 years ago and yet the memories of you are still fresh in our hearts.

Loving Family members & relatives

Born 24/05/1986 Died: 24/02/1987

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who stood with us through prayers, physical, financial support etc., during the brief illness and demise of Lt. DIPELO LEA of Tsüpfüme Village at Oking Hospital, Kohima.

Your immeasurable support at the time of our pain and sorrow will forever be remembered in our hearts and pray that Almighty God bestow His blessings upon each and every one of you abundantly.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SHRI. NYIMTSEMO JUNGIO Hd. GB Wokha Town

Born : 22/01/2015 – Died : 12/02/2019 We the family of Late Lanumong Imsong deeply appreciate and gratefully acknowledge your benevolent gesture, to all for your physical, financial, moral and spiritual support during the unexpected tragic accident of our son.

Though we are unable to mention all the names of each and every individual particularly, the kindness and compassion you extended to our family during this time of great sadness will be remembered and cherished in our hearts. May the Almighty God bless you all.

Loving Dad, Mom, Sis and Family Members.

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WORDS OF GRATITUDE (Born : 25/08/1929 – Died : 18/02/2019) We the family members of Lt. Nyimtsemo Jungio of Yikhum Village, Wokha, Nagaland. (He served as GB at Wokha Town from 1968 to 2018 and as Head GB of Wokha Town from 1999 to 2018) who left us for his heavenly abode on 18/02/2019 would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone who stood by us physically, financially, morally and through prayers at his final journey.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. DC’s Staff, Wokha, Nagaland 2. GB’s Union, Wokha Town 3. 1st NAP Bn ‘D’ Coy., Rangapahar, Dimapur 4. Yikhum Ekhung, Wokha Town 5. Mount Tiyi Colony Council, Wokha Town 6. Mount Tiyi Colony, Youth Wing, Wokha Town 7. Mount Tiyi Colony Eloe Okho 8. Yikhum Jungi Ekhung, Wokha Town 9. Jungi Ekhung, Wokha Town 10. Jungipvui Ekhung, Wokha Town 11. Yikhum Eloe OKho, Wokha Town 12. Rachan Colony Eloe Okho, Wokha Town Although we are unable to thank all of you individually, your kind deeds shall be always remembered and we earnestly pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving wife, children, grand children & relatives

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Born on : 01/07/1957 – Died on : 16/02/2019

We the bereaved family of Late Tsumungi Tsanglae would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Lotha Baptist Church Diphupar-A, Rengma Baptist Church Padumpukhuri, relatives, individuals, neighbours, all our family friends and well-wishers, who supported and stood by us physically, financially and through prayer during her prolonged illness till time of her demise on 16th February 2019.

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

would be better to seek to extend Article 50 and delay our date of departure rather than crash out of the EU on March 29,” they said.

Earlier this week, three Tory Remainer MPs resigned from the Conservative Party to join eight former Labour Party MPs in a breakaway Independent Group. These lawmakers said the government’s handling of Brexit had been “disastrous” as no genuine effort had been made to build consensus.

They said the Conservative Party stopped reflecting the values and beliefs they and millions throughout the UK shared.

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Washington, Feb 23 (IANS): US President Donald Trump has said that there is a “very dangerous situation” between India and Pakistan following the Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF troopers and indicated that Washington was trying defuse the heightening tensions between the two neighbours.

“Right now between Pakistan and India, there is a very, very bad situation.

A very dangerous situation. We would like to see it (hostilities) stop. A lot of people were just killed. We want to see it just stop. We are very much involved in that (process),” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday.

T h e Fe b r u a r y 1 4 attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama was claimed by the Pakistanbased Jaish-e-Mohammed.

In the aftermath of the strike, India withdrew the “Most Favoured Nation” status given to Pakistan and also imposed a 200 per cent import duty on all goods originating or exported from that country.

“India is looking at something very strong.

India just lost almost 50 people in the attack. I can understand that too,” Trump said while adding that his government was in talks with authorities of both countries.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Through this column, we the family members of Late Santanu Sinha (BANI) who expired on 8th Feb. 2019 wish to acknowledge the expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness rendered to us during our times of grief and sorrow.

We offer our heartfelt gratitude to friends, neighbours and well wishers who provided emotional, moral and physical support during our difficult times.

Your kindness and sympathy will always be remembered.

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From Loving Mother, Sisters, Brother & Relatives

Asani Elsie Born : 30th September 1997 – Died : 18th February 2019 Job 1: 21. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

We the bereaved family members and relatives would like to express our profound gratitude to each and everyone who stood by and helped us physically, financially, materially and with constant prayers during the sudden sad demise of our beloved daughter Late Miss Asani Elsie, D/o Rev. Dr. Tasoni Moon, died on 18th February 2019 at Guwahati.

We would specially like to thank some of the few personalities, organizations, groups, churches and union mentioned below. i.

Naga Students’ Union, Guwahati ii.

Sumi Student’s Union, Guwahati iii.

Sumi Christian Fellowship, Guwahati iv.

Ao Students’ Union, Guwahati v.

Poumai Naga Union, Guwahati vi.

Poumai Baptist Fellowship, Guwahati vii.

Chakhesang Students’ Union, Guwahati viii.

Mao Students’ Union, Guwahati ix.

Mao Welfare Association, Guwahati x.

Chakhesang Community, Guwahati xi.

Mao Baptist Church, Guwahati xii.

Mao Hoho, Dimapur xiii.

MBC Dimapur, 7th Mile, Chumukedima xiv.

Chakhesang Union, Dimapur xv.

Chumukedima Town Baptist Church, Dimapur xvi.

MBC Kohima xvii.

St. Mary’s Parish, Punanamei xviii.

Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Punanamei xix.

Mao Baptist Churches Association (MBCA) xx.

Naga Christian Fellowship, South Korea xxi.

Trinity Theological College (TTC), Dimapur xxii.

Mao Baptist Pastors xxiii.

Mao Catholic Catechists xxiv.

L. Dikho, Hon’ble Minister. PHED, Printing & Stationery, Govt of Manipur xxv.

Mao Council xxvi.

Mao Students’ Union xxvii.

Mao Naga Women Welfare Association xxviii. Senapati District Students’ Association xxix.

Punanamei (Robvedzü) Village Council xxx.

MBC, Punanamei xxxi.

Robvena Union xxxii.

All the Chairman/ Secretary & Village Authorities coming from different villages xxxiii. Naga Christian Fellowship, Itanagar, Arunachal xxxiv. Mao Christian Fellowship, Arunachal xxxv.

Fusion Church, New Delhi xxxvi. Fusion Church, Dimapur xxxvii. Baptist Church, Chizami Village xxxviii. Dr. Chotisü Sazo, Hon’ble MLA. Govt of Nagaland xxxix. Shri. Kolhi Wetsah, Nagaland Children’s Home. Dimapur xl.

Tenyiphe-1. D-Khel. Dimapur xli.

Water Supply Colony. Ward-1. Chumukedima. Dimapur xlii Joseph and Neizo's Families We deeply regret for our inability to thank each and every individual but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God showers His blessings upon you all abundantly.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2019

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rganizers of the Whitecross concert, In The Kingdom Group, has come up with an opportunity for gospel music lovers to open for the band during the concert scheduled on April 12 at Agri Expo, Dimapur.

The group has invited gospel bands to cover Whitecross’ song, ‘In The Kingdom’ and send the demo video to the organizers via Whatsapp @908940-9715/8730-95-7422 or through email to skyentertainmentnagaland@gmail. com or direct message to the group’s facebook page @skyentertainment.

Last date for submission of entries will be March 15 and organizers will choose one band from among the entries.

So far Dimapur is the only place the band will be performing in the Northeast and the organizers are expecting fans from the entire region during the concert.

Tickets for the concert will be made available soon and some of the perks for the VIP tickets include: A Note from Whitecross, 2 VIP All Access badge, 1 car

Caroll said he was excited about the event.

Starting off his message with a short lick from the song ‘No Second Chances’, Rex thanked Nagaland Bamboo Timber Unit, the main sponsor, and Sky Entertainment for making the event happen.

He invited music lovers to come and be part of the show and said, “It’s going to be a rocking party, can’t wait to see you there.”

Fans can expect the band performing some of their most popular hits and favourites during the concert. pass, limited edition White- c o n c e r t , W h i t e c r o s s founder guitarist Rex (Aneila Seyie Keretsü) cross merchandise, meet and greet/photograph with OFFICE OF THE PONGIDONG VILLAGE STUDENT UNION the band, dinner with the band a day before the conWOKHA : NAGALAND cert and complimentary FELICITATION snacks.

Organizers have also With immense pride and honor, the Pongidong informed that individuals Village Student Union would like to extend our heartfelt pre-booking their tickets congratulations to Dr. Tumbenthung Y. Humtsoe, S\o Mr. will receive a personalised Yanbemo Humtsoe and Mrs. Mhonchumi Humtsoe on being note from the band with conferred Doctorate of Philosophy in Economics on the their name written on the thesis, ‘Transport, Cities, Growth and Environment: A case study of Kohima’ , from the University of Hyderabad note.

For more details about under the supervision of Dr. Prajna Paramita Mishra.

Your success has been a blessing to all of us, and we the concert one may call the above given mobile num- praise our Almighty God for your marvelous achievement.

The union further wishes you success in your future bers or 7005-14-7849. endeavor.

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weets, either for or against, can influence the thinking process of young people and the speed of the messenger matters here too, say researchers.

“Twitter is an important outlet. We know that,” said lead author Joseph Erba, Asst Prof at University of Kansas. “We also know from traditional advertising and marketing literature that the visual identification of the communicator matters.

What we were interested to see is if the visual identification of a Twitter user influences how people perceive the message. It does.”

Those trying to reach millennials on Twitter should keep in mind the race and the identity matter, and that conscious and unconscious responses were different, suggesting selfreported data should always be viewed cautiously. Finally, the messenger can be just as important as the message, the findings revealed.

“If you want a message to hit home with white millennials, you have to think not only about the message but who is delivering the message,” Erba said. “There needs to be a ‘match up’ between the topic discussed and the perceived identity of the spokesperson.”

The team took a sample of how white millennial participants viewed real tweets, then answered questions about their perceptions of the issue and about who tweeted the messages. Eyetracking equipment mapped the time participants spent reading each post, used as a proxy for their attention to the tweets.

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SUPPORT FOR O. TINU LONGKUMER

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Inno. Q. Tuccu

Inno. Tongmeth Wangnao

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The Office of the Sumi Region, NSCN/GPRN would like to convey our heartiest congratulation to Inno. Q. Tuccu and Inno. Tongmeth Wangnao on being appointed as the President and Vice President of NSCN/GPRN respectively. We also extend our appreciation to the collective leadership for having faith and confidence upon them and their leadership.

We pray and hope that the Almighty grant them good health and wisdom to lead the nation at this crucial Indo-Naga political juncture.

Training on ‘Tea Production Technology’ for Small Tea Growers of Nagaland Date : 11th to 15th February, 2019 Department of Tea Husbandry & Technology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat Sponsored by Tea Board, India WC-85

Hundreds of sympathizers and well-wishers who are prominent residents of Mokokchung Urban Areas under 26 Aonglenden Constituency namely, Arkong Ward, Sangtemla Ward, Dilong Ward and Marepkong Ward, held a consultative meeting and unanimously decided to give total and unflinching support to Mr O. Tinu Longkumer, brother of Late Imtikumzuk Longkumer, former MLA & Advisor, for the coming bye election.

In this regard Mr O. Tinu Longkumer declared that confiding in the peoples’ trust reposed in his leadership and their wholesome support, he is totally geared up and ready to contest the forthcoming bye election and will not, at whatever cost, back off or withdraw from contesting.

He expressed his gratitude to his sympathizers and well-wishers from the four wards for their unflinching loyalty and further appealed to them for their continued support in his endeavor.

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Oppn NPF stages walk-out claiming violation...

Plans afoot to make Tripura a health hub, says minister

(From p-1) He said such practices of the ruling members were unconventional and unprecedented. The opposition members also objected to the announcement made by the Marshal during the entry of the deputy speaker as the “Speaker in-charge”.

The opposition said that they had not come across anywhere where the dep-

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the family lodged a missing report to the concerned police station in UP, his body was found cremated by police three days later.

The PAC questioned if the government of Manipur actually handed over the case to CBI and alleged that despite assurances, the case has not yet handed over to the CBI. Also addressing a news conference at Manipur Press Club on Saturday, the PAC threatened that they will be compelled to enforce a total shutdown on February 28 if the state Assembly in its ongoing session fails to discuss the case and pass a resolution

uty speaker is addressed as ‘speaker in-charge’.

Owing to ill-health, LoO informed the house that the Speaker had authorized the deputy speaker to conduct the business of the house in his absence.

To queries on adoption of the motion of thanks to the governor’s address, NPF member Imkong L Imchen said that the LoH conceded to the amend-

ments demanded by the opposition and the motion was not put to vote.

Imchen informed that LoO had withdrawn the amendment on the request of the LoH to continue the discussion. Accordingly, the deputy speaker did not put the motion for voice vote and therefore the motion of thanks to the governor was not adopted, he added.

VCs will have authority if CAB enforced: Toshi (From p-1) Stating that Article 371 (A) should not be undermined, he asked the members to be cautious when talking about Article 371 (A). He said Lotha Hoho was appealed to withdraw the PIL on Nagaland Petroleum & Natural Gas Rules (NPNG) because it was like surrendering the rights to judicial

court. Stating that “judicial court does not supersede political house”, he said the matter has to be politically resolved. Wungtung appealed to the opposition members to support the motion as moved by the leader of the House and work out the motilities together. He also appealed to the members to restore and strengthen Article 371 (A).

Chidambaram dares Modi to act on Roy N e w D e lhi , F e b 23(IANS): Former Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take action against Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy over his remarks to boycott Kashmiri goods.

He said that the Central government was extending its “muscular, militaristic approach” to the northeast which it failed to show in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said: “Waiting to see if the Prime

Minister will take action against the Governor of Meghalaya.”

His remarks came days after Roy made a controversial tweet urging people to boycott goods prepared and manufactured by Kashmiris, in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy that killed 40 troopers.

“An appeal from a retired colonel of the Indian Army: Don’t visit Kashmir, don’t go to Amarnath for the next 2 years. Don’t buy articles from Kash-

We the citizens of Kangching and Netnyu villages have submitted the representation regarding the catastrophe of the submersion of our agricultural lands by the proposed Dikhu Hydro Project plant.

1. In 2013, more than hundred families of land owners from both the villages have submitted the representation to the Government of Nagaland, Department of Power and to all concerned on September 5, 2013 declaring that they would not allow even an inch of their cultivated lands to be submerged at any cost by the proposed Dikhu Hydro Project. This declaration still stands firm and static.

2. In the context of Nagaland, the land is the only permanent resourceful asset on which 80% of population depends for their livelihood. The loss of the agricultural land defying the warning of impending catastrophe will be a man-made disaster exploiting the poor farmers of their legitimate rights.

3. To that effect, the citizens of Kangching and Netnyu Villages in its general meeting on November 27, 2018 unanimously resolved and declared that no agricultural land will be allowed to be submerged at any cost by the proposed Dikhu Hydro Project. And again, the citizens of the two villages in its meeting on February 19, 2019 further reaffirmed the previous decision. The villagers therefore, request the Government of Nagaland, Department of Power and Hydro company not to approach the villagers for the same in any manner whatsoever in near future.

Sd/1. Shri. Yimchang Phom President Kangching and Netnyu Villages Buhu Union

D I M A P UR , F EB 2 3 (NPN): District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mon, Thavaseelan K, has extended promulgation of night curfew along the Indo-Myanmar border for three months up to May 22, 2019. The prohibitory order under section 144 CrPC will be enforced from 10pm to 3am in the 3 km belt along the IndoMyanmar Border under Mon district.

Regd. No :1200/18 Date:12.12.2018 I, Shri. Tilok Lama, son of Late Lal Bahadur Lama, permanent resident of Ananda Nagar Village, Pub Lumding, Ward No. 4, P.O & P.S. Lumding, DistrictHojai, Assam and present resident of Jotsoma Village, District- Kohima, Nagaland, do hearby solemenly declare that in some documents my name has been recorded as Tilok Thapa and in some other document as Tilok Tamang, Tilok Lama S/o of Lal Bahadur Lama. This is true and that this refer to one and same person.

Notary Public, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kohima K-498

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE ADDL. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MEDZIPHEMA DIST. DIMAPUR, NAGALAND NO. MEDZ/REV/TRS-1/2014/486

Medz the 16th Feb 2019

PUBLIC NOTICE Whereas this office has received sales deed made in affidavit for change of ownership that Smti. Ruyano of Medziphema was allotted a plot of land measuring 70 x 120 ft. Against permit No. 51.

At Medziphema Town, Ward No. 6.

Notice is hereby issued that objection if any may be given in written within 30 days time from the date of publication of this notice by any claimants to the office of the undersigned. Otherwise change of ownership will be taken up after the expiry of the above mentioned period.

Addl. Deputy Commissioner Medziphema Dist. Dimapur, Nagaland DP-1559 AFFIDAVIT

I, Shri. N. Nguhbubou Chang, S/o Shri Nyakba Chang aged about 27 years R/o:- New Yaongyimti village and in the district of Mokokchung state of Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and state as under: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That, in all my official documents my father’s name has been entered and recorded as Shri. Nyakba Chang whereas in my application to the Director of Health and Family Welfare my father’s name has been erroneously entered and recorded as Shri.

Hemnyau.

3. That when my father’s name Shri. Hemnyau appears in any of my official documents it should be read, write and understand as Shri. Nyakba Chang 4. Henceforth, this affidavit is sworn to declare that my real father's name is Shri. Nyakba Chang and Not Shri. Hemnyau 5. That, this affidavit is sworn for verification of name and for public notice.

That, the statement made from paragraph 1 to 5 are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and nothing material has been concealed therein.

Identified by NYAKBA Abi Pongen (Advocate) Deponent Mokokchung, Nagaland Solemnly sworn, affirm and signed before me by the above mentioned deponent on this the 11th day of Dec 2018 at Mokokchung, Nagaland.

L.B Namo Magistrate/Notary Public Regd.No. 6890/18.0.11/17/18 11/12/2018

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Sd/2. Shri. Hamlom Phom Chairman Kangching Village Council

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Night curfew along IndoMyanmar border

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Dikhu Hydro Project Issue

Sd/3. Shri. Bongang Phom Chairman Netnyu Village Council

mir emporia or Kashmiri tradesman who come every winter. Boycott everything Kashmiri. I am inclined to agree,” Roy tweeted on February 19.

“When the cry is for more humane and just laws, government allows Assam Rifles to search and arrest without warrant,” Chidambaram said. “This is the extension of the muscular, militaristic approach to the Northeast. This approach failed in Kashmir, it will fail in the northeastern states,” the former Finance Minister added.

Agartala, Feb 23 (PTI): Tripura has immense potential to emerge as a health hub which can cater not only to patients from the state but also from neighbouring Bangladesh who come to India in large numbers for treatment, Health Minister Sudip Roy Burman said Saturday.

He said the state would be gradually equipped with full-fledged health facilities implemented via the publicprivate partnership (PPP) model.

To begin with, the government is setting up a super speciality health centre, which is likely to be completed this year, he said.

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D I M A P UR , F EB 2 3 (NPN): In view of the ongoing assembly aession and ensuing Sekrenyi Mini Hornbill festival, the Kohima police have issued fresh traffic regulations to be enforced in Kohima on February 25 and 26, 2019 as part of the security arrangement.

According to Kohima police PRO, the route from Naga Hospital via Naga Bazaar to Census Office Junction would be made one way for the down going vehicles from 8am till 10am.

No vehicles would be allowed to park on the road side in the above mentioned route. Heavy vehicles have been restricted from plying in Kohima town during the Assembly Session, from 6am till the Assembly session was over. All loading and unloading of goods in Kohima town should be completed by 6am during Assembly Session.

Seeking positive cooperation from the public, the police cautioned that defaulting vehicles would be towed away and the charges would be borne by the vehicles owners.

(From p-1) On financial implication, Rio stated that the implementation of Nagaland Lokayukta Act, 2018 shall cause a recurring expenditure of Rs. 50 lakh (approximately) annually and shall be charged from the consolidated fund of the state.

In the statement of objects and reasons, Rio stated it was to simplify and modify certain provisions of the Lokayukta Act 2017 (Act 1 of 2018) under Section 3, Sub-section 2; Section 6, Sub-section 1 & 2 and Section 32 to impart clarity to some provisions in the said act with a view to implement the act smoothly and expeditiously.

NNC Bill 2019 passed: The house also passed the Nagaland Nursing Council (NNC) Bill

2019 on the third day of the third session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative assembly by a voice vote.

The Bill, which was introduced on Friday by Health and Family Welfare minister, S. Pangyu Phom was tabled for in the house for consideration on Saturday.

The Bill was to provide establishment of a nursing council in the state for registration of nurses, midwives, lady health visitors, auxiliary nurse midwives/female health workers registration of nursing institution and to regulation their qualification with the council and for the matters ancillary thereto. The Act will regulate the practice on nursing practitioners and nursing education and this will be extended to the whole state of Nagaland and will come into force with ef-

fect from the date of their publication in the official gazette.

The minister stated that the proposed introduction of the NNC bill shall be administered by the existing administrative set-up by Health and Family Welfare department and will not entail any extra expenditure from the consolidate fund of the state.

In the statement of objects and reasons, Phom stated that in the interest of safety of life, it was deemed appropriate that health care system in the State was properly regulated and that there are no laws or machinery to lay down standards and enforce them in case of nursing personnel and the best way to regulate nursing personnel is through the state Nursing Council Act.

Assam hooch tragedy leaves 85 dead, 340 ill Guwahati, Feb 23 (PTI): The hooch tragedy in Assam’s Jorhat and Golaghat districts claimed 85 lives till Saturday while 340 people were undergoing treatment in hospitals, officials said.

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met the affected at Jorhat Medical College Hospital (JMCH) and announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs two lakh to the next of kin of each of the deceased and Rs 50000 to those who fell ill.

Sonowal said the guilty will not not be spared, even as the opposition Congress accused the BJP government in Assam of not taking adequate steps to stop the sale of illicit liquor and demanded the resignation of state excise minister Police said twelve persons have been detained in Golaghat for interrogation.

Two persons were arrested in connection with the tragedy on Friday.

According to health department officials 46 people died in JMCH, 35 in Golaghat civil hospital and four in Titabor sub-divisional hospital.

In JMCH, 221 people are undergoing treatment for complications due to consumption of spurious liquor, while another 111 are being treated in Golaghat and eight in the Titabor hospital, they said.

A large number of labourers of two tea estates of Golaghat and Jorhat districts had fallen ill after drinking the spurious liquor on Thursday night and 12 of them had died the same night. Sonowal reviewed the condition of victims of the hooch tragedy undergoing treatment at JMCH. He expressed condolences to the bereaved families.

Sonowal had ordered an inquiry into the incident

by Upper Assam Division Commissioner Julie Sonowal on Friday and directed her to submit the report within a month.

Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who also visited JMCH, said this morning hthat the “death toll and the number of people admitted is changing minute to minute”.

Asked if spurious liquor is still being sold in view of fresh cases being reported, Sarma said, “Patients who had developed complications two-three days ago are coming now.

Some who had consumed liquor earlier are coming for treatment after hearing the news of the hooch tragedy out of fear. These people are psychologically in shock and so they think they are ill.”

Doctors from Assam Medical College Hospital of Dibrugarh district, Gauhati Medical College Hospital and Tezpur Medical College

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Kuhuboto Ghakhu Sports Association participated in the 11th Sumi HOHO TROPHY organized by All Sumi Games & Sports at P. Vizheto Village. During the participation the Kuhuboto Ghakhu Sports Association Team won the Football Champion, Volleyballs Mens' Champion and Women Volleyball Runners up.

The Kuhuboto Ghakhu Sports Association thank the Kuhuboto team for participation and wishes them all the best for future endeavours.

The KGSA also thank the individuals, well wishers who supported financially & physically during the events. The association also acknowledge the following : 1. Kuhuboto Area Sports Members - Rs.1,00,000/2. Akato Chophi, VP NSCN(R) - Rs.50,000/3. Khehovi Chophi, Hd.GB, Hoito Village - Rs.20,000/4. Feroz Khan, Dimapur - Rs.20,000/5. N. Kitovi Zhimomi, Ato. Kilonser NSCN(U) - Rs.20,000/6. L.Honito Swu, Hd.GB, Lotovi Village - Rs.20,000/7. P. Vizheto Tuccu, Hd.GB - Rs.17,000/8. Hojei Swu Kilonser, Khughovi Village - Rs.10,000/9. Pukhato Zhimo, Hd.Gb, Vihokhu Village - Rs.10,000/10. Lotovi Bazaar Committee, Lotovi Village - Rs.10,000/11. Anito Yeptho, Henivi Village - Rs.10,000/12. Khejeto Rochill, VP. KGSA - Rs.9200/13. Lotovi Village Council - Rs.5000/14. Tokivi L.Yeptho, Xelhozhu Village - Rs.5000/15. Ikato Awomi, Asst.Joint Secy KGSA - Rs.5000/16. KGPO - Rs.5000/17. Alex Yeptho, Luzheto Village - Rs.3000/18. Vikuho Zhimo, Vikuho Village - Rs.1000/19. Kakuho Assumi, Advisor KGSA - Rice 5 Bags.

20. L. Akaho Yeptho, Notun Bosti - Jersey 2 sets, Stocking 1 set.

21. Ginoka Chophi, Hoito Village - Ors 4 cartons, Biscuits 1 carton.

22. Xusheto Zhimomi, General Secy KGSA - Jersey 1 set The Association also thank Vihokhu Village GBs and Council Members for hosting the coaching camp for the Events.

Kakheto K Assumi President KGSA

Xusheto Zhimomi General Secy.

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Hospital in Sonitpur district were rushed to the Jorhat and Golaghat hospitals to provide medical care to the large number of affected people, he said.

Besides, the director of medical education Anup Barman, directors of Health, Assam and the National Rural Health Mission will be stationed in Jorhat to supervise and co-ordinate the services being provided to the patients, the minister said. “The prime consideration now is how to give best medical treatment to the affected,” Sarma said.

Considering the situation in Jorhat vis a vis the hooch tragedy, hospital authorities have been asked to restrict the number of patients admitted with other complaints so that maximum number of those who were taken ill after drinking spurious liquor can be accommodated there.

Hospital authorities

have also been instructed to provide food for the attendants of the hooch victims, besides the mandatory health care facilities and medicines.

Assam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said 12 persons have been detained in Golaghat for interrogation.

Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Tarun Gogoi has demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident and accused the BJP government in the Assam of not taking adequate steps to stop the sale of illicit liquor.

Congress members also staged a protest in Golaghat and demanded the resignation of Excise Minister Parimal Suklabaidya.

Activists of the state’s leading student and youth organsiation Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad burnt an effigy of the excise minister at Golaghat and demanded his resignation.

OFFICE OF THE LOCHOMI SERVICE UNION ZUNHEBOTO : NAGALAND

FELICITATION

The Lochomi Service Union conveys its heartiest congratulations to Dr. Hinatoli V. Zhimomi for being conferred Doctorate Degree from Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) Mumbai and also for being selected as an India Smart City Fellow under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, New Delhi, Government of India.

The Union is immensely proud of her achievements and for bringing laurels to the village. We wish her the best in her career and future endeavours.

KIYELU ZHIMOMI Y. YEHEVI SWU Secretary Chairman

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the state government to find out the facts and circumstances leading to the death of Pravish Chanam.

“We had even pressed chief minister N Biren Singh to make sure that the case is handed over to CBI for a thorough investigation”, he said.

President of Nupi Samaj Th Ramani, who also addressed the press, strongly condemned when state government silence to such a sensitive issue for the last one and a half year.

She said, the state Assembly should adopt a decision on what can be done by the state government for the end of justice.

She alleged that Pravish Chanam was murdered organ trade organs for trade while strongly condemning the state gover nment’s silence and demanded that the state Assembly should take a concrete decision to check recurrence of such incident where people murdered for organ trade.

State Lokayayukta (Amendment) Bill 2019 passed in NLA

FELICITATION

We, the Meshangpen Village Students' Union (MVSU) with immense joy and pride would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Mhonjan R. Lotha, S/o Mr. Robin Lotha for your achievement to the post of Junior Engineer (Civil Engg.) under Works & Housing Department.

We wish him the best in all his future endeavours.

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to reflect government’s stand on the case.

PAC convenor Laimayum Pishu demanded that Manipur Assembly in its ongoing budget session discusses the matter and take a decision. If the demand is not considered, then PAC will give a 24-hour statewide total shutdown on February 28, from the intervening night of February 27 and 28, he warned.

In case, no positive response comes up even after the total shutdown, PAC will, after consultation with civil society organisations, launch a series of agitation.

The PAC convenor alleged that though the state chief minister had assured justice to the family of the victim on several occasions, not a single positive step was taken so far to deliver justice in the mysterious death of the youth from Manipur in UP, adding that they had repeatedly approached both the Central government and

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Chanam murder: PAC threatens bandh IMPHAL, Feb 23: After a year and a half, the demand for justice to the mysterious death of Manipuri youth Pravish Chanam at Noida, UP resurfaced on Saturday.

The People Action Committee (PAC) Against the Brutal Killing of Pravish Chanam has alleged that the state government or the Centre was yet to act and deliver justice to the victim’s family, and it threatened to impose a 24-hour total shutdown on February 28.

Apart from proposed total shutdown, the PAC demanded that the state Assembly discuss the matter in the house and take concrete decision to dispense justice.

On September 8, 2017, Chanam, a student from Imphal’s Uripok went missing from a music concert at Indian Expo Centre and Market, Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. Even as

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2019

SUMI KUKAMI HOHO ORDER

PRESS RELEASE The new team of Sumi Kukami Hoho Office bearers tenure from 20192023 for 5 (five) years. The new office bearers has been appointed by Nomination Committee on 29/11/2018 and remaining office bearers inducted on 15/02/2019 by the Executive Meeting, both approved by the House and Executive. (Both Office bearers & Judicial Board) Office Bearers :1. President : H. Kashito Yepthomi Akukau Ghuvishe 2. Vice President : Khehoto Chishi Akukau Lokobo 3. Vice President : Nihovi Chophi Akukau Old Town Zunheboto 4. Gen. Secretary : Vikato S. Yeptho Akukau Baimho 5. Secretary : Kaito Chophi Akukau Yehemi 6. Secretary : Hoshito Assumi Akukai Kohima Town 7. Secretary : -----------8. Finance Secretary : Ghuhevi Khuju Akukau North Point Zunheboto 9. Asstt. Finance Secy. : Qhutovi Achumi Akukau Tukuliqa 10. Info. & Publ. Secretary : Hetoho Zhimo Akukau Natha New 11. Advisor : Ghovito Zhimo Akukau Khukiye Lukhai Judicial Board:1. Chairman : Khehoto Chishi Akukau Atoizu 2. Secretary : Vikheto Chophi Akukau Akuluto 3. Member : Vukhuhe Aomi Akukau Suruhuto 4. Member : Bohovi Zhimo Akukau Satakha 5. Member : Sukuto Sumi Akukau ESKH 6. Member : Er. Kavito Yeptho Akukau Aghunato 7. Member : Khekuto Zhimo Akukau Zunheboto 8. Sumi Hoho Member : Vihokhu Aomi Akukau 9. Sumi Hoho Member : Mughato Zhimo Akukau 10. Ex. Officio Members : Advisor & SKH Office Bearers.

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Apurvi breaks world record at shooting WC ISL: Jamshedpur held by Chennaiyin New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI): India’s Apur vi Chandela shattered the world record on her way to the women’s 10m air rifle gold with an incredible sequence of scores that never dropped below 10 in the ISSF World Cup here Saturday.

Producing her finest performance, the 26-yearold Chandela shot 252.9 to win the top prize on day one of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) competitions, at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.

China’s Ruozhu Zhao bagged silver with 251.8 while another Chinese, Hong Xu (230.4), finished the tournament’s first final with a bronze.

Zhao held the previous world record with 252.4, which she shot at the World Cup in Changwon, Korea last April.

Such was Chandela’s dominance in the eightwoman final that she finished the event a staggering 1.1 points ahead of the silver medallist.

Chandela, who had secured a Tokyo Olympic quota in the last World Championships, was fourth in the qualifications with

Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela with China’s Zhao Ruozhu (L) and Xu Hong (R) celebrate their winning medals after final round of women’s 10m Air Rifle. (PTI))

629.3.

The other two Indians in the fray – Anjum Moudgil and Elavenil Valarivan – finished 12th (628) and 30th (625.3) respectively in the qualifications.

Zhao topped the chart with a qualification world record score of 634.

The final witnessed an astonishing display of shooting with Chandela, placed at the bottom to

start with and watched by her mother Bindu, leapfrogged the rest of the field to emerge triumphant.

In her own words, the loud cheers from behind helped, as she rallied to grab the second place with a 10.6 in the 11th shot.

The exceptional series of scores continued unabated as she maintained her second position, a 10.8 propping her up at that

Pep lucky to receive time: Sarri

Manager Maurizio Sarri looks on as Chelsea players train during a practise session.

L o nd o n , F e b 2 3 (Agencies): Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri says his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola was “lucky” to be given the time he needed to overhaul his squad.

The two managers go head to head in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final, but while Guardiola’s City are chasing a possible quadruple, Sarri is clinging to the job he was only given last summer.

But Sarri’s Chelsea have more wins (28) after 43 games than City did in

Guardiola’s first season at the Etihad Stadium in 2015-16.

Guardiola had pedigree from his stints at Barcelona and Bayern Munich and was given time, and funds, to revitalise City, while it remains to be seen whether Chelsea will show the same patience with Sarri, especially with the club facing a transfer ban.

“He (Guardiola) was lucky,” said Sarri.

“I think that, if you choose Guardiola, you have to wait because the club knows very well that

Guardiola needs time. In my job, I need the result.

Nothing else.”

Sarri has been criticised for pushing World Cup winner N’Golo Kante into a more attacking position, in order to accommodate Jorginho, who followed the head coach to Stamford Bridge from Napoli.

Jorginho was booed when he came on as a substitute in Thursday night’s Europa League win over Malmo, but Kante felt the crowd’s reaction was based on Monday’s FA Cup loss to Manchester United.

“As a team we have some difficulty at the moment but we are all together and no-one’s special,” said Kante.

“The reaction of the supporters is more general about our last performance.

We can understand their disappointment.”

Sarri has dismissed the possibility of Kante playing the Jorginho role and the Frenchman says he is relishing his more advanced position.

stage of the final.

The top two Chinese meanwhile interchanged positions even as Chandela shot her way to the top of the pecking order and consolidated her position with a monstrous 10.8 in the 18th shot.

Not one to give up, Xu produced a 10.9 to reduce the gap to 0.1 point.

An unbelievable series of 10.6 10.8 10.6 and

FIFA strips Peru of U-17 WC hosting rights Zurich, Feb 23 (Agencies): FIFA have stripped Peru of U17 World Cup hosting rights due to concerns over infrastructure.

The decision was taken by the bureau of the FIFA Council which features the six regional confederation presidents and FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

The tournament was due to be staged in October after Peru was awarded the competition last June, but FIFA said following various inspection visits it found a “number of organisational and infrastructure challenges linked to the event delivery”.

In a statement released on Friday evening, FIFA said that it’s “currently evaluating different alternatives concerning the appointment of a new host country”.

England won the 2017 edition of the competition in India.

X1 International holds MMA event in Dimapur

(L-R) A bout in progress during the Mixed Martial Arts event at Aiko Greens, Purana Bazaar, Dimapur on Saturday.

Mairidin celebrates after winning his bout against Elbin Singsit. (NP)

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D I M A P UR , F e b 2 3 (NPN): X1 International organised a Mixed Martial Arts event at Aiko Greens, Purana Bazaar, Dimapur on Saturday night. The event was sanctioned by MMA India.

Altogether, the crowd witnessed 9 intense bouts between fighters from Shillong, Guwahati, and Dimapur.

The first bout was between Wanraplang Nongspung from Rays Combat Team, Shillong and Anupam Malakar of Guwahati,

where the latter emerged as the winner by unanimous decision. In the second combat, Bijay Rajbhar of Bidang MMA, Guwahati knocked out Aranya Bacchi of Combat Clan, Kolkata to emerge as the winner.

Four fighters from Dimapur- Aloto Zhimomi, Mairidin Newmai, Arsenba Ozukum and Muluinuba Moilier, all representing The Combat Academy of Dimapur also took part in the event.

Fighting in the bantam weight category, Mairidin defeated Elbin Singsit of

Guwahati by means of technical knock-out (TKO) in the third round.

Arsenba, who fought Echwa of Shillong in the straw weight category, won the bout by split decision.

At the end of the bout, the judges scored 29-27, 29-27, 30-28 in favour of Arsenba.

Main co-event of the night witnessed a bantam weight bout between Mulinuba Moilier and Lamkordor Kharmyndal of Shillong. Though Mulinuba was able to land some clean punches, he was not able

to knock out his opponent.

After the intense rounds, Moilier emerged as the winner by unanimous decision with a score of 30-29, 30-27 and 29-27.

Aloto Zhimomi of Dimapur was unable to defend his bout against Tangsing Kharsohnoh of Rays Combat Team, Shillong. The final judge score read 29-26, 29-26, 30-27 in favour of Tangsing.

The chief judge of the event was X1 Director, Ajit Sigamani, while the bout judges were Chenithung, Hemavi Ayemi, and Isac.

another 10.8 ensured the fierce Indian competitor from Jaipur was way ahead of the pack with a difference of 0.8 points.

The 24th and final shot was a 10.5 from Chandela, same as Zhao, but the gap by then had only widened.

Chandela started with a 10.1 and she repeated the score only once over the next 23 shots.

“It’s been a bit tough but I have been practising and not giving up. I am glad that I got the result today, there is a lot more to work on. A lot of important competitions ahead, so will look forward to bettering the performance,” Chandela said.

This is Chandela’s third individual medal at a World Cup. She won bronze in the Changwon World Cup in 2015 before winning silver at the ISSF World Cup Finals in the same year.

After winning gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she had to be contend with a bronze in the last edition of the Games in Gold Coast. At the 2018 Asian Games, she combined with Ravi Kumar to secure a third place finish.

Players of Jamshedpur FC and Chennaiyin FC vie for the ball during their match.

Chennai, Feb 23 (PTI): Jamshedpur FC’s hopes of reaching the ISL play-offs went up in smoke after a goalless draw against bottom-placed Chennaiyin FC on Saturday.

The visitors looked toothless in attack and could not get a win that would have kept them in the running for a spot in the top four. The closest they came to getting it was late in the game when second-half substitute Michael Soosairaj turned in a cross from an offside position.

The result sees NorthEast United FC clinch a spot in the top four for the first time in ISL history while Jamshedpur remain

fifth and four points behind them.

The Men of Steel looked edgy right from the start as they looked to force the issue against the hosts who surprisingly saw more of the ball in the initial exchanges.

After a sedate period, the first real chance of the match went to Jamshedpur when Sergio Cidoncha picked out Mario Arques with a brilliant cross into the box. The Spaniard’s glancing header was brilliantly kept out by an alert Karanjit Singh in goal.

The Chennaiyin custodian was called into action again a few minutes later to stop Cidoncha’s long-range

effort.

The second half also got off to a slow start before coming into life around the hour mark. Anirudh Thapa did well to send Jeje in space in the penalty box but the striker’s shot was straight at Subrata who punched it away.

Jamshedpur thought they had the winner when Soosairaj turned in a flicked cross from Carlos Calvo but the assistant referee had raised his flag for offside.

Ultimately, a poor show in the final third and a lack of bite in attack condemned Jamshedpur to a ninth draw of the season while Chennaiyin ended their home season with a draw.

Tottenham suffer title blow at Burnley L o nd o n , F e b 2 3 (Agencies): Tottenham’s title challenge hit the buffers as they suffered a 2-1 defeat at Burnley on Saturday.

S p u r s c o u l d h ave closed the gap to leaders Manchester City and Liverpool to two points but fluffed their lines as they were blunted by Sean Dyche’s dogged outfit.

Chris Wood headed the hosts in front (57) before Kane drew his team level (65). That seemingly set the platform for another late Spurs rally but it was Burnley that notched the decisive goal with seven minutes remaining when Ashley Barnes prodded home from close range.

Burnley are now unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games.

Kane looked sharp in the early stages but Burnley sat deep and defended in good numbers to keep Spurs quiet in attacking areas.

Barnes curled a sumptuous effort just over from a tight angle just before the break as the teams went in level.

With Spurs continuing to plod along in posses-

Laporte signs contract extension with Man City L o nd o n , F e b 2 3 (Agencies): Aymeric Laporte has signed a twoyear contract extension at Manchester City, the Premier League champions announced on Friday.

The 24-year-old, who joined City in a then club record GBP 57 million (USD 74 million) deal in January 2018, is now committed to the club until 2025.

The French centre-back has excelled this season, becoming a mainstay of a side challenging for success in four competitions.

“I could not be happier to commit my long-term future to Manchester City,” said Laporte.

“The club offers me everything I need to improve my game. I’ve already made great strides and I want to continue getting better and better.” Laporte came through the youth ranks at Athletic Bilbao and was first targeted by City in 2016.

He chose to turn down a move at that time, preferring to continue developing in Spain, but City eventually got their man and believe they have done smart business.

Burnley’s Chris Wood wheels away in celebration after opening the scoring for his team.

sion, bar a rasping Kane drive that was spectacularly tipped away by Tom Heaton, Burnley took a shock lead. After a debatable corner was awarded after a tangle of legs between Jan Vertonghen and Jeff Hendrick, Wood rose highest to plant a looped header home via the underside of the crossbar.

Pochettino’s side were only behind for seven minutes though thanks to some incisive quick thinking from

Danny Rose and a quite ruthless finish from Kane.

Rose was quickest to react to a Spurs throw-in and launched a ball over the top for Kane, who was in behind the Burnley defence, to chase. The England striker held off the challenge of Ben Mee before finding the far corner with a precise finish.

Spurs had scored late goals against Fulham, Newcastle and Leicester in recent weeks but couldn’t fashion

another salvo as Burnley finished like a train.

Johann Berg Gudmundsson made an instant impact from the bench, creating space down the left and rolling in a clever cross that was finished at the back post by Barnes.

Burnley were beaming while Tottenham’s title bid was left in tatters.

MAtch results Bournemouth 1-1 Wolves Newcastle 2-0 Huddersfield

Dr. T. Ao Trophy: Mizoram beat Nagaland Correspondent

Kohima, Feb 23 (NPN): Nagaland’s slender hope to qualify for the quarter-finals round of 2nd Dr. T. Ao Centenary NEC International Gold Cup Football Championship (U-21) suffered a major blow as they lost their third successive match 4-1 at the hands of Mizoram on Saturday.

PC Lalhriatpuia scored a brace while Lalremruata and K. Roluahpuia scored a goal each for Mizoram.

PC Lalhriatpuia opened the scoring in

the 5th minute and Lalremruata added the second in the 8th minute. Manyem Konyak managed to pull back a goal for Nagaland in the 41st minute before the end of the first half. But in the second half, PC Lalhriatpuia scored his second goal to put Mizoram team in the driver’s seat and K. Roluahpuia finished off the game in the 65th minute to make it 4-1.

Nagaland will next play Tripura on February 25. In other matches, Arunachal Pradesh humiliated 10-men Bhutan 19-0 while Nepal beat Manipur 3-1.

Evans into ATP Delray Beach semis

Evans returns a shot during his match against Seppi.

Miami, Feb 23 (Agencies): Dan Evans reached the third ATP Tour semifinal of his career, and first since his return from suspension, with victory over Andreas Seppi at the Delray Beach Open.

The British No 3 has enjoyed an impressive run in Florida, coming through qualifying to knock out defending champion Frances

Tiafoe in the first round.

And he ensured that run continued with an impressive 6-4 6-4 victory over Seppi in their first career meeting to set up a last four showdown with John Isner, who beat Adrian Mannarino 7-6 6-4.

Evans, beaten in the final on the Challenger Tour earlier this month, returned from a 12-month ban for

cocaine use last April and his form in Florida means he is projected to rise at least back into the world’s top 120 on Monday morning.

It could be higher still if he can match his previous best of a final - the last time he reached the last four he went on to reach his only ATP level final where he lost to Gilles Muller at the Sydney International in January 2017.

Evans looked to be cruising as he raced into a 4-0 lead in the first set but Seppi rallied and Evans was made to work to close out the opener before a more straightforward display in the second came via an early break which he held on to book his semi-final date.

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