February 3, 2018

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Vol XXVIII No. 57

SATURDAY, FEBUARY 3, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

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After BJP, NPF party sounds poll bugle

DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): After BJP became the first party on Thursday to formally announce its participation in the Assembly election scheduled on Febr uar y 27, Naga People’s Front (NPF) has followed suit.

In a statement issued

by NPF on Friday, the party said if all Naga NGOs and political parties could not arrive at a consensus on deferment of elections, it too as a recognised political party could not be an exception to participating in the upcoming general election.

According to the statement, government of India had been repeatedly pointing out that holding of timely elections was a constitutional requisite and that it was bound by constitutional provisions.

It was, therefore, apparent that the February 27 election was a reality, the statement pointed out, adding that NPF, as a party, had solemnly pledged allegiance to the principles of socialism, secularism and democracy.

The party, however,

NPF Mon clarifies

DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): NPF Mon division has clarified on the report, published on February 2 that the NPF party may not contest elections in Tizit 41 Assembly Constituency. In a press note, NPF Mon general secretary (Adm), Wango Konyak expressed concern over the statement by party sources, and said there will not be any compromise on the matter.

He stated that it should not become a matter of confusion as “one of the unfailing aspirants will be contesting in Tizit.” NPF Mon said the unit “disagreed” and do not endorse the “unacceptable” statement. Wango further said if other regional and national political parties were ready to contest the polls in spite of the CCNTHCO boycott, the NPF Mon was also ready to file nominations at “almost all the A/Cs along with other parties.”

FDLP launched in state

DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): Forward Democratic Labour Party (FDLP) Nagaland was launched on February 2, at OB 31, Naga Shopping Arcade, Dimapur. FDLP, National president, Rakesh Kumar nominated Lima Longchar as FDLP state president, Munthin Newmai as state secretary and Ranjit Kumar Sanghvi as the state media convenor.

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“Looks like we’ll need a lot of first aid materials as electioneering gets hot.”

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clarified that its commitment towards early solution of the Naga political issue would continue.

NPF claimed that it had always stood for an early and honourable solution to the Naga political problem. To buttress its point, the party pointed to its legislators resigning en masse way back in 1964 after a cease-fire agreement was signed between Government of India and Naga nationalist group.

F u r t h e r, i n 1 9 9 8 , heeding to the call of civil societies and underground groups, NPF had refrained from participating in the Assembly elections, which resulted in Election Commission of India derecognising the party and freezing its symbol, the statement recalled.

On December 15, 2017, the NPF-led DAN government had adopted a resolution on the floor of the Assembly to urge government of India to bring a solution to the Naga political issue before elections, and this resolution was further endorsed by Central Executive Council of NPF

on January 23 this year, the statement added.

It may be recalled that the state BJP unit was the first party in the state to formally declare that the party would contest the elections “for the cause of solution” to the Naga political problem.

BJP unit objects to prepoll alliance with NDPP BJP Nagaland state unit party workers have expressed resentment over the pre-poll alliance forged with the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) at New Delhi.

In a press note, state BJP media cell said that the state party unit do not endorse any pre-poll alliances with any party but they were only in favour of postpoll alliances. The decision, without taking the unit’s opinions into consideration, had opened up avenues for losses to many winning party candidates, the press note assereted.

It further added that a letter of protest had been forwarded to BJP national president, Amit Shah.

13 ITBPF personnel hurt in road mishap

Day 3: No candidates NE budget allocation 2018-19 file nominations increased by Rs 7023 crore KOHIMA, FEB 2 (NPN): Even after major political parties like the ruling NPF, BJP including the opposition Congress had announced that they would contest the forthcoming assembly polls, no candidates have filed their nominations yet on the third day for filing of nominations.

According to reports, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nagaland, Abhijit Sinha informed that no nominations were filed by any candidate so far. The last date of filing of nominations is February 7.

On January 29, 11 political parties, at the meeting organized by Core Committee of Nagaland Tribal Hohos and Civil Organisations (CCNTHCO), signed a ‘joint declaration’ to not issue tickets or allow any candidate to file nominations. However, on February 1, led by the BJP party, the NPF including Congress had put all speculations to rest by declaring that they were all geared up to contest the polls.

According to reports, BJP was yet to take a final call on the pre-poll alliance as talks were still going on for seat sharing with likeminded parties.

BJP state unit media cell convener, K. James Vizo told PTI that discussions with national BJP leaders were still being held so that the party could finalise its candidate list and that they were in talks with NPF to formulate a seat sharing plan.

NPF had stated before that the party had entrusted its president, Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu, and chief minister, T.R. Zeliang with the task of finalising the candidates and had given them the decision making power on seat- sharing with the BJP. Meanwhile, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has gotten approval for its first list of candidates from the All India Congress Committee, NPCC secretary, Moa Imchen told PTI. But NPCC reiterated that the party was committed to its stand that it would not file nominations unless some other party should do so first.

“We are mentally and physically prepared to contest the election, but everything depends on the filing of nominations by the other political parties,” NDPP working president, Nuzota Swuro told PTI.

Spl. Correspondent/Agencies

NEW DELHI, FEB 2 (NPN): Union Budget 201819 budgetary allocation for the North Eastern region witnessed an increase of Rs. 7,023.19 crore. The allocation for the current fiscal year has been fixed at Rs. 47,994.88 crore, up from Rs 40,971.69 crore in 2017-18.

Apart from this, Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Ministry’s budget was also hiked from Rs. 2,737 crore (in 2017-18) to Rs 3,060 crore (2018-19).

The direct grants-in-aid to the North Eastern states have also been increased from Rs 1,449.83 crore to Rs 1,638.27 crore.

Capital outlay for the land locked region was up

by Rs. 280 (Rs 700 crore for 2018-19 from Rs 420 crore in 2017-18).

In the budget presented on Thursday, Union Finance minister, Arun Jaitley also focussed on increasing air connectivity in the region.

The Finance ministry announced an allocation of Rs 1,014.09 crore for the upcoming financial year towards revival of 50 airports and Viability Gap Fund-

ing (VGF) for improving aviation infrastructure in the area under the regional connectivity scheme of-Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN). The allocation in 2017-18 was Rs. 200 crore.

According to the Indian Express report, around 40% or 129 of the 325 air routes awarded under the second phase of the regional connectivity scheme were for North Eastern and hill states.

These include strategic airports such as Kargil in Jammu & Kashmir, Pakyong in Sikkim, and Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh, where civilian air connectivity will be provided for the first time. Further, the phase-II of the government’s flagship scheme has also seen routes being served by helicopters apart from fixed-wing aircraft. In fact, nearly 70 percent, or 31 out of 56 new destinations to be connected via air transport will be served by helipads.

In the Budget, the finance ministry has also allocated a sum of Rs 73.31 crore as grants-in-aid to Airports Authority of India as reimbursement of expenditure already done for the development of Pakyong

airport in Sikkim, which borders China.

However, the Finance Minister made no mention about the renewal of the North East Industrial Investment and Promotion Policy and other key areas of concern.

According to reports, around 20 major railway projects involving laying of 13 new rail lines, gauge conversions, laying double tracks and construction of other paraphernalia like new stations and expansion of existing ones were sanctioned.

“The budgetary details for Railways will be known only after we get the ‘Pink Book’ on February 5,” explained Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain told The Assam Tribune. The Finance minister also mentioned about hike in allocation for the bamboo sector. “We removed bamboo grown outside forest areas from the definition of trees. Now, I propose to launch a Restructured National Bamboo Mission with an outlay of Rs. 1290 crore to promote bamboo sector in a holistic manner,” Jaitley said in his speech.

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BJP releases list of 45 candidates for Meghalaya polls Correspondent

Injured personnel and the ill-fated truck. (Pics on social media)

DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): At least 13 Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF) personnel, who were on their way to Chenmoho in Mon district for pollrelated duty, were injured, three of them seriously

when the truck they were travelling in met with an accident on Friday afternoon.

It was also reported that the seriously injured personnel were airlifted for medical assistance.

ENPO leaves issue of poll participation to parties DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) has left the decision of participation in the ensuing Assembly election in Eastern Nagaland to respective political parties and their intending candidates. A press note issued

by ENPO media cell on Friday said a joint consultative meeting was held at IMC Hall on January 31 with representatives of six tribal unit, all recognized political parties and intending candidates within Eastern Nagaland, frontal organisations, advisors, talk-team members and elders wherein a resolution was taken to this effect.

The meeting also resolved to continue its full support for a peaceful and honourable solution to the Naga problem based on consensus and political rights of Nagas, and in accordance to the January 29 joint declara-

tion by political parties.

While urging the parties to honour the joint declaration, ENPO equally resolved to leave the matter of participation in the election to the respective political parties and intending candidates in Eastern Nagaland. ENPO asserted that it would continue to support the cause of Naga, irrespective of whether polls were held or not.

It also stated that the reason for not observing bandh in Eastern Nagaland on February 1 was due to mixed reactions and lack of unanimity across Nagaland over January 29 decision calling for a State-wide bandh.

It was also perceived that the bandh would only cause inconvenience to the public, the organisation pointed out, adding that the matter should not, however, be misconstrued by anybody.

SHILLONG, FEB 2: Meghalaya BJP on Friday announced the first list of 45 candidates for the Meghalaya Assembly elections. The list includes the name of former Congress minister Alexander Hek, former deputy speaker, Sanbor of the NCP and former parliamentary secretary, Robinus Syngkon who had joined the BJP. However, the party denied ticket to State’s BJP president, Shibun Lyngdoh’s sister Violet Lyngdoh in favour of former parls secretary Justine Dkhar, who quit the assembly and joined the BJP. Violet who is a sitting member of Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council joined National People’s Party to fight the polls.

Two more MLAs quit DIMAPUR, FEB 2 (NPN): NPF legislators Dr. Longrineken (29- Jangpetkong A/C of NPF) and L. Khumo Khiamniungan (57-Thonoknyu A/C NPF) resigned from the Membership of the Twelfth Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

With this latest resignations of the NPF legislators, the strength of 60-member NLA has been reduced to 43.

M e a n w h i l e, N L A speaker, Dr. Imtiwapang Aier, accepted the resignation of Dr. Longrineken and L. Khumo Khiamniungan from the membership of the 12th NLA with effect from February 2, 2018.

A press release issued

by NLA secretariat stated that consequent upon the resignation, the assembly speaker has declared the seats under 29- Jangpetkong A/C and 57-Thonoknyu A/C as vacant with effect from February 2, 2018.

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NNC observes 73rd formation day

Adinno Phizo and NNC leaders along with CBC youth members and others on Friday. (NP) Correspondent

KOHIMA, FEB 2 (NPN): Naga National Council (NNC) observed its 73rd formation day at Peace Hall Chedema, under Kohima district on Friday.

NNC president, Adinno Phizo in her address said NNC was the platform for the Naga people to stand together and raise their voices in unison as NNC was not a political party or a group, but it represented the Naga people as a whole. She recalled that on August 14, 1947, when Naga independence was declared to the world, it covered all the Naga inhabited areas.

She recalled further that before the British’s departure, the Naga areas placed under Manipur were invited to join Nagaland but their leaders refused saying they preferred the then status quo. However, now some of them made it about politics which was their mistake and the consensus should prevail, she said. She recounted how according to Naga history it was clear that Nagas are not Indians and Nagaland is not an Indian territory.

She said that before India became free, their constituent assembly representative came to Kohima in May 1947, met with NCC and requested them to join the

coming Indian union but NNC had refused.

Adinno recalled that in the past 72 years, instead of developing country, the Nagas were forced to defend their nation against India and within this period, India tried to uproot the Naga people from their stationary villages, burned some of the villages to ashes, some repeatedly, so that the village people could become refugees.

But by the grace of God, the village people valiantly came back and slowly built their villages back up and we all should praise their determination, she said.

Adinno further stated that 1954 to 1964 was a

horrible time for the Nagas in the hands of the cruel Indian armed forces who raped, sodomized, tortured and put many in prison.

She added that many were maimed and many died during that period, but the Naga people, always mindful for our country, rose up together and defended the country. She said Nagas had a visionary leader in A. Z. Phizo, who led the people all the way to the end and the present generation, for love of our people and the nation, should do our part and bring peace to Nagaland.

She lamented that Nagaland was undergoing Indian army occupation

SRBCF holds coordination meeting

St. Xavier College cultural troupe, Jalukie after performing traditional Rongmei dance at the 74th annual session of Assam Sahitya Sabha as special invitees through NEZCC, Dimapur at Bordumsa, bordering town of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

17th Chizami ACC holds meeting DIMAPUR: A meeting of all village unit office bearers, District Congress Committee (DCC) vicepresident, youth wing president and party members under 17th Chizami ACC was held on n January 27 at Chizami town hall.

According to general secretary 17th Chizami ACC, Khrote Therie, the meeting was addressed by NPCC vice president, V. Lasuh.

Short speech was delivered by DCC vice-president Chiekropa Tunyi.

Earlier, the meeting was chaired by general secretary ACC, Khrote Therie who also said the invocation prayer, while welcome address was delivered by president ACC, Dilo Lohe followed by a mass prayer.

where the government of India extended their dreadful Armed Forces Special Powers Act of 1958 (AFSPA) on December 20, 2017, for another six months so that they could impose their elections. According to her, this situation was being forced on the Nagas to weaken Naga spirit. Based on the recent statement of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi “India is not eyeing anyone’s territory”, she expressed hope that he meant what he said and they would leave Nagaland soon.

Adinno said Nagas were fortunate to have all freedoms unlike other countries who fight for

democracy, equality and freedom of choice and the Nagas did not need foreign ideologies, especially socialism, which was in opposition to the Naga way of life. She reminded Nagas to not fight for leadership but rather choose or elect the persons who were trustworthy and further warned that many outside influences were creeping into Nagaland but the Nagas should stand firm, resist evil and overcome them with good.

Speaker, Tatar Hoho FGN, Lhouvitsü, in his address during a voluntary speech, said the day was very significant for the Nagas. With the prevailing confusion on the matter of elections in the state, he stated that the first general election conducted in Nagaland 1952 was boycotted and the people refused to participate in it without the use of force. He said the Indian elections were of no interest to the Naga people and warned the Naga people to beware of power and money mongers that confuse our society.

The programme was chaired by NNC joint secretary, Acüyi Vadeo, bible reading and prayer by Rev. Dr. Kevekhalo Lasuh, special songs were presented by Sumi Baptist Church youth, Kohima and Chakhesang Baptist Church youth Kohima, Akho Meru, asst. secy. ZLRC NNC, was the recorder of the programme and the programme closed with a mass prayer.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, February 3, 2018

news in Brief TBC: Tsungiki Baptist Church (TBC) has convened a meeting of its Centennial Jubilee Planning Board, Finance Committee and all the Sub-Committees on February 4 at 9:30 a.m. at the church complex. It will be followed by thanksgiving service at 11:30. In this regard, all concerned have been requested to attend the meeting and thanksgiving service.

SRSU executive & CIC presidential meet: Satakha Range Students Union (SRSU) has convened its executive and Core Implementation Committee (CIC) meeting on February 6 and 7 at 11 a.m. respectively and presidential meeting on February 10 at 11 a.m. at its office, Satakha. All members have been requested to attend the meeting.

DEO Peren informs: District Education Officer, Peren has informed all regular incumbents state and central appointees, under the establishment of DEO Peren to fill up the undertaking form from February 5-10 on any working day, failing which the office would not be held responsible.

DPDB Dimapur: Dimapur District Planning & Development Board meeting for the month of February 2018 has been cancelled in view of election activities. The date and time for the next meeting will be intimated later, informed DPO Dimapur, N. Likao Kikon.

LSWDA elects new team: Lazami Social Welfare Dimapur Area (LSWDA) has elected a new team of office bearers for the tenure 2018-20 headed by Pipito Tsuipu as president and Ghotovi Tenna Achumi as general secretary.

Noke condoles: Former minister, Noke Wangnao exminister has expressed shock over the demise of late Nyeiwang Konyak. In a condolence message, Noke Wangnao recalled their schooling together and said that they were the first matriculate amongst their tribe from Sibsagar under Assam board in 1976. He also said that late Nyeiwang’s contribution towards the state as members of Nagaland Legislative Assembly by holding various portfolios in the government was immense and his involvement in various field and service towards the Konyak society in particular was appreciated and acknowledged. Further, Noke conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

NEDEA condoles: Nagaland Election Department Employees Association (NEDEA) has expressed grief over the untimely demise of LDA, late Neipretso Medo under the establishment of CEO Nagaland on January 7. In a condolence note, the association prayed that the Almighty grant peace and solace to the bereaved family members and eternal peace to the departed soul.

One dead body found: Dimapur police on February 2, at around 7:55 a.m, retrieved a dead body of an unidentified non-local male aged around 40 at Rail Bazaar. Additional deputy commissioner of police/PRO Dimapur informed that necessary formalities were observed and the dead body was forwarded to district hospital morgue for identification.

Assam Rifles seize IMLF worth Rs. 30 lakh DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles Dimapur battalion under during routine checking intercepted a truck (AS 12E 6917) at mobile check post and recovered 1,250 cases of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs. 30 lakh at Kashiram Basti, Dimapur on January 31.

In this connection, PRO, said three individuals involved, identified as Anu Debbarma (27) son of Amulya Debbarma, resident of Dhalai Tripura, Samir Debbarma (21) son of Amulya Debbarma, resident of Dhalai Tripura, and Ohika Yapto son of Khesto, resident of Zunheboto district, were apprehended. Further, the individuals along with recovered illegal IMFL were handed over to west police station Dimapur for further investigation.

DIMAPUR: Sungro Range Baptist Church Fellowship (SRBCF) Wokha held a coordination meeting with village councils, students’ unions, women hohos, elders and other religious denominations of five villages - Pangti, Sungro, Okotso, Aree old, and Aree new on January 30 at community hall Sungro to deliberate on “peace and tranquillity” during the forthcoming state assembly election.

According to SRBCF chairman Rev Z. K. Yanthan, the house unanimously adopted to extend full support to NBCC and LBES’s ongoing “clean election” campaign and resolved to ban sale or possession alcohol and unwanted materials, w.e.f.

February 1.

It further resolved to AR Mon battalion take strict action against any recovers firearm individual or group found Assam Rifles Mon violating the resolution and to penalize the according to battalion conducted an the laws of the concerned operation in the general area Mon village along village authorities.

The arrested person with the seized IMFL. with police representatives on February 1. In a press statement, AR claimed that during the operation one .32 mm pistol (registered

number 0205) along with three live rounds was recovered from the house of a suspected cadre of FGN (Non Accordist), Wangto

Konyak. The recovered weapon and rounds were handed over to Mon police station, AR said in a statement.

ATMA conducts demonstrations in districts Seed potatoes under SMSP

Medziphema Block DIMAPUR: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Medziphema Block conducted demonstration programme on February 2 at Pherima village.

Resource person, assistant chief technical officer KVK(ICAR), Jharnapani, Dr Ebibeni Ngullie spoke on the topic “handling K

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of chicks during physical examination and medication along with different administration of drugs” and “handling of pigs during physical examination and medication”.

Ngullie elaborated on the importance of timely vaccination and demonstrated the farmers on the administration of vaccines

Khonsa block for pigs and poultry. ATM (Medziphema block), KeneisanoKrose spoke on the topic “application of biofertilizer” where she explained on the types of biofertilizers, its benefits , methods of application, precautions and recommended dose.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by

BTM, Medziphema block, Chubanaro Jamir. Four days old chicks were also distributed to the farmers.

KIPHIRE: Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Kiphire, Khonsa block conducted training-cumdemonstration programme on January 27 at Khonsa town and Salomi village

under the theme “weed management and moisture control in hilly areas”.

Resource person, Takutoshi Jamir emphasised on the importance of weed management during the initial stage of field preparation for seedlings and its impact on crop production by controlling weeds.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by BTM Khonsa block, Jess T. Murry and conducted by Samuel. It was attended by 39 farmers.

Meanwhile in another programme, a demonstration was conducted at Penkim village, Khonsa village, Fakim village on January 29 under the theme “mulching (organic and in-organic)” wherein, resource person of the programme demonstrated in the field on adopting the practice of mulching depending upon availability of materials organic or in-organic mulching.

distributed in Pughoboto

Beneficiaries after receiving seed potatoes. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: Agriculture department distributed quality seed potatoes under SMSP, free of cost, to farmers and SHGs at the office of SDAO, Pughoboto on February 2.

The seeds were distributed by the SDAO, Pughoboto, Myanthung Patton, said DIPR in a report.

The seeds cost about Rs. 70/Kg in the open market and could reach

up to Rs.4000/bag if transportation charges included, the SDAO informed. He further sought cooperation from the farmers for successful implementation of the various schemes.

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Acharya graces Pongyin Mozu Governor visits AR troops at Wangti DIMAPUR: Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya visited Assam Rifles troops in the remote location at Wangti under Mon district on February 1.

During his visit, Acharya interacted with the soldiers deployed in the Eastern frontiers and lauded the work of Assam Rifles in safeguarding the borders as well as maintaining harmony in the region. He also appreciated the Assam Rifles for executing welfare projects for the local popu-

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WEATHER FORECAST February 3

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sun

28 13

Mostly sunny and pleasant

22 8

Guwahati Partly sunny and pleasant

24 14

Mostly sunny and pleasant

23 9

Aizawl Imphal

Itanagar A little afternoon rain

20 12

Shillong Times of cloud and sun

17 5

Partly sunny

18 8

Dimapur Partly sunny and pleasant

24 12

Partly sunny

19 8

Tuensang Partly sunny and cooler

12 5

Kohima Mkg Wokha

Cool with periods of sun

Zunheboto Partly sunny

17 11 17 6

Kohima, Peren, Medziphema power cut

(L-R) First randomization of all recognized political parties at Pughoboto. DC Dimapur addressing the polling personnel on February 2. (DIPR)

(L-R) Expenditure observer, Kiphire, Dr. S. Periyannan with others at Kiphire on February 2. ADC Noklak addressing the meeting on January 31. (DIPR)

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lace across the state. Fur- up the good work and also ther, Acharya encouraged left an encouraging note to Assam Rifles troops to keep boost their morale.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland governor, P.B. education in a press statement, has inAcharya will hold a meeting -cum-get formed all concerned Colleges/Higher together on February 9 at Raj Bhavan Secondary Schools from Dimapur and with the four Naga Students/Children, Kohima to submit the names of five who were awarded the President’s Brav- students and one guide teacher, for ery award 2018 and five students along short listing of the participating Schools with one teacher from each College/ and Colleges. The information can be Nagaland governor, P.B. Acharya with women folk at the 15th session Pongvin Mozu Moyong (festival) of minority Higher Secondary School located at submitted through email to: director. indigenous community at Mount Langshai Campus, Mon district on February 1. (DIPR) Kohima and Dimapur. se.nagaland@gmail.com, the statement In this regard, department of school added.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland and opportunities.

Acharya also called sistant commandment, VG, governor, P. B. Acharya “India is a democratic upon the gathering to pre- Chingjei. graced the 15th session secular nation and respects serve their cultures and T h e f u n c t i o n wa s Pongyin Mozu Moyong diversity”, he said, adding traditions and inculcate chaired by S. Hoya and (festival) of minority indig- that every citizen should these into the younger gen- welcome address was delivA public notice from order to facilitate drawing enous community at Mount enjoy electricity, drinking eration. “Culture is the base ered by Nahwang Langshai. DIMAPUR: There will Langshai Campus, near water, schools, hospitals, of a human being to march Students of Nengwang be a total shutdown of the Executive Engineer, of power from the newly Wangti Village under Mon proper road connectivity forward and mother tongue School presented a special power supply for Kohima Transmission Division, commissioned 4x8 MVA district on February1. etc. He also assured that he is our identity” he further song while founder, Com- town and adjoining areas Kohima, said that this was transformer.

The Executive EngiPRO, Raj Bhavan in a would look into the prob- added. munity & Religion, Rev. -- Peren District & Medz- necessitated by the work statement said, the gover- lems faced by the people Short speeches were Dr. N. Yahoi Konyak said iphema area -- from 6 a.m. being done to strengthen neer requested all affected nor in his speech said that as and take these matters up delivered by chairman, the vote of thanks and, to 10 a.m. on February 3, and string up a new Bus to extend their cooperation citizens of India, everyone with the concern author- Wangti Village Council, Langshai Women presented and 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Bar at the 132/33/11kV and bear with the inconveFebruary 4.

Sub-station at Kohima in nience. should enjoy equal rights ity.

Pongthra Angh and ex- as- a folk song.

Notifications related to assembly elections

PUGHOBOTO: In pursuance to ECI approval, ADC & DEO, Pughoboto, Avelu Ruho has issued a notification for shifting of Polling Stations under 13-Pughoboto A/C and change in nomenclature of polling stations.

The following are the polling stations which have been shifted: Ghokimi PS No. 27 - Shifted from Anganwadi Center to Village Community Hall; Khughutomi PS No. 16 - Shifted from GPS to Village Council Hall; Mishilimi PS No. 29 - Shifted from Community hall to GMS Mishilimi; Change in nomenclature: Tsaphimi PS No.2 - GPS upgraded to GHS; Kichilimi PS No. 4 - GPS upgraded to GMS; Kilomi PS no.19 - GPS upgraded to GHS; Ghathashi PS

Governor P.B. Acharya with his wife and AR troops. (DIPR)

Governor to meet students

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No.21 - GMS upgraded to GHS and Asukiqa PS No.24 - GMS upgraded to GHS. Meanwhile, in a separate press statement, ADC and DEO Pughoboto, Avelu Ruho notified that the first randomization of all recognised political parties under the 13 Pughoboto A/C was held at Pughoboto on February 2.

A DIPR report said that trainers have been deputed with the EVMs and VVPAT to villages for awareness. Earlier the officials and recognised political party representatives checked the machines properly under the tight security of para-military forces at the customary court hall Pughoboto.

The ADC has also directed all arm license holders under Pughoboto

to deposit their arms at the nearest Police Station on or before the last date for withdrawal of candidature i.e February 12, 2018. All fire arms deposited have to be kept in safe custody at the respective Police Station till one week after the declaration of the result or till the election process is over, whichever is later, the ADC informed.

LONGLENG: DC & DEO, Longleng has notified all candidates and political parties under the district that all paid news of candidates from any political parties to be published in the media have to be circulated through the District Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) for examining and checking the credibility of the contents. Therefore, all

press releases should be released only through the aforementioned committee, informed the DC in a statement.

MON: DC & DEO Mon, K.Thavaseelan has informed the general public of Mon district and political parties that Expenditure Observers have been deployed by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The following officers have been appointed as expenditure observers: Saravana Perumal P for Tizit 41 A/C, Naginimora 42 A/C and Tapi 43 A/C; Mohan Lal Sukhpal for Phomching 44 A/C, Tehok 45A/C and Mon Town 46 A/C; N.S. Parthasarathy for Aboi 47 A/C, Moka 48 A/C and Tobu 55 A/C. In another notification, DC & DEO Mon

informed all political parties and candidates that tentative dates for election expenditure register inspection for the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly Elections, 2018 are as follows: 1st Inspection –February 16, 2nd Inspection – February 20 and 3rd Inspection- February 24, 2018.

DIMAPUR: The first phase of training for polling personnel of Dimapur district for the ensuing assembly elections was conducted at Dimapur College on February 2.

According to DIPR, Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer, Dimapur, Sushil Kumar Patel, urged the gathering to be attentive during the training.

He also warned them not to approach for exemp-

tion of duty unless recommended by the medical board. The polling personnel will be trained in three phases by 32 master trainers.

KIPHIRE: Expenditure observer, Dr. S. Periyannan, for Kiphire district which has two assembly constituencies59 A/C and 60 A/C, inspected the functioning of various expenditure monitoring teams along with Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer, Kiphire, Mohammed Ali Shihab.

Before the inspection, the observer held a discussion with various stakeholders involved in the election expenditure monitoring such as excise department, income tax department, police department etc. and also imparted training to all the teams.

The teams also shared the views and modalities of functioning in the field, reported DIPR. Meanwhile, district administration has activated all the teams in the district.

Noklak: A coordination meeting was held at Noklak under the Chairmanship of Returning Officer and ADC Noklak, ThsuvisiePhoji on January 31.

At the meeting, ADC briefed about the notification of Election Commission on the code of election conduct and clean election.

He informed the gathering that 56 and 57 Assembly Constituencies nomination will be done at Noklak. He also informed the members on the installation of CCTV camera in the polling stations for the first time.

The ADC fur ther asked the political parties to extend cooperation during the election. All polling official unit presidents, ward presidents and church leaders attended the meeting.

Meeting held on Kiphire ‘aspirational district’

DC Kiphire addressing the meeting. (NP)

Correspondent KIPHIRE, Feb 2 (NPN): A meeting on Kiphire aspirational district under the 115 aspirational districts programme of the Government of India was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s office, Kiphire on February 1, 2018. DC, Kiphire, Mohammed Ali Shihab, chaired the meeting.

According to DIPR, DC in the meeting encouraged all departments and organizations in the district to work hard by reminding them that Kiphire being most backward district among the 115 Aspirational Districts.

Ideas and views on various aspects including Agriculture, water resources, health, education, nutrition, road connection etc., were also deliberated in the meeting.

Senior Technical Director & State Informatics

Officer, NIC Kohima, Hemanta Kr. Saikia assured that NIC will provide all necessary technical support for realizing the aspiration of the programme in the district.

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Aga rtala , F e b 2 (IANS): Election Commission-appointed surveillance teams will keep a close vigil on the flow of unaccounted cash before the assembly polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland, an official said here on Friday.

“Possession or carrying of unaccounted cash in excess of Rs 50,000 is barred as per the election laws.

Any unauthorised person found carrying Rs 50,000 and above would be arrested by the security personnel,” an Election Commission official said here.

The poll panel in a directive has asked the state election and law enforcing authorities of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland to adhere to the order.

“Static and mobile surveillance teams would keep a close vigil on the flow of cash before the assembly polls in the three northeastern states. Intelligence wings have also been asked to keep a close watch on the issue,” the official added.

“Close surveillance

would be maintained and necessary action taken under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and in accordance with the instructions issued by the Election Commission on carrying of unaccounted cash.”

He said if traders or vendors or officials carry hard cash in excess of Rs 50,000 they should hold valid documents like receipts, official papers or satisfactory documents.

The Income Tax Department officials would also keep vigil at hotels, business houses and farmhouses and collect information regarding any suspicious movement of cash or gifts.

“Upon information received about the availability of a large amount of cash in a business premises or residence, necessary action would be taken with the help of police and executive magistrate under the Income Tax Laws,” he added.

Single-phase Assembly polls will be held in Tripura on February 18, and in Nagaland and Meghalaya on

February 27. Counting of votes for all three northeastern states with 60-member Assemblies each, will be done on March 3.

The Election Commission has appointed around 150 general observers, police observers and expenditure observers to oversee the poll process in these three states.

“The Commission has also asked all the three northeastern states and Border Security Forces to further tighten the security along the domestic and international borders,” the official added.

Tripura has 856 km international borders with Bangladesh and 109 km and 53 km inter-state borders with Mizoram and and Assam, respectively.

Meghalaya has 443 km frontiers with Bangladesh and Nagaland shares 215 km boundaries with Myanmar. Meghalaya has internal borders with Assam while Nagaland has borders with Assam, Manipur and Mizoram.

United Kingdom keen to collaborate in NE: Diplomat G u wahat i , F e b 2 (PTI): The United Kingdom is keen to collaborate in the North Eastern and Eastern parts of India in areas such as ICT, Life Sciences and food and beverages, a diplomat has said. “ We a r e k e e n t o strengthen economic relationship in the region and we are looking at areas where we can do more together,” British Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata Bruce Bucknell said at a round table discussion here today.

United Kingdom is the third largest investor in India with an inflow of investments to the tune of USD 23 billion but most of them are in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, service and energy sectors concentrated in the Western part of the country. “ We a r e k e e n t o strengthen economic ties in the North East as it is projected as an organic hub and as a corridor for the Act East policy,” Bucknell added.

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Assam CM, Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay and Foreign Minister Damcho Dorji during the inauguration of Consulate General’s Office of Bhutan in Guwahati.

centre of India’s relations with ASEAN and BBIN (Bangladesh-Bhutan-IndiaNepal) countries.

He also commented that the historical and cultural linkages between Assam and Bhutan have made both the geographical entities their respective natural friends and partners.

Thanking Tobgay and Dorji for announcing a direct flight service between India-Bhutan and Singapore, Sonowal said that the move will propel inter-regional growth and connectivity in the backdrop of Act East Policy.

Dorjee said the inauguration of Bhutanese consulate here marked the collective commitment and unique desire of both Assam and Bhutan to strengthen socio, economic and cultural ties between the two entities.

Bhutan, he said, is keenly looking forward to deepen the bilateral relations between the two countries and carry forward the mutual interests and people to people ties between India and Bhutan.

Its decision of introducing direct Drukair flight between India, Bhutan and Singapore will take the bilateral relations to the next stage, Dorjee added.

Bruce Bucknell cus in the region would be on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Life Science products and food and beverage, he said.

“Primarily, we want to cooperate and collaborate and the Ease of Doing Business in the country has brought hope that Britain’s economic ties with India, particularly in new areas, can be further strengthened,” he added.

On Brexit, Bucknell said that the United Kingdom was going through a transition period but “we are clear on the issue of trading that suits our economy”.

Dalai Lama’s proposed visit to Sikkim cancelled G ang t o k , F e b 2 (PTI): Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama’s proposed visit to Sikkim next month stands cancelled on his doctors’ advice to cut down on his travels in view of his advancing age.

Tenzin Taklha, the Secretary at the office of the Dalai Lama, in a mail to Sikkim’s Ecclesiastical Affairs Secretary Samten Dolma, yesterday said that the spiritual leader’s proposed visit to the Himalayan state from March 20 to March 29 stands cancelled.

The Dalai Lama’s doctors’ have advised to him to cut down on his travels and not to exert himself, Dolma said.

It will be too much for him to undertake another visit too soon as he has been showing signs of exhaustion given his advanced age, he said.

The 82-year-old Buddhist spiritual leader had returned to Dharamshala on January 31 last after a two-month travel to various parts of the country.

Manipur budget session begins with Gov’s address Correspondent

IMPHAL, Feb 2: The budget session of Manipur Legislative Assembly began Friday with an address of Governor Dr Najma Heptulla highlighting government’s achievements and issues of the state administration.

The Governor said that the vibrant diversity and proud traditions of the state inspires all, to continuously work towards a shared vision of collective prosperity and inclusive development for the people of Manipur.

“Continuous efforts are made to remove the emotional and developmental gaps between various communities of the state,” she said.

A i m i n g t owa r d s a citizen-centric and corruption-free administration, “Meeyamgi Numit” and “Hill Leaders’ Day” were introduced to carry out regular and structured interaction with the public. In the same spirit of transparency and good governance, the state vigilance department has been reorganized as Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department to tackle corruption cases, she added.

Security along the border areas has been strengthened and special forces were deployed in the border areas

to curb cross border movement of insurgent groups and illegal migration from across the border.

The Governor further said that the government has kept its door open for negotiation with insurgency groups to bring them back into the mainstream.

While stating that the government was giving emphasis for development of people in hill areas, Heptulla said construction of women markets in Ukhrul, Chandel, Tamenglong, Churachandpur, Senapati, Kangpokpi and Jiribam has been initiated. The constructions will be completed at the earliest possible time, she added.

The Governor said, “We must looked forward to a future which will unlock the full potential of the people and resources of Manipur that requires a strong sense of participation, collaboration and common purpose amongst all stakeholders in order to realise collective goals and attain shared prosperity.”

After the address P Saratchandra of BJP moved the motion of thanks to the Governor address which was seconded by MLA Awangbow Newmai of NPF. The Governor address will be discussed in the floor of the Assembly on February 6.

G u wahat i , F e b 2 (PTI): A Bhutanese consulate office opened here Friday and was jointly inaugurated by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and the Himalayan country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji.

S o n owa l s a i d t h e opening of the consulate general’s office will not only benefit Bhutanese and NE tourists, pilgrims, students and businessmen but also strengthen the friendship between the people of Assam and neighbouring states and Bhutan.

“I am particularly

happy that Bhutan has opened its consulate in Guwahati this year which commemorates the golden jubilee of establishment of formal diplomatic relations between India and Bhutan.

We look forward to jointly celebrating our friendship with a series of activities in India and Bhutan,” he said.

Thanking Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay for accepting the invitation to attend the maiden Global Investors’ Summit ‘Advantage Assam’, Sonowal said Tobgay’s visit to the state last

Tripura polls: 320 nominations filed

Congress bereft of election issues in Meghalaya: NPP

Agartala, Feb 2 (PTI): A total of 320 nominations from different political parties and independent candidates have been filed for the February 18 Assembly elections in Tripura, official sources said Friday.

Of them, nominations of 307 candidates were found valid after a scrutiny held yesterday, the sources said.

“Thirteen nominations were rejected of which five were dummy candidates of BJP and Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura and one of Trinamool Congress. The rest were from independent candidates,” Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Debasish Modak told PTI. He said the nominations were rejected on technical grounds like some candidates did not file affidavits or in some cases their papers were not submitted according to official procedures.

Another Additional CEO, Tapas Ray said the first phase of mock poll training for the officials engaged in election works was completed in five districts out of the total eight.

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Shillong, Feb 2: The National People’s Party (NPP) on Friday said the ruling Congress in Meghalaya was bereft of issues to fight the February 27 assembly polls, after Chief Minister Mukul Sangma accused the tribal-centric party of being funded by the BJP. However, the opposition NPP, which is hoping to form government after the votes, did not rule out forming government with the Congress in Meghalaya.

“We are a party of our own, and we have our own ideology. I find it ridiculous when a leader like the Mahila Congress president (Sushmita Dev) was saying that NPP is BJP in time of elections,” Meghalaya NPP President, Wanwei Roy Kharlukhi told journalists.

“The Chief Minister was saying we are funded by the BJP as if he is the treasurer of the BJP, because only the treasurer of the BJP will know about the money coming and going

year shows the importance of bi-lateral relations both Bhutan and Assam attach to their respective neighbours.

Stating that India and Bhutan share exemplary bilateral relations which are unique and special, he said that the deep-rooted relation is evident from the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Bhutan to be his first foreign country visit after assuming office in May 2014.

Modi’s announcement of ‘Act East Policy’ has repositioned the north east region at the

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out of the BJP,” he said.

Kharlukhi said the Congress has been trading such allegations against NPP as they are bereft of issues.

“I feel that the Congress is insulting the electorate of Meghalaya who will not accept such ridiculous idea. We appeal to the voters to vote for us,” he said.

“Our mission document will be like a contract between the people of Meghalaya and the NPP,” Kharlukhi said, adding that the Chief Minister was making such statements “because he has nothing to showcase”.

To a query if the NPP can also work with the Congress, Kharlukhi said, “The Congress here is our opponent. When the need arises we don’t rule out in future. But we are not working with anybody here because we are sure that this time we are getting an absolute majority and we are sure that we don’t have to work with anyone.”

Hitting out at the Congress-led government for its “failure” to ensure develop-

ment, Kharlukhi quoted a survey which claimed that Meghalaya ranked at the bottom in various sectors among the small states.

“In general, Meghalaya ranked 10 out of 10 small states. If we look at the overall ranking, it is really a pity that Meghalaya ranks at the bottom. But if you compare with other small states they are better than Meghalaya,” he said.

“Shillong was once upon a time an education hub of the North East but today the state is ranked number nine on education, and the saddest part is, infrastructure which we may say is the foundation of the economy of the state ranked at number 10.

That’s why they have no issue to go to the public with and they brought out these petty issues (BJP is NPP and NPP is BJP),” Kharlukhi said.

Asked if the NPP was avoiding the BJP in Meghalaya for the sake of political convenience, Kharlukhi said, “We fought against the BJP in Manipur too and we are fighting anywhere against any party. Like I

told you, we were with the UPA in the past but we fight against the Congress here.”

But the NPP has never been with the UPA in the past, except when late

Purno A. Sangma was with the NCP. “We were in the NCP that time, but we are the same people now in NPP. We came out of the NCP due to difference of opinion,” Kharlukhi said.

BEFORE THE JUDL. MAGISTRATE 1st CLASS/NOTARY PUBLIC DIMAPUR : NAGALAND DECLARATION ONE AND SAME PERSON

I, Shri. T. Bendangsashi @ Imchen T Bendang, S/o Tongpang, R/o Diphupar Village, H/No : 673, Dimapur : Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as oath as under : 1. That, I am an Indian citizen by birth and competent to swear this declaration.

2. That my official name as "T. Bendangsashi" has been entered in all my official documents including my Aadhaar card bearing the No : 8469 9691 4608, but my name has been inadvertently entered/recorded as "Imchen T Bendang" in my SBI Bank Account Pass Book (Diphupar Branch) bearing the A/c No : 10433092871.

3. That the name as "T. Bendangsashi and Imchen T Bendang", pertain and belong to one and the same person that is my name, and this affidavit is solely sworn for clarification of variations in my name.

4. That I declare this affidavit to possess it as a piece of material evidence in the variation of my name and to bring to the notice of the concern authorities.

5. That I further declare that the information furnished is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing false has been stated therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn and verified before me on this the 8th day of Dec. 2017.

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Arun Jaitley to release BJP’s ‘Vision Document’ for Tripura Aga rtala , F e b 2 (IANS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will on February 12 release BJP’s “Vision Document” for Tripura here ahead of the February 18 assembly polls, a party leader announced on Thursday.

“As implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC) for the Tripura government employees would be one of the key poll promise of BJP-IPFT alliance, the release of the party’s ‘Vision Document’ by Jaitley would be an important political step,” Assam Minister and BJP in-charge of Tripura elections Himanta Biswa Sarma told the media.

“If the CPC is to be implemented for the state government employees, support of Jaitleyji is paramount.

The ‘Vision Document’ is superior to the traditional poll manifesto.”

During Assam and Manipur assembly elections, the BJP had released similar “Vision Documents” detailing the plans and aims of the party’s vision after assuming in power. Sarma hinted at

First birthday, You might not be able to blow out the only candle on your cake. But as if it were the light of a million candles, your love brightens up our lives in a way that no one can explain Happy 1st birthday baby Pukhivi Aye. Lotz of luv frm, Mom, Dad, &All. Dearest Ata , Your Birthday is even more special to me than it is you, want to know why?

Because today is the day I received the most precious gift in my life. Happy Birthday, God Bless you Always your Kakz Adeno Ambi Gurung (Little Dorea), Its not everyday that we have the privilege of sharing wonderful moments with Someone special. You have made our Lives so much richer just by being part of it. May you have the most wonderful Birthday Today. Happy Birthday Little Baby. We love u a lot….

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Whereas Shri Dikha Ngone D/o Lt. Solhi-u. Head Assistant, Sub-Divisional of PWD Colony, Pfustero, has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act 1925 to draw the service benefits, family pension, Bank A/C etc. belonging to Late Solhi-u f PWD Colony, Pfutsero, Nagaland, who expired on 18-01-2018.

Therefore, notice is hereby issued inviting any claims and objections from the public pertaining to the above mentioned property and the same to be submitted to the office of the Additional Deputy Commissioner Pfutsero, within a period of 30 days from issue of this notice. In the event of this office not receiving any claims and objection within the stipulated time, succession certificate will be issued to the applicant as prayed for.

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l, Khaisara Kumari Chhetri, W/o Tuk Bahadur Chhetri, resident of Bhagiram Pur Village PO. Mokokchung P.S. Mokokchung T.O. Mokokchung Dist : Mokokchung, State : Nagaland Pin No : 798601, do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as follows :1. That, I am a bonafide citizen of India and residing at the above mentioned address.

2. That my actual and correct Date of Birth is 16/04/1974 which I use in all of my official documents and records, whereas in my husband Pension Book and Dependent Identity Card my Date of Birth is wrongly entered and recorded as “30/01/1974” 3. That henceforth my Date of Birth shall be used as “16/04/1974” for all official purpose and intents.

4. That the statements given above are all true and correct and nothing is concealed there in.

Deponent Solemnly affirmed and sworn before me on this 02th day of Feb. 2018 Notary Public DP-1082(B)

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Date : 02/02/2018

I, Smt. Tuk Bahadur Chhetri, S/o. Dou Bahadur Chhetri, Resident of Bhagiram Pur, P.O. Mokokchung P.S. Mokokchung TO. Mokokchung Dist : Mokokchung State: Nagaland Pin 798601, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as follows :1. That, I am a bonafide citizen of India and residing at the above mentioned address.

2. That my actual and correct name is Tuk Bahadur Chhetri which I use in all of my official documents and records and my father Name is Dou Bahadur Chhetri, whereas some of my Documents my name and my father name are wrongly entered and recorded as Bishnu Bahadur Chhetri and Padam Bahadur Chhetri.

3. That this affidavit is made for the purpose to declare that “Tuk Bahadur Chhetri” & “Bishnu Bahadur Chhetri.” and Dou Bahadur Chhetri and Padam Bahadur Chhetri are of the same person and that is my name and my father name respectively.

4. That henceforth my name and my father name shall be used as “Tuk Bahadur Chhetri” and “Dou Bahadur Chhetri” for all official purpose and intents.

5. That the statements given above are all true and correct and nothing is concealed there in.

Deponent Solemnly affirmed and sworn before me on this 02th day of Feb. 2018.

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absorbing 10,323 government teachers, facing axe, within the framework of the law and hiking of minimum wage up to Rs 300.

Sarma, who is also the convener of the BJPled anti-Congress North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), said that Rajeswar Debbarma faction of Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) merged with the BJP on Thursday.

“Rajeswar Debbarma and his team would not only work of the party but also campaign for IPFT-N.C. Debbarma faction in the run up to the assembly polls,” he said.

Despite massive criticism by many parties, specially the ruling Left, the BJP forged an electoral alliance with the faction, which has been agitating to divide the state to form a separate state containing the TTAADC areas. Of the 60 assembly seats out of which 20 are reserved for tribals and 10 for Scheduled Castes, the BJP has allotted nine tribal reserved seats to IPFT. Polling will be held for the 60-seat Tripura assembly on February 18.

This is to notify to all Level Patta holders under Thilixu Village jurisdiction whose patta was issued before Dec. 2013 are directed to renew land patta within two (2) months from the date of issuance of this notification, any person failing to comply with this notice, those patta will be treated as invalid and in the event of any level dispute that may arise, the defaulter shall be held responsible at their own cost and consequences.

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Government expects winning bidder for AI soon: Jayant Sinha New Delhi, Feb 2 (AGENCIES): The government expects to complete the privatisation of Air India by year-end and the winning bidder is likely to be known by the end of June, Union minister Jayant Sinha said on Friday.

The debt-laden carrier, which is staying afloat on taxpayers’ money, would be put up for sale as “four different entities”, while private players can have at least 51 per cent stake in the airline.

The Minister of State for Civil Aviation said the information memorandum for the proposed strategic disinvestment of Air India would be issued in the next few weeks.

The memorandum would lay out details about various aspects, including what would be available for bidding, assets and how much stake the government would own, he told reporters here.

“We expect to have a winning bidder by the end of June and the legal closing of this transaction by end of this calendar year,” Sinha said, adding that so far two formal expressions of interest have been received by the ministry.

Jayant Sinha Legal closing means that by that time, “all of the legal agreements, security clearances, transfer of assets, transfer of title, deeds, everything will be complete. So Air India will be operated by somebody else”, he noted.

The expression of interest in Air India disinvestment has come from IndiGo and a foreign bidder, about whom details were not disclosed by the minister.

As part of reviving the ailing airline, the government has decided on its strategic disinvestment last year and a group of ministers, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is working out the modalities of the stake sale.

“We are privatising

Air India. That means more than 51 per cent of ownership of Air India is going to be transferred to private sector. We will be transferring control to the private sector, that means government’s ownership will be 49 per cent or less,” Sinha said.

He also noted that Air India would be transferred to the private sector just like British Airways, American Airlines, Lufthansa and Qantas.

According to the minister, the national carrier would be offered for bidding as four different entities.

Air India, its low-cost arm Air India Express and subsidiary AISATS would be one entity while regional arm Alliance Air would be a separate entity.

Besides, Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL) and Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL) would be sold separately, he said.

AISATS is a 50:50 joint venture between Air India and Singapore Airlines’ group entity SATS Ltd. To a query on whether he had discussions with various players in respect of Air India disinvestment,

Mr. Sinha said, “I have had many discussions with many different players for Air India as well as various different entities that belong to the Air India group.”

Under the turnaround plan approved by the previous UPA regime, Air India is to receive up to Rs 30,231 crore from the government, subject to meeting certain performance thresholds, over a ten-year period starting from 2012.

The airline has already received more than Rs 26,000 crore under the package.

For 2018-19, the carrier has been allocated Rs 650 crore in the Union Budget.

In June 2017, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave its in-principle nod to the strategic disinvestment of the airline - which has a debt burden of more than Rs 50,000 crore.

“The government has also initiated the process of strategic disinvestment in 24 CPSEs (Central Public Sector Enterprises). This includes strategic privatisation of Air India,” Jaitley had said in his Budget speech on Thursday.

SC dismisses plea on rape as genderneutral offence New Delhi, Feb 2 (AGENCIES): Why are certain crimes like rape in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) targeting men alone?

Why cannot women also be the perpetrators of crimes like under Section 375 b (insertion of foreign objects into the private parts of a woman)?

These are the questions that the Supreme Court faced on Friday morning from a public interest litigation (PIL) petition, which it finally dismissed. The judges on the Bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra reacted with different questions, all voicing an opinion that it is up to Parliament to gauge the changed social circumstances, and may be revamp the colonial penal code.

“So you are saying that a woman can stalk a man.

Well, the law is open for change. Let Parliament look into it,” Justice D.Y. Chandrachud observed.

“Provisions like rape are women protective” Chief Justice Misra said provisions like rape were “women protective” and cannot be used to make women perpetrators.

“Have you ever seen a woman file a complaint against a woman for rape?

There are different sections for that,” Chief Justice Misra said.

Top Uttar Pradesh policeman SP member accuses Minister vows to build Ram Temple of misleading Rajya Sabha

DG Homeguard Surya Kumar Shukla (third from left in black coat.

L u c k n o w, F e b 2 (IANS): A senior IPS officer has been caught on camera endorsing, at a “public oath taking”, the construction of a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya.

In the video, Director General (DG) Home Guards Surya Kumar Shukla can be seen taking the oath with others, including some Muslims. He can also be heard chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ from the dais.

The video is of a seminar held at the Lucknow University on Sunday (January 28).

It shows the 1982-batch IPS officer -- who was sometime back in the race for

the DGP’s chair -- happily speaking, along with others on the stage, of the need for the Ram Temple.

Also present at the event was former Urban Development Minister and senior Samajwadi party (SP) leader Mohd Azam Khan.

The officer has, however, said the video was “mischief ” and should not be taken as anything more.

“All I was doing there was participating in a seminar held in good faith to discuss with Muslims and Hindus a way for the construction of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya,” he said on Friday. Congress Spokesman Subodh Srivastava has said

that this was a clear violation of the service rules that govern Shukla and demanded that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath take disciplinary action against him.

State Spokesman of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Vaibhav Maheshwari said it was shameful that in a secular country a senior police officer such as Shukla was behaving like this.

“The government and the courts should take note of this immediately and terminate Shukla,” he demanded. The Ayodhya dispute is centred on a plot of land in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya to which both Hindus and Muslims claim stake.

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS): A Samajwadi Party member on Friday contested the government’s claim that an FIR was registered against “unknown” persons in the Aadhaar data leak expose by the Tribune, saying the police case specifically mentioned five names including the English daily.

Neeraj Shekhar, a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh, accused Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad of misleading the house even as the Minister asserted that the Aadhaar data was fully safe and secure and there has not been a single case of data breach from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) database.

In a written reply to the question by Shekhar, the Minister dubbed the media report that claimed that Aadhaar data was available to anyone for a sum of Rs 500 as “completely false”.

“Aadhar data is fully safe and secure and there has not been a single case of data breach from UIDAI’s database. The report in media about ‘Rs 500, 10 minutes and you have access to billion Aadhar details’ was a case of misreporting and is completely false,” he said.

“UIDAI, for the purpose of grievance handling, has provided a search facility to

Neeraj Shekhar state government officials, which provide demographic information of the person whose enrolment ID or Aadhaar is provided. The reported case was a misuse of the said facility,” he said.

The Minister said the UIDAI had filed a complaint on January 4 with full details of the incident on which an FIR was registered by the Crime Branch in the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police against unknown persons under several sections of the Aadhaar Act and the IT Act. Raising supplementaries, Shekhar described the Minister’s reply as “false and misleading”. “The response given by the Minister is false. He has said a FIR has been regiseterd against unkown persons while I have a copy of the FIR which clearly mentions names,” he said. Even as the member was on his feet, Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien adjourned the House till 2.30 p.m saying the Question Hour was over.

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CBI moves SC against Delhi HC’s 2005 verdict on Bofors New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS): The CBI on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the 2005 Delhi High Court verdict discharging Britain-based Hinduja brothers - Srichand, Gopichand and Prakash Hinduja - in the case of alleged corruption in the purchase of Bofors 155 mm howitzers guns.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its plea against the 2005 high court verdict had cited some new facts that need to be investigated as a ground for the reopening of the Bofors case.

Though CBI cited “new facts” but it will have a difficult task in persuading the top court to entertain its plea after sitting over it for 12 long years.

Earlier, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal had told the government that, in his opinion, it will be faced with the difficulty in justifying the delay of over a decade in moving the top court against 2005 Delhi High Court order.

In a letter to the Secretary, Personnel, Venugopal said: “Now, more than 12 years have elapsed. Any SLP filed before the Supreme Court at this stage, in my view, is likely to be dismissed by the Court on account of the long delay itself.”

Arun Jaitley gives MPs a salary hike New Delhi, Feb 2 (AGENCIES): The Union government finally moved to end the practice of Members of Parliament arrogating salary rises to themselves with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget proposing a law to standardise the salary and provide for an automatic revision every five years by indexing it to inflation.

The salaries of the President of India and the Vice-President have been increased to Rs 5 lakh and Rs 4 lakh a month respectively so as to rectify an anomaly.

The Governors, too, will get a rise in their salaries that were last revised in 2006.

Jaitley said there had been considerable public debate on the emoluments paid to MPs, and the practice allowing them to fix their own emoluments ran into criticism. “I am, therefore, proposing necessary changes to refix the salary, constituency allowance, office expenses and meeting allowance payable to MPs with effect from April 1, 2018,” he said.

Accordingly, MPs will now draw a basic salary of Rs 1,00,000 (up from Rs 50,000), The constituency allowance will go up from Rs 45,000 to Rs 70,000, and the secretarial costs from Rs 45,000 to Rs 60,000.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) head office in Delhi.

He had, in his opinion, no appeal by the CBI against said that the record did the 2005 order as it was not reveal any significant advised so, though adding events or special circum- that the judgment ought to stances which could be said have been challenged. to constitute sufficient cause The top court had in for not approaching the the same hearing also asked Supreme Court within the Agrawal to satisfy it on his 90 days permitted by law, or locus as a third party to chalat any time thereafter in the lenge an order in a criminal last so many years. case as it noted that CBI However later, said which investigated the case sources, Venugopal gave his did not contest the High oral consent to the probe Court order. agency’s move to challenge Agrawal’s matter was 2005 order. listed for further hearing on The 2005 High Court Friday but it did not reach order discharging the Hin- as post lunch session was duja brothers was chal- consumed by the hearing lenged by lawyer Ajay on plea seeking SIT probe in Agrawal, who is associated judge B.H. Loya’s death. with the ruling Bharatiya The Rajiv Gandhi Janata Party. government (1984-89) was During the hearing of rocked over the allegations the plea by Agrawal on Janu- of kickbacks in the purary 16, Additional Solicitor chase of 155 mm Howitzers General Maninder Singh guns from the Swedish arms told the court that there was manufacturer.

Implement SC order, form Mahanadi tribunal: Naveen BHUBANESWAR, Feb 2 (AGENCIES): Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to form a tribunal to resolve Mahanadi water sharing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh by implementing the Supreme Court’s January 23 order on the issue.

In a letter address to PM Modi, Naveen reminded the prime minister about the apex court’s order to constitute a tribunal under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 within one month and requested him to stop Chhattisgarh from construction works in the river till the tribunal is formed.

“Pending the constitution and functioning of the tribunal, I would be grateful, if you could kindly instruct the Union Ministry of Water Resources to issue necessary administrative directions to Chhattisgarh to stop construction of the ongoing projects..,” Naveen wrote.

Naveen requested PM Modi to particularly ensure that Chhattisgarh stop works on six barrages across Mahanadi.

The CM mentioned that the SC judgment as a first step has brought

Naveen Patnaik a sense of relief to the people of Odisha by way of protecting its age-old rights and interests in the waters of Mahanadi. “I would like to emphasize that 60% of the population of Odisha depends on Mahanadi waters for meeting the needs of irrigation and drinking water. The ecology and environment dependent on Mahanadi is far too important to be ignored,” Naveen wrote.

Odisha has been pressing for early formation of a tribunal under the Inter-State Water Disputes, Act 1956 since it first approached the Union government for it on November 19, 2016. Naveen had written letters to Modi on November 7, November 11 and December 12 last year pressing for the tribunal.

Terror funding: Court takes cognizance of charge sheet Judiciary capable of handling ‘internal matters’: Govt NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (AGENCIES): A special court here on Friday took cognizance of the NIA charge sheet against LeT chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin and others in the terror funding case.

They have been accused by the NIA of “conspiring to wage war against the government” and fomenting trouble in the Kashmir Valley.

Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sherawat directed the anti- terror probe agency to hand over copies to the accused persons, and posted the matter for March 8 for scrutiny of documents. It posted for February 15 the bail petition of freelance photojournalist Kamran Yusuf, arrested last year for alleged stone-pelting and other offences. The NIA has alleged that Yusuf was acting as a conduit for those funding terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.

The 12,794-page charge sheet and annexure, also alleged that officials of the Pakistan high commission

Hafiz Saeed here were passing on money through businessman Zahoor Watali, who has been arrested, to separatists. The separatist leaders have been accused of taking a cut before handing over the money to foment trouble. Saeed has been accused of using the services of Watali for passing on the money to separatists and some individuals who were actively indulging in stone-pelting in various areas of the Valley, the NIA said in the charge sheet. The agency has charged Pakistan-based terrorists Saeed and Salahuddin, besides 10 oth-

ers with criminal conspiracy, sedition, and under stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. It said 60 locations were raided and 950 incriminating documents seized.

There are 300 witnesses in the case.

Besides Saeed, Salahuddin, Watali and Yusuf, the agency has also named hardline pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Shah alias Altaf Fantoosh, Bashir Ahmad Bhat and Javed Ahmad Bhat, who was identified along with Yusuf as a stone-pelter. Hurriyat Conference leaders Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate, Mohammad Akbar Khanday and Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal have also been charged by the agency in the terror funding case. All the 10 arrested accused are currently in judicial custody.

The agency has charged the Hurriyat leaders with acting under the overall guidance of and instructions from Saeed and Salahuddin, and their “Pakistani handlers”. They have been accused of plotting strategies to launch violent protests.

NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (AGENCIES): The government on Friday made it clear in Parliament that it will keep away from the tussle between the Chief Justice of India and the four seniormost judges of the Supreme Court, saying the judiciary is capable of handling its “internal matters”.

Responding to three separate questions in the Rajya Sabha on the “rift” in the higher judiciary, the government said it has not received any information about it from the Supreme Court.

Minister of state for law PP Chaudhary replied in a negative when asked whether the government has “assessed the impact of the rift” in the apex court.

“Judiciary being an independent organ under the Indian Constitution, is capable of handling its internal

matters. The government is committed to the independence of judiciary,” he said in a written reply to one of the questions. Four seniormost judges of the Supreme

Court had virtually revolted against CJI Dipak Misra in January, raising several issues, including assigning of cases in the apex court.

Justices J Chelameswar,

Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph have now been allocated important cases as per the new roster made public by the apex court.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 57 Dimapur, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2018

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Churning minds

agaland has been boiling hot for the past year since the agitation against imposition of 33% women reservation to the Urban Local Bodies led to violence and the deaths of two youth. This was followed by road bandhs to express resentment against bad roads then and agitation in support of demands for creation of new districts such as – Tseminyu, Aboi, Pughoboto etc. After all these and just when the church was engaged with its objective of ‘Clean Election’ for February, the state braced itself for another conflict when the issue of ‘Solution Not Election’ overtook all other concerns. This rang an alarm bell since the issue was emotive and having the potential of creating confusion and confrontation.

Probably in an effort to be seen as in being politically correct, the elected members adopted a resolution on December 15, 2017 to ask the government of India (Election Commission) to bring a solution before election and which practically meant deferment of election. The elected members of the 12th House, by their resolution, added to the belief among the public, especially some elements, that everything was easy.

One minister even went to so far as to blatantly and ignorantly proclaim that shelving election for the government of India was “no big deal”. Any knowledgeable citizen knows that election is a constitutional obligation which has to be fulfilled and there has to be very good reasons or justifications for not holding it. The Election Commission is empowered to call for elections in any part of India where assembly or parliamentary elections are due. Elections can only be postponed under extreme circumstances in situations of natural calamity or where president’s rule is imposed owing to either breakdown of the law and order machinery or financial bankruptcy etc. by invoking Article 356 of the constitution. Thus, elections can be deferred/postponed under the above circumstances but after getting the nod from parliament. The government of India cannot at its own pleasure, defer/postpone elections. Therefore, deferring or postponing election is not a light matter as India is not a banana republic but a democratic and secular republic. The house resolution asking the government of India to bring solution before election is also another instance where the elected members have not applied wisdom and fueled the belief that postponing election is “no big deal.” The reality is that the solution was still being worked out by the negotiating parties and that even if an agreement is signed, it would have to follow a long constitutional process. The government of India’s interlocutor to the Naga talks R.N. Ravi had made it clear that agreement will be inclusive of all sections and that there will only be one Naga agreement for Naga solution. This is also a big challenge which demands unity among all negotiating groups.

He also reiterated that solution and election should not be mixed up as they have their own separate identities and purposes. Those who are for election are not against solution and also vice versa. It is also a time for Nagas to seriously ponder the practice of resorting to rhetoric and self proclaimed dispensers of Naga-ness and damning others as anti-Naga or pro-Indian, not uncommon during the 50 and 60s.The situation has changed and today people need leaders who apply logic, clarity and courage to do what is right and good in the sight of God.

DailyDevotion The Compelling Force of the Call Woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

—1 Corinthians 9:16 Beware of refusing to hear the call of God. Everyone who is saved is called to testify to the fact of his salvation. That, however, is not the same as the call to preach, but is merely an illustration which can be used in preaching. In this verse, Paul was referring to the stinging pains produced in him by the compelling force of the call to preach the gospel. Never try to apply what Paul said regarding the call to preach to those souls who are being called to God for salvation.

There is nothing easier than getting saved, because it is solely God’s sovereign work— “Look to Me, and be saved…” (Isaiah 45:22). Our Lord never requires the same conditions for discipleship that he requires for salvation. We are condemned to salvation through the Cross of Christ. But discipleship has an option with it— “If anyone…” (Luke 14:26).

Paul’s words have to do with our being made servants of Jesus Christ, and our permission is never asked as to what we will do or where we will go.

God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Himself. To be “separated to the gospel” means being able to hear the call of God (Romans 1:1). Once someone begins to hear that call, a suffering worthy of the name of Christ is produced. Suddenly, every ambition, every desire of life, and every outlook is completely blotted out and extinguished.

Only one thing remains— “…separated to the gospel…” Woe be to the soul who tries to head in any other direction once that call has come to him. The Bible Training College exists so that each of you may know whether or not God has a man or woman here who truly cares about proclaiming His gospel and to see if God grips you for this purpose. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.

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New technology is not good or evil in and of itself. It’s all about how people choose. ~ David Wong

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Post-mortem

Solution and Problem Budget 2018: an attempt to help the farmer, common man and smes K

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iddle-class hopes from a “poll-bound” Budget 2018 were dashed with no change in the personal income tax structure. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced standard deduction Of Rs 40,000 for salaried employees in lieu of transport and medical expenses.

Signalling that fiscal prudence has gone off track, Jaitley proposed a fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of GDP for 2018-19.

The target he had set for 2018-19 last year was 3 per cent.

MSMEs being major growth element of economy, Government has given more emphasis on boosting this sector especially in this budget. A special corpus of Rs 3 lakh crore for lending under PM Mudra Yojana is fixed to boost morale of this sector. Also, it has been announced that tax rates will be lowered for companies having turnover upto Rs.250 Crore and this benefit of reduced corporate taxes was firstly introduced in last year’s budget and this year the benefit of corporate tax rate of 25% is provided for Small and medium sized companies.

Also, Government is planning to link GSTN portal with system of loan sanction process of banks. This will reduce the time of sanction and approving loans by much extend and will boost economy. In contrary to the expectations, the proposals made by FinMin in personal taxation are on passive side.

Nothing extraordinary has been proposed for individual taxpayers. There is no change in the rate of tax for all individuals whether male /female resident, senior citizen or super senior citizen. It was quiet expected that maximum exemption limit will be raised and benefit will be granted for salaried class.

Moreover, the rate of education cess has been increased from 3% to 4% which will increase the tax burden.

The budget holds immense importance since it’s the first

after the GST was implemented in the country and the last just ahead of the next union elections take place in 2019. It the vision of the Modi government to provide ‘Housing for All by 2022’. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley came out with various new schemes in budget 2018.

Since housing has been the Modi government’s one of the highest priorities, budget 2018 talked about ensuring every poor has a house by the year 2022. Finance Minister in his budget speed said that there will be 51 lakh houses built in rural areas by end of FY18-19. A dedicated Affordable Housing Fund will be set up under NHB that will ensure there are 37 lakh houses built in urban areas by end of FY18-19.

PMJBY will be extended to all poor houses In order to encourage employment and to give social security to the employee, the government took a far-reaching positive decision. This step will give an opportunity to change informal to formal – new employment opportunities will be created. The government will contribute 12 percent of the new workers in the EPF account for three years. To realize the dream of modern India, Next Generation Infrastructure is very important to increase the ease of living and sustainability of the people in general India’s poor population has been concerned with treating diseases. The new scheme ‘Ayushmaan Bharat’, presented in the budget, will free the poor from this big concern. This scheme will be available to nearly 10 crore poor and lower-middleclass families. That is, about 45 to 50 crore people. This is the biggest health insurance plan in the whole world, launched on government spending. In all major panchayats of the country, the decision to set up nearly 1.5 lakh health wellness centres is commendable. It will be accessible to the people living in the

village,” In this budget, India’s farmers and villagers, as well as companies with exposure to agriculture, emerge as the biggest winners. Bond investors might just be loser Winners Farmers Distressed farmers have been protesting across the country. This budget promises to raise the minimum price offered to farmers for crops, while investing heavily in agricultural markets across India. It also delivers more money for rural areas, including irrigation projects and aquaculture projects, and directs state governments to purchase extra solar power generated by farmers using solar-powered Health Care Providers The government’s new flagship National Health Protection Scheme, which aims to insure as much as 500 million people for up to 500,000 rupees a year of care, could benefit companies such as Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., India’s largest hospital company, as well as Fortis Healthcare Ltd. Transport Companies With Jaitley promising record infrastructure spending on roads and railways, construction and engineering firms, as well as train wagon-producers, could benefit. That includes Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Hindustan Construction Co Ltd., NCC Ltd., IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd., Dilip Buildcon Ltd., Titagarh Wagons Ltd., and Cimmco Ltd. Consumer Companies With boosted spending on India’s vast hinterland, fast-moving consumer goods companies such as Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Britannia Industries Ltd. and Marico Ltd. could benefit as day laborers get jobs and disposable income. Other companies with rural exposure include: Hero MotoCorp Ltd., Mahindra& Mahindra Ltd., Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Count, how many factories & manufactories in Nagaland

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agaland achieved its full fledged state status in the year 1964 and it has been almost 54 years. The Government of India (GOI) gives multi crores of rupees every year to the government of Nagaland for development works, not for filling individual pockets or for construction of private “Skyscrapers” or to create multi-millioners or to purchase costly cars for personal enjoyment etc. etc.

It is observed that government of Nagaland is the top most in the competition of corruption, instead of establishing factories and manufactories so as to provide jobs to educated unemployed youth.

The current burning question in Nagaland is about the educated unemployed youth. According to the state department of employment exchange, there are 60, 000 (sixty thousand) registered educated unemployment youth.

All of them being provided government jobs is out of question. Simultaneously, there are no factories and manufacturing units in the state to provide jobs to the so called educated unemployed youth to work and maintain their livelihood.

Thus, as and when they feel hunger and thirst- they cannot eat sand, stones or drink urine. Therefore, wittingly they are compelled to commit crimes, thievery, and robberies and become dacoits, gangsters and miscreants. Thus, there is no tranquillity, peace and harmony in society and they harass the government without stopping. Who is to be blamed?

Think seriously, how such problems can be eradicated. The government should find methods and formulas that can be applied to establish factories where the educated unemployed

youth can work and maintain their livelihood. But government of Nagaland never bothers about the life of the educated unemployed youth. The government spend sleepless nights for corruption only, how to become multi-millionaires and build “skyscraper buildings”. But corruption is like a ball of snow, once it starts to roll, it must increase, not decrease.

For example, the government of Nagaland established a “sugar mill” at Dimapur but was compelled to shut it down due to corruption. Another establishment was the “paper and pulp factory, Tuli” which ultimately shutdown due to corruption. It was ultimately re-established again but suffering ‘cancer and paralysis’ no good progress was made.

Such is the condition of the attitude and functioning for the last 54 years.

If the government of Nagaland continues practice of this system- it is predicted that- one day or the other Nagaland will become a “dark continent.” People of the state never bother or care and nobody knows what kind of predicament comes.

Therefore once again the government of Nagaland should “Repent, revive” to eradicate corruption once for all and try to establish “factories and manufactories” to provide jobs to the educated unemployed youth, so that the problems can be solved- then and there ‘tranquillity, peace and harmony” in Nagaland will prevail and the people will live with peace of minds, enjoy and live lavishly like a paradise on earth. As the saying goes the foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Rikhyo Kikon Lotha, Octogenarian, Sr. Citizen, social worker, Nagaland

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Jewelers With 60 percent of gold demand coming from rural India, the budget’s focus on boosting rural and farm incomes could benefit companies such as Titan Co Ltd., Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri Ltd., PC Jeweller Ltd. Airports With the gover nment pledging to expand regional airport construction, firms such as GMR Infrastructure Ltd. And GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd. Could benefit.

Bond Investors Bond investors drew some relief from a lower than expected borrowing program. Nevertheless, the relief could prove short-lived. India missed its fiscal deficit target of 3.2 percent, saying its targeting a 3.5 percent target for fiscal 2019. Big bond investors such as India’s stateowned banks could be hit as yields go even higher than the the 96 basis points they climbed in the past six months, the most in Asia. Shares of HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. Financial Sector The government’s decision to impose long-term capital gains tax on equity investments may dent investor sentiment for financial services companies, life insurers and providers of mutual fund products including IDFC Ltd., Reliance Capital Ltd.BSE 0.21 %, Aditya Birla Capital Ltd., ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd., HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co Ltd., General Insurance Corp of India Defence Sector Jaitley praised the armed forces and promised an industryfriendly policy to promote defence production as he addressed parliament. But there was no indication of a huge boost to defence spending. Companies such as Bharat Forge Ltd. may not see a boost.

Prof Mithilesh Kumar Sinha, Finance Officer, NU, Lumami

udos to Sri Yanpvuo Kikon for his eloquent, lucid and analogous essay entitled “What is the solution?

What is the problem?”. The essay really delve deep into some basic questions of Naga society with a socio-academic perspective. His rational structured analysis is successful in my opinion. However, the essay aroused curiosity in my mind on some further practical issues. I appeal Naga intellectuals including Sri Kikon to compile some more essays, if possible on the issues mentioned below.

At this juncture, I must clarify my stance. Nagaland is my “Aunty Land” where I have been serving with dignity and honour for quite some time. With great enthusiasm, solidarity and respect, I have been observing the Naga society. Like many non-Naga inhabitants of Nagaland, I have also started imbibing a semi-Naga identity in me which reciprocates my love towards the Nagas. Taking this backdrop into account, I will like to high light the following issues.

1) I have met many affluent Nagas who maintain an ultra class lifestyle and mindset where as many poor Nagas who struggle extremely hard for even the basic amenities to live. Is the egalitarian Naga social structure still a valid phenomenon ?

2) I have seen many Non-Nagas who were born and brought up in Nagaland.

Ironically, many of them do not have any second home any where in the world; neither in Bangladesh, nor in Nepal or in Assam or else where. Some of them may have already reached their second or third generations. Even for many, Nagamese is their first language (mother tongue?).

How does the big Naga Problem address them ? What should be the humanitarian view on them?

3) Undoubtedly, equality is the basis of the Naga social system. But, my scenic observation sometimes discover the element of racism in Nagaland : Hill vs.

Plain or Mongoloid vs. Non-mongoloid.

Even some sophisticated, educated Nagas also distinctly patronise this. People say, this trait has developed among the Nagas in the recent past. How was it developed and how to curb it?

4) I have categorically observed that some cultured Nagas do not recognize their own culture at all. They even do not introduce their own dialects to their kids.

However, some of them talk about the “Customary law of Land”. Why is this dubious standard for?

I hope, this write-up won’t hurt somebody personally.

Ranjan Das, Patkai Christian College

The beginning of diplomacy and political journey between Indo-Naga

any Prime Ministers in the past considered it just as a, “Law and order problem” when they knew very clearly that it was a movement, a political movement because they underestimated the Nagas. It was only after the then Prime Minister PV. Narasimha Rao boldly declared that its a, “Political problem and not a law and order problem” after he met secretly on close doors with the NSCN IM leaders Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah at Paris on 12th June, 1995 and slowly after some years Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee accepted that, “Nagas have a unique identity from the rest” and now we are walking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and only the future holds what he will bring whether bloodshed or peace.

Our Father AZ Phizo always wanted to fight politically and knew a way out because of that he is the first for the Nagas to talk about Nagas in the UN and he was the only leader who was smart politically with inborn qualities and because of that the brainchild idea of plebiscite 1951 was him. His mentality was way ahead from the other Naga intellectuals in his time and of course he wanted better than the 16th point agreements that exist today, he wanted diplomacy and negotiations.

He wasn’t there when 16th point was drafted, his colleagues did the blunder who was trained by him and some Naga intellectuals, it is the Nagas who betrayed him and not our father AZ Phizo as some people says. He went silent after Nagas was split into two Naga People’s Convention (NPC) with the 16th point and his movement on the other hand because he knew what was coming, many didn’t knew what was about to come but he knew well ahead that Nagas are gonna take blood against one another among brothers because he knew India have fulfilled their strategy of divide and rule policy among Nagas and he knew what was about to come. Naga flag was given to him in his vision, Rainbow in the middle but without a storm rainbow won’t be there. He went silent and died a sad, depressed man. Today we must go back and ask forgiveness to where we have started and go on with what he wanted, through the process of diplomacy and politics,”NAGAS AS ONE, NAGAS WITHOUT BORDERS”

Look at the ones, that countries who got freedom by guns, are they flourishing???

But look at the ones who got freedom through diplomacy and politically. Number one will be USA and the second will be Israel, She got independence only on 1948 but where is Israel today? They produce one of the best scientists in the world and the next will be India, where was India when the Britishers left?? And look at India today. All these 3 countries lost lots of precious lives during their freedom struggle but there was patriotism oneness and oneness among them.

India too was divided into lots of states and never made them to come together as one but India came breaking the locks of divide and rule policy by cracking the formulas and of course Indians are sharp to create formulas, they are the ones who added zero in mathematics and the ones who created formulas to cheat in casinos while playing Poker in America. All the Master players of British politicians was cornered and the Indians could unite emotionally together inspite of the man made boundaries, there was a feeling of oneness among them and there was always a patriotic feeling when they chanted Bharat. Well, how many of we feel patriotic when we hear Nagalim? Or KUKNALIM?.

We Nagas are lazy today because

we are not patriotic anymore and we got less patriotic politicians in the assembly. Only a patriotic politician will not be corrupt because politics is not a profession for him nor a business or a hobby for him but it becomes a mission for him. He will surely want to develop the land and the people.

When we have patriotic legislatures then know that our economy will rise because his profession is not for him but for the people and the land to be self sufficient and matured and his joy lies in the accomplishments of the people and making it going forward because for him it’s a mission!!! and not a profession.

We are still not matured for complete Independence but am glad we are moving forward.

Today the state we created was created without their Father, Nagaland is an orphan because it was created without their Father’s blessing. A father can always sacrifice his comfort zone for the love of his children’s and the love to the land he belongs, Was he not tempted when he was offered the chair of Vice President and President of India? History will tell..

“A nations maturity will always be judged by the patriotism feeling of its citizens, having a sense of oneness and love among them and its economy” WJ Longkumer, 4 Mile, Naga United Village, Dimapur

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SC refers Jallikattu issue to CB

Jallikattu held in TN’s Pudukottai district.

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a five-judge Constitution Bench (CB) the challenge to the Tamil Nadu law permitting the traditional bulltaming sport “Jallikattu” that is a part of the Pongal festivities. “We have formulated five questions,” said Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman pronouncing the judgement.

Referring the matter to the constitution bench, Chief Justice Dipak Misra

and Justice Nariman, in their judgment, said the challenge to the Tamil Nadu law needed to be “authoritatively decided” as it involve substantial questions relating to the interpretation of the Constitution.

The questions include whether the Tamil Nadu law furthers and perpetuate cruelty to animals and thus could it be said to be a measure of prevention of cruelty to animals? Is it colourable legislation

which does not relate to the prevention of cruelty to animals?

Referring to the Tamil Nadu government’s argument that Jallikattu was part of the cultural heritage of the state, the bench asked if the state law qualifies to be part of the “cultural heritage” of its people to have protection of the Constitution’s Article 29 guaranteeing cultural and educational rights of the minorities.

Can the survival and well-being of the native breed of bulls under the Tamil Nadu law comes in the ambit of Article 48 under the Directive Principle of State Policy, which calls on the state to “endeavour to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle”.

It also asked if the Tamil Nadu amendment is contrary to Articles 51A’s

Cong alleges poll code violation by BJP New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS): The Congress on Friday approached the Election Commission alleging violation of the model code of conduct by the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh ahead of bypolls in the Mungaoli and Kolaras Assembly constituencies.

“Today we approached the Election Commission to demand a fair election in the Kolaras and the Mungaoli assemblies,” Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia told media here.

He alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was indulging in “unfair practices” and vio-

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lating the model code of conduct.

“The BJP is taking many steps that violate the model code of conduct,” the Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh’s Guna said. Scindia demanded strict measures by the Elec-

tion Commission.

He said that the Congress delegation has apprised the poll panel about BJP leaders making announcements which were in direct violation of the model code.

“The Chief Election Commissioner (O.P. Rawat) has ensured us that they will take a look into the matter and act accordingly.”

Byelection in the two constituencies is scheduled on February 24. The bypolls were necessitated due to death of Congress MLAs Mahendra Singh Kalukheda (Mungaoli) and Ram Singh Yadav (Kolaras).

Mamata says opposition scared to face her K o l ka t a , F e b 2 (IANS): Coming down heavily on state opposition leaders, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused them of “always scheming and plotting” against the state government but being scared to face her or listen to her government’s response to their allegations.

Both the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Congress dismissed her accusations.

“I have always seen that they are always busy s c h e m i n g, c o n s p i r i n g against, or foul mouthing, the Trinamool Congress and spreading confusion inside the house (state assembly). But they are not reasonable enough to listen to our answers. Because they cannot face me,” Banerjee told the assembly.

“They are scared of listening to the government’s answers. I want you to check how many

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times were they (opposition MLAs) present in the house during my speeches. May be just one or two times. It is totally planned,” she said.

Banerjee hit out against a section of opposition members, whom she accused of constantly trying to interrupt her speech, for resorting to “cheap tactics of creating controversies” to draw attention of the electronic media.

“Their only intention is to come on television. It seems that they do not even come out of their houses

if they are not shown on television. These are cheap tactics. If I want I can make television news in every second but that is not my intention,” the Trinamool supremo said. Banerjee also attacked Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan, of the Congress, claiming that he is “over-enthusiastic” in his protest to grab the media attention as he was informed by a local television channel about the live telecast of her speech in the assembly.

Referring to the recent bypolls results where both Congress and CPI-M have performed dismally, Banerjee said the leaders of those parties to reflect on their result instead of blaming the ruling party and asked them not to underestimate the people’s verdict.

“They have no shame at all. They cannot keep their mouth shut even for a day after performing so badly.

(fundamental duties of citizens) sections (g), which calls for citizens to protect environment and have compassion for animals and (h) (“to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform”), and could it be said, therefore, to be unreasonable and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution, guaranting equality before law and protection of life and personal liberty, respectively.

The court referred the matter after Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) challenged the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017, paving way for Jallikattu.

Tamil Nadu has contended that Jallikattu was a centuries-old custom being practised during Pongal festivities and could not be curbed invoking statutory barriers. In one of the hearings, Chief Justice Misra had indicated that matter may be referred to the Constitution Bench to resolve the issue once and for all.

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Academy, Chennai, for the course commencing in April.

The CDS exam was held for the OTA’s 107th Short Service Commission for Men (non-technical) course and the 21st Short Service Commission for Women (non-technical) in which 232 candidates, including 51 women, from all over India were de-

clared successful.

Brig. Shrikhande, who has served in several assignments including the Line of Control and International Borders, said coming from an Army family his daughter was well aware of the traditions and work culture in the armed forces.

Her proud mother Ujjwala said: “Since childhood, she has been very studious and focused. We were sure that she would make it to the merit list, but were surprised when she stood first and topped the exams.”

Both her parents said she always was keen on serving the nation and the family was proud that Shruti will now join the Indian Army.

Ghaziabad, Feb 2 (IANS): Ghaziabad, one of the biggest districts in India, has lost its wetlands due to encroachments, environmentalists said on the International Wetland Day on Friday.

Vijay Pal Singh Baghel, a green activist, said there were 149 water bodies in the district earlier.

Now only 21 survived.

This has pushed down the water table in Ghaziabad from 21 feet deep to 175 feet. And this is getting reduced by 2 to 3 feet annually.

“Not only private persons but even government bodies are to blame for the destruction of these water bodies,” said Baghel.

The Hindon bird sanctuary, which was once spread over 27 hectare, is now non-existent, he said.

Similarly, Arthala lake has reduced from 27 acres to a mere 3 acres due to encroachment by greedy individuals.

Modi’s mega heathcare to cost about Rs 10,000 cr

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS): Disclosing details of the mega healthcare scheme announced in the Budget, the government on Friday said this will be jointly executed by the Centre and states and will incur a total cost of up to Rs 10,000 crore in the first year.

Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said a lot of specificity will be brought into the scheme by the first quarter of the next fiscal. “Based on the experience of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and some number crunching by the Health Ministry -- also a belief that this will be a shared scheme between Centre and state -- it places the next year’s requirement at around Rs 4,000 crore,” Garg told IANS. He clarified while the total outlay of the scheme would be around Rs 8,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore, the Centre’s share would be around Rs 4,000 crore. The Secretary said the scheme would cover the poor and

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near-poor families which would be identified based either on the Socio-Economic Survey or the poverty line.

Garg added that unlike the RSBY, the health coverage in the scheme will be automatic.

“People don’t have to apply. That’s another beauty of the scheme in comparison with RSBY where individual registrations were to be made.

“This is the coverage that the government provides,” Garg said. He added that “specific illnesses” will be covered for 10 crore

families and they would be entitled to hospital expenses up to Rs 5 lakh. Referring to those specific illnesses, he said “these are the kind of emergencies which put many of these households in a state of poverty”.

Te r m i n g i t a s t h e world’s largest government funded healthcare programme, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced the National Health Protection Scheme under which Rs 5 lakh cover will be provided a year to 10 crore poor and vulnerable families in the country.

Swamy moves bill seeking RS adjourns over Kasganj violence Delhi, Feb 2 continued, Kurien adjourned the roadside are also being death for cow slaughter New (AGENCIES): Recent com- the House till noon, barely thrown out by the govern-

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS): BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Friday moved in the Rajya Sabha the Cow Protection Bill, 2017 seeking to punish cow slaughter with death penalty but withdrew it after the government’s assurance that it was working to “fulfil the same sentiments”.

Swamy moved the Bill for passing and consideration after the Rajya Sabha Secretary General said the President’s recommendation for introducing the Bill, as required under

Section 117(3) of the Constitution, had been received by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. Moving the Bill, Swamy said “we need to have extraordinarily harsh deterrent punishment” as high value was attached to the export of cow meat and that a punishment could be deterrent “if it is capital punishment”.

The Bill also sought to introduce a cess for setting up and “scientific running” of gaushalas (cow shelters) to take care of cows after they have stopped giving milk.

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The allocation of Rs.1290 crore for a restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has raised hopes for a range of bamboo-based industries.

In power sector, Rs. 1292 crore was set aside for ongoing power projects in the region while the capital outlay was also increased to Rs. 267.45 crore. A loan of Rs. 90 crore has been earmarked for the North Eastern areas.

This is in addition to the roughly Rs. 54000 crore that has been invested in various hydro-power projects in the region, especially in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

Another Rs 234 crore has been allotted for developing solar power plants in the region over the past two years.

munal clashes in Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh and the sealing drive in Delhi today led to noisy protests in the Rajya Sabha, forcing an adjournment in the pre-lunch session.

While members of Samajwadi Party raised the issue of Kasganj violence, the newly-elected AAP members protested against the sealing drive in Delhi. Soon after the House met for the day, Samajwadi Party members entered the Well raising slogans to protest against the violence in Kasganj. They were joined by the AAP members in the Well, forcing the Deputy Chairman P J Kurien to adjourn the proceedings.

Congress member K V P Ramachandra Rao was also in the Well holding a placard with the slogan ‘Help Andhra Pradesh’, though he did not utter a word. Kurien asked him to vacate the Well and return to his seat, but the latter remained unmoved. Kurien then asked Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad to call Rao back to his seat.

“What is he (Rao) doing?

Can somebody do like this?

Has he gone mad? Please call him (back to seat),” Kurien said and even threatened action against Rao. As slogan-shouting

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Pune girl tops CDS exams Pune, Feb 2 (IANS): Pune law student Shruti V. Shrikhande has emerged as the national topper among girls in the Combined Defence Services (CDS) Exams.

“It was my dream to join the armed forces so I took up the CDS and cleared it,” an excited Shruti told media persons on Friday, after the results were announced by the Union Public Service Commission on Thursday.

An alumna of the Army Public School here, Shruti is the daughter of an Army officer, Brigader Vinod Shrikhande, and Ujjwala, and is currently studying law at the ILS Law College in the city.

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a few minutes after they had commenced. When the House met for Question Hour after the first adjournment, the AAP members led by Sanjay Singh again trooped into the Well raising slogans, alleging that it was being done at the behest of the central government.

Congress members joined them from their seats.

There were heated exchanges between AAP MPs and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Goel, even as Kurien kept asking him to stop and go back to his seat. Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said Delhi is the second home of all MPs and it is their duty to help people of Delhi.

“If lakhs of people are being uprooted, the central government in Delhi is responsible for it. They should answer here. They cannot merely watch silently what is happening. “The government should answer how they are throwing out poor shopkeepers from the roads.

Business in the entire country has been shut because of the government’s wrong policies and now people who earn their living on

ment,” Azad said.

With AAP members continuing with their protests blaming the central government for the sealing drive, Kurien said the same people disturbed the House in the morning during Zero hour and were doing it again in the Question Hour. “Is it fair,” he asked. Rao was also in the Well, which caught the attention of an anguished Deputy Chairman, who said that Rao was doing nothing more than standing as a “bodyguard”.

When some Congress MPs tried to say something, Kurien retorted that there was a member who was “unwilling to heed to the Chair yet there were members who were defending him”. Kurien again chided Rao saying if he had “some sense”, he should go to his seat as he was “becoming laughing stock” as people were watching. Rao, however, did not react but only raised the placard a bit higher.

Kurien chided Rao saying he was “exhibiting indiscipline of the highest order” and warned he would have to think what action he should take.

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suffer. “I have told A B Pandey (GSTN Chairman) to give an assessment of what went wrong, how much time would be required to set it (e-way bill system) right and make it fool proof,” Adhia said.

The e-way bill portal was developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and its implementation is being looked after

by GSTN -- the company which developed the IT backbone for the new indirect tax regime.

Adhia said states were “very insistent” on introducing e-way bill as early as possible and when the GSTN conducted trail runs the system was working well.

“But, unfortunately when the load became too much some of the server started responding slowly and we didn’t want traders to suffer because of our technological glitches, so we said we will give few more days to the system to improve and this time we will make sure that there is no further glitch,” he added.

The e-way bill system was rolled out after GSTN conducted trial runs for a fortnight. However, it could not sustain the load and businesses faced difficulties on the rollout day.

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“We expect to have a winning bidder by the end of June and the legal closing of this transaction by end of this calendar year,” Sinha said, adding that so far two formal expressions of interest have been received by the ministry.

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complete. So Air India will be operated by somebody else”, he noted.

The expression of interest in Air India disinvestment has come from nofrills airline IndiGo and a foreign bidder, about whom details were not disclosed by the minister.

As part of reviving the ailing airline, the government has decided on its strategic disinvestment last year and a group of ministers, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is working out the modalities of the stake sale.

“We are privatising Air India. That means more than 51 per cent of ownership of Air India is going to be transferred to private sector. We will be transferring control to the private sector, that means government’s ownership will be 49 per cent or less,” Sinha said.

He also noted that Air

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New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): The government expects to complete the privatisation of Air India by year-end and the winning bidder is likely to be known by the end of June, Union minister Jayant Sinha said Friday.

The debt-laden carrier, which is staying afloat on taxpayers’ money, would be put up for sale as “four different entities”, while private players can have at least 51 per cent stake in the airline.

The Minister of State for Civil Aviation said the information memorandum for the proposed strategic disinvestment of Air India would be issued in the next few weeks.

The memorandum would lay out details about various aspects, including what would be available for bidding, assets and how much stake the government

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tors sold off shares across all sectors.

This is its biggest single session fall since August 24, 2015, when it had lost 1,624.51 points.

The broader NSE Nifty cracked below the 10,800mark by tanking 256.30 points, or 2.33 per cent, to 10,760.60 at close. Intra-day, it hit a low of 10,736.10.

Presenting the Budget yesterday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also projected a fiscal deficit of 3.5 per cent of GDP for current fiscal against the earlier target of 3.2 per cent, which also accelerated pace of selling by participants.

Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) sold shares worth Rs 358.50 crore, while foreign portfolio investors net bought shares worth Rs 1,099.780 crore yesterday, as per provisional data.

NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (APTI): The finance ministry has sought a report from GSTN (GST Network), the IT-backbone provider for GST, on glitches in the system that derailed the anti-tax evasion electronic way bill system on the very first day of launch.

It wants GST-Network to detail system readiness before re-introducing the requirement for transporters to carry an electronic waybill or e-way bill for moving goods between states, Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia told PTI. The e-way bill provision of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced yesterday but its implementation put on hold after system developed glitches in generating permits. Adhia said there is no going back on e-way bill, which is a tool for preventing tax evasion, and it will be re- introduced in “next few weeks” after the system is fully ready. Under GST, e-way bill is an electronic way bill required for movement of goods more than Rs 50,000 in value and can be generated on the GSTN. Adhia said by deferring the implementation of the e-way requirement the government has shown to the industry that it is willing to accommodate their India would be transferred demands so that they do not to the private sector just like British Airways, American Airlines, Lufthansa and Qantas.

According to the minister, the national carrier would be offered for bidding as four different entities.

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Mumbai, Feb 2 (PTI): Benchmark Sensex plummeted 840 points Friday, its biggest single-day fall in two-and-a-half years, while the NSE Nifty ended below the 10,800-mark as the postBudget sell-off continued for the second straight day.

The Budget 2018-19 presented yesterday imposed long-term capital gains tax of 10 per cent on equities.

Investors will also have to pay 10 per cent tax on distributed income from equityoriented mutual funds.

Market mood suffered another setback after Fitch Ratings today said high debt burden of the government constrains India’s rating upgrade.

The flagship Sensex crashed 839.91 points, or 2.34 per cent to end the day at 35,066.75 as jittery inves-

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Mumbai, Feb 2 (PTI): The country’s foreign exchange reserves rose sharply

by USD 3 billion to touch a new life- time high of USD 417.789 billion in the week to January 26, aided by a rise in foreign currency assets, the Reserve Bank said Friday.

In the previous week, the reserves had increased

by USD 959.1 million to USD 414.784 billion.

T h e r e s e r ve s h a d crossed the USD 400-billion mark for the first time in the week to September 8, 2017 but has since been fluctuating. But for the past four weeks, it has been on a continuous rally. In the reporting week, foreign currency assets, a major component of the overall reserves, rose

by USD 2.975 billion to USD 393.743 billion, the RBI said.

Expressed in US dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of the non-US currencies such as the euro, the pound and the yen held in the reserves. Gold reserves remained unchanged at USD 20.421 billion, the central bank said.

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direct taxes by the end of this fiscal on March 31.

The survey operations conducted by the taxman on bitcoin exchanges, under section 133 A of the Income Tax Act, were undertaken to “gather evidence for establishing the identity of investors and traders, the transaction undertaken by them, identity of counter-parties, related bank accounts used, among others,” sources had said.

A survey action under the I-T law pertains to tax officials making a surprise visit to the business premises of the affected party but not their residential ones.

Last year, Jaitley had informed Parliament that there are no regulations governing virtual currencies in India and the RBI has not given any licence to any entity/company to operate such currencies.

The government in December cautioned investors to be wary of virtual currencies like bitcoin, saying they are like Ponzi schemes with no legal tender and protection.

The Budget has pegged fiscal deficit at 3.5 per cent of GDP in current year ending March, higher than 3.2 per cent targeted earlier.

For the next fiscal, the deficit is projected to be 3.3 per cent of GDP. “The government has kicked out its steady 3 per cent fiscal deficit target further to 2020-21, well beyond its term. This compares to its initial medium-term fiscal plan of 2014, when it first announced to postpone the 3 per cent target by one year from 2016-17 to 2017-18,” Rookmaaker said.

T h e g ove r n m e n t ’s commitment to embrace the recommendation of the FRBM committee to adopt a ceiling of 40 per cent of GDP for central government debt is positive, even though the temporary delay in consolidation makes it unlikely that this debt level will be reached by 2022-23, as recommended by the committee last year, Rookmaaker said.

Citing weak fiscal position, US-based agency Fitch in May last year had kept India’s sovereign rating unchanged at ‘BBB-’, the lowest investment grade with stable outlook.

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his Budget speech yesterday, had said that all types of crypto currencies, including bitcoins, are illegal and the government will take all measures to eliminate their use.

In reply to a separate question, Chandra said he was confident that the department will not only meet but will surpass the direct taxes collection target for the current financial year.

“I think the economy is very buoyant. The last quarter of advance tax payment will be much better than the third. With this particular trend when the economy is going up, the GDP is going up in the last quarter and the economy is doing better and there are no negatives, we will definitely get much better advance tax.

“Therefore, I think the growth should continue at the same pace. We will definitely beat the target (of direct tax collections),” the CBDT boss said.

The I-T Department has a target to collect Rs 9.8 lakh crore revenue from

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): Fitch Ratings Friday said high debt burden of the government constrains India’s rating upgrade, a day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley projecting a fiscal deficit of 3.5 per cent of GDP against the earlier target of 3.2 per cent.

The 2018-19 Union Budget unveiled yesterday contains a number of policy measures with the potential to support economic demand and social well being.

These include those leading to rise in agricultural income and the ambitious health insurance plan while setting up new medical colleges.

“If implemented well, spending on such measures would likely reach a large part of the electorate, which is not insignificant with general elections coming up,” Fitch Ratings Director and Primary Sovereign analyst for India Thomas Rookmaaker said.

He said weak public finances “constrain India’s sovereign ratings, given a high general government debt burden of around 68 per cent of GDP and a wide fiscal balance of 6.5 per cent of GDP if states are included.

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New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): The Income Tax Department has issued “few lakh” notices to those who have put their funds in bitcoins and it is working to obtain taxes that are due on these investments, the CBDT chief said.

CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra told PTI that it has come to the notice of the taxman that while many such investors “did not pay advance tax” on the benefits which they have accrued, some others have not explained these investments in their tax returns in the past.

The department had conducted pan-India surveys at these exchanges in December last year.

“We have issued notices (to investors) and they (many of them) have agreed to pay taxes. We will definitely take taxes as far as the money is concerned which is invested (in bitcoins trade) and is unexplained,” he said.

When asked about the number of such notices, the CBDT boss said that “they are in few lakhs.”

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Washington, Feb 2 (PTI): US President Donald Trump Friday accused the Justice Department and FBI of a “pro-Democrat bias”, saying their top leadership had “politicised” the investigation against the Republicans.

“The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicised the sacred investigative process in favour of Democrats and against Republicans - something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!” Trump tweeted.

Trump’s tweet came

as he is set to approve the release of a controversial memo accusing the FBI of abusing its surveillance tools during its probe into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election, setting up a clash with the intelligence agency.

The memo apparently accuses the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) of abusing a surveillance programme known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) during the 2016 presidential election campaign.

The allegation is that the FBI ran surveillance on a member of Trump’s

campaign. Earlier, a senior administration official, told reporters aboard Air Force One that the president was expected to tell Congress that he has no objections to the release of the memo written by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes.

Requesting anonymity, the official said it is a Congressional process and that the decision was made after looking at the memo the last few days and making sure “it doesn’t give away too much in terms of classification”.

“The president is ok with it,” the official said.

“I doubt there will be any redactions. It’s in Congress’ hands after that,” the official said, and refused to answer any further questions. Trump’s reported decision comes a day after the FBI in an unusual move went public urging against release of the memo.

Some White House official fear that this might result in the resignation of FBI Director Christopher Wray. Last year, Trump abruptly fired FBI chief James Comey for his handling of the Russia inquiry.

What, exactly, is this memo?

BBC adds: The document was written by staffers working for Devin Nunes, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, which is holding hearings on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and, seemingly of equal interest to the congressman, investigating allegations of anti-Trump bias in the US intelligence community.

Mr Nunes made headlines last March when he visited the White House and then publicly announced that some members of Donald Trump’s post-election team had been the subject of “incidental surveillance”

by US intelligence agencies.

He later had to step down from overseeing the Russian hearings because he was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for possibly sharing classified intelligence with the White House. He has since been cleared in the matter by the ethics panel.

The four-page memo is said to draw on highly classified information about FBI surveillance practices that,

according to many of the Republicans who have read it, were abused by the intelligence community in order to undermine Mr Trump’s campaign and, subsequently, his presidency.

The memo reportedly asserts that the decision to begin surveillance of Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page was based on the so-called Steele dossier - the collection of largely unsubstantiated raw intelligence gathered by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele.

That set the ball rolling for broader investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, an inquiry that continues, under the direction of special counsel Robert Mueller, to this day.

Members of the intelligence community dispute this claim and insist that Page was on the counterintelligence radar long before the dossier research, which was funded by antiTrump conservatives and later Democrats, was ever circulated.

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Fidel Castro’s eldest son Díaz-Balart commits suicide

Havana, Feb 2 (IANS): Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, the eldest son of former Cuban President Fidel Castro, has killed himself after being treated for depression, Cuban state media announced.

He was 68 years old and took his life on Thursday. Popularly called “Fidelito”, he was the only child of the Cuban revolutionary leader and his first wife, Mirta Diaz-Balart.

He had been in a “deep depressive state” from several months, according to the government website Cubadebate.

Born on September 1, 1949, Castro Diaz-Balart worked as a nuclear physicist and was scientific advisor to the Council of State of Cuba, the island’s highest governing body. He was also the vice-president of the Caribbean country’s Academy of Sciences.

Castro Diaz-Balart also headed Cuba’s nuclear power programme until a falling-out with his father led to his dismissal, the BBC reported.

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said his funeral would be planned by his family, but no further details were given.

His parents divorced before his father Castro took power in Cuba. His mother Diaz-Balart’s relatives went into exile, becoming prominent figures in Miami’s antiCastro exile community.

Castro Diaz-Balart began his first studies in Cuba and later moved to the now defunct Soviet Union, where he received his Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics. In 1974, he also graduated with summa cum laude in Nuclear Physics.

He subsequently furthered his studies in Cuba, Spain and again in the USSR. Castro Diaz-Balart represented his country be-

fore the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) between 1983 and 1992 and chaired the group of NonAligned Coordinating Countries on peaceful uses of nuclear energy (1983-87).

He was the author of numerous articles in his specialty, such as “Elements and Reflections on the National Scientific Policy” (1985), the essay “Nuclear Energy in the National Economy of the Republic of Cuba” (1986), “Nuclear Energy and Development” (1990) and “The Great Challenge of the Third Millennium: Nuclear Energy -- Environmental Danger or Solution for the Future” (1997).

Castro Diaz-Balart also participated in international research on nuclear energy and in 2013 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Moscow State University.

He was married to the Russian Natasha Smirnova, with whom he had three children (Mirta Maria, Fidel Antonio and Jose Raul) and after divorcing Smirnova, he married Maria Victoria Barreiro from Cuba.

minister shot Pak kills over 17k militants in counter-terrorism ops Merger of CPN-UML, Maoists Pak wife, then killed in next few days: Prachanda himself: Police Kathmandu, Feb 2 (PTI): Hinting at the merger of Nepal’s two major Left parties before the formation of a new government, CPN (Maoist) chief Prachanda has said the proposed unification would take place soon despite “conspiracies” to foil the process.

Prachanda’s remark has come at a time when talks between the CPNUML and the CPN-Maoist Centre have failed to move forward due to differences over several contentious issues, including leadership of the new party, a report in the Republica said.

Addressing a party function at Mahabharat Rural Municipality of Kavrepalanchowk district, he said “the two parties were inching closer to a deal

despite conspiracies from some quarters to foil the process.”

Without specifying, Prachanda, 63, also said some elements were hellbent on stopping the merger.

The two parties had split two years ago.

Yesterday, negotiators from the two parties held talks in a bid to iron out differences, but met with little success, the report said.

During the talks, a power-sharing deal was finalised by the second-rung provincial level leaders of both the parties but it ended without discussing any other contentious issues citing lack of preparations, it said.

CPN-UML leaders had given an alternative proposal to create a special portfolio

for Prachanda, which would be the second highest position in the party structure but the CPNMaoist chief has reportedly rejected it, the report said.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, CPNUML Vice Chairman Bamdev Gautam said that the meeting had approved a power-sharing deal reached by negotiators of the two parties for six provinces, where the Left is expected to form a government.

On Sunday, the two parties had reached an agreement to form governments in four and six provinces, while dividing key portfolios including speakers and deputy speakers for provincial assemblies, the report said.

Islam abad, F e b 2 (IANS): Pakistani provincial minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, who was found dead in his house along with his wife, first killed her and then committed suicide with the same weapon, the police said on Friday.

Bijarani and his wife Fariha Razak were found dead on Thursday at their residence in Karachi.

The police said they suspect a domestic dispute to be behind the incident, Geo News reported.

A press release by the police stated that the initial reports revealed that all the bullet casings collected from the crime scene were fired from the same weapon.

The minister had one bullet wound in his head whereas his wife was shot thrice, report said.

China in talks with Kabul over military base

China’s army camp will be built in Afghanistan’s remote and mountainous Wakhan Corridor.

KABUL, Feb 2 (Agencies): Worried about terrorists sneaking into a restive Chinese region from wartorn Afghanistan, Beijing is in talks with Kabul over the construction of a military base, Afghan officials say, as it seeks to shore up its fragile neighbour.

The army camp will be built in Afghanistan’s remote and mountainous Wakhan Corridor, where witnesses have reported seeing Chinese and Afghan troops on joint patrols.

The freezing, barren panhandle of land -- bordering China’s tense Xinjiang region -- is so cut off from the rest of Afghanistan that many inhabitants are unaware of the Afghan conflict, scraping out harsh but peaceful lives.

However they retain

strong links with neighbours in Xinjiang, and with so few travellers in the region local interest in the Chinese visitors has been high, residents told AFP on a recent visit there.

China’s involvement in the base comes as President Xi Jinping seeks to extend Beijing’s economic and geopolitical clout.

The Chinese are pouring billions of dollars into infrastructure in South Asia.

With Afghanistan’s potential to destabilise the region, analysts said any moves there would be viewed through the prism of security.

Beijing fears that exiled Uighur members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) are passing through the Wakhan into Xinjiang to carry out attacks.

It also worries that Islamic State group terrorists fleeing Iraq and Syria could cross Central Asia and Xinjiang to reach Afghanistan, or use the Wakhan to enter China, analysts say.

Afghan and Chinese officials discussed the plan in December in Beijing, but details are still being clarified, Afghan defence ministry deputy spokesman Mohammad Radmanesh said.

“We are going to build it (the base) but the Chinese government has committed to help the division financially, provide equipment and train the Afghan soldiers,” he told AFP recently.

A senior Chinese embassy official in Kabul would only say Beijing is involved in “capacity-building” in Afghanistan.

NATO’s US-led Res-

olute Support mission in Afghanistan declined to comment. But US officials have previously welcomed China’s role in Afghanistan, noting they share the same security concerns.

Joint patrols Members of the Kyrgyz ethnic minority in Wakhan told AFP in October they had been seeing Chinese and Afghan military patrols for months.

“The Chinese army first came here last summer and they were accompanied by the Afghan army,” said Abdul Rashid, a Kyrgyz chief, adding that he had seen vehicles flying Chinese flags.

The Afghan army arrived days earlier “and told us that the Chinese army would be coming here”, he said, adding: “We were strictly told not to go near them or talk to them and not to take any photos.”

Rashid’s account was confirmed by other Kyrgyz, including another chief Jo Boi, who said the Chinese military spent almost a year in Wakhan before leaving in March 2017.

Both Chinese and Afghan officials deny the claims, with China’s defence ministry telling AFP that the “Chinese army is not engaged in any military operation in the Wakhan Corridor”.

With little access to the corridor, Kabul provides almost no services to those who live there -- but the Chinese, Boi said, have been bringing “a lot of food and warm clothes”.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (PTI): Pakistan said on Friday that it had killed more than 17,600 militants in counter-terrorism operations started after the 9/11 terror attacks and destroyed their training camps in the restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said at the weekly briefing that Pakistan had also cleared more than 46,000 km of land from terrorists.

“Counter-terrorism operations within Pakistan have cleared 46,378 km of land and eliminated 17,614 terrorists, ensuring that our soil is not used against any other territory; we expect the same from our neighbours,” he said.

US President Donald Trump has asked Pakistan to take “decisive action” against terror groups operating from its soil.

Unveiling his first National Security Strategy (NSS), Trump said Pakistan has to intensify its counterterrorism efforts and help in eliminating terror sanctuaries as America was making “massive payments” to it every year.

Faisal said the ongoing counter-terrorism operation Raddul-Fassad which was launched by Pakistan military last year eliminated terrorists especially those belonging to Tehreek-i-Taiban Afghanistan (TTA) and Haqqani Network (HN).

“Actions against HN include rooting out of terrorist camps in Waziristan, blocking medical assistance to terrorists & breaking their financing & training camps,” he said.

Faisal said Pakistan continued to prevent suspected TTA and HN elements from using its soil for any terrorist activity in

Sexual assaults on young girls heart breaking: UN UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (PTI): The recent incidents of sexual assault on young girls in India and Pakistan are “heart breaking”, the spokesperson of the UN chief said, underlining that the world body is trying to address the issue through access to education and women empowerment. He was responding to questions on recent incidents of rapes in India and Pakistan.

In India, an eightmonth-old baby girl was raped last week by her 28-year-old cousin in New Delhi, a shocking incident that outraged the nation.

While in Pakistan last month, a seven-year-old girl was brutally raped and murdered allegedly by a serial killer, triggering a national outcry.

“I think these two cases you referred to are heart- breaking,” Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said while answering a question on UN’s advice for the two countries on this “vicious cycle”.

“What is clear is that no country on this planet is immune from the scourge of violence against women, violence against girls.

We see it in all country, north, south, east and west,” Dujarric said.

Through various programmes, through UNWomen, UNFPA [United

Nations Population Fund], UNICEF [United Nations Children’s Fund] and others, the UN is working with governments to try to get messages through to communities to respecting girls, to respecting women, he said. “ I t’s a bo ut e q ua l rights. It’s about access to health.

It’s about access to education. It’s about empowerment of women.

Through a number of its development programmes, the UN is trying to face the issue,” said the spokesperson of the UN Secretary General.

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Afghanistan.

He said that 27 individuals suspected of belonging to TTA and HN were handed over to Afghanistan in November 2017.

Faisal also alleged that “tensions and escalation by India at the Eastern border adversely impact our counter- terrorism efforts”.

Pakistan has deployed 202,000 troops for action against militants, the largest counter-terrorism deployment.

Faisal said effective border management remained one of Pakistan’s prime objectives in preventing cross-border terrorism.

“Pakistan has 975 border posts to man Pak-Afghan border; Afghanistan has 218,” he said.

He said Pakistan was keen to assist the Afghan government while highlighting that on the southern side of the border, “a

stretch of 648 km has no check post on the Afghan side”.

“Large swathes of ungoverned spaces in Afghanistan are leaving a vacuum for safe havens and terrorist sanctuaries to flourish and launch attacks on Pakistan.

Incidence of cross- border terrorist attacks from Afghanistan has increased since 2016, and peaked to 417 in 2017,” he said.

The spokesman also said that “Pakistan continues to share intelligence with more than 70 countries” and has lost 75,000 civilians and 6000 soldiers to the scourge of terrorism.

He said Pakistan had one of the highest officerto- soldier casualty rates globally.

Faisal also said his country had suffered economic losses worth USD 123 billions in the war against terrorism.

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Official illustrated Have had to wait longer to get Mounting fascism curbing Led Zeppelin: book coming in October career milestones: Shahid freedom in India: Vijayan B I ncreasing levels of fascism are curbing the freedom to write and speak freely and this needs to be challenged, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday.

After inaugurating the three-day Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters here, organised by the leading media house Mathrubhumi, the Marxist leader said: “Fascism is tightening in several areas like never before in our country.

“The need of the hour is to see that the freedom to write and express is strengthened. What we have seen of late in our country is that independent writers and journalists are being attacked and killed.

“Great icons like Dilip Kumar, Anand Patwardhan, Kamal Haasan have all had to face the wrath of certain undesirable elements,” said the leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

“Slowly darkness has started to fall on our cultural fabric. That has to be prevented. It’s festivals like

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im Carrey will no longer face a civil trial over the suicide of his former girlfriend, court officials have said.

The comic actor had faced a wrongful death legal case, filed by the estranged husband of Cathriona White and her mother. White died of an overdose in September 2015.

The case, due to take place this spring, has now been dismissed.

Carrey, 56, previously described the case as a “heartless attempt to exploit” both him and White.

Her mother Brigid Sweetman and estranged husband Mark Burton had accused Carrey of illegally obtaining prescription drugs for White, under a false name,

these which should take up these issues for discussion,” he said.

Vijayan appreciated the Mathrubhumi, a hugely popular media house in Kerala for its passion towards writers and promoting them right from their younger days.

Chairman and Managing Director of Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing, M.P. Veerendra Kumar, who is also the Chairman of the Festival, said fascism should be defeated at any cost.

“It has now come to a stage where even one’s freedom to eat has come under threat. Festivals like these are not just to discuss these evils but it should be

used to fight these evils,” he said.

Kumar last month quit as a Rajya Sabha member after his party leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar decided to join hands with the BJP-led NDA. On the occasion, T h i r u va n a n t h a p u r a m Lok Sabha member and a popular writer himself, Shashi Tharoor said a few years back he took part at the Hay Festival - a literary festival - for the first time.

“After two editions, the curse of commerce caught up with the festival as it was found that Thiruvananthapuram was an expensive destination. Now that you have gone forward by holding this, I wish it becomes a regular feature.

It’s festivals like this we can showcase our state and also bring people from outside for a literary interaction,” said Tharoor.

More than 100 literary figures from 10 countries are taking part in the festival.

(IANS)

Gender equality a Jim Carrey human issue: Sonam won’t face a civil trial over White’s death ctress Sonam Kapoor Her death was ruled as a suicide by coroner’s officials.

White, 30, who was from County Tipperary in Ireland, had been in an on-off relationship with Carrey since 2012.

He described her after her death as a “truly kind and delicate Irish flower, too sensitive for this soil” and attended her funeral in the village of Cappawhite, where he was a pallbearer.

Carrey’s publicist told the AFP agency: “All I can say is the case was dismissed and I have no further comment.”

The actor had previously said of the case: “I really hope that some day soon people will stop trying to profit from this and let her rest in peace.”

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says gender equality is a human issue.

S o n a m o n Fr i d ay retweeted a post by the Senate of Canada. It pointed out how Canada’s Senate has stood for making the country’s national anthem gender-neutral by deleting the word “sons” and changing it for “us”.

Applauding this, the “Neerja” actress tweeted: “Gender Equality is a human issue and we’re entitled to have equal rights. Glad to see Canada taking the lead on this.” On the Bollywood front, Sonam currently awaits the release of her film “Pad Man”. The film, which delves into menstrual problems and hygiene, is directed by R. Balki.

Slated to release on Friday, “Pad Man” also stars Akshay Kumar and Radhika Apte in pivotal roles.

(IANS)

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ed Ze ppelin and London’s Reel Art Press are celebrating 50 years since the band’s formation by releasing an official illustrated book.

“Led Zeppelin By Led Zeppelin” is the first and only official illustrated book to be produced in collaboration with the members of the band. It covers the group’s unparalleled musical career and features photographs of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham on and offstage, in candid moments and in the recording studio. This definitive 368-page volume includes unseen photographs and artwork from the Led Zeppelin archives and contributions from photographers around the world.

The book will be

released in October and is available for pre-order now. Enter code: LZ50 at checkout for free shipping on your pre-order until April 1.

Coming on March 23 is a newly remastered reissue of the Led Zeppelin 2003 live collection, “How The West Was Won”. The set, which features new remastering supervised

by Page, marks the first offering from the band in celebration of its 50th anniversary this year. “How The West Was Won” will be released in multiple formats including triple-CD, the first-ever vinyl and Bluray audio editions — with the Blu-ray containing hires 5.1 Surround Sound — and the LP version spread over four discs.

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ollywood actor Shahid Kapoor, happy and content to receive a positive response from the audience for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat”, says that with each film, he has had to wait much longer than many of his contemporaries to achieve milestones in his career. But he chose to maximize his space with a skilled performance.

In “Padmaavat”, Shahid essays Maharawal Ratan Singh, said to be a comparatively lesser known historical character than Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khilji or Rani Padmavati for common people.

I t was quite ironical then that the real and reel met the same situation to navigate their way for finding a space -- as in the film Shahid was pitted against

two author-backed characters Khilji and Padmavati, and in real life, between two stars like Ranveer and Deepika, who have together delivered hit films like “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela” and “Bajirao Mastani”.

“I think I always had to work much harder to get a good opportunity and had to wait longer than many, to get a milestone in my career. But I view it like this -- God has given me the opportunity to learn, has given me a destiny of a student.

I have never given the same exam in life, but different.

“That is how I learnt different things in life and that has added to my experience,” Shahid said in an interview here.

He believes “Padmaavat” threw up a “tricky opportunity” which could have “gone horribly wrong”.

“But I took that risk because I have seen how after working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali sir, actors have got a huge mileage in terms of audience reach and success”.

This was the first time Shahid was working with Bhansali. He says the director only commands excellence.

“I think Sanjay sir has a tendency to keep pushing and trying until he gets exactly what he wants from a performer.

His passion to achieve excellence is much focused and therefore, he looks like a taskmaster. It is nothing negative, I would rather say that people who do not have that desire to achieve excellence, should not work with him.

(IANS)

‘Maze Runner: The Dead Cure’: An entertaining wrap-up of the series

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ilm: “Maze Runner: The Dead Cure”; Director: Wes Ball; Cast:Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosa Salazar, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Patricia Clarkson; Rating: *** “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” is the third edition of the series and is a breeze for those who are initiated into it.

For those who are new to the series, the screenplay written by T.S. Nowlin based on “The Maze Runner” novels by the American author James Dashner, is directed

by Wes Ball. This edition picks up roughly six months after its 2015 predecessor, “Maze Runner: The Scorch

Trials”, left off.

Set in the distant future, in a dystopian state, the narrative begins with an excitingly staged, actionpacked, multi-prong assault on a train that seems like a great train robbery. The perpetrators are the last of the Gladers. If you have to ask who they are, then you haven’t seen the first two films.

They include Thomas (O’Brien) and his cohorts Frypan (Dexter Darden), Newt (Thomas BrodieSangster) and their fellow resistance fighters Jorge (Giancarlo Esposito) and Brenda (Rosa Salazar).

Their target is to rescue their friend Minho who is in the coach filled with children being sent to the Lost City, WCKD head-

quarters. Minho and the other children are being sent to a research facility where scientists will sacrifice them in the hope of using their blood to find a cure for “The Flare”, a plague that turns people into zombies referred to as “Cranks”.

This plague is ravaging what is left of humanity and as one of the characters said, “It’s amazing what people can do when their survival is at stake.”

(IANS)

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“Now that she’s a top designer Victoria is concerned about singing but she wants to make money to pump back into her business.”

The group last performed at the Olympics Closing Ceremony in 2012, but Victoria Beckham has remained continuously resolute about not wanting to reunite.

“It is not happening.

At some point you’ve gotta know when it’s time say, ‘that was great’,” she told Alison Hammond on This Morning last year.

“Girl Power will always be out there and is something that we all still believe.”

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1. Ino. JOSEPH HESSO IPS. D.I.G. (HQ) President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service on Republic Day 2018.

2. Ino. AKETO SHOHE Assistant Election Officer, Wokha Governor’s Commendation Certificate on Republic Day 2018.

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blow to fans of the group, it is not believed that there are any live performances in the pipeline.

A source told The Sun: “This is the pop reunion no one thought would ever happen again.

But after a long period of negotiation Victoria agreed the time is right to work on new projects this year.

“It’s very exciting because she has always been adamant she wouldn’t go back.”

“Victoria and Geri agreed it would be impossible to be part of a fully-fledged tour because of family and business commitments”, the source added.

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he Spice Girls have reportedly agreed to reunite for the first time since 2012, with the iconic girl group set to receive £10 million each for a series of new projects.

After previously expressing her reluctance, Victoria Beckham reportedly agreed to join forces after receiving assurances that she wouldn’t have to lend her vocals to the project.

The Girl Power pioneers are believed to be holding talks in London today for a series of upcoming projects, including TV shows, endorsements and a greatest hits compilation.

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Caroline Wozniacki returns the ball to Anastasia Potapova during the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy-2018 tennis tournament match in St.Petersburg. (AP/ PTI)

St Petersburg, Feb 2 (Agencies): World number one Caroline Wozniacki, fresh off her Australian Open victory, dropped just one game in a dominant performance to beat Russian youngster Anastasia Potapova at the St Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy on Thursday.

The 27-year-old Dane picked up a 6-0, 6-1 victory to set-up a quarter-final

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clash with another young Russian Daria Kasatkina, who defeated France’s Alize Cornet on Wednesday.

Potapova fired 17 winners to Wozniacki’s 16 but was undone be her unforced errors, hitting 31 during the match.

Wozniacki created 21 chances to break her 16year-old opponent’s serve and converted seven times to

seal the win in an hour and seven minutes.

“I had to be well prepared for today’s match against a former junior Wimbledon champion even though she’s still so young,” Wozniacki said.

“Kasatkina is a great player, she mixes up the pace a lot. It’s going to be difficult but I’m excited for it.”

Earlier in the day, defending

champion Kristina Mladenovic finally had a singles result to celebrate as she defeated Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals.

“What can I say? I come in here, and from the first moment, I was super happy, and kind of proud, and having very positive vibes,” the Frenchwoman, who ended her 15-match losing streak, said.

“Like last year I felt like I haven’t left this place. St Petersburg is definitely magic for me, and I feel like home, like this is my home.”

Fifth seed Julia Goerges also marched on to the last-eight on her debut in the tournament after overcoming Italian qualifier Roberta Vinci 7-5, 6-0.

Goerges had never beaten Vinci in three previous meetings dating back to 2010 but she grew in confidence in a difficult first set, before recording her second bagel of the year to claim the victory.

The German will next face 18-year-old Russian qualifier Elena Rybakina for a place in the semi-finals.

India Open: Sindhu in semis; Saina out

WASA wrestling meet Kohima, Feb 2 (NPN): The 55th Western Angami Sports Association (WASA) wrestling meet will be held on February 5 and 6 at Khuochiezie (Kohima local ground). Deputy director of sports, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus Meriema Peteroko Zatsuvi and president, Nagaland Wrestling Association, Neivikuolie Khatsii will grace the meet as chief guest and guest of honour respectively.

Chakhesang wrestling meet from Feb 8

Dimapur, Feb 2 (NPN): The 26th wrestling meet of Chakhesang Wrestling Association (CWA) will be held on February 8 and 9 at Chetheba town.

Home minister, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu and Thepuphi Kapuh, PS to advisor social welfare will grace the meet as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively. The champion will fetch a cash prize of Rs. 1.50 lakh while runner-up will get Rs. 1 lakh. The third and fourth place winner will receive Rs. 80,000 and Rs. 50,000 respectively. Weight measurement for free style of all categories will be done on February 7 at 2:00 PM.

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): Top seed PV Sindhu remained in hunt to defend her title by reaching the women’s singles semifinals but Saina Nehwal, the other top home shuttler, was knocked out of the India Open, here Friday.

Saina looked a little sluggish in her movement and committed too many unforced errors to go down 10-21 13-21 to World No 11 American Beiwen Zhang.

Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, however, recovered from a mid-game slump to outwit Spain’s world no 36 Beatriz Corrales 21-12 19-21 21-11 in the other quarterfinal.

The World Championship silver medallist will next face 2013 World champion and world no. 3 Thai Ratchanok Inthanon.

Mixed doubles pair of N Sikki Reddy and Pranaav Jerry Chopra entered the final four again here after beating Chinese combo of Han Chengkai and Cao Tong Wei 21-8 21-13.

Meanwhile, it turned out to be a disappointed day for Indian men’s singles players as Parupalli Kashyap, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma suffered straight game losses to their respective opponents to bow out of the tournament.

PV Sindhu celebrates a point against Spanish shuttler Beatriz Corrales on Friday. (PTI)

Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap seemed a bit tired and couldn’t keep up with China’s Qiao Bin, losing 16-21 18-21 in the men’s singles quarterfinals.

Eighth seed Praneeth too failed to negotiate the fast-paced game of third seed Taiwanese Chou Tien Chen and went down 15-21 13-21 in another quarterfinal.

Later, Sameer also found the going tough

against Malaysian qualifier Iskandar Zulkarnain, who had knocked out former champion Kidambi Srikanth yesterday. His 49 minute fight ended with a 17-21 1421 scoreline in the end.

However, the biggest upset of the day was produced by Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi, who knocked out Olympic champion Carolina Marin, who had reached the finals of the Indian Open last year, 21-12 21-19 in a 48-minute clash.

Stokes named in England ODI squad World’s top sports court lifts lifetime ban on 39 Russian athletes

Ben Stokes

Zealand. Chairman of selectors James Whitaker, said: “On behalf of the England Selectors I’d like to congratulate head coach Trevor Bayliss and captain Eoin Morgan on their victory in the Gillette ODI series over Australia.

“Our ODI side has made excellent progress over the last three years and

it’s encouraging to see with the 2019 World Cup on the horizon.”

“We’re sure to encounter strong opposition in New Zealand but it’s another opportunity for the team to test themselves and to continue playing entertaining cricket.

I would like to wish everyone involved in the squad the best of luck.”

Geneva, Feb 2 (IANS): The world’s top sports court overturned lifetime Olympic bans on 39 Russian athletes for doping violations following the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games.

The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) also said on Thursday that 28 of the athletes have had all their bans lifted and their results reinstated, reports Xinhua news agency.

The CAS said it was upholding the appeals from 28 out of the 39 Russian athletes given lifetime bans

innocent.” He noted that “in their case, due to insufficient evidence, the appeals are upheld, the sanctions annulled, and their individual results achieved in Sochi are reinstated.”

The IOC confirmed that because it had suspended the Russian Olympic Committee in December after evidence emerged of widespread doping, Russian athletes could only participate with its permission.

“Not being sanctioned does not automatically confer the privilege of an invitation,” the IOC said in a statement. It said it could challenge the CAS rulings at Switzerland’s supreme court.

An Olympic disciplinary panel, chaired by IOC executive board member Denis Oswald, last year investigated 46 Russian athletes and found 43 guilty of complicity in a Sochi doping programme.

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Mom, one day we shall meet again in eternal home with the Lord.

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In 11 cases, the evidence collected was found to be sufficient to establish an individual anti-doping rule violation.

The court declared the athletes to be ineligible for the next edition of the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, starting next week, instead of a life-ban from all Olympic Games.

Following the ruling, CAS secretary general Matthieu Reeb was quoted by the Swiss national broadcaster, RTS as saying, “This does not mean that these 28 athletes are declared

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We love you the same as then.

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by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for doping violations at the Sochi Games.

“In 28 cases, the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish that an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) was committed by the athletes concerned,” said the court ruling.

“With respect to these 28 athletes, the appeals are upheld, the sanctions annulled, and their individual results achieved in Sochi 2014 are reinstated,” the court said.

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London, Feb 2 (Agencies): Ben Stokes has been named in England’s 15-man squad for the five-match one-day international series against New Zealand.

Stokes has not played for his country since an incident outside a Bristol nightclub in September but is due to rejoin the limited-overs squad in New Zealand after appearing at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on a charge of affray on February 13.

His involvement is subject to any court obligations and his travel arrangements are yet to be confirmed, the England and Wales Cricket Board said. England have performed well in limited overs cricket in Stokes’ absence, with Sunday’s 12-run victory in Perth securing a 4-1 one-day international series win against Australia.

Nottinghamshire paceman Jake Ball drops out after making the 16-man ODI squad that won the series against Australia. Test captain Joe Root will also return to action in the series, which gets underway on February 25 after being rested for the upcoming Twenty20 series against Australia and New

It has been a year since you left us for your heavenly abode. Your presence is missed, and you are remembered every single day in our prayers.

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Lt. Nzanbemo Ngullie It's been a year since you left us. You are so special to us when it reminds the memories of you. It’s painful… yet we strongly believe that you are in a better place.

We are so grateful for your good character. It influence us and it guides us in our day-to-day lives.

We always follow the good foot-step of you. Missing you always.

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A year seems too long since you left us for your heavenly abode. Your kind deeds, your love, your wisdom and your ceaseless guidance still remain afresh in us. Above all, we deeply feel and miss your presence amidst us.

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With profound gratitude, we the family members of Lt. Nahlei Wangshu, would like to express our sincere appreciation and thanks to all individuals, unions, churches, prayer homes, neighbours and well wishers who stood by us physically, mentally, financially, materially 18th July 1955 and spiritually during the month Born: Died : 29th January 2018 illness and at the sad demise of our beloved father. Our special thanks to doctors, nurses and staff of Faith Hospital Dimapur.

We deeply regret our inability to acknowledge each and everyone individually but it’s our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly for your good deeds.

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We, the bereaved family members of LATE IMRONGSUNGBA would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us during the brief illness and at the sad demise of our beloved on 23rd Jan.2018.

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to: 1. D.C staff Mkg. 2. EAC Office (Ongpangkong south) 3. B.D.O Office ( Ongpangkong South) 4. Dr R. Alemla Jamir (Dr. Imkongliba Memorial Hospital Mkg) 5. Ao Baptist Church (Borlingri Dmp) 6. Yimyu Baptist Arogo Church.

We deeply regret for not being able to mention each and everyone but we remain indebted and pray that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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We, the bereaved family members of Lt. Vichütuo Angami, would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all individuals, churches, neighbours, friends and well wishers who stood by us morally, physically, financially and spiritually at his sad demise on 28/01/2018.

We would like to convey our special thanks to:1. Phesama Baptist Church 2. New Reserve, Phesama 3. Phesama Village 4. Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima 5. KRIPA Foundation 6. SP Kohima, all rank and file 7. ‘B’ Coy DEF Kohima 8. ‘C’ Coy DEF Kohima 9. Unity Prayer Centre 10. Sunday Prayer Fellowship, New Reserve 11. Ground colony Prayer Fellowship 12. Chakhesang Union, Dairy Farm 13. New Reserve Angami Union Welfare Society 14. Police Union Baptist Church 15. New Reserve Youth Organisation We deeply regret our inability to mention all the individuals but it is our prayer that our Almighty God bless each one abundantly.

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Barca beat Valencia in Copa del Rey

Players of Barcelona and Valencia fight for the ball during their Copa del Rey semifinal first leg.

Madrid, Feb 2 (Agencies): Barcelona are in pole position to reach a fifth consecutive Copa del Rey final after Luis Suarez’s winner saw off Valencia 1-0 at the Nou Camp.

The former Liverpool striker finally made Barca’s dominance count in the 67th minute of the semifinal first leg.

Valencia were hammered 7-0 in this fixture last season, a game which former England defender

Gary Neville was in charge for, but produced a spirited performance this time around to ensure they head into the return leg within touching distance.

The visitors, currently third in La Liga, were on the back foot from the off as Barca, winners of this competition in the last three years, took control.

The warning signs were there from the third minute when Lionel Messi jinked past a couple of de-

fenders and fired wide.

Aleix Vidal and Suarez were also both off target before Sergi Roberto was fortunate to stay on the field.

The Spaniard received only a yellow card for a high tackle on Andreas Pereira in the 35th minute.

Suarez was a constant nuisance for the Valencia defence and almost broke the deadlock, just narrowly failing to get a touch to Andres Iniesta’s ball across the

face of the box.

Valencia were struggling to get out of their half and when they did, Martin Montoya smashed a halfvolley wide from the edge of the box on the stroke of half-time.

Marcelino’s side regrouped at half-time and started to come into the game as Daniel Parejo shot straight at Jasper Cillessen.

But Barca finally got the goal their play deserved when Suarez headed in Messi’s cross at the back post.

Former Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin tried his luck from distance but his effort landed on the top of Cillessen’s net.

Barca’s record signing Philipe Coutinho, a 58thminute substitute, could not beat Jaume Domenech with a curling effort which was comfortable for the goalkeeper.

Another replacement, Paco Alcacer, stung the palms of Juame as Barca searched for a second goal to make the tie comfortable.

Juame was tested again, this time by Messi, before Valencia nearly grabbed an equaliser.

Substitute Santi Mina wasted a great chance as he headed over at the death.

Life ban on Sreesanth: SC to hear plea on Feb 5 NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (PTI): The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on February 5 an appeal filed by cricketer S Sreesanth against a Kerala High Court verdict that restored the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI in the wake of the 2013 IPL spotfixing scandal.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed that the case be listed for hearing before an appropriate bench according to the roster after the matter was mentioned before it.

“List on February 5, 2018 before an appropriate bench, as per roster, subject to removal of defects, if any,” the bench, also comprising justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, said.

A division bench of the high court had restored the ban on a petition filed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against a single-judge bench’s order, lifting the life ban imposed on the 34year-old pacer.

The bench had said there was no violation of natural justice against the cricketer and quashed the single bench order in Sreesanth’s favour.

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Blatter mulls legal action against FIFA MANCHESTER, Feb 2 (Agencies): Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, currently serving a ban from the sport, told Reuters on Thursday he is considering legal action against the global football body in an attempt to clear his name.

Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was handed a six-year ban for ethics violations, imposed amid the biggest corruption scandal to shake world soccer’s governing body in 2015.

The 81-year-old Swiss said that while “for the time being there is no legal action”, he and his lawyers were working on a potential case.

“My aim is to look into the decision of FIFA’s Ethic-Committee in view of information, and even evidences that I have received, in the meantime, in connection with my suspension,” Blatter told Reuters via email.

“We are working on this case - and looking forward for development.”

It is likely that any legal action from Blatter would take place in the Swiss civil courts.

FIFA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In December 2016, Blatter lost an appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the

Sepp Blatter

suspension. CAS ruled that Blatter had authorised payments to Michel Platini, then the European football boss, worth over $2 million that amounted to “undue gifts” and therefore violated FIFA’s code of ethics.

Blatter had resigned in June 2015 after several dozen football officials, including FIFA executive committee members and former members, had been indicted in the United States on graft charges, along with two sports marketing firms.

The for mer FIFA president was not among those indicted, but became embroiled in scandal when he was banned from all football-related activity the following December by FIFA’s Ethics Committee along with Platini. The men were banned, initially for eight years, over a pay-

ment of 2 million Swiss francs ($1.98 million) that FIFA made to Platini in 2011, with Blatter’s approval, for work done a decade earlier. The bans were reduced to six years

by FIFA’s appeals committee in February 2016.

Blatter, who has denied all charges against him, had compared the FIFA Ethics Committee investigation to “the inquisition”. In 2015 Swiss prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into Blatter on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation but no charges have yet been brought.

The man who headed FIFA from 1998 to 2015 says he intends to attend June’s World Cup in Russia after a personal invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

DPS annual sports meet concludes India beat South Africa by 6 wickets in 1st ODI

Students taking part in race during DPS annual sports meet on Friday.

Dimapur, Feb 2 (NPN): The annual sports meet of Delhi Public School, Dimapur was held on Friday at the school ground. The much awaited day marked the culmination of a yearlong competition and trials in various sporting events amongst the four houses – Zungki, Tizu, Milak and Dikhu. Dr. Aotoshi, Pro Vice Chairman, DPS Dimapur graced the event as the chief guest.

Displaying their prowess, skill and agility, the students in true sportsman-

ship, enthusiastically competed in various athletic events besides entertaining the gathering with enthralling cultural presentations of aerobics, dance and yoga demonstrations. Special attractions of the day were also the zealous participation of the parents and teachers in various events.

Adding the final score from the spor ts meet, Zungki House emerged as the overall champions of the school for the academic session of 2017-18 in the field of sports and

co-curricular activities besides lifting the shield for the best house in march past. Sorenthung of Class VIII A (Dikhu House) and Meye-u Krome of Class VI B (Zungki House) were named the best athlete boys and girls respectively.

The momentous day came to a close with Dr. Aotoshi declaring the closure of the sports meet 2018.

The symbolic ceremony of lowering the school flag was performed and handed over to the principal by the chief guest.

Durban, Feb 2 (Agencies): Virat Kohli’s masterful 112 maintained India’s winning momentum in South Africa as he led his team to a convincing six-wicket win in the first ODI on Thursday.

Kohli was the driving force in a 189-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane (79) that swept aside South Africa’s bowling and took India cruising to 270-4 and past the target in just 45.3 overs.

South Africa’s total of 269-8 was not huge but was still competitive, especially with India batting second under floodlights in the day-night game at Kingsmead.

Captain Kohli led India to victory with 27 balls to spare, though, keeping India on top after it won the third test last weekend for a consolation victory in that series.

India’s commanding victory in Durban ended top-ranked South Africa’s 17-match winning run in ODIs at home, a streak that included a 5-0 whitewash of Australia.

Kohli’s match-winning innings also overshad-

owed the feats of his counterpart, Faf du Plessis, who rescued a faltering South African effort with 120 from 112 balls. Du Plessis hit 11 fours and launched two sixes over midwicket, taking the home team out of trouble at 134-5 and to 269-8 in 50 overs.

Kohli hit 10 fours and his 112 came off 119 deliveries.

On its own winning run of eight straight series, everything came together for India at Kingsmead: Its seam bowlers were on target to keep South Africa in check early, and wrist spinners Kuldeep Yadav (3-34) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2-45) worked smoothly in tandem to put a stranglehold on the South Africa batting through the middle overs. India’s own batsmen were unfazed in the chase to win with the third highest second innings total ever at Kingsmead.

Kohli offered one half-chance early on when a diving du Plessis at slip got only fingertips to an edge. The next time Kohli appeared fallible was when he was dropped in the outfield on 108. He finally

India’s Kuldeep Yadav (C) and teammates celebrate the wicket of South Africa’s JP Duminy during the 1st ODI at the Kingsmead Stadium Durban, South Africa. (AP/PTI)

fell off a top edge, caught

by Kagiso Rabada off the bowling of Andile Phehlukwayo (2-42).

Having arrived at 33-1 in the seventh over, Kohli departed with India just eight runs from victory.

India’s two wrist spinners did the damage with the ball, taking five of the eight South Africa wickets to fall.

Pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah made the first

breakthrough to trap Hashim Amla lbw for 16 in the eighth over, but it was all the slow bowlers after that.

Chahal removed the out-of-form Quinton de Kock (34) and Aiden Markram (9).

Kuldeep reeled off the next three wickets, deceiving JP Duminy with a ball that spun the other way and bowled him, removing the dangerous David

Miller, and dismissing Chris Morris to end a 74run stand with du Plessis.

Despite du Plessis’ best efforts, South Africa never fully recovered from 134-5 and then 208-6 with Morris’ fall.

Brief Scores: India 270/4 (Virat Kohli 112, Ajinkya Rahane 79) beat South Africa 269/8 (Faf du Plessis 120; Kuldeep Yadav 3/34) by six wickets

Menuosetuo is NASA wrestling champion

Menuosetuo Yiese (hands raised) along other winners and NASA officials on Friday. (NP)

Correspondent

Kohima, Feb 2 (NPN): 19 years old Menuosetuo Yiese from Kohima village emerged as the champion of 59th Northern Angami Sports Association (NASA) wrestling meet held on Friday at Kohima local ground.

Yiese, who stands 6 feet tall and weighed 114 kg, walked home richer by Rs. 80,000.

Kekhriengulie Whuorie (30) from Kohima village

stood second and received a cash prize of Rs. 50,000.

Kezhaseluo Pienyii (19) also from Kohima village secured the third position and received Rs. 30,000 while Seyiekhrietuo Yiese (21) from Kohima village bagged the fourth position and received Rs.20,000.

In semi-final matches, Menuosetuo Yiese knocked down Kezhaselhou Pienyii and Kekhriengulie Whuorie beat Seyiekhrietuo Yiese.

Earlier, president of

Nagaland Contractors & Suppliers Union, Pelesielie Khezhie graced the inaugural function as the chief guest. Programme was compeered by Vilakuolie Mere and Kethole-ii Metha, God’s blessing was invoked

by Upper Nagabazar Baptist Church, Kohima, pastor Ruokuowhelie Pienyii.

The welcome address was delivered by Lhoubeizo Mere Kesiyie, special song was presented by Kenei Mere Kesiyie and Vilabeinuo Mere Kesiyie while

oath was administered by Zhakholie Metha.

President of Nagaland Football Association, Atuo Mezhür Sekhose graced the valedictory function as the guest of honour.

Altogether 61 wrestlers participated in the NASA wrestling meet. 32 wrestlers (18 for Naga style wrestling and 14 wrestlers for national style wrestling) were also selected to represent NASA in the upcoming Angami Sports Association meet.

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