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Parl paralyzed after Oppn forces adjournments

NEW DELHI, FEB 4 (PTI): Tense standoff between the CBI and the Kolkata police for the second day echoed in Parliament leading to a washout of the proceedings following opposition protests.

Describing as “unprecedented” the Kolkata Police action against a CBI team, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday told Parliament this would lead to anarchy and pose a threat to the federal system. He warned that the Centre has the powers to deal with the “constitutional breakdown” in West Bengal.

Singh called as unfortunate the action by the Kolkata police against a team of CBI officers over the central agency’s attempt to question its chief in connection with chit fund scams.

In the Lok Sabha, members of TMC were joined in their protest by those from the Congress, BJD, NCP, SP and RJD. They slammed

Petrol, diesel rates drop further

Opposition members trooping into the well of the Rajya Sabha.

the Centre over the move by the CBI and its timing with many of them accusing the Modi government of misusing the central agency for political ends ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

After repeated adjournments, both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day hours earlier than schedule after opposition members created a ruckus.

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee Sunday began a sit-in protest in Kolkata over the CBI’s attempt to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar.

A CBI team, which went to Kumar’s residence in the city’s Loudon Street

Power outage in Mon

G uwahati , F eb 4 (PTI): United Christian Forum of North East India has expressed deep anguish at the alleged “insensitivity” of the ruling dispensation at the Centre to the “growing unrest” and “anxieties” of the indigenous people of NE. At the meeting here on February 1, the forum discussed at length “the growing unrest, fear and anxiety expressed by all sections of citizens across the North East at decisions being made by the ruling dispensation that will seriously affect the destiny of North East”, said a UCFNEI release on Monday.

Church leaders, cutting across all church denominations in the region, expressed deep anguish and pain at the “total unconcern and insensitivity of the decision-makers at the Centre”, UCFNEI spokesperson Allen Brooks said.

“It is all the more shocking when major decisions are made in the country based only on religious affiliation, thus compromising the secular identity of the nation”, Brooks stated.

Anti-CAB protests continue in Manipur; effigies of President, PM and HM burnt Correspondent

IMPHAL, FEB 4: Effigies of President, Prime Minister and Union Home Minister were burnt as mass protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 continued unabated at various places in the capital and other parts of Manipur Monday.

While students of colleges and schools staged sit-in demonstrations at their respective college or school premises, womenfolk carried out torch rallies in their respective localities.

Students of Imphal College, who joined the anti-CAB protests, staged sit-in at various colleges and schools in Imphal area and burnt the effigies of President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the gate of their college.

The effigies were burnt down while decrying Central leaders’ efforts to get the contentious Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha allegedly sidelining the popular demand of withdrawal of the Bill across the North East region of the country, the

Manipur University students and teachers stage Anti-CAB protest at University Gate on Monday. (NP)

protesting students said.

They also strongly condemned recent speech of President in the Parliament supporting the Bill without expressing any concern to the voices of the people of the North East.

Similar protests were also staged at the main gates of various colleges and schools in Imphal and outskirts. At some colleges, teachers also took part in the protest.

Students and teachers of Manipur University also staged a sit-in-protest at the main gate of the university in Imphal’s Canchipur today under the aegis of Manipur University Students’ Union (MUSU), Manipur Univer-

sity Teachers’ Association (MUTA) and Manipur University Staffs’ Association (MUSA). Taking part in the protest, MUTA general secretary Lisam Sanjukumar told reporters that the Bill was a big threat to the smaller indigenous people of Manipur and North East states.

He said the Bill if enacted as an Act will put the future generation of the Northeast indigenes at stake.

Meanwhile, in the continuing campaign against the Bill, leaders and workers of nine political parties CPI, RSP, AIFB, BSP, NCP, JD(S), AAP, FB and PRJA – held a protest meeting at the premises of Manipur Press Club, Imphal Monday.

NBCC committed to clean elections Oppn demands matching of 50% of EVM results with VVPATs

DIMAPUR, FEB 4 (NPN): Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) which has been vocal against election malpractices, resolved to stand firm in propagating ‘Clean Elections’ “to fight against any form of corruption to fearfully avoid the wrath of God in the land”, particularly in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

This was among the sixpoint resolutions adopted by the NBCC, comprising of 20 associations and four associate members, during its 82nd Annual Council held from February 1 to 3 at NBCC convention centre, Kohima under the theme “Knitted Together in Christ.”

According to the press note from the council, NBCC resolved to reinforce the “Great Commission of Jesus” (Matthew 28:18-20) DIMAPUR, FEB 4 (NPN): and enlarge the mission of Power supply to Mon dis- the Church to disseminate trict has been disrupted and plant the seed of the following the snapping of two conductors along 66KV Mokokchung-TuliNaginimora Transmission line at Tiru village.

In a press release, SDO Staff Reporter (Trans) Mokokchung transmission division said the DIMAPUR, FEB 4 (NPN): department was making In an apparent bid to reall efforts to restore power group and reinvent itself before the all-important ensusupply at the earliest.

The department has ing Lok Sabha election, the requested affected consum- Nagaland Pradesh Congress ers to bear with the incon- Committee (NPCC) held a press conference at its Divenience. mapur district headquarters on Monday to announce its ambition of contesting the forthcoming polls, while also joining the party’s nationwide protest against the recent controversial celebration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 71st death anniversary by Hindu Mahasabha national secretary Pooja S. Pandey in Aligarh, UP on January 31.

Earlier, Congress workers gathered at the NPCC office holding placards that read “Mahatma Gandhi’s idea still relevant”, “Punish those glorifying killers of “ S o m e h o w R a h u l i s Mahatma Gandhi,” along turning the narrative as with a banner that read Rahul versus Modi.”

“Nationwide protest against NEW DELHI, FEB 4 (AGENCIES): Following the daily revision in fuel prices, petrol prices fell for the fifth straight day on Monday while diesel also became cheaper. Petrol prices in all the metro cities fell between 10-16 paise per litre on Monday while diesel became cheaper by 8-12 paise. Petrol prices in New Delhi were cut by 15 paise to Rs 70.59 a litre on Monday. Diesel became cheaper by 10 paise to Rs 65.61. Meanwhile, in Dimapur, the price of petrol fell by 15 paise to Rs. 68.35 Monday as against Rs. 68.49 on Sunday and diesel price fell to Rs. 63.12, down 11 paise from Sunday’s price. In the state capital Kohima, a litre of petrol and diesel was retailing at Rs. 69.17 and Rs. 63.75 respectively.

area, was denied permission, bundled into police jeeps and whisked to a police station on Sunday.

Amid noisy protests by the TMC members, Singh told the Lok Sabha the police action was “unprecedented” since CBI was stopped from lawfully doing its duty when it wanted to question Kumar regarding the chit fund scams.

Earlier, opposition parties in Lok Sabha attacked the government over the alleged misuse of central agencies against political rivals, saying it was against democratic norms.

TMC leader Saugata Roy said there is a crisis in West Bengal and accused the Centre of “misusing” CBI to politically capture

the state.

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge charged that the government was using CBI as a weapon to finish the Opposition and put in place an autocratic regime.

Proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were also washed out amid ruckus by TMC members over the issue of alleged misuse of the CBI by the Centre.

As soon as the House assembled, slogan shouting by the TMC members resulted in adjournment of the House till 2 PM. The same situation prevailed when the House resumed in the afternoon.

TMC leader Derek O’Brien had moved a notice for discussion on the issue.

But he was told by Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu that he can raise this issue during Zero Hour as also during the debate on motion of thanks to the President on his address.

In the meanwhile, TMC and SP members trooped into the well and started raising slogans.

When TMC members did not show any signs of relenting, Naidu adjourned the House for the day.

Govt ‘insensitive’ towards indigenous NE people: UCFNEI

gospel within its neighborhood and town. The members also resolved to intensify the ministry of care and support for Churches and associations within NBCC in need of financial support and human resources. The house resolved to encourage the stronger and the more privileged associations and Churches to provide for, and shoulder the responsibility for those in need.

Further, NBCC resolved to cooperate with the state government in all their policies for the welfare of the people. However, the council said any programs/plans implemented at the cost of compromising Christian faith and Biblical values will not be entertained. While acknowledging the importance of providing opportunities to publicize Naga culture, the NBCC said it will take responsibility to edify the members to embrace the teaching of Jesus and live

out Biblical culture.

Fourthly, the members decided to continually recognize and accept the remarkable and distinctive role of women in the Church and society and give them due credit and privileges. This way it will encourage and create an opportunity for women to represent and take part in policy making -- even in the government, it added.

Taking serious note of how children and youth were becoming more and more desensitized to Biblical principles and Christian living, the Churches also resolved to implement “intentional Children and Youth ministry”.

“In order to lead our children towards righteous living, teaching them biblical values, purity of life and sex education should be instilled in their minds when they are still young-- (Proverbs 22:6),” NBCC stated.

NEW DELHI, FEB 4 (PTI): Leaders of several opposition parties petitioned the Election Commission on Monday and demanded that 50 per cent of EVM results should be cross-checked with voter verifiable paper audit trails (VVPATs) before declaring final Lok Sabha election results.

Leaders of 23 political parties met Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, seeking redressal of the issue of alleged tampering of electronic voting machines (EVMs) before Lok Sabha polls. The leaders told the Election Commission the people of the country doubted the efficacy of EVMs and this issue needs to be redressed.

The Election Commission said it has heard the concerns of the parties on their demands related to the counting of VVPAT slips and assured them that the

Opposition leaders at a press conference, in Delhi on Monday. (PTI)

issues raised would be “deliberated and examined”.

“While considering the averments made by the political parties, the Commission shall also keep in view the pronouncements made by the different courts as well as the report expected shortly from the Indian Statistical Institute on the subject, besides the overall administrative and operational feasibility on the ground, before firming up any response,” the EC said in a statement.

The opposition parties had earlier sought moving back to the ballot paper system, but after the Election Commission categorically ruled it out, they changed their strategy and are now demanding matching of results of 50 per cent EVMs with VVPATs. “In these trying and testing times, we are writing to you as members of an exalted constitutional institution, tasked with the responsibility of ensuring free and fair elections,

which in turn is the bedrock of democracy and has repeatedly been held to be part of the unamendable basic structure of the Indian Constitution,” according to a memorandum signed by leaders of all 23 parties, including Congress president Rahul Gandhi and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, to the poll panel.

The delegation included Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ahmed Patel and Anand Sharma of the Congress, Chandrababu Naidu (TDP), Majid Memon (NCP), Derek O’Brien (Trinamool Congress), Ramgopal Yadav (SP), Satish Chandra Misra (BSP), Omar Abdullah (NC), Mohd Salim and T K Rangarajan (CPI-M), Manoj Jha (RJD), Sanjay Singh (AAP), D Raja (CPI), Danish Ali (JD-S), N K Premchandran (RSP), Badruddin Ajmal (AIUDF) and K G Kenye (NPF).

NPCC joins nation-wide stir against Hindu Mahasabha NPF castigates PDA for its ‘flip-flop’ over CAB

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NPCC party workers and functionaries during the protest in Dimapur, Monday (NP).

Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha for shooting and burning Gandhiji’s effigy and honouring his killer,” to protest the shocking and controversial re-enactment of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination by Hindu Mahasabha.

At the press conference held after the protest, NPCC

president K Therie, who also vehemently condemned the controversial celebration, remarked, “They shot Mahatma Gandhi not because of any crime, but because he stood for secularism, peace, and brotherhood, and as he recognised we are not different because of our religion, caste or creed.”

Therie, who accused Gandhi’s killers of trying to subvert the constitution, said, “The assassination was also to facilitate changes in the Constitution of India, to steer the nation towards the idea of Hindutva,” while also opposing the Hindutva ideology.

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DIMAPUR, FEB 4 (NPN): Reiterating that it stood opposed to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, NPF has condemned the NDPP-led PDA government for being indecisive and confusing the Naga people with its “fickle and inconsistent decisions every other day”.

In a communiqué issued by its press bureau, the opposition party also announced that it would be party to all likeminded political parties of the Northeast who stood for the welfare and protection of indigenous people of the region, and not to the political party that was “all words and no action”.

Advising NDPP to cultivate “more facta” & “less verba” and govern with responsibility by displaying the will to serve and protect the people, NPF said it would not be surprised to read about a cabinet deci-

sion not to oppose the Bill in coming days, as “cabinet decisions of this NDPP-led PDA government of late have been changing every alternate day”.

Meanwhile, in what can be termed as a major fillip to the ongoing campaign against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and as a followup to the North Eastern Region’s Political Parties Convention on the Bill held at Guwahati on January 29, representatives of major political parties of the region, including NPF, met Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday (February 3) and apprised him on the dissent and ongoing furore the Bill had caused in the region after it was passed in Lok Sabha on January 8, 2019.

Keeping in mind the uproar among the indigenous people of the Northeast and to discuss the effect

of CAB on the region, a meeting of all regional political parties was convened at Guwahati, in which NPF was represented by its legislators and workers led by leader of NPF Legislature Party TR Zeliang.

The delegation comprised leaders of regional political parties and was led by Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma.

NPF Manipur unit president Awangbo Newmai, who was in the delegation, was authorised to represent the parent party, the communiqué added.

Other members of the delegation included Meghalaya’s deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong (NPP), AGP president Atul Bora, AGP adviser Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Keshav Mahanta, Jitendra P Baishya and P Choudhury from AGP, besides Mevar Kumar Jamatia from IPFT. K Y M C

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Empowering SC and ST entrepreneurs ‘National scheduled caste-scheduled tribe Hub State Conclave’ to be held in Dimapur today

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DIMAPUR, FEB 4 (NPN): National SC-ST Hub (NSSH), a Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise, GoI is organizing an ‘NSSH State Conclave’ on February 5 at Agri Expo Hall, 4th Mile Dimapur to bring together CPSEs, Industry Associations and the State Government to a common platform. The conclave will also and deliberate steps to be taken to fulfil Public Procurement Policy mandate for SC-ST entrepreneurs.

Giving a briefing about the conclave, National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC) North East Zonal manager, Dr. Avinash Choudhary said that the event is an initiative to empower entrepreneurs belonging to schedule castes and schedule tribes.

The program aims at coalescing efforts of all the

Organizers of the National SC ST Hub State Conclave with Lithrongla G Chishi at the press conference. (DIPR) stakeholders towards creating a supportive ecosystem for inclusive growth of SCST entrepreneurs. NSIC, a Mini-Ratna CPSE under the Ministry of MSME is the implementing agency for the scheme of NSSH which is organically linked

to the Public Procurement Policy (PPP) 2012. PPP 2012 states that 25% of goods and services procured by the Central ministry, departments, and CPSEs, shall be from Medium and Small Enterprises (MSEs) and 25% of such procure-

Dimapur Police crime reports

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Police throught its additional deputy commissioner of Police/PRO has released its crime reports covering cases from January end to February.

One arrested for collecting illegal taxes: Dimapur Police arrested one Hoto Yepthomi, rajapeyu, NSCN (I-M), presently residing at Thilixu block-I, Dimapur, on February 4 for collecting illegal tax from vendors. Rs. 1,550 cash was seized from his possession.

Dimapur Police recovers stolen revolver: Dimapur Police arrested one Rehabuddin Das and recovered a stolen revolver, on February 3. The arrested accused admitted that he had stolen the revolver which he sold to a resident of Guwahati.

Pistols seized: Dimapur Police manning the Khatkhati check post, intercepted one motor cycle, bearing Registration number AS03-N-2297, and seized one .32 Pistol and one

The duo arrested with The accused with the a pistol. stolen revolver. magazine on January 30.

The accused persons were identified as Lan Kamei (30 years) of Nungba Village, Nungba district, Tamenglong, Manipur, and presently a resident of Naga Colony, Burma Camp; and Thanthaolung (34 years) of New Jalukie village, Jalukie, Peren.

Also, earlier on January 25, Dimapur police, during MVCP duty at Nagarjan power-grid area, intercepted one suspected Maruti Alto vehicle (NL07H-9224) and seized one .22 pistol (coun-

try made) with magazine and five live rounds from the possession of Mughahoto Zhimo (35 years), of Ghowoto village, P/S. SBN Dimapur; and Vito Shohe (24 years), of Lothavi village, presently residing at Ghowoto village, Dimapur.

Dimapur Police arrest theft accused: Dimapur police arrested one John Taite (23 years), of New Colony Crossing gate Lumding, Lankarut Hojai, Assam, in connection with a theft case registered earlier at East PS Dimapur on January 27.

MWO condemns alleged rape

DIMAPUR: The Midland Women Organisation (MWO), Kohima has strongly condemned the alleged rape of an eleven year old girl by one Robert Debburman, reportedly hailing from Tripura and temporarily residing in lower Midland , Kohima, as reported in local dailies on February 2.

MWO president, Saninuo Yhome, in a press release stated that it seriously views the action as a heinous crime by a

clergyman in a state where the people are fighting for safety and security of the girl child. Offering prayers for the victim and her family, the MWO appealed to the concerned authority to take appropriate action according to the law of the land.

The MWO also warned any person or organisation trying to bail out the accused that they shall be doing so at their own risk.

ment (4% of total) shall be from SC & ST owned MSEs. Industries and commerce, Nagaland, commissioner and secretary, Lithrongla G Chishi, who will be the guest of honour for the program, stated that

a request has also been made to the deputy commissioner to nominate entrepreneurs under the PMEGP as per the administration’s observations.

Forum of SC/ST Legislatures and Parliamentarians, national working president and the director general of Dr Ambedkar Chamber of Commerce, Inder Iqbal Sing Atwal pointed out that the event was an important initiative by the Government of India (GoI) which is being supported by the state government. Iqbal said that the chief minister of Nagaland and Governor were also serious about promoting this scheme in Nagaland and were optimistic that it will be implemented in a transparent manner to promote entrepreneurs.

Peter Thawngneihchina, branch manager of NSIC-NSSHO Guwahati was also present during the interaction.

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news in Brief SUK general meeting: Sangtam Union Kohima (SUK) has convened its 47th general meeting for February 9, 10:30 a.m. at Capital Convention Centre. All members of the Sangtam community residing within Kohima district have been requested to attend the meeting. Absentees will be fined.

KPU general meeting: Kandi Public Union (KPU) has convened its general meeting for February 9, at 11 a.m. at Sishunu village council hall. Roll call will be taken at the meeting spot. All citizens living in different parts of Nagaland have been asked to attend the meeting. All unit presidents and village chairmen have been requested to submit names of the head of family on or before February 7.

Genuine agendas may be submitted to unit presidents or village council chairmen for discussion. Unit presidents and chairmen have been asked to submit agendas to the house after proper scrutiny.

NLSF meeting on Feb 5: Nagaland Law Student Federation (NLSF) has informed members that a meeting will be held on February 5 at K2 near Red Cross Conference Hall (Kohima), from 11:30 am. It has requested all executives to attend the meeting without fail.

FONSESA federal council meeting: Federation of Nagaland State Engineering Service Associations (FONSESA) has convened a federal council meeting

for February 6, 3 pm at the FONSESA office conference hall, Kohima. All federal council members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

NSCN (I-M) national fasting: Council of Nagalim Churches (CNC) has informed NSCN (I-M) members that as per a directive from the general secretary, in view of national necessity and for electing the chairman and vice chairman, a national fasting will be held on February 10, 8 am at council headquarters’ Church, Hebron. All the members have been requested to participate in the national fasting prayer service.

Longleng DPDB picnic on Feb 8: The Longleng DPDB meet-&-picnic will be held on February 8 at Nangmah phang (Dikhu River) under Tamlu ADC Hq. All the members have been requested to reach the spot before 9 am.

Wokha DPDB meeting deferred: The Wokha District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting, which was fixed for February 7, has been deferred till further notice. (DIPR) Mokokchung DPDB meeting on February 7: The Mokokchung District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting will be held on February 7 at the Conference Hall of the ADC (Planning), Mokokchung from 11 am. All DPDB members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail. (DIPR)

NVCO welcomes Lokayukta in Nagaland DIMAPUR: The Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) has expressed gratitude to the State government for appointing former Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court as Lokayukta in implementing the Nagaland Lokayukta Act 2017. This, NVCO said, was fulfilment of the wishes of the people in Nagaland.

NVCO president, Kezhokhoto Savi, in a press release also asked government to allow Lokayukta to work independently without lack of prosecution powers and also to provide sufficient manpower with proper facilities so it may work as the most effective and powerful statutory body, empowered to probe complaints of corruption and abuse of power. All offices, including the state chief minister’s office, comes under the ambit of Lokayukta, it added.

It gave an explanation of what Lokayukta is and said that when any individual complains against a public servant related to corruption, mal-administration, favouritism, nepotism, etc, the Lokayukta looks into such matters and if the allegations prove

true, the public servant is punished The NVCO brought up the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report which included 25 cases of mis-appropriation of funds amounting to Rs.230.33 crores up to March 31, 2017 pertaining to 14 departments. It pointed out that similar CAG reports had been placed before the State Legislative Assembly in the past, and the Accounts Committee took the matters up but with no results. “…rather it simply get closed which was very unfortunate” it added. The NVCO further added that besides the instances mentioned in the CAG report, high rates of corruption in the form of nepotism, favouritism, embezzlement, extortion, backdoor appointments, deduction of contractors bill by way of commission in the name of Party fund, etc., affect infrastructural development in the state.

This causes deplorable road conditions, poor health care, pitiable condition of government buildings including schools, hospitals, district offices, poor water supply, deficiency services of electricity, etc.

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lieutenant General MM Naravane visited HQ IG Assam Rifles (North) and border locations of Eastern Nagaland on February 3 and 4, to review the security situation and interacted with troops of Assam Rifles. On February 3, he also called on chief minister, Neiphiu Rio and discussed the security situation in the state. (PRO, HQ IGAR-N)

Threatened species owl rescued and released in Pungro DIMAPUR: Pungro Area College Students’ Union (PACSU) released a rare species of owl at Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary in the presence of wildlife division Kiphire on February 3.

A press release from PACSU president, Tokiu Yimchunger stated that the bird was rescued from a poacher at Pungro town

by PACSU. The bird had been caught by a villager in the vicinity of Tsudowong village on February 2.

Noted ornithologist and creator of Vannya, a digital bird guide, Shashank Dalvi helped in identifying the species. It was an Eastern Grass Owl, a rare species usually found in South East Asia and listed in the IUCN Red List of threatened species 2016, and protected under the India Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972.

The union has acknowledged K. Kiusang Yimchunger, range forest officer, wildlife divi-

Members of PACSU, wildlife division Kiphire personnel The Eastern Grass Owl rescued and others at Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary with the owl. and released by the PACSU.

sion Kiphire and his staff, Union and Bhutan Glory execution in helping the Fakim Village Council, Eco Club Fakim for their bird get back to its natural Fakim Village Students’ timely intervention and habitat.

More reports of ATMA activities from across the State

Niuland block & KVK Jharnapani joint visit DIMAPUR: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), a society of key stake holders, has been continually working to teach and show farmers the latest and most efficient farming methods. Following are some reports of its activities.

Niuland block & KVK Jharnapani joint visit to Toria field: ATMA Dimapur, Niuland block went on a joint visit with KVK Jharnapani to a Toria (TS-67 variety) field at K

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Niuland town on January 19. The field belongs to Achipi SHG. The SHGs had received toria seeds during an ATMA demonstration in collaboration with KVK Jharnapani during the month of November 2018. The field is located in two clusters at a combined area of one acre belonging to the SHG women farmers.

A press release from AT M N i u l a n d b l o c k , Sukhabo Swu stated that during the joint vis-

it, resource person from KVK-Jharnapani, ACTO (Agronomy), CH. Roben Singh, treated certain plants infected with pests like aphids and had wrinkled and shrunk. This may have spread to other plants resulting in reduction in yield. He explained the use of yellow sticky fly traps which should be done manually to practice organic growing.

The resource person also examined the plants in the field and found the seed

Chizami block Farmer Group Mobilization pods healthy and normal.

He sensitized the women farmers on irrigation saying it should be conducted at least once in a week for proper yield. He calculated that the one acre of toria cultivation may yield approximately 200 kgs during harvest probably by February first week. He said that the yield could have been more but due to lack of a water source nearby and lower soil fertility, the yield will be a little less than what could have been.

Chizami block inaugurates Banana Farm School: ATMA Phek, Chizami block inaugurated a banana farm school on January 28 at Chizami village.

A press release from ATMA Chizami block stated that the resource person, BTM Zevosenuo Rutsa, highlighted the concept and purpose of farm schools and how they can benefit not only the farmer concerned but whole village as well. Wetenyi Ela

Shamator block Farmer Group Mobilization was appointed as the farm school teacher.

A training program and demonstration of cultivation practices of banana, intercropping of maize and soyabean were also conducted with ATM Atso as the resource person.

Farmers groups were also mobilized at Chizami, Mesulumi and Enhulumi villages.

Shamator block inaugurates banana farm school: ATMA Tuensang, Shamator block inaugurat-

ed a “banana farm school” at Yakor village on January 24, chaired by Ketholezo Kipu ATM where he highlighted the concept and operationalizing system of farm schools.

A press release from ATMA Tuensang stated that the resource person for the farm school was Yimobendang BTM, who spoke on “Cultivation practices of banana”. N. Throngso was appointed the farm school teacher.

A group mobilization

program was also conducted at Shamator village on January 24. Formation of SHG, its function proper keeping of records and opening of bank account was explained in brief by Yimobendang (BTM) Shamator block.

The participants also shared their views and opinions and thanked ATMA for organizing such programs.

The team was led by Mukam fishery demonstrator (FD) under department of fishery and ATMA officials.

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Dr. Thorhusie Katiry speaking at the program. (NP)

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guest at the event, NHAK managing director, Dr. Thorhusie Katiry, said the World Cancer Day was very important and significant in the context of Nagaland where the scenario of cancer cases was very sad affecting many families.

Dr. Katiry reported that out of many patients who come to the hospital every week, around 2-3 were cancer patients.

He said many people lose hope when cancer is detected. However, Dr. Katiry said that cancer is curable if detected at the early stages. He advocated for more awareness about the disease.

Though human sci-

ence and technology, he said, had advanced, one should regularly check the foods they eat, water they drink and lifestyles they live, because cancer cases have become common these days.

Stressing on the importance of the theme, Dr. Katiry urged medical professionals and intellectuals to carry forward the message of cancer and spread awareness that cancer was curable.

He also advised the gathering not to scare others regarding the cancer disease, but work jointly to reduce cancer statistics in the state.

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WEATHER FORECAST February 5

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Agartala Hazy sun

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Guwahati Hazy sun Imphal

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Correspondent KOHIMA, FEB 4 (NPN): Along with the rest of the world, Nagaland observed World Cancer Day (WCD) under the theme, “I am, I will”, at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK), on Monday, organised

by NHAK and Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Nagaland.

World Cancer Day, organised by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and celebrated each year on February 4, is an opportunity to rally the international community to end the injustice of preventable suffering from cancer.

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Assam Rifles officers measure and record physical statistics of candidates during the Pre-Recruitment Screening Test in Jessami on February 3.

DIMAPUR: Phek Battalion of Assam Rifles, under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North), conducted a ‘Pre-Recruitment Screening Test’ in Jessami on February 3.

A press release by Assam Rifles stated that the aim of the program was to select meritorious candidates who will be given training for the

Army/Assam Rifles/Territorial Army Recruitment Rally. People from the Chakhesang tribe, youth from Jessami, Laniye and Lozaphemi villages attended the screening.

Their documents were also checked so that they may learn what documents they would require. The youth were also checked for medical fitness

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as according to medical standards required in the forces.

The pre-recruitment screening was conducted to motivate youth to join the Security Forces and to make them aware about the standards required to join the security forces before they go to attempt getting through any recruitment rally.

DIMAPUR: Food & Civil Supplies department, in regard to an earlier press release dated January 28, has informed beneficiaries of some changes regarding the renewal of Priority House Holds (PHH) Ration Cards.

A press release from assistant director, Food & Civil Supplies, S. Kavito Aomi, stated that beneficiaries are to submit the existing Priority House Holds ration card in original at their respective Fair Shops, which it will then submit onward to the Food & Civil Supplies office for renewal.

Kavito added that the documents required for the renewal will be as follows: passport photos (two copies) of existing beneficiaries, photocopy of Aadhaar cards of all family members listed in the existing card, and a duly filled renewal form which will be issued by the Fair Price shop.

The release stated that the last date of submission has been set at March 15.

principal investigator Dr. Vinotsole Khamo, giving a slide-show presentation on cancer, also pointed out that cancer was treatable if detected in the early stages. She said that the leading types of cancer in males were Nasopharynx (19.27), stomach (17.45), oesophagus (16.06) etc and for females, the cervix (19.09), stomach (13.64), breasts (11.82) etc.

She also highlighted cancer symptoms and signs of oral, throat, stomach, liver, lung, colorectal, breast, skin and other types of the disease. Dr. Khamo said cancer can strike anyone irrespective of age, colour, religion, race or nationality.

In this regard, she advised the people eat healthy foods and ensure proper nutrition, perform physical activities and daily exercise, lessen exposure to sunlight, avoid artificial foods and food products, avoid the habit of chewing tobacco and drinking alcohol, maintain proper hygiene etc.

The prog ram was chaired by Dr. Lalkrawsthangi Khalo, a welcome song was presented by students of school of nursing NHAK and a vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Zuchamo Patton.

Teach for Tobu initiative

TASU and MVSU office bearers during inspection of one of the schools proposed for adoption.

TASU draws action plans, invites volunteer teachers DIMAPUR: As decided during its federal meeting from January 8 to 15, Tobu Area Students’ Union (TASU) has begun work to adopt the three Government Middle Schools (GMSs) and one Government Primary School (GPS).

The union initiated a first phase public consultation from January 28 to February 3 with stake holders of Monyakshu, Pessao, Yongkhao and Tamkoang villages, regarding the school adoption program under the “Teach for Tobu” initiative.

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TASU press & corresponding secretary, Moba A. S. Konyak stated that during the consultation, the union interacted with VECs, village councils and student unions from all four villages and it was agreed that the stakeholders would cooperate with TASU for successful implementation of the adoption program.

TASU also inspected, with site visits, the proposed schools. Issues such as shortages of desks, benches, teachers, and poor infrastructure, high dropout rates, and irregular teachers were identified and these were discussed with the stakeholders.

The union will be undertaking improvement and renovation activities for the school buildings by constructing benches,

desks and fencings around the school campus. It will develop the school gardens and take action to improve enrolment.

Any interested youth committed towards helping lesser privileged children and willing to volunteer their services as teachers may contact phone number 8974453379.

The second phase of consultation will be held with teaching staff of the four villages from February 11 to 16 after which a formal launching program will be initiated in the last week of February.

TASU has requested all the teachers to be present at station failing which the union will be compelled to write a complaint letter to the DEO Mon for further course of action.

Women taught to make sanitary-pads

Participants and resource persons of the three day workshop on Cloth Pad Revolution conducted in Jalukie.

DIMAPUR: North East Rural Livelihood Project, Ministry of DoNER, GoI, RuTAG (IIT Madras) and Ecco Femme, conducted a three day workshop on Cloth Pad Revolution from January 28 to 30, at Community Learning Business Resource Centre (CLBRC), Jalukie town, Peren.

A press release from District Co. L&RM, NER-

LP-Peren, Amos Newme, stated that the workshop provided a holistic approach to menstruation; sharing menstrual experiences, learning about menstruation, menstrual hygiene, cycle tracking and assessing different products that are available for women’s health, besides discussing environmental and financial impacts.

It stated that 13

women Self Help Groups (SHGs) attended the workshop, where they learned to stitch cloth pads. Made by women Self Help Group members, the pads will provide livelihood to tailors as well as a sustainable means for those that want to switch to a healthy and green period.

The cloth pads are sanitary napkins that can be re-used a minimum of

75 times, made with soft, absorbent cotton flannel and a leak proof layer and wings that fasten around the underwear.

The pads are hygienic, healthy and eco-friendly, alternative to plastic disposable sanitary napkins (DSN) that are estimated to take 500-800 years to decompose. The pads will be branded Tadi Pads, the release stated.

Agro servicing centre inaugurated in Peren district LRD bids farewell to Director

DIMAPUR: An Agro Servicing Centre under the Agriculture department in Peren district, was inaugurated

by Dr. Tinojongshi Chang, ADC Jalukie in Mhainamtsi on January 29.

A press release from Agriculture department Peren, media cell stated that Dr. Tinojongshi, in his inaugural speech, stated that only Agriculture could produce and provide food for all human beings.

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Citing the example of Punjab which, he said, was the most advanced state in Agriculture Technology, he encouraged the gathering saying that Naga farmers should also catch up with advancing technology to achieve maximum production.

Congratulating the proprietors of the servicing centres, Dr. Tinojongshi urged participants and beneficiaries to utilise the

services with cooperation for their benefit.

Earlier in the program, Hewoto Sema, DAO Peren, while delivering the keynote address, explained the facilities provided by the department under SMAM (Sub –Mission on Agriculture Mechanization).

He also stated that with the launching of Agro servicing centres in the district, farmers, especially power tiller beneficiaries,

could take advantage of the Centres to repair and replace machine parts.

Hewoto also instructed proprietors of the centres to give their best service for the welfare of farmers. The program was chaired by Imtilepzuk SDAO Jalukie, a welcome address and concluding remark were delivered by Mapeuheile Ndang, AO, and Dr. Zieliegai Ndang, deputy director, respectively.

Renben Lotha, lauded the outgoing director for his tremendous contributions to society and for streamlining the department.

He said that under the extraordinary leadership of the outgoing officer, the department, while “grounded on a long-term humanitarian vision, focused on green Infrastructure” that would lead to environmental ethics and restoration of regional integrity.

The prog ram was chaired by joint director, A. Panjung Jamir. Invocation and benediction were offered by deputy director, Puvili Kikhi and Neilhoukhoto Kuotsu. Vote A traditional blacksmith’s hammer in Phelungre village of thanks was delivered of Kiphire District. (Tsipise Antony) by joint director, Albert Ngullie. Speeches was also National DAV Public School delivered on behalf of the By-Pass Road, College Chowk, Udakishunganj, Ministerial staff from RegDist: Madhepura (Bihar) - 832220 istrar, Botovi Sema; from Districts DPO Dimapur, INTERESTED CANDIDATE Acalu Chishi; from State We need experienced or fresher teacher who can teach Level Nodal Agency, Tech- up to IX std. (Grammar, Social, Science, +1 warden) nical Advisor, Benthung Apply on or before 15.02.2019 and speeches from family, friends and well-wishers Salary : 8k-10k (Free Fooding & Lodging) were also delivered. A WhatsApp/Contact : 7005581820, 9430006202 special number was pre- (ndavps2611@gmail.com) sented by Dziesekhrienuo Lanurenba Principal, National DAV Public School, Udakishunganj Keretsu.

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Dr. Tinojongshi Chang, department officials and participants after the inaugural program on January 29.

DIMAPUR: The Land Resources Department (LRD) organized a farewell program for outgoing director, Hoto Yeptho on January 31 at the Directorate of Land Resources.

According to DIPR, Hoto Yeptho, in his farewell speech, said that during his service, he had faced both success and failure, but he had always given his best and that is why he was retiring with no regrets.

He also shared some experiences from his service and lauded officers and staff for their commendable duties and urged them to continue to give their best.

Hoto thanked the department for taking the initiative of organizing such a grand retirement program for him and offered his help should it be required anytime.

Commissioner & secretary, Kikheto Sema, in a farewell speech, stated that Yeptho had served sincerely, discharged his duties diligently, and had delivered his best work for the people of the State.

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Rohingya row at border: 8 women, 17 children released

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh and others at the 3rd World Bamboo Workshop in Imphal on Monday. (NP)

Aga rtala , F e b 4 (PTI): A Rohingya Muslim group of eight women and 17 children, who were arrested after being stuck at the India-Bangladesh border last month, was on Monday released from jail following deposit of bail bonds by Rohingya Refugee Community.

Judicial Magistrate (First Class), S L Tripura Monday ordered for releasing them from jail after the bail bonds of Rs 5,000 for each of them were deposited.

The Magistrate also granted bails for six Rohingya men, also of the same stranded group, during the day on condition that Rs

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IMPHAL, Feb 4: The third World Bamboo Workshop got underway in Imphal on Monday after it was inaugurated by Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh at Imphal’s City Convention Centre.

Delegates from 34 countries are participating in the workshop which will continue till February 8.

In his address, Singh called for promotion and plantation of bamboo and lauded the World Bamboo

Organization for initiating a global movement to bring people together for promoting the use of bamboo.

He appealed to the Bamboo Society of India to open its Manipur chapter for a bamboo mission in Manipur and hoped that the region would get benefits from the experts.

“We share the vision of the World Bamboo Organization and sincerely seek the assistance and cooperation of their institution and sister networks, in the matter of plantation, cultivation,

processing of bamboo, marketing of bamboo products and technology upgrade and skill development”, Singh said.

The chief minister also pointed out that India has 15.69 million hectares of land under bamboo, the second largest after China. But India’s share in the world bamboo trade of 1.5 billion dollars is insignificant.

Whereas, according to Singh, North Eastern states have only 28 percent of land under bamboo but it has 66 percent of growing stock

and is also biggest supplier of bamboo in India.

He therefore hoped that the workshops would help prepare a future road map for Bamboo in Manipur.

State textiles, commerce and industry minister Th Biswajit said that the state government has drafted a separate policy for bamboo under the joint efforts of the department of textiles, commerce and industry and department of forest and environment.

“The draft policy is ready but the government wants to add more constructive inputs from the workshop,” he said.

The five-day workshop is jointly organised by World Bamboo Organisation and the government of Manipur.

The workshop is being held in Manipur for the first time in Asia. The first edition of the workshop was held in Mexico in 2017 and the second edition in Peru in 2018.

World Bamboo Workshop is the largest international multi-disciplinary theoretical and practical event in which people from all over the world participate along with world leaders and experts to discuss the use of bamboo.

30,000 is to be deposited per person.

Advocate Prasenjit Debnath, who moved the bail petition for the Rohingyas men, said if the bail bonds are deposited on February 8, when they would be produced in the court again, they would be freed.

Meanwhile, Md Shaqir, a member of Rohingya Refugee Community, who came from Delhi for depositing the bail bonds, told reporters that he would talk to his community for gathering the money for bail bonds for the six men, who were again taken to jail as bail bonds could not be deposited.

Lalnunmawia appointed new Mizoram chief secretary

Aizawl, Feb 4 (PTI): The Ministry of Home Affairs Monday appointed Lalnunmawia Chuaungo as the new chief secretary of Mizoram, an official notification said.

Chuaungo, a Gujarat cadre IAS officer of the 1987 batch replaces Arvind Ray, it said. Ray has been transferred to Delhi, it added. Chuaungo, while posted as the principal secretary for Home and Finance department before the Mizoram Assembly election last year was dragged into a controversy after former state chief electoral officer S B Shashank had accused him of interfering in the election process prompting the Election Commission to transfer Chuaungo to Delhi.

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Assam Finance Dept to use social media for state budget

Guwahati, Feb 4 (PTI): For the first time, the Assam Finance Department will use social media as an additional platform to inform and engage citizens on the state’s 2019-20 budget.

A decision to this effect was taken by the department as social media is an effective tool to gauge public mood, acquire feedback and also to engage citizens for the forthcoming budget, a spokesman of the department said Monday.

The budget will be presented by state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the Assembly on February 6.

The use of social media for seeking people’s participation and inputs in the budget is also one of the first of its kind experiment in the country and has been very effective so far, the spokesman said.

In 11 days, the department has reached out to more than 1.6 lakh people by posting 200 feeds on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in 11 days, he said.

The use of this dynamic medium, in addition to other traditional means, has been inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas’ and also in keeping with the commitment to adhere to the principles of participatory governance, he said.

One of the key objectives of the social media campaign outreach strategy has been to create a bonding with the vibrant pool of youngsters and many other tech-savvy people of Assam, the spokesman said.

The state government’s budget app, called Assam Budget, is also a unique initiative towards a ‘Digital India’.

Rawat reviews preparedness of It seems nobody is alive: 251 sedition cases filed in Assam army along Line of Actual Control SC on Meghalaya miners Itanagar, Feb 4 (PTI): Army Chief General Bipin Rawat reviewed the preparedness of the Indian Army along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) during his two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Defence sources said Monday.

Ar unachal Pradesh shares a 1,080 km border with China, 520 km border with Myanmar and 217-km border with Bhutan.

The Army chief started his North East tour with a visit to the Spear Corps headquarters, Rangapahar Military Station, Dimapur in Nagaland on Sunday, they said.

Gen Rawat reviewed the operational preparedness of Spear Corps and expressed satisfaction with the preparedness along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and lauded its people friendly counter-insurgency operations, officials said.

Acknowledging that the troops have been ensuring peace and tranquility in the region by their dedicated hard work in difficult terrain and operational conditions, he told officers and troops during interaction to work tirelessly and in a professional manner to accomplish their task.

The Spear Corps, besides undertaking extensive

counter-insurgency operations in North-East is also responsible for operations along the LAC in Arunachal Pradesh that borders China.

The Army chief called on the Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) B D Mishra and held talks with him at Raj Bhavan here.

Praising the state people for helping the Indian Army in a big way, Gen Rawat stressed on their united efforts in national interest.

G u wahat i , F e b 4 (Agencies): The Supreme Court on Monday maintained that the trapped miners in Meghalaya seemed to have not alive.

According to an India Today report, referring to the 15 miners who were trapped in an illegal rat-hole mine in East Jaintia Hills district, Justice AK Sikri said, “It seems to be certain that nobody is alive.”

Justice Sikri said during the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) which was filed in the apex court

seeking urgent steps for rescuing the miners trapped in the rat-hole mine since December 13 last year.

20 miners had descended in the mine in Ksan village in East Jaintia District of Meghalaya on December 13 last year.

As water from the river flooded the mine, five miners were able to climb out of the mine. However, the rest of the miners were trapped. Both Central and state governments faced flak for being slow to mount an effective rescue effort.

G u wahat i , F e b 4 (PTI): Assam government has registered a total of 245 sedition cases since the BJP-led alliance came to power in the state in 2016, the Assembly was informed on Monday.

In a written reply, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said 245 sedition cases were filed against various individuals and banned

organisations since May 26, 2016 when the present coalition government took charge.

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by Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia of the Congress, Patowary said sedition cases have been filed against militant groups such as ULFA(I), NDFB (S), NDFB(B), KLO, NSLA, NSLA(AT), UPLFS, DHD, DHNA,

NSCN(IM), ZUF and ATF among others. Such cases were also registered against several individuals, Patowary said on behalf of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who also holds the Home portfolio.

Two sedition cases were slapped on RTI activist-cum- peasant leader Akihil Gogoi in Dibrugarh district and Guwahati city.

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MOKOKCHUNG SENSO TELONGJEM DIMAPUR Through this column, we the Mokokchung Senso Telongjem Dimapur would like to extend our heartiest Congratulations to our esteemed citizens: 1. Major Imliakum Keitzar (4 th Gorkha Rifles) son of Mr. Temsu Keitzar who was awarded Shaurya Chakra Medal on the 70th Republic Day 2019 for displaying courage, selfless devotion, leardership and conspicuous gallantry during “Operation Rekha” at the LOC at Keran Sector, Kupwara District, J & K. 2. Mr. Tajenkaba, son of Mr. Mapuyanger Longkumer for achieving the 2nd position in Yonex Sunrise 43 rd Indian Masters (Veteran) Badminton Championship held at Mapusa, Goa from 28th Jan 2019 – 3rd Feb 2019

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi with scholar Hiren Gohain and others in New Delhi on Monday.

(UB photo) New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday assured three delegations of the civil society, students, farmers and activists from the Northeast that his party will oppose the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, claimed leaders of the organisations.

The delegations of North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), Forum Against Citizenship Act Amendment Bill (FACAA), led by renowned academician Hiren Gohain, and 70 organisations of Assam,

including Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), met Gandhi and sought his cooperation to stall the bill in the Upper House, where the legislation is pending.

“We have apprised the Congress president about the people’s apprehension about the bill and how it can hurt the indigenous people of the Northeast, its languages and culture. He assured us that the Congress party will oppose the bill in Rajya Sabha,” NESO advisor Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharjya told PTI. The delegation of

FACAA, led by Gohain, also met Gandhi separately where they told him that the bill will violate the basic tenets of the Constitution and the secular foundation of citizenship in the country as it provides for citizenship to all Hindus who come from the neighbouring country.

“The Congress president told us that the party will oppose the bill and will not allow to destroy the language and culture of the Northeast,” convenor of FACAA Manjit Mahanta told PTI. The third delegation, comprising 70 organisations

of Assam, met Gandhi and sought his intervention in “scuttling” the NDA government’s “agenda” to impose the bill on the people of the Northeast.

Gandhi gave the assurance that he would do the needful to ensure that the bill does not get the approval of the Rajya Sabha, a member of the delegation said. The bill provides for according Indian citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after seven years of residence in India

instead of 12 years, which is the norm currently, even if they do not possess any document.

The legislation was passed by the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session on January 8 and has been awaiting Rajya Sabha nod.

There has been strong opposition in Assam and other Northeastern states against the bill.

Political parties have been protesting on the grounds that the bill seeks to grant nationality to nonMuslims who have come up to December 31, 2014, thereby, increasing the deadline from 1971 as per the Assam Accord.

Also, according to the Assam Accord, all illegal immigrants who have come after 1971, irrespective of their religion, have to be deported and this bill violates that. Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament, President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday said the bill will give justice to persecuted minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan through Indian nationality.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also announced that the bill is an “atonement of the wrong that was done during India’s Partition. India will safeguard all who had been victims of the Partition”.

Manik Sarkar (File) A g a rta l a , F e b 4 (IANS): Until the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is withdrawn, protests against it will intensify, especially in the Northeast, former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said on Monday.

Sarkar was addressing a protest rally against the Bill here and said if it became an Act, it would destroy the fundamental facet of the Indian Constitution.

He said the Bharatiya Janata Party government was determined to make the Bill a law for its narrow political interests despite widespread protests.

The Bill seeks to grant citizenship to migrants from six non-Muslim minority groups from Bangladesh,

Pakistan and Afghanistan. If it becomes law, “outsiders” could overwhelm the locals in the northeast, political parties say.

Sarkar, who was Chief Minister for 20 years since 1998, said: “The British once divided the country. Fresh attempts are being made to further divide the nation by destroying the secular fabric of the Constitution...

“Numerous ethnic, religion and linguistic groups, tribals and non-tribals are living in harmony in the Northeast.

“Peace has been established in the Northeast after taming decades of terrorism.

BJP leaders are fuelling the fire for their political and electoral gains,” the Marxist

leader added.

Meanwhile, according to PTI, Manik Sarkar said that the BJP has a “hidden agenda” behind its efforts to get the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha, but the opposition political parties would not allow it.

Addressing a rally here, Sarkar, also the former chief minister of the state, said, “The bill is undemocratic and against the spirit of our constitution. The BJP must be having a hidden agenda behind its efforts to pass the bill, but we would not let that happen.”

The public meeting here was organised as part of CPI(M)’s nationwide protest against the contentious bill. “ I f the bil l is no t scrapped, it would have disastrous impact on the country’s northeastern region and badly affect its demographic profile.

“The BJP is playing with fire and it would destroy the peace and harmony in the north-eastern region”, he said.

Protests have rocked the entire northeast, with organizations and political parties claiming that the bill threatens the identity, language and culture of indigenous people.

Demand for separate NE time zone AGP slams BJP for attempting to nullify Assam Accord

GUWANAHTI, FEB 4 (AGENCIES): Students of IIT-Guwahati are set to launch a campaign demanding a separate time zone for the Northeast in a bid to improve utilization of resources.

India, spread across 3,000km from Gujarat in the west to Nagaland in the east, follows a singular time zone as it stands.

However, studies have shown that separate time zones can improve productivity.

In the year 1884, India had separate time zones. However, after Independence in 1947 the government decided to enforce one time zone across the country to promote unity and patriotism.

Proposals for having multiple time zones in geographically large areas have received academic backing over the years.

Indeed, studies have shown that merely advancing the time can enhance efficiency of several industrial and non-industrial activities, and can save billions of units of electricity.

Given these studies, IIT-Guwahati students believe having a separate time zone can augment productivity in the Northeast.

“During winter months, the sun sets in the North east as early as 4pm. Every day, a common person is losing approximately one hour of daylight. On an average, two years of his life gets wasted, besides facing the risk of various health issues pertaining to it,” Vinit Yadav, a B.Tech student, told TOI. Convinced of the need for a separate time zone, IIT-Guwahati students will now attempt to build public support for their cause through a TEDx event to be organized on February 10.

For the same, they have roped in renowned author Arup Kumar Dutta, who has long campaigned for separate time zones.

The students believe that removing the ‘unjust’ singular time zone will greatly benefit the North East.

“1947 was a long time ago, and demands and circumstances have changed.

Today, we are a developing population with an enormous population. It’s [a separate time zone] required to wisely use all the resources that are at our disposal without any wastage,” says a statement from the organizers of the TEDx event.

G u wa h at i , F e b 4 (PTI): AGP, a former ally of the ruling BJP in Assam, Monday slammed the state government for its alleged attempt to nullify the 1985 Assam Accord and staged a walkout in the state assembly.

The state government, however, said implementation of the accord is a priority and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is holding regular discussions with the Centre on the issue.

During the Question Hour, AGP MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita charged the Centre with trying to nullify the accord by bringing in the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

Responding to Kalita, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said there is no question of

nullifying it and the Centre has recently formed a high-powered committee to implement the Clause 6 of the accord.

Clause 6 of the Assam Accord envisaged that appropriate constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people.

The previous Congress governments in the state took initiatives to define indigenous people, but could not do that due to lack of consensus, he said and assured that the present dispensation will take a decision on it.

To this, Kalita said “you are talking about constitutional safeguards for indigenous people. Has

the Assam government finalised the definition of indigenous people? If not, then how will you give safeguards?

“Lok Sabha polls are there after two months.

Why was the committee not formed two years ago instead of now? Then we would have welcomed the intention of the Centre.”

AIUDF member Mamun Imdadul Haque Chawdhury said that while the Assam Accord spoke about Assamese people, the present government is using the term indigenous people.

“From where has this come? Even the governor’s speech talked about indigenous people. How come has this happened? A wrong

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sised that central schemes be implemented on need basis and not on the basis of pick and chose,” the chief minister said.

He appreciated the district administration for carrying out 15 Sarkar Aapke Dwar camps in the district and reaching out to more than 44,000 beneficiaries.

He said administration has done commendable job despite shortage of officers and staffs due to the district being newly created.

Khandu assured the people that within this year he would lay foundation for new district secretariat and all infrastructure works for setting up of district headquarters would be taken up.

He also said the issue over location of district headquarters would be resolved in the coming days.

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will come to power again and form government in Arunachal Pradesh by winning the next election with absolute majority, According to Northeast Now, Gao, who addressed a mammoth gathering at Kiyit village of Mebo in East Siang district on the occasion of launching ‘Arunachal Rising campaign’ on Sunday, announced that the central BJP leadership has already opted for Pema Khandu as the next CM’s candidate.

Gao also informed that he would be the face of the party in the parliamentary elections from Eastern Arunachal.

Reacting to the Opposition terming BJP as ‘communal’ and ‘Hinduism-based political party’, Gao cleared that his party respects people of all religions and looks every community with same status.

The BJP state president earlier declared that his party would not go for any pre-poll alliance with other parties for the next Assembly elections slated in April this year.

He also urged the state and district level party leaders to make the rural people aware on the various developmental efforts initiated by the Central government with Chief Minister’s flagship schemes implemented in Arunachal.

repatriation pact.

When Kalita wanted to ask since when this process with BGB started, Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami did not allow him, saying only one supplementary question is allowed.

This lead to noisy protests from AGP members.

“We wanted a few answers from the government.

As we did not get them, we are walking out in protest as the issue is a very serious,” the AGP member said and led his party MLAs out of the House.

Patowary said the Centre has for the first time taken a concrete step for constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to Assamese people as per the Assam Accord.

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Work on digital connectivity held up due to litigation issues: Khandu Itanagar/ Pasighat, Feb 4 (PTI/ Agencies): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday said that Centre had sanctioned Rs 1,700 crore for digital connectivity in the state but the work has been held up due to litigation issues.

Launching the third leg of Arunachal Rising campaign at Nari in Lower Siang district, Khandu said the matter has been taken up with the Centre to resolve the matter with urgency, an official release said.

“The Centre has assured to take up the matter immediately,” he said.

The chief minister said that in the past even many elected officials did not knew about the important Central schemes and many such information were holed up somewhere.

“Places such as Tirap, Longding and Changlang districts saw deprivation of Central schemes with such schemes being implemented only in few pockets in the state. However, the situation is different today with Central schemes being implemented evenly across the state irrespective of the constituencies ruled by ruling or opposition party,” he said.

“To make development inclusive and to fight the past deprivation, the state government has empha-

signal should not go from here,” he added.

Congress’s Rakibul Hussain said the Clause 6 talks about land and political rights for people till March 24, 1971, while the Citizenship Bill is self-contradictory in this case.

“Will those coming under the Citizenship Bill not get land or political rights because you are talking about safeguards as per Clause 6,” the former Congress minister asked the government.

Patowary informed the House that foreigners who were detected earlier were pushed back at the IndoBangladesh border, but now they are handed over to Border Guards Bangladesh in absence of any formal

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Saradha scam virus

t is unfortunate, that when a scam of the magnitude of the Saradha chit fund demanded a thorough and impartial probe, the process is now being dogged by political fist fight mainly between the BJP and the TMC while most of those accused are largely on bail. On February 3, when a posse of the CBI went to take custody of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, they were prevented from doing so by the Kolkata Police and instead bundled out and taken to the police station. Not long afterwards, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, predictably, turned it into a political issue against Modi and Shah.

The CBI had alleged that when Rajeev Kumar had handed over the Saradha case, certain crucial documents were “missing”. However, Mamata Banerjee opportunistically changed it into a BJP versus opposition fight. The Saradha chit fund scheme was actually a cheating scheme where lakhs of poor from rural and urban areas were duped with lofty promises of unbelievable returns on their deposits.

The principal accused, Sudipta Sen was the chairman and managing director of the Saradha Group which, through various ponzi schemes, duped lakhs of investors in West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura and Odisha. Sudipta was arrested by West Bengal Police in April 2013 from Sonmarg in Kashmir after being on the run for some time. It was a clever move to pre-empt CBI from making him reveal names of all those involved. When the scam blew the lid in 2013, the then UPA government responded by instituting an inquiry. Next, the Supreme Court ordered the CBI to investigate the Saradha case in May 2014, while the UPA government was on its last legs. The Supreme Court in May 2014 handed over the multi-crore Saradha scam investigation to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI then formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the chit fund scam where lakhs of investors in West Bengal, Odisha and Assam, Jharkhand and Tripura were allegedly duped to the tune of Rs10,000 crore besides examining the role of market regulators like Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Trinamool Congress West Bengal government, all through the hearing of the matter, had strongly resisted the plea for handing over the investigation to the CBI. When the UPA took cognisance, the TMC quit the coalition under the specious plea of opposing direct investment and even joined its most bitter foe, the Left for the no confidence motion against the UPA. Many high profile politicians in West Bengal and Assam including top officials were reportedly linked with the Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund schemes. The CBI may be doing its job but the timing of Kolkata episode comes at a time when the agency, rightly or wrongly, is being accused as a hound dog of the Modi government. It is true that scammers have escaped the dragnet of CBI, ED etc by joining the BJP and that alone has given ammunition for opposition parties to accuse the Modi government of weakening such institutions in order to exert control. In this regard, Mamata’s accusation that Modi wants to fix her and impose president’s rule in West Bengal before elections cannot be dismissed outright even if her dharna to save democracy is as specious.

Post-mortem

Position of Nagas in present situation

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ho are the Nagas and what is the status of Nagaland and its people? – This is the question that has to be addressed in today’s confused Naga mind; and in doing so, clarifying it to the world about the Nagas and Nagaland. This question is the easiest of questions to answer if we are to take the historical and legal basis of the Nagas as a people, independent and free.

Historical facts and evidences clearly establish the very existence of Nagaland and its people legally as a legitimate sovereign nation state. To establish its legal basis and truth, that Nagaland is an independent sovereign state, the question that needs to be addressed here is – what makes a nation/country/state independent? The answer to this is1. Sovereignty: Nagaland declared its independence on the 14th of August 1947 (one day ahead of India’s independence) and further strengthened it with the Plebiscite of 1951 with 99.9 % to remain independent.

2. Territory: Nagaland comprises over 120,000 square kms “located between 25° 60’ and 27° 40’ latitude north of equator and between the longitudinal lines 93° 20’ and 95° 15’ E. 3. Population: Approximately 4 million.

4. Government: The Federal Government of Nagaland was established in 1956.

It went on to even sign an International Ceasefire Agreement with the Government of India in 1964.

On the basis of the above given facts and truths, Nagaland and the Nagas are a people free and sovereign. To this effect Nagas therefore, cannot be termed as divided or broken. And in the light of these facts, therefore, no other nation/ state/country can impose its will upon the Nagas and Nagaland. However, recent developments in India on its Citizenship Amendment Bill is being extended towards Nagaland which is never part of India. This is being done in the name of democracy through a puppet state government of India, set up by India in Naga territories which was the outcome of a so-called 16 Point Agreement which was done without the mandate of the Nagas. Whatever may be the case, even the content of this agreement does not justify for such a move as the agreement was never a final solution agreed upon by the signatories or even the government of India. Moreover, this puppet state government of India stands nullified for the fact that even after it’s so-called establishment in 1963, the Government of India directly made an International Agreement for a Ceasefire between Nagaland and India with the Federal Government of Nagaland in 1964, on Naga soil where the puppet government had been established.

Nowhere in the history of the Nagas and Nagaland have the Nagas submitted to aggressors or made any treaties to

Quotes

Always remember that you are absolutely unique.

Just like everyone else. ~ Margaret Mead

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surrender their sovereignty or freedom.

Therefore, the legitimacy of India over Nagaland after the colonial period is illegal and an act of aggression. Thus the imposition of Indian acts and laws is an act of blatant aggression and amounts to the denial of the rights of any independent nation/state existing on the face of the earth. We do not need “Adhaar” to be identified nor do we need India’s citizenship amendment bill for we are Naga citizens.

Not one state of the Indian union came into existence by an agreement except puppet state of Nagaland. All other Indian states came into existence by the ratification and acceptance of the Indian constitution.

Therefore, if ever the argument is that, the Nagas are Indians and Nagaland is part of India on the basis of the 16 point agreement; then know this that a son cannot sell the land of his father with a fake land deed or document, and without the consent of his father and other brothers.

If ever he does sell it then it is illegal and the sale thereof is illegitimate and nullified by the fact that his document is fake and does not have the mandate of the family.

In as much as the Indian puppet state of Nagaland is illegal and illegitimate: the imposition of Indian laws and its forcible implementation of Indian citizenship, no matter how beneficial it may be, is illegal, illegitimate and an abomination to democracy and the rights of independent states.

Nagaland is as much an independent state as India is, for the very fact that Nagas have legally and legitimately undergone all due processes of international law in establishing themselves a sovereign state even before sovereign India came into existence. However, India continues her aggression with the creation of an Indian puppet state government in Nagaland.

Therefore, whether India recognizes our sovereignty or not is immaterial as it is enshrined in the article 3 of the Montevideo Convention thus “………..existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states.”

Now, therefore, may the world understand that the Nagas are not Indians. May also the Indians understand that Nagas are not Indians. Moreover, it would do much good for India to help her helpless millions of homeless poor to at least provide water and basic shelter with the money being wasted in Nagaland’s puppet Indian state, run by a remorseless few who have no true sense of belonging towards either the Nagas or India, hence corruption. It is pertinent, therefore, to take serious note of the legal and historical evidence of Nagaland’s position as a legitimate sovereign state/nation/country and withdraw the occupation of Nagaland and its people which is the only sane solution that is needed for the Indo-Naga problem to be resolved. Urra Uvie.

Kolezo Chase, Spokesman, Naga National Council

DailyDevotion The Compelling Flaws and flames on Article 371A Majesty of His Power The love of Christ compels us… —2 Corinthians 5:14 Paul said that he was overpowered, subdued, and held as in a vise by “the love of Christ.” Very few of us really know what it means to be held in the grip of the love of God. We tend so often to be controlled simply by our own experience. The one thing that gripped and held Paul, to the exclusion of everything else, was the love of God. “The love of Christ compels us….” When you hear that coming from the life of a man or woman it is unmistakable. You will know that the Spirit of God is completely unhindered in that person’s life.

When we are born again by the Spirit of God, our testimony is based solely on what God has done for us, and rightly so. But that will change and be removed forever once you “receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…” (Acts 1:8). Only then will you begin to realize what Jesus meant when He went on to say, “…you shall be witnesses to Me….” Not witnesses to what Jesus can do— that is basic and understood— but “witnesses to Me….” We will accept everything that happens as if it were happening to Him, whether we receive praise or blame, persecution or reward. No one is able to take this stand for Jesus Christ who is not totally compelled by the majesty of His power. It is the only thing that matters, and yet it is strange that it’s the last thing we as Christian workers realize. Paul said that he was gripped by the love of God and that is why he acted as he did. People could perceive him as mad or sane— he did not care. There was only one thing he lived for— to persuade people of the coming judgment of God and to tell them of “the love of Christ.” This total surrender to “the love of Christ” is the only thing that will bear fruit in your life. And it will always leave the mark of God’s holiness and His power, never drawing attention to your personal holiness.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019

NPF rejoinder to NDPP

propos a news item under the caption, “NDPP responds to Dr. Shürhozelie” that appeared in the Post-Mortem column of Nagaland Post, dated the 2nd Feb. 2019, I want to clarify my stand on few charges as demanded

by Mr. Chingwang Konyak, President of NDPP. I have all my respect for Mr. Chingwang Konyak as an elderly man, but I am sorry to find out that he did his best to demean me in his writing from the beginning to the last. He was more personal than presenting his argument as the President of NDPP. He mentioned six points in his long statement based on few lines of my written speech dated the 31st January 2019 about their motto and symbol.

In my speech, I have mentioned about 9 political parties like National Convention of Nagaland; Naga People’s Party; Naga National Democratic Party; Democratic Labour Party; Nationalist Democratic Movement, United Naga Democratic Party etc. which were formed at different times during the last five decades by Naga leaders, but all these political parties disappeared again one after another, reason for their disappearance may be attributed to lack of political ideology. As for NPF, we survive for 56 years now against all odds because our political ideology is deeply rooted in the unique history of the Naga people.

While mentioning about those political parties that appeared and gone again one by one, I have also mentioned NDPP to be one of such parties. I have said, “Today, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) is ruling the State. This Party is not a regional party as its name indicates. They own the Globe to be their empire and as such they have no program for Nagaland. ‘Facta non Verba’ (deeds not words) is the motto of St. Edmund’s College, Shillong. I am aware of it because I was a student of St. Edmund’s College once upon a time. Looking back from the literary perspective, if they have not taken permission for its use, their motto is to be treated as a stolen good.” If they have taken care of the established norm while adopting it, matter ends there. There is no

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with NDM and few other national parties including some leaders from Congress party joined me. BJP was in opposition in Delhi that time.

Since then BJP was with me for 15 years. I repeat, they were with me and they survived under my protection.

During this period, we were on our own and they were on their own without any interference or imposition as far as party matters were concerned. So, your (NDPP) association with BJP today and my (NPF) association with BJP in the past are quite different. I always pay due respect to all political parties including national parties but I never worship national parties in my life because I am regional in everything and my commitment is to defend regional interests.

Mr. Chingwang knows that his party is now running a de facto BJP Government in Nagaland whereas in the past, BJP was attached to us with one or two MLAs or sometime without any MLA, and that is the difference. I had never conceded a single seat to BJP in election during the past 15 years but his party had conceded 20 seats to BJP the same evening they wedded together; and that is the difference. I want to bring another information to him which he is well aware is that his party filed case against me just because I have said that I would defend the Christian faith in Nagaland. They interpreted my speech as communal and filed case against me. That case is still lying pending in the court. Let me remind my friend once more that I will continue to defend my faith in Nagaland, however unworthy I am, in as much as we allow other religions to enjoy that freedom in Nagaland. This is in reference to Article 25 of the Constitution of India. I am very clear of my stand and I sleep well at night.

I quite agree with Mr. Chingwang that today Naga people are fed up with the politics of lies and propaganda. Let no political party takes the Nagas for a ride.

Let truth prevails. I am sorry to say that I hate paper war.

Therefore, if need be, I want to throw an open challenge to have public debate on the whole matter.

Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, President, NPF

The PDA’s lack of integrity

ruled that the Limitation Act 1963 ostly the Hindus from does not involve decision according Afghanistan, Pakistan to Naga customary procedure hence, and Bangladesh init can apply in Nagaland, and that the provisions of Article 371A of cluding those in lakhs in India the Constitution were not attracted”. who are yet to get citizenship By all indications it is observed that enrolment for want of requisite the Article 371A does not by itself proof mostly in Assam under per-se provides blanket protection NRC will get registered as fulland safeguards to its special provi- fledged citizens of India and also sions, rather it is observed that the in other States in India under bilateral 16 Point Agreement of 1960 the Citizenship(Amendment) and Article 371A is slowly fading Bill 2016 once enacted. The and fairly eroding its existence by moment those foreign Hindus arbitrary dictates of Govt. of India. get themselves registered as It is a saddening reality that the citizens of India, they become Govt. of India is overriding and as good as any bona fide citizen destroying the provision of Article of the country to go and settle 371A on all occasions in its own anywhere in India including motion unilaterally and is followed Nagaland. The core issue in consciously or unconsciously by the question is therefore the unNaga Legislatures over the years. It wanted newly registered citizens in lakhs under CAB 2016 is high time that Nagaland Legislawill be added to the already tures should collectively take up this overpopulated Indians who will eroding Article 371A and its related then look for greener pastures, matters with the Govt. of India on a and Nagaland is very much the war footing, which is an inevitable soft target. Hardly any of those necessity if not a urgent bounden foreign Hindus seeking for Inrequirement. The Nagaland State dian citizenship will be looking cannot for indefinite period depend for registration in Nagaland. It on the dictates and dispensation is similar to consumable items of Govt. of India. Nagas are no manufactured in other States longer living in isolated self- govern- and imported into Nagaland on ing independent villages anymore. sale. Those registered citizens, Nagaland and its people had grown mostly Hindus will intrude into tremendously in all spheres over Nagaland as Indians and not the years. Today the Naga people as illegal immigrants. Therecan stand at par with any civilized fore, it is irrelevant for PDA to citizens of the world. harp on the use of Art 371(A) (Views and opinions expressed are to be the legal mechanism for all writers own individual bearings and Nagaland to reject the registramust not be equated with the stand or tion of citizenship seekers nor understanding of any political party in to take shelter under BEFR Nagaland in any manner whatsoever.) of 1873 as though Nagaland (Concluded) is insulated by these two laws L. Moayanger Imchen, Advocate from the enforcement of CAB Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view

(From previous issue) It is observed that if the quoted OM is taken as the settled law presently holding the field Article 371A resultantly does not have any legal and constitutional force, but rather becoming stoically redundant. If the power of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to legislate on the provision of Article 371A is thwarted by the Govt. of India, then the Nagaland Legislative Assembly could legally legislate only on those matters that are enumerated in the List III in the Seventh Schedule known as state List in consonance with the provisions of Article 245 read with Article 246, 247 and 248 of the Constitution. This arrangement will make Nagaland State which was formed through a written political agreement in the same footing with other states in the Indian Union who were otherwise created under States Reorganisation Commission in accordance with Article 3 of the Constitution of India.

In a relevant case, “Temjenkaba Vs Temjenwati reported in (AIR 1992 Gau 8,1991(2) Gau LR 200)the appellants contended that under Article 371A of the Constitution of India no Act of parliament could extent to the State of Nagaland if it relate to the administration of civil and criminal justice involving Naga customary law unless the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland by a resolution so decides, and that since the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland had not adopted any resolution to extent the Limitation Act of 1963 to Nagaland State, the said Act did not extent to the State of Nagaland. However, on consideration of entirety of the matter the Hon’ble Gauhati High Court has

point for anyone to become allergic.

I failed to understand his intention when he talked about French flag. The colors of French flag may be same with NPF flag. But my flag is horizontal whereas French flag is vertical. Horizontal and vertical are two different things. But even if one presumes it to be same, what is the point of argument?

He said that Cock symbol is a universal symbol used by several institutions. Let it be so, but as for us, Cock is a sacred bird for the Naga people which every Naga will agree, and this needs no further explanation.

He further said that I was unceremoniously removed as Chief Minister.

I agree with him because it was, indeed, unceremonious.

But let me tell him that I have no regret for it because I have never asked for that chair.

But I was rather compelled to take up the job to save the situation created by some one in which we have lost precious lives and more than 20 Government offices were burnt down in the Capital etc. Though I was not a member of the NLA I am aware of the Constitutional provision and, therefore, I have taken the stand to face the challenge. It was not me but because of the Providence hands, I have successfully brought back the situation to normal in one month’s time. I had serious meeting with all agitating groups and talked to them as man to man and I did my best to remove the irritants to save the situation. I must express my appreciation to all the agitating groups for their understanding. I have done my job to the full expectation of the people. Therefore, I have no regret for my removal as Chief Minister. Whether Mr. Chingwang knows about the reason behind my removal by BJP Government at the Centre in connivance with some tall leaders in Nagaland. I do not feel bad even if any one mocks me in this manner like he does because I believe in the wisdom of my people who understand the very reason in this drama.

He continued to talk about my relationship with BJP. In 2003, when I had invited all non-Congress political parties to join me to fight against Congress rule in Nagaland, BJP along

2016 when enacted.

The question is therefore how not to allow the CAB 2016 be enacted as law is safer for a weak State like Nagaland as prevention is better than cure.

Whereas, the PDA Cabinet decided on the 5th June 2018 that it does not oppose the CAB 2016 and that it would oppose only when some of its provisions are found detrimental to the interest of Nagaland. Such decision is childish for the fact that provisions of an Act cannot be selectively rejected or accepted. Since then PDA has been relentlessly defending its June decision fully backed up by the major partner party NDPP. Whereas, on 7th January, 2019, the State Cabinet decided ‘to request the Union Govt. to re-

examine and review’ the Bill.

Whereas, the next day, on the 8th of January, 2019, the Lok Sabha passed the Bill in question in its original draft without any review. Whereas, the lone Lok Sabha MP from NDPP voted for the Bill. It is obvious that the MP had to act as per the unanimous decision of PDA and not on his own.

The whole of January, 2019 was preoccupied by the debates on CAB 2016 and it continues. On 26th January, 2019, the Republic Day of India, the Governor of Nagaland was the Chief Guest at Kohima where there was a record of low turnout of public in attendance.

(To be concluded) Z. Lohe

Reader’s Post

Open letter to the Chief Engineer (R&B)

Chief engineer sir, I would like to inform your esteem authority that life in Billy Graham Road, Kohima these days is like desert storm safari. Life and movement along the road has become too dusty and there is danger of vehicle collision due to poor visibility.

Therefore, please instruct the concern contractor to immediately start the work before the public starts agitation. In addition, water should be sprayed daily and paving/black topping must be done from edge to edge of the road. Thank you.

Yanger Jamir, Kohima, (yangerjamir80@yahoo.in) of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Shukla takes charge as CBI director

Rishi Kumar Shukla (File)

from the Supreme Court in the matter. The Supreme Court, however, agreed to give an urgent hearing on Tuesday to applications moved by the CBI alleging destruction of electronic evidence related to the Saradha chit fund scam case by the Kolkata Police commissioner.

The applications accusing Kumar of destroying evidence related to the case and him of indulging in contempt of court was mentioned by Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjeev Khanna.

Taking note of his submissions the bench said, “If at all the evidence is destroyed, it is in electronic

form and can be retrieved.”

It said even if the police commissioner is remotely trying to destroy evidence, “we will come down so heavily on him that he will regret”.

Fo r m e r M a d hya Pradesh Director General of Police Shukla, who took charge of the agency as its 28th director from interim CBI chief M Nageswara Rao at the 11th-floor office in the imposing steel and glass CBI headquarters on Lodhi Road, did not offer any immediate comments on the issue.

The CBI team which had reached Kumar’s residence Sunday evening to apparently question him in connection with Saradha and Rose Valley scam cases was caught off guard when they were blocked by police personnel guarding the residence of their chief, the officials said.

As the CBI team landed at the gates, a team of Kolkata Police officers rushed to the spot to speak to the CBI officials and tried to enquire if they had the documents required for questioning the Commissioner.

Later on, a small team

Can’t disclose black money reports: Finance Ministry (NIFM) in Faridabad.

Replying to an RTI query, it said the study repor ts of the NIPFP, NCAER and NIFM were received by the government on December 30, 2013, July 18, 2014, and August 21, 2014, respectively.

“The reports and government’s response to it have been forwarded to Lok Sabha secretariat for placing them before the Standing Committee on Finance,” the ministry said.

The Lok Sabha secretariat has informed that the same has been placed before the committee which will examine it, it said in a reply to an RTI application filed by this PTI correspondent.

It denied to share the copies of these reports, say-

ing the disclosure would cause breach of privilege of Parliament and, therefore, the information sought is exempt from disclosure under Section 8 (1) (c) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The section bars information, “the disclosure of which would cause a breach of privilege of Parliament”.

The reports were submitted to the panel on July 21, 2017. There is, at present, no official assessment on the quantum of black money in India and abroad.

According to a study

by US-based think-tank Global Financial Integrity (GFI), an estimated USD 770 billion in black money entered India during 20052014.

Pune, Feb 4 (PTI): Punjab minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu Monday alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is being made to act like a "puppet" and there is an attempt to turn democracy into "danda tantra".

Sidhu's remarks came in the backdrop of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's sit-in against the CBI's attempt to question the Kolkata police commissioner in connection with chit fund scam cases.

"CBI is an independent and autonomous institution but you (the Centre) have made it a puppet... what prompted four judges of Supreme Court to come out in open and hold a press conference (last year)...?see the condition of RAW and how CBI chief was treated when he was trying to project a truth. "Democracy has been turned into `danda tantra' (rule of the stick)," said Sidhu, adding the CBI's image has taken a beating.

The cricketer-turnedpolitician was here to interact with students as part of a youth outreach programme launched by the Congress party.

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS): Calling the Central government’s action in West Bengal as “extremely dangerous”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah as “the biggest danger” for the country.

The AAP leader said he was of the firm view that the “Modi-Shah duo is the biggest danger for the country and if we are to save this country, we will have to get rid of this duo in the coming Lok Sabha elections”.

Kejriwal also told the media: “We strongly condemn what has been happening with the Mamata Banerjee government and we stand in complete solidarity with the Bengal government.

“First of all, I would like to ask how could around 40 CBI officers and personnel attempt to enter the residence of the Kolkata Police Commissioner without any warrant or legal paper? It was clearly illegal and unconstitutional.” The Aam Aadmi Party leader also said that if the Centre wanted to eradicate corruption, then “why

Arvind Kejriwal (File)

did they allow the likes of Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya to escape from the country? “Why has the Prime Minister till date not ordered a probe into the large-scale allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal?

“Till date, the Modi government has unleashed all its agencies - CBI, ED, Income Tax - only on its political opponents,” he said.

Kejriwal also said that whatever the Central government had done in West Bengal was “extremely dangerous and is completely against the Constitution and democracy. Such actions pose a big danger to the country”. He said the Modi government had consistently and strongly attacked the federal structure of the Constitution since taking office in May 2014.

Maha: 13k road accident deaths in 2018

Mumbai, Feb 4 (PTI): Road accidents in Maharashtra in 2018 have resulted in over 13,000 deaths, the highest in the last three years, and around 80 per cent of these were caused due to human error, state Transport Minister Diwakar Raote said Monday.

He was speaking after inaugurating the Road Safety Week here.

“In 2018, a total of 13,059 persons died in road accidents in Maharashtra.

In 2016, the figure was 12,935 while it was 12,511 in 2017,” he said.

Raote added, “Of the 13,059 deaths in 2018, 80 per cent, or around 11,000, were caused due to human error. A sizable part of this 80 per cent was caused by rash driving.”

Pe d e s t r i a n s, t wo wheeler riders and cyclists together comprise 66 per cent of the fatalities, he informed. He said 1,324 black spots (road segments where a high number of accidents have occurred) have been identified in Maharashtra, adding that his department was working with the state Public Works department to rectify them.

NIA arrests JeM operative ‘Oppn alliance no more Mahagathbandhan’ Feb 4 (PTI): ance with Prasad taking wanted in 2017 attack Patna, Chief Minister Nitish the Congress on board as

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday said it has arrested Jaish-e-Mohammad operative Fayaz Ahmad Magray, wanted in the 2017 attack on a CRPF camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Lethpora that left five paramilitary personnel dead.

The NIA, in a statement, said that Magray was an active over ground worker of JeM and a key conspirator who provided logistical support and shelter to the terrorists and conducted reconnaissance of

the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) group centre at Lethpora before the terrorist attack on the intervening night of December 30-31, 2017.

Five CRPF troopers were killed and three griveously injured in the attack, while security forces killed three terrorists, later identified as Fardeen Ahmad Khandey, Manzoor Baba and Pakistani national Abdul Shakoor. The NIA said that he will be produced in the special NIA court and it will seek his police custody for further investigation.

Kumar on Monday questioned the use of the term Mahagathbandhan, which he had coined and popularized in the wake of his short-lived alliance with arch rival Lalu Prasads RJD, for the existing opposition alliance in Bihar.

To a quer y about Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s leadership in the context of the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar, Kumar quipped why are you using this term. It was I who had coined it. He (Gandhi)

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himself kept saying only gathbandhan at yesterday’s rally.

Kumar, who heads the JD(U), had buried the hatchet to form an alli-

a smaller partner after the BJP-led NDA swept the 2014 Lok Sabha polls winning 31 out of the 40 seats in Bihar.

Having stepped down as Chief Minister, taking moral responsibility for the debacle of the JD(U), which won only two seats, Kumar had envisaged a broader Janata Parivar which could take shape with the merger of his party, RJD and the Samajwadi Party (SP), which then ruled the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.

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New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): The Finance Ministry has declined to share copies of three reports on the quantum of black money held by Indians inside the country and abroad, saying they were being examined by a Parliamentary panel and disclosing details will cause a breach of privilege of the House.

These reports were submitted to the government more than four years ago. The UPA government had commissioned in 2011 the studies by the Delhibased National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), and the National Institute of Financial Management

of CBI officials was taken to Shakespeare Sarani police station for further discussions.

Thereafter, more men arrived at the spot and a commotion ensued. Some CBI officers were then forcibly bundled into police jeeps and taken to the police station.

According to the CBI, Kumar, a 1989-batch IPS officer of the West Bengal cadre who led a Special Investigation Team of West Bengal Police probing the scams, needs to be questioned regarding missing documents and files but he has not responded to notices to appear before the agency.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had started a dharna outside the residence of Kumar protesting against the alleged highhandedness of the Centre and “insults” meted out to her by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.

The investigations in these cases have been expedited in run-up to the general elections with the agency recently questioning a close aide of Banerjee at his residence.

Modi-Shah biggest danger for country: Arvind Kejriwal

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New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): Newly-appointed CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla took charge of the agency Monday, when it finds itself locked in a dirty turf war with the Kolkata Police that spiralled into a political slugfest between the Centre and the West Bengal government.

Normally, a new incumbent gets a week’s time to take charge, but Shukla, who was appointed on Saturday, took the reins of the agency within two days in the backdrop of the agency’s tussle with the Kolkata Police which broke out on Sunday, officials said. The appointment of the 58-year old Shukla, a 1983-batch IPS from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, as full-fledged director is likely to bring some sort of order within the CBI which has moved the Supreme Court alleging destruction of evidence by Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in ponzi scam cases, they said.

Kumar headed the special investigation team probing these cases, the officials said.

The agency did not get any immediate relief

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0.17 per cent, to close at 10,912.25.

Meanwhile, foreign funds sold shares worth Rs 112.13 crore from the capital markets on a net basis Friday, while domestic institutional investors sold shares worth Rs 65.22 crore, provisional data showed.

The Financial Benchmark India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the reference rate for the rupee/dollar at 71.6580 and for rupee/euro at 81.9997. The reference rate for rupee/British pound was fixed at 93.7067 and for rupee/100 Japanese yen at 65.29.

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Dimapur, Feb 4 (NPN): CUTS International Jaipur in collaboration with YouthNet organised an awareness workshop on ‘Export Procedures and Development Schemes for Women Entrepreneurs’ at Made In Nagaland Expo Centre, Kohima on February 4 with Neitsope-U Thopi, Chizami Weaves, North East Network Nagaland as the resource person.

The workshop focused on generating awareness among prospective women exporters, traders and entrepreneurs and also to study the challenges and opportunities along with several other projects on mainstreaming gender in trade.

The opening remark was given by Razouvikhol Luho, head of operations, PR & Corporate Communication, YouthNet.

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Sensex Monday recovered from the day’s low to end 113.31 points, or 0.31 per cent, higher at 36,582.74.

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almost 6 per cent in last one week. The resultant pressure on Indian rupee is visible as it is trading lower,” Sanctum Wealth Management Chief Investment Officer Sunil Sharma said.

Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading at USD 62.97 per barrel, higher by 0.16 per cent.

Forex traders said concerns related to fiscal slippage weighed on the sentiment.

“The fiscal deficit for the current financial year is likely to be around 3.4 per cent of GDP, marginally higher than the targeted 3.3 per cent,” said V K Sharma, Head PCG & Capital Markets Strategy, HDFC Securities.

The benchmark BSE

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New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): Gold prices Monday rose by Rs 340 to Rs 34,450 per 10 grams at the bullion market here due to increased demand from local jewellers, according to All India Sarafa Association.

Silver, however, declined by Rs 130 to Rs 41,530 per kg due to subdued offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

Traders said, increased demand from jewellers pushed the prices of yellow metal. However, weak global cues capped the gain in the prices of precious metal, they added.

Globally, gold traded lower at 1,312.20 an ounce and silver stood at USD 15.83 an ounce in New York. In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purities advanced by Rs 340 each to Rs 34,450 and Rs 34,300 per 10 gram, respectively.

owned company which wants to sell its non-core assets too can follow the framework.

The framework, among other things, will stipulate the quantum of funds that would accrue to the CPSEs following the sale of assets and how much would go into the exchequer, an official had said earlier.

The government had already given in-principle approval for strategic sale of 24 state-owned companies.

These include Dredging Corporation of India, HLL Lifecare, Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, Units/JVs of ITDC, Bhadrawati, Salem and Durgapur units of SAIL, Nagarnar Steel Plant of NMDC, Central Electronics and Ferro Scrap Nigam.

With regard to Air India, the government has already initiated the process of selling its land and real estate properties -- including Airlines House in Mumbai, realty property in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar and land on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, next to Connaught Place.

Mumbai, Feb 4 (PTI): The r upee on Monday dropped by 55 paise to close at 71.80 to the US dollar, the lowest level since December 17, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s policy review meet.

This is the second straight session of loss for the domestic unit, during which it lost a total 72 paise.

Forex traders said foreign fund outflows and a stronger dollar following blockbuster US employment and factory data impacted the rupee sentiment.

Moreover, investors were cautious ahead of the next meeting of RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee scheduled during February 5-7.

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the rupee opened lower at 71.57 and fell further to touch the day’s low of 71.82.

The domestic unit pared some losses before ending at 71.80 per dollar, down by 55 paise against its previous close.

On Friday, the rupee had settled 17 paise lower at 71.25 against the US dollar.

“Brent crude rose for fifth straight day to gain

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for the administrative ministries to follow in selling off CPSE assets.

“Asset monetisation framework will see the light of the day next fiscal. The framework and assets will get defined by the time we finish this fiscal. The actual process will start next fiscal. The framework would define the assets, define various models under which they can go for monetisation and also the process to follow,” DIPAM Secretary Atanu Chakraborty told PTI in an interview.

Monetisation of assets is among the slew of strategies that the DIPAM will follow to meet the Rs 90,000 crore disinvestment target set up for the next fiscal.

This is higher than the Rs 80,000 crore the department is expected to raise this fiscal ending March.

The DIPAM has already floated a draft Cabinet note on the guidelines, which would be applicable for those central public sector undertakings that are likely candidates for strategic disinvestment.

However, any state-

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India has declined 11 percent to USD 22.66 billion during April-September period of the current fiscal, according to commerce and industry ministry data. The foreign fund inflows during AprilSeptember 2017-18 stood at USD 25.35 billion.

Key sectors that received maximum foreign investment during the first six months of the fiscal include services (USD 4.91 billion), computer software and hardware (USD 2.54 billion), telecommunications (USD 2.17 billion), trading (USD 2.14 billion), chemicals (USD 1.6 billion), and automobile industry (USD 1.59 billion).

Singapore was the largest source of FDI during April-September 2018-19 with USD 8.62 billion inflow, followed by Mauritius (USD 3.88 billion), the Netherlands (USD 2.31 billion), Japan (USD 1.88 billion), the US (USD 970 million), and UK (USD 845 million). FDI had increased at a five-year low growth of 3 percent at USD 44.85 billion in 2017-18.

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New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): The government will start the process to sell noncore assets of state-owned companies, which have been identified for strategic disinvestment, next fiscal, an official said.

The Cabinet has already approved strategic sale of about 2 dozen central public sector enterprises (CPSEs), including Air India, Dredging Corporation of India, and Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, for strategic sale.

Out of this, the DIPAM has already identified 9 CPSEs for sale of land and other assets before they are put on the block for strategic sale. These include Scooters India, Air India, Bharat Pumps & Compressors Ltd, Project & Development India (PDIL), Hindustan Prefab, Hindustan Newsprint Ltd, Bridge and Roof Co and Hindustan Fluorocarbons.

The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has been drafting an asset monetisation framework, which will lay down the procedures

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EU recognise Guaido as Venezuela leader

Madrid, Feb 4 (Agencies): Spain, Britain, France and other EU nations on Monday recognised Venezuela’s opposition chief Juan Guaido as interim leader after President Nicolas Maduro defiantly rejected an ultimatum to call snap elections.

According to AFP, Russia, one of the main allies of Maduro’s regime, slammed what it dubbed European “interference” in the oil-rich but impoverished Latin American country, saying it was an attempt “to legitimise usurped power.”

Already recognised by the United States, Canada, Australia and several Latin American countries, Guaido is trying to force the socialist leader from power so he can set up a transitional government and hold new elections.

After announcing the Spanish government’s official recognition of Guaido, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urged the 35-year-old National Assembly head to “call elections as soon as possible, elections that have to be free and democratic”.

Sanchez added he wanted to spearhead a plan of humanitarian aid for Venezu-

Juan Guaido (File)

ela in the European Union and United Nations.

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt promptly followed suit, saying on Twitter he hoped “this takes us closer to ending humanitarian crisis.” France, Austria, Sweden and Denmark also recognised Guaido.

“Venezuelans have the right to express themselves freely and democratically,” French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted.

Seven EU states had given Maduro a Sunday midnight deadline to call presidential elections or they would recognise Guaido.

But in an interview with Spanish television station Sexta broadcast on Sunday evening, Maduro said he would not “cave in to pressure” from those call-

ing for his departure.

“Why does the European Union have to tell a country in the world that has already had elections that it has to repeat its presidential elections, because they were not won by their right-wing allies,” said Maduro, interviewed in Caracas.

“They are trying to corner us with ultimatums to force us into an extreme situation of confrontation,” Maduro said.

However, he supported plans for a meeting of Latin American and EU states in a “Contact Group” meeting in Montevideo next Thursday.

Under Maduro’s stewardship, oil-dependent Venezuela has lurched into an economic crisis that has left the country suffering from hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine.

The situation has long been denounced by the opposition and Guaido stunned the world on January 23 when he declared himself acting president at a rally, declaring Maduro’s presidency “illegitimate” and founded on flawed elections.

He began to exercise authority for the first time

this weekend, calling on the army to allow in humanitarian aid to a nation wracked by economic crisis.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke Sunday with Guaido, praising his “courage and leadership.” Guaido is expected to announce a date for the arrival of humanitarian aid from the US -- a path Maduro believes will lead to a US-led military intervention.

Guaido says up to 300,000 people are “at risk of death” in Venezuela for want of humanitarian aid.

In Washington, US President Donald Trump warned that military intervention remains “an option” for dealing with the crisis in Venezuela.

All eyes are now on Venezuela’s military, which has so far been Maduro’s main pillar of support, but there have been signs of unrest in the ranks.

Earlier Sunday, Maduro addressed troops on military exercises in Venezuela’s coastal northeast, calling on them for “maximum cohesion” a day after a top Air Force general publicly sided with Guaido.

Tens of thousands of people turned out Saturday

for competing shows of support for Guaido and for Maduro who was sworn in on January 10 to a disputed second six-year term.

During the protest, Guaido announced the installation of collection centres for medicine and food -- items lacking in Venezuela -- in neighbouring Colombia and Brazil.

Speaking at a pro-regime demonstration marking 20 years since his predecessor Hugo Chavez came to power, Maduro reiterated his call to bring forward elections for the oppositionheld national assembly.

Guaido has called for a new demonstration on February 12, and another protest to push for the entry of aid.

For ty people were killed in clashes with security forces in the week of protests coinciding with Guaido’s self-proclamation as acting leader, with hundreds more arrested, according to the United Nations.

The 14-nation Lima Group -- made up of Canada and Latin American countries -- meets in Ottawa on Monday. Eleven of its members have recognised Guaido.

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Pope Francis makes history with Muslim dialogue in UAE A bu D h a b i , F e b 4 (Agencies): Pope Francis, the first leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics to visit the Arabian Peninsula, will attend an interfaith meeting in the UAE on Monday as part of his outreach to Muslims.

According to AFP, the pontiff arrived in a modest black Kia at Abu Dhabi’s presidential palace, where he was welcomed with a lavish military parade.

Officers fired 21 shots in the air, while jets flew overhead leaving white and yellow trails -- the colours of the Vatican City flag.

The pope’s highly publicised 48-hour visit to the United Arab Emirates will also include an open-air mass on Tuesday for 135,000 of the Muslim country’s million Catholic residents, set to be the largest public gathering in the country’s history. The pope was expected to raise the issue of Yemen, devastated by a war in which the UAE is a key player, in talks with Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed.

Yemen is the scene of what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, triggered by the inter-

Pope Francis is welcomed by Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, VP and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. (AP/PTI)

vention of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and their allies in a war between the government and Huthi rebels.

More than 10 million Yemenis now risk imminent starvation.

Sheikh Mohammed said on Monday that UAE rulers were “delighted” to meet the pontiff “in our homeland of tolerance”.

“We discussed enhancing cooperation, consolidating dialogue, tolerance, human coexistence and important initiatives to achieve peace, stability and development for peoples and societies,” he tweeted.

Pope Francis, who made histor y when he touched down in Abu Dhabi

on Sunday night, said he came “as a brother, in order to write a page of dialogue together, and to travel paths of peace together”.

To mark the occasion, the pontiff offered the crown prince a framed medallion of the meeting between St. Francis Assisi -- the pope’s namesake -- and the Sultan of Egypt Malek al-Kamel, in 1219.

Sheikh Mohammed, in turn, offered a deed for the plot of land on which the first church in the UAE was built. The pope was set to meet with Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb -- imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s prestigious seat of learning -- later Monday.

May to meet party members Nepal urged to crack down on ‘menstruation hut’ for alternative Irish backstop

12 dead in car bomb blast in Somalia

Somali security forces walk through the scene of an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia on Monday.

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Mogadishu, Feb 4 (IANS): At least 12 people were killed and 15 injured in a car bomb explosion near the Governor’s office in the Somali capital on Monday.

Police officer Mohamed Abdelkadir, who was at the scene of the incident, confirmed the figures shortly after the blast in Mogadishu’s central district of Hamar Weyne, Efe news agency reported.

The explosion caused significant material dam-

age to shops and restaurants in the area, which was cordoned off by security forces.

Somali militant group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was targeting government officials, according to local media.

This attack came after at least seven people were killed and five were injured on January 29 in two car bomb explosions in Somalia’s restive capital.

Mogadishu is frequently hit by attacks claimed by al-Shabaab, which seeks to establish an Islamic state in the country, located on the Horn of Africa, and controls swathes of territory in the nation’s central and southern regions.

Somalia suffered its worst attack in 2017 when a powerful truck bomb ripped through a crossroads outside a hotel, killing over 550 people. The country has been in a state of war and chaos since 1991, when dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was toppled.

Earlier in January, the Somali government expelled the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, Nicholas Haysom, who according to a UN statement “was accused by the Somali Federal Government of interfering in its internal affairs, by questioning the detention of an opposition candidate for state-wide office, who had been a leader in the extremist al-Shabaab group, before defecting.”

lent in Nepal’s remote west and leaves women at risk of snake bites, attacks by wild animals and rape.

Some communities fear misfortune, such as a natural disaster, if men-

struating women and girls are not sent away. They are barred from touching a range of items - including milk, religious idols and cattle - and must eat frugally.

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List of the New Elected Executive Members of Eastern Christian College Students' Union (ECCSU) for the tenure of 2019-2020.

1. Bokai K. Yepthomi - President 2. Edward Nring

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Chozubami Students’ Union (CSU) with immense pride and honour would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Müdozo S. Keyho, S/o Sülülhü Keyho for being promoted to Director, under the Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Government of Nagaland.

The Union is immensely proud for his promotion to the higher post and further wishes him ultimate success in all his future endeavours.

(Nüsa-o Rhakho) General Secretary, CSU

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NO.HR/GEN-1/INTRV/2017-18: Based on the marks obtained in the written examination and viva voce and on the recommendation of the Department recruitment Board for the post of Horticulture Extension Assistant, the following candidates mentioned below have qualified for appointment to the 15 (fifteen) posts of Horticulture Extension Assistant under the Department of Horticulture on the basis of merit and backward tribe reservation policy adopted in the State.

List of selected candidates: Sl.No Name Roll Number Remarks 1. Thungchobeni Kikon 180 Merit 2. Dr. Vibelie Mere 430 Merit 3. Tekasangla Ozukum 253 Merit 4. Sashienla L. Longkumer 327 Merit 5. Chapi Chale 382 Merit 6. N. Ruth Humtsoe 107 Merit 7. Sentsuthung Yanthan 95 Merit 8. Akaito Kiba 214 Merit 9. Kelvin Khamo 341 Merit 10. Pangchong Konyak 161 Konyak (BT) 11. Manjai Phom 273 Phom (BT) 12. Omekali 440 Sumi Kiphire (BT) 13. Suko B. Lam 397 Khaimniungan (BT 14. Seroba Sangtam 243 Sangtam (BT) 15. Rhochisie 248 Pochury BT The selected candidates should submit their acceptance letter to the undersigned on or before 14th Feb. 2019 failing which the post will be subsequently offered to the waiting list candidates. No separate offer letter will be issued to the concerned candidates.

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NZONTSU THYUTASANTA New Riphyim Village Council thungi na ete yamo yanchü kyon kvütata aphoe vancho sana topvü thungi Potsow myingona monkhum nte pia yilan shi ntsithokala. Ete yamo nzontsü thyutasanta (General Meeting) chi tsungon; 09/02/2019, yuta; 10:00 AM, meta; Community Hall, jilona khiala. Hoji tsukona yanchu kyon topvüna myanta oyi thetale to jonjia ntsitala.

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The Forum prays that God bestow upon him with good health and wisdom as he embarks on his new assignment.

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tive Party members, such as deputy chair of the ERG Steve Baker, former secretary of state for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson and MP Marcus Fysh, were some of the leaders expected at Downing Street for Monday’s meeting, the spokesperson added.

Nicky Morgan and Damian Green, who represent the pro-EU branch of the Conservatives, would also attend the meeting.

May now needs the support of both eurosceptic and pro-remain Tory rebels as well as the backing of lawmakers from the Northern Irish DUP party, which props up her minority government, if she wants her Brexit deal to get through the House of Commons, the lower chamber of Parliament.

On January 15, her

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withdrawal deal was overwhelmingly voted down by lawmakers.

On January 29, the House of Commons narrowly backed an amendment tabled by Conservative MP Graham Brady that would see the Prime Minister return to Brussels in search of alternative arrangements for the Irish backstop, whose current terms and conditions have proved unpopular with pro-Brexit Tories and the DUP. The EU has said it would not renegotiate the backstop, which is a pillar of the withdrawal agreement.

The Malthouse compromise, named after housing minister Kit Malthouse, who signed the proposed amendment, would scrap the backstop in favour of a free-trade agreement and argues it is possible to use technology when dealing with customs on the Irish border.

It further outlines an extension of the transition period, once the UK leaves the European bloc, until December 2021, during which the UK would continue to pay its contributions to the EU. Brussels has cast doubt on the feasibility of this amendment, too.

girls are also not allowed to meet other family members or venture out during their period. The custom has led to several deaths, despite the government introducing three-month jail terms and fines of 3,000 rupees ($27). Last year, a woman suffocated to death after she was banished and in 2017, a teenager died of a snake bite.

Government officials say awareness programmes have been launched in the poor, remote areas of western Nepal where chhaupadi is most prevalent, but changing attitudes is not easy.

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London, Feb 4 (IANS): British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to mediate between pro-Brexit and proEuropean party members to shore up support for her deal on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU). She will also try to resolve the ongoing wrangle on how to ensure no return to a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Downing Street announced on Monday.

The Alternative Arrangements Working Group (AAWG), a new initiative made up of pro-remain Conservatives and members of the European Research Group (ERG), a group of lawmakers who lobby for a harder Brexit, was set to meet May for the first time on Monday to flesh out alternatives to the backstop, the insurance policy designed to maintain a soft border in Ireland should future talks with the EU collapse, Efe news agency reported on Monday.

A Downing Street spokesperson said Brexit Secretar y Stephen Barclay would be meeting the AAWG regularly, with two further meetings already penciled in for the week.

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Kathmandu, Feb 4 (Agencies): Nepal faced urgent calls on Monday to stop women from being banished from their homes during their periods after a teenager died sleeping in a hut, becoming the fourth victim in weeks.

According to Devdiscourse report, Parbati Bogati, 17, suffocated after lighting a fire to keep warm in the windowless mud and stone hut she had been made to sleep in under the centuries-old Hindu practice of “chhaupadi”, which remains prevalent in Nepal despite an official ban. Her death last week came after a woman and her two young sons died in similar circumstances, prompting a parliamentary investigation and leading local officials to warn families they would be denied state benefits if found practising chhaupadi. Human rights activists said the government was still not doing enough to stop the practice. “The punishment is not enough and the government lacks specific policies to eliminate chhaupadi,” said Mohna Ansari, a member of Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission.

“The existing laws must be revised and a clear plan to end the practice must be formulated and implemented.”

Chhaupadi was outlawed in 2005, yet it remains preva-

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Wi t h i m m e n s e p r i d e a n d h o n o u r, w e t h e SAMALEPDEN SEMCHIR TELONGJEM, SENPO KIDONG CHUCHUYIMPANG would like to extend our heartiest Congratulation to Er L. AKUMTOSHI SENPO, Junior Engineer, Electrical Department, Dimapur for bringing Laurels to the Senpo Jamir clan and the village in particular for his outstanding achievement for being awarded Governor's Gold Medal on the occasion of Republic Day, 26th January 2019.

The Senpo Kidong wishes him a prosperous and bright future. Let his achievement be a source of encouragement and inspiration for the younger generation.

Samalepden Semchir Telongjem, Senpo Kidong Chuchuyimpang.

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Swine flu case rises to 6000

People queuing up at a hospital in Chandigarh to get themselves tested of swine flu. (File)

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): The death toll in the country this year due to swine flu has soared to 226 with the H1N1 virus claiming 31 more lives in a week till Monday, while the number of those affected crossed the 6,000 mark with Rajasthan topping the list with 34 per cent of the total number of cases.

According to a Union health ministry data, Delhi, which till January 28 was third in the number of swine flu cases after Rajasthan and Gujarat, is now in the second position registering 1,011 cases, with 479 new cases recorded in the last one week, Even though at least 14 deaths have taken place in the national capital -three in Safdarjung Hospital, 10 in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and one

Human mind can overcome any disease: Parrikar

Panaji, Feb 4 (PTI): Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the human mind can overcome any disease.

His message came on the World Cancer Day being observed on Monday.

Parrikar, 63, is suffering from a pancreatic ailment and is currently admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. “Human mind can overcome any disease #WorldCancerDay,” Parrikar tweeted on Monday.

The chief minister was diagnosed with a pancreatic ailment in February last year. Since then he has been admitted to hospitals in Delhi, New York, Mumbai and Goa. Sources at AIIMS had on Saturday said that his health condition was stable. He is admitted at the Institute Rotary Cancer hospital at AIIMS under the observation of oncologist Atul Sharma.

in AIIMS -- due to the viral disease, these do not reflect in the data of the Union health ministry for the city.

A total of 6,601 people have tested positive for the disease in the country till Monday with 2,030 getting infected in the last seven days, the ministry data revealed.

Rajasthan has recorded 85 deaths and 2,263 cases till Monday. Gujarat was third with 43 deaths and 898 people being infected with H1N1 virus, followed by Haryana which recorded two deaths and 490 cases.

According to the data, Punjab reported 30 deaths and 250 cases of swine flu while Maharashtra recorded 138 cases and 12 deaths till Monday.

With the numbers go-

ing up, the health ministry has asked the states to bolster their surveillance for early detection of the disease and also keep beds reserved in hospitals to deal with acute cases which require ventilator facility.

The official said states have not yet made any demand regarding drugs, diagnostic kits and wherewithal to deal with the issue.

Recent health ministry guidelines on diagnosis, management, vaccination, isolation criteria, risk categorisation and preventive measures have been circulated among all hospitals and other health facilities.

“There is sufficient stock of swine flu drug -Oseltamivir -- and there is no scarcity of N95 masks and diagnostic kits. Further, states have been asked

to issue advisories to people mentioning the dos and don’ts,” a senior health ministry official said.

Last year, the country reported 14,992 swine cases and 1,103 deaths due to it.

Meanwhile, a panel of the Delhi’s health department is examining the swine flu death cases reported by various hospitals.

The Delhi government has also issued a health advisory which mentioning the do’s and don’ts.

It states that seasonal influenza (H1N1) is a selflimiting viral, air borne disease spread from person to person, through large droplets generated due to coughing and sneezing, indirect contact by touching a contaminated object or surface and close contact, including handshaking, hugging and kissing.

The dos and don’ts mention covering nose and mouth with disposable tissue or handkerchief while coughing or sneezing, washing hands with soap and water frequently, avoiding crowded places, maintaining isolation, drinking plenty of liquid and consulting a doctor.

According to the advisory, one should not touch the eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands, or hug, kiss or shake hands while greeting, or spit in public places, and dispose of used napkin or tissue paper in open areas.

‘Only 2 young women entered Sabarimala’

T h i r u v anan t h ap u r a m , F e b 4 (AGENCIES): As they say, third time’s a charm. On Monday, the Kerala government admitted that just two women, between the ages of 10 and 50, have entered the temple at Sabarimala after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on the entry of women of all ages at the hill-top shrine.

The clarification comes after the ruling LDF government in the state last month submitted in the Supreme Court a list of 51 women between 10-50 ages who had supposedly entered the temple. But within hours of the list being publicised, the government was left redfaced as it contained names of several men as well as women who were over the age of 50 as well. Following the gaffe, an enquiry was ordered as to how the mistake occurred and subsequently, 34 names were cut off the list. But now, the government, citing the temple management, has reasoned that it has proof to show just two women entering the temple.

Citing a report by the executive officer of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which administers the temple, Kadakampally Surendran, the minister in-charge of temple affairs, made the candid admission on the floor of the state Assembly during the Question Hour.

Yes, BJP used me in 2014: Hazare Ahmednagar, Feb 4 (AGENCIES): Fasting activist Anna Hazare said on Monday that he was “used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)” to win the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

“Yes. The BJP used me in 2014. Everybody knows that it was my agitation for Lokpal that catapulted the BJP and also the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to power. Now I have lost all regards for them,” Hazare told the media in his Ralegan-Siddhi village.

He said the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “is only misleading the people of the country and leading the country to autocracy” and added that the BJP-led Maharashtra government was speaking “lies” over the past four years.

“For how long will the lies continue? This government has let down the people of the country. The state government’s claims that 90 percent of my demands have been conceded are also false,” the 81-year old said.

He rued that now the very same people who benefitted from his agitations in 2011 and 2014 had turned their backs on his demands and nothing had been done to implement them in the past five years.

“They keep saying that central and state government ministers will come and discuss the is-

Anna Hazare (File)

sues with me. But I say no to them as it would confuse the people... (Let) them take firm decisions and give me everything in writing as I have lost faith in their assurances.”

To a question, Hazare said that his former associate Arvind Kejriwal - now the Delhi Chief Minister - was welcome to join his current agitation. “But I will not permit him to share the dais with me.”

Hazare’s strong remarks came on the sixth day of his indefinite hunger strike and a day after he threatened to return his Padma Bhushan - India’s third highest civilian honour - if his demands were not conceded by the government soon.

Last weekend, Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Nawab Malik called Hazare an “RSS and Sangh Parivar agent”.

Hours later, senior NCP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar apologized for the remarks.

Amid rising concern over his frail health, Hazare said: “Don’t worry. I am fine. The Almighty is with

me. Nothing will happen to me for another five days.”

Meanwhile Hazare has lost 4.25 kg in the last six days since his fast over appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs began, doctors said Monday.

As concerns over Hazare’s health grew, the Shiv Sena and MNS sought the BJP-led government’s intervention to save the 81year-old activist’s life.

Hazare began his fast on January 30 at his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, demanding appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra and resolution of farmers’ issues. “Anna now weighs 71.1 kg and has lost 4.25 kg weight since his fast began.

His blood pressure is also increasing due to fasting,” Dr Dhananjay Pote, a doctor attending to him, told PTI Monday. Pote has been asked by the villagers to keep a tab on Hazare’s health and prepare a daily report.

Several people, including government officials, have met Hazare in the last six days and requested him to end his fast.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray and water conservationist Rajendra Singh met Hazare on Monday and extended their support to his agitation. Thackeray asked him not to sacrifice his life for the “useless” government.

Ayodhya: 1993 Central law challenged Faesal wants to emulate Imran, Kejriwal

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): A fresh plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday challenging the constitutional validity of the 1993 central law by which 67.703 acre land, including the disputed premises of Ram JanambhoomiBabri Masjid at Ayodhya, was acquired.

The plea, challenging legislative competence of Parliament to acquire religious land, has been filed a week after the Centre moved the apex court seeking modification in of its 2003 order and allow it to return to original owners the 67 acre of the “non-disputed” land around the disputed structure at Ayodhya.

The petition, filed by seven individuals including two Lucknow-based lawyers claiming to be devotees of Ram Lalla, has contended that Parliament has no legislative competence to acquire land belonging to the state.

Moreover, it said, the state legislature has the exclusive power to make provisions relating to the

management of affairs of religious institutions inside its territory.

The petitioners, including lawyers Shishir Chaturvedi and Sanjay Mishra, submitted that the Acquisition of Certain Areas of Ayodhya Act, 1993 Act infringes upon the right to religion of Hindus guaranteed and protected under Article 25 (freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion) of the Constitution.

The plea has sought the court’s direction restraining the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government from interfering in “Puja, Darshan and performance of rituals at the places of worship situated within the land admeasuring 67.703 acres acquired under the Act particularly at the land belonging to Shri Ram Janm Bhoomi Nyas, Manas Bhavan, Sankat Mochan Mandir, Ram Janmasthan Temple, Janki Mahal and Katha Mandap”.

The petition contend-

AG files contempt petition against Bhushan

Prashant Bhushan and KK Venugopal. (File)

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): Attorney General K K Venugopal Monday filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly scandalising the court with his recent tweets on the appointment of former interim chief of CBI M Nageswara Rao. The contempt petition refers to the February 1 tweets by Bhushan in

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which he allegedly said that the government appeared to have misled the apex court and perhaps submitted fabricated minutes of the meeting of the high-powered Selection Committee headed by the Prime Minister.

Venugopal, in his petition, said Bhushan deliberately intended to cast aspersions on the integrity and honesty of the Attorney General who had

placed the minutes of the meeting before the apex court during the February 1 hearing.

During the February 1 hearing, Venugopal had in a sealed cover placed before the bench, headed

by Justice Arun Mishra, the minutes of the meeting of the Selection Committee which was held last month for appointing the new CBI chief.

Venugopal had informed the bench that the Centre had taken the permission of the Committee to appoint Rao as an interim CBI Director.

The Selection Committee comprises the Prime Minister, the leader of the largest opposition party and the Chief Justice of India or his nominee judge of the apex court.

The top court was hearing a petition filed by NGO Common Cause challenging the Centre’s decision to appoint Rao, an IPS officer, as the interim CBI director.

ed that in view of the clear provision contained in Article 294 of the Constitution, the land and properties situated within the Uttar Pradesh vested in the state government from the date of the enforcement of the Constitution.

“As such the land and property situated at Ayodhya continued to be the property of the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Union cannot take over any part of the land of the State of Uttar Pradesh including the land and property situated at Ayodhya,” said the petition, filed through lawyer Ankur S Kulkarni.

It has sought striking down of the central law and the declaration that the Act was “beyond the legislative competence of Parliament”.

It also said that the law, by which the entire disputed and adjoining undisputed land was acquired, violated the freedom of the Hindus to practice their fundamental religious rights under Article 25 of the Constitution.

K u p wa r a , F e b 4 (IANS): Demanding a “political solution” to the Jammu and Kashmir problem, former IAS officer Shah Faesal on Monday told his first public meeting that he wanted to chart his own course in politics a la Imran Khan and Arvind Kejriwal.

Faesal, 35, told the public rally at the Tourist Reception Centre that “our Ph.D scholars are getting martyred while our youths are accused of waging protests after being paid Rs 500 each. “As a civil servant, I have seen the bitter experiences faced by our people to seek their genuine rights.

“Kashmir is a political issue and it should be resolved in a political way.

Those at the helm of affairs enjoy while the people in Kashmir suffer. I saw this while in service.

“I was deeply disturbed by seeing these things. That is why I left the civil service,” he said. Faesal said it was the callous attitude of those at the helm of affairs that forced him to leave the

NPCC joins nation-wide stir against Hindu Mahasabha

(From p-1) “Through this protest, NPCC wants to send a strong signal to the people and nation that we do not accept Hindutva and its proponents and condemn the insane act of re-enacting Gandhiji’s assassination and garlanding his killers on his 71st death anniversary,” he asserted. Dwelling on the current political climate in the State in the backdrop of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill being passed in Lok Sabha and over the alleged growing curb on religious freedom in the country, the NPCC president commented, “We are making a clarion call to the people of Nagaland to come together – likeminded people, political parties, thinkers, writers, well-wishers and voters.

This time, we must realign the political road to save Nagaland from peril.”

And, in what is seen as a clear indication of the Congress’ efforts to revive its fortunes in the State, Therie appealed to former colleagues who were expelled due to their political stand to return to the fold.

“Eight Congress MLAs

had joined NPF, but with their disqualification term coming to an end, their expulsion has become redundant. We also request the four AICC members who were served show-cause notices in 2015 to return to the party and renew their membership,” he added.

NPCC general secretary captain GK Zhimomi, who later spoke to Nagaland Post, alleged that organisations like the Hindu Mahasabha were not fringe groups but mainstream, adding “their celebration was detestable and needs to be condemned.”

Pointing out the hatred that had lasted so many years, Zhimomi said, “It has been 71 years that Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead, but the hatred it has generated till date is abominable,” and maintained that “Gandhiji’s ideals still drive the nation.”

Other party officials who were present at the press conference included NPCC working presidents ET Ezung and Bobby Panicker, vice-president Jonathan Ao and three former MLAs Lanpha Konyak, SK Sangtam and Shaboh Konyak.

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comforts of the civil service and join politics.

He told the gathering that his politics would be like that of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

“My partymen will work selflessly for the good of the people,” he asserted, indicating his intention to steer clear of other mainstream and separatist political parties in order to form a political outfit of his own.

The 2009 IAS topper belongs to a village of Kupwara district. After obtaining his Bachelor’s degree in medicine from the Sher-e-

Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), he became the first Kashmiri ever to top the coveted civil service.

His dream with the civil service could not last long as he felt bureaucrats were forced to work at the whims of their political masters.

Faesal said he would work for the honour and dignity of the Kashmiri people by fighting corruption, injustice and poor governance.

“I have decided to fight every party that has been exploiting the innocent people of Kashmir.

“When politicians are asked what is the issue, they say ‘Kashmir is a problem.

Give them monetary packages’. Do we only need money? Is the Kashmiri a beggar? “We want to tell them that Kashmir is a political problem. They should not play with the lives of Kashmiri people by throwing money around.

Referring to the period he was in IAS, Faesal said: “I tell you honestly I spent

the last 10 years in a jail. In many ways I tried to serve my people and succeeded as well, but what I saw in those 10 years despite being a senior government officer, the fire in my heart... the atrocities and injustices I saw, I used to feel helpless.”

Faesal responded to allegations that he was an agent of intelligence agencies. “To those who spread these false rumours, I have just one answer. I may lose, but I will bear everything for my people.”

As the meeting progressed, scores of youth raised slogans normally heard at pro-freedom rallies. “Yahan Kya Chalega, Nizam-e-Mustafa.” The other slogan was: “Aya, Aya, Shair Aya.” Faesal has earlier said that his resignation was a small act of defiance against the continuing killings in Jammu and Kashmir and the failure of the central government to start an initiative that would address the people’s problems in Kashmir.

Scrap helmet-wearing law, says Goa DGP Panaji, Feb 4 (IANS): Goa’s top cop Mukthesh Chander on Monday compared the popular outrage against a controversial volunteer-driven scheme to penalise traffic violators to a North Indian motherin-law’s constant bickering about her daughter-in-law.

Addressing a road safety week programme in Ponda town, the state Director General of Police (DGP) said that instead of slamming the Goa Police ‘Traffic Sentinel Scheme’, those who are opposing it should instead pass a resolution to make it legal to drive a two-wheeler without wearing a helmet.

“The blame is placed on the sentinel scheme and not on those who do not wear helmets. In North India there is a saying...

I do not know if the saying is used here, but in North India it is common.

Mothers-in-law have a habit of picking faults in their daughters-in-law,” Chander said. “Once there was a very nice daughterin-law, very compliant. She would do all the work. A

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woman once asked her mother-in-law, ‘Amma how is your daughter-in-law?’.

The mother-in-law replied ‘She is nice. But when she kneads dough, she keeps moving’,” the DGP added.

Chander said, that if “the heads of Goans are made of iron”, then they should pass a resolution in the Assembly and not in a municipality withdrawing the law which makes helmet-wearing compulsory for two-wheeler riders.

“If the heads of Goans are made of iron, then pass a resolution, not in the Ponda municipality, but in the state assembly, that the law will not be implemented in Goa. From that day on we will stop implementing the law. But we are applying law

as it exists. And for your own safety,” Chander said.

The ‘Traffic Sentinel Scheme’ launched by the Goa Police last year, rewards citizens with as much as Rs 1,000 for every 100 reward points generated by them by photographing traffic violations using a specially designed app and sending it to the traffic police.

During the recently concluded budget session, both the ruling as well as the opposition MLAs lambasted the scheme, which they say has encouraged people to spy on one another and report on even minor traffic violations and led to several assaults on traffic sentinel volunteers.

Chander said that the scheme had managed to cut down the rate of accidents in the coastal state, where nearly six persons died every week due to road accidents.

“From 333 (deaths) in 2017, in 2018 it came down to 262. A 21 per cent to 22 per cent reduction.

There were 71 deaths less,” Chander said.

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Kumaraswamy assures his government is secure

Bengaluru, Feb 4 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Monday ruled out any threat to his eight-month old government, dismissing speculations that disgruntled Congress MLAs could pose trouble in the coming budget session of the assembly by staying away from it.

The chief minister said he was in regular touch with the Congress MLAs. The JDS-Cong ress ministry would not only survive before but also post the Lok Sabha elections and complete its full five-year term, he told reporters here.

His remarks come amid reports that disgruntled Congress lawmakers on the BJP’s radar for poaching as part of its bid to topple the ruling coalition might keep away from the session beginning February 6.

Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah accused BJP of offering Rs 50 crore to his party MLAs and asserted that the saffron party was living under the illusion of coming to power.

None of the Congress MLAs would fall for it even if offered Rs 100 crore, he told media in Koppal.

Kumaraswamy, in reply to a query, said he had no problem and was relaxed.

“Some sections of media are projecting instability,

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saying disgruntled legislators will not attend the session... They (Cong MLAs) are in regular touch with me.

I don’t know whether they are in touch with the Congress. I spoke to them today also. They will come to the session... no problem,” he said.

The JDS leader also said that he would do “whatever needs to be done” to ensure that the government completed its full term.

“Let there be deadlines or allurements (to poach MLAs from the ruling coalition). I know how to remove the fuse,” he said, as he sought to puncture the claims of BJP that his government might not survive even to present the state budget.

He also claimed that there were “many people” within the BJP itself to “safeguard” him in the event of any threat to his government.

Kumaraswamy’s worries have been mounting with the shadow boxing

Anything can happen in politics, says AIADMK

Chennai, Feb 4 (PTI): AIADMK Monday asserted it would lead a coalition of parties in Tamil Nadu for the coming Lok Sabha elections and said ‘anything can happen in politics,’ apparently not ruling out a tie up with the BJP. This comes even as DMK and Congress have virtually agreed to continue their alliance for the coming general elections.

Senior AIADMK leader D Jayakumar made it clear that his party would be the senior partner in a tie up, saying “we will lead the alliance.” Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam had on Sunday said that AIADMK was holding talks with regional, national and friendly parties and the permutation of the alliance

SC seeks response of Centre on panels for rare diseases

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from the Centre and 34 states and union territories (UTs), except Delhi and Jharkhand, on a plea seeking setting up of state-level committees to ensure proper treatment of patients suffering from rare diseases.

The National Policy for Treatment of Rare Diseases (2017) provides that every state and UT will have to set up the technical-cumadministrative committee to ensure diagnosis and proper treatment of rare diseases and so far only Delhi and Jharkhand have constituted such panels, the plea said.

“A rare disease is a health condition of low prevalence that affects a small number of people compared with other prevalent diseases in the general population.

It includes diseases such as rare cancers, infectious tropical diseases and degenerative diseases, among others and since 80 per cent of these diseases are genetic in origin therefore it disproportionately impacts children,” the plea said. “Issue notice,” said a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjeev Khanna while taking note of the PIL filed by Banglore-based ‘Organization for Rare Diseases India’.

would be made known after a clear picture emerged.

Asked if his par ty would tie up with the BJP since Congress was already in the DMK camp, Jayakumar recalled the party coordinator Panneerselvam’s observations in this regard.

“Anything can happen in politics...he (Panneerselvam) gave a veiled indication...only you have to understand,” he told reporters here. On why AIADMK began receiving applications from aspirants for all the 39 seats in the State and the lone segment in neighbouring Puducherry Monday if it was set to stitch an alliance led by it, Jayakumar, who is also the Fisheries Minister said it was an usual exercise.

within the Congress raising questions about his leadership and BJP ratcheting up pressure with its alleged toppling bid that had recently triggered a political turmoil.

He had recently threatened to quit if the Congress leaders continued to take potshots at him.

Asked about the “unhappy coalition marriage”, Kumaraswamy Monday said the Congress MLAs were happy with him. “... all the Congress MLAs are most happy with me... the way I am keeping them.. unrealistic news is being spread (about instability).

“The government will survive before and after the Lok Sabha polls. My government is stable.It will complete the remaining four years,” he said dismissing the persistent talk casting doubts about its longevity.

Noting that any coalition would be beset with problems, he said, “how to control all these.... I have to work it out.”

He also said there was no problem in “managing” senior Congress leader and his predecessor Siddaramaiah, whose supporters are giving constant pinpricks.

Kumaraswamy said Siddaramaiah has himself made it clear that the chief minister’s post was not vacant.

Rahul says Gadkari only one in BJP with some guts

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): In a left-handed compliment, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Monday Union minister Nitin Gadkari is the only one in the BJP who has the guts, and asked him to comment on the Rafale deal, job crisis, “farmers distress and destruction of institutions”.

Gandhi’s remarks came following Gadkari’s remarks that “one who cannot take care of home, cannot manage the country”.

The union minister hit back at Gandhi, saying he does not need a certificate from Gandhi on his courage and alleged that the Congress chief is taking the help of reports “twisted” by the media to attack his government. The Congress president cited a report quoting Gadkari as saying that party workers should first fulfil their domestic responsibilities as “those who cannot do that cannot manage the country”.

“Gadkari Ji, compliments. You are the only one in the BJP with some guts.

Please also comment on: The Rafale scam and Anil Ambani, farmers’ distress and destruction of institutions,” Gandhi tweeted and tagged with it the report on Gadkari’s comments.

“Oops, Gadkari Ji. Huge apology. I forgot the most important one....JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!” he said later in a tweet.

The Union minister had made the remarks on

Rahul Gandhi (PTI)

Saturday while addressing former workers of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the BJP’s student wing, in Nagpur.

Gadkari took to Twitter to reply to the Congress chief.

“Rahul Gandhi ji, I do not need a certificate from you on my courage, but it is a matter of surprise that even after being the president of a national party you have to take the help of news twisted by the media to attack our government,” Gadkari tweeted.

The Congress chief ’s comments praising Gadkari came in the wake of various other Congress leaders lauding the Union minister for his recent statements they view as a swipe at the BJP leadership.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari had last week lauded Gadkari for his remarks that “leaders who fail to fulfil promises get ‘beaten up’ by people”, but at the same time took a swipe at him saying his target was Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his eyes were on the PM’s chair.

CBI vs Mamata: Supreme Court to hear CBI’s plea today

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): The Supreme Court Monday agreed to give an urgent hearing to applications moved by the CBI alleging destruction of electronic evidence related to the Saradha chit fund scam case by the Kolkata Police commissioner.

The top court will hear the probe agency’s applications on Tuesday.

The CBI alleged that it has moved the application as an extraordinary situation has arisen in which the top police officials of the West Bengal Police are sitting on a dharna along with a political party in Kolkata.

The applications accusing Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar of destroying evidence related to the case and him of indulging in contempt of court was mentioned by Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjeev Khanna.

The bench declined the plea of the SG to hear the two applications on Monday in the post-lunch session.

It said during the interregnum it will be open for the solicitor general or any other party to lay before the court any material or evidence to show that any West Bengal authority or police official is planning or trying to destroy evidence related to the case The top court said all

Cong files FIR against obscene tweets on Priyanka

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS): The Congress on Monday filed police complaints in Delhi and across India seeking action over obscene and offensive posts in social media targeting party’s Uttar Pradesh General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi and also pointed to some BJP leaders making “sexist remarks” against her.

The party has blamed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for triggering the campaign and also written to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik alleging that “opposing forces have unleashed a campaign to diminish Priyanka Gandhi’s credibility”. In the complaint filed by the All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) at the Sansad Marg Police Station here, the party alleged

Priyanka Gandhi (File)

that offensive and obscene posts were being circulated in social media in pursuance of a conspiracy.

“Distasteful and offensive tweets, posts and pictures are doing the rounds of social media. This is exactly the kind of misogyny that acts as a deterrent for women to enter politics. To objectify women and humiliate them is shameful,” AIMC chief

ICAR leaves 2,500-plus agri seats vacant, reveals RTI

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) left more than 2,500 seats vacant from its all-India quota in the last four years, a reply to an RTI query has revealed, despite there being thousands of eligible candidates.

The ICAR, an autonomous body under the Agriculture Ministry for coordinating agriculture education in India, conducts the All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA) for undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses in agriculture and allied activities (except veterinary science) every year for government institutes across the country.

The entrance is conducted for 15 per cent of total UG and 25 per cent of total PG seats in these institutes/universities, barring the few chosen ones where the council reserves 100 per cent seats under AIEEA. As per the data given by the council in response to the RTI query, a total of 2,558 seats were left vacant for both UG and PG combined in the last four years across these institutes/universities. The latest year for which examination was conducted was 2018.

Separately, a total of

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1,095 seats were left vacant for the PG courses and 1,463 for the UG courses during these years.

In addition, the council is yet to refund the millions of rupees it collected in the form of fees from the students for counselling.

In 2018, for 1,954 UG seats across India, a total of 25,246 candidates registered for counselling after paying Rs 2,000 each.

The RTI reply, received on December 10, 2018, revealed that the ICAR is yet to refund Rs 4,52,34000 to the candidates who could not be given admission.

The amount to be refunded to PG candidates (9,447) is Rs 1,31,36000.

The information bulletin doesn’t specify any deadline by which the amount needs be refunded.

Chandrashekhar Gaur, the RTI applicant, termed the vacancies a glaring indictment of wastefulness on the part of the government.

“There were thousands of eligible candidates who could have taken admission. But the ICAR left the job of filling these seats to the states, which could not care less,” Gaur told IANS. The admission procedure involves online counselling for the selected can-

didates, who are given the choice of university and course, but not the college.

There may be one or several rounds of counselling.

The ICAR in its information bulletin said if the seats are not filled after the rounds of counselling, it will leave the job of filling them up to the universities.

“The ICAR quota seats after the final round of online counselling, if vacant, shall automatically stand released to the agricultural university concerned for filling up at their level and as per the procedure in vogue at the respective university. These seats will no more be called as ICAR seats and will be treated as university seats.

“Once the counselling/admission process is over, filling up of any subsequent vacancies created due to any reason shall not be the responsibility of ICAR. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained, either from the universities or from any candidate,” the bulletin said.

Gaur took exception to the clause, questioning its propriety. He said if the government has taken the task of conducting an exam for which thousands aspire every year, it should also take the responsibility of filling the seats.

Sushmita Dev said after filing the complaint.

“Since her appointment, opposing forces and other fringe groups have been attempting to discredit her, and have been pursuing a co-ordinated smearing campaign by using distasteful, offensive and repulsive tweets/ pictures of her,” the party said in the police complaint and the letter to Patnaik. “Some leaders of the BJP also passed sexist remarks about her,” the party said pointing to Bihar Minister and BJP leader Vinod Narayan Jha’s remarks that “Priyanka Gandhi is just a pretty face with no political achievement”.

In the complaint, the party has given details of offensive tweets and the handles posting them and

sought action for various offences including outraging the modesty of a woman, sexual harassment and obscenity. “A perusal of these tweets/ pictures will disclose that the same are being deliberately circulated to diminish the credibility of Priyanka Gandhi with a mala fide intent to insult her modesty,” it said.

Similar complaints have also been filed by the party in all state capitals seeking action. “In this age of cyber policing and much advertised curbs on offensive material online, it is surprising that the perpetrators are publishing such offensive posts without any fear of the law and without considering the far-reaching consequences of such acts on society,” said Dev.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA : NAGALAND

Dated, Wokha the 25th Jan 2019

NOTICE

No. Judl-47/2017-18/ / Whereas Smti. Bideno Tungoe, wife of Late Shri. Moyithung Tungoe, a permanent resident of Wokha Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits from the Govt. pertaining to PPO No. 17020801074 and to close SBI AC No. 20050342399 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri. Moyithung Tungoe who expired on 01/12/2017.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/ objections if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after the cut off date and Succession Certificate shall be issued.

K. Mhathung Tsanglao Addl. Deputy Commissioner Wokha, Nagaland WC-60

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA : NAGALAND

Dated, Wokha the 1st Jan 2019

NOTICE

No. Judl-47/2017-18/ / Whereas Smti. Chumbeno, wife of Late Shri.

Yandemo Lotha, a permanent resident of Longsa Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits from the Govt. pertaining to PPO No. 111815101 and to close SBI AC No. 30789040883 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri. Yandemo Lotha who expired on 04/7/2014.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/ objections if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after the cut off date and Succession Certificate shall be issued.

K. Mhathung Tsanglao Addl. Deputy Commissioner Wokha, Nagaland WC-59

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA : NAGALAND

Dated, Wokha the 7th Jan 2019

NOTICE

No. Judl-47/2017-18/ / Whereas Smti. Yanasali Kikon, wife of Late Shri. Ekhow Kikon, a permanent resident of Wokha Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw family pension pertaining to PPO No. PEN/COM-23989/NL/S/22856 and to close AC No. 11766580679 in favour of her deceased husband Late Ekhow Kikon who expired on 28/12/2018.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/ objections if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after the cut off date and Succession Certificate shall be issued.

K. Mhathung Tsanglao Addl. Deputy Commissioner Wokha, Nagaland WC-58

Supreme Court of India. (File)

material or evidence has to be placed before it by means of affidavit.

At the outset, the SG said an “extraordinary situation has arisen making the CBI to move the application for apex court’s intervention”.

He alleged that on Sunday night CBI officers were taken into custody by the West Bengal Police when they had gone to the Kolkata police commissioner’s office for evidence in connection with the probe in the Saradha scam.

Mehta said not only were the sleuths arrested, but the residence of Joint Director (East) Pankaj Shrivastav was surrounded by the state police and his family was kept hostage.

Even the CBI office at the CGO complex in Kolkata was under siege, the law officer said.

When the SG was making the submissions, the bench asked him what was the position on Monday morning to which he replied

that senior CBI officials have been released.

The joint director through tele-conference told media channels about his house being laid under siege and the family being under virtual hostage, the solicitor general said.

He said there was a need for immediate order as the Kolkata Police commissioner, who has come under the lens of the CBI, is likely to destroy the electronic evidence and material related to the Saradha scam.

The Commissioner of Police, Kolkata had not responded to the CBI’s repeated summons to join the investigation and “when our team reached to his residence, they were arrested,” solicitor general Mehta said.

Then the bench said the CBI officials are no longer under the arrest.

To this, the SG replied that on a daily basis FIRs are being registered by the state police against the agency’s officials.

Govt committed towards affordable treatment of cancer: PM Modi

New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): Prime Minster Narendra Modi Monday said his government is committed towards ensuring early detection and affordable treatment of cancer.

On World Cancer Day, the PM also appreciated research on cancer, saying it will go a long way in ensuring a healthier planet.

“Today, on #WorldCancerDay we reiterate our commitment towards ensuring early detection

and affordable treatment of cancer. Initiatives like Ayushman Bharat (health scheme) have a strong emphasis on providing quality healthcare and ensuring cancer-free lives,” he tweeted. He hailed all those who are valiantly fighting the disease. “Millions are inspired by their remarkable zeal,” he said. “I also appreciate those researching on aspects of cancer treatment.

Their efforts will go a long way in ensuring a healthier planet,” he wrote.

NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMANTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (SECTION 375 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) In the Court of Shri Albert Ezung Additional Deputy Commissioner Dimapur District, Nagaland Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late PICHAMO LOTHA, deceased, has been filed by Smti NRENYINE relation WIFE, R/O H/NO.-26, NOTUN BOSTI, DIMAPUR to draw his/her family pension, Bank Acct, Landed Property etc, who expired on 08-01-2019, covered by Patta No - 870, Dag No. - 1064, Block No. - 3, Mouza No. - 3 Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if he/she so desire may appear in this court within 30 days, on the said day of 05-03-2019.

Given under the hand and seal of the court this 04 day of 02-2019 Addl. Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland DP-1032 Regd. No. 03/2019

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 10/01/2019

I, Smti. Wabangmenla, D/o Lt. Korapong, permanent resident of Mopungchuket Village, District Mokokchung, presently residing at H/No. 456, Aokong Colony, Dimapur, P.O. Dimapur, P.S. Dimapur (West) in the state of Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as under :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India 2. That, in all my educational documents my name is entered as Wabangmenla, however, in some portion of my Service Book my name is inadvertently entered as K. Wabangmenla and Wabangmenla Ao and also Wabangmenla and Wapangmenla that means "B" and "P" which pronounce same in general.

3. That all the names Wabangmenla, K. Wabangmenla, Wabangmenla Ao and Wapangmenla are same and one person only.

4. That the purpose of swearing this Affidavit is to declare that henceforth I shall be called Wabangmenla only and wherever K. Wabangmenla, Wabangmenla Ao and Wapangmenla are appeared may be treated as same and one person only i.e. Wabangmenla by competent authority.

5. That the statements made above are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and no material is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me on this 9th day of Jan. 2019.

Chief Judicial Magistrate DP-1027

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER TUENSANG : NAGALAND

(GAB/LR Branch) NO.GAB/RV-3/2018-19/1833 Dated Tuensang the 29th Jan. 2019

NOTIFICATION Whereas this office has received related documents forwarded

by Sub-Divisional-Officer, Thonoknyu for recognition of proposed TUKHINKIU Village under Thonoknyu Sub-Division of Tuensang District.

And whereas the area of the proposed TUKHINKIU Village for recognition as per survey report is 1306 Acres with the following boundaries :1. North : Taitukhin Jhum Land-Thongsonyu Village.

2. South : Phurovivong Jungle.

3. East : Vohchem Tairo Nallah-Thongsonyu Village.

4. West : Thuramurit Tairo Nallah-Pokphur Village.

I, Shri. L. Jamithung Lotha, Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang do hereby issue this public notice that claim/objection if any, for recognition of the said village may be given in writing within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice by any claimant to the undersigned, otherwise, the said village will be taken up for recognition under the procedure as laid down by the Government.

The public notice will come into force w.e.f. the date of issue of this notification.

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(L. Jamithung Lotha) Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang.

UK okays Mallya’s extradition to India

Beijing, Feb 4 (IANS): China has been hit by another medical scandal after 29 children were given the wrong vaccine in the city of Shijiazhuang in Hebei province. A nurse at the Huitong community health service centre, has been detained for allegedly giving the children Haemophilus b conjugate vaccine Act-HIB as a pentavalent vaccine, or 5-in-1 vaccine, for personal gain, the provincial government said.

The price of the pentavalent vaccine is reportedly 600 yuan ($89) while that of Act-HIB vaccine is about 100 yuan. The Qiaoxi health authority has cancelled the business license of the Huitong community health service centre and doctor’s license of the centre’s head. Local authorities will give the 29 children the right vaccine, the Global Times quoted a government statement as saying.

Vijay Mallya (PTI) former Kingfisher Airlines boss. The former Kingfisher Airlines’ boss has earlier indicated that he intends to file an application to appeal against the Westminster Magistrates’ Court verdict in favour of his extradition to India.

The businessman had told reporters soon after the ruling by Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot in London in December 2018 that he would consider the verdict in detail and decide his next course of action. His legal team later confirmed that he will seek leave to appeal against the court order.

“Dr Mallya has now

Lahore, Feb 4 (PTI): Pakistan’s former dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf was responsible for no breakthrough on the Kashmir issue as he launched the Kargil operation without the civilian government’s approval to “sabotage” the talks with India and topple the Nawaz Sharif government, a close aide of the then prime minister said Monday.

Pa k i s t a n M u s l i m League (PML)-Nawaz leader and Senator Pervaiz Rashid told reporters that “Sharif and the Indian leadership were holding talks on Kashmir and the latter was ready to resolve it but Musharraf launched the Kargil operation to sabotage the talks and topple the Sharif government”.

General Musharraf, 75, who lives in Dubai, is facing several cases includ-

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involved in a conspiracy to launder money,” she said.

The judgment had also dismissed the defence team’s attempt to challenge the case on human rights grounds by claiming that Barrack 12 of Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, where the businessman is to be detained following his extradition, did not meet the requirements.

The UK court said it was satisfied with the various assurances provided by the Indian government, including a video of the jail cell, which had not only been recently redecorated but was also far larger than the minimum requirement threshold.

“I noted that he (Mallya) is taking a whole range of medications which the GoI (government of India) will ensure he has access to,” the judge said.

Mallya needs permission to appeal against this verdict within 14 days of the Home Secretary’s decision, and the case would then proceed to the UK High Court if the appeal is allowed.

Taliban to take part in ‘intra-Afghan’ talks

Members of a Taliban delegation take their seats during peace talks on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russia, November 9, 2018. (File)

Islamabad, Feb 4 (Agencies): The Taliban said Monday they will participate in what they call “intra-Afghan” talks in Moscow designed to bring together prominent Afghan figures, including former President Hamid Karzai, opposition figures and tribal elders — but no Kabul government officials.

According to AP, the two-day meeting in the Russian capital, which starts Tuesday, is seen as another step in a process aimed at resolving Afghanistan’s 17-year war, a process that has accelerated since the appointment last Sep-

tember of US peace envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad.

Khalilzad has been holding separate negotiations with the Taliban even as he presses for a dialogue that would bring together all key Afghan players.

H oweve r, A f g h a n President Ashraf Ghani’s office criticized the meeting in Moscow, saying that Afghan politicians attending the gathering were doing so “in order to gain power.”

Ghani’s chief adviser, Fazel Fazly, tweeted that it was “regrettable.”

Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar,

confirmed the Taliban participation. Their delegation is to be led by Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai.

The Taliban have refused to talk to Ghani’s government, which they denounce as a US puppet.

A statement released on Monday by Afghans attending the Moscow meeting described it as “the first step toward intra-Afghan dialogue.”

Along with Karzai, the former president, many of the 38 delegates from Kabul have held prominent government positions.

Two presidential hopefuls are among those going to Moscow, including Hanif Atmar, who resigned as Ghani’s security adviser last August, apparently over differences with the president. Also on the list are powerful warlords turned politicians and former Taliban insurgents who reconciled with the Kabul administration. The Moscow gathering will further isolate Ghani, who has been irked by Khalilzad’s direct talks with the Taliban as well as the U.S. envoy’s successive rounds of talks in regional countries.

Musharraf ‘sabotaged’ talks Opposed to forming national govt: Sirisena on Kashmir: Sharif’s confidant

Pervez Musharraf (File) ing a treason case for suspending the Constitution in 2007.

The former military ruler left for the UAE in 2016 for medical treatment and has not returned since.

He was the army chief during the Kargil War in 1999.

“Gen Musharraf is responsible for the blood of Kashimiris. Musharraf was the reason behind the

US sends more troops to Mexico border

London, Feb 4 (Agencies): The US is to send an additional 2,000 troops to its border with Mexico, the Pentagon has announced.

According to BBC, it will bring the total number of troops stationed on the southern border to about 4,300.

The Pentagon said the soldiers would help borderpatrol agents, carry out surveillance work and install miles of razor wire.

It comes as President Donald Trump battles Congress for funds to build a wall along the border.

He says such a measure is needed to stop illegal immigration.

Mr Trump’s insistence that the lower house of Congress, now controlled by his Democratic opponents, include funds for the wall in the US budget recently led to the longest government shutdown in US history.

He struck a temporary deal last month to reopen government departments but has threatened to trigger another shutdown or declare a national emergency if his

been able to consider the court’s decision and intends to file an application for permission to appeal at the appropriate time,” said Anand Doobay, Partner at UK-based Boutique Law LLP, who has been Mallya’s solicitor through the extradition process.

While Mallya’s legal team had argued in the UK court that the default on the loans sought by the now-defunct airline were the result of business failure, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had claimed fraudulent intentions by the businessman in seeking and then dispersing those loans.

Judge Arbuthnot, in her ruling delivered on December 10 at the end of a year-long trial, concluded there is a case to answer in the Indian courts over substantial “misrepresentations” by the “flashy billionaire” of his financial dealings.

“There is clear evidence of dispersal and misapplication of the loan funds and I find a prima facie case the Dr Mallya was

demands are not met. The current agreement expires on 15 February.

Mr Trump is expected to again highlight the issue in his annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday.

The US defence department said 3,750 extra soldiers would be sent to the border, although many will replace troops already there.

The first deployments took place in November.

“Additional units are being deployed for 90 days, and we will continue to evaluate the force composition required to meet the mission to protect and secure the southern border,” a Pentagon statement said.

Their tasks will include “a mobile surveillance capability through the end of September 2019, as well as the emplacement of approximately 150 miles of concertina wire between ports of entry”.

Last Thursday, President Trump tweeted that extra forces were being sent to the border to stop migrants who he said were travelling in “caravans” and threaten-

ing an “invasion”.

He reiterated his claims on Sunday tweeting: “If there is no wall there is no security.”

Mr Trump has repeatedly described the situation on the Mexican border as a “crisis”, although his critics have dismissed the use of troops as a political stunt.

Mr Trump is, however, not the first US president to send troops to the border with Mexico. President Barack Obama sent some 1,200 National Guard soldiers to guard the boundary while President George W Bush deployed about 6,000 troops to help Border Patrol agents in what was called Operation Jump Start.

suffering of Kashmiris as he did not let this issue resolved,” he said, terming the Kargil operation a ‘misadventure’.

This is Musharraf ’s biggest crime even more than toppling the Sharif government in October 1999, Rashid, a close confidant of Sharif, said.

Before Mushar raf went for the misadventure, India’s then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee came to Lahore and went to Minar-e-Pakistan to accept the creation of Pakistan, the Senator claimed.

Rashid demanded that Musharraf be brought to justice for his crimes, specially against Kashmiris.

Though Pakistan initially claimed that mujahideen were responsible for occupying strategic heights along the Line of Control in early 1999, Musharraf later revealed in his autobiography ‘In The Line Of Fire’ that regular army soldiers participated in the Kargil operation.

Colombo, Feb 4 (PTI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday said he is opposed to forming a national government only to expand the Cabinet of ministers, indicating that his rift with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was far from over.

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe-led government on Friday sought the consent of the Speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament to form a ‘national government’, a move seen as a step to get a majority in the 225-member House.

Addressing the nation at the 71st National Independence Day celebrations, Sirisena said the proposed national government is simply an attempt to increase the number of Cabinet ministers and provide privileges to the ministers at the people’s expense. Calling the move unethical, the president said the people’s wish is to limit the Cabinet to 25 ministers.

“I have seen media reports of an attempt to form a national government. I stand opposed to the move as this would be an exercise

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order rarely goes against the court’s conclusions as he has to consider only some very narrow bars to extradition which are unlikely to apply in this case, including the possible imposition of a death penalty in a particular case.

The UK Home Office confirmed on Monday that after considering all matters, Javid had signed Mallya’s extradition order on Sunday.

“On February 3 the Secretary of State, having carefully considered all relevant matters, signed the order for Vijay Mallya’s extradition to India,” a Home Office spokesperson said.

“Vijay Mallya is accused in India of conspiracy to defraud, making false representations and money laundering offences,” the spokesperson added.

Mallya is on bail on an extradition warrant executed by Scotland Yard in April 2017 after the Indian authorities brought fraud and money laundering charges amounting to Rs 9,000 crores against the

APPRECIATION

The Alongtaki Village Council Mokokchung District, would like to sincerely express our profound thanks and gratitude to the Former Director Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Nagaland Dr. Walling for timely upgradation of Veterinary Quarantine Check Post to Veterinary Dispensary at Alongtaki. This exercise would immensely benefit the people in livestock management, feeding, breeding and health care of animals.

We once again thank the Former Director and the concerned Department for fulfilling the aspiration of the area.

Alem Langu Teka Imchen Chairman Secretary Alongtaki Village Council Alongtaki Village Council

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London, Feb 4 (PTI): The extradition of Vijay Mallya, accused of conspiracy to defraud banks and money laundering offences, has been approved

by UK Home Secretary, the British government said on Monday, in a major blow to the liquor baron and boosting India’s efforts to bring back the fugitive businessman.

The 63-year-old business tycoon had been found to have a case to answer before the Indian courts by Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on December 10, 2018.

Under the Extradition Treaty procedures, the Chief Magistrate’s verdict was sent to Home Secretary Sajid Javid because only he was authorised to order Mallya’s extradition.

Javid, the UK’s seniormost Pakistani-origin minister, had two months from that date to sign off on that order.

Mallya now has 14 days from February 4 to apply for leave to appeal to the UK High Court.

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Maithripala Sirisena (File) only to expand the cabinet of ministers and attain more privileges,” Sirisena said referring to the move by Wickremesinghe.

Wickremesinghe was sacked by President Maithripala Sirisena in October last year and strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed the prime minister. The President also removed the members of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from the national unity government.

The UNP, with 106 seats, had joined hands with

the Sirisena’s SLFP in 2015 to form a unity government.

Sirisena was forced to reappoint Wickremesinghe as the prime minister after Rajapaksa failed to prove his majority twice in Parliament. Since his reappointment in December last, the Wickremesinghe-led government has been functioning without the required majority of 113 in the 225member House.

Sirisena’s move to dissolve Parliament to hold a snap parliamentary poll on January 5 was turned down by the Supreme Court.

Wickremesinghe plans to set up a national government by entering into a pact with the solitary member from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress while roping in the members from Sirisena’s Freedom Party.

The year 2019 is a crucial year for Sri Lanka as the next presidential election is scheduled to be held between November this year

and early January 2020.

Wickremesinghe’s party has already announced that they would not back the president again due to the ongoing rift between Sirisena and Wickremesinghe. Rajapaksa cannot contest again as he had been twice president before. The former President’s new Sri Lanka People’s Party is less inclined to back Sirisena.

The Rajapaksa-led opposition has been demanding holding of fresh elections ahead of its schedule in August 2020.

During the address, Sirisena also warned that international forces were working against Sri Lanka in this election year. He said international reactionary forces have arrived in the country in various disguises. He also lamented that even after 71 years of independence the main national question regarding the Tamil minority still remains unresolved.

OFFICE OF THE

NAGA COUNCIL

NYAMO LOTHA ROAD (CHURCH ROAD) DIMAPUR - 797112, NAGALAND. REGD : H/RS/03-1997

Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) invites application from the interested local entrepreneurs (Nagas of Nagaland only) for allotment of room at Mhalie Memorial Market Complex under the following under mentioned conditions:-

CATEGORY WISE ROOM ALLOTMENT:

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Area Sq. ft.

Allotee contribution

Remark

20.2 x 9.5 = 191.9 Rs. 15,03,720 sq. ft.

As per 12.4 x 9.6 = 119.04 Rs. 9,96,220 architectural sq. ft. estimate 9.6 x 9.19 = 87.36 Rs. 8,38,220 sq. ft.

1. Each category contribution includes for construction cost of piling, basement for car parking and ground floor.

2. Allotment shall be made for ground floor and first floor, but first phase contribution will be made upto ground floor level construction only.

3. Under any category shop, allotment will be made first come first basis (serial wise).

4. Allotment order will be issued after producing the original bank deposit slip.

5. Mode of deposit at one go, "Naga Council Dimapur" NSCB Main Branch Dimapur Account No. 101410006112899 6. Last date of deposit will be 28th February 2019.

7. Documents containing terms and condition can be seen at Naga Council Office at any working day.

8. The Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) reserves the right to contact/ withdraw/amend this advertisement or extend the due date at its sole discretion, depends on any circumstance.

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to celebrate How microbes help make Maroon 5’s Super Bowl show fails to catch fire Apple February as

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o m e t s, d r o n e s, marching bands and Spongebob Squarepants: Maroon 5’s Super Bowl half-time show had everything... except an emotional connection.

The LA band delivered an enthusiastic, breathless history of their biggest hits - from This Love to Girls Like You - but unlike the copious pyrotechnics, their set failed to catch fire.

They came closest with a low-key rendition of the ballad She Will Be Loved, performed in the middle of the crowd, as Chinese lanterns rose into the Atlanta skyline.

As the song reached its climax, the lanterns revealed themselves to be drones - flying in formation to spell out the phrase “one love”.

Behind singer Adam Levine, one couple wrapped their arms around each other and swayed, apparently oblivious to the fact they were being watched by millions.

Levine threw himself into the show, dropping to his knees, bashing out guitar solos and running up and down the M-shaped stage - but the band tried to cram in too much material (nine songs in 13 minutes)

Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl.

to create a coherent, enjoyable show.

It didn’t help that they had to make room for rapper Travis Scott, who arrived on stage by “crashlanding” in a comet, and local star Big Boi, formerly of Outkast, who drove on to the field to perform Kryptonite and I Like The Way You Move.

The guests helped propel the show - Scott, in particular, doubled the energy on stage - but it’s notable that the most successful Super Bowl performers of the last decade, Lady Gaga and Prince, both rejected collaborators.

Maroon 5 closed their set with their biggest hit, Moves Like Jagger,

as Levine stripped off his vest top and fireworks shot from the roof of Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz stadium.

They didn’t leave the stage defeated - casual fans will have been reminded why they’re still around and producing hits after 17 years - but neither will the show be talked about as an all-time classic.

During the show, a short clip of cult cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants was beamed across the stadium’s video screens - after fans pleaded for the character’s song Sweet Victory to feature at this year’s half-time show.

For those who don’t know, Sweet Victory is a hair rock anthem that SpongeBob and the Bikini Bottom Super Band played for a stunned sports audience in the classic episode Band Geeks.

A petition asking Maroon 5 to play it was launched after Spongebob’s creator Stephen Hillenburg died of ALS - also known as motor neurone disease last November.

However the 1.2 million signatories were left disappointed, as the cartoon introduction simply cut to Travis Scott’s performance. (BBC)

a perfect cup of coffee

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pple marks Febr uar y as “Heart Month” during which the company will educate people about their heart health and bring an “Activity Challenge” for Apple Watch users.

“A p p l e w i l l h o s t ‘Heart Health with Apple’ sessions in Apple Stores in New York, Chicago and San Francisco with celebrity fitness trainer Jeanette Jenkin where the attendees will hear a discussion about heart health,” the company’s blog-post said on Friday. The participants would also be part of a new ‘Health and Fitness Walk’ and take brisk walks with Apple Watch around their community.

The iPhone-maker claims to continue to receive letters from users who vouch Apple Watch has helped them identify heart conditions, seek medical treatment, lose weight and get active. “We hope this Activity Challenge and these conversations about heart health will motivate more customers to make regular physical activity a part of their lives,” said Jay Balhnik, Senior Director, Apple. (IANS)

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ver wondered what makes your coffee taste good? It’s the microbes, finds a study.

The study showed that lactic acid bacteria which help in the longer fermentation of coffee beans results in better taste, contrary to conventional wisdom.

“A cup of coffee is the final product of a complex chain of operations: farming, post-harvest processing, roasting and brewing,” said lead investigator Luc De Vuyst, Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in Belgium.

There are several variants of post-harvest processing, among which wet processing and dry processing are the most common.

Wet processing --

commonly used for Arabica and specialty coffees -- is the step that includes fermentation.

The research, published in the Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal, was carried out at an experimental farm in Ecuador.

The team found that during extended fermentation, leuconostocs -- a genus of lactic acid bacteria used in the fermentation of cabbage to sauerkraut and in sourdough starters -- declined in favour of lactobacilli.

Lactic acid bacteria were already present before fermentation, and these acid tolerant lactobacilli proliferated even more during this process.

“It is challenging to draw a causal link between

the microbiota and the volatile compounds in the beans -- those compounds that contribute to the coffee’s smell -- since many of these compounds can be of microbial, endogenous bean metabolism, or chemical origin,” De Vuyst said.

But De Vuyst noted that the microbial communities, in particular the lactic acid bacteria, showed an impact.

It may have “had a protective effect toward coffee quality during fermentation because of their acidification of the fermenting mass, providing a stable microbial environment and hence preventing growth of undesirable micro-organisms that often lead to off-flavours,” he said.

Besides lactic acid bacteria, other micro-organisms that play a role during wet coffee fermentation include enterobacteria, yeasts, acetic acid bacteria, bacilli and filamentous fungi.

But it is still not known how most bacteria influence this process, De Vuyst said. (IANS)

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f you want to form good habits -- like going to the gym and eating healthy -- then you need to train your brain by repeating actions until they stick, a new study suggests. The researchers have created a model which shows that forming good (and bad) habits depends more on how often you perform an action than on how much satisfaction you get from it.

“Psychologists have been trying to understand what drives our habits for over a century, and one of the recurring questions is how much habits are a product of what we want versus what we do,” said Amitai Shenhav, Assistant Professor at Brown University.

“Our model helps to answer that by suggesting that habits themselves are a product of our previous actions, but in certain situations those habits can be supplanted by our desire to get the best outcome,” Shenhav added.

For the study, published in the journal Psychological Review, the researchers developed a computer simulation, in which digital rodents were given a choice of two levers, one of which was associated with the chance of getting a reward.

The lever with the reward was the ‘correct’ one, and the lever without was the ‘wrong’ one. The chance of getting a reward was swapped between the two levers, and the simulated rodents were trained to choose the ‘correct’ one.

When the digital rodents were trained for a short time, they managed to choose the new, ‘correct’ lever when the chance of a reward was swapped. However, when they were trained extensively on one lever, the digital rats stuck to the ‘wrong’ lever stubbornly, even when it no longer had the chance for a reward. The rodents preferred to stick to the repeated action that they were used to, rather than have the chance for a reward. (IANS)

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of the download counts originated from Asia -particularly in India, said a report from US-based cyber security firm Trend Micro.

The apps have now been removed by Google from the Play Store.

“A user downloading one of these apps will not immediately suspect that there is anything amiss, un-

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oogle has deleted 29 malicious “beauty camera” apps that were sharing pornographic content and forwarding users, particularly in India, to phishing websites to steal their information.

Some of these Android apps have been downloaded millions of times and a large number

til they decide to delete the app,” said Trend Micro.

The app will push several full screen ads when users unlock their devices, including malicious ads (such as fraudulent content and pornography) that will pop up via the user’s browser.

“During our analysis, we found a paid online pornography player that was downloaded when clicking the pop up,” the report added. None of these apps gave any indication that they were the ones behind the ads, thus users might find it difficult to determine where they’re coming from. (IANS)

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Australia beat SL to seal Test series 2-0 United must maintain focus: Herrera

C A N B E R R A , F eb 4 (Agencies): Fast bowler Mitchell Starc picked up his second five-wicket haul in the match to lead Australia to a comprehensive 366-run victory in the second test against Sri Lanka and a 2-0 series win at Manuka Oval on Monday.

Chasing an improbable 516 for victory, the tourists were shot out for 149 by Australia, who won the opening test in Brisbane by an innings and 40 runs.

The series win against Sri Lanka was the first for Australia since they thrashed England 4-0 in the Ashes early last year.

Left-arm quick Starc bowled with the same aggression and pace that earned him a five-wicket haul in the first innings to finish with 5-46 and only his second match haul of 10 wickets.

Starc’s only other 10wicket haul in a match was also against Sri Lanka when he took 11-94 in a 2016 test in Galle.

Man of the match Starc began the day add-

Australia's Mitchell Starc celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Kusal Perera on day 4 of their cricket test match in Canberra on Monday. (AP/PTI)

ing the wickets of opener Dimuth Karunaratne and Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal to his tally.

The paceman got a fast delivery to cut back into Karunaratne, who failed to add to his overnight score of eight, and breached his defence clipping the leg bail.

Chandimal was out for four when he guided Starc straight into the hands of Marnus Labuschagne at

DDTTA general meeting on Feb 9 Dimapur, Feb 4 (NPN): The Dimapur District Table Tennis Association (DDTTA) will hold its general meeting on February 9 at 3:00 p.m. at the Multipurpose Stadium, near DC Court junction, Dimapur. Therefore, the association has requested all executive members, founding members, ex-office bearers and all registered members to attend the meeting.

slip which ended a dismal tour for the right-hander, who aggregated 24 runs from four innings.

Sri Lanka promoted Niroshan Dickwella, who had made an attacking 64 in Brisbane, and he and opener Lahiru Thirimanne added 30 for the third wicket.

A sharply climbing delivery from Pat Cummins ended Thirimanne’s knock of 30 when the fast bowler

sprinted forward to take a diving return catch inches off the ground.

Starc returned for his second spell to dismiss Dickwella (27) and Kusal Perera, who was cleared to bat on Monday after being hit on the helmet by a bouncer on the third morning, in successive deliveries to take his match haul to nine.

Dhananjaya de Silva kept out the hat-trick deliv-

ery but fell right after the lunch interval to Jhye Richardson, spooning a catch to the mid-on fielder.

Kusal Mendis and Chamika Kar unaratne stalled Australia’s victory march with a seventh-wicket stand of 46 before the former found the fielder at cover with an uppish drive against leg-spinner Labuschagne.

Mendis fell for 42 while Chamika edged Cummins to be out for 22 as Australia inched closer to victory. Paine brought Starc back to give him a chance to complete his 10-wicket haul and the quick bowled out Vishwa Fernando to complete the mark.

Cummins finished with 3-15 and was adjudged player of the series for his haul of 14 wickets from the two tests.

L o nd o n , F eb 4 (Agencies): Ander Herrera has urged his Manchester United teammates to maintain their focus as they enter a run of games that could define their season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side travel to Fulham on Saturday before hosting PSG in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie next Tuesday.

United then go to Chelsea in the FA Cup before a Premier League clash with table-toppers Liverpool, but Herrera says United cannot look beyond Fulham.

He said, “It will be a big mistake if we think further than Fulham. That’s a massive game for us because Chelsea are playing (Manchester) City.”

“Let’s go game by game, because if you lose

2nd DEATH ANNIVERSARY Lt. Rev. Wekheno Kath 5th February 2017

Ipa na kekule kemehai sakechi thu ASA clarifies meshenpi Anyiza sen Dimapur, Feb 4 (NPN): The Angami Sports Asnu atsathang wila na sociation (ASA) has clarified that the 12th Open Naga Wrestling Meet in March will be hosted by ASA and not meshenki pen tenle.

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Wellington, Feb 4 (IANS): Failing to recover from a back injury, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill was on Monday ruled out of the upcoming three-match Twenty20 international series against India, starting on February 6.

Guptill had sustained the injury while throwing a ball during fielding practice on the eve of the fifth ODI here after which he was also forced to miss the contest.

The Kiwi opener underwent a fitness test here this morning where he continued to feel pain in his lower back. Later, New Zealand coach Gary Stead confirmed Guptill will miss the series.

“Unfortunately Martin hasn’t recovered in time for this T20 series - which is very condensed with three games over five days,” Stead was quoted as saying

by New Zealand Cricket.

“It’s a shame as he (Guptill) is obviously a big part of our white-ball sides, but we’ve got to look at the big picture and ensure he gets the injury right.

It’s great to have Jimmy coming into the side after some encouraging ODI performances. It promises to be an exciting series,” he added.

Bowling all-rounder James Neesham, who was earlier left out of the T20I squad, has now been included as Guptill’s replacement.

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one game you regret. Now for Fulham, then we will think about PSG. The best way to prepare for the PSG game is to try and win away at Fulham and that’s the way I think.”

Manchester United will go into their pivotal period of games in excellent form, having gone unbeaten in the 10 matches

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Lt. PANGERTONGZUK JAMIR (Longsa) 10th June 1954 – 28th Jan 2019 Words are not enough to express our profound gratitude to every individual for your kind gestures expressed towards our beloved father/husband Lt. PANGERTONGZUK JAMIR during his prolonged illness until his last breath. May our Almighty God bless each and everyone. Our inability to mention every individual is regretted.

Loving Wife & Children.

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since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer became caretaker manager.

However, Her rera warns it will be impossible for the side to avoid defeat between now and May, saying, “That is impossible, the Premier League is so tough, City is a fantastic team and they lost away at Newcastle the other day.

In the Premier League it’s impossible to go unbeaten from when the manager came in, to have 25 or 30 games unbeaten.”

Although he believes he will have to endure defeat again before the end of the campaign, Herrera is enjoying life under the former United striker - but is avoiding comparisons with his predecessor Jose Mourinho.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Ketenzen tsangathu

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“ I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH” 2 TIMOTHY 4:7

BURCHILA, WIFE OF LATE SUBONGTSUBA 26.06.1925 – 29.01.2019 We the family members of Late Burchila (Aonokpu) offer our heartfelt gratitude to all individuals, Churches and organizations who supported and stood by us physically, emotionally, financially and through prayers during our time of bereavement. In particular we would like to thank: 1. Medziphema Town Ao Baptist Church 2. Ao Union, Medziphema 3. Dimapur Aonokpu Union 4. Principal, Officers, staff and trainees, IETC, Medziphema We may not be able to thank you individually but it is our prayer that the good Lord will bless you abundantly.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We the bereaved family of Lt. Toshiho Sumi would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us spiritually, physically and financially during the brief illness till the time of sad demise of our beloved on 28 th Jan 2019. We are indebted to all our near and dear ones who stood by us by comforting us in our saddest hour.

We deeply regret our inability to mention each (17/07/1964 – 28/01/2019) and every individual but it is our fervent prayer that God Almighty bless you all abundantly.

We would like to convey our special gratitude to : 1. Zion Hospital Dimapur.

2. NEIGRIMS Hospital, Shillong.

3. Ekranipathar Sumi Baptist Akukuhou.

4. 7th NAP BN. 5. 'D' Coy, 7th NAP BN. Bhandari 6. Kulolau Vekuho Kughoko 7. Imlotokujo Kuposhukulu Dimapur 8. Khrimtomi Welfare Dimapur Area.

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Born : 01-07-1929, Died : 24-01-2019 Words are inadequate to express our profound gratitude to each and every individual who stood by us physically, financially, spiritually and materially at the demise of my dearest husband Lt. Chubakumzuk Lemtur. Thank you for your kindness and sympathy at a time when it was much needed.

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LATE IMKONGMAYANG Chungliyimsen Village

Born on : 23rd Oct 1962 Died on : 24th Jan 2018 Most sincerely we would like to share our hearty gratitude to all those who have stood by our side during the sustained illness till the demise of our beloved.

Your prayers and support in all the kinds will be always in our hearts. We would also like to share our special thanks to : Dr. Kilangwapang Pongen Dr. Limayanger Nurse Tiarenla Nurse Limasenla Nurse Ayangla Doctors and Nurses of IMDH, Mokokchung Doctors and Nurses of Impur Clinic, Mokokchung The Pentecostal Church, Mokokchung Sungkomen Baptist Church, Mokokchung We pray our loving God to bless each one generously.

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seconds in against Newcastle, City fans had to wait 46 seconds for their opener this time courtesy of Aguero again, heading home unmarked six yards out from Laporte’s left-wing cross after the Frenchman robbed Alex Iwobi on the edge of the area.

City piled forward and threatened a quick-fire second, but Arsenal levelled as Nacho Monreal flicked on Lucas Torreira’s corner for Koscielny to nod in at the back post having got away from Sterling.

Arsenal grew into the game and looked the happier of the two sides going

into the break, but they were stung late in the half via a slick City move.

Ilkay Gundogan’s deft chip over the Arsenal defence for Sterling still left the England winger with a job to do to find Aguero at the back post, but he did so superbly with a fine firsttime volleyed cross for the Argentine to tap in.

City nearly got a third after the break as Bernd Leno blocked Kevin De Bruyne’s close-range effort, but Aguero was in the right place to bundle Sterling’s low cross from the left over the line just after the hour, though replays show the ball hit his arm. Leno parried away Aguero’s deflected effort from the edge of the box to deny him a fourth, and Leno kept the score down again moments later, smartly tipping away David Silva’s 20-yard shot.

City eased the game out at 3-1, meaning attention turns back to Liverpool and their trip to London with just over a third of the season remaining.

City now go to Everton in the Premier League on Wednesday night, before returning to the Etihad on Sunday to face Chelsea.

Kohima, Feb 4 (NPN): The 47th meet of Angami Sports Association (ASA) will be held on February 7 and 8 at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima.

The events of the meet are football for men and volleyball for both men and women.

Er. Zale Neikha, advisor, youth resources and sports will be the special guest for opening ceremony, while Pfüduolhuo Kense, advisor, Nagaland Wrestling Association will be the guest of honour for closing ceremony.

The four units under ASA are Southern Angami Sports Association (SASA), Western Angami Sports Association (WASA), Northern Angami Sports Association (NASA) and Chakhroma Sports Association (CSA).

Meanwhile, the organising committee has informed coach and manager of all units under ASA to attend the briefing on February 6 at 2:00 pm at the venue. It has also requested all the teams to line-up by 9:45 am for the inaugural function on February 7.

The Kohima District Football Referee Association and Kohima Volleyball Association will officiate the meet.

Bertens wins St. Petersburg trophy

Holder banned for 3rd Test vs England

Body found in wreckage of Sala’s plane

Sergio Aguero celebrates with Manchester City team-mates after scoring a goal during their EPL match against Arsenal.

London, Feb 4 (Agencies): Manchester City reduced the gap at the top of the Premier League to two points for 24 hours at least as Sergio Aguero’s hat-trick helped them to a 3-1 win over Arsenal.

The reigning champions took the lead after 46 seconds through Aguero’s header as Arsenal nearly crumbled early on, but they were soon level as Laurent Koscielny scored a header of his own from a corner (11).

But City went in ahead at half-time as Aguero simply finished off from Raheem Sterling’s fine assist

(44), and the Argentine completed his hat-trick with a fortuitous close-range touch off the side of his body (61), through there was a suspicion of handball.

The result means pressure is back on Liverpool to regain their five-point lead against West Ham, while Arsenal move down to sixth, three points off the top four.

Pep Guardiola surprised all with his team selection as Fernandinho started at centre-back and Aymeric Laporte at left-back, but it looked to work a treat early on as City dominated.

After scoring just 24

Kiki Bertens with the trophy after beating Croatia’s Donna Vekic in St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy final.

St. Petersburg, Feb 4 (IANS): Second-seeded Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands rolled to a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 win over Croatia’s Donna Vekic to clinch the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy final and claiming the eighth title of her career.

Eighth seeded Vekic blew a set point that could have changed the course of the championship match which lasted one hour and 43 minutes.

“My coach, Raemon Sluiter, told me I was playing the right way, and just needed to keep going for my shots, which I did!”

Bertens said after winning the title at the WTA event on Sunday, reports Efe

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The Croatian seemed on her way to another upset - having stunned top seed Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, in the quarterfinals - when she capitalized on her first break point of the match and then dropped two points on serve for a 2-0 lead.

Once more, Vekic put Bertens on her back foot in the third game, but she was able to serve her way out of trouble, getting on the scoreboard for the first time.

The 27-year-old Bertens suffered another blow in the seventh game, when she was broken for the second time in the

match and Vekic prepared to serve for the opener.

When it mattered most, however, Bertens came up big, staging a stunning comeback triggered

by Vekic’s failure to win a point on serve in the eighth game.

A pumped up Bertens then proceeded to win the next three games and get another break while Vekic tried to rally.

The Croatian held serve in the 12th game, pushing the set to a tie break that Bertens easily ran away with, losing just two points.

The Dutch player’s momentum continued in the second set as she got a break for a 2-1 lead, but Vekic rallied to draw level at 3-3.

Vekic’s revival, however, was short-lived as Bertens got another break in the ninth game that proved to be decisive.

Serving for the match, Bertens had three consecutive match points that Vekic fought off but the Dutch player sealed the win in the end.

Bertens got revenge for her recent loss to Vekic in the second round of the 2019 Brisbane International tournament.

Jason Holder

Antigua, Feb 4 (Agencies): The West Indies will miss captain Jason Holder for the third and final Test against England in St. Lucia after he was issued a one-match ban. Holder was punished by the International Cricket Council for the team’s slow over rate in winning the second Test in Antigua on Saturday.

That clinched the series 2-0, the West Indies’ first against England in 10 years.

The West Indies won in Antigua by 10 wickets in three days. It won the first Test in Barbados by 381 runs in four days. Holder will be sorely missed. He’s the leading run-scorer in the series, with 229 after an unbeaten 202 in the first Test.

Vice-captain Kraigg Brathwaite is expected to lead the West Indies in the third Test starting on Saturday in St. Lucia.

London, Feb 4 (AFP): British investigators said Monday they had spotted a body in the wreckage of a plane that disappeared in the Channel two weeks ago carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala and his pilot.

Sala, 28, was flying from France to join his new club, Premier League side Cardiff City, when the light aircraft disappeared on January 21 north of the island of Guernsey.

A wreck was found on the seabed on Sunday and closer inspection by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) confirmed both that it was the missing plane, and that a body was inside.

“Tragically, in video footage from the ROV, one occupant is visible amidst the wreckage,” the British government’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in a statement.

“The AAIB is now considering the next steps, in consultation with the families of the pilot and passenger, and the police.” The AAIB also released a grainy image showing a part of the fuselage with the aircraft registration. The depth indicated on the image was 67.7 metres (222 feet).

Sala was flying to Cardiff after transferring from

Dubai, Feb 4 (PTI): The Indian cricket team Monday rose a rung to second in the ICC ODI rankings in which captain Virat Kohli and pacer Jasprit Bumrah continued to top the respective charts for batsmen and bowlers.

India have accumulated 122 points on the back of series wins over Australia and New Zealand and are placed behind England (126) in the fresh list, the ICC said in a statement.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni also moved up owing to a strong showing against Australia last month, which fetched him the player of the series award. Dhoni has moved up three places to 17th position in the batting list for a run, which included three consecutive half-centuries against Australia.

N ew Z e a l a n d f a s t bowler Trent Boult surged to third in the rankings for bowlers after finishing with 12 wickets in the series against India, which culminated in Wellington on Sunday with a 4-1 victory for the visiting side.

The 29-year-old leftarmer, who swung the ball prodigiously to claim five for 21 and helped New Zealand

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Jasprit Bumrah

to a win in the fourth match, has moved up seven places, the International Cricket Council said in a statement.

Boult topped the rankings in January 2016, and is again on his way up, with only Bumrah and Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan ahead of him.

India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (up one place to fifth) and fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up six places to 17th) are among others to move up in the latest rankings.

The latest update also takes into account India’s preceding three-match series against Australia, the fivematch series between South Africa and Pakistan, and the three matches between the United Arab Emirates and Nepal.

Kedar Jadhav (up eight places to 35th) is another one to advance for India in the list led by Kohli.

For South Africa, Quinton de Kock (up one place to eighth), Hashim Amla (up three places to 13th) and Reeza Hendricks (up 36 places to 94th) have moved up among batsmen while Andile Phehlukwayo’s eight wickets have seen him gain 13 places and reach 19th position and Dwaine Pretorious has moved up from 53rd to 44th slot.

In team Rankings, New Zealand have slipped behind South Africa to fourth place.

Nepal now have a full ranking after crossing the threshold of eight matches and are now tied with the UAE at 15 points with their 2-1 win but marginally behind on decimals.

Nantes fans pay tribute to Emiliano Sala with a huge banner of their former striker.

French team Nantes in a 17 million euro ($19.3 million) move -- a record deal for the Welsh team.

The plane, a Piper PA46 Malibu, vanished from radar around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Guernsey, with British pilot David Ibbotson the only other person aboard.

Local police called off the search after a few days, saying it was very unlikely anyone would still be found alive.

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launched a crowd-funding campaign for a private search, which raised over 300,000 euros.

They hired shipwreck hunter David Mear ns, whose vessel used sonar equipment to identify the plane wreckage on Sunday morning within a few hours of starting the search.

Another vessel, hired by the AAIB, then used its remotely operated vehicle to survey the seabed.

“Based on analysis of ROV video footage, the

AAIB investigators on board the vessel concluded that the object is wreckage from the missing Piper Malibu aircraft,” the AAIB said Monday.

Suspected debris from the plane washed up on the Normandy coastline in France last Wednesday, further dampening any hopes of finding the footballer and his pilot alive.

“This is about the best result we could have hoped for the families,” said Mearns.

Lyon hand PSG first Ligue 1 defeat of season PARIS, Feb 4 (Agencies): Paris St Germain lost 2-1 at Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday to suffer their first Ligue 1 defeat of the season ahead of their Champions League last16 tie against Manchester United.

Thomas Tuchel’s PSG, without the injured Neymar, were overwhelmed at the Groupama stadium by Lyon who will play Barcelona in Europe’s premier club competition.

Nabil Fekir’s secondhalf penalty earned Lyon all three points after Moussa Dembele had cancelled out Angel Di Maria’s early opener for PSG. PSG lead the table with 56 points from 21 games, 10 ahead of second-placed Lille who have played two more games. Lyon are third, three points further adrift.

The capital side lacked steel in midfield in the absence of injured Marco Verratti and missed the spark of Neymar, who will also sit out the Feb. 12 first leg against Manchester United

Lyon players celebrate after scoring a goal against PSG during their Ligue 1 match.

at Old Trafford due to a foot injury. Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe, spearheading the attack in a 4-4-2 formation, were subdued, raising concerns nine days before PSG face a resurgent United side.

PSG went ahead after seven minutes when Julian Draxler dispossessed Houssem Aouar and set up Di

Maria on the edge of the box for the Argentine to score with a left-foot shot.

Lyon had the upper hand, though, and PSG were saved by six stops from Alphone Areola before he failed to handle a Leo Dubois cross, leaving Dembele free to head home from point-blank range in the 33rd minute.

Lyon took the lead four minutes into the second half, Fekir converting a penalty after Thiago Silva had fouled Dembele.

The visitors dominated the closing stages, but the Lyon defence and keeper Anthony Lopes held firm to hand the capital side their first league defeat since May.

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