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Mamata vs Centre: SC restrains CBI

Vows to fight against Modi govt to finish; says SC verdict moral victory

Mamata Banerjee after calling-off her ‘Save Constitution’ dharna (sit-in) in Kolkata, Tuesday. (PTI)

effort to cobble together an anti-BJP alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, drew support from over 20 opposition parties as she claimed the Centre was plotting a “coup” to topple her government. Asser ting that opposition parties will take the fight against the Modi government to a “logical conclusion”, Naidu said their leaders will meet in the national capital on February 13-14 to chalk out an agitational programme. “Democracy is in danger. Everybody is under threat. If anybody raises his voice, you throw them in jail. Is it Emergency? It is worse than Emergency,” he said. The Banerjee-Centre face-off resonated in Parliament for the second day running, with proceedings getting disrupted amid protests by opposition parties, including the TMC, SP and Congress, over alleged misuse of the CBI in West Bengal. Banerjee said the court direction that no coercive steps, including arrest of Kumar, will take place during the course of investigation, is “our moral victory and boost the morale of civil servants”.

Myanmar army launches offensive Go to Shillong: SC against NE rebels U WA H AT I , F E B 5 to CBI, Kolkata CP G(AGENCIES): Myanmar

“Go to Shillong. It is a cool place. Both sides will remain cool there,” observed the Supreme Court in a lighter vein while accepting the request of CBI that Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar be directed to join investigation at a neutral place. The remark was made by CJI Ranjan Gogoi after passing the order in which a bench headed by him said that Kumar has to make himself available before the CBI for investigation. After the bench had almost completed the dictation of the order, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal raised the issue of neutral place. “To avoid unnecessary controversy, we direct the Commissioner of Police to appear before the investigating agency in Shillong, Meghalaya, on such date(s) as may be fixed,” the bench said in its order. The apex court directed that Kumar will appear before the CBI for investigation in Shillong, and no coercive steps, including his arrest, will take place during the course of the probe.

KOLKATA, FEB 5 (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called off her sit-in protest Tuesday evening after the Supreme Court forbid the CBI from taking coercive action against Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar, but vowed to wage a relentless battle against the Narendra Modi government till it was ousted from power. Banerjee, who dramatically began the dharna on Sunday evening over CBI’s bid to question Kumar, said she was ending the protest

following a “favourable” Supreme Court order after consulting leaders of likeminded political parties. “I will not give up... Modi hatao, desh bachao (oust Modi, save the country. The dharna is a victory of the people, of the country, of democracy. I will now take the fight to Delhi,” she told a gathering of her supporters with TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu by her side. Banerjee, one of the prime movers behind the

ECI begins preparations for LS polls in NE

Can’t compromise on quality of road: Patton

AGARTALA/AIZAWL, FEB 5 (IANS): With weeks to go for the announcement of the 17th Lok Sabha election dates, the Election Commission has begun preparations in the Northeastern states, a top election official said on Tuesday. “The Election Commission has been holding regular interactions with chief electoral officers (CEOs) and other concerned officials through video conferencing. But it is yet to inform us about its possible visit to the region,” Tripura CEO Sriram Taranikanti told IANS. “On Monday, Deputy Election Commissioner (incharge of the Northeastern states) Sudeep Jain interacted with the CEOs, District Magistrates and superintendents of police of all districts of Tripura, Mizoram, Sikkim, Manipur and Nagaland through video conferencing and took an overview of the preparations,” he said. Another Election Commission official said that except Mizoram and Assam, the photo-affixed electoral rolls with January 1, 2019 as the qualifying date of age, had already been published in Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

This is it!

“I don’t know whether this dharna is to save the constitution or her government.” K Y M C

Patton pointing to the loose asphalt over a portion of the road.

DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): State deputy chief minister (Dy CM) Y Patton expressed his disappointment at the poor repair work of National Highway-702 in Mon district and asserted that quality workmanship in public sector cannot be compromised at any cost.

During a surprise visit to the work site in Tapi area of Mon district on Tuesday, Patton, who holds the portfolio of National Highways, expressed his anguish at the poor repair work and blacktopping of the highway by the agency concerned. The deputy chief minister urged the agencies involved to take stock of their work and ensure quality and good road for the public. Patton said the contractors should maintain and follow the guidelines of government orders, while also urging engineers and other department officials to be watchful and closely monitor the whole process in order to deliver good quality road to the people. Mentioning that NH702 was one of the major highways and economic lifeline, particularly for Eastern Nagas, Patton claimed that his concern for the eastern

Nagas had made him pay a surprise visit to check the ongoing works. Meanwhile, interacting with representatives of Konyak Union, Konyak Students’ Union and Tapi Area Students’ Union, Patton sought full support and cooperation of the public for development of roads and also to monitor quality of work. He urged the locals to report to the government any incidence of contractors not following the guidelines and specifications. Mon district administration officials and NGO representatives expressed gratitude to Patton for showing his concern and visiting the ongoing construction work site. Patton was accompanied by superintending engineer (SE)- I (NH) Yanbemo Humtsoe, SE-II (NH) Tia, executive engineer (NH) Mon district and IGP, Z. Mero.

Army carried out an offensive against North East insurgent groups in Myanmar’s Sagaing division killing one ULFA (I) cadre on February 2. The offensive was launched to flush out NE rebel groups–ULFA-I, NSCN-K, NDFB-S and KLO, a North East Now report stated. According to reports, six members of the NSCN (K) were also arrested by Myanmar Army during the operations. Sources said senior leaders of NSCN (K) approached Myanmar to resolve the issue. On Januar y 29, the Myanmar army had launched an operation against NSCN (K) and took control of its headquarters in Taga village in Nanyun Township. According to reports, the Myanmar Army also seized various documents and video footage that reportedly shows Assambased militants staying in the NSCN (K) land besides recovering a huge cache of arms and ammunition during the operation.

(L&R) Mukul Roy and Himanta Biswa Sarma (File)

ment of Sen’s driver, which alleged that Mukul Roy aided Sen in fleeing Kolkata. It was Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kunal Ghosh who had blown the whistle on Roy and 12 others for their role in the Saradha scam after being arrested in 2013 for criminal conspiracy. Meanwhile, the report points out that Roy had started negotiations with the BJP in 2015, which culminated with him joining the saffron party on

November 3, 2017. As for Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the CBI had brought him in for questioning on November 26, 2014, two months after the investigation agency raided his house and a news channel owned by his wife in Guwahati. Sarma was accused of receiving Rs 20 lakh per month from Sudipta Sen for running Saradha’s operations in Assam, The Indian Express report stated. Ye t , S a r m a w a s

GUWAHATI/AIZAWL/ S H I L LO N G, F E B 5 (AGENCIES): Rattled by protests across the North East and opposition from its allies and friendly parties, the ruling BJP is now seeking to find a “middle ground” to go forward on the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha during the Parliament session. BJP general secretary and in-charge of North East, Ram Madhav said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 will likely be placed in Rajya Sabha for approval in the ongoing session as a supplementary bill. Speaking to UNI, Madhav said that the Home Ministry is talking to all the stakeholders and are hopeful that a middle ground will soon be paved for passing of the bill in the upper house. “The bill was not listed in the business list of the Rajya Sabha, it could be introduced in the upper house as supplementary bill anytime during the session”, Ram Madhav added. “From the party’s side we are talking to all of them, also from the government side, the Home Minister

SC accuses MHA of trying to ‘destroy the NRC process’ NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down Centre’s application to withdraw 167 companies of security forces currently involved in National Registry of Citizens work in Assam for forthcoming General Elections. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogogi was livid over Union Home ministry’s request to withdraw central forces deployed in Assam for NRC work to use them in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. The court was scathing in its criticism. It said it seemed “MHA doesn’t want NRC work to go on and entire effort from MHA is to destroy the process”. “Government of India is not cooperating,” the Bench, which also included Justice Rohinton Nariman, said. “If you want, there are 1001 ways to get it done,” CJI Ranjan Gogogi said. “Do you want us to summon the Home Secretary?” asks the Bench.

‘CBI softened probe on Mukul, Sarma after duo joined BJP’ NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): With the battle between Kolkata Police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gaining heat over investigations carried out in the Saradha scam, a report in The Indian Express has pointed out that the former went soft on its probe against ministers Mukul Roy and Himanta Biswa Sarma after they joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The CBI had taken over the investigation of the Saradha scam in 2014 on the orders of the Supreme Court. T h e i nve s t i g a t i o n agency questioned former railway minister and exTrinamool Congress vicepresident Mukul Roy on January 30, 2015 over his alleged role in Saradha’s news operations and his association with Saradha chairman Sudipta Sen. The CBI had a state-

CAB to be placed in Rajya Sabha as Supplementary Bill: Ram Madhav

never named in any of the chargesheets. He had joined the BJP on August 28, 2015, and since then has not been summoned by the CBI for investigation. Meanwhile, Mukul Roy told the publication, “I joined BJP in 2017 while CBI questioning took place in 2015. How can they say I have taken favours from the BJP?” The CBI had first summoned Rajeev Kumar on October 18, 2017, around one and a half years after he took over as Commissioner of Kolkata Police on January 29, 2016. He has been issued summons four times since then, the last one being on December 8, 2018. Kumar, who headed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the West Bengal government in April 2013 to probe the Saradha scam, has declined all the summons.

the interests of the people of Mizoram. If the central leadership decides to legislate the proposed amendment, the state unit would have no option but to dissolve itself,” Hluna told reporters here. He added that as an alternative, the state BJP unit also requested the national leaders that the bill, if not revoked, should at Ram Madhav (File) least keep the North Eastern has been in touch with the states out of its purview. senior leaders of all the front M’laya unit appeals governments in the North After Mizoram, anothEast. We are hopeful that we will find a middle ground er state unit of the BJP in the which will satisfy all of us,” North East has urged the rulMadhav had told The Indian ing party to step back on the Citizenship (Amendment) Express in an interview. Bill, 2016. The Meghalaya BJP has written to the central leadership to exempt all North Eastern states from Mizoram BJP chief the purview of the Bill. John V Hluna on Tuesday While general secretary threatened to dissolve the of Meghalaya BJP Bashailparty’s state unit if the na- ang Khongwir said the party tional leadership goes ahead wishes to pass the Bill on with the passage of the humanitarian grounds, he contentious Bill, “harming also stated that the issue is the interests of northeast sentimental to the people people”. He stressed that of the state and the region people of Mizoram and as a whole. He added that their safety were of “pri- the Bill for a multi-cultural country like India validates mary importance”. “The BJP state unit the phrase, “One man’s food was formed to safeguard is another man’s poison”.

Mizoram BJP threatens to dissolve state unit

Will decide at appropriate time to snap ties with NDA: Conrad Sangma Correspondent

SHILLONG, FEB 5: Meghalaya chief minister and National People’s Party (NPP) president, Conrad Sangma Tuesday said that his party will decide at an appropriate time on snapping ties with the NDA government over the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. “We will decide at an appropriate time if the government goes ahead with the Bill in the Rajya Sabha,” Sangma said when asked on the demand of several groups to snap ties with the BJP over the amendment bill. NPP is supporting the BJP-led government in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. While the BJP is supporting the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government.

Petrol, diesel become cheaper NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): Petrol prices were slashed for the sixth straight day while diesel rates also declined for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in major cities across the country even as crude oil edged up, buoyed by expectations of tightening global supply and production cuts. After today’s price revision, petrol became cheaper by 14-16 paise across major cities of the country while diesel became cheaper by 10-11 paise per litre. In the national capital Delhi, petrol is sold at Rs 70.44 today as against Rs 70.59 yesterday and diesel is sold at Rs 65.51 as compared to Rs 65.61 on Monday. On Tuesday, US oil prices went up boosted by expectations of tightening global supply amid US curbs on Venezuela and production cuts led by OPEC.

Conrad Sangma (File)

In fact, Sangma along with other NE-based regional political parties had sought the support of several political parties not to vote in favour of the Bill if it is tabled in the Rajya Sabha. “We have met several leaders cutting across party lines at the national capital and had sought their support not to vote in favour of the Bill if it is brought in the Rajya Sabha. We are also in touch with leaders of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party on

the matter,” Sangma said. “We at the NPP along with several other political parties are totally against CAB as it will change the demography of the region wherein the identity of ethnic communities in the region will largely affected,” Sangma said. On BJP’s deciding to table the Bill in the Rajya Sabha with the support of BSP and SP, Sangma said, “It is not confirmed yet ...our opposition to the Bill continues and we will continue to ensure that the bill is not passed.” Asked to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi refusing to give him and other regional parties leaders for an audience to discuss the issue, Sangma said, “We have requested for appointment but Prime Minister’s Office has not be able to give dates...”

Heroin worth Rs 1.35 cr seized in Manipur

Heroin seized by Manipur police. (NP)

Correspondent

IMPHAL, FEB 5: Manipur police have seized 650 gram of Heroin powder (No.4) worth Rs.1.30 crores in the international market from an individual. Police commandos at border town Moreh, who were on mobile frisking and checking duties along NH102, arrested one Thongkholal Haokip (30), of Chavangphai village, Moreh ward No. 7 Monday along with the contraband item.

Police said that the accused was arrested at around 6 pm along with 50 packets of Heroin powder, each weighing 13 gram. The consignment was found stashed inside door panels of Maruti Suzuki Brezza (white colour), which the accused was driving. The arrested individual along with the total 650gram of Heroin powder was handed over to Moreh police station where a case was lodged for further investigation, police source said. K Y M C

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NECU holds training on accountancy

NECU members and particpiants of the traning programme. DIMAPUR: North East C h r i s t i a n U n i ve r s i t y (NECU) conducted a sixday course on accountancy and management of Church accounts from January 28 to February 2 under the coordination of Dr. Aien. A press release from NECU Dimapur media cell stated that, course in-

structors were people with specialized knowledge and experience in the required fields. Rev.Vilodi Shakhrie talked about the significance of church administration and its relevance even in Nagaland. Pesha K, account officer of NECU gave a systematic presentation of financial administration, human resource

management and financial reporting. Lectures on financial accountancy and accounting management were delivered by Awala Longkumer. A comprehensive class on statutory compliances and auditing class was conducted by Lipokmeren, a chartered accountant. Suraj Rai, accountant

Handicraft training for youth

NMM gave an intensive lecture on management information and accounting mechanization. Lectures on banking, bookkeeping and account were jointly delivered by Amar Ranjan Dey and Ditalak Mpanme. Trainers as well as trainees were felicitated with certificates.

news in Brief Adhoc govt. primary teacher meeting: An emergency meeting of all Government Primary Teachers whose service has been regularized has been convened on February 15 at 10 am at CANSSEA building. Therefore, all concerned has been requested to attend the meeting positively. Further details can be contacted at 9402025917. State legal awareness workshop: State legal awareness workshop with all political parties on the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) will be held on February 6, 11:30 am onward at Hotel Japfu, Kohima. Chief electoral officer (CEO) Nagaland has requested all political parties to send at least three representatives to attend the workshop. CSTD general meeting: Chimonger Thsingmujang Dimapur (CSTD) has convened its general meeting on February 9 at 10 a.m. at its union treasurer, Tsalong’s residence, Nagarjan lane-6. All the members have been requested to attend the meeting. Medical board examination: Chief medical officer (CMO)Wokha has informed that medical board examination (MBE) for service confirmation of government employees in Wokha district will be held on February 6. In this regard, all those who are yet to appear for MBE have been directed to reach CMO office at 10 am. Üsounuomia clan clarifies: Üsounuomia clan has clarified that the Üsou descendants comprising Vira, Mechülho and Pienyii , with times and situation had been scattered around Kohima, Chüziema, Chedema, Nerhema, Meriema, Rüsoma, Chiechama and even in some parts of Rengma areas since centuries back. According to general secretary of the clan, Vimhalie Pienyii, in order to foster the spirit of oneness among the descendants from all corners by some likeminded and concerned elders, the first Üsounuomia Krotho Day was organised and held in the year 1964 and since then this tradition had been practicing till today.

LRC NNC parent body elects new president

DIMAPUR: Lotha Regional Council (LRC) NNC parent body has elected a new president for a period of five years on February 5. A press release from LRC, NNC parent body media cell stated that, the tenure of previous president Yilow Humtsoe expired on January 21, 2019 and

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IMFL, drugs worth Rs. 2.7 lakh destroyed

Excise officials destorying IMFL . DIMAPUR: Seized IMFL and drugs worth around Rs. 27,00,00 was destroyed at the combined destruction programme organized by Narcotic Cell and Mobile Squad of the State excise department at the excise directorate complex, here on Tuesday. According to deputy commissioner of Excise, Dimapur, Moarenba, 8246 bottles of assorted liquor, 525 kgs of ganja; 18 grams brown sugar; 19,707 caps of spasmo proxyvon; 1893 tablets of nitrosun; 3200

bottles of codeine cough syrup and1000 tablets of methamphetamine drugs seized during the past one year were destroyed. Commissioner of Excise, Tarep Imchen said that excise enforcement personnel despite of the limited man power and in difficult conditions were performing their duties diligently. He further encouraged them to continue to work sincerely. The destruction was carried out by destruction board.

Farm school on rubber inaugurated

Ekyimthung Patton has been elected as the new president. Meanwhile, the newly elected president has sought public co-operation and God’s guidance in his new assigned duties and responsibilities. He further reminded all workers to uphold the truth, dedication and work for the cause of the nation.

Dimapur DPDB holds meeting

Participants and officials at the training programme. DIMAPUR: Handicraft skill development training commenced at Ahthibung on February 5 as an option to earn sustainable livelihood. A press release from owner of Henpu Handi-

craft Centre Ahthibung, HenpuKuki stated that, Ahthibung Region Club in collaboration with Assam rifles and Henpu took the initiative to train the villagers of the region in handicraft skills.

The training would enable villagers to start their own looms or workshops to maintain their families. The training is being held at Henpu’s Handicraft Centre and will continue till March 16.

DIMAPUR: The monthly meeting of Dimapur District Planning and Development Board was held at DC Office’s Conference Hall on February 5 with DC Dimapur, Kevekha Kevin Zehol as chairman. According to DIPR, on the agenda for registration of societies, the board after deliberation recommended Life of Hope Ministry, North Block, Burma Camp, Dimapur and Dimapur Bongs, Kalibari Road, near DMC office for registration. The board also approved to forward the upgradation of GMS Sematila to GHS and GMS Indisen to GHS based on verification report. On selection of aspiration block for the district, the board approved Aghunaqa block which was identified by the Rural Development department.While stressing on importance of attendance in monthly DPDB meeting, DC has requested all the members to be present during the meeting.

ATMA Wokha block officials along with the farmers. DIMAPUR: Farm school on rubber cultivation was established and inaugurated by ATMA Wokha block on January 29 at Wokha village. A press release by deputy project director ATMA Wokha, T. Subenthung Yanthan stated that the concept and importance of farm school was shared by ATM, ATMA Wokha, Elilo Kikon.

She also spoke on the role and importance of farm teacher and students. She said that extension of technology within the farmers was faster and easily acceptable and because of that farm school concept was introduced. Rubber cultivation, package of practices and important of cover crops in rubber farm was shared by BTT convener & SMS KVK

Wokha, Dr. Mhalo. The farm school students also shared their experiences and problems faced in rubber cultivation and suggested exposure tour to rubber cultivation area. 18 farm student and one farm teacher were selected during the programme. Later rubber tapping kits and two knap sack sprayer were distributed to the farmers.

Assam Rifles conduct various social activities

Wokha battalion conduct lecture on government schemes at Tseminyu.

Dimapur battalion conduct lecture on job opportunities

Jalukie Battalion conducts pre-entrance coaching classes.

AR felicitates candidates selected for SSP.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur battalion of Assam Rifles conducted a lecture on “job opportunities in the armed forces and career guidance” at Zakiesato Memorial Higher Secondary School (ZMHSS), Di-

Meanwhile, Wokha battalion also conducted a lecture on government schemes under the theme “education for progression” at COB Tseminyu on February 5. According to PRO

mapur on February 4. According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the aim of the lecture was to inform about the upcoming recruitment rally of Army/CAPF and interviews for Tourism & Hotel Management Course

under Skill Development Institute, Guwahati. The students were assured of all information by Recruitment Cell of Dimapur battalion. The lecture was attended by 63 students.

HQ IGAR (N), the lecture emphasised on pursuing higher education for a bright future and also for the development of community, village and society. During the lecture, details of various schemes

and employment avenues for the young generation were discussed and shared for general awareness of the students and the local people. 55 local youths of Tseminyu region attended the lecture.

In another event, Jalukie battalion of Assam Rifles organized coaching classes for students appearing for the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalay (JNV) entrance exam for class IX, in Jalukie. A press release issued by Assam Rifles stated that the battalion had promoted these exams among the local population by telling them about the benefits of studying in the JNV School, and this resulted in 179 students (79 for class IX and 100 for class VI) from Jalukie region, registering for the admission test. Consequently, the Athibung company organized coaching classes for class IX students. The exam for admission into class IX was conducted on February 2. Forty five

students from different villages of Athibung attended these classes. Phek battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (N) also organised a felicitation ceremony for candidates who cleared their All India Sainik School Entrance Examination-2019, under Phek District on February 4. According to a press release issued by Assam Rifles, the aim of the felicitation was to boost morale and confidence of the candidates who will be perusing their new life in Sainik School Punglwa (Nagaland). Parents of the candidates joined them for the felicitation ceremony. Out of a total of eight candidates trained by the unit, six candidates cleared the entrance examination. K

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NSSH conclave for SC-ST entrepreneurs

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WEATHER FORECAST February 6

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Directory of MSMEs on Nagaland state released during the conclave on Tuesday. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): A state level conclave on National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) was held at Agri Expo Hall, 4th Mile here on Tuesday. The conclave was organized by National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC). The event is an initiative to empower entrepreneurs belonging to schedule castes and schedule tribes.

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Addressing the conclave as special guest, advisor, Industries and Commerce, Imnatiba, acknowledged the importance of organizing the conclave and felt that the organisers ought to understand the Nagaland context, so that the programme could be executed as designed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Asserting that what was applicable in other North Eastern states may not be applicable in Na-

galand, he urged the officials to take special care while implementing the programme, as far as Nagaland is concern. The advisor also said that most of the industries established in the state had been shut down due to political problem. He admitted that illegal taxation was the main problem for the growth of entrepreneurship in the state and lamented that as long as the Naga problem remained unsolved, the

Nagaland will remain a sorry state. He therefore called for unity among the Nagas by stating that if people can stand united against the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016, they can also stand united on the Naga issue. The advisor further said that lack of local context had also led to blatant misuse of MGNREGA schemes in the state. Also, speaking on the occasion, commissioner

and secretary, Industries and Commerce, Lithrongla G Chishi said that Department of Industries and Commerce (DIC) was trying to make all industries centres in the districts IT enabled so that entrepreneurs of Nagaland can have access to different programmes. At the same time, Chishi also reminded entrepreneurs of Nagaland to be committed and have patience and encouraged them to work towards quality reminding them that Naga’s don’t lack creativeness. She also highlighted on the upcoming outlets and marketing linkages that will provide entrepreneurs better opportunities in the days to come. Earlier, special address was delivered by Forum of SC/ST Legislatures and Parliamentarians, national working president and the director general of Dr Ambedkar Chamber of Commerce, Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal and short speech was also delivered by chairman, M A RC O F E D, D r. M Chuba. The special guest along with other dignitaries also released the Directory of MSMEs on Nagaland. The programme was followed by technical session.

Street food festival underway in Kohima

Metsübo Jamir and Dr. Nicky Kire at the Street Food Mela at High School Junction Kohima on February 4.

Self Help Group selling their produces at the ongoing street food festival at High School Junction. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Two-week long Shehri Samridhi Utsav 2019, a street food festival is currently underway at high school junction, Kohima. The festival began on February 4 under the theme “Eat Safe, Eat Healthy and Eat Fortified”. According to DIPR report, the event is organised by SUDA in collaboration with Food Safety, Nagaland under Health and Family

Welfare, Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) and National Livelihood Mission. Similar mela will be organised at main town MLA junction and BOC in the coming weeks. All together fifteen Self Help Group (SHG) are participating in the street food festival; displaying and selling varieties of local products like fruits, vegetables, flowers and handicrafts.

Sakus Mission College Drama St Anthony High School, Tenyiphe gets new administrative block Club performs at Ahmedabad

Members of Sakus Mission College Drama Club.

DIMAPUR: The Drama Club of Sakus Mission College (SMC) in collaboration with the Department of English and the IQAC organized a theatre performance by the Astitva Art Foundation (AFF), Ahmedabad, at the college auditorium on February 4. T h e p r o g r a m wa s chaired by English depart-

ment HoD-Zuchano Lotha. The awakening idea on theatrical performance was highlighted by Hill Theatre founder director-Bendang Walling, where he gave an idea about “Conceptual art”. The director and cofounder of AAF, Arpita Dhagat, highlighted about their performance titled

‘ITEM’ which showcased the stereotype conditioning of women in a traditional Indian society. The play is a constant juggling of expected roles and real self narrated as story-telling and popular imagery. The show concluded with a vote of thanks delivered by English department Asst Prof. John Zarench.

DIMAPUR: A new administrative block of St Anthony High School, Tenyiphe was inaugurated by NDPP treasurer, Dr. John Murry on Tuesday after it was dedicated by Bishop James Thoppil in the presence of parents, well-wishers, friends and students. A press release by Fr Victor Renthungo stated that Bishop James Thoppil, in his address, recollected his association with St. Anthony School way back in 1990 and congratulated the staff and management for their efforts. Thoppil also acknowledged the dedication of the priests, sisters and the parents for working for the welfare of the students, while emphasizing Catholic education as a medium to give light and joy to the community by living the values of the Gospel. D r. J o h n M u r r y also congratulated the staff and management and acknowledged the village administration for

Inauguration programme of new administrative block of St Anthony High School in progress.

the good governance and constant support towards the school. Outlining the contributions of the Catholic Church in the field of

education, Dr. Murry also called upon the gathering to thank and love the Catholic Church for the manifold blessings in the society.

He encouraged students to be part of the success story. A basketball court was also inaugurated by the special guest and Bish-

op James. Earlier, vice principal of St Anthony High School, Fr Dominic Kwettrangging delivered the welcome address.

Rectification of NH 702 (D) by March 31 Demonstration on beekeeping at Lizo village DIMAPUR: Department of Agriculture, Mangkolemba conducted a demonstration on beekeeping with rapeseeds and mustard under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) (Oilseeds) at Lizo village on February 5. A press release from Agriculture department

Mangkolemba stated that, SDAO A. Temsu Aier briefed farmers about the importance of oilseeds in economy as well as diet. He encouraged them to sustain themselves through hard work in farming, minimize the use of chemical inputs and practice organic farm-

ing to preserve honeybee population. He infor med that honeybees play a pivotal role in farming by aiding in crop pollination which ensures a healthy crop. He demonstrated on management of bee farming, time and way of harvesting etc.

After the demonstration, training on IPM was given by Talisunep, AFA. The farmers were trained on differentiating the crop pests. Bee box, IPM kits and Roban cakes were distributed after the programme. Altogether, 20 farmers attended the programme.

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Officials from PWD (NH), contractors and the concerned village forum after the meeting. (NP)

Correspondent MOKOKCHUNG, FEB 5 (NPN): Officials of PWD (NH) Mokokchung, contractors and Mokokchung to Mariani road side Village Concern Forum, afK Y M C

ter thorough deliberations have adopted two-point resolutions pertaining to the condition of the road along NH 702 (D). Firstly, the members resolved that rectifications of defects along NH 702

(D) should be completed by March 31, 2019. It was also decided that the department will immediately take up restoration of sinking portion caused by natural calamity along the said road on 1.8 km

(Mongsenbai Ward), 9.6-9.8 km (Mekuli Village), 19.0019.25 km (Chungtia Village) and 48.5- 48.8 Km (Changki Village) based on the letter written by the Forum to the chief engineer PWD (NH) on October 29, 2018.

DIMAPUR: The State Level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) for conduct of general election to the Lok Sabha, 2019 has been constituted. According to DIPR, the committee will be headed by chief electoral officer, Nagaland, Abhjit Sinha as chairman, director information and public relations, Limawati Ao, joint chief electoral officer, Khegukha Sema, deputy director News AIR, Kohima, Shahu Patole, one observer appointed by the ECI and senior journalist and correspondent as members. The State Level MCMC shall perform two sets of functions: deciding appeal from both District and Addl.CEO Committees on Certification of advertisement as per the Commission order and examining all cases of paid news on appeal against the decision of District MCMC or cases that may take up suo motu, in which case it shall direct the concerned ROs to issue notices to the candidates. K Y M C

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Connect 6 NE airports to ASEAN Mamata’s charges frivolous: Sarma countries, suggests Pema Khandu Assam youth Congress demands arrest of sarma for Saradha scam link

Police detain Youth Congress activists in front of the CBI office during a protest demanding the arrest of BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma Tuesday. (PTI)

Guwahati, Feb 5 (PTI): Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday termed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s charge that he was involved in the Saradha chit fund scam as “frivolous”, even as the state Youth Congress staged a protest in front of the CBI office here, seeking his arrest. The minister also said he had offered full cooperation in the ponzi scheme case as a witness. “The frivolous & base-

less campaign by @MamataOfficial Didi against me is very painful. I am not fortunate enough like your Police Commissioner. I’ve joined the investigations and offered my full cooperation as a witness. And all this happened much much before I joined @BJP4India,” Sarma said in a tweet. Apparently referring to Sarma, Banerjee, who is staging a sit-in protest since Sunday night over the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) attempt to

question the Kolkata Police chief in connection with the chit fund scam, had said on Monday that she had “enough evidence against the Assam deputy chief minister” in the case. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief had also dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah to get him arrested. Training guns on Sarma, Assam Youth Congress activists staged a demonstra-

tion outside the CBI office here, demanding his arrest for his alleged involvement in the Saradha chit fund scam and the Louise Berger case, involving a water supply project in Guwahati. They shouted slogans, accusing the minister of receiving Rs 20 lakh per month from Saradha group chairman Sudipta Sen for running his business in Assam. One of the protesters said, “The Modi-led BJP government is misusing the CBI. Sarma switched to the BJP from the Congress when the heat of the Saradha scam probe was becoming too hot for him to handle.” Another Youth Congress activist alleged that the CBI probe into the Saradha scam “slowed down considerably” after Sarma joined the BJP. “West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has clearly stated that Sarma was involved in the chit fund scam,” Assam Congress spokesperson Pradyut Bordoloi told reporters here. “Apart from Saradha, the BJP had earlier accused Sarma of involvement in the Louis Berger scam. A num-

ber of arrests were made in Goa in connection with this scam, but no action was taken in Assam,” the former Assam minister said. It seemed that Sarma was cleared of all the charges after he joined the saffron party, he added. “Himanta has a history of changing allegiance to save his skin. When TADA cases were slapped against him, he had left the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) to join the Congress. Later, he joined the BJP to save himself from the Saradha and Louis Berger cases,” the former cabinet colleague of Sarma said. In July 2015, the Louis Berger International Inc., a New Jersey-based construction management company, had told a US court that it had bribed government officials in India to bag a contract for project management consultancy in a water supply project in Guwahati. The then Congress government in Assam, led by Tarun Gogoi, had ordered a CID probe into the case, but the Gauhati High Court had later directed the CBI to inquire into the allegations.

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Itanagar, Feb 5 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday suggested that at least six airports across Northeast be connected with ASEAN countries. Speaking at the second ASEAN-India Youth Summit being held at Guwahati, Khandu said that ASEAN region and Northeast have less aerial distance, so air service from at least six airports in NE with ASEAN countries could be started, an official release said here. Khandu said the summit should be held as a calendar event and in different locations across the Northeast. “Way forward to such

summit is to build greater cultural exchanges and strengthen trade ties,” he said. Speaking to the youth participants from ASEAN countries, Khandu requested them to visit different parts of Northeast to know the region better. Speaking at the event organised by India Foundation and Ministry of External Affairs, Khandu spoke on the cultural diversity and geographical vastness of Arunachal. He said Northeast is often mistaken as one cultural entity, but even a single state like Arunachal has more than 26 tribes and 100 sub tribes. “Arunachal is making

tremendous progress in improving air, rail, digital and road connectivity. Earlier the state used to have lowest density of road in the country but now under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, roads are reaching remote corners of the state through different central schemes,” Khandu said. On air connectivity, the chief minister said that all the seven Advance Landing Grounds (ALGs) built during 1960s have been rebuilt and operationalised. “Once airport in Itanagar comes up, the ALGs along with one civilian airport at Tezu will be put to use to start air connectivity services within the state using fixed wing aircraft,” Khandu said. The chief minister also spoke of the enormous potential the state offered in the sector of tourism, hydropower, agriculture and horticulture. He said state has vast land resources which are yet to be exploited to its full extent. Khandu also took part in the interactive session on the topic Northeast as Indias Gateway to ASEAN.

Protesters booked for raising Mizoram records highest Assam oppn calls for special session cancer cases in India anti-India slogans in Tripura Ag a rta l a , F e b 5 (PTI): Tripura police on Monday slapped sedition charges against a group of people for allegedly raising anti-India slogans during a protest rally organised by tribal bodies and attended by several political leaders in the state six days ago against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The rally organisers, however, said the January 30 protest was peaceful and the allegation was baseless. The bill, passed in Lok Sabha on January 8, seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of continuous residence in India, instead of 12, even if they do not possess the documents required for it. Protests against the bill have rocked the entire northeast, including the BJP-ruled Tripura. Several organisations and political parties in the region have claimed that the legislation threatens the identity,

language and culture of the indigenous people. On January 30, Movement against Citizenship Amendment Bill (MACAB), a political platform of seven tribal organisations, organised the rally in Khumulwng, the headquarters of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous Territorial Council, about 20 km from Agartala. A police officer said a group at the rally shouted slogans that amounted to sedition. “Around 40 people raised slogans like ‘Bye Bye India, Hello China’, which is not acceptable. We are in the process of collecting the video footage and other documents,” said Pran Krishna Das, sub-divisional police officer of Jirania in West Tripura district. Among those who attended the rally were members of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra, Twipra Student Federation, Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura-(Tipraha), National Conference of Tripura,

Tripura Peoples Front and Schedule Tribe cell of the opposition Congress. Several political leaders, including INPT General Secretary Jagadish Debbarma, MACAB convener Anthony Debbarma and IPFT-Tipraha chief Aghore Debbarma, had joined the rally. “Jagadish Debbarma, Anthony Debbarma and Aghore Debbarma along with their supporters are involved in a criminal conspiracy to promote sedition and hatred between racial groups and for this, they have defied the provisions of Tripura Police Act as well,” the FIR filed by sub-inspector Rathindra Debbarma said. Reacting to the sedition case, the MACAB convener said, “It was a peaceful protest in a democratic environment. A false allegation has been made to suppress the voice of the indigenous people. I condemn it and it is a violation of freedom of expression.” The INPT general secretary, too, said the allegation was baseless.

Aizawl, Feb 5 (Agencies): Mizoram has recorded the highest cancer cases not only in the Northeast but across entire country. This was disclosed on observation of World Cancer Day on Monday. Dr Eric Zomawia, state nodal officer for noncommunicable diseases (NCD), disclosed on Monday that the State has recorded 4,656 new cases in three years, between 2012 and 2014. Zomawia while quoting the Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCR) report released in 2016, said at least 2,176 people including 830 females have died due to cancer between 2012 and 2014 in the State and that the average deaths per year is 711, according to reports. There are 4,656 new cases of cancer with number of females at 2,089 and that of male at 2,567, he was quoted as saying. He also said that on the average, there were

1,552 new cancer cases each year in Mizoram. Zomawia was also quoted as saying that Mizoram, not only holds the top position in cancer across all sites for male and female, but also topped in tongue cancer (male), lung cancer (male & female), stomach cancer (male & female), hypophar ynx cancer (male), and gland cancer (male). The state also topped the list in cervix cancer in women in the country. According to the officer, stomach cancer with 710 cases was the commonest in Mizoram between 2012 and 2014 followed by lung cancer at 688 cases. He further emphasized that extensive consumption of tobacco (which contributed 30 per cent), coupled with unhealthy food items such as smoked meat and fermented soyabean and pork are the main factors for high cancer rate in Mizoram.

Guwahati, Feb 5 (PTI): The opposition parties Tuesday requested the Assam Assembly Speaker to call for a special session before February 13 to discuss the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which is likely to come up in Rajya Sabha by next week. Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami assured to discuss the matter with all the parties and take a decision by Wednesday. All the opposition parties -- Congress, AGP and AIUDF -- had brought three different resolution to discuss the bill, but the speaker clubbed them together and made it one. Raising the issue during Pending Resolution of private members, AGP MLA Phani Bhusan Choudhury cited rules that give chance to postpone an ongoing resolution and take up a new one if it is of immediate importance. His party colleague Keshab Mahanta said: “The Parliament is ending on February 13 and the bill is likely to be raised in Rajya Sabha before that. We want to send an unanimous resolution from Assam Assembly. So

please allow us to discuss the matter before that.” He pointed out that the next date fixed for discussing private members resolution in Assembly is February 22. Senior Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia urged the speaker to take up the “very important resolution” and if necessary, “have a special session before February 13”. A G P ’s R a m e n d r a Narayan Kalita said: “Today’s resolution is more important than the pending resolution. I had my incomplete speech scheduled for the pending resolution, but I will not complete my speech for the interest of the state.” AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam too requested the speaker to allow discussing the resolution on the bill. The ongoing Budget Session of the state Assembly started on January 28 and will continue till February 26, but there will be recess from February 11 to 17 after presentation of the state budget on February 6.

Convene all party meeting on CAB: Prism to Mizoram CM here said that it has submitted letters to to the CM and speaker to call the meeting to ensure that the people of Mizoram, irrespective of political affiliations would have one voice against the Citizenship Amendment Bill. The statement said that the party had earlier made an appeal to Zoramthanga on January 15 last, but was

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efforts be made by the state government to ensure that the proposed amendment should be defeated in the Rajya Sabha, an official statement said. Zoramthanga had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 14 and told him that the people of the northeastern state vehemently opposes the passage of the Bill.

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yet to receive any response from the chief minister. United efforts of the people would be more effective than the fragmented voices of the political parties and civil societies, the statement said. The Mizoram cabinet on January 10 had described as “unfortunate” the passing of CAB Bill by the Lok Sabha. The Cabinet meeting also decided that concerted

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Aizawl, Feb 5 (PTI): The Prism party Tuesday urged Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and Assembly Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo to convene an all party meeting on the issue of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). A press statement issued by People’s Representation for Identity and Status of Mizoram (PRISM) party

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Reacting to all members, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said the government has no problem in taking up the new resolution and ready to give its reply. On this, Goswami said: “Some of our rules are contradictory, but I don’t want to go into details of those. I will call all of you later and discuss the matter. Accordingly I will take a decision by tomorrow.” The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on January 8, seeks to provide Indian citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of residence in India even if they do not possess any document.

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Sonowal for collaboration between ASEAN-BBN nations

Guwahati, Feb 5 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Tuesday said a mutual collaboration between the ASEAN and BBN countries can go a long way in auguring a friendly landscape prevailing in South and South East Asian countries. Interacting with the ambassadors and high commissioners of ASEAN and BBN countries on the sidelines of the 2nd ASEANIndia Youth Summit here, Sonowal said unity among ASEAN and BBN countries can transform the region into an era of shared prosperity. The ASEAN and BBN countries need to meet frequently and work on a common agenda, he said. Stating that India and ASEAN have recently celebrated 25 years of dialogue partnership, Sonowal said the entire region should work for growth-centric mutual cooperation. In the last four years, the Act East Policy resulted in much greater traction in the cooperation in all sectors -- economic, socio-cultural or connectivity, he said. India’s trade with Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) reached 81 billion Dollars which is 10 per cent of the total

foreign trade of India. Major projects of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral highway have been completed and the Kaladan project connecting Kolkata with Sittwe seaport in Rakhine state of Myanmar by sea has made considerable progress, he said. The region comprising the Northeast, the ASEAN and the BBN with a population of around 800 million is a huge market which needs to be integrated on pattern of the European Union and the African Community, he said. Stating the total size of the ASEAN economy is 2.4 trillion Dollars, the chief minister said integration of the entire region with the ASEAN has the potential of reaching out to the skies. Under UDAN (International) Scheme, subsidized direct flights from Guwahati to Dhaka and Bangkok would be starting from the last part of March, while flight services would also start with Yangon, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Kathmandu. Sonowal requested the ambassadors and high commissioners to create the requisite ecosystem for students, tourists, business community, wellness sector to utilize services of the air-

lines to promote trade, tourism and other exchanges. He said Assam government would be organizing a meeting in Guwahati to discuss and create awareness on the opportunities made available by the two major historical agreements - BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement and access of Chittagong and Mongla ports. Sonowal emphasised on establishment of Consulates of all ASEAN and BBN countries in Guwahati. Envoys of Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand and Myanmar were present on the occasion. Delivering the valedictory speech at the 2nd ASEAN-India Youth Summit here, Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi advocated for connectivity such as airway, roadway, railway, waterway and i-way which hold the key in furthering India’s relations with the South East Asian region. Mukhi said the development of Mainland India- Bangladesh-North East India corridors stating the development of such corridors Agartala-DhakaKolkata, Silchar-DhakaKolkata and Shillong-Dhaka-Kolkata hold tremendous importance.

Congress MLA gesticulates at BJP member inside House G u wa h at i , F e b 5 (PTI): Assam Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi Tuesday lost his cool, shouted and angrily gesticulated at BJP legislator Numal Momin inside the Assembly after the ruling party member interrupted an argument between the opposition member and the Speaker. Tempers soared in the House during the Question Hour when Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami did not allow Kurmi to ask supplementary questions, that followed a comment by Momin. Kurmi wanted to ask a question about fund release to tea gardens after the reply of the minister concerned on MLA fund allocation for local area development. Goswami did not allow Kurmi to ask, saying that four supplementary questions have been raised instead of the stipulated two, and senior Congress member Rakibul Hussain already put forward a question to the minister. When Kurmi insisted, Goswami asked him to raise it later. As Kurmi kept speaking, Momin stood up and remarked that the Congress MLA has a tendency of disobeying the Speaker. Angered by this comment, Kurmi started shouting, pointing his finger at

Momin, and gesticulated frantically. Goswami then got up on his feet and asked him to be quiet and sit down. With Kurmi continuing to shout, the Speaker urged other Congress MLAs to make him calm down, or else Goswami would have to take “a harsh decision”. Party member Abdul Khaleque then left his own seat, went to Kurmi and tried to pacify him. Other Congress MLAs, including their deputy leader Rakibul Hussain, also asked him to calm down. Leader of opposition Debabrata Saikia was not present in the House at that time. The Congress MLA finally settled down and resumed his seat. The opposition members also asked why Momin interrupted their party colleague when he was talking to the Speaker. Goswami said, “This is too much. I cannot run the House this way. The issue we are discussing is a serious one and all raised hands. But I cannot allow everyone to speak. “If we behave like this, what message are we giving from here? Everyone in the state are seeing you (MLAs) as I have allowed direct live telecast from the House,” he said.

Conrad not an iconic NE hero: Congress Tura, Feb 5 (Agencies): As the fight against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill rages on in Northeast India, the role of Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma in ‘thwarting’ the CAB from making it to the Rajya Sabha has been highly criticised by the Congress terming the act as ‘pretentious’. Days after BJP leader, Hayithung Bill Lotha hailed the Meghalaya chief minister as an iconic NE hero for ‘successfully stalling and thwarting the CAB in Rajya Sabha’, the Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress president, Richard Marak termed the act as nothing but a ‘PR stunt’. While promising to ‘expose the lies of the National People’s Party (NPP), the MPYC president said “The act was to save face for all the fiasco that Conrad has been facing recently regarding his lip service protest against the CAB of his political masters.” “Social media was flooded in the last couple of days by some unknown person called Hayithung Bill Lotha who hailed Conrad Sangma ‘unanimously and overwhelmingly’ as an iconic NE hero ‘for successfully stalling and thwarting the CAB in Rajya Sabha’,” said MPYC president, Richard Marak. “Who Lotha is, no one knows or cares and how he represents the NE peoples to

Conrad Sangma (File) hail a failing pseudo-leader/ puppet as an iconic hero is beyond understanding. Looks like self aggrandizement to us and he must have paid a pretty penny to the writer,” added Marak. Calling the letter laughable, Marak asked, “Why would a party, hell bent on pushing a Bill, hail someone who would oppose them as a hero. We have seen Conrad Sangma’s spinelessness and his being inconsequential in the BJP’s greater scheme of things in the way he has been only using empty self publicised threats with no action and the way he and his buddies were ignored the last time they went to meet the Prime Minister.” Calling out the expose of the Conrad Sangma government, the MPYC president said, “PM Narendra Modi declared in Jammu on Sunday that the BJP was committed to CAB after which the BJP national gen-

eral secretary, Ram Madhav, has also informed that CAB will be placed for approval in the Rajya Sabha as a supplementary bill. Conrad Sangma was again ignored and did not get an audience with the PM. The people of Meghalaya and the North East are not fools.” The MPYC has vowed to continue the fight against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 (CAB), after confirmation that the BJP led NDA were going to table the matter in the Rajya Sabha as a supplementary Bill. The release by MPYC added that while the puppets were indulging in drama, others were working overtime to make sure that this bill is scrapped. “We stand with them and will always fight against anti-Indian, anti-people elements like BJP and their puppets,” added the release.

38 Rohingyas sent to judicial custody in Tripura

Agartala, Feb 5 (IANS): In all, 38 Rohingya Muslims, mostly children, detained from different parts of Tripura by the security forces, were on Monday sent to judicial custody and juvenile homes, police said. A police official said that a local court in Agartala sent 31 Rohingya Muslims, including seven women and 17 children, for another term of judicial custody. “The court offered bail to the adult foreigners, but they could not submit the bail bond, hence they would be in judicial custody till February 13. The 17 children will stay

along with their mothers in the central jail,” the official said. According to him, the Border Security Force (BSF) had on January 22 handed over 31 Rohingya Muslims, who were stranded along the IndiaBangladesh border since January 18, to the Tripura Police. Ever since, they were in the judicial custody and their 14-day judicial custody was ending on Monday. Another local court in northern Tripura’s Dharmanagar, 190 km north of the state capital, also sent seven more children of Rohingya Muslims to the juvenile home in the

northern Tripura’s district headquarters. “The seven children would be in juvenile home till their cases are settled,” an official of Government Railway Police (GRP) said. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Northeast Frontier Railways on Sunday detained six girls and a boy, belonging to the Rohingya community, at the Dharmanagar Railway Station adjoining Assam. The children, aged between 13 to 17 years, were subsequently handed over to the GRP. “The GRP on Monday produced the children

in the local court and the court sent them to juvenile home,” the official said. He said that these children accompanied by touts reached Dharmanagar from Agartala by bus and intended to go to Badarpur in southern Assam by train. But, before the detention of these children, the touts fled. With this, 68 Rohingya Muslims, mostly children, have been apprehended in Tripura and Assam-Tripura border in the last two weeks. Tripura has a 856 kmlong international border with Bangladesh, most of With the endeavour to protect wild life, principal of Sainik School, Imphal, Group Captain HCS Chauhan which is fenced except a handed over 5 owls to volunteers of People for Animals (PFA), Manipur on February 5. The owls were stretch of nearly 20 km. found inside the building of the school.

CAB will finish identity, culture of indigenous NE people: NEIPF the forum along with the people of Assam and the North East region will stand against the citizenship bill. He claimed that the CAB will affect states like Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur in particular. Chetia claimed that indigenous people in Tripura have lost their identity, culture, political and constitutional rights. “Same situation is going to arise in Assam, Meghalaya and all over North East because the indigenous people are going to be minority. Therefore we are united to protect our identity and culture”, he said. Chetia denied that the forum is politically motivated and said, “We are thinking for the people of the North East region. We are with the people.”

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Shillong, Feb 5 (PTI): The North East Indigenous Peoples Forum (NEIPF) Tuesday accused the BJP-led NDA government of trying to “finish” the identity and culture of the indigenous people of the North East region by implementing the Citizenship Amendment Bill. The forum led by general secretary of ULFAs pro-talk faction, Anup Chetia, met Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma and hailed his stand against the bill. “We appreciate the CM for his bold stand against the CAB although his party is a partner of the BJP. We need leaders like Conrad Sangma not only in Meghalaya but in the whole of NE region,” Chetia told mediapersons after the meeting. He said

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXIX NO. 60 Dimapur, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Pathetic plight

ndia’s premier investigation agency, Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) hasn’t been doing itself any favour because its top bosses are obligated to dance to the tune of their political master who choose and decides who becomes the chief. Past governments, especially the Congress had leaned over CBI to fix political rivals. If that was thought not only wrong but unacceptable constitutionally, morally and politically by the BJP, then what the party has been doing to the CBI is worse. The Congress had misused the CBI in the past but it did not control it directly through its chosen bureau head. Today the BJP under Modi has undermined the CBI and other premier institutions of the country not only to make them kow tow to its demands but also to fully remote control them through its pliant and chosen officials. It is interesting to note from historical accounts that the CBI got its name only in 1963 on the recommendation of the Santhanam (a Gandhian) committee which went into the entire gamut of corruption in the government and recommended an overhaul of the existing apparatus to combat the menace. It was in 1943 that the British rulers created an agency to check corruption by passing the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act to investigate cases against officials of the war department. Later it was amended in 1946 to extend its jurisdiction over all employees of the central government and after post independence, empowered to register FIR under relevant sections of IPC and later the Prevention of Corruption Act(1988). It ultimately acquired its present name -Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) on April 1,1963 - ‘All Fools Day’ by a resolution of the Government of India after a keen debate in and outside parliament. The CBI has a host of internal problems which have been wilfully ignored and consigned to the background by successive chiefs. Over the years, the agency has been used by its political masters to do their bidding. This has led to CBI being saddled with investigations of a multitude of crimes including sensational cases of murders, involving politicians or celebrities, crimes by the underworld without either the statutory and constitutional back-up to define its role and responsibilities, or the matching manpower and forensic resources. The Central Vigilance Commission, which was meant to provide the oversight and support to the CBI, has also failed to give it the desired direction, or insulate it from governmental interference. The CBI also does not have a cadre of supervisory officers of its own and relies on the tedious and uncertain system of induction of officers through deputation from the state police forces and central police organisations. Thus, when politicians hurl accusations against each other for abusing or misusing the CBI, it makes less sense that they end up doing what they accused political rivals of doing. The ruling party with brute majority and with its set of agendas, has little patience and tolerance for those with independent thinking. Therefore, only officers who are willing to do the government’s bidding are put at the helm as they pose no challenge to the authority of its supreme leader. The propaganda of a clean image has taken a serious beating when ‘unclean’ politicians and business barons become saints once they join the ruling party. On its part, the CBI cannot touch these ‘rehabilitated’ offenders because of the unwritten law of “untouchability”.

DailyDevotion Are You Ready To Be Poured Out As an Offering? (1)

If I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. —Philippians 2:17

Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the work of another believer—to pour out your life sacrificially for the ministry and faith of others? Or do you say, “I am not willing to be poured out right now, and I don’t want God to tell me how to serve Him. I want to choose the place of my own sacrifice. And I want to have certain people watching me and saying, ‘Well done.’ ” It is one thing to follow God’s way of service if you are regarded as a hero, but quite another thing if the road marked out for you by God requires becoming a “doormat” under other people’s feet. God’s purpose may be to teach you to say, “I know how to be abased…” (Philippians 4:12). Are you ready to be sacrificed like that? Are you ready to be less than a mere drop in the bucket— to be so totally insignificant that no one remembers you even if they think of those you served? Are you willing to give and be poured out until you are used up and exhausted— not seeking to be ministered to, but to minister? Some saints cannot do menial work while maintaining a saintly attitude, because they feel such service is beneath their dignity.

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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. ~ Vince Lombardi

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Aristotle: Laying foundation for political stability

ristotle, the father of political science, was born in 384 B.C. in Stagira, Greece. Unlike his teacher Plato who was an idealist, Aristotle was more of a down-to-earth realist. He believed that human nature cannot be made or remade. It should be taken as it existed, good and bad. Thus, his observations of things as they were in real life led him to lay a different framework of political systems and governance in a practically attainable way. His political thoughts were not necessarily designed to recruit potential philosophers but rather to educate citizens and shape future statesmen. After Plato’s death, Aristotle left Macedonia and returned to his home in Stagira. But in 343 B.C. King Philip II of Macedonia invited him back to tutor and mold his son, who is known by eventually being called Alexander the Great. Aristotle is often quoted for saying that “Man is a political animal by nature.” Man is designed by nature to live together in communities and to participate in political

process. And because politics, according to Aristotle, is the science of city-states, it is something man cannot do without. Politics serves as the main instrument to govern people’s lives and thus creates civilization. In that way a civilized human existence is only possible in the city-state. Or else, without politics or the state, man would simply become the worst of the animals. For Aristotle, politics cannot be divorced from ethics. As such, he wrote extensively on ethics in his book Nicomachean Ethics, especially as it relates to public life. The aim of the state is the highest good for the people, for the sake of living happy and well. The attainment of the good for one man alone is, of course, a source of satisfaction; yet to secure it for a nation and for states is nobler and more divine. To be sure, some people do not even have a notion of what is just and right, since they have never tasted it. Living under the sway of emotion, they pursue their own pleasures and the means by which they can obtain them. That’s why

politics must use legislative villages are incomplete and means to dissuade them, also not self-sufficient in if necessary, by force. All terms of supplies of goods, this is because the natural roads, military force, and so tendency of most people is on. In this sense, the state is to be swayed not by a sense the best of all structural entiof shame but by the fear ties and, therefore, it is the of punishment their wrong highest community of all. actions may invite. Political instability preAristotle appealed to sented serious problems in nature as a those days, standard for Mazie Nakhro which had politics. He understanddeveloped his concept of the ably caused Aristotle to state by examining nature. become concerned regardJust as male and female have ing how stability could be self-preservation and pro- created. For this purpose, creation instincts, humans he basically devised two by nature are driven for methods. The first was the self-preservation and social constitution. He gathered evolution. Since the state 158 constitutions which comes from family units, existed at that time and one must first understand carefully studied them with how nature designs the hu- a view to find out what man family to operate. For was best in them so that example, as husband and he could conjure up with wife, parents and children, a middle ground, thereby masters and slaves. He ar- avoiding extremes and progued that the state is natural, viding a guiding framework because it originates from through a combination of family and completes the the best of all. process of social evolution: According to Aristofrom families to villages, and tle, the second method for from villages to city-states. political stability and good To put it another way, man governance is in having the is more complete only in appropriate form of govassociation with the state, ernment. His guiding prinwhereas family units and ciple was to see whether a

government prescribes the rule of one, a few, or the many. Another guiding principle was whether a ruler is devoted to his own interest or to the common good. If the rule is guided by self-interest, he said it is perverted and deviant. On the basis of these principles, he arrived at six main classifications of government: monarchy, aristocracy, polity, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy. His view was that, in a normal situation, when a government is guided by the interest of the society at large, that particular form of government is to be commended. At certain periods, monarchy might be good, but over time it might deteriorate into tyranny. Likewise, aristocracy could slip into oligarchy and polity into democracy (in which some unfit leaders could end up ruling). Aristotle observed that when a governmental system becomes perverted, chances of unrest may increase, often leading to political instability. The causes could be as follows: (1) Dissatisfaction with

the wrong distribution of power, prestige, and wealth; (2) Economic inequality – the bigger the economic gap between the rich and the poor, the greater possibility for revolution; (3) Injustice, especially towards certain sections of the society. To prevent political turmoil or revolution, Aristotle prescribed certain remedies: First, a ruler should use the constitution as a tool for governance and get as many citizens as possible to consent to the rule of law. Second, he believed that the minority group should not feel cheated (e.g., the educated formed a minority in that day), because if they do, dissatisfaction can spread and have an adverse effect upon everyone. Third, he believed that the middle class provides the best chance to prevent political unrest, because their influence is crucial for the stability of the state. And most importantly, education inculcates the value of self-restraint and plays a very important role in creating a strong, stable, and civilized society.

Post-mortem

Intelligence, knowledge and wisdom

ntelligence, knowledge and wisdom are probably the three most misconstrued terms and are used almost synonymously. People commonly assume that an intelligent person is both knowledgeable and wise and that a knowledgeable person is both intelligent and wise; but that is far from the truth. One may be intelligent without having much knowledge; a knowledgeable person may not have much intelligence and being intelligent and knowledgeable does not, in any way, mean that you are wise. Every person has some measure of intelligence; the higher the level of his or her intelligence, the greater and faster his or her ability to understand and absorb knowledge. Then again, high intelligence does not mean that one is equally good at mastering all forms of knowledge. For one may be good in the Sciences but barely get by in the Humanities; and a mathematical genius may have difficulty in distinguishing a vertebrate from a non-vertebrate. I’m reminded of an anecdote about Albert Einstein narrated by Brother Basil Davis, (batch of ’81, 10A); when asked by a reporter what soap he used to shave, Einstein was surprised that people used different soaps to bathe and shave and replied that having two different soaps, for bathing and shaving, was too complex for him to keep track of. But in general, intelligence is our capacity to understand and absorb knowledge. Regarding knowledge, we seemed to have reduced it to the learning we get from the textbooks of our educational institutions, and the academic degrees we obtain from them. Many people attach so much importance to these degrees that they have no qualms about lying about them. Our politicians are

the perfect examples. Our present Prime Minister’s academic credentials are still cloaked in mystery; but he is beaten hollow by two recent Chief Ministers of Nagaland, both of who had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to court before the truth emerged. The first claimed to have graduated with an Honours Degree in the Bachelor of Arts, and turned out to be a simple graduate with not a whiff of an honours degree in the air. The second C.M.’s case was more hilarious, he claimed to be a Graduate while filing his nomination papers, but turned out to have passed his Pre-University (equivalent to the present Class XII) exams alone. The kicker was that in the next election, his nomination papers, under academic qualifications, carried the unheard of degree, “B.A. Appeared!” Knowledge encompasses everything we do; the languages we speak, our ability to wield a tool, to dig a trench, chop down a tree, plough a field, repair a vehicle, cook a meal, etal; all of our abilities, apart from those derived from our Primal Instincts, springs from our knowledge. We are endowed with the Primal Instincts of sight, sound (speech), smell, hearing and touch, but it is knowledge which predicates our ability to identify what we see, convey what we mean, identify aromas, comprehend what we hear and react to what we touch, respectively. Our every experience,both theoretical and practical, adds to the sum of knowledge we possess. So, if intelligence is our capacity to understand and absorb knowledge; and knowledge is the sum of our experiences; then what is wisdom? Wisdom is the ability to use our intelligence and knowledge to make right decisions. Without prior experience/knowledge of being burnt, a person, no matter

how intelligent, will not know not to touch a burning charcoal. Alternately, a fool may burn himself time and again, for one of the definitions of insanity is, “Doing the same thing and expecting different results.” So, if wisdom entails making the right decision, it begs the question, “What is the right decision?” Making the right decision means deciding on the course which is best for your personal welfare. But then again, stealing from others to improve your lot, is not a wise thing to do and it is certainly not the right thing to do; and ending up in jail is not good for your welfare. Wisdom is when one realizes that one’s welfare is tied to the welfare of the society/state/nation that he lives in. A society cannot long exist if the welfare of some is derived from the misery of others. History abounds with examples of how the oppressed masses revolt against those who exploit them; the French and Bolshevik Revolutions being two, which have shaped modern society. When you realize that every decision you make has ripples which affect those around you; that to lie, cheat and steal for your personal advantage, destroys society and eventually causes you and your descendants harm. When you understand that your wellbeing is tied to the wellbeing of those around you. When you start acting so that your deeds do not hurt, in any manner, the welfare of those around you; then, you will have attained a measure of wisdom. For it is how you use your intelligence and knowledge that determines how wise you are. Kahuto Chishi Sumi, Batch of ‘81 (From: The SEPPAN, Mizoram, 2019)

The unchangeable nature of one’s national identity

he national identity of any individual in history is not willed into existence by the individual concerned. It is also not willed into existence by any government on earth. On the contrary, the national identity of every individual is pre-determined by God long before the individual is born into the world. This national identity of a person is determined by who the parents of the individual are. No individual born into the world can ever change his (or her) national identity into any other identity than that given by God through the individual’s parents. In this factual reality of life on earth, no individual can undo anything that God has predetermined him to be. In other words, an individual can never born or re-born himself into anything else than what God had made him to be. The Biblical and theological basis of this stupendous fact is most clearly stated in Acts 17:25&26 where it reads: “He (God) himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man he made every nation of men that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.” As for the unfolding of this plan of God, the details of the formations of nations can be found in the book of Genesis chapter 10. The Bible further reveals that saved individuals will enter heaven and eternity with their own national identities. This is found in Revelation chapter 21:24 where it is stated: “And the nations of them who are saved shall walk in the light of it and the kings of the earth

The PDA’s lack of integrity

(From previous issue) till 27th January, 2019. The watched. How incoherent solved. Are you, the particiThe Independence Day powers vested in these legal and shameless for them to pants, convinced that PDA or the Republic Day speech provisions remained the say that it has never sup- had practically opposed the is approved by the State Cab- same and will continue to ported the CAB when PDA Bill at any point of time till inet, and whoever unfurls remain so. The PDA does had voted for it on 8.1.2019. it was passed in Lok Sabha? the National Flag used to not need to undermine our Do PDA/NDPP believe Are you confident that your that the people of Nagaland joint resolution adopted on read it out. On 27th January constitutional provisions. During this period of have forgotten what you that day can undo what was 2019, the front pages of local papers carried the speech of 8 months, the States of have made CAB 2016 to be done on 8.1.2019? Which the Governor in which the Meghalaya, Mizoram and a powerful Bill 20 days ago one of you, the PDA or PDA vehemently defended Manipur made it clear to and now awaiting for the the respondents is taking its June 2018 decision that Union Govt. that the Bill Raja Sabha to make it into which one for a ride? With Nagaland is insulated by is rejected. Whereas, PDA an Act? Can your decision such integrity, can you really the existing laws. In other had voted for the Bill in Lok on 28.1.2019 undo what defend for the interest of words, Nagaland needs not Sabha on 8.1.2019 and after you had done on 8.1.2019? the State? Its time for Tribal worry about opposing or 20 days PDA retracted and Yet, quoting a news report Hohos and NGOs to come decided to reject the Bill. dated 2.2.2019 ‘the NDPP out of our cocoons and call rejecting the CAB 2016. Whereas, on the spurt How PDA thought that and the PDA Govt. had a spade spade. Figuratively speaking, of the moment and within within 20 days time, the ‘never supported the CAB 24 hours, the PDA decided Naga protective laws have at any point of time’. What a single MP in a House of ‘to oppose and reject the lost its teeth to bite? This do PDA/NDPP mean by 540 odd MPs is like throwCAB’ on 28th January, 2019. very inconsistent political voting for the Bill and yet ing a pebble in a pond. The Till 26th January, 2019, Na- stance of PDA reminds called it not supporting? PDA staging a walk out by galand remained safe from me of an old Naga adage. In the political parlance of an MP from voting when whatever may become the A bird by name ‘Khrovȕ’ PDA/NDPP, what do you the Bill was voted cannot consequences of CAB when has the habit of laying egg mean by voting for? Tell change the scenario in Parliament. Yet, it is a record so enacted as per the wisdom on one ridge and hatches on the Nagas. I also question those registered which is historical of PDA. What prompted the other ridge. What is the PDA to lose confidence in logic or legal benefit it bears NGOs and Civil Organisa- and significant. Indeed it Art 371(A) and BEFR the for PDA to reject the Bill tions who responded to the matters in parliamentary next day? The PDA has been when it has already voted so-called consultative meet- practices and so also doing so confident on the safety of for the Bill in Lok Sabha? ing sponsored by PDA on not matters. Look at the languages 31.1.2019 in which the same The PDA/NDPP is Nagaland under Art 371(A) and ILP from June, 2018 of PDA and NDPP as I issue was discussed and re- proved never embarrassed, Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this

shall bring their glory and honor into it.” Under the present systems of the world, an individual can change his religion or even his name. But he can never change his national identity. There is also legal provision for an individual to have citizenship of two countries. But the individual’s country of origin and his original nationality will always be mentioned in the documents of his second dual citizenship. National identities are therefore unchangeable and immutable. But even though national identity is such a stupendous fact of life, Nagas do not seem to be bothered about this reality. We seem to have chosen to become drifters and nomads in our own country-content to remain what others have defined us to be. There is also such a word called patriotism in the human language and vocabulary. But here again Nagas seems to be ignorant of that word or its implications for life on earth. Where then are we headed to, fellow Nagas? Shall we continue to be defined by the 16 point Agreement or cling to Article 371 A as India’s most precious gift to us regarding our national identity? The ultimate question boils down to one of whether we shall be true to our God given Naga national identity or be faithful to India and her so called gift of artificial Indian nationality? Both our political, as well as economic existence on earth, will be determined by how we respond to the two questions posed to every Naga in whose veins flow blood that is Naga. Kaka D. Iralu

hesitant or restraint to tell lies. Yet, it is painful for the sensible people to observe how the highest authorities have become very articulated and professional liars. It would have been more respectable for these authorities to admit its folly and appreciate the wisdom of those States and others who are talking sense while eating

its vomit. Trying to defend its designed treachery has dented its image deeper. Such attempts to escape from blame with immature and evasive statements are like ostrich hiding in the bush. Yet, opposing the Bill by anybody is better than not. (Concluded) Z. Lohe

Reader’s Post Sir,

Correct them

Slowly our children are beginning to forget how to speak one’s own dialect and parents are mostly to blame. Children should be encouraged to speak their own tribe dialect first as languages like English and Hindi will be taught in schools. Not only that, they should also learn proper form of address towards their elders as most often one comes across wrong forms of address being used. Correct them while still young so they can continue to preserve their respective dialects. Yanpothung Jami, Supply Colony Dimapur newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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‘India will modernise defence’

Pune, Feb 5 (PTI): Union minister Subhash Bhamre on Tuesday said the country is going to invest huge resources on modernisation of the defence sector in the coming years. A lot of defence equipment are currently being imported, he said, and called for better collaboration between the defence sector and the industry to reverse this trend. The minister of state for defence also urged industry leaders to invest in the country’s defence sector. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘Defence Industry Indigenisation’, jointly organised by defence-related website bharatshakti. in and city-based Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture, where industry leaders and officials from various defence organisations were present. “India is going to commit huge resources on

DCPCR declares online games PUBG ‘harmful’

NEW DELHI, FEB 5 (AGENCIES): Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on Monday said, “Online games like PUBG, Pokemon, God of wars are harmful and create negative and an adverse impact on children’s brain”. According to the News Agency ANI, the report by (DCPCR) says, online video games like PUBG, Pokemon, God of wars, Fortnite, Hitman and many more are “harmful” for the brain. The report came after an 18-year-old Boy in Mumbai committed suicide by hanging himself when his parents denied buying a new smartphone worth Rupees 37,000 on which he wanted to play PUBG. “These games are full of misogyny, hate and vengeance and at an age where a child learns from what he or she sees, it may negatively impact their brain for their life,” the note issued by DCPCR states. Last week, 11-year-old Ahad Nizam submitted a plea in the Bombay High Court seeking a ban on PUBG, saying it creates violence, aggression and cyber-bullying.

that technology up-gradation has invaded the battlefield in a major way... technology up-gradation is extremely rapid. The cost of importing technology is very expensive,” said Bhamre. The government, industry, research and development (R&D) establishments and the academia have to come together to evolve Indian technologies for the country’s requirements, the minister opined. “The industry needs to know what the armed forces are looking for... what would be their requirements in the coming years. Similarly, (armed) forces also understand that R&D and business establishments require time to develop a world class product, so such initiatives are a big step giving impetus to efforts of indigenisation in the defence sector,” he said. Urging industry leaders to invest in the coun-

try’s defence sector, Bhamre said capital infusion in the defence industry is another area that requires a thrust. Private players, especially large Indian companies, need to pursue R&D as part of their business models to retain relevance of their product portfolios, he said. The minister said in thelast few years, he has traversed the country to understand the difficulties faced by the defence industry, especially the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). “Pune is important because it is also a reckonable industrial hub with adequate industrial activity that could be spurred by the industry increasing its footprint in the defence sector,” he said. The day-long seminar will have several technology sessions involving speakers from the industry, armed forces, and R&D establishments.

Modi govt derailed economy: Chidambaram

Farmers to take out protest march from Feb 20

Subhash Bhamre (File)

defence modernisation in the coming years. Hence, those of you (industry leaders) who are ready to invest in the sector have, perhaps, one of the best opportunities to get favourable returns on investments,” Bhamre said. Currently a lot of defence equipment are being imported. “Should we put our heads together, it should be possible for us to reverse the equation in the next few years,” said. “When we talk about the defence sector and its requirement, I must flag

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS): India’s economy that had recovered from the damage caused by the ‘Great Recession’ of 2008, cruising at a growth rate of 7.5 per cent, has been derailed by the Modi government, says former Finance Minister P. Chidamabaram who feels that the damage done to the economy is as worrying as that done to the society. “Everyone who brought sensible ideas to the table to turn the economy around has left the government in disgust and despair,” he says, accusing the ruling dispensation of “manufacturing statistics and asking people to eat statistics”. He makes these observations in “Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India”, which is scheduled to be launched by former Vice President Hamid Ansari on February 8 here. “An old civilization that has accommodated many religions, cultures, languages, communities and castes, and has tried during the last 71 years to become a modern nation, is so polarized and divided today that there is real cause to worry about its survival,” he asserts in the Introduction to the upcoming book. He states that former Prime Minister, the late Atal

Bihari Vajpayee, understood the fundamental rules of democracy and “gracefully gave up power after 13 days, again after 13 months, and once again after 5 years” but laments that “his example has been forgotten - and perhaps rubbished in private - by the swayamsevaks in power today”. He says “every value of the Constitution is under attack” in contemporary India and fears that there is a “clear and present danger that the Constitution of India will be replaced by a document that will be inspired by an ideology called Hindutva”. That, Chidambaram says, will be the end of the ‘idea of India’, restoring which will require another freedom struggle and another Mahatma (Gandhi). Adds Ansari in the Foreword: “If the budget is passed without scrutiny and debate by the Parliament; and if important pieces of legislation are endorsed without reference to Standing Committees, then it is evident that the Parliament as the designated legislative institution is not doing its duty and the government of the day is failing in its primary duty...”

Ashok Dhawale (File)

Mumbai, Feb 5 (PTI): Accusing the government of not fulfilling the promises made last year, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Tuesday announced that the peasants’ bodies would once again take out a long march from Nashik to Mumbai beginning February 20. The farmers will reach Mumbai on February 27, the AIKS said in a statement after its meeting. Farmers -- 40,000 in number as pegged by the AIKS -- had taken out the protest march in March last year between the two cities to press for several demands, including farm loan waiver, minimum support price and provision of water and pension to farmers.

Restored synagogue in Mumbai reopens Mumbai, Feb 5 (PTI): Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue in Kala Ghoda, popularly known as the Blue Synagogue, was thrown open to the public Tuesday, after a year and a half of restoration work. Among Mumbai’s iconic structures, the 135year-old synagogue is open to not only members of the Jewish community but to all people irrespective of faith. Solomon Sopher, chairman of the Sir Jacob Sassoon and Allied Trust said, “Visitors will have to carry a valid ID that will be checked by our security team”. The place features Victorian stained-glass windows, Burma teak interiors and furnishing, and pillars with gold trim. The facade now sports a white and darker blue combination from the earlier sky blue that gave this house of worship its popular name.

New Delhi, Feb 4 (AGENCIES): The Ministry of Defence has no money to pay for the transportation of armed forces officers who have been transferred to various places of postings and also to those being attached on temporary duty for field exercises or for attending courses. The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA) has said on its website that due to insufficient funds available under temporary duty and permanent duty, no advances and claims can be processed till further receipt of funds. A defence official late on Monday evening said shortfalls were temporary and resolved routinely through

Deepak Talwar (File)

The ED was represented by Central government standing counsel Amit Mahajan, who sought time to respond to the plea. Talwar, who is in ED custody, was deported from Dubai on January 30 and was arrested by the agency after landing here. The ED earlier alleged before a trial court that Talwar acted as a middleman in negotiations to favour foreign private airlines, causing loss to national carrier Air India. The ED said it needed to interrogate Talwar to get

the names of officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, National Aviation Company of India Ltd. and Air India, who favoured foreign airlines, including Qatar Airways, Emirates and Air Arabia. The agency claimed that entities directly or indirectly controlled by the accused received exorbitant amounts from Qatar Airways, Emirates and Air Arabia and submitted a chart of total $60.54 million received by firms directly or indirectly owned by Talwar between April 23, 2008 to February 6, 2009. He has been charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery and under various other sections of the FCRA (Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act) for allegedly diverting Rs. 90.72 crore worth of foreign funds meant for ambulances and other articles received by his NGO from Europe’s leading missile manufacturing company.

Transportation and allowances for officers who are transferred from one station to another costs Rs 4000 crore in a year. (File)

re-appropriations (from existing budget allocations). It costs around Rs 4,000 crore per annum to pay for transportation and allowances for officers who are transferred from one station to another and also those

going to attend courses or to take part in exercises. Sources said an additional sum of Rs 800 crore has been sanctioned, which may help tide over some of this difficulty for now. There are nearly 40,000 Army officers. With

tenures being just two-three years at one station, postings are a frequent reality. Also, during military exercises — conducted every year — a huge body of troops moves. Then another element is the courses conducted to keep the officers updated on military issues. In October last year, several infrastructure projects of the armed forces had been stalled or are moving at a slow pace due to “fund crunch”. The then Engineer-in-Chief branch in the Military Engineering Services (MES) accepted “fund crunch” and issued instructions that at all ongoing works where payments were held up due to “fund crunch”, the work shall be put under “suspension”.

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Narendra Modi should look in to the crisis in West Bengal as a prime minister of the country and not as a leader of the BJP. The Sena claimed that the BJP was going to fall short of 100 Lok Sabha seats from north India to Maharashtra (in the west) in the Lok Sabha polls. “To fill the gap, the BJP has laid its hopes on states like West Bengal to win 10 to 15 seats... all this (the all-out war between the Centre and the Mamata Banerjee government) is being orchestrated with an eye on the Lok Sabha polls,” said the Sena, which is an ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra. The Sena said the first trigger of the ‘BJP versus Mamata Banerjee conflict came in the form her opposition to BJP president Amit Shah’s rath yatra in West Bengal. Later, senior BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s chopper was denied permission to land in West Bengal for a rally, and he was forced to address the gathering via audio link, it pointed out. “We do have our differences with Mamata Banerjee and her party, but she is, indeed, hitting back at the Centre with equal force,” the Sena remarked.

New Delhi, Feb 5 (AGENCIES): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to a plea by alleged lobbyist Deepak Talwar challenging his detention by Indian agencies after he was deported from the UAE last week. A Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal issued notice to the ED and directed it to file a response to the petition by February 11. The court listed the matter for further hearing on February 12. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Talwar, contended that his client was picked up from Dubai and handed over to the Indian authorities. “The Government of India abducted my client. More so when there was summons for him to appear on February 4. There was no extradition and they picked him up,” he argued.

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Sena targets Modi govt over WB govt-CBI face-off Mumbai, Feb 5 (PTI): The Shiv Sena Tuesday attacked the Modi government over the face-off between the West Bengal government and the CBI, alleging that it was “orchestrated” for political gains in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The Sena, in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, said what was happening in Kolkata was a “threat to democracy”. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been on a sit-in protest since Sunday against the CBI’s bid to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in chit fund scam cases, declaring that her agitation to save the “Constitution and country” will go on and she was ready to face the consequences. The Sena said the Centre could have acted against the Kolkata Police chief two months back and the CBI should have carried proper summons before visiting his house to question him. “No one involved in the Saradha chit fund scam should be spared, but how does the CBI look at the ‘cheat India’ matter which has been going on for the last four-and-a-half years,” the Uddhav Thackeray-led party remarked. Without elaborating its point, it said

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Contact No. : 8259802223 gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purities advanced by Rs 25 each to Rs 34,475 and Rs 34,325 per 10 gram, respectively. However, sovereign gold held steady at Rs 26,100 per piece of eight gram. Silver ready gained by Rs 170 to Rs 41,700 per kg, while weekly-based delivery was up by Rs 208 to Rs 40,645 per kg.

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NSE Nifty edged up 22.10 points, or 0.20 per cent, to 10,934.35. The Financial Benchmark India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the reference rate for the rupee/dollar at 71.7459 and for rupee/euro at 82.0147. The reference rate for rupee/British pound was fixed at 93.5624 and for rupee/100 Japanese yen at 65.29.

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New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI): Extending the upward trend, gold prices Tuesday gained marginally by Rs 25 to Rs 34,475 per 10 gram at the bullion market in the national capital, tracking firm trend overseas, according to All India Sarafa Association. Silver, similarly, advanced by Rs 170 to Rs 41,700 per kg on increased offtake from industrial units and coin makers. Traders said, with local demand remaining flat, firm trend overseas influenced the sentiment, leading to marginal increase in the prices of yellow metal. Globally, gold traded higher at USD 1,315.33 an ounce while silver stood at USD 15.88 an ounce in New York. On Monday, gold had surged by Rs 340. In the national capital,

Foreign funds purchased shares worth Rs 420.65 crore on a net basis, and domestic institutional investors bought shares worth Rs 194.31 crore Tuesday, provisional data showed. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading higher by 0.13 per cent at 95.97 ahead of US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. M e a n w h i l e, b r e n t crude, the global benchmark, was trading higher at 62.87 per barrel higher by 0.58 per cent. Benchmark equity indices ended marginally higher. The 30-share Sensex ended 34.07 points, or 0.09 per cent, higher at 36,616.81. Similarly, the

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(Nirav Modi fraud). We suffered because of the oneoff incident which has now been absorbed by the bank,” Mehta said On PNB’s asset quality, the bank said, its gross non-performing assets (NPAs) as a percentage to total advances rose to 16.33 per cent from 12.11 per cent in the year-ago period. Its net NPAs, however, came down to 8.22 per cent from 8.90 per cent at the end of December 2017, PNB said in a BSE filing. Total provisions, excluding for income tax, made during the third quarter of the current financial year were Rs 2,753.84 crore as against Rs 4,466.68 crore in the year-ago period. Out of which, provisioning for bad loans stood at Rs 2,565.77 crore as against Rs 2,996.42 crore reported during the third quarter of the previous fiscal.

Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS): Slowdown in new work orders decelerated the growth of India’s service sector activity in January, an economic data point showed on Tuesday. Accordingly, the seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index fell to 52.2 in January from 53.2 in December “indicating a softer expansion in output”. An index reading of above 50 indicates an overall increase in economic activity and below 50, an overall decrease. However, a sharp and accelerated rise in manufacturing production counteracted the slowdown in activity growth across the service economy. Consequently, the seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Composite PMI Output Index remained unchanged at 53.6 in January, “unchanged from December and indicative of a solid expansion in private sector activity”.

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New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI): Punjab National Bank (PNB) Tuesday posted 7.12 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 246.51 crore for its third quarter ended December 31, 2018, driven by lower provisioning for bad loans. PNB, which which was involved in a Rs 14,356crore scam by Nirav Modi, had reported net profit of Rs 230.11 crore for the corresponding quarter a year ago. The bank’s total income, fell by 2.64 per cent to Rs 14,854.24 crore for the quarter under review from Rs 15,257.5 crore in the year-ago quarter. PNB managing director and CEO Sunil Mehta said the company’s financial numbers are back in black. “We have honoured all our commitments. Our bank, as on date, has provided all for that incident

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going to be massive... The implications for the entire international trading system will be significantly negative,” said Pamela CokeHamilton, UNCTAD’s Head of Inter national Trade, at a news conference. Smaller and poorer countries would struggle to cope with the external shocks, she said and added that the higher cost of the US-China trade would prompt companies to shift away from current east Asian supply chains. According to the UNCTAD repor t, East Asian producers will be hit the hardest, with a projected $160 billion contraction in the region’s exports. It also warned that the effects could be felt everywhere. “There’ll be currency wars and devaluation, stagflation leading to job losses and higher unemployment and more importantly, the possibility of a contagion effect, or what we call a reactionary effect, leading to a cascade of other trade distortionary measures,” Coke-Hamilton said.

“We are the fastest growing major economy in the world with an annual average GDP growth during last five years higher than the growth achieved by any government since economic reforms began in 1991,” he had said. Elucidating focus of the Budget 2019-20, Garg said it has tried to touch a major portion of population of the country in some way or the other. “Second is the conviction of the government that don’t give doles but invest in the long-term asset creation with a view to make life of people better. Invest in the real factors, which build the life, which can make things more and more productive.” “The other distinguishing feature is that there should be fiscal consolidation and no expansionary policy, otherwise, it fuels inflation and crowd out private investment,” Garg said. Citing example, he said enhancement of rural connectivity, rural electrification and housing for all are efforts in that direction.

Mumbai, Feb 5 (PTI): Snapping its two-day losing streak, the rupee ticked higher by 23 paise to close at 71.57 per US dollar Tuesday amid fresh foreign fund inflows and gains in domestic equities. Forex dealers said investors were cautious ahead RBI’s Monetar y Policy Committee outcome scheduled for February 7. “Rupee is consolidating in the range, as most of the Asian region’s markets shut for Lunar New Year holidays. Near term focus of domestic forex market will be on three-day central bank policy meet, starting Tuesday,” said V K Sharma, Head PCG & Capital Markets Strategy, HDFC Securities. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened stronger at 71.72 a dollar. The local unit moved in a range of 71.55 to 71.80, before finally ending at 71.57, showing a gain of 23 paise. On Monday, the rupee had plunged by 55 paise to close at 71.80 against the US dollar. Forex traders said sustained foreign fund outflows and surging crude oil prices restricted the rupee up move.

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exports increase by more than $20 billion each. “Countries that are expected to benefit the most from US-China tensions are those which are more competitive and have the economic capacity to replace US and Chinese firms,” the UNCTAD said. Washington and Beijing are locked in a damaging trade row that has seen both sides levy tariffs on billions of dollars worth of one another’s goods. In December, both countries agreed to hold off on new tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks. They have a deadline of March 1 to strike a deal, or the US has said it will increase tariff rates on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10 per cent to 25 per cent. The trade war will also have a number of negative effects on global trade, especially within certain markets, the UNCTAD said. The report said that there will be huge costs if the trade war intensified and that Asian countries were likely to suffer most from protectionism. “The implications are

New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI): The finance ministry expects economic growth to accelerate to 7.5 per cent in 2019-20 from 7.2 per cent projected for the current fiscal. The growth was 8.2 per cent in 2016-17, the year in which the government demonetised highdenomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. “We are looking at nominal growth of 11.5 per cent (for 2019-20). Our assumption is 7.5 per cent real growth and 4 per cent inflation. We have been reasonable,” Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg told PTI. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal in the Budget Speech said that India is solidly back on track and marching towards growth and prosperity. The past five years have seen India being universally recognised as a bright spot of the global economy, he said, adding that the country witnessed its best phase of macroeconomic stability during this period.

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Geneva, Feb 5 (IANS): The trade war between the US and China is expected to boost the Indian economy with a rise of 3.5 per cent in exports while the EU will be the biggest winner, taking home $70 billion in additional trade, according to a UN study. Amid tit for tat tariff hikes between Washington and Beijing, trade is being diverted and a handful of countries will capture a slice of the giants’ exports, said the report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Monday. “Substantial effects relative to the size of their exports are expected for Australia, Brazil, India, the Philippines, Pakistan and Vietnam,” it said. The report, titled “The Trade Wars: The Pain and the Gain”, said that “bilateral tariffs alter global competitiveness to the advantage of firms operating in countries not directly affected by them”. The study found that European exports will grow by $70 billion, while Japan, Canada and Mexico will see

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Firemen are seen working to put out the blaze on Erlanger Dtreet in the 16th arrondissement in Paris.

Earth may not appear as blue by 2100: MIT study N e w Yo r k , F e b 5 (IANS): Owing to climate change surface of the oceans will change colour by end of 21st century leading our blue planet to look visibly altered, finds a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The findings showed that climate change has been significantly affecting phytoplankton, the tiny sea creatures, in the world’s oceans, which will lead to the change in colour intensifying its blue and green regions. “There will be a noticeable difference in the colour of 50 per cent of the ocean by the end of the 21st century,” said lead author Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a principal research scientist at MIT. “It could be potentially quite serious. Different types of phytoplankton absorb light differently, and if climate change shifts one community of phytoplankton to another, that will also change the types of food webs they can support,” Dutkiewicz added. The study said the blue regions, such as the sub-

tropics, will turn shades darker, reflecting even less phytoplankton -- and life in general -- in those waters. Some regions that are greener now, such as near the poles, may turn a deeper hue, as warmer temperatures brew up more diverse phytoplankton. The oceans appear blue because water molecules alone absorb almost all sunlight except for the blue part of the spectrum, but with any organism in the ocean, phytoplankton for instance, the pigment in it will absorb less in the green portions and reflect more green light. For the study, the researchers developed a global model that simulates the growth and interaction of different species of phytoplankton. When they increased the global temperatures by up to 3 degrees Celsius by 2100, they found that wavelengths of light in the blue or green wave band responded the fastest. Dutkiewicz observed that this blue or green wave band showed a very clear signal, or shift, due specifically to climate change.

Pope Francis waves to worshippers as he is driven into the Zayed Sports City stadium in Abu Dhabi to hold a historic Mass for 170,000 Catholics in the UAE

Francis, who has made outreach to Muslim communities a cornerstone of his papacy, wrapped up his historic three-day visit with the mass. The pope’s public comments in Abu Dhabi have centered on calls to end wars across the Middle East and protect the rights of all citizens. In a homily on Tuesday, he turned to the tens of thousands of

migrant workers living in the Emirates. “It is most certainly not easy for you to live far from home, missing the affection of your loved

ones, and perhaps also feeling uncertainty about the future,” the pope said. “But the Lord is faithful and does not abandon his people.” Pope Francis’ trip has been warmly welcomed by Filipino and Indian Catholics among the UAE’s huge migrant workforce. About one million Catholics live in the country, or about one in 10 of UAE residents. Asian nationals make up some 65 percent of the population and are crucial to all sectors in the oil-rich Gulf state, from construction to services and hotels. The son of Italian immigrants who was raised in Argentina, Jorge Bergoglio

-- or Pope Francis -- has paid particular attention to migrants and refugees during his papacy. Inside the stadium on Tuesday, 50,000 Catholics with tickets to the mass cheered the pope on, with one small group hoisting a pink posterboard which read: “We the Catholics of Yemen love you”. Another 120,000 gathered outside, watching via video link on large screens. Parishes across the UAE said 135,000 tickets to the pope’s mass were distributed to parishioners. Some 4,000 tickets had been given to Muslims to attend the mass, according to the local churches.

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not yet located under the layers of muddy mining waste released when the tailings dam broke apart. Almost all the victims were workers at the mine. A fire services spokesman said it was possible that not all the bodies would be located and recovered. “After a while, because of the decomposition of the bodies, it becomes impossible to recover the remains. But until that moment comes, even if we have to stay four,

A bu D h a b i , F e b 5 (AFP): Pope Francis held a historic public mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at a stadium in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, capping the first ever papal visit to the Gulf where Islam was born. The pontiff waved at the enthusiastic crowd carrying yellow Vatican flags and banners as he rode in an open-top Popemobile into Zayed Sports City Stadium, where an altar with a large cross was set up for the unprecedented open-air service in a country that normally restricts worship to inside churches. The UAE borders Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, but unlike its larger neighbour, which outlaws all non-Muslim places of worship, Abu Dhabi allows Christians among its large migrant workforce to practise their faith discreetly.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 5 (Agencies): The toll from a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil has risen to 134 deaths after more than a week of searches, with 199 missing, authorities said Monday. The count showed the gradual recovery operation of bodies more than a week after the January 25 disaster at the dam, owned by Brazilian mining giant Vale, near the town of Brumadinho. Those listed as missing are presumed dead, but

by 2021. “From Feb. 2, the United States suspended its obligations under the INF treaty,” Shoigu told a meeting of defence chiefs. “At the same time they are actively working to create a land-based missile with a range of more than 500 km which is outside the treaty’s limits”. “President Putin has given the defence ministry the task of taking symmetrical measures.” Moscow denies flouting the 1987 pact. It says Washington is the one violating it and has accused the United States of inventing a false pretext to exit a treaty it wanted to leave anyway in order to develop new missiles. Washington denies that.

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five or six months, the fire offices will work without stopping,” he said. The disaster occurred three years after a similar dam collapse tragedy at another mine in the same region which was partowned by Vale. That 2015 incident, close to the town of Mariana, had a lower death toll of 19, but was considered Brazil’s worst environmental disaster because the mining waste released ravaged whole ecosystems along hundreds of miles (kilometers) of waterways. President Jair Bolsonaro, in a statement read to Congress as he recovered in hospital from abdominal surgery, said excessive regulation of Brazil’s mining industry was partly to blame for the Brumadinho dam collapse. “ T h e g ove r n m e n t has dozens of overlapping monitoring structures which stop people producing but didn’t prevent the Brumadinho tragedy,” he said. “It’s not with bigger government that we are going to solve these problems, but with more efficient government,” he said.

Washington had made clear it planned to start research, development and design work on new missile systems and Moscow would do the same, Putin said. The Russian military should start work on creating land-based launch systems for an existing ship-launched cruise missile, the Kalibr, and for longer-range hypersonic missiles which travel at least five times the speed of sound, he said. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday ordered work to begin on developing the new systems. Shoigu, a close Putin ally, said he wanted the work completed by the end of next year so the new systems were ready

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mayor of the 16th district, Daniele Giazzi, told BFM television as she paid tribute to the young rescue workers who had toiled through the night. Several local residents said that the fire had been started because of a dispute between neighbours in the block, which was built in the 1970s unlike many of the older, classic Parisian buildings. “We’ll let the police give further information, but it’s one of the possibilities

M OS C OW, F e b 5 (Agencies): Russia will race to develop two new land-based missile launch systems before 2021 to respond to Washington’s planned exit from a landmark nuclear arms control pact, it said on Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin said at the weekend that Russia had suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), which bans both nations from stationing short- and intermediate-range land-based missiles in Europe. Moscow and Washington accuse each other of violating the treaty and Putin said Russia had acted after the United States announced it was withdrawing from the pact.

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were completely impotent. “They had the trucks, the big ladders, but they couldn’t do anything,” he said. Only once they had fitted extenders to their equipment, which needed to be carried manually into the courtyard of the building, were they able to begin rescue operations. Several times the blaze appeared to have been brought under control before starting again, another witness told AFP. “The building was very difficult to access,” the

Russian S-400 air defense missile systems make their way through Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. (File)

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toll could climb further. The fire star ted at about 1:00 am and was only brought under control more than five hours later by around 200 firefighters. “At first we thought it was a fight, we could hear a woman screaming really loud,” a local resident who gave his name as Nicolas told AFP. “She was screaming, screaming and we went outside and the building was already on fire. The firemen had just arrived but what was amazing was that they

being examined by investigators,” deputy mayor of Paris Emmanuel Gregoire told RTL radio. It is close to the stadium of football club Paris Saint-Germain, the Parc des Princes, and the Roland Garros complex used for the French Open tennis tournament. “France is waking up with emotion after the fire on the rue Erlanger in Paris,” President Emmanuel Macron tweeted. “Thoughts for the victims. Thank you to the firefighters whose courage helped save many lives.” The fire is the most deadly since 2005 when an arson at a building in the 13th district of the city killed 17 people, including 14 children. The blaze follows a powerful gas explosion last month that killed four people in the city’s central 9th district. Fire service spokesman Captain Clement Cognon told AFP that firefighters were yet to fully search the upper floors of the block. “We had to carry out many rescues, notably for around a dozen people who had taken refuge on the roofs. In total about 50 people were evacuated by firefighters,” he added.

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Paris, Feb 5 (AFP): At least 10 people died and 30 were injured in an overnight blaze at an apartment block in Paris that police are treating as possible arson, officials said Tuesday. The fire on the upper floors of the building in the rue Erlanger in the upmarket 16th district of southwest Paris is the most deadly in the capital since 2005. Videos from the scene showed flames leaping out of top floor windows and firemen climbing flimsy ladders to rescue terrified residents, some dressed only in pyjamas, from the top of the eight-storey block. Described by one rescue worker as a “scene of incredible violence”, the blaze left around 30 people -- including six firefighters -- injured and at least 10 people have died, the fire service said. “One person who lives in the building has been arrested. She’s a 40-year-old woman who has prior psychological problems,” Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said from the scene on Tuesday where smoke could still be seen rising from the area. An investigation has been opened into the criminal charge of causing death by arson amid fears that the

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Players of Indian Arrows and Minerva Punjab in action. Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 (IANS): Indian Arrows stunned champions Minerva Punjab FC 2-1 at the Kalinga Stadium to notch-up their fifth win of the I-League season and leapfrog to the seventh position on the points table here on Tuesday. Goals from Rohit Danu in the first half and Rahim Ali in the second ensured that Moinuddina’s 68th-minute strike for the champions went in vain. Rahim was declared Hero

of the Match, for scoring the second insurance goal for his team. Akash Sangwan and Syrian midfielder Mahmoud Al Amna started the game today for the visitors, replacing Dilliram Sanyasi and Saurav Rautella from their last game against Aizawl. Floyd Pinto, the Arrows coach, on the other hand, made two changes, bringing in Anwar Ali and Rahul KP in place of Narender and Ninthoi.

Irish coach Paul Munster’s visiting side dominated possession in the first half but the Arrows had the better scoring opportunities. One such opportunity was created by captain Amarjeet Kiyam in the 38th minute, when a long-range strike from him thundered the crossbar and came back. The Arrows got off to a swift start in the second half, when Rahim slotted the ball past keeper

Arshdeep in the Minerva goal off a wonderful team move that was initiated by Rohit Danu. A stunned Minerva then finally began to show some urgency and dominated both possession and play from here on. For all their trouble, substitute Moinuddin, in the 68th minute, scored a stunner of a goal, drilling in a powerful left-footer from the edge of the Arrows box, beating a hapless Prabhsukan Gill in goal.

India can play World Cup in 1020 years: Lizarazu New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS): The 1998 FIFA World Cup winner and FC Bayern Hall of Fame member Bixente Lizarazu feels that India is witnessing a football revolution and can play a World Cup in a decade or so. Remarking that Indian players are now technically stronger, the Frenchman said he can imagine India playing the prestigious cup in the next 10 years. However, the progress will be gradual, he added. “Its only two times that I came here (India) but I see a revolution. The way of playing is changing. Now players are playing more technically and trying short passes with more control,” Lizarazu, a member of the French team that won Euro 2000, told IANS. “The young generations are interested in football. In 10 years or may be 20 years I can imagine Indian team playing a World Cup but it will take time,” he added. Lizarazu was in India for a two-day Adidas FC Bayern Youth Cup India Finals. It’s an under-16, seven-a-side, inter-school football tournament. The winning team from the National Finals will represent India in the FC Bayern Youth Cup World Finals.

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Injured boxer Manoj Kumar accuses SAI of non-cooperation

New delhi, Feb 5 (Agencies): Seasoned boxer Manoj Kumar has alleged that the Sports Authority of India ignored his pleas for financial assistance to treat an injury picked up during the Asian Games, a charge that SAI rejected and accused him of hiding his fitness issues. In a letter to Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the threet i m e C o m m o n we a l t h Games medallist’s coach Rajesh Rajound, who is also his elder brother, has stated that the SAI has not responded to his request for assistance in dealing with a groin injury despite reminders. “The concerned officials are deliberately playing politics in the matter and I request you, as a concerned Sports Minister, that an immediate inquiry be launched…I request you, that steps be taken to ensure that he receives immediate and proper medical attention,” Rajound stated in the letter. Manoj has been out of action since the Asian Games due to the injury and his name did not figure in the list of national campers earlier this year. “…all the medical reports were sent to the of-

Manoj Kumar (File/PTI) ficials of SAI and the TOP (Target Olympic Podium) Scheme, on September 10, 2018, via e-mail. The estimated cost of treatment mentioned by the hospital is Rs 5,30,400. However, even after sending all the medical reports, I have yet to get any concrete reply from the concerned officials,” he added. The SAI hit back with an official, speaking to PTI on condition of anonymity, saying that the former Asian medallist and Olympian has been assisted financially but he hasn’t been completely forthright about his injuries. “Manoj is a senior boxer and was fully supported when he was under the TOPS. He was treated in Mumbai’s Kokilaben Hospital at the full cost of the government. But once

he was dropped from the TOPS because of dip in his performance we couldn’t support him fully,” the official stated. Manoj said the only assistance that has come his way is from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI). However, the SAI official said that the boxer has been given aid even after being dropped from TOPS. “But still we kept on supporting him under the NSF scheme which only allows for treatment of injuries and not rehabilitation of an athlete,” the SAI official said. “He repeatedly hid his injuries and wanted to be a part of the national camp. Still we gave him the option of joining the camp at his own cost or his employer’s (Railways) but he denied,” he added.

Ranji Trophy final: Saurashtra India aim to carry ODI momentum to T20I stage fightback to stay in hunt

Saurashtra captain J Unadkat plays a shot on Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy final match against Vidarbha, in Nagpur, Tuesday. (PTI) pleted his first century of the season and when India pacer Umesh Yadav sent him back, Saurashtra were still 128 runs away from Vidarbha’s total of 312. Saurashtra’s tail then batted excellently after Prerak Mankad was also dismissed by Sarwate. From 184/7, Kamlesh Makwana (27 off 61 balls) and Jadeja (23 off 32) added 38 runs for the eighth-wicket stand. Off-spinner Akshay Wakhare broke the partnership by getting Makwana caught at first slip and Sarwate got rid of Jadeja in the same fashion to complete his five-wicket haul. But there was no respite for the hosts as captain Jaydev Unadkat (46) and Chetan Sakariya (28) continued the fightback. They added 60 runs

More than two clubs in title race, says Guardiola London, Feb 5 (agencies): Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said more than two clubs can contest the Premier League title with 13 matches of the season to go. Guardiola’s side are three points behind leaders Liverpool but can go top if they win at Everton on Wednesday. Tottenham are five points off top spot, with Chelsea 12 off the pace and Manchester United 14 behind in fifth. “There are 39 points to play and it is not too much if you are nine or 10 behind,” said Guardiola. “I never said Totten-

ham are not there. United making this r un ever y single week and they will be there. “Now we see the table and see the first two or three and we don’t look further than that. Chelsea can win games in a row and be a contender.” Liverpool were seven points clear of Manchester City before Guardiola’s side beat the Merseyside club on 3 January. After City’s fixture at Goodison Park they will have played a game more than Jurgen Klopp’s side. Their superior goal difference will carry them to top spot if they win.

for the last wicket as they got tantalisingly close to a first-innings lead. Unadkat then swept one straight to square leg fielder Sanjay. In Vidarbha’s second essay, Sanjay survived a strong leg-before appeal, a caught and bowled chance off Makwana before finally getting stumped by Jadeja, who had also bowled the rival skipper. In the morning session, Patel swept Akshay Kar newar to reach his three-figure mark. Umesh then succeeded in getting Patel caught behind. BRIEF SCORES: Saurashtra first innings 307 (Snell Patel 102, Jaydev Unadkat 46; Aditya Sarwate 5/98) vs Vidarbha 1st innings 312 & 55/2 (Ganesh Satish 24 batting, Wasim Jaffer 5 batting)

to repeat the result of the ODI series. Apart from that, India’s batting seemed settled with the likes of opener Shikhar Dhawan, swashbuckling batsman Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav and Dhoni in the squad. In the bowling department, India will miss the services of pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who has also been rested. Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the pace attack which comprises of Mohammad Siraj, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed and all-rounder Hardik Pandya. The spin department will consist of chinaman Kuldeep Yadav and Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. Part-time spinners Kedar Jadhav and Krunal Pandya might come into the picture as well. New Zealand, on the other hand, will miss the services of opener Martin Guptill. Failing to recover from a back injury, the experienced batsman was ruled out of the series. Guptill had sustained the injury while throwing a ball during fielding practice on the eve of the fifth ODI after which he was forced to miss that contest. Squads: New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Doug Bracewell, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Scott Kuggeleijn, Colin Munro, Daryl Mitchell,

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Nagpur, Feb 5 (IANS): Saurashtra recovered from a faulty start to steady their ship, thanks to the lower order and throw the gauntlet at Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy final here on Tuesday. Resuming at 158/5, Saurashtra’s lower order batsmen showed composure to drag the first innings total to 307, just five short of the hosts’ first innings score. The hosts, in their second innings, lost captain Faiz Fazal (10) and R.Sanjay (16) to left-arm spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (2/36) before ending the day at 55/2. At close of play, veteran Wasim Jaffer (5) and Ganesh Satish (24) were at the crease. Earlier, overnight batsman Snell Patel (102) com-

Wellington, Feb 5 (IANS): After clinching the five match One-Day International (ODI) series, a confident India will aim to carry the momentum to the three match Twenty20 International (T20I) series when they face New Zealand in the opening match at the Westpac Stadium here on Wednesday. In the ODIs, India comprehensively outplayed the hosts to clinch the series 4-1. India looked out of sorts only in Hamilton but they bounced back in style in the last match and will aim to carry the momentum to the shortest format with some more promising players joining the squad. “We would be looking to win the series and carry the momentum back home for the Australia series,” Shikhar Dhawan told reporters on Tuesday. This T20I series will also be a good opportunity for youngsters like Krunal Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Shubman Gill to rise to the occasion and stake a claim for a World Cup spot. Veteran India wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni also returned to the T20I squad after a long hiatus. The Ranchi stumper last featured in a T20 match in July. In the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli who has been rested, Rohit Sharma will lead the squad and will be aiming

LS witnesses acrimonious scenes New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed acrimonious scenes as members of the Trinamool Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) traded barbs at each other during discussion on Motion of Thanks on President’s address. When the House reassembled in the post-lunch session, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan took up the discussion on the motion. As BJP veteran Hukumdev Narayan Yadav began, Trinamool Congress members trooped near Speaker’s podium and started sloganerring against the government over the Sunday standoff between the Central Bureau of Investigation and Kolkata police. As soon as he started speaking, Trinamool’s member Aparupa Poddar took his mike and started shouting slogans. This was opposed by BJP members. During his speech, Yadav took potshots at opposition alliance, saying the corrupt and anti-social parties have joined hands to defeat Prime Minister

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Narendra Modi who is working hard for uplifting the poor. This led to an aggressive argument between Samajwadi Party’s Dharmendra Yadav and the BJP members. Due to the heated argument, the Speaker adjourned the House for 10 minutes. When the House reassembled, BJP’s Yadav, resuming his speech, said that the Modi government has implemented various welfare schemes for the upliftment of poor people in the country. Under the Jan-Dhan Yojana, so far 34 crore accounts have been opened in which the people have deposited Rs 84,000 crore, he said. “In the budget, the

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government has announced to provide Rs 6,000 annually to small farmers under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. Under Ayushman Bharat scheme, so far 10 lakh people have availed benefits,” he said. The veteran leader described the next Lok Sabha elections as a “Mahabharat” and said it will be a fight between the right and wrong. Seconding the motion, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal said that the NDA government has taken several measures for the welfare of farmers and the poor. He also hailed recent income support scheme for small and marginal farmers. As the Speaker called Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge to speak, he said as there was no order in the House, the discussion should be postponed to Wednesday. Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay also demanded that the discussion be postponed to Wednesday and assured that his party will

cooperate. To this, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that those who want to speak on Wednesday should be given time, but those who want to participate in the discussion on Tuesday should be allowed to speak. This was followed by slogan shouting by opposition members prompting the Speaker to adjourn the House for half an hour till 4 p.m. When debate resumed, Biju Janata Dal’s Bhartruhari Mahtab demanded fixing of MSP of farmers’ produce. Welcoming the budget announcement of providing Rs 6000 annually to small farmers, he, however, said that such a step is not a permanent solution for farm distress. A I A D M K ’ s P. Venugopal demanded the government to release the arrears of GST compensation to Tamil Nadu while SP’s Dharmendra Yadav demanded reintroduction of 200-point roster in recruitment of teachers in Universities.

Maha illegal abortion racket busted; 9 held Mumbai, Feb 5 (PTI): Nine persons, including four doctors, have been arrested for operating a racket in which female foetuses were aborted illegally in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, police said Tuesday. An official said the racket was underway for several years in the MIDC, CIDCO and Osmanpura areas of the district. One of the doctors who has been arrested, identified as Varsha Rajout, is a government medical officer, he added. “We suspect these persons performed at least 200 abortions in hospitals and clinics,” Rahul Khade, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Aurangabad city, told PTI. He said the lid on the racket was blown off following a specific tip-off on January 22, resulting in the arrest of five persons in a raid on a hospital by MIDC police. Police probe so far has revealed that accused Dr Suraj Rana is the kingpin in the racket and he was the main link between hospitals and clients desirous of an abortion, the official said.

TMC not in touch with us: Patnaik

Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 (PTI): Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said the CBI should do non-political jobs and that nobody from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) had spoken to him on any issue, including the recent standoff between the central probe agency and the Kolkata Police. “No one from the TMC has been in touch with us for at least a year,” Patnaik said, replying to reporters’ queries during his tour to Koraput on whether TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had spoken to him on the Kolkata Police-CBI standoff. Earlier in the day, Banerjee reportedly said in Kolkata that she would consult Patnaik over the continuation of her dharna. The West Bengal chief minister has been staging a protest over the CBI-Kolkata police imbroglio in Kolkata since Sunday night. “Our party’s statement on Monday had to do with events in our own state,” Patnaik told reporters. The BJD had clarified that its statement on the

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Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was in relation to Odisha and the overall issues confronting the probe agency at the national level and should not be used to club it with any political party or grouping. The statement had said the “institutional integrity of the CBI has to be restored. We are a mature democracy and professionalism should be maintained” and pointed out that there was “sudden action” by the investigating agency just before the panchayat polls in the past. “Now, before the general election, the move by the CBI smacks of unprofessional conduct and is coloured with political motives,” it had added. The statement appar-

ently referred to the CBI’s recent notice to two BJD MLAs and former ministers in connection with a chit fund case. Both the MLAs have said they will respond to the probe agency’s notice. Asked to comment on the activities of the CBI, which have been criticised by many opposition parties including the BJD, Patnaik said, “We, like everyone else, would like to see the CBI do a professional and non-political job.” On the Supreme Court’s directive on the Kolkata Police-CBI standoff, he said, “We will follow the Supreme Court judgment.” To a q u e s t i o n o n whether the CBI had issued a notice to him, Patnaik shot back, saying, “Absolutely nonsense.” Earlier, Odisha BJP leader K V Singhdeo had sought a clarification from Patnaik on whether the central probe agency had issued notice to him in connection with the chit fund scam. The BJP leader had said he had sought the chief minister’s clarification on the basis of media reports.

Tejashwi demands affidavit from Modi 150 Global CEOs to learn on Mahatma’s way of inclusive society

Kolkata, Feb 5 (PTI): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sign an affidavit promising that he would not seek help from any of the 23 opposition parties which the BJP has labelled as “”corrupt” and “thieves” to form a government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. Yadav was among the opposition leaders who met Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her dharna site here and addressed the gathering there. He had also participated in the mega opposi-

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tion rally called by Banerjee in the city on January 19. BJP national president Amit Shah had compared the opposition parties to a “band of thieves” and had alleged that they had looted the country’s wealth by indulging in corruption. “Today all BJP leaders are saying that a band of thieves have joined hands to form the federal front (of opposition parties). I request you Modiji, Arun Jaitley ji, Amit Shah ji and Ravi Shankar Prasad ji to please sign an affidavit stating that you will not seek help from any one of the 23 opposition parties to form the govern-

ment,” he said. Tejashwi said that if a party severs ties with the BJP then it is labelled as corrupt. When Chandrababu Naidu parted ways with the BJP, they started harassing him. So the situation is they will hound you if you are not with them but if they need you, then they will place you on their heads,” he said. Naidu, TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh chief minister who had snapped ties with the NDA in March 2018, had accused the NDA government of harassing political rivals through central agencies.

Gandhinagar, Feb 5 (IANS): A total of 150 global chief executive officers (CEO) will be part of a fellowship programme where they will be spending 10 days at the Sabarmati Ashram to look through the eyes of Mahatma Gandhi for building an inclusive society. “The idea is that the world needs Gandhi now more than ever before, especially in terms of building an inclusive society. At the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, which is being celebrated across the country, we want to create a Global Gandhi fellowship leadership programme

based on Gandhian philosophy. The fellowship will be a 10-day event where the top global CEOs will be spending the fellowship at the Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati trying to see the world through Mahatma Gandhi’s Eyes,” said Madan Padaki, the Managing Trustee, Head Held High Foundation. “During the 10 days they spend here, they will be provided the tools and techniques for them to look through the lens of Gandhi. This is not a programme about Gandhian philosophy but we want the CEOs to understand that what if Gandhi were in their place,

if he was alive and he was the CEO of their company, how would they act and behave. “Right now we are working out all the details of the 10-day fellowship. We have a 25-member team to do that and also helped by the Gujarat Vidyapith and other Gandhians. By April we will start on an outreach for the Global CEOs,” said Padaki. Padaki was talking to IANS on the sidelines of a four-day event, Global Action on Poverty (GAP) 2019, held at the Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati from January 31 to February 3. The event, organised by

HHH foundation and Gandhi Ashram, saw the participation of representatives from leading corporations like Asian Paints, Facebook, Taj Hotels, Tata Steel, Unilever, ONGC Foundation as well as other representatives from the government. Speakers like Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma (first Indian in space), Arun Maira (former Member, Planning Commission), Ravi Venkatesan (Special Representative, UNICEF), Ram Mohan Mishra (Additional Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), Sourav Roy (CSR Head, Tata Steel),

Binali Suhandani (Head, AVPN India), Prableen Sabhaney (Head, Public Affairs - FabIndia), Shelley Thakral (Head - Public Policy Programme, Facebook), D.M. Kiran (CEO, ONGC Foundation) and Elizabeth Coffey (Founder, Spark Leadership) encouraged the participants coming from the corporate world to work towards the change they wish to see in the society. Changemakers are those from the corporate world who want to use their expertise, techniques, tools and resources to be used for alleviation of poverty and build an inclusive society.

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Ralegan Siddhi, Feb 5 (PTI): Social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday called off his fast after a marathon meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and two Union ministers here. Hazare, 81, had started his indefinite fast on January 30 over appointment of anticorruption watchdogs. After marathon talks with Fadnavis and the ministers, which stretched to over five hours, Hazare announced that he is ‘satisfied’ with the outcome of the discussions. Hazare held talks with Fadnavis, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, Union minister of state for defence Subhash Bhamre and state water resources minister Girish Mahajan. “Offering autonomous stature to the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) at state and centre level, tabling of Lokayukta bill in the next assembly session of Maharashtra and abiding the SC timeframe through a joint committee for Lokpal were the three demands for which I had started my agitation. I am satisfied with the assurances given to me by the government now and so am calling off my fast,” Hazare told reporters Tuesday evening. Hazare’s close aide Sonpal Shastri will be one

Anna Hazare ends fast after govt assures speedy steps regarding Lokpal, agrarian issues. (File)

of the members of a committee which will be formed under the chairmanship of Radha Mohan Singh. It will complete its report by October this year for offering autonomous status to CACP, Fadnavis said. “I have decided to call off my fast after satisfactory talks with Fadnavis and the other ministers,” Hazare said. The search committee for Lokpal is meeting on February 13 and will take further decisions as per the Supreme Court orders, Fadnavis said. On the seventh day of Hazare’s fast Tuesday, his doctor said lab tests showed a significant increase in his blood pressure and blood sugar. He has lost 5 kg weight since the fast began, the doctor said. Earlier Tuesday, Fad-

navis reached Hazare’s native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar district in the afternoon and held prolonged talks with him. Hazare has sought appointment of Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states where such statutory anti-corruption watchdogs do not exist, and resolution of farmers’ issues. He has also been demanding implementation of the Swaminathan Commission recommendations on ways to address agrarian distress, besides electoral reforms. Locals who observed a bandh recently to show support for Hazare’s agitation, restricted entry of government officials to the village on Tuesday. Hazare had Monday claimed that senior BJP leaders who once vehemently backed his Lokpal

Priyanka Gandhi gets an office at Congress HQ

‘2019 polls very competitive, too close to call’

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New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI): Newly-appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has got an office, adjacent to the room of her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, at the party headquarters on Akbar Road here. She will attend the first official meeting of the Congress party after assuming the new role on Thursday. Rahul Gandhi has convened the meeting of all general secretaries and in-charges of various states to plan the strategy for the Lok Sabha election due in April-May. Priyanka on Tuesday met a few senior party leaders from Uttar Pradesh and held informal interactions with them. Sources said that during the meeting, she discussed issues relating to strengthening the party in eastern Uttar Pradesh. She has been given charge of the party affairs

in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s stronghold Gorakhpur fall in the region. She is also learnt to have discussed the party’s strategy for the area ahead of Lok Sabha polls during the informal meetings Tuesday. Jyotiraditya Scindia is the new Congress general secretary in charge of western UP. Priyanka, who was abroad when she was appointed to the party post on January 23, returned to the national capital on Monday and met Rahul Gandhi. She also met a few other leaders, including Scindia. Rahul Gandhi has also called a meeting of state chiefs and Congress Legislature Party leaders on Saturday in the national capital to review preparedness for the general election. Earlier, Priyanka’s involvement with the party was limited to campaigning in Rae Bareli and Amethi Lok Sabha constituencies represented by her mother Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. She also campaigned in 2017 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, but the party did not fare well.

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS): The popularity graph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fallen drastically and what seemed a year ago as another wrestling match “with only one boxer in the ring” now seems a Lok Sabha election too close to call, says global investor and bestselling author Ruchir Sharma. Sharma, who has been chasing election campaigns in India for over two decades and has just written “Democracy on the Road”, says that this change reflects the strength of Indian democracy and is particularly significant at a time when obituaries calling the death of democracy rule the roost in many parts of the world. This neck and neck fight at a time when there is so much despair about democracy in the world, Sharma said, shows how deeply rooted India’s democratic set up is. He said that Modi had begun eyeing the Prime Minister’s post long before 2014 and following him closely during the election campaigns, Sharma could make out as early as 2012 what his real ambition was. On the other hand, Congress President Rahul Gabdhi was a very different person, immature, not interested in listening, and with not-sogood campaigning skills.

Saradha scam: CBI probe to continue

New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI): Himanta Biswa Sarma and Mukul Roy, who had defected to the BJP from the Congress and the Trinamool Congress respectively, were among those who were questioned by the CBI in the Saradha scam but probe into their alleged involvement has not reached any conclusive end yet. Amid the ongoing tussle between the West Bengal government and the Centre over probe into the Saradha scam in which the CBI wants to question Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, Assam Congress has accused the CBI of going slow against Sarma, who had switched sides and joined BJP. The CBI did not respond to questions on the dates the two have been questioned or have been searched in these cases. “The CBI is yet to take

any action against Sarma and investigations against him have stopped after he joined the BJP,” Assam Pradesh Congress spokesman and former minister Pradyut Bordoloi said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had alleged on Sunday night that Sarma, Assam’s health and finance minister now, was involved in the chit fund scam, he said. “He (Sarma) was investigated for his involvement in the scam while he was in Congress but after he joined the BJP, it (investigation) stopped,” Banerjee said. Sarma, who was a cabinet minister in the Congress government, was questioned by the CBI on November 26, 2014 in connection with its probe in Saradha chit fund scam. He was asked to appear before the Special Investigation Team headed by the

then Joint Director Rajiv Singh at CGO Complex in Kolkata. He was questioned for his purported proximity with Saradha group chief Sudipta Sen, sources said. A powerful minister in Tarun Gogoi Cabinet since 2001, Sarma was dropped by the chief minister after he spearheaded a campaign to dislodge him. The agency had also searched his premises in connection with the scam probe on August 28, 2014 along with former minister Anjan Dutta, who was recently questioned as well, and singer Sadananda Gogoi, who was arrested by CBI. Sarma joined the BJP on August 28, 2015 ahead of assembly elections in the state that year. After this, no coercive action has been taken against him by the CBI, the sources said.

demand had turned ‘allergic’ to it after coming to power and accused the ruling dispensation of betraying people who voted it to power in 2014. “During my Ramlila Maidan agitation on Lokpal and Lokayukta, the entire country stood up. An atmosphere was created. That is the reason why you (BJP) came to power. Now you are betraying the people who brought you to power,” Hazare had said. “Leaders like Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj had once vehemently defended the Lokpal demand in Parliament. But after coming to power, they are mum over it. It looks like they are allergic to Lokpal and Lokayukta. The agitation brought them to power but they have forgotten it,” Hazare had said. 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. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, whose party is an ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra, had extended his support to Hazare, asking him to emulate socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan and lead an agitation against corruption.

VHP to put off Ram Temple agitation until April

Surendra Jain (File)

New Delhi, Feb 5 (AGENCIES): The Vishawa Hindu Parishad said on Tuesday that it would hold off its agitation for Ram Mandir until April. “We’re putting off the protests because we don’t want to make it a chunavi mudda (election issue),” senior VHP leader Surendra Jain said. “What the people decide we don’t know. But we’re sure that whoever is in power, whichever party forms the government, they will listen to our demand of making a Ram Temple at Ayodhya.” As General Elections approach, several Hindu right organisations are mounting pressure on the central government to have a temple built at the disputed site in Ayodhya. The Supreme Court is currently holding hearings to settle the land dispute. Hindu organisations want the central government to resort to issuing an ordinance to have the temple built. General Elections are due in April-May.

Both TMC, BJP are corrupt; put in their place by SC: Yechury New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI): CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said the Supreme Court order on Tuesday showed both the BJP and the TMC their place and alleged the two parties were hand in glove in “sharing the spoils” of the chit fund scam. Speaking to reporters, Yechury and Md Salim, the party’s MP in Lok Sabha, said the agenda of the CPI(M) was clear -- “defeat BJP, save India; defeat TMC, save Bengal.” Reacting to the West Bengal Chief Minister who earlier said that the SC order was a “moral victory” for her, Salim said that it was in fact a “tight slap on the face of the state government”. Accusing the state government of falsely implicating CPIM leaders in the chit fund case, the leaders said that while the CBI has been misused in the past, in this case, it was probing the matter on the orders of the court. “In this instance when the judiciary orders the CBI to investigate a case, the CBI’s movement in the investigation into any state or territory cannot be construed as an attack on the authority or the powers of the state government. “What is objectionable is when the CBI suo motu takes action and investi-

WB BJP against Prez rule in state Kolkata, Feb 5 (PTI): West Bengal BJP leaders appeared not very supportive of the idea of imposing President’s rule in the state as they feel it might adversely affect the party’s prospect in the Lok Sabha elections, even as the TMC government fights a pitched turf war with the Centre over CBI probe in the chitfund scam cases. BJP leaders Tuesday said if the Centre imposed President’s rule in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) led by Mamata Banerjee would cry foul and try to grab sympathy votes. “If you want to know the views of the state leadership,” a senior state BJP leader told PTI requesting anonymity, “I would only say the state unit is not in favour of imposition of President’s rule.” Another BJP leader said the TMC was fast losing its ground in the state. “In such a position, if President’s rule is imposed, the TMC would complain of vendetta politics and bag sympathy votes. Why should we let that happen?” the leader said. By nature, the people of West Bengal always vote for the party which is opposed to central government, he said. The issue of imposi-

tion of President’s rule has come up after an all-out war broke out between the Centre and the TMC government on Sunday, with Chief Minister Banerjee beginning a dharna here over the CBI’s attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection with chit-fund scam cases. Insisting that the CBI’s move stifled the spirit of “Constitution and federalism”, Banerjee had wondered if the Centre was mulling to impose President’s rule in the state. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said the “unfortunate” and “unprecedented” developments in West Bengal involving the CBI and the Kolkata Police indicate a constitutional breakdown, warning that the Centre has powers to take action. Singh had also spoken to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi in wake of the CBI team being allegedly obRegd. No. 194/19

structed by the state police when they tried to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha ponzi scam case on Sunday. HRD minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar Monday claimed that Constitutional order has completely broken down in the state but has stopped short of demanding imposition of President’s rule in West Bengal. State BJP leaders said, they have clearly conveyed it to the party’s central leadership that imposition of President’s Rule in the state would not only act as an advantage for the TMC but would also have an adverse impact on the party’s prospects in Lok Sabha polls. However, there is a minor section within the state unit which feels that “imposition of President’s rule is a must to restore democracy in West Bengal”.

AFFIDAVIT

Dated 30/01/2019

I, Smti. L. Mary Chishi, W/o Akuto Kiato Swu, aged about 45 years, resident of H/No. 105 Sematilla Colony, Dist:- Dimapur, Pin-797112, State- Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and as such competent to swear this affidavit. 2. That as per my Educational documents my name has been entered as 'L. Mary' instead of 'L. Mary Chishi'. 3. That both the names 'L. Mary Chishi' and 'L. Mary' pertain to one and the same person i.e. me. 4. That I have sworn this affidavit for the purpose of rectifying my name to as "L. Mary Chishi" for documentary proof before the concerned authority. 5. That the averment in the foregoing paras 1-4 are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed therein. DEPONENT Solemnly affirmed and sworn before me. NOTARY PUBLIC DP-1052

PRESS RELEASE On this 4 Day of February 2019, I, Shri Chobhathung Odyuo declare as follows:- That in the last 13th State Legislative Assembly Election held on 27th Feb 2018, I was the official JD(U) Candidate from 37th Tuyi A/C Wokha, District. However, in order to strengthen the position of NPF Party, I along with my supporters unanimously decided and merge with NPF Party. Accordingly, on 31st January 2019 I have been officially inducted into the NPF Party. The decision so taken was not only to strengthen the Party but I appreciate and honor the unwavering Principle of Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu the Party President who always stands for the best cause of the Nagas with time and again proving his integrity during Political turmoil and a man of his words. And also, acknowledge the dynamic leadership of Shri T.R Zeliang, Leader of opposition, who is humble and straight forward with Political acumen. Therefore, leaving aside all my personal interest, I pledge my allegiance to such dependable leadership and Political Party which is best suited for the Nagas. th

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Mr Chobhathung Odyuo (Active Member)

Sitaram Yechury (File)

gates without permission of the state government. That would be a violation. That is not the case here. So it is not a issue of Centre-State relation,” said Yechury. The Supreme Court Tuesday directed Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to make himself available before the CBI and “faithfully” cooperate with the agency in investigation of cases arising out of the Saradha chit fund scam probe. The apex court said Kumar will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for investigation at Shillong in Meghalaya. The apex court also said no coercive steps, including the arrest of the Kolkata Police chief, will take place during the course of investigation. “Both corrupt parties, the TMC and the BJP get put in their place by the Supreme Court. (CBI) must

investigate the top leadership of the TMC too, of loot. Several TMC MPs have already faced arrests and charge sheets. Why did the BJP wait for five years to investigate? To pull corrupt members into its own fold?” the CPIM general secretary said. Attacking both the BJP and the TMC, Yechury said that the stand of both the parties was “equally contradictory and inconsistent”. He said that there is a long list of corruption cases against the BJP -GSPCL scam, Vyapam scam, Sahara-Birla diaries, and PNB scam involving Nirav Modi. “Rafale is an open and shut case of corruption, and their involvement is proven by their refusal to have a JPC (joint parliamentary committee). BJP is trying to appear as a corruption crusader. Why don’t they order a probe into the Rafale scam? It cannot be a pick and choose, this is politically motivated,” he asked. He demanded that the investigation into the chit fund scam should proceed and in the time being, the properties of the owners of these companies should be confiscated and utilise these properties to repay those people who have been cheated.

Mirage crash victims family grieves

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS): “We give our warriors outdated machines to fight, they still deliver it with all their prowess and might,” goes a viral message in the name of Garima Abrol, wife of Squadron Leader Samir Abrol who died in a Mirage2000 crash along with his colleague Siddharth Negi. But Samir’s brother Sushant told IANS on Tuesday that it was him who penned the message not her. He said he was overcome by emotions while flying back with his brother’s coffin and that it was a comment on the system in general with no reference to anyone specific. “Never had he breathed so heavy, as for the last time, while the bureaucracy enjoyed its corrupt cheese and

wine, “ read the message, but Sushant said that the word “corrupt” has been taken in a wrong sense. He said there were eight other officers on that flight and he saw tears in their eyes as they were my brother’s course mates who had spent all the time with him. “I realised it could have happened with one of them also,” he said. It is not the family’s loss but loss for the air force, for his friends, he said. “What I wrote was in the flow of things,” he said. Sushant said the family is awaiting the outcome of the court of inquiry report of the accident to know about the causes and are with the Indian Air Force (IAF).

GRATITUDE

We the Living Local Band Longkhim extend our heartfelt gratitude to Shri. Imnatiba, Advisor Industry And Commerce, NIDC for your valuable donation, which has been a great source of support. We once again thank you for your love, support and your thoughtful action. It is our prayer and belief that Our Almighty God continue to bless you in your endeavor. RONGSEN STM General Secretary

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Anna Hazare calls off fast after 7 days

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FELICITATION

We the Yezutu ‘B’ Village Students’ Union would like to express our profound appreciation and extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Omekali, D/o, Mr. Hokhei Yepthomi for your achievement to the post of Horticulture Extension Assistant under the Department of Horticulture . We wish her the best in all her future endeavours. Khekishe T. Yepthomi G/S

Francis Hekiye Yepthomi President

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BEFORE THE JUDL. MAGISTRATE 1ST CLASS/NOTARY PUBLIC Regd. No.980/18

DECLARATION CHANGE OF NAME

Date 14/09/18

I, Shri BABUL DEY (Assumed Name) @ Shri RANJIT MECH (Former Name), aged about 46 years, S/o Late Shri MONINDRA CHANDRA DEY, and father of Shri. ROHIT DEY (Assumed Name) @ Shri. ROHIT MECH (Former Name), aged about 14 years, present resident of H/No.: 354 Kushiabill in the district of Dimapur, Nagaland; India, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare an oath as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India by birth and competent to declare this affidavit. 2. That I swear this affidavit to declare that, for and on behalf of myself and my family and remitter issue, I wholly renounce/relinquish and abandon the use of my former name/surname of Shri. RANJIT MECH, and in place thereof, I do now on behalf of myself hereby assume from this date, my name/surname as Shri. BABUL DEY (Assumed Name), so that I may hereafter be called, known and distinguished not by my former name/ surname but by the assumed name/surname Shri. BABUL DEY. 3. That I further declare that for and on behalf of himself and his family and remitter issue, I wholly renounce/relinquish and abandon the use of my son's former name/surname of Shri. ROHIT MECH, and in place thereof, I do now on behalf for himself hereby assume from this date, his name/ surname as Shri. ROHIT DEY (Assumed Name). 4. That for the purpose of evidencing such determination declare that I shall at all times hereafter in all records, deeds and writings and in all proceedings, dealings and transactions, private as well as official and upon all occasions whatsoever, use and sign the name Shri. BABUL DEY as my name/surname in place and in substitution of my son's former name/surname, and as such my son shall use the name Shri. ROHIT DEY for all official as well as correspondent intent. 5. That I expressly authorize and request all persons in general and authorities, relatives and friends in particular, at all times hereafter to designate and address me and my son in all my remitter issue by my assumed name/surname of Shri. BABUL DEY and Shri. ROHIT DEY, accordingly. 6. That the statements made in para's 1 to 5 are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and nothing has been concealed therein. (RANJIT MECH) (BABUL DEY) (Former Name) (Assumed Name) Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 14th day of Sep. 2018 MAGISTRATE 1ST CLASS/NOTARY PUBLIC DP-1049

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Russia, Turkey reaffirm support for Maduro

Moscow/Ankara, Feb 5 (IANS): Russia and Turkey on Tuesday reiterated their support for Venezuela’s increasinglycornered President Nicolas Maduro and criticized EU nations who recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as caretaker President of the crisis-struck nation while international pressure for early elections continued to build up. Bulgaria became the 20th EU government to declare its support for Guaido, the leader of Venezuela’s Parliament who, having first secured assurances of support from Washington, directly challenged Maduro by taking oath as interim Venezuelan President on January 23. Russia, one of Maduro’s principal creditors, and Turkey have been vociferous in their opposition to the EU’s diplomatic shift,

Nicolas Maduro (File)

Efe news reported. “Look at the EU, they are always saying democracy, democracy, democracy; ballots, ballots, ballots,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told members of his AKP party in a televised speech. “And then they try to topple a government. We do not accept a world where the powerful are righteous, but we accept a

world where the righteous is powerful. We are against imperialist structures.” Spain, Portugal, Germany, the UK, Denmark, Holland, France, Hungary, Austria, Finland, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Sweden and Croatia earlier declared their recognition of Guaido, a decision that came after Maduro failed to

comply with an ultimatum from several EU members to call a snap presidential election. “We see the situation as alarming. It is the result of a gross violation of the principle of non-interference with the internal affairs of a sovereign state,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a visit to Tajikistan. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said that by recognizing Guaido, EU countries were hindering a peaceful solution to the crisis in Venezuela. Crippled by hyperinflation, medicine and food shortages, sanctions and falling oil prices, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have fled the Andean nation, which has also been rocked by massive and often deadly anti-government protests. The UN said at least

40 people were killed in protest-related violence this year so far. EU support for Guaido cascaded in throughout Monday after an ultimatum signed by some of the bloc’s heavyweights -- Germany, France and the UK -- imploring Maduro to call presidential elections within eight days expired. EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini also signed a statement calling for elections in Venezuela but insisted that recognizing Guaido was not the responsibility of the bloc but rather its individual member state governments. Maduro, who took over from his late predecessor Hugo Chavez in 2013, is currently banking on the support of Russia, Turkey, Iran and sympathetic smaller partners like Cuba, North Korea and Syria.

13 Still time for Brexit Taliban kill 41 Afghan solution: Merkel security men in attacks TOKYO, Feb 5 (Agencies): There is still time to find a solution to the impasse on Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. British PM Theresa May’s Brexit deal was rejected by parliament and she is trying to persuade the EU to accept changes to the agreement before the March 29 deadline for departure. “From a political point of view, there is still time,” Merkel told an economic conference in Tokyo. “That should be used, used by all sides. But for this it would be very important to know what exactly the British side envisages in terms of its relationship with the EU,” she said. Acknowledging that the timeframe was difficult for businesses desperate for certainty given “just-intime” production systems, Merkel said the problem was the Irish border and the backstop agreement.

Kabul, Feb 5 (IANS): As many as 41 Afghan security force personnel were killed and 15 others injured in attacks by Taliban militants at security check-posts in the country’s Kunduz and Baghlan provinces, officials said on Tuesday. Safi Amiri, Deputy Provincial Council Chief of Kunduz province, told Efe news that Taliban fighters attacked check-posts on the outskirts of Kunduz city shortly after midnight. “In the overnight attack 27 soldiers and three members of the local police were martyred and up to 15 injured,” Amiri said, adding the attack was carried out by Taliban’s red unit commandos. THey were armed with modern weapons to launch quick attacks, he added. “The militants took advantage of the snowstorm.

North Korea protecting missile, nuclear capabilities: UN monitors

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5 (Agencies): North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities cannot be destroyed by military strikes, U.N. monitors said ahead of a meeting between U.S. and North Korean officials to prepare a second denuclearisation summit. The U.S. special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, will meet his North Korean counter part on Wednesday in Pyongyang to prepare for a summit later this month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. Biegun has said he hoped the meeting with new North Korean counterpart Kim Hyok Chol would

Intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen at a grand military parade celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army on February 9, 2018. (File)

map out “a set of concrete Biegun, who held talks deliverables” for the summit with South Korean officials between Trump and Kim in Seoul on Sunday and Jong Un. Monday, said he would be

aiming for “a roadmap of negotiations and declarations going forward, and a shared understanding of

the desired outcomes of our joint efforts”. South Korean officials said they and the United States could be looking at a compromise that could expedite North Korea’s denuclearisation - the dismantling of the North’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex, which could be reciprocated by U.S. measures including formally ending the 1950-53 Korean War and setting up a liaison office. But U.N. sanctions monitors said in a confidential report, submitted to a 15-member U.N. Security Council sanctions committee and seen by Reuters on Monday, that they had “found evidence of a consistent trend on the part of the DPRK to disperse its assembly, storage and testing locations”, using

the abbreviation for North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The first summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un last June in Singapore yielded a vague commitment by Kim to work toward the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, where U.S. troops have been stationed since the 1950-53 Korean War. Trump last Thursday hailed “tremendous progress” in his dealings with North Korea, but the view in the United States is that it has yet to take concrete steps to give up its nuclear weapons program. North Korea has complained the United States has done little to reciprocate its freezing of nuclear and

missile testing and dismantling of some nuclear facilities. It has also repeatedly urged a lifting of punishing U.S.-led sanctions, a formal end to the war, and security guarantees. The U.N. report said sanctions were proving ineffective. “The country continues to defy Security Council resolutions through a massive increase in illegal ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products and coal,” the sanctions monitors found. “These violations render the latest U.N. sanctions ineffective.” The monitors said they had evidence of one unprecedented prohibited petroleum product transfer of more than 57,600 barrels, worth more than $5.7 million.

Casualties were inflicted on the security forces before the reinforcement arrived,” he said. Inamuddin Rahmani, Kunduz police spokesperson, claimed that the security forces had foiled the attack in which 22 Taliban fighters were killed and 18 wounded. In a separate attack in neighbouring Baghlan province, Taliban militants stormed an isolated checkpost of the Afghan local police at 2 a.m.. The clash between the rebels and the security forces lasted two hours. “Unfortunately, 11 security forces, including 10 members of the local police and one member of the local uprising force, were killed and five others injured,” said Safdar Muhsini, the Provincial Council Chief for Baghlan.

4 children killed in UK house fire London, Feb 5 (IANS): Four children were killed in a house fire in UK’s Stafford town on Tuesday, police said. A Staffordshire police spokesman said they received a call at about 2.40 a.m. about the fire in a house located in the Highfields area, reports the Guardian. “A search at the property is ongoing, but it is with great sadness we can confirm the deaths of four children at the property. “Two adults and another child are being treated in hospital. Their injuries are not believed to be lifethreatening,” the spokesman said. He said Staffordshire fire and rescue service personnel were examining the scene to establish the cause of the fire.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE NAGALAND::KOHIMA

No: DHFW-5/TRG/Gr-III-Interview/2018-Pt/

Dated Kohma the 5th Feb 2019

RESULT OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION

held on 27th Jan 2019 for the Recruitment of LDA cum Computer Assistant (Directorate) / (District); Laboratory Technician and Sanitary Inspector vide No: DHFW-5/TRG/Gr-III-Interview/2018-Pt/dt. 27th Nov 2018 List of Roll Numbers Qualified for Practical/ Technical Examination: 1. Item 1&2 {(LDA cum Computer Assistant- (Directorate) / (District)}

2080

438

345

1108

2446

2723

1903

2484

993

3032

2505

3313

2360

2589

637

437

2639

1527

2493

3164

3329

1967

178

628

1336

555

1131

537

487

1398

2713

2461

1136

1180

391

602

3099

1453

2729

2624

1876

2169

1866

2508

1785

436

1939

1012

580

2418

2826

1751

2533

2346

1732

1873

1197

462

2595

2936

183

1762

2371

1720

1179

718

2218

772

273

920

2777

1954

1509

1806

851

1417

644

128

371

343

2584

1682

365

186

504

346

391

1955

1012

273

920

196

1954

1876

1140

1388

1955

1423

196

556

347

1939

2508

772

1451

1918

1434

371

343

2628

2276

1907

1451

1918

1434

1842

2926

2218

644

851

1453

3345

2624

504

346

2966

479

1140

2156

2628

2966

101

3345

365

1907

1873

462

556

347

101

567

214

602

1423

580

2371

186

1179

1842

2926

2. Item 3 (Laboratory Technician) 948

738

1727

1711

2806

2162

2841

2554

2675

2939

1755

1508

2345

3282

2708

2600

188

2631

3340

2451

3299

2028

511

771

2935

209

2927

813

1115

2558

260

324

516

326

853

1922

799

1035

488

1475

624

874

1729

808

1116

757

788

908

1607

1697

1784

1910

798

800

1368

1632

380

2867

1360

821

802

1530

2490

106

2970

1774

877

819

1849

2742

1069

1783

1665

1799

2063

1107

403

2659

2489

2025

1894

3165

1150

797

1301

1564

2105

2027

3257

1678

433

151

2700

2139

3276

3. Item 4 (Sanitary Inspector}

The above mentioned Qualified Candidates are directed to appear the Practical/ Technical Examination as per the schedule given below: 1.

NB:

Item 1&2 {(LDA cum Computer N E I L I T E x a m i n a t i o n H a l l s , 9th Feb 2019 Assistant- (Directorate) / (District)} Meriema, Kohima from 10.00am

2. Item 3 (Laboratory Technician)

Conference Hall, Directorate of 11th Feb 2019 Health & Family Welfare, Kohima. from 10.00am

3. Item 4 (Sanitary Inspector}

Conference Hall, Directorate of 12th Feb 2019 Health & Family Welfare, Kohima. from 10.00am

a. b.

All candidates are to report to the examination centre along with the Admit Card at 9.30am on the appointed day. Instructions indicated shall be strictly followed. (DR. TOKUHO CHISHI) Director (FW) Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Nagaland::Kohima

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, FEBUARY 6, 2019

McCartney bags a gold Blue Peter badge

to young people who want to become musicians and songwriters. McCartney said: “The only advice really is to do it... a lot. “I have a song writing class and the first thing I say to them is ‘Look, I don’t really know how to do this’ and at first they

kind of look at me, but when you think about it there is no formula.” Only a few gold Blue Peter badges are awarded each year. They are the only badge the children’s programme - which began in 1958 - awards to adults. Gold Blue Peter badges are given to people for

outstanding achievements, like saving a life, or inspiring the nation. The Queen, eight-time Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt and Harry Potter author JK Rowling all hold gold Blue Peter badges. Sir Peter Jackson, who is directing a new Beatles documentary about the making of their final studio album, Let It Be, also received a gold badge last year. Blue Peter’s editor, Ewan Vinnicombe, said: “Sir Paul McCartney has inspired generations of Blue Peter viewers to love music and be creative - a core value of Blue Peter. “I’m thrilled that we have been able to honour the legend that is Sir Paul

Milky Way galaxy is ‘warped, twisted’ not flat: Study

h e M i l k y Way ’s disk of stars is not stable or flat but instead becomes increasingly “warped” and twisted far away from the galaxy’s centre, according to astronomers. “We usually think of spiral galaxies as being quite flat, like Andromeda which you can easily see through a telescope,” said Professor Richard de Grijs from Macquarie University in Australia. To understand, the team used 1,339 “standard” stars, each up to 100,000 brighter than our sun, to map the real shape of our home galaxy. The new 3D map of our galaxy showed that the warped Milky Way disc also contains young stars and confirmed that the warped

spiral pattern is caused by torque from the spinning of the Milky Way’s massive inner disc of stars, accordoing to the study published in the Nature Astronomy journal. From a great distance, our galaxy would look like a thin disk of stars that orbit once every few hundred million years around its central region, where hundreds of billions of stars, together with a huge mass of dark

matter, provide the gravitational “glue” to hold it all together. But the pull of gravity becomes weaker far away from the Milky Way’s inner regions. In the galaxy’s far outer disk, the hydrogen atoms making up most of the Milky Way’s gas disk are no longer confined to a thin plane, but they give the disk an S-like warped appearance.

with our highest accolade - a gold badge.” Meanwhile, The Beatles have teamed up with Sir Peter Jackson for a new film documenting the band’s final days. Made by the band’s Apple Cor ps Ltd. and WingNut Films, the movie is based around 55 hours of

never-released footage of the Fab Four in the studio recording final album ‘Let It Be’, shot between January 2 and January 31, 1969. It culminates with their final gig on the rooftop on their Apple HQ in London, which was exactly 50 years ago today. (BBC)

OFFICE OF THE

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With immense pride and honour, we the Tamlu Village Students' Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Theang Phom, S/o Lt. Paong & Mrs. P. Mary Phom for securing the post of Junior Divisional Accountant (Class-III Non-Gazetted) under Treasuries & Accounts Department in the recently declared NPSC result 2018. May God continue to guide you and bless you in your future endeavours. DP-1053

e’s one of the most successful musicians in pop history but Sir Paul McCartney now says he has finally “made it” after being given a gold Blue Peter badge. The former Beatle can be seen getting the badge - the rarest award the programme gives - on Thursday’s Blue Peter on CBBC. The musician was given the badge for inspiring generations of people. McCartney said: “I will wear it with great pride”. Blue Peter presenter Lindsey Russell gave McCartney the award, just before he went on stage at the O2 arena in London. Russell asked the Beatles and Wings singer what advice he would give

25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Chingpai Phom President, TVSU

Chingmei Phom Gen/Secretary, TVSU

L. HEKIYE KHALA & SHIHOLI AYE Dear Mom and Dad, congratulations on your 25th Marriage Anniversary. We give thanks to the Almighty God for His unfailing love and blessings showered upon us through you. May the love you share last a lifetime. May you grow old together in love with grey hairs and in perfect health. You are a great inspiration for us and we love you so much. May God bless you in abundance.

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“It is notoriously difficult to determine distances from the Sun to parts of the Milky Way’s outer gas disc without having a clear idea of what that disc actually looks like,” said Xiaodian Chen from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. “This research provides a crucial updated map for studies of our galaxy’s stellar motions and the origins of the Milky Way’s disk,” added Licai Deng, also from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Astronomers have observed a dozen other galaxies which showed similar progressively twisted spiral patterns in their outer regions. So our Milky Way’s twists are rare but not unique, they said. (IANS)

No feeling quite like it: Prashant Cooper terrified about Oscar performance Mistry on Grammy nomination

wouldn’t ruin her show. Because, think about it, she just crushed it or two hours..and I thought, ‘Please let me just be on pitch’,” he added. Cooper and Gaga are nominated for Oscars for their roles in “A Star Is Born”, which has been nominated for the Best Picture. Cooper was not nominated in the directing category. The 91st Academy Awards will be held on February 24. It will be telecast in India on Star Movies. (IANS)

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ondon-based Indian music producer, mix and mastering engineer Prashant Mistry says that getting nominated for a Grammy this year is an incredible honour and there is no feeling quite like it. His album “Symbol” is nominated for the Best Immerse Audio Album at the 61st Grammy Awards, which will be held here on February 10. It will be aired on Vh1 India in the country on February 11. “It’s an incredible honour to have my album nominated for a Grammy, and to see (singer) Jorja Smith whom I engineer for, nominated for Best New Artist. In fact, there is no feeling quite like it,” Mistry said in a statement. “As a musician, when you start out, you dream of things like this. You then spend your whole life learning and studying, trying to perfect your craft. This album ‘Symbol” is especially important for me as it’s a call for empathy in times when powers seek to drive us apart,” added Mistry, whose hometown is Rajkot. (IANS)

ctor-director Bradley Cooper says he is terrified to perform “Shallow” live at the Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced last week that Cooper and Lady Gaga will perform their Oscar-nominated song “Shallow” from movie “A Star Is Born”, Cooper’s directorial debut. In the film he plays a famous country singer and she a rising music star. When asked about his Oscars performance with Gaga, Cooper said: “I’m sure I’ll be terrified,” eonline.com quoted Cooper as saying. “I just had to like, Zen out and just pray that I

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Door open for Murray at Queen’s Club Championships

record five titles at the ATP500 tournament, admitted there were no guarantees he would be able to make a successful comeback but wanted to ensure “a better quality of life” after undergoing hip resurfacing surgery. “Andy is our greatest champion, and he has our full support,” said Farrow. “The most important thing is that he recovers well from his surgery and can live a pain-free life as soon as possible. We have a special bond with him - he won his first professional match at The Queen’s Club, he won the tournament five times,

and we have so many special memories of him playing on our centre court.” “Of course we would love to have him back at the Fever-Tree Championships if he is fit and able to play. We will keep in close contact with him and his team, and the door will remain open for him for as long as possible.” British No 1 Kyle Edmund has already confirmed that he will enter the tournament, held from 17-23 June. Edmund will be seeking to better his best performance on grass when he reached the quarter-finals in 2016. “The Fever-Tree Championships is one of the best events on the tour, and the grass at The Queen’s Club plays perfectly, so I am really looking forward to it,” said Edmund. The 24-year-old has endured a challenging start to 2019 because of a knee injury, but he is confident that he will return to action in March for Indian Wells and Miami, then onto the clay before arriving on grass at Queen’s.

India bid to host hockey WC in 2023

L au s a nn e , F e b 5 (IANS): After successfully organinsing the men’s World Cup thrice, India on Tuesday announced their bid to host either of the FIH men’s or women’s World Cups in 2023. Australia and New Zealand have also expressed their interests for hosting the women’s World Cup in the January 13-29, 2023 window. Other bids have been made for the time window of July 1-17 in 2022 by Germany, Malaysia and Spain. India hosted the men’s edition in Bhubaneswar last year, but have never hosted an women’s World Cup. While India and Germany have bid for both men’s and women’s World Cups, Malaysia and Spain have bid for the men’s tournament. “FIH is glad to have received such strong bids. This confirms how appealing our events are. We’re looking forward to two great FIH World Cups, both men’s and women’s, and a lot of excitement for players and fans,” International Hockey Federation (FIH) chief executive officer (CEO) Thierry Weil said in a statement.

West Indies call up Paul for final Test S t. L u c i a , F e b 5 (Agencies): Windies have called up pace bowler Keemo Paul for the third Test against England, with Kraigg Brathwaite confirmed as captain in place of suspended Jason Holder. Victory in the second Test in Antigua secured the three-match series and the

Wisden Trophy with one Test to go, but a slow over rate from the Windies sees Regular deputy Brathwaite therefore takes over, with 20-year-old Paul returning in a 14-strong squad, where he will compete with the uncapped Oshane Thomas for a starting berth. Fellow seamer Alzarri

Next week critical for Man City title hopes: Silva London, Feb 5 (Agencies): Manchester City’s hopes of remaining in the Premier League title race will hinge on how the defending champions negotiate the next five days with matches against Everton and Chelsea, midfielder Bernardo Silva has said. City have 59 points from 25 games to sit three points behind league leaders Liverpool who were held to a 1-1 draw at West Ham United on Monday and Silva stressed the need for his team to capitalise when they meet Everton on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola’s side, who could go top of the table for the first time since early December with a

victory at Goodison Park, then host fourth-placed Chelsea on Sunday. “We have two difficult games against Everton and Chelsea which we want to win. If we don’t, it’ll start getting difficult to fight for this Premier League,” Silva told reporters. City beat Arsenal 3-1 on Sunday in a strong response to last week’s defeat by Newcastle United but Silva said there was plenty of room for improvement. “We know we have to improve... sometimes we don’t play as well as we want to. We have to improve that, to see which mistakes we are making,” the Portuguese playmaker added.

Joseph, who played on after his mother died before the final day of the Antigua Test, remains with the squad. Chairman of selectors Courtney Browne said, “First, our heartfelt condolences to Alzarri and his family on the passing of his mother. His heroics in the Test match were outstand-

ing and show a player of great character.” “Secondly, with Jason Holder missing out on the last Test, Kraigg Brathwaite will take the reins of captaincy. We also welcome Keemo Paul back to the squad. He is having a good showing in the West Indies first-class championship at the moment.”

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I Cor. 15:52 in a ﬂash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet... the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. The family wishes to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for your kind prayers, contributions, assistance, and attendance during the brief illness and death of our beloved Late P. TOSHILI SUMI (ALILA) who was called home to be with our Lord on 27th January 2019. Our sincere gratitude to :Born : 16-03-1964 i. Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo Died : 27-01-2019 (KABA) ii. Women group (KABA) iii. Anaki Baptist Church iv. Colony members v. Neighbours vi. Friends, well-wishers vii. Relatives We also convey our deep regret in failing to mention each and every individual by name. May God who sees everything bless you richly! K-322

Atoizu Area GBs’ Association Trophy begins

Dimapur, Feb 5 (NPN): The 1st Atoizu Area GBs’ Association Trophy kicked off Tuesday at Atoizu local ground under the theme, ‘Reconciliation and Protection.’ Er. Picto Shohe, MLA graced the opening ceremony as the special guest. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Er Picto, deliberating on the theme, said that reconciliation and protection can be brought by the people themselves and not by any other people. Drawing reference from the Bible, Galatians 6:7-10, he urged the people not to grow weary in doing anything good. He also en encouraged the GBs to lead the people in doing good Er. Picto declaring the tournament open at Atoizu town on Tuesday. for the society. Altogether 15 villages phy (football for boys and The tournament will He also highlighted are participating in the tro- volleyball for girls). culminate on February 8. some of the developmental activities brought to the area and appealed the local DEAR IZA (LUTOLI) people to cooperate with the government for prog- The prayer that shoulder us, ress and development. The wisdom in your advice, While urging the players to exhibit sportsman- The civility you taught us, ship spirit and set example for others to follow, Er. Your magic wand and Picto also highlighted on Your influence still guides us the effects of indulging in intoxicants by sports What you taught us will never die, it lives within us persons and advised them Bringing strength and comfort. against such indulgence. You were the one whom we look upon even till He expressed hope that peace, unity and broth- today because you were one among the inspiring erhood would be ushered people. The one best thing in you is that, you in through the trophy. Earlier, Rev. Luvishe always kept the dignity that we admire the most. Aye, pastor, Awotsakili So many beautiful memories we had, will forever Baptist Church offered the cherish in our hearts till we meet again. invocation while Er. K. Hukato Shohe, president, Atoizu Area GBs’ Association delivered the welcome -Loving childrenaddress. 1926 – 06/02/2018 DP-1060

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We the family of Lt. Kezebalie would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and every one who stood by us at the sad demise of our beloved father on the 14.03.2018. We pray that our Almighty God continues to shower his rich blessings open your lives abundantly. Loving wife, children & family. K-340

14th Death Anniversary of Late Mrs. A. Tothsangla Jangberü Your Memories are our Solace....... Forever Missed....... Loving Family Members. DP-1075

12th DEATH ANNIVERSARY E. Chingden Konyak

Husband, Children & Grandchildren

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Manchester United open Rashford contract talks

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London, Feb 5 (Agencies): Queen’s Club tournament director Stephen Farrow says “the door will remain open” for Andy Murray for as long as possible ahead of the June tournament in London. Murray has a careerlong commitment to play in the Fever-Tree Championships, but after revealing details of his latest hip surgery on social media last week, doubts remain as to whether he will be able to participate at the grass-court event held in west London this summer. Murray, who has won a

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019

(Born : 23/01/1970 – Died : 06/02/2007)

IN REMEMBRANCE

12 years we have without you Kept, and continue without you Those days harmonised by you. We miss you and love you, always. DP-757

Loving family members.

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY

ZUHETO SHOHE

Marcus Rashford

London, Feb 5 (Agencies): Manchester United have opened talks with Marcus Rashford over a new and improved contract. The 21-year-old has shone since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s appointment and scored his 10th goal of the season in Sunday’s 1-0 win against Leicester. Rashford’s current deal expires in 2020 and United would almost certainly invoke the clause that extends it by a further year. But the club are keen to get the forward tied down to a longer deal and talks are understood to have begun about a new contract. Rashford was in and K Y M C

out of United’s starting lineup under Jose Mourinho, but has started all eight Premier League games since Solskjaer took over in December, with a return of six goals. The United academy product, who made his first team debut in 2016, marked his 100th Premier League appearance for the club with the only goal of the game against Leicester on Sunday. Seven wins in eight league games under Solskjaer have catapulted United back into the race for a Champions League spot, with fourth-placed Chelsea just two points ahead.

1982 – 02-02-2019 We the bereaved family members of Late Zuheto Shohe express our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us spiritually, physically, materially and ﬁnancially at the untimely demise of our beloved son and my husband on 2nd Feb. 2019. We would like to convey our special thanks to :1. Shikato Chishi 2. Pikuto Kiho, Advocate 3. Viyito Shohe 4. Kihito Chishi 5. Lhokuto Chishi, Finance Secy. GPRN NSCN-U 6. Aboto Swu 7. Salu Lagha 8. AG Church Puneboqa 9. K.B.C Youth Dept. 10. K.V.C (Kitami Village Council) 11. Ghokimi Union Dimapur 12. Kitami Union Dimapur 13. Puneboqa Village Council 14. Kitami Baptist Church, General 15. Kitami Baptist Church, Women 16. Kitami Inalimi Dimapur We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual but we pray that the Almighty God bless each one of you abundantly. DP-1064

Loving Wife, Daughter & Family Members.

J. Maputemjen

Ex-MLA (6 February 2018)

LATE JOPOYI NYEKHA

Died on : 06-02-2018 God saw him getting tired, and a cure was not to be So He put His arms around him and whispered, "Come to Me" With tearful eyes We watched him suffer, and saw him slowly fade away. Although we loved him dearly, we could not make him stay, A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands put to rest, God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best. We missed you Daddy...

Our Hearts are ﬁlled with Fond Memories Today as we embark on your First Anniversary. The Emptiness still Lingers and you are Sadly Missed. But your Perseverance and Guidance to embrace life with a big heart will forever lead us. In our Hearts you will always stay Loved and Cherished forever. MKC-63

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Liverpool held 1-1 by West Ham Kivi joins TRAU FC on loan

London Feb 5 (Agencies): Liverpool left the door open for Manchester City to go top of the Premier League after a lacklustre performance in their 1-1 draw at West Ham. Sadio Mane gave Jurgen Klopp’s side the lead in controversial fashion at the London Stadium as James Milner was in an offside position before he crossed for the forward to score (22). But Liverpool’s lead lasted just six minutes as Michail Antonio received Felipe Anderson’s disguised free-kick to flash in the equaliser (28). Declan Rice and Mark Noble both had good opportunities to complete the turnaround before Divock Origi wasted a glorious chance to snatch it for Liverpool in stoppage time. The result stretches Liverpool’s lead at the top to three points, but Manchester City would move top on goal difference if they beat Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday. Javier Hernandez fired the first warning sign three minutes in, as he received Noble’s pass before shoot-

Liverpool’s Sadio Mane is surrounded by West Ham players during their EPL match.

ing wide of Alisson’s lefthand post. Aaron Cresswell was next to go close with a rasping left-foot drive that narrowly missed the target, but Liverpool then broke the deadlock against the run of play. Adam Lallana showed great skill to escape Cresswell, but Milner received his pass a yard offside before his cross evaded Issa Diop to allow Mane to fire

beyond Lukasz Fabianski. West Ham’s response was immediate. A foul from Fabinho allowed Anderson to find Antonio in the box and the 28-yearold forward flashed in the fourth goal of his career against Liverpool. Three minutes before the interval, Liverpool’s defence was again vulnerable from a West Ham freekick as Anderson found

Rice unmarked, but the youngster’s header was off target. Mane went close again before the interval with his header saved by Fabianski, but there were few notable openings in a cagey second period. Noble lashed over from Robert Snodgrass’ cross with 17 minutes remaining as Liverpool struggled to break down

West Ham’s dogged defence, but it looked like the visitors would snatch victory when Keita found substitute Origi in the third minute of stoppage time. The Belgian had been the hero with his injurytime winner in the Merseyside derby earlier in the season but could only scuff his shot at Fabianski this time as two points slipped out of Liverpool’s grasp. West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini, who did a big favour to his former club Manchester City, said his side had been let down by the match officials. “We had a lot of chances to win this game. We drew because they scored a clearly offside goal,” he said. “Playing against a team who have scored so many goals with the best defence in the league, I’m happy with the performance but disappointed with the result.” We s t H a m t r ave l across London to play Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday while Liverpool will host Bournemouth.

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Kohima, Jan 5 (NPN): After back to back injuries, Nagaland’s striker Kivi Zhimomi, who was recently signed by the NorthEast United FC, has joined Tiddim Road Athletic Union Football Club on loan for the rest of the season. The club based in Manipur are currently playing in the I-League 2nd Division. TRAU FC in a facebook post wrote, “We are happy to welcome Kivi from NE United to TRAU FC. He will be with the team till the end of this season. Welcome Kivi”. Talking to this correspondent, Zhimomi said, “after back to back injuries, it’s difficult for me to be in the team with only four matches remaining. So the new club is a good opportunity for me to keep my tempo at the same level as before”. Kivi Zhimomi suffered an ankle injury during a training session before the Indian Super League season started and was off the pitch for six weeks after which he failed to mark his entry in the ISL matches. However

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he has a three-year contract with NorthEast United FC which means he still have two years with the parent club. The Highlander Brigade, official fan club of Nor thEast United FC (NEUFC) in a message hoped that Zhimomi will improve more if he gets to play continuously in the second division and become better and return back stronger for club later. TRAU FC currently sits in the 4th position of

Group C in the second division table. The club is an Indian professional association football club based in Imphal, Manipur. The club made its I-League 2nd division debut in the 2017–18 season. They narrowly missed out for ILeague promotion as the club managed to draw two and lose one match in the final playoff rounds making way for Real Kashmir to enter the I-League ahead of Hindustan, Ozone FC and TRAU.

Chandimal Jose avoids jail over tax fraud SL drop for tour of SA Ahmed to remain Pak captain for WC

Madrid, Feb 5 (Agencies): Jose Mourinho has accepted a one-year prison sentence for tax fraud in Spain - but has avoided jail after exchanging the sentence for a fine. Spanish prosecutors said the former Manchester United manager failed to declare revenues from image rights in Spanish tax declarations from 2011 and 2012, when he was coach of Real Madrid, “with the aim of obtaining illicit profits”. The news caps a miserable 24 hours for Mourinho who took a tumble at an ice hockey game in Russia on Monday evening. The claim was filed against Mourinho last year on two counts of tax fraud

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committed before the Portuguese left the Bernabeu in 2013 to return to Chelsea for a second spell as their manager. Spanish tax authorities

claimed Mourinho owed £3m - he had already settled a previous claim relating to his Spanish taxes after a 2014 inquiry, which resulted in a penalty of £1.1m. However, tax authorities later found that some of the information presented in that settlement was incorrect, the prosecutors said. The Mourinho settlement comes amid a lengthening list of tax fraud cases involving soccer stars in Spain. In June, former Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo reached a similar deal with the Spanish tax authorities to serve two years in prison and pay a 18.8 million euro fine in a tax evasion case.

C o l o m b o, F e b 5 (Agencies): Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been dropped from the Test squad for their upcoming tour of South Africa. The selectors have asked Chandimal to return to domestic cricket to regain his form, while opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne has been made stand-in captain for the two-match series, which begins on February 13. Chandimal’s omission follows scores of 5, 0, 15, and 4 in the two recent Test losses against Australia. All-rounder Milinda Siriwardana has been recalled to the test squad after nearly three years. The first test is in Durban, while the second begins in Port Elizabeth a week later.

Karachi, Feb 5 (Agencies): Sarfraz Ahmed will continue as Pakistan captain until at least the end of the World Cup despite the furore over an alleged racist remark to South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo. The Inter national Cricket Council handed down a four-match ban after Sarfraz admitted to breaching the anti-racism code over comments that were picked up by a stump mic during a one-day international last month. The wicketkeeperbatsman met with Phehlukwayo to apologise for his remarks, which included the Urdu word “kaale”, meaning “black”, but he retains the support of the

Sarfraz Ahmed

Pakistan hierarchy. Despite recent patchy form in Tests, Sarfraz was at the helm as they upset the odds to go all the way in the Champions Trophy

in 2017 in England, where this summer’s World Cup is being staged. He said, “I feel humbled and honoured to be placed in the same bracket as some of the most iconic and legendary cricketers who have previously captained Pakistan at World Cups. It is the dream of any international cricketer to play in a World Cup, but to be appointed captain in the biggest cricket spectacle on the planet is something that is extremely special.” “The reality is that the last few weeks have been extremely difficult for me as a person and professional. But I am delighted that the PCB has reassured its confidence and faith in me. It has boosted my

confidence tremendously. I am convinced we are in a good shape for the World Cup. Everyone is geared up and keenly looking forward to returning to the country where we won the last major ICC tournament.” Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ehsan Mani said, “I was always clear in my mind that Sarfraz would be the captain.” “I was keen to speak with him on the team’s recent performances as part of the normal review and appraisal process, and, more importantly, about his own future plans as we all know he has undergone some tough times as a professional cricketer in the past few weeks.”

Officials of Youth Resources and Sports department and candidates at the football selection trials for sub-junior and junior boys at State Stadium, Dimapur on Tuesday. Around 180 candidates registered for the trials.

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