February 8, 2018

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253 including 5 women candidates file nominations on last day

Correspondents/Staff Reporter

KOHIMA/MOKOKCHUNG/MON/DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): A total of 253 candidates including stand-bys filed nomination papers for elections to the 60-member 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly Wednesday, informed Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer, Abhijit Sinha IAS. With just 20 days left for the elections, the last day of filing of nomination papers witnessed the highest number of nominations. Mokokchung district led as the highest with 48 candidates who filed nomination papers for 10 Assembly seats.

For the 2018 assembly elections, there will be five women candidates who filed their nomination papers. The National People’s Party (NPP) a first timer in Nagaland has nominated two women candidates- Wedie-u Kronu (3 Dimapur-III) and Dr. K. Mangyangpula (Noksen).

Three others are from NDPP, BJP and Independent- Awan Konyak (NDPP/ Aboi), Rakhila (BJP/Tuensang Sadar-II) and Rekha Rose (Ind/ Chizami). Parties, excluding standbys, who filed nomination were- NPF(59 candidates), NDPP (40), NPP (27), BJP (20), INC (20), JD-U (15), LJP (2), NCP (6), AAP (3) and Independent (17).

Siblings in fray: The 2018 February election will also witness brothers from three families and three districts contesting the elections.

Rios: Former chief minister Neiphiu Rio (11-Northern Angami-II) and his younger brother Zhaleo Rio (GhaspaniII) had been members of the 12th NLA (Neiphiu later resigned after winning the lone Lok Sabha seat in 2014).

Both Rio brothers will be contesting on NDPP tickets.

Rangkaus: Peren district will witness the Rangkau brothers contesting the February 27 elections. While Nagaland chief minister, Taditui Rangkau Zeliang (Peren) will seek re-election, his brother N.R. Zeliang (Tening) will be contesting his first election. Both are contesting on NPF tickets.

Jamirs: Mokokchung district will also be witnessing two brothers contesting the elections but with separate parties. While retired chief secretary, Alemtemshi Jamir will be contesting from Mongoya and Angetyongpang constituencies as an NDPP candidate, his younger brother and retired director Rural Development department, Metsubo Jamir will be entering the fray for the first time from Mokokchung town as an NPP candidate.

It may be recalled that Governor of Odisha Dr. S.C. Jamir and his younger brother and current DAN minister S.I. Jamir were the first siblings in Nagaland to contest elections the same year and become members of the house.

NGBF asks GBs to stay neutral DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): Nagaland GB Federation (NGBF) has discouraged Guan Buras (GBs) from actively involving in politics either by contesting in the elections or holding posts in political parties.

A press release from its media cell said that should GBs find themselves in a situation where they had to become involved thus, they should strip themselves of any posts in any “GB units or district level organizations.”

NGBF reminded the GBs that they were the guardians of customary laws and protectors of traditional rights and they should stand upright during times of trial. The village chiefs and GBs hold great responsibility and authority in decision making and dispensing justice for the people’s wellbeing, and so it is important that they maintain their “status” and be free from any obligations beyond the sanctity of their title, NGBF said.

This is it!

“Since I didn’t get ticket from the first, second and third parties, this is my nomination from fourth party.”

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LIST OF CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED NOMINATIONS FOR THE FEBRUARY 27, 2018 NAGALAND ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

District Dimapur

Peren

Kohima

Pughoboto Phek

Name of Candidate 1 H. TovihotoAyemi 2 PukhaviYepthomi 3 W.KholieKapfo 4 Moatoshilongkumer 5 Supulepten 6 Dr S Amos 7 Tokheho 8 Lun Tungnung 9 Azheto Zhimomi 10 Wedie-U Kronu 11 Z KashetoYepthomi 12 Akavi N Zhimomi 13 N. Jacob Zhimomi 14 Nagavito Sumi 15 Zhaleo Rio 16 Miathou Krose 17 Dr Kevingulie Khro 18 K.K Sema 19 Rokobikho Savino 20 S. Alfred 1 Namri Nchang 2 Tarie Zeliang 3 Namduadi Rangkau Zeliang 4 Iherie Ndang 5 Kengim Kulimbe 6 T.R. Zeliang 1 Er. Kevisekho Kruse (Main) 2 RavolhutoWhiso (Substitute) 3 Asu Keyho 4 Keneizhakho Nakhro 5 Kikruselie Nakhro 6 Dr .Neikiesalie Kire (Main) 7 Kelhousithie Kire (Substitute) 8 Dr TseilhoutuoRhutso 9 Dr ZhaneioRhutso 10 Khriehu Liezietsu 11 Kethosituo Mepfhuo 12 Dr KekehrielhoulieYhome 13 Sievituo Linyu 14 Neiphiu Rio 15 Dr Neiprezo Keditsu 16 Chupfu Angami 17 LogusengSemp 18 Hilo Smp 19 R. Khing 20 Hyunilo Anilo Khing 21 Er. Levi Rengma 22 Thapino Semy 23 Vikho-o Yhoshü 24 Zeneikho-o Pfukha 25 Medokul Sophie 26 Khrielezo Bio 27 NagakulTase 28 Zale Neikha 29 MelozholPusa 30 Er. KropolVitsu 1 Dr. Sukhato A. Sema 2 Y. Vikheho Swu 3 Kheyihe Zhimomi 1 Neiba Kronu 2 Thenucho 3 K. Therie 4 Vivolie Kezo 5 Kezhienyi Khalo 6 Kevechutso Doulo

Name of AC 1-Dimapur I 1-Dimapur I 1-Dimapur I 2-Dimapur II 2-Dimapur II 2-Dimapur II 3-Dimapur III 3-Dimapur III 3-Dimapur III 3-Dimapur III 4-Ghaspani-I 4-Ghaspani-I 4-Ghaspani-I 4-Ghaspani-I 5-Ghaspani-II 5-Ghaspani-II 5-Ghaspani-II 5-Ghaspani-II 5-Ghaspani-II 5-Ghaspani-II 6-Tening 6-Tening 6-Tening 7-Peren 7-Peren 7-Peren 8-Western Angami 8-Western Angami

Party BJP NPF INC NPF NDPP AAP NDPP INC NPF NPP Ind AAP BJP INC NDPP NDPP(S) NPF INC Ind Ind NDPP Ind NPF NDPP Ind NPF NDPP NDPP(S)

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NPP NPF NPF(S) NDPP NDPP(S)

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Modi pitches simultaneous polls NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday pitched for his idea of holding simultaneous elections in the State and Centre again, saying 4000 crores had been spent on the last general elections which was held in 2014. In face of vehement opposition from the opposition, PM Modi has repeatedly asked all parties to rise above politics on this issue, arguing that it would cut down the cost of elections in terms of time, money and manpower.

The government has pushed ahead with the idea, starting as a first step, to

develop consensus on the issue. But the first parliamentary committee meeting held to discuss the idea last month remained inconclusive, with opposition leaders pointing out a series of hurdles, a senior BJP leader had said.

In his reply to a motion of thanks on the President’s address in parliament, the Prime Minister asked all parties to consider the idea again. “Let us have a constructive discussion on holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections in the various states,” he said. “After the elections, Centre and states must work together”.

He also took a leaf out of history, citing the example of simultaneous Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha elections, which used to be held till 1967. “Everybody has expressed their views on combined elections for Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...”

However, the opposition has negated the idea of simultaneous elections on the ground of feasibility. The Congress, the Left Front and the Aam Aadmi Party have also said simultaneous elections will be against federal principles.

It has also been pointed out that sustaining it would require extensive amendments to the Constitution.

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PM’s wife Jashodaben injured in accident JAIPUR, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s estranged wife Jashodaben was injured and her relative was killed when their car rammed into a truck in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh, police said.

Jashodaben did not suffer any major injuries in the accident in which four other people travelling with her was also injured, SHO PS Singh said. The deceased was identified as Basant Bhai Modi (67).

Jashodaben Modi is a retired teacher who lives with her brother in a small town in PM Modi’s home state of Gujarat.

Centre to now link driving licence with Aadhaar NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (PTI): Centre is in the process of linking driving licences with Aadhaar number to weed out fake licences and a software for this covering all states on a real time basis is under preparation, the Supreme Court was told today. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta was informed about it by a court-appointed committee on road safety headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice K S Radhakrishnan.

This assumes significance as a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra is currently hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme and the enabling 2016 law.

The committee, in its report filed in the top court, said it had held a meeting on November 28 last year with the joint secretary of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to discuss several issues, including procurement of fake licences and how to eliminate it.

“On the issue of fake licences, joint secretary, MoRTH informed

that national informatics centre is now preparing ‘Sarthi-4’ under which all licences would be linked to Aadhaar,” the report said.

“This software will cover all the states on real time basis and it will not be possible for anyone to get duplicate or fake licence anywhere in the country,” it said.

The advocate representing the committee, told the bench that the panel was scheduled to have a meeting with the MoRTH and other authorities concerned on February 22-23 to discuss compliance of directions given by the apex court earlier. Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, appearing for the ministry, told the bench that fatalities in road accidents in India have gone down by around three percent in 2017 as compared to 2016.

The bench said it was “heartening to know” that number of fatalities and injuries in road accidents have come down. In its report, the committee said it had asked states and union territories (UTs) to forward road accident data for entire 2017. “The commit-

tee has since received data from all the states/UTs, except Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Daman and Diu which indicates that in the states/UTs which have submitted data, there has been a reduction of 4,558 fatalities (i.e. 3.0 per cent) and 24,023 injuries (i.e.

5.0 percent) in 2017 as compared to 2016,” the report said.

The committee told the court that through its November 24, 2017 letter, it had asked all states to set up a road safety fund which would be non-lapsable, and to have a steady flow of funds by diversion of “significant” portion of fines collected from traffic violations. It said some states had already set up road safety fund and the committee was pursuing the issue with remaining states in order to ensure full compliance of the apex court’s order which had said that the fund should be established by March 31, 2018. The report said at the November 28 last year meeting, it was discussed that since driving licences were now in the form of a smart card, its punching in cases of default was likely to damage the data stored in it.

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(Source: CEO Nagaland office)

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NPF files compliant with EC; NDPP counters KOHIMA, FEB 7 (NPN): NPF Central office has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against NDPP candidate of 11-Northern AngamiII, Neiphiu Rio for what the party alleged was an incident of Rio’s supporters obstructing NPF candidate Chupfu-o from filing his papers on Wednesday.

NPF general secretary, S. Akho Leyri in a complaint letter addressed to the principal secretary (political parties) ECI stated that Chupfu-o was obstructed from filing his papers by supporters of Rio near Nerhema village. Leyri has urged EC to take immediate

and necessary action. When contacted, CEO Nagaland informed that Chupfu-o filed his papers 15 minutes before the closing time (3 p.m.)

NDPP 11 NA-II A/C counters: In a letter to the principal secretary (ECI) , NDPP 11 Northern Angami-II A/C president, Vibeilietuo Kets said that Chupfu-o’s entourage was stranded for a brief moment due to some traffic snarl at Nerhema village.

Kets however said that the NPF party seized of the opportunity to accuse Neiphiu Rio, a veteran politician, of his involvement.

NDPP said Rio was well acquainted with the model

code of conduct as well as the dos and don’ts for candidates. Such allegation was baseless, devoid of proof and laced with malafide intent to defame the party and the candidate to gain political mileage, Kets stated.

Meanwhile, NDPP appealed all to maintain law and order and cast their votes in the true Christian spirit. NDP also acknowledged and thanked BJP Nagaland president, Visasolie Lhoungu, and his supporters for keeping the spirit of oneness and uplifting the alliance signed between NDPP and BJP and for not contesting against the alliance consensus CM candidate.

Staff Reporter

KBBB CEC dos & don’ts to political parties

DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): In a significant development, ACAUT chairman Joel Naga and spokesperson, Mar Longkumer on Wednesday resigned from their posts.

In a letter to ACAUT co-chairman, Joel Naga said having moral responsibility towards the organization and the people, and having failed to stop the 13th Assembly elections as per the ‘solution before election’ slogan, he has decided to resign on moral grounds. When contacted he confirmed that he and Mar had decided to quit from their posts.

In his resignation, Mar Longkumer said he had decided to resign since he had other priorities to look after, which needed total commitment and attention. Both the members thanked the people for their support and for reposing their faith in the cause of ACUAT. I t m ay m e n t i o n e d t h a t ACAUT advisor, K.K. Sema had officially joined the Congress to contest the upcoming polls from Ghaspani-II A/C.

DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): Convened by Konyak Baptist Bumeinok Bangjum (KBBB) Clean Election Committee (CEC), a joint consultative and coordination meeting was held with various political parties at Mission Centre, Mon on Wednesday in the presence of the Konyak Union (KU), Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong (KNSK) and Konyak Students’ Union (KSU) to ensure free, fair and clean election “within Konyak soil.”

In a press release issued

by KBBB CEC convener, Nyamto Wangsa, the meeting unanimously resolved that no party would indulge in any anti-social activity, unlawful act or commit any aggression against any individual, household or groups. The meeting underlined that election code of conduct should be strictly adhered to.

Further, in order to up-

ACAUT chairman, spokesperson resigns

hold mutual respect and dignity among various political groups, the meeting resolved that no party would act as an obstacle or create any disturbance for any intending or opposing candidate and their party workers. All political parties should refrain from filing complaint or creating disturbance during nomination, scrutiny process, on polling day and counting day, the meet decided.

Calling on all political parties to ensure that no untoward election-related incident takes place, the meeting asked all parties to ensure a peaceful atmosphere.

The meeting finally resolved that in the event of non-adherence to or violation of the above resolutions, the political party’s functionary or candidate concerned would be held responsible, the release added.

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NPF manifesto on ‘Mission Transform Nagaland’

Correspondent

KOHIMA, FEB 7 (NPN): Naga People Front (NPF) on Tuesday released its 2018 manifesto under the theme “Mission Transform Nagaland” at its central office Kohima.

NPF main thrust areas are on serious governance reforms, concerted development of quality Infrastructure, enhancing productivity in critical sectors of economy, skilling youth for a vast productive workforce to create employment opportunities, propelling economic growth through local entrepreneurships and businesses, growth of state economy and improvement of over-all life quality.

Considering the crisis held during the last five years, the NPF also adopted measures to ensure political stability.

In the manifesto it stated that during the 12th House of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, many elected Members swung back and forth, subjecting the State to a traumatic phase of instability and un-

certainty, compelling some of their own cohorts on a new political platform to comment and declared that this was one of the worst government in the history of Nagaland with no sign of governance.

The NPF, now refined, if given the mandate by the people, will initiate drastic and effective amendments to the provisions of the members of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on the Ground of Defection) Rules, 2003, to ensure that the intents and objectives of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India are fully protected and applied without any ambiguity and that it becomes next to impossible for self-seeking Nagaland Legislators to hold the people’s mandate in hostage by twisting the rules of 2003 to suit their own selfish interests. We will put a strong check on the politics of sheer opportunism.

It reminded all that the regional party, which came in existence since over fifty years ago, was

birthed in the midst of violence, bloodshed and turbulent circumstances as the first ever registered political party in Nagaland.

The party stated that self-seekers and political mercenaries who tried to destroy the image of Nagaland and its people before the world were filtered out. “What remains now is the fire-tested and purified NPF, more determined than ever to restore, strengthen and project a new image of the State and its people as the proud inheritors of a culture of honesty, dignity, honour, hard work and self reliance,” it said.

On the Naga political issue, the party said DAN government, since installation to office in March 2003, had been according the highest priority to the Naga issue. The party assured that the NPF was committed to making way for any new dispensation that would be required once final settlement is reached.

NPF has also promised to institute a separate

‘Peace Subvention Fund’ for providing support to all efforts aimed at expediting the resolution of the Naga political issue. The party said it would vigorously and persistently work on a mission mode to facilitate an honourable conclusion to the protracted problem.

It also reiterated that NPF will continue to support and work towards the realisation of a common Naga Homeland and shared Naga future through integration of contiguous Naga-inhabited areas.

The party also highlighted about Naga identity crisis, Naga customary laws and practices, protection of Naga traditional rights Besides others, NPF also emphasized on administrative and financial reforms, anti-corruption measures, transparency and accountability, austerity measures in governance, financial discipline and performance, de-centralization of Powers and functions, new approach to socio-economic development etc.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, February 8, 2018

news in Brief KMC inform on sanitation fee: Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) has informed all traders within KMC jurisdiction that the sanitation fee would be enhanced from Rs. 750 to Rs. 1000 per year with immediate effect.

Workshop on challenges and issues of teaching: Workshop on challenges and issues of teaching writing at the undergraduate level in Nagaland organized by CUE Academy of writing skills Kohima supported by SCERT Nagaland and hosted by Baptist College Kohima will be held on February 10, 10 a.m at Rivensburg chapel Baptist College Kohima.

DC & DEO Dmu informs: Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Election Officer (DEO) Dimapur, Sushil Kumar Patel, has convened a meeting of all political parties and all intending candidates of all 5 ACs of Dimapur along with all ROs & MCMC on February 9, 1 p.m. at the conference hall of DC Dimapur in connection with election to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly, 2018. All have been informed to attend the meeting.

Phek DPDB meeting cancelled: Monthly meeting of Phek DPDB for the month of February 2018 has been cancelled till further notification, due to the forth coming 13th NLA general election 2018.

All the members have been informed to take note of the changes.

Dimapur police clarifies: Dimapur police additional deputy commissioner of police and PRO has clarified the press statement issued by its office in regard to seizure of IMFL stating that the place of raid should be read as Surjagaubora (Rana) Colony ward-7, Dimapur and not as published.

Kohima: Rakesh Gupta, IPS Police Observer for Kohima district for the ensuing General Assembly Elections 2018 has arrived in Kohima. For any complaint or queries regarding police and security arrangements in the district, the police observer may be contacted at 8837220598.

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The 10 intending candidates taking the pledge for the party candidature from the NPF Mokokchung division.

Excise Dimapur seizes liquor

DIMAPUR: In view of the ensuing state general election, Excise Mobile Squad Special Task Force (EMSSTF) has been constituted to check the flow of illegal liquor in the city.

According to Superintendent of Excise & Prohibition (MS) Nagaland Dimapur, Katoho Sumi, on February 6, EMSSTF had seized 63 bottles and 468 litres of country liquor from Dimapur

town area. It informed that the seized liquor were confiscated and deposited to the Mobile Squad Malkhana for destruction. It further informed that offenders had been booked for violation of various sections under NLTP Act 1989. Superintendent further informed that field duty activities have been revamped and the unit will continue to raid various locations in and around Dimapur.

DCs & DEOs issue directives for ensuing assembly elections

DIMAPUR: Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) conducted National Achievement Survey (NAS) for Class X Cycle-2 through National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).

According to DIPR report, the ministry through NAS sought to gain an in-depth insight into the learning outcomes/levels of the students across varied geographies in the states so that the government can design policies and action plans accordingly for improvement in the quality of education.

Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) chairperson, Asano Sekhose, informed that NAS Class X Cycle- 2 was conducted on February 5 along with the rest of the country.

For the state of Nagaland, the chairperson informed that NBSE was entrusted

SBC Kma holds felicitation prog

DIMAPUR: Sümi Baptist Church (SBC) Kohima organised a felicitation programme on January 28 for its senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Hokheto Chophi for being ordained by Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Küqhakulu. The felicitation programme was held with Sümi Aphuyemi Baptist Church, Kohima, senior Pastor Rev. G. Kiyeto Sema as the speaker.

to conduct the survey in 426 selected schools both from government and private institutions.

The survey was conducted on the Class X students who will be appearing the ensuing HSLC Examination 2018 in all the 11 districts of Nagaland.

The district education officer and sub divisional education officer from all the 11 districts of Nagaland were appointed as district coordinator for their respective districts.

Teachers from primary and elementary section were appointed as field investigators for a fair conduct of the survey.

The release informed that the training program on the conduct of the NAS 2018 was organized by the NBSE, Kohima for the District Coordinators on January 19. Thereafter, the district coordinators

conducted trainings for the field investigators in all the 11 districts.

With the support and cooperation of the state RMSA, the district coordinators, field investigators, and the registered schools of the board both government and private the survey was conducted fairly and successfully throughout the state.

The major objectives of this project survey are: To study the achievement levels of students of Class X in 4 subjects i.e. English, Mathematics, Science and Social Sciences.

To study the difference in achievement levels with regard to area, gender, social group, Board and management of schools.

To study the effect of intervening variables like students’ home background, school and teacher etc. on achievement levels of students.

LIST OF CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED NOMINATIONS FOR THE FEBRUARY 27, 2018 NAGALAND ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

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Name of Candidate 1 W Chingam 2 B.S Nganlang 3 B.P Henveih Phom 4 KanglangPhom 5 S HampenPhom 6 PongshakPhom 7 Shahsha Phom 8 P. Moigam Phom 9 S PangnyuPhom 10 Er T.L Semdok 11 Y.B. Angam 1 W Chingmak Chang 2 I Noksenlemba 3 C M Chang 4 Dr K Mangyangpula 5 Imtiyanger Chang 6 A ImtilembaSangtam 7 MuthingnyubaSangtam 8 T Cholongse Sangtam 9 S K Sangtam 10 Toyang Chang 11 D. Mongko Chang 12 Rakhila 13 Kejong Chang 14 H.Wongto Chang 15 I.N. Mongba 16 H. Zungkum Chang 17 S.Yemba 18 P. Longon 19 P Mulang 20 H .Haiying 21 K. Khuming 22 Dr Aimong Lam 23 Dr Benjung Lam 24 L Khumo Khiamnuingan 25 S Heno Khiamnuingan 26 M. Ngon 27 Y P Chillio 28 Pakhiu Khiamnuingan 29 ToshiWungthung 30 R. Tohanba 31 H. Mukam 32 Thronghokiu 33 K YimsoYimchunger 1 Kipili Sangtam 2 C Chuba Sangtam 3 Kashiho Sangtam 4 Talitemsu C 5 Torachu 6 Yankiu Yimchunger 7 S K James 8 S. LunsoYimchunger 9 T Yangseo Sangtam 10 Lithriyem Dupongle 11 Mosa Yimchunger 253

Name of AC 49- Tamlu 49- Tamlu 49- Tamlu 49- Tamlu 49- Tamlu 49- Tamlu 49- Tamlu 49- Tamlu 50-Longleng 50-Longleng 50-Longleng 51-Noksen 51-Noksen 51-Noksen 51-Noksen 51-Noksen 52-Longkhim-Chare 52-Longkhim-Chare 52-Longkhim-Chare 52-Longkhim-Chare 53-Tuensang Sadar-I 53-Tuensang Sadar-I 54-Tuensang Sadar-II 54-Tuensang Sadar-II 54-Tuensang Sadar-II 54-Tuensang Sadar-II 54-Tuensang Sadar-II 54-Tuensang Sadar-II 56-Noklak 56-Noklak 56-Noklak 56-Noklak 56-Noklak 56-Noklak 57-Thonoknyu 57-Thonoknyu 57-Thonoknyu 57-Thonoknyu 57-Thonoknyu 58-Shamator-Chessore 58-Shamator-Chessore 58-Shamator-Chessore 58-Shamator-Chessore 58-Shamator-Chessore 59-Seyochung-Kiphire 59-Seyochung-Kiphire 59-Seyochung-Kiphire 59-Seyochung-Kiphire 60-Pungro-Kiphire 60-Pungro-Kiphire 60-Pungro-Kiphire 60-Pungro-Kiphire 60-Pungro-Kiphire 60-Pungro-Kiphire 60-Pungro-Kiphire

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NPF Mkg division gratitude

MOKOKCHUNG: NPF Mokokchung division president, Moasangba Jamir and party workers have expressed gratitude to the district administration and security personal for ensuring a peaceful atmosphere for filling of nomination. The division further informed that the party’s 10 intending candidate had been sincerely abstaining from filling their nominations in adherence with the aspiration of the Naga people’s demand for ‘Solution not Election’. However, after observing various political parties filing their nominations, the division candidates had also filed their nominations.

ECI trains state & district level MCMC team via video conferencing

DIMAPUR: Training of state and district Media Certification and Monitoring Cell (MCMC) members of Nagaland and Tripura was held on February 7 through video conferencing by Election Commission of India, Government of India media division at NIC conference hall DC office Dimapur.

According to DPRO, various topics including

certification of advertisement of political nature, duties of state and district MCMC, pre-certification etc were highlighted to the MCMC members.

Trainers from Delhi also clarified the queries raised by Deputy Commissioner & DEO Dimapur, Sushil Kumar Patel who is also the chairman of Dimapur district MCMC team.

Chumukedima town head GB appeals to parties

DIMAPUR: Chumukedima town head GB Kelenguzo Kuotsu during a meeting with GBs and chairman of all the wards, women and youth leaders under its jurisdiction discussed issues relating to the upcoming general election.

In a copy of the meeting minute, the head GB said the house resolved the following points to be complied by the residents of Chumukedima town.

No community/tribe

should leave Chumukedima area to go to their native place during election but exercise one’s adult franchise in the area where one exists. If any person was found violating this directive, concerned hoho/union chairman/president would be held responsible.

The house informed that it resolved to put up a close watch on all political parties and at the same time requested the parties to keep their campaign fair, healthy,

ensure peace and order.

It also urged the candidates to refrain from using liquor/cash to any individual/group during the time of election.

The house further requested the youth in and around Chumukedima area to avoid clashes and conflicts between parties by maintaining peace.

The head GB also urged all the citizens of Chumukedima town to think, discuss and choose the right candi-

date since it was a collective duty to ensure a peaceful and successful election by contributing towards a free and fair electoral practice among family members and neighbours.

Ku o t s u e x p r e s s e d appreciation towards Nagaland churches, NGOs and civil societies for their tireless effort in campaigning for clean election, he also requested everyone to refrain from electoral malpractices.

Assam Rifles free medical camp at Zuketsa General Observer for Tuensang during a meeting with the Deputy Commissioner.

DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Education Officer (DEO) of different districts across the state have issued directives, notifications for the forthcoming general assembly elections scheduled on February 27.

Tuensang: General Observer for Tuensang District, Amar Singh Baghel and Dr. G. Kivan Kumar has arrived at Tuensang.

It has been informed that all the candidates or parties would be allowed for interview between 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at DC office Tuensang starting February 8. For further details one has been asked K

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Police observer for elections, Kanda Samy, IG Jharkhand, has arrived at Tuensang. For candidates/ public interview one has been asked to contact at 9402053623.

Meanwhile, DC & DEO Tuensang, L. Jamithung Lotha, has informed all the political parties and nodal officers of various cells, that there would be second round training on various election matters on February 8, 10 a.m. at DC’s Conference hall for the forthcoming general election to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly. All have been

requested to attend the training.

Peren: Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer, Peren, Smita Sarangi, has informed that the general observer, Raj Kumar Beniwal, for the forthcoming general election for 6th Tening and 7th Peren Assembly Constituency has arrived in the district headquarters.

It has been informed that the general observer would be available for public meeting from February 8 onwards between 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in all working days at GA Rest House Jalukie. For further details one has been asked to contact at 9402053099.

(L-R) AR, Tsiesema battalion, personnel conducting a medical camp at Zuketsa. AR, Phek battalion inaugurating a borewell at Ziphu village.

KOHIMA: Tsiesema battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) organised “free medical camp” at Zuketsa village on February 5 with an aim to provide free health

check up and distributed free medicines to the ailing patients. Basic knowledge on health related issues including precautions from common viral disease and preventive measures were

also explained.

PHEK: Phek battalion under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) inaugurated a bore well constructed under water supply scheme at Ziphu village under Phek

district on February 5.

According to AR Phek battalion, the aim of the project was to alleviate the water related issues of local populace in the remote area and provide round the

clock water supply for daily chores. The bore well was inaugurated and handed over to the village council in the presence of village GB, elders and people of Ziphu village.

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AICC secretary, Dr. K. Jayakumar with party’s state unit officials. (NP)

they were compelled to file nominations after other parties started filing theirs because the BJP pulled out of the agreement first. He highlighted that the BJP was the first pull out of the agreement and the first to call on a regional party of Nagaland and the first to finalize a seat sharing deal including which constituencies each party would be contesting.

This is a violation of what was decided on January 29 and an attempt to fool the people of Nagaland and the country as a whole, he asserted.

Dr. Jayakumar said

he thought that the government would postpone the elections for at least six months to complete an agreement with the Nagas.

The party hurriedly came up with a list of candidates, stated Dr. Jayakumar.

He slammed the BJP alliance with NDPP because as a party that stood for secularism, NDPP had promised that they would fight this election on a secular plank.

Responding to a query on alliances, Jayakumar said that the party will not enter into any pre-poll alliances but did not rule out the possibility of a post-poll

Christians in Meghalaya upset with NDA govt for rejecting visa of Baptist Chief

Assam govt signs MoU to set up university

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SHILLONG, FEB 7: Christians in poll-bound Meghalaya are upset with the ruling BJP-led NDA government for rejecting the visa for the Johannesburgbased president of Baptist World Alliance Chief, Dr Paul Msiza to attend the 150 years of Christianity in Garo Hills region.

“The Christians communities, especially from Baptist community in Garo Hills are very upset with the central government for rejecting the visa of the Baptist World Alliance Chief, Dr Paul Msiza to attend a fourday celebration of 150 years of Christianity in Garo Hills region,” Asia Pacific Baptist

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Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, FEB 7 (NPN): All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary, Dr. K. Jayakumar said that the Congress party had been compelled to contest the elections.

In a press conference at Hotel Saramati on Wednesday, Dr. Jayakumar said that after being among the first to sign the declaration to not file nominations, they had really thought that the declaration would be honoured by all signatories including the central government.

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Federation, Bijoy Sangma said. “We have sought the help of influential political leaders to take it up with the ministry of external affairs to grant permission for Msiza to visit India and be part of the celebrations,” Sangma said.

The Garo Baptist Convention is celebrating 150 years of Christianity at Rajasimla in East Garo Hills from February 8-11. The Baptist Church set foot in Garo Hills at Rajasimla in 1867.

“This is not the only case; many of our foreign friends have been denied visa in the last three years despite the fact that they have been coming here on earlier occasions,” of Garo

Baptist Convention General Secretary, Reverend Janang R Sangma, said.

“They (NDA government) should realise this is a celebration, not a mission programme and has nothing to do with conversion.

Visa for such religious functions should not be denied,” Janang said. The BJP which is trying to unseat the ruling Congress party from power in Christian-dominated state of Meghalaya on February 27 assembly elections, have refused to comment on the matter.

“I have no idea. I cannot comment since this matter is to be look by the ministry of external affairs,” State’s BJP President, Shibun Lyngdoh said.

G u wa h at i , F eb 7 (PTI): The Assam Government today signed a Memorandum of Understanding worth Rs 300 crore with the AISECT Group of Universities for setting up a university in the state.

The university, the location of which was not yet finalised, would be named after physicist Dr C V Raman.

The MoU was signed

by Higher Education Department Secretary Krishna Gohain and AISECT Director Amitab Saxena on Saturday at the Advantage Assam Global Investors Summit, said a release by the group said here today.

alliance.

Former Ar unachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, chief Congress observer for the elections, asserted that there were no reasons to support a party that was taking away and crippling people’s rights.

Former state minister of Assam and current Congress Assam, vice-president and chairman of media department and congress observer for the elections, Pradyut Bordoloi also spoke at the press conference. He urged the people to defeat the hidden communal agenda of the RSS who, he claimed, were cheating the people of the NE, a people who could never follow the ideologies of the RSS. Assam MP, AICC spokesperson and Congress observer, Gaurav Gogoi said that the elections are crucial not only for development but also for the protection of the unique identity and faith of Nagaland. It is necessary that the issues of the young people of Nagaland are heard, and the issues can only be addressed by secular forces that provide an economic model of inclusive growth.

NEISSR members along with other officials during the exchange programme.

DIMAPUR: NEISSR attended a two-day “exchange programme” at Sacred Heart College (SHC), Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu, on February 5, coinciding with its study tour.

SHC is an autonomous and a research focused institution started in 1951, providing education and career development at different levels and different specialisations.

During the prog ramme, a cer tificate

course on “transactional analysis” was also attended by 35 MSW trainees and four faculties. The course covered a wide area of subject matters such as “ego analysis”, “human hunger for strokes” and “time structuring”, “stamp collection” and psychological games, etc. Dr K. Arockia Raj, Dr. Christi Anandhan and Dr Clayton were resource persons for the course.

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SR was the first institute to ink the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the college within the campus, under which the exchange programme was one of the thrust of the MoU. Earlier the programme was inaugurated by the rector of Sacred Heart College, while the MoU initiative was introduced by Rev. Dr. Maria Anthony Raj, principal of SHC.

Director General AR visits Nagaland DIMAPUR: Director General AR (DGAR), Lt. Gn. Shokin Chauhan visited Nagaland on February 7, to review the situation in the state.

According to a press release, the DG met Inspector General Assam Rifles-North (IGAR-N), who briefed him on the prevailing security situation, the security being provided

by Assam Rifles for safe conduct of the elections and their operational preparedness. AR Dimapur Sector Commander also elaborated the various measures being taken in his sector to ensure security.

After the review meeting the DGAR expressed satisfaction on the arrangements and progress.

Chauhan was also

Director General AR (DGAR), Lt. Gn. Shokin Chauhan during his visit to the state.

updated on the activities of Assam Rifles Training Centre and School by the Commandant. During the visit he also interacted with officers and troops of Assam

Rifles and appreciated their hardwork, dedication and professionalism. He further exhorted them to continue the good work and live up to the motto “Friends of the

North East People.”

The Director General Assam Rifles conveyed his best wishes to the People of Nagaland for safe and clean Assembly elections.

Tezpur University now ranks 100th in Asia

TEZPUR, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): As Tezpur University (TU) is celebrating the Silver Jubilee year with host of activities, a significant news from the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2018 has brought enormous joy not only to the TU community but to the entire state of Assam.

Achieving a new milestone, TU now ranks 100th in Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2018, improving its position from 131140 from last year. THE Asia University Rankings 2018 was declared on Tuesday night.

In calculating the top universities in Asia, the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2018 uses the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, but they are recalibrated to reflect the attributes of Asia’s institutions. The universities are judged across all of their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer

and international outlook – to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available.

Significantly, TU is top ranked among all universities in India and ranked 7th in India among all Higher Educational Institutions(HEIs). Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has been the top in India by securing 29th position in the ranking.

The other Indian institutions that have occupied positions before Tezpur University are – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi. In “Research” category TU Ranked 4th in India just behind IISc, Bangalore, IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur. This year’s table ranks just over 350 universities, up from about 300 last year.

These universities come from 25 countries/regions. The National University of Singapore is Asia’s top university for the third year in a row.

Pay disparity of tea workers in 2 valleys, Assam minister says Guwahati, Feb 7 (PTI): The daily wages paid to the workers in Brahmaputra and Barak valley are Rs 137 and Rs 115, respectively, Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary today told the Assembly.

While replying to Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha of the Congress in the Assembly roday, he said Assam has 767 tea estates and 78,268 small tea gardens. The wages are determined jointly by the tea estate owners and the workers’ union either at bipartite level or through negotiations, Patowary said.

To remove the disparity in wages of tea workers in the two valleys, the minister said it has to be decided between the garden workers’ unions and the estate owners.

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IMPHAL, FEB 7: Manipur government on Wednesday decided ask the National Investigating Agency (NIA) probe into the series of bomb blasts at high security area of Imphal even as rebel group, United National Liberation Front (UNLF) owned up the bomb attacks.

Manipur chief minister, N. Biren Singh informed the State Assembly that the government has taken serious note of the series of bomb attacks on security personnel and has decided to hand over the cases to NIA to know the truth behind it. There was also strong suspicion of the involvement of some vested interest to discredit the present government, Singh said.

Singh said he had consulted the matters with Union Home minister. The Home minister has agreed to

N. Biren Singh his proposal to hand over the cases to NIA, Singh added.

On Tuesday evening, at least nine security personnel were injured after two grenades exploded inside the Assam Rifles transit camp in Imphal. The attack was launched barely a day after two personnel of the AR were injured in another grenade attack when the Assam Rifles was hosting the equestrian championship at Imphal Polo Ground.

On January 15, the militants also lobbed a hand grenade towards M-Sector, which housed the office

of PIB (Defense Wing), and exploded inside the camp, followed by an IED blast planted along the road side. A woman sweeper of Imphal Municipal Corporation was injured in the explosion.

Meanwhile, United National Liberation Front (UNLF), in a statement on Wednesday owned the responsibility for launching the bomb attacks.

UNLF publicity director, M Sak-hen, said “it was part of its armed campaign to regain freedom of Manipur and will continue to do so until the goal is achieved.”

The attacks were carried out by special teams of the Manipur Peoples’ Army (MPA), the army wing of the UNLF, it added. UNLF also claimed responsibility for the attack on a patrolling party of the 6 Assam Rifles on December 4, 2017 at Konthoujam Lamkhai in Imphal West district.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, February 8, 2018

Meghalaya CM files nomination Sikkim CM for Good governance, development from Songsak, 2nd constituency Delinking Religion BJP’s top priorities: Sonowal from Politics

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W I L L I A M NAG A R , FEB 7: Meghalaya chief minister, Mukul Sangma on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the February 27 assembly elections from Songsak assembly constituency, his second constituency after Ampati assembly seat.

Sangma voiced confidence that the ruling Congress party will retain power with an absolute majority in Meghalaya after the assembly polls.

On Tuesday, the veteran Congress legislator filed his nomination papers for Ampati seat, which he has won for five consecutive terms from Ampati constituency since 1993.

In Songsak, Sangma will take on two-time National People’s Party legislator Nihim D. Shira, while in Ampati, he is on a straight fight against BJP candidate Bakul Hajong.

Hoping Stone Lyngdoh, who was president of the Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) till his death, had successfully contested from

two Assembly seats - the erstwhile Pariong (now Mawthadraishan) and Nongstoin in the 1988 elections.

“Congress will gain seats in the coming election and would get absolute majority with 40 seats,” he said addressing Congress party functionaries at Congress Bhavan here in Williamnagar.

Lashing out at “Bharatiya Janata PartyNational People’s Party combine”, the Chief Minister urged the electorates to vote for the Congress party that will protect their own interests and not interfere in their personal choices.

Countering the opposition verbal attacks against him, Sangma said, “Development has taken place in the state while the opposition has said that I was sleeping. We have brought peace to the state through our efforts even as they continued to believe I was sleeping. If we could achieve so much while I was sleeping, think of what we can achieve when I am awake.”

GANGTOK, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling on Tuesday called for delinking religion from politics in view of its negative impact on the people and society at large.

“Religion should be kept out of politics as it is a very private thing catering to one’s emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of life,” he said at a function organised by the Ecclesiastical Affairs for distribution of a token grant-in-aid to all religious institutions in Sikkim. In all, Rs 14 crore was distributed

by Chamling himself to the management of nine religious institutions. Chamling cautioned against playing out religion in public life and politics in particular and said that it creates a divide in society.

“We should not let religion divide our society. Religion is a sensitive thing and should be used as an adhesive to unite people,” he said. Chamling said that during his long tenure as the chief minister of the state, his government has created various religious places and related infrastructure in Sikkim, consistent with his secular ethos.

AGARTALA, FEB 7 (PIT): The top priority of the BJP is to deliver good governance, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said at a poll meet today.

Development can take place in a state only when the governance is good and the BJP, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, has always strived hard to live up to the expectations of the people, the CM of the saffron-party ruled state said at a public rally in Khowai district, about 45 km from here. When Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat, his style of working had set an example for state governments across the country, he said.

“The prime minister is a good organizer... he can be

given credit for strengthening the BJP throughout the country,” Sonowal said, adding that no party would be able to level allegations of corruption at BJP-led governments in states.

Tripura is set to go to polls on February 18 and the results will be announced on April 3.

Opposition parties had been criticizing the central government for demonetization, but in reality the move had checked tax evasion, the Assam CM claimed.

“The Congress was in power for 12 years in Assam before the BJP took over.

When the UPA government was at the Centre, the Congress in the state had indulged in many corrupt activities,” he said.

Chumben Odyuo, Happy birthday to my one true love!

Here’s wishing you many years of good health so that we can enjoy our time being together for many birthday celebrations ahead. God bless you!

From, Chumben

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER NAGALAND : KOHIMA

E-mail id: ceo_nagaland@eci.gov.in/Fax-0370-2290460

INFORMATION This is for the information of all concerned that the Election Commission of India has designated the following Officers as the Observers for Expenditure Observers, General Observers and Police Observers of the Assembly Constituencies in the State of Nagaland for the forth coming of General Election to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, 2018.

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16-Pfutsero 17-Chizami Mr. T. Anbalagan, IAS 5 Phek 18-Chazouba 19-Phek Mr. Jenu Devan, IAS 20-Meluri 21-Tuli 22-Arkakong Mr. Mohammad Javed Khan, IAS 24-Angetyongpang 23-Impur 25-Mongoya 6 Mokokchung Mr. Richard Vincent Dsouza, IAS 26-Aonglenden 27-Mokokchung Town 28-Koridang 29-Jangpetkong Mr. J. M. Pathania, IAS 30-Alongtaki 31-Akuluto 32-Atoizu Mr. Satya Narayan Rathore, IAS 33-Suruhuto 7 Zunheboto 34-Aghunato 35-Zunheboto Mr. S. Natarajan, IAS 36-Satakha 37-Tyui Mr. Man Mohan Chaudhary, IAS 38-Wokha 8 Wokha 39-Sanis Mr. Rajeev Sharma, IAS 40-Bhandari 41-Tizit 43-Tapi Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta, IAS 44-Phomching 45-Tehok Mr. Prabhanshu Kumar Srivastav, 9 Mon 48-Moka IAS 55-Tobu 42-Wakching 46-Mon Town Mr. Manoj Kumar, IAS 47-Aboi 49-Tamlu 10 Longleng Dr. Raghav Langer, IAS 50-Longleng 51-Noksen 52-Longkhim Chare Dr. Godal Kiran Kumar, IAS 53-Tuensang Sadar-I 11 Tuensang 54-Tuensang Sadar-II 56-Noklak 57-Thonoknyu Mr. Amar Singh Baghel, IAS 58-Shamator Chessore 59-Seyochung Sitimi 12 Kiphire Mr. Dheeraj Kumar, IAS 60-Pungro Kiphire DC-296

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EXPENDITURE OBSERVERS Jurisdiction/No. & Name and Designation of the Name of Ac Expenditure Observers 1-Dimapur-I 2-Dimapur-II R. Clement Ramesh Kumar, IRS 3-Dimapur-III 4-Ghaspani-I Shiv Shankar, IRS (C&CE) 5-Ghaspani-II 6-Tening H. Soikhanthang, IRS (C&CE) 7-Peren 8-Western Angami 9-Kohima Town H. C. Verma, IRS (C&CE) 14-Southern Angami-I 15-Southern Angami-II 10-Northern Angami-I 11-Northern Angami-II Nataraj S, IRS 12-Tseminyu 13-Pughoboto

Upinderbir Singh, IDAS

16-Pfutsero 17-Chizami A. E. P. Dukuria, IRS 5 Phek 18-Chazouba 19-Phek P. K. S. Senger, IRS (C&CE) 20-Meluri 21-Tuli 22-Arkakong Rama Nathan R, IRS 23-Impur 24-Angetyongpang 25-Mongoya 6 Mokokchung 26-Aonglenden K. Jayaganesh, IRS 27-Mokokchung Town 28-Koridang 29-Jangpetkong B. S. Mangat, IRS (C&CE) 30-Alongtaki 31-Akuluto 32-Atoizu Mohan Singh Dorai, IRS (C&CE) 33-Suruhuto 7 Zunheboto 34-Aghunato 35-Zunheboto S. Devarajan, IRS (C&CE) 36-Satakha 37-Tyui R. L Arunprasad, IRS (C&CE) 38-Wokha 8 Wokha 39-Sanis Jasmeet Singh Dhandra, IRS (C&CE) 40-Bhandari 41-Tizit 42-Wakching Saravana Perumal. P, IRS (C&CE) 43-Tapi 44-Phomching 9 Mon 45-Tehok Mohan Lal Sukhpal, IRS (C&CE) 46-Mon Town 47-Aboi 48-Moka N. S. Parthasarthy, IRS (C&CE) 55-Tobu 49-Tamlu 10 Longleng Vivekanand Rai, IRS (C&CE) 50-Longleng 51-Noksen 52-Longkhim Chare Dr. S Venugopal, IDAS 53-Tuensang Sadar-I 11 Tuensang 54-Tuensang Sadar-II 56-Noklak 57-Thonoknyu D. Satish, IRS (C&CE) 58-Shamator Chessore 59-Seyochung Sitimi 12 Kiphire S. Periyannan, IRS (C&CE) 60-Pungro Kiphire

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POLICE OBSERVERS Sl. Name of Jurisdiction/No. & Name and Designation of the Contact No District Name of Ac Expenditure Observers 1-Dimapur-I 2-Dimapur-II 1 Dimapur 3-Dimapur-III Mr. Amitabh Kumar Das 9402053466 4-Ghaspani-I 5-Ghaspani-II 6-Tening 9402053089 2 Peren Mr. Hemant Toppo 8837378450 7-Peren 8-Western Angami 9-Kohima Town 14-Southern Angami-I 15-Southern Angami-II 9402053783 3 Kohima Mr. Rakesh Gupta 7005949527 10-Northern Angami-I 11-Northern Angami-II 12-Tseminyu 13-Pughoboto 16-Pfutsero 17-Chizami 9402053389 4 Phek 18-Chazouba Mr. K Sethu Raman 9383023358 19-Phek 20-Meluri 21-Tuli 22-Arkakong 23-Impur 24-Angetyongpang 25-Mongoya 5 Mokokchung Dr. N. Ravinder 9402053495 26-Aonglenden 27-Mokokchung Town 28-Koridang 29-Jangpetkong 30-Alongtaki 31-Akuluto 32-Atoizu 33-Suruhuto 9402053236 6 Zunheboto Mr. N. Baskaran 883792696 34-Aghunato 35-Zunheboto 36-Satakha 37-Tyui 38-Wokha 9402053125 7 Wokha Mr. Sunil Kumar 8837453364 39-Sanis 40-Bhandari 41-Tizit 42-Wakching 43-Tapi 44-Phomching 9402053316 8 Mon Mr. Puneet Rastogi 45-Tehok 8974248899 46-Mon Town 47-Aboi 48-Moka 55-Tobu 49-Tamlu 9402053591 9 Longleng Mr. Jalindar D. Supekar 9383193415 50-Longleng 51-Noksen 52-Longkhim Chare 53-Tuensang Sadar-I 10 Tuensang Mr. T. Kandasamy 9402053623 54-Tuensang Sadar-II 56-Noklak 57-Thonoknyu 58-Shamator Chessore 59-Seyochung Sitimi 9402053658 11 Kiphire Mr. Satheesh Kumar N 8974205733 60-Pungro Kiphire Sd/- ABHIJIT SINHA, IAS Chief Electoral Officer Nagaland, Kohima

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, FEBrUARY 8, 2018

HC orders day-to-day hearing of AAP MLAs disqualification case

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that it will hear the AAP MLAs plea challenging their disqualification for holding office of profit on a daily basis from Thursday.

Meanwhile, senior advocate Mohan Parasaran told a division bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Chander Shekhar that the notification is a “gross violation of natural justice because the Election Commission (EC) decided the matter in undue haste and without affording and giving any opportunity of fair hearing to the petitioners”.

The findings are, therefore, contrary to the provisions of Article 14 of Constitution of India, ultra vires, void ab initio and an attack on the basic fabric of democracy, the AAP MLAs said. The legislators said that the action of the election commission is bad.

The counsel also raised the point that the MLAs were not given a fair opportunity to air their grievances before the poll panel.

Sunil Arora, who was appointed as an Election Commissioner after the retirement of Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, never had any

Singh, Sukhvir Singh Dala, Manoj Kumar, Nitin Tyagi and Jarnail Singh.

BJP spreading hatred, cheating people: Singh

Disqualified AAP MLAs during a press conference in New Delhi. occasion to deal with the matter or to understand the facts of the case, the legislators told the court.

The counsel also said that Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat had earlier recused himself from hearing the matter. But later, he joined the hearing conducted by the election commission.

The disqualified lawmakers had moved the High Court last month.

The EC has told the Delhi High Court that the various writ petitions submitted by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators against their disqualification in the ‘office of profit’ case are “misdirected” and “not maintainable”, and has sought their dismissal “with cost”.

The EC said that the

pleas by the MLAs are not maintainable as the petitioners have not challenged the Presidential Order dated January 20, 2018 disqualifying them on grounds of holding office of profit as Parliamentary Secretaries.

Following the poll panel’s recommendation to President Ram Nath Kovind, the Law and Justice Ministry issued a notification that the President had “okayed” the disqualification of 20 Delhi AAP MLAs. The disqualified MLAs are Alka Lamba, Adarsh Shastri, Sanjeev Jha, Rajesh Gupta, Kailash Gahlot, Vijendra Garg, Praveen Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Madan Lal Khufiya, Shiv Charan Goyal, Sarita Singh, Naresh Yadav, Rajesh Rishi, Anil Kumar, Som Dutt, Avtar

Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, in his maiden speech in the Upper House, on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-led central government for “spreading hatred” in the country and for “benefiting” the big industrialists and “cheating” the common man.

He said the BJP failed to keep up to its promises on black money, employment, farmers’ loans.

“BJP has played a cruel joke on the farmers of UP by giving them Rs 1 to Rs 2 loan waiver...You said you will put Rs 15 lakh in everyone’s account, but did not put even Rs 15.

“BJP cheated the traders, farmers, and the youth of this country.

“Under Sangh’s shameless government’s rule, people are dying of hunger,” he added.

Singh also took a jibe at the Prime Minister’s long speeches, saying, “Indian government would stand first if there was an International competition of speeches.”

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BJP seeks status of resolution for Kashmiri pandits JAMMU, Feb 7 (AGENCIES): The BJP on Wednesday sought to know the status of a resolution, passed last year, for creating a conducive atmosphere for the return of Kashmiri Pandits and other migrants to the Valley.

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly had unanimously passed the resolution on January 19 last year.

BJP lawmaker Surinder Ambardar today sought to know the status of the resolution as he urged mainstream political parties to take a call on it.

“What is status and fate of the those resolutions?

Has anything been done after that. I want to know?,” Ambardar said.

He was speaking on the private member’s resolution of BJP MLC Vikram Randhawa who said “this August house resolves that return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants be ensured in a time-bound manner and due representation should be given to them in state Assembly”.

BSP income rose by 266 percent before 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly election L U C K N O W, F e b 7 (AGENCIES): Its humiliating decimation in 2017 UP assembly elections notwithstanding, the Mayawati-led BSP saw its income, essentially through donations, grew by over 266% between financial year 2015-16 and 2016-17, according to a recent ADR report.

According to ADR report analysing the details provided by the national parties in their audit report and submitted with the Election Commission of India, BSP’s annual income rose from just over Rs 47 crores

Mayawati in 2015-16 to more than Rs 126 crores in 2016-17. The Dalit outfit declared a total income of Rs 173.58 crores during 2016-2017.

The rise in annual income of BSP came about despite demonetisation, even

as it geared up to contest the 2017 UP state assembly elections. The Dalit dominated party, however, spent only 30% of the income it earned during the period just before 2017 assembly elections, the report said. In all, only five parties - BSP, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), CPM and CPI - submitted their annual income totalling around Rs 300 crores, with the ECI. Not surprisingly, BSP alone accounted for almost 58% of the total annual of five parties taken together.

FIR in Aadhaar data breach not against journalist, says Minister

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that an FIR filed following a media report on Aadhaar data breach was not against the journalist, as the Congress and Biju Janata Dal questioned why Aadhaar was being made into a “coercive tool”.

Prasad said the Aadhaar data is “safe”.

In the Question Hour on Wednesday, Congress MP Ninong Ering mentioned a

report in The Tribune daily, and questioned why the government instead of securing the Aadhaar data had become defensive and filed an FIR. “It is not a case of data breach. A grievance redressal agency had leaked a password. No journalist was named in the FIR, the journalist should cooperate with the police to find the culprit,” Prasad said.

SAINIK SCHOOL, PUNGLWA (NAGALAND) ALL INDIA SAINIK SCHOOLS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION – 2018 RESULT OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION HELD ON 07 JAN 2018 (FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS VI: 2018-19) LIST OF SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES FOR INTERVIEW AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION (A) SC:

66902030002, 66902030038, 66902030066, 66902030110, 66902030136, 66902030140 (06 candidates)

(B) ST: 66901040008, 66902040157, 66902040201, 66902040206, 66902040208, 66902040213, 66904040009, 66904040022, 66904040030, 66904040052, 66904040057, 66904040063, 66904040080, 66904040085, 66904040095, 66904040099, 66904040107, 66904040110, 66904040116, 66904040126, 66904040132 (21 candidates) (C) Home State Domicile: 66901040005, 66901040006, 66901040007, 66901040009, 66901040010, 66901040011, 66901040012, 66901040013, 66901040014, 66901040015, 66901040016, 66901040017, 66901040018, 66901040019, 66901040020, 66901040021, 66901040022, 66901040023, 66901040024, 66901040025, 66901040026, 66901040027, 66901040030, 66901040032, 66901040033, 66902010152, 66902040154, 66902040156, 66902040160, 66902040181, 66902040182, 66902040186, 66902040190, 66902040212, 66903040009, 66903040014 (36 candidates) (D) Home State – Def: NIL (E) Other States: 66901040028, 66901040029, 66902010059, 66902010079, 66902010089, 66902010126, 66902010134, 66902010164, 66902010202, 66902040196, 66902040209, 66903010003, 66903010007, 66903010011, 66903030002, 66903040010, 66904040017, 66904040044, 66904040061, 66904040081, 66904040082, 66904040101, 66904040117, 66904040127, 66905040002, 66905040003, 66905040004, 66905040005, 66905040006, 66905040007, 66905040008, 66905040009, 66905040010, 66905040012, 66905040013, 66905040014, 66905040015, 66905040016, 66905040017, 66905040019, 66905040020, 66905040021, 66905040022, 66905040024, 66905040025, 66905040026, 66905040035, 67203010147 (48 candidates) (F)

Other States – Def:

(G)

Central Pool:

66902020018, 66902020161, 66902020167, 66903020005 (04 candidates)

66902010200 (01 candidate)

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All short-listed candidates who appeared at SSPN, Kohima & Dimapur Centres are to appear for interview at Sainik School, Punglwa on 19 Feb – 20 Feb 2018. All short-listed candidates who appeared at Itanagar & Tawang Centres are to appear for Interview at Directorate of Elementary Education, Chamber, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar on 27 Feb 2018.

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2. Call Letters are being sent to the above candidates individually. However the school assures no responsibility for late/non receipt of the call up letters by individuals.

3.

Interview Schedule: Date

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION NO.HED/SCHO-1/2016/

NAGALAND: KOHIMA

Kohima: Dated, the 6th Feb. 2018

REPORT ON POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR ST STUDENTS OF NAGALAND FOR THE YEAR 2016-17 In the interest of student community and general public at large, the Department of Higher Education is hereby giving a press statement on the latest payment status of Post Matric scholarship for ST students of Nagaland.

Thus far, the Scheme Implementing Agency has received three installments from the Funding Agency i.e. Ministry of Tribal Affairs which are given below: SL. Amount (RS) Amount (RS) Letter No & Date Letter No. & Date Total Remarks NO Central Share State Share Rs.13,44,00,000 NO. EXPDRRs.1,49,33,000 Rs. 1,4,93,33,000 Utilized 1. NO.20014/20/2012B/32/2016-17/ as 10% State (Payment done in the Education,Government of BT/976 Government matching share of month of Oct. 17) India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs of Nagaland, Finance the 1st instalment (Education) Section, Shastri Deptt, Expenditure Bhavan, New Delhi, Dated ‘B’ Branch Kma, 28th Dec.2016 (1st instalment, Admissible Central Share) Dated the 4th Sept.2017.

Rs.6,01,00,000 NO. EXPDRRs. 66,78,000 as Rs. 8,76,60,000. Utilized 2. NO.20014/20/2012B/32/2017-18/ 10% State matching (Payment done in the Education,Government of NL/107. Government share of the 2nd month of Dec.17) India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs of Nagaland, Finance instalment plus (Education) Section: Shastri Deptt, Expenditure unspent balance Bhavan, New Delhi, Dated ‘B’ Branch. Kma, of 2015-16 of Rs. 13th Dec.2017 (2nd instalment, Admissible Central Share) Dated the 19th 2,08,82,000= Dec.2017.

2,75,60,000.

Rs.13,00,00,000 NO. EXPDRRs. 1,44,44,000 Rs. 14,44,44,000 Utilized an amount of 3. NO.20014/20/2012Education,Government of B/32/2017-18/ as 10% State Rs. 14,44,14,295.

India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs LS/111 Government matching share of (Payment done in the (Education) Section: Shastri of Nagaland, Finance the 3rd instalment month Jan.18) balance Bhavan, New Delhi, Dated Deptt, Expenditure ‘B’ of Rs. 29705 to be st rd 21 Dec.2017 (3 instalment, Branch. Kma, Dated, adjusted in the last Admissible Central Share) the 15th Jan.2018. instalment payment.

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Total: Rs. 32,45,00,000 Total: Rs. 5,69,37,000. Rs. 38,14,37,000 Rs. 38,14,07,295 Out of the total amount received in three instalments i.e. Rs. 38,14,37,000/-, the implementing department could utilize only Rs. 38,14,07,295 /- (Rupees thirty eight crore fourteen lakh seven thousand two hundred ninety five only) in making necessary payment of Post Matric Scholarship to 32749 ST students beneficiaries for the year 2016-2017 period, for which it was sanctioned. The remaining balance amount of Rs. 29,705/- (Rupees Twenty nine thousand seven hundred five) shall be adjusted in the final phase/ instalment payment.

It is to be informed that, the State Government is yet to receive Rs. 7,71,73,310/- ( Rupees Seven crore seventy one lakh seventy three thousand three hundred ten only) in making necessary scholarship payment to 11335 ST deserving students of Nagaland for the year 2016-17. As soon as the Ministry releases the Amount, the implementing Agency shall do the necessary payment to the remaining deserving students.

The list of beneficiaries and the amount credited into students account is available in the Directorate’s website .i.e. highereducation nagaland.gov.in. Students who are availing the said scheme or schemes that are being implemented by the said Department may call the office for any clarification and doubt during the office hour.

SD/ADDL.DIRECTOR HIGHER EDUCATION NAGALAND: KOHIMA DC-290

Issued by DIPR

Time

Venue

0730 – 1330 hrs

Sainik School Punglwa, Nagaland

1400 – 1800 hrs

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0730 – 1330 hrs

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0900 – 1300 hrs

Dte of Elementary Education Chamber, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar

1400 – 1700 hrs

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19 Feb 2018

20 Feb 2018

27 Feb 2018

Rolls Nos. 66902030002, 66902030038, 66902030066, 66902030110, 66902030136, 66902030140, 66902020018, 66902020161, 66902020167, 66903020005, 66903010003, 66903010007, 66902010089, 66902010126, 66902010164, 66903030002 66902010059, 66902010079, 66902010202, 66902010134, 66903010011, 66902010200, 67203010147, 66901040008, 66902040157, 66902040201, 66902040206, 66902040208, (Total 28 candidates) 66902040213, 66901040005, 66901040006, 66901040007, 66901040009, 66901040010, 66901040011, 66901040012, 66901040013, 66901040014, 66901040015, 66901040016, 66901040017, 66901040018, 66901040019, 66901040020, 66901040021, 66901040022, 66901040023, 66901040024, (Total 20 candidates) 66901040025, 66901040026, 66901040027, 66901040030, 66901040032, 66901040033, 66902010152, 66902040154, 66902040156, 66902040160, 66902040181, 66902040182, 66902040186, 66902040190, 66902040212, 66903040009, 66903040014, 66901040028, 66901040029, 66902040196, 66902040209, 66903040010 (Total 22 candidates) 66904040017, 66904040044, 66904040061, 66904040081, 66904040082, 66904040101, 66904040117, 66904040127, 66905040002, 66905040003, 66905040004, 66905040005, 66905040006, 66905040007, 66905040008, 66905040009, 66905040010, 66905040012, 66905040013, 66905040014, 66905040015, 66905040016, 66905040017, 66905040019, 66905040020, 66905040021, 66905040022, 66905040024 66905040025, 66905040026, 66905040035 (Total 31 candidates) 66904040009, 66904040022, 66904040030, 66904040052, 66904040057, 66904040063, 66904040080, 66904040085, 66904040095, 66904040099, 66904040107, 66904040110, 66904040116, 66904040126, 66904040132 (Total candidates 15 candidates).

4. In case of any spill over, the interviews can be extended to be held on 21 Feb 2018 at Sainik School Punglwa Campus and on 28 Feb 2018 at Dte of Elementary Education, Itanagar.

5. It must be clearly understood that since the number of candidates being approximately three times the number of vacancies being called for Interview and Medical Examination, mere qualifying in the written/medical exam does not confer guaranteed admission. The admission will be based on Final Merit, which includes Written, Interview Marks and Medical Fitness as per the availability of vacancies.

6. The candidature of the candidates will be summarily cancelled in case of failure to appear before the Interview and Medical Examination Board. Even after admission, if found at any stage that the information/details submitted by Candidate/Parents/Guardian are false, the candidature shall stand cancelled.

7. While appearing for the interviews, the candidates mandatorily shall be in possession of original Birth Certificate, SC/ST Certificate and Indigenous/Domicile/Permanent Residential Certificate (PRC).

8. Disclaimer: Sainik School Punglwa is not responsible for any inadvertent error that may have crept in the results. The result uploaded is for immediate information to the candidate. This cannot be treated as final. The candidature of the candidate is subject to verification with the official list held with the School.

For details visit School website www.sainikschoolpunglwa.nic.in

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OPINiON/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Nagaland Post

Post-mortem East and ease of business Whom do we expect An Open Letter to Our Naga BJP oliticians Vol. XXVIII NO. 62 Dimapur, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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aking advantage of being in power at the Centre, the BJP government in Assam unveiled its grandiose plans to attract investments under its two-day economic conclave titled ‘Advantage Assam’ which was inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi. The two- day maiden global business summit of Assam and the first ever anywhere in northeast attracted not just top business tycoons but even Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Togbay as one of the attendees. In his inaugural speech, laced with a message meant for the mass of voters, Modi bellowed “We created the ‘Act East’ policy and the northeast is at the heart of it. It requires increased people-to-people contacts particularly with ASEAN. The name Advantage Assam is not a statement but it’s a holistic vision.” By delivering a campaign speech Modi disappointed many who expected him to go beyond the rhetoric to give clarity and meaning on how the ‘Advantage Assam’ is expected to be a gamechanger for the stated devoted a major portion of his speech on his budget promises. Modi had election in mind as much as rivaling critic and political rival Mamata Banerjee who had just organized her ‘Biswa Bangla’ investor summit. The ‘Advantage Assam’ summit reportedly attracted over 300 business companies led by Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani. Lacing his speech with an emotive strand that the “spirit of Vibrant Gujarat has travelled today from Guwahati.” He went on to also propound that the “spirit of Sabarmati has flown into Brahmaputra”. Needless to say Mukesh is India’s most influential and wealthy business leader because he has perfected the art of applying “different strokes with different folks”. He gushed “The spirit of Vibrant Gujarat has travelled today to Guwahati.

Again he strived a connect by saying “the spirit of Sabarmati has flown into Brahmaputra.” Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani announced an investment of 2,500 crore in Assam in various sectors, including retail, petroleum, telecom, tourism and sports, creating jobs for at least 80,000 people over the next three years. Mukesh Ambani had also showered lavish praise on Ms Banerjee’s government at the Bengal summit. In the Bengal summit there were 110 announcements of MoU and over Rs.2 lakh crore proposed investments. The Assam summit on the other hand did well by having 200 business agreements and proposed investments worth over Rs.1 lakh crore. The Assam summit, coming after the Bengal summit will certainly boost economic development of Assam. The spillover will also be felt in other north eastern states but much of it will impact is speculative. Assam’s development will not benefit other states much unless there is a broad-based inclusive policy linking other neighbouring states. For instance, oil companies should also set up small refineries in states having sufficient oil for extraction instead of following the unfair policy of transporting crude from other states to refineries in Assam. Such a practice is also going on with regard to bamboo which are transported to Assam’s paper mills from other states. Even with regard to many zonal offices, all of which are concentrated in Assam; it is only fair that such zonal offices have to be distributed to other states. It would help the ‘Act East policy’ which Modi took credit for if a broad –based inclusive development plan is linked up with such plans as ‘Advantage Assam’.

to bring. Changes?

W hen we talk about changes. No one is there to say no to bring changes regardless of young and old, leader and public, educated and uneducated at this juncture. So, to whom are blaming to make changes as well as to build a better society. Today, we are unsatisfied in every aspects of human developments. But the question is why? And whom to blame? Everyone is expert to comment on others mostly negative without knowing his/her mistake. However, there must be a place /room for correction and criticism in order to shape each other for the upliftment of individual and community. Let us start within oneself to make a difference before we point at others.

For any development, there is a requirement for someone’s hard work and dedication to make changes on behalf of the community. There is a saying that in every success there is someone who worked hard behind the scenes. But the outcome is when change and success take place the whole community in particular celebrate the success story. Until and unless a person revoke the error in his/her mind on others, he/she will not have a healthy thinking. And having the unhealthy mindset will always bring a blockage in the community building for changes.

If we are expecting for changes to occur in our life and community. Why

W

e have two ways in our Christian walk. One walk by faith, and other walk by sight. Walking by sight is; We have all the facts and see how God’s plan for our lives will unfold before we step out in obedience. If the outcome is secure, we’ll proceed. But walking by faith requires that we trust the Lord and His will for us, even if it’s risky, unknown, or difficult.

God wants us to depend on Him, trusting Him to direct our steps one at a time so we can reach the destination He’s planned for us.

Abraham (originally called Abram) was a man who walked by faith, and his story is recorded in 14 chapters of the Bible. He was chosen by the Lord to be the recipient of amazing promises and become the father of the Jewish race. This may seem like an unlikely choice because Abraham came from a pagan society and may have been an idol worshipper.

However, we must realize that God’s choices are based on His great wisdom and may not always make sense

not we start doing something better and make a difference. Let us not wait others to bring changes. Human beings are holistic when you change a part of any system you simultaneously, every area of our life suffers. Humanity as a whole is the same way. Everything that we can do effects, the whole community, for better or worse. Let us think about,am I part of the change agent or part of the conflicts and destructions?

Every decision in life has opportunity to make a difference that is good or bad. Let us not forget other sacrifices and put ourself as superior to other people. We should inculcate humility, gratitude and recognition of all blessings which makes us success in life. One couldn’t do what you’ve without the help of others. We are extremely lucky to be able to participate and contribute in the way of changing life. Together, we can do whatever we want our society to be. Therefore, it is a matter of priority and decision to bring changes in life. No matter how much things are breaking down, there is still a hope for good future. Don’t let outsiders tell how our land should look. Our home/land is where our heart is. Believe that is a better future, if we agree and willing to accept good changes.

Mr. Kuzhohuto Rhakho, Pastor, Ncf Ahmednagar, Maharashtra

from our perspective.

What God did in Abraham’s life is to some degree what He wants to do in all our lives. And as we see how Abraham responded in Genesis 12:1-8, we discover how we too can walk by faith rather than by sight. Think about these four ways he trusted God: Listen to God. “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you; and I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing; and I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse.

And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed’” (vv. 1-3).

After not having spoken to anyone for hundreds of years, God came to Abraham with a message that included instructions and promises, some of which may have seemed unbelievable to Abraham. It sounded like God was going to use

The walk of faith

him to change the world, yet despite the incredible nature of this message, Abraham listened.

We too must learn to listen to the Lord if we are going to walk with Him by faith. As Christians, our goal is to follow Jesus, and that requires knowing what He wants us to do. Instead of planning our days and rushing off to achieve our agendas, we should take some time each morning to seek the Lord’s guidance through His Word and prayer. This doesn’t mean we can’t make plans, but we should always present them to God and ask what He would have for us that day. If we don’t listen to the Lord, we won’t follow Him, and as a result, we’ll make wrong decisions that may turn out to be costly or painful. God speaks to us internally through the Holy Spirit and His Word, guiding us in our walk with Christ.

Trust God. Abraham trusted God, even though the command to leave home must have been difficult to obey, the destination was unknown, and the promises

DailyDevotion Padmaavat: other films under fire Spiritual Dejection We were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.

—Luke 24:21 Every fact that the disciples stated was right, but the conclusions they drew from those facts were wrong. Anything that has even a hint of dejection spiritually is always wrong. If I am depressed or burdened, I am to blame, not God or anyone else.

Dejection stems from one of two sources— I have either satisfied a lust or I have not had it satisfied.

In either case, dejection is the result. Lust means “I must have it at once.” Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer. What have I been hoping or trusting God would do? Is today “the third day” and He has still not done what I expected? Am I therefore justified in being dejected and in blaming God? Whenever we insist that God should give us an answer to prayer we are off track. The purpose of prayer is that we get ahold of God, not of the answer. It is impossible to be well physically and to be dejected, because dejection is a sign of sickness. This is also true spiritually. Dejection spiritually is wrong, and we are always to blame for it.

We look for visions from heaven and for earthshaking events to see God’s power. Even the fact that we are dejected is proof that we do this. Yet we never realize that all the time God is at work in our everyday events and in the people around us. If we will only obey, and do the task that He has placed closest to us, we will see Him. One of the most amazing revelations of God comes to us when we learn that it is in the everyday things of life that we realize the magnificent deity of Jesus Christ.

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There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. ~ Bernard Williams

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hen he directed “Dharmaputra”, his first film, in 1961, little did Yash Chopra know what he was getting himself into. The film, about Hindu-Muslim relations, touched on the raw history pertaining to events that were just over a dozen years old. The re-construction in “Dharamputra” of the carnage during the post-Partition riots opened up raw wounds in the audience, and sparked off riot-like situations in theatres screening the film. Yash Chopra vowed never to touch the thorny communal issue again.

“They threatened to burn down theatres, harm the actors... I was getting calls at any time of the day and night, warning me of dire consequences. I said, ‘Never again’,” Yashji told me when we met some years ago. Cut to “Padmaavat” and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. What is that French “kahaavat”: The more things change, the more they remain the same. As I write this column, vehicles are being torched, buses carrying school children are being stoned in Gurugram... because some fanatical elements don’t like the look of “Padmaavat”? Or maybe because Bhansali forgot to cover up Deepika Padukone’s tummy when she performed the ghoomar? Does that make sense to you?

We as a nation are a touchy people. Some may even call us intolerant. And, admit it, we are intolerant people. Over the years, there have been other controversial films, mostly to do with communal issues.

Govind Nihalani stepped into the territory bluntly and insouciantly.

In “Dev” he recreated the Muslim genocide in Gujarat following the

To the concerned politicians, We live in a democratic and secular country, and I respect that. This letter is not a case for the merits of one religion over another. It is, rather, an enquiry into and a concern about your personal integrity as individuals who are asking us to elect you as our leaders.

1) Jesus said, “I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE” (John 14:6). If you are a Christian, you believe and live by this.

2) BJP’s ‘Hindutva: The Great Nationalist Ideology’ states - “the guiding principles of Bharat will come from two of the great teachings of the Vedas, the ancient Hindu and Indian scriptures, which so boldly proclaimed TRUTH IS ONE, SAGES CALL IT BY MANY NAMES - and - THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS ONE FAMILY.” (www.bjp.org).

3) You have joined a political party that believes in a ‘truth’ that is not the TRUTH of the Bible. This is not a problem if you are not a Christian.

However, if you call yourself a Christian, speaking about God and Jesus with your tongues like you’re a Christian, and yet have consciously chosen to join the BJP, you have forsaken

incident in Godhra where a two train bogies full of Hindu devotees was set on fire -- with chilling authenticity. As a fictional retaliation to Godhra he sees a communal Hindu cop (Om Puri) stand mute accomplice as Hindu rioters burn a whole building full of Muslims. It was a frightening topicality dwelling on issues that pierce the facade of normalcy which we like to uphold for the sake of a peaceful and “civilised” existence.

Nihalani’s “Dev”, Deepa Mehta’s “Fire”, Gulzar’s “Aandhi” and Anurag Kashyap’s “Paanch” are some of the other prominent films that have courted controversy.

But no film has been as vehemently opposed as “Padmaavat”; none has evoked such fierce tempertantrums from a nation on the boil.

Could it be that somewhere the protesters have decided “Padmaavat” is a “feel-bad” film -- as opposed to a “feel-good” film?

Nihalani rightly says, “Feelgood films will always be there. They serve a very important function in our society. But one feel-bad film every five years, which reminds us of the mistakes that we make, isn’t a bad idea.”

However, “Padmaavat” is not that feel-bad film which comes once every five years. Its depiction of Rajput valour and feminine derringdo is so broad and magnificent it just makes us happy that a filmmaker of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s vision takes history by its horns and raps a nation steeped in escapism on its collective knuckles. If you want to kill a film by scaring little schoolgoing children, then surely that film deserves to be seen.

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your God. 4) You may say that you made the decision to join BJP for the greater good of the Naga people, because the party will help bring development; that this Hindutva thing is an insignificant part of the BJP ideology and that it does not get in the way of your faith as a Christian. You would be wrong. Like Jesus in the desert after His baptism, your faith has been tested, but unlike Him, you have failed. You may not care what this betrayal of yours does for you in this life here on earth, because you will most likely enjoy wealth and luxury and even praise the Lord Jesus for those “blessings”, but judgement will come to you when you have to face the Lord and answer to Him face to face. That is between you and your God. Are you willing to risk it? And no, seeking forgiveness and a prayer from a pastor on your deathbed is not going to help you when the time comes.

5) Conversely, if you say that you have joined BJP without accepting their ideology and agenda, then you have simply exposed yourselves for the power hungry and greedy individuals that you are, because it becomes obvious what you joined them for - their

may have seemed unbelievable. The proof of Abraham’s faith is seen in the fact that he followed God’s instructions.

He was 75 years old when he left Haran (v. 4), yet he was still willing to undertake the journey. Furthermore, the trip was long and dangerous, but Abraham believed God would fulfill His promises and bring him to the land He’d chosen.

Like Abraham, we don’t always know where the Lord is leading us, and if we doubt Him, we may argue or come up with reasons why His plan will not work. In essence, we are saying to Him that we don’t think He will do what He’s said. It’s easy to follow God when everything seems logical and no risk is involved, but when He leads us in an unexpected direction and doesn’t explain what awaits us, our doubts may stop us from obeying. But if we don’t walk by faith, we’ll miss all that He’s planned for our lives. One way we can measure our spiritual growth is by how readily we trust the Lord and follow through with obedience.

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6) Naga church leaders and the general Christian Naga population need to be calling you out on your blatant hypocrisy and deception. They lament about it in the safety of private conversations, but what good is that going to do for us as a people. Why are we sitting around like apathetic fools simply “praying” for change?

Isn’t it said that God answers the prayers of those who work hard to make things happen?

We can’t pray for good leaders and clean elections without actively making sure that we elect the good and honorable people instead of the lying, cheating, thieving scum. So here I am, speaking out on behalf of so many of us.

Yet, I have to wonder if this letter will even have any effect. Will it make you think about/question your actions and the decisions you have made? Do you care about integrity and your soul or about the crooked money you will make and store up on earth?

(Which, as I’m sure you know, you can’t take to heaven. If you care about heaven, i.e.). Hope is not lost though. We are not on our deathbeds yet. Atonement and redemption are still available to us all.

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Obey the Lord. “So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him. . . Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan” (vv. 4-5). Having listened to and trusted God, Abraham took the first step of obedience and traveled to the land He’d promised to show him.

Obedience is a major theme in the Bible because it’s so important that we learn to do what God says.

Most of what we’re experiencing in life right now is the result of either our obedience or disobedience.

If we’ve trusted the Lord and followed Him faithfully, we are becoming the person He wants us to be and fulfilling His will for our lives.

Worship God. “The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’

So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared

to him. Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent . . . and there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord” (v. 7).

After arriving in Canaan, Abraham stopped to worship and thank the Lord, who had protected him on his journey and had now promised to give his descendants this land. God had been faithful to bring him this far and could be counted upon to fulfill all the rest of the promises He’d made to Abraham.

Worship is the response we too should have when we discover how faithful God is. Each time we step out in obedience and see how He works in our lives, we have reason to praise and thank Him for all He’s done.

The walk of faith is one of listening, trusting, obeying, and worshipping God, and the end result is life at its best—not without problems and struggles—but a life lived in the will of God. Yanthungrhomo Mozhui, Duncan bosti

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any people’s often talk about change but failed to follow it. As we all are longing for a better society we keep on saying change... change... but I really wonder what change we are referring to. Is it change for present educational system? Is it change for government? Or is it changes for our cultures or what is it?

To transform our society at one go is not possible and till we dwelt in our past change will never ever occur, though we are imperfect we can bring perfection to our society if we change our mindset and set God as our supervisor or accept Him truly. We are living contradiction to what we supposed to be because we seek for self interest and this individualistic brings menace to our society. To success our dream we must walk the talk but introspecting the present Naga scenario both religious and secular event seems to be alike and every things become unfair and thus it give birth to corruptions. We all are in favour of change and development but to take a step forward no one is willing to take the risk of it. We cannot expect anything new until we throw ourselves out into righteousness.

A season for Nagas to throw money at each other’s and for those itchy hands to cause violence has already arrived again but be honest and don’t fall into such politicians trap who make false promises because they will puke it out everything once the result was declared and the world will know who you are. Our forefathers don’t play with money in electing their leaders or representatives but now

a day it look like we are electing the money rather than the people.

And yes, many electors still think clean election will never exist in our state but we should replenish our mindset with positivity because it will only prevail when we believe we can. The state general election is still blurred to many but I should say it is at our door step now and after which we shall be reaping what we saw. As usual we all knows that during the election almost everyone will talk as if like their hands can reach the sky and everything seems to be under their control, offering this and that trying to win the voters heart and keep on criticising each other parties as it does in politic games and even the party names has also become the manifesto of the new party canvassers accusing the ruling party for its unsuccessful task but whatever new party it is, we have to understand who the candidate is because even though he is in new party it might be the

same old one whom we blame once. In politic some will vote for party and some will vote for person but party principles and ideologist are also important to examine it carefully. Therefore, be either old or fresh candidates we should not be drive away by their sweet words or bucks but while there is time we should take a wise decision and follow a right track in order to enjoy the seeds that we have sown today. And if we really care for our society we need to change not only our political party or candidates but we need to change our behaviours and boastful attitude first after that only change will follow and we can live peacefully. Therefore, I urge everyone to uphold moral values and Christian principles and stay away from all those malpractices not only during this forthcoming general election but throughout our whole journey.

Zhosahü Lala

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Author Expresses Regret

Correction is made to my article “A ticket to Kohima” published in the local dailies on February 7, 2018. The intent and purpose of the third sentence of the fourth paragraph was purely a narration of humour (common Naga jokes assigned to respective communities) and in no way reflected any real time incident nor harboured any ill intention. The author deeply regrets if anyone’s sentiment is hurt.

Nukhosa Chüzho, Kohima

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

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Congress seeks Kerala CPI-M leader’s ouster from politburo

T h i ru va na n thapuram, Feb 7 (IANS): With the legal noose tightening around Kerala CPI-M secretary and politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s elder son in an alleged financial fraud committed by him in the UAE, the Congress on Wednesday demanded that Balakrishnan be ousted from the politburo.

Senior Congress leader and member of the high power committee of the party in Kerala, Benny Behanan shot off a letter to CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury demanding Balakrishnan’s ouster.

“Now that every day new reports about alleged financial fraud against Kodiyeri’s elder son Binoy Balakrishnan is coming out, it has come to light that Kodiyeri was aware of what was happening and he was protecting his son.

“This issue has surfaced in the assembly and has been taken up by the

Sitaram Yechury

opposition also. So, in order to keep morality in public life and the way Kodiyeri was covering his son’s dubious deals and told lies, he should be removed from the politburo of the party,” said Behanan.

Problems began last month for Binoy and for Kodiyeri when a three-page letter dated January 5 from H.I.A. Al Marzooqi, sponsor of a Dubai-based company, was made available last month to the media, stating that he had started legal proceedings against Binoy for alleged fraud of Rs 13 crore.

When this first surfaced, both Kodiyeri and the party dismissed all this

as nothing but false news and that there was no travel ban on his son and he is in Dubai.

The par ty washed its hands off the issue by stating that it was just a business deal between two businessmen and it had no role in it.

But things changed fast after it emerged that Binoy, who is in the UAE, has been barred from travelling out of the emirates after Marzooqi filed a petition against him as he had to get money from Binoy.

The news of the travel ban was given by Binoy’s younger brother Bineesh Kodiyeri.

Now, the latest reports from the UAE suggest that it would take a while before he is able to get the travel ban lifted as Marzooqi is determined that Binoy be taught a lesson for his deeds, which had caused huge embarrassment to him when he was in India last month trying to recover his money.

Trinamool to move Shortage of 1500 IAS officers: Govt DELHI, FEB 7 rised strength of 621. Bihar censure motion NEW (AGENCIES): There is a has 243 IAS officers, West of nearly 1,500 Bengal 277, Madhya Pradesh against Rly budget shortage IAS officers in the country, 341 and Kerala 150 against

K o l k at a , F e b 7 (IANS): West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress will move a censure motion in the state assembly against the railway budget on Thursday to protest against “drastic slashing of funds” for several projects, a state minister said on Wednesday.

Disclosing this to newspersons here, state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee said if all the parties supported the motion, it would send a strong message to the Centre.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Centre of discriminating against Bengal in the 2017-18 rail budget proposals, claiming the allocation of funds for several projects, including some Metro lines, had been drastically slashed.

“This is a clear example of discrimination against Bengal. Bengal was deprived of any new project in the Union Budget and now they have even reduced the allocation for the ongoing Metro projects. We are being deprived,” she said.

the government said on Wednesday. Officers in position as on January 1, 2017, is 5,004 against the total authorised strength of 6,500 — vacancy of 1,496, Minister of State for Personnel said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

Giving state-wise details, the minister said that Uttar Pradesh has 515 officers against the total autho-

the total authorised strength of 342, 359, 439 and 231, respectively. Tamil Nadu has 289 officers, Rajasthan 243, Jharkhand 144 and Haryana 155 against the strength of 376, 313, 215 and 205, respectively, Singh said.

Gujarat has 241 IAS officers (against the strength of 297) and Himachal Pradesh has 115 bureaucrats against the strength of 147.

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Cong slams BJP for intolerance, arrogance NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (AGENCIES): Congress in Rajya Sabha Wednesday accused the BJP-led government of being “intolerant and full of arrogance” and painting a “rosy” picture even when the ground realities only told a story of tall promises and failures.

Participating in a resumed debate on the motion of thanks for the President’s address, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said even BJP allies like the Shiv Sena, Telugu Desam or the Shiromani Akali Dal also do not seem to agree with the “rosy projections” being painted.

The Rajya Sabha did away with the Question Hour to take up the debate on the motion of thanks.

Due to such a ground situation, the BJP is not keen on holding the Lok Sabha bypolls due in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, he said, adding that the BJP would fall below the majority mark if it loses these bye-elections.

Patel also claimed that a “feeling of insecurity” was prevailing across the country, whether it is in the social fabric, economic matters, national security, judiciary or independent constitutional institutions. There is no area which has escaped the feeling of insecurity, he said.

“Farmers, labourers and others - all are worried. The BJP will be defeated in 2019,” he said, claiming even the Union Budget, on which the government had pinned its hopes, has “turned out to be a flop”.

Referring to statements by BJP allies, Patel said the Shiv Sena had accused its

saffron ally of lying, while the TDP has claimed it has reneged on its promises.

Even Akali Dal has said that getting 272 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 will be a difficult task.

Taking a jibe at the BJP leadership, he said the situation was such that “something will have to be done”.

Rebutting BJP chief Amit Shah’s comments that the NDA government was filling the space left by the erstwhile UPA regime, Patel said in 2004, when the Vajpayee government left office, annual per capita income was Rs 24,000. In 2014, when the Manmohan Singh-led government ended its term, per capita income had risen to Rs 70,000, he said.

In contrast, the debt during the NDA rule has risen, he said, adding that it was “clear who is digging potholes”.

The leaders of the BJP only know how to try to defame the Congress and the Gandhi family, Patel, a close aide of former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, said.

Attacking the government on the issue of corruption, he asked why the Centre had reduced the budget for the RTI, not filled key vacancies and neither appointed a Lokpal.

Patel said it was said that the BJP had formed governments in states like Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Manipur after the Modi government came to power at the Centre. In Manipur and Goa, Congress was the single largest party but the BJP formed the goverment. “With whose support and how?...Now is this ethical, is this morality,” he asked.

Opposition demands Parrikar’s resignation over mining irregularities Panaji, Feb 7 (IANS): The Opposition in Goa has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, holding him squarely responsible for the events leading up to Wednesday’s cancellation of 88 renewed mining leases, which virtually brings all iron ore extraction in the coastal state to a halt for now.

The AAP also claimed

that the mining renewal scam was bigger in quantum than the Rs 35,000 crore illegal mining scam unearthed by a judicial commission in 2012.

“If the court has come down heavily on those in mining trade, the real culprits are those who failed to interpret the law to protect the mining industry, and here it is the present Mines

Minister who is solely responsible,” State Congress President Shantaram Naik told reporters here.

“Parrikar is fully responsible for his negligence to deal with various mining issues and concentrating only on teaching lessons to Congress leaders. Parrikar should resign from his post for arrogant and revengeful approach,” Naik added.

Rajasthan BJP leader asks Shah to remove Raje Jaipur, Feb 7 (IANS): The head of the BJP’s Kota district OBC wing, Ashok Choudhary, has written to BJP president Amit Shah apprising him of “unhappiness spreading among BJP members” against the working style of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

Choudhary has sought replacement of Raje and state party chief Ashok Parnami, ahead of the state Assembly polls scheduled later this year Speaking to IANS, Choudhary said “There is a wave of resentment among BJP workers. I have put the voice of Rajasthan BJP workers in the letter.”

“Each and every word in the letter speaks of the helplessness of the party workers.”

Asked about the reasons for penning the letter, Choudhary said: “I was feeling the trauma of workers and hence I was forced from within to write such a letter.” He declined to add anything more, saying he is “really stressed out”.

The letter comes days after the BJP lost two Lok Sabha seats and one Assembly seat in bypolls in Rajasthan, the results of which were declared on February 1.

Choudhary wrote to Shah on the party letterhead the next day, saying, “The people of the state are not happy with

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The party workers are losing confidence due to her working style.”

The letter describes Parnami as a “slave of Raje”, who is causing “damage” to the organisation.

He added that groundlevel party workers had predicted the fall of the saffron party during the bypolls.

“Raje is leading the party on to a path which heads towards defeat. Several sections of the society, including farmers, are angry with the Raje government,” claimed his letter.

“The state leadership should immediately be changed to infuse energy into the organisation ahead of the Assembly polls,” he added.

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DIST. WOKHA – 797111 : NAGALAND Tsungon 27/01/2018, Airfield nzontsu thyuta santasi General Election 2018 ji zechia yankho chungi okho mhonka tsukona elani noyinga yakchitav tsukona yilan shiang khunga methakala.

1. NBCC osi nagatsu na Clean Election Campaign mepvuta yia evamo jilo ete yankho na ha elan piala osi emathata ekyoerong piv to methakala.

2. General election 2018 lo ethungtalo rhovoe (Candidate) ochona yankho chungi meeting ekhiv emathata sana, nchuk 3 (ethum) vungi na erangstung theta yankho Chairman thungi yivon hanchan thok chev.

3. General Election 2018 ntana party youth camp yankho cvhungi jo unchon chi tok to khunga khana la.

4. Yankho chungi ochona ninyang khetsu mori sothechia sana hoji kijia oha tsov elani ochina ha yankho chungi mekcho mekcho lona tungcho tungria unvoche.

5. Yankho kyon tsolia hapoi kyon tsolia yankho chungi ochona nyingyang zeruk hansiyia sana yankho shikvu ephan nina etsung etsui zeyisi echa hazar mongo (Rs. 5000/-) khiyiv, unga tsonja shorkari khelo thechiv.

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1. NBCC yakchia ‘Clean Election Campaign’ yia evamo ji oyi lo theyia ekyo erong piv.

2. Yankho kyon tsolia osi hapo kyon tsolia Elector Roll lo ombo/ ompvü mying njüv osi ntia elan nliv Yankho shilo oro ninyangshelup osi khonta rota ntsoche to methakala.

3. Saron Yankho chungi Youth Camp, Soko-mozhü nmhom, elani otsi-orang penphia vote eyan elhilan to jiang khunga khanala.

4. Candidate/Agent na kilen janthechia wohunga tsona Candidate/Agent ji khanhyae/tsotsüi kyon otsuk 6 (tirok) na pomoe jo phana nvothokala.

5. Political Party/Candidate thungi na Yankho shilo Meeting ekhiv tsukona erangtsüng yakchia yankho Council thungi yivon pia tsona lanchie khithokvü osi ntia nlan nliv kyon ochina thyuta-santa ji nkhetsuche to methakala.

(Khonchamo Ezung) (T. Renthungo Kikon) Chairman General Secretary Saron Colony Council Saron Colony Council

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The Ura Villa Colony Council under DMC Ward No. 20 Dimapur would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Dimapur Municipal Council for their attention towards improvement of the colony main approach road which has remained water logged throughout the year.

The Colony further wishes that DMC would continue similar good works to us and to other colonies as well.

Regd. No. 256 Date : 05.02.18 DECLARATION OF ACTUAL NAME I, Shri. Atoshe, S/o Mezhevi permanent resident of Shoixe Village, and presently residing at Amiphoto Colony, Dist. Zunheboto, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my actual name is Atoshe, which is recorded in my service book, but due to the ignorance my name is inadvertently recorded as M. Atoshe Chishi in my SBI Passbook bearing A/C No. 11736635911 and Atoshe Chishi in my PAN Card bearing No. BAKPC9454M. 3. That the above mentioned name Atoshe, M. Atoshe Chishi & Atoshe Chishi are one and same person which is referred to me.

4. That, from the date of this declaration, I shall use my name as Atoshe for all official purpose and legal proceedings and at all times and occasions.

5. That the statements made in para 1-4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge & belief and nothing material is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly affirm and declared before me by the deponent on this ..... day of .... 2018 at Zunheboto, Nagaland.

1st Class Magistrate/Notary Public DP-1242 Zunheboto, Nagaland

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APPRECIATION

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KAKURO

No. 8774 Yesterday’s solution No. 8773

No. 3393 Yesterday’s solution No. 3392

No. 2419 Yesterday’s solution No. 2418

Across 1 Irregular form of PC’s radio (8) 6 Use a needle, so we hear (3) 9 Not late, but almost not beginning (5) 10 Any number with illness that’s catching (7) 11 Strident noise made by loose stones in front of church (7) 12 Social worker is behind those in opposition (5) 13 Doctor gets Conservative backing to reveal decay (3,3) 15 One with dry ground over there (6) 19 Pest given assistance outside public house (5) 21 Seen as plain cake? (7) 23 Country backing an American state (7) 24 Bach provided notes for this publication (5) 25 Fuel required for heating a stove (3) 26 Bird gazing round lake (8) Down 2 Picture seaside town with fish (7) 3 Bound sound? (5) 4 Hammerhead in gloomy boat (6) 5 Attorney General, initially in elegant old US city (7) 6 Speedy old satirist (5) 7 Funny fellows holding note for payment (5) 8 Let lad see out (6) 14 Sea Lord involved in trials (7) 16 Go and dance madly in a tensided figure (7) 17 Going on horseback in part of Yorkshire (6) 18 Capital in the bank a raffle provides (6) 19 Getting old silver in front of gold (5) 20 Sunglasses not first in the underworld (5) 22 Folklore monster making Tom’s head go round (5)

NRPS HINDI SCHOOL ADMISSION GOING ON

FOR SALE Scorpio 2015 Model Contact No : 9862741478

URGENT SALE ALTO LXI (2009)

Colour : Black NL Registration Price : 1.70 (Slightly Negotiable) Contact No : 9077280951

Contact: 8787638210/9089548779

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Opposite Eastern Mirror, City Tower, Dimapur Contact : 8575382425/8415087884 Days - Mon., Wed. & Friday

Opp. Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School, Kohima Class 7 – 10+2 & BA Level equivalent Courses with English & Scripture.

Guidance & Counselling to pursue professional & higher studies.

GYPSY FOR SALE Modified Euro-I Price : Rs. 2.50 Lakhs Negotiable Contact : 9436202650

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Cutting-Sewing & Embroidery Designing Govt. RegisteredNo-DTE/TECH-A/5/2006-07-9567

FOR SALE

ALTO LXI (2006)

Music, AC, Alloy Wheel Price : 1.55 Lakhs Contact No : 8787886256

LAND FOR SALE LAND FOR SALE

20000 Sq. Ft. Near NIT Under Chumukedima Village Rs. 155 per sq. ft. (Nego) Contact : 09856805690 No Brokers DP-809B

LAND FOR SALE

Main Road (Commercial) Officer Hill Colony Capacity for 6 rooms Kohima Contact: 8575687168

12 Bighas of dry land at Padumpukhuri, near Monday Bazaar * Plot available at any size

Contact No : 9615943721 DP-1224 7005973055

LAND FOR SALE

at PADUMPUKHURI Near Rengma Church 100 x 100 (Price : Rs. 18 Lakhs) 100 x 50 (Price : Rs. 9 Lakhs) Contact No : 8837469735

RESIGNATION

Worohonthung Humtsoe Gen. Secy, NPF Youth Wing 38 A/C Wokha

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WANTED

1. Driver with Licence (Rs. 5000/PM) 2. Sales Executive (Graduate) 3. Tailor Contact : 8974879718

WANTED TEACHERS 1. Qualification : Graduate from any stream 2. For the post of Warden cum Teacher (Male)

Contact on or before 10th Feb. 2018 Contact No : 9436018611/8014069096 Add : Little Daffodils Hr. Sec. School Doyapur : Dimapur DP-1213

RUTSA DRIVING SCHOOL KOHIMA

Govt. License No. RTA-K/DRV-SCH/2011/01.

ADMISSION ANYTIME (Also introducing two wheelers) Contact Nos. 8575556129, 8730053413, 7005086669

OLIVIA'S PG

Kuda 'C' Main Road (Half Nagarjan) Dimapur For Student and Working Ladies only with Free Wifi Contact : 9856187976 9856726185 DP-1247

RIVERINE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Urra Village, Dimapur VACANCY FOR TEACHER POST

1. Warden cum Teacher - 1 Post 2. P.U Science - 1 Post

Contact No : 9856517478

FOR SALE SCORPIO-S-10

Due to personal and moral obligation, we Mr. Chanbemo Humtsoe 38 A/C Wokha NPF Youth Wing President and Mr. Worohonthung Humtsoe 38 A/C Wokha NPF Youth Wing General Secretary had tender our resignation from the posts with immediate effect.

Chanbemo Humtsoe President, NPF Youth Wing 38 A/C Wokha

Contact No : 8837543527

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FREE ADMISSION IVY VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

A Male Warden

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1. Experienced Driver for Xylo at Kohima Salary : negotiable 2. Domestic Help Contact: 9774291139, 9774519713 K-380

WANTED

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For immediate appointment One B.Sc. Math teacher to teach High School in Kohima Town.

Kindly contact: 9856070970 K-368

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per cent in the second half of fiscal 2017-18.

“While the RBI’s commentary about the global economy sounds positive with reference to the developed markets, the domestic issues regarding rising prices in the domestic economy, would have a negative impact on our competitive advantage, especially for the engineering exporters,” said the EEPC India chairman.

He said, the council has been at the forefront of reminding the government about the need to check the prices of crucial raw material like steel and now that the RBI has also flagged the issue of inflation running high, an effective government intervention would be advisable.

WANTED

IN THE COURT OF SHRI/SMTI L.JAMITHUNG LOTHA DEPUTY COMMISSIONER TUENSANG No. Jud-48/2014-15

NOTICE

Whereas Shri/Smti M.Khumla Chang, W/o Lt. P.Namang Chang Const 3rd NAP Bn Tuensang of Chingmei Village has applied for Succession Certificate L/S 372 of Indian Succession Act, 1925 in the matter of moveable property of her/his husband/wife Late P.Namang Chang, who expired on 5-12-2017.

I, Shri/Smti L.Jamithung Lotha Deputy Commissioner Tuensang do hereby given this Notice to all decease kin of deceased to file objection is any for granting of the Succession Certificate and applied for this court within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice.

Given under my hand and the seal of this court of this 18th day of Jan 2018.

Sd/- Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang K-382 Regd. No. 806/2018 Date : 06.02.2018 AFFIDAVIT I, Smti Chonthingla Shimray, W/o Ningkhan Shimray, R/o Diphupar 4th Mile, Dimapur, Nagaland, H.No. 119, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, resident of above mentioned address.

2. That my name has been entered/recorded as Chonthingla Shimray in my Aadhaar Card, PAN Card and other official documents, whereas my name has been inadvertently entered recorded as Chon Chon Shimray in my Indian Passport.

3. That the name Chonthingla Shimray and Chonchon Shimray is same and one person.

4. That I shall use the name Chonthingla Shimray in all my official documents and for future correspondences.

5. That this affidavit is made to avere the above statement.

VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the contents made in para 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and beliefs and nothing materials is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me.

Magistrate/Notary Public Dimapur : Nagaland DP-1252

Colour : White R/c - Kohima-NL-0114 Months Running Ph. No : 9436274714 9862090785 (only school duty)

NAME CHANGE

N. Purmangyang Phom (old name) should be known as N. Burmangyang Phom (new name) of Mongtikang village, Longleng.

Regd.No. 1497/17 Dated :12/04/2017 1st Class Magistrate Longleng. Nagaland K-366

MISSING REPORT

Mr. Nichilo Kath, S/o Lt. Khanchü Kath of Sishunu Village has been missing since 6th Feb 2018 at 7 am.

If any one found him may kindly contact: 9402489632.

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LOST NOTICE

I, Mr. Meribemo Kikon am applying for duplicate copy of Class 10 & 12 Marksheet as I have lost them.

Name: Meribemo Kikon F/Name: Ayamo Kikon Class: X, Roll No. 1423720 Year: 2014 School: Don Bosco School Class: XII, Roll No. 1617060 School: Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School

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NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (IANS): Telecom service provider Idea Cellular on Wednesday said it has suspended interconnect services with Aircel due to nonpayment of dues. “Despite several reminders for releasing the dues since November 2017, the operator has failed to meet its payment commitments forcing Idea to suspend interconnect services, as per the terms of interconnect agreement between both parties,” Idea said in a statement. According to the telecom service provider, interconnect services will be restored immediately upon Aircel making the payment towards the outstanding dues.

MUMBAI, FEB 7 (PTI): Raising concerns over the inflation outlook of the apex bank RBI, engineering exporters’ body EEPC India said the government needs to check the prices of crucial raw materials. “RBI’s inflation outlook which is on the higher side, is very much a matter of concern for the exporters as the prices of raw material like steel for the manufactured exports have run up excessively, hitting the competitive advance of the Indian shipments,” EEPC India Chairman Ravi Sehgal said in a statement issued here today.

The RBI increased its inflation estimation to 5.1 per cent in Q4 FY18 from earlier estimate of 4.3-4.7

VACANCY

municipal corporations.

Once approved by the Lt Governor, the files will be returned to the Delhi government and forwarded thereafter to the Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Vijender Gupta said that the AAP’s Delhi government was sitting on the files related to 351 roads and was forced to send them to the Lt Governor due to opposition pressure.

Last week, the Commissioners of the three BJPruled MCDs had said that they were yet to authenticate a survey of 351 roads, which was delaying the notification process.

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investment as it pays no interest.

Globally, gold fell 1.14 per cent to USD 1,323.70 an ounce and silver by 0.54 per cent to USD 16.62 an ounce in New York yesterday.

In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity shed Rs 50 each to Rs 31,550 and Rs 31,400 per 10 gram, respectively. The precious metal had gained Rs 350 in last two days.

Sovereign however remained unaltered at Rs 24,800 per piece of eight gram.

In step with gold, silver ready plunged by Rs 650 to Rs 39,350 per kg and weekly-based delivery by Rs 405 to Rs 38,555 per kg.

EEPC seeks govt intervention on raw material prices

NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (IANS): The Delhi government on Wednesday sent the files related to 351 roads proposed to be notified under commercial and mixed-use categories to save traders from an ongoing sealing drive to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal for approval.

“Sending the files pertaining to 351 roads to the L-G today, as soon as we

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NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (PTI): Gold shed Rs 50 to Rs 31,550 per 10 gram at the bullion market today, owing to slackened demand from local jewellers amid a weak trend overseas.

Silver too slumped below the Rs 40,000-mark by plunging Rs 650 to Rs 39,350 per kg due to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

Bullion traders said fall in demand from local jewellers and retailers at existing levels and bearish trend overseas as investors focused on expectations that Federal Reserve may hike rates, mainly weighed on gold and silver prices.

Higher interest rates make gold a less attractive

Idea suspends interconnect services with Aircel

Arvind Kejriwal

received the proposal from MCDs (Municipal Corporations). As soon as the L-G’s approval is obtained, it will be presented before the SC (Supreme Court) for approval,” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have been blaming each other for not notifying these roads.

The sealing drive going on in areas other than these 351 roads is against businesses using residential areas for commercial purposes without paying conversion charges.

It is being carried out by a Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee and implemented by the three

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or developer will not be required to pay GST on the construction service of flats etc. in cash but would have enough ITC (input tax credits) in his books to pay the output GST...,” a finance ministry statement said.

The ministry said builders “should not recover any GST payable on the flats from the buyers”.

It further said that GST can recovered from buyers only if builders recalibrate the cost of the flat after factoring in the full ITC available in the GST regime and reduces the ex-GST price of flats.

The concessional rate of 12 per cent GST was already applicable on houses constructed under three components of the Housing for All (Urban) Mission/ Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) --- (i) ln-situ redevelopment of existing slums using land as a resource component; (ii) Affordable Housing in partnership and (iii) Beneficiary led individual house construction/ enhancement.

In the meeting last month, the Council extended this tax benefit to CLSS for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)/Lower Income Group (LIG)/Middle Income Group-1/Middle Income Group-2 (MlG-2) under the PMAY (Urban) programme.

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Urjit Patel

of the MPC statement.

The continuing rise in food and fuel prices pushed India’s annual retail inflation rate over the five per cent mark in December 2017 to 5.21 per cent, from 4.88 per cent in November 2017.

Elaborating on the upside risks to inflation, the RBI listed the various factors.

“First, international crude oil prices have firmed up sharply since August 2017, while non-oil industrial raw material prices have also witnessed a global uptick,” the MPC statement said.

“Second, the staggered impact of HRA increases by various state governments may push up headline inflation further in 2018-19, and potentially induce secondround effects.

“Third, the Union Budget 2018-19 has proposed revised guidelines for arriv-

ing at the minimum support prices (MSPs) for kharif crops Fourth, the Budget has also proposed an increase in customs duty on a number of items.”

“Fifth, fiscal slippage as indicated in the Budget could impinge on the inflation outlook. Sixth, the confluence of domestic fiscal developments and normalisation of monetary policy by major advanced economies could further adversely impact financing conditions and undermine the confidence of external investors,” it added.

Five members of the MPC, including the three external ones and the Governor, voted in favour of the decision, while Executive Director Michael Patra voted for an increase in the policy rate by 25 basis points.

Noting the need for “vigilance” on inflation, the RBI also cut its earlier Gross Value Added (GVA), which excludes taxes but includes subsidies, growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.6 percent, from 6.7 per cent.

Patel welcomed Budget 2018-19’s focus on the rural and infrastructure sectors as it would support rural incomes and investment, and in turn provide a further push to aggregate demand.

NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (PTI): The government today asked builders not to charge any GST from home buyers as the effective GST rate on almost all affordable housing project is 8 per cent which can be adjusted against the input credit.

It said builders can levy GST on buyers of affordable housing projects only if they reduce the apartment prices after factoring in the credit claimed on inputs.

In its last meeting on January 18, the GST Council had extended the concessional rate of 12 per cent GST for construction of houses under the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) to promote affordable housing, which has been given infrastructure status in 2017-18 Budget.

The effective GST rate, however, comes down to 8 per cent after deducting one third of the amount charged for the house, flat, towards land cost. This provision has effective from January 25.

“All inputs used in and capital goods deployed for construction of flats, houses, etc attract GST of 18 per cent or 28 per cent.

As against this, most of the housing projects in the affordable segment in the country would now attract GST of 8 per cent.

“As a result, the builder

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MUMBAI, FEB 7 (IANS): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key interest rate unchanged at 6 per cent for the third time in succession at its final bi-monthly monetary policy review of the fiscal, citing upside risks for inflation from rising global crude oil prices and other domestic factors.

Announcing the first policy review after the Union Budget 2018-19 presented last week, the RBI said its decision to keep its repo, or short term lending rate for commercial banks, unchanged is consistent with the neutral stance of the central bank aimed at achieving its median inflation target of 4 per cent.

“Consequently, the reverse repo rate remains at 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.25 per cent,” an RBI statement said following the meeting of the sixmember Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

“We expect headline inflation to be at 5.1 per cent in the fourth quarter (January-March), including the impact of HRA (house rent allowance) to central employees, up from the 4.6 per cent in Q3,” RBI Governor Urjit Patel told reporters here after release

‘Don’t charge GST from affordable housing buyers’

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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business

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STOLEN

APACHE RTR 160

Owner's Name : Lungnyi Konyak Chassis No : MD634KE43F2B65512 Engine No : 0E4BF2729719 Colour : White Reg. No : NL04E 9111 Manufacturing Date : 02/2015 Model No : APACHE 160 Stolen on : 4th Feb. 2018 from Oriental Colony, Dimapur.

Finder may kindly contact : 8974325080/9612947515 DP-1255

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Outside interference in Maldives will 4 killed, 145 missing in Taiwan quake complicate situation: China to India

by relevant parties,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said.

“The inter national community should play a constructive role based on the (principle of) respecting the sovereignty of the Maldives instead of taking actions that may complicate the current situation,” Geng said.

On Tuesday, former

national community for the Maldives government to comply with the apex court’s ruling, Geng said: “We believe that the Maldives’ government, political parties and the people have the wisdom to address the situation independently.”

“We hope the relevant parties in the Maldives will resolve the issues through consultation and restore the national stability and social order as soon as possible.”

Asked about former Maldives Parliament Speaker Abdullah Shahid alleging that Yameen was backed by China, Geng said: “I have just said that the current situation in the Maldives is its internal affair. China always follows the principles of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs.”

China has invested heavily in the infrastructure and booming tourism sector in the Indian Ocean nation.

In 2017, Maldives became the second country after Pakistan to sign a free trade agreement with China.

The Yameen government had rushed through the FTA pact in the country’s Parliament, triggering concerns in the opposition party and in India. China’s growing closeness to the Maldives under Yameen is seen as part of Beijing’s strategic encirclement of India, and eroding New Delhi’s influence with Male.

Yameen also approved China’s Belt and Road project, a network of highways, railways, sea lanes and ports that aims to connect Asia, Africa and Europe.

Will continue sheltering Assange France bans cellphone use in cars in London embassy: Ecuador QUITO, FEB 7 (IANS): Ecuador will continue to provide refuge to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in its embassy in London, the country’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.

After a meeting between President Lenin Moreno and foreign correspondents, Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said that statements by the US Attorney and a Julian Assange CIA director, which hinted at Assange’s possible ar- sive of his safety, reports rest, make them apprehen- Xinhua news agency.

Espinosa added that her country respects human rights and is a signatory to international regulations related to asylum and refugee protection, which has led it to provide asylum to Assange since 2012.

Meanwhile, British authorities on Wednesday retained an order to arrest Assange if he leaves the embassy, despite the fact that in May 2017 Sweden shelved the extradition request for alleged sex crimes against him.

PARIS, FEB 7 (IANS): France has banned the use of cellphones in cars even when the engine is off as long as one has not stopped in a designated parking area, local media reported.

According to a new court ruling, violating the ban could lead to the immediate suspension of one’s driver’s license, Xinhua news

agency quoted French daily Le Figaro as saying.

A cellphone can be used only when a car breaks down or in case of an accident, the ruling said.

France has stepped up its measures against dangerous driving in the wake of a rising road accident rate after decades of steady decline.

Rescuers search for people in a damaged building in Hualien, Taiwan, on Wednesday.

TAIPEI, FEB 7 (IANS): The death toll in the Taiwan earthquake climbed to four on Wednesday, while 225 people were reported to have been injured in the 6.5-magnitude earthquake that had struck on Tuesday night.

Search operations were ongoing to find 145 people who went missing in the quake mostly from the residential and commercial floors of the Yunmen Cuidi building, according to the Central Emergency Operation Centre.

The 6.5-magnitude quake occurred at 11.50 pm on Tuesday night with its epicentre located at 18.3 kilometres north-northeast of the city of Hualien, Efe news reported.

“Rescue operations have been continuing night and day. We will not rest until all are found,” Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said

RESIGNATION

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OFFICE OF THE NATSUMI KIPHIMI KUQHAKULU FELICITATION

With immense joy and pride the Natsumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. V.Yeshito Swu on his promotion to the post of SDEO Pughoboto.

The Union lauds him for bringing laurels to the Natsumi Community and wishes him success in all his future endeavour.

Sd/Sd/HOKUTO SWU TOKIVI SWU President, NKK Joint Secy., NKK

MOTTO: “FORWARD AND UPWARD”.

FELICITATION

The Tikhir Students’ Union Kohima, with immense joy and pride convey our heartiest congratulations to Shri TL KIUSUMONG TIKHIR, ADC Kohima for being honored with prestigious Governor’s Gold Medal award on 69th Republic Day 2018.

The Union further extends its best wishes to him in all future endeavor.

(AKAM P) (YD KHIAJONG TIKHIR) President, TSUK General Secretary, TSUK

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We the following members of 1 Dimapur – I NPF and also Dimapur Division NPF have tendered our resignation in favour of Shri Tovihoto Ayemi, BJP candidate from 1 Dimapur – I AC.

OFFICE OF THE

PARTIME INSTRUCTOR’S UNION (SSA)

WOKHA, NAGALAND This is an information for all the PTI (SSA) under Wokha district that, there will be a joint meeting on the 9th of February 2018 at 10 am at the LTC Hall. Therefore, all the concerned members are requested to attend the meeting without fail.

For further information contact 9612611007

1. Nyiro Range lo evamo kyong jiangna etum ezu motsunga tsoe ethelan eli osi tssukaranka elhi jiang lo khenhaa yihaata tsoe vam osi wotav to methaktacho.

2. Nyiro Range kyon topvuna okho mmyanta osi methak elio jiang yikrachia Ekhung motsunga tsoala osi ochona panlana elani nyikrachiv khensa yisana elhi tssoa sana okho shina khunga yantung yanrui khi nlan piv to methaktacho.

3. Nyiro Range shiji Nagaland osi Wokha District lo Government yakchia tssukaranka n-nliv emung meta osi okuptsovo ekum vanlan yilan jilo vanta yia vana, hojito etsovo ji yakchia Nyiro Range kyon jiang topvuna thojak nungra sukhying lo vanta vana hoji tsukona Nyiro Range kyon topvuna junga osi mmyinga nchumnritav lia to etsyuchitacho.

4. 2018 nzontsu ethungta (General Election) shilo NBCC na Clean Election campaign yia evamo jilo NRPO shina oyilo the-kyoa ekyo erong piala osi hojito Range chungi tsolia ethungta yuta jiang lo jo noyinga yakchitav to etsyuchia methaktacho.

Sd/(L. Yantsow Ngullie) President NRPO HQ Nyiro Centre

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EHUNNU BAPTIST CHURCH GRATITUDE

The Ehunnu Baptist Church conveys its deep gratitude to the Department of Geology and Mining under its Director Shri. Wanthang Rengma for coming to their aid when they were facing acute water crisis by constructing the much needed Deep-tube well. The Church prays that God blesses the department abundantly.

The Church also takes immense delight in congratulating Mr. Hechulo Semy for being promoted to the post of Principal, Government Hr. Sec. School, Tseminyu and prays that God blesses him in his future pursuits.

Sd/(Yankhosao Ezung) V/President - 1 HQ Nyiro Centre

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL KHELHOSHE POLYTECHNIC ATOIZU

Kekhimo Kath Pastor Ehunnu Baptist Church

(APPROVED BY AICTE, DELHI) ZUNHEBOTO : NAGALAND NO.KPA/PMKVY-1/2017-18/ Dated Atoizu, the 7th Febuary 2018.

Khankeya Kath Chairman Church Board

OFFICE OF THE

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SIGNAL ANGAMI VILLAGE COUNCIL DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

Ref. No. SAVC/VDEAI/APP/06/2015-20/35

Date : 7th Feb. 2018

INFORMATION This is to inform all the general public of Signal Angami Village that, the village council executive during its meeting held on 20th Jan 2018 at Village Panchayat Hall had resolved the following points for clean & peaceful election within its jurisdiction and also in accordance with the guidelines of Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) are noted herewith: 1. That no camps shall be set up within the village.

2. That no posters/banners/flags shall be put up in any individual house(s) within the village jurisdiction.

3. That no campaign/canvassing shall be entertained by the public of the village.

4. That no declaration in support of any particular candidate by any group, society & organization shall be made.

5. That no individual or groups shall use the name of the village council nor village sectors and approach any candidate.

Besides the above mentioned resolution, if any form of unwanted activities which is detrimental to the public and the village and also if any outside force found disrupting on polling day, the council shall view the matter seriously and appropriate action shall be taken against the perpetrator(s).

(R. Z. ANGAMI) (KENEICHOSÜL SOPHIE) Hd. GB Chairman Signal Angami Village Signal Angami Village

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Applications are invited for the following short term Skill Development Programme (Training) FREE of cost at ‘Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu’, District: Zunheboto under ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY-TI)’ 2017-18 from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Delhi approved Institutions, sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Delhi that, the unemployed youth enrolled for these courses shall acquire adequate skills for certificate under the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and find placement in suitable Govt/private sector jobs.

Duration of Required Starting date S/No Course Name course qualification of training Auto Component Assembly 400 hours 01 Fitter (Automotive) Class X 19th Feb 2018 (14 weeks)# Service Technician 400 hours 0 2 Automotive Class X 19th Feb 2018 (Two and Three wheelers) (14 weeks) 350 hours 19th Feb 2018 03 Assistant Mason (Construction) (12 5th standards weeks) Pavement Layer 350 hours 19th Feb 2018 04 Assistant 5th standards (Construction) (12 weeks) Surveyor 350 hours 19th Feb 2018 05 Assistant 5th standards (Construction) (12 weeks) 320 hours 06 Plumber General (Plumbing) Class X 19th Feb 2018 (11weeks) # Duration in weeks may vary depending upon the actual class taken.

• Seats are limited; admission will be done on first come first basis.

• Starting date of admission: 13th Feb 2018 onward.

• Interested candidate may obtain application form from the Institute or may contact either Principal-8974468285 (email: principalkpa@rediffmail.com) or Course Coordinator 8731820910/7005187130.

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rubble of the hotel, were able to contact rescue teams. Out of the 830 people, who were evacuated, 643 took refuge in temporary shelters.

While the country is slowly returning to normalcy, water and electricity are yet to be fully restored in Hualien, while serious damage to underground gas pipelines have been reported.

Several buildings sustained structural damages, with two hospitals and the Hotel Meilun tilting precariously after suffering damage in the quake. The quake also reportedly triggered landslides which affected the country’s main Suhua highway and the state highway 11.

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NRPO METHAK YILAN : Tsungon 3rd Feb/2018 lo Nyiro Range Public Organization (NRPO) Office Bearers tona NRPO kupo Ekhung (Union) shiang :1. Nyiro Range Officers Union (NROU), 2. Dimapur Nkonjan Nyiro Range Union (DNNRU) 3. Kohima Nyiro Range Union (KNRU), 4. Wokha Town Nyiro Range Union (WTNRU) 5. Nyiro Range Village Council Chairman Union (NRVCU), 6. Nyiro Range GBs Union (NRGBU) 7. Nyiro Range Students Union (NRSU), 8. Nyiro Range Youth Organization (NRYO) to nzotsoe Wokha Town lona ntoktae Nyiro Range Kyon nzontsuna tsungon 26th August 2017 lo Nyiro Compound nina ntoktae Nyiro Range lo Ekhung (Union) jiang topvuna etum ezu motsunga tsoe Range chungi tssuka-ranka etssov lo mmyantae vamu osi khenhaa yihaata tsoe wotav to erantsung theta thyuta santae khi methak elio ji nkhungcholana (Reaffirmed) yilan etsyuchia methaktacho.

on her official Twitter account. She had also visited the injured in hospitals and praised the first responders “for their tireless efforts”.

The areas worst affected in the quake are located close to the eastern city of Hualien -- the Hualien and Yilan districts -- although tremors were felt throughout the island and had forced people out of their homes.

Search teams managed to rescue 235 people, trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Hualien, including the worst-hit Yunmen Cuidi building and Hotel Tongshuai, where the lower floors had collapsed completely. Two hotel employees, buried under the

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Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who was ousted in a coup in 2012 and is close to India, asked New Delhi to intervene militarily in the Maldives.

India in a stronglyworded statement said it was disturbed over the state of Emergency imposed by President Abdullah Yameen whose government has arrested the country’s Chief Justice and former Maldivian President Abdul Gayoom.

Last week, the apex court had ordered the release of nine parliamentarians which could have restored the majority of the Maldivian Democratic Party-led by Nasheed and threatened Yameen’s Presidency.

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BEIJING, FEB 7 (IANS): With apparent reference to India, China on Wednesday cautioned against outside interference in the Maldives’ internal affairs, saying it would “complicate” the situation - a day after the exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed sought India’s military intervention to solve the deepening crisis in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation.

China also denied allegations that Maldivian President Abdullah Yameen had its backing and said Beijing follows the principles of non-interference in other countries’ domestic affairs.

“The current situation in the Maldives is its internal affair. It should be properly resolved through dialogue and consultation

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creators to write and Trump’s son says his father can’t be racist What’s behind the Justin Timberlake backlash? GoTproduce new series of ‘Star Wars’ films D H is fifth album Man of the Woods - billed as a return to the singer’s Tennessee roots came out on Friday, and he played the Super Bowl Half Time Show two days later, making him the only artist to grace the coveted stage three times.

But both the record and his performance have been savaged by critics. Here’s a sample of the comments.

On Man of the Woods: “We are now approaching the 12th year of the national delusion that Justin Timberlake remains an essential pop star.” [New York Times] “A noncommittal shrug of an album.” [Stereogum] On his Super Bowl performance: “Aesthetically and ethically, Timberlake’s magic didn’t take. It seemed like he’d cast the wrong spell, making himself invisible within swarms of dancers.”

[NPR] “He was a man in the

weeds, scrambling through his archives to find any moment that might connect with an audience that, in substantial part, hasn’t lived with his music.” [Time Magazine] “The show is almost over. And then it is. And a feeling of togetherness washes over us, a feeling of certainty that we all just witnessed something unambiguously underwhelming.”

[Washington Post] Timberlake must be wo n d e r i n g w h a t we n t wrong. Because, truth be told, there’s nothing egregiously bad about either

Man of the Woods or his Super Bowl performance.

They’re just... slightly disappointing. The backlash feels bigger than a commentary on his music. There’s a mockery and a cruelty that feels personal - as though people had a lingering resentment towards the star, and they’ve suddenly been given licence to express it.

For some, it goes back to his relationship with Britney Spears. After they broke up, he made music and videos that traded on their story and told several interviewers he’d taken her virginity - a personal detail

that wasn’t his to share. For others, it’s about his failure to support Janet Jackson after exposing her breast to millions of TV viewers at the 2004 Super Bowl.

Timberlake’s halfhearted acknowledgement of that moment at this year’s show did not go unnoticed.

“The Super Bowl performance invited people to reflect on the time Justin threw Janet Jackson under a bus, and what that said about race and gender,” agrees Peter Robinson, editor of Popjustice. And, yet, Timberlake doesn’t appear to have been unduly damaged by his critical mauling.

Man of the Woods looks like it will enter the UK chart at number two on Friday, and streams of his music jumped dramatically following the Super Bowl.

According to YouTube, fans streamed half a million Justin Timberlake videos in the hour immediately after his performance.

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ame of Thrones c r e a t o r s D av i d Benioff and DB Weiss have been given the green light to write and produce a brand new series of Star Wars movies.

The official Star Wars website made the announcement today (February 6), clarifying that the new set of films will be “separate from both the episodic Skywalker saga and the recently-announced trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson”.

“David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said about the announcement.

“Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting.”

(NME)

onald Trump’s son has argued that his father can’t be racist because he has AfricanAmerican friends and has had photos taken with “all the rappers”.

Don Jr was speaking to Ginni Thomas in an interview for The Daily Caller when he was asked about accusations of racism levelled at the President.

“It’s been terrible to watch,” Donald Jr said of the criticism, “because I know him, I’ve seen him my whole life, I’ve seen the things he’s done.”

“It’s amazing, all the rappers, all the this, all his African-American friends, from Jesse Jackson to Al Sharpton, I have pictures with them,” he added. “It was only when he got into politics that all of a sudden, ‘Oh, he’s the most terrible human being ever.’”

Donald Tr ump famously posed for photos with Kanye West in Trump Tower after winning the US

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esigner Tommy Hilfiger, excited about the multi-year strategic partnership with fourtime Formula One World Champions Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, says he loves the motor sport.

The multi-year deal brings the brand back to the world of Formula One for the first time in 17 years.

Starting in the 2018 season, the brand will be the official apparel partner of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, read a statement. “From the first time I attended a Formula One A play titled KEKHRIE was staged on February 5, during the Bharatmuni Natya race, I was completely fasciSamaroh theatre festival organised by Sanskar Bharati Poorvattor at Madhabdev nated by the world of motor International Auditorium,Guwahati. sports,” said Hilfiger.

“To be re-entering this arena with World Champions Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport and their number one team is an incredible way to fuse fashion and Formula One. I recognise the passion, spirit and drive that the entire Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team shows at every race, and these shared Motorsport pit garage and qualities are why I’m excited other trackside assets. to partner with them for (IANS) the upcoming seasons,” he added.

The brand’s logo will be featured on the team’s 2018 race cars, which will be revealed on February 22, 2018 at the Silverstone track in UK, as well as inside the Mercedes-AMG Petronas

election in 2016.

Don Jr continued: “The real problem is those things exist, certainly racism exists, but if it’s your response to any argument you can’t win, you actually do a real disservice to those people actually afflicted by it, by those people who are actually oppressed and hurt by real racism and real sexism.”

Last month, Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler took to Twitter to hit back at Trump’s alleged “s***hole countries” comment, saying that the reported remarks show the President’s “own racism

and xenophobia”.

Reports claimed that Tr ump asked during a meeting: “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” He then reportedly added: “Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out.”

“Trumps comments about Haiti, reflect nothing on the amazing country, and only on his own racism and xenophobia,” Butler wrote. “Haiti is one of the most special and amazing places I’ve been on this earth, and we need more Haitian-Americans.”

(NME)

OFFICE OF THE KANDI PUBLIC UNION H.Q. K. STATION FELICITATION

The Kandi Public Union (KPU) expresses its heartiest congratulations to Shri Johnny G. Rengma for being appointed as a Non Official Director of the Board of Directors of National Schedule Tribe Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) New Delhi Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt of India.

The Union wishes him best of luck in his future endeavour.

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eteran Bollywood actor Jeetendra was on Wednesday accused of sexually harassing his cousin, who has come forward to file a police complaint 47 years after the alleged incident.

Jeetendra, whose real name is Ravi Kapoor, is the son of the victim’s father’s sister.

The victim made the allegation in a police complaint filed with Himachal Pradesh’s Director General of Police. A copy of the complaint is with IANS. As per the complaint, the incident took place in January 1971, when the victim was 18 and Jeetendra was 28. It happened when he “arranged” for the victim to join him from New Delhi to Shimla on the set of his movie without the complainant’s “awareness”.

The victim has claimed that on the night they reached Shimla, Jeetendra returned to the room in an inebriated state, joined the two separate beds and sexually assaulted her.

The allegation comes amid the #MeToo campaign as part of which women have come out about facing sexual abuse at the hands of powerful men. While several ladies have accused Hollywood’s powerful men, the Hindi film industry -- while admitting the prevalence of abuse -- have not named and shamed as openly.

Jeetendra, now 75, is a well-known name in the Hindi film industry. He is also a film producer, and has daughter Ekta and son Tusshar with wife Shobhaa.

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N.Korean delegation crosses border to attend Winter Olympics

N. Korean cheering squads arrive at the Korean-transit office near the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 7. (PTI)

SEOUL, FEB 7 (IANS): A large North Korean delegation, including 229 cheerleading squad members, crossed the border to South Korea on Wednesday to take part in the Winter Olympic Games that will be held in PyeongChang county.

The group of 280 people crossed the military demarcation line at 9.26 a.m., according to the South Korean Unification

Ministry.

Headed by the P yo n g ya n g ’s S p o r t s Minister, Kim Il-guk, the delegation also includes North Korean Olympic Committee officials as well as 21 journalists and 26 members of a Taekwondo exhibition team that will perform during the Games, reports Efe news.

It is expected that the all-female North Korean cheerleading squad will

Sanchez handed prison sentence

MANCHESTER, FEB 7 (IANS): Manchester United’s latest recr uit Alexis Sanchez was on Wednesday handed a 16month prison sentence for tax fraud during his time at Barcelona.

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from image rights during his time with the Catalan football giants, reports mirror.co.uk.

The 29-year-old has been fined $728,883 and will also repay the money to the authorities. He will however avoid a jail sentence if he does not commit a crime in the next two years.

be sent to the women’s ice hockey games that the two Koreas will field together as a joint team.

It is the first time in 13 years that the North’s cheerleading squad has visited the South for a sporting event.

The regime is thought to have carefully selected the cheerleading members for their beauty and family credentials. Ri Sol-ju, wife of the current North Korean

leader Kim Jong-un, was in the cheerleading squad that attended the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon, South Korea.

In addition, a delegation consisting of about 20 officials, 22 athletes and a 140-member band that will perform during the Games also arrived recently in the South.

The North Korean delegation’s trip to the South for the Olympics is the outcome of a historic agreement reached this month between the two countries - which technically have been at war for more than 65 years - facilitating the participation of the North in the Games.

The two Koreas will parade together during the opening of the Games on Friday.

K i m Yo n g N a m , president of the North Ko r e a n P r e sid ium o f the Supreme People’s Assembly and its top re presentative for the PyeongChang Olympics, will arrive on Thursday in the South and will be accompanied by other political representatives of the regime for a three-day stay.

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY

of our beloved father Lt. ZELHOUNYU RÜLHO 08-02-2017 Our Beloved Dad: “God saw you were getting tired, and a cure was not to be. So He put his loving arms around you and whispered “ Come to me” With tearful Eyes and heart full of despair, we watched you pass away. Although, we loved you dearly, God proved to us that He only “take the Best”. We will always love and cherish the time spent with you and the memories we created.

We miss you every single day.

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Lt. T. Asuthong Yimchunger (08/02/2017)

Smriti’s ton lifts Indian eves to 302/3 vs S. Africa KIMBERLEY, FEB 7 (IANS): Continuing her glorious r un with the willow, opener Smriti Mandhana struck her third ODI century to help India pile a mammoth 302/3 in the second game of the three-match One-day International series against South African women here on Wednesday.

Smriti belted a 129ball 135, laced with 14 fours and a six before the middle order comprising vice captain Harmanpreet Kaur (55 not out off 69 balls; 4X2, 6X1) and Veda Krishnamurthy (51 not out off 33; 4X6, 6X1) pressed the accelerator to guide the visitors past the 300-run mark.

Put in to bat, the Indian eves got off to a flier with Smriti and Poonam Raut (20 off 37; 4X3) putting on 56 runs, before Poonam departed caught behind

by Trisha Chetty off pacer Marizanne Kapp.

Her dismissal brought in skipper Mithali Raj (20 off 34; 4X1), who added 51 runs in the company of Smriti, who by then had crossed her half century off 64 deliveries.

With India in a spot of bother losing two wickets for 107, Harmanpreet joined forces with Smriti and the duo frustrated the South Africans with quality strokeplay.

I-League: Minerva pip Lajong to go top

Shillong Lajong (Red) in action against Minerva Punjab during their I-League match in panchkula haryana on Wednesday.

P A N C H K U L A (HARYANA), FEB 7 (IANS): Minerva Punjab FC rode on a late strike

by Gagandeep Bali to pip Shillong Lajong FC 3-2 in an exciting I-League match and regain the top spot here on Wednesday.

Guy Eric Dano had struck in the sixth minute to give Minerva the lead.

Bali (45+2, 81st minute) had doubled the hosts’ lead just before half-time.

H owe ve r, L a j o n g clawed their way back into the game in the second half with Daniel Odafin (60th) and Lawrence Sokota Doe (67th) scoring in quick

succession to put the visitors on level terms.

It was an open game thereafter with both teams managing to create their fair share of chances.

Bali however, struck in the closing stages to ensure all three points for Minerva. Minerva thus climbed a spot to the top of the table with 29 points from 13 matches. They pushed down top division debutants Neroca FC to the second place. Neroca, who have played 14 matches, trail Miner va by two

points. Lajong remain at the fifth position in the 10team league ladder with 17 points from 15 matches.

Wednesday’s victory is a huge boost for Minerva in their quest for a maiden I-League title as Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan and East Bengal are also in with a chance to win the crown.

East Bengal are third with 23 points from 13 matches while arch-rivals Mohun Bagan are fourth with 20 points from 12 outings.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Job 1:21 “God gives and God takes away”

With deep pain and sorrow in our heart, we the family members of Late Mughalu N Wotsa (Ex-Vice President BJP 13th A/C Pughoboto) of Mishilimi Village. Would like to thank one and all who stood by us physically, financially, materially and all through prayer support during the brief illness and at the sad demise of our loving father on 4th February 2018.

We convey our special thanks to: I. Mishilimi Village Council II. Mishilimi Yepaqa Baptist Church Born on 03.10.1954 III. Mishilimi Students' Union Died on 04.02.2018 IV. Mishili Yepaqa Kiphimi Kuposhukulu V. NCRC(Sumi) Pughoboto VI. NCRC(Sumi) Mishili Phuye VII. BJP 13th A/C Pughoboto VIII. Rev. Kiyeto Sr. Pastor Sumi Aphuyemi Baptist Church IX. Dr. Sukhato A Wotsa BJP candidate 13 A/C pughoboto Though we are unable to acknowledge each one of you individually, it is our humble prayer that God Almighty bless you all abundantly.

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20.12.1945 – 31.01.2018 Words are not enough to express our gratitude to one and all who have supported us with prayers, material support, wisdom and physical presence during the time of illness and at the demise of our ever loving and caring Late J.M. Asola Retired Matron IMDH Mokokchung who happily went to be with the Lord. We sincerely acknowledge through this column all your assistance which has been our source of strength during our bereavement.

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Born on : 16.03.1938 Died on : 04.02.2018 We express our heartfelt gratitude to every individuals, churches, unions, neighbours, in-laws, friends from far and near, doctors, nurses and staff of M.H. Hospital, Dimapur who stood by us during the time of illness and at the demise of my beloved husband and our papa, grandpa, uncle Mr. I. Temsu Imchen (Mangmetong) who left for his heavenly Home on 04.02.2018. It is our prayer and faith that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Through this column, we, the bereaved family and relatives would like to express our profound and heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us spiritually, physically, emotionally, materially, financially and your prayer support at the time of our grief, at the sudden demise of our beloved Late Lt. Col. Joseph Pulo, NSCN (U) on 2nd Feb 2018.

We convey our special thanks to:1. C.R.C. Upper Khezhakeno Village 2. C.R.C. Pfutsero town 3. Phek Civil Hospital, Doctors and Nurses 4. Khezhakeno Village Council 5. Chisomi Elder Association 6. Chisomi Women Association 7. Khezhakeno Youth Organisation 8. Abvümi Khel 9. Abvümi Women Body 10. Khezhakeno Phek Society 11. Resüh’s Boys Hostel Kohima 12. Thenucho, Ex. Home Minister 13. N. Neilo Koza, 1st Class Contractor 14. Kevekha Kevin Zehol, NCS, Joint Secy. and Addl. Director ATI 15. Api Vadeo, 19 A/C NPF President.

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Through this column, we, the bereaved family members of LATE RISHOLU RINGA, would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual who stood by us spiritually, physically and financially at the sudden demise of our beloved mother on 1st February, 2018. We would like to specially convey our sincere gratitude to the following organisations: 1. Chakhesang Baptist Church( MH) Kohima 2. Chakhesang Baptist Church, Lerie Sector, Kohima 3. Chakhesang AG Prayer Fellowship Kohima 4. Chakhesang Welfare Board, AG Colony, Khoima 5. Chief Engineer & Staff Power Department Kohima 6. Bethel Medical Centre Doctor & Staff 7. Orchard Society, Lerie, Kohima 8. Women Society Lerie Colony Kohima 9. Lerie Sector Church Youth 10. Women Prayer Group Lerie Kohima 11. Youth Association Upper AG 12. Runguzumi Baptist Church 13. Runguzumi Welfare Union Kohima 14. Runguzumi Lürhü Krotho, Kohima.

We regret our inability to thank you all individually, but it is our sincere prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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We are thankful to God, whose divine will we accept and in whose own time has taken Khewoto Shohe (T.K. Sema) to be with Him. We are grateful to everyone who has had a part in the care during his prolonged illness till death. Our sincere thanks to our neighbours for their genuine love and care.

Special thanks to : 1. Sumi Baptist Church 'B' Mokokchung.

2. Sumi Baptist Church 'A' Late Khewoto Shohe (T. K. Sema) Mokokchung.

Born in : 1931 – Died on : 02/02/2018 3. Sumi NCRC Mokokchung 4. Artang Ward Mokokchung 5. Littami Union Mokokchung 6. Sumi Hoho Mokokchung 7. Littami Village and Sasutami Village 8. All relatives from Dimapur and Zunheboto.

It's our humble prayer that our Almighty Jehovah Jireh bless you all abundantly.

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"Gone But Never Forgotten" Late Inspector of Police Toshimanen Longchar (Changki) Born on : 07/12/1975 – Died on : 02/02/2018 We the bereaved family members of Late Mr. Toshimanen Longchar would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all the individuals, churches, neighbours, friends and well wishers who supported and stood with us morally, physically, financially and through prayer during his brief illness until his last breath.

We convey our sincere gratitude to :1. Ao Baptist Church, Dimapur 2. Doctors and nurses of Zion Hospital, Dimapur 3. Fellowship Nursing Home, Dimapur 4. District Executive Force, Wokha 5. Bhandari Police Station 6. District Executive Force, Dimapur 7. Changki Senso Telongjem, Dimapur 8. Changki Longchar Kidong, Dimapur 9. Aliba Senso Telongjem, Dimapur 10. Chungtia Senso Telongjem, Dimapur 11. Khar Senso Telongjem, Dimapur 12. Lengrijan Village Council, Dimapur 13. Lengrijan Youth, Dimapur 14. Notun Bosti Ao Khel, Dimapur.

We deeply regret and apologize for our inability to mention all the names individually but it is our prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly for your gracious deed.

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Ankita Raina plays a shot against China’s Lin Zhu in the women’s singles tennis match during the Federation Cup in New Delhi on Wednesday.

right from the start and broke Lin’s first service game in the opening set.

She held serve throughout to take the set.

Ankita broke first two service games in the second set to open up a 3-0 lead.

Zhu broke back in the next game to reduce the gap. But Ankita earned yet

India football team coach handed contract extension

MUMBAI, FEB 7 (IANS): India football team head coach Stephen Constantine on Wednesday was handed contract extension by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

The 55-year-old English proffessional has been in charge of the national team since 2015. He had helped India achieve their best-ever FIFA ranking since February 1996 when they ranked 96 in July 2017. “The AIFF Technical Committee chaired by Mr. Shyam Thapa held today (February 07, 2018) in Mumbai, unanimously agreed to offer an extension of contract to Stephen Constantine based on his performance,” the AIFF announced in a statement.

another break in the very next game to take her lead to 4-1. The Chinese could not recover from there as Ankita took a comfortable win.

Earlier, Karman Kaur Thandi went down in straight line sets to Wang Yafan as India conceded a 0-1 lead.

S.Africa put unchanged India in to bat in third ODI

CAPE TOWN, FEB 7 (IANS): South Africa standin skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and put India in to bat in the third One-day International (ODI) of the six-match series at Newlands here on Wednesday.

Already 0-2 down, the hosts have brought in pace sensation Lungi Ngidi and wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen in place of chinaman Tabraiz Shamsi and injured Quinton de Kock. India, on the other hand, have decided to go with the same playing XI for the third consecutive time.

Teams: India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh D h o n i ( W K ) , Ke d a r Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, B h u v n e s h wa r Ku m a r, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram (Captain), Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Khaya Zondo, C h r i s M o r r i s, A n d i l e P h e h l u k wayo, K a g i s o Rabada, Lungisani Ngidi, Imran Tahir.

Preparation for Chakhesang wrestling meet underway DIMAPUR: Hectic preparations for the forthcoming 26th wrestling meet of the Chakhesang Wrestling Association (CWA) which will be held on February 8-9 got under way at the Chetheba local ground, about some 50 km away from Kohima.

A press release issued

by CWA stated that the meet would be hosted by Chokri Area Wrestling Association (CAWA) while ground management is carried out by Thenyizu Baptist Church. On account of the pitiable road condition of state highway (Kohima-ChakhabamaZunheboto), Thenyizu village conducted a mass social work on February 6 to clear the roads between Chakhabama-Chetheba in view of the wrestling meet.

According to the ground management committee, it expects around 10,000 spectators with a sitting gallery capacity of at least 5,000 and the plastic chairs around 5,000.

While inviting the well wishers and spectators to

Wrestling arena under construction at Chetheba local ground.

witness the wrestling meet, the committee said the tickets will be available at the venue at Rs. 1000 for donors, chairs ranging from Rs. 200-500 and the gallery at Rs. 100 respectively.

The inaugural function will kick start on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. onwards, wherein Home Minister, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu will be the chief guest during the inaugural session, while reigning champ Vechita Khesoh will be the torch bearer. The Naga style wrestling champion will pocket a cash of Rs. 1.50 lakh while the runner-up

will pocket a cash of Rs. 1 lakh. The 3rd and 4th place will receive a cash of Rs. 80,000 and Rs. 50,000 respectively.

Five areas or ranges viz Chokri, Seceku, Phek, Chozuba and Khezha or Khuzha tephe wrestling association will be competing for CWA wrestling championship.

Reigning champion Vechita Khesoh and other prominent wrestlers like Pfusato Tetseo, Venuzo Dawhuo, Khruzoto Tetseo, Surhoneyi Soho will be competing in the wrestling meet.

Confident Dheeraj departs for Motherwell FC

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MUMBAI, FEB 7 (IANS): FIFA U-17 World Cup find of the tournament for India Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem on Wednesday departed for his trials with Scottish Premiership team Motherwell Football Club.

The Manipur teenager, proved his goalkeeping skills during the U-17 World Cup and has been highly linked to undergo trials with a few European clubs since then.

After the World Cup, Dheeraj plied his trade for the I-League club Indian Arrows.

However, he did not renew his contract with the club that expired on December 31, 2017 as he wanted to try his luck abroad.

“He will leave on 7th (February) f r o m M u m b a i ,” D h e e r a j ’s representative Anuj Kichlu told IANS.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 7 (IANS): Ankita Raina defeated Lin Zhu in straight sets to help India draw level at 1-1 in their Federation Cup tennis tie against China here on Wednesday.

Ankita dominated her opponent to carve out a 6-3, 6-2 win. Ankita dominated

The 19-year-old Thandi was no match for her opponent, going down 2-6, 2-6 in a little more than an hour.

The difference in class between the two players was evident right from the star t. Wang used her superior technique and placement to break Thandi’s serve twice in the first set.

Thandi committed too many unforced errors and double faults. As a result, she could not take advantage of her superior height and power.

The Indian had a powerful serve, but poor accuracy cost her dearly.

Wang had not totally settled down in the first game but still managed to break Thandi’s serve.

She did not look back from there and continued to dominate, taking the opening set easily.

Wang star ted the second set on a positive note as well, breaking Thandi’s serve in the first game.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, FEBrUARY 8, 2018

FIH announces Hockey Pro League schedule L AU S A N N E , F E B 7 (IANS): The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has revealed the full schedule for the inaugural season of the Hockey Pro League which begins on January 19, 2019.

A total of 152 matches h ave b e e n s c h e d u l e d between January and June across the world as part of this new game-changing competition, according to a release from FIH on Tuesday.

Nine women’s and nine men’s teams, barring the Indians, will be competing for the Hockey Pro League title, playing eight home and eight away matches throughout the first six months of every year. The top four teams will then compete to determine the winner in a Grand Final later in June.

Spain men will get things underway as they host Rio 2016 and EuroHockey Championship silver medallists Belgium in the opening match of the Hockey Pro League.

File photo FIH inaugural season schedule.

A busy schedule then follows, with the majority of early matches played in the southern hemisphere.

As one of the early season highlights, Argentina women will be eagerly anticipating the arrival of reigning Hockey World Cup and World League champions Netherlands as the EuroHockey title winners head south to take on Las Leonas on February 24.

Shor tly afterwards the spotlight tur ns to Australia as their men and

1st Kezuyi open football tourney concludes DIMAPUR, FEB 7: First Kezuyi open tournament organised by Kezuyi Club Heningkunglwa (KCH) u n d e r Pe r e n d i s t r i c t concluded on January 29 graced by chairman village council Heningkunglwa, Kangzang Iheilung as chief guest. A press release by KCH president, Peidaleung and secretary, Samlamngauheing informed t h a t N g w a l w a Yo u t h Organisation emerged as the champion and walked home with cash prize of Rs. 50000/- while the runner up Dungki Youth Organisation walked home with cash prize of Rs. 20000/-.

KC H c o nve ye d gratitude to secretary RD, Government of Nagaland, Kelei Zeliang, DPO Peren,

I Daniel Zeliang, PS to Chief Minister of Nagaland, Masangum, Jalukie Town Council chairman, Gaubeu Rangkau, and member NPSC, Idailung Thou for their financial contribution towards the club for organising the tournament.

The club further thank all the individual or organisations for their selfless service rendered towards the success of the tournament

PDVA meeting

Peren District Volleyball Association (PDVA) has convened its meeting on February 15, 11 a.m. at Jalukie town hall. All the office bearers executive members and circle representatives have been asked to attend the meeting.

women challenge Oceania rivals New Zealand for continental bragging rights over the Saint Patrick’s Day weekend - March 17. The team’s return matches then take place in New Zealand on Anzac Day - April 25.

Another continental duel sure to get fans buzzing will be Argentina women’s visit to the US. The Pan American rivals, who have taken wins against each other in recent months, go head to head on May 12.

The teams then follow the summer by returning to

the northern hemisphere. An exciting end to the League awaits as nations compete to finish in the top four to guarantee qualification for the Grand Final.

With Pakistan men playing in Glasgow, their match against Britain on May 25 is bound to capture the imagination of fans. A large local Pakistani crowd will be looking forward to the friendly rivalry with their British opponents as they aim to defend their home turf in one of Great Britain’s most multi-cultured cities.

Whilst Netherlands fans will be looking forward to backing their team in their homeland on March 5, Germany will be aiming for victory against the European champions on their turf on April 26.

In what will be a unique, double-header weekend, due to their proximity -- Belgium men and women will play at home to Netherlands on Saturday before replaying the match the following day in the Netherlands over the weekend of June 8 and 9.

Defending champs Spain qualify for futsal EuroCup

LJUBLJANA, FEB 7 (IANS): Spain cleared another hurdle in the defense of their EuroCup futsal title with a 1-0 quarterfinal win here over Ukraine.

Ukrainian goalkeeper Ivanyak found himself under siege from the start of the match at Ljubljana’s Arena Stozice, but it was nearly the 17th minute b e f o r e S p a i n’s P o l a connected on a shot from 13 m to make it 1-0 on Tuesday, reports Efe. The second half turned out to be largely a formality, with the overmatched Ukraine side struggling to generate any offense while La Roja continued to threaten Ivanyak’s goal.

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