January 22, 2019

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Vol XXIX No. 45

DIMAPUR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.0

May’s Brexit ‘plan B’ rejected by Europe

Spurs snatch late winner against Fulham

Not in race for PM post: Akhilesh

international, Page 9

sports, Page 12

national, Page 7

EVM under hacking scanner

Expert says 2014 LS polls rigged; EC mulls legal action

LONDON, JAN 21 (AGENCIES): In a shocking claim, a US-based cyber expert on Monday alleged that BJP leader and union minister Gopinath Munde, who died in a road accident, was murdered in 2014 because he knew about electronic voting machines (EVM) hacking. The expert, who has designed the EVMs used in India, also claimed that the 2014 Lok Sabha elections were rigged.

The expert had demonstrated how EVMs can be hacked at an event in London, organised by the Indian Journalists’ Association (Europe). However, the Election Commission of India has always maintained that the EVMs used in India cannot be tampered with.

Speaking to media, the US-based hacker, Syed Shuja, said that the 2014 Lok Sabha elections were rigged. “Entire 2014 election was rigged, actual results was completely different than what shown to world.

ANCSU reminds govt on KSC land issue

DIMAPUR, JAN 21 (NPN): All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) has reminded the state government that the time frame it had asked to address the Kohima Science College (KSC) land encroachment issue has expired months ago and cautioned that the union could be compelled to confront with the government on failure to pay heed to the hue and cry of the student community.

In a press note, ANCSU president, Katho P Awomi, and general secretary, Vimeyiekho Vitso, have, therefore, strongly appealed to the state government to come out clear on the reports regarding the (Cont’d on p-7)

Power outage in 3 dists

DIMAPUR, JAN 21 (NPN): Department of power has informed the consumers under Mon and Longleng districts and also Changtongya and Tuli areas under Mokokchung district that due to the ongoing jungle cutting work along the 66KV Mokokchung–Tuli transmission line, supply of power would be disrupted occasionally from January 21-28. In a press release, SDO Mokokchung subtransmission division has, therefore, requested affected electricity consumers to bear with the inconvenience.

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“Sir, you don’t understand the rules of the game.

Delays mean escalation and commission.”

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A still from the press briefing in London with Shuja on screen.

And since then all elections have been rigged. There is a transmitter in the EVM chip,” he said.

Shuja claimed that Munde was murdered because he was about to “expose” the government. He claimed that Reliance Communications helped the BJP to get low frequency signals to hack EVMs. “Reliance Communications have the network to transmit the date, BJP is the beneficiary. There are nine places in India where there are facilities.

The employees don’t know that they are tampering with EVMs. They think they are doing data entry,” he said.

He also claimed that slain journalist Gauri Lankesh agreed to run the story for

him, but she was killed.

Shuja said that aside from the BJP, the SP, BSP and the AAP too approached him to know if EVMs could be hacked. Shuja said once he was attacked by the BJP in Hyderabad when he went to meet a saffron party leader.

Rejecting the outlandish and explosive claims, made in a cloak and dagger manner, the Election Commission of India(ECI) asserted that it firmly stands by the ‘foolproof nature’ of its machines even as it said it is examining as to what legal action “can and should” be taken in the matter.

It is not possible to hack a machine using Bluetooth.

A graphite-based transmitter is required to get into

an EVM. The transmitters were used in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, said Shuja.

The expert has claimed that someone was pinging the EVMs to manipulate data.

He added that successive chief election commissioners have told him that EVMs cannot communicate wirelessly. However, “our tech allows you to do it using a modulator at low frequency at 7hz”. This is a military grade frequency.

He claimed that he met a BJP leader in 2014 who knew about this. He further alleged that his team members were killed in an attack after they approached the BJP leader.

Shuja also claimed that they stopped the transmission in Delhi and the elections were won by the Aam Aadmi Party. In Delhi Assembly Elections, the transmission initiated by the BJP IT was intercepted. “We changed the frequency to favour AAP. The actual results were similar to 2009.”

He said they even tried to intercept the low-frequency transmission. He added that the BJP IT has a prototype and when challenged, they “use a machine that even we can’t hack”.

India’s first allwomen political party launched MUMBAI, Jan 21 (IANS): India’s first-ever all-women political party -- the National Women’s Party (NWP) -was launched on Monday in Mumbai and it will contest half of the 545 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 elections.

The NWP, described as “a party of mothers”, has been founded by a medico and social activist, (Dr) Shwetha Shetty, and will strive for 50 per cent reservation for women in the lower House.

“This party is a historic step in our mission to ensure equal representation for women in Parliament.

Our ideology is to remove gender disparity in politics and thus create equal importance for females in the patriarchal Indian society,” Ms Shetty told the media persons at the formal launch.

The party will open a Youth Parliament which would be political school for women in every state in the country to provide academic and practical training and exhort them to become involved in the country’s political process, said Ms Shetty.

NGBF opposes CAB, backs JCPI DIMAPUR, JAN 21 (NPN): Apprehending threat to Nagaland and Nagas following passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 – CAB – in Lok Sabha, Nagaland GBs Federation (NGBF) has announced its appreciation and support to Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) and endorsed its views and arguments as carried by the media on Sunday.

In a statement issued by its media cell, the federation also assured its full support and blessings to any movement meant for benefit and welfare of Nagas.

Pointing out that Naga political parties were at each other’s throat over the issue, NGBF regretted that nothing concrete had emerged thus far. It added that the issue of illegal immigrants was of serious concern in Nagaland.

According to the federation, the State cabinet’s decision to appeal for a review and re-examination of the Bill at this juncture was unfortunate, adding that it lacked the will and conviction to save the State from being overrun by illegal immigrants.

When other North-

eastern States run by BJP and its allies, besides the BJP MLAs themselves, were calling for total scrapping of the Bill, the organisation wondered what was hindering the State government to do the same.

It stressed that the Bill should be opposed tooth and nail so that the coming generations would not “curse us for the things we could had done when we had the opportunity.”

The federation also trashed the State’s government contention that Article 371(A) provided the shield

to resolve the Indo-Naga political conflict.

Appealing to all NNPGs to come forward and join the peace process so that a final solution was all-inclusive, JLF further acknowledged the contributions and sacrifices of all sections, particularly the national workers and their families who have stood for the rights of Naga people.

“The role of civil societies, tribal organisations, the Church, NGOs and all other sections in positively contributing towards the Naga issue being brought thus far is appreciated and acknowledged,” a resolution of the meeting stated.

The meeting appealed to all sections, especially civil society groups and tribal organisations, to strive towards unity of “Naga family” in order to collectively work towards oneness and not towards its further fragmentation. The democratic

desire of the Naga people to live together as members of the same family under one administrative umbrella was reiterated.

The House resolved to have consultations with all NNPGs involved in the ongoing peace talks and thereafter meet the Central leaders on Naga political issue, either by all 60 legislators or by leader of NLA, deputy chief minister and leader of opposition with representatives of all political parties and MPs. The meeting upheld the resolutions adopted by JLF Parliamentary Working Committee in its meeting held on November 19, 2018. Besides Zhaleo, chief minister Neiphiu Rio, leader of opposition TR Zeliang, deputy chief minister Y Patton, ministers G Kaito Aye and Temjen Imna Along and Lok Sabha MP Tokheho Yepthomi were present at the JLF meeting.

DIMAPUR, JAN 21 (NPN): People’s Democratic Alliance Nagaland (PDA) Monday upheld the decisions of the State Cabinet on the matter of the Citizenship Amendment Bill and expressed its strong solidarity with the firm stand of the state government.

This resolution among several others was arrived at during a joint meeting of PDA MLAs and PDA coordination committee members on January 21 at the chief minister’s residential office, headed by chairman, Chingwang Konyak and co-chairman Temjen Imna Along.

PDA also welcomed the decision of the cabinet to hold consultations with cross sections of society on the matter. For this, PDA appealed to all concerned to come forward in a positive and participatory manner with views and suggestions so that the approach of the government will reflect the will and desire of the people.

The coalition partners also reaffirmed their commitment on the unity and understanding within the alliance and reiterated that the PDA was on solid footing under the leadership of chief minister Neiphiu Rio. The It further reminded that the PDA was functioning smoothly with collec-

Strongly protesting against the passing of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill – CAB – by Lok Sabha, Nagaland University Teachers’ Association (NUTA) has urged university’s visitor, the President of India, to withhold granting his assent to the Bill, if passed

by Rajya Sabha.

The association, in a release issued by its central executive council (CEC) president Prof Rosemary Dzuvichu and secretary general Prof D Kuolie, expressed serious concern over the possible impact of CAB

tive responsibility while tirelessly pursuing the commitments of the Common Minimum Program (CMP) of the coalition with encouraging support from all sections of the people.

The house also unanimously resolved that PDA consensus candidates under the banner of NDPP would be fielded in the forthcoming bye elections to the 26 Aonglengden A/C and the Lok Sabha election.

PDA also appreciated the developmental works and welfare programmes being undertaken by the state government in a successful manner as committed in the CMP with the positive support of the NDA government.

Meanwhile, PDA informed that the state government has ensured that salaries of its employees, especially to teachers and scholarships to students, were being disbursed in a timely manner. Several new initiatives aimed at upliftment of all sections, promotion of youth empowerment including sports and games, successful implementation of tourism events and new policies under agri and allied sector amongst a host of other developmental activities are ensuring that positive and progressive change is taking place in Nagaland, it added.

Kohima town soon to get good highway CGBU points out that GBs

are nominated not elected

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KOHIMA, JAN 21 (NPN): After numerous complaints by general public on deplorable road condition in the State Capital, Kohima town will finally be rewarded with a good two-lane highway (NH-29) from Kohima municipal gate till new reserve gate stretching 10 km (177.60 km to 187.60 km).

Sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Roads Transport and Highways, the work is being executed under Nagaland PWD (National Highway)– by M/s Vilelie Khamo & Sons.

Speaking to this correspondent on Monday, contractor Vilelie Khamo said black topping and finishing work would be over

by March. This will well within eight months, much earlier than the estimated completion period of 18 months where work began in July last year.

He said construction of drainage and protection work would continue for some more time. The contractor said con-

The NH-29 under construction in Kohima town. (NP)

struction work was going in full swing with the cooperation of people, especially land owners of T Khel of Kohima village.

He revealed that width of the road in the entire stretch was seven metres, as per the two-lane road specification, except in one portion blocked by an RCC building.

He informed this correspondent that there was not provision for compensation by the department concerned in Kohima, unlike in Dimapur and Mokokchung.

Khamo claimed that though the detailed project report envisaged a two-lane highway with a width of seven metres, its width was more than that in most areas and even up to 13 metres in some section.

Meanwhile, according to information received from the PWD (NH), the work involved re-construction of culverts and minor bridges, besides providing pucca drain and construction of protection works along the project road. The completion period of the project is 18 months.

DIMAPUR, JAN 21 (NPN): Chakhroma GBs Union (CGBU) has reacted sharply to the statement of the Dimapur District GB Association (DDGBA) over the latter’s proposal to hold election for new team of DDGBA office bearers.

CGBU in a statement reminded that as per constitution of DDGBA, office bearers are to be nominated by a Nomination Committee on a rotational basis among various member tribes and hence there was no provision for holding election.

CGBU pointed out that so far the post of president was earlier held by Angami, Lotha and Sumi candidates and a member of another tribe should be nominated as per provisions of DDGBA constitution. CGBU reminded that the institution of the Gaon Bura(GB) was not hereditary nor was elective but was selective. It also pointed out that CGBU has been carrying on the tradition of selection of

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NUTA urges President to withhold assent

JLF calls for expediting Naga peace process PDA upholds state cabinet’s decision DIMAPUR, JAN 21 (NPN): Joint Legislators’ Forum (JLF) has appealed to the negotiating parties of Indo-Naga political dialogue, especially Government of India (Gol), to expedite the ongoing peace talks so that a negotiated political settlement that was honourable and acceptable to the people was arrived at the earliest possible time.

At a meeting held at the NLA conference hall on Monday under the chairmanship of its chairman and speaker in-charge Zhaleo Rio, the forum appreciated GoI for its commitment to the ongoing negotiations and for its accommodative and inclusive approach and widespread consultations with all sections.

The House also appreciated and welcomed the participation of different Naga national political groups (NNPGs) in the peace process with their sincere efforts

of protection to Nagaland and Nagas wherein it was stated that “no Act of parliament shall apply to the State of Nagaland unless the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland by a resolution so decides”. It termed this as a “feeble argument and a dangerous one in it”.

Quoting relevant portions of Article 371(A), NGBF asked the State government how could it be so assured that the Article would protect the Nagas in the event of Bill becoming an Act.

head GB instituted by the British (Samaguting) in 1840.

CGBU noted that though the tenure of the present team had ended in May 2018, the present team extended their tenure on their own volition and was “now seeking re-election by means of unfair practices.” CGBU has, appealed to the government authority not to recognise any new team set up by “undemocratic means” and in contravention to the age old practice.

CGBU has cautioned that it would dissociate from the DDGBA if the laid down norms were violated by “going against the will of the people for vested interest”. The signatories included CGBU president Thepfukedo Kuotsu, vice presidents Voto Meyase and Thepfuko Nagi, general secretary Atso Gwizan, treasurer Pekru-U Shüya, finance secretary Vtsore Kense, information & publicity secretary Abou Sote and advisor Ningusie Meyase.

on Indigenous people of Nagaland as well as of the entire Northeast, which had been witness to turbulent protests.

Stating that the Bill was not secular as it envisaged granting citizenship to immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan based on religion, NUTA warned that CAB would change the entire demographic of the North-eastern region, including Nagaland that had been facing the onslaught of illegal immigrants.

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NPF wins ADC byelection in Manipur

IMPHAL, JAN 21: The Naga People’s Front (NPF) candidate secured victory by a huge margin in the by-election to 2-Chaton District Council Constituency of Tamenglong Autonomous District Council.

NPF candidate CPL Guangta secured 2259 votes against the BJP candidate Kadijanbou, who got only 24 votes. The by-election was necessitated after the demise of the NPF member Tutanbou on April 8, 2018, following which the state election commission declared the seat vacant. The by-election was held on January 14 which the counting of votes was held on Sunday.

(Correspondent)

Aung-led NSCN (K) calls for R-Day boycott

DIMAPUR, JAN 21 (NPN): Yung Aung-led NSCN (K) has called for boycotting the celebration of India’s Republic Day on January 26, 2019.In a statement, MIP incharge Joseph Lamkang stated that the boycott would be effective in all the “Naga ‘Inhabited’ Land of the So-Called Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam states.”Stating that it “deeply honour” and stand by the 1951 plebiscite “wherein 99.9% Nagas voted for full sovereignty and unanimous boycott of the first Indian general election in 1952,” the group said Nagas, having a full sovereign right, had no reason to observe “India’s imposed Republic Day or Independence Day in our land.”

Aung-led NSCN (K) has, therefore, called upon all Nagas to exercise their “birthright by supporting our boycott call and to refrain from the celebration.”

Fuel prices hiked again

NEW DELHI, JAN 21 (AGENCIES): Retail petrol and diesel prices were hiked by major oil marketing companies for the fifth straight day on Monday. After Monday’s price revision, petrol became costlier by 18-20 paise while diesel price rose by 26-28 paise per litre across four big cities of the country. In Delhi, petrol price climbed to Rs 71.14 a litre as against Rs 70.95 on Sunday while diesel price rose to Rs 65.71 a litre as compared to Rs 65.47 on Sunday. Fuel prices have been on the rise across the country since January 7 after global crude oil prices recovered from a steep slump.

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Beti Bachao Beti Padhao activity reports

Girls’ Day to be observed every month in Mon

Wokha: BBBP 2nd phase launched

BBBP street play in Mon

The team that presented the BBBP street play in Mon on January 21. (NP) Correspondent

MON, JAN 21 (NPN): A District Task Force on Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) meeting was held on January 21 at the DC’s Conference Hall, Mon under the theme, “Save the girl child: Educate the girl child.”

During the meeting, the house resolved to hold a “Girls’ Day” every month which will be organized in schools and deliberations will be held to generate

awareness about the BBBP Campaign.

Deputy Commissioner Mon, Thavaseelan K, who conducted the meeting, stated that Mon District had shown the second highest CSR as per the 2011 Census with an alarming decline of 61% since the 2001 Census.

He added that when a girl child is born in the district hospital, the child’s house will be visited and she will be felicitated.

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dent KNSK, who also attended the meeting said that Konyak women were in full support and ready to help to any extent for the success of this campaign and the entire KNSK unit will conduct an awareness seminar on girls rights.

She also said that Konyak women were skilled in weaving, knitting, bead making and handicrafts, but they need vocational trainings for girls and outlets to sell the products.

A street play to spread awareness about the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign was organized by district administration in the streets of Mon Town on January 21 where Konyak Baptist Church, Mon Youth department presented a skit. The show dealt with the topics of equal opportunity and rights for both girls and boys. The street play was shown at Private Station and New Site of Mon town.

The BBBP pledge was also taken which led by DC Mon. The meeting was attended by project director, DRDA, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chief Medical Officer, district statistic officer, district education officer, child development project officer, district program officer, district administration and representatives of Konyak Union, KNSK & KSU.

DTF Longleng to celebrate National Girl Child Day Chukitong Block BBBP week DIMAPUR: A convergence meeting of the District task Force, Longleng along with line departments and stakeholders was held at DC’s conference hall, Longleng on January 21.

According to a DIPR report, after a thorough discussion and deliberation the meeting decided to carry out the following activities in coordination with Longleng town Students’ Union (LTSU): Signature campaign and silent march on Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) on January 22; Wall painting and postal campaign in important places of the town, awareness camp on various

schemes and programs for women and the girl child on January 23; Mini marathon for both the girl and boy child under the BBBP theme; celebration of birth of girl child on January 24; Flash mob (surprise street performance of dance and songs), celebration of National Voters day, felicitation of young girl voters etc on January 25; culmination and opening of BBBP stall on Republic day 2019 on January 26.

All activities will be observed based on the BBBP theme. Champions and winners will be felicitated. The winners of the marathon race will be awarded cash prizes.

DIMAPUR: Chukitong Block Task Force for Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) organized an opening program for the “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Week” (to be observed from January 21 to 26) under the theme “Empowering Girl Child for a Better Tomorrow”, on January 21.

According to a DIPR report, the program was held at the Dobhashi Court under EAC Chukitong, chaired by EAC Chukitong. Participants included Anganwadi workers under CDPO Chukitong and ASHAs under PHC Chukitong. The participants were sensitized on the door to door campaign, visiting households and pasting BBBP stickers on houses, public buildings, village community halls, government offices etc.

Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon handing out one of the approximately 100 blankets given to beneficiaries during the program on January 21. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: A launching program for planned activities of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) week was organized by district administration at DC conference hall, Wokha on January 21. The event also doubled up as a consultative meeting of the District Task Force (DTF)/BTF/ Police and other key stakeholders.

According to a DIPR report, DC Wokha, Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon, while launching the planned BBBP 2019 activities, stated that the ministry would be celebrating National Girl Child Day starting from January 21 till 26, and various activities and programs in the district as well as block levels are planned. He urged everyone to extend their support for the success of the program.

Speaking on women’s role in various social fields, the DC said that women contributes greatly to society, and it is necessary to focus on empowerment of women so that they

may take an equal role and status in society.

D r. S a m o o n a l s o pointed out that there were many government schemes for children and women, being implemented by Anganwadi and ASHA workers. He therefore, reminded the workers of their responsibilities to carry out their duties honestly and with dedication.

General secretary, Lotha Hoho, S. Abenthung Ngullie emphasized on the importance of the girl child and women in society. He also promised all possible support from their end towards the success of the program. Nsungbeni, local champion, BBBP Wokha, shared her experiences and achievements in support of the BBBP. SDO (C), Chonpenthung Ezung, gave a brief overview of the BBBP’s 1st phase. The function was chaired by EAC, Wokha, Tumben P Tsanglao and a vote of thanks was proposed by senior supervisor, CDPO, Wokha, Erenbeni.

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news in Brief Ex-PAN meeting: An Ex-Parliamentarians Association of Nagaland (Ex-PAN) general meeting has been convened for January 23, 11 am at Japfü Hotel, Kohima.

Members have been requested to make it convenient to come for the meeting with suggestions or agendas.

AST 12th executive meeting: Akheta Sangtamlarii Thsingmiijang (AST) has convened its 12th executive meeting for January 26, 9 a.m. at Sangtamlarii village council hall. All officials, executives, advisors, unit presidents, legal advisors and ENWO representatives have been requested to attend the meeting.

PWH general annual meeting: Pochury Women Hoho (PWH) will be holding its general annual meeting & install new office bearers on January 25, at Pochury Baptist Church Dimapur, from 11 am. All members have been requested to attend the meeting in traditional attire.

ANSTA Peren unit emergency meeting: ANSTA Peren unit has convened an emergency meeting for January 29, 11 am at the Baudi Hall, Jalukie town. All the concerned executive members of the circles have been informed that Rs. 100 will be collected for ex-gratia in respect of late Witalak, P/T GPS Azailong who expired on January 14. All members concerned from all respective circles, office bearers and senior teachers have been requested to attend the said meeting without fail.

FGN and NNC joint meeting: Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) will hold a joint meeting of the Naga National Council (NNC) and FGN on January 28, 10 am at Transit Peace Camp, Kohima as per a decision taken during a meeting held with councils of kilonsers.

All central authorities, regional authorities and high ranking Naga Army officers have been requested to attend the meeting without fail. All midan peyus, FGN and regional presidents, NNC have been informed to relay this information to all regional authorities of NNC/FGN to attend the meeting.

LVC general meeting: Lakhuti Village Council (LVC) has convened a general meeting for January 30 at 9 am at Community Hall, Lakhuti village. All members have been asked to attend the meeting.

School Education Department on free text-books: The department of School Education has informed all subdivisional education officers of the state to collect Free Text Books for 2019 from the Dimapur Godown (Opposite Dimapur Government College) from February 4 to 8. For details contact phone numbers: 9774176984, 8787473585, or 7005506871. (DIPR) BBBP campaign in Bhandari: The District Administration in collaboration with the department is observing Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) week in Bhandari sub-division from January 21 to 26 under the theme “Empowering girls child for better tomorrow.” Anganwadi and Asha workers are carrying out door to door BBBP campaigns at the government offices, schools, community hall. (DIPR)

Blood donation camp at MCCK NDPP Peren responds to NPF Peren allegations

A medical staff collecting blood samples from one of the participants at Model Christian College Kohima on January 19.

‘Nagaland worst among NE states in donating blood’ DIMAPUR: Red Ribbon Club (RRC) and NSS, Model Christian College Kohima (MCCK) jointly organized an Orientation Program, Blood Donation

and HIV Test Drive at the college campus on January 19.

A press release from the MCCK administrator stated, resource persons for the event were Dr. Avila Sangtam, MO, Blood Bank, NHAK, Chongkhoi Khaming, assistant direc-

tor (MM), NSACS, and Benathung Humtsoe, DA, IEC, NSACS. Dr. Alila spoke on the “Importance of blood donation” and benefits, even for the donor, of donating blood to others.

“Nagaland,” she said, “is the worst performing state among the North Eastern states, in terms of donating blood.”

Chongkhoi spoke on the basics of HIV, where she gave a briefing about the common misconceptions of HIV and AIDS, the different routes of infection, ABC steps to avoid the virus and blood testing procedures.

Benathung presented the HIV scenario of the state. The orientation program was followed by a blood donation drive and HIV tests. Altogether 21 volunteers donated blood.

DIMAPUR: NDPP, Peren Region has issued a statement in response to what it termed as “erroneous allegations,” levelled by the NPF Peren division published on January 4.

NDPP, Peren president, Ziekuidi Zeliang in a press release stated that accusing the PDA government for transferring officers from Peren district quoting the ‘Change is Coming’ slogan, was childish and like “a child crying over spilled milk.” It pointed out that transfer and posting of government officials was a policy matter of the government for its smooth functioning.

It added that crying foul on this matter was tantamount to accusing oneself for all transfer and posting done when NPF was at the helm of affairs.

Regarding sanctioning of funds for improvement of

DCC Mokokchung inaugurates Impur ACCC Bhawan

Jonathan Ao, along with members of party frontals after the inauguration program on January 21. (NP) Correspondent

MOKOKCHUNG, JAN 21 (NPN): The District C o ng r e ss C o m m ittee (DCC), Mokokchung, inaugurated the 23rd Impur ACCC Bhawan, on Monday, at the residence of Jongtosang, Kobulong with NPCC vice president, Jonathan Ao, as the special guest.

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the party workers for remaining disciplined and steadfast, holding onto the Indian National Congress (INC) constitution and ideology. He said, the party might have been reduced in numbers, but it was better for a “few to be strongly united” than a “larger number to be disunited”. Jonathan stated that the INC party believes in principles of “respect

and not criticism”, therefore, he appealed to the party workers to strictly maintain party office protocol in the newly inaugurated ACCC Bhawan.

Earlier, short speeches were delivered by DCC Mokokchung president, Watimongba Aier (who also installed the new 23 Impur ACCC & Units officials), NPCC secretary Rongsenshilu, Mahila

president, Chubala and a host of frontal officials.

The inauguration program was chaired by ACCC general secretary Chuba Aier; the invocation was said by Merentoba. A welcome note was delivered by out-going ACCC president Rendimar and the vote of thanks was proposed by incoming ACCC president Temjensangba.

Peren-Tening road, NDPP Peren stated that only a meagre amount was sanctioned for improvement of the 48 Km road “as an election propaganda” and the department could execute earth filling at a few places, only to be washed away by the first rain of the year.

On the sanctioning of work for Peren-Tening road under NLCPR, it said that the project was proposed

by Namri Nchang, MLA, after winning the election in 2013 and was approved during the chief ministership of Neiphiu Rio in 2013-14. Ziekuidi however claimed TR Zeliang could not follow-up on the project after taking over as chief minister. “This project could only be revived after PDA Government came into power due to the persistent initiative of Shri.

Namri Nchang and mag-

NRMSATA 2013 warns of boycott DIMAPUR: Nagaland Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers’ Association (NRMSATA 2013) batch has appealed to the government and School Education department to release the pending five months salary. A press release by NRMSATA 2013 president, Mhasikholie Paul Belho and general secretary, Vika S Sumi stated that the teachers were serving at the secondary level (class 9 and 10) in all government high schools where classes start in January every year for coaching classes and for conducting model exams for class 10 for their matriculation exam. It further stated that the RMSA 2013 teachers were teaching without salary for five months for the sake of the students’ future and if “the state government and the concerned department is really concerned about the welfare and future of the students, they must uphold their part by paying monthly salary of the teachers”.

While stating that they had exhausted all peaceful means of appealing for their rightful salary, it said the teachers are left with no other choice but to resort to agitation by boycotting classes.

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Neiphiu Rio” it asserted adding that it was included under road of ‘Economic Importance’ scheme by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.

On the statement of Tenning and Ahthibung headquarters being without officers after their upgrade, NDPP Peren accepted that that these headquarters were upgraded by the previous DAN government, but noted that Tening was upgraded to an ADC Hq. when Rio was the chief minister of the DAN Government. It also claimed that upgrade of Ahthibung SDO (Civil) Hq. was also initiated by local MLA, Namri Nchang when he was the chairman of the Peren DPDB and approved by the cabinet as per the recommendations of DPDB, Peren. “Therefore,

giving all credits for these administrative headquarters upgradation to Shri.

TR Zeliang is obnoxious”, it said.

The statement further cited to the RD department’s clarification regarding the allegations against the department, which it said was “without any hidden agenda and should be well appreciated.”

Taking a stab at “The glorified leader of NPF, Peren Division Shri. TR Zeliang”, it said that he was elected to the NLA thrice from Peren constituency and four times from Tening constituency and he was in the government all throughout, but his developmental activities were “unseen” in Tening area in particular and Peren district in general as, NDPP Peren said, was known to all sensible persons in the district.

On the Peren-Tening road, the NDPP division stated that it has been in horrible condition for more than two decades, yet TR Zeliang chose to ignore it and let the people suffer beyond tolerance.

It suggested that the present NPF leaders of Peren division would do well to not discuss developmental works in the public domain, when the present MLA & advisor, Namri Nchang “has been running from post to pillar” to bring developmental projects to the district.

It concluded with a stab stating that “Now, the hope of making Shri. TR Zeliang as Chief Minister once again by the NPF leaders will be just a dream since he has fallen like ‘Humpty Dumpty’ and NPF leaders ‘could not put him together again as Chief Minister’.”

CBCC General Council Meeting held

Thenyizu Baptist Church, Parents Choir, presenting a special song in Thenyizu on January 21.

KOHIMA: The 68th General Council Meeting of the Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC), was held at Thenyizu Baptist Church (TBC) from January 18 to the 20. This year’s theme was “The truth will set you free,” John 8:32.

A press release issued by host village TBC reported that 519 delegates representing different Churches and one fellowship under CBCC attended the general meeting. During the three day annual meeting, Rev.

Dr. Dingu Kenye, Rev Dr. Vezopa Tetseo, Rev Dr. Zelhou Keyho, and Rev P. Bonny Resu were the speakers.

TBC, Men’s Fellowship, Chetheba Town Baptist Church, Chesezu Baptist Church and Baptist Theological College, T. Chikri Pfutsero presented special numbers during the occasion. It was announced that Bethel Fellowship Chümoukedima Village, Dimapur was recognised

by CBCC as a full-fledged

Church. The CBCC now has a total of 101 Churches in the council.

Senior pastor of Chakhesang Baptist Church Ko h i m a ( C B C K ) , Rev Khrotso Mero took over as the new executive secretary, CBCC for the tenure 201924, after Rev. Dr. Vezopa Tetseo’s tenure ended after having served the council for 10 years. Leshemi Baptist Church under Khezha-Kuzha Tephe Area will host the next annual general council meeting in 2020.

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Mimkut Mini-Hornbill concludes

Streamlining of SSA batches: KSSATA wants process expedited

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers’ Association (NSSATA) Kohima unit has appealed to the authorities to expedite the streamlining of SSA 2010 and 2013 batches and put an end to the “inhuman treatment meted out to us so far”. A press release by Kohima Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers’ Association (KSSATA) president, Thejangulie Kirha and general secretary Melhouvonuo expressed dismay at the indifferent attitude of the government and the Education department towards the sufferings of the SSA 2010 and 2013 batches. Stating that the SSA teachers were assured regular disbursement of salary along with streamlining into the state cadre, it said that despite repeated appeals there had hardly been any changes so far. Acknowledging the efforts of the government and department for having started the streamlining process, the KSSATA added that the pace was rather slow and needed some “definite kicking”. Pointing out that the teachers have not been paid their dues for September to December, 2018, it stated that “with the arrival of the New Year, we’re now faced with yet another dilemma, the problem of meeting the expenditure to our own respective (L-R): Y. Patton unveiling the Mimkut Mini-Hornbill Festival monolith. A troupe presenting a cultural dance at the festival celebrations. posting places, when we can barely afford a square meal DIMAPUR: The three-day tions was hosted by SDO Synod, Rev Chungpao Apart from the Kuki com- designed by Tina Misao. per day”. KSSATA has therefore earnestly appealed to long 8th state level Mimkut (Civil) Ahthibung town, Khongsai. munity, Zeliang, Sumi and The Miss Mim Kut Lanu the concerned authorities to prioritise the issue and do Mini-Hornbill Festival that Ruopfukuoduo Noudi, The second session Angami cultural troupes contest was one of the top the needful at the earliest. commenced on January 15 which kick started with was hosted by IPS (Retd) also performed different draws of the celebrations at Ahthibung concluded on the unveiling of 8th State & speaker KIN, L. Singsit, cultural dances. A 17 tribes where Miss Nengneichin January 17. The festival Level Mimkut Mini-Horn- which began by singing of unity dance showcased Hangsing, from Kohima DIMAPUR: The Directorate Of Municipal Affairs, Nawas celebrated with great bill 2019 monolith at the the Mimkut theme song by by YSU Chümoukedima, was crowned the winner. galand has informed the public that a one-day state level pomp and gaiety in gran- Mimkut monolith site by the KAON band. Secre- YSU Dimapur and YSU Lhingneikim Lhoujem of workshop on credit linked subsidy under Pradhan Mantri deur at Ahthibung town. deputy chief minister, Y. tary to the government of Phaipijang, was one of Saijang village and Saron Awas Yojana- Housing for all (Urban) is being organized Mimkut Festival is one of Patton, along with minister Nagaland, Alun Hangsing the main attractions of the Singson of Inbung village in the State by the Central nodal agency for CLSS unthe prominent festivals of for Soil & Water Conserva- gave a welcome address Mini-Hornbill. were crowned first and der PMAY-HFA (U), i. e Housing Urban Development the Kukis. It is celebrated tion, Geology & Mining, V and presentation. Peace The day-3 evening second runner ups respec- Corporation Limited on January 22. The registration on January 17, every year. Kashiho Sangtam, advisor activist Niketu Iralu spoke session was celebrated with tively. Closing presidential will start from 9:30 am onwards at Hotel Saramati. A However, upon the cabinet Skill Development, Labour, on the occasion and also advisor,Youth Resources & remarks was delivered by press release by the mission director, PMAY-HFA(U), resolution of the Kuki Inpi Employment, Kazheto Ki- released the biography of Sports Government of Na- president KIN, LL Kuki, and deputy secretary to the government of Nagaland, Nagaland, the festival is nimi, DGP Nagaland, T Pu Lengjang Kuki. IAS galand, Er. Zhale Neikha, and a prayer was offered Temjensangla, requested the concerned administrators, celebrated on a state level J Longkumer, DC Peren, (Retd) social activist, KK as special guest. Miss Mim- by pastor KCCNS, Rev. representatives, nodal officers from the following ULBs to after every four years. and other dignitaries. The Sema and IFS (retd), Thep- kut Lanu 2019 contest was Lienthom Gangte. mandatorily attend the workshop: Dimapur, East Dimapur, A press release issued Mimkut trill was present- fulhouvi Solo also spoke on held under the auspices The celebrations were Chumoukedima, Medziphema, Kohima, Jalukie, Tening, by the publicity cell of the ed by Ahthibung cultural the occasion. of Miss Mimkut organis- also telecast live on You- Peren, Meluri, Phek, Tseminyu, Pungro, Mangkolemba, 8th State Level Mimkut- troupe and Mimkut monoThe celebration wit- ing committee. The event Tube by wirecast and AIR Bhandari, Tizit, Kiphire, Chozuba, Longkhim, Pfutsero Mini Hornbill 2019 stated lith 2019 dedicatory prayer nessed various cultural also saw a special appear- Kohima and Doordarshan and Tobu. Participants have also been asked to confirm that the first session of the was offered by executive dances and traditional ance by Indian Fusion and Kendra covered the event their attendance by calling the housing financing and policy specialist at the phone number 7085924059. third day of the celebra- secretary KCC Nagaland games by cultural troupes. traditional wear display live.

PMAY workshop to be held in Dimapur

PBCA Longleng community service day Volunteers Fill potholes along entire stretch of Longleng town

PBCA members and citizens of Longleng town paving over pot-holes in their town during the community service day on January 21.

DIMAPUR: Phom Baptist Christian Association (PBCA) organised a community service day on January 21 in Longleng town in response to the Nagaland Baptist Council Church’s (NBCC’s) call to render voluntary service to the communities all over Nagaland.

A press from PBCA executive secretary, Longleng, N. Tialemba Phom stated that PBCA initiated a mass voluntary service in Longleng town, where 11 government schools

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and district hospital surroundings were cleaned and fencings constructed by citizens in their localities.

The staff of PBCA and Longleng Town Baptist Church undertook the task of repairing the roads by filling potholes along the entire stretch of Longleng town.

The community service day, the release said, is an example of the Church in social action and transformation, where it is essential for people to listen

to the voice of the Church.

It added that dishonouring the Church’s voice was dishonouring the voice of God. PBCA also urged all heads of departments, both government and NGOs to be stationed at the headquarters and render their services to the community with dedication.

PBCA further appreciated all the ward presidents and citizens who sincerely participated in the community service day.

NCD & PAC meets DC Dimapur

DIMAPUR: Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) and the Public Action Committee (PAC) organized a civic reception and a coordination meeting with Dimapur’s new Deputy Commissioner, Kevekha Kevin Zehol on January 21 at the Naga Council office in Dimapur.

According to DIPR, addressing the gathering, Kevekha expressed his gratitude to the Naga Council for their gesture in welcoming him and asserted that the working relationship between the administration and the Naga Council would continue for the welfare of the people. Calling upon the Naga council members to be examples for the younger generation, Kevekha lauded retired senior government officials for responding to

the calls of serving society by being a part of the NCD. Naga Council president, Bangerloba Jamir, stated that Naga Council was created in 1949 to bring about peace and harmony, and he sought the administration’s cooperation as they continue to work for Naga society.

PAC convenor, Vekhosayi, while calling peace and tranquillity the most important components for a society to grow, reaffirmed that the PAC would continue to work for justice. He also promised to extend the committee’s best cooperation to the district administration. The Naga Women Hoho president, GB Union president, Dimapur Urban Council also spoke in the meeting and extended their cooperation.

Assam Rifles free medical camp in Thetsumi and Nokhu

DIMAPUR: Chieswema Battalion and Shamatore Battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) conducted free medical camps at Thetsumi Village under Chizami Sub Division, Phek and Nokhu village, Tuensang on January 8 and 9, respectively. Assam Rifles, in a press release, stated that the aim of the medical camp was to provide free medical treatment to local residents of remote areas devoid of requisite medical facilities. A specially constituted medical team examined 201 patients, of which 76 were male, 88 female and 37 were children at Thesumi.

In Nokhu village 268 patients were examined and treated (68 males, 135 females and 65 children). Treatment and free medicines were provided to the ailing. Basic awareness on health education including precautions against common viral diseases was also taught.

District Hospital Dimapur health camp DIMAPUR: District Hospital Dimapur (DHD), in collaboration with Naga Chetana Project co-sponsored by Indian Medical Association and Chetana Trust of Mangaluru, Karnataka, organized a health camp at DHD, Dimapur on January 21.

A press release from DHD Dimapur stated that Dr U.V Shenoy, professor Emeritus Paediatrics, KMC Mangalore, consultant paediatrician, district early intervention officer (DK) and president advisory committee Seva Bharthi (R) Mangalore in a brief introductory program One of the doctors begins a consultation session for a said that the three-day young boy during the camp on January 21. camp would focus more on be conducting necessary A special team of spescreening of children from medical procedures in cialist doctors, NGOs and 0 to 18 years. The screening Imphal. Dr. Shenoy also educationists will be conwill aim at early detection mentioned that state gov- ducting free consultations and management of People ernment should provide and screening by child dewith Disabilities (PwDs), high end facilities for car- velopmental interventiondefects at birth diseases, de- diology and neurology, at ist, psychiatrists, orthopaeficiencies and development least in districts like Dima- diatricians, gynaecologists, defects including paediatricians, physdisabilities preva- Some post-procedures unavailable in iotherapists, child lent in children, Nagaland; to be conducted in Imphal educationists and diagnosed with ophthalmics. illnesses. They will be pur and Kohima. He also Earlier, the program provided free follow-ups, pointed out the need for started with a welcome to include surgeries, at more schools for disabled note by medical superthe tertiary level as per children. intendent DHD, Dr. Z. RSBK model costing under Dr. Shenoy said that Kheshito Zhimo.

NHM. the main focus would be The camp had 544 Regretting that due to the “Thalassemia” disease, total registrations out of non-availability of facilities an inherited blood disorder which 60 patients were for operating cardiac and in which the body makes below 18 years. The health neurological problems, an abnormal form of hae- camp will end on Januhe said that the team will moglobin. ary 23.

Seminar on waste management in Pughoboto PGC floriculture exposure trip to Sikkim

Kahuli, Victo and others after the seminar on waste management conducted in Kitami, Pughoboto, on January 19. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: A one-day village in Pughoboto with seminar on waste man- two social workers Kahuli agement was conducted and Victo. on January 19, at Kitami According to DIPR, K Y M C

both the resource persons dwelt on different types of waste and how to handle their disposal. A practical

lesson on how to convert biodegradable wastes, like kitchen garbage, into useful products like manure, was also demonstrated for the public.

Vitoshe from Kushe Humunity Foundation gave a brief introduction of the foundation and its activities. Viniho Achumi GB Kitami spoke on behalf of the village.

During the program, Kitami village won the Cleanest Village Award, Pughoboto, for the year 2018.

The award carries a certificate with cash citation of 5 Lakhs funded by LADF Pughoboto. A waste management project will also be carried out in the village.

The prog ram was chaired by EAC Pughoboto, Nuhuta Tunyi and a vote of thanks was delivered by CDPO Ghathashi, Junito Jimo.

DIMAPUR: Altogether, 25 floriculture students of Pfutsero Government College (PGC) B.A. 6th semester along with six faculty members, went on an exposure tour to Sikkim from January 8 to 14.

A press release from PGC assistant professor & HOD, English convenor, floriculture D. Chandani stated that the tour was sponsored by RUSA under higher education vocational. The college started floriculture as an additional course from 2017-18 and the present batch is its second batch.

The team visited the Cymbidium Development Centre, Rumtek, East Sikkim (Horticulture and Cash Crops Dev. Department) Gover nment of Sikkim and conducted a very fruitful session of demonstration and interaction with staff of the centre.

The PGC exposure trip team in Sikkim during their floriculture exposure trip from January 8 to 14.

During the three day stay in Sikkim, the team also visited the Tsomgo Lake in Northern Sikkim

and many other places of tourist importance.

The tour provided a great opportunity of exposure

and learning for students, many of whom had never travelled outside their own home town.

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protest: Students to boycott Tripura, Mnp & M‘laya celebrate Statehood Day Anti-CAB Republic Day celebration in Manipur

Manipur CM at the 47th Statehood Day celebration in Imphal on Monday. (NP) IANS/Correspondents

Agartala/ Imphal/ Shillong, Jan 21: Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya celebrated their 47th Statehood Day on Monday.

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura on their Statehood Day. The erstwhile princely states of Tripura and Manipur were merged into the Indian Union in October 1949 and became fullfledged states on January

21, 1972.

Meghalaya was part of Assam before becoming a full-fledged state under the North Eastern Region (ReOrganisation) Act, 1971.

Addressing the main function of the Statehood Day, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said that his government’s main goal was to make the state “drug free” and ensure efficient and transparent governance.

It was for the first time that Deb addressed the main function of the Statehood Day after becoming the Chief Minister

around ten months ago after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in alliance with the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) trounced the Communist Party of IndiaMarxist led Left Front.

“The BJP-IPFT government’s main mission is to deliver efficient and transparent governance. The law enforcing agencies have maximised their insistent efforts to make Tripura a ‘drug free state’, as declared by the BJP government,” Deb said.

He said in the last ten months, various law enforcing agencies have seized

Meghalaya CM Conrad says not yet decided to call off rescue operation Correspondent

Shillong, Jan 21: Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma on Monday said that the government had not yet decided to call off operations to rescue the 15 miners who have been trapped inside a 370-feet-coal mine for more than a month in East Jaintia Hills district.

Hearing a PIL filed by Delhi-based lawyer Aditya N. Prasad against the Centre for failing to rescue 15 miners, a Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices A.K. Sikri and S. Abdul Nazeer on Monday expressed concerned about the “progress of the rescue operation.”

However, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta assured the Court that “there is no question of abandoning the rescue operation.”

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“We are not yet decided on that (aborting the rescue operation). We are going to take inputs from all the experts from different organisations that are involved in the rescue operation,” Sangma told journalists here in Meghalaya.

“Once we get the report from all of them then it will be appropriate for us to decide on how to move forward (on whether to call off the rescue operation),” he added.

On Naval divers suspending the operations to retrieve the bodies, the Chief Minister said, “The report that has come to us is that if we try to bring out the body it will disintegrate.

It is becoming a next to impossible task bring out the dead body. We decided to suspend the operation of trying to take it out as it is

really not working out.”

On Sunday, the Indian Navy “suspended” their operation in retrieving the bodies from the ill-fated mine as the body is disintegrating with every pull by the underwater remotely operated vehicle jaw.

A rescue official said the 15-member Navy team suspended their operation to retrieve the dead since Sunday following instruction from district authorities.

“They (Naval team) are waiting for further instructions from the Deputy Commissioner (F.M.Dopth) on whether to pull out the body from the mouth of the ‘rat-hole’ coal mine to the ground,” the rescue official said on condition of anonymity.

Dopth was unable to be reached for a comment.

over 65,000 kg of ganja (cannabis) and various other drugs and 660 people were arrested in connection with the drug menace.

The market rate of 65,000 kg of ganja is around Rs. 36 crore.

“With a decrease in drug related activities, crime against women has also reduced by 19 per cent during the past ten months,” Deb said.

In Manipur, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, while addressing a gathering at the Manipur Rifles parade ground, urged all sections of society to extend their support to the government for all round development of the state.

He claimed that the state had become one of the fastest developing states of the country since the BJPled coalition government came to power.

He appealed to the people to extend full-cooperation in making Manipur free from bandhs and blockades while asserting that his government was doing its best to prohibit calling of such strikes in the state.

The Chief Minister

said that with the digitisation of many government services and works, people were benefited in numerous ways and transparency had been established in governance.

State deputy chief minister, ministers, MLAs, state chief secretary, DGP and top civil and police officials were among others who attended the occasion.

In Meghalaya, a weeklong programme on the theme, ‘Celebrating Meghalaya-India’, on the occasion of the 47th Statehood Day and the 70th Republic Day began on Monday in different districts.

On the occasion, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma announced the initiation of a 100 days programme in certain key departments with an idea to start, work and focus on a few programmes to be achieved in a matter of 100 days.

He said the idea of having the programme in -- Agriculture, Tourism, Health and Family Welfare departments -- is to start work and focus on few programmes which will be achieved in a matter of 100 days.

Anti-CAB protest in Imphal being dispersed by police on Monday. (NP) Correspondent

IMPHAL, Jan 21: Students of government higher secondary schools in Manipur Monday declared a boycott of the upcoming Republic Day celebrations as protests demanding withdrawal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 continued unabated.

After student union of Ibotonsana Girls Higher Secondary School declared boycott of the Republic Day celebrations, ten government higher secondary schools have also extended

their support.

Meanwhile, the protest against the controversial Citizen (Amendment) Bill 2016 gained momentum in the state with protest rallies, sit-inprotests, public discourses and public discussions held in various parts of the state on Monday.

A protest rally carried out under the aegis of United Peoples’ Front (UPF) in Imphal was foiled by police.

The rally kick-started from Keishampat junction, where leaders and

members of the UPF, and organizations affiliated to it, staged a sit-in-protest, was foiled by the police before reaching Imphal Raj Bhavan after a brief struggle.

Talking to the media during the protest, AMKIL vice-president L Nganbi Devi said that the rally was staged to demonstrate their opposition to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha.

She alleged the Bill was a long term policy of the government of India to dilute the indigenous people of North East by allowing illegal migrants to enter the region from the porous international border with Bangladesh.

UPF president W Seken warned that “If the CAB is passed and becomes an act, not only our state but the whole of the North East will be in complete chaos.”

He also demanded that Manipur government summon a special session of the state Assembly to oppose the Bill.

No consensus on Rohingyas stuck at border

Agartala, Jan 21 (Agencies): The attempts to hold a third flag meeting failed on Monday, with no one from the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) turning up to decide on an action plan for the Rohingyas stranded at the IndiaBangladesh border.

According to The Indian Express, all the 31 Rohingyas, who have been stranded on the Zero Line between the international borders of India and Bangladesh in West Tripura district for the last 96 hours, hail from the Rakhine State of Myanmar, officials said today. Speaking to indianexpress.com, a BSF Public Relation Officer (PRO) who didn’t wish to be named, said that the Rohingyas have been stranded between barbed wire fence on the Indian side and border pillars of Bangladesh since January 18. The Border Guards Bangladesh first claimed to have detained them try-

ing to cross the border and called up BSF authorities at 8:30 pm.

“Since then we have had two rounds of flag meetings on Zero Line but BGB is just not ready to take them back. Meanwhile, we have orders from Delhi not to accept and take the Rohingyas inside the Indian territory.

They are not our nationals. How can we take them back?” the official asked.

However, on humani-

tarian grounds, the BSF has provided food, drinking water, tents and blankets to the Rohingyas stranded on the border since Saturday.

The BSF official said the Rohingya persons were questioned about their whereabouts and identity.

“We have started preliminary questioning. We are asking them their names, age, place of origin and the route of their journey.

So far, we have come to

DECLARATION OF PENSION NOMINEE I, Smt. AMONGLA, wife of Late GHOSHITO SEMA, R/O Marepkong Ward, Mokokchung. P.O- Mokokchung, P.S- II Mokokchung, District- Mokokchung, StateNagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows : 1. That, I am deponent of this affidavit and a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That, I am the legal wife of Late Ghoshito Sema. Our marriage was performed on 24/10/1984, since then we lived together as husband and wife till his death.

However, my husband Late Ghoshito Sema, expired on 09/12/18.

3. That I am the legal wife of Late Ghoshito Sema, as such I am entitled to claim my family pension, against the death of my Husband. Henceforth, I hereby declare that, I am the pension nominee of my husband Late Ghoshito Sema, from the date of declaration of this affidavit.

4. That, the statement made above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and information which I believed to be true, and nothing has been concealed therein. And I signed this affidavit on this the 18th Day of January 2019.

Declarant : Smt. Amongla .

Solemnly affirmed and declared before me by the deponent on this the 18th Day of January 2019, at Mokokchung.

Regd. No.7058/19, Date : 18.01.19 Notary Public/Magistrate Mokokchung.

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know that most of them are from four districts of Rakhine state in Myanmar. These are Mandaw, Bhusidang, Maungdaw and Manandaw”, the official informed.

“There are sixteen children among these people.

We have urged BGB to consider the situation and take them back. BGB has stopped picking our phone calls now”, the BSF PRO said. The Ministry of Home

Affairs (MHA) had in a letter in October 2017, ordered immediate steps to all state governments to identify and monitor Rohingya refugees.

MHA Joint Secretary Dilip Kumar said in the letter that the Government of India viewed “infiltration” from the Rakhine State into the Indian territory as a burden on the country’s limited resources and claimed it aggravated security challenges.

NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMANTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (SECTION 375 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) In the Court of Shri. Albert Ezung Additional Deputy Commissioner Dimapur District, Nagaland.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late Chichamo Lotha, Deceased, has been filed by Smti. Lobeni Lotha, relation wife R/o H/No-55 Residency Colony to draw his/her Family Pension, Bank Acct, who expired on 02/09/2018.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if he/she desire may appear in this court within 30 days, on the said day of 22-02-2019.

Given under the hand and seal of the court this 21 day of 01/2019 Addl. Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland DP-612

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K’taka Cong MLA files FIR against MLA Bengaluru, Jan 21 (Agencies/PTI): Karnataka Congress MLA Anand Singh, who was holed up at the Eagleton Resort near Bengaluru, was beaten up black and blue by a fellow party member on Sunday night and now, has lodged an FIR against his colleague, alleging assault.

Singh has been admitted to Apollo Hospital with a swollen face and injuries on his head. He has been kept under observation for 24 hours.

According to India Today, Singh has lodged an FIR against MLA JN Ganesh for assault.

In the FIR, Anand Singh has said he was hit

by Ganesh with pots and a stick. He was thrown on the floor and kicked.

Singh further stated: Ganesh shouted “give me a gun and I’ll finish him here”. Minister Tukaram and MLA Tanveer pulled back Ganesh. He also verbally abused me.

Ganesh, too, has alleged that he was injured in the scuffle and denied attacking the injured MLA with a bottle.

Anand Singh’s wife had earlier threatened legal action against Ganesh and

Congress MLA Anand Singh at the Apollo Hospital.

told PTI, “I do not know whether Ganesh provoked my husband, but can anybody try to kill somebody for provocation? Is it right?”

After the alleged brawl, Congress got into a damage control mode and senior minister DK Shivakumar denied any fight taking place at the resort. Congress leaders said on Sunday that Anand Singh had developed a chest pain for which he was admitted to the hospital.

On Sunday, DK Shivakumar rubbished reports of a brawl between the two leaders.

“There is no fight. You saw all of them coming together, going together. It is fake news. Entire Congress party is united. I’m confident that even those

who couldn’t attend CLP will come to Congress,” he had said.

Ganesh is among the few disgruntled Congress MLAs who was reportedly in touch with other dissidents in the party and was on BJP’s radar in its alleged toppling game against the JDS-Congress government in Karnataka.

Congress suspends MLA Ganesh over resort brawl

Congress in Karnataka Monday suspended its MLA J N Ganesh who allegedly hit his lawmaker colleague Anand Singh during an alleged brawl at private resort here on Saturday night.

As serious allegations have been made with regards to the incident, on the orders

of KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, MLA J N Ganesh has been suspended with immediate effect, the Pradesh Congress said in a release here.

In order to conduct detailed inquiry about the incident a special inquiry committee had been constituted under the leadership of Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara.

It also includes Ministers K J George and Krishna Byre Gowda, the release said, adding that the committee had been asked to submit the report at the earliest.

The statement said that party leaders have conducted preliminary inquiry about the ‘unpleasant’ incident that happened on January 19 and have also collected information from Anand Singh. A jittery Congress had shifted its legislators to the resort on Friday last, as it feared that the BJP might lure some of them in its alleged bid to destabilise the Congress-JDS coalition government in the state.

Singh who suffered injuries in the scuffle was admitted to a private hospital on Sunday. Both had come to blows, according to party sources.

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President to confer national awards to children New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): President Ram Nath Kovind will confer the national awards to 26 shortlisted children Tuesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Women and Child Development Ministry said.

This year’s award function was mired in controversy after the government dissociated itself from the NGO Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) that has been organising the award since 1957 over financial embezzlement.

The ICCW had shortlisted 21 children for this year’s national awards whose names have been sent to the Prime Minister’s Office, but no response has been received, ICCW president Gita Siddhartha said.

The ministry, meanwhile, reinvented the national children’s awards for this year and included bravery as one of the categories under the awards now called the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2019. The different categories of award this time is innovation (six awards), scholaristic (three awards), social service (three awards), art and culture (five awards), sports (six awards) an bravery (three awards).

‘Walking God’ Swami dies at 111 Karnataka declares 3-day state mourning

Bhushan and Karnataka Ratna awards, the seer was in a serious condition for the past two months and had undergone a surgery at a private hospital in Chennai about two months ago for his liver related complications. The swamiji showed signs of improvement but his condition suddenly deteriorated in the past few days.

President, PM mourn

In this undated file photo, Shivakumara Swami is seen with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.( PTI)

Bengaluru, Jan 21 (PTI/IANS): Prominent Lingayat seer of Tumakurubased Siddaganga Math, 111-year-old Shivakumara Swamiji, who was known as the ‘Walking God’, died on Monday after a prolonged illness, the seminary announced.

“The seer left for the heavenly abode leaving his mortal body at 11.44 am,” announced the Siddaganga Education Society founded by the seer. According to the math website, the highly revered swamiji was born on April 1, 1908 in Veerapura village in Karnataka.

The website of Sree Siddaganga College of Edu-

cation, founded by him, mentions his date of birth as April 1, 1907.

“I am deeply saddened to announce that the walking God, Parama Poojya Siddaganga Sri, has passed away. It is an irreparable loss to the state. His contribution to the society transformed lakhs of people from across the state. He shaped the future of many people,” Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy told reporters in Tumakuru, where the seer passed away.

Kumaraswamy announced a gover nment holiday on Tuesday and state mourning for three days. A recipient of Padma

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday mourned the death of Karnataka’s 111-year-old revered seer, Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru.

“Extremely sad to learn the passing of the spiritual leader... He contributed immensely to society, particularly towards healthcare and education. My condolences to his countless followers,” the President tweeted.

“His Holiness lived for the people, especially the poor and vulnerable. He devoted himself towards alleviating ills like poverty, hunger and social injustice. Prayers and solidarity with his countless devotees spread all across the world,” tweeted Modi.

BJP asks EC to derecognise AAP Choksi gives up Indian citizenship to avoid extradition symbol seized so that these people are stopped from endangering the unity and integrity of the country and vitiating the atmosphere of the society.”

“The CEC has assured of taking action as soon as possible. Besides this, the Delhi BJP is also going to approach the court against AAP in the entire case,” he said. Tiwari was accompanied by Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta, party’s election expert Om Pathak, Delhi BJP Legal Department Head Neeraj Gupta and Delhi BJP me-

dia co-incharge Neelkant Bakshi. Speaking about the content of the complaint submitted to the CEC, Tiwari said: “We have complained against the AAP to the Commission on the issue of dividing people of Delhi on caste lines and spreading misinformation among voters about deletion of their votes saying that the BJP had deleted their votes and Kejriwal got their names back in the list.”

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER NAGALAND , KOHIMA

Ph. No.0370-2290472, Fax No. 0370- 2290470 Email- commissioner.nagaland@gmail.com

ADVERTISEMENT Dated Kohima the 21st January 2019

NO. CNE-A/RECT-BRD/I7:: In continuation to this Office advertisement NO. CNE-A/RECTBRD/I7 dated 17 th January 2019, it is hereby, informed that the number of vacancy for the post of Dobashi (Level 5 Pay Matrix under 7th RoP) under Mokokchung district has been increased by 1 (one) post. Total number of vacancy stands at 3 (three).

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Indian High Commission in Antigua. The new address mentioned by Choksi is Jolly Harbour Marks Antigua.

It is to be noted that Choksi, 59, had been living in Antigua for over a year now. On December 25, 2018, Choksi had told a court that he cannot return to India to face probe for loan fraud because his ‘poor health’ will not allow him to undertake a 41-hour

long journey from Antigua to India.

Choksi, however, submitted a written reply before the court, saying that he was willing to join the investigation through video conferencing. Choksi had also accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of not sharing the details of his health condition with the court only to mislead the whole investigation.

Choksi is accused of

cheating state-run PNB to the tune of Rs 13,000 crore in alleged collusion with his nephew Nirav Modi.

The billionaire diamantaire escaped to Antigua in the first week of January 2018.

On January 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said in an interview to ANI that defaulters will not be spared and his government will bring them back to India.

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NEW DELHI, Jan 21 (Agencies): In a big blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to wipe out corruption from India, absconding Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud accused Mehul Choksi, who is wanted by investigating agencies Mehul Choksi (File) for loan fraud, has given up his Indian citizenship by Sources told Zee surrendering his passport News that Choksi has to the Antiguan govern- also submitted USD 177 ment. with his passport to the

NAGALAND: KOHIMA

//Dated Kohima the Jan. 2019

Result of the NTSE 2018-19 ( Stage – 1 ) State level The following candidates are selected for Stage –II for National Talent Search Examination 2018-19 (National level). The Examination is scheduled on 12th May 2019 (Sunday).

Sl.No Name Roll.No Name of School 1 SHUBAM KUMAR 16190004032 G.H.S LOSAMI, PHEK 2 SHIVAM 16190011064 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN 3 YAIKOMBA THINGUJAM 16190002041 HOLY CROSS HR. SEC SCHOOL, DIMAPUR 4 ADITEE JAISWAL 16190002099 DON BOSCO HR. SEC. SCHOOL, DIMAPUR 5 HEUDIGWANGBE MERU 16190011029 TRANSFORMING LIVES ACADEMY, GAILI PEREN 6 VISHAL KUMAR SINGH 16190011063 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN 7 LIMNYEI N PHOM 16190005053 ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL, LONGLENG 8 PRANAV CHANDRA HIMANSHU 16190011058 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN 9 LOVSANG ZOIVA 16190011066 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN 10 RISHU RAJ 16190011047 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN 11 S AOLEPDEN LEMDUR 16190002143 G.H.S SARBURA, KASHIRAM DIMAPUR 12 KADUM MIBANG 16190011048 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN 13 VIZEZO KESIEZIE 16190001039 MEZHUR HR. SEC. SCHOOL, KOHIMA 14 ARUN KUMAR SAH 16190003022 QUEEN MARY HR. SEC. SCHOOL, MOKOKCHUNG 15 KHRIELIEVI NIENU 16190002036 GREENWOOD SCHOOL,KUDA DIMAPUR 16 ARPAN SAGAR 16190011046 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN 17 IMYANGLUBA O JAMIR 16190001010 STELLA HR. SEC. SCHOOL, KOHIMA 18 IMSÜRENLA LONGKUMER 16190001019 FERNWOOD SCHOOL, KOHIMA 19 NIGHITO Y CHISHI 16190009005 OLYMPIC HR. SEC. SCHOOL, ZUNHEBOTO 20 PHASSANG JOSHUA 16190011065 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN 21 ARPAN GHOSH 16190002060 PRANAB VIDYAPITH HR. SEC. SCHOOL, DIMAPUR 22 SAJAL KUMAR SINGH 16190001018 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, KOHIMA 23 ABHINAV ANAND 16190011051 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN 24 RAHUL SAH 16190002014 S.D JAIN HR. SEC. SCHOOL, DIMAPUR 25 MENUOSATUO MEPFHU-O 16190001029 MEZHUR HR. SEC. SCHOOL, KOHIMA 26 KANHAIYA KUMAR 16190011060 SAINIK SCHOOL PUNGLWA, PEREN The Admission letter/hall ticket to the recommended candidates will be auto generated, the candidates can download the Admission card/ hall ticket from the NCERT website < www.ncert.nic.in > in the month of April 2019 for appearing in the National Level Talent Search Examination scheduled to be held on 12th May 2019.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT 9TH NAP BN (INDIA RESERVE) SAIJANG : NAGALAND

No.9BN(IR)RO-10/2018-19/866

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Dated, Saijang, the 19th Jan/2019

No-91969 Rank. Constable Name - Thungjamo Ezung S/o - Nchibemo Ezung Vill - Chekiye-B PO - Dimapur PS - Diphupar Dist. - Dimapur, Nagaland REMINDER CALLING NOTICE Whereas you have been found absent from bonafide Govt. duty with effect from 22/11/2018 till date without leave or permission from the competent authority and despite issuing the following calling notice you have failed to report for duty till date.

1. NO.9BN(IR)RO-10/2018-19/555 dated 04/12/2018.

2. NO.9BN(IR)RO-10/2018-19/679 dated 19/12/2018.

3. NO.9BN(IR)RO-10/2018-19/751 dated 04/01/2019.

You are therefore, directed to report at Bn. Hqr. Saijang within 7 (seven) days of publication of this notice, failing which you will be declared deserter and dismissed from the service without serving any further notice and legal action will be taken against you.

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New Delhi Jan 21 (IANS): Accusing the AAP and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of dividing the society on caste lines and spreading mispropaganda, the BJP on Monday approached the EC and demanded derecognisition of the party.

After meeting CEC Sunil Arora, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari told reporters: “We demanded that the Commission take stern action against the Convener (Kejriwal), leaders and office-bearers of the AAP. The AAP should be derecognised and election

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT, 14th NAP (IR) BATTALION KIPHIRE : NAGALAND

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT, 14th NAP (IR) BATTALION KIPHIRE : NAGALAND

NO.14th NAP(IR)BN/RO-44/2018-19/2448 Dated Kiphire, the 18th Jan. '19.

NO.14th NAP(IR)BN/RO-44/2018-19/2447 Dated Kiphire, the 18th Jan. '19.

LAST CALLING NOTICE

LAST CALLING NOTICE

No. NCE/108 Cook Prem Shankar Kumar S/o Kamal Prasad of Kasap Village PS/PO : Udwantnagar under Bhojpur, Bihar was found willfully absent from Govt, bonafide duty w.e.f, 13/11/2018 till date.

Whereas this office had issued and served 3 (three) times calling notices viz :1. No. 14th NAP(IR)BN/RO-44/17-18/2090 dated. Kiphire, the 22nd Nov' 2018.

2. No. 14th NAP(IR)BN/RO-44/17-18/2181 dated. Kiphire, the 05th Dec' 2018 3. No. 14th NAP(IR)BN/RO-44/18-19/2333 dated. Kiphire, the 05th Jan' 2019.

However, you have failed to report for duty till date. Therefore, last opportunity is given to report within 10 (Ten) days time from the date of issue of this notice, failing which D.E proceeding shall be held against you ex-parte.

No. 141585 CN(Dvr) Dharamraj Kumar Yadav S/o Jawaharlal Yadav of Paliya Village PS/PO : Sardarnagar/Chaurichaura under Gorakhpur district, UP was found willfully absent from Govt. bonafide duty w.e.f, 07/11/2018 till date.

Whereas this office had issued and served 3 (three) times calling notices viz :1. No. 14th NAP(IR)BN/RO-44/17-18/2030 dated. Kiphire, the 13th Nov' 2018.

2. No. 14th NAP(IR)BN/RO-44/17-18/2182 dated. Kiphire, the 05th Dec' 2018 3. No. 14th NAP(IR)BN/RO-44/18-19/2332 dated. Kiphire, the 05th Jan' 2019.

However, you have failed to report for duty till date. Therefore, last opportunity is given to report within 10 (Ten) days time from the date of issue of this notice, failing which D.E proceeding shall be held against you ex-parte.

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Resort tamasha

angalore now Bengaluru had made Karnataka famous in the past with hospitable and friendly people. Karnataka or for the matter, Bengaluru, today is more known for its resort politics that began sometime in the 80s. That is why resorts in Bengaluru have mushroomed in view of the nature of politics as the need becomes pronounced every time there is a vote to be taken as MLAs have to be herded together and only return on voting or D-Day to protect them from being hijacked or poached. Herding of MLAs to resorts or even five-star hotels has unfortunately become a habit that is necessitated by the need to splurge on the greedy and corrupt law makers.

Karnataka legislators may have learned about the tricks of the trade from politicians in neighbouring states- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

The lesson in resort politics was practiced in 2006 when H.D.Kumaraswamy ditched the Congress and joined hands with the BJP. During the crisis, MLAs were herded in hotels or resorts. The lesson was first taught in 1984, when the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh legislators were brought to Bengaluru by the legendary N T Rama Rao, when he had to face a trust vote and for one month, his friend then Karnataka chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde accommodated the legislators at a resort in Devanahalli. Ext, Congress chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh of Maharashtra packed his MLAs off to Bengaluru in 2002, till he won his trust vote. Karnataka politicians made their maiden foray into resort politics when in 2004, political parties began herding their MLAs into resorts for meeting, decision making and “to keep their flock together”. After the fractured verdict in 2004, JDS herded its MLAs to resorts since they were being enticed both BJP and Congress. Again in 2007 H.D.Kumaraswamy ditched Congress during which the JDS legislators were herded in a Goa resort. The BJP in 2008, Yeddyurappa formed the first BJP government after engineering defections. He herded JDS and Congress MLAs to resorts and managed to obtain simple majority even though BJP won only 110 as against 80 of the Congress. Under mining baron and MLC G Janardhan Reddy’s leadership, the independents, then several Congress and JD(S) MLAs were hosted at resorts. The latter lot were induced to resign their seats and contest again on BJP tickets, funded by the party, a method called “Operation Kamala”, which the BJP used elsewhere including Gujarat. After the 2018 assembly election, BJP became the single largest party, getting 36.5% of vote share for 104 seats, but falling short of a majority (114). Congress got 38.14% of vote share for its 80 seats while the Janata Dal (Secular) of the Gowdas won 37 seats with 18.3% of vote share. Resort politics started when differences within Congress led to factionalism which BJP tried to exploit to bring down the Congress-JDS coalition government under “Operation Kamala”. To save its flock, BJP herded its MLAs to a five star luxury hotel in Gurugram.

Congress attacked BJP for the humongous cost of resort politics. However, soon even Congress followed by herding its flock to a resort. It is time that the Election Commission of India wake up to such a travesty of parliamentary practices and stop the herding tamasha once and for all.

DailyDevotion Recall What God Remembers Thus says the Lord: “I remember…the kindness of your youth…” —Jeremiah 2:2 Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me?

Does everything in my life fill His heart with gladness, or do I constantly complain because things don’t seem to be going my way? A person who has forgotten what God treasures will not be filled with joy. It is wonderful to remember that Jesus Christ has needs which we can meet— “Give Me a drink” (John 4:7). How much kindness have I shown Him in the past week? Has my life been a good reflection on His reputation?

God is saying to His people, “You are not in love with Me now, but I remember a time when you were.”

He says, “I remember…the love of your betrothal…”

(Jeremiah 2:2). Am I as filled to overflowing with love for Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning, when I went out of my way to prove my devotion to Him? Does He ever find me pondering the time when I cared only for Him? Is that where I am now, or have I chosen man’s wisdom over true love for Him? Am I so in love with Him that I take no thought for where He might lead me? Or am I watching to see how much respect I get as I measure how much service I should give Him? As I recall what God remembers about me, I may also begin to realize that He is not what He used to be to me. When this happens, I should allow the shame and humiliation it creates in my life, because it will bring godly sorrow, and “godly sorrow produces repentance…” (2 Corinthians 7:10).

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Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. ~ Paulo Coelho

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here are so many opportunities for vegans now. All you need is perseverance and courage – but you need that for any business. Here are some more ideas of how to earn money and change the world: You don’t have to sacrifice fashion for a more compassionate lifestyle. You can have both! Many high fashion elegant products are made from recycled polyester. Cruelty-free shoes, belts and wallets are sold in thousands of on and off line shops now, using only non-animal materials that are environmentally friendly - plant-based or man-made materials such as ultra suede, organic cotton, canvas, nylon, velvet, linen.

Even the shoe glue has not been tested on animals, nor made of them.

You could start a weekly organic market. People for Animals did that for a little while and did very well.

Now Delhi has three weekly organic markets and they sell everything from seeds, plants, vegetables and salads to oils and cheeses. You could add vegan cookbooks, vinegars and sauces, teas, pottery, perfume, soap, skincare, hair products, and have a vegan deli. One day it will become a permanent market with an allotted space from the government, like the flower market. Sydney has a vegan festival every year and it is big, with people taking part from all over Australia (www.crueltyfreefestival. org.au.) You could have

it annually and call it the Cruelty Free Festival.

I need to shop at a vegan bakery, confectionery, and chocolatier; offering vegan sweets of every kind, including baked goods, chocolate truffles, fudge, caramels, toffee, brittle, peanut butter cups, marshmallows, peppermint crèmes, patties, brownies, toffee, cakes, cookies, meringues, muffins, donuts, cupcakes.

Croissants, cheesecakes, marmalades and chutneys and elegant gift baskets.

Vegan and gluten free works for me - ethical decadence!

A sweet treat with no chemicals, no genetically modified organisms, and no animal products. But in order to do this, you need to source your ingredients responsibly and check every supplier thoroughly. Instead of palm oil use coconut and cocoa butter. For sweetener, use evaporated cane juice, coconut sugar, and pure maple sugar. Don’t forget the smoothies and fresh organic juices. And certify everything Non GMO. You could have a niche shop that just sells oils, milk and butter : olive oil, yerba mate, coconut, flax, chia, hemp and black sesame oils, cashew and shea butter, almond oil and milk, agave nectar, flax-milk, organic whole grain rice-milk, maple syrup, molasses, organic coconut sugar, stevia, xylitol, good sunflower oil. Add animal rights shirts, buttons.

Enhance health through nutrition.

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They exist offering them a wide range of mock meats and cheeses: Chicken sandwiches, hotdogs, kebabs, steaks, burgers, mince pies, bacon, nuggets, sausages, mutton curries, fish fillets, chicken pot pie, French toast. Vegan cheese alternatives are sold online: Hazelnut-based Smoked Gouda, Chipotle Cheddar and Monterey Jack, Soy-based Feta Crumbles, Cashew-based Chia Cheese Sauce. This kind of food turns a lot of people, who are making a transition, into vegans. There are mock meats (like FRY) which are free from meat, fish, eggs, milk, nuts, cholesterol, hydrogenated fats, GM ingredients, artificial colours, flavours and preservatives.

If you have a café, be careful to use no plastic.

Use unbleached, 100% cotton cloths for napkins.

This eliminates the use of harmful chemicals, such as bleach, which is used in common laundering practices. Compost your scraps, or give them to animal shelters. Do not buy bone china. Wash the dishes with the most environmentallyfriendly products. Print your books, labels, and menus

on recycled paper with soy based ink. Use the waste vegetable oil to power your car, so you never have to buy petrol.

If I knew a shop with just vegan alcohols - beer and wine, that is what I would gift drinkers. Most commercial wines use fish, or farm animal products, to process the grapes - shrimp shells, bovine tissue (like hooves), eggs, dairy, sturgeon bladders called isinglass. However, smaller wineries can be vegan. You need to look on the Net and order from them.

You could make one product from your home and advertise it : peanut butter without palm oil and preservatives, for example, or energy bars made with dried fruit, nuts and spices.

The Vegg LLC (www.thevegg.com) is a manufacturer and wholesaler of a powdered vegan egg yolk, sold online. It’s a one person business owned by Rocky Shepherd. Who invented the world’s first vegan egg yolk! You could get in touch with him and offer that to confectionaries.

Start a vegan cosmetics and skin care shop. Vegan

cosmetics, plant derived with no animal oils, gelatine or bones in them, are in any case better for the face. Companies abroad sell cosmetic liquid and powder foundations, eye shadows, blushers, concealers, bronzers, lipsticks, lip balms and mascara. Not tested on animals, cruelty-free and harmful chemical-free products, they replace even beeswax with natural oils such as organic Jojoba oil.

In order to do away with preservatives, local products are used. 100% natural skin care products can be made without alcohol, parabens, fragrance, wax, dyes, toxic contaminants, sodium lauryl or laurethsulphate, petrochemicals, artificial colorants and perfumes, glycols, synthetic preservatives or additives, bulking agents, or hidden ingredients of any kind! Most soaps are made with animal fat. Palm oil is actually a drying agent and it doesn’t hydrate or help the skin. But commercial manufacturers use it because it is cheap. Likewise, shellac and lanolin are common ingredients which are no good for the skin but are commonly found, as they can be preserved for a long time. Vegan soaps use vegetable oil and natural fragrances, and handcraft each soap. These would be allergen free. So would shampoos, conditioners, liquid hand soaps, bar soaps, bath and shower gels, and body lotions.

It bothers me that we should feed one animal to

another. So, don’t forget vegan pet food and supplements for cats and dogs.

They exist. We just have to get them into India, or make them ourselves. Cats need taurine if they are to be vegan. But normal taurine is made from cow bile and that brings us back to square one. However it is possible to make synthetic taurine.

Since I became minister we use Gaunyle in the ministry. It has a very pleasant smell and does a good cleaning job. It is vegan and its base ingredient is cow urine, which is a disinfectant. It is possible to have dishwashing liquid, powdered and liquid laundry detergents, and allpurpose spray cleaner without harsh chemicals that have been tested on animals.

There is a company, called Planet Inc., which develops and sells environmentallyfriendly products which are plant based, hypoallergenic, and clean well. They are 100% biodegradable. Their certification requires three things: First, each ingredient must break down into basic minerals, carbon dioxide, and water, and a minimum of 70% of it must degrade within 28 days. Second, each ingredient must be able to degrade, even in worst-case conditions (for example, without oxygen).

Third, no ingredient may harm aquatic life while it is degrading. To join the animal welfare movement contact gandhim@nic.in, www.peopleforanimalsindia.org

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Tax-saving investments around you The CAB, 2016 vis-à-vis Article 371 (A)

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urs is a peculiar generation. We tend to lend our attention to things that are loud. That’s why thebillboards around us have become larger by the day. So also the horns of our city traffic. So much so that my friend, whose daughter is studying in a preschool, is getting admission calls from all up-market schools of Dimapur. Phone calls from the marketing department of socalled prestigious schools, that’s something new! I’m sure you will also be getting calls from your agents or distributors for your tax-saving investments as the financial year-end is approaching.

But what about the ones which are not pushed by most agents or distributors?

What about the ones that are silently waiting for your attention, between the loud and flashy ones?

So, here I am bringing you the tax-saving investments from the Government of India, readily available in your neighbourhood post offices all around the country. Through the following investments, one is eligible for a deduction of 1.5 lakhs from his/ her income under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act of 1961.

Post Office Time Deposit Account: A time deposit of five years in the Post Office will give you a handsome returnof 7.8 per cent. Deposits of up

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to 1.5 lakhs are eligible for tax deduction under 80C. Time deposit of one, two and three years are also available with an interest of seven per cent. But for tax deduction under 80C, you need to opt for a five-year lock-in period.

Public Provident Fund (PPF): The 15-year lock-in PPF is one of the most subscribed government backed investments in India. The best part about PPF is that its interest is tax-free. That means, apart from its eligibility of reducing your taxable income up to 1.5 lakhs under Section 80C, the interest earned from it is also tax-free. Moreover, you will get a handsome interest of eight per cent, calculated annually.

Senior Citizen Saving Scheme (SCSS): Although only senior citizens are eligible to invest up to 15 lakhs in this scheme, only 1.5 lakhs is eligible under 80C. The lock-in period is five years and can be extended by another three more years. The interest is a whooping 8.7 per cent and is payable every quarter. That means, if you invest the maximum limit of 15 lakhs, you will earn an interest of Rs. 32,625 every three months. The downside is that its interest are taxable. and if you earn an interest of more than Rs. 10,000 in a year, TDS will be deducted.

he Indigenous people the world over are rooted to their ancestral land which nurtures the social environment and from which a unique culture emanates and thrives. The culture is characterized by different customs, laws and procedures.

It is this which makes each and every tribe unique. Remember the age old saying that no two hills are same nor are two tribes similar.

It is the sacred duty for all tribes to protect their identity, their culture, customs, laws and practices. For which it is essential that they remain connected to their land. After all it is this land which creates and sustains the uniqueness of each tribe. If we Pan across the globe and scan the struggle of indigenous tribes, willy nilly, majority of them are struggling to get hold of the possession of their land. The first basic requirement of establish-

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(From previous issue) The State of Nagaland Act 1962, enacted by Parliament for the creation of the State of Nagaland.

“Section 26. Continuance of existing laws and their adaptation.- (1) All laws in force, immediately before the appointed day, in the Naga Hills Tuensang Area shall continue to be in force in the State of Nagaland until altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.

(2) For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to the State of Nagaland of any law made before the appointed day, the appropriate Government may, within two years from that day, by order make such adaptations and modifications of the law, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made until altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.

Explanation- In this section, the expression “appropriate Government” means, as respects any law relating to a matter enumerated in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the Central Government; and as respects any other law, the Government of Nagaland.”

The BEFR 1873, The Foreigners Act, 1946, and The Citizenship Act, 1955, along with all the amendments over the years are Laws within the meaning of law in Article 13 of the Constitution. It was in force in erstwhile Naga Hills Tuensang Area, immediately before 1st December, 1963.

These are laws enacted by the Parliament prior to Nagaland statehood. Since it has not been altered, repealed or amended within two years since statehood as provided under Section 26 (2) of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962, it is applicable in the State of Nagaland. It is opined that Article

Land an existential thing

ing, leave aside, preserving their identity.

Then aren’t we in Nagaland a blessed lot. Just a little bit of contemplation and delving into history will reveal that our forefathers had the vision and intellect to have ensured that our land remains protected and in the firm custody of the community.

Thereby ensuring that the Tribes of Nagaland thrive and continue to maintain their identity. The Constitutional authority for this is vested in the Article 371 which is applicable in Nagaland. But are we really aware of its power in protecting us, our culture, customs and procedures, religious and social practices, administration of administrative and criminal justice and above all safeguarding our own land. It probably has been shut in the closet and forgotten or is it being deliberately downplayed, not very sure!

If we scan the various tribes

of Nagas across different regions then each tribe is inhabiting and thereby signifying a particular tract of land. It is this distinct tract of land which defines the tribe and not the other way around. Doesn’t it make us ponder over the stark reality that Nagaland and Nagas of Nagaland already possess what is rightfully theirs.

The others will thrive in their respective geographical areas as long as they are given the same protection. So if the present day political dispensation at the Centre is willing to ensure protection in all the affected areas then what are we fighting for? Some symbolic demands which will outwardly display our identity, is that all, but we shouldn’t forget that Symbolism has its own limitations and cannot satiate the thirst and deep felt aspirations of the people. It is my earnest appeal to all our community stakeholders to be pragmatic and show

371A (1) (a) shall be stretched too far to make a claim that Nagaland Legislative Assembly have the power under Article 371A to restrict the applicability of the Citizenship (Amendment Bill) 2016, as and when it became a law. Such a view may not pass the legal scrutiny of reasonableness since the Nagaland Legislative Assembly did not exercised its power as provided in Section 26 of the Act of 1962. To make a claim that Nagaland Legislative Assembly can still exercise even at this belated stage may create more problems than solving the problems since much water has been flowed in river Dikhu since statehood. It is also important to remember that Article 371A comes with effect from 01-12-1963.

The recent resolution of the State Cabinet to urge upon the Central Government to review the Citizenship (Amendment Bill) 2016, with due respect, it was a halfhearted approach and especially when the Bill is already passed by the Lok Sabha. Any piece meal solution shall be counterproductive at this crucial juncture. Also, to take shelter behind Article 371A and BEFR 1873 shall be self defeating. The only permanent solution shall be total scrapping of the Bill. It is respectfully opined that summoning a special session of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to discuss the Bill and an assembly resolution urging upon the Government of India to withdraw the Bill could be a way forward and which shall be an eye opener for other north eastern states. It is sincerely hoped that our honorable elected representatives shall rise to the occasion by taking a bold and decisive decision showing statesmanship. This humble opinion is shared with a positive intention to facilitate a healthy discussion on the present burning issue faced by our people.

(Concluded) Taka Masa Ao, Senior Advocate & Ex.MLA

unity in approach. Unity should be in thought and philosophy and not merely territorial unity, which by nature may not be feasible. Therefore the sooner we reconcile to the fact that our land is distinct within our state and in neighboring states and so are people inhabiting them, the better equipped we will be to finding and accepting a solution to the vexed Poll imbroglio which is unique and not one size fits all. Also the inclination to force fit “unity” beyond certain land boundary’s will then be seen to be unrealistic, non workable in the long run and a waste of precious time. Therefore, it is time that we consolidate and build on what we have for a better future for the coming generation rather than waste it. After all a bird in hand is better than two in the bush, of which the second bird may be virtual!!

Rembemo L, GHS, Yimpang

Reader’s Post

Give them due share Sir,

Elderly people travelling in autos are a common sight but when they are harassed to pay more than their due fare is not justified. It does not mean that they are allowed to ride free but they should not be taken advantage of just because they are old. Provisions have been made for senior citizens on travel cost and health care etc as and where applicable. Such considerations need to be followed up in Nagaland as well so our senior citizens are given their due share.

They too have done their part for society in their younger days.

Rosemary Wati, Dimapur

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

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president said the SP and the BSP have taken a decision on most of the seats and an announcement in this regard will be made soon.

“As far as SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav is concerned, the party will field him from the seat of his choice,” he said.

Asked whether his wife and Kannauj MP Dimple Yadav will contest polls again, Akhilesh said, “We are liberal people...If you say she will contest. If you say we are practicising ‘pariwarwad’, she will not.”

On the controversy over BJP MLA Sadhana Singh’s remarks against BSP

will not bring confidence...I will ask them to use Lucknow-Agra expressway during their return journey and then they will know as to who works and who is betraying the people,” the former chief minister said.

On reports that the Yogi Adityanath government was preparing to give pension to seers, Yadav said they should get at least Rs 20,000 per month as pension.

“Those reciting Ramayana and other such persons should be given at least Rs 20,000 monthly pension.

Those playing roles of Ram, Lakshman and Sita should also be given pension. Yash Bharti awards should also be re-started,” he said.

He also called for restarting the Samajwadi Pension scheme and the one for Yash Bharti awardees which was given by the previous government.

On Kumbh, Akhilesh demanded that Centre hand over the Allahabad Fort to the state.

will continue to listen to user feedback on their experience, and “over time, look for new ways of addressing viral content”.

A WhatsApp spokesperson told PTI that during the test period, the company saw a 25 per cent reduction of forwarded messages being shared on WhatsApp. “We believe this is a reasonable number to reach close friends, while helping prevent abuse,” the spokesperson added.

The move comes at a time when governments and regulators across the world are looking at effective ways to curb the spread of fake messages through digital platforms.

In India, the Facebookowned company had faced flak from the government after a series of mob-lynching incidents, triggered by rumours circulating on WhatsApp, claimed lives.

Under pressure to stop rumours and fake news, WhatsApp had last year,

(From p-1) land encroachment issue, status report of cases regarding land encroachment of government colleges/institutions in all districts and report on setting up of common scholarship cell.

Further, the union affirmed that it would not accept anything less or more on the memorandum submitted to the chief minister dated on August

10, 2018 i.e. a separate cell for implementing all kinds of scholarships, settlement of land encroachment issues in all districts and total eviction of illegal encroachers and infrastructures.

Meanwhile, ANCSU has appreciated and thanked the state government, particularly Minister of Higher & Technical Education Temjen Imna Along, for acquiring the second and final in-

stalment for Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) 20172018 after much delay by the central ministry. It said sanction order was received on January 11, 2019.

The union said it was optimistic that the students would be receiving the remaining scholarship amount in a week’s time after completion of necessary approvals.

All Nagaland College Students’ Union also said

that state merit scholarship beneficiaries for the year 2017-2018, whose scholarship was denied due to the wrong Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) indication in the marksheet, has been reconsidered by the department and accordingly the government has released additional fund as appealed by the union.

“As informed by the department and confirmed from the bank, the said

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merit beneficiaries scholarship amounts has been deposited to the bank for disbursement,” All Nagaland College Students’ Union claimed.

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restricted forwarding messages to five chats at once as well as removed the quick forward button for media messages in India - a market that has over 200 million WhatsApp users.

In fact, the Indian government — through proposed changes in IT rules — is seeking to make social media platforms more accountable by mandating them to introduce tools that can identify and disable “unlawful content”.

One of the amendments being mulled in the IT intermediary rules (meant for online and social media platforms) will require them to enable tracing out of such originators of information as needed by government agencies that are legally authorised.

WhatsApp, as part of its efforts, had also brought out full-page advertisements as well as television and radio campaigns offering tips to users on how to spot misinformation.

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(From p-1) NUTA said the Nagaland government’s stand was most unfortunate, adding that the present Inner Line Permit (ILP) system did not include the entire State and thus “failed us to a large extent”. The ILP system was inconsistent as it excluded the State’s commercial nerve centre Dimapur, which had been flooded with illegal immigrants, it added.

The association urged the State government to strictly implement the ILP, inclusive of Dimapur, and protect the rights of people, irrespective of partisan politics, by ensuring that the Bill did not become a law in the State It fur ther claimed that provisions of Article 371(A) too did not enable Nagaland Legislative Assembly to stop such a citizenship law after it becomes an Act. Referring to the Joint Parliamentary Committee report tabled in Parliament that, citing Intelligence Bureau, stated that around 31,313 immigrants would immediately benefit from the proposed amendment and that 25,447 were Hindus, NUTA said it was evident that religion would form the basis of citizenship.

In a State and region reeling under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, the association said CAB was another onslaught and destruction of the identity of Indigenous people.

Mentioning that the wavering stance of the State government on CAB was tantamount to supporting whatever the Centre decides at the expense of welfare of the Nagas, NGBF, however, welcomed the State cabinet’s decision to call a consultative meet of all sections of the society, including tribal hohos, civil society groups, NGOs, political parties, prominent citizens and all stakeholders to ascertain their views, opinions and suggestions.

The federation further warned that, as a respectable organisation and guardian of traditional and customary laws and practices, it would not remain a mute spectator to any anti-Naga activity and rise up to the occasion “as we will not tolerate and watch Nagaland being buried due to whatever reasons behind”.

It was time for the government to wake up and not just give “support in solidarity to the voice of North-eastern brethrens” but find a way to protect from this controversial Bill before it was too late, NGBF added.

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of the restrictions imposed by ILP, it could have been a different story. However, it is not the case and, despite BEFRA 1873, our State has become a safe haven for illegal immigrants,” it pointed out. The apex body of village heads said it was unfortunate that a Bill based on religion was passed in Lok Sabha, “giving a legal freeway to the illegal immigrants to flourish and prosper, particularly in the Northeastern States of India.”

It warned that should the Nagaland government remain weak and meekly watch the “hazardous events” unfolding, it would not be long before the illegal immigrants with Indian citizenship overrun the State in every field and turn Nagaland into a haven for illegal activities. “When we should be working towards an efficient mechanism to deport and reduce the inflow of illegal immigrants, our weak stand is but a welcoming gesture to those who are eagerly waiting to make an entry into our State,” the statement added.

New Delhi, Jan 21(PTI): Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger service is globally limiting message ‘forwards’ to five chats at a time, a practice it had introduced in India in July last year to crack down on spread of rumours and fake news through its platform.

In an update to its blog on Monday, WhatsApp said the move will help keep “WhatsApp focused on private messaging with close contacts”.

“WhatsApp carefully evaluated this test and listened to user feedback over a six-month period. The forward limit significantly reduced forwarded messages around the world,” it said.

It added that “starting today, all users on the latest versions of WhatsApp can now forward to only five chats at once...”

The messaging platform—which counts India, Brazil and Indonesia among its major markets—said it

ANCSU reminds govt on KSC land issue

NGBF opposes CAB, backs JCPI

(From p-1) The federation claimed that there was no mention of citizenship in the Article, even as it asserted that the hope of taking 371(A) as ammunition to oppose the Bill when it becomes an Act would not pass the legal scrutiny in time. The body further asserted that citing the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act (BEFRA), 1873 as being one of the pillars to safeguard Nagas through the exercise of inner line permit (ILP) too was a misrepresentation of the Act as there was no relation between CAB and ILP. Stating that there was a marked difference between the two and that there was no correlation whatsoever, NGBF pointed out that while ILP or even Restricted Area Permit (RAP) was for temporary movement within the State, CAB would grant citizenship to illegal immigrants that would have disastrous consequences.

“If Nagaland is the only State where no illegal immigrants could enter as a result

New Delhi, Jan 21 (Agencies): A scam like Rafale would not have happened if Lokpal Bill was implemented, anticorruption activist Anna Hazare said on Monday while announcing his indefinite hunger strike from January 30 demanding setting up of Lokpal and Lokayuktas, farm loan waiver and one-time pension for farmers.

According to Times Now, Hazare said he didn’t understand how a company which was formed in March was given the contract in April “without any prior experience”. “I have some papers on Rafale and I will study them and address the issue again,” he said while addressing the media.

Hazare also announced that he will be going on “fast until death” from January 30 in his village Ralegan Siddhi to demand the setting up of Lokpal and Lokayukta.

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president Mayawati, he said the language being used by ruling party leaders is the result of their frustration.

“Since the BJP did nothing during its tenure, how will its leaders talk about work...now that the elections are nearing, there will be a lot of more things as well,” he said.

Without naming the prime minister, Yadav said, “The one who is occupying the highest position is also using such language.”

On the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas, which started Monday in Varanasi, he said, “Since many years, we are waiting for NRIs to invest in the state...maybe those coming here will have a change of heart after seeing Kumbh and taking a holy dip in the Ganga, and they will invest in a big way.”

He, however, said some policies, decisions and confidence was required for making those sitting on the dias in the Pravasi Diwas function invest in the state.

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Lu c k n ow, J a n 2 1 (PTI): The country is looking for a new prime minister and the BJP needs to come out with a new face, if it has one, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said Monday while making it clear that he is not in the race for the top post. “As far as leadership issue is concerned, it is actually the people who decide it...you will see, in time to come, how many choices we have,” he told reporters here when asked as to who would be the leader of opposition parties against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He, however, made it clear that he was “not in the prime ministerial race”.

“But, one thing is totally clear that the country is waiting for a new prime minister...if the BJP, which is so concerned about us, has a new prime minister, they should tell the people,” Yadav, who recently shared platform with opposition leaders in Kolkata, said.

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“India and France are likely to surpass the UK in the world’s largest economy rankings in 2019, knocking it from fifth to seventh place in the global table,” the report said.

“India should return to a healthy growth rate of 7.6 per cent in 201920, if there are no major headwinds in the global economy such as enhanced trade tensions or supply side shocks in oil.

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tions remains unchanged from its previous World Economic Outlook projections.

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It has been projected to grow at 7.5 per cent in 2019, which is a marginal 0.1 per cent above its previous projection. In 2020, India is projected to grow at 7.7 per cent.

The IMF report comes a day after PwC’s Global Economy Watch said that India is likely to surpass the United Kingdom in the world’s largest economy rankings in 2019.

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“Indian rupee extended last week’s losses after Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das flagged concerns about sticky core inflation. Higher oil prices and worries about a wider fiscal deficit also weighed on sentiment,” said V K Sharma, Head PCG and Capital Markets Strategy, HDFC Securities.

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Despite fiscal stimulus that offsets some of the impact of higher US tariffs, China’s economy will slow down due to the combined influence of needed financial regulatory tightening and trade tensions with the US, the IMF said in its latest report.

Growth in emerging and developing Asia will dip from 6.5 per cent in 2018 to 6.3 per cent in 2019 and 6.4 per cent in 2020, it said.

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Washington, Jan 21 (PTI): India is projected to grow at 7.5 per cent in 2019 and 7.7 per cent in 2020, an impressive over one percentage point ahead of China’s estimated growth of 6.2 per cent in these two years, the IMF said on Monday attributing the pick up to the lower oil prices and a slower pace of monetary tightening.

The Inter national Monetary Fund in its January World Economy Outlook update on Monday said India would remain the fastest growing major economies of the world.

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as compared with 24.98 percent in the year-ago period.

IDBI Bank has about 1.5 crore retail customers and about 18,000 employees. With this deal, LIC will have a strategic investment in a large bancassurance channel, thereby increasing its productivity and reducing distribution costs.

Over 800 branches of IDBI Bank can be used as touch points for selling LIC policies, the public sector lender said.

IDBI Bank said it would significantly increase its investments in building data analytics capabilities to analyse customer behaviour of both the entities.

This will enable the bank to enhance its product offerings, reduce distribution cost, de-risk portfolio and support retail business build, it added.

IDBI Bank said its retail loan portfolio is expected to reach 50 percent by fiscal 2019-20.

Of the 21 state-owned banks, 11 are under the PCA framework. These are Allahabad Bank, United Bank of India, Corporation Bank, IDBI Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Dena Bank and Bank of Maharashtra.

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New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): Gold rallied by Rs 40 to Rs 33,200 per 10 gram at the bullion market on Monday, reversing a twoday losing trend on fresh buying by local jewellers to meet wedding season demand.

Silver, however, held steady at Rs 40,100 per kg on scattered demand from coin makers.

Traders said emergence of buying by local jewellers to meet the ongoing wedding season demand at domestic spot market and a firm trend overseas, mainly led to the recovery in gold prices.

Globally, gold rose 0.09 per cent to USD 1,283.40 an ounce in New York. Silver, however, fell 9.13 per cent at USD 15.39 an ounce.

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): IDBI Bank Monday said insurance behemoth LIC has completed the acquisition of 51 percent controlling stake in the bank, making it the lender’s majority shareholder.

“The deal, conceptualised in June 2018, is envisaged as a win-win situation for both IDBI Bank and LIC with an opportunity to create enormous value for shareholders, customers & employees of both entities through mutual synergies,” IDBI Bank said in a BSE filing.

In August last year, the Cabinet approved the acquisition of controlling stake by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) as a promoter in the bank through a combination of preferential allotment and open offer of equity.

LIC had been looking to enter the banking space by acquiring a majority stake in IDBI Bank, as the deal is expected to provide business synergies despite the lender’s stressed balance sheet.

The bank had reported a net loss of Rs 3,602.49 crore during the September quarter of 2018-19. Its gross non-performing assets hit 31.78 percent (Rs 60,875.49 crore) of the gross advances as on September 30, 2018,

Mumbai, Jan 21 (PTI): The rupee Monday weakened by 9 paise to close at 71.28 against the US dollar amid rise in demand for the greenback from exporters and unabated foreign fund outflows.

This is the second successive session of fall for the Indian currency, during which it has lost 25 paise.

Forex traders said foreign fund outflows and a

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tion, Nepali citizens cannot carry these denominations to countries other than India. Similarly, Nepalis are also not allowed to bring such notes from other countries. Indian notes of 100 or below, however, are allowed for trading and conversion, the bank’s circular reads.

On December 13, the Cabinet had decided to publish the notification in the Nepal Gazette not to allow people to carry Indian currency notes above 100 denominations in Nepal.

The ban has been criticised by travel traders and entrepreneurs, saying that it would hurt the country’s burgeoning tourism at a time when the government has announced ‘Visit Nepal’ campaign with an objective to draw at least 2 million

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Kathmandu, Jan 21 (PTI): Nepal’s central bank has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs.2,000, Rs.500 and Rs.200 denominations, a move that could affect Indian tourists visiting the Himalayan nation where Indian currency is widely used.

Nepal Rastra Bank on Sunday issued a circular prohibiting Nepali travellers, banks and financial institutions from holding or carrying and trading Indian bank notes higher than Rs.100, the Kathmandu Post reported.

The central bank said in its circular letter that Indian currency of 200, 500 and 2,000 denominations cannot be carried and used for trading.

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tourists in 2020.

Since a majority of Indians come to Nepal over land from bordering towns, it is difficult for them to convert their currency to dollar or Euro, they said.

The overland Indian visitors’ survey showed that 1.2 million Indians came to Nepal through the surface route while 160,132 travelled via air. The average length of stay of Indian tourists coming overland was 5.8 days. Average expenditure per visitor was as much as Rs.11,310, the paper said.

The Indian government introduced new banknotes of Rs.2,000, Rs.500 and Rs.200 denominations after the demonetisation of old notes worth Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 in 2016.

However, the move hit countries such as Nepal and Bhutan where Indian currency is widely used.

Nepal Premier K P Sharma Oli said earlier this year that demonetisation hurt the Nepalese people and added that he would raise the matter with Indian leaders. People have been using the new Indian currency in Nepal for nearly two years now.

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May’s Brexit ‘plan B’ rejected by Europe

Lo n d o n, Ja n 2 1 (Agencies): Theresa May’s Plan B was bluntly ruled out by European leaders Monday just hours before she stood up to announce it to MPs. Dublin delivered a firm “No” to Downing Street’s latest bid to go back to Brussels and ask for concessions on the backstop.

And the vice-president of the European Parliament also flatly rejected two other ideas being hastily floated as ways of defusing the Brexit deal: one being to remove the backstop from the EU agreement and replace it with an AngloIrish treaty; the other being to rewrite the Good Friday agreement that underpins the peace process. The triple-No to May followed a weekend of political confusion as ministers argued over how best to break the deadlock in Parliament and backbenchers plotted openly to seize the reins.

May was due to reveal to the Commons her plans to rescue her Brexit deal after it was voted down by a record 432 votes to 202 last week. In a confer-

Theresa May who is scrambling to find a way through the Brexit deadlock is photographed returning to Downing Street on Monday.

ence call with her Cabinet Sunday, May indicated that she would prefer to seek concessions from the EU rather than risk splitting the Tory Party by negotiating a cross-party agreement for a softer Brexit. But Ireland’s European Affairs Minister Helen McEntee pre-empted her by saying the backstop could not be removed. She also rejected direct talks between Dublin and London. “This is a negotiation

between the EU and the UK,” she told RTE. Mairead McGuinness, the European Parliament vice-president who played a key role in winning EU support for the backstop, said reports that Mrs May wanted a new treaty between the UK and Ireland to replace it were “not an option”.

Downing Street has reportedly distanced itself from the plan, reported in

the Telegraph, to change the Good Friday Agreement.

Declaring herself “surprised” she said no EU country would “break ranks” to do separate deals outside the bloc.

Michel Barnier, the E U c h i e f n e g o t i a t o r, commented “challenging times...” as he held a meeting with Ireland’s deputy PM Simon Coveney. May also faced a rising risk of

Israel hits Iranian targets in Syria

Trump-Kim summit likely to be held in Vietnam Washington, Jan 21 (IANS): The second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to take place in Vietnam, with three candidate cities being under consideration, the US media reported on Sunday.

Citing Bloomberg, Xinhua reported that US administration officials are planning for the meeting to be held in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, but the coastal city of Da Nang and the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City are also possible venues for the event.

The White House announced on Friday that the second Trump-Kim summit will take place “near the end of February” but did not say where it will be held.

The announcement was made after a onehour-and-half meeting between Trump and Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of North Korea’s ruling Korean Workers’ Party Central Committee, in the Oval Office.

Trump told reporters Saturday the host country for the summit has been picked. “We’ve picked the country, but we’ll be announcing it in the future,” he said at the White House, adding that he had “a very good meeting” with Kim Yong Chol.

The forthcoming summit, if held as scheduled, will be the second faceto-face encounter between Trump and Kim Jong-un, following the first one in Singapore last June.

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according to the IDF. “In firing towards Israeli territory yesterday (Sunday), Iran once again offered definitive proof of its real intentions of its entrenchment in Syria, which endangers the State of Israel and regional stability,” the statement said. “The IDF will continue operating determinedly to thwart Iranian entrenchment in Syria.

“In addition, the IDF holds the Syrian regime responsible for everything taking place within Syria and warns the Syrian regime against targeting Israel or permitting it to be targeted.”

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UKbased monitoring group, said the strikes had targeted weapons depots belonging

to Iran and the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah.

At least 11 fighters, including two Syrians, were killed, it added.

Meanwhile, Syria’s state-run Sana news agency quoted a military source as saying that the country’s air defences “confronted an Israeli attack” and “prevented it from achieving its objectives”.

“Our air defences dealt with the situation and intercepted the hostile missiles, downing most of them before reaching their targets,” the source added. Even the Russian military, which also supports the Syrian government, said more than 30 missiles and guided bombs were shot down by Syrian air defences, the BBC said.

Ghazni, Jan 21 (AFP): At least 12 people were killed Monday in a Talibanclaimed attack on a military compound in central Afghanistan, officials said, as the insurgents continue to batter the war-torn country’s beleaguered security forces.

The attack began after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into the entrance of a compound in Maidan Shahr -- the capital of Wardak province that lies about 50 kilometers south of the capital Kabul.

At least three gunmen stormed the base following the explosion, igniting a firefight with Afghan security forces. All three gunmen were later killed in the exchange, according to a provincial official.

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Bamako, Jan 21 (AFP): Gunmen killed 10 Chadian peacekeepers and injured at least 25 others in an attack on a UN camp in northern Mali on Sunday, one of the deadliest strikes against the UN mission in the West African country.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned what he described as a “complex attack” on the camp in Aguelhok, in Kidal region and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

“Ten peacekeepers from Chad were killed and at least 25 injured,” said a statement from UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

The gunmen struck early Sunday at the Aguelhok base 200 kilometres north of Kidal and towards the border with Algeria, according to a source close to the MINUSMA mission.

“MINUSMA forces responded robustly and a number of assailants were killed,” Dujarric said, without specifying the toll.

Mahamat Saleh Annadif,

the UN envoy for Mali, condemned what he called a “vile and criminal” attack. “Peacekeepers of the MINUSMA force at Aguelhok fought off a sophisticated attack by assailants who arrived on several armed vehicles,” he said in a statement. The attack “illustrates the determination of the terrorists to sow chaos.

“It demands a robust, immediate and concerted response from all forces to destroy the peril of terrorism in the Sahel.”

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show 12 have been killed and 20 wounded, most of whom were Afghan security forces,” Akhtar Mohammad Taheri -- the head of Wardak provincial council -- told AFP. “The Taliban used a Humvee vehicle to hit the compound,” Taheri added.

Provincial health director Mohammad Salim Asgharkhail confirmed the toll. “Some wounded people were taken to hospitals in

Kabul for further treatment as they were in critical condition,” said Asgharkhail.

Provincial governor spokesman Abdul Rahman Mangal said the huge blast had also partially damaged the base. The Taliban -- who have been waging a 17-year war against the Westernbacked Afghan government -- later claimed responsibility for the assault.

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FELICITATION

We the Ezung Khungtsuta express our pride and honour to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the following individuals :1. Dr. Z. Nsungbemo Ezung, S/o. Zuchamo Ezung Village of N. Longidang for successfully completing the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) of the North Eastern Hill University under the thesis title ‘Some Central Problems in the Theory of Confirmation in Natural Sciences: A philosophical Study’ under the supervision of Dr. Prasenjit Biswas.

2. Mr. Renithung T. Ezung, S/o. Tsenso Ezung of N. Longidang Village for securing the post of Technical Asst., Class-III (Non-Gazetted) declared by NPSC. The Ezung Khungtsuta further wishes them the very best and grand success in their future endeavours.

(S.S. Ezung) (Tsenso Ezung) Chairman Secretary

FELICITATION With immense pride and honour the Dimapur Nkonjan Ezung Ekhung felicitates two of our Ph.D scholars with heartiest congratulations to :1. Dr. Tiatula Jamir Ezung, W/o Dr. N. Khumdemo Ezung on being conferred Ph.D on thesis "Population Dynamics and efficacy of certain Insecticides against Citrus Leaf Miner" from Nagaland University, SASRD, Medziphema.

2. Dr. N. Khumdemo Ezung, S/o Rev Dr. E. Nrio Ezung on being conferred Ph.D on thesis "Efficacy of Organically managed cropping system on enhancing Soil Nutrients availability and overall soil health in hill areas of North-East India" under the guidance of Prof. J. K Choudhary, Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat.

We wish them good health, wisdom and success in all their future endeavours.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF PINE FIREWOOD DEALERS UNION NAGALAND, HELD AT DIMAPUR.

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1. Er. LICHONTHUNG PATTON, S/o Mrs.Abeni & Lt. Lidemo Patton.

2. Dr. BENCHUMI HUMTSOE, D/o Mrs Nyimbeni & Mr Yihamo Humtsoe.

The Forum further congratulates the following members on their recent promotion to a higher responsible position.

1. Er. N. SACHEO ODYUO, SDO Power Department.

2. Shri Y. NKHOMO KITHAN, ESO Economics & Statistics Department The Forum warmly welcomes the new members and conveys Best Wishes, good health and prosperity in their future endeavours!

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The recent Taliban attacks come as Washington is stepping up efforts for a peace deal that could pave the way for the Taliban’s participation in the next government, with the US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad visiting regional powers this month after meeting Taliban representatives in December.

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The AKUK OFFICERS FORUM takes immense pride and joy to congratulate the following members for bringing laurels to Akuk Village by securing SDO (PHED) and MO (H&FW) in the recently declared results of Combined Technical Service Examination conducted by NPSC.

day after a Taliban suicide bomber targeted the convoy of Logar province’s governor, killing at least seven security guards.

Fights between security forces and Taliban fighters have continued to intensify across the country during the frigid Afghan winter, which traditionally experiences a lull in fighting.

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Jerusalem/Damascus, Jan 21 (IANS): The Israel military on Monday said it has hit Iranian targets around the Syrian capital Damascus in retaliation to a rocket fired from Syria towards the occupied Golan Heights.

In a statement, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said its jets targeted ammunition storage sites located at the Damascus International Airport, an intelligence site and military training camp operated by the elite Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the BBC reported.

The jets also struck several Syrian military air defence batteries after dozens of surface-to-air missiles were launched “despite clear warnings”,

defeat in the Commons as cross-party groups of MPs put down amendments to her plan.

Conservative Nicholas Boles, the former minister who masterminded a Bill to enable the House of Commons to veto a no-deal Brexit, said he was getting broad support across Parliament: “The amendment we will be laying this afternoon will be signed by MPs from five parties.” After weekend claims that an amendment being put down by former Attorney General Dominic Grieve amounted to an attempted coup, Mr Boles stressed that his plan was “a very limited intervention” specifically dealing with a no-deal situation.

Labour former Cabinet minister Yvette Cooper, who is piloting the Bill said the Prime Minister may be hoping Parliament would rule out no deal to save her from the political cost of doing so.

Some 57 Brexit-backing Tory MPs signed public pledges to reject Mrs May’s Withdrawal Agreement on the grounds that it kept the UK too close to EU rules.

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Business Entities and Pine Firewood Dealers Union Nagaland, held its Annual General Meeting cum Picnic at Dimapur on 19th January 2019.

Shri. P. L Zhimomi, Union President, exhorted the Business Entities and Union members that importance of having Union, which is primarily to safe-guard the interest of Business entities and for the Welfare of Pine Firewood Farmers. He also encouraged the Union members and Business Communities to Care and have Concern for Mother Nature by Finding out "Ways and Means" to carry out some Voluntary Pine Trees Plantation Drive in the State in near Future, while also doing the Business for Economic Growth of the state as well and keeping in Mind the "Effects of Global Warming on Ecosystem" and Importance of Afforestration.

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I on behalf of the Lokobomi Village Council with immense pride and happiness extend our heartiest congratulations and gratitude to Er. Kevika Z Chishi, S/o Zhewoto Chisho and Mrs Vitoni Z Chishi on his successful achievement in the post of SDO Cl-1 under NPWD in the recently conducted NPSC for Combined Technical Service Examination.

The council further wishes him all success in his future endeavors.

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LOTHA MIDDLE RANGE STUDENTS’ UNION H.Q. SANIS TOWN, WOKHA : NAGALAND

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Lotha Middle Range Students’ Union (LMRSU), would like to express our sincere thanks to all the individuals, unions, organizations, associations and well wishers for their generous contributions towards the 13th General Conference of the Lotha Middle Range Students’ Union held on 9th - 11th January 2019 at Akuk Village. We deeply apologize that we cannot mention all your names, though your contributions made the Conference a grand success, but we pray to our Almighty God that may His unceasing love and blessings shower upon you in all days to come.

Our special thanks to : 1. Mhathung Yanthan, Hon’ble Advisor, Horticulture, Govt. of Nagaland 2. Mmhonlumo Kikon, Hon’ble Advisor, IT, Science & Technology, NRE, Govt. of Nagaland.

3. Y.L. Jami, IAS (Rtd.) 4. Wochamo Odyuo, Addl. Taxes Commissioner, State Taxes, Govt. of Nagaland.

5. Y.M Jami IFS, Conservator of Forest, Govt. of Nagaland.

6. R. Santsu Kithan, District Agriculture Officer (DAO), Wokha.

7. Hamdok Konyak, Block Development Officer (BDO), Sanis.

8. M. Daniel Lotha, Cabinet Secretary GPRN. 9. T.C. Kithan, NCS (Rtd).

10. Khangshio Kithan.

11. James Renpi Kikon, EAC Sanis.

12. Imtiyapang Imsong, General Secretary NSF 13. Yanpvuo Kikon, Founder The Naga Blog, Indihut & Native Station.

14. Ashanthung Humtsoe 15. Mmhonchi Odyuo.

16. Yanthanthung Yanthan.

17. Wonchibeni Patton.

18. Akuk Students’ Union.

19. Akuk Village Council.

20. Nagaland State Transport, Wokha.

21. Programme sponsored by K. Remphamo Lotha, Addl.

Director Agri. & Dr. Longshi Jami.

22. Nagaland Public Works Department (NPWD) Baghty Division.

23. District Public Relations Officer (DPRO) Wokha for providing the sound systems.

26. Media Coverage.

27. All the head of Dept. in Wokha District and ADC H.Q. Sanis.

28. Former & Senior Leaders.

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Osbourne releases plush toy to mark Lady Gaga calls out Trump for gov shutdown Gov Acharya attends Namaste Ozzy anniversary of biting a bat’s head off S and LLDC Folk Festival 2019

has hues and vibrancy of all sorts while addressing the inaugural programme of Namaste & LLDC Folk Festival 2019 on January 19 at Ajarakhpur, BhujKutch, Gujarat, as the

Charlize Theron & Brad Pitt dating after meeting through her ex Sean Penn: report

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Pitt, 55, hosted a screening of “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Theron, 43, was a guest of honor at a “Roma” event at Los Angeles’ Chateau Marmont. “ B r a d c a m e ove r to Chateau afterwards, changed his outfit and joined Charlize in a corner of the bar,” an insider claimed. “She was on a vodka cocktail while he stuck to mineral water.

They were ridiculously touchy-feely and his arm was around her back. At one point he winked at her.”

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appers Soulja Boy and 2 Chainz have called out singer Ariana Grande for allegedly copying their work for her latest track “7 Rings”.

Earlier this month, Grande was also accused of stealing lyrics by rapper Princess Nokia for the same song, reports foxnews.com.

Soulja Boy alleged that Grande stole from his song “Pretty boy swag”. He replied to a tweet in which Grande thanked her friends who were featured in the “7 Rings” video, writing, with the message: “You’re ously accused rapper Drake of stealing his musical “Give me my credit. Pe- a thief.”

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Victoria Beckham feels ‘left out’ of Spice Girls reunion tour

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ictoria Beckham will always be Posh Spice.

In an interview with The Guardian published on Saturday, the 44-year-old fashion designer opened up about her decision not to join the Spice Girls on their upcoming tour, and admitted that she’ll feel “a bit left out” when she sees them all together in concert.

Geri Horner, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm announced in November that they’d be hitting the road for a string of shows in the U.K. later this year, sans Beckham.

“I’m sure when I’m there and they are on stage, there will be a part of me that feels a bit left out,” the mother of four told The Guardian. “Because even after all this, a part of me will always be a Spice Girl.”

Regardless of her bit of FOMO, Beckham said she “definitely” won’t make a cameo appearance on stage. “What I do now is my passion and a fulltime job,” she explained, adding that it wasn’t a difficult decision “at all” to skip out on the tour. “I’m excited to see it, though.”

A source told ET in November that Beckham wouldn’t be taking part in the reunion because “she has a family to look after and a business to run.”

In Saturday’s interview, the former singer opened up about learning to raise her children — 19-year-old Brooklyn, 16year-old Romeo, 13-yearold Cruz and 7-year-old Harper — in the spotlight.

Beckham confessed that when her kids were little, she used to tell them that photographers followed them around because their grandparents missed them and wanted to see pictures of them.

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plaining it to them when they were too young to understand. They are used to it now. They’ve all grown up with it. They understand that they have

do know about Christianity is that we bear no prejudice and everybody is welcome.

So you can take all that disgrace Mr. Pence and you can look yourself in the mirror and you’ll find it right there.”

The government closed on December 22, 2018 after Trump was refused funding for a southern border wall.

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to act in a responsible way because of it,” she said. “But they will make mistakes -- we all do. And theirs will be in the public eye.”

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ollywood may have a new golden couple: Charlize Theron and Brad Pitt are an item, a new report claims, after meeting through Theron’s ex, Sean Penn. A source told The Sun of the “World War Z” actor and Oscar winner Theron, “They have been casually seeing each other for nearly a month now.

They’ve been friends for some time — ironically through Sean — but things have developed.”

Spies claim the couple got cozy last weekend after

commemorative plush with detachable head,” wrote Osbourne on Twitter.

The unique piece of merchandise is available for $40 on the rock icon’s official merchandise page, but it’s not all too surprising to learn that a pre-sale has already sold out.

A production description states: “The Ozzy Osbourne Plush Bat is a web exclusive. Bring the legendary moment in rock history to life with this soft toy Plush Bat, featuring the Ozzy Osbourne logo and a velcro detachable head.”

Meanwhile, Osbourne recently sent platinum records to a former bandmate who wished to own them before he died.

Lee Kerslake, who was the drummer on Ozzy’s first two solo albums, revealed in December 2018 that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. One of his bucket list wishes was to receive the platinum discs of the albums that he had worked on. (NME)

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zzy Osbourne has released an unusual piece of new merchandise to mark 37 years since one of rock’s most grisly but iconic chapters.

The Black Sabbath icon caused a huge outcry in 1982 after biting the head off a bat during a live show at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa.

The creature, which was thought to be already dead, was thrown on stage by a fan.

It was only after biting the animal’s head that Osbourne realised it wasn’t made from rubber, resulting in an immediate trip to the hospital to receive rabies shots.

He’s now marked the anniversary of the infamous incident by releasing a toy bat that, rather fittingly, comes with a detachable head.

“Today marks the 37th Anniversary since I bit a head off a f***ing bat! Celebrate with this

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Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya lighting the inaugural lamp of Namaste & LLDC Folk Festival 2019 on January 19 at Ajarakhpur, Bhuj-Kutch, Gujarat.

chief guest.

Acharya stated that cultural exchange programmes open doors for people from different regions across the country with their own distinct culture to come together and paint a beautiful picture celebrating the diversity India has to offer and promote in strengthening emotional and national integration. Acharya opined that they need to recognize the importance of such programmes and make more efforts to expand and promote them in order to remove imaginary barriers and promote unity, solidarity and cohesion, despite socio-cultural, regional and religious diversities.

He called on the gathering to strive and create conducive environment, so that their cultural traditions and ethos flourish and take measures to revive and sustain their traditional crafts, art and music.

The 5-day Namaste & LLDC Folk Festival 2019 will witness Kutchi artisans, folk dancers and folk musicians performing in collaboration with artistes from different states of India including North East India. NEZCC has also sponsored the Sumi cultural team from Diphupar, Nagaland who will be participating at the event.

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inger Lady Gaga has slammed US President Donald Trump for the ongoing government shutdown.

During her show here, Gaga took out a moment to criticise Trump and urged him to put the government back in business, reports variety.com.

“And that the f****ng president of the United States could please put our government back in business. There are people who live paycheck to paycheck and need their money.”

The “A Star is Born” actor then called out Vice President Mike Pence, whose wife Karen is under fire for accepting a job at a school that excludes the LGBTQ community.

She said: “And to Pence, who thinks it’s acceptable that his wife work at a school that bans LGBTQ, you are wrong.

You say we should not discriminate against Christianity; you are the worst representation of what it means to be a Christian.

“I am a Christian woman and what I

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Title race is ‘remarkable’, says De Bruyne

Lo n d o n, Ja n 2 1 (Agencies): Kevin De Bruyne says he is enjoying how competitive this season’s “remarkable” Premier League title race is after Manchester City maintained the pressure on Liverpool.

The City midfielder made his first league start since Boxing Day in Sunday’s 3-0 win at managerless Huddersfield, which lifted the defending champions back to within four points of Jurgen Klopp’s leaders.

De Bruyne, working his way

back to top form after successive knee injuries, believes Tottenham are also in the hunt and is enjoying the fact it is not a one-horse race.

“There’s two teams and even Tottenham, who have so many points at this stage of the season,” said De Bruyne, whose side finished 19 points clear last season and had clinched the title with five games to spare.

“It’s quite remarkable because in a lot of seasons you would already be 10 or 12 points ahead, but this season

it’s tight and I like it. I like it to be competitive. In the end that’s what it’s all about.”

Pep Guardiola’s side notched their fourth straight league win courtesy of Danilo’s deflected first-half effort and quickfire goals early in the second period from Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane. “Every game is important these days,” De Bruyne said. “It was good to come here, it was going to be tough because they changed manager and you know they’re going to be up for it. But in

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the end it was a good job. We scored three goals and no goals against, so we did what we had to do.” De Bruyne was pivotal to City’s title success last season, but has been restricted to just eight league

appearances this term due to ligament injuries in his left then right knee. He returned to action in mid-December, but Guardiola has taken a cautious approach with the Belgium international. “I’m getting better obviously,” De Bruyne added.

“You need the run of games where you play a lot because I’m not used to playing every three days. But I’m getting there. I’m happy with the way I’m performing. It’s not the same like it was last year, but that’s what you can

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expect. I’ve been out since the World Cup and to come back twice is mentally hard, but I’m happy to be here to play football again.”

Danilo’s opener at the John Smith’s Stadium was City’s 100th goal in all competitions this season. They have scored 22 in their last four matches without conceding.

When asked if he had played in such a free-scoring side before, De Bruyne added: “No, probably not. We know what we can do on the ball, I think sometimes it’s to find the balance, but we do very well.” “We just need to try and win our games. We cannot do anything about Liverpool in their games, we need to try do what we do and win as many games as possible and see what happens.”

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Higuain loan to Chelsea moves closer Milan, Jan 21 (Agencies): Gonzalo Higuain’s loan to Chelsea has moved a step closer with AC Milan and Genoa meeting on Tuesday to finalise the sale of Krzysztof Piatek.

Milan will pay Genoa in the region of £31m for Piatek plus bonuses linked to qualification in the Champions League.

The completion of the Piatek deal will then allow Gonzalo Higuain to tie up his move to Chelsea.

The clubs have already agreed terms on a loan deal until June with an obligation to renew it for another 12 months upon certain conditions.

On Sunday it was reported that Higuain, who is on loan at AC Milan from Juventus, has agreed to move to Stamford Bridge until the end of the season.

It will allow him to rejoin his former head coach at Napoli, Maurizio Sarri.

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Spurs snatch late winner against Fulham Japan beat Saudi Arabia to

Lo n d o n, Ja n 2 1 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : H a r r y Winks scored a stoppagetime winner as Tottenham came from behind to inflict a crushing 2-1 defeat on Fulham on Sunday.

Winks applied the finishing touch to a GeorgesKevin Nkoudou cross in the third minute of added time as Spurs passed their first assignment without Harry Kane and HeungMin Son. Fernando Llorente, the man drafted in to replace Kane and Son, handed Fulham the lead with an own goal inside 16 minutes, but Dele Alli spared his blushes, drawing Spurs level six minutes into the second half, before he was forced off with a hamstring injury late on.

Fulham looked to have secured a vital point in their battle against relegation but Winks’ first goal since November 2016 saw Spurs beat a side managed by Claudio Ranieri in the Premier League for the first time, deepening their plight towards the foot of the table.

Fulham’s recent signing Ryan Babel kicked off an impressive debut

Harry Winks ghosts into the Fulham six-yard box and heads home Georges-Kevin N’Koudou’s cross in the last minute.

performance on 12 minutes when he outmuscled Davinson Sanchez and charged towards the area, where his fierce near-post shot was tipped behind by Hugo Lloris.

From the resulting corner, Denis Odoi shanked a shot wide from a good position but the early chances set the tone, giving Fulham confidence and belief that Spurs could be got at.

Cyrus Christie accepted the invitation to charge forward on the quarter-

hour. His cross deflected behind for a corner from which Fulham took the lead as the unsighted Llorente diverted Jean Michael Seri’s deliver y beyond Lloris.

Llorente had the chance to atone for his clanger on 24 minutes but failed to make clear contact with Jan Vertonghen’s deep cross, his effort off the shoulder dealt with by Sergio Rico.

Spurs, who were laboured and short of ideas,

Sindhu, Saina to compete at Indonesia Masters

PV Sindhu

Saina Nehwal

JAKARTA, Jan 21 (PTI): Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu will resume her quest for glory in the new season, while Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth aim to continue their impressive run when they start their campaign at the Indonesia Masters, starting with qualifiers in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Seeded second Sindhu has been a cut above other Indians as she claimed silver medals at all the major events — Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and

World Championship, before ending the year with the prestigious World Tour Final title, the first Indian to achieve the feat.

Sindhu will begin her campaign against former Olympic gold medallist China’s Li Xuerui on Wednesday. The 23-year-old from Hyderabad is expected to clash with reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin at the quarterfinals.

Saina, on the other hand, had an impressive start to the season, losing

semifinal spot at Malaysia Masters, which was the first World Tour Super 500 tournament of the season.

The London Olympic bronze medallist will take on a qualifier in the opening round and faces the prospect of meeting Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi, seeded fourth, at the quarters.

Srikanth, who also entered the quarterfinals at Kuala Lumpur last week, plays his first match against Malaysia’s Liew Daren.

The eighth seeded Indian will be joined by others such as Sameer Verma, B Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy.

Sameer will begin the season with a clash with the legendary Lin Dan, Praneeth faces Olympic champion Chen Long, while Prannoy meets Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen in the first round.

were fortunate to reach the interval with just the onegoal deficit as Fulham laid siege to their goal. Babel should have doubled the hosts’ tally on 40 minutes but he headed over from Christie’s cross.

A n d r e S c h u r r l e ’s brilliant volley then drew Lloris into an even better save before Aleksandar Mitrovic’s rebound was ruled out for offside, while a last-gasp challenge from Vertonghen prevented Babel from finding the target

Ronaldo to plead guilty to tax fraud MADRID, Jan 21 (Agencies): Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to plead guilty to tax fraud in a Madrid court on Tuesday.

The Juventus forward will appear before a judge and receive a suspended two-year sentence as part of a deal struck with Spain’s state prosecutor and tax authorities last year. The agreement will cost him nearly €19m (£16.8m) in fines.

In 2017, a state prosecutor accused Ronaldo of four counts of tax fraud from 2011-14 worth €14.7m (£13m). Ronaldo was accused of having used shell companies outside Spain to hide income made from image rights.

The Portuguese player told a judge he never tried to avoid taxes. Ronaldo’s presence in court on Tuesday is not expected to last long.

Officials said he declined an option to address the court via video conference.

after a deft back-heel from Calum Chambers.

But after a number of close calls Spurs took just six minutes of the second half to erase Fulham’s lead as Eriksen’s whipped cross from the right was headed home by Alli at close range.

Fulham saw claims for a penalty turned away when Lloris raced off his line to confront Mitrovic, with referee Craig Pawson confident the Spurs stopper had made clear contact with the ball first.

Danny Rose’s deflected shot cannoned off the crossbar on the hour before the England leftback whipped a peach of the cross into the area on 80 minutes. Llorente had another chance to make up for his own goal, this time at the same end, but he glanced wide from five yards.

Fulham looked to have earned a vital point towards their survival bid but it was cruelly snatched away from them as Nkoudou’s teasing cross from the left was dispatched by Winks with seconds remaining, leaving the hosts with no time to respond.

reach Asian Cup quarters

Maya Yoshida (22) and Takumi Minamino (9) congratulate Takehiro Tomiyasu after he scores the winner in Japan’s 1-0 defeat of Saudi Arabia.

Sharjah, Jan 21 (Agencies): A first-half goal from Takehiro Tomiyasu was enough to send Japan into the Asian Cup quarter-finals for the eighth consecutive tournament after a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia at Sharjah Stadium

Barcelona beat Leganes 3-1 in La Liga Barcelona, Jan 21 (IANS): What started as the first big night for Ousmane Dembele with Barcelona turned into another shining exhibition by Leo Messi, who was only half hour in the game but time enough for him to power the team to a 3-1 win over Leganes.

Messi watched the first 66 minutes of the game from the bench on Sunday night, a disappointment for many fans.

But ever ything changed when Messi took to the field, where until then Ousmane Dembele had been the team leader and who kicked off the scoring at minute 32 by finishing off a pass from Jordi Alba, reports Efe news.

Dembele’s eighth goal in La Liga above all served for the Frenchman to regain faith in himself.

Leganes was still in the game, however, and

Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal.

at minute 57, Braithwaite controlled a pass from EnNesyri and put a shot from the penalty box into the net: the match was all tied up at 1-1.

The tie changed Barca coach Valverde’s ideas, so that seven minutes later he decided to put Messi and

Naomi Osaka, Serena advance at Australian Open

Naomi Osaka celebrates defeating Anastasija Sevastova during their round four women’s singles match.

MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Agencies): US Open champion Naomi Osaka said she drew inspiration from Stefanos Tsitsipas’s shock win over Roger Federer after booking her maiden Australian Open quarter-final spot with a grinding 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Anastasija Sevastova on Monday.

At a tournament featuring thrilling runs by a number of youthful players, 21-year-old Osaka hunkered down to watch 20-year-old Tsitsipas take on Federer on Sunday, and seeing the Greek topple the Swiss master gave her an

additional spur.

Having beaten Serena Williams in straight sets during the US Open final, there was nothing particularly shocking about Osaka reaching the quarter-finals.

Yet she was grateful not to join a long list of firsttime Grand Slam champions that have flamed out quickly at their next major.

“To reach the quarter-finals here, of course, I’m very happy,” she told reporters.

“A little part of me is relieved, because I have never reached the quarterfinals of a tournament (at) a Grand Slam aside from New York. So, definitely

Simona Halep congratulates Serena Williams after their fourth round match on Monday. (AP/PTI)

this was one of my goals.”

Osaka was far from her best as she struggled to hold serve against U.S. Open semi-finalist Sevas-

tova and berated herself regularly during the sunbathed clash at Rod Laver Arena.

She held firm when it

counted, however, breaking Sevastova in the seventh game of the decider before sealing the match with an imperious forehand down the line.

She will next meet sixth seed Elina Svitolina who beat Madison Keys 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 in one hour and 40 minutes of play.

Meanwhile, Serena Williams has once again proven her credentials as one of the best on the planet, beating current world number one Simona Halep in three sets to move into the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Williams prevailed 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to earn a place in her 50th grand slam quarter final.

Williams steamrolled Halep in the opening set, with her power game not allowing the Romanian

any time on her shots.

But in the second set Halep took control, moving the American around the court and frustrating the 23-time grand-slam winner with her stubborn resistance.

An arm wrestle of a third set saw momentum swing both ways, but it was Williams who eventually came up with the break in the seventh game, before holding serve twice to claim a satisfying win.

The 37-year-old American is trying to win an eighth championship at Melbourne Park and record-tying 24th Grand Slam title overall.

She next meets 2016 US Open runner-up Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic who beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 6-1 in an hour.

Novak Djokovic, Kei Nishikori reach quarter finals

World No 1 Novak Djokovic showed his class to overcome Russian Daniil Medvedev in four sets to reach his 10th Australian Open quarter-final.

The Serb remains on course for a record seventh title in Melbourne by seeing off 15th-seed Medvedev in a taxing encounter 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-3.

After Stefanos Tsitsipas’ victory over Roger Federer on Rod Laver Arena on Sunday, Medvedev

on Monday.

The Saudis, looking to end a 23-year drought since their third continental title, paid the price for failing to convert their chances and so the four-times champion Samurai Blue progress to face Vietnam on Thursday.

Japan went in front in the 20th minute when defender Tomiyasu rose above a Saudi defender in the centre of the box to head a corner into the bottom lefthand corner of the net.

Saudi Arabia dictated play in both halves but were simply unable to finish in front of goal as the Samurai Blue defenders put in a solid shift.

Midfielder Salem Aldawsari had a golden opportunity to put the Green Falcons level in the 62nd minute but sprayed the ball over the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.

Moments later defender Ali Hadi Albulayhi guided the ball well over the bar with a free header after an inviting Aldawsari cross into the penalty area.

Japan, who claimed their last title in 2011, had won all three of its previous tournament matches to finish top of their group, while Saudi Arabia finished second in theirs with wins over North Korea and Lebanon.

was trying to strike another blow for the next generation against the old guard.

The fiery talent had talked up his chances ahead of the match, claiming Djokovic was not the same player as at his peak and there would be chances to beat him, but ultimately wore his young opponent down to win in three hours and 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, Kei Nishikori recovered from two sets down to reach

the Australian Open quarter-finals with an epic win over Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7 (8-10) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 7-6 (10-8).

It was Nishikori’s third fivesetter of the tournament and the second time the never-say-die eighth seed had recovered from two sets behind.

His win over the 23rd seeded Spaniard took a marathon five hours and five minutes after an opening set that alone lasted 76 minutes.

Rakitic in to replace Aleña and Arthur.

But there were more complications: Dembele, who had been Barca’s top player until then, left the game with an injury at minute 66.

Five minutes later, with Messi now in the

game, Barcelona struck again. He booted the ball, Cuellar blocked it and Luis Suarez took over to make the score 2-1 at minute 71.

And it was Messi who finally won the game, working with Jordi Alba to slam the ball into the net at minute 92.

Kohli retains top spot in ICC Test rankings

Virat Kohli

Dubai, Jan 21 (PTI): A maiden Test series triumph in Australia saw both the Indian team and its skipper Virat Kohli consolidate their respective pole positions in the latest ICC Test rankings.

India, with 116 points, stayed as the No 1 ranked Test team while skipper Kohli (922 points) was 25 points clear of second ranked New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (897).

Cheteshwar Pujara after his dream series Down Under is ranked third among the batsmen while young turk Rishabh Pant has entered the top 20 with a career-best 17th rank.

In the bowler’s list Kagiso Rabada still topped the chart while Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are the best-ranked Indians at fifth and ninth place respectively.

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has climbed to 15th spot with 711 points.

England will have to

win their upcoming threematch series against the West Indies starting on Wednesday in order to retain third position in the rankings while Australia and Sri Lanka will vie for important points in their two-match series starting a day later.

A 3-0 sweep will lift England to 109 points but they will remain behind India and South Africa, while the West Indies will remain in eighth position irrespective of how the matches pans out.

In the other series starting on Thursday, Australia and Sri Lanka will remain in fifth and sixth positions, respectively, whatever the series result.

Australia will gain three points and go up to 104 if they win 2-0 with Sri Lanka losing two and going down to 89 in such a scenario. Sri Lanka can go up to 95 points and to within two points of Australia with a 2-0 series win.

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