January 23, 2018

Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXVIII No. 46

Speaker accepts resignations DIMAPUR, JAN 22 (NPN): Nagaland Legislative Assembly speaker, Dr. Imtiwapang Aier, has accepted the resignations tendered by Vikho-o Yhoshu and N. Jacob Zhimomi from membership of the Twelfth Nagaland Legislative Assembly w.e.f January 20, 2018. A press release from commissioner & secretary, N. Benjamin Newmai, said that consequent to the resignations, the speaker had declared the seats under 14–Southern Angami-I (ST) and 4–Ghaspani (ST) Assembly Constituencies as vacant w.e.f January 20.

Water supply disrupted in Dmu DIMAPUR, JAN 22 (NPN): Water supple to various colonies under Dimapur town has been disrupted due to damage in the main pipe line. Informing of this in a press note, subdivisional officer (SDO) PHED, maintenance subdivision, Dimapur said that department staff have been engaged for its restoration at the earliest and further appealed to all concerned to bear with the department for the inconvenience.

Parties oppose simultaneous polls

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS): Several opposition parties on Monday opposed the idea of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.

At a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, members belonging to the Congress, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India-Marxist and Trinamool Congress expressed their opposition to the idea being floated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The opposition members were of view that it was not practically possible at present, said an informed source. Several opposition members felt that holding the elections simultaneously was not realistic and not feasible in the present situation.

“There was a general discussion on a lot of issues related to electoral reforms.

There was no conclusion,” the source said.The other issues discussed by the panel included proportionate representation, state funding and electronic voting machines. Modi said in a recent interview that all political parties should come together to support simultaneous elections in India as a lot of financial and human resources get used due to frequent elections.

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‘Election for Solution’: Ram Madhav

BJP national general secretary, Ram Madhav along with the new members. (NP) Staff Reporter

D I M A P U R , JA N 2 2 (NPN): BJP National general secretary and incharge of North East Ram Madhav , while drawing attention to the chorus of demands for ‘Solution Before Election’ has said that holding elections when due, was a constitutional obligation and unavoidable and therefore opined that the slogan in Nagaland should be “Election For Solution” so as to help bring solution closer.

He said this while

felicitating former chief minister and Congress veteran K.L. Chishi, Jacob Zhimomi (who resigned as Independent MLA) besides more than a dozen other prominent politicians who were formally welcomed to BJP at a felicitation programme held in Hotel Saramati Monday.

Explaining what he meant by ‘Election For Solution’, Ram Madhav said when an agreement is arrived at between the government of India with various Naga groups, it has to be implemented in

Nagaland which could be done effectively only under the leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi.

Further, Madhav said prime minister Narendra Modi believed that only peace could bring development and for which the BJP government at the Centre was fully committed in bringing early solution to the Naga issue.

He also said since much progress has been achieved in achieving solution, there was no going back and was confident of an early settlement to bring lasting

peace. He reaffirmed BJP’s commitment for an early solution and the party’s priority to preserve the cultural diversity of all, including Nagas.

Ram Madhav also said BJP was ready to work together with leaders in Nagaland because the lives and future of Naga people were involved. He also termed the decision of the NPF party last year to sever ties with BJP as “very wrong” and hasty. Madhav said the decision to snap ties with BJP originated from the NPF party’s own internal problems that had caused sleepless nights to its own leaders. The BJP national general secretary however said, NPF was yet to officially sever ties.

Making a reference to those who joined BJP at the programme, Madhav expressed happiness to see veterans including young dynamic leaders and those aspiring for BJP tickets in the forthcoming assembly election.

Madhav claimed that it was due to the growing popularity of BJP in Nagaland as many people were reposing faith in the party under the leadership

of Narendra Modi.

He said BJP was the party of the present and the future and committed to ‘Sabha Saath, Sabha Vikas’ (Collective Efforts Inclusive Growth) and also concerned not only for the development of Dimapur but also of all 60 constituencies in Nagaland.

Madhav made a fervent appeal to senior leaders of various parties to join hands with BJP in order to provide a stable government and not one that gave leaders sleepless nights.

The BJP national general secretary flew to Dimapur in a private chartered plane and arrived more than an hour late at the venue. He dashed back after speaking for around 20 minutes.

The programme started after a short sharing and prayer by Rev.Daniel Shayan. Short speeches were delivered by K.L. Chishi, Jacob Zhimomi, Tsapikiu Sangtam, Kasheto Yepthomi and V Khashiho Sangtam. All of them praised the policies of BJP and expressed full commitment to the party.

Judge Loya death case: SC transfers to itself two PILs

Late judge B.H. Loya

NEW DELHI, JAN 22 (PTI): A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which was hearing two PILS on the Loya’s death in 2014 transferred to itself the two other petitions pending at Nagpur and Mumbai benches of the Bombay High Court.

The Supreme Court today dubbed as “serious” the issues raised in the pleas relating to the death of special CBI judge B.H Loya, but castigated a senior lawyer for raking up the name of BJP president Amit Shah in the case.

In the pleas, it has been claimed that circumstances revolving around the death of the judge were “ques(Cont’d on p-7) tionable, mysterious and

contradicting”.

The apex court, which decided to look into “all documents with utmost seriousness” connected with the death of Loya, who was trying the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, also took umbrage at senior advocate Indira Jaising, who during the hearing, inferred a possible future order that the apex court may gag the media in the case.

The bench, also comprising Justices A. M Khanwilkar and D. Y Chandrachud, restrained all the High Courts in the country from entertaining any petition relating to Loya’s death.

Loya, who was hearing the sensitive Sohrabuddin Sheikhfake encounter case, had allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014, when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague’s daughter.

The bench asked the parties to catalogue all documents relating to Loya’s death which had not been filed so far, and submit them for its perusal on February 2, the next date of hearing. “We must look into all documents with utmost seriousness”, it said.

NPCC hits back at Chishi CSOs form coordination committee CEO holds meet on ads, paid news DIMAPUR, JAN 22 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has termed as “very unfortunate”, its former member K.L. Chishi’s decision to leave Congress, suddenly finding fault with the party and blaming everyone else, except himself.

Media Cell of NPCC reminded Chishi that it was Congress which had always given him the opportunity despite his “prodigal ways” in the hope that age and experience would “sober down his migratory instincts”. NPCC described Chishi’s third resignation from Congress as a record of sorts, but however wished him the best in his new political abode.

NPCC said that Chishi’s new found love for BJP-RSS did not entitle him to blame Congress for everything, especially on the Naga political settlement. It reminded that many others before Chishi had also joined the NPF-BJP bandwagon on the pretext of

bringing an early solution to the Naga political issue. NPCC said this plea remains a perfect alibi for political defectors to cover up their guilt and shame before the people. “Therefore, we request him to find some other issues rather than join the chorus of other political defectors to protect the dignity of the office of CM he once held for a brief time,” stated NPCC. NPCC said Congress was in the process of weeding out those who were directly or indirectly responsible for the plight of the party in the past 15 years when many dedicated party workers and upcoming leaders left due to the “overbearing” attitude of such leaders who have now left the party.

NPCC invited all secular and progressive-minded people in Nagaland to join hands with Congress to defeat the combined regional and communal forces of NPF-BJP and its offshoots like NDPP, which had destroyed the State in every sphere of governance.

KOHIMA, JAN 22 (NPN): A Co-ordination Committee of Naga Civil Societies (CCNCS) was formed on Monday at the consultative meeting of Naga civil societies and tribal bodies at NBCC’s Platinum Hall, Kohima. The consultative meeting was convened

by Nagaland Joint Christian Forum (NJCF) to deliberate on the prevailing socio-political situation in Nagaland. In his opening remark, NJCF president, Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho, said that solution and state election lie outside the perimeter of the Church. He, however, maintained that it was the responsibility of the church to bring the people together in a house that was divided and build mutual trust among the people. With this intention, he said NJCF took it upon itself to convene the meeting. Members at the meeting expressed the need to come together and take stock of the situation rather than sail in their own boats. The meeting further decided to take upon itself the responsibility of strengthening unity among the Naga civil society organizations in particular and the Naga society in general. The meeting was attended by representatives from CNTC, NTC, ACAUT, NJCF, NCRC, Naga hoho, ENPO, NBCC, NSF and CPO and others.

Meanwhile, in a press statement, the coordination committee stated that the committee members representing NGBF, ENPO, Naga Hoho and NTC had a brief meeting after the consultative meeting and decided to convene an emergency meeting to deliberate on the common slogan “Solution before Election” on January 25, 2018 at NBCC Platinum Hall, Bayavu Hills, Kohima at 10 a.m.

In this regard, the committee has requested all recognized political parties of Nagaland, all apex tribal organisations of Nagaland and Naga civil societies of Nagaland to attend the meeting.

The committee has also appealed to all responsible, to pray and participate in the meeting to come to a consensus on the crucial issue at hand.

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KOHIMA, JAN 22 (NPN): With the state general elections round the corner, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nagaland, Abhijit Sinha convened a meeting with media persons, at the conference hall of deputy commissioner, Kohima, on Monday to explain the Press Council of India’s (PCI’s) instructions on advertisements and paid news and other matters. The meeting was also attended by Additional CEO N. Moa Aier and OSD to CEO Hiazu Meru.

As the election code of conduct is already enforced in state, Sinha stated that no advertisement related to politics would be allowed without being certified by the state level media certification and monitoring committee (MCMC).

He urged the media persons to sensitize the public on paid news and also explained that no banners or posters, pamphlets, brochures etc. would be allowed to be put up or distributed without the publisher’s name.

The CEO also briefed the me-

dia on the provisions of section 127 A of the R.P. Act 1951, measures to check paid news, to check suspicious cash withdrawals from the bank by the intending candidates and family members, to check expenditure for the candidates and party. A query and discussion session was also held with CEO, ACEO and OSD to CEO related to advertisements and paid news and other topics.

Handouts were given to the media persons which contained information on MCMC and paid news, roles and responsibilities of EEM teams, list of TV/Radio/ local cable TV channels and newspapers with rates details, state level MCMC, state level committee to entertain application for certification of advertisement of political parties and candidates, constitution of district expenditure monitoring committee (DEMC), committee for release of cash, measure to check paid news, restrictions on the printing of pamphlets , posters etc., media engagement and media monitoring, provision of section 127 A of the R.P. Act 1951.

Governor stresses on skill development Scientists a step closer to developing DIMAPUR, JAN 22 (NPN): Governor of Nagaland, P. B Acharya, directed the Department of Employment, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship to identify skilled labour requirements and to train the youth in accordance with the findings so that they may be employable within the State.

According to a press release from PRO to Governor, the Governor said this during a meeting with the department officials at Raj Bhavan, Kohima on January 22.

Pointing out that unemployment was one of the major problems face by the state, the governor called on the department to focus on training youth so that they may be employable.

He also suggested that the department coordinate with universities and colleges to introduce skill development courses in the

disease resistant maize variety

Governor, P.B. Acharya with the department officials at Raj Bhavan, Kohima on Monday.

VI semester, which, he said, should prove beneficial for jobs, self-employment and empowerment of the students.

The department officials, briefing the Governor on skill development activities they had undertaken, informed the governor that the state had eight Indus-

trial Training Institutes training 21 trades. They further informed him that the department was taking up various activities like apprenticeship training programme, job mele, job & career fair, etc.

The officials also stated that 2016-17 had been declared “Year of Con-

struction Workers” by the Government of Nagaland, and under the initiative, the skills of 550 construction workers had been upgraded.

The team of Officers was led by commissioner & secretary, Anenla T. Soto and addl. director & HOD, Y. Vandanshan Lotha.

New Delhi, Jan 22 (India Science Wire): We all relish maize - be it as popcorn, sweet corn or corn flakes. It is the world’s leading cereal grain. Its global production surpasses both wheat and rice. India is one of the eight major maize growing countries in Asia.

However, its production is affected due to various diseases. Scientists are now a step closer to developing a disease-resistant maize variety.

Sorghum Downy Mildew (SDM), which is an important foliar disease caused by a fungus called Peronosclerosporasorghi, has been an issue of major concern for maize famers.A chemical compound,Metalaxyl, is used to kill the fungus but its effectiveness has been declining as the fungus developed resistance due to extensive use. Scientists at

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) at Hyderabad have, in collaboration with their counterparts in Nairobi, Kenya, recently come up with new findings that promise to help out.

The scientists conducted a genomic study for SDM resistance in a panel of 368 inbred lines adapted to the Asian tropics. Along with previously reported regions conferring resistance to SDM, they have identified novel SNPs in the genome that are shown to be important. SNPs or Single Nucleotide Polymorphism is a variation in a single nucleotide – the basic unit of DNA- that occurs at a specific location in the genetic code. Each change or variation is present to some degree within a population.

“Downy mildew being a devastating problem for the

entire Asian maize cultivation, understanding the genetics of the trait, and using that information in breeding resistant varieties is an ecologically efficient way of managing the disease,” explained Dr. Sudha K Nair, senior molecular geneticist at CIMMYT who led the team, while speaking to India Science Wire.

The group has used a panel of 400 maize inbred lines and genome-wide SNP markers for identifying genomic regions responsible for quantitative resistance towards downy mildew in maize. “We arein the process of validating the resistance-associated SNP markers in our maize breeding program, which could then be shared with all our partners, both public and private, for routine use in maize breeding programs in the region,” she added.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018

news in Brief NNC/FGN joint meeting: NNC/FGN has informed that first joint meeting of the Naga National Council (NNC) and Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) would be held on January 29, 10 a.m at Transit Peace Camp (TPC) Kohima. Meeting would discuss on the ongoing situation in Nagaland. The central authorities, regional authorities and eligible Naga army officers of the original NNC/FGN have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

TSUD presidential meeting postponed: The Tenyimi Students Union Dimapur (TSUD) presidential meeting convened for January 24 has been postponed to January 26, 2 p.m at Tenyimi Union Complex Dimapur.

NPYC emergency meeting: Nagaland Pradesh Youth Congress (NPYC) has convened an emergency meeting on January 27, 12 noon at NPYC office in regard to AICC president Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Nagaland.

All the NPYC executives have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

Bishop of Kohima Most. Rev. Dr. James Thoppil praying at the program.

DIMAPUR: The 31st convention of ACYA under the theme, “celebrating faith, celebrating culture”, held at Mar y Help of Christians, Cathedral in Kohima concluded on Sunday evening.

A press release by ACYA stated that about

DC Mkg informs on Republic Day function DIMAPUR: In view of the upcoming Republic Day celebration on January 26, deputy commissioner, Mokokchung, Sachin Jaiswal has informed all the government servants posted within Mokokchung town to reach Imkongmeren Sports Complex before 8:30 a.m on January 26.

Strict disciplinary action would be initiated against the defaulters, the notification further stated. Further all the district head of offices have been directed to take the attendance of their respective staff and submit the same to the office of the deputy commissioner, Mokokchung for onward submission to the government for necessary action.

All the village council members and GB Unions of Ungma, Mokokchung, Chuchuyimpang and Khensa villages, the GBs of Mokokchung town and the functionaries of all the 18 wards and the general public of Mokokchung town have also been informed that the Republic Day celebration would commence at the usual time of 8:40 a.m at Imkongmeren Sports Complex, Mokokchung. All concerned and the public of Mokokchung town have therefore been requested to attend the function.

2000 faithful, including nearly 700 delegates from the five Angami regions celebrated eucharistic mass with Most. Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima as the main celebrant. During the special mass, the Bishop invoked God’s blessings upon the

new ACYA team of office bearers.

L a t e r, a h a n d i n g and taking over program was held where outgoing ACYA president Medoneisa Marcus handed over charge to the incoming president Zeneikho Benedict.

RPOK condolence

DIMAPUR: The Rengma Public Organisation Kohima (RPOK) has expressed deep sadness at the sudden demise of late Issac Khing, deputy director, Industries & Commerce and president, Rengma Sports Association today at Kohima on January 22.

In a condolence note

by RPOK president, Khinyi Woch and vice-president Shingato Jemu described late Issac Khing as a very sociable leader, man of

principle, dedicated officer, sports lover, social leader with a compassionate heart for the people.

RPOK stated that Rengmas have not only lost an important officer but also a great leader and his good deeds and contributions would always live on.

RPOK also prayed that God grant solace to the bereaved family and that departed soul rest in peace with the Lord in heaven.

According to the release, a delegate remarked that the convention was a faith boosting experience. Atuonuo Ruth from Northern ACYA region, said it was “a special time of social bonding with believers from different regions”.

NVD prog at Pughoboto DIMAPUR: Pughoboto sub –division would celebrate 8th National Voters Day (NVD) programme under the theme “accessible election” would be held at the ADC office Pughoboto on January 25.

There would be launching of Electoral Literacy Club (ELCs) and presentation & distribution of EPIC & badges to newly enrolled voters.

ICC general meeting: Imkonglenden Colony Council (ICC) has convened a general meeting on January 27, 9 a.m. at GPS premises, Imkonglenden colony.

All the landowners have been requested to attend the meeting.

VSU golden jubilee meeting: Vekuhomi Students’ Union (VSU) has convened its golden jubilee planning committee meeting on January 27, 9:30 a.m. at Vekuhomi village. All the jubilee planning members, ex-officio members, ex-president and union advisors have been requested to attend the meeting.

Kohima AHoDs and HoDs to meet: Home department, secretariat administration branch (A) has in a circular informed that the next meeting of administrative heads of department and heads of departments shall be held on January 21, 1 p.m at the secretariat conference hall. All AHoDs and HoDs have been informed to attend the meeting positively.

7th SLEC meeting postponed: In view of the model code of conduct having come into force additional development commissioner, Planning and Coordination department, Aolemla Jamir has in an office memorandum informed that the 7th meeting of the State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC) scheduled to be held on January 23, 11 a.m at the conference hall of the chief secretary, Nagaland has been postponed.

The rescheduled date for the meeting would be intimated subsequently.

DC & DEO Phek notifies on NVD celebration: Deputy commissioner (DC) and district election officer (DEO), Phek, Shanavas C has informed of the

DIMAPUR: The deputy commissioner (DC) and district election officer (DEO), Kohima, Rajesh Soundararajan as district magistrate, Kohima has issued an order on prohibition of carrying licensed arms/ weapons within the jurisdiction of Kohima district by the powers conferred upon him under section 144(A) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973.

According to DIPR report, carrying of licensed arms for the purpose of verification at the nearest police station or deposit of the same and for uploading in the NDAL database has however been exempted from the purview of this order. This order would be enforced with immediate effect till the completion of elections. The word “arms” shall have the mean-

ing assigned to it in section 153AA of Indian Penal Code, 1860.

DC and DEO Kohima further directed all arms license holders under Kohima district to produce their arms license for verification at the nearest police station on or before February 3 in view of the General Assembly Election to be held on February 27. Failing to produce the license for verification within the stipulated time would result in cancellation of license (s) as per appropriate section of law and impounding of arms and penal action would be initiated against the defaulting person(s).

MON: DC & DEO, Mon, K. Thavaseelan as per the directive of the Election Commission of India (ECI) has on January 19 notified all printing press in Mon

district that the printing and publication of election pamphlets, posters, etc., is governed by the provisions of Section 127A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. According to DIPR report, in view of the above provision, all printing press in Mon district have been directed to follow the under mentioned instructions while printing such material: No person shall print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any election pamphlet or poster which does not bear on its face the names and address of the printer and the publisher thereof; No person shall print or cause to be printed any election pamphlet or poster unless a declaration as to the identity of the publisher thereof, signed by him and attested by two persons to whom

he is personally known, is delivered by him to the printer in duplicate, and unless, within a reasonable time after printing of the document, one copy of the declaration is sent by the printer, together with one copy of the document to the office of the deputy commissioner, Mon. Any violation of the provisions of Section 127A and the directives of the Commission shall be seriously viewed and stern action would be taken on those cases including revocation of licence of the printing press under the relevant laws of the state.

Further, the provision of the said section shall be strictly observed during the period of General Elections to the 13thNagaland Legislative Assembly, 2018.

As part of preparation for the forthcoming general

elections, 2nd round of election expenditure monitoring (EEM) training programme was conducted from January 19 to 20 at DC’s conference hall, Mon. Training for assistant expenditure observer team was held on January 19 and training for flying squad and static surveillance teams was held on January 20 for all the nine constituencies under Mon district. Nodal officer for election expenditure monitoring, Reny Wilfred, SDO (C), Mon HQ, who presided over both the training programme, explained in detail the role of various teams with the aid of paper presentation. Additional SP, Mon, Lanu Aier and SDPO Mon, Vrinda Shukla (IPS) also trained the police personnel associated with the teams about standard operating procedures to be

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PD, DRDA Kiphire along with DRDA officials and village elders after unveiling the monolith. (NP) Correspondent Y. Hongtan Chingkhong block development officer, RD, Block Pungro and KIPHIRE, JAN 22 (NPN): The Phuvkiu Kongkhukiu GB. Y. Hongtan Chingkvillage council hall was inaugurated by hong said that Phuvkiu being the biggest project director, District Rural Devel- village in the block should be the role opment Agency (DRDA), Kiphire, T. model in the block. Kongkhukiu GB Setsathong Sangtam, as chief guest on also acknowledged the RD department for the construction of the council hall in January 9.

The chief guest in his speech urged the Village. The programme was chaired the gathering to make used of the govern- by Khiutsikiu VCC, welcome address was ment schemes properly for the benefit of given by Azikiu Abraham secy.VDB and the general public. He also advised the invocation by Rev. Fr. Jose CKC. Vote of villagers to go in for sustainable develop- thanks was pronounced by Lense David ment, so that in near future the villagers secretary village council and the programme ended with prayer by Kumkiu could sustain themselves.

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YBC general meeting: The Yanthamo Baptist Church (YBC) has convened general meeting on Janaury 27, 8 a.m. All bonafide members residing outside the village have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

AISHE commences: The All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) for the year 2017-18 has commenced from January 5. In this regard, universities, secular colleges, polytechnics, nursing institutes & DIETs within Nagaland have been requested to upload the data on AISHE portal (aishe.gov.in) at the earliest.

The closing date of the survey would be March 4.

NPF youth wing dmp division meeting: The NPF youth wing Dimapur division has convened a meeting on January 24, 12 noon at the division office Landmark Colony. All the office bearers have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

SRSU 1st presidential meeting: The Sakipheto Range Students’ Union (SRSU) has convened its 1st presidential meeting on January 27, 10 a.m at the union banker. All the respective unit presidents have been requested to be present positively.

E r. K r u s e a n n o u c e s c a n d i d a t u r e f o r 8 W.A.constituency: Intending candidate from the 8-Western Angami Asembly Constituency, Er. Kevisekho Kruse, retired chief engineer, PHE department, Government of Nagaland, officially kicked off his campaign on January 22 in the presence of party workers at his private residence, Lerie colony, Kohima. Er. Kruse, who has joined the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), said he will be contesting as an NDPP candidate in the forthcoming assembly elections scheduled on February 27. At present, the 8-Western Angami A/C has no representative to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA), following the demise of former minister and speaker, Kiyanilie Peseyie last year. Addressing a host of supporters, Kruse said he joined the NDPP so as to work under the leadership of NDPP chief ministerial candidate, Neiphiu Rio, who recently resigned from the Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF). Others who spoke at the meeting include Mhiesizokho Zinyü, Neivikuolie Nicholas Khatsü, chief agent, Vitsalhou Kesiezie, party president of the constituency and Seyiekhrielie Nagi, Akhrie Mor among others.

DEOs conduct meetings on various election related issues

Council hall inaugurated at Phuvkiu Excise Kma EEMS seize 218 cases of liquor

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8th National Voters’ Day (NVD) which would be observed on January 25. The district National Voters’ Day would be celebrated under the theme “Accessible Elections” at DPDB conference hall, Phek at 11 a.m.

All newly enrolled electors of Phek sadar, head of offices, political parties, NGOs (Phek district), BLOs, wards chairman/GBs (PhekHq.) have been requested to attend the function positively.

D I M A P U R , JA N 2 2 (NPN): In view of the ensuing general assembly election scheduled to be held on February 27, Excise Kohima Election Expenditure Monitoring Squad (EEMS)/duty party on January 21 seized 218 cases of assorted Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs. 10 lakh (approximately) from a truck (AS 01 EC 1460).

According to superintendent of Excise & Prohibition and nodal officer (EEM) Kohima, Vikikhe Aomi, the Excise Kohima EEMS halted the truck around 11:30 p.m. at Peducha check gate and on checking found the liquor concealed among essential commodities.

The superintendent and nodal officer informed that in this connection the driver identified as Dinesh Kumar (24) son of Raj Kishor Rai of Guwahati, Assam was arrested.

During preliminary investigation, the arrested person divulged that the

Excise Kohima EEMS with the seized liquor and arrested person at Peducha Check gate. (NP) consignment was loaded from Guwahati and was to be smuggled to Kohima.

Excise Kohima informed that the essential commoditiesworth over Rs. 9 lakh transported by Western Logistics Pvt Ltd was to be delivered in Kohima.

Meanwhile, the superintendent and nodal

officerinformed that as per the directive of Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Election Officer (DEO), Rajesh Soundararajan and in pursuance of the Election Commission of India (ECI) instructions, Excise Kohima would be monitoring the production, storage and distribution of liquor during elections.

followed while discharging the duties.

TUENSANG: Deputy commissioner (DC) & district election officer (DEO), Tuensang has issued an order stating that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) would come into operation from January 18 and would be in force till the completion of the general election. In this connection a standing committee for operation of MCC has been constituted at district level with the following members: Deputy commissioner & DEO: chairman; Returning officer from all the assembly constituencies as member: 51 AC Noksen, 52 AC Longkhim-Chare, 53 AC Tuensang Sadar-1, 54 AC Tuensang Sadar-11, 56 AC Noklak, 57 AC Thonoknyu, 58 AC Shamator – Chessore; Representatives of all

Registered National /State political parties: member; additional S.P. Tuensang, L. Lemtur: member and Renben Mozhui: member secretary.

PUGHOBOTO: ADC & DEO Pughoboto Nagaland has prohibited the carrying of licensed arms/ weapons within the jurisdiction of Pughoboto sub-division by the power conferred upon the above concern authority under Section 144 (A) of the Criminal Procedure Code,1973. However carrying of licensed arms for the purpose of verification at the nearest police station or depositing of the same and for uploading in the NDAL database would be exempted from the purview of this order. This order comes in force with immediate effect till the completion of elections.

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Members of DDLSA, NDWM with domestic workers.

come out with Nagaland Domestic Workers Act. Pointing out that legal services authority is for the marginalized section of the society, he assured the domestic workers that the authority would provide assistance and protection to safeguard their rights.

Imchen urged not to withdraw complaints while under pressure but to seek the help of the legal services authority.

He asked the domestic workers not to let anyone deprive them of their

rights. Topics on various legal rights and schemes were given by DDLSA panel lawyers.

Panel lawyer Kekhriele Mezhii, Moatila Ao and Yambemo Ngullie spoke on Women Rights and Domestic Violence, Consumer Rights and NSLSA Scheme.

The programme was chaired by panel lawyer Nishela where she also highlighted about the legal services. Around 130 domestic workers attended the programme.

DBSU office inaugurated at Dimapur

New team for Churches Colony Dimapur

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Agartala Hazy sun

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Aizawl

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Guwahati Hazy sun Imphal

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Itanagar Hazy sun

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Shillong Hazy sun

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DIMAPUR: Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) in collaboration with the National Domestic Workers Movement (NDWM) organized a legal seminar at Chungaizaeng Rongmei community hall, Burma Camp on January 19.

A press release by Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) public relation assistant Kohima stated that Ajongba Imchen, chief judicial magistrate and secretary DDLSA stressed on the need to

DBSU’s office inaugurated by chief guest at Dimapur.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Bengali Students’ Union (DBSU) was inaugurated at Millenium Market, Dimapur by former DMC councillor, Lipok Pongen as chief guest on January 21.

A press release by DBSU stated that Pongen congratulated the union

for establishing an office, and also added that DBSU had achieved commendable task of uniting the students of Bengali community. He acknowledged the union’s effort towards working for betterment of the society.

DBSU advisor Bishnu Bhattacharjee, who also spoke during the program,

called it a “historic and red letter day” for the union and Bengali community in the state. He encouraged the students to continue working for the upliftment of the union and community.

DBSU was in February 2016 and this is the first office for the two-year old union.

DIMAPUR: New GB, chairperson and secretary of colony council has been chosen by Churches Colony at a general meeting held on January 20 at residence of Puloto Achumi.

A press release by Churches Colony Council (CCC) chairperson, Kuholy Chishi stated that all land/ house owners of Churches Colony present unanimously nominated N. Ghoshito Achumi as GB and elected the first woman chairperson of the colony, Kuholy Chishi based on women empowerment. Paul Vitsu was elected as secretary of the colony for a period of five years. Other members to the council would be selected/nominated basing on equal representation within a period of one week.

For queries, one may contact the chairperson and secretary at 9774007719 and 9856871855 respectively.

DIMAPUR: Three-day training-cum-exposure visit on “floriculture” was conducted for vocational course students of Sao Chang Government College (SCGC), Tuensang, under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), GOI, MHRD in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Tuensang from January 16 -18 at Gangtok, Sikkim.

During the three-day programme the team headed by the principal, SCC, Tuensang, S. Chubasangla Chang along with three SCC RUSA committee members and a representative from SMS (Horticulture), KVK, Tuensang, Dr. Shisarenla Aier, accompanied the students to various centers.

The team visited National Research Centre on Orchids (Pakyong), Gerbera Village (Basilaka), Sikkim Organic Festival (Saramsha Gardens), Cole Crop Village (Samlik Chak), Pea and Potato field (Samlik) and C y m b i d i u m D eve l o p -

Participants at the training-cum-exposure visit.

ment Centre (Rumtek) where technical experts and farmers from various centers interacted with the students and hands on demonstrations on various technologies were also conducted.

Certificates were distributed to all the participants along with reading materials. The participants expressed their gratitude to the Principal, SCC, Tuen-

sang, directorate of higher education, Kohima and RUSA, GOI, MHRD for sponsoring and conducting such practical oriented training programme and also thanked the director, horticulture & cash crops development department, Government of Sikkim for making all necessary arrangements for the success of the programme.

Altogether 24 students

attended the programme along with 5 officials.

The programme was coordinated by SCC RUSA coordinator, Tekameren Walling.

The main object of the programme was to train and equip the vocational course students by exposing them to various technologies used in flower production for skill development and self-employment.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018

CIC, FCUK conduct clean election meetings in Zunheboto, Kohima

CIC members of “Achipiu Mlahnni - Amikucho Kikishe”.

DIMAPUR: Mission Doing Right-Clean Election held a meeting with officials of Sumi Hoho, Sumi Kukami Hoho, Sumi Totimi Hoho, Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu, church leaders and CIC members Achipiu Mlahnni at SKK Ki Zunheboto on January 22.

A press report by Mission Doing Right-Clean Election (MDR-CL) Core Implementation Committee (CIC) co-convenor Dr. Vihuto Asumi stated that in the meeting the committee endorsed the NBCC’s December 12 resolution on clean election. In the meeting the members of the house adopted resolutions K Y M C

pertaining to clean election, wherein it resolved that white flag for clean election would be hosted on every house of those families who have decided to be part of Achipiu Mlahnni - Amikucho Kikishe. It resolved that basing on the Sumi Misshi Xakütha and CIC Pimhezah passed at the general rally on April 12, 2017 in Zunheboto, all the villages, towns and constituency level CICs of Zunheboto district have been informed to prepare their own action plans according to their local requirements and submit the same to the apex CIC by January 31, 2018. Thirdly it resolved

that respective CICs would mobilise the volunteers for implementation of the action plan from among the Sumi Totimi Hoho, socal students’ union and church youth. Its fourth resolution was for a common platform where all candidates could share their manifesto with the public on February 15 at their respective constituency headquarters which would be organised by respective range CICs. Finally, it resolved that Sumi church associations would organise a chain of Prayer till the polling day.

FCUK: An executive meeting to support NBCC and NGOs for clean election

was held by Forest Colony Union Kohima (FCUK) on January 20, wherein resolutions were adopted for implementation in the colony.

A joint press release by FCUK chairman, Ngamjok Konyak and general secretary, Ghokuto Kinimi stated that meeting resolved that election youth camps in the colony would not be permitted. Secondly it resolved to follow the principal of “one man one vote” and not to allow proxy voting and booth capturing in any form in the colony. Its third resolution was not to practice intimidation or threat to ensure individual democratic right to vote to select the right candidate.

Fourthly it resolved that no outsiders would be allowed to interfere in the colony peaceful polling during coming general election. It also resolved that no liquor or intoxicating substances would be allowed in the colony during the polling day.

FCUK also sincerely appealed to all the peace loving citizens of the colony in particular and to the people in general to abide by the resolutions and cooperate with the union to ensure peaceful polling in the colony.

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Central institutes facing land hurdles in NE: Minister

Guwahati, Jan 22 (PTI): Union minister Satyapal Singh Monday expressed concern over the frequent land hurdles faced by academic institutes, such as NIT and IIM, in the North East and said the Centre will take up the matter with the state governments of the region.

Briefing reporters here after a meeting with vice chancellors of universities and directors of IIT, NIT, IIIT and IIMs, the minister of state for human resource development said some institutes in Manipur and Sikkim have been running from temporary campuses in absence of adequate infrastructure.

“The Union government doles out funds for construction of infrastructure of these institutions while the state allots land for them free of cost. We are following up with these

Satyapal Singh state governments on the matter,” Singh said.

The IIIT in Manipur and NIT in Sikkim do not have a proper set up, he said. “The NIT-Sikkim was assured land in Gangtok sometime ago but it still continues to run from a temporary campus at Ravangla with limited infrastructure,” Singh stated. The minister pointed out that retention of faculty is another other major problem faced by the premiere institutes of

the region. “As some of these institutes are located in remote areas, far from the mainland, not many teachers are willing to shift base there. The matter is being taken up with the state governments,” Singh said. He, however, expressed his satisfaction with their performance at the national and international level.

“Their performance is quite satisfactory but the institutes have to keep improving through research and innovation...” he said.

Praising IIT-Guwahati for its achievements, he said its director has been given full freedom to recruit faculty. The Centre has taken an initiative to hire best professors from different fields of work.

Under the Swayam Prabha scheme, curriculum-based lectures will also be aired on 32 Direct-to-Home (DTH) channels, he added.

BJP serves showcause notices to 2 MLAs in Arunachal I ta nagar , Ja n 2 2 (PTI): The Ar unachal Pradesh unit of the BJP has issued show-cause notices to two party MLAs for alleged anti-party activities.

The notices, served yesterday, asked Pani Taram and Paknga Bage who represent Koloriang and Dumporijo Assembly constituencies respectively, to explain why disciplinary action would not be taken against them within a week, a party release said Monday.

The notices were served on the recommendation of the State Disciplinary Action Committee that which were approved by the core group of the BJP’s state unit.

Further action, party leaders said, would be taken on the basis of their replies.

Chief Minister Pema Khandu had on December 27 last year dismissed Taram as Parliamentary Secretary for Home and Education.

Bage is an associate member of the BJP.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018

Assam Rifles recover IED in Manipur Mopping operation intensified ahead of R-Day; 13 detained

Correspondent

IMPHAL, Jan 22: Troopers of Assam Rifles recovered IED from Chingnungkhong, Imphal East district, Manipur on Monday morning around 7:30 am.

Police said the IED was found in a black colour bag which was lying in the bush with its zip slightly open. Experts of Assam Rifles later confirmed it as IED. After defusing the IED, the same was disposed off, police source added.

The detection of IED is at a time while security forces have intensified security measure across the state, particularly in the valley districts ahead of Republic Day celebration.

Meanwhile, 13 people including a bailout militant and a woman were picked up for further verification during a mopping operations in Imphal East, Im-

‘Myanmarese refugees ‘IPFT will not demand separate state’ refusing to return to Myanmar’ stopped and no gunfires heard for almost a month, the people who took shelter in four villages along the Mizoram-Myanmar border - Laitlang, Dumzautlang, Zochachhuah and Hmawngbuchhuah, still refused to return to their respective villages,” the SP said.

The refugees were mainly from the border villages of Varang, Paletwa, Pakangwa and Mulaw in Myanmar’s Chin state.

Superintendent of Police of Lawngtlai, Lalsanglura said the refugees were grouped in the relief camps in two villages for administrative conveniences and also to ensure that all of them return to their homes after peace is restored in the area from where they came.

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In the interest of 4 Ghaspani-I A/C in particular and the state in general, all rank and file of NPF from 4 Ghaspani-I A/C we hereby tender our resignation from all party responsibilities and from Active/Primary membership of the party and resolved to join BJP along with our young and dynamic leader Shri. Jacob Zhimomi to further strengthen the leadership of Shri. Narendra Modi Ji Hon'ble Prime Minister with immediate effect.

(Vinson Kikon) General Secretary NPF 4 Ghaspani-I A/C OFFICE OF THE

21 TULI MANDAL

P.O. TULI – 798618 MOKOKCHUNG : NAGALAND

BJP 21 TULI MANDAL MEETING DECLARATION The BJP 21 Tuli mandal held a meeting along with all the 13 unit officials, mandal morchas,booth level agents, state and district officials representing Tuli at its mandal office on 20-01-2018. The house discussed various issues and strategies to be implemented during party election campaign compliance with the directive of election commission. The house resolved that the application received from Shri. L. Temjen Jamir, State Executive Member BJP Nagaland for seeking party ticket from 21 Tuli constituency will be forwarded to state president, BJP Nagaland for necessary action. Further, BJP 21 Tuli Mandal strongly recommend Shri.L.Temjen Jamir as a candidature for the success of BJP in 21 Tuli in particular and Nagaland in general.

(IMNANUNGSANG LEMTOR) General Secretary, BJP 21 Tuli Mandal Contact : 9862661199 OFFICE OF THE

WOKHA VILLAGE COUNCIL WOKHA - 797111 : NAGALAND

JOINT CONDEMNATION

Through your esteemed daily the undersigned organizations of Wokha Village strongly condemn the 18th Jan 2018 incident at GA Colony Wokha Town wherein some miscreants led by one Tumchobemo Kikon, S/o. Sungroshan Kikon of Vungotchu Colony, a supporter of Y. Mhonbemo Humtsoe intending candidate 38th A/C Wokha attacked Etsorhomo Yanthan of Humtsoe Village from his residence at around 11:00 pm and brutally assaulted him and his sons, besides damaging two motorcycles. His youngest son Renbithung Yanthan was shot thrice at point-blank on the head, neck and chest while he was trying to defend his father.

The undersigned would like to urge all peace loving citizens to condemn such dastardly act of violence so as to prevent such incidents in the future. In the meantime the undersigned urge the law enforcing agencies to nab the accused and award them befitting punishment as per the law.

We also request the police force to ensure safety and security to the victim’s family till justice is delivered to them. The undersigned also assure fullest cooperation to the police and administration as and when our service is required in the instant case.

S. Yanphamo Tungoe Chairman Wokha Village Council Arhoni Erui President Wokha Village Eloe Ekhung

Myanthung Humtsoe President Wokha Village Youth Organisation Yanroshan Tungoe Vice President WHESYWF (Wokha Village Unit)

AFFIDAVIT

Regd. No. 2208/2017 Dt. 08/05/2017 I, Shri. Hutoi N, declare that the names Hutoi in my Bank A/c No. 20197641199 and Hutoi N refers the name of one and same person.

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MAGISTRATE/NOTARY PUBLIC Dimapur : Nagaland

OFFICE OF THE WOMEN SOCIETY MERIEMA VILLAGE KOHIMA : NAGALAND

Regd. No. H/RS.2142

This is to inform as per the earlier resolution pass by the Women Society Meriema Village.

1. The sale of Alcohol, Adhesive, Dendrite or Talap etc. should not be sold within the village jurisdiction.

2. Gambling is prohibited.

3. Plucking of vegetable plants for selling is strictly prohibited If anyone found selling alcohol within the Meriema Jurisdiction, he/she shall be imposed by a fine of Rs. 10,000/If anyone found adhesives would be imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000/Keneiü Keditsu Tseibou-ü Phewhuo General Secretary Chairman Women Society Meriema Women Society Meriema

CHANGPANG AREA PUBLIC ORGANIZATION ELECTS FIRST TEAM OF OFFICE BEARERS

BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY

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“After the finalisation of the alliance with IPFT, we can confidently say that we would win at least 18 of the 20 tribal-reserved seats and secure a huge majority in the sixty-member assembly,” he said.

Deodhar said his party will not allow the division of the state.

“The tribal council will be empowered to provide more autonomy to all the 19 tribes of the state. The council will get one-thirds of the state budget, when the alliance is in power,” he said.

Tripura will go to polls on February 18 and the results for the 60 constituencies will be announced on March 3.

Deponent

RESIGNATION FROM NPF

(Vitoho Zhimomi) President NPF 4 Ghaspani-I A/C

concerns of the tribals in the state”, Deodhar told PTI. The talks for forging an electoral alliance with IPFT were held at a two-day meeting in Guwahati last week, he said.

“Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is also the chairman of North East Democratic Alliance, and BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav arrived in the state yesterday to work out the modalities of a pre-poll alliance with other anti-Left tribal parties,” Deodhar said.

The BJP wants to provide more autonomy to tribals, who constitute one-third of the population in the state, and empower the tribal council, he claimed.

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Aizawl, Jan 22 (PTI): Over 1,400 Myanmarese nationals who took refuge in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district following clash between Arakan militants and the Army there in November last year have refused to return to their country, a senior police officer said Monday.

The refugees who fled Myanmar since November 25 last year following a crackdown on Arakan rebels by the Myanmar Army in the border areas refused to go back claiming that they were “afraid” of the Myanmar Army personnel, Superintendent of Police of Lawngtlai, Lalsanglura said.

“Though the fighting between the Myanmar Army and the Arakan insurgents had apparently

Agartala, Jan 22 (PTI): The BJP, which is in the process of finalising a pre-poll alliance with the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), Monday said the anti-Left tribal party will no longer raise its demand for a separate state.

A joint statement on the matter will be signed soon by the authorised signatories of both parties, BJP state in- charge Sunil Deodhar said.

“The IPFT will not raise the demand for Twipraland or a separate state. It would work according to the agreed common minimum programme between the two parties,” he claimed.

The saffron party has also promised to attend to the problems of the tribal people of Tripura.

“We have agreed to address the socio-economic, socio-cultural and linguistic

Echungthung Murry President Wokha Village Students’ Union

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The Changpang Area Public Organization held its 1st general meeting on 20th January at its HQ, wherein it unanimously elected new team of office bearers under the Chairmanship of Yanpothung Lotha and R. Kemerio Yanthan as General Secretary, for a period of three years.

The new team of office bearers was dedicated by Rev. W C Kithan, Pastor 'D' Khel Changpang. The meeting endorsed constitution drafting Committee under Shri. John Kikon as Convenor, for which a period of three months was given. The meeting also had an assurance from Shri.

Renbemo Kithan and Alex Humtsoe, for registration of the organization.

The meeting was sponsored by village councils and hosts of persons : 1. Changpang Village Rs. 3000/2. L/Longidang Village Rs. 3000/3. Old Tssori Village Rs. 3000/4. New Tssori Village Rs. 3000/5. Longtsiri Village Rs. 3000/6. Ntsemo Odyuo Rs. 2000/7. Zaben Patton Rs. 2000/8. Chenirao Ngullie Rs. 1000/9. Alex Humtsoe Rs. 2000/10. Renbemo Kithan Rs. 2000/11. John Kikon Rs. 500/12. Yanpothung Lotha Rs. 2000/13. John Kikon Rs. 2000/14. Chenirao Jami Rs. 2000/15. Mhoa Odyuo Rs. 2000/16. Daniel Ngullie Rs. 2000/17. Vanthungo Kithan Rs. 2000/18. R. Kemerio Yanthan Rs. 2000/19. Nongo Yanthan Rs. 500/The Organizing team expresses thankfulness to the village councils, well-wishers and all its members for the cooperation and assistance from the launching program till the first general meeting. We appeal to all its members to continue their support to the organization and wish the best to the new team.

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Organizing Team CAPO

phal West and Bishnupur at Maibam Chingmang un- handed over to Nambol districts, police sources der Nambol police station police station for further said. of Bishnupur district. verification, the source 350 people including The nine persons were added.

87 women from Hatta Golapati were verified.

During the verification, four suspects including a bailout cadre of PULF (Muslim based People United Liberation Hi Iliti, Front) were picked up and Every birthday is the symbol of a handed over to Porompat fresh start and a new beginning. police station for further May your birthday Also begin for verification, a police com- you Anew phase of life, Where each day presents you A world of mando officer said.

Police commandos new opportunities and opens up the attached with Imphal West doors to A promising future.

Always yours..Kheka police also conducted a mopping operation at Moirangkhom Bazar and Dear John, its surrounding area under Many many happy return of the Imphal police station this Day. On your special day, we wish morning. During house to you good luck. We hope this wonhouse search operation, as derful day will fill up your heart with many as 270 people were joy and blessings. Have a fantastic verified. However, no one birthday, celebrate the happiness was detained, the source on every day of your life. Happy said.

Birthday!!

Nine people including From wife, & friends a woman was detained for (Anup, Sanjay, Amit, Gautam further verification during a Raten, Rupak) search operation conducted

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER NAGALAND : KOHIMA

E-mail id: ceo nagaland@eci.gov.in/ Fax- 0370-2290460 NO.ELE/CDT-20/2017-18/ Dated : 22nd Janaury, 2018.

INFORMATION

This is for information of all concerned that the Election Commission of India has designated the following Officers as the Returning Officers of the Assembly Constituencies in the State of Nagaland for conduct of General Election to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, 2018.

SI. No. and Name of Assembly Constituency 1 Dimapur-I 2 Dimapur-II 3 Dimapur-III 4 Ghaspani-I 5 Ghaspani-II 6 Tening 7 Peren 8 Western Angami 9 Kohima Town 10 Northern Angami-I 11 Northern Angami-II 12 Tseminyu 13 Southern Angami-I 14 Southern Angami-II 15 Pughoboto 16 Pfutsero 17 Chizami 18 Chazouba 19 Phek 20 Meluri 21 Tuli 22 Arkakong 23 lmpur 24 Angetyongpang 25 Mongoya 26 Aonglenden 27 Mokokchung Town 28 Koridang 29 Jangpetkong 30 Alongtaki 31 Akuluto 32 Atoizu 33 Suruhuto 34 Aghunato 35 Zunheboto 36 Satakha 37 Tyui 38 Wokha 39 Sanis 40 Bhandari 41 Tizit 42 Wakching 43 Tapi 44 Phomching 45 Tehok 46 Mon Town 47 Aboi 48 Moka 49 Tobu 50 Tamlu 51 Longleng 52 Noksen 53 Longkhim Chare 54 Tuensang Sadar-I 55 Tuensang Sadar-II 56 Noklak 57 Thonoknyu 58 Shamator Chessore 59 Seyochung Sitimi 60 Pungro Kiphire

Returning Officer ADC (HQ), Dimapur SDO (C), Sadar, Dimapur ADC (HQ), Dimapur ADC, Niuland ADC, Medziphema ADC, Tening ADC (HQ), Peren SDO (C), Zubza SDO(C) Sadar, Kohima ADC (HQ), Kohima ADC, Chiephobozou ADC, Tseminyu SDO (C), Jakhama SDO(C), Pughoboto I ADC, Pfutsero SDO(C), Chizami ADC, Chazouba ADC(HQ), Phek ADC, Meluri ADC, Tuli SDO(C), Changtongya ADC (MMC), Mokokchung ADC (MMC), Mokokchung SDO ( C ) Hq Mokokchung SDO(C) Sadar, Mokokchung SDO(C), Mangkolemba ADC, Mangkolemba SDO (C), Akuluto ADC, Atoizu SDO (C), Suruhoto ADC, Aghunato ADC(HQ), Zunheboto ADC, Satakha ADC(HQ), Wokha SDO(C), Wokha SDO(C), Sanis ADC, Bhandari ADC, Tizit ADC, Naginimora SDO (C) Sadar, Mon SDO (C), Phomching SDO (C), Chen ADC (HQ), Mon ADC, Aboi SDO (C), Angjangyang ADC, Tobu ADC, Tamlu ADC Longleng SDO(C), Noksen ADC, Longkhim SDO (C), Tuensang ADC (HQ), Tuensang ADC, Noklak SDO (C), Thonoknyu ADC, Shamator ADC, Seyochung ADC (HQ), Kiphire

All the Returning Officers will function from their respective designated offices as above for the purpose of receiving nomination papers, conduct of scrutiny, allotment of symbols etc., except the following seven Returning Officers who will function from the office of their respective Deputy Commissioner's office as follows :SI. Name of No. & Name of Returning Approved place for receiving No. District Assembly Officer HQ. Nominations etc.

Constituency 1 Peren 6-Tening (ST) ADC Tening Old Deputy Commissioner Office Peren 2 Zunheboto 33-Suruhoto (ST) SDO (C) Deputy Commissioner Office Zunheboto Suruhoto 3 Mon 44-Phomching (ST) SDO (C) Deputy Commissioner Office Mon Phomching 4 Mon 45-Tehok (ST) SDO (C) Chen Deputy Commissioner Office Mon 5 Mon 48-Moka (ST) SDO (C) Deputy Commissioner Office Mon Angjangyang 6 Longleng 49-Tamlu (ST) ADC Tamlu Deputy Commissioner Office Longleng 7 Kiphire 59-Seyochung ADC Seyochung Deputy Commissioner Office Kiphire Sitimi (ST)

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018

2008 Guj blasts mastermind arrested

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS): An Indian Mujahideen operative, termed the “Bin Laden of India” and the allegedly mastermind of the 2008 Gujarat serial blasts that killed 56 persons was arrested here after a brief gunfight, Delhi Police said on Monday.

“One of the most wanted terrorists of SIMI-Indian Mujahideen, Abdul Subhan Qureshi (was) arrested after a brief of exchange of fire,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Pramod Singh Kushwaha told reporters here.

Qureshi, 39, was arrested from Gazipur area in east Delhi on Saturday night following an exchange of fire when he came to meet one of his old associates.

He is accused of plotting the serial blasts in Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008 when as many as 21 bombs planted in tiffin boxes and motor cycles went off in busy markets and bus stations. Over 200 persons were also injured. The toll could have gone up but 29 of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) failed to explode due to various technical reasons.

“Carrying a reward of Rs 4 lakh on his head declared by National Investigation Agency (NIA), Qureshi, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, wanted to revive the Indian Muja-

Co-founder of IM Abdul Subhan Qureshi arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell, before being produced in a court in New Delhi on Monday. (PTI) hideen in various states including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka,” Kushwaha said.

The arrested IM leader had organized four training camps during 2007-2008 in Madhya Pradesh, Karala, Gujarat and Karnataka where he, with his other accomplices, trained his cadres to go to war, or fight

jihad, against the Indian establishment, he said.

According to the police official, Qureshi was one of the chief instructors and main organizers of those camps, where participants were trained in arms usage, rock climbing, swimming, physical fitness, making petrol bombs, and so on. They were also given psychological and other special train-

ing to mislead interrogators in case of their arrest.

Qureshi had laid the foundation of Indian Mujahideen with Riyaz Bhatkal and some radicalised youth outfits, said Kushwaha, adding that he had gone to Pune in connection with the planning of Gujarat bomb blasts. After his accomplice and SIMI chief Safdar Nagori and 11 others were arrested in Indore in 2008, he escaped to Gujrat and later made crossed over to Nepal, where he had staying since then on a fake identity.

“He also had gone to Saudi Arabia for two years (2015-2017) to raise funds from his contacts to revive Indian Mujahideen in India as SIMI has almost been finished in India with the arrest of all its leaders,” he added.

Police said that they had recovered a sophisticated weapon and five cartridges and some documents from Qureshi and are examining them. “We found that he was not planning any criminal activity in Delhi near Republic Day. He wanted to give only hardcore training to his cadre in India to revive IM once again. He was also worked as financial secretary for SIMI and raised funds through his networks in overseas countries,” said Kushwaha.

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PM Modi arrives in Zurich

Congress seeks disqualification of MLAs in C’garh Raipur, Jan 22 (PTI): Opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh Monday demanded disqualification of 11 MLAs of the ruling BJP for “holding” posts of parliamentary secretaries, within days of 20 Aam Aadmi Party legislators in Delhi being disqualified in an “office of profit” case.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday gave his assent to a recommendation made by the Election Commission for disqualifying 20 MLAs of the Arvind Kejriwal-led party over holding offices of profit.

“The action taken in Delhi has proved that the appointment of the BJP MLAs in Chhattisgarh to the posts of parliamentary secretaries is also unconstitutional.

“Therefore, a similar action should be taken by the Election Commission of India against these MLAs here for holding offices of profit,” Congress leader Mohammad Akbar told a press conference today.

Akbar said last year he had filed a petition in the Chhattisgarh High Court seeking quashing of the appointment of the MLAs as parliamentary secretaries.

He said he had then written to the poll panel on the issue in the year 2016.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Zurich International Airport to participate in the World Economic Forum, in Davos on Monday. (PTI) Zurich, Jan 22 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday arrived here on way to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum meeting where he would share his vision for India’s future engagements with the international community.

After reaching Davos, he would be meeting Swiss President Alain Berset today. The prime minister would also attend the welcome reception by India and later host a dinner for global CEOs. Modi would deliver the opening plenary address at the WEF summit tomorrow.

He is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in Davos.

“On his way to Davos, PM @narendramodi arrives in Zurich.

First visit by Indian PM to #Davos in 20 years!

PM would make a keynote speech at the Plenary of the #WorldEconomicForum, address International Business Council and interact with CEOs. IndiaMeansBusiness,” an external affairs ministry spokesperson said in a tweet.

Tomorrow, Modi would interact with global business community members, besides delivering his keynote address. The theme for this

year’s summit is ‘Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World’.

In his departure statement on Sunday, the prime minister had said that India’s engagement with the outside world in the recent years has become “truly and effectively multi- dimensional covering the political, economic, people to people, security and other spheres”.

“At Davos, I look forward to sharing my vision for India’s future engagement with the international community,” he had said.

India will showcase ‘Act East’ policy on Republic Day: Sitharaman

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with reporters, she said the government’s vision is to expand the footprint of the Corps in the country.

Cur rently, 13 lakh cadets are enrolled in the NCC and the government has planned to increase it to 15 lakh in five phases by 2020. Sitharaman also visited the ‘Hall of Fame’ gallery where she was given a guided tour of the exhibits by the cadets.

In the naval section of the gallery, she also admired a model of ‘INS Ranvijay’ and enquired from NCC officials about the Rajputclass destroyer, which was commissioned on December 21, 1987.

During an inspection of the flag area, she shook

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lic Day celebrations, India definitely is showcasing its Act East policy. And, we are happy that the event is going to happen with all of them present,” she said. Asked about ceasefire violations, she said, “Let’s focus on the NCC Camp and Republic Day today.”

In an unprecedented

The defence minister said the the National Cadet Corps, since its inception has helped in the nationbuilding process by inculcating among the youth, discipline, confidence, camaraderie and a spirit of adventure.

“I am very impressed by the high standard of the parade displayed by cadets at the camp and other skills during the cultural programme.

“NCC cadets have played their role in times of natural disasters, and in promoting government programmes like Swachh Bharat, and awareness programme for the girl child,” she said in her address.

During her interaction

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event, leaders of all the 10 ASEAN member countries -- Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei -- will be chief guests at the ceremonial parade at Rajpath on January 26.

Earlier, Sitharaman presented the ‘Raksha Mantri Padak’ and commendation cards to cadets at an investiture ceremony held at the camp.

The Raksha Mantri Padak, instituted in 1989, is presented to the most deserving cadet every year for bravery or exceptional service of the highest order.

Cadet Priya of the Uttar Pradesh Directorate received the honour today.

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New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI): India’s Act East policy is really “taking shape” and the presence of 10 ASEAN leaders during the Republic Day celebrations here will definitely showcase that policy, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Monday.

She said this in response to a question from the press during her visit to the NCC Republic Day Camp at Delhi Cantonment.

“The prime minister’s intention that the Look East policy should now be the Act East policy is really taking shape.

“And, by the very presence of 10 leaders from ASEAN during the Repub-

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OPINiON/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 46 Dimapur, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018

Unpredictable situation

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eeks ahead of the February 27 general election, the political scenario in Nagaland appears to have been thrown out of gear after the longest-lasting internal instability within the ruling Naga People Front(NPF) for the chief minister’s chair, since the beginning of 2014. If there is confusion all around today, it is because the regional party which surpassed the achievements of other parties before it, by winning a massive landslide victory in 2013, forgot it was elected to bring changes.

Instead, the NPF got embroiled in the petty wrangling of its leaders. The NPF had three chief ministers from 2014 till 2017 as a consequence of the proxy war between the ‘Big Three’- Neiphiu Rio versus T.R.Zeliang versus Dr.Shürhozelie Liezietsu. Any shift in the political tectonic plate had the potential to cause enough tremor to shake the government.

Since 2014 the realignments had been- Neiphiu Rio versus T.R.Zeliang & Dr.Shürhozelie Liezietsu or Dr.Shürhozelie Liezietsu versus T.R.Zeliang & Neiphiu Rio with the latest being Neiphiu Rio versus T.R.Zeliang.For the better part of three years since 2014, the grouping of loyalist MLAs with their respective leaders in hotels or resorts, has been the kind of service rendered to those who elected them. Owing to frequent shift of allegiance and consequent reshuffle of the ministry, legislators were more focussed about groupism rather than on governance. This has had an adverse affect on the direction that the NPF government was taking and for which instability was the result and confusion the product. The NPF today appears to be imploding due to the persistent internal differences within the party and the legislature. This had practically split the legislature into three groups owing allegiance to either chief minister T.R.Zeliang or Lok Sabha MP Neiphiu Rio or party president and former chief minister Dr.Shürhozelie Liezietsu.

The reconciliation in NPF has never brought the ‘Big Three’ together after 2014.Similarly, after the patchup between T.R.Zeliang and Neiphiu Rio both of who have been involved in a running battle for the better part of three years; speculations about imminent freezing of NPF symbol did the rounds. However, after T.R.Zeliang and Dr.Shürhozelie reconciled and Neiphiu Rio also accepting the fait accompli; it appeared that the instability in NPF was a thing of the past. In the formation of the reconstituted ministry and other issues, Rio’s group felt ignored. As election was announced and matters appearing to be unresolved, Rio decided his fate cannot be decided by the other two and so resigned and joined the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party(NDPP) which he patronised. Today the issue of NPF ticket has become the primary concern. The NPF led DAN also comprises of eight independent MLAs besides four BJP members. While most existing NPF legislators expect to be given tickets, yet they are unsure. The concern over the issue of party ticket also involves Zeliang’s supporters who are independent members. On this point, observers say party president Dr.Shürhozelie was reserving his option. The race for selection of candidates is on and what the NPF party decides will determine the course of the next election in February 27. The National People’s Party(NPP) led by Conrad Sangma MP also expected to play a role in the Nagaland political scenario. The BJP is the gainer from the NPF crisis and the likely pre or post poll alliances will be decided by NPF when it takes the call on ties with BJP.

DailyDevotion Am I Looking To God? Look to Me, and be saved… —Isaiah 45:22 Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, “Look to Me, and be saved….” The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make us look to God, but His blessings tend to divert our attention elsewhere. The basic lesson of the Sermon on the Mount is to narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. “Look to Me….”

Many of us have a mental picture of what a Christian should be, and looking at this image in other Christians’ lives becomes a hindrance to our focusing on God. This is not salvation— it is not simple enough. He says, in effect, “Look to Me and you are saved,” not “You will be saved someday.”

We will find what we are looking for if we will concentrate on Him. We get distracted from God and irritable with Him while He continues to say to us, “Look to Me, and be saved….” Our difficulties, our trials, and our worries about tomorrow all vanish when we look to God. Wake yourself up and look to God. Build your hope on Him. No matter how many things seem to be pressing in on you, be determined to push them aside and look to Him. “Look to Me….” Salvation is yours the moment you look.

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T. S. Eliot

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n today’s newspapers I read that doctors in the US have advised that men who want children should freeze their sperm before they are 25, as one in 6 men become infertile very quickly.

In a previous article, I had discussed the studies that prove animal fats are related to decline in semen quantity and quality. While this may have seemed like enough reason for men to stay away from meat and dairy, there are still more compelling factors.

Fat-soluble oestrogen – the primary female sex hormone – is present in very high concentration in dairy and other animal products like eggs. In fact, milk and dairy products are the largest source of dietary oestrogen for humans. They account for 60-70% of the estrogens consumed. This has a ‘feminizing’ effect on men.

Studies have shown that men who consume more milk and dairy products have higher levels of estradiol, a ‘female’ hormone. This can lower the body’s production of testosterone – the primary male sex hormone – with the effect of raising voice pitches, increasing male breasts and erectile dysfunction.

Modern dairy farming practice is even worse for men. Over 75% of commercial milk originates from pregnant cows – a time when their oestrogen levels are markedly high. With years of genetic tampering, cows and buffaloes now give milk throughout their pregnancy.

Further, most milk producers make their animals pregnant

within a couple of days of their giving birth, to maximize production. The cow is thus pretty much always pregnant, producing oestrogen high milk through the year. There was a time when 3 litres of milk in a native cow was considered excellent. Now, the cow/buffalo owner aims for up to 15 litres a day, and abroad this goes up to 24 litres per day. This is far from natural.

The whey of milk from non-pregnant cows has about 30 pg/mL of estrone sulphate – a natural steroid found in oestrogen. This increases to 151 pg/mL during early pregnancy and goes up to 1000 pg/mL at the last stages of the pregnancy. Milk particularly holds high levels of steroids from oestrogen, twice as much as is found even in the plasma of the animal (which means her milk is worse than her meat for men). The average range of healthy estradiol levels in men is usually 10 to 40 pg/ mL. Estradiol is a steroid, an oestrogen, and the primary female sex hormone.

It is used to treat symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, and vaginal dryness, burning and irritation.

The increased oestrogen levels in pregnant cows are essential to sustain the new life in their wombs and when they are young. However, most calves of dairy cows are separated from the mothers soon after their birth and bottle fed with powdered milk, or the milk that is considered unfit for humans.

The milk, along with its high oestrogen content intended

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Implications for humans as well for the growth of the baby in the womb and the baby calf, is diverted to humans instead.

Meat is another major source of oestrogen in our diet. This is more prominent in modern animal farming practice, where it is common to give cattle food, injections or subcutaneous implants of oestrogen, often in combination with other hormones. This encourages early maturity of animals, increases their weight faster so that slaughterhouses can kill them sooner, thus increasing production and profits.

Xenoestrogens – chemicals with demasculinizing, or feminizing effects, are found in animal fat and cannot be removed by washing and cooking. Through consumption, these accumulate in human fat.

A study by Maruyama et al. in 2010 shows that dairy food intake has also been related to decreased secretion of LH, FSH and testosterone in men. LH and FSH work together to regulate the development of the sex glands and sperm production. Both together stimulate the production of testosterone. A Japanese study conducted with men

and pre-pubertal boys, found that drinking cow’s milk resulted in increased serum oestrogen and progesterone levels. This increase suppressed GnRH secretion from the brain, in turn resulting in lowered testosterone secretion in the men and boys. The study found the intake of milk, and other dairy products, is associated with higher levels of estrone, estriol and pregnanediol in boys . Excess oestrogen can delay attainment of puberty in the case of boys, and speed it up for girls.

In 2013, Afeiche et al., at the University of Rocehster, conducted a study with young, physically active men as subjects. It was found that the more these men consumed dairy food, the lesser the number of their sperm and the lower was this sperm’s activity. A study done in 2014 by Schisterman et al. came to the same conclusion.

As males grow older, there is a reduction in the amount of testosterone produced by the testes, while estradiol levels continue to remain high. While a certain level of estradiol is necessary for vascular health, excess levels can have a negative

impact. Excess oestrogen can manifest itself in symptoms such as developing breasts, excess abdominal weight, tiredness, loss of muscles mass and emotional disturbances.

In a study conducted in the USA with approx. 40,000 men visiting a sperm lab, it was found that an increase in semen quality was associated with a decrease in mortality, pointing to the fact that semen quality may therefore be an important marker of overall male health. This is not to be taken lightly. Apart from the ‘feminizing’ effect that dairy and meat can have on men, they also increase the chances of testicular and other kinds of cancer, due to increased levels of oestrogen.

Studies show that high level of oestrogen can increase the risk of heart disease. Conversely, there are numerous studies indicating that higher testosterone levels can drastically reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease among men.

If you are worried that giving up milk will affect calcium intake, think again.

Green leafy vegetables not only contain more calcium than milk, this calcium is also absorbed much more easily into our bodies through vegetable consumption.

So, if you find that your body looks less and less like that of a male, and you have a problem sexually, stop consuming extra oestrogen. This means cutting out animal fats, such as milk, milk products, eggs and meat, from the diet. Cruciferous vegetables,

like broccoli and cauliflower, contain indole-3-carbinole, which is effective in reducing the oestrogen levels in the body. Other effective foods are mushrooms, pomegranate, red grapes, seeds (flax, sesame etc.), whole grains (wheat, oats, millet, barley, rice etc.) and green tea. So go on. Make the change.

PS: Scientists in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have found that the pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs into females. The atrazine levels experimented with were what the frogs would experience in environments where the pesticide is used, and below levels that are considered safe for drinking water. Scientists compared this atrazine-exposed group with male frogs reared in atrazine-free water. At the end of the experiment, all frogs in the atrazinefree group remained male, while 10 percent of the frogs exposed to atrazine were completely feminized — they had female anatomy, including ovaries. Frogs exposed to atrazine also had reduced testosterone levels, decreased fertility, and showed less mating behaviour.

Atrazine is used commonly in India, specially on corn (bhutta). It is banned in Europe. Since atrazine interferes with the production of the sex hormone oestrogen, present in people and frogs, the findings could have implications for humans as well. To join the animal welfare movement contact gandhim@nic.in, www.peopleforanimalsindia.org

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Nagaland at the Crossroads

agaland, the land of the Nagas was wracked for decades by unrest, violence and bloodshed in pursuit of an independent and sovereign nation. The Nagas felt it was their legitimate right, since they were never conquered by any other country and were largely independent even during the British rule of the rest of India.

In the ensuing conflict with the Indian army ,thousands of Nagas were either maimed or killed and their land ravaged.

During this period, many attempts were made to hammer out a solution within the framework of the Constitution of India which at the same time respected an independent socio-cultural identity of the Nagas and their traditional laws and practices. Unfortunately, these ‘agreements’ could not fulfil the aspirations of all sections of the Naga society and, thus, permanent peace eluded the Nagas. Even the grant of Statehood in 1963, though a significant milestone in the struggle of the Naga people, failed to satisfy a section of the society which chose to remain underground and carry on the fight for independence.

To the credit of the Government of India and the wellmeaning people of the State, though, hopes for a permanent and peaceful solution to the long-festering problem were never abandoned. Ceasefire agreements were arrived at with a view to carrying on the process of dialogue for a lasting settlement in an atmosphere of relative peace and congeniality. The coming into power of the NDA government with an absolute majority in Parliament augured well for this process.

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s vision for the North East meshed pretty well with his ‘Act East’ policy and this proved to be the catalyst that was needed for the talks to progress. The announcement of the Framework Agreement signed between the NSCN(IM) and the representative of the Government of India on…3rd August 2015 in the presence of the Home Minister and the Prime Minister was hailed as ‘historic’, generating hopes among the Nagas for an end to years of strife and struggle.

Although, official details of the Agreement have not yet been made available, the people of Nagaland are optimistic that a Final Settlement is not far off once the framework for it has been laid out and agreed upon.

While this development generated an air of optimism among the people, what has at the same time caused them

utter despair is the political situation on the ground. For over two decades now, the State has suffered from a total lack of governance bordering on anarchy.

The political leadership’s lack of vision for and commitment to people’s welfare has paralysed administration down the line with the bureaucracy content to mark time. To make matters worse, rampant corruption at the top has seeped through all levels of the governmental machinery and as a result, funds meant for development has flowed to fill the coffers of the leaders, their friends in business and the bureaucrats.

Devoid of any idealism and scruples, the current political leadership in Nagaland is embroiled in ugly factionalism, each faction seeking to upstage the other for political survival.

Breakdown of law and order as an offshoot of governance failure has encouraged elements, both underground and over ground, to indulge in crime and extortions imposing a crippling burden on the common man.

Lack of economic growth has meant lack of opportunities for the State’s educated youth who are restive and angry, ready to implode anytime. The situation is like a time bomb that is ticking away.

The state of the current political leadership is in stark contrast to that of an earlier generation which had a vision for the future of the Nagas and was prepared for any sacrifice to achieve it. The leaders of yore were not only idealistic but also honest and courageous in their convictions. Their only goal was to work for a united and prosperous Nagaland ready to embrace the modern world while securely rooted in its unique cultural and traditional values. Alas, today, seeing the selfishness and rapacity of the current generation of leaders, they must be turning in their graves!

Given this sorry state of affairs in the State and pending an announcement on a Final Agreement between the parties engaged in talks, a large section of the people was hoping that elections to the State Legislative Assembly would be deferred to a later date during which efforts would be made to first cleanse the political mess and set the State on the road to economic development. However, now that GoI in its wisdom has decided to go ahead with the elections, the people of Nagaland are faced with a hard choice and a number of questions to reflect on: a. Will they be in a position to create an atmosphere where a candidate’s integrity and commitment- and not merely

his money and muscle powerwill be judged during the elections? b. Will they then be able to break with the past and elect a crop of leaders with a clean image and a commitment to people’s welfare? c. Will these leaders be ready to give up their chairs should the need arise after a final political settlement is announced?

The answers to these questions might hold the key to the democratic future of Nagaland which is currently under threat.

This is most unfortunate considering that the Naga society has been a democratic one since time immemorial with the village community being at its core. Parliamentary democracy based on elections may be a later development but the Nagas understand very well that democracy in its broader sense is a compact between the people and their elected representatives which entails a commitment on the part of the latter to work for the welfare of the former. Should that compact be breached, the people have the supreme authority to throw out from the perch of power those who betray their trust. The Nagas now have a unique opportunity to demonstrate to the rest of the world the majesty and might of people’s power during the ensuing elections. For this noble objective the electorates of Nagaland must realise the sanctity of election and totally reject the temptations of money and muscle powers during the election.

It is said, there is an end to every beginning just as there is a beginning to every end. Nagaland might be passing through a difficult time. Yet, its people, working together with civil society organisations, the Church and the youth in particular, have a historical opportunity to make it a defining moment in their troubled history. They have only to recollect the idealism, the sagacity and sacrifices of their leaders of the past and draw inspiration from their noble deeds. They are a proud nation which believes in its distinct identity, culture and mores and has the energy and idealism to tide over temporary setbacks and make a new beginning.

History is witness to numerous instances when nations ravaged by war or natural calamities have risen, like Phoenix from the ashes, to take their places among the comity of world powers. So, would the Nagas overcome the present morass they find themselves in and take their place as a proud member of the Indian union.

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Beware voters!!! The season of “Hot Air” and “Dough” is here...

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ith the tenure of the incumbent government about expiration in trice and the overhyped solution to Naga issue seems back-burned.

All in the fray, will inveigle, coax and cajole you, into exercising your valuable franchise in favour of them. But, let you, not be, bewitched by all the empty, exaggerated, pretentious and bizarre honeyed concoction they’ll cook for you. Because they without a doubt thinks that, to deceive you in their web of lies, is a no-brainer for them.

The stakes are high this election, in the sense, firstly, whether people’s anger, unease or chagrin against the various allegations of corruption is of an order, that it will translates into votes against the party in power have to be seen. Secondly, the very irreligious role of the religious organization and their so called, “Clean Election” campaign/ initiatives and whether or not, they can impress upon the bulk of the dirt-poor population, living in rural areas and villages, from accepting/demanding cash for votes from the filthy rich candidates have to be seen. Thirdly, it would be a litmus test for the new parties in fray and whether or not; they can erode the NPF vote bank and bring down the NPF edifice; of power and strength in organisational structure at grassroots, built over a decade. Also, the question of their relevance in Nagaland politics after the election, remains to be seen.

Fourthly, whether thousands of blustering anti-corruption crusaders in social media will, only talk or ‘walk the talk’ and be of any impact or ‘compromise and adapt to the situation’ will have to be seen. The only time your say matter, is now. Whether or not, to remain a mute spectator, do nothing and let all the wrongs, happening to our society go on, ‘in perpetuum’ is your choice. They (politicians) are the wizards of their game and had outplayed us elections after elections since the first. But I say, at least for once, let us try to better and

outplay them, in their own game. This is possible by cooperating with them, as they or their coterie canvass and beseech for your votes. Remember, to accept ‘any everything’ cash/kind/assurance/commitment/promise, they have to offer, with all due politeness. If needs be, look ‘ignorant and fool’, to them as if, you are unaware of anything. But at the end of the day, decide whether he deserves another inning. And if you think the guy has been a nut and has done nothing for the people of the constituency during the last five years, let your votes in the secret ballot do the talking. You are not to worry, ‘to accept from and not vote for’ those candidates/representatives, who have amassed personal wealth from funds, meant for development because that’s not their hard earned wealth, and it rightly and so very much belongs to you as much as it belongs to them. It’s just that you are getting your due share which they have kept with them for long.

That being said, do bless and reward those candidates/representatives, who have worked sincerely for the people.

And if voting for the candidate in fray for the first time, contribute, help and bless him with your votes, if you find him/her fighting for a selfless altruistic cause.

Whether or not, to adorn the candidate with a diadem of next 5 years is yours decision to make. Therefore, do not err in your judgement this time, for the choice you make today will determine how you want it to be in coming years. It’s time we stop from doing ‘only barking’ because there’s a saying, ‘barking dog seldom bites’. The five years wait is over, election is here and so, we should be able to give as good or bad as we have got. For we get this chance but once in five years. Vote wisely for there’s a saying, ‘the government you elect is the government you deserve”.

Hukai H. Zhimo, Forest Colony, Dimapur

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Sir,

Appeal for regularisation of contract teachers

I would liked to appeal to the chairman, spokesperson, executive members and core Members of the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) , to allow the regularization of these contract teachers, who had completed three years of continuous service prior to 6 June 2016, since the ACAUT had maintained a complete silence and allow the regularization of these forty two contract Lower Divisional Assistant (LDA) under Secretariat Administrative Branch under Home Department, who got their service regularized on 3 august 2017 and many more contract government employees before them, who got their service regularized even though it was brought to the knowledge of the ACAUT. The ACAUT should apply same criteria as shown to these forty two contact Secretariat LDA employees and many more contract government employees, who got their service regularized, to these contract teachers, who had completed three years of continuous service prior to 6 June 2016. I would also like to appeal to chief minister and education minister to please kindly regularize the above mentioned teachers before the notification for state election i.e 31/1/2018 is notified Hetoka, Dimapur

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018

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Disqualification of MLAs: Naidu for mandatory cancer screening after a certain age AAP to file fresh plea in HC

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS/PTI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will file a fresh plea in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday to challenge the decision to disqualify 20 party MLAs in an office-of-profit case, the party said here on Monday.

The move comes after the AAP MLAs withdrew on Monday an earlier plea in the High Court, which sought a stay on the Election Commission’s (EC) recommendation to President Ram Nath Kovind to disqualify 20 MLAs for holding the office-of-profit as Parliamentary Secretaries in Delhi.

On Friday, the EC made the recommendation, since approved by the President, for the disqualification.

On Sunday, the Law and Justice Ministry issued a notification that the President has held that the 20 MLAs stand disqualified under Section 15 (1) (a) of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act. On Monday, AAP Chief Spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj told IANS that the ruling party will file the fresh plea on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, Justice Rekha Palli of the High Court said the plea moved by six AAP legislators had become infructuous as the President has already issued a circular to disqualify all 20 MLAs. The MLAs’ counsel said they wanted to withdraw the plea and will examine the EC orders.

The court then ruled the “plea is dismissed as withdrawn”.

The 20 MLAs disqualified are Alka Lamba, Adarsh Shastri, Sanjeev Jha, Rajesh

Gupta, Kailash Gahlot, Vijendra Garg, Praveen Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Madan Lal Khufiya, Shiv Charan Goyal, Sarita Singh, Naresh Yadav, Rajesh Rishi, Anil Kumar, Som Dutt, Avtar Singh, Sukhvir Singh Dala, Manoj Kumar, Nitin Tyagi and Jarnail Singh.

Earlier in the day, senior AAP leader Ashutosh attacked the President over his decision. “(President) K.R. Narayanan acted as the guardian of the Constitution, and returned the recommendations of the Cabinet not once, but twice.

He (Narayanan) was not a rubber stamp President, was a working President, a great President,” Ashutosh tweeted.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in an open letter, sought public support against the disqualification decision.

Sisodia blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government for hampering the work of the AAP government in the city and said the Centre was scared of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s “rising popularity across the country”.

He said that the charges of holding office-of-profit against these MLAs were “false” as they “were not given any government vehicles, bungalows or salary”.

The BJP attacked the AAP over Sisodia’s letter and dared it to contest all 70 Assembly seats in Delhi. “ Pe o p l e ’s a n swe r : Don’t write letters and instead of contesting the 20 seats, contest all 70 seats,” BJP Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari said in a tweet.

Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Goel tweeted that lawyer P. Patel, whose petition led

to the disqualification of the 20 AAP MLAs, met him on Monday and expressed concern over his safety and security. Goel said he will speak to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over Patel’s security.

Supporting the AAP, the Shiv Sena raised questions over the “haste” with which the 20 legislators were disqualified.

“Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is facing a crisis, and that is because of the public campaign against corruption and injustice,” the Shiv Sena said.

Yashwant, Shatrughan back AAP

Rebel BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday backed the AAP over the disqualification of its 20 MLAs with the former calling the president’s decision a “tughluqshahi” order.

“President’s order disqualifying the 20 AAP MLAs is complete miscarriage of natural justice.

No hearing, no waiting for High Court’s order.

It is Tughluqshahi of the worst order,” Yashwant Sinha tweeted. Shatrughan Sinha said the “politics of vendetta” against the AAP will not last long. “Politics of vendetta or politics of vested interests just don’t last long. Don’t worry, be happy!,” Shatrughan Sinha tweeted.

“Hope wish & pray that you get divine justice soon, sooner the better .

‘AAP’ ki team aur khaas kar ‘AAP’ ko bahut bahut badhaai. Remember, when the going gets tough the tough get going. Satyameva Jayate! Jai Hind!” he said in a series of tweets.

Mumbai, Jan 22 (PTI): Cancer screening after a certain age should be made mandatory in the country, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said Monday, and asked researchers to make path-breaking advances in cancer prevention and treatment.

Addressing a graduation ceremony at the Tata Memorial Centre here, he also called for greater emphasis on inventing strategies in the battle against cancer.

“Two-thirds of advanced cancer cases are preventable. Therefore, early detection and treatment are the need of the hour. The government should make it mandatory after a particular age for cancer screening. A healthy nation can become (a) wealthy nation,” Naidu said.

“We should educate and spread awareness about early detection and preven-

tion of cancer,” he said.

Quoting the Indian Council of Medical Research data, Naidu said, “In 2016, the total number of new cancer cases was expected to be around 14.5 lakh and the figure is likely to reach nearly 17.3 lakh new cases in 2020. Over 7.36 lakh people were expected to succumb to the disease in 2016 while the figure is estimated to shoot up to 8.8 lakh by 2020.”

The data also revealed that only 12.5 per cent of patients come for treatment at early stages of the disease, Naidu said, adding among women, breast cancer topped the list, while it was mouth cancer among men.

“According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, in India during 2016-17, around 19 per cent of men, 12.8 per cent of women and 21.4 per cent of all adults smoke tobacco and 42.4 per

SC asks Centre to take interim steps for appointments in tribunals NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and other stakeholders to sit together and formulate an “interim arrangement” to deal with appointments to be made in various tribunals in the country.

The top court, hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Finance Act 2017 and the rules under it to regulate issue like appointment and tenure of members of tribunals, said that though it would deal with this aspect later, the issue of vacancies have to be addressed on an urgent basis as tribunals have to be “manned”.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked Attorney General K K Venugopal, representing the Centre, and senior lawyers like Arvind Datar and C A Sundaram, appearing for those opposed to the new Act, to sit together and make an “interim arrangement” to deal with appointments in tribunals in view of the fact that the new law and the Rules are under challenge before it.

The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said, “The petitions are pending here. But, tribunals have to be manned.

We have to find an interim solution”.

cent of men, 14.2 per cent of women and 28.6 per cent of all adults either smoke tobacco and or use smokeless tobacco,” the vice president said.

Naidu underlined the importance of ayurveda to the graduating students, saying, “Medical students should try to explore if ancient Indian medical systems like ayurveda, can offer some alternative solutions on cancer treatment.”

According to some scholars, cancer treatment with ayurveda goes back to seventh century BC, where Atreya and Dhanwanthari used herbal medicines for treating early stages of cancer, he said.

“We should see if there are some indigenous costeffective solutions that may be useful for making cancer treatment more affordable,” Naidu said.

The vice president said, “People should go back to

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu hands certificate at a convocation ceremony of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), in Mumbai on Monday. (PTI)

their roots, especially the way we live and the way we think.”

Awareness must be created, particularly among the youngsters, on the need to lead healthy lifestyles and avoid consumption of junk food, he said.

Naidu also touched on the need to increase palliative care centres in the country.

He asked doctors and medical students to spread awareness on the need to

observe personal hygiene and maintain sanitation.

Lack of personal hygiene causes infections like HPV, which, in turn, has the potential to cause cancer of the cervix, Naidu said.

Yoga training should be imparted to students as part of ensuring healthy lifestyles, he said, adding yoga is a holistic approach to healthy living and there is evidence that it enhances the well being and quality of life.

‘Election for Solution’: Ram Madhav (from p-1) List of those who joined BJP Nagaland at the programme were- KL Chishi former Chief minister, Nagaland from Atoizu A/C Zunheboto district; Jacob Zhimomi, former advisor PHED, from Ghaspani-1, Dimapur; V Khashiho Sangtam, Seyochung Sitimi 59 A.C Kiphire district; Khehovi, from Suruhuto A/C Zunheboto district; Kazheto Akuluto A/C Zunheboto district; Tsapikiu Santam ex-Congress candidate 2013, from Pungro 60 A/C, Kiphire district; H Haiying Khiamnungan, ex Congress candidate 2013,

56 A/C Noklak district; Dr. Benjung Lam, former medical officer, 56 A/C Noklak district; Lipokmar Tzudir, former director (NEZCC), Tuli A/C Mokokchung district; Kasheto Yepthomi, Ghaspani-1 A/C, Dimapur district; Hukiye Tissica, Aghunato 34 A/C, ex- Congress candidate, Zunheboto district; Atoka Tuccu Dimapur-1 A/C Dimapur district; Tokuho Neho Ghaspani-II A/C Dimapur; Imjongwati 29 Jangpetkong and Hewoto Awomi Dimapur-II. Meanwhile, briefing media persons after the programme, Mmhonlumo

Kikon former minister, said that the NPF CEC will meet in Kohima on Tuesday, 11 a.m, to decide on ties to the BJP. He said BJP would wait to see what decision the NPF would make.

When asked if BJP would field candidates in all 60 constituencies, he said the party had invited interested candidates to approach the Election Management Committee but a final decision would be taken in a few days time. He was confident that more people would join the party as it was growing from “strength to strength each day”

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018

Gross NPA to rise to Rs 9.5 WEF ranks India below Pak, China lakh crore by March: Study in Inclusive Development Index

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(6) 18 Monster one may read about in Mother Goose (4) 20 Wine from the East Indies? (4)

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Mumbai, Jan 22 (PTI): The recent spike in government bond yields are credit negative for public-sector banks as it would affect the lenders overall profitability, says a report.

As of 12 January, the 10-year benchmark bond yielded 7.28 per cent, more than 30 basis points higher than two months earlier.

The report by Moody’s said in the last few quarters, a large proportion of PSBs’ operating profit was derived from the profitable sale of investments, which also cushioned necessary high loan loss provisioning.

“The rising yields and falling prices are credit negative for public-sector banks (PSBs), which are exposed to mark-to-market (MTM) losses from the government bonds’ reduced value in their investment portfolios,” the report said.

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Mumbai, Jan 22 (PTI): Gold gained marginally for the second day by Rs 15 per 10 grams at the bullion market here Monday on mild demand from stockists and retailers even as the metal weakened overseas.

Silver, however, held steady in the absence of any large scale buying activity.

Standard gold (99.5 purity) rose by Rs 15 to close at Rs 30,040 per 10 gram from last Friday’s finish of Rs 30,025.

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While, silver (.999 fineness) closed unchanged from its Friday’s level of Rs 38,885 per kg.

Globally, gold prices inched down as the dollar regained strength after slipping earlier on a US government shutdown, with investors on wait-and-watch mode. Spot gold fell 0.1 per cent to USD 1,329.75 an ounce at early trade.

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9 per cent. But the government has been providing interest subvention to make available short-term farm credit at an affordable rate and help boost farm output.

The government is providing 2 per cent interest subsidy to ensure farmers get shortterm farm loan of up to Rs 3 lakh at an effective rate of 7 per cent per annum.

An additional incentive of 3 per cent is being given to farmers for prompt repayment of loans within due date, making an effective interest rate for them at 4 per cent.

The interest subvention is given to public sector banks (PSBs), private lenders, cooperative banks and regional rural banks (RRBs) on use of own funds and to Nabard for refinance for RRBs and cooperative banks.

It may be noted that all short-term crop loan accounts are being Aadhaarlinked from the current year.

Even the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is linked to availing of crop loans.

sation and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

“I expect him to contain the fiscal deficit as far as he can, take further steps to implement projects efficiently and on time,” he told .

The government is aiming to contain fiscal deficit for the current fiscal at 3.2 per cent of GDP. Jaitley is scheduled to present the Union Budget for 2018-19 on February 1.

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New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI): The farm credit target is likely to be raised by a whopping Rs 1 lakh crore to a record Rs 11 lakh crore in the Budget 2018-19 to improve credit flow in the agriculture sector, according to sources.

In the current fiscal, the government has kept a credit target of Rs 10 lakh crore.

Of which, Rs 6.25 lakh crore has already been disbursed in the first six months till September 2017, the government data showed.

“The government’s priority is agriculture. There is a possibility that the credit disbursal target for the agriculture sector will further be increased to Rs 11 lakh crore for the next fiscal,” sources said.

Since credit is a critical input in achieving higher farm output, the institutional credit will help delink farmers from non-institutional sources of credit where they are compelled to borrow at usurious rates of interest, they said.

Normally, farm loan attracts an interest rate of

New DELHI, Jan 22 (PTI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley should try to achieve the fiscal deficit target and take more steps to implement projects efficiently in the forthcoming Budget, noted US-based economist T N Srinivasan has suggested.

Srinivasan, the Samuel C Park Jr Professor Emeritus of Economics at Yale University, further said there is no economic theory to link job losses to demoneti-

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by China (26), Brazil (37), India (62) and South Africa (69).

Of the three pillars that make up the index, India ranks 72nd for inclusion, 66th for growth and development and 44th for intergenerational equity.

The neighbouring countries ranked above India include Sri Lanka (40), Bangladesh (34) and Nepal (22). The countries ranked better than India also include Mali, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ghana, Ukraine, Serbia, Philippines, Indonesia, Iran, Macedonia, Mexico, Thailand and Malaysia.

Although China ranks first among emerging economies in GDP per capita growth (6.8 per cent) and labour productivity growth (6.7 per cent) since 2012, its overall score is brought down by lacklustre performance on inclusion, the WEF said.

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score, India is among the ten emerging economies with ‘advancing’ trend. Only two advanced economies have shown ‘advancing’ trend.

Among advanced economies, Norway is followed

by Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Denmark in the top five.

Small European economies dominate the top of the index, with Australia (9) the only non-European economy in the top 10. Of the G7 economies, Germany (12) ranks the highest. It is followed by Canada (17), France (18), the UK (21), the US (23), Japan (24) and Italy (27).

The top-five most inclusive emerging economies are Lithuania, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Latvia and Poland.

Performance is mixed among BRICS economies, with the Russian Federation ranking 19th, followed

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model of inclusive growth and development, saying reliance on GDP as a measure of economic achievement is fuelling short-termism and inequality. India was ranked 60th among 79 developing economies last year, as against China’s 15th and Pakistan’s 52nd position.

The 2018 index, which measures progress of 103 economies on three individual pillars -- growth and development; inclusion; and inter-generational equity -- has been divided into two parts. The first part covers 29 advanced economies and the second 74 emerging economies. The index has also classified the countries into five sub-categories in terms of the five-year trend of their overall Inclusive Development Growth score -- receding, slowly receding, stable, slowly advancing and advancing.

Despite its low overall

DAVOS, Jan 22 (PTI): India was on Friday ranked at the 62nd place among emerging economies on an Inclusive Development Index, much below China’s 26th position and Pakistan’s 47th.

Norway remains the world’s most inclusive advanced economy, while Lithuania again tops the list of emerging economies, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said while releasing the yearly index here before the start of its annual meeting, to be attended by several world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump.

The index takes into account the “living standards, environmental sustainability and protection of future generations from further indebtedness”, the WEF said. It urged the leaders to urgently move to a new

expected to reach Rs 1 lakh crore, and that is fairly sizeable.”

The study added that with banks expected to make higher provisioning over and above the provisions made for stressed assets, they may sell the assets at lower discounts, thus increasing the capital requirement.

The study also said that effective implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code would be a remedy to the challenge of prolonged litigation and it can help improve the recovery rate of stressed assets’ industry further.

Power, metal and construction sectors contribute the bulk of stressed assets.

According to an analysis of 50 stressed assets (forming nearly 40 per cent of stressed assets in the system), sectors like metal, construction and power form nearly 30 per cent, 25 per cent and 15 per cent respectively, while other sectors together form the remaining 30 per cent.

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New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS): Gross non-performing assets (NPA) in Indian banks are expected to rise to Rs 9.5 lakh crore

by March, from Rs 8 lakh crore in March last year, said a ASSOCHAM-Crisil joint study.

Stressed assets in March 2018 are expected to be at Rs 11.5 lakh crore, the report titled “ARCs headed for a structural shift,” said.

“High level of stressed assets in the banking system provides enormous opportunity size for asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) which are an important stakeholder in the NPA resolution process,” ASSOCHAM said in a statement quoting the study.

It, however, said that owing to capital constraints, growth of ARCs is expected to come down significantly.

“While growth is expected to fall to around 12 per cent until June 2019, however the AUM (assets under management) are

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Washington, Jan 22 (Agencies): The US Senate was due to vote early Monday on a temporary funding bill to reopen the federal government as 800,000 Americans were forced to stay at home on the first full working day of the crisis.

All day negotiations between Republicans and Democrats failed to resolve the deadlock, which went into its third day as President Donald Trump watched developments but kept a relatively low profile from the White House, reported The Australian. Eventually it was agreed that the parties would take a vote at midday Monday (4am today AEDT) on a bill that would reopen the government until Febru-

ary 8, but which left unanswered the key demands of the Democrats for the bill to be linked to the status of a group of illegal immigrants known as the Dreamers.

“We have yet to reach a path forward,” Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

However, senators inched closer to a resolution when bipartisan meetings of moderates proposed the Democrats approved a funding bill until February 8 in return for a pledge to have a vote on the status of the Dreamers prior to that deadline. This would decouple the Democrat requirement that the funding bill include a resolution of the Dreamers’ status. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch

McConnell and Senator Schumer spent more than 90 minutes discussing the proposal before it was decided to delay the vote set for 1am until today.

Earlier, Senator McConnell said the shutdown was the result of a disastrous miscalculation by the Democrats and urged an immediate backdown. “This shutdown is going to get a lot worse tomorrow. A lot worse. Today would be a good day to end it,” he said.

Both parties were mindful that the political stakes of the deadlock will now soar because the shutdown will spread to a normal weekday, meaning the full gamut of about 800,000 federal workers will be forced to stay home or work without pay.

Former Pak envoy to US booked for hate speeches ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (PTI): Pakistan’s former envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani, has been booked for allegedly giving hate speeches and writing books and articles defaming the military and the government.

Haqqani was named in FIRs lodged by three people in two police stations in Kohat district of northwest Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, accusing Pakistan of “maligning” in his books, the Dawn News reported.

The three FIRs were registered in Cantonment and Bilitang police stations by Momin, Muhammad Asghar and Shamsul Haq. The complainants alleged that the former ambassador had caused irreparable loss to the country and defamed it.

SPD backs coalition talks with Merkel Lo n d o n, Ja n 2 2 (Agencies): Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to start formal coalition negotiations with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives.

Ever since Germans went to the polls in September, the chancellor’s ruling party has tried to form a government.

Initially the SPD ruled out going back into government with Mrs Merkel’s centre-right CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU. But, after months of stalemate, they voted narrowly for formal talks.

In-depth negotiations could start on Monday and Mrs Merkel is keen for them to wrap by 12 February.

SPD leader Martin Schulz had at first refused to take part in a coalition but changed his mind when CDU/CSU coalition talks with the liberal Free Demo-

Mr Schulz (C) had initially ruled out a new “grand coalition”.

crats (FDP) and Greens broke down.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 94 seats in parliament in September’s vote and became the third biggest force in German politics.

It’s fair to assume Angela Merkel has permitted herself a sigh of relief.

Nevertheless the poker face was on for the cameras as she gave a brief statement welcoming the Social Democrats’ decision to approve

formal coalition talks. This is her last realistic shot at forming a government and avoiding fresh elections.

It is far from a done deal. Many Social Democrats blame Mrs Merkel for a poor election result in September and there is still significant opposition within the party to another four years as her junior coalition partner.

If and when talks produce a formal agreement, all 440,000 members will

be asked - via a postal ballot - to approve the deal.

Mrs Merkel isn’t out of the woods just yet. But she is a step closer to delivering the government, the stability she promised. This is Germany’s longest post-war period of coalition-building.

The SPD has governed jointly with the CDU for eight of the last 12 years. But after historically poor poll results for both parties in September, Mr Schulz had vowed to take his party into opposition.

However, pressure mounted on the SPD since N ove m b e r, w h e n M r s Merkel failed to cobble together a coalition with the liberal FDP and the Greens.

The two parties held preparatory talks earlier this month to see if they could overcome key policy differences and establish a framework for how they would govern.

OFFICE OF THE

CHISHILIMI BAPTIST CHURCH (Affiliated Member of SABAK, NBCC,BWA) P.O. Pughoboto, Zunheboto : Nagaland E-mail:cbc@gmail.com

GRATITUDE The Chishilimi Baptist Church, in continuation of its earlier Report circulated during church dedication, express our sincere thanks and gratitude to all the Churches and individuals who generously contributed towards the construction of the new church building.

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We are greatly indebted to the following Churches, and Individuals; 1. Mudutsugho Baptist Church `. 10,000/2. Pughoboto Baptist Church `. 15,000/3. Tsaphimi Baptist Church `. 50,000/4. Kichilimi Baptist Church `. 25,000/5. Chisholimi Baptist Church `. 20,000/6. Natsumi Baptist Church `. 13,000/7. SABAK Mission Chapel, Pughoboto `. 5,000/8. Mukalimi Baptist Church `. 20,000/9. Ghokimi Baptist Church `. 25,000/10. Tseminyu Baptist Church `. 11,000/11. Shesulimi Baptist Church `. 22,000/12. Ghathashi Baptist Church `. 20,000/13. Among, Yimchonger `. 10,000/14. Tokishe, Khukiye Lukhayi `. 1,000/15. Ghotovi, Mapulumi `. 2,000/16. Kiyexe, Tsaphimi `. 1,500/17. Holika, Kitami `. 3,000/18. Er.Viqheto Shohe, Kohima `. 10,500/19. Zhepitoshe Zhakha, Dimapur `. 10,000/20. Vihokhu Nunumi, Dimapur `. 50,000/Chishilimi’s in-laws and Non-Residents of Chishilimi (Amalimi eno Aghami yekiphe kakulo sumulave keqo) 1. Ashok Toheli, Dimapur `. 50,000/2. Obet Hilika,Dimapur `. 50,000/3. Qhutovi Hosheli, Kohima `. 35,000/4. Zeliang Avitoli, Chumukedima `. 1,000/5. Tohoshe Ghokhuli, Kohima `. 5,000/6. Talung Vitoli, Kohima `. 5,000/7. Stanley Kakheli, Melbourne, Australia `. 36,000/8. Shikato Chishi Swu, Dimapur `. 10,000/9. Statoli Kiba, Kohima `. 37,400/10. Timeto Kiba, Kohima `. 5,000/11. Luhoyi Jakha, Homeland `. 500/12. Aqhebo Vinokali, Kohima `. 30,000/13. Khulu Toyili, Mishilimi `. 500/14. Helen Ghoshito, Ghoshito Village `. 10,000/15. Lt. Zuthavi Tianuli (Apu jelono) `. 20,000/16. Kahovi. Itoli, Chumukedima `. 1,500/17. Hutoyi Holito, Kohima `. 5,000/18. Zhekishe Qhekhuli, Dimapur `. 2,000/19. Kaqheto Qhekhuli, Dimapur `. 2,000/20. Vikiho Qhesheli, Dimapur `. 5,000/-

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Chishilimi Inalimi Dimapur, Chumukedima Viholi Er.Picto, Dimapur `. 50,000/Hetoli Honito, Dimapur `. 20,000/Toheli Ashok, Dimapur `. 10,000/Bokali Akato, Dimapur `. 10,500/Kalito Dr.Hokishe, Dimapur `. 50,000/Qhehuli Hardesh, Dimapur `. 10,000/Qhenili Vantan, Dimapur `. 5,000/Bokali Hukato, Dimapur `. 10,000/Ghosheli Nihokhe, Dimapur `. 5,000/Qhekhuli Zhekishe, Dimapur `. 5,000/Qhutoli Inazhe, Dimapur `. 5,000/Qhetoli Kaqheto, Dimapur `. 5,000/Boholi Qhetoshe, Thilixu `. 5,000/Botoli Avito, Dimapur `. 5,000/Qhuholi Yemihi, Dimapur `. 5,000/Kavili Lt.Kivikhe, Chumukidema `. 25,000/Nupatoli Longrem, Dimapur `. 2,000/Hutoli Lt.Kahuto, Dimapur `. 2,000/Hilika Obet, Dimapur `. 2,000/Holitoli Hutoyi, Zutoyi `. 2,000/Itoli Lt.Kahovi, Lotovi `. 2,000/Qheholi Lt.Yekuto, Dimapur `. 2,000/Easter Shekato, Dimaour `. 2,000/Qhesheli Vikiho, Dimapur `. 2,000/Peli Tiniho Khiamniungan, Dimapur `. 2,000/ChishiliTsizolie Angami, Dimapur `. 2,000/Likivi Aloto Kichilimi, Dimapur `. 2,000/Shikaholi Lt.Inoka, Dimapur `. 1,000/Hosheli Hoqheto Hoishe, Dimapur `. 1,000/Xusheli Vikiho, Dimapur `. 1,000/Sulito Avi Savi, Dimapur `. 1,000/Boholi Iwoto Sutemi, Dimaour `. 1,000/Visheli Khehovi, Dimapur `. 1,000/Kavitoli Ivuto, Dimapur `. 1,000/Aholi Mughato, Dimapur `. 1,000/Isheli Lhotokhu, Dimapur `. 1,000/Naomi Mughato, Dimapur `. 1,000/Kasheli Avungo Tsang, Dimapur `. 1,000/Tosheli Xukiye, Dimapur `. 1,000/Hukali Vishito, Dimapur `. 1,000/Avitoli Nelson Zeliang, Dimapur `. 1,000/Hetoli Qhekuto, Niuland `. 1,000/Asheli Imti, Dimapur `. 500/Inatoli Mughabeto, Dimapur `. 500/Bokali Atoshe, Dimapur `. 300/S.Vikali Lt.Shihoto, Dimapur `. 3,000/Hukali Vishito, Dimapur `. 10,000/Toshili Luhoyi, Homeland `. 1,000/Vishili Tohovi, Chumukedima `. 1,000/-

It is our prayer that the Almighty God bestow upon them abundant blessings from generation to generation.

Sd/Sd/SHIVITO WOTSA SHIKASHE. L.CHISHI, Convenor, Pastor, Planning Board Chishilimi Baptist Church

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Turkey launches airstrikes in Syria against US-backed Kurdish fighters HASSA, Turkey, Jan 22 (Agencies): Turkey shelled targets in northern Syria on Monday and said it would swiftly crush the U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG fighters who control the Afrin region, amid growing international concern over its three-day-old military operation. Turkish forces and their Syrian rebel allies began their push to clear YPG fighters from the northwestern enclave on Saturday, opening a new front in Syria’s civil war despite calls for restraint from United States, reported Reuters.

France has called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday to discuss the fighting in Afrin and other parts of Syria.

Trial in Jong Nam’s murder resumes Shah Alam, Jan 22 (Agencies): Malaysia’s high-profile trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader resumed today after a sevenweek recess, with witnesses taking the stand to verify the authenticity of security camera footages capturing the attack. Indonesia’s Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnam’s Doan Thi Huong, 29, are accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam’s face in a crowded airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur last February 13.

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighters before heading towards the Syrian border, in Kirikhan, Turkey, on Jan. 21, 2018.

T h e Y P G ’s A f r i n spokesman, Birusk Hasaka, said there were clashes between Kurdish and Turkeybacked forces on the third day of the operation. He said Turkish shelling had hit civilian areas in Afrin’s northeast.

Ankara considers the

Pak ‘won’t allow’ UN team access to Saeed

NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Agencies): Pakistan won’t allow a sanctions monitoring team of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) any direct access to 26/11 Mumbai terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed or his entities when it visits the country later this week, diplomatic sources told The Nation.

The UN team’s visit will take place - on January 25 and 26 - amid increasing pressure on Pakistan from the US and India on the inadequate implementation of the sanctions on Saeed and entities linked to him.

Dated Longleng, the 16 Jan 2018

PUBLIC NOTICE

Whereas the village of Meyangkang village under Longleng sadar of Longleng District have applied for recognition of village which is having the following boundary schedule as given below :1. North : Shinang Nalla 3. East : Yangmun River 2. South : Pongo Village Land 4. West : Pongo Village Land Now therefore, a public notice is hereby issued for filing of claims/objection if any, so as to report to the undersigned in written within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice.

No complaints shall be entertained after the expiry of the date.

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(JOHN TSULISE SANGTAM) Deputy Commissioner Longleng : Nagaland

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It is a matter of great pride and honour for Sumi Students' Union, Dimapur Govt.

College to witness the former Sumi Students' from Dimapur Govt. College who have been recently elected as Leaders in different areas and union.

They are as follows :1. Mr. Toka Chishi President, Aqahuto Area Students' Union (2017-19) 2. Mr. Kheto Ayemi President, Khaghaboto Area Students' Union (2018-20) 3. Mr. Shiluvi Ayemi President, Sakipheto Range Students' Union (2018-19) 4. Mr. Vitopu Aye General Secy., Dimapur Sumi Students' Union (2017-19) 5. Mr. Inato Chisho Finance Secy., All Nagaland College Students' Union (2017-19) The Union extend heartiest congratulations to you all and wish you all the successful leadership ahead.

AKAI SHOHE AKIHITO A. KIBA President, SSU, DGC General Secretary, SSU, DGC

OFFICE OF THE

IMKONGLENDEN COLONY COUNCIL DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

CONGRATULATIONS

The Imkonglenden Colony Council, Dimapur congratulates and also expresses our profound gratitude to the distinctive achievers for bringing laurels to our colony in particular and community at large in its 1st Nagaland Olympic held in Dimapur from 12th to 17th December 2017. The name of the participants, sports event and their medals achieved are given below : 1. Chubanungla, Bronze in women single (Badminton) Silver in women double (Badminton) 2. Yashikala, Silver in women double (Badminton) Silver in mixed double (Badminton) 3. Moalong Jamir, Bronze in longjump, Gold in 4x100, Silver in 4x400 4. Bendangtoba, Silver in 60 kg (Sanshou) 5. Moarenla, Bronze in women volleyball.

The Council also wishes you the best of luck in all your endeavours in days to come.

P. Supong Jamir Imsunungsang Chairman Secretary DP-745

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Saeed and his organisation the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) were put under sanctions by the UN in December 2008, a month after the Mumbai terror attack. The terrorist, who was released from house arrest late last November, in fact petitioned the UN after his release asking for his name be removed from their list of sanctioned terrorists. They didn’t.

Pakistani officials insist the UNSC team’s trip is a routine visit.

The UNSC team, one Pakistani diplomatic source said, will visit to discuss “official information” on issues

relating to the banned outfits and implementation of UN sanctions.

“They will not seek access to the JuD or Hafiz Saeed and if they do that, we will not allow it. We have been in talks and this visit was scheduled,” said the diplomatic source.

The UNSC sanctions list includes the JuD, AlQaeda, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation and Lashkar-e-Taiba (also banned by Pakistan, and of which the JuD is a front), among other organisations and individuals.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER LONGLENG : NAGALAND

NO.LLG/DEV-1/2011-12/

YPG a terrorist organization tied to Kurdish militant separatists in Turkey and has been infuriated by U.S. support for the fighters. Washington, which has backed the YPG in the battle against Islamic State in Syria, said on Sunday it was concerned about the

situation. Turkish anger at U.S. support for the YPG is one of a number of issues that have brought relations between the United States and its biggest Muslim ally within NATO to the breaking point in recent months.

President Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to crush the YPG in Afrin, and also says he will target the Kurdishheld town of Manbij to the east, part of a much larger swath of northern Syria controlled by YPG-dominated forces. That raises the prospect of protracted conflict between Turkey and its allied Free Syrian Army factions against the Kurdish YPG, who spearheaded the U.S.backed campaign to drive Islamic State out of its Syrian strongholds last year.

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

WOKHA : NAGALAND. Dt, Wokha the 19th Jan 2018

NOTICE

No. Judl-47/2017-18/ /Whereas, Tsuyinglo Kikon, wife of Late Shri.

Metseno Lotha, a permanent resident of Longsa Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits pertaining to PPO No. 111403701 and to operate AC No. 31224096481 and AC No. 1883010000378 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri.

Metseno Lotha, who expired on 22/12/2017.

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

Nokchasashi Addl. Deputy Commissioner DC-175 Wokha : Nagaland

AICHISAGHEMI COMMUNITY DIMAPUR AMPELO SUKUSHO KIGHINI

Aichisaghemi Dimapur lo xuakemi kumutsu sukusho eno kukumugha kighini shinike ghenguno okibo hekutsu pe ighi penike pithi ani.

Atsala : 24th January 2018 Ado : 6.00 Inaqhe A-a : Diphupar 'B' Sumi Baptist Church

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Organizing Committee on behalf of the Pongo Village Council (PVC) and Pongo Students' Union (PSU) would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to all the well wishers who have contributed towards the successful hosting of the 65th Phom Students' Conference general session from 9 –12th January 2018 at Pongo village. We would like to further sincerely acknowledge the following well wishers for their financial contributions:SI Name & Designation Amount No 1 Shri. Kipili Sangtam, Hon'ble Minister Power Rs.1,00,000/2 Shri. B. S. Nganlang Phom, Rs.1,10,000/Hon'ble Parliamentary Secy. LRD & Excise 3 Shri. Eshak Konyak, Hon'ble Parliamentary Rs. 20,000/Secy. Art & Culture and Chairman NHHDC 4 Dr. Anungla lmdong, Joint Director, DUDA Rs.50,000/5 Er. T. L. Semtok Rs.10,000/7 Shri. Nyenghong Phom, DAO Mon Rs. 5,000/8 Shri. Bhupom Phom, HDO Longleng Rs. 5000/9 Shri. A. Pongshi Phom, Contractor Rs. 2,00,000/10 Shri. Y. B. Angam Phom, Public leader Llg Rs. 5,000/11 Er. S. Chuba Phom, SDO PHE Tamlu Rs. 20,000/12 St. Joseph Parish Pongo/Longleng Rs.10,000/13 Kangching Baptist Attoi Rs. 2,000/14 Yangching Students' Union Rs. 500/15 Shri. L. Pangnau Phom, Asstt. Commdt. V.G Rs.1000/16 Orangkong Baptist Church Rs. 5,000/17 Shri. H. Akoba Angh (Orangkong village) Rs. 2,000/18 Yongshei Village Council Rs. 1000/19 Bura Namsang Village Council Rs. 1,000/20 Pongching Students' Union Rs. 500/21 Phom Peoples' Council Rs. 5,000/22 Tamlu Village Students' Union Rs. 3,000/23 Yongnyah Hongnyu Students' Union Rs. 2,000/24 Shri. Shauhong Phom, Head Master Namching Rs. 1,000/25 Shri. O. Alem Phom, Longleng Rs. 500/26 Yongnyah Town Students' Union Rs.1000/27 Oushok Students' Union Rs. 500/28 Yongphang Students' Union Rs. 1000/The above list is exclusively non-Pongo well wishers only.

(S. Chanlei Angh) Convener Organizing Committee DP-716

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Princess Eugenie is engaged to her former barman boyfriend S T

The way Serena Williams looks at her baby girl will make your heart melt

he Duchess of York has revealed her ‘total joy’ at the announcement her daughter Princess Eugenie, 27, is engaged to her long-term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank, 31.

Proud mother-of-two Fergie, 58, took to Twitter to share her delight with the public in three tweets, which were retweeted by the Duke of York.

In the first, she wrote: ‘Total joy!! £engagement @TheDukeOfYork’ and included a picture of the couple overlaid with the words: ‘A total embrace of goodness and joy. We love Jack and I am so excited to have a son, a brother and a best friend. Eugenie is one of the finest people I know and so together it will be pure harmony.’

In another, which had another picture of the couple on a boat, she wrote: ‘They float with laughter and love .. although a boat helps! £engagement £eugie-

andjack @TheDukeOfYork @yorkiebea’.

And in a third: ‘I always say that the river flows well to it’s destiny because of the guidance of a solid rock #engagement #eugieandjack @TheDukeOfYork @TheDukeOfYork’.

Former barman turned wine merchant Jack popped the question during a holiday in Nicaragua earlier this month and the couple

will wed at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, the same venue where Harry and Meghan will exchange vows in May. A joint announcement by the Duke and Duchess of York posted to Twitter with a new picture of the happy couple, read: ‘The Duke and Duchess of York are delighted to announce the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Mr. Jack Brooksbank.

McDonald’s says its packaging will be 100 percent green by 2025

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s it aims to further burnish its environmental credentials, McDonald’s says it will make its packaging 100 percent green by 2025.

The global fast-food giant on Tuesday announced plans to make all of its consumer packaging out of renewable, recyclable and certified materials within seven years. It also will add recycling bins to all of its stores.

“Our customers have told us that packaging waste is the top environmental issue they would like us to address,” Francesca DeBiase, McDonald’s sustainability officer, said in a statement.

“Our ambition is to make changes our customers want and to use less packaging, sourced responsibly and designed to be taken care of after use.” According to the Environmental Pro-

tection Agency, nearly 45 percent of U.S. landfills are made up of discarded food and its packaging or containers.

Today, only 10 percent of the company’s more than 36,000 restaurants offer recycling bins for customer use, while about half of its products’ packaging comes from renewable, recycled or certified materials, according to a press release.

The company’s preferred certification is by the Forest Stewardship Council, which sets environmental, economic and social standards for its sourced materials.

The plans to go green follow a number of previous environmentally-friendly steps made by the company, including a recent vow to eliminate foam packaging from its global supply chain by the end of 2018.

Other measures being taken include a 2020 goal, set in 2014, of serving only coffee from certified sustainable sources, as well as a 2020 goal of using only fiberbased packaging from certified or recycled sources.

erena Williams is simply smitten with her baby girl, Alexis Olympia.

The tennis great posted a photo of her 5-month old on Instagram Wednesday with the sweetest caption. The picture shows Williams gazing at her daughter with so much love.

“Just how I look at her,” the tennis champion wrote.

A few days later, Williams posted a photo that shows Olympia making a funny face. Williams joked in the caption that she was already embarrassing her daughter.

“She’s like ‘Mommmmmmmmmmm my friends are looking’ #freshfaces,” she wrote.

Williams regularly shares pictures and videos of Olympia, her first child with husband Alexis Ohanian. In a recent interview with Vogue, she opened up about ups and downs she’s faced in motherhood.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We are immensely blessed for successfully representing Nagaland from NEZCC Dimapur, Nagaland in the 6th National Tribe and Fold Music and Dance Festival '2018' held at Madikeri Karnataka from (12-14 January 2018).

Through this column, I, Renbeni Lotha and my team Yantala would like to thank Honourable Minister of Higher & Technical Education, Shri. N. Thomas Lotha for his initiative, contribution and support through physical, financial, guidance and prayer.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018

Sterling K. Brown makes award show history for second time this year

S “Sometimes I get really down and feel like, man, I can’t do this,” she revealed. “It’s that same negative attitude I have on the court sometimes.

I guess that’s just who I am. No one talks about the low moments – the pressure you feel, the incredible letdown every time you hear the baby cry.”

Williams added, “I’ve broken down I don’t know how many times. Or I’ll get angry about the crying, then sad about being angry, and then guilty, like, why do I feel so sad when I have a beautiful baby? The emotions are insane.”

terling K. Brown has made award show history yet again: He took home the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama on Sunday night, becoming the first black actor to win in the category.

Brown won the SAG Award for his role as Randall in NBC’s “This Is Us,” a role that helped the a make Golden Globes history earlier this month.

There, he won Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama, becoming the first black man to win the category in the ceremony’s 75-year history.

These back-to-back historic wins weren’t even the first for Brown. In the fall, Brown was also the first black actor to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series since 1998.

Accepting his SAG Award, Brown talked of the blessing it is to “do what you love for a living,”

shouted out the acting profession, and thanked his respective families, on and off the screen.

“What an honor it is to be recognized by your peers for a job well done,” he said. “This room is a source of endless inspiration for me. I love all of you. People call us weird and strange; the truth of the matter is everybody’s weird and strange, and we just embrace ourselves for who we are.”

The actor then thanked wife Ryan Michelle Bathe, calling her “the best scene

partner a brother has ever had.”

“To my glorious cast of ‘This Is Us,’ you feed me day in, day out,” Brown added.

“You raise the bar. To my white family, which thankfully is nothing like the family from ‘Get Out,’ I love you. To my TV wife, Susan Kelechi Watson, let’s keep on repping for the people. To the two young actors that play Randall, to Lonnie [Chavis] and Niles [Fitch], thank you for making the work so easy and so seamless.”

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HAPPY 25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Mr. & Mrs. Apui Liegise

Your Anniversary Day is our Thanksgiving Dayto thank you for getting married, giving us birth and being the amazing parents that you are.

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Loving Children

Mr. K. Ghokhevi Chophi, former Executive Council member SBAK (Aizuto), on behalf of Zunheboto Town Sumi Baptist Church, extend their heartiest congratulations to Rev. Dr. Daniel Chishi, Pastor ZTSBC, on being ordained as Reverend by the Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (Aizuto). ZTSBC express their profound gratitude to Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (Aizuto) for the ordination.

The Zunheboto Town Sumi Baptist Church members pray that the good Lord grant wisdom and long life to Rev. Dr. Daniel Chishi and use him mightily for God’s ministry and be a source of blessing to many people.

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OFFICE OF THE

PIENYÜ CLAN D.KHEL KOHIMA : VILLAGE

FELICITATION

We the Pienyü Clan of D.Khel Kohima village Kohima, heartily congratulate our son Mr.Kezhaseluo-o(Ben) Pienyü, s/o Late Thepfusanyü Pienyü, who has won the coveted Wrestling Champion Belt at the recently concluded 63 rd KVSA Sports meet 2018 held at Khuochiezie Kohima.

We thank God for the feat.

We further wish him well in all his future endeavors.

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ziz Ansari did not attend the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards, but his presence was definitely felt Sunday night during the announcement of the nominees for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. When Ansari’s name was called, there was a notable lack of applause. No time was allotted for applause, either.

Ansari won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy just two weeks ago.

Earlier this month, an unnamed woman accused the 34-year-old comedian and actor of aggressive sexual coercion in an article published on Babe. net. Ansari responded to the claims made in the piece by stating that he believed the interaction to be “completely consensual” and that he has taken the accuser’s “words to heart and responded privately.” Ansari was nominated for his role on the Netflix series “Master of None” and was the sole nominee — of a category that included fellow nominees Anthony Anderson, Larry David, Sean Hayes, William H. Macy and Marc Maron — to not receive applause.

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Depay scores late winner for Lyon against PSG

IPL 2018 to begin from April 6

New Delhi, Jan 22 (Agencies): Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council chairman Rajeev Shukla Monday said that the 2018 edition of the Twenty20 tournament would be held from April 6 to May 27.

Addressing media here, Shukla said the eleventh edition of the IPL would start and end in Mumbai.

Responding to a question on whether Jaipur would be home ground of the Rajasthan Royals, Shukla said that it is a decision that the court has to take.

If the court rules against Jaipur, then Pune would be the home ground of the Shilpa Shetty-Raj Kundraled franchise, he added.

He also said that Kings XI Punjab would have Mohali and Indore as their home grounds, playing four matches in the former and Depay is congratulated by his Lyon team-mates after scoring a last-gasp winner vs PSG. three in the latter.

Jimmy Armfield

Lo n d o n, Ja n 2 2 (IANS): For mer England captain and Blackpool Football Club Vice President Jimmy Armfield passed away on Monday at the age of 82 after a long battle against cancer.

The right-back won 43 caps for England between 1959 and 1966 and captained his country on 15 occasions. He also helped his national team clinch the FIFA World Cup in 1966.

The Blackpool legend, who was an one-club man, represented the side 627 times from 1954 to 1971 in his 17 years marathon spell. “Blackpool Football Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Jimmy Armfield,” the club said.

Armfield was awarded the Young Player of the Year in 1959. He was also heralded as the best rightback in the world following the 1962 World Cup in Chile.

tion to fire a brilliant leftfooted volley into the corner of the goal.

Metz goalkeeper Kawashima Eiji was sent off in the 50th minute following a reckless foul on Adama Diakhaby outside the box.

Rachid Ghezzal took full advantage as Monaco extended their lead in 67th minute, when he curled a high-quality shot past substitute goalkeeper Quentin Beunardeau. Following Senegalese teenager Ibrahima Niane’s first league goal for Metz, Rony Lopes secured three points for Monaco when he scored from a Fabinho cross.

Monaco is currently fourth on the Ligue 1 table, trailing Lyon and Marseille by two points and one point respectively. Metz is at the bottom of the table with only 15 points.

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Sindhu was in good form in the Premier Badminton League (PBL) where her only loss was against Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun but Srikanth had to endure three losses against Chinese Taipei’s Tzu Wei Wang and compatriots HS Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth.

Coming back from an ankle injury, London Games bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, who had a

Arsenal pursue Aubameyang deal

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Lo n d o n, Ja n 2 2 (Agencies): Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis and club officials remain in Germany in hope of securing a deal for Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang.

Gazidis is in talks with Borussia Dortmund over a January move for the Gabon international.

Dortmund had revealed last week that an enquiry for the player had been made by the Gunners, but did not confirm that an official bid had been lodged.

It is understood that the situation remains the same and a deal is yet to be reached between the two

clubs. Aubameyang has made clear his desire to leave Dortmund in recent weeks, and was recently dropped by the Bundesliga side for a match against Hertha Berlin due to a lack of focus.

Commenting on the situation via the club’s official Twitter account, sporting director Michael Zorc said: “We have the impression at the moment that he [Aubameyang] has his head on other things and is not fully focused.”

Reports in Germany over the weekend suggested Arsenal had made an offer in the region of €50m (£44m) for the striker, though this is believed to be unacceptable for Dortmund.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away blessed be the name of the Lord" Job 1:21 We the bereaved family members and relatives would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all, who stood and supported us physically, spiritually, financially and materially at the sudden demise of our beloved Lt. Atobo Aye (Tuccu) on 16th Jan. 2018.

We would like to convey our special thanks to : 1. Sumi Baptist Church Padum Pukhuri (General, Women, Youth Department) 2. Ghukiye Ghami Dimapur Union.

3. Tukunasami Prayer Fellowship Dimapur.

4. Tukunasami Students' Union (TNKK) 5. Nikiqhe Baptist Church (General, Women, Youth Department).

6. Sumi Community Padum Pukhuri Dimapur.

7. Aza Group Padum Pukhuri Dimapur.

8. Doctors, nurses and staff of Referral Hospital Dimapur.

9. Doctors, nurses and staff of GNRC Guwahati.

10. Doctors, nurses and staff of NEIGRIHMS Shillong.

11. Shri. Tokheho Yeptho MLA Dimapur-III (Naharbari).

12. Peter Lichemo, Addl. Secy., NBDA. 13. Er. Ghukhuyi Zhimomi, Diphupar Dimapur.

14. Er. Nitoli L. Zhimo.

15. Relatives, friends, neighbours and well wishers.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual but it is our sincere prayer that our loving Almighty God bless you abundantly.

J A K A RTA , J a n 2 2 (PTI): Indian ace shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will look to make a positive start to the new season when they kick off the international calendar at the $350,000 Indonesia Masters World Tour Super 500 tournament beginning on Tuesday.

Sindhu and Srikanth have been simply sensational last season as they clinched multiple titles and they would begin their quest for another successful season, taking on Indonesia’s Hanna Ramadini and Malaysia’s Zulfadli Zulkiffli respectively in the main draw of women’s and men’s event.

Sindhu won three titles and three silvers last season, while Srikanth exceeded all expectations with four titles and a runners-up finish and the duo would hope to continue their good run in the new

O n t h e 1 0 th o f January 2018, you left us to be with the Lord. We praise God for your life. Thank you for the life you lived for us and for what we are today.

Loving children, grandchildren and family.

Lt. Atobo Aye (Tuccu) Born on : 08/02/1988 Died on : 16/01/2018

Lt. Mrs. T. Shetoli Sumi (01.01.1948 – 10.01.2018)

moderate last season with the only highlight being the bronze at World Championship, will have a tough task at hand when she faces young world no 8 Chen Yufei, seeded seventh, in the opening round.

HS Prannoy, who achieved a career-best ranking of world no 10 with some scintillating performances last year, will begin the season with a clash against Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke, while a fit-again

Sameer Verma will meet a formidable Kazumasa Sakai of Japan in the opening round.

Prannoy had a good outing at the PBL before his 10-match winning streak was snapped by Thailand’s T Saensomboonsuk. The Indian had also lost to world no 1 Viktor Axelsen in the semifinals to end Ahmedabad Smash Masters campaign in the third edition.

In the men’s qualifiers on Tuesday, four Indians, including Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, will be in fray.

While Kashyap will square off against Indonesia’s Shesar Hiren Rhustavito, Sourabh Verma faces Indonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro and Subhankar Dey, who pulled off an upset win against France’s Brice Leverdez in the PBL, plays local shuttler Panji Ahmad Maulana.

Kepa pens new deal with Athletic Madrid, Jan 22 (IANS): Athletic Club Bilbao on Monday confirmed that Spain international goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga had signed a new contract which would keep him at the club until the end of June 2025.

The new contract ends 16 months of drawn-out negotiations, along with the interest Real Madrid had in signing the 23-year-old who is considered to be the most promising goalkeeper in Spain. Kepa’s new contract includes a buyout clause of 80 million euros, which

effectively means he will remain with Athletic Club for the foreseeable future.

The goalkeeper joined Athletic Club when he was 10 and has steadily progressed through the ranks, playing for junior sides and the Athletic third team (Basconia) and B-team.

He was loaned out to second division sides Ponferradina and Valladolid to gain experience and has represented Spain at every level from U-18 to full international, making his debut against Costa Rica in November 2017.

10th DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Lt. Moatemjen Pongener Aliba Dearest Father, It's been ten years since our heavenly Father took you away to a better place where you can keep a watch on all of us. We are not grieving because we are comforted by the fact that you are amidst the choir of Angels where you always wanted to be.

Pray for us, Dear father, that we keep up the values that you have taught 23.01.2008 – 23.01.2018 us, as we prayerfully live our lives in your footsteps till we meet again.

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We, the bereaved family members express our sincere thanks to all our well wishers who stood by us and supported us physically, financially, materially and spiritually during the prolonged illness of our beloved LT. KHRIENUO GIOVANNA KERETSÜ till her last journey on 11th January, 2018.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Christ King Church, Kohima Village 2. Christian Rivival Church, Kohima Village 3. Keruli Ki, Kohima We regret our inability to mention and thank every individual, neighbours, relatives and friends whose support were equally valuable. We pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving children, in-laws, grandchildren and family members.

06/07/1963 – 08/01/2018 We, the bereaved family members of Late Shri Aosangba of Chare village, Tuensang District, would like to convey our profound gratitude and sincere thanks to all those individual, Tsaru Village Baptist Church, DUDA Guest House Kohima, Kohima Sangtam Baptist Church, PHED Department Kohima, relatives, neighbours, friends and well wishers who stood by us and supported us through prayers, materially and financially through this difficult phase.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each one of you individually but your good deeds and presence will always be cherished in our hearts.

May the Almighty God bless you all Abundantly.

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that went just under the cross bar.

PSG were reduced to 10 men shortly after the restart. Dani Alves, who fed Kurzawa’s for his eyecatching goal, was sent off for a foul on a Lyon player.

After wasting several chances, Lyon converted their advantage in the dying moments of the game; Depay smashed an unstoppable shot that produced no response from PSG goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.

The win sealed Lyon’s position on the table. They are now second and trail PSG by only eight points.

Meanwhile, Monaco 3-1 win over Metz was kick started by Falcao late in the first half. Falcao managed to beat the offside trap, his shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, but Brazilian left-back Jorge was in posi-

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Paris, Jan 22 (IANS): Substitute Memphis Depay’s stunning shot just before the final whistle handed Lyon a 2-1 home win against Ligue 1 log leaders Paris SaintGermain.

PSG were without their injured Brazilian star Neymar, who scored a quadruple in Wednesday’s 8-0 demolition of Dijon.

Nabil Fekir broke the deadlock for Lyon only two minutes into the match. He scored his 16th goal of the campaign with a sublime free-kick.

PSG striker Kylian Mbappe had to leave the pitch after just 35 minutes following two tackles from Lyon.

Another spectacular shot arrived on the stroke of the second half, as PSG defender Layvin Kurzawa finished a left-footed volley

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AR organises volleyball match Dimap u r , Ja n 2 2 (NPN): Dimapur Battalion under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) organised a friendly volleyball match at Tolovi village on January 20, The match was organised to extend an opportunity to the locals to showcase their talent in sports and provide motivation to talented players.

The match was played between Tolovi local youth and troops of Dimapur Battalion.

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We also convey our thanks to USBLA Yangli, IEF, Tsarü Village Baptist Lithro, Chare Town Baptist Lithro, New Tsaru Village Baptist Lithro and Tsarü Village Council.

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Chung stuns Djokovic; Federer into qtrs

Hyeon Chung returns a shot to Novak Djokovic.

over Thiem.

Sandgren is only the second man in 20 years to reach the quarterfinals on his debut at Melbourne Park.

He converted half of his eight break-point chances, and fended off 10 of the 12 he faced against Thiem, and hit 63 winners against 38 unforced errors in the biggest win of his life.

Defending champion Roger Federer had no real difficulties in reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals for the 14th time, accounting for Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-2.

The 19-time major winner had never played Fucsovics but had beaten his coach -- Attila Savolt -- here in the second round in 2002.

Federer will renew a lengthy rivalry next against Tomas Berdych, who returned to the quarterfinals for the seventh time at Melbourne Park with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over Fabio Fognini.

The win over Fucsovics was Federer’s first day match of the 2018 tournament, and he joked about needing sunglasses and a towel for the beach but said really the only change was to set the alarm for a different time.

Gracia appointed new Watford manager

CSA Group D wrestling meet

MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (Agencies): Six-time champion Novak Djokovic was stunned in straight sets

by Hyeon Chung only hours after Tennys Sandgren upset No. 5 Dominic Thiem at the Australian Open.

The back-to-back upsets Monday have set up a very unexpected quarterfinal: Chung, the first Korean to reach the last eight at a Grand Slam, vs. 97thranked Sandgren, who had never won a match at a major or beaten a top 10 player until last week.

No. 58-ranked Chung relentlessly attacked Djokovic -- who is playing his first tour nament since Wimbledon last July because of an injured right elbow -- in the 7-6 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (3) fourth-round win.

L on d on, J a n 2 2 (Agencies): Watford have named Javi Gracia as their new manager following the sacking of Marco Silva earlier today.

Spaniard Gracia has penned an 18-month deal with the Hornets, his first managerial role since leaving his post with Rubin Kazan last June.

The 47-year-old Gracia has had eight previous senior management jobs, moving from Pontevedra, to Cadiz, then to Greece to Olympiakos and Kerkyra, before returning to Spain to Almeria, then Osasuna and Malaga, before moving to Russia to join Rubin

He ripped 47 winners, including a forehand on the slide and at full stretch that put him within two points of victory, in the almost 3 1/2-hour match.

Chung credited the usually athletic Djokovic, who needed a medical timeout in the second set for a massage on his sore elbow, for the inspiration for that unlikely shot.

“When I’m young, I’m just trying to copy Novak because he’s my idol,” Chung said. “I can’t believe this tonight. Dreams come true tonight.”

The 26-year-old Sandgren, who entered the season’s opening major ranked 97th, missed a match point in the fourth set but held on for a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7), 6-3 win

Federer plays a backhand against Marton Fucsovics.

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Kazan.

He managed Cadiz to promotion from the third tier of Spanish football, before being fired midway through the next season as the side were relegated

back down. His year in Greece with Olympiakos and Kerkyra was followed by a year at Osasuna, before two successful years at Malaga where he led the team to ninth- and eighth-placed finishes in La Liga.

He left his most recent posting with Rubin Kazan due to only finishing ninth in the Russian Premier League.

Gracia becomes the tenth manager to take the reins at Vicarage Road since 2012 with the side currently tenth in the table, four points above the relegation zone, in an incredibly tight bottom-11 sides.

Kerber ends Hsieh’s fairytale run

Former champion Angelique Kerber was driven to distraction by the unorthodox game of world number 88 Hsieh Su-wei

D i m a p ur , Ja n 2 2 (NPN): Chakhroma Sports Association (CSA) Group ‘D’ would be holding its Wrestling Meet 2018, today at Medziphema local ground.

CSA Group ‘D’ comprises of five villages including Tsiepama, Viphoma, Piphema, Medziphema and Khanakhurü.

Around 30 wrestlers from the member villages are expected to compete in the meet. During the event, Mediphema village chairman Neikhonyü Kuotsu will exhort the gathering, while invocation will be done by CRC Mediphema town, associate pastor, Seyievikho Sothu.

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Messi, Suarez lead Barca to 5-0 win over Real Betis

but overhauled the Taiwanese battler 4-6 7-5 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday.

The 21st seed was being tied up in knots by double-sided Hsieh’s angles and slices in a match of clashing styles at Rod Laver Arena before the slender Taiwanese fatigued and the German’s power game prevailed.

H s i e h s ave d t w o match points to hold serve in a late burst of resistance but 2016 champion Kerber closed it out in the next game when she whipped an easy passing shot.

Kerber, 30, will meet Luis Suarez (left) and Lionel Messi (right) after combining to score Barcelona’s fourth American Madison Keys goal against Real Betis for a place in the semiM a d r i d , J a n 2 2 second half as they have their last three league games finals.

(Agencies): FC Barce- done so often in this domi- and got off on the wrong Halep reaches lona rode further away from nant campaign. It took a foot against relegationquarter-finals their crumbling title rivals clever rolled pass from Su- threatened Deportivo when Ro m a n i a n S i m o - on Sunday as Lionel Messi arez to release Rakitic for former Atletico Madrid forna Halep, seeded No.1, and Luis Suarez scored the opening goal, which the ward Adrian Lopez put the reached the Australian twice each in a 5-0 thrashing Croatian dispatched confi- visiting side ahead against dently. the run of play in the 23rd Open quarter-finals for the of Real Betis.

Messi then took full minute.

The emphatic win first time in three years, advantage of a slack Betis The stumbling La Liga edging out Naomi Osaka opened up an 11-point gap offside trap to slot the sec- champions responded in at the top of the La Liga of Japan 6-3, 6-2. ond. The Argentine’s second It seemed like Halep standings. A strike from strike moved him on to 19 emphatic fashion, however, overcame an ankle injury Ivan Rakitic broke the home league goals while Suarez’s and went on to record their she sustained during her side’s resistance in the 58th brace took him to 15, 10 biggest win of the season in first-round win, as she minute. Top goal scorer of them coming in his last all competitions with two goals apiece from Gareth needed one hour and 19 Messi and the in-form Su- seven La Liga games.

Bale and Nacho Fernandez minutes to get rid of Osa- arez took turns in adding ka in Melbourne’s fourth to the scoring to cap a sixth Real thrash Deportivo as well as Ronaldo and a successive league win for ErCristiano Ronaldo long-range strike from Luka round.

Halep had to battle nesto Valverde’s imperious scored twice but had to Modric.

Ronaldo was unable her way past the United team. Barca lead the way leave the pitch with his face covered in blood as Real to continue playing after he States Lauren Davis in with 54 points. almost four hours after Betis went into the Madrid eased their domestic was left with a bloodied face saving three match points game having scored eight crisis by hammering Liga by the boot of Deportivo in the previous round. goals in their last two league strugglers Deportivo La Co- defender Fabian Schar as Halep won 71 percent matches but had few oppor- runa 7-1 at home on Sunday he struck his second goal, of the break points she cre- tunities against Barca. to reclaim fourth place in the which took him level with ated compared to the 20The league leaders standings.

Bale as Real’s top scorer in year-old Osaka’s 13.

Real had lost two of the league with six strikes. turned on the style in the

Smith calls for referral revamp S y d ne y, J a n 2 2 (Agencies): Australia captain Steve Smith has called for a change to the TV referral system after he was controversially given out during England’s oneday international serieswinning victory in Sydney on Sunday.

Smith was on 45 when England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler claimed a caughtbehind off the bowling of Mark Wood.

On-field umpire Chris Gaffaney gave Smith out and, after several minutes of checking different angles, TV umpire Kumar Dharmasena upheld the decision.

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wants the third umpire to be the sole decision-maker on whether catches are clean or not.

Smith said, “I’m not sure I’m a big fan of the ruling with a soft signal. It’s hard to overturn anything.

We’ve seen a few this summer that have been pretty

similar. If the fielder goes up and celebrates they usually get given out, and if you’re a bit apprehensive of what’s happened they normally get given not out.”

“It’s hard for them [the umpires] to overturn the decision. I’d actually like for the third umpire to have to make the decision, whether it’s out or not.”

Meanwhile, Smith was forced to deny he had tampered with the ball after he appeared to apply something during England’s innings. Smith said, “My lips are pretty dry. It’s just the way I get some spit into the side of my mouth and get it onto the ball. There’s nothing in it.”

FIFA WC trophy tour international leg begins L on d on , J a n 2 2 (IANS): The international leg of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia trophy tour started here on Monday with its next destination designated to be Colombo in Sri Lanka on January 24.

The prestigious trophy will move on to 51 countries on all six continents.

The FIFA World Cup Trophy will return to Russia in May 2018, when it will visit nine more cities -Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg and Moscow.

badminton Sanchez, Mkhitaryan finalise EPL: Tottenham held 1-1 by Southampton Open doubles c’ship work permits ahead of switch

Tottenham’s Harry Kane vies for the ball with Southampton’s Jack Stephens and Oriol Romeu during an EPL match at the St Mary’s Stadium.

L on d on , J a n 2 2 (Agencies): Harry Kane scored his 99th Premier League goal but it was not enough for Tottenham to beat Southampton in a 1-1 draw on Super Sunday.

The striker moved within one of becoming the 27th Premier League centurion when equalising on 18 minutes after Davinson Sanchez had inadvertently put through his own net three minutes earlier.

Both teams created chances to win it in an entertaining clash in torrential conditions on the south coast as Southampton stretched their winless run to 11 games in the Premier League.

The result leaves Mauricio Pellegrino’s men in the bottom three, a point from safety, while Spurs remain in fifth, two points off Liverpool in fourth, who play Swansea on Monday.

Heading into this game, Southampton’s attackers had scored a total of 12 goals from a combined 93 appearances this season. Tottenham were in charitable mood and did the Saints’ strikers job for them on 15 minutes when Sanchez turned a Ryan Bertrand cross into his own net.

Pellegrino’s team had scored the opening goal in three of their last four home games, but failed to win

any of them. The problem reared its head again as Spurs levelled three minutes later when Kane simply wanted it more than his marker Jack Stephens and bulleted home a header from close range.

Moussa Sissoko spurned a glorious opportunity from six yards on 30 minutes while Stephens headed inches wide from an excellent James WardProwse delivery six minutes later.

As the rain relented, so did the clear-cut chances in the second period.

Dele Alli, who was subdued, drilled a low effort wide from 20 yards while Kane tried in vain to reach his milestone but a big chance evaded his clutches.

Substitute Erik Lamela nearly nicked it for Spurs late on but somehow he failed to convert from no more than three yards out after a magnificent block by Stephens.

There was still time for Southampton debutant Michael Obafemi - fresh from impressing in the under-17s - to spurn the chance to be an instant hero, missing his kick from eight yards with the goal gaping.

D i m a p ur , Ja n 2 2 (NPN): The 7th Lt. Laxmi Sharma (Asula) Memorial Open Badminton Doubles Championship will be held from January 25 to 27 at Blue Moon School, Sangtamtilla, Dimapur.

The championship will be conducted in two categories- open and amateur. Interested players can collect the entry forms from Kiran Sports and Yonex Store, Dimapur. The sponsors for the tournament are Kiran Sports and A1 Powerplay.

CSA wrestling meet on Feb 7

D i m a p ur , J a n 2 2 (NPN): The 24th Wrestling Meet of Chakhroma Sports Association (CSA) will be held on February 7 at Chumoukedima town local ground. Rokolhou Angami, proprietor, Naagaamii Infratech Pvt. Ltd will grace the inaugural ceremony as the chief guest.

The organiser has invited all well wishers to be a part of the traditional event where the best Naga style wrestlers from Chakhroma region will vie for the coveted title.

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan

L on d on , J a n 2 2 (Agencies): Alexis Sanchez and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are finalising work permits ahead of their respective transfers to Manchester United and Arsenal, with no complications expected.

Both players are expected to switch clubs in a straight swap deal imminently, with medicals having taken place.

Sanchez arrived to work in the UK in 2014 after moving to Arsenal from Barcelona, so therefore must

apply for an extension to his existing permit.

Mkhitaryan likewise will apply to extend his permit, in line with his new contract at Arsenal.

Both players satisfy the necessary criteria, and Home Office rules allow for an extension of at least another three years to a UK Tier 2 [Sportsperson] visa.

The players are required to apply for their visas in person, with each application requiring a valid certificate of sponsorship from their

new respective club, along with the endorsement of the Football Association.

The Home Office will not discuss individual cases but Sky Sports News understands Sanchez will not have to leave the UK in order to meet any extension requirements.

With Mkhitaryan representing and captaining Armenia - ranked 90th in the world by FIFA - specific criteria is required in order for a permit extension to be granted.

Necessary factors include the elite status of the league, the value of the transfer and the value of the agreed weekly wages.

European and domestic appearances are also taken into account, all of which Mkhitaryan is expected to fulfil and extend his existing permit.

The playmaker has played 15 times in the Premier League this season for United, coming up with one goal in the process.

Mkhitaryan has also featured four times in the Champions League, again scoring one goal.

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