January 27, 2019

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Vol XXIX No. 50

DIMAPUR, SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.0

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India’s military prowess at R-Day

(L) Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as President Ram Nath Kovind (R) looks on ahead of the Republic Day parade. (R) K9 Vajra-T passes through the Rajpath, in New Delhi on January 26. (PTI/AFP)

NEW DELHI, JAN 26 (AGENCIES): India displayed its military power and cultural diversity amid tight security at the 70th Republic Day parade in New Delhi Saturday.

The theme for the Republic Day celebrations this year was the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Women power was on full display during the 70th Republic Day parade on Rajpath with several Navy and Army contingents being led by them and a woman officer exhibiting stunts on bike.

President Ram Nath Kovind hoisted the flag at Rajpath. The Republic Day parade ceremony commenced with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the nation in paying homage to the martyrs by laying a

wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate.

The celebration ended with a majestic fly past by the pilots of the Indian Air Force to the delight of the spectators, among who was South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the chief guest for the R-Day. In a first, Lieutenant Bhavana Kasturi led allmale Army Service Corps contingent during the Republic Day parade. Kasturi is the first lady officer to lead an all-male contingent at the Republic Day parade.

The Re public Day function began with the National Anthem after Prime Minister Narendra Modi received chief guest Ramaphosa and President Ram Nath Kovind at the main stage. It was followed by the

Bank defaulters cannot get away for long: Jaitley

Dimapur celebrates 70th Republic Day

NEW DELHI, JAN 26 (PTI): Welcoming the Supreme Court decision to uphold the validity of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), Union minister Arun Jaitley Friday warned that defaulters cannot get away for long.

“The upholding of the provisions that bar the defaulting promoters from bidding is both ethical and proper - otherwise the defaulter will continue to manage the company with only the banks taking a haircut,” he said in a tweet.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the IBC saying “the defaulters’ paradise is lost” and the economy’s rightful position has been regained. “The Supreme Court judgement upholding the validity of the IBC is a welcome decision.

The Bank defaulters cannot get away for long,” he said.

With regard to the controversial provision of section 29A of the IBC, which dealt with the rights of erstwhile promoters to participate in the recovery process of a corporate debtor, the court said that “a resolution applicant has no vested right for consideration or approval of its resolution plan”.

This is it!

“With money saved due to ban on Sunday shopping, I take it as a sign of hope for us.”

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Metsubo Jamir (NP) Staff Reporters

DIMAPUR, JAN 26 (NPN): Against the backdrop of boycott call against 70th Republic Day celebrations by NSF and backed by several organisations in protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill,a moderate crowd attended the programme at DDSC stadium in Dimapur.

Speaking on the occasion Minister of Urban Development, Municipal Affairs, Metsubo Jamir said that since the creation of Nagaland as a state of Indian Union in 1963, the state

traditional 21-gun salute.

Ramphosa’s presence at the event was significant as India is celebrating 150th birth anniversary of the father of the nation, who had spent 21 years in South Africa before returning to India to join the freedom struggle.

P r e s i d e n t Ko v i n d awarded Ashok Chakra to Nazir Ahmad Wani, the first martyr from the Kashmir Valley to receive the highest peace time gallantry award.

Ashok Chakra was received

by Wani’s wife and mother.

Capt Shikha Surabhi from the Corps of Signals performed bike stunts alongside her male teammates as part of daredevils, a major attraction every Republic Day. Major Khushboo Kanwar, 30, and mother of a child, led the contingent of

government has continued as a partner in development and progress of the nation.

In order to protect and safeguard the historic and unique cultural traditions and customary practices of the Nagas, Jamir said special constitutional provisions under Articles 371 (A) were incorporated in the Constitution of India.

He said the special provisions not only safeguarded the rights of the people of Nagaland but also gave them an opportunity to grow and develop according to their own genius.

The minister also highlighted the achievements of the ruling PDA government during the last one year in various fields in the law and order, education, investments, road etc.

On the occasion, the minister also made a special appeal to the educated youth to strengthen village economy and contribute to make

the Assam Rifles.

The K-9 Vajra and the M777 howitzers took part in the parade for the first time this year. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) displayed its Medium range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) and the Arjun Armoured Recovery and Repair Vehicle (Arjun ARRV).

A total of 22 tableaux, 16 from states and union territories and six from central government ministries and departments, were part of the cultural parade.

Among the tableaux representing individual states were one from Assam playing a popular song of late Bhupen Hazarika, who was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna on Friday.

Nagaland economically selfsufficient and prosperous.

Earlier, the minister inspected the parade contingents, unfurled the tricolour and took the salute presented by contingents of 173 Bn CRPF, 1st NAP Bn, Police Commissionerate Dimapur, 15th NAP (IR) Mahila Bn, Nagaland Home Guards, Excise Directorate Dimapur, Ex-Servicemen and 5th Assam Rifles Band Platoon.

The Republic Day celebration was also attended by former Governor Dr. S.C. Jamir. An exhibition and sale stalls were set up by different government departments.

Out of three cultural clubs mentioned in the programme only Dimasa Cultural Club turned up. The celebration was followed by a football exhibition match between Dobashis Dimapur district and GBs union Dimapur.

Acharya reiterates state cabinet’s stand on CAB Correspondent

KOHIMA, JAN 26 (NPN): Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya, in his 70th Republic Day speech, Saturday reiterated the “unequivocal view” of his government that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2016 was not applicable to Nagaland.

The normally packed Secretariat Plaza on Saturday was sparsely filled due to the boycott call given by student bodies opposing the CAB 2016, It may be recalled that the CAB, 2016 passed in Lok Sabha on January 8, 2019 seeks to provide Indian citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis have come to India as refugees/immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Speaking on the occasion at the Nagaland Secretariat Plaza ground, the governor said that Nagaland stood protected under the provisions of Article 371 (A) of Constitution of India and the Inner Line Permit mechanism as per Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 which was reaffirmed as Clause 16 of the 16-Point Agreement.

Meghalaya mine: Navy detects second body Correspondent

SHILLONG, JAN 26: Indian Naval divers on Saturday detected another body inside a 370-feet flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, where 13 more miners remained trapped since December 13, an official said.

“They (Navy) have detected another body at 3.18 a.m. this morning with the help of an underwater remotely operated vehicle (UROV) at a depth of approximate 160 feet and 210 feet inside a rat-hole coal mine,” a senior rescue official, who wished not to be named, told this Correspondent. “During their search, the Navy team also stumbled on tale signs like spades, a wooden cart and then located the dead miner inside the rat-hole mine,” he said.

Governor Acharya inspecting the Republic Day parade in Kohima on Saturday. (NP)

Acharya, however, said that the state government has appealed to the Centre to have wider consultations with all north eastern states to ensure that the rights of the indigenous people were fully protected. He also said that the state government has decided to refer the Bill to the Standing Committee on Article 371 (A) under the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to examine the issues in its entirety.

On Naga political issue, the governor said the top priority of the state government was for final settlement and has committed to play the role of an active facilitator in the ongoing political negotiations between the Government of India and the Naga political groups.

Governor affirmed that

People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) government’s commitment towards facilitating an early resolution of the “Indo-Naga” political issue through a negotiated agreement that honours the unique history and rights of the Nagas.

Even as the quest for a final settlement continues, Acharya said the state government was committed to ensure good governance and development in the state.

On law and order front, governor said the state was by and large peaceful as the police and administration have taken remarkable steps in strengthening law enforcement mechanism and security of the citizens. He also highlighted the achievements such as launching of Emergency Response Support System (ERSS),

setting up of women police stations in all the districts headquarters and receiving the award for ‘Best Performing Small State’ in the category of ‘Law & Order’ by the India Today State of State’s Survey 2018.

On education and welfare of the students, the governor said the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has already released an amount of Rs. 47.16 crore for payment of Post Matric Scholarship to ST students of the state. He also informed the ex-gratia scheme of Rs. 5 lakh to the family members of students, who die while studying outside the state.

On sports sector, governor said the state government has been taking several steps for promotion of sports in the state.

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PDA decision on CAB unforgivable: NPCC DIMAPUR, JAN 26 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has described the boycott of Republic Day celebrations across Nagaland as “a slap in the face” for both People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) government in the state and BJP government at the centre for “disregarding the voices of people” against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).

NPCC through its communication department said the northeast region was in turmoil due to blatant attitude of BJP to push through CAB, which is now pending in Rajya Sabha.

Congress, however, stated that the PDA government has been “caught in a self defeating situation” with its “feeble” explanation that defied the “very logic of our elected members’ ability to protect the interest of our people.”

NPCC said the PDA cabinet decision on CAB was therefore “unforgivable”. It added that any sensible PDA legislator must resign in protest if they had any concern left for the people.

Congress party affirmed its stand that CAB be scrapped in total since it was “highly polarising and dangerous” for small state like Nagaland where unabated influx of migrants especially in Dimapur and other foothill areas threatened the demog-

raphy of state.

It mentioned that AGP in Assam has parted ways with BJP due to CAB, NPP was threatening to “kick out” BJP in Meghalaya, MNF in Mizoram was all out against CAB and the BJP government in Manipur has passed resolution urging exemption of Manipur from CAB implementation.

Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee, however, stated that the “knee jerk reaction” of the PDA government and the “deafening silence” of BJP and its legislators was “an added insult to the collective conscience of the people.”

Alleging that PDA government has “totally lost the confidence of the people as is evident from empty grounds during Republic Day celebrations”, the Congress reiterated its stand with the people of Nagaland in “totally opposing the communal CAB”, adding that it would not allow BJP to ride roughshod over the interest of the people.

Further, the state Congress extend its solidarity with the NSF and ENSF and all their federating units for being in the forefront against CAB. It also appealed to all right thinking citizens cutting across political party affiliations to voice out in total unison and prevent “this dangerous communal bill”.

Low turnout at R-Day celebrations across Nagaland Odisha CM’s sister declines Padma Shri Correspondent

KOHIMA, JAN 26 (NPN): School students across the state were conspicuous by their absence during the 70th Republic Day celebration in response to the boycott call by the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) against passing of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha.

In most of the district, the turn-out was also very low as the gallery seats and chairs meant for the public were empty.

This Republic Day celebration witnessed the lowest turnout as school students, who normally participate in the parade, drill displays etc. refrained from doing so.

Talking to Nagaland Post, NSF president Kesosul Christopher Ltu and general secretary Imtiyapang Imsong expressed happiness that the boy-

Seats mostly empty during the R-Day celebrations at Nagaland Secretariat Plaza, Kohima. (NP)

cott call not only received positive response from students’ body but the public as well.

Ltu said such positive response was a clear sign to show the resentment towards the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

“This message has to reach the Central government to remind them that are more to come if they still consider us to be sec-

ond class citizen of India,” he added.

Commenting on Governor’s R-Day speech, Ltu said the state government had on several occasion clarified on Article 371(A).

However, Governor being the head of the state should not sing to the tune of politicians, but speak out his mind and truth.

Imtiyapang Imsong informed that reports from

across the state confirmed that none of the schools or students’ body in Nagaland took part in the R-Day celebrations.

He thanked the general public and all the students’ unions for their cooperation and further appealed all to continue to support the federation, assuring that NSF “will not stop until the demand is fulfilled.”

BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI, JAN 26 (PTI): Eminent writer Gita Mehta, who is Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s elder sister, on Saturday declined to accept the Padma Shri award, saying its timing could be “misconstrued” in an election year.

“I am deeply honoured that the Government of India should think me worthy of a Padma Shri but with great regret I feel I must decline as there is a general election looming and the timing of the award might be misconstrued, causing embarrassment both to the Government and myself, which I would much regret,” Mehta, who is the sibling of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief and daughter of former CM Biju Patnaik, said in a statement from New York.

Mehta’s declining of the Padma award, however, triggered a row in the state

that the whole episode showed the close links between the ruling BJD and the BJP. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik side-stepped a question about her refusal to accept the honour but congratulated all those from Odisha who have been chosen for the award.

Gita Mehta (File) “I congratulate all the with the BJP saying her ac- Odias who got the Padma tion was “not appropriate” award,” he told mediaperand the Congress claiming sons here.

Pranab among 3 for Bharat Ratna

Fo r m e r p r e s i d e n t Pranab Mukherjee, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika will be conferred with the Bharat Ratna -- the country’s highest civilian award.

The Bharat Ratna will be conferred after a gap of four years. Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and founder of Banaras

Hindu University Madan Mohan Malviya were given the award by the Narendra Modi government in 2015.

A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, on the eve of the 70th Republic Day, said the President was pleased to award Bharat Ratna to Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumously), Dr Bhupen Hazarika (posthumously) and Pranab Mukherjee.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019

Nagaland celebrates 70th Republic Day

Temjen Imna Along. (NP)

Tongpang Ozukum. (NP)

V. Kashiho Sangtam. (NP)

Neiba Kronu. (NP)

Kazheto Kinimi. (DIPR)

Tovihoto Ayemi.

Pukhayi Sumi.

Mmhonlumo Kikon.

Y Patton. (DIPR)

Jacob Zhimomi. (DIPR)

G. Kaito Aye. (DIPR)

S. Pangnyu Phom. (DIPR)

P. Paiwang Konyak. (NP)

Mhathung Yanthan. (DIPR)

N. Bongkhao. (DIPR)

Dr. Neikiesalie Kire. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR/KIPHIRE/ LONGLENG/ MON/TUENSANG, JAN 26 (NPN): Nagaland celebrated the 70th Republic Day with celebration programs organized in all districts and subdivisions. Turnout was reported to have been poor with various organizations calling for boycott of the celebrations as a sign of protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016.

Following are reports from all over Nagaland. Except where otherwise mentioned, all the reports are from the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR).

Kiphire: Kiphire observed Republic day at Public ground Kiphire with a conspicuous absence in turnout as seats remained mostly empty. The ENSF, together with the NSF, had called a boycott of the Republic Day celebrations as a sign of protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. Subsequently, the United Sangtam Students’ Union (USSC) had also appealed to citizens under its jurisdiction to refrain from participating in the celebrations.

The program was, however, conducted with minister of Higher & Technical Education, Temjen Imna Along as the chief guest.

The chief guest read out the Republic day speech and extended greetings on the occasion. Nine stalls were also set up by different departments and NGOs. The chief guest also took part in a Tug-of-War competition that was held between District Officers verses NGOs. (Correspondent) Longleng: Despite the boycott called by student organizations, the 70th Republic day was celebrated successfully in Longleng District Headquarter and other Sub-divisions of the district with no untoward incidents reported.

In Longleng Headquarter, the Day was celebrated attended only by government officials, with minister of Public Works department (PWD), Tongpang Ozukum, as the special guest.

On his arrival, the special guest unfurled the National Flag followed by taking the Rastriya salute from Parade contingents while the National anthem was presented by the government officials of the district.

After delivering the speech, Ozukum inaugurated the exhibition stalls which were put up by different departments of the district.

(Correspondent) Mon: In Mon Headquarter, the 70th Republic day was celebrated at Local Ground with virtually no public participation. Apart from a few people and passersby along the road, only a handful of members of the public came to view the celebration.

The crowds that usually throng the ground during such events abstained due to the boycott called by

the ENSF and KSU to express resentment against the CAB 2016. Special numbers, choreographed presentations and cultural dances which were supposed to be performed by students and members of the public had to be cancelled as the participants failed to turn up due to the boycott.

However, the chief guest, minister of Soil & water Conservation, Geology & Mining, V. Kashiho Sangtam unfurled the TriColour in the presence of government servants and the handful of attendees, and took salute from six contingents.

The chief guest also inaugurated the R-Day exhibition stalls.

(Correspondent) Tuensang: The day was celebrated at Tuensang parade ground with minister for Planning & Coordination and Land Revenue, Neiba Kronu.

He unfurled the national flag and took salute from parade contingents.

He gave away district commendation award, cleanest ward of Tuensang town award and Tuensang ATMA award. He later inspected the exhibition stalls.

(Correspondent) Chozuba: The Republic Day celebration was held at local Ground, Chozuba with advisor for Skill Development, Labour and Employment, CAWD Kazheto Kinimi.

He unfurled the National Flag and took the Rashtriya salute from parade contingents.

Other highlights of the day included March Past by 5th NAP Chozuba, special song by Transcend Voice, Chozuba Village, folk song by Ruzazhomi welfare union, Tug-of-war and beating of retreat by 'B' coy 5th NAP, Chetheba.

Later after the formal program, the advisor inaugurated the exhibition stalls.

Shamator: Shamator celebrated Republic Day on Saturday at Shamator Public Ground with advisor for Power, Tovihoto Ayemi. Tovihoto hoisted the National Tri-Colour and reviewed the marching contingents.

A press release from the PS to advisor, Bokato Swu stated that in his speech, Tovihoto spoke about some achievements of the PDA government and the government’s commitments.

The advisor also inaugurated and inspected the exhibition stalls. In the second session, an exhibition volleyball match was played between YAST and NDPP Women Wing.

Pfutsero: The 70th Republic Day celebration was held at Pfutsero Town with advisor Food & Civil Supply, Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection (LMCP) and Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Pukhayi Sumi as the special guest.

The advisor unfurled

the National Flag, reviewed the parade and took salute from parade contingents.

He also read out the Republic speech where achievements, policies and visions of the government were highlighted.

Noklak: Advisor, IT, Science and Technology, New & Renewable Energy, Mmhonlumo Kikon graced the celebration at Noklak as special guest. Kikon unfurled the National Flag, reviewed parade contingents and took salute from the three contingents. Kikon also read out the Republic Day speech.

Zunheboto: Along with rest of the country, Zunheboto district celebrated the 70th Republic Day at the public ground with deputy chief minister and minister for Home and National Highways, Y. Patton, who unfurled the National Flag.

Four contingents participated in the ceremonial parade namely: DEF Zunheboto, 8 NAP, Home Guards and Ex- serviceman.

Other highlights included special number by 8 NAP Naltoqa Orchestra, tug of war between GBs and DBs. Patton also inaugurated and visited various stalls set up by different departments.

Phek: Phek celebrated the day at local ground with minister for PHED, Jacob Zhimomi as the special guest. He unfurled the National Flag, took Rastriya salute from the parade contingents of 22nd AR Phek, DEF Phek, 5th NAP, Home Guard and Pipe piper band from 22nd AR Phek.

A special presentation was given by Grace while other highlights included folk dance from Kutsapo village cultural troupe, folk song by Hebron-1 colony youth and Pochury Mothers Union Phek town. The special guest inaugurated exhibition stalls & organic bazaar put up by various departments.

Peren: Peren celebrated Republic Day with minister for Agriculture and Cooperation, G. Kaito Aye at Multi-Disciplinary Outdoor Complex, Peren. The minister unfurled the National Flag followed by Inspection of Parade Contingents and he delivered the Republic Day speech. Assistant Commandant, K. Soriso was the Commander of the parade contingents comprising of DEF Peren, 9 (IR)B, Sainik School Punglwa and 36 Assam Rifles Jalukie.

Wokha: Republic Day was celebrated at Wokha local ground with minister for Health & Family Welfare, S. Pangnyu Phom as the chief guest.

Altogether four parade contingents, DEF, 7th NAP, Civil Defense and Home Guards, Ex-Service Man and 28Assam Rifles Pipe band took part in the march past.

M o k o k c h u n g : Re public Day was celebrated at Imkongmeren Sports Complex, Mokokchung with minister for Transport,

Pohwang Konyak. (DIPR)

R. Khing. (DIPR)

Dr. Longrineken. (DIPR)

H. Haying. (DIPR)

Er. Zale Neikha. (NP)

Civil Aviation & Railways & Land Resources, Nagaland, P. Paiwang Konyak as the special guest. The minister after the ceremonial unfurling of the National Flag delivered the Republic Day Speech.

After the program, the chief guest inaugurated the District Exhibition Stalls.

Our Correspondent adds: The celebration witnessed an empty gallery, with the Ao Students Conference, calling on colleges and schools to boycott the event. The only ones present were the chief guest and his entourage, government officials, security personnel and people manning departmental stalls.

Bhandari: Bhandari Sub division celebrated the day at the Local Ground, with Mhathung Yanthan, advisor Horticulture as the special guest.

After the National anthem was sung, the chief guest delivered the Republic Day speech and took salute from the contingent of 7th NAP Bn Bhandari, which was led by ABSI 7th NAP Rabenthung Lotha. Highlights of the program included presentation of folk songs by Lishung Cultural group, Bhandari.

Longkhim: Longkhim Town celebrated Republic Day at Public Ground, Longkhim with N. Bongkhao, advisor Department of Under Developed Areas (DUDA). After unfurling the National Flag the chief guest read out the speech and took salute from three parade contingents. After the program, the chief guest inaugurated the exhibition stalls and weapons display by the 32 Assam Rifles.

Jalukie: Republic Day was celebrated at GHSS ground Jalukie sub-division, Peren district with advisor for Rural Development Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire as the special guest.

The chief guest un-

furled the Tri-colour and took Rashtriya salute from DEF Peren. National Anthem was sung by the students of JNV Jalukie. Later, the chief also visited stalls put up by the SHGs. Tizit: Advisor, Fire & Emergency Services, SIRD, Relief and Rehabilitation, Pohwang Konyak, hoisted the National Flag at local ground Tizit on Republic Day. The special guest received salute from 6th NAP BnTizit and Village Guard of Lapa village contingents.

He also read out the Republic Day speech.

Tseminyu: The Republic Day celebration for Tseminyu was held at RSA Ground Tseminyu Town.

R. Khing, advisor for Veterinary & Animal Husbandry and Women Resources Development took Rashtriya Salute from parade contingents and delivered the Republic Day speech.

National Anthem was sung

by A.G. Church Tseminyu.

All government officials, GBs of Tseminyu town and its neighbouring villages and public attended the celebration.

Medziphema: The celebration was held at Local Ground, Medziphema with advisor for Law & Justice, Boarder Affairs, Treasuries & Accounts, Dr. Longrineken. The special guest took the Rastriya Salute while the National Anthem was played. 11th IR NAP took part in the parade ceremony led by Sunep Ao, ABI, 11th IR NAP. An exhibition Football match was played between ADC XI and Ward Chairman/ GB’s XI. The program was attended by government servants, GBs, NGOs and public leaders.

Niuland: Niuland subdivision celebrated the day at Niuland Public ground.

Advisor, Prisons, Printing & Stationery, H. Haying unfurled the tri-colour and

delivered the Republic Day speech. Tug-of-war was played between Niuland officers, DBs and Police.

After the formal program, the chief guest inaugurated the stalls.

Chiephobozou: Chiephobozou celebrated Republic Day at ADC Chiephobozou Office with advisor for Water Resources, Namri Nchang as special guest who read out the Republic Day speech. Chiephobozou Women Society presented a folk song during the celebration. Government officials, village elders, GBs and the public attended the program.

Tuli: Republic Day was celebrated in Tuli Town advisor Youth Resources & Sports, Er. Zale Neikha as special guest. The special guest unfurled the Tri Colour National Flag, took salute from the parade contingents and also read out the Republic Day message.

Thonoknyu: In Thonoknyu, the National flag was hoisted by Head Dobashi, Tuchithong Tikhir at SDO (Civil) office campus at 6 am. All DBs, GBs, Police, VGs and all Heads of Government offices attended the program.

Aboi: The day was celebrated at Aboi local ground with Hito Sema, ADC, Aboi as special guest, who unfurled the national flag and took salute. National Anthem was sung

by NP Aboi station, march past by Mohong Village Guard. All heads of offices, GBs and DBs, attended the program.

Chen: Chen Hq. celebrated Republic Day by hoisting the National Flag at Mini SDO (Civil) Complex, Chen Town. Government Officers, DBs, VG from Chen town attended the program.

Tening: The day was celebrated at Tening at the ADC’s official residence.

Chubatemjen, ADC Tening,

read out the Republic Day speech and also extended Republic Day greetings to the citizens. He also unfurled the national flag.

Hoisting of the National Flag in institutions and government offices marked the historic day. Government officials and public leaders attended the program.

Changtongya: Republic Day was observed at Changtongya Hq, at SDO (Civil) office complex, Changtongya Town with Moakumzuk Tzudir, SDO (Civil) as special guest. He unfurled the National Flag and also delivered the Republic Day speech. The National Flag was also hoisted in all government & private institutes.

Wa k c h i n g : A l o n g with the rest of the country, Wakching sub-division observed Republic Day at the SDO (C) Office. Relise Sangtam, SDO (C), hoisted the National flag to mark the occasion.

Ja k h a m a : Re p u b lic Day was celebrated at SDO (C) office, Jakhama.

S D O ( C ) , A l e mya p a n g Longchar unfurled the national flag at the event. The program was attended by GBs, DBs, government officials and staff of SDO (C), Jakhama.

Meluri: Republic Day was celebrated at local ground, Meluri. Rhosietho Ngouri, ADC Meluri graced the function as special guest.

He unfurled the national flag and took salute from five parade contingents. The chief guest also inaugurated exhibition stalls put up by the Assam Rifles and two stalls by Self Help Groups of Meluri.

Pughoboto: Pughoboto celebrated the day at the ADC Pughoboto office compound with the ADC, Phuleshe K. Yepthomi as the special guest. He unfurled the Tri-Colour National Flag, took salute and read out the Republic Day

speech.

Ralan: Republic Day was celebrated at SDO (C) Office premises in Ralan, Wokha, with SDO (C), Meyazungba Jamir as the special guest. He unfurled the National Flag and took salute from the parade contingents.

Wozhuro: On Republic Day, the Tri-Colour was hoisted in government institutions within Wozhuro range under Wokha district to mark the celebration. A program was held at EAC office, Wozhuro.

Aghunato: The Republic Day was observed at Aghunato town, ADC Office complex with ADC, Kusa Fithu, as the special guest. The special guest unfurled the National Flag and took salute from 8th NAP 'C' Company Aghunato followed by National Anthem presented by GBs. Atoizu: Atoizu Hq. celebrated Republic Day at the ADC’s office Atoizu where ADC Atoizu unfurled the National flag.

Naginimora: Naginimora under Mon District celebrated Republic Day at the ADC Office premises. ADC Naginimora, Renabomo Odyuo was the special guest and he unfurled the National Flag and delivered the Republic Day speech.

Tobu: The Republic Day celebration was observed at Tobu HQ with ADC Tobu, Mudongoyi Chuzho as special guest who unfurled the National Tri-Colour Flag and read out the Republic Day speech and took salute from four contingents.

Seyochung: Republic Day was celebrated at ADC Hq., Seyochung with ADC, Japheth Woch as special guest. The ADC unfurled the National flag and took the Rastriya Salute.

The special guest also delivered the Republic Day speech.

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Members of Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry visited Sharon Home of Hope, Burma Camp and handed over food items like rice, dal, M-oil, milk powder, sugar, biscuits, etc to the administrator of the institution on the occasion of the 70th Republic Day. (Sanjay Sethi)

Kohima Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) visited and distributed rations to residents of AIDS Hospice Mount Gilead Home to mark Republic Day, on January 26. (KCCI Information & Publicity secretary) K

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P Paiwang Konyak, flagging off the three Mokokchung City Buses on January 26. (NP)

Correspondent MOKOKCHUNG, JAN 26 (NPN): Minister for Transport, Civil Aviation & Railways & Land Resources, P. Paiwang Konyak, flagged off three Mokokchung City buses (35 seaters), on Saturday, from Mokokchung Town Square NST Bus Station.

Addressing a press conference after the flag off function, the minister stated that the city bus flagship project in Mokokchung had been implemented as a hilly area trail with very low fares and timely services. This is expected to especially benefit school and college going students. He said that

the departure timings of the buses from strategic stops will not be compromised at any cost. Paiwang, therefore, called upon stakeholders in Mokokchung to bear responsibility with the Nagaland State Transport (NST) in their vision so that this service can be

helicopter services to all districts and sub-divisions in Nagaland. The minister was also optimistic that Air-Conditioners (ACs) would be installed in the City Buses in Dimapur, in the near future.

The city buses were dedicated by MTBA associate pastor, Rev. Chuba and the introductory speech was said by NST general manager, O Elhibemo Yanthan. Earlier, short speeches were delivered by DC Mokokchung, Rajesh Soundararajan and Ao Senden president, Chubawati and the function was chaired by NST divisional manager, Limasunep.

Paiwang optimistic about AC facilities for Dimapur City Buses introduced in other district headquarters. Paiwang also hinted that he had appraised the Mokokchung DC to procure a plot of land for the construction of a ‘Civil Helipad’, in Mokokchung Town, as a beginning to extending

Kohima district task force discusses implementation of central schemes

The Kohima District Task Force meeting in progress in Kohima on January 23.

DIMAPUR: Kohima District Task Force (DTF) on January 23 held a meeting on Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization (IPPI), National De-Worming Day (NDD) program and National Leprosy Elimination Program (NLEP) at the office chamber of additional deputy commissioner, Kohima.

A press release by Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kohima stated that the meeting was attended by representatives from the Education department and Social Welfare department.

In an opening and introductory remark, DPO (RCH-UIP) Dr. Rupert Peseyie, sought the cooperation and support of all,

for better implementation of central programs like IPPI, NDD and NLEP. He said that the first round of NDD would be held on February 8 and mop-up activity would be held on February 14. He said children in the age group of 1-19 years would be de-wormed to improve their overall health, nutritional status, cognitive development and quality of life.

SMO (WHO), Dr. Sheila Longkumer, highlighted the need for better documentation with headcount analysis etc. in Kohima district.

ZLO, Dr. Thinuohiezo, said that NLEP day would be observed on January 30.

In this regard, he said an

awareness campaign would be held from January 30 to February 13.

In her closing remark, ADC Kohima, Lithrongla Tongpi, who also chaired the meeting, stressed on the importance of reaching the right target and urged all departments to extend full cooperation.

Highlighting the need to reach out to school dropouts, Tongpi said manpower should be mobilised to track these children.

She stated that block level administration officers would be entrusted with monitoring their respective jurisdictions and if any corrective measures are to be undertaken, it should be intimated prior to the campaign.

Kiphire district administration mass social work

DIMAPUR: Kiphire district administration organised a mass social work on January 25 in view of the Republic Day celebrations on January 26.

According to a DIPR report, the mass social work was initiated in every office and wards of different colonies in the town. It was carried out by cleaning the road side and clearing stagnant drainages in the town area.

The annual TOLIC meeting in progress at ARTC&S Dimapur on January 22.

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According to a press release by ARTC&S, after analysing the progress on implementation of Hindi in central government offices in Dimapur, Commandant Kishan Singh Rawat stressed on the importance using Hindi progressively and requested all members to implement the policies issued by the Government

of India regarding publicity and implementation of the official language policy.

The chairman also emphasized on motivational measures which can be resorted to for implementing Hindi by means of incentives and appreciations in all central government offices. He applauded the efforts of the members

NUSU-KC opposes CAB DIMAPUR: Nagaland U n i ve r s i t y S t u d e n t s ’ Union, Kohima campus (NUSU-KC) has expressed its solidarity with the various organizations and bodies opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).

In a press release, NUSU-KC president Chongrokhum Sangtam stated that, “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”, should always be seen as a promise by the government to its people in a democracy.

The union urged students to raise their voices and show their concern ove r t h e C i t i z e n s h i p Amendment Bill 2016.

Stating that the CAB sparked feelings of resentment, especially in the North Eastern states, the NUSU-KC pointed out that this was “an invisible force that will have a negative impact not only over politics or government and people but, also on the entire intellectual societies in the near future”.

NUSU-KC also asserted that university students will not stay out of the picture when there was a direct threat to “our identity, our unique identity which makes us, the Nagas unique, the NE as special and India ‘unity in diversity’”.

Thulun village inaugurated in Pungro

ADC Pungro, Zakabo V. Rotokha, along with GBs and village elders on January 24 after inaugurating Thulun village. (NP)

Correspondent PUNGRO, JAN 26 (NPN): Thulun village, under Pungro sub- division in Kiphire district, was inaugurated on January 24. The village was officially recognized by the Government of Nagaland on November 1, 2011. The village, bifurcated from Zanger village, was inaugurated by ADC Pungro, Zakabo V. Rotokha.

Speaking on the occasion as special guest, Zakabo encouraged the village council and the general public to coordinate

with each other and work cohesively for the common good of the people and society. He also appealed to the villagers to unite and cooperate with neighbouring villages as well as with the administration so that peace, unity and cooperation may prevail in the area.

YTC executive chairman, Shilimthong also acknowledged and congratulated the village and called on the village authority to maintain peace and unity.

Musumong, Hd GB Pungro town, encouraged the

people to decide to unite in the interest of developing the village.

Short speeches were also delivered by Tajingki, APRO and chairman Zanger village council.

Earlier, the special guest unveiled the monolith. The program was presided over by Asuthong Janger; an invocation was offered by pastor, Thulun village. A welcome address was delivered by VCC Thulun village, and a word of acknowledgment was said

by Shuven, 2nd Hd GB Thulun village.

Exposure trip & training for Tuensang farmers

DIMAPUR: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Tuensang, in collaboration with the office of the district horticulture officer, Government of Arunachal Pradesh (AP), Lower Subansari district, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, organized an exposure trip and training program on “Scientific cultivation practices of Kiwi fruit for increasing the income of farmers in Tuensang district Nagaland” from January 18 to 24. The program was sponsored by Eleutheros Christian Society (ECS) and NABARD.

A press release from KVK Tuensang, Dr. Shisarenla Aier stated that for the technical sessions, the resource persons were subject matter specialist (Plant Protection) KVK Ziro AP, Horticulture Development Officer (HDO) Ziro, AP, Dr. Tasso, Pura Obing, and subject matter specialist (Horticulture) KVK Tuensang, Dr. Shisarenla Aier.

The experts with vast experience of over 18 years in Kiwi cultivation, deliberated on the scope and importance of Kiwi cultivation, site selec-

tion, layout and planning of Kiwi orchards, selection of right variety (male & female), training & pruning practices and organic management of disease & pest in Kiwi orchards. The farmers were also shown activities like land preparation, digging pits, different types of trailing systems, compost making, winter pruning etc. being carried out by the progressive kiwi farmers in Ziro. The farmers also visited M/s LambuSubu Food and beverages, manufacturer of the first

organic Kiwi wine factory in India located at Hong village, Ziro, AP. The main objective of the program was to train farmers on scientific and improved cultivation practices of Kiwi fruit.

Altogether 12 farmers from Chendang and Konya villages of Tuensang district were part of the program along with one official from KVK, Tuensang, and two members of ECS, Tuensang.

The program was coordinated by Dr. Shisarenla Aier.

PASU General Session underway

DIMAPUR: The 27th General Session of Phomching Area Students Union (PASU) hosted by Sheanghah Chingnyu village under the theme “In Consonance with Contemporary” is being held from January 24 to 31.

A Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) team led by working president, ET Ezung, ex speaker NLA, with PCC vice president, Tingyeih Konyak, PCC general secretary, Capt GK Zhimomi and DCC officials from Mon also graced the occasion.

NPCC Communication department, in a press release stated that addressing the gathering on the opening day (January 24) as the guest of honour, ET Ezung called upon the stu-

Annual TOLIC meeting held at ARTC&S

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC) held its annual meeting at Assam Rifles Training Centre and School (ARTC&S) Shokhuvi, Dimapur under the chairmanship of Commandant Kishan Singh Rawat of ARTC&S on January 22.

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of TOLIC Dimapur for their continuous efforts to widely publicize the official language.

Valuable suggestions and feedback points were invited by the secretary Lt Colonel Bhavana Sharma and these were discussed in the meet. The importance of progressive use of Hindi in central government offices was also highlighted.

Secretary TOLIC, Lt. Colonel Bhavana Sharma welcomed all members and Hav Abhishek of ARTC&S gave a briefing on the various aspects of the TOLIC meet.

Member representatives of various government offices presented their reports on the progress on implementation of Hindi in their sectors/departments. 35 members of central government offices situated in Dimapur attended the meet.

dent community to learn a sense of competitive spirit to compete in the changing times, both in studies and in sports. He opined that Sports has immense potential to foster more camaraderie and unity among competing teams. He also urged the students to be achievers in life by creating opportunities through dedication and hard work. Ezung also thanked Sheanghah Chingnyu villagers for according them a warm reception and also for hosting the Conference.

The special guest for the occasion was AB Pheiba, president of Konyak Students Union and Manlem, SK Phomching. Chief angh of Sheanghah and Peihwang Wangsa, literature secretary of KBBB, also spoke in the program.

MGMHSS teachers refresher course DIMAPUR: MGM Higher Secondary School (MGMHSS) on Thursday organised a refresher course for teachers on the topic “Classroom engagement.”

A press release by MGMHSS media cell stated that Raju Ganguly from Macmillan Education, who led the course, explained to the teachers that they can make class interesting by helping students find answers by themselves with the teachers being the facilitators. He emphasised on keeping the class engaged with innovative methods and techniques so that the students could come up with creative ideas.

Ganguly also urged the teachers to give positive feedback for any task the students take over, and create a family atmosphere so that learners can enjoy learning effectively.

The birth anniversary of Rani Gaidinliu was observed at Raj Bhavan, Kohima on January 26, 2019. Nagaland Governor, PB Acharya and his wife, Kavita Acharya, along with officers and staff of Raj Bhavan paid tributes to the freedom fighter.

Secretary to Governor, Dinesh Kumar, narrated a brief history of the life of Gaindinliu.

(Raj Bhavan)

Power tillers distributed at Khar village

Agriculture department officials with beneficiaries and village council members before the distribution on January 24 at Khar village.

DIMAPUR: The department of Agriculture, Mangkolemba conducted a short power tiller distribution program at Khar village on January 24. The department’s staff were welcomed by the Khar Village council chairman.

SDAO, Mangkolemba A. Temsu Aier, in a brief speech informed the farmers

that the power tillers were being distributed under the SMAM scheme. He said that the use of farm machineries was being encouraged by the department to reduce human labor, increase farm labor efficiency, reduce costs and practice increased mechanized farming, increasing crop production and farm income. He

encouraged the villagers to avail of various facilities provided by the department and use them judiciously.

He also applauded the farmers for their hard work and co-operation. The program was followed by free distribution of two power tillers.

This was stated in a press release by SDAO, Mangkolemba.

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Republic Day celebrated across North East states

(L) Manipur Governor Dr. Najma Heptulla at the 70th Republic Day celebration in Imphal on Saturday. (R) Artists perform traditional dance during the 70th Republic Day celebrations, in Shillong on Saturday. (PTI) Correspondent/IANS

IMPHAL/Shillong/ Agartala/Itanagar, Jan 26: North east state of India Saturday celebrated 70th Republic Day amidst calls of boycott from student bodies, civil organisations to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 and underground groups.

In Manipur, the Republic Day celebration was largely peaceful except the explosion of an IED in Imphal in the afternoon.

The IED, suspected to have been planted by insurgents, went off on the roadside near BRTF Officers’ Club premises at Lamphel in Imphal West district, around 12.50 pm.

However, no casualty was reported.

Except the blast, no other violent incident was reported during Republic Day celebrations which

were held in Imphal and other parts of the state amid the shutdowns and boycotts calls given by various insurgent groups.

Besides the rebel sponsored strikes, prominent civil society organisations (CSOs) and student bodies had called for a boycott of Republic Day celebrations and related events in Manipur to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016.

The main function was held in Imphal’s Kangla fort where state Governor Dr. Najma Heptulla took the salute from police, military and other contingents.

A slim public participation was witnessed in the state level celebration function which was held under tight security measures.

State chief minister N Biren Singh, opposition leader and former chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, ministers, MLAs

and top officials of state police, civil and central security forces were present.

The Governor took salute from 73 marching contingents including nine band contingents and various school contingents led by assistant director Thaimei Gaipuiril Kabui of Manipur Police Training College (MPTC).

Speaking at the programme, chief minister N Biren Singh reiterated his government’s stand against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. “The state government will not remain silent if there are any elements in the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that will cause threat to the indigenous people of Manipur,” he said.

The chief minister appealed to the people to thoroughly study the contents of the bill before resorting to any forms of

protests.

He said that if Centre indulged in any act against the interest of the people of the state, legislators in the ruling coalition government would be the first to take appropriate decision against it.

In Meghalaya, Governor Tathagata Roy appealed to all the citizens of the State to hold steadfastly to the ideals and principles of democracy as the scenic state celebrated Republic Day. “Being fully aware that violence is never the way out for any problem, we should always resort to solve problems through meaningful dialogue and peaceful engagement,” he said after unfurling the Indian flag and taking the salute at a ceremonial parade here.

Noting that law and order situation in the State is by and large peaceful,

Roy said, “The overall internal security situation has also significantly improved over the last one year. We must now take this opportunity and redouble our efforts to ensure durable peace and sustained development in the state.

He said all measures are being taken to ensure safety and security for all the citizens, with particular emphasis on combating crimes against women and children and human trafficking.

Instructions have been issued for expeditious investigation into cases relating to these matters, the Governor said.

In Mizoram, Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan on Saturday addressed an almost-empty ground here on the 70th Republic Day, due to a statewide boycott call given by an umbrella organisation against the Citizenship

(Amendment) Bill.

No member from the general public attended the function, police said adding that only ministers, legislators and top officials were present.

The boycott call was given by the NGO Coordination Committee, an organisation of civil society groups and student bodies.

Six armed contingents participated in the Republic Day parade, officials said. Up to 30 contingents traditionally take part in the annual event.

In other district headquarters, the deputy commissioners unfurled the tricolour in the absence of senior officials and public, as was the case in subdivisional and block headquarters.

However, the Republic Day celebrations passed off peacefully without any untoward incident, despite

the presence of placardcarrying protesters near the venues, police said.

In Tripura, Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki on Saturday urged the people to help make Tripura a model state. “The Tripura government has taken a series of steps to make Tripura a model state within the next few years.

All sections of the people should support the state government’s endeavour,” the Governor said after unfurling the national flag at the ceremonial function at the Assam Rifles ground here.

He said that to curb corruption and to provide transparent governance, the state government has been utilising various technologies in a large number of schemes, projects and services.

Solanki said Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has also undertaken a vigorous mission to make the state a “drug free”.

“During the past 10 months, 67,000 kg cannabis has been seized in different parts of the state.

With the curbing of drug related activities, general crime and violence against women were also reduced to a substantial extent,” he said.

“To undertake a white revolution in the state, the Chief Minister has already announced to provide 5,000 cows to 10,000 families for their economic empowerment and also to make availability of milk in the state.”

The Governor also spoke about the state government’s plan to implement 10 per cent reservation for women in the police department.

In Arunachal Pradesh, Governor Brigadier B.D. Mishra (Retd.) appealed to the people of the state to cooperate and offer their land willingly whenever required in public interest.

After unfurling the national flag and taking the salute at the parade at the Indira Gandhi Park here, he emphasised on road and air connectivity and urged the citizens to think and act in the larger interest of the people, discarding individual benefits and to allow developmental projects to take off without raising objections Mishra also remembered the sacrifices made by freedom fighters and the valiant soldiers who guard the borders.

The Governor said that the nation, despite numerous challenges, has emerged stronger and reinforced on the strength of democratic institutions and values.

In his speech, Mishra also highlighted the achievements of the state government during the last one year in various fields, including education, health, agriculture and allied sectors, road connectivity, civil aviation, hydropower, water supply, sanitation, social justice, women and child development, sports, public security and law and order.

“We have successfully conducted the Arunachal Transformational and Aspirational Leaders Conclave to deliberate on the issues,” he said The state government has distributed free LPG connections to 26,818 beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the Governor added.

People of Assam have right on its resources: Gov Tri-colour falls off post during

Guwahati, Jan 26 (PTI): There is no place for illegal foreigners in Assam and only the indigenous people of the state have the right on its resources, Governor Jagdish Mukhi said Saturday.

Hoisting the national flag on the occasion of 70th Republic Day here, Mukhi said the government was working with commitment to have a permanent solution for the illegal infiltration problem in Assam.

“We are committed to build a new Assam. There is no place for any illegal immigrant here. The people of the state have all the rights on its resources and it will always remain like that,” he said. The state’s entire administrative machinery is working with its capability and dedication to prepare a correct National Register of Citizens (NRC) under the directions of the Supreme Court, Mukhi said.

Jagdish Mukhi “We will take all necessary steps to free Assam from illegal foreigners,” he added. Talking about the Assam Accord, the Governor said the Clause 6 was the soul of the pact and political rights of Assam’s indigenous people will be protected at any cost.

“We are happy that Clause 6 is going to get Constitutional recognition.

The Central government has formed a high-powered committee. It will submit

its report within six months after examining all aspects,” he said. However, five of the nine-member panel have declined from being part of it to protest against the Union government’s push to pass the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in parliament.

Mukhi further said the Central government has decided to grant Schedule Tribe (ST) status to six communities of Moran, Muttock, Sootea, Tai-Ahom, Koch-Rajbongshi and TeaTribes recognising their “decades of struggle”.

“While taking this decision, we are aware that there will be no adverse impact on the existing scheduled tribes,” he added. On the state’s law and order situation, Mukhi said some forces inimical to the interest of the country have always tried to cause harm for their own selfish reasons.

“They get help from

foreign elements, who want to destabilise our country.

There will be no mercy shown to them. We are committed in our resolution of a terror-free Assam. We are fully capable to suppress and control such forces,” he added. The Governor announced that the state will become open defecation free by October 2, coinciding with the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

“For this purpose, special emphasis has been given on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Already, 22,418 villages of 2,411 panchayats in 204 blocks in 28 districts have been declared open defecation free,” he said. Mukhi also said the state government was working for a corruption-free administration and as a result of efficiency, financial resources have increased last year with excise, transport and GST registering record income.

R-Day function in Arunachal

BD Mishra at the R-Day celebration in Itanagar, Saturday.

GUWAHATI, JAN 26 (AGENCIES): In a deeply embarrassing moment, the tri-color fell off the post as it was hoisted at the main R-Day function in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday.

In a clip that has gone viral on social media, the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, BD Mishra, is seen walking up the ramp to hoist the flag. Then, the jawans and the Governor tug at the flag in order to hoist it into the air. But for some Inexplicable reason, the flag snaps off the pole and lands on the ground.

To his credit, though, the Governor appears unruffled by the incident and while a jawan holds the flag aloft in the air, the Governor salutes the flag while the national anthem plays in the background.

The flag was re-hoisted after the incident was over.

An enquiry has been ordered into the incident.

YBF church building, Borlengri dedicated Indo-China border personnel meeting held

Dr. S.J. Akhum dedicating the new church building of YBF Borlengri, Karbi Anglong on Saturday.

D imap u r , J a n 2 6 (NPN): The newly constructed church building of Yimchunger Baptist Fellowship (YBF), Borlengri, Karbi Anglong was dedicated on Saturday by executive secretary of YBBA, Dr. S.J.

Akhum.

Speaking at the dedication programme, Dr. Akhum stressed on the importance of church and its purpose and asked the believers to fulfill and follow Gods instruction and its direction

for better growth of the society. He expressed hope that the church would be the stepping stone for the believers to start preaching the word of God and gospel to exalt and glorify the kingdom of God to the world. He also called upon the church elders and believers to shoulder responsibility and work with dedication and commitment for the growth of church and its mission.

The programme was chaired by Dr. James, pastor YBC Diphupar ‘B’ and welcome address was delivered by pastor YBF Borlenegri, K. Mahjih. Dedicatory prayer was offered by pastor of YBC Chumukedima, K. Akhum and vote of thanks was proposed by convenor of construction committee, Sope.

The dedication programme was attended by members of the western Yimchungru churches and well wishers.

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OFFICE OF THE KHEHOKHU VILLAGE COUNCIL

NOTICE

The Khehokhu Village Council issue immediate ban notice on all types of buying/selling/transfer/mortgage of land within its village jurisdiction without obtaining the prior approval from the Village Chief and the Village Council. Any person or party doing so will be doing at their own risk for which the council and the village shall not bear any responsibility.

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To, Indian and Chinese army officials during the meeting on Saturday.

D imap u r , J a n 2 6 (NPN): As part of the ongoing confidence building measures between India and China and to give a boost to the contact between the two armies, a Border Personnel Meeting was held at Kibithu on the Indian side of the LAC to celebrate the Republic Day. The Indian delegation was led by Brigadier Robi Kapoor of the Dao Division while the Chinese delegation was led by Senior Colonel Xu Hong Gang, stated

PRO (Defence) in a press release. The two delegations comprised of military officials from each side.

The Kibithu-Damai Border Meeting mechanism was started as a confidence building measure to resolve local boundary issues and has been instrumental in maintaining peace and tranquillity along the LAC since 2014.

While welcoming the Chinese, the Indian delegation expressed hope that coming together of troops from both sides will fa-

cilitate development of mutual cooperation, stated the PRO (Defence). The Indian side also presented cultural programme showcasing the rich culture heritage of the country.

Both sides also agreed that joint celebrations signified the importance attached by the two countries to enhance the trust and cooperation and hoped that such interactions will continue to foster the environment of mutual confidence and understanding, it added.

Dated, Alichen the 15th Jan '2019

NO. 10710 C/N Lanuwapang S/o. : Nungsangtemjen Village : Ungma P.O/P.S : Mokokchung/Mokokchung-II Dist. : Mokokchung State : Nagaland

CALLING NOTICE Whereas you have been found absent from bonafide Govt. duty w.e.f 23/11/18 till date without any leave or permission from the competent authority and whereas 2 (two) calling notices were issued and served on you vide the following letter Nos. NO.2NAP(A)89/18-19/2579, Dated 27/11/18 and NO.2NAP(A)89/18-19/2761, Dated 13/12/18. And whereas you have not reported till date, you are hereby directed to report to the undersigned within 7 (seven) days of publication of this notice, failing which you will be declared deserter and dismissed from service without further notice.

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We can resolve Ayodhya dispute in 24 hours: Yogi

New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said people’s “patience” on the issue of Ram temple is “fast running out” and if the Supreme Court is unable to give an early verdict on the dispute, it should “hand it over to us” and it will be resolved within 24 hours.

The Chief Minister also claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win more seats in Uttar Pradesh in the coming Lok Sabha elections than it did in 2014.

Asked by India TV whether he would resolve the Ayodhya issue through negotiations or by wielding the stick, Adityanath smiled and replied: “First let the court hand over the issue to us.

“I will still appeal to the court to dispose of the dispute soon. On September 30, 2010, the Allahabad High Court division bench gave its verdict not on the issue of division of land but upheld the view that the Babri structure was built by demolishing a Hindu temple or memorial. The Archaeo-

Yogi Adithyanath (File) logical Survey of India, on the High Court’s orders, carried out excavations and in its report admitted that the Babri structure was built by demolishing a Hindu temple or a memorial,” he said.

“By adding the title dispute unnecessarily, the Ayodhya dispute is being prolonged. We appeal to the Supreme Court to give us justice at the earliest, to the satisfaction of millions of people, so that it can become a symbol of people’s faith. But if there is unnecessary delay, institutions may lose people’s trust,” he added.

The Chief Minister said “the unnecessary delay ... is causing a crisis so far as

people’s patience and trust are concerned.”

“I want to say that the court should give its verdict soon, and if it is unable to do so, it should hand over the issue to us. We will resolve the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute within 24 hours. We won’t take 25 hours,” he said.

Asked why the Centre had not brought an ordinance, Adityanath said the matter was sub judice.

“Parliament cannot discuss matters that are sub judice.

We are leaving it to the court. Had the court given justice based on the 1994 affidavit filed by the then central government, a good message could have gone to the country. It would have been a nice example. But this unnecessary delay is causing a situation where people’s patience is fast running out.”

He said the question was not of gain or loss in elections but the faith of countrymen.

Adityanath said the Congress was at the root of this problem and it did not want it to be solved.

TRAI order: Parab threatens blackout of cable TV from Feb 1 Mumbai, Jan 25 (PTI): Opposing the new tariff order by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Shiv Sena legislator Anil Parab Friday threatened to blackout cable TV channels from February 1. He alleged that the TRAI decision was aimed at pushing the cable operators out of business, and demanded another three months time for the implementation of the order.

Speaking to reporters here, Parab, who is also the president of the Cable Operators and Distributors Association, said the TRAI in its order has asked the cable operators to comply with its new tariff rule by February 1 or face blackout.

“The cable operators have condemned this directive. This decision will not be beneficial to consumers, cable operators and distributors,” he said. The cable operators are showing 500 channels in Rs 200-350, he said.

The TRAI has said that consumers should be able to choose the channels they want to watch and cable operators should not sell big bouquets to them.

“If the bouquets are

SC issue notice President Kovind confers Uttarakhand govt to Centre on Ashoka Chakra on Nazir Wani hospital runs surveillance New Delhi, Jan 26 killed two terrorists during without electricity New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre on a plea challenging the validity of the State’s power of surveillance under the Telegraph and the Information Technology Acts.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to the Centre, the ministries of Electronics and Information Technology and Communications on the petition field by a human rights body People’s Union for Civil Liberties, which alleged that the law is “misused/abused rampantly” by the government.

The petition, filed through lawyer Sanjay Parikh, has urged the court to declare certain provisions under the Indian Telegraph Act and the Information Technology Act, which grant power of surveillance to the government, as violative of the Constitution.

The petition claimed that “the data that is available publicly shows rampant use of powers under these provisions.”

(PTI): Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, a militantturned-soldier who laid down his life fighting a group of terrorists in Shopian in Kashmir in November, was awarded the Ashoka Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday.

The award -- India’s highest peacetime gallantry honour -- was received by Wani’s wife and mother at the Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath. Wani is the first Kashmiri to be conferred the Ashoka Chakra.

On November 25, 38year-old Wani, hailing from Cheki Ashmuji in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, lost his life in a counterterror operation against six terrorists in Hirapur village near Batgund in Shopian.

Under intense hail of bullets from the terrorists, he eliminated the ‘district commander’ of the Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) and one foreign terrorist in a daring display of raw courage, Army officials said.

In the ensuing gunfight, he was hit multiple times including on his head.

He also injured another terrorist before succumbing to his grievous wounds, they said. According to the citation, Wani single-handedly

the Shopian operation and injured a third one despite receiving serious injuries.

“In an unparalleled saga of sacrifice, Lance Naik Wani prevented escape of the terrorists from the target house and made a huge contribution in neutralisation of six hardcore terrorists, in the process laying down his life upholding the highest tradition of the Indian Army,” it said.

One of his colleagues, who wished not to be named, said he always volunteered for challenging missions, displaying great courage under adverse conditions and exposing himself to grave danger on numerous occasions in the line of duty.

L a n c e N a i k Wa n i joined the Army’s 162 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry in 2004.

Wani was a recipient of the Sena Medal for gallantry twice in 2007 and 2018.

Wani was from a humble background and used to work for the benefit of the underprivileged sections of society in his locality.

Ashoka Chakra is the highest peacetime military decoration for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

Dehradun, Jan 25 (PTI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat Friday downplayed the nine deliveries by candlelight at a government hospital recently, saying it was an emergency.

“Candles had to be lit to perform the deliveries in an emergency. Do you want to say they should not have been lit?” Rawat snapped when asked about the incident. Nine deliveries were conducted using candlelight and torches at the Government Doon Medical College Hospital here due to power outage for several hours from 8 pm Tuesday.

The chief minister said Doon Hospital has all the facilities. Due to a technical fault in the generator on a day when the sole electrician of the hospital was on leave, the power could not be restored, forcing doctors to conduct deliveries by candlelight. Power was restored at the hospital over 14 hours later at 10 am on Wednesday. Chief medical superintendent of the hospital’s women wing, Meenakshi Joshi, said, “The inverter was not taking the load and the electrician was not available.”

kept small, then people will have to shell out over Rs 450 to watch the most common 32 channels,” Parab said.

In rural areas, people who now spend Rs 200, will have to pay Rs 450 for the same channels, he said.

The Sena leader said as per the new rules, of the total earnings, 80 per cent will go to the broadcasters, 10 per cent to multiple system operators and remaining to cable operators.

“Therefore, this seems to be a ploy to throw cable operators out of business.

Neither the consumers nor cable operators are happy with this decision. Is this game being played for broadcasters?” he asked.

“If TV channels blackout from February 1, cable operators should not be held responsible. The government should extend the deadline and come out with a new suitable tariff plan.

“If not, only free-toair channels will be seen from February 1, because we have not received the channels’ request from consumers,” he said and demanded an extension of 3 months to implement TRAI order.

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Former Kerala police chief slams Nambi Narayanan T h i ruva na nthapuram, Jan 26 (IANS): A day after the government announced Padma Bhushan for former ISRO scientist S. Nambi Narayanan, T.P. Senkumar, a former state police chief who was tipped to probe spy charges involving Narayanan, slammed the decision, saying the award came at a time when a Supreme Court committee was looking into the ISRO spy case.

“If this is the yardstick for a Padma award, then people like Govinda Chami, Ameerul Islam (both accused in the killing of two women) and Mariam Rasheeda (an accused along with Narayanan in the ISRO spy case), would get a Padma award next year. The government should have waited,” said Senkumar.

“Narayanan is a below average scientist... ask any ISRO scientist who is still working there about his contributions,” said Senkumar.

The ISRO spy case surfaced in 1994 when Narayanan along with another top official of ISRO, two Maldivian women and a businessman was arrested

S Nambi Narayanan (File) on espionage charges.

The CBI cleared Narayanan in 1995 and since then he has been fighting a legal battle against Siby Mathews, the then Inspector General of Police who had probed the case, and two other police officers.

Last year the Supreme Court directed the Kerala government to give him compensation of Rs 50 lakh for his travails.

Senkumar was asked by the then E.K. Nayanar government (1996-2001) to relook into the ISRO spy case, but it failed to materialize as by then, the apex court had cleared Narayanan.

Responding to Senkumar’s, remarks, Narayanan

said that in his petition for compensation, Senkumar was named as one of the parties.

“What Senkumar said today is immaterial and irrelevant and does not require to be answered.

What he has said is probably because he wants to mislead the Supreme Court.

I do not know if he has an agenda. He is speaking foolish things,” said Narayanan.

Senkumar was removed as the state police chief, the day current Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan assumed office in may 2016. After a long-drawn court battle, the Supreme Court directed that he be reinstated in May 2017. He retired from service in June 2017.

‘Modi, Shah rattled by Priyanka’s entry into politics’ New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI): The Congress said Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah are rattled by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s entry into politics but the party is not bothered and asserted that she will have a nationwide impact when she speaks.

Congress senior spokesperson Anand Sharma accused Prime Minister Modi of being in perpetual path of confrontation with the Congress party and attacking the party leadership relentlessly.

He, however, said the Congress party is not bothered and cautioned that those acting at their behest will be held accountable after the change of government.

“Why is the prime minister Modi and Amit Shah rattled by Priyanka Gandhi’s entry into politics. If it was not relevant and was not going to make a big impact on the people, then the BJP need not even react.

“What they have said, I do not attribute any wisdom to most of the BJP leaders.

If you look at their bench strength, it is pathetic and I can only say that I cannot dignify such irrelevant observation with an informed response. I reject it with the

Anand Sharma (File) contempt that it deserves,” he said on BJP leaders attacking Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Sharma also said that the attack of BJP leaders, including prime minister Modi, has never stopped as they have constantly attacked the party leadership.

He also said that Modi has been rattled ever since Rahul Gandhi’s appointment as Congress president and is now rattled over Priyanka Gandhi Vadra being made AICC general secretary.

“If Mr Modi considers himself popular, he should not be rattled. Instead, he should take stock of his party and stop his leaders from making statements... prime minister and Amit Shah should state clearly whether he endorses such cheap statements by BJP leaders,” he asked on statements made by certain BJP

leaders against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

On whether Priyanka Gandhi would play a bigger role in the party, he said, her role has been defined by the Congress President himself.

“I think she has been given a specific task and that is important. But, when political leaders campaign in today’s time, like Rahul Gandhi speaking in Bhubaneswar, the impact will be nationwide. So wherever Priyanka Gandhi-ji will speak, it will have a national impact,” he said.

“When have they not attacked Sonia Gandhi?

When did the Prime minister even have a small ceasefire during Holi, Diwali or Republic Day and Independence Day and did not attack Rahul Gandhi.

“Even when two armies

are fighting, they will have a brief truce, but this Prime Minister and the BJP, they have not had a truce with us.

He has been on a perpetual path of confrontation. So, we are not bothered, we are just cautioning that those who will be doing anything at their behest, they should be worried. In a few months’ times, accountability will be enforced,” the former union minister said.

Asked whether Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would contest Lok Sabha elections and from where, the senior Congress leader said she would decide on this and the Congress president has already stated his view on this issue.

To a question on Shiv Sena praising Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her role in reviving the Congress, Sharma claimed the party was alreayd on the revival path.

“Are we not on a revival path already? Modi Ji and Amit Shah Ji never stopped telling the country and the world that look at the map of India, when they were giving a call for a ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’ and one should now look at the map of India. So, we are already on the revival path.

Now, we are on the victory path,” he claimed.

Rahul gets front seat this Republic Day Gautam Khaitan remanded BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ still on; to two day’s ED-custody Cong MLA offered gift: K’taka CM

Congress President Rahul Gandhi and other dignitaries during the 70th Republic Day Parade at Rajpath in New Delhi, Saturday. (PTI)

New Delhi, Jan 26 (AGENCIES): After a row over his seating arrangement at the Republic Day last year, Congress president Rahul Gandhi was seen sitting in the front row along with Union minister Nitin Gadkari at the 70th Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. While Gandhi got a front row seat, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad was seen seated in the second row behind Gandhi, unlike last year when both of them were made to sit

in the sixth row.

Gandhi, who had taken over as the new Congress chief last year from his mother Sonia Gandhi, was designated the sixth row seat during the 2018 Republic Day celebrations, prompting angry protest from his party which accused the government of setting aside traditions and indulging in “cheap politics”.

The Congress sources maintained that their party presidents had always been seated in the front row at

the Republic Day Parade celebrations at Rajpath.

Gandhi earlier took to Twitter to wish the countrymen on Republic Day. “Best wishes to the countrymen on Republic Day,” he said. Senior party leader P Chidambaram also wished the citizens on the occasion.

“Happy Republic Day to all. Republic Day marks the birth of the Constitution of India. Celebrating the Constitution is a joy.

Saving the Constitution is a duty,” he tweeted.

New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, in a fresh money laundering case, agency officials said on Saturday. He was produced before a duty magistrate on Saturday, who remnaded him to ED custody till Janaury 28. The arrest comes a week after the Income Tax Department raided Khaitan’s offices and various other properties in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).

It is learned that the Department has gathered evidence against the lawyer for allegedly receiving kickbacks in other defence deals, besides AgustaWestland, during the UPA tenure.

The ED said that the lawyer had been “controlling” the modus operandi and was responsible for routing the money, misusing his connections and clients, including the ones inherited from his father, to launder

the money with the use of a variety of accounts in Dubai, Mauritius, Singapore, Tunisia, Switzerland, the UK and India.

Agency officials said the accounts included those of his undisclosed shell companies outside of India.

An informed source told IANS that the ED has also found a Zambia connection of Khaitan. He is known to be close to Henry Banda, one of the three sons of former President Rupiah Banda, who is accused of abusing his authority as head of state between 2008 and 2011. Dingani Banda received 250,000 euros from IDS Tunisia, a company that laundered money in the AgustaWestland scam, the source added. Khaitan apparently helped set up trust and companies for Henry Banda in Seychelles to buy a property in Kenya. The ED as well as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named Khaitan in their separate chargesheets in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.

Bengaluru, Jan 26 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday claimed opposition BJP was continuing its Operation Lotus to topple the JDS-Congress government and tried to lure a Congress legislator with ‘gift’.

Accusing BJP and its state president B S Yeddyurappa of being behind the offer allegedly made Thursday night, he said the MLA informed him that he had rejected the gift.

“Operation Lotus is on. Yesterday night also they have telephoned a Congress legislator, asking him- where to send the gift, Kumaraswamy told reporters here.

The chief minister’s fresh allegation comes days after Yeedyurappa had said the BJP would not destabilise the ruling coalition.

The state had remained in the grip of political unrest for several days recently with the Congress on tenterhooks to keep its numbers intact amid fears of poaching by

the BJP after two independent MLAs withdrew their support to the coalition government.

In a return of resort politics, all 104 BJP MLAs had stayed in a hotel in Mumbai for some days recently while the Congress too shifted its legislators to a resort. Subsequently, the MLAs returned to the city last week. Four Congress MLAs had skipped a crucial legislature party meeting on January 18, indicating all is not well within the party.

Operation Lotus is a reference to the BJP allegedly luring several opposition MLAs to resign their assembly membership and defect and win the election on the saffron party ticket later to ensure stability of its then-government headed Yeddyurappa in 2008.

In his media interaction Friday, Kumarasamy, without naming anyone, said: “he (the legislator) has already informed me.

The legislator has told them (BJP) that he don’t want

their gift and to leave him peacefully.

It is not a small gift.

From where it (gift) is coming to Yeddyurappa? As Chief Minister in 2008 he had made similar attempts- making MLAs as commodities for sale, he has continued his work, it is his addiction, what can I do for it,” he said responding to questions.

Asked about the cost of the gift this time, he said, It is hard to guess, you will be surprised,” but did not elaborate.

Speaking to reporters in Kolar earlier, Yeddyurappa said there was confusion within the Congress and the ruling alliance and their MLA and his party had nothing to do with it. “...let’s wait and watchwhat will happen because of their confusion within...we are not playing any game, they (Congress-JD(S) are playing the game, let’s wait and watch what will happen, he said in response to a question.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXIX NO. 50 Dimapur, SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019

Border belligerence

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wo incidents along the Assam-Nagaland border under Mokokchung district amplify the volatility of the situation in that stretch and confirming that any incident is enough to light the spark that could engulf the two states in another serious confrontation.

There have been several incidents that had taken place in the past at the border between Mokokchung districts and adjoining districts of Assam - Jorhat Sivasagar and Charaideo. When there have been so many incidents in the past, it is not surprising that people living on both sides have become sensitive or over sensitive and resulting in quick build-up of tension.

The January 24,2019 incident at Lirmen village, under Mokokchung district inflamed passions after people of the village dismantled some huts constructed within the area which the villagers claimed as theirs. The huts and some construction items belonged to workers contracted to build the Assam Police outpost. It is believed that the issue has also inflamed tensions on the other side of the border under Jorhat district.

Timely intervention by the civil administration of both Mokokchung and Jorhat districts somehow brought the situation under control. This incident took place nearly six months after the July 23,2018 incident at the border between Amguri (Assam) and Tuli(Nagaland).

The July 23, 2018 incident on the Amguri-Mokokchung side was precipitated by the decision made at some level by the Sivasagar district administration to establish an Assam Police outpost within the area falling under Mokokchung district. The particular area near the Nagaland Police check gate is claimed by Wamaken village. The land has been cultivated by the Wamaken villagers since time immemorial. In order to construct the proposed police outpost, the jungles, which fell within Nagaland had to be cleared.

Thus while clearing the jungles, the land owners from Nagaland side, the villager of Wamekan, turned up the next day and chased the jungle clearing labourers from Assam side. According to reports , the decision to set up the police outpost was pushed by the local Amguri MLA and despite the potential threat on law and order, it got the nod from the civil administration and police. Both the incidents-July 23,2018 and January 24,2019 were related with setting up of Assam Police outposts under areas that belong to Nagas.

The two incidents also clearly prove that Assam has wilfully violated the very Border Agreement it signed in 1972. The agreement clearly barred both states from opening any new police outpost. Also any shifting of police force should have the concurrence of both states and the nod from the common IGP Border.

Nagaland considered the 1972 Agreement as biased against its interest and favouring Assam especially because the common IGP border in-charge of police forces of both states deployed along the border, was appointed from the Assam Police. The consequences of the flawed arrangement proved to be the main cause for the full scale offensive by Assam Police on the small Nagaland Police outpost at Merapani in 1985. Instead of trying to prevent any incident, it is very unfortunate, that Assam Police has been trying to establish outposts within Naga areas. The government of Nagaland has to take serious note of Assam’s border intransigence and take precautionary steps to discourage such acts in the larger interest of peace and harmony between the people of the two states.

DailyDevotion Look Again and Consecrate

If God so clothes the grass of the field…, will He not much more clothe you…? —Matthew 6:30 A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we will not be simple. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we may understand Him? By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, and obeying Him as He brings us the truth of His Word, life will become amazingly simple. Jesus asks us to consider that “if God so clothes the grass of the field…” how “much more” will He clothe you, if you keep your relationship right with Him? Every time we lose ground in our fellowship with God, it is because we have disrespectfully thought that we knew better than Jesus Christ.

We have allowed “the cares of this world” to enter in (Matthew 13:22), while forgetting the “much more” of our heavenly Father.

“Look at the birds of the air…” (Matthew 6:26).

Their function is to obey the instincts God placed within them, and God watches over them. Jesus said that if you have the right relationship with Him and will obey His Spirit within you, then God will care for your “feathers” too.

“Consider the lilies of the field…” (Matthew 6:28).

They grow where they are planted. Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us. Therefore, we don’t take root anywhere. Jesus said if we would obey the life of God within us, He would look after all other things. Did Jesus Christ lie to us? Are we experiencing the “much more” He promised? If we are not, it is because we are not obeying the life God has given us and have cluttered our minds with confusing thoughts and worries. How much time have we wasted asking God senseless questions while we should be absolutely free to concentrate on our service to Him? Consecration is the act of continually separating myself from everything except that which God has appointed me to do. It is not a one-time experience but an ongoing process. Am I continually separating myself and looking to God every day of my life?

Quotes

Love is space and time measured by the heart. ~ Marcel Proust

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019

Post-mortem

Can Priyanka match Modi’s oratory?

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s Priyanka Vadra the brahmastra (the ultimate weapon) of Rahul Gandhi directed only at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or is one of the Congress president’s targets also the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) combine in Uttar Pradesh?

While the BJP is obviously the Congress’s main adversary, politics in India can rarely be depicted in black and white. There are shades of grey which blur the outlines of friends and foes.

There is little doubt that the Congress was miffed by the peremptory decision of the SP and the BSP to treat Uttar Pradesh as an exclusive bailiwick of their own by keeping out the Congress from their own state-level minigathbandhan by allotting the 134-year party only two seats out of 80 for the forthcoming general election.

The blow of the exclusion could have been softened by a few kind words, as the SP’s Akhilesh Yadav subsequently did by expressing his “respect” for Rahul Gandhi. But the BSP’s Mayawati was unduly harsh as she has been ever since she abruptly broke off the seat-sharing talks with the Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Following the uncalled for snub in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress vowed to contest all the 80 seats in the state.

Priyanka Vadra’s appointment as the party’s general secretary for eastern Uttar Pradesh (Jyotiraditya Scindia has been chosen for the western half) may well be related to the extra effort which the Congress will have to put in to make its presence felt in a state where it hasn’t fared well for a decade.

It goes without saying that the SP-BSP combine will not be too pleased with a reinvigorated Congress taking the field because there is little doubt that the Congress cadres will be greatly enthused by the formal induction of a charismatic scion of the party’s first family for whom they have

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anagement education – Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is perhaps the most preferred professional course for the graduates. It is a common expectation of the organizations and the students that Management Schools should strive to develop the curriculum in such as way so as to meet the requirement of the hiring organizations.

The business environment is unpredictable and is subject to constant change.

The professionals struggle to adapt to the changes to new technology, new products, new regulations and a stiff market competition. Management schools are thus often subjected to criticism by the professionals on the fact that they (Management Schools) instead of being ahead of the changes in terms of teaching and research are just followers of the changes. Further, there are also criticisms that Management Education does not take into account the real world industry issues. Thus, how far Management education has a proper significant relevance to Managers` duties is an area which is open to question.

The weakness of management education was addressed in the two reports, namely; Gordon-Howell report captioned “Higher education for business” published in 1959 and the report by Frank Pierson captioned, “The education

long been waiting.

Will this stirring at the ground level induce the SPBSP combine to take a fresh look at its virtual hogging of the seats by taking 75 of them - SP 37, BSP 38, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) three and the Congress two?

At the moment, the SP, the BSP and the RLD expect that they have an unbreachable support base of backward castes, jatavs and jats.

Now, they will expect a revived Congress to wean away the upper castes from the BJP, thereby securing a foolproof winning caste arithmetic for the “secular” parties.

But it is also possible that a three-way division of votes between the SP-BSP-RLD, the Congress and the BJP will help the latter, especially if the Muslim votes are divided between the SP-BSP-RLD and the Congress.

In addition, Rahul Gandhi’s assertion that the Congress will not be playing on the back foot, which is already evident from the party’s decision to have no truck with the Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh and the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, means that the claims about fielding one “secular” candidate against the BJP in each constituency will not come true in some states.

As a result, the dampening effect on the talk of a national-level mahagathbandhan is easy to imagine.

Priyanka Vadra’s entry, therefore, can have an unsettling effect which may not always be beneficial for the Congress in the matter of winning friends and influencing people.

However, the political energy which she is likely to infuse into the Congress with her communication skills and a lively, empathetic interaction with the crowds can bolster her brother’s claims to be the Prime Minister.

Already, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has echoed DMK leader M.K. Stalin’s call for making Rahul

Gandhi the “secular” combine’s prime ministerial face.

This turn of events will not please either the Trinamool Congress’s Mamata Banerjee - Kumaraswamy has said that he was misquoted about making her the PM - or the BSP’s Mayawati.

While these r umbles among the secularists will please the BJP, it will also have to take note of its ally, the Shiv Sena’s observation that Priyanka Vadra’s entry into big time politics is in keeping with the achhe din (good days) which have come for the Congress ever since it won the three assembly elections in north and central India.

While one Shiv Sena spokesperson reiterated the commonly articulated resemblance between Indira Gandhi and her granddaughter, another noted the “rishta” (relationship) which the NehruGandhi dynasty has had with the people of India.

It is a stance which is diametrically opposite to the BJP’s constant criticism of the Congress dynastism and the supposed political and economic follies of Jawaharlal Nehru and his progenies.

Since the BJP is dependent on Narendra Modi’s oratorical skills, it cannot but be wary of Priyanka Vadra’s forays in this field since she may present a kind of challenge which the BJP hasn’t faced in the last four-and-ahalf years.

The BJP will also carefully watch Priyanka Vadra’s capacity to attract crowds to see whether she matches Nehru’s and Indira Gandhi’s magnetism.

What the national opposition has lacked so far is a leader who can take on Modi on his own terms in the matter of eloquence and popular appeal since Rahul Gandhi, by his own admission, never quite measured up to these exacting demands. Now the scales are more evenly balanced.

(IANS) Amulya Ganguli, (amulyaganguli@gmail.com)

Counter rejoinder to NPF, Peren Division

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DPP, Peren Region is neither interested nor keen to issue rejoinders or issue press releases resulting in unnecessary paper war. However, false claims and accusation of NPF Peren Division against Honourable MLA & Advisor Shri. Namri Nchang is instigating the NDPP Peren Region to clarify senseless statements that appeared again in Nagaland Post on 23-01-2019.

Terming the clarification of facts which appeared on 22-01-2019 as ‘defamatory’ by NPF Peren Division is again very immatured.

1. Once again, it is reiterated that Tening SDO (Civil) Hq. was upgraded to ADC administrative Hq. and Ahthibung EAC Hq. to SDO (Civil) Hq. by the previous DAN Government. NPF Peren Division claimed that the upgradation was at the behest and insistence of Shri. TR Zeliang to upheld the cherished dreams of the people of Tening. However, it is to be noted that Shri. TR Zeliang was elected four times from Tening constituency and elected thrice from Peren and was in the Government all throughout even to the extent of becoming a Chief Minister. He could have already taken up all these upgradation long back he was in power for many years. Therefore, the fact remains that upgradation of these administrative headquarters was taken up only after Shri.

Namri Nchang was elected to NLA in 2013 due to his dynamic leadership and deep concern for the people.

2. It is to be stated that if Shri.

TR Zeliang has so much concern for the people of Tening area, why could he sanction a mere Rs. 1.50 crore only for Tening-Peren road in 2017-18 when he could not repair or maintain the road after being elected from Tening Constituency from 1989 to 2004 and 2008 till date from Peren Constituency. Its a pity that NPF Peren Division still wants to defend the indefensible position of their leader who has done nothing for Tening area even if his village also falls under Tening Constituency. The present deplorable road condition of PerenTening is the living witness for all to see which even passes through the village of the Former CM Shri.

TR Zeliang, the worst stretch being in his village area.

3. As for the sanction of upgradation of Tening-New Peren

road, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India accorded approval in principle vide letter No. 12031/54/2014/ NG/NH-8 dated 20th August 2018 amounting to Rs. 55.00 crore against the proposal of the present PDA Government. If NPF Peren Division have evidence of any sanction order for Peren-Tening road from Central Government for proposals sent by their Leader as claimed, a copy of the order may please be furnished.

4. As for cardamom farming under NEC, let it be made known to all sensible persons of Peren district that Rs. 4.00 crore was sanctioned for Peren District against which Shri. TR Zeliang proposed to implement the whole amount of the scheme in his village only. Therefore, accusing Shri. Namri Nchang of diverting the scheme to Nchangram village is totally incorrect. Instead, he proposed to distribute the funds to all neighboring villages in compact area for equal implementation of the scheme amongst the villagers and not diverting the fund to Nchangram village alone as stated

by NPF Peren Division. This fact may not even be known to NPF leaders of Peren District on how their leader tried to concentrate a scheme in his village only.

Finally, NDPP Peren Region also would like to state that Shri. Haigam Kauring, President, NPF Peren Division was once a dynamic activist against the nondevelopmental policy of Shri. TR Zeliang in the district and it is quite astonishing to see his press releases against his old time leader Shri.

Namri Nchang who he himself knew is capable of bringing actual development in the district in letter and spirit instead of projects on papers alone. It is therefore, incomprehensible on how such a person can stoop so low, if not for his personal benefits and selfish gains, forgetting his genuine concern for the people of the District.

NDPP Peren Region has all the documented proofs and is ready for any debate and discussion if NPF Peren Division would like to continue with the false accusations against Shri. Namri Nchang about developmental activities in the District.

Ziekuidi Zeliang, President, NDPP, Peren Division

Are management schools well equipped?

of American businessman : A study of UniversityCollege programs in Business Administration” published in 1959. Both these reports mentioned that the management schools maintained a low standard of curriculum and that the management schools are not fully focused on enhancing the managerial skills of the candidates.

The Management schools are often criticized for being theory based with major emphasis on developing the analytical skills of the candidates without much focus on enhancing their interpersonal or soft skills. Critics also state that management schools instead of giving importance to the issues that the industry is currently facing are confined to the limited course structure.

A l t h o u g h , M BA / PGDM courseshelp the candidates to fetch a good job with a competitive compensation package even before completion of the course through campus placement, the ethical factor of these courses becomes debatable. This is justified by the fact that the hiring organizations find it difficult to retain the new joinees who after gathering few months / years of work experience leave the organization for higher compensation package. Further, most of the business schools in order to attract the candidates to take admission display the compensation package in the website that the passed out candidates got through campus placement. This

builds the greediness at the mind-set of the candidates at the very start.

Again, how far the research undertaken by the Management schools have practical implications for the professionals / practitioners may be questioned.

This is becauseresearch activities undertaken by the Management Schools primarily focus on scientific approach with application of statistical tools / quantitative methodology.

Thus, scholars would be predominantly focusing in those research activities which is easily quantifiable and which may not be so useful for the professionals or practitioner.

Another thorny issue ismanagement research is not adding much value to the practitioners / professionals. This is because the research papers get published in academic journals only and the practitioners do not have access to academic journals. They mostly refer to economic dailies and relevant business magazines. Hence the developments that are taking place in management research are confined with the academicians giving rise to huge gap between academicians and practitioners.

The faculty imparting the management education needs to play a pivotal role in making the candidates understand the concepts of management and its practical application. Sadly, in India the regulatory bodies seem to dilute the Management education since the regulations do

not give much heed on the practical industry exposure of the faculties. This statement can be justified from the fact that The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Approval Process Handbook (2018 – 19) states that the minimum qualification for appointment of Assistant Professors for MBA Course in University/ Institute should be First Class or Equivalent in Master’s Degree in Business Administration with 2 years of relevant experience. Whether 2

years industry experience is sufficient for a faculty to gain the requisite level of practical experience may be questioned.

It is high time Management Schools design the curriculum in such a way such that it should be able to address the current issues/problems that the industry is facing today.

Fur ther, Management Schools may take remedial measures through which the research in Management may be made available to the practitioners/ professionals since cur-

rently such research papers are appearing in academic journals and the practitioners do not have access to those journals. Thiswould help the practitioners use the research findings in practical field and also increase their knowledge base. Finally, the regulatory bodies may emphasize more on industry exposure for recruiting faculties for imparting management education.

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Reader’s Post

Some questions to India on her 70th Republic Day Sir,

India indeed has many reasons to celebrate her 70th Republic Day because she has accomplished a lot in the past 70 years of being a sovereign independent republic. Ever since 1947, she has indeed breathed the air of freedom and liberty from the suffocating clutches of foreign rule for over 200 years. But does she realize that for the same past 70 years, she has subjected others to the same suffocating foreign rule with her arrogant military power and her most unjust laws and Acts?

Why is the whole so called North East India agitating and boycotting the 70th Indian republic day tomorrow? Surely, if they were really a part of India, they should also have been enthusiastically participating in India’s republic day. And why are there still draconian Acts and Regulations like the Disturbed Area Act of 1955 and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958 still operating in the so called Indian north eastern states? Acts like these and others like the Assam Disturbed Area Act 1953 and the Nagaland Regulation Act 1962 have been there right from the early 1950’s to the present? Do any other states in the world suppress and oppress their own citizens with such draconian laws even while celebrating 70 years of their independence days?

As for Nagaland, Nagaland is not in India, but India is presently in Nagaland by invasion and occupation. As such, while respecting India’s sovereign flag, I for one will never voluntarily celebrate India’s Republic Day in my land or salute her national flag in my land.

Kaka D. Iralu

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

Tsenthungo Ngulli, Agriculture department officials and others after the Agro-Servicing Centre inauguration program held in Mon on January 25.

DIMAPUR: The department of Agriculture, under District Agriculture Officer Mon, inaugurated an Agro-Servicing Centre on January 25 in Mon town.

A press release from deputy DAO Mon, L. Sunep, stated that chief guest, EAC Mon, Tsenthungo Ngulli, appreciated the department of Agriculture for setting up the centre, which, he said, was a first of its kind in the district. He encouraged the department to work tirelessly for the farming

community to uplift the economic status of farmers by increasing production.

He also acknowledged and urged the proprietor, Chingak, to make available all

necessary equipment and services for farmers in the district.

The prog ram was chaired by DAO, Mon, B. Nyenghong Phom.

Power tillers and Brush cutters distributed

District Agriculture Officer, Mon, held a free distribution of power tillers and brush cutters program, under SMAM, on the same day.

DAO, Mon, B. Nyenghong Phom, highlighted the departmental programs under mechanized farming program and encouraged beneficiaries to make best use of the machines in cultivation, and to cooperate with the department to achieve the vision of “Food For All” by 2025.

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Birth of Girl Child program in Englan DIMAPUR: A ‘Birth of Girl Child’ program was held at EAC office Englan on January 23. The occasion was graced by Medical Officer PHC, Dr. Mhachan Lotha.

A press release issued

by EAC Englan, Echungbemo Erui stated that Dr. Mhachan Lotha delivered a speech on teenage & adolescent pregnancies and also gave free medical checkups to new born girls. After the cake cutting ceremony with mothers and their daughters, Dr. Mhachan presented the baby and urged parents to educate their children with-

out gender discrimination.

The event’s main motive was to sensitize the common masses about the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign and facilitate mothers who give birth to girls. Through this, it is hoped that the message that daughters are equally precious will be spread.

The prog ram was c h a i r e d b y Au g u s t e n Odyuo; a vote of thanks was proposed by EAC Englan. The event also marked the end of the three days program held in different parts of Englan range under the BBBP campaign.

Free medical camp at Namgalong Colony, Dimapur DIMAPUR: Namgalong Colony Council (NCC) Burma Camp, ward 5 organized a free medical camp and distributed free medicine, in collaboration with the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) on January 25 at its council hall.

A press release from NCC Burma Camp stated that the medical camp was led by Dr. Anguto and his team.

The medical camp administered and conducted blood sugar tests, gastric checks, blood pressure checks, cold flu treatment, etc. NCC chairman, M. Gangmei has acknowledged Dr. Anguto and his tireless team from NUHM for reaching out to Namgalong colony and providing the health facilities.

Altogether 102 persons, including children, availed of the camp’s facilities.

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DIMAPUR: Leader of Opposition, NLA, T. R. Zeliang has expressed pain at the demise of senior NPF party leader, Lutkholal Singson (Lutlal), vice-president of 5 Gaspani-II AC who passed away at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong after a brief illness on January 26.

In a condolence message, T. R. Zeliang described late Lutkholal as a strong regionalist who had served the NPF in various capacities. He stated that late Lutkholal, aged 66 years, hailed from Sirhima village under Gaspani-II AC, Dimapur district and was an upright, sincere and honest leader, and the vacuum caused by his untimely demise will be difficult to fill.

Zeliang also stated that his demise was a great loss to the NPF and the Kuki community in particular.

Zeliang along with his family members prayed that the Almighty God grant peace and solace to the bereaved family and the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

DIMAPUR: NPF minority wing central and division observed the 70th Indian Republic Day on January 26, with 32 orphaned children at Neighbourhood Children Home (NCH), Midland, Dimapur with Shanye Thong, project director and Rev. Daniel Shayan president of International Neigbourhood Service (INS).

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stories of the sacrifice of Indian freedom fighters.

Roshan Tamang, divisional president unfurled the TriColour.

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Acharya reiterates state cabinet’s stand on CAB

(From p-1) He said Dimapur hosted the first ever Ranji trophy match for Nagaland, adding that Nagaland cricket team made a record by winning their first ever match. He also said that with the installation of Astro turf at IG Stadium Kohima, the state capital was ready to host national and international matches and tournaments.

On investment sector in the state, governor said the government was devising means for a New Land Record and Land Use Policy. He said government also intends to revise power policy to facilitate investment in the hydro power sector and have set up the investment and development authority of Nagaland (IDAN) to help set all these into motion.

To boost entrepreneurship and economic activities in the state, Acharya said the first ever entrepreneur meet and buyer seller meets had been organized. He Nagaland Skills Development and Entrepreneurship Society (NSDES) has been formed and MoUs signed with 12 training partners for ensuring skill training and upgradation.

On health sector, he said state government has signed an MoU with the Centre for establishment a national centre for disease control (NCDC) branch at Dimapur. Besides, Acharya also highlighted measles

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Rubella vaccination campaign that achieved 97% of the target, upgraded new hospital at Kiphire, new AYUSH hospital inaugurated at Noklak, launching of Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Scheme which provides cashless health insurance of Rs. 5 lakhs to almost 2.33 lakhs beneficiary families in the state.

Under MGNREGS, governor informed that the Ministry of Rural Development has approved 127 lakhs person days for the state amounting to Rs. 325 crores. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission, he said has been taken up in 639 villages under 43 blocks in nine districts, adding that 4545 self help groups (SHGs) were actively engaged in income generating activities covering 42200 households. Acharya also said that administrative fund for Rs.35 lakh had been released for preparation of integrated cluster action plan (ICAP) and a total of 8481 houses are proposed to be constructed during 2018-19 under Prime Minister Awas Yojana –Gramin (PMAY-G).

Further, to boost socioeconomic development of the state, governor said special thrust was directed on improvement of road communication infrastructure, though special road programme, NABARD-RIDF, PMGSY and GoI fund-

ing under ministry of road transport and highways.

During 2018-19, he stated that vital road connectivity from NH-29 at Burma camp to Lahorijan river with a major bridge of 30 metres span has been completed, six additional roads of 795 km stretch have been approved “in principle” to be brought under national highway, two-laning of NH-02 Botsa- Wokha, Yisemyong to Unger, improvement works at Kohima, Dimapur city portion road are taken up on war footing.

Stating that the state cannot afford to be complacent, governor stressed the need to set up more infrastructural facilities and maintain them besides creating employment opportunities for the people to enable them to be economically self-reliant.

Acharya appealed to the people of Nagaland to have a sense of ownership and responsibility and to come forward and join hands with the government so as to march together towards all-round development. After the formal programme, governor inaugurated the exhibition stalls set up by the various government departments.

The parade contingents were led by Dy. Commandant, Denyong as parade commander and assistant commandant Lucy Yhome as parade 2nd incharge.

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DIMAPUR: Phek Battalion (22 Assam Rifles) conducted a lecture on “Rain water harvesting” at Meluri, Phek on January 22. According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the lecture organized was to spread awareness about various techniques of rain water harvesting and methods of storing rain water. Demonstration on rain water harvesting techniques was also shown through existing facilities available inside the Assam Rifles camp, Meluri. 21 locals from Meluri attended the lecture.

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Nagaland Contractors & Suppliers Union (NCSU) head office Kohima as part of the 70th Republic Day celebrations visited Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK). NCSU officials and members led by NCSU president Pele Khezhie extended philanthropic services to the patients in the hospital. (NCSU head office, Kohima general secretary, John Kath)

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about Sümi, Rengma and Sangtam languages. “They are totally ignored and excluded as Chakhesang languages,” SVC lamented. According to SVC, there were eight villages, which speak Sümi language, and the third largest group among Chakhesang. It said there was also Rengma speaking village and Sangtam speaking village. “A comparative study of these languages may not be taken into consideration as the CPO and Research Committee had selected to study only three languages. Yet, the existence of other languages should be mentioned, if the CPO considered them to be part of Chakhesang,” SVC stated.

Stating that language is one identity, SVC said it appeared that “CPO and its research committee denied their existence and identity among Chakhesang.” SVC remarked that exclusion of brothers and sisters “may not bring unity and brotherhood”, but rather create disunity among own people.

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DIMAPUR, JAN 26 (NPN): Sümi Village Council (SVC) Phek while appreciating Chakhesang Public Organisaton (CPO) and its research committee for bringing out a book on Chakhesang languages has sought clarification whether the other languages apart from Chokri, Khezha- Kuzhale and Poula were considered as Chakhesang.

In a press release, SVC Phek chairman, Neitelo Rhakho, said they fully understand that the outcome of the research was for better communication and to foster brotherhood among those that speak Chakhesang languages such as Chokri, Khezha-Kuzhale and Poula.

“A comparative study of these three languages is well appreciated and for which we do not have any comments or complain,” SVC said. It, however, pointed out that Chakhesang does have Sümi, Rengma and Sangtam languages, adding that there was not a single word or line mentioned

Deputy chief minister Y Patton held a meeting with members of BJP Zunheboto district on January 25 in Zunheboto. While paying a courtesy visit to the district party workers, he expressed confidence that the BJP party will come to power at the Centre in the forth coming Lok Sabha General Elections. (Dy CM Media Cell)

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Mumbai, Jan 26 (Agencies): Indian Overseas Bank (IOB’s) net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2018 contracted by 64.37 per cent to Rs 346.02 crore from Rs 971.17 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2017. Total income was up 12.39 per cent to Rs 5,689 crore from Rs 5,062 crore in the year-ago quarter.

Gross NPA stood at Rs 35,787 crore (23.76 per cent of advances) as against Rs 33,267 crore (21.95 per cent) as on December 31, 2017.

Total recovery was up 23.24 per cent to Rs 3,723 crore achieved for quarter ended December 2018 as against the recovery of Rs 3,021 crore during quarter ended December 2017.

Total fresh slippage for the quarter ended December 2018 stood at Rs 1,790 crore.

Recovery was substantially higher than slippages during the quarter mainly due to focused priority action on arresting slippages and improving recovery in NPA/ OTS accounts.

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DAVOS, Jan 26 (PTI): The Indian IT sector faces global headwinds like Brexit but developments around Globalisation 4.0 and 5G technology will bring growth for the industry this year, Tech Mahindra’s MD and CEO CP Gurnani said.

He also flagged currency risks but added that the domestic IT sector will benefit from investments in digital. “Uncertainty and lack of clarity around the US shutdown and Brexit are risks for the IT industry.

However, the IT sector is poised for future growth, with technology being the key enabler for Globalization 4.0. Technology is at the core of everything we do, be it solving the skill problem or sustainability issues,” Gurnani told PTI. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump on Friday backed a deal to temporarily end the record-breaking government shutdown. “While US accounts for 60 per cent of the Indian IT spend, for

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Tech Mahindra, 45-46 per cent business comes from US. We also have other currencies to battle. Every currency has its own equation with the US currency and hence, it all balances out in the end. The impact of the current geopolitical issues, if any, is likely to be two to three quarters away.

I would wait and watch before drawing any conclusion,” he said.

Britain is set to exit the 28-member EU on March 29. But with just over two months to go, Britain is still undecided on a roadmap, which has led to uncertainties for businesses and the global economy as a

whole.

Gurnani, who served as chairman of IT industry body NASSCOM in 2016-17, said the Indian IT sector is betting big on Globalization 4.0 where global trade will be shaped mainly by the use of technology. “Despite a global slowdown, India has witnessed robust growth and is poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. Together with Asia, India has a critical role to play in Globalization 4.0, and it is important for us to sustain the momentum,” he said.

According to Gartner estimates, India’s IT spending will grow by 6. 7 per cent in 2019 to USD 89 billion. Increasing spending on three segments -devices, enterprise software and IT services -- will give a major boost to IT spending levels in India in 2019, it said. “2019 will be the year of growth as the IT industry invests aggressively in digital. The future is now, and it is all about

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being agile and being able to deliver better customer and citizen services. The economy is being driven by millennials that has led to a huge demand for data and data services. Using data for personalization and customization of services will hold the key,” Gurnani said.

He also said Tech Mahindra is betting big on emerging technologies like 5G, the blockchain, artificial intelligence, deep machine lear ning and quantum computing and will continue to focus on strategic acquisitions to scale faster. “The future of innovation depends on the successful rollout and implementation of 5G. Networks are at the heart of accelerating digital transformation and a fully functional 5G network will deliver unprecedented productivity gains. After 18 months, 5G will take the centre-stage in the tech world and all our conversations will be about digital and 5G,” he said.

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The bank has undertaken structural transformation and measures like integrating instant money transfer services -- SWIFT system (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) -- with the Core Banking Solutions.

“The bank has segregated different verticals like credit processing, monitoring and recovery,” they said.

In order to improve its image, the bank has also initiated major campaigns.

PNB has partnered with Kolkata Metro to co-brand rakes and the PNB chief flagged a train on Friday.

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The bank recently recovered Rs 60 crore from disposing some of Modi’s assets in the US, they said.

Meanwhile, the officials said that PNB’s CLP centres aim to strengthen the bank’s internal credit offering systems and processes.

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of the national carrier, the government has decided to transfer debt worth Rs 29,000 crore to Air India Asset Holding Company, a special purpose vehicle.

The airline has debt worth around Rs 55,000 crore.

Air India is staying afloat on a bailout package extended by the

Kolkata, Jan 26 (PTI): Punjab National Bank (PNB) said Friday its fresh NPAs have been coming down as it continues to reinforce internal processes to deal with the situation better. A top PNB official said it has already provisioned close to Rs 14,000 crore towards fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi’s alleged fraud on its books and all recoveries will only add to its profit.

“The fresh slippages are coming down,” PNB managing director and CEO Sunil Mehta said here without elaborating. He was speaking to reporters at the inauguration of a central loan processing centre (CLPC) in the city which is part of its futuristic initiative called Mission Parivartan.

As of Septmeber 2018, PNB’s gross non performing asset (NPA) was around Rs 80,000 crore. Officials said they have provisioned around Rs 14,000 crore, which was up from earlier estimates for the alleged

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to 5.5 per cent over 200308, with Nifty-500 profits growing at a substantial 31 per cent, 2 times the pace of underlying GDP growth driven by the export-, investment- and capexoriented sectors. Between 2003 and 2008, the global economy grew at a faster clip, helping the export-oriented players.

Capacity investment across sectors was also significant as investment cycle took off.

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Mumbai, Jan 26 (Agencies): The soft patch in earnings over the last decade has resulted in steady deterioration in the corporate profit-to-GDP ratio. India’s corporate profit-to-GDP ratio for companies on the Nifty 500 index dropped to a 15-year low of 2.8 per cent in FY18 from 5.5 per cent in FY08 , according to a study

by Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

For all companies including those of unlisted companies, corporate profit to GDP ratio declined from 7.8 per cent to 3 per cent between FY08 and FY18. The ratio has consistently declined since 2010 and is also below the long-period average of 3.9 per cent (20032018), the study said.

Profits of companies on the Nifty-500 have remained stagnant at Rs 4-4.8 trillion over the last five years, even as nominal GDP has continued to grow steadily, according to Motilal Oswal study.

The study shows the corporate profit to GDP ratio doubled from 2.8 per cent

New Delhi, Jan 26 (Agencies): The Government will release Rs 1,500 crore to Air India next week as part of equity infusion under the turnaround plan, a senior official said.

Parliament has approved Rs 2,345 crore equity infusion into the debt-laden national carrier under the second batch of Supplementar y Demands for Grants 2018-19.

A Civil Aviation ministry official said the Government would release Rs 1,500 crore to the airline n e x t week. This would be out of the Rs 2,345 crore approved the supplementary grant.

When asked whether the ministry has sought more funds for Air India as part of the upcoming Interim Budget, the official replied in the negative.

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previous UPA regime. The carrier is to receive up to Rs 30,231 crore from the government subject to meeting certain performance thresholds. The 10-year bailout package began from 2012.

Earlier this week, the CBI has booked former AI chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav and some former senior officials in a corruption case. Along

with Jadhav, the CBI has booked other officials of the national carrier such as Dr (Ms) LP Nakhwa (now retired), then general manager (medical services) and then additional general managers A Kathpalia, Amitabh Singh and Rohit Bhasin.

The officials have been charged under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy and the Prevention of Corruption Act in connection with the alleged violation of norms while appointing general manager rank officers. Jadhav was allegedly responsible for constituting an “illegal” promotion panel. The panel was formed to promoting select candidates to the post of general manager (operations) during 2009 and 2010. Five persons, including Arvind Kathpalia, Singh and Bhasin had so far been recommended by the promotion panel, stated officials.

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US shutdown ends after 35 days

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday

The short-term deal provides financial relief for federal workers, who have been furloughed or on the job without pay for more than a month and missed another paycheck Friday.

The reopening also eases pressures on the airline industry, which was grappling with staffing shortfalls in airport security and air-traffic control.

It could speed tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service, and restart other government functions related to small business loans, initial public offer-

ings and infrastructure projects, among others.

Announcing the pact in a speech from the Rose Garden, Trump said he would start negotiations between the House and Senate over a full-year bill funding the Homeland Security Department, which oversees the border.

“After 36 days of spirited debate and dialogue, I have seen and heard from enough Democrats and Republicans that they are willing to put partisanship aside, I think,” Trump said.

Coalition strikes kill 42 in Syria

2 Sri Lankan peacekeepers killed in Mali

Rami Abdel Rahman said.

The SDF have since September been battling to expel ISIS from their last pocket of territory on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in Deir Ezzor.

The SDF has advanced swiftly in recent weeks, taking control of a series of key villages, with ISIS scrambling to retaliate.

On Thursday, ISIS failed to retake Baghouz from the SDF in one counterattack that left a total of 50 fighters dead on both sides, the Observatory said.

Thousands of people, mostly women and children, have fled into SDF-held territory in recent days, according to the Britain based Observatory, which relies on a network of contacts inside Syria for its information.

ISIS over ran large swathes of Syria and neighboring Iraq in 2014, declaring a “caliphate”, but it has since lost almost all of its territory to various offensives.

But it maintains a presence in Syria’s vast Badia desert.

Sharif’s lawyer files plea for suspension of sentence Islamabad, Jan 26 (PTI): Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif ’s lawyer on Saturday filed a petition in the high court for suspension of his sentence and seeking bail on medical grounds for the incarcerated PML-N leader.

Sharif has been incarcerated in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore after he was sentenced to seven years in jail by an accountability court in the Al-Azizia steel mills case on December 24.

Sharif ’s counsel Khawaja Haris filed the petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), where petitions for suspension of sentence and appeal against conviction have been already filed.

The court had set a hearing for February 18 to hear the earlier petition and appeal, but Sharif ’s legal team wanted to persuade the

court for an early hearing.

Sharif is a heart patent and his health has deteriorated as he needs urgent medical attention in a hospital. A panel of experts appointed by the government to examine the former premier also recommended that he should be given proper medical attention.

Sharif was tried in three corruption case launched in September, 2017. He was first convicted and sentenced for 10 years in July last year in a case related to Avenfield properties in London. The IHC granted him bail in the case in September.

He was convicted in the Al-Azizia case but was acquitted in Flagship investment case in December. The cases were launched on the orders of the Supreme Court which had ousted Sharif as premier in July, 2017.

Ba n g ko k , J a n 2 6 (IANS): The government of Malaysia on Saturday announced its decision to cancel a $20-billion railway link project that was being built and financed by China.

Malaysia’s official news agency Bernama reported that the decision to scrap the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) construction plan was taken after attempts by the government to bring down the high project cost failed.

The railway link was being built by China Communications Construction Company as part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative and some 85 per cent of the project cost was to be financed by the ExportImport Bank of China.

Minister of Economic Affairs Azmin Ali said a review of the costs involved showed that the project exceeded the government’s financial capabilities, Efe news reported.

“If the project is not terminated, the government will have to bear the interest rate of about RM500 million a year,” said Ali. The Ministry of Finance will now decide on an appropriate compensa-

Malaysia’s then-Prime Minister Najib Razak, second from left, looks at a model of the East Coast Rail Line at Kuantan Bahang, Malaysia in August 2017. (File)

tion for the cancellation to the Chinese company that will not burden the country economically, according to Bernama.

Ali also said that the government had still not decided on the new developer for the railway link project but would continue studying new investment applications. “We always evaluate all new applications for investment in Malaysia, not only ECRL, because we want to maintain foreign direct investment inflows.”

The 688-kilometre ECRL was planned to connect Port Klang on the Straits of Malacca to Peng-

kalan Kubor in northeast Peninsular Malaysia which borders Thailand.

It was designed to carry both passengers and cargo to and from west coast of Peninsular Malaysia to its east coast.

The project was awarded to the Chinese company in 2016 by the government of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who faces several lawsuits on corruption charges and has been under review since he lost the elections in May last year to his former mentor, Mahathir Mohamad, serving as the current Malaysian Prime Minister.

9 dead, 300 missing in Brazil dam collapse

Brumadinho, Jan 26 (AFP): Rescuers worked overnight into Saturday searching for around 300 people missing after a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil killed at least nine, but the local governor said “odds are minimal” that they would be found alive.

Seven bodies were recovered Friday hours after the disaster, which saw a torrent of mud break through the disused dam at the ironore mine close to the city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerias, around 1:00 pm.

By early Saturday the official death toll had risen to nine, with “nearly 300 people missing,” the local firefighters said, doubling the number of people presumed missing from the previous toll.

Up to 150 of those missing worked in the company’s administrative offices which were closest to the dam break, the firefighters said.

The mine is owned

by Vale, a Brazilian mining giant that was involved in a previous 2015 mine collapse in the same state that claimed 19 lives and is regarded as the country’s worst-ever environmental disaster.

Vale shares plummeted on the new accident, losing eight per cent in New York trading.

Romeu Zema, the governor of Minas Gerais, told reporters that, while all was

A home lays in ruins after a dam collapsed near Brumadinho, Brazil on Friday. (AP/PTI)

being done to find survivors, “from now, the odds are minimal and it is most likely we will recover only bodies.”

His regional administration said 427 people had been working at the Vale mine at the time of the dam collapse, and 279 were recovered alive. The others were listed as missing.

The massive, muddy

flow from the collapse barreled towards the nearby town of Brumadinho, population 39,000, but did not hit it directly.

Instead, it carved its way across roads, vegetation and farmland, taking down a bridge, and damaging or destroying homes.

Te l ev i s i o n i m a ge s showed people being pulled

out of waist-high mud into rescue helicopters, dozens of which were in use by late Friday because of the cut-off land access.

Brazil’s new government led by President Jair Bolsonaro reacted to its first big emergency since taking office early this month by launching disaster coordination between the defense,

mining and environment ministries and authorities in the affected state of Minas Gerais.

Bolsonaro and his defense minister were scheduled to fly over the zone on Saturday. His environment minister raced to the area late Friday. “Where are our relatives?” wailed Raquel Cristina, one of several people demanding information about their missing kin in the mud-hit area.

Officials said they were working through the night, conscious of the precious hours ticking away.

Around 100 fire fighters were deployed, some using earth-moving machinery to dig down to engulfed dwellings.

The disaster recalled trauma from the 2015 dam break near Mariana, in Minas Gerais. That accident released millions of tons of toxic iron waste along hundreds of kilometers. Vale was joint operator of that dam, along with the AngloAustralian group BHP.

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Beirut, Jan 26 (Agencies): Coalition missile strikes have killed 42 people including 13 civilians in what remains of ISIS’s last holdout in eastern Syria, a war monitor said.

The Syrian Democratic Forces, with backing from a US-led coalition, are battling to expel the last extremists from hamlets in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said short-range missiles late Friday hit homes on farmland near the village of Baghouz, killing 42 people.

Among them were 13 civilians, the Britain-based monitor said.

They included seven Syrians linked to ISIS, including three children from the same family, as well as six Iraqi non-combatants, it said.

The coalition was not immediately available for comment, but has in the past said it does everything to avoid targeting civilians.

“The area is a launch pad for extremist counterattacks,” Observatory chief

And I’m sad it’s taken this long. I’m glad that we’ve come to a conclusion today as to how we go forward in the next three weeks,” she said.

Trump’s State of the Union address, scheduled for Tuesday, has also been delayed due to the shutdown.

Responding to a question, Pelosi said the new dates of the State of the Union Address has not been planned as of now.

“What I said to the President is, when the government is open, we will discuss a mutually agreeable date and I’ll look forward to doing that and welcoming the President to the House of Representatives for the State of the Union when we agree on that mutual date,” she said.

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard said that the temporary opening will create the opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to come together to address funding levels and authorities for border security and immigration concerns.

“We cannot allow our government and federal employees to suffer and be held hostage because of partisan politics or policy disagreements,” she said.

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A rebel fighter in Syria takes away a flag that belonged to ISIS. (File)

United Nations, Jan 26 (IANS): Two Sri Lankan peacekeepers have been killed by an improvised explosive device attack on a UN convoy in Mali.

Six Sri Lankan peacekeepers were also injured in the attack on Friday near Douentza, Mopti region, the UN said. “Attacks targeting UN peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law,” said Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres.

Guterres “calls on the Malian authorities to spare no effort in identifying the perpetrators of this attack, so that they can be brought to justice as swiftly as possible”, he added.

Security Council President Jose Singer Weisinger said the Council “condemned in the strongest terms the attack”.

The Security Council expressed its “concern about the security situation in Mali and the transnational dimension of the terrorist threat in the Sahel region” and “urged the Malian parties to fully implement the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali without further delay”, the spokesperson added.

There are 207 Sri Lankans serving in the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), one of the most dangerous operations that has seen 189 fatalities.

However, the deal, political analysts, said appeared to be a defeat for Trump as he could not get any funding to construct the border wall, which the president says is essential to prevent the flow of illegal immigrants into the US. Asserting that deal is not a concession that he gave to the Democrats.

Trump warned of another shutdown or declaring national emergency to build the wall, in the absence of Congressional funding for the wall.

“Let me be very clear: We really have no choice but to build a powerful wall or steel barrier. If we don’t get a fair deal from Congress, the government will either shut down on February 15, again, or I will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the Constitution of the United States to address this emergency. We will have great security,” Trump said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, however, expressed happiness over the deal.

“Disag reement in policy should never be a reason to shut down government, really shouldn’t.

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Washington, Jan 26 (PTI): Submitting to political pressure, President Donald Trump has backed a deal to temporarily end the record-breaking government shutdown in America’s history despite getting no funding for his controversial plan to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.

The deal resolved the crippling 35-day closure but not the fight over his proposed border wall.

Trump is demanding USD 5.7 billion of congressional funding to build the wall, but the Democrats have refused. The shutdown, which began on December 22, has affected some 800,000 federal employees.

Tr ump previously vowed to reject any budget unless it included funding for his signature campaign pledge.

The deal backed by Trump funds the government for three weeks, until February 15, while lawmakers try to reach a wider deal on immigration.

Both the House and Senate passed the plan by voice vote on Friday.

The White House later confirmed Trump had signed it into law.

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Michael Jackson had reportedly paid out $200m in hush money to as many as 20 sexual assault victims, a lawyer has revealed.

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t’s not uncommon for audiences at the Sundance Film Festival to give standing ovations, but the ceremonial act took on a solemn air as two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys walked onstage following the festival’s only screening of Leaving Neverland, a documentary about their stories.

Wade Robson, who says Jackson abused him from ages 7 to 14, and James Safechuck came forward as adults with their abuse allegations after Jackson’s death in 2009.

The four-hour film, which will air in two parts on Britain’s Channel 4 and HBO this spring, is a sprawling account of how their lives intersected with Jackson’s at the height of

his fame in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, and then later as adults when the trauma of what happened in their youth started to emerge in serious ways.

In addition to accounts from Robson and Safechuck themselves, the film also interviews family members including the boys’ mothers, wives and Robson’s brother and sister. Jackson’s voice is heard in the film, through voicemails he left for Robson and an “interview” Safechuck did with Jackson aboard his private plane, and the film also shows some of the many faxes he sent to Robson.

“We can’t change what happened to us. And we can’t do anything about Michael,” Robson said in a Q&A with the audience. But he said he hopes it makes

other survivors feel less isolated and raises awareness for anyone who is responsible for children.

Safechuck added that they weren’t paid to participate in the documentary, nor did they expect to get anything from it.

The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they come forward publicly, which Robson and Safechuck have done in multiple ways.

Leaving Neverland has been denounced by Jackson’s estate and fans since the project was announced earlier this month.

Jackson was acquitted of molestation charges in 2005 in a case involving another young man. Robson testified at that trial, saying he had slept in Jackson’s room many times, but that Jackson had never molested him. Safechuck made similar statements to investigators as a boy. Then in 2013 Robson filed a lawsuit that said stress and trauma had forced him to face the truth that he was sexually abused

by Jackson. Safechuck filed a similar lawsuit the following year.

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‘Top Chef’ winner Fatima Ali dead at 29

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op Chef ” winner Fatima Ali died of cancer Friday after battling the disease twice. She was 29.

The competitionwinning chef, who had been very vocal about her dwindling health on Instagram, succumbed to Ewing’s sarcoma, her family confirmed to Bravo.

“We are deeply saddened to share the news that Fatima Ali has lost her courageous battle with cancer,” the network told Page Six in a statement on Friday. “Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this time. People not only fell in love with her cooking but fell in love with her personality and heart.

We hope that the beautiful memories shared with her will provide comfort to everyone who knew and loved her.”

Last week, her fellow Bravo contestants reunited to support her.

“Hard to explain the bonds that happen during our time together,” castmate Claudette Wilkins wrote at the time. “I wish they [sic] under better circumstances that we were together but when one hurts we all hurt and we rally. @cheffati is loved beyond belief and we will be here for her and each other.”

Earlier this month, the 2017 contestant on the cooking competition took to Instagram herself, explaining that she was “getting sicker.”

“I know it’s been ages since I posted and most may have figured out why.

I’m sick and unfortunately I’m getting sicker,” Ali wrote. “Right now all I need are prayers; prayers that are simple.

I hope, because a wish is putting on too much responsibility on the other, that you will somehow find forgiveness in your big heart for whenever I must have hurt you. I thank you a million times over for when you have given me joy. I’ll try to keep everyone updated the best that I possibly can.”

She initially wrote a heartfelt essay for Bon Appetit in the fall explaining that her cancer had returned after fighting it off.

(FoxNews)

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Facebook to integrate Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger: Report

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acebook is currently working towards integrating its chat services -WhatsApp, Messenger, and photo-sharing app Instagram -- to let their users to message each other across platforms.

All of the three apps will support end-to-end encryption but Facebook is yet to provide a timeline for when this will happen, The New York Times reported late on Friday.

“Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, plans to integrate the social network’s messaging services -- WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger -- asserting his control over the company’s sprawling divisions at a time when its business has been battered by scandal,” the Times said.

However, the chat and photo-sharing services would continue to operate as stand-alone apps.

“Their underlying technical infrastructure will be unified, said four people involved in the effort. That will bring together three of the world’s largest messaging networks, which between them have more than 2.6 billion users, allowing people to communicate across the platforms for the first time,”

the report added.

The move could let the social networking giant tout higher user engagement to advertisers, thus, ramping up its advertising division at a time when growth has slowed down.

Facebook has the most users of any other social media platform, and by combining its assets this way, the company could more directly compete with Apple’s iMessage and Google’s messaging services, according to The Verge.

Meanwhile WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption -- the hallmark of users’ security -- may go for a toss if Facebook integrates the popular mobile messaging platform with notthat-secure Instagram and Messenger.

According to a report in The Wired on Saturday, to universally preserve endto-end encryption poses a whole additional set of critical challenges for Facebook.

WhatsApp chats are currently end-to-end en-

crypted by default. Facebook Messenger offers the feature if you turn on “Secret Conversations.”

“Instagram does not currently offer any form of end-to-end encryption for its chats,” the report said.

“The big problem I see is that only WhatsApp has default end-to-end encryption. So if the goal is to allow cross-app traffic, and it’s not required to be encrypted, then what happens?

There are a whole range of outcomes here,” Matthew Green, a cryptographer at the Johns Hopkins University, was quoted as saying.

WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum quit Facebook over difference of opinion with CEO Mark Zuckerberg when it comes to data privacy and encryption. Koum announced his exit “after clashing with its parent, Facebook, over the popular messaging service’s strategy and Facebook’s attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption”.

Brian Acton started WhatsApp with Koum.

Facebook acquired the messaging service ago for $19 billion in 2014. Acton quit Facebook in 2017 and Koum left the company last April.

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‘Thackeray’ rakes in Rs 6 crore on opening day NASA’s New Horizons probe transmits UK daily apologises to Melania Trump

“’Thackeray’ has collected approximately Rs 6 crore on the first day.

Dominating several markets pan India, the film has also emerged as Nawazuddin’s biggest and highest opener ever,” read a statement from the makers of the film. “Thackeray”, a biopic on the late Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray, was released on Friday along with Kangana Ranaut’s “Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi”. The biopic on the late Marathi leader has been written Nawazuddin Siddiqui (L) as Bal Thackerey (R). by journalist and MP Sanjay Raut. The ctor Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer film is helmed by Abhijit Panse. It stars “Thackeray” has minted over Rs 6 Siddiqui as Balasaheb and Amirta Rao as crores on the first day of its release Balasaheb’s wife, the late Meenatai. at the box-office.

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ASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back the clearest view yet of the most distant object ever explored -- the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) 2014 MU69 nicknamed Ultima Thule.

On Januar y 1, the spacecraft zipped past the ancient Ultima Thule, setting the record for flyby of the most distant planetary object in history.

“The new image, taken during the historic flyby is the clearest view yet of this remarkable, ancient object in the far reaches of the solar system - and the first small ‘KBO’ ever explored by a spacecraft,” NASA said in a statement.

The oblique lighting of the image reveals new topographic details -- numerous small pits up to about 0.7 km in diameter -- along the day or night boundary, or terminator, near the top.

The image also shows large circular feature, about 7 km across, and on the smaller of the two lobes appears as a deep depression.

However, it is not clear Members of Nocte community display their skills during the 70th Republic Day whether these pits are impact celebrations, at Moktowa village in Tirap, Saturday. (PTI Photo)

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he UK’s Daily Telegraph on Saturday apologized “unreservedly” to US First Lady Melania Trump and agreed to pay her “substantial damages” for an article it published last week.

The paper said its Saturday Magazine cover story “The Mystery of Melania” published on January 19 contained a number of false statements, the BBC reported.

These included claims that the US First Lady was struggling in her modelling career before she met her husband and that she cried on election night, it said.

In an apology on Sat-

urday, the Daily Telegraph accepted that Melania Trump was “a successful professional model in her own right before she met her husband and obtained her own modelling work without his assistance”.

It said the article also wrongly claimed that her parents and sister relocated to New York in 2005 to live in buildings owned by her husband and later US President Donald Trump.

The paper added that the First Lady’s father was not “a fearsome presence” and “did not control the family” as alleged in the article.

(IANS)

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he five member student team and Space Kidz India are hoping to receive signals on Saturday from their nanosatellite Kalamsat launched on Thursday night by an Indian rocket, said a top company official.

Kalamsat is a 10 cm cube, 1.2 kg communication satellite with a life span of two months. The satellite cost is about Rs 12 lakh.

“We are hoping to receive the signals from Kalamsat tomorrow (Saturday). While officials of

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have assured that it is normal and nothing to worry, we are anxious,” Srimathy Kesan, Founder CEO of Space Kidz India told IANS. According to her, only one fourth of the solar battery panel seems to have been exposed to the Sun on Friday which was not sufficient to charge the batteries onboard.

“ISRO officials have told us not to worry. They have said it happens like that and sometimes it may take two or three days to get the signals from the satellite,” Kesan added.

The satellite tracking control room is in the Space Kidz India office here.

On Thursday night ISRO’s rocket PSLV put into orbit defence satellite Microsat R. After that, the rocket’s fourth stage turned into an orbital platform for Kalamsat fixed on that.

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craters or features resulting from other processes, such as “collapse pits” or the ancient venting of volatile materials, NASA said.

Both lobes also show many intriguing light and dark patterns of unknown origin, which may reveal clues about how this body was assembled during the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.

One of the most striking of these is the bright “collar” separating the two lobes.

“This new image is starting to reveal differences in the geologic character of the two lobes of Ultima Thule, and is presenting us with new mysteries as well,” said Principal Investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

“Over the next month there will be better colour and better resolution images that we hope will help unravel the many mysteries of Ult i m a T h u l e,” Stern added. The image, obtained with the wide-angle Multicolour Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) component of New Horizons’ Ralph instrument, was taken when the KBO was 6,700 km from the spacecraft, at 12.26 a.m. on January 1 -- just seven minutes before closest approach.

With an original resolution of 135 metres per pixel, the image was stored in the spacecraft’s data memory and transmitted to Earth on January 18-19.

New Horizons is approximately 6.64 billion kilometres from Earth, operating normally and speeding away from the Sun (and Ultima Thule) at more than 50,700 km per hour.

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Saina Nehwal reaches Indonesia Masters final

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Jakarta, Jan 26 (PTI): Indian ace Saina Nehwal grinded her way to first final of the season with a combative win over China’s He Bingjiao at the USD 350,000 Indonesia Masters badminton tournament, here Saturday.

The 28-year-old Indian notched up a 18-21 21-12 21-18 win over sixth seed Bingjiao, a world championship bronze medallist.

Eighth seed Saina will now face either Spain’s threetime World Champion and reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin or China’s Chen Yufei, seeded third, in the women’s singles summit clash of the World Tour Super 500 event.

In their first ever meeting in international circuit, Saina showed better court coverage and unleashed some telling smashes to trouble the 21-year-old lefthander. Saina lagged 0-2 initially but clawed back to 5-5 with a couple of smashes.

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straight smash left the Chinese stranded as the Indian led 8-6. She then went into the break with a 11-7 advantage. A brilliant cross court smash and a superb drop helped the Chinese keep the deficit to a point till 17-18.

Bingjiao then won a video referral on a line call to make it 18-18. She then unleashed a smash to grab a crucial 19-18 advantage, before holding two game points. The Chinese sealed it when Saina went wide.

In the second game, Saina pulled away doubling the lead at 6-3 after an initial duel. Easy mistakes started creeping in Bingjiao’s game as she found the net often, sent the shuttle long and wide to allow Saina enter the break with a huge 11-3 lead. After the interval, Bingjiao took four straight points before Saina engaged her rival in rallies to make it 14-7.

Saina eventually took the match to the decider with a cross court slice.

In the final game, Saina continued to go strong, taking a 6-3 lead early on and then extended it to 9-5. The Indian unleashed a straight smash to leave Bingjiao on the ground.

The Chinese, however, drew parity at 10-10 with a powerful smash which Saina could only sent to the net.

Another rally ensued which ended with another shot going to net as Bingjiao led 11-10 at the break.

After the breather, Saina caught up with the Chinese at 13-13 after prevailing in a rally. The Indian tried to put the shuttle in difficult positions and kept it in play.

She earned the lead at 17-16 with yet another smash to let out a scream.

Bingjiao went to net again and hit wide next as Saina celebrated with fist pumps.

The Indian grabbed two match points after punishing her rival for a mistake and sealed it with yet another precise return.

Aus call up Stoinis for second SL test

Canberra, Jan 26 (Agencies): Australia added uncapped all-rounder Marcus Stoinis to their squad for the second test against Sri Lanka and released opener Matt Renshaw for Big Bash League duty, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Saturday.

Australia crushed Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs inside three days in the day-night test in Brisbane on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Stoinis has played 24 one-day internationals and 17 Twenty20 internationals for Australia, but is yet to make his test debut.

The 29-year-old has scored 298 runs, including three half-centuries, and claimed 10 wickets in four Sheffield Shield matches in the 2018-19 season for Western Australia.

The second test begins on February 2 at Manuka Oval in Canberra.

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“He has played impressively well throughout the entire tournament. He hasn’t dropped a set. He looked as good as ever on the hard court throughout these few weeks. I haven’t played bad myself the last couple of matches. I think that this final comes at the right time for both of us.

I’m sure we’re going to have a blast on the court.”

“We can promise one thing, and that’s knowing both of us are going to give

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CENTURION, Jan 26 (Agencies): South Africa beat Pakistan by 13 runs via the DuckworthLewis method on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in their five-match ODI series.

The home team’s pursuit of Pakistan’s impressive total of 6-317 was shaping up to be a thrilling one at Centurion before rain intervened.

Reeza Hendricks, who was undefeated on 83, and captain Faf du Plessis (40no) were in the middle of a 108-run stand when the bad weather forced the players off for the second and last time at SuperSport Park with South Africa on 2-187 after 33 overs.

The game was finally called off and the result confirmed over an hour later.

Pakistan’s score was built around opener Imamul-Haq, who made 101 and was one of a number of batsmen dropped in a sloppy display by South Africa in the field.

Debutant Beuran Hendricks celebrates after dismissing Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman during the third ODI match between South Africa and Pakistan.

Imam also became the second fastest player to reach 1,000 ODI runs, behind teammate Fakhar Zaman.

The duo have pushed West Indies great Viv Richards, who set the record 38 years ago, down to third on that list.

Babar Azam was also given a life and went on to hit 69 from 72 balls in a 132-run partnership with Imam.

South Africa was 2-79 in reply and under pressure when Hendricks and du Plessis came together.

Hendricks hit eight fours and pulled two sixes over midwicket on the way to his second ODI half-century. Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed played despite coming under scrutiny for an alleged racist comment aimed at allrounder Andile Phehlukwayo in the second ODI.

The Inter national Cricket Council is gathering information on the incident but hasn’t announced any formal proceedings against Sarfraz, who apologised the day after and said his remarks were a general expression of frustration not aimed specifically at the South African.

Sarfraz also apologised in person to Phehlukwayo ahead of Friday’s game.

Lo n d o n, Ja n 2 6 (Agencies): Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City will not overpay in terms of wages to recruit their top targets.

City this week lost out to Barcelona in the chase for Ajax’s highly-rated midfielder Frenkie de Jong.

The Netherlands midfielder will move to the Nou Camp in a £65m deal in the summer, with the 21year-old reportedly set to earn around £300,000 per week. In this case, Guardiola accepts the lure of Barca is a strong one, but it is understood the salary was

Grand Slam final in history and also the last time they met at Melbourne Park.

In total, they have played each other 52 times, with Djokovic leading 2725, although Nadal has a 9-5 advantage in majors.

Djokovic is bidding to become the first man to win seven titles at Melbourne Park.

“Some matches that we had against each other were a great turning point in my career. I feel they have made me rethink my game. I had some disappointing moments where I lost to him. Those kind of encounters have also made me the player I am today, without a doubt.”

“These are the kind of matches that you live for, finals of slams, playing the greatest rivals at their best.

What more can you ask for? This is where you want to be,” added Djokovic.

also beyond what City were prepared to pay.

City boss Guardiola said, “I think we try to keep the harmony in the locker room with the wages. When you have no balance with that, then there is always a problem with the mood in the locker room. One of the good things that City have done is keeping that balance.”

Transfer fees and wages are continually rising but, despite City’s modern reputation for lavish investment, they have shown they are not prepared to overspend if they believe deals do not

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represent good value.

Alexis Sanchez, Dani Alves and Jorginho are among the players to have been pursued by City in the recent past, only for other clubs to move in.

Guardiola believes ex-

tra emphasis will have to be placed on spotting talent early. He said, “The reality is that it’s not just one or two teams paying a lot on wages. There are many.

Many, many.”

“Before, the rumours were that it was just PSG and Manchester City. That is over. Everybody can pay a lot in fees and wages. There are many, and sometimes we can’t compete with that.

We have to be quicker, faster and don’t get nervous. At the end, we want players who want to come here.”

De Jong is the latest midfield target to have got

beyond City as they seek a natural replacement for Fernandinho, following frustration over Fred and Jorginho.

But Guardiola said, “I said many times, with Barcelona and Madrid it’s impossible to fight against them - for the prestige, the incredible league, the incredible clubs they are.”

“The players have to take their own decisions.

When they don’t want to come, it’s because they want another place. There are other options and we are going to try if we believe we need players in that position.”

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New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS): Veteran cricketer Gautam Gambhir, Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri and star wrestler Bajrang Punia were among the recipients for the Padma Shri awards announced on the eve of the Republic Day on Friday.

Sunil Chhetri recently surpassed Lionel Messi’s record as the second highest active international goal scorer with the Indian striker having 67 goals to Messi’s 65.

Veteran women mountaineer Bachendri Pal was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the second highest cilivian award.

Others sports person to recieve the Padma Shree are: Harika Dronavalli (Chess), Prashanti Singh (Basketball), Shartha Kamal (Table Tennis), Bombayla Devi Laishram (Archery), Ajay Thakur (Kabaddi).

absolutely everything out on the court. I think people will enjoy it. He’s my biggest rival in my career. I’ve played so many matches against him, epic matches on this court. Of course, the one that stands out was the final of six hours almost in 2012. Hopefully we don’t go that long this time.”

That clash, which Djokovic won 7-5 in the fifth set after five hours and 53 minutes, was the longest

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Djokovic excited to face Rafael Nadal Melbourne, Jan 26 (Agencies): Top seed Novak Djokovic says he and great rival Rafael Nadal are certain to put on another epic show in the Australian Open final on Sunday.

Twenty-four hours after Nadal defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas for the loss of just six games, Djokovic needed only an hour and 23 minutes to dispatch Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-0 6-2 6-2 in one of the most one-sided semi-finals in Grand Slam history.

Djokovic has at times looked below his best this tournament, dropping sets to Denis Shapovalov and Daniil Medvedev, but he took to Rod Laver Arena on Friday evening determined to make a statement.

Asked if he was trying to outdo Nadal, a smiling Djokovic replied, “Yes. It was hard to do that, but somehow I managed.”

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India rout NZ to take 2-0 ODI series lead Osaka wins Australian Open

Mount Maunganui, Jan 26 (IANS): Maintaining their winning streak, a dominant India outclassed New Zealand by 90 runs in the second match of the five-game rubber at the Bay Oval here on Saturday to go 2-0 up in the series.

After the Indian openers, Rohit Sharma (87) and Shikhar Dhawan (66) handed a solid start to the visiting side, chinaman Kuldeep Yadav (4/45) starred with the leather to help India register a thumping win.

Chasing a challenging 325 for victory, the hosts suffered another batting collapse as most of their batsmen succumbed before a clinical Indian attack.

The Indian bowlers struck at regular intervals, denying the Kiwi batsmen to build any big partnership.

Bowling all-rounder Doug Bracewell chipped in valuable 57 runs down the order however, it wasn’t enough to help the Kiwis cross the line.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar came with an early breakthrough, dismissing Kiwi opener Martin Guptill (15) cheaply before Mohammed Shami packed back hosts’ skipper Kane Williamson (20) with New Zealand’s scorecard reading 51/2 in the eighth over.

With the addition of 33 runs in the Kiwi scorecard, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also joined

India’s Kuldeep Yadav (center) celebrates with team-mates during the second ODI against New Zealand at Blake Park in Tauranga, New Zealand on Saturday. (AP/PTI)

the party, sending back a good looking Colin Munro (31). Just when the hosts touched the threedigit mark, Kedhar Jadav worsened New Zealand’s situation after dismissing Ross Taylor (22), who was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Tom Latham (34) then tried to rescue his side but became Kuldeep’s victim in the 25th over. The chinaman then struck thrice in quick succession, sending back Colin de Grandhom-

me (3), Henry Nicholls (28) and Ish Sodhi, who failed to open his account, with New Zealand at 166/8.

Bracewell restored some respectablity for the hosts, smashing a 46-ball 57 to take New Zealand past the 200-run mark.

The all-rounder’s firework was decoarted with five boundaries and three hits into the stands.

Bhuvneshwar finally applied brakes on Bracewell’s innings as the batsman, while trying to clear

the fence, handed an easy catch to Dhawan at longon.

Chahal put the final nail in the coffin, dismissing Lockie Ferguson (12) as India registered a thumping 90-run win.

Earlier, a brilliant batting display helped India put a challenging 324/4 against the Kiwis. Opener Rohit and Dhawan were the top contributors with individual scores of 87 and 66 respectively.

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Struggling Monaco sack Thierry Henry

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PARIS, Jan 26 (Agencies): AS Monaco have sacked coach Thierry Henry and brought back their former manager Leonardo Jardim on a 2-1/2 year contract, the relegationthreatened Ligue 1 club said on Friday.

Jardim was himself fired by the principality club last October and replaced by Henry, who was suspended from his duties on Thursday pending a final decision on his future.

Monaco, Ligue 1 runners-up last season, are second-bottom of the table just one point clear of

basement side Guingamp and three points adrift of the safety zone.

They have won only three of their 21 top flight games this term and conceded eight goals in their last two matches, a 5-1 home defeat by Strasbourg in the league and a 3-1 home defeat in the French Cup to second division Metz.

“Leonardo Jardim has signed a two-and-ahalf-year contract with the Club and, together with his technical staff, will take up his duties as of Sunday,” Monaco said in a short statement.

Por tuguese coach Jardim, 44, led Monaco to the Ligue 1 title in 2017 when they reached the Champions League semifinals, before being sacked after a poor start to this season.

H e n r y ’s a s s i s t a n t Franck Passi will be in charge of Monaco for Saturday’s game at Dijon, who are one place and two points above them in 18th position.

F r i d a y ’s s a c k i n g marked the end of a turbulent few months for Henry, who had no experience of coaching until 2016.

The Frenchman, who started out playing for Monaco and went on to enjoy a stellar club career with Arsenal and Barcelona, worked as assistant coach for Belgium for two years until 2018 but had never been in charge of a team in his own right.

The 41-year-old 1998 World Cup winner played for Monaco for five seasons, winning the league title in 1997.

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Lo n d o n, Ja n 2 6 (Agencies): Kyle Edmund has pulled out of tournaments in Rotterdam and Marseille next month because of a knee injury.

The British No 1 withdrew from the Sydney International earlier this month with a left knee problem, and was hampered during a heavy first-round loss to Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open.

Edmund had hoped to return to action at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam starting on February 11, but has been forced to miss that and the following week’s event in Marseille.

were off to a perfect start, thanks to the openers, who forged a crucial 154 runs for the first wicket before Kiwi pacer Trent Boult gave some relief to his side, dismissing Dhawan in the 26th over.

Ferguson struck soon, packing back a well-settled Rohit with India’s scorecard reading 172/2.

Skipper Virat Kohli (43) and Ambati Rayudu (47) were then involved in a 64-run partnership for the third wicket. Boult gave the visitors a major blow as a thick edge off Kohli was caught at fine-led by Sodhi.

R ay u d u wa s t h e n joined by Dhoni (48 not out) as the two steadily lifted India near the 300run mark before the former fell to Ferguson in the 46th over.

Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav’s (22 not out off 10 balls) fireworks then accelerated the run-rate, taking India to a good total of 324/4 in the allotted 50 overs.

For New Zealand, Boult and Ferguson picked two wickets each, conceding 61 and 81 runs respectively.

Brief score: India 324/4 (Rohit Sharma 87, Shikhar Dhawan 66; Trent Boult 2/61) beat New Zealand 234 all out (Doug Bracewell 57, Tom Latham 34; Kuldeep Yadav 4/45) by 90 runs.

Melbourne, Jan 26 (Agencies): Japan’s Naomi Osaka has become the new women’s world number one after winning the Australian Open final against Petra Kvitova in three gripping sets at Melbourne Park.

Osaka backed up her victory in last year’s controversial US Open final against Serena Williams to claim her second major title, beating Kvitova 7-6 (7-2), 5-7, 6-4 in two hours and 27 minutes at Rod Laver Arena.

She becomes the first Japanese player to hold the number one ranking, moving up to the top spot from number four.

It had appeared Osaka was headed for a straightsets win when she held three championship points at 5-3 in the second on the Kvitova serve.

But the Czech showed nerves of steel to save all three and hold serve, much to the frustration of her 21year-old opponent.

Even at that point, given the strength of the Osaka serve, it seemed the fourth seed would be able to safely serve out the set.

Kv i t ova , h oweve r, broke Osaka and secured a second break to clinch the set and force a third and deciding set.

Osaka seemed rocked by wasting her chances and she briefly left the court in an emotional state.

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Osaka and Kvitova with their trophies after a thrilling final which saw the Japanese win 7-6 5-7 6-4 in over two hours.

posure early in the third to break Kvitova’s serve and it was an advantage she was able to maintain to close out her win.

She then showed her class when she preferred to praise Kvitova rather than bask in the glow of her win.

“I always wanted to play you and you have been through so much,” Osaka said at the presentation ceremony.

“Honestly I wouldn’t have wanted this to be our first match. Huge congrats to you and your team and you are really amazing and I am really honoured to have played you in the final of a Grand Slam.”

It would be a most satisfying victory for Osaka, given her win in the US Open final was overshad-

owed by the drama surrounding Williams.

It was also a performance from which Kvitova can draw enormous pride, considering her career almost ended when she was the victim of a vicious home invasion in late 2016.

She was held at knifepoint and was stabbed in her left hand, sustaining severe injuries which doctors thought would mean she would never play again.

Kvitova returned to the WTA tour the following year and Saturday night’s final was her first appearance in a major tournament decider since the attack.

“It’s crazy,” Kvitova said.

“I can hardly believe that I just played in a Grand Slam [final] again.”

Man United eliminate Arsenal from FA Cup Lo n d o n, Ja n 2 6 (IANS): Manchester United has defeated Arsenal 3-1 in a fourth-round FA Cup match to eliminate the Gunners from the tournament.

While United fans could rejoice in an eighth straight win since Solskjaer replaced Jose Mourinho as coach, Arsenal saw themselves bounced out of a competition that they have won a record 13 times, most recently in 2017.

Arsenal had more of the ball during the first half at London’s Emirates Stadium on Friday night but were unable to translate possession into chances, reports Efe news.

The visitors opened the scoring in the 31st minute when Romelu Lukaku threaded a pass through the Arsenal defense to former Gunner Alexis Sanchez, who beat keeper Petr Cech for the 1-0.

The 2-0 came just two minutes later and again with Lukaku as playmaker. The Belgian’s counter-attack left most of the Arsenal squad

Alexis Sanchez celebrates with Manchester United team-mates after scoring a goal during their FA Cup match against Arsenal.

stranded in the United end and his pass found Jesse Lingard unmarked in the box for the easy goal.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has emerged as one of Arsenal’s most dangerous strikers, clawed back a goal for the home side in the 43rd minute.

The Gunners flew forward in the second half and it took a great play from Man United keeper Ser-

gio Romero to stop Aaron Ramsey’s header in the 48th minute.

Exposed at the back, Arsenal conceded a third goal in the 82nd minute when Anthony Martial scored on the rebound after Cech made an initial stop against Paul Pogba.

With the match lost, Arsenal and their supporters had to endure another 18 minutes of futility be-

cause the referee added 10 minutes in stoppage time to make up for the long interruption caused by the injury to Koscielny.

An accidental boot in the face from Lukaku left the French defender with a possible broken jaw.

M a n U n i t e d h ave outscored opponents 22-5 during what is now their longest winning streak in two years.

Australia crush Sri Lanka in Brisbane test I am ‘physically empty’, says Son B RI S BANE , Ja n 2 6 (Agencies): Pat Cummins took a career-best 6-23 to help Australia crush Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs inside three days in the series opening day-night test in Brisbane on Saturday.

The paceman completed his maiden 10-wicket match haul as Australia bundled out Sri Lanka for 139, five fewer than the tourists had managed in their first innings, to register only their second test win of the summer at the Gabba.

While Cummins was adjudged man-of-thematch, Jhye Richardson also impressed by claiming two second innings wickets on his debut with Australia comfortably maintaining their record of not having lost a test at the Gabba since 1988.

Resuming at 17-1 Saturday, Sri Lanka’s hopes of saving the match were dealt a heavy blow when Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Men-

Pat Cummins celebrates with Australian team-mates after taking a wicket at The Gabba.

dis fell in consecutive overs from Cummins at the start of the day.

After taking a wicket with the final ball of day two, it took Cummins just two balls on day three to get his next wicket, squaringup the scoreless Chandimal

and finding the edge which ballooned to Kurtis Patterson at gully. In his next over, Cummins teased an attempted drive from Mendis (one), who edged to Joe Burns at second slip.

Lahiru Thirimanne (32) and Roshen Silva

(three) briefly stemmed the flow of wickets, before Cummins got his fourth, having Silva caught by Burns in the slips to reduce the tourists to 35-4. Right on tea, Richardson produced a fast yorker to bowl Dhananjaya de Silva for 14.

Cummins got a deserved fifth wicket but in controversial circumstances when he had Thirimanne adjudged caught behind, a decision upheld by the TV umpire despite no conclusive evidence Thirimanne had edged the ball.

Niroshan Dickwella tried one attacking shot too many off Richardson and holed out to Marcus Harris at square leg, before Cummins’ sixth wicket came from a spectacular catch by Patterson at gully off Dilruwan Perera.

Suranga Lakmal was last man out when he was stumped by Paine for Nathan Lyon’s only wicket of the innings.

Lahiru Kumara did not bat after Sri Lanka confirmed the paceman had torn his hamstring during the second day and will be unavailable for the second test in Canberra beginning on Friday and will also miss the team’s subsequent tour of South Africa.

L o n d o n, J a n 2 6 (Agencies): Tottenham forward Heung-Min Son has said he “felt physically empty” during the Asian Cup after South Korea suffered a shock quarter-final exit.

Despite being considered contenders to win the trophy, South Korea lost 1-0 to Qatar on Friday, leaving Son free to return to London.

With Harry Kane and Dele Alli out injured until March, Son’s early return is a huge boost for Mauricio Pochettino, but his latest comments will be of concern to the Spurs manager.

“I wasn’t fully prepared,” revealed Son, who played three matches in the United Arab Emirates after arriving before South Korea’s final group-stage game with China.

“I felt physically empty. I feel so sorry to have let down my team-mates, coaches and the fans. I would rather not speak

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about it really but I haven’t felt right physically. I was losing sleep - I should have looked after my condition better.”

Son provided two assists in his first game of the tournament as South Korea beat China 2-0 in their final group fixture, but the 26-year-old made little impact during an extra-time victory over Bahrain and the defeat to Qatar.

It was the first time

since 2004 that South Korea have been knocked out of the Asian Cup before the semi-finals.

“I thought I would start to feel better and grow into the tournament but it just didn’t happen,” Son said.

“Many people expected big things of us and I’m annoyed at myself for not being able to step up.

I know I didn’t perform well.”

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