July 15, 2018

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DMC recycling waste at dumpsite

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 14 (NPN): Facing tremendous pressure for not disposing off the garbage hygienically at the landfill site in Burma Camp ward No. 3 Dimapur, the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) has now stepped up its responsibility by roping in an expert to recycle the piled up waste at the site.

R a a g i n i i Ja a i n , a Swacch Bharat Mission national expert who is also empanelled by Ministry of Urban Development and Health, began recycling wastes at DMC’s landfill site on July 6. In seven days time, people living in the vicinity testified that there had been significant and visible change.

“Earlier we faced tremendous problems because of flies, stench and worst of all the endless smoke caused by burning of the wastes but comparatively there are none of those problems and at this rate we hope we will be able to live a healthier life,” said a family living in the vicinity of the landfill.

The family revealed that they had experienced the recycling for the first

Fuel prices hiked for 3rd straight day NEW DELHI, JUL 14 (AGENCIES): Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) increased the prices of petrol and diesel for the third straight day on Saturday.

According to the rate chart of IOC (Indian Oil Corporation), petrol is now being sold at Rs. 76.95 per litre in Delhi and Rs. 84.33 per litre in Mumbai. Petrol prices in Kolkata and Chennai are at Rs. 79.61 per litre and Rs. 79.87 per litre respectively. Diesel can be purchased at Rs. 68.61 per litre in Delhi. Diesel prices stand at Rs. 72.80 per litre in Mumbai, Rs. 71.16 per litre in Kolkata and Rs. 72.43 per litre in Chennai, stated IOC, the nation’s largest fuel retailer.

The above listed rates are applicable from 6 am on July 14, 2018. State-run oil marketing companies Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum revise fuel prices with effect from 6 am on a daily basis.

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Landfill site of the Dimapur Municipal Council at Burma Camp. (NP)

time and which was being done properly and effectively.

DMC landfill supervisor Khehoto Awomi said the new method of recycling the waste had made their job easier as they were also able to perform their responsibilities more effectively.

In an interview to Nagaland Post, Raaginii expressed happiness at being able to bring back smiles on the faces of the nearby residents by recycling their waste with environmental friendly methods.

She informed that the

recycling was done with the help of GE microbes, a harmless soil based bacteria produced and patented by Geetanjali Envirotech.

The microbe used in the recycling is a rare kind of molasses based bacteria which is non-hazardous, non-pathogenic, and one that works at a very quick pace. These microbes love organic matters found in sewages, garbage and waste materials, there they multiply rapidly and consume the stench of the waste matters once they come into contact with it, Raaginii said.

When organic matter in the form of garbage is left unattended it starts to rot thereby producing toxic gases like methane, ammonia, sulphur dioxide, etc. But these microbes, she added, control the moisture of their surroundings when they consume the organic matters left in the garbage which in turn stops the production of the harmful gases, this also helps in stopping the temperature from rising.

Raaginii said since the waste at DMC’s landfill site were old, it would take around eight weeks in total

to complete the process. By then there will be a significant reduction in the volume after which there will be a screening process and eventually all the garbage will be completely sterilized, she said.

After screening there will be less moisture, no pathogens or algae and then there will be further screening in different fractions where soil, stones, coarse materials (green waste) and compost will be segregated.

The quality of the compost generated is of high value and it can be used for cultivation because it had been recycled by microbes and it is also under the permissible limits of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO), she added.

Raaginii underscored that there was nothing to lose in the current recycling method, since the compost could be used in agriculture, the stones and soil can go to landfills and plastics can either be used in thermal power in the form of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) or for construction of roads since those plastics are totally disinfected while the remaining coarse material

Need to empower youth of Nagaland through skill development: Acharya

DIMAPUR, JUL 14 (NPN): On the occasion of ‘World Youth Skills Day’ observed on July 15, Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya stressed on the need to empower the youth of Nagaland through skill development in order to strengthen their capacity and help address the many challenges faced by the society, including unemployment, poverty, and development.

In his message, Acharya said Nagaland with five universities, 300 thousand graduates and 20 lakh population, is one of the educationally empowered states in the country.

“India is proud that today with 68% of our 125 crore population being youths, India is the youngest country in the world,” he added. He said that the United Nations had declared July 15 as World Youth Skills Day to highlight at a global level, the importance of youth skills development with a goal to achieve better socio-economic conditions for today’s youth and to address the challenges of unemployment and under (Cont’d on p-7) employment.

P.B. Acharya (File)

According to the United Nations data, Achraya said the youth were almost three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and continuously exposed to lower quality of jobs, greater labour market inequalities, and longer and more insecure school-to-work transitions. He therefore encouraged the youth to embrace work culture and be positive towards entrepreneurship.

In order to supplement this he said educational institutions should introduce skill based courses in their curriculum so that the school-to-work transitions is minimised.

Acharya also highlighted about the various government schemes and

Only formalin-free fish can be sold, says FSC NESCH & CSOs oppose

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KOHIMA, JUL 14 (NPN): Food Safety Commissioner (FSC), Himato Zhimomi, Saturday said the department had only banned those fish containing toxic chemical (formalin) and that any fish without formalin was allowed to be sold in the market.

The food safety commissioner told Nagaland Post that the ban on imported fish would be lifted any time once the fish was found without formalin.

Zhimomi said that no one has arrested so far in connection with sale of formalin-laced fish, but added that he was in contact with counterparts in Andhra Pradesh and Assam from where the fish is imported.

He informed that Andhra Pradesh government was in the process of forming a committee to probe the case. The commissioner,

however, said that even if formalin-free certification is issued in Andhra Pradesh, the same would do tested in Nagaland since foul play could happen during transportation and storage.

When asked if there was any provision to compensate the fish traders since most of them claim to be innocent and made huge loss, commissioner said there was no question of compensating them as they were equally wrong and liable to be punished with fine and imprisonment.

However, since this was the first case in the state, he said the government was lenient this time. He said the Centre was very serious about food adulteration, adding that under the Food Safety Act, food adulterators were liable to life imprisonment.

The commissioner also warned local fish sellers that they were liable to be punished under the Act if

found selling formalin-laced fish. He suggested that fish sellers should upgrade their system with cold storage and maintain proper hygiene.

Zhimomi said that the department was doing its job for the safety of every-

Formalin in fish detected in Wka Food safety team conducted random sampling test of formalin content in fishes from various fish kiosk in and around Wokha district on July 13, 2018 and out of the six samples collected, one tested positive for presence of formalin.

Five-member food safety team led by State Public Health Laboratory (SPHL) food analyst, Khrukutolu Veswuh, comprised of food security officer Wokha, Pelerienuo Kehie, deputy chief medical officer Wokha, Dr.Zuben Kikon, media officer (CMO) office Wokha and EAC HQ, Tumpen P Tsanglao.

According to an official bulletin, earlier samples taken from the same area also tested positive as per report from received from the SPHL. It stated that the contaminated fishes were seized for destruction.

On the same day, the team also visited Doyang to collect samples from the fish depots.

At Doyang, six species of fishes were tested from the local fish storage where freezers containing ice were also (Cont’d on p-7) tested but found to be negative.

Haemorrhagic stroke highest in NE: Study TO RO N TO, J U L 1 4 (IANS): One in three people, between 30-69 years, living in India’s northeastern states, suffered premature deaths due to haemorrhagic stroke in 2015, and were about three times higher than the national average, alarming research, led by one of an Indianorigin, has found.

Hypertension is the primary risk factor for haemorrhagic stroke and consumption of excessive salt could be one of the reasons.

According to the study, high blood pressure, inadequate stroke care and novel risk factors such as endemic infections might have played a role in increased mortality rates in these regions, representing a sixth of the country’s population. The study, published in The Lancet Global Health, showed that cardiovascular dis-

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eases, comprising mostly ischaemic heart disease and stroke, accounted for more than 2.1 million deaths in India in 2015 at all ages, or more than a quarter of all deaths.

“The finding that cardiac disease rose nationally in India and that stroke rose in some states was surprising,” said Prabhat Jha, Professor at the University of Toronto, in Canada.

For the research, the team examined 472,113 deaths of individuals older than 15 years from 2001 to 2013, including 111,977

body and to ensure that no consumer was cheated with harmful chemical. In this regard, the commissioner has sought the cooperation of the public and traders to effectively check the harmful practices.

deaths due to cardiovascular disease -- 68,904 adult men (61.5 per cent) and 43,073 women (38.5 per cent).

High-burden states for male stroke deaths were Assam, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and the northeastern states (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya), and high-burden states for female stroke deaths were Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and the northeastern states.

Road sinking along NH-702, says PPC DIMAPUR, JUL 14 (NPN): A portion of Longleng-Changtongya road (NH-702) below Orangkong village has been sinking continuously following incessant rains during the last two weeks, the Phom People’s Council (PPC) has reported.

In a press release, PPC president, P Chingan Phom, said the only sustainable road of Longleng district, lifeline of the Phom people, was about to be cut-off from the mainland.

According to PPC president, the dilapidated road conditions that continued to persist till today has affected the people of the region. The road, if it is sunken will not only affect the people but would be a major disaster, PPC said while urging the responsible department to take immediate steps in solving the problem at the earliest.

PPC cautioned that affected portion of road could to be washed away in the event of delay by the department as the rain was expected to continue till monsoon.

citizenship bill 2016

DIMAPUR, JUL 14 (NPN): Indigenous members of the North Eastern States Conclave of Human Rights (NESCH) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) after having critically deliberated on the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, felt the need to stand united against any action that would threaten the people and its land by the bill.

This was among the five point resolution adopted on Saturday by members of the group from five North Eastern states during the conclave held at hotel Saramati.

Understanding the threats by the proposed bill, the members affirmed that such communal, anti-constitutional and anti-indigenous people’s bill must not be allowed to be imposed upon North East India much against peoples’ will. The members also resolved to

submit a memorandum to the President and chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016.

It was also decided to organize a sustained movement by holding simultaneous demonstration in all the capitals of the North Eastern states against the proposed bill and to jointly hold a demonstration at Delhi.

The members have also agreed to form a North East Coordination Committee against the Citizenship Bill 2016 with the following members-- Assam- Anup Chetia and Lachit Bordoloi, Twipra- Patal Kanya Jamatia and Nandalal Jamatia, Arunachal PradeshTage Lapung and Tadar Tarish, Manipur- Longjam Ratankumar and Bishanjit Loitongbam and from Nagaland Neingulo Krome and N. Venuh.

programmes to help students’ start-up their life after completion of studies.

For this, he said institutions should make the students know and understand the welfare schemes and programmes offered by the government.

Universities, students’ organisations, NGOs, all organised groups like Self Help Groups (SHGs), ex-servicemen, scouts & guides, Red Cross Society etc. can take up skill training with the cooperation from government Skill Development department and train any youth and empower the society, he added.

“There is no better investment than helping a young person to develop his or her abilities,” he asserted.

He said schemes/loan from ‘Mudra Bank’ could help motivate the youth to be entrepreneurs.

Acharya said under the initiative of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, ‘Mudra Bank’ with Rs.12000 crore capital, has opened the flood gates for the skilled youth to become entrepreneurs and job givers and not job seekers.

IBAPWO concerned over border issue

DIMAPUR, JUL 14 (NPN): International Border Area People’s Welfare Organization (IBAPWO) has expressed serious concern over the likelihood of demolition of 19 houses including government infrastructures– buildings and school, falling between International border pillar No.145 and 146 along the Indo-Myanmar border of Nagaland by Myanmarese authorities.

IBAPWO president N. Rhuletsu Whurr and finance secretary Lapingtsu expressed support and solidarity with the state government for taking up the matter with the Central government, seeking immediate intervention.

IBAPWO said that the peaceful co-existence, common brotherhood and the decades old relationship among Nagas living on both sides the border should not hampered at any cost.

NEET selection: ANCSU wants proper verification DIMAPUR, JUL 14 (NPN): Expressing dissatisfaction with the verification of documents of doubtful candidates (non-indigenous) seeking admission in MBBS/BDS and other professional courses, the All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) has appealed to the state government to verify doubtful candidates through electoral voters list of 1963 and not to allot seats to such candidates before proper verification was done.

In a press release, ANCSU vice president and grievances committee chairman, Benjong Longchar, stated that following NEET 2018 results declaration, the union had repeatedly appealed to the director of technical education to meticulously verify the documents of doubtful candidates (non-indigenous).

He said the union had also sought the intervention

of chief minister, minister for higher and technical education, health minister and commissioner Nagaland.

ANCSU vice president said that the union was hoping for a thorough verification after the department of technical sent the list of doubtful candidates to the concerned district administration. However, he said the union was dismayed that some district administrations have not verified properly as appealed.

“ANCSU is not satisfied/convinced by the verification done by the concerned district administrations,” Longchar said.

He claimed that some district administrations were randomly issuing ST and Indigenous certificates to non-indigenous people of Nagaland without proper verification of documents and not following the government standing orders and office memorandums.

Longchar said ANCSU has learnt that the commissioner Nagaland has directed the district administrations to re-verify the supported documents of those candidates.

In this regard, the ANCSU has appealed to the responsible authority to take the matter seriously since it concerned the future generation of Nagas.

ANCSU cautioned that it would initiate its own course of action if any seat was allotted to non indigenous people of Nagaland.

Also, affirming that it would not accept any kind of manipulation or loopholes in the process of selection of candidates, the union reminded non-indigenous candidates of NEET 2018 not to complicate in the process of selection. “If any seat is allotted to nonindigenous candidate, the concerned shall be called back,” ANCSU said.

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NI Jamir Academic Excellence Award program held in Kma DIMAPUR: The 12th N.I Jamir Academic Excellence Award program was held at Molu Ki, Kohima on July 14 with advisor NIDC and Industries & Commerce, Imnatiba as the guest speaker.

According to DIPR, the N.I Jamir Academic Excellence Award was presented to Sangerbenla Tzudir, 6th rank, Wangshirenla Longkumer, 8th rank, Sentilong Walling, 12th Rank, Yarenbenla, 17th rank and Chubakatila Jamir, 18th rank of the recently conducted HSLC examination by the Nagaland Board of School Education.

Guest speaker, Imnatiba in his address said that in our country there are still many schools with bad infrastructure and lack good school teachers which includes our state. He said that these schools need to be improved.

Recalling the education history of the Ao region, he said that the American Baptist Churches bought the first education which educated the Aos. These educated Aos were able to negotiate with the Indian armies and the higher authorities during the days of the Plebiscite in Nagaland by adopting the 16 Point Agreement.

He described N.I. Jamir as the pioneer in education among the Aos as the first graduate, the first Headmaster in Middle English School, Mokokchung, the first IAS from Ongpangkong range and the first chief secretary from among the Aos. He was also an active member in ABAM church activities and also translated the I and II Chronicles books of the Bible from English to the Ao language.

Imnatiba said that so far 47 students have been

awarded the N.I Jamir Academic Excellence Award.

He encouraged the unemployed youth to take up that the schemes provided by the government to become self employed.

He also said that since Nagaland is very corrupted, the Naga people should develop the feeling of shame so that we feel ashamed and guilty of our wrong doing which is the only way to change the state.

Former chief minister and Governor Dr. SC Jamir, while exhorting the gathering, stated that the younger generation should not forget the history and root of the Naga people.

He also called on the Aos to not forget their responsibility to contribute to the betterment of Nagaland.

The former Governor questioned the future of the Naga people if Nagas were blocked with corruption, arrogance, dishonesty, etc.

NSA lecture on oral folk narratives

He stated that one should possess good character with honesty and challenged the youth to rededicate themselves and work for the betterment of Nagaland.

Minister Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, Metsubo Jamir, while speaking on behalf of Lt. N.I Jamir’s family, congratulated all the students who had successfully passed the recently conducted NBSE HSLC examination. The Minister also thanked the Ongpangkong Union for initiating the N.I Jamir Academic Excellence Award.

Short speeches were also delivered by principal, Kohima College, Dr. Watijungshi Jamir, president KAT Chiden Yaden. President KOT, Nungsangmeren Longchar delivered the welcome address while assistant secretary KOT Tesuchang Kichu delivered the vote of thanks.

Ward-8 Medziphema condemn murder

DIMAPUR: Ward-8 residents of Medziphema town have expressed shock at the ghastly murder of its member Lila Khati, a 56 year old from the Gorkha community.

A joint press release

by Ward-8 Medziphema town chairman, Sanilhu Salhu and GB, Rokovitso Kuotsu stated that Lila was a peace-loving resident of the Ward and had good rapport with everyone around her in Medziphema.

The release stated that she was found missing for some days until her body was found by youths and relatives only on July 11.

In this regard, the residents of colony have decried the beastly act perpetrated by unknown people and sincerely requested the authority to nab and punish the culprits accordingly.

It said that it would render helping hands to the authority so that the culprit(s) were identified and actions taken against them.

news in Brief EFG & YHAI state level seminar: Earth Friendly Generation (EFG) in collaboration with Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI) is organizing a state level seminar on “promotion of youth hostelling movement in Nagaland” on July 24, 2:45 pm at St. Joseph’s College conference hall, Jakhama. For any queries, one may contact the EFG registered office at H.No-37, Hospital Colony, Chiephobozou town, Kohima or contact 08575461237.

NSA members at its lecture program in New Delhi on July 13.

DIMAPUR: The Naga Scholars Association (NSA) organised a special talk titled “Folk oral narratives: its relevance and function in contemporary times” in JNU, New Delhi on July 13.

A press release by NSA president, Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan and general secretary, Dr. Lungthuiyang Raimei stated that, the speaker Dr. Achinglu Kamei started her talk by mentioning how oral folk narratives, in the past, was considered under the misconception that it was about village life and not

mainstream, nor relevant.

Dr. Achinglu also shared about how folklore was an “important genre of traditional literature” and that modern literature was born out of the traditional.

She asserted that “we must begin from where we were” and she also informed the audience about one way in which the folktales could be categorised: moral tales, etiological tales and dilemma tales. She also emphasised on the need for insiders to preserve stories and legends about survival skill, endurance, ethics, and respect for nature and for

humanity through the act of story writing.

Dr. Achinglu was of the strong opinion that Nagas could build confidence in their own narratives and regain the self esteem that has been lost in the long period of oppressive colonial representation of their culture.

Earlier in the program, a welcome address was given by Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan, president of NSA and the program was chaired by Sengmei.

Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Lungthuiyang Raimei.

Excise Mon seize IMFL

DIMAPUR: An excise duty party under the superintendent of Excise, Mon headed

by Yohan Konyak, Asst. Inspector along with constables, while on duty on July 12, intercepted a Tata Sumo, bearing registration no. AS 23 L 9572 carrying 38 cases

of IMFL. The vehicle was coming from Sonari (Assam) and was en-route to Mon. The two accused were booked under relevant sections of the NLTP Act ‘89’ and the seized items have been taken to the Excise Malkhana.

Condolences for Ramongo and Asinlo DIMAPUR: Condolence messages continue coming in for Ramongo Lotha IAS (Retd) who passed away on July 13 at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK).

G. Kaito Aye: Minister of Agriculture and Cooperation, G. Kaito Aye along with his wife in a condolence message stated that he knew late Ramongo personally from his early days as a government servant. Kaito described late Ramongo as frank, jovial and always ready to share openly for the upliftment of the people. Kaito stated that they became closer to each other after late Ramongo joined the JD (U). He also said that even though Ramongo had lost in the last general elections as a JD (U) candidate, Kaito as JD (U) legislator and the JD (U) party functionaries would always consider him a mentor and think-tank of the party. The minister mourned that in the demise of late Ramongo, he had lost a personal friend and mentor, which was a great loss for the JD (U) party in particular and Lothas in general. He conveyed heartfelt K

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condolences to the family members of late Ramongo Lotha and also prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul.

Further the minister also mourned the demise of Asinlo Tep, deputy director of Agriculture who passed away on July 7.

Kaito described late Asinlo as a sincere officer who had been serving the department with dedication in various capacities since him joining the department in the year 1991. He conveyed deepest condolence to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

T. R. Zeliang: Former chief minister, T. R. Zeliang in a condolence message to Renu Jami, wife of late Ramongo Lotha, stated that late Ramongo was a man of more action than words and that he was a humble officer who was committed to his work and sincerely discharged his assignments.

T. R. Zeliang along with his family conveyed their deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that departed soul rest in eternal peace.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2018

SPCAs conducts free anti rabies camp

A young dog owner carries her dog as she waits her turn with others to have her dog vaccinated. (NP) Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 14: The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCAs), in a joint venture with the veterinary department, conducted a free anti-rabies camp on Saturday, at Indisen and Aokong community hall.

This is the first camp of this kind that SPCAs has conducted in Nagaland.

Addressing media persons, SPCAs vice president, N Joseph Lemtur and executive secretary, Marian

Vigilance starts inquiry into LMCP dept

Rao, lamented that though the Supreme Court had issued directives to establish SPCAs in every district to prevent cruelty to animals, the state government has not provided adequate land and other facilities to the society to construct infirmaries and animal shelters.

At present, they said they were operation out of a space provided by the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) Dimapur on a temporary basis. Lemtur said their base of operations in this space

was officially launched in 2016 and it is located at CVO office complex, Burma Camp area Dimapur. He also said that with the contributions of various NGOs and the CVO, SPCAs in Nagaland has been trying to curb the increasing number of animal cruelty cases. He said that there were about 100 members registered in SPCAs. The camp was also attended by ADCP, Relo who is also the vice president of SPCAs. A total of 252 dogs were vaccinated at the camp

crime beat

Dimapur Police crime reports

DIMAPUR: With regard to various irregularities in the Legal Metrology and Consumer Protection (LMCP) department, the People for Democratic Rights (PDR) said it has received another email response from the LMCP Department stating that the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Police have started inquiry into the matter.

A press release from PDR’s media and publicity affairs appreciated the Vigilance Commission for taking cognizance of irregularities highlighted by PDR. It also appealed to the Vigilance Commission to fairly inquire into the matter. The PDR said it was pertinent to recall that the LMCP department was the first public department under the government of Nagaland to be penalized by the Nagaland State Information Commission Office (NSIC) for not replying to an RTI sincerely. “Vigilance Commission may kindly authenticate it from the State Information Office”, the release stated.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Police SOT party on July 9 apprehended one person namely Aghovi Aye (22 years of age) ‘SS sectional officer’ NNC (NPGN), permanent address Purana Bazar, Dimapur for collecting illegal tax from the business community in the name of underground faction and recovered Rs. 320 cash and one mobile phone from his possession. In this connection a EFG informs: Earth Friendly Generation (EFG) in case has been registered at Sub-Urban Police Station, collaboration with Vishwa Yuvak Kendra (VYK), for further investigation.

New Delhi, will be organizing a two-day state level A press release from additional deputy comtraining program on organic/natural farming for missioner of Police/Public Relations Officer (PRO) NGOs, VOs, CBOs and government departments in Dimapur stated that, Dimapur Police Anti-Extortion Nagaland from July 23 to 24, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at Team (AET) arrested one person namely Inahoto Sumi State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) confer(34 years of age), permanent address Nuiland on July ence hall, New Secretariat, Kohima, Nagaland. For 10 while extorting illegal tax from vegetable vendors.

In this connection a case has been registered at East any query one may contact Khrieketoulie Metha, Police Station, and investigation is on. assistant director EFG at 9856139219 and Vizosul Dimapur Police Anti Extortion Team (AET) on Kikhi, project coordinator EFG at 08220425163.

July 11 apprehended two persons namely, Shigpong MCD informs Muslim students: Muslim Council Yim (55 years of age), ‘rajupeyu’ GPRN/NSCN, perof Dimapur has informed all Muslim students of manent address Burma Camp, Dimapur and Bovito Nagaland who have secured 70% and above in the Chishi (42 yrs) ‘rajupeyu’ GPRN/NSCN, permanent HSLC & HSSLC Examination 2018 under NBSE to address Kuhuboto, Dimapur, while distributing desubmit a photo copy of their marksheets attested by mand slips to shopkeepers and seized (a) Informathe school principal along with two passport photos tion slips (b) house tax slip (c) shop tax slip (d) cash on or before July 20 at Unique Medical Hall, MP amounting Rs. 4500 and (e) assignment letter in the Road, Dimapur. For further information, one may name of GPRN/NSCN (U). In this connection a case contact Kurban Ahmed at 9436260283. has been registered vide Diphupar Police Station, for further investigation.

DSTH elects new team: Dimapur Sumi Totimi Anti Extortion Team (AET), Dimapur Police apHoho (DSTH) has inducted its new office bearers on prehended two persons namely Purne Sonar (30 years June 25, for the tenure (2018-21). The team will be of age), V/o Butwal, P.S Thamghal, permanent address led by Yekali B Kiba as president, Tohuli Zhimomi as Industrial Village, Dimapur (2) Asoba Imsong (29 years vice president along with seven representatives from of age) permanent address Ao khel Mayemen Colony various colonies of Dimapur, three advisory board Karbi Anglong, Assam on July 11 at around 5:30 pm, members and two other office bearers. while they were extorting money from truck drivers in the name of NSCN (R) and seized an amount of Rs. 400 from their possession. In this connection a case has been registered at West Police Station, for further investigation.

Dimapur Police Anti Extortion Team (AET) on July 12 apprehended one person namely Akai Aye (43 years of age), permanent address Lama Bosti, Assam, while extorting money from business establishments at Duncan Bosti, Dimapur in the name of FGN and seized incriminating documents with Rs. 1850 cash from his possession. In this connection a case has been registered at West Police Station, for further investigation.

Dimapur Police SOT Party apprehended one person namely Kumugha Chophy (29 years of age), permanent address 4th Mile Dimapur for illegal collection of tax in the name of underground factions on July 14 at around 5:30 am and seized Rs. 1750 cash and one mobile phone from his possession. In this connection a suo motto FIR has been registered at West Police Station and investigation is on.

Dimapur Police SOT Party apprehended one person namely Toviho Yeptho (36 years of age),V/o Tsukomi, Zunheboto on July 14 at around 11 am for The Sangtam community of Dimapur conducted a cleanliness drive under the collecting illegal tax from the business community in Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) project “A better Dimapur,” on Saturday, from 6 the name of NSCN (R) and seized Rs. 6000 and one to 9:30 a.m. The drive began from clock Tower junction to Dhobinala Deluxe Point mobile handset from his possession. In this connection via DC court junction. Altogether 250 people participated in the drive. (NP) a suo moto FIR has been registered at East Police Station for further investigation.

Two persons namely, Anguvi (30 years of age), permanent address Padumpukuri, and Khekaho (28 years of age), permanent address Niuland, were arrested by Dimapur Police on July 10 in connection with the theft of a two wheeler (Scooty). A case has been registered at Diphupar Police Station for further investigation.

Mmhonlumo Kikon: Advisor of NRE, IT & C, Science and Technology, Mmhonlumo Kikon has expressed shock at the sudden demise of Ramongo Jami, and said it was a great loss for the Lothas in particular. Kikon described late Ramongo as a man of integrity and a very capable officer. Kikon remembered his association with late Ramongo when he was president of the Lotha Government Officers Association. The advisor conveyed condolences to his wife and child and prayed that the departed kind soul rest in peace.

LHD: The Lotha Hoho Dimapur (LHD) in a condolence message expressed shock at the sudden demise of Ramongo Lotha on July 13. It stated that late Ramongo’s life would continue to inspire family, dear ones and beyond.

LHD also stated that late Ramongo was a person known for his dedication and courage to stand for the truth. The LHD conveyed deep-felt condolence to the bereaved family and CHILDLINE 1098 Mokokchung held a meeting with the Ao Kaketshir Mungdang (AKM) prayers for the departed on spreading awareness on child related issues and they agreed to work and cooperate soul to rest in peace. with each other.

Mithun disease at Shiponger under control

KOHIMA: An outbreak of mithun foot and mouth disease at Shiponger village under Tuensang district was brought under control with the timely intervention of the veterinary department from Shamator.

More than 70 mithuns were treated from June 19 to 24 and many mithuns were saved. Shiponger village council chairman K. Kiumehean, in a press release, expressed gratitude to the department and P. Showuba Yimchunger, senior veterinary field assistant, for treating the outbreak.

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Bad roads a hindrance to exports: Mhathung Yanthan Says crops grown in nagaland are organic by default

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, JUL 14 (NPN): Advisor for horticulture Mhathung Yanthan, on Saturday, said that the road conditions in the state was a factor that contributes to difficulty in exporting agricultural products outside Nagaland. At the same time, he expressed optimism saying that the conditions would improve because, he said, the PDA government was committed to improving the roads of the state and has been putting in much energy and money into it.

He was speaking at the inaugural program of the Integrated Export Development Project Training held on Saturday at DAN training centre, 4th mile, Dimapur.

The advisor stated that the central government was also involved in solving the problem of transport of goods adding that the state government would approach the centre to discuss this problem.

Speaking about the crops grown in Nagaland, Yanthan asserted that the crops of Nagaland were or-

(L-R) M.K Mero, Mhathung Yanthan, SM Jahangir Hossain and Malayendu Mulkherjee at the ten day training inaugural program. (NP)

ganic by default though not officially declared organic.

In this regard, he said that the government was considering declaring Nagaland an organic state.

Once it is declared organic officially, it will improve the demand of agricultural products of the state, he said.

He lamented that Nagaland was trapped in the vicious cycle of no production, leading to no market, which in turn leads back to no production.

“This cycle needs to be broken” he said and suggested implementing proper marketing methods.

He also explained that his department has been focusing on this. He added that Nagaland had immense potential to export agriproducts, yet the state was still lagging behind because of the lack of a market and the right buyers.

Delivering his speech as the special invitee, horticulture principal secretary Nagaland M.K Mero, ITS maintained that in the days to come, the upcoming and ongoing road and rail projects in the state would improve connectivity making exporting products easier.

He revealed that the depart-

ment was also planning to set up a marketing wing.

Bangladesh fruits vegetables and allied products exporter association president S.M Jahangir Hossain, while delivering a brief speech, asked trainees to focus first on the quality of products and then go for exports. He agreed that the roads of the state were a problem and unless the roads improve, the exporters could not accomplish much.

NEF trainers-exports Mgt FLT. LT. Malayendu Mulkherjee also explained the concept of the program.

Earlier, a welcome address was delivered by deputy director of horticulture, Mishessto Rengma.

The ten-day training program has been executed

by North East Foundation (NEF) and sponsored by the horticulture department. It is the first of its kind training in the state.

Altogether, 30 trainees have been selected to participate in the program out of 100 candidates. The program will culminate on July 23.

Governor of Nagaland, P.B Acharya and his wife with office bearers of Ramakrishan Society Dimapur during their visit to the Ramakrishan Society Office located at Duncan Bosti, Dimapur on July 14.

As per the directive of the government regarding adoption of villages, JN Aier College in collaboration with its NSS unit signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Xelhozhe village on July 13. It was formally signed by the principal and the program officer of JN Aier College NSS unit along with the GB and chairman of Xelhozhe village.

Fathers’ seminar held in Kiphire National Lok Adalats settle cases involving over Rs 2 cr

DIMAPUR: National Lok Adalat (NLA) was conducted in ten district headquarters constituting ten Lok Adalat Benches. In the Lok Adalats on July 14, 949 cases were listed before the bench for settlement, of which 326 cases were successfully settled.

A press release from NLA, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) nodal officer, Nungsang C. Jamir stated that total settlement amount involved in the disposed Dr. Rev. Apise along with the participants after the program. (NP) and settled cases amounts to Rs. 2,47,68,521.00/Correspondent called Langzanger a role he asked the Langzanger (Rupees two crore forty model village for Kiphire Union to regularly attend KIPHIRE, JUL 14 (NPN): district. church. Dr. Apise said that The Langzanger Union Speaking to the fa- blessings rather than curses Kiphire Town organized thers, he said that the cen- should go to children. He a Father’s Seminar on the tral theme of a family is to further appealed to the partheme “Fatherhood” with know God. ticipants to be aware of the Dr. Rev. Apise, secretary, Saying that fathers responsibilities of a father United Sangtam Baptist were the main foundation and bring up their children DIMAPUR: Nagaland Foothills Road CoordinaLithroti Ashimukhong of the family, the resource in God’s way of life.

(USBLA) as the resource person said that they were The seminar was held tion Committee (NFRCC) person at Hopongkyu also the main pillars with in two sessions. The chair- along with Doyang Bridge Memorial Hall Kiphire five responsibilities given to man of Langzanger Union contractor M/S L. Pukhato today. them -- Source, Sustainer, Kiphire Town, Lithsase Shohe & Sons held a meetExtending his appreci- Supporter, Nourisher and Thonger on behalf of the ing on July 14.

In a press release, ation to Langzanger village Foundation. He main- union expressed his apfor successfully conducting tained that prayer is the link preciation to the resource NFRCC convenor Supu “Clean Elections” during to God for all generations. person for making time for Jamir and assistant general secretary W Lemba Chang the last General Assembly Pointing out that many fa- the union. stated that in the meeting election Nagaland 2018, he thers do not go to church,

Inalo Zhimomi district judge Mon presiding along with conciliators in Mon.

seven lakhs sixty eight thousand five hundred twenty one). The settlement amount included the fine money, bank recovery money, compensation

money, etc. Among the disposed cases, 39 cases which were presently pending in the courts at various levels were disposed off and 287 cases at pre-litigation stages

were referred and disposed during the Lok Adalat sittings.

The Lok Adalat sitting benches were held within the premises of the district

court buildings. District Legal Services Authorities organised short awareness programs, encouraging and apprising the public on the benefits of settling disputes through Lok Adalats. Judicial officers acted as presiding officers and the panel lawyers served as conciliators along with the Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) who acted as members.

This type of National Lok Adalat is held at regular intervals throughout the country and the next National Lok Adalat has been scheduled to be held on September 8.

Doyang Bridge construction meet

Meeting to discuss proposed waterways held

DIMAPUR: Chairman of Nagaland Inland Waterways Board (NIWB) & Rajya Sabha MP, K.G. Kenye convened a meeting at Hotel Japfü, Kohima on July 13.

A press release from his PS said that the meeting was attended by secretary (Transport), Kinilo Apon, who is also the member secretary (NIWB) and R. Eyenthung Ngulli, nodal officer (NIWB). Representatives from the allied departments of Power, Work & Housing and Planning were also present. In the meeting the connectivity of Nagaland via an Inland Waterway was thoroughly discussed.

The proposals for NH 31(Dhansiri) and NH 32(Dikhu) was also put up during the meeting. Further, the departments also deliberated on obstructions faced

by NEEPCO for setting up a 36 MW capacity dam and NHCP too at Tizu-Zungki, which was discontinued. In this regard, the committee has sought the cooperation of all concerned stakeholders in the larger interest of the people.

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declared as National Highway – 101, by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), became the focal point of the discussion in which the Transport department was made the nodal department to foresee all Inland Waterways project in Nagaland while the other departments will act as the stake holders to remove intra departmental conflicts and confusion.

Also, zero point at Merangkong-Tamlu junction was amicably proposed to be the best site for the port of NH-32 (Dikhu).

Kenye thanked all the concerned departments for their positive participation and assured them that the matter would be taken up with the Central Government to the best of his capacity. He concluded the program by requesting the Transport Department and also all the allied departments to cooperate and work together as a single unit to accomplish these kinds of major projects which, he said, will help the people immensely and also uplift the bleak economy of the state.

the house thoroughly deliberated the matter of the delayed construction and its status. It was resolved that the contractor would resume the works in the coming session on war footing. At the same time NFRCC also assured the contractor of its full cooperation to the “People’s survival project” on a priority basis.

Family planning camps being conducted in Jalukie and Peren

The work force team of Peren District along with Tubectomy beneficiaries during the Family planning camp at CHC Jalukie on July 13.

DIMAPUR: In observance of World Population Day & Population stabilization fortnight, Free Family Planning Camps are being held at CHC Jalukie and District Hospital Peren, providing free sterilization along with incentives and transportation costs provided to beneficiaries.

Peren CMO Office, district media officer Pezanguno Celine Secii, in a press release, stated that the other 24 Health Units were giving free family services such as IUCD, condoms, OCP and ECP. All of these

started on July 11 and will culminate on the 24th.

The work force, under the umbrella of the Chief Medical Office Peren, is focusing on information, education and communication strategies. Mobilization and intensive awareness are being initiated since June 24 focusing on the grassroot level with the ASHA’s engaging in interpersonal communication with all the villages with the ASHA coordinators. The health workers are conducting counselling in their respective Health Units and also

distributing IEC materials in local dialects apart from family planning services.

Focus group discussion are also being conducted by the ASHA coordinators in all the 4 blocks. Miking has also been carried out in Peren town and Jalukie town to gather information.

The release reported that so far, 21 laparoscopic & 3 IUCD have been done and 298 condoms, 72 OCP’s and 14 ECP’s has been distributed. The Sterilization camp for District Hospital Peren is fixed to be conducted on July 17.

After 35 years of its inception the Wangkhao Government College Mon, officially formed it’s Alumni Association in its second alumni association meet held on July 14 at the college. The members selected its first executive members led by Alei as president, vice president K. Nokwang and general secretary Shiklong. (NP)

Longleng Dakshata training culminates

DIMAPUR: The three-day Technical Update & Skills Standardization Training for block medical officers and health workers concluded successfully at CMO’s conference hall, CMO’s office Longleng.

A press release from chief medical officer, Longleng Dr. Kongyan Phom stated that, the first batch was trained from July 5 to 7 and second batch from July 10 to 12. TOT’s for the training was Dr. Dennis Phom gynaecologist, nurses Akumla, Lily Phom and Lanu from District Hospital. CMO Longleng, Dr. Kongyan Phom, at the closing program, requested the participants to practice what they had learned during the training. Dr. Imnameren Phom DPO (RCH/UIP) also encouraged the nurses and medical officers that there should be changes in their performance after the training in their respective health units.

The closing program was attended by CMO Dr. Kongyan, Dr. Imnameren DPO (RCH/UIP), Dr. Manyau DVBO (NVBDCP), Dr. Thungbemo Patton deputy CMO, and the district program manager, with others.

Block farmers trained on animal diseases

DIMAPUR: The directorate of AH & Veterinary Services (AH&VS), Nagaland, Kohima under National Livestock Mission (NLM) kick started an orientation and capacity building training on latest techniques of Veterinary Extension Services for selected block farmers of the district, at the Chief Veterinary Officer’s office Zunheboto from July 10.

A press release from CVO Zunheboto, Dr. Toshi Aier stated that, altogether twenty numbers of block livestock farmers in two batches were trained by the resource persons, Dr. Gwanthenlo Tsela, VAS (OP) and Dr. Bocto Sumi

VAS Vety. Hospital, Zunheboto respectively.

The release stated that many instances of unattended treatable/manageable cases in remote areas appeared to have been causing negligible loss which has compounded to huge cumulative economic losses in the long run for the poor farmers due to lack of knowledge and proper extension services network.

The CVO expressed optimism that in future the impact of this training program would minimize such economic losses not only for the trained person but even for their surrounding farmers.

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Manipur University crisis: Effigies of HRD minister, probe panel burnt

Agitating students of Manipur University burn effigies of HRD minister and probe panel members in Imphal on Saturday.

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IMPHAL, Jul 14: Students of Manipur University Saturday evening burnt effigies of Union human resource development (HRD) minister, Prakash Javadekar rejecting the probe panel recently constituted by the Centre.

The students also burnt the effigies of UGC joint secretary J K Tripathi, deputy secretary (Central university division) of HRD ministry Surat Singh and registrar in-charge M Shyamkesho Singh. JK Tripathi and Surat Singh are members of the recently constituted probe panel while M Shyamkesho Singh was expelled from the panel on the charge of siding with the VC. The agitating Manipur University Students’ Union, Manipur University Teachers’ Association (MUTA)

and Manipur University Staff Association (MUSA) rejected the probe panel, alleging that HRD ministry was in favour of VC prof AP Pandey since the very beginning of the more than a month old strike.

The agitating students alleged that Union HRD ministry was in favour of the vice chancellor and demanded that no official of HRD should be included in the probe panel.

Union HRD ministry had set up the probe committee to look into the allegations against Manipur University Vice-Chancellor Adya Prasad Pandey on July 12 last.

“We cannot accept the enquiry panel. Our demand is the removal of the ViceChancellor. Not an enquiry committee,” MUSU president Mayanglambam Dayaman said.

“How can a fair enquiry be done when the Vice Chancellor is still inside the (university) campus. He is the person behind all the crisis in the university. How can we accept an enquiry committee when he is still sitting in the office,” said MUSU president.

“We demand direct removal of the VC. We will continue our agitation until he is removed from the post,” he added.

He further alleged that HRD ministry has been trying to divert the demand for removal of the VC by spreading false propaganda that the strike in the university was backed by antinational elements.

The recent allegation of VC receiving extortion letter from an underground group which the state chief minister had related it with the ongoing strike was an-

Miscreants loot Rs 14 L from Assam MLA

Guwahati, Jul 14 (Agencies): An Assam legislator became victim of cyber crime as miscreants looted over Rs 14 lakh from his SBI account in Dispur branch in Assam’s capital city Guwahati.

According to the reports, Utpal Dutta, legislator of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) became victim of the cyber crime. The incident has come to light on Friday, when the wife of the MLA went to the bank to withdraw money through a cheque.

When the incident was informed to the AGP MLA, he immediately rushed to the SBI branch and came to know that his registered

mobile number against the SBI account was changed on May 19 without his knowledge. Following the incident, the Assam legislator lodged an FIR at Dispur police station in this regard.

Utpal Dutta said in the FIR that, his account number in SBI Dispur has been fraudulently hacked on May 19 last. “My phone number linked to the account has been changed on the May 19 and also internet banking has been activated without my knowledge or permission.

On requesting for the documents, the bank authorities failed to provide us the information,” the AGP MLA said in the FIR.

BSF only force that allows smartphone use, says DG Shillong, Jul 14 (IANS): The Border Security Force (BSF) is the only security force in India that allows its troopers to use their smartphones to keep in touch with their families, a top official said here.

“We are the only force in the country that allow smartphones. I know the Army, Navy and the Air Force do not allow,” BSF chief K.K. Sharma told the media on Friday.

“I took a conscious decision of allowing smartphones so that they (troopers) can remain in touch with their families and

friends. They can use internet and social media to gain knowledge.”

However, the BSF have been counseling its troopers over social media usage as it is a very “risky medium”, Sharma added.

“People try to spread misinformation through social media. We tell the troopers to verify every information they receive on their smartphones and to never forward a message which is negative in nature.

“Disciplinary actions will be taken against those who are found doing so.”

Vivekananda Kendra NRL School of Nursing inaugurated

Numaligarh, Jul 14 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Saturday inaugurated Vivekananda Kendra NRL School of Nursing. The nursing school would provide nursing skills to under-privileged girl students in the vicinity of Numaligarh Refinery in upper Assam.

Sonowal said that the VKNRL School of Nursing is a way towards paying tribute to the 855 martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the six-year long Assam Agitation. “Named after the great son of the nation Swami Vivekananda,” Sonowal said the school will be an effort to materialise the maxim of Vivekananda “Service to man is Service to God”. He advised the students of the nursing school to imbibe human values, empathy and compassion to serve the people. The nursing school set up

by NRL at a cost of Rs 26 crore as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility will be operated by VKNRL Nursing School Trust which has been created with trustees from Vivekananda Kendra and Numaligarh Refinery Limited that was set up on April 22, 1993.

Utpal Dutta said that he didn’t know what happened. “When my wife went to the bank to withdraw Rs 45,000, the bank authorities said that, there was no sufficient amount in my account. When verified the bank documents, we noticed that, my registered mobile number against the account was changed two months before,” Utpal Dutta said.

The Assam MLA alleged that some bank employees are involved in this crime and bank authorities of the branch are not cooperating with him on the issue. Investigation is going on into the matter, said police.

other strategy of prof Pandey to save his post.

“Despite all these, MUSU will not retreat from their primary demand of removal of the vice-chancellor.

We will go ahead until and unless prof AP Pandey is removed from post of VC,” he reaffirmed MUSU position. Students of the Central institute under the aegis of the MUSU have been agitating since May 30 last demanding removal of prof AP Pandey as vice chancellor of the university.

The student body has accused the VC of “financial irregularities, failure” to fill up key posts in the university and “inefficient” administrative functioning among others.

Meanwhile, a delegation of state government led by chief minister N Biren Singh has been camping at the national capital since Friday to press the concern higher authorities of the Central government to resolve the crisis at the earliest. Sources said that BJPled coalition government in the state was compelled to take up the crisis in the university as it could not remain silent after academic atmosphere in the colleges affiliated to the university have also been affected by the agitation.

Alleging that prolonged unrest prevailing in the university has put their academic careers at stake, students have closed down their colleges indefinitely.

‘Govt committed to provide quality health care’

Sonowal warns contractors for delaying Majuli protection works

Guwahati, Jul 14 (PTI): Assam government is committed towards providing quality health care to the people of the state and Atal Amrit Abhiyan has been a major move in this direction, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Pijush Hazarika said Saturday.

Stating that nearly 1.6 crore people of the state have received health cards under this scheme, Hazarika said it is targeted to cover nearly 92 per cent of the total population within the next six months.

Inaugurating a free mega health camp here under the aegis of Atal Amrit Abhiyan, he laid emphasis on the scheme covering nearly 60 hospitals across the country and about 4,600 patients from the state receiving quality health care since April last.

The minister congratulated the Asha workers present in the camp for their commitment and contribution to the health care sector.

The free mega health camp was organised to register patients for health cards under the scheme and free health check-up under different medical departments.

Atal Amrit Abhiyan provides comprehensive coverage and cashless medical treatment benefits upto Rs 2 lakh to every individual from BPL and low income households across Assam for treatment of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, kidney diseases, neurological conditions, neonatal diseases and nurns.

Majuli, Jul 14 (IANS): Irked by the slow pace of implementation of Majuli protection project, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday warned of taking legal action against erring contractor organisation if they fail to complete the project within stipulated time frame.

Reviewing the progress of the project at Majuli on Friday ,the Chief Minister said the contractor organisation T.K. Engineering will have to face the music if they are unable to show satisfactory progress in executing the project.

The project - which was allotted to T.K. Engineering on November 24 last year - has a time frame of 18 months which will expire in May, 2019. The project entails 27 km long erosion protection work for a total cost of Rs 200 crore.

Saying that the protection of the river island is an emotional issue for the people of Assam as Majuli is the seat of the state’s Vaishnavite culture and heritage, Sonowal stated that any

Tripura urges ministry to persuade SpiceJet to continue operations Agartala, Jul 14 (IANS): After Jet Airways, budget airline SpeiceJet has decided to suspend operations to Tripura capital Agartala from September 1, prompting the Chief Minister to seek intervention of the Union Civil Aviation Minister, an official said here on Saturday.

“Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb had requested Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday to intervene to have the airline retract its decision,” an official of Tripura Chief Minister’s secretariat said.

Jet Airways had with-

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drawn from Tripura citing revenue losses.

Currently, IndiGo and Air India are two other airlines operating on the Agartala route. They operate direct flights between Agartala and Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Imphal and Silchar.

The Agartala airport is the second busiest in the northeast after Guwahati.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has started a Rs 438 crore project to upgrade the Agartala airport by providing world-class facilities, an AAI official said.

negligence on the organisation’s part in implementing the project would result in severe action against it.

Terming the project for Majuli protection as the manifestation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment towards Assam, Sonowal urged the Brahmaputra Board and the contractor organisation to work with dedication and sincerity in implementing the project so that the people of the state can heave a sigh of relief.

The Chief Minister also said Tourism Minister Chandan Brahma, who is in-charge minister for looking after the Majuli affairs, would again hold a review meeting next month for the project and if any lapse is found, legal action would be taken accordingly.

Directing T.K. Engineering to submit the action plan for project implementation to Brahmaputra Board, Sonowal instructed the Chairman of the Board Rajiv Yadav to strictly monitor the progress of the project.

MGU Meghalaya distributes scholarships

Dimapur, Jul 14 (NPN): BapujiChatravitti 2018, the annual scholarship distribution ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Meghalaya was held on July 14 in the university campus.

The scholarship was distributed to 50 deserving and economically backward students.

The aim of the endeavour initiated

by MGU is to deliver quality education to students irrespective of economic differences. The financial assistance provided in the form of scholarship is expected to aid

learners to walk on the path of knowledge and to explore the roads of creativity with zeal and keenness.

The university has world class auditorium, hi-tech laboratories, e-learning facilities, skill development programs, student feedback and counseling facilities, committed team of faculty and staff, dynamic web portal, student placement services, sports and well equipped gymnasium, hostels, playground and other modern amenities for grooming the student and making them corporate ready.

Myanmar refugees in Mizoram reluctant to return to their villages

Aizawl, Jul 14 (Agencies): Over 300 Myanmar refugees in Mizoram who were evicted from their homes last November are reluctant to return to their villages.

The conflict between the Myanmar Army and a rebel outfit called the Arakan Ar my resulted in the influx of around 1,600 Myanmar refugees who were rehabilitated in Lawngtlai district, about 280 km south of Mizoram’s capital Aizawl, after they crossed the border to Mizoram on November 25.

Kang festival begins in Manipur

Most of the refugees were Buddhist tribals belonging to the Chin community who speak the same language as the Lai in Mizoram who are mainly Christians.

The 30 odd families who are reluctant to go back to Myanmar are apprehensive of violence which according to them could escalate anytime.

“About 300 of them are still languishing in thatched houses at Hmawngbuchhuah village, they have been lamenting tales of violence and discrimination by the

Burmese Army,” Central Young Lai Association (YLA) leaders said.

Their tales of sufferings seem to have won the sympathy of the locals at Hmawngbuchhuah; the refugees said that all their houses were burnt down by the Burmese Army and they pleaded the local NGOs to accommodate them.

“We have nothing there anymore, here (in Mizoram) at least we have shelter and above all peace and tranquility,” the refugees told the leaders of the Central YLA.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PEREN : NAGALAND

OBJECTION NOTICE

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IMPHAL, Jul 14: Rath yatra of Lord Jagannath, popularly known as Kang Chingba in Manipur, commenced with pomp and gaiety in the state on Saturday. The festival will be celebrated over the next nine days.

Pulling of chariot of Lord Jagannath, his brother, Balarama and sister Subhadra marked the commencement of the festival.

Braving the hot summer day, thousands of devotees flocked Shree Shree Govindajee temple complex in Imphal’s Palace Compound to catch a glimpse of the deities and to take part in pulling the chariot of the deities.

The chariots were also pulled in each localities dominated by Meitei community following Hindu religions where Brahamans (Hindu priest) performed aartis.

The main events of the festival include the pulling of Kang (chariot) Lord Jagannath, his brother, Balarama and sister Subhadra by devotees. During the procession of the chariot, people offer flowers, fruits and sweets to the deities.

On the occasion, state chief minister greeted the people of the state, particularly Hindus while seeking

Both the Central and the state governments have come forward to solve the perennial problems facing the river island and Brahmaputra Board must win the people’s trust here through their work, he stated.

“People need solutions, not excuses. The delay in implementation of the project has raised serious doubts in the people’s minds and the newly appointed chairman of the Board must strive hard to fulfil the expectations of the public from the Board,” Sonowal said.

Chairman of the Brahmaputra Board Rajiv Yadav informed that T.K. Engineering has already been penalised with a fine of Rs 1.6 crore for the delay in implementing the project and in future too, such actions would be taken for slow pace of work.

Apart from the Majuli protection project, other projects implemented by the Board at Nimatighat and Morigaon and different flood management projects were also discussed in the meeting.

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Dated Peren the 13th July 2018

Shri. Ngaunibo Zeliang of Jalukie Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate declaring that his Late wife Ransuangwi who has expired on 22/6/18.

Public are hereby invited to file claims/objections within 30(Thirty) days w.e.f. date of publication in local papers. If no objection is received from the public within the stipulated time, the Succession Certificate shall be issued in her name.

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Devotees pulling the chariot during Kang festival at Imphal Palace compound on Saturday.

the blessing of the deities for peace and prosperous Manipur, free from all sorts of crimes and violence.

“Lord Jagannath is the lord of poor and I am happy that it is being celebrated with such happiness. Today in many parts of the country the festival is being celebrated in some way or the other. I wish my greetings to the people of the state, particularly to the Hindus on the occasion,” Singh said.

Meanwhile, Manipur Governor Dr Najma Hepul-

la inaugurated the 11th State Level Pineapple Festival cum Sellers & Buyers Meet and Youth Festival, 2018 at Thambalnu Market Complex in Imphal East District Saturday. The festival is held every year during Kang festival.

Addressing the gathering the Governor said that pineapple was a good option for revenue generation for the state.

She stressed for a concerted effort to increase the production as well as its market. Pineapple variet-

ies like Queen and Kew favoured by many for its flavour and health quotient can be grown in large numbers to market it outside the state.

The Gover nor also suggested that pineapple and other varieties of fruits available in the state can be dried as there is enough sunlight and there is no need for special infrastructure for the drying process. As dried fruits are costly, these local dried fruits can be sold for higher profit margin, she added.

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Govt will track down GST defaulters: Sushil Modi

Bengaluru, Jul 14 (IANS): Using data analytics, the government would track down and penalise defaulters of Goods and Services Tax (GST), said Group of Ministers (GoM) on GST Network ChairmanSushil Kumar Modi on Saturday.

“We will use data analytics to track GST tax defaulters through its network, which has 360-degree view of online transactions to detect discrepancies,” Modi, the Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister, told reporters after chairing the 9th meeting of the GoM here.

The GoM was set up in September 2017 to address the IT-related issues of the GSTN, operated by software vendor Infosys since the new tax regime was introduced across the country on July 1, 2017.

Asser ting that no dealer would be able to escape the indirect tax net on goods and services, Modi said the GST Network was so robust that they should not attempt to dodge paying their dues to

Sushil Modi (file) the government.

“Traders and dealers should not avoid or evade paying taxes that are due from them on their goods and services, as business intelligence software (third eye) will trace the defaulters easily,” he said.

The GST Council, which will hold its next meeting in New Delhi on July 21, will also study recommendations of its law advisory committee, set up by the Union Finance Ministry to suggest changes for greater compliance.

“State-r un departments handling large work contracts will also be brought under the TDS (tax deduction scheme) from October 1 in the first

Will be forced to call Modi by his popular nicknames: Cong

Pramod Tiwari (file) deep Singh Sengar who has been charge sheeted

by CBI for rape.

“The Prime Minister could have announced in the same breath that he was expelling Sengar from the party.

He forgot to speak on the rampant rapes in Uttar Pradesh in BJP rule,” Tiwari said.

He said that Modi sounded like a tired commander who was staring at the defeat.

“After giving 73 Lok Sabha and 323 assembly seats to BJP, the public had been expecting to hear from the Prime Minister about the jobs, employment, about farmers’ dues, about the reopening of shut down factories and mills. But he spoke none of that because he has nothing to show on the ground,” Tiwari added.

Director General of Police (DGP) O.P. Galhotra said 7.50 lakh candidates appeared for the test. He appealed to candidates to stay away from fraudsters offering jobs for money.

Additional Inspector General Rajeev Sharma said strict action will be taken against those who try to get help from any any illegal source during the exams. “We are keeping an eye on anti-social elements,” he said.

Dr Prashakha Mathur, IG, police recruitment, appealed to all candidates to follow the dress code. “They should avoid full-sleeve dress and fancy accessories.

They should come to the centre in simple footwear which have to be taken off outside the exam centre,” she said.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president Sachin Pilot strongly condemned suspension of internet services for two days.

He said that the state government has made a mockery of its own slogan of Digital India and “proved that it is unable to check its misuse” by suspending the internet services.

Hapur lynching survivor says police saving accused cow vigilantes New Delhi, Jul 14 (IANS): Police are trying to weaken the Hapur lynching case at the behest of the BJP and the Yogi Adityanath government, said the witness and survivor of the June 18 murder allegedly by cow vigilantes after he was discharged from a hospital here on Saturday.

Samiyuddin also sent his first statement detailing about the incident to IG Meerut Range Ram Kumar, expressing his distrust on local police and asking for a judicial investigation into the murder of cattle trader Qasim in Hapur district.

On the fateful day, as he intervened to save Qasim, Samiyuddin was thrashed and is yet to recover from several injuries including fractures of both arms, right leg and ribs.

“I have no faith on Pilkhua police station which deliberately failed to stop the bail granted to main accused Yudhishtir Singh.

I have written to IG Meerut Range requesting him for a true judicial enquiry,” Samiyuddin told IANS. Samiyuddin recalled how he was mercilessly beaten up by the group that

lynched Qasim at Bajhera village in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, 75 km east of New Delhi.

“There is not a single place on my body where they did not hit me. I was sure to die like Qasim but God saved me. The local police is now trying to weaken the case by giving a distorted version, of some motorcycle accident, because of the BJP and Yogi Adityanath government.

“The killers should get strictest punishment. And, immediate action should be taken against Pilkhua police station Circle Officer Pawan Kumar Singh and other staff who forced my brother Yaseen and familyfriend Dinesh Tomar to file a false and incorrect FIR,” he told IANS. Samiyuddin said he was attacked after he intervened the mob that lynched Qasim alleging him of killing a cow when there was neither a cow nor any axe or knife to kill any animal.

Soon he was bleeding from head to toe and was semiconscious.

When the police took him and Qasim to nearby G.S. Medical College, he

remembers somebody saying “Probably Qasim is dead”.

He also remembers being given injections at the hospital and his thumb prints taken on some papers of which he has no idea.

He was finally admitted at Devnandini Hospital at Hapur at about 7-8 p.m., around 12 km from the place of incident that happened around noon.

He regained full consciousness after more than 24 hours. On July 6, he was shifted to Alshifa Hospital in Delhi.

His brother Yaseen and family-friend Dinesh Tomar, who also spoke to IANS, said the police kept misleading about his whereabouts till 5-5:30 in the evening when they were forced to write and sign a false FIR. They agreed as they were afraid of the police and also were more concerned about getting Samiyuddin timely treatment.

B o t h Ya s e e n a n d Tomar, too, have written separate statements to the Meerut Range Inspector General of Police sharing the “true and correct” narration of the incident.

phase.”

The committee has made about 100 recommendations to amend the GST Act, including widening the threshold limit of the composition scheme, identify dealers for reverse change mechanism and distribution of cess on compensation to states in the middle of five-year term.

In its report on December 17, the committee has advised the GST Council to enlarge the composition scheme and simply filing of returns, among other proactive measures to make traders comply with the new tax regime.

The panel also recommended including service providers in the composition scheme and allow filing of summarised (GSTR-3B) returns.

Under the composition scheme, small traders or dealers will pay GST at a fixed rate turnover of less than Rs 1.5 crore.

“Among the recommendations are to include service providers in the composition,” said an official.

Jaipur, Jul 14 (IANS): Internet services remained suspended from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Rajasthan on Saturday to ensure the smooth conduct of examinations for the recr uitment of 13,142 police constables.

The Medical, banking, transport and logistics segment came to a standstill in the state.

The police ensured strict enforcement of a dress code. The candidates had to take off their shoes outside the exam centres, and those wearing full-sleeved shirts had to switch to half-sleeved ones.

The exam was held in two phases on Saturday. The remaining two phases will be conducted on Sunday.

Haryana launches ‘I am not afraid of English’ campaign

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Chandigarh, Jul 14 (IANS): The Haryana Education Department has launched ‘I am not afraid of English’ initiative to promote English language right from Class 1 in the state’s primary schools, it was announced on Saturday.

The initiative is aimed at capacity building of teachers to enable them to help the students to learn, read, write and speak English, an Education Department spokesman said.

“To start with, a booklet containing 1,000 sentences/ phrases has been prepared.

It contains 200 sentences per grade for all the five grades at the primary level of schooling.

“One JBT (junior basic teacher) and one BRP (Block Resource Person) per block has been trained to make the students learn one sentence every day (minimum 20 per month for 10 months) in each class. This way a student who is in class 1, will be able to learn (read/write and speak) at least 1,000 sentences till he graduates to the primary level,” he added. He said that six language labs have been established in selected model Sanskriti schools in the state to facilitate digital learning and improve listening and speaking skills of the students.

DGP O.P. Galhotra (file)

New Delhi, Jul 14 (IANS): A 25-year-old youth has alleged that he, along with his friend, were held hostage for three days by four policemen posted in the crime branch here, an official said on Saturday.

The youth alleged they were taken into custody after their car brushed against a vehicle in which the policemen were travelling.

According to the police, the incident occurred on July 10 when Deepak Pal, 26, along with his friend, Sohib -- both residents of Hapur in Uttar Pradesh -were going towards Dilshad Garden in a car.

Deepak works as data entry operator and together with his cousin Pushpender, he has started his own cafe in Hapur.

“Deepak’s car accidentally brushed against a Maruti Swift in which four police personnel posted with the Dwarka crime branch unit were travelling. The police personnel in plain clothes star ted beating Deepak and his friend.

“Later, they took them to the crime branch office where they illegally held them hostage and assaulted till Friday (July 13) night,” Sachin Pal, a relative of Deepak, told IANS.

“We received a call from the crime branch office on Friday that Deepak has been arrested in a case of cheating, and asked us to reach the office in Dwarka,” Deepak’s cousin Pushpender said.

When they reached there, the crime branch officials allegedly threatened that if they fail to provide a bribe of Rs 4 lakh, they would slap a false case of cheating and data theft on Deepak, he said.

“They later freed Deepak after we gave them over Rs 4 lakh. We tried to meet Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Aditya Gautam in this connection but his staff thrashed us and turned away,” he alleged.

“The officers turned a minor road accident case into a cheating case... They did not even show his arrest or presented him before a magistrate within 24 hours as per the legal norms,” Pushpender added.

Speaking on the incident, Joint Commissioner (Crime Branch) Alok Kumar said: “We had taken Deepak Pal and his associate Sohib into custody regarding some cheating case but later we had freed them after no evidence was found.

New Delhi, Jul 14 (IANS): Army chief, Gen Bipin Rawat on Saturday visited Akhnoor sector in Jammu and Kashmir to review the prevailing security situation and operational preparedness of the troops.

He was accompanied by Northern Command chief, Lt. General Ranbir Singh.

During his visit, General Rawat was briefed by Lt. Gen Saranjeet Singh and Major Gen. M.K. Mago on the operational preparedness, prevailing security situation and actions being undertaken to ensure a robust and effective counter infiltration grid, an official statement said.

He also reviewed the measures and standard operating procedures instituted and being followed by the units and formations.

“He commended the field commanders for ably confronting the challenges posed by the inimical elements and complemented them for their professionalism and selfless commitment,” the statement said.

The Army chief also encouraged all ranks to continue to work with same zeal, enthusiasm and dedication to overcome the challenges.

Bhubaneswar, Jul 14 (IANS): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday congratulated sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra and Odissi danseuse Sonal Mansingh on being nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Patnaik also expressed his deep gratitude to President Ram Nath Kovind for nominating two distinguished personalities who have made immense contributions in promotion of Odisha’s art and culture. The President on Saturday also nominated farmer leader Ram Shakal, and author and columnist Rakesh Sinha. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also congratulated both.

“There could not have been better news for the people of Odisha on the auspicious occasion of ‘Ratha Jatra’. Famous sculptor and pride of Odisha Raghunath Mohapatra and world famous Odissi dancer Sonal Mansingh are nominated to

Naveen Patnaik (file) the Rajya Sabha,” tweeted Pradhan. Reacting to his nomination to the upper house of the Parliament, Mohapatra gave all credit to Lord Jagannath.

He said that he had met the Prime Minister to seek help for the construction of a new Konark temple. He also said the work for the temple would begin soon.

Mohapatra is an internationally renowned authority on stone carving. He was earlier awarded Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.

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New Delhi, Jul 14 (IANS): Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his calling Congress President Rahul Gandhi as “naamdar” in a public speech in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Saturday said it too would be forced to call him by various nicknames if he did not mend his ways.

“If we start calling you (Modi) by your various nicknames popular among the public as well as on social media, you will not feel good. So please think before you call senior leaders of other parties names.

We will have to forget the dignity of your post the way you have done,” said Congress spokesman Pramod Tiwari.

“We would have to rake up all the names by which the common people call a person who does not fulfil his promises, who is all words and little action,” he added.

The Congress leader said that while the Prime Minister in his speech at Azamgarh claimed that his government is fighting for the rights of Muslim women, he forgot to touch upon rapes in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh and to tell people about his party MLA Kul-

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abinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) announced a substantial increase in the minimum support price (MSP) of 14 kharif crops (basically crops which are sowed during the summer season). This includes paddy (or rice) give “a major boost for the farmers’ income”.) Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government of India to insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices. MSP is price fixed by Government of India to protect the producer - farmers - against excessive fall in price during bumper production years. The minimum support prices are a guarantee price for their produce from the Government. The MSP for 14 kharif crops is valid only for the current monsoon and also means all farmers do not have access to the support price.

The MSP does not indicate a common pricing since even in the case of paddy, procurement operations vary across the country. This was nowhere more evident than in the case with UP and Assam. An earlier official report in 2017 clearly indicated the imbalance when it was found that, in Uttar Pradesh and Assam, prices in these two states which contribute 17% of to the overall paddy production in India, were below the MSP during the “peak market arrival period”. On the other hand, also as per the 2017, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) also found that “prices in West Bengal, Punjab and Haryana were above the MSP, mainly due to good procurement system that is in place in these states.” Again, as per data from the 70th round National Sample Survey Office, farmer sold only 13.5% of the paddy to any procurement agency (Food Corporation of India and other state procurement agencies). On the whole, wheat and rice farmers account for 6% of farmers in the country. Furthermore, much of the procurement seems to be happening from the larger farmers in a few selected states, like Punjab, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. It was also pointed out that while MSPs are announced for 23 commodities, the price support effectively involved only wheat and rice and that too in selected states. Such imbalance creates a highly skewed incentive structures in favour of wheat and rice. However, decisions to provide MSP to kharif crops have actually not benefitted the larger section of farmers. MSP and shifts in the terms of trade in favour of agriculture have not benefitted farmers since they are not homogeneous entities.

According to the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data, an overwhelming majority of farmers (92%) in India are either small or marginal farmers who cultivated not more than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land in 2010–11. Thus, an overwhelming number of households cultivate small tracts of land. Given the tiny size of plots of land for a substantial number of farmer households, most of them (if not all) will be net buyers of agricultural commodities, particularly foodgrains. This also implies that only a small minority of households are net sellers of foodgrains. Thus, any rise in MSP will be beneficial for a tiny section of farmer households. Therefore, if the government wants to help farmers, it must revisit the MSP policy and ensure that all factors are considered.

DailyDevotion Suffering Afflictions and Going the Second Mile I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. —Matthew 5:39 This verse reveals the humiliation of being a Christian. In the natural realm, if a person does not hit back, it is because he is a coward. But in the spiritual realm, it is the very evidence of the Son of God in him if he does not hit back. When you are insulted, you must not only not resent it, but you must make it an opportunity to exhibit the Son of God in your life. And you cannot imitate the nature of Jesus— it is either in you or it is not. A personal insult becomes an opportunity for a saint to reveal the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus.

The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is not, “Do your duty,” but is, in effect, “Do what is not your duty.” It is not your duty to go the second mile, or to turn the other cheek, but Jesus said that if we are His disciples, we will always do these things. We will not say, “Oh well, I just can’t do any more, and I’ve been so misrepresented and misunderstood.” Every time I insist on having my own rights, I hurt the Son of God, while in fact I can prevent Jesus from being hurt if I will take the blow myself. That is the real meaning of filling “up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ…” (Colossians 1:24). A disciple realizes that it is his Lord’s honor that is at stake in his life, not his own honor.

Never look for righteousness in the other person, but never cease to be righteous yourself. We are always looking for justice, yet the essence of the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is— Never look for justice, but never cease to give it.

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If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it.

Go out and get busy. ~ Dale Carnegie

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A root cause analysis of the Nagaland govt education management system

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fter spending a day deliberating on the crisis in our education system with those working at the grassroots – the teachers and professionals from different fields, a basic root cause analysis reveals one key underlying problem which has resulted in a chaotic mismanagement of the Nagaland Government school education sector in general starting from issues of political & bureaucratic interference in education, backdoor appointments, proxy teachers, salary issues, transfers, attendance and other operational challenges which is leading up to a dangerous trend of creating a generation of poorly educated future Nagas.

The reason why private schools in Nagaland generally outperform Govt schools lie in a very basic management concept called ‘Autonomy’ or ‘Self Management’ classified into Structural Autonomy and Professional Autonomy which has been widely researched by world renowned education reformers such as Professor Emeritus Brian J. Caldwell with focus on public/ state/government schools but also relevant to private/non-government schools. These management principles have been used as a guide for undertaking national level educational reforms by governments of several countries and succeeded in bringing great reforms to their education system and helped in transforming their societies.

Installation of biometric attendance is a disciplinary measure to tackle the problem of teacher attendance at an operational level but will not eliminate the problem and cannot be considered a structural reform but only an deterrence mechanism. Private schools do not have biometric yet they thrive. Instead of trying to tackle the bees, it is wiser to go for the root cause and tackle the bee hive. Instead of trying to put the blame on the teachers and principals and trying to crucify them, we must understand that there is a loophole in the system which requires a simple reform, not at a bureaucratic level but at a policy making level. The solution lies in the secret strategy of ‘AUTONOMY IN MANAGEMENT’ which can be achieved through a process of legislative reform in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly for de-provincialisation or decentralization.

Example, consider Finland with one of the best education system in the entire world.

Teachers are not hired by the Directorate of School Education or the Politician unlike Nagaland,

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hen we look at our Naga society, we see that our good God has gifted us with so many inherent gifts and qualities. We have such a great culture and tradition of spiritual generosity, simplicity, hard work and sacrifice.

There are so many good qualities in each one of us which is further enhanced by our Christian Faith.

We find that there are so many young people today who are in sincere search for God, for justice and for truth. There is also a growing consciousness among the youth to strive for unity, solidarity, responsibility and peace. The Church has played an important role in bringing people together from different walks of life as one tribe, as one Christian family. It is in the name of Jesus that we are able to acknowledge one another as our own brothers and sisters. It is only in the joyful and simplicity of a Christian life, inspired by the Gospel of Jesus. And it is the Gospel’s spirit of fraternal fellowship sharing that we will bring the best remedy for sour criticism, paralyzing doubt and all other social evils that hinders our Physical and Spiritual human advancement.

The New Testament tells us, that the Early Christian communities lived and shared everything they had as someone belonging to one family. Even though

where this hallowed education system has been turned into a vote bank.

In the Finnish system, teachers are hired and fired by individual schools. If a school director asks a teacher to leave – and it does happen – the teacher alone is responsible for finding a new position elsewhere.

Similarly, private schools in Nagaland generally thrive because the school owner/ headmaster enjoys autonomy in managing the school like his/ her own including hiring/firing of teachers with little or no political/bureaucratic interference, since the results directly affect their credibility. This form of autonomy in management and ownership is not there in Govt schools of Nagaland.

In Nagaland, we have a totally flawed business management system wherein politicians and bureaucrats in addition to another stakeholder in the management in the form of a SMC (School Management Committee) are together struggling to micro-manage all the schools and the thousands of employees, down to the level of appointments, transfers, checking teacher attendance etc which is illogical, impractical and will lead to total chaos like we see around us today. At present, the entire HR (Human Resource) management in hiring and posting of thousands of teachers is controlled centrally at the Directorate level and mostly under political influence which naturally triggers the corrupt practices of putting one’s selfish interests over the need to impart quality education to our future generation and build a better Nagaland.

Today, even if a teacher (with political backing) doesn’t attend work and is running a business elsewhere, the Govt school principal/headmaster has no power to fire him/her and to transfer the corrupt teacher will take forever because the transfer process has to be managed at the Directorate under political influence thus making this one of the most inefficient management system in the world.

“Schools micro managed by politicians & bureaucrats will generally end up in ruins. Schools managed by educators will generally thrive!”

Politicians should stick to policy making and not get into business management! School management should be taken care by the educators completely with autonomy and responsibility to manage their respective schools wherein both fame and blame will go to the board, principal and

teachers of each school.

The bifurcation of education and bureaucracy should be made wherein the structural and professional management to impart education should be done by the educators with complete autonomy at the school level and the financial management of teacher salary, student fees, infrastructure, meals, books etc can be done at the Directorate level with effectiveness and transparency. The financial management structure will need to be studied and re-engineered by a specialized financial consultant whether the most feasible mode would be either through DBT (‘Direct Beneficiary Transfer’ wherein beneficiary in the school management) or using a HR MIS (Management Information System) mechanism.

The reform in our education system should start from giving autonomy to the educators (School management) without the interference of the directorate or the politician in managing the school operations including hiring/firing of teachers who have completed the eligibility tests and exams from a common pool of Government employment exchange (Those fired go back into the pool). Unless this management system is rectified and the issue addressed urgently, the teachers’ grievances are already exploding beyond control and the upcoming generation will be in a huge mess with the poorest levels of education imparted on our future generation thereby leading to further backwardness and deterioration of our society.

Govt must understand that the root cause of this massive problem lies in the management system, not the human resource & restructure the system without getting confused by mixing ‘School management’ with ‘Policy making’ & ‘Bureaucracy’.

After such a systematic reform in achieved, Govt would also need to work on improving quality by engaging teachers and experts in upgrading the syllabus, infrastructure and status of teachers as well as work towards improving the pedagogy(teaching techniques) through SCERT by stressing more on enabling our kids to learn and think instead of simply memorizing.

If our leaders can achieve this great education reform today and work towards revamping our education sector, then they can retire with pride. Our future generation instead of cursing them will celebrate their wisdom and will power.

Yanpvuo Kikon

Agroecology: Needed for food democracy in India

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gro ecology i.e. the Zero Budget Natural Farming is the foundation of sustainable agriculture as well as sustainable food security.

Agro ecological farming is one of our best hopes for feeding a hungry world — especially under conditions of increasing social and environmental stress It’s called food democracy.

Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said, ““Hunger is not an issue of charity, it is an issue of justice.”

Food is not simply a commodity, but a throbbing and dynamic expression of history, culture and civilisation.

It not only represents a way of life, it is life itself. Food is an inalienable, fundamental and sacred right.

Farming the land as if nature doesn’t matter has been the model for much of the India’s food production system for long time. The results haven’t been pretty: depleted soil, chemically fouled waters, true family farms all but eliminated, a worsening of public health and more.

Over one billion hungry people go to bed every day all over the world; this can be termed as our most tragic achievement in modern days. We have to reclaim our right to food, nutrition and food safety. The need is to produce food where the poor and hungry live and to boost agricultural investment in these regions. Food democracy is the new agenda for ecological sustainability and social justice.

The Green Revolution India attained national food self-sufficiency 35 years ago through investment in technology, institutions and infrastructure, but still 35 per cent Indians remains food insecure. In India the low income of the majority of the population and high food prices prevent complete food security for all. Surging food grain prices and worsening global supplies are challenging the food security in India. The grain yield of Indian farmers is not going up and there is growing gap between demand and supply. After three decades of relatively comfortable production and availability of food grains, India once again seems to be sliding back to those humiliating days of 1960’s we used to live from ship to mouth on imported wheat obtained from the USA. India is facing several new problems, of which the following are important: First, increasing population leads to increased demand for food and reduced per capita availability of arable land and irrigation water. Second, improved purchasing power and increased urbanisation lead to higher per capita food grain requirements due to an increased consumption of animal products. Third, there is increasing damage to the ecological foundations of agriculture, such as land, water, forests, biodiversity and the atmosphere and there are distinct possibilities for adverse changes in climate and sea level. Fourth, while dramatic new technological developments are taking place, particularly in the field of bio-

Christian love and solidarity in action

they were from different villages, different families and different tribes, it was in the name of Jesus that they came together to share the body of Christ. Our souls need spiritual food like our bodies need physical food.

Our journey here on earth is very short and our life is not an easy one; we will have our ups and downs. But when we have Jesus in our life and follow Him, opportunities will open for us in leaps and bounds. Crosses will come our way, but always know that, with the grace of Jesus, there is nothing that we can’t master. We may have a hard time loving those who don’t like us, pray to God to provide understanding through his Holy Spirit. We may sometimes find it hard to treat others kindly as we would like to be treated. We may find it hard to openly share the good news, but remember, living the life of a Christian, through our actions, others may know the working of God in our life. Planting seeds in others towards Christ, is not just by our lips of faith alone, but is always by living a life of Christ.

Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to Love God and our neighbours as we love ourselves, even if others treat us wrongly, whether we know them or not. Jesus said “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Jesus says in John

13:15, “I have given you an example, that as I have done, so should you do.” In First Corinthians 11:1, St. Paul says, “Imitate me as I imitate Christ.” Ephesians 5:1 says, “Be imitators of God as dear children.” We need to work together to nurture the soul of each individual and spread the message of peace, understanding, and love. The world cannot exist without these. We should cherish each other and help regenerate the world with care and kindness instead of hatred and destruction. Albert Pine said it beautifully: “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”

Our poor people, especially the poor villagers, have suffered so much due to some political and historical misfortunes. We do not wish our people and our generations to suffer again. We are all Children of God. Let us live our lives worthy of our Christian calling. It’s time for us to show our Christian love and solidarity in action.

I have high hope and believe in our younger generation that God has chosen us to lead and bring healing to our beloved land. It’s our era of bringing peace and reconciliation. And so, I would like to make an appeal to all the educated young minds of our beloved land to work together in bringing Christian love and advancement in our land.

As a Christian State, we are supposed to be shining example for other States. It is due to the selfishness and failures of our collective leaders of the past and present that we are still dependent only on the central government. For the past so many years, the State government haven’t invested in our land.

We are not generating any revenues that can sustain our tiny population. (Tiny Population because, Pune City alone has got more than

technology, their environmental, food safety and social implications are yet to be fully understood. Finally, gross capital formation in agriculture is tending to decline in both public and private sectors during the present decade.

The rate of growth in rural non-farm employment has been poor.

To all the problems faced by the farmers Agro ecology is the key answer. Agro ecology is the truly green revolution we need for this century. It invites us to embrace the complexity of Nature: it sees such complexity not as a liability, but as an asset. The farmer, in this view, is a discoverer: he or she proceeds experimentally, by trial and error, observing what consequences follow from which combinations, and learning from what works best —even though the ultimate “scientific” explanation may remain elusive. This is empowering: the farmer is in the driver’s seat, where she constructs the knowledge that works best in the local context in which she operates. In contrast, so-called “modern” agriculture, which is in fact twentieth-century agriculture, did the exact opposite: it sought to simplify Nature. What to do on the field was defined by whatever was prescribed by « science » developed in laboratories. The path from research to practice was unidirectional, and it was seen as unproblematic: since solutions were based on science, they were considered universally applicable. The experiential knowledge of the farmer was irrelevant at best; at worst, it was treated as « prejudice », and as an obstacle to the top-down implementation of sound scientific prescriptions from “experts”.

Agroecology, a farming approach that mimics natural ecosystems, is an alternative method to conventional farming that can produce more food using fewer resources. It must be recognised as the way forward for the food, nutritional security and livelihood security of the small and marginal farmers across India. It is free from debt and suicide because Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods As a social movement, agro ecology encourages peer-to-peer exchanges of information between farmers. It prioritizes local solutions relying on local resources. And it transforms the relationship between the farmer and the « expert » from the department of agriculture or from the international agency, not in order to reverse it and to replace one hierarchy with another, but in order to move towards the coconstruction of knowledge, as most clearly illustrated by participatory plant breeding. It promises inclusiveness, participation, livelihood generation, the stemming of migration to cities, empowerment of the small farmer, and the stimulation of family farming practices.

Prof Mithilesh Kumar Sinha, Finance Officer, Nagaland University, Lumami

50 lakhs people. Many people out there are not happy with the central government for taking away their hard earned money in the form of the Income Tax. In return, the City hardly gets anything back from the Central Government). If we don’t change or start investing and developing our land, we will continue to be at the mercy of the Central government for everything.

With the raise of so many educate unemployed youths, the situation may even be-

come worse within this coming 10 to 20 years. Our past Christian values may soon disappear, our youths will become numb to the Gospel teachings and all our people will continue to fight only to get from the government and will continue to expect only from those working in the government sectors to contribute to the religious, social and political growth of our Naga Tribes.

Rev. Fr. Benjamin Chang, Meluri town

Reader’s Post

Water stagnation continues to pose a problem

Sir,

No wonder Nagaland has been ranked the third dirtiest state in the country and Dimapur miserably ranked among cities in India. The much hyped and publicised Clean Dimapur project, the pictures clicked on 13 July 2018 morning shows the reality of how clean Dimapur is. The road stretch between Rail station towards railway siding and Hazi Park is the arterial route in Dimapur connecting Blue Hill Station, Rail Gate, Hazi park, Hongkong Market and other important parts of Dimapur.

The route is frequented by tourists to catch train or bus and thousands of pedestrians use the road daily. There is no drainage on both sides of the road and there is full allotment to foot path vendors under the flyover behind Hongkong market adding to revenue of the DMC. The area is usually seen with open urination on the walls and roadside and the entire stretch has become another dumping site. DMC should immediately focus on constructing drainage and urinals because no amount of lofty slogan of Clean Dimapur will make Dimapur clean unless there is proper drainage and urinals in the area.

It is also noted that despite moonson arrival most parts of Dimapur drainages has been left at its mercy by DMC without cleaning and even the small down pour are resulting in drainage overflowing into streets causing road damage and health hazard.

Even after a day of down pour, water stagnation continued to pose a problem for commuters and the DMC whose office is located nearby is not even sighted.

Khekishe Aye, (kheksaye07@gmail.com) 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.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2018

Congress interested only in Muslim men, says Modi

Azamgarh, Jul 14 (IANS): Raking up the controversy over the reported remarks of Rahul Gandhi that the Congress is a party for Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress and other parties of wanting continuance of practices like triple talaq.

He also wondered whether the Congress was interested only in the welfare of Muslim men and not women. “For the last two days I am hearing that a naamdar leader (a sarcastic reference to Rahul Gandhi) recently said that the Congress is a party of Muslims. I’m not surprised.

Even former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once said that Muslims have the first right over nation’s natural resources.

“But I want to ask the naamdar of Congress, congratulations to them. But please tell us whether the Congress is only for Muslim men? Or does it have space for Muslim women too because they don’t stand with Muslim women on issues of triple talaq and nikah halala,” he said addressing a public meeting after inau-

BJP sending wrong signal, says Owaisi Hyderabad, Jul 14 (AGENCIES): Asaduddin Owaisi, MP and president of the All India Majlis-eIttehadul Muslimeen, on Saturday criticised BJP president Amit Shah for his alleged comments on the construction of a Ram temple on the disputed site in Ayodhya.

He rejected the BJP’s clarification that Mr. Shah did not make any such comments.

Addressing presspersons here on Saturday, Mr. Owaisi reiterated that the Babri Masjid title dispute case was being heard in the Supreme Court. The court would also decide whether prayers in a mosque was an essential practice in Islam.

Narendra Modi (file)

gurating the Purvanchal Expressway in a speech aimed at the next Lok Sabha polls in the battle ground state.

Modi said all the parties have been exposed on the issue of triple talaq. It concerns the lives of lakhs and crores of Muslim women. Even in Islamic countries, there is a ban on triple talaq, he said.

The Prime Minister’s attack on Gandhi and the Congress on the issue of Muslims came a day after Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accused the Congress of dividing the country on communal lines and playing a dangerous game before 2019 general elections. Citing a report in an Urdu daily which claimed that Gandhi told a meeting of Muslim intel-

lectuals earlier this week that the Congress is a party for Muslims, she had demanded an apology from the Congress President.

The Prime Minister also accused the opposition parties of not allowing Parliament to function. “They don’t allow the Parliament to function. They stall the proceedings. I would like all anti-Modi leaders to go and meet these women who have been affected by triple talaq and nikah halala and then come to Parliament. People have to be alert about such parties. “These parties want triple talaq to continue. I will try to make them understand and bring them together for the sake of Muslim women so that they get freedom,” he alleged.

He said these are 18th century parties in the 21st century and cannot do any good for the country. Modi said that Purvanchal Expressway will take Uttar Pradesh to greater heights.

“More than Rs 23,000 crore will be spent on the project.

All cities, towns between Lucknow and Ghazipur, that fall on this route will witness a change.”

national/state DMC recycling waste at dumpsite (From p-1) Is good forest and agricultural lands because they consume the moisture.

“The current recycling process is in a very scientific manner and even the Nagaland Pollution Board Control is also involved as a third-party monitoring agency and every week we are analysing samples of the wastes collected before and after the procedure,” she added.

Raaginii disclosed that Dimapur was the 19th city where she was working in the field of bio-mediation and legacy waste and that in Gurgaon city she recycled a garbage pile of 35 metres high and 450 metres long and in four months time there was a reduction of 40 percent of the old waste while fresh waste was stabilized by 50 percent.

She commended the current DMC administrator Moa Sangtam for having genuine concern for the people and environment by finding the means to recycle wastes which had been left unattended for a long time.

Besides working as a bio-mediation expert, Raaginii also specializes in legacy wastes where she build roads made solely out of plastic wastes and she suggested that since Dimapur roads were in a pathetic condition, the concerned department can think about building roads with plastic as it was cheaper, more durable and costeffective.

Formalin in fish detected in Wka

(From p-1) The responsible authority is currently investigating the source of formalin contamination in the district, it stated.

Further, the authority has directed fish vendors to obtain clearance certificates from the FSO Wokha if they wished to sell fish.

Around 14kg contaminated fishes tested positive were destroyed the same day in presence of officials.

All fish, imported or local, treated with formalin, has been banned in Wokha district as per the standing prohibitory order issued by Food Safety commissioner.

Further, the department has informed that random spot testing would be carried out in the district and defaulters would be penalized and legal course of action would be taken as per the provision under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

7 Bihar set to get cheapest drinking water in world

Da r b h an g a / Patna, Jul 14 (IANS): An innovative cost-effective drinking water project in Bihar promises to lower the price of one-litre bottle to 50 paise -- cheapest in the world.

The project -- Sulabh Jal -- was launched on Saturday in Darbhanga

by Sulabh International. It will convert contaminated pond water into safe drinking water.

“Sulabh International, an organisation that introduced the concept of ‘Sulabh Shauchalya’ in the country decades ago from Bihar, today (Saturday) laid the foundation stone for an innovative project which will provide cheapest drinking water in the world costing only 50 Paisa per litre,” said a statement from the social service organisation.

“Sulabh Jal will be made available through various stages of purification. It can offer safe drinking water from any water body such as a river or a pond,” it said.

Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak laid the foundation for the project at Haribol Pond on Darbhanga Nagar Nigam premises.

ED charges Naveen Jindal in coal blocks allocation case

New Delhi, Jul 14 (AGENCIES): Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has filed a chargesheet against industrialist Naveen Jindal, a former Lok Sabha MP, his company Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), and others for money laundering in its probe into the coal block allocation case.

An ED official said that the chargesheet, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, covers Jindal, JSPL, Gagan Sponge Iron Pvt. Ltd. (GSIPL), now known as Gagan Infraenergy Ltd. (GIL), and 12 others.

The chargesheet also names JSPL’s then adviser Anand Goel, Nihar Stocks director B.S.N. Suryanarayan and Mumbai’s Essar Power’s Executive vice-chairman Sushil Kumar Maroo, JSPL’s deputy manager (finance) Siddharth Madra and deputy general manager Rajeev Aggarwal, Sowbhagya Media, New Delhi Exim Pvt. Ltd., Jindal Reality, Nihar Stocks, K. Ramakrishna Prasad, Rajeev Jain and Gyan Swaroop Garg.

The official said the investigation revealed that in pursuance of an advertisement of the Coal Ministry

Naveen Jindal (file)

on November 13, 2006, both JSPL and GSIPL submitted applications in January 2007 for allocation of the coal block situated at Amarkonda-Murgadangal in Jharkhand for the proposed 1,000 MW power plants.

“The investigation revealed that the Power Ministry did not recommend the allocation of Amarkonda-Murgadangal coal block to Jindal Group. Even the Jharkhand government initially recommended allocation of this block to three companies — Lanco Infratech Ltd (40%), JSPL (30%) and GSIPL (30%). Later, the Jharkhand government changed its recommendation in favour of JSPL (70%) and GSIPL (30%),” the official said.

Investigation also revealed that JSPL also misrepresented the fact related to previous allocations of coal blocks to their group companies, the official added.

Tejas price comes under scrutiny Farmers to protest against low MSP New Delhi, Jul 14 (AGENCIES): Defence Ministry has appointed a committee to look into the costing of products and military platforms manufactured by defence public sector undertakings (DPSU), Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.

The first project to be reviewed is the indigenous light combat aircraft, Tejas, being manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL).

This development comes after the cost quoted by the HAL turned out to be higher than those of many imported fighters.

Also several platforms manufactured under licence in India have been found to be more expensive than the imported platforms.

“In general, we have

The HAL has quoted a steep ₹463 crore each for a new LCA variant.

asked a committee to see how the costing of products manufactured by the DPSUs is being done,” Sitharaman told presspersons on Friday. The committee will be chaired by the Director (Costs) in the Ministry.

She said the Indian Air Force (IAF) had come forward requesting that the

LCA be the first product to be reviewed by the committee. “We feel there is a need for a review,” she said.

The committee will review all military hardware and systems being manufactured by the DPSUs. The report is expected to be submitted within 60 days, Sitharaman said.

New Delhi, Jul 14 (IANS): The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) on Saturday said farmers would hold demonstrations across the country against the Narendra Modi-government for failing to fix fair Minimum Support Price (MSP) for kharif crops.

Addressing media here, leaders of the AIKSCC, an umbrella body of over 180 farm organisations, the government had not just failed to fulfill its electoral promise of fixing MSP, according to the M.S. Swaminathan Commission recommendations, but “fooled” farmers by calling the hike in the new MSP “historic”.

The planned demonstrations would start with

a protest march with black flags from Mandi House to Parliament Street on July 20. Later, on the anniversary of the ‘Quit India Movement’, a ‘Kisan Mukti Diwas’ will be observed on August 9, in which farmers will participate in aJail Bharo Andolan’.

On November 30, farmers across the country will lay siege the national capital to force the passage of two Bills regarding loan waiver and better farm remuneration, as per the AIKSCC. Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav, who is a part of the AIKSCC, said the government had fixed the MSP for kharif crops using ‘A2+FL’ input of cost against the comprehensive ‘C2’, which is recommended by Swaminathan Commission

and being demanded by farmers. “The (BJP) government’s claims of fulfilling its promise of profit of 1.5 times the input cost and historic hike in MSP are wrong. It is not as per ‘C2’. As per ‘C2’, the MSP of paddy should be Rs 2,340 per quintal while the government has fixed it at Rs 1,750 per quintal using ‘A2+ FL’. It means farmers will incur loss of Rs590 for every quintal,” he said.

He also said that the Modi government was lying when it said the hike in the new MSP was “historic”. “It is not new to increase crop prices in election year. UPA government had increased prices for all crop by almost 50 per cent

(in 2008-09). But the BJP government’s hike is below 50 per cent except one crop,” he said. Yadav said the government decided to increase the MSP following nation-wide protest carried out by the AIKSCC including the mega rally in Delhi last November.

AIKSCC will also carry out inspections at all wholesale markets from October 8 to 10 “to expose” government’s claim on MSP and to see if procurement is done properly.

According to the AIKSCC, only 28-30 per cent of wheat and 30 to 35 per cent of paddy is procured while for coarse grains, the procurement is less than 1 per cent.

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Demand for the precious metals also waned on expectations of higher US interest rates. Globally, gold fell 0.47 per cent to USD 1,241 an ounce and silver by 0.88 per cent to USD 15.79 an ounce in New York yesterday. Moreover, erosion in demand from local jewellers and retailers at domestic spot market fulled the downtrend, they said.

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face the dilemma whether any notice from an agency would be construed as ‘investigation’.

According to Tejesh Chitlangi, senior partner, IC Universal Legal, disclosure requirements cast an obligation on companies to even disclose structures wherein there were potential noncompliances on account of aggressive interpretation of prevalent regulatory regime and hence were not reported in the first place.

Companies, he said, are in a catch-22 situation as complying with the new requirement may suddenly drag past non-compliances into limelight.

Similar to disclosing indirect foreign investment, it will be challenging for companies to describe investments received from alternative investment funds (AIFs). While AIFs are local money pooling vehicles for venture capital funds, private equity houses, real estate and hedge funds, a fund’s capital infusion in a company would be considered as foreign investment if the manager or sponsor of the AIF is a foreign entity.

New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI): Gold fell by Rs 25 to Rs 31,090 per 10 gram in tandem with a weak global trend and muted demand from local jewellers.

Silver too shed Rs 115 to Rs 39,915 per kg on low offtake from industrial units and coin makers.

A weak overseas trend when metals’ prices slid to seven-month lows as the dollar rose to a two-week peak, buoyed by safe-haven purchases in the ongoing US-China trade war, influenced the sentiment here.

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regulator and the government would like to keep an eye on the quantum as well as the quality of foreign investment. But there are concerns. Based on review of the draft forms, there is lack of clarity on why receipt and reporting of foreign investment is being linked to harsh laws like PMLA which by itself comprehensively deals with specific offences,” said Moin Ladha, partner at law firm Khaitan & Co. The initial set of data on all direct and indirect foreign investments has to be shared by July 20. “It may not be always easy for a company to monitor indirect foreign investment,” said Ladha. Such investments relate to situations where the Indian shareholder of a company is in turn controlled by a foreign entity.

A company or a limited liability partnership that has received foreign investment will also have to spell out whether it is being investigated by Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation or any other agency for violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act. Here, they

relegating France to the seventh position, according to the data.

“We expect the Indian economy to be a USD 1 trillion digital economy by 2022 and going forward... possibly by 2030, the digital economy would be half of the total economy,” Garg said. India’s economy grew at a seven-quarter high of 7.7 per cent in the three months ended March, helped by higher government spending and investments.

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MUMBAI, Jul 14 (Agencies): Many in the corporate world are shaken by Reserve Bank of India’s queries on foreign investments that companies have received over the years, the declarations they have to give along with the information, and the probable consequences of incorrect reporting.

In the elaborate format given by the regulator, a senior company official - which is likely to be the company secretary or a director - will have to sign a declaration stating, “foreign investment received and reported now will be utilised in compliance with the provision of Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 (PMLA) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA)”.

It’s an undertaking that most companies are reluctant to give - having entered into fancy offshore structures to overcome caps on foreign investment or sidestep restrictions on foreign currency loans. None of them want these deal details to resurface through a new reporting mechanism.

“It’s evident that the

If we keep that... we can look forward to be an Indian economy of USD 10 trillion which would be the third largest economy in the world,” Garg said.

His comments come on the heels of latest World Bank data showing that India has emerged as the sixth largest economy globally, surpassing France, in 2017.

In 2017, it became the sixth largest economy with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of USD 2.59 trillion,

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month last year, Irdai data showed.

The new premium of SBI Life rose by 26.91 percent at Rs 1,022.35 crore; Max Life up 18 percent at Rs 364.22 crore; Bajaj Allianz Life by 39.48 percent at Rs 309.81 crore and Aditya Birla Sun Life by 97.78 percent Rs 354.66 crore in June 2018.

Canara HSBC OBC Life registered an increase of 79 percent in the new premium collection at Rs 190.93 crore, ICICI Prudential Life showed a rise of 6.48 percent at Rs 711.99 crore, Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance up by 38.43 percent at Rs 270.81 crore and India First up by 230 percent at Rs 256.03 crore.

IDBI Federal Life business premium fell 34.41 percent at Rs 47.99 crore, Sahara Life by 99.59 percent at Rs 1 lakh and that of Star Union Dia Ichi Life the new premium were down by 32.78 percent at Rs 35.60 crore. Cumulatively, the gross new business premium of all life insurers rose by 10.78 percent to Rs 36,729.79 crore during April-June period of the current fiscal year.

Subhash Chandra Garg

Gold drops on sluggish demand, global cues

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New Delhi, Jul 14 (Agencies): New premium collection of life insurance companies rose by nearly 15 percent to Rs 16,611.57 crore in June compared to the same month last year, according to the Irdai data. All the 24 life insurers had written new gross premium of Rs 14,466.13 crore in June 2017.

New business premium of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the largest and the only state-owned life insurer, expanded by 6.9 percent to Rs 11,167.82 crore during the month against Rs 10,450.47 crore in the same month a year earlier 2017, the data released by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irdai) showed.

LIC’s market share was the highest amongst all the players at 74.05 percent as on June 30, 2018.

The remaining 23 life insurance companies collected Rs 5,443.75 crore in June, up 35.6 percent from Rs 4,015.65 crore in June 2017. HDFC Standard Life’s new premium collection was up by 64 percent to Rs 1,122.71 crore in June this year compared to Rs 685.31 crore in the same

Cos fear RBI rule likely to rake up past violations

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Life insures see 15% rise in new premium in June

The amendments would mean auditors must ensure certificates or reports issued by them are true in all material respects and they must exercise all due care, skill and diligence with respect to all processes involved in issuance of the report or certificate.

The auditors would be responsible to report in writing to the audit committee of the listed company or the compliance officer on any violation of the securities law they noticed. In January, SEBI barred Price Waterhouse from auditing listed companies in India for two years after an investigation into a nearly decade-old accounting fraud case in a software services company that became India’s biggest corporate scandal.

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auditing firms. SEBI has proposed giving the board of directors of the company the authority to take appropriate action after conducting an investigation against the individual or firm that violates any regulations or submits a false certificate or report.

The proposed changes come months after Punjab National Bank, India’s second largest state-run lender, stunned markets after uncovering a $2 billion loan fraud that had gone undetected for years.

Merchant bankers, credit rating agencies, custodians, among others, are registered and regulated by SEBI but chartered accountants, company secretaries, valuers and monitoring agencies do not come under any direct regulators.

According to it, the contribution from the ongoing projects has been planned to reach a level of 378 mt in FY 2020.

“Out of these 65 future projects, 26 projects having ultimate capacity of 105.29 mty have been approved,” the filing said.

T h e m i n e r, w h i c h owned 369 mines with 177 open cast, 174 underground and 18 mixed mines, had produced around 567 mt of coal last financial year. Of which, 536 mt was produced from open caste mines and underground mines contributed 31 mt. CIL said it was operating 15 washeries and of which, there were 4 noncoking coal beneficiation facilities with throughput capacity of 16.22 mtpa (million tonnes per annum) and 11 coking coal beneficiation units with a capacity of 20.58 mtpa.

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MUMBAI, Jul 14 (Agencies): India’s capital market regulator has proposed amendments to tighten laws governing auditors and other third-party individuals hired by listed companies for auditing financial results, among other things.

The Kotak Committee, formed to come up with proposals for improving corporate governance, last year recommended that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) should have clear powers to act against auditors and other thirdparty individuals or firms with statutory duties under the securities law.

Auditing lapses have caused several frauds to go unnoticed for years and the capital market regulator has had no direct control on the

Ko l kata , J u l 1 4 (IANS): Coal India Ltd on Saturday said as many as 119 major ongoing coal projects are expected to contribute about 322 million tonnes (mt) to its estimated production in the current fiscal.

Among ongoing projects, there are operating large projects like Kusmunda Opencast with 50 million tonnes a year (mty) and Gerva Expansion Project with 70 mty capacity.

Out of 65 new projects with a targeted capacity of 247.66 mty, which were indentified in 2014-15, about 26 projects having ultimate capacity of 105.29 mty have been approved. “119 major ongoing coal projects are under implementation...expected contribution of about 322 mt in FY2019 (financial year 2019),” CIL said in a regulatory filing.

New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI): The Indian economy is at a “take off ” stage and is expected to be the world’s third largest by 2030 with GDP worth USD 10 trillion, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said Saturday.

“Good days are ahead and lot of good work is happening in the economy. The economy is on a stage of take off where Indians can legitimately hold their heads high,” he said here.

In the first 40 years of independence, the country hardly grew at 3.5 per cent, and today 7-8 per cent is the norm, Garg said at a function to mark the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

“By 2030, we can legitimately expect to be a USD 10 trillion economy. That is the challenge. That is also the opportunity,” he said.

“Eight per cent growth is very much achievable...

international

India unveils largest visa centre in B’desh

issued 1.4 million visas to Bangladeshi nationals.

India has 12 visa centres in Bangladesh, which is the highest number it has in any country, the report said. India issues five-year multiple entry visas for freedom fighters, senior citizens and businessmen.

Before the inauguration of the visa centre, Rajnath Singh held a meeting with Hasina, where they discussed several key bilateral issues.

“Had an extremely

fruitful meeting with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, H.E. (Her Excellency) Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka today (Saturday).

We discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest,” he said in another tweet.

In the meeting, Rajnath Singh told her that it was possible to uproot militancy and terrorism if all the countries in the region join their hands.

Emphasising that dialogue between both the

Balochistan blast death toll rises to 130

Turkey to lift state of emergency

People transfer an injured man to hospital in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta.

P e s h awa r , J u l 1 4 (PTI): The toll from the deadliest attack on a campaign rally in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan reached 130 Saturday as the country’s security establishment was under pressure to improve security and intelligence gathering to avoid further election carnage.

At least 20 of the injured among over 200 people are reported to be in critical condition, the Express Tribune reported.

Militants yesterday

targeted a gathering of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader Siraj Raisani in the Mastung area in the troubled province, killing at least 128 people and injuring over 200 others. Raisani, who was a candidate from PB-35 (Mastung), was among those killed in the attack.

With two more deaths, the number of casualties mounted to 135 in the yesterday’s twin attacks in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces.

Normal life remained disrupted and business activities suspended in various parts of the Balochistan city as security has been put on high alert in the area.

The Islamic State terror group had claimed responsibility for the attack through its Aamaq news agency.

Meanwhile, there was a growing demand to improve security situation across Pakistan as the people of country are due to exercise their franchise on July 25.

In an hard-hitting editorial today, the Dawn newspaper wrote, “this sudden upsurge in terrorist incidents calls for several urgent responses. First, state protection must be extended to all candidates who ask for it — without delay”. “”Every effort must be made to ensure that the election is not derailed by elements hostile to the democratic process, for that is what the perpetrators of these attacks are,” it said.

Ankara, Jul 14 (IANS): Turkey’s two-year-long state of emergency is expected to be lifted on July 18, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has said. “As for now, it is foreseen that emergency rule could be brought to an end on the 18,” the spokesman was quoted as saying on Friday night after the first meeting of the new cabinet.

Turkey declared a state of emergency which has been extended seven times since July 2016 after an attempted coup by a faction of the military, which left around 250 people dead and more than 2,000 injured.

Kalin said that counter terrorism efforts will continue and if Turkey is faced with an extraordinary threat, a state of emergency could be declared once again. On Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took oath to begin his second term.

Thai boys rescued from cave to be released next week Ba n g ko k , J u l 1 4 (IANS): The 12 school boys and football coach who were rescued from a cave in northern Thailand where they had been trapped over two weeks will be released from the hospital next week, the authorities said on Saturday.

Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn told the press that all 12 boys - aged 11 to 16 - and their 25-year-old coach would be leaving Chiang Rai hospital on the same day, reports Efe news. The announcement of their discharge came the same day that two new videos were released in which the rescued expressed their gratitude and said they

Thai boys rescued from a flooded cave sitting up in their hospital beds.

were well.

Some talked about what they would like to eat and another said “thank you” in English.

The boys appear seated on their hospital beds with

their mouths and noses covered by white masks while each of their identification numbers appear on the walls above the beds. The group entered the Tham Luang cave located in the northern

Nepal monsoon death toll rises to 56

Kathmandu, Jul 14 (IANS): The death toll in floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across Nepal since the beginning of monsoon season has risen to 56, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Saturday.

The ministry said that nine persons were injured while 12 others went missing. As many as 39 districts were affected by torrential rains, the Himalayan Times reported.

Joint Secretary Ram Krishna Subedi said that the government had mobilised the Nepali Army, Nepal Police and armed police force in association with local administration and citizens

for search, rescue and relief operations in the worst-hit districts.

At least three dozen people sustained injuries in the monsoon-induced disasters, especially in the low-lying areas of Terai region including Morang, Sunsari, Saptari, Rautahat, Sarlahi, Dang and Banke districts.

“Efforts are underway to search the missing, to treat the injured and to distribute relief in the highly affected settlements,” Home Ministry spokesperson Ram Krishna Subedi told Xinhua news agency.

Department of Hydrology and Meteorology

forecast that rainfall would remain active for the next three days and it urged all to maintain high alert to cope with disasters.

The flood forecasting division has been sending early warning flood alert messages in the concerned districts.

Floods and landslides wreak havoc in Terai every year with thousands of families getting displaced and huge loss of properties, livestock and crops.

During annual monsoon rains, various parts of the country struggle to cope, and this year even many parts of Kathmandu valley remained inundated.

province of Chiang Rai during an excursion on June 23 after completing a football training session when a sudden storm flooded their way out. Their whereabouts were not known for nine days during which time they were also without food until they were found 4 km from the entrance on July 2 and finally rescued in batches.

The search and rescue teams sedated and transported them in stretchers underwater while navigating the flooded sections towards the exit. Thai authorities are planning to turn the cave into a ‘living museum’ while the idea of turning the rescue into movies has also been mooted.

spiracy”.

“At least 50 people including 20 policemen have been injured during clashes between PML-N workers, police and the Rangers mostly in Lahore and some adjoining districts in Punjab,” Punjab police spokesman Niyab Haider told PTI. Thousands of people yesterday participated in the PML-N rally led by its president Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore to greet the two leaders on their arrival at the airport. The participants could not reach the airport as the city was sealed off by police to prevent them from reaching the airport.

Haider said a major clash took place at the Jo-

ray Pul, some five km away from the Lahore airport, where the PML-N rally was stopped. The participants pelted stones at police and the Rangers as they fired tear gas on them.

“It was not understandable as why the PML-N workers were pressing ahead to get to the airport despite the fact that Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz were arrested at the airport and flown to Islamabad on a jet,” he said.

The PML-N supporters also clashed with police at Ravi bridge and Bhutta Chowk Lahore. PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Auranzeb told PTI a number of its workers had been injured in clashes with police.

China floods wreak havoc; block roads, railways SHANGHAI, Jul 14 (Agencies): Heavy rain and thunderstorms are wreaking havoc across China, with floods along major rivers destroying bridges, blocking roads and railways and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate, state media reported on Saturday.

Weather authorities are forecasting more downpours throughout the country on Saturday, with floods and landslides expected in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

Heavy rain and flooding hits much of China this time every year, often with hundreds killed, but the number of casualties this year has been relatively low, at least in the early summer, with one province reporting 12 dead and another three.

The National Meteorological Center said rainfall could exceed 80 mm per hour in some regions

Firefighters rescue a stranded woman on a flooded street, following heavy rainfall in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

on Saturday. It also warned of floods in the northeast and called on authorities to halt outdoor activities and watch out for collapsing structures.

The flood-prone Yangtze river, which runs from Yunnan in the southwest to Jiangsu and Shanghai on the east coast, has seen a massive increase in water volumes, causing flooding in many of its tributaries

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tary, had collapsed.

Floods in the province had caused damage to the tune of about 2.4 billion yuan ($358.74 million) by Thursday, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

M e a n w h i l e, t h e nearby city of Chongqing had evacuated more than 80,000 residents by Friday, Xinhua reported.

Heavy rain has also caused the Yellow River, which runs through northern China, to burst its banks, blocking a section of a railway line in the northwest province of Shaanxi.

Gansu province, also in the northwest, reported 12 people killed and more than 1 million affected by a week of heavy rain and flooding, the official China Daily said on Saturday.

FELICITATION

The Sukhalu Ghami Union Zunheboto Town would like to extend a heartiest congratulations to Dr. Ito T Yepthomi, S/o Shri. Toheshe K Yepthomi for successfully completing his MBBS from Jhanshi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh, further we wish him success in his future endeavour.

The Union would also like to congratulate all the successful students of HSLC, HSSLC & various Degree Courses in the recently decalred Board/University Results.

May God grant you wisdom and more success in the days to come too.

(Kato H. Yepthomi) Gen. Secy., SGUZT

OFFICE OF THE

AKUK EKHUNG DIMAPUR DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

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Akuk Ekhung Dimapur with immense pride and joy extend our heartiest congratulations to its member Mr. R. Santsu Kithan on being promoted to Joint Director, Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Nagaland.

The Ekhung prays that may the Almighty God continue to guide him and bless him in every future endeavour.

Yanbemo Patton Chairman Akuk Ekhung Dimapur

Samuel General Secy.

Akuk Ekhung Dimapur

PRESS NOTE

Through this column, the “Sumi Community Old Ministers’ Hill Kohima”, (SCOMHK) would like to convey our heartiest appreciation and thank the following individuals for their kind generous contribution which makes our festival (Tuluni) cum-Silver Jubilee a grand success held on 7th July 2018 at the official residence of Shri. G. Kaito Aye, Hon’ble Minister.

The generous support and concern of an individual like you is highly solicited.

1. Shri. G. Kaito Aye, Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture & Co-Operation, Govt. of Nagaland.

2. Shri. Jacob Jimomi, Hon’ble Minister, PHE, Govt. of Nagaland.

3. Shri. Pukhai Assumi, Hon’ble Advisor F&CS, Govt. of Nagaland.

4. Shri. Tovihoto Aye, Hon’ble Advisor, Power, Govt. of Nagaland.

5. Shri. Khehovi Yepthomi, Hon’ble Advisor, Tourism, Govt. of Nagaland.

6. Dr. Nicky Kire, Hon’ble Advisor, RD, Govt. of Nagaland.

7. Shri. Zhasalie Soliezuo, Chairman Panchayat Old Ministers’ Hill Kohima, Ward No.14.

8. Shri. Vihuto Yepthomi, Retd. Secretary, Govt. of Nagaland.

We would also like to thank each and every members of the colony who have contributed and participated during the day long of our festival.

May our Almighty God bless you all!

Khekishe Jimo Chairman, SCOMHK

and bringing water volumes in the giant Three Gorges reservoir close to record levels.

State news agency Xinhua reported on Friday that more than 10 highways in Sichuan were inaccessible as a result of flooding, and a bridge across Sichuan’s Min river, a Yangtze tribu-

(Dr. Aron Muru) Chairman, SGUZT

NOTE OF APPRECIATION

(Obed M. Kinimi) Secretary, SCOMHK

Supporters of ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif take part in a march towards the airport ahead of the arrival of Nawaz from London.

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The remaining two centres in Dhaka -- at Gulshan and Mirpur Road -- will also be shifted to this centre, located in a spacious 18,500 square feet commercial area,

by August 31.

The existing e-token (appointment) system for submission of visa applications will also be withdrawn from July 15.

Bangladeshis constitute one of the largest numbers of visitors from a single country to India, the report said. Last year the country

Lahore, Jul 14 (PTI): Supporters of Nawaz Sharif have clashed with police in Pakistan’s Punjab province as they tried to reach the airport where the former prime minister and his daughter Maryam were arrested on their return to the country in a corruption case, prompting police to lob tear gas shells and use batons that left at least 50 people injured.

The country’s anti-graft body - National Accountability Bureau - arrested Sharif, 68, and Maryam, 48 in the Evenfield properties case upon their arrival here yesterday. They were later taken to Islamabad and sent to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi.

Both Sharif, the supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, and Maryam have been sentenced by an accountability court to 10 and seven years in jail respectively, in the corruption case related to the Sharif family’s ownership of four luxury flats in London.

The former was found guilty of owning assets beyond known income, while his daughter was convicted for aiding and abetting her father in covering up a “con-

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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates the state of the art Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC), in Dhaka on Saturday, July 14, 2018. Singh is on a three-day visit to Bangladesh. (PTI)

countries had helped in settling several outstanding issues, including the land and boundary agreement, Hasina said: “We expect that the other issues will be sorted out through talks as well.”

She reiterated Bangladesh’s stand of not allowing its soil to be used by terrorists to carry out their activities against any other country. Rajnath Singh will co-chair the 6th India-Bangladesh home minister-level talks on Sunday along with his Bangladeshi counterpart in which issues tied to security, border management, cooperation in countering illegal activities and travel arrangements are expected to be discussed.

His three-day visit is taking place in the context of the Home-Minister level talks held on a regular basis between India and Bangladesh, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said.

The last such talks were held in New Delhi in July 2016.

On Friday, Rajnath Singh tweeted that India and Bangladesh have made “notable progress in transforming our land and maritime boundaries into zones of peace and tranquillity”.

Nawaz Sharif supporters clash with cops; 50 injured

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Dhaka, Jul 14 (IANS): Visiting Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday inaugurated here the world’s largest state-of-theart visa centre, equipped with a range of modern facilities and, promising shorter waiting times for applicants, and also discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues of mutual concerns, including menace of terrorism, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

“Inaugurated the state of the art Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) at Dhaka. With the opening of this centre the processing of visa applications will be simplified,” he tweeted after the inauguration.

The integrated centre at Jamuna Future Park (JFP) was inaugurated jointly by Rajnath Singh and his his Bangladeshi counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, reports bdnews24.

Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who was also present, told the media that “this is the largest Indian visa centre in the world and possibly the largest anywhere”.

The new centre will replace the existing centres in Motijheel and Uttara from July 15.

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"The merit list of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 was declared on 25th June 2018. The parents of aspiring candidates feels the genuinity of come candidates are said to be under scrutiny by the concerned authority(is).

Therefore, the concern parents of NEET 2018 aspirants would like to inform the concern department and noninhabitants indigenous candidates that even if they are allotted seats for various medical studies etc. for the session 2018-19, they may be recalled if their documents are proven to be wrong.

List of the candidates' NEET merit list (Nagaland State) under verification are :1. Serial No : 07 5. Serial No : 133 2. Serial No : 38 6. Serial No : 137 3. Serial No : 50 7. Serial No : 175 4. Serial No : 132 8. Serial No : 219 Concern Parents of NEET 2018 Nagaland"

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Scarlett Johansson Dimapur Youth Festival T hree Lions breaks chart record quits trans role after LGBT backlash coming up in August A U E

the football anthem quite conclusively,” David Baddiel told me two years ago.

“There were a few attempts after 1996 but noone managed it. And that’s because it is the best football anthem of all time.”

But even the comedian was taken aback by the sheer success of Three Lions this week, 22 years after it first topped the charts.

Top five singles 1) The Lightning Seeds, David Baddiel and Frank Skinner Three Lions 2) George Ezra Shotgun 3) Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato Solo 4) Drake In My Feelings 5) Drake feat. Michael Jackson Don’t Matter To Me Green Day’s American chart, Drake celebrated a Idiot entered at number second week at the top with 25 after a campaign to get Scorpion. it back into the charts to Streaming has played a coincide with President massive part in the album’s Trump’s UK visit. success - making up 90% Over on the album of its total sales over the

World Cup 2018 final screening at DDSC

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creening of the World Cup 2018, ‘Hang The Big Screen’, at Dimapur District Sports Complex (DDSC) by Urban Muse and LiveMaster will conclude with the final match tonight. The gates to the stadium will be open by 3 p.m. and football lovers can enjoy various entertaining activities in the run up to the final match.

The screening has been going on every night since the start of the World Cup and football lovers from all parts of the city had been watching the game along with their friends and families.

The organizers have informed that the sound and picture quality has been upgraded to meet the expectations of the viewers.

People can watch the game seated inside their vehicles while two screens are big enough for other to watch it seated on the gallery. The organizers have planned a fireworks display to wrap up the global event guaranteed to make it a memorable occasion.

Football lovers and people looking for a space to let out the summer heat have been invited to the screening.

(NPN)

And it’s hard to stress how difficult it was for the song to reach the summit again.

Recently-introduced chart rules penalise songs that are more than three years old; meaning they have to be streamed twice as many times to achieve the same “sales” as current hits.

But Three Lions

smashed through those restrictions - a testament to how its message of hopeagainst-the-odds is reflected in every international England ever play.

Baddiel was right. We don’t need another football anthem... unless we win.

The song was written for Euro 96 by Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds together with comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner.

At the time, the pair hosted a popular football show together called Fantasy Football.

As a result of the surge in popularity of Three Lions, George Ezra’s Shotgun slipped down to Number two after two weeks at the top.

Solo by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato remained at number three, while Drake completed the top five with In My Feelings and Don’t Matter To Me.

Top five albums 1) Drake Scorpion 2) Motion Picture Cast Recording The Greatest Showman 3) Years & Years Palo Santo 4) George Ezra Staying at Tamara’s 5) Tom Grennan Lighting Matches last week. moted Drake too much.

But although the CanaThe Greatest Showdian rapper’s album broke man moved up one place streaming records on both to number two and Years Spotify and Apple Music, & Years’ sophomore ala lot of Spotify users com- bum Palo Santo entered the plained the company pro- charts at three.

S actor Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of a role in which she was going to play a transgender man following a backlash from the LGBT community.

The Avengers star was set to play 1970s Pittsburgh crime boss Dante “Tex” Gill, who was born Jean Gill, in Rub & Tug. But she was criticised by those who said the role should have gone to a transgender actor.

“I’ve learned a lot from the community since making my first statement,” Johansson told Out magazine.

“While I would have loved the opportunity to bring Dante’s story and transition to life, I understand why many feel he should be portrayed by a transgender person.”

“I am thankful that this casting debate... has sparked a larger conversation about diversity and representation in film,” she added.

The original announcement was met with intense criticism and some said it showed the limited opportunities given to transgender actors.

Trace Lysette, who stars in the Amazon series Transparent, said it was representative of a wider problem in Hollywood.

(BBC)

thnic Group of Nagaland (EGON) is organizing Dimapur Youth Festival in assocation with M/s MW Enterprise on the August 24 and 25 at DDSC. The festival will start off with an open penalty shootout, where the winner and runner-up will receive a cash prize of Rs 20,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively while the best shooter and best keeper will receive Rs 3,000 each and therefore interested teams can contact 8131-81-1131.

Amateur photography competition will be part of the event and it will be open to all. Interested persons can mail their photographs Two Pictures in JPEG format, both colour and Black & white at egon.dimapur@ gmail.com and for any queries contact one may contact-8794-82-7191.

The interschool karaoke competition is open for all the all schools in Dimapur, where the winner will receive a cash prize of Rs 5,000 along with certificate and the chance to record

a song while there will be two consolation prizes, for any queries one contact – 9089-40-9715.

In the Cosplay competition, the winners will receive a cash prize of Rs 20,000 while five consolation prizes will be there as well, for this, interested persons can contact- 708583-9428. A live concert will be held on evening of 24.

The festival will con-

Dwayne Johnson sees no reason to talk to Tyrese following their feud

slammed the action star, blaming him for being the reason the franchise’s ninth film had a delayed release date. He also made comments about Johnson’s character, Hobbs, getting a spin-off movie.

Johnson may have beef with Tyrese, but one co-star he has nothing but love for is Charlize Theron.

The actor named his “Fate of the Furious” co-star when one fan asked who he’d pick as is presidential running mate if ever he were to run.

“Charlize Theron.

She’s great, she’s bada--, she’s smart and she’s beautiful and tough,” he gushed of the Oscar winner.

Of potentially running for president, Johnson made it clear that he’s not ready just yet.

(FoxNews)

Markle, Middleton attend Wimbledon in first solo outing

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t’s good to be a duchess!

On July 14, Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton were all smiles as they arrived at Wimbledon in their first joint solo outing.

The royals, both 36, looked chic and summery in their respective ensembles for the match up between Markle’s pal Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber of Germany in the women’s singles final of the tournament.

The newly minted Duchess of Sussex sported a blue and white striped Ralph Lauren button down and wide legged white slacks, carrying a fedora and black

handbag, while the Duchess of Cambridge opted for a white short sleeved dress with black polka dots from her go-to designer Jenny Packham and nude pumps, the Daily Mail reports. Middleton wore her hair in a signature bouncy blowout, while Markle rocked a signature messy bun.

Before making their way to the royal box at the All England club, the sistersin-law chatted with female tennis players and ball girls and boys to learn more about the iconic tournament, People reports.

The pair sat side by side and appeared to be in good

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spirits as they animatedly watched Novak Djokovic defeat Rafael Nadal in the heated men’s singles final.

The duchesses are both avid tennis fans, each having attended Wimbledon in recent years. The sporty Duchess of Cambridge is often spotted courtside at high-profile matches with her husband Prince William and sister Pippa Middleton, while the Duchess of Sussex first attended Wimbledon in 2016, around the same time she met husband-tobe Prince Harry, the outlet notes.

Meanwhile, Williams makes a triumphant comeback to the London tournament, giving birth and battling subsequent health complications just ten months ago, Fox Sports reports.

Williams and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, were amongst guests at Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry’s May 19 royal wedding.

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wayne Johnson son further explained. “I isn’t afraid to ad- always feel like a beef dress his various requires two people to actually jump in it. It was feuds!

The 46-year-old “Sky- really one-sided, and he scraper” star appeared on had voiced his opinion a Thursday’s episode of lot on social media and “Watch What Happens apparently he was going Live With Andy Cohen” through some stuff too in and was asked about the his personal life, but no, we numerous alleged beefs haven’t talked and I don’t between himself and co- see where we would.”

Johnson added, “To stars.

When one caller asked me, there’s no need to have if Johnson had spoken with a conversation.”

Last October, Tyrese his “Fast 8” co-star, Tyrese Gibson, following the 39year-old actor’s October OFFICE OF THE 2017 comments about him STUDENTS' COUNCIL MOUNT MARY COLLEGE on social media, he replied, Chumukedima - 797103, Dimapur : Nagaland “The answer is no. No, we With immense pride and honour, haven’t talked at all.” we the Students' Council Mount Mary “That whole thing College would like to extend our with Tyrese, it was pretty heartiest congratulations to Miss. Y disappointing because I’d Tsurila, D/o Mr. Yotsumong, Penkim been friends with Tyrese Village for bringing glory and honour for a very long time,” John- to the Union and college community

as a whole in her outstanding achievement in respective fields.

1. Miss YSUK 2015.

2. Miss. Yimchunger 2016 3. Oriflame Face of North East 2nd Runners up 2017.

4. Sunsilk Mega Miss North East 1st Runners up 2018 The SCMMC wishes her success and greater achievements in all her future endeavour.

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anger Imchen, a gospel singer from Dimapur will be releasing his music video ‘Fly’ via global video portal YouTube tonight at 7 p.m.

Starting his musical journey as a worship leader 12 year ago with Dimapur Ao Baptist Church, Yanger later joined Sinai Ministry worship team in 2009, he has now visited to numerous towns and villages in Nagaland with Sinai team organizing revivals, crusades and youth camps.

The song Fly was written after he was inspired during a trip to Israel.

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that he wrote it at a time when he was revelling in the love of the Father, amazed and overwhelmed

by His goodness.

“This song has come up with the revelation during my personal worship time, on how Jesus saved and gave me freedom. When I was lost and in a hopeless situation, He saved me and set me free from all my darkness, bondages, spiritual blindness, and through His grace placed me upon His righteous throne with Him. When Jesus has done so much, how can I stay silent? His goodness and His saving grace should

be heard by all. There is freedom and hope in Jesus Christ,” he said.

With many responsibilities to carry out, expectations to meet, and his fair share of heartache, Yanger admits that the road leading to where he is today has not been easy, but today he credits it all due to God’s grace upon his life that he has found himself in a place where he is secure in his identity in Christ. He also acknowledges all the leaders who have always supported him and under whose love and guidance he has learnt a lot and come this far.

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clude with the Miss Dimapur beauty pageant as the grande finale. Auditions the same will be held on July 31, IMC reception hall at 11 a.m. For the Miss Dimapur contest one can get to the organizers on their Facebook pageEgoN- Ethnic Group of Nagaland, or call- 985689-2229/8837-06-5040 for any information.

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fter a heart-breaking week for English football fans, Three Lions is number one on this week’s official singles chart.

It’s the first time in chart history a song has scored four spells at number one with the same artist line-up.

The original 1996 version had two one-week stints whilst the 1998 re-work had a three-week spell.

With over 1.6 million copies sold since its release, the anthem is also one of the UK’s best-selling singles ever.

Radio 1’s chart show host Scott Mills said: “England gave us everything at this World Cup. The whole country got swept away with it.

“Three Lions being the official number one shows how we really got behind our amazing team.”

Analysis by Mark Savage, BBC music reporter: “Three Lions killed off

All Nagaland Kung-Fu Association represented in the 1st National All Style Open Martial Arts Championship 2018 which was held at Siliguri (West Bengal) from 6 th to 8 th July 2018, wherein 8 (eight) participated begged 3 Golds, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze.

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the participants to play with discipline in order to set an example for the upcoming youth.

At the closing ceremony, Advisor for Rural Development, Dr. Neikiesalie Kire said there are people who are capable of bringing good names through games and sports.

While encouraging the youths to take up sports professionally, Kire also urged them to be dedicated and disciplined.

Advisor for Rural Development, Dr. Neikiesalie Kire handing over the winners cheque to Its Coming Home during the prize distribution ceremony at Diphupar local ground, Dimapur on Saturday.

Inter-district cricket: Kohima, Dimapur win

D imapur , J ul 1 3 (NPN): Kohima and Dimapur registered wins at the ongoing Nagaland Senior Inter-District Cricket tournament held at NCA ground, Sovima on Saturday.

In the first match, Kohima defeated Wokha by 37 runs while Dimapur defeated Peren by 89 runs.

After winning the toss, Kohima elected to bat and set up a target of 142 runs losing 5 wickets in 25 overs.

Abhijit was not out on 73 runs while Vikato and Kamal scored 16 and 11 runs respectively.

Renjamo took 2 wickets for Kohima while Rahul, Shakti and Nchumbemo claimed a wicket each.

Chasing the target, Wokha were all out for 105 runs in 22 overs. Renjamo scored 31 runs while Nchumbemo scored 37 runs.

Ke v i a n d M a n o j claimed 3 wickets each for Kohima.

In the second match, Dimapur batted first and scored 171 losing all wickets in 29.4 overs. Sedezhalie scored 28 runs, Nagaho-53 runs and Tahmeed scored 47.

Apong took 4 wickets for Peren while Rajesh took 2 wickets.

Peren were all out for 82 runs in 17.4 overs. Ketan scored 19 while Bideshi contributed 21 runs. For Dimapur, Tahmeed claimed 4 wickets while Nitesh took 2 wickets.

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M.R Kuhoi Achumi (Lhoshepu) On his 1st Death Anniversary

Dad, Though your smile is gone forever.

And your hand we cannot touch.

Still we have so many memories.

Your memories is keepsake With which we’ll never part, God has you in His keeping, We have you in our hearts So sending thoughts to Heaven On the day you went away and Hope you know you’re missed More than words could ever say.

Those we love don’t go away, they walk besides us everyday You will always remain in our hearts.

Beloved wife, children and family members

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Loving wife, children, grandchildren and in-laws

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

1. That Pastor and members of the Dimapur Rengma Baptist Church, Kher Mahal.

2. The Pastor and members of the Terogvunyu Baptist Church 3. The Pastor and members of the Nsunyu Baptist Church.

4. The Addl. Secretary, Department of Agriculture.

5. The Director and lady wife, Department of Agriculture 6. All officers and staff of the Department of Agriculture 7. Alumni members of SASARD 8. The Rengma Officers Forum.

9. Terogvunyu Chipwen.

10. The Rengma Public Organization, Dimapur.

11. Rengma Community, Padum Pukhuri.

And a host of family, friends, neighbours, wellwishers etc. God bless you all.

In gratitude, Loving wife, children, mother, brother, sisters, in-laws and dear ones

"ALWAYS LOVED,NEVER FORGOTTEN BUT FOREVER MISSED” It's been four years since you left us to be with the Lord on this day, but not a single day has passed without you in our thoughts. We remember you for every moment in our lives for your divine nature of love and caring.

Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure and you are loved beyond words.

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Departed 15 July 2017

With heavy hearts, we the family members bade farewell to our beloved Late Asinlo Tep Rengma on 07-07-2018 at 01:00 hrs.

Even in our sorrow we are overwhelmed by the love, support and kindness shown towards our family from all quarters, far and near through prayers; physically, morally and financially during our most painful and difficult moment.

Though words are inadequate to express our gratitude to each individual who stood by us and shared our burden, we would like you to know that we shall always treasure your good deeds; it is our prayer that our Almighty God showers His blessings upon each one of you abundantly.

We would like to make special mention of the following :-

Late Asinlo Tep Rengma Born : 03/03/1966 Died : 07/07/2018 Served as : Deputy Director, Planning & Budget, Department of Agriculture

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We the family members of LATE RHOSASIE K. KATIRY express our genuine gratitude and appreciation to all who stood by us during the prolonged illness and at the demise of my beloved husband and our father.

We deeply regret our inability to acknowledge each and everyone individually, but it is our sincere prayer that God bless you all abundantly.

We convey our special Died on 09-07-2018 thanks to : 1. Pochury Hoho Dimapur 2. Pochury Baptist Church Dimapur 3. Toulazouma Pochury Baptist Church 4. Doctors and Nurses, Eden Medical Centre Dimapur 5. Pochury Hoho Kohima 6. Friends and Neighbours Dimapur 7. Müluori Küchienyiri Kügharü 8. Baptist Church Meluri Town 9. Baptist Church Meluri Village 10. Staffs of Govt. Higher Secondary Meluri Town 11. Staffs of Govt. Primary School Meluri Town DP-5245

12/02/1970 – 9/7/2018 We the family members of Late Meyilemla Walling would like to thank each and every individuals for their support through physically and financially during her brief illness and at the sad demise on 9th July 2018. Our special thanks to all the following groups and a long list of individuals and families which is not possible to mention here.

1. Gospel Mission Church, Chumukedima.

2. Chumukedima Ao Baptist Arogo (CABA) 3. Chumukedima Ao Baptist Church (Women Ministry) 4. British Railway Colony Fellowship Chumukedima 5. British Railway Colony.

6. Japu Union Dimapur 7. Japutsur telongjem Dimapur 8. Sungratsu Union Telongjem Chumukedima 9. Sungratsutsur Telongjem Dimapur 10. Sungratsu Wallingtsur Telongjem, Dimapur Loving family members DP-5243

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “The lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”

Psalms 23:1

Loving wife and children

Born 21st July 1931

Dear Daddy, You will forever remain alive in our hearts and in our memories, And though we are without you, We still miss you so much.

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Swiss midfielder Shaqiri joins Liverpool

London, Jul 14 (IANS): Liverpool on Saturday announced the signing of Switzerland attacking midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri for the upcoming season. Shaqiri underwent a medical on Friday and was Liverpool’s third signing of the summer.

“I’m very happy to be here. It’s a huge club with big history, big players and a fantastic coach,” Shaqiri told Liverpool’s website adding. “So I’m really glad and happy to be here. As a player you always want to be on the biggest stage in football. A few years ago I wanted to come too but it didn’t happen. I’m really happy that now I’m finally here, he stated further.

Shaqiri was with Stoke City and scored 15 goals in 92 appearances for the Potters, who were relegated from the Premier League last season.

Born on 29 Sept 1987

Its been a year since you have passed away and the way we miss you now is different.

In life we love you and in death we love you still.

In our hearts you hold a place and nothing else can fill it and its what bonds us as a family which can never fade away.

You are and will always be a brother to your sister, cousins & friends A son to your mom, uncle and aunties.

So until we meet again we will keep you in our hearts and look forward to the time where we will never be apart again.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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ing Madrid had planned to launch a bid to sign the Brazil forward intensified following Cristiano Ronaldo’s £105m move from Real to Juventus.

The statement said, “In the face of the constant reports linking PSG’s Neymar Jr. to our club, Real Madrid C. F. wish to clarify that the club has no intention of making any offer for the player.”

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DIMAPUR, JUL 14 (NPN): Ao Students Union Dimapur (ASUD) organised a one-day penalty shoot-out at Diphupar local ground, Dimapur on Saturday. The open penalty shoot-out was held under the motto “Go for goal.”

Its Coming Home emerged as the winners of the shoot-out and were awarded Rs.70,000 while Zavi’s Club Kohima stood runners-up. In individual

category, Keneinguozo Medoze was awarded the golden glove.

Earlier, Advisor for Prisons, Printing and Stationary, H Haiying, who declared the tournament open, lauded the union for organizing the event and expressed hope that such events will bring unity among the people.

Stressing on the motto, Haiying said, “having a goal and a vision helps one to move into the future.”

He also encouraged

Madrid, Jul 14 (Agencies): Real Madrid have released a statement denying reports they have made a bid for Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar.

The Spanish club posted a statement on their website saying they have no plans to make any offer for the Brazil international, who has a contract with the French champions until 2022. Speculation claim-

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Died 9th July 2018

Through this column, we the bereaved family members of Late I. Rongsenkala Longchar (Lirmen) would like to convey our hearthfelt gratitude to individual, neighbours, churches, organisations and well wishers who stood by us physically, spiritually and financially, during the illness and at the demise of our beloved mother.

For your good deeds, we pray for God’s abundant blessings upon each and every individual.

Our sincere thanks to : 1. Viola Colony Dimapur 2. Lirmen Union Dimapur 3. Lirmen Fellowship Dimapur 4. Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo 5. Daba Youth Ministry Merali Fellowship 6. Staffs of GHSS, Singrijan 7. GHSS Primary Section 8. Tsuremen Village Council 9. Tsuremen Baptist Church 10. Tsuremen Baptist Women Deptt 11. Lirmen Village Council 12. Lirmen Baptist Church 13. Lirmen Baptist Women Deptt 14. Akumen Village Council 15. Akumen Baptist Church 16. Akumen Baptist Women Deptt (YIMCHAKJUNGBA) Lirmen 19. Longchalar Telongjem (YIMCHAKJUNGBA) Lirmen 20. Dr. Benjongliba Aier, Ex. Minister 21. Sang Coffin D.C. Court Junction 22. Asem Tzuri Rogo Lirmen 23. Well-wishers from Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Longchem & neighbouring villages.

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PV Sindhu enters Belgium beat England 2-0 for WC 3rd place Thailand Open final

the bottom corner.

Meunier finished off a devastating move when he turned in Nacer Chadli’s low cross at the far post in the fourth minute after Romelu Lukaku’s pass sliced open the English defence.

Belgium, who beat England 1-0 in a group match in the tournament, were more dangerous throughout a lively first half. But England improved after the break and nearly equalised when Eric Dier got clear and chipped over Thibaut Courtois, only for Toby Alderweireld to make a sliding clearance off the line.

Belgium continued to threaten on the break Belgium team with their medals after winning 2018 World Cup play-off for third place against England at the Saint Petersburg Stadium on Saturday. and finished off the game when Kevin de Bruyne St Petersburg, Jul finish in 1986. set by France in 1982 and him at the back post after a Dier effort off his line at set Hazard clear and he 14 (Agencies): BelEngland were on top Italy in 2006. slip-up from John Stones, full stretch after a neat swept his shot past Jordan gium beat England 2-0 in for most of the second half While England man- but his poorly struck shot exchange between the Tot- Pickford. the World Cup third-place but with captain Harry ager Gareth Southgate was easily dealt with by tenham midfielder and play-off on Saturday to se- Kane looking tired, Bel- made five changes to the Pickford.

Rashford ended with a cure their best ever finish at gium’s greater sharpness side which lost to CroaKane, the tour na- chip over Belgian keeper a World Cup and send Ga- in the final third proved tia, Belgium boss Roberto ment’s top scorer with six Thibaut Courtois. reth Southgate’s side home decisive.

Martinez made just two goals, had an opportunity Dier and then Harry with a second straight loss.

Meunier’s goal came switches. when set up by Raheem Maguire both headed wide France will face Croa- after Romelu Lukaku Meunier retur ned Sterling in the 24th minute from promising positions, Kohima, Jul 14 (NPN): tia in Sunday’s final at swung the ball out left to from suspension and Youri but was off-balance as he while at thee other end The department of Youth the Luzhniki Stadium in Nacer Chadli who burst Tielemans given a start screwed his shot wide.

Meunier went close to a Resources and Sports will Moscow. down the wing and slipped ahead of Maroune Fellaini Southgate brought on second with a powerful vol- be screen the FIFA World A fourth-minute goal the ball across the face of in midfield with the Bel- Marcus Rashford for Ster- ley that Pickford did well Cup final match at Kohima from Thomas Meunier and the goal and the midfielder gians fielding their strong ling and Jesse Lingard for to save. local ground on July 15 an 82nd minute Eden Haz- confidently slotted past front three of Lukaku, Danny Rose at the break But the game was from 8pm onwards. Thereard strike earned Belgium Jordan Pickford.

Kevin De Bruyne and Eden and the change worked wrapped up when De fore, advisor for youth rethe victory and the thirdThe goal means Bel- Hazard. well, with England well on Bruyne burst from midfield sources and sports, Er. Zale place, which improves on gium have had 10 different De Br uyne should top in the second half. and slipped the ball through Neikha has invited all foottheir previous best perfor- goalscorers at this World have made it 2-0 in the 12th Toby Alderweireld to Hazard, who glided past ball lovers and fans to come mance of a fourth-place Cup - equalling the record minute when the ball found was forced to clear an Eric Phil Jones and fired into and witness the match.

World Cup final live screening at Kohima

Eng beat India by 86 runs in 2nd ODI L o nd o n , J u l 1 4 (Agencies): England batting mainstay Joe Root announced his return to form with a classy century against India and David Willey smashed a quickfire half-century to propel his team to a decent 322/7 in the second ODI here at Lord’s on Saturday.

Root remained unbeaten at 133 and got a brilliant support from the other end in the deathovers as England accumulated 94 runs from the last 10 overs. The quick finish in the death helped the hosts post a par score as the pitch looks conducive for batting.

Young Kuldeep Yadav (10-0-63-3) emerged as the nemesis for England top order as he grabbed three wickets to emerge as the pick of the bowlers for India. Rest of the Indian bowlers didn’t look that effective on the pitch for

it had little or nothing to offer.

England’s bowlers found India easier to tackle with a decent score on the board and the home side were able to build pressure on openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan.

The breakthrough came when Mark Wood bowled Rohit for 15 to leave India 49 for 1 in the ninth over of the chase.

Wickets fell in both the overs that followed with Willey having Dhawan (36) caught at backward point before Liam Plunkett came into the attack and immediately had Lokesh Rahul brilliantly caught

by Jos Buttler off an inside edge for a duck.

An 80 run stand for the fourth wicket looked like it might get India back on track but Moen Ali trapped Virat Kohli (45) leg before and Adil Rashid bowled Suresh Raina (46)

to take the wind out of the hosts sails.

MS Dhoni did his best to take the game deep until, with the tail crumbling around him, a Plunkett slower ball ended his valiant effort, India were 215 for 8 with 23 balls left to get 108 runs.

Plunkett (4/46) trapped Siddarth Kaul (1) leg before later in the 47th over of the chase to bag his fourth scalp.

The game fizzled out as a contest in the final few overs as the game crept towards an inevitable conclusion eventually ending with India being bowled out for 236 off the final ball of the innings.

Brief scores: England: 322/7 in 50 overs (Joe Root 113 not out, Eoin Morgan 53, David Willey 50; Kuldeep Yadav 3/68) vs India: 236 in 50 overs (Raina 46, Kohli 45; Liam Plunkett 4/46).

Croatia hungry for WC title: Rakitic

Moscow, Jul 14 (IANS): Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic has said that all 4.5 million of his compatriots will be behind the team when they battle France in the 2018 World Cup final.

“You need only to look at the footage from Croatia to see what’s been going on over the past month - the joy felt by the people there,” he said at a press conference at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, the venue for Sunday’s final, reports Efe. “It doesn’t just concern the 23 players, coaching staff and backroom staff, but the 4.5 million people back home.

If there was a stadium big enough for 4.5 million people, it would be full,” the FC Barcelona player said.

Rakitic, 30, acknowledged that defeating France would “be difficult, both in defense and attack, but the most important thing is to concentrate on ourselves.” “We want to leave the pitch with our heads held high and to say we did everything,” he said.

P V Sindhu

Bangkok, Jul 14 (PTI): Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu advanced into the women’s singles final after registering a hard-fought victory over Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung at the USD 350,000 Thailand Open World Tour Super 500 tournament here today.

The second seeded Indian continued her unbeaten run in the Thai capital with a 23-21 16-21 21-9 win over Tunjung in a match that lasted an hour. In what is expected to be a high-voltage summit showdown, Sindhu will lock horns with Nozomi Okuhara in a rematch of the last World Championship, in which the Japanese prevailed. The world no 3 Indian pipped Tunjung to win the first game that went down to the wire, separated by just two points. In the second game, Sindhu played with much more variation

and mixed things up to unsettle her opponent. She took a 9-5 lead on the back of some incredible net-play but squandered it as Tunjung reeled off four points to lead 11-9 at the lemon break.

After trailing 10-16, Sindhu earned three consecutive points but it went in vain as she lost the game, thanks to a few errors. In the third, Sindhu displayed her class to outplay her opponent. She dominated proceedings from the start, rushing to a sizeable 5-1 lead. The Indian then ensured that Tunjung was unable to get back into the game, sealing it comfortably with a 21-9 drubbing.

In the quarter-finals, Sindhu had eased past her Malaysian rival Soniia Cheah. Okuhara beat Beiwen Zhang 21-17 21-10 in her semifinal match.

4th DMSC Autocross concludes

Winners of the 4th DMSC Autocross with their awards after the prize distribution ceremony at Agri Expo, 4th Mile, Dimapur on Saturday.

Dimapur, Jul 14 (NPN): The 3-day long 4th DMSC Autocross, organised by Dimapur Motorsports Club, concluded Saturday at Agri-Expo, Dimapur.

In SUV categor y,

Kamlesh from Meghalaya emerged as the winner.

Sandeep from Delhi bagged the second place while Denis Assumi (DMSC) came third.

Babit Lyngdoh from Meghalaya came first in

the Above 1.1 category while Sandeep (Delhi) and Obeth (AMAM) came second and third respectively.

In the Below 1.1 category, Imli Pongen (Dimapur) emerged as the winner, Atoka Awomi (DMSC)

came second and Tomito (Street Kings) took the third place. Babit (Meghalaya) also emerged in the Open Category while Sandeep (Delhi) and Dennis Assumi (DMSC) took the second and third place respectively.

In the Rookie Category, Imli Pongen (Dimapur) emerged as the winner, Atoka Awomi (DMSC) bagged the second place while Jaki Tariang came third.

Babit Lyngdoh set the fastest over all time while Phoebe from Meghalaya was the special lady participant.

The prizes were given

by NPP National general secretary, Vivek Singh Wangkhem; secretary of NPP Meghalaya, Niky Nongkhlaw; NPP Political Affairs Nagaland, Lima Jamir; IPR NPP Nagaland, Ricky and Kughali Chishi.

Naga fighters enter semis 4th Bengaluru MMA Open Championship

Correspondent

Kohima, Jul 14 (NPN): Lanumongla Jamir and Bharat Kumar from All Contact-Combat Arts Club have entered the semi-final rounds at the National 4th Bengaluru Open Mixed Martial Arts Championship on Saturday. Jamir is fighting in straw weight category while

Kumar is a flyweight category fighter. The final matches will be played on July 15. The tournament which is sanctioned by the All India Mixed Martial Arts Association will usher as a qualifying platform for the upcoming IMMAF 1st Junior World MMA Championship to be hosted by CIMMAF at Beijing, China.

Kerber wins Wimbledon title

Angelique Kerber

London, Jul 14 (Agencies): Angelique Kerber claimed her first Wimbledon title on Saturday with a nerveless 6-3, 6-3 win over the seven-time champion Serena Williams.

Having not lost at Wimbledon since 2014, Williams went into the match as the heavy favourite, but she produced an error-strewn performance against the durable Kerber.

Even the watching Duch-

ess of Sussex, who was joined

by Tiger Woods and Lewis Hamilton, could not inspire Williams to victory.

Kerber and Williams exchanged breaks in the early stages of the match before Kerber went on a run of five straight games to take the opening set and forge ahead in the second.

Kerber, whose serve is so often a liability, maintained her high level and having broken Williams for 4-2 kept her nerve to post a straight-sets win.

The title was secured when Williams pushed a backhand into the net, after which she crossed the net to embrace the new champion.

Kerber now has three grand-slam titles to her name after winning the Australian Open and US Open in 2016.

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