July 20, 2019

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Vol XXIX No. 223

DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Yogi blames Cong for Sonbhadra clash

Sachin inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

No US aid for Pak as action against terrorism pending

national, Page 5

sports, Page 12

international, Page 9

India can’t be refugee capital: Govt

Seeks extension of NRC deadline from Apex Court for verification

Heroin worth `600 cr seized in Delhi NEW DELHI, JUL 19 (AGENCIES): Five persons, including two Afghan nationals, were arrested and heroin worth about Rs. 600 crore in the international market was seized from them, police said Friday.

The accused were identified as Shinwari Rehmat Gul, 30, Akhtar Mohammad Shinwari, 31, Vakeel Ahmed, 36, Raees Khan, 43, and Dheeraj, 21, they said. Gul, who had an experience in working in a drug industry in Afghanistan, was sent to India by the syndicate to handhold the operations of a newlyestablished unit at Delhi’s Zakir Nagar, while Shinwari was assisting Gul in setting up the unit, they said.

of both the governments for deliberation on July 23 on the issue of proposed sample survey.

“Please extend the deadline for publication of final Assam NRC from July 31 to a future date. There is a growing perception that many exclusions and many more inclusions have been made wrongly,” the solicitor general said. “India cannot be the refugee capital of the world,” he said, adding there was a need to re-look the draft NRC list through sample verification.

Mehta further said that due to the involvement of local officers lakhs of people were wrongly included in the NRC in districts bordering Bangladesh.

Both the governments moved the apex court on July 17 seeking a direction for 20 percent sample re-verification of names included in the final NRC draft in the districts of Assam bordering Bangladesh and 10 percent sample re-verification of names included in the final draft in the remaining districts. The Centre’s plea has also sought to suitably modify the timeline fixed for publication of the final list of NRC from July 31 to a future date.

It has also sought direction that such re-verification exercise to be conducted by Class I officers of the state government from other districts who have knowledge and experience of handling

3 quakes jolt Arunachal; tremors in Nagaland, other NE states ARUNACHAL PRADESH

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NEW DELHI, JUL 19 (PTI): Alleging wrongful inclusions and exclusions in the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Centre and the Assam government Friday sought from the Supreme Court extension of the July 31 deadline for finalisation of the NRC and said India could not be the refugee capital of the world.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R F Nariman took note of the submission of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and the state government, that they be allowed to undertake verification of 20 per cent random samples of citizens for wrongful inclusions or exclusions in the NRC. The court, which had fixed July 31 as the deadline for publication of the final list of the NRC, has now fixed the applications

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the process of enquiry/investigation. The pleas have also sought a direction to fix the venue of the sample reverification at a place which was not in the vicinity of the initial NRC verification to rule out possibility of local influences, bias and threat.

It claimed that names of Indian citizens were excluded and illegal Bangladeshi migrants were included in the draft. It also referred to the apex court’s 2018 order by which it had said it could consider a reverification of 10 percent of the people who were included in the draft NRC. The top cour t had termed the issue as “human problem with great magnitude” and asked the state NRC coordinator to submit a report in a sealed cover on the ramification of allowing the claimants to file new sets of legacy documents.

The first draft of the NRC for Assam was published on the intervening night of December 31, 2017 and January 1, 2018 in accordance with the top court’s direction. Names of 1.9 crore people out of the 3.29 crore applicants were incorporated then.

H&FW dept geared up to tackle JE Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 19 (NPN): With one death due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Dimapur and nine positive cases reported in the state, the Health department stated that district surveillance units have been put on high alert and closely monitoring the situation and that all preventive measures were being taken.

Talking to Nagaland Post, SNO (IDSP) Dr. Nyan Kikon awareness drives, fogging to eliminate vectors (mosquito), community participation through National Vector Borne Disease Control programme and active surveillance through Integrated Disease Control Programme were being carried out with focus on the districts bordering Assam.

He said district surveillance units have been maintaining vigil for symptoms suggestive of JE across the state, adding the Health & Family Welfare department was geared up for any eventuality.

MIRZAPUR (UP), JUL 19 (IANS/PTI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained during her visit to the kins of 10 people killed in the Sonbhadra firing massacre that took place on Wednesday.

Soon after the detainment, Rahul Gandhi attacked BJP directly and termed the whole incident as ‘disturbing’.

“The illegal arrest of Priyanka in Sonbhadra, UP, is disturbing. This arbitrary application of power, to prevent her from meeting families of the 10 Adivasi farmers brutally gunned down for refusing to vacate their own land, reveals the BJP Govt’s increasing insecurity in UP,” said Rahul Gandhi on Twitter.

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was on way to Sonbhadra to meet families of those killed in firing over a land dispute, was on Friday detained near Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur.

Priyanka Gandhi was sitting on road with the protesters but was soon taken into the preventive custody by the police officials in the area. Speaking to media, Priyanka said, “Just want to go and meet the families of

K’taka crisis: more drama no vote B E N G A L U RU / N E W DELHI, JUL 19 (PTI): Tottering on the brink collapse, the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka on Friday ignored the Governor’s deadline twice for proving the majority on the floor of the state Assembly, setting off a constitutional crisis and a fresh legal battle.

As the assembly failed to take up the voting on the confidence motion to decide the fate of the 14month-old government, the unending political drama sparked by the resignation of 15 MLAs of the ruling coalition a fortnight ago is set to spill over to next week with Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar adjourning the House till Monday.

All eyes were now on Governor Vajubhai Vala on his next course of action.

Before adjourning the house towards the fag end of the day, the Speaker made it clear that a finality

would be put to the motion of confidence moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday and the matter would not be prolonged further under any circumstances, to which the government agreed.

Kumaraswamy and the Congress moved the Supreme Court accusing the governor of interfering with the Assembly proceedings when the debate on the trust vote was underway and sought clarification on its July 17 order causing hindrance in issuing whip to the legislators.

The court had held that the MLAs cannot be compelled to participate in the Assembly proceedings.

Kumaraswamy told the apex court that the governor cannot dictate the House on the manner in which the debate of confidence motion has to take place As many as 16 MLAs -- 13 from the Congress and

Lumding GUWAHATI, JUL 19 unachal Pradesh, tremors of (PTI): Three earthquakes which were felt in Itanagar, of 5.6, 3.8 and 4.9 magni- Guwahati, other parts of tude hit Arunachal Pradesh Assam and Dimapur, the Friday within minutes of Meteorological (MeT) Deeach other, according to the partment website said. The MeT department. No loss of second one of 3.8-magnitude life or damage to property was recorded at 3.4 pm, also has been reported so far due at the depth of 10 km at anto the quakes, each of which other site in East Kameng. lasted for a few seconds, ofThe third 4.9-magnificials said. tude quake was recorded at The first quake of 5.6- 3.21 pm. It had its epicenter Correspondent magnitude occurred at 2.52 at a depth of 95 km in KuKOHIMA, JUL 19 (NPN): pm at a depth of 10 km in rung Kumey district of ArIn a delayed report, one East Kameng district of Ar- unachal, the website stated. person was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in the early part of July.

It was reported that the accused was arrested on July 18 and placed under Staff Reporter judicial custody. A case has been registered and police DIMAPUR, JUL 19 (NPN): are investigating the matter. Though Nagaland is officially a The police are also waiting dry State for the past 30 years, alfor the medical test reports cohol consumption, among other substance abuse, is very much of the minor girl. prevalent, especially during festive seasons and elections.

This was the observation of District Hospital Dimapur (DHD) senior psychiatrist Dr C Kezo. He was speaking as guest DHD Sr. Psychiatrist Dr. C Kezo launching NEAN NLTP campaign brochure. speaker at the launch of North Eat Artist Network (NEAN), an liquor by alcoholics peaked when Kezo admitted that prohibiinitiative under Nagaland Liquor they were between the ages of 18 tion had only increased sale of Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act, and 60 years. spurious alcohol by bootleggers.

1989, at Tourist Lodge here on Mentioning that alcohol He stressed that if the NLTP Act Friday. consumption had an adverse was not implemented properly, Kezo said alcohol-related impact on the society, the senior bootleggers would take advanailments in the State could be psychiatrist pointed out that it tage. viewed as “evergreen disease” was one of the oldest psycho Referring to shortage of due to the huge number of active substance/drugs that had manpower in the psychiatric patients that DHD received all always posed a serious threat department of DHD, Kezo said through the year, adding 50% of to public health. And besides there were only six beds at the “These papers prove I’m indoor patients suffered from ail- medication, motivation and en- District Detox Centre (DDC), Indian but you’re not ments due to excess consumption couragement were also required while urging the government to Indian because you don’t of alcohol. for an alcoholic to help overcome focus on the growing instances have them.”

He said consumption of the problem, he added. of alcohol consumption as it

1 held on charges of raping minor

Priyanka detained in UP, refuses to leave

three from JDS -- had resigned, while independent MLAs R Shankar and H Nagesh have withdrawn their support to the coalition government, putting the government on the edge.

One Congress member Ramalinga Reddy retracted, saying he would support the government.

The ruling combine’s strength is 117-- Congress 78, JD(S) 37, BSP 1, and nominated 1, besides the Speaker.

With the support of the two independents, the opposition BJP has 107 MLAs in the 225-member House, including the nominated MLA and Speaker.

If the resignations of 15 MLAs (12 from Congress and 3 from JDS) are accepted or if they stay away, the ruling coalition’s tally will plummet to 101, (excluding the Speaker) reducing the government to a minority.

Priyanka sitting outside Chunar Guest House on Friday night.

the victims(Sonbhadra firing case), I even said will take only 4 people with me.Yet administration is not letting us go there.They should tell us why we are being stopped.We will continue to sit here peacefully.”

Congress workers who accompanied Priyanka on her protest against her detention earlier in the day have alleged that the Uttar Pradesh administration has deliberately cut the power to make the party leader leave the place.

Priyanka arrived in Varanasi on Friday morning and met the injured persons admitted to the Trauma Centre of the Banaras Hindu

Don’t make NHM a political agenda: NEAN DIMAPUR, JUL 19 (NPN): National Health Mission Employees Association Nagaland (NEAN) has urged the responsible authority not to make the National Health Mission (NHM) programme a political agenda/platform.

In a press release, NEAN vice president Dr. Avika P Jimo and general secretary Kewetso Kenye maintained that NHM, being implemented on a mission mode, was the “heart” of the health & family welfare department.

They pointed out that each activity and programme under National Health Mission was target based and had a timeline, which invites disincentives from the centre if not implemented and completed on time (monthly, quarterly & yearly). They stated that frequent and untimely transfer and deployment hampered

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had become an important public health issue.

He also expounded Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), saying it was a chronic relapsing disease characterised by uncontrolled drinking and pre-occupation with alcohol. It was alcoholism in which the individual was unable to control consumption due to both physical and emotional dependence on alcohol.

Speaking about NEAN NLTP initiative on the occasion, campaign in-charge Toshiba Jamir claimed that NLTP Act introduced in 1989 had achieved its purpose. He admitted that there were issues related to alcoholism that required systematic intervention, besides policies in strengthening implementation of the Act. “The ever increase in the number of alcoholics in the State was an indication of the low level of public awareness and understanding of NLTP Act. And the inflow of spurious liquor in the

University. When she proceeded towards Sonebhadra, her convoy was stopped on the Mirzapur border. A defiant Priyanka then squatted on the ground with the Congress workers and was later taken away in a government vehicle to Chunar.

At least 10 people, including three women, died and over 24 were injured in a clash between Gond and Gujjar communities over a land dispute in Sonebhadra on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath blamed the previous Congress governments for the land dispute.

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State posed a grave threat as it endangered many lives,” he pointed out.

According to Jamir, there were three approaches to address substance addiction – harm reduction, demand reduction and supply reduction. As supply reduction hardly gave positive outcome in many areas as NLTP Act primarily aimed at supply reduction, he said there was a need to focus on both demand reduction and harm reduction.

This, he added, would lead to understanding of the ground realities more deeply with facts and figures, leading to a healthier discussion.

Mentioning that NEAN was initiating community-based awareness intervention activities on alcoholism, Jamir said the organisation put main focus on NLTP Act under its slogan “Take the first step for alcohol recovery” with the theme “Taking the lead towards deeper understanding”.

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the programme intricately.

In addition, NEAN said that delay of all round implementation was “quite vivid” due to such situation. It cited an example of delay in release of funds even the basic employees’ salary (three months i.e. April –June 2019).

NEAN has, therefore, appealed to the authority to take note of such complications and hardships being brought into the programme due to such hasty political decision. It also appealed to the authority to resolve the issue at the earliest for the smooth functioning of the programme.

National Health Mission Employees Association Nagaland underlined that the concerns raised were purely based on the interest and welfare of the programme and did not have any personal vested interest, whatsoever.

LPO disassociates from Lotha Hoho DIMAPUR, JUL 19 (NPN): Lotha Public Organisation (LPO) has resolved to disassociate from Lotha Hoho (LH) till the new team of LH was formed.

In a press release, LPO chairman Sulanthung Humtsoe and General Secretary Zaremo Kikon said the resolution was taken at a “brainstorming meeting” held on July 18, 2019 at Town Hall Baghty.

The signatories reminded LH that LPO was not formed on individual interest but it was “formed with the interest of 94 displeasure villages.” They said that the “prime design” of LPO formation was to express dissatisfaction and resentment against the incumbent LH team members, “who preoccupied their post without following certain guidelines (Stage Manage)”.

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Three-wheeler banned in Mon

Chairman DPDB, Mon, Eshak Konyak, MLA addressing the monthly meeting of Mon DPDB at DC’s Conference Hall, Mon on July 18. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Members of District Planning & Development Board (DPDB), Mon after thorough discussion on the safety measures of roads and vehicles and as per the standing order of the government has decided to ban plying of three wheeler /autorichshaws in the district.

The decision was taken at the monthly meeting of DPDB held at the Conference Hall of Deputy Commissioner on July 18 under the chairmanship of Eshak Konyak, MLA and chairman DPDB, and

N. Thongwang Konyak, MLA, DIPR reported.

On the plastic free awareness campaign in the district, the house discussed alternative ways of replacing plastic. The house also resolved to make all offices under Mon to be tobacco free zone.

Earlier, chairing the meeting, DC and vice chairman DPDB Mon, Thavaseelan K welcomed the new DPDB chairman Eshak Konyak, Thongwang and the members to the meeting.

During the meeting,

the house discussed on the creation of Tapi Block which is to be re-christened as Mon Block (North) as approved in the last DPDB meeting and further recommended to the concerned department.

Under the education sector, the house approved and recommended for upgradation of Amity School Lapa Lampong (Tizit), upgradation of post for Government Middle School Sowa village and grantin-aid for Construction of play ground to Ying-Angh School at Aboi. After thor-

ough discussion on the condition and the need of infrastructure at TB centre Mon, construction of District TB centre building at District Hospital was approved and recommended to the concerned department.

On the youth and sport sector, the house felt the need for good infrastructure of ground and sports complex in the district and the house recommended for construction of Astro turf football ground and construction of multipurpose hall in Mon.

Meeting for I-Day in Kohima

Vikheho Swu visits GHSs in Pughoboto

DC Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie chairing the I-Day meeting at DC’s conference Hall Kohima, July 19. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Kohima district under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner, Gregory Thejawelie held a meeting for the ensuing Independence Day 2019 celebration at DC’s Conference Hall here on July 19.

T h e m e e t i n g wa s held to chalk out work distribution and other arrangements to be held at New Secretariat plaza, Kohima.

Chairing the meeting, DC informed the gathering that the meeting has been convened to look into various areas where the district administration has been given in-charge.

The members also reviewed the State level meeting minutes held in regard to the Independence Day celebration where DC sought confirmation from various departments/ NGOs participation in different assigned works and requested them to execute their assigned work.

A total of eleven contingents from uniform category have been confirmed their participation in the ceremonial parade while seven contingents from different schools were entrusted to District Education Officer for confirmation. The meeting also decided to have parade

rehearsal from August 6 at Secretariat Plaza from 8 am onwards, for which the transportation will be taken care by the district administration. Three bands also confirmed to participate in the ceremonial parade.

The meeting also discussed on various assigned works like cultural items, dance display, taekwondo, visitation of Institutions, football exhibition match, security arrangement, medical coverage, putting up of flag post, road maintenance, P.A equipments etc.

The meeting was attended by all the concerned officials from various departments and NGOs.

DIMAPUR: Y. Vikheho Swu, MLA 13 A/C Pughoboto, on July 19 visited Government High Schools and held meeting with High School Management board and Teachers.

During his visit to Ghathashi Government High School, Vikheho urged the High School Management board to identify needs of school, students and teachers and bring the issues to the appropriate authority. He further urged the teachers, besides books and prescribed syllabus to instil respect, responsibility, accountability, commitment, punctuality and honesty upon the students.

Since the school lacked Math teacher, Vikheho has engaged a private teacher by personally paying salary until such time Government appoints.

The teachers also highlighted on the issue of shortage of teachers and appealed to the MLA to look into the matter at the earliest.

EAC, Ghathashi Nuhuta Tungi, who chaired the programme, stated that education was the most important aspect and urged management board and teachers to give more commitment, dedication and discuss with whatever resources available to improve the high schools in Pughoboto sub division.

Consumer awareness at Aboi town

Participants and officials of department of Legal Metrology and Consumer Protection, Mon at the consumer awareness programme at Chen Paan Aboi on July 19. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Department of Legal Metrology and Consumer Protection, Mon organised a consumer awareness programme at Chen Paan Aboi on July 19 with Asst Controller LM & CP, Mon, Y. Rilise Sangtam as resource person.

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and that the consumer has Right to safety. He also said that consumer should be protected against the product that hampers their safety, against any product which is hazardous to their health- mental, physical or many of the other factors.

The consumer also has the right to choose the products and make a decision, he added.

Sangtam also said that the aggrieved consumer can approach any of the forum or Commission accordingly:- District forum – if the goods or services and com-

pensation asked for does not exceed Rs.20,000,00, State Commission:- if the goods or services and compensation asked for is more than Rs.20,000,00 but less than Rs. 1 crore and national commission:- if the goods or services and compensation asked for is more than Rs 1 crore.

Sangtam also encouraged the people to form Voluntary Consumer Organisation (VCO) at Aboi for better and easy promoting of the consumer protecting activities.

EAC Aboi, Lithrila

Sangtam extended gratitude to the department of Legal Metrology and Consumer Protection, Mon for conducting such programme at Aboi for the first time and by educating the consumer of their rights. She called upon the people to know their rights as a citizen and urged the people to cooperate with the department.

Konyak Union Aboi, vice president; head DB Aboi; head GB Aboi; ATSU also spoke at the programme which was chaired by i nspector LMCP, Mon, Er. Nganyei Konyak.

Wooden bridge over Liangmen river opens DIMAPUR: Executive engineer, PWD (R&B) Mangkolemba division has informed that the temporary wooden bridge over Liangmen river located between Longchem and Sarung village at LongchemNaginijan road has been opened for light vehicles from July 18.

The bridge collapsed on July 6 due to heavy rainfall and has been restored. The department has thanked EAC Longchem Hq and neighbouring villagers for their contribution in restoration of the bridge.

ZSUD induction programme

DIMAPUR: Zeliang Students Union Dimapur (ZSUD), held its induction programme at Zeliang Community Hall Erose lane, Dimapur, on July 6.

At the meeting, ZSUD has also elected new office bearers with Thinzan as president and Idizeung Reunim as general secretary for the tenure 2019-2021.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019

news in Brief Trees damaged at NH: Chief engineer PWD (NH) has informed that the Bougainvillea trees planted for beautification as well as to control of soil erosion along National Highway in and around Kohima town by PWD (NH) in co-ordination with Angami Baptist Thenuko Krotho (ABTK) has been damaged at some location by the public. In this regard, the chief engineer has requested the public to not damage the trees planted for the welfare of the general public.

MTC informs: Mon Town Council (MTC) informed that public toilet and individual household latrines, funded by state government under Swachh Bharat Mission in Mon town, was intended to bring about open defecation free (ODF).

In this regard, MTC warned that anyone found indulging in open defecation will be penalised with a fine of Rs. 200 for first offence and Rs. 300 for subsequent offence.

ATI to organise workshop: Administrative Training Institute, Kohima will be organising a workshop on “Ethics and Values for Public Governance” from July 23 to 25 in collaboration with the Initiatives of Change. The participants have been drawn from the Nagaland Civil Service, Nagaland Police Service and Nagaland Secretariat Ser0vice. Some of the topics to be covered include inner governance, relationships and teamwork, excellence in service delivery, a leadership game etc.

Tobu SDPDB meeting: Tobu SDPDB meeting was held on July 18 with Vice chairman SDPDB Tobu and ADC Tobu, Mudongoyi Chuzho as the chairman.

Reviewing the minutes of the previous meeting, the house approved the LADF 2019-2020 and upgradation of JE to SDO electrical at Tobu. Independence Day Celebration works were assigned to various departments.

Economic and Statistic new building inauguration: The new building of directorate of Economics & Statistics will be inaugurated on July 23 at 12 noon below New Secretariat Complex. The plaque of the new building will be unveiled by advisor, Economics & Statistics, Fisheries & Aquatic Resources and Evaluation, L. Khumo. A handbook of Nagaland Statistical 2018 will be also released on the same day.

SSA teachers: SSA teachers 2010-2019 (regular and adhoc) under Kohima district have been informed that there will be a collection of member details for documentation. Therefore, teachers have been requested to submit photocopies of appointment order, bank pass book front page, IFSC code and PRAN number to NSSATA, Kohima Unit on July 23 and 24 at The Hut Restaurant, CK Arcade Building, opposite Kohima Head Post Office from 11 am to 4 pm. For any queries, one may +91- 98566 83326/ +91- 96151 00837 / +91- 98564 72595.

New building of GHS Thüvopisü inaugurated

Director School Education, Wonthungo Tsopoe and others at the inauguration programme on July 19.

DIMAPUR: Director School Education, Wonthungo Tsopoe on Friday inaugurated the newly constr ucted Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) school building of Government High School, Thüvopisü under Phek district.

Speaking on the occasion, the director said the new RMSA building marked a new milestone and encouraged the teachers and students to use

the building wisely and creatively to scale new heights.

He called upon the teachers to rededicate and give their best to impart quality education, as education “is the only weapon to change the society”.

He also informed that the department will be handing various award to the best performing government school in order to instil competitive spirit among the government

schools.

It may be mentioned that the school is running without headmaster and assistant headmaster.

Meanwhile, Tsopoe inspected the Community Hostel erected with a contribution from each households and well wishers within the village.

Short speech was delivered by ADC Chozuba, Theodore Yanthan.

The programme chaired by SDEO, Cho-

zuba, Thungrhomo Odyuo began with an invocation

by TBC pastor, Amudo Tetseo.

Welcome address was delivered by Kuvesezo Tetseo, acting headmaster, GHS Thüvopisü, special number by students, GHS Thüvopisü.

Vote of thanks was delivered by Vesathu Dozo, chairman, school managing board, Thüvopisü and benediction by CRC pastor, Vezosa Rhakho.

Don Bosco Tech, AIDA Centre holds graduation day DIMAPUR: Don Bosco Tech AIDA centre held graduation day for Skill Training for unemployed youth (batch 29) on July 6.

In a press release by coordinator, Don Bosco Tech AIDA Centre, Towoka, stated that general manager Europa Inn Hotel, Dimapur, Aokumzuk, graced the occasion as special guest and exhorted the graduating trainees to prepare mentally as they will be facing many challenges.

He further acknowledged Don Bosco Tech AIDA for helping the government to stabilize unemployment problem.

Principal Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Dimapur, Father Stephen, congratulated the trainees and encouraged the candidates.

The batch began on April 23 with 38 trainees.

All the trainees received placement offer, the release stated.

Chakhesang Baptist Church (CBCD), Diphupar B, Children Ministry conducted Vacation Bible School (VBS) from July 11 to 14 under the theme, “Armour of God”, with Joseph Therie as the VBS director.

A mass plantation day was organised under the initiative of Shine Society Xelhozhe at Xelhozhe village, Kuhuboto block, Dimapur in the presence of DPO Land Resource, department, Akato Chishi.

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WEATHER FORECAST July 20

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Partly sunny, a stray t-storm

34 27

Cloudy, a t-storm in the area

27 22

Guwahati A p.m. thunderstorm or two

34 26

Aizawl Imphal

Morning showers, cloudy

31 22

Itanagar An a.m. thunderstorm in spots 30 24 Shillong A thunderstorm in the area Kohima

A shower and t-storm around

Dimapur A t-storm around in the a.m.

Mkg

Cloudy, a thunderstorm

26 19 25 19 33 24 27 20

Tuensang Cloudy, a shower or t-storm

22 16

A stray a.m. t-storm, clouds

27 22

Wokha

Zunheboto Couple of thunderstorms

26 18

Sale and use of plastic prohibited in Zunheboto DIMAPUR: In pursuance of state government order, Zunheboto Town Council (ZTC) carried out enforcement drive cautioning the shopkeepers on the use and sale of all plastic items.

According to DIPR report, administrator, Zunheboto Town Council, Ajit K Ranjan informed that banned products worth over Rs. 50,000 were seized and penalties imposed on the defaulters.

It was also informed that enforcement drive will be carried out on regular basis to ensure total ban on plastic items such as, plastic bags and cutleries including Styrofoam and thermal disposable plastics.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019

(From Left) Kashiho Sangtam, Jacob Zhimomi, Y. Patton, Tovihoto Ayemi, Temjen Imna Along, S. Pangnyu Phom, Dr. Longrineken, Khehovi, Kazheto Kinimi and others.

DIMAPUR: Three Subsidiary Health Centres (SHCs) and a village gate were inaugurated at 37th Tyui A/C, Wokha on Friday.

The three Sub-centres at Old Riphyim, Yikhum and Nungying villages were inaugurated by deputy chief minister and BLP leader, Y. Patton; minister of Health and Family Welfare, S. Pangnyu Phom and minister PHED, Jacob Zhimomi.

According to Dy.C.M.O media cell, speaking at one of the inauguration programme, Patton said that the creation of

Sub- Centres will facilitate in improving the health care facilities of the areas.

He thanked the minister of H& FW for the creation of the Sub- Centres and bringing development in health sector, particularly in his constituency.

The village gate at New Riphyim village was inaugurated by minister Higher and Technical Education and state BJP president Temjen Imna Along.

He urged the gathering to cooperate and support deputy chief minister, Y. Patton to bring more development in their areas.

Imna also encouraged the people and party workers to sensitize and carry out the BJP membership drive sincerely, as BJP being one of the largest National political parties in India.

He also said that BJP was a pro- people and not antiChristian party.

Minister Health and Family Welfare, S. Pangnyu Phom also visited the PHC, Englan and interacted with officials of medical department. During the interaction, the officials apprised him of the problems faced by PHC Englan, as the office is run from MO

quarter due to the lack of office building. To which, Pangnyu promised to look into the matter.

Pangyu, who inaugurated the Yikhum SubCentre, also encouraged the villagers to take care of the Centre with a sense of ownership. He also expressed confidence that under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio and Dy. CM, Y. Patton, the PDA government will complete its full term and will bring more developments in the state.

Minister PHED, Jacob Zhimomi, who inaugurated the Sub - Centre at Nungying village, in his short speech said that through the initiatives and under the dynamic leadership of Patton, the long cherished dreams of the villagers have come into a reality.

The deputy chief minister was also accompanied minister Soil & Water Conservation, Geology & Mining, Kashiho Sangtam; Advisors Dr. Longrineken, Tovihito Ayemi, Kazheto Kinimi, Khehovi; principal secretary and commissioner, Nagaland M. Patton and host of officers and department officials.

36 % mothers initiate breastfeeding

DIMAPUR: In Nagaland, only 36 percent of mothers initiated breastfeeding immediately after birth and 84 percent feeding colostrum to the child.

According to DIPR, Dr. Aarushi Bhatnagar, Health Economist, The World Bank, said this in her power point presentation at the dissemination workshop on study of “Nutrition and its Determinants and Strategies in Nagaland” held at the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima on July 19.

She also said that utilization of key maternal and child health and nutrition services remains weak in Nagaland and called for concerted efforts in improving antenatal care for the pregnancy and focus on increasing antenatal during the first trimester.

Dr. Aarushi also suggested that woman should be given co- chair appointment and training for improving women’s participation in decision making.

She also said that food insecurity was present in Nagaland, especially among lower income groups, where 62 percent were reported to be having two meals daily and 38 percent three meals per day.

Dr. Aarushi Bhatnagar giving powerpoint presentation at the workshop on July 19. (DIPR)

Principal secretary, Health and Family Welfare, R. Ramakhrishnan, in his keynote address, said the department of H&FW and its allied departments should put more efforts to study the key maternal and child health and nutrition service as it remains weak in the state.

He therefore asked the ASHAs and the Anganwadi workers to have more interactions with pregnant mothers as the state lacks appropriate knowledge and application of maternal, infant and young child feeding practices.

R. Ramakhrishnan also added that the traditional Naga kitchen which is always smoky should be done away with and should be fitted with chimneys. He further asked the H&FW

department and its allied departments to work together to save the mothers, women and children in all health issues.

Additional project director of Nagaland Health Project, Dr. Atoshe Sema, who chaired the programme said the workshop was funded by the South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI) and acknowledged the work led by Patrick Mullen and Dr. Aarushi Bhatnagar. He also thanked the UK Aid from the UK government and the European Commission (EC), the South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI) and the World Bank team for their contribution towards the workshop and the survey carried out.

Workshop on ‘open water fisheries management’

Commissioner and secretary Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, Senti Ao, speaking at the Interactive Workshop on July 19. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: An interactive workshop on “Open water fisheries management in Nagaland” was held at the conference hall of ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema on July 19.

According to DIPR, the workshop was organised by ICAR-Central

Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore Kolkata in collaboration with Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Government of Nagaland, Kohima & ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema, Nagaland.

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department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, Rongsennungba in his opening remark gave a brief account and status of open water fisheries in Nagaland.

Director ICAR-CIFRI Barrackpore, Dr. B.K. Das explained the role of

ICAR-CIFRI in development of open water fisheries resources of India.

Dr. B.K. Bhattacharya, HRCICAR-CIFRI, Regional Centre Guwahati also spoke on the strategies for scientific fishery management of open water fisheries resources of Nagaland.

Commissioner and secretary department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, Senti Ao as a special invitee, in his short speech thanked the ICAR Barrackpore for their initiative in organising the workshop.

He urged all the district Fisheries Officers to utilise such workshops to extract knowledge in fishery development in the state.

He also emphasized the importance of rich natural resources which

could provide immense potential for aqua culture development and produce and generate employment and double the income of the people.

Dignitaries from different organisations, scientists, DFOs, progressive farmers, anglers, participated in the workshop.

A documentary was also released during the workshop.

The programme was chaired by Dr. Abhijit Mitra and vote of thanks by Simanku Borah, Scientist ICAR-CIFRI Regional Centre, Guwahati which was followed by interactive session.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme started with lightning of lamp by Commissioner and Secretary department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, Senti Ao.

FPA India launches nationwide campaign DIMAPUR: Family Planning Association of India (FPA), launched nationwide campaign “Youth Dialogue- A perspective on FP 2020” to create awareness on ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for all’.

In a press release FPA India, stated that the campaign intends to mobilize young population of India and initiate conversation to understand their access to information and services related to sexual and reproductive health.

Secretary general and CEO, FPA India, Dr. Kalpana Apte, stated that around 1.8 billion youngsters are entering reproductive years in the country. Hence, it was necessary to not just work closely with Government and private bodies, but also get the young people’s attention towards their own sexual and reproductive health. He stated that it was important for youth to have access to proper information and clarity about the issues they will be facing. He claimed that FPA India work towards creating an enabling environment for youth to get care and protection while seeking sexual and reproductive healthcare, counselling and services.

President, FPA India, Nagaland (Kohima), James Liezietsu, stated that adolescence was the age of experimentation and youngsters are at risk of turning towards unhealthy path related to family planning, sexual education, use of contraceptives method and safety measures, sexually transmitted Infections including HIV and AIDS etc. He stated that through the campaign, the young generation should take lead in assessing sexual and reproductive health, Family Planning 2020 agenda and draw a robust plan for Family Planning 2020 and beyond.

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Assam floods: Death toll reaches 50 Centre to study frequent floods in Assam

With Assam getting affected by floods every year, the government will conduct a topographical study of the state to understand the reasons behind the inundation, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said Thursday. In an interaction with reporters late Thursday night, Shekhawat said the northeastern state was hit by a massive earthquake some 50 years ago that affected the topography, and more importantly the flow of the rivers. Bramhaputra is a major river that flows through the state. The team will have experts from different organisations, including the Central Water Commission, the Union minister said. The swelling of the Bramhaputra is a yearly phenomenon that inundates large parts of the state and also leads to loss of life and property.

Currently, large parts of Assam have been witnessing flooding. Shekhawat said the Centre will also do aquifer mapping of 240 districts that have recorded stressed ground water level. This, he said, will help in planning water conservation methods in a better way.

The swelling of the Bramhaputra is a yearly phenomenon that inundates large parts of the state and also leads to loss of life and property.

G u wahati / N e w Delhi, JUL 19 (AGENCIES/PTI): While flood situation in Assam improved on Friday, death toll in the current wave of flood has increased to 50. Flood has affected 48,87,443 people, reports The Economic Times.

On Friday an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked Northeast India. It had its epicentre in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Kameng district. However till now there is no report of any ca-

sualty due to earthquake.

Flood waters in several districts are receding around 3,705 number of villages in 92 revenue circles of 27 districts are witnessing flooding.

Presently, 755 numbers of Relief Camps are operational and there is 1, 47,833 inmates staying in the relief camps and 304 Relief Distribution Centres are operating.

Presently, 755 numbers of Relief Camps are operational and there is 1, 47,833 inmates staying in

the relief camps and 304 Relief Distribution Centres are operating.

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal took stock of the flood situation in Majuli and also inspected Geo Bag erosion prevention work at Dakhinpat Kumar Gaon. He also visited the embankment at Opholamukh damaged by this year’s floods and directed the Brahmpautra Board and Water Resource officials to complete the erosion prevention works on war footing.

PM assures delegation of Assam MPs of help to tide over flood crisis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday assured a delegation of MPs from Assam of providing all central assistance to the flood-hit state where 28 of the 33 districts have been affected by the deluge. The assurance to 10 BJP MPs from Assam came when they called on the Prime Minister to apprise him about the flood situation in the state and urged him to provide financial assistance to tide over the crisis.

“The Prime Minister gave us a patient hearing and assured that all central assistance will be given to the state government to provide succour to the distress people,” MP from Mangaldoi Dilip Saikia told reporters after the meeting. Later, the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted, “A delegation of MPs from Assam, including Union Minister Shri Rameswar Teli met PM @narendramodi. There were discussions on the prevailing flood situation in the state and the steps being taken to assist those affected (sic).”

Frame guideline for boarding in schools, say student bodies Correspondent

IMPHAL, Jul 19: Barely a day after a 12-year-old girl student was found death in her hostel room, student bodies in Manipur on Friday reiterated their demands for framing guidelines to be followed by school authorities running boarding and hostel.

A minor student, Ningthoujam Babysana studied at Class-VII at Standard Robarth Higher Secondary School in Imphal’s Canchipur was found hanging in her hostel room.

Controversy surfaced after family of the deceased alleged the death reeked of foul-play. While the police is yet to solve the “mysterious” death case, students’ union of Kangleipak (SUK) has forced closure of the hostel with immediate effect, expressing strong suspicion in the mysterious death of the student.

Meanwhile, taking serious note of the incident, two student bodies –Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) and Apunba Ireipakki Maheiroi Sinpanglup (AIMS) today demanded government to frame a guideline for running boarding and hostel by private and government schools in the state.

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Two child Tribal body threatens bandh over posting of non-tribal officer labourers rescued

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IMPHAL, Jul 19: A tribal body on Friday set July 22 deadline for the Manipur government to address its demand to revoke orders regarding posting of nontribal IAS officers and joint secretary and director of state tribal affairs and hills department.

The ATRPFM protested and demanding revocation an order of the state government issued on July 8 regarding transfer and posting of a non-tribal as director in TA & Hills department and transfer of LDC Md Rahimuddin Khan of TA&Hills to engineering section of the same department.

All Tribal Rights’ Protection Forum Manipur (ATRPFM) threatened that if the government fails to revoke the orders, the body will impose a 24-hour bandh on three important national highways in Manipur from the midnight of July 23.

Not only the ATRPFM, some other tribal bodies including student based ones have been protesting against the government’s order to post the non-tribal officers to head the department dealing with the affairs of the tribal.

ATRPFM threatened the 24-hour bandh, in a memorandum submitted to the chief minister. Copies of it were forwarded to state

tribal affairs and hills minister, chief secretary and additional chief secretary (tribal affairs and hills).

ATRPFM alleged that department of personal and administrative reforms of the state government has failed to hear the hue cry of the tribal people despite of repeated approached and appealed.

“We have no other options except to take up our own course of action of which for any untoward outcome the government shall be solely responsible,” the tribal body stated in the memorandum.

It said that the TA & Hills department is responsible for many subordinate departments like

Umiam Dam life span reduced to 5 years Correspondent

SHILLONG, JUL 19 : The lifespan of Meghalaya’s Umïam dam, one of the oldest hydroelectric power generation in the region, will be reduced by 41 years.

Constructed before the creation of Meghalaya in the early 1960s, the Umïam dam stores water for hydroelectric power generation.

“The life span of the dam was designed for 100 years, the MeECL (Meghalaya Energy Corporation

Limited). The life of the dam will end in the next five years by 2024 due to heavy silting and pollution caused by heavy siltation,” Meghalaya Assembly Committee on Environment, S.K.Sun said.

The life of the Umïam dam is estimated to be 100 years which should be by 2065.

Sun, who inspected the Umïam dam with committee members, urged the public to take care of the dam especially the two rivers – Umkhrah and Um-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We the families of International Youth Mission & Missional Theological College would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the families, Individual, Churches who have been supporting us ceaselessly through their prayer, financially, materially and physically. Specially to :1. Khehokhu Village Baptist Church (Pastor & Deacons) 2. Hozheto Chophy, Zuheshe Village (Chief).

3. Er. Akheto Sumi (Police Project) Thahekhu Dimapur.

4. Dr. Vito Aomi, President (NBC) 5. Nihoto Chishi, Nihoto Village (Chief).

6. Sahozhe Awomi & Family 7. Semato Awomi & Family 8. Khevito Awomi & Family 9. Jashua LWC & Family 10. Rev. Tohekhu Sumi & Family 11. Rev. Vitoshe Sumi & Family 12. Inakhe, Add S.P, Gangtok 13. John Kalito, Kalimpong 14. Vikiye Awomi & Family 15. Khekashi Jimo 16. And not forgetting, my beautiful beloved wife Hukashi Awomi who has been tirelessly praying, taking up all the burden for mission and helping me. May our good Lord bless you all.

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shyrpi in Shillong city by not throwing waste indiscriminately.

Studies related to assessment of siltation of the Umïam dam was conducted in 1990 by M/s Water and Power Consultancy Services (Wapcos) and by M/s Tojo Vikas International Private Limited New Delhi in 2004.

MTDC, TRI, six ADCs and the director is also an ex-officio member of the Manipur State Commission for Schedule Tribes.

It clearly reflected that the post of director of the department should be held by a person who was well versed with the custom, culture, and identities of tribal people of Manipur.

“We have apprehension that when a director does not understand the conflicting interests of different tribal communities, conflicts between tribes may occur within the tribal communities in the days to come,” it stated.

The memorandum further lamented that frequent transfer and posting

of director of TA & Hills department has hampered the smooth functioning of the department as every new director does not know any file or work and he will solely depend on his staffs.

Any officer on deputation is supposed to serve the department for minimum of two years and can be extended upto three years.

But these things were not observed at all in the department, it added.

The ATRPFM said that they had even met the chief secretary of Manipur and have discussed in the matter, but even the chief secretary who is the head of executive has failed to keep his commitment.

in Hailakandi

Hailakandi, Jul 19 (PTI): Two minor children working as domestic helps were rescued in Hailakandi district of south Assam in a special drive, official sources here said on Friday.

The police have registered cases against the offenders for engaging minor children as domestic help.

The children were rescued on Thursday by the District Level Task Force Committee comprising Labour Department, District Child Protection Unit, Child Welfare Committee, Child Line and police personnel, the sources said.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION (Below New Secretariat) Thizama Road, Nagaland, Kohima 797001

No. DIT&C/Sect.LAN/2019

Dated Kohima the, 19th July 2019

NOTICE INVITING TENDER

The Department of Information Technology and Communication invites tender for supply, installation and commissioning of Nagaland Civil Secretariat Local Area Network (LAN) Government of Nagaland.

The detailed tender documents can be viewed / downloaded from the following websites, from 20/07/2019, 2:00 PM (Server Time) to 05/08/2019, 2:00 PM (Server Time): 1. www.nagalandtenders.gov.in 2. www.nagaland.gov.in Amendments/Corrigendum, if any will be hosted on the above websites.

Sd/Tongtiliba Longkumer Director, IT&C Issued by DIPR

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BEFORE THE MARRIAGE OFFICER DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT : NAGALAND

NOTICE OF INTENDED MARRIAGE

NOTICE

Marriage Regd. No 10/2019

Dated Dimapur, the 18/2019

I, Marriage Officer, Dimapur, Nagaland hereby give notice Under Section 15 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, that a petition of intended marriage has been filed by Mr. SANTOSH GAUTAM, aged about 36 years, S/o Shri. RUDRA NATH GAUTAM resident of H/No-206, Island Colony Dimapur AND Miss IMTIYALA aged about 35 years, D/o Shri A. IMCHAK WALLING, resident of H/No-206 Island Colony Dimapur before me on 18th day of July 2019 and whereas 17th August 2019 has been fixed for solemnizing their Marriage. Objections, if any are to be furnished on or before the aforementioned fixed date.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MON: NAGALAND NO.GA/ RECOGNITION-TOBU/2013-14./-474 Dated Mon, the 17th July’2019.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Whereas, a proposal has been received by the undersigned for recognition of a new village to be known as YONGKHAO CHANGLU VILLAGE under Tobu Sub- Division in Mon District measuring an area of 7187500 sq metres with the following boundaries: 1. NORTH : Saojong (Pessao Village) 2. SOUTH : Yonglok (Shennyu Village) 3. EAST : Tangyoungnyu (River) 4. WEST : Belay Youngsao (Yongkhao) Therefore, it is hereby notified for information of all concerned individuals/groups/villages that any claims and objections against the recognition of YONGKHAO CHANGLU VILLAGE should be submitted to this Office in written within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice.

If no objection is received in written within the stipulated time, it will be assumed that there is no complaint whatsoever in connection to the above proposal and the matter shall be forwarded to the Government for further necessary action.

(THAVASEELAN K) IAS Deputy Commissioner Mon: Nagaland K-1964

Dt. Dimapur the 19th 07 '19 NO.REV-1/90-D/ / Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti Thongso Chang resident of Dimapur who has applied for issue of mortgage clearance concerning to Patta No. 602, Dag No. 274/913 measuring an area 00-00-14 located at Block No/Village Naharbari Mouza No. 03 which has been mortgage in the NIDC Bank/Society.

Claims & Objection if any on the aforesaid land may be submitted in written in the Court of the undersigned on or before 26/07/19 DP-5595

Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland

IN THE COURT OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT HEADQUARTER CHUMUKEDIMA CAMP, DIMAPUR, NAGALAND NOTICE Dated Dimapur, the 3rd July 2019 No. M- 229/19/2390-91 Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti Ozamo Lotha -Vrs- Mhonthung Odyuo resident of Duncan, Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 of the Assam Land Revenue Regulation Act 1886 have applied for Mutation of Land Described in the schedule below :The Undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invite Claim/Objection concerning to the said land if any & should there be any, should submit to this court on or before 1 (one) month from the date of publication in local newspaper.

SCHEDULE OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder : Ozamo Lotha, Village/Block No : 04 Patta No : 849, Dag No. : 1051, Area : 00-01-06 North : Yilao Patton, South : Main Road East : John Lotha, West : Dr. Obed Sumi DP-5586

(KEVEKHA KEVIN ZEHOL), NCS Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur

news conference at DESAM office in Imphal today, leaders of the two student bodies alleged the incident was not the first of its kind in which students were found death in the boarding schools.

They blamed such incidents on the absence of proper guidelines to be followed by the schools and other educational institutions. In the absence of the government guideline, school authorities and individuals opened boarding and hostels and are converting education into a profitable business, they alleged.

DESAM’s general secretary Shital Oinam alleged that government has failed to check the functioning of the boarding and hostel in the absence of guideline to be followed in running boarding and hostel.

He demanded that the state authority concern must come up with a guideline to be followed while opening boarding or hostel in the private as well as government school.

He further said that till the government comes up with the proposed guideline, the two student bodies have decided to have a close vigilance on the functioning of the boarding and hostel in schools across the state.

He also demanded the

government to initiate an investigation into the death of the 14-year-old student and deliver justice to the family of the victim.

Taking part in the press conference held at DESAM office in Imphal, AIMS vice president Saikhom Premchand expressed concern and alleged that hostel and boarding at the schools were becoming the origin of various untoward incidents.

Absent of a guideline to be followed while opening boarding and hostel by the schools was the main reason behind such untoward incidents. He alleged that besides cases of death of students in controversial circumstances, there had been various incidents of rape and harassment of students lodging in the boarding and hostel in the past.

Meanwhile, locals of Thangmeiband Meisnam Leikai where the deceased girl hailed from today staged a sit-in-protest pressing the state government to investigate into the death case for the end of justice.

Talking to media secretary of Thangmeiband Meisnam Leikai Meira Paibi (women body) Bina Devi alleged the minor girl was hung after being murdered, while strongly denying school authority’s suicide claim.

Heroin worth Rs 24.30 lakh seized, two persons arrested

Aizawl, Jul 19 (PTI): At least 540 gm of heroin worth around Rs 24.30 lakh was seized from two different places here, Excise and Narcotics department officials said on Friday. The officials said Police seized a large amount of heroin at Saron Veng locality while another seizure was done on Thursday night. Two persons, including a woman, were arrested and handed over to the Excise and Narcotics department along with the seized contraband worth around Rs 24.30 lakh, the officials said. The accused persons were booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and were produced before the special judge (ND and PS Act) on Friday.

FELICITATION We the Yangzitong ‘B’ Village Students’ Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss BONIKA YEPTOMI, D/o Mr. & Mrs. JOKATO YEPTOMI for being selected to undergo B.Sc Nursing course in recently declared NEET Exam 2019 and Miss MINITOLI YEPTOMI, D/o Mr. & Mrs. HOKHETO YEPTOMI for successfully clearing NET Exam 2019.

The Union further wishes them grand success in all their future ventures.

Francis Hekiye Yeptomi Khekishe T Yeptomi President Y’B’VSU G/S Y’B’VSU

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER KOHIMA : NAGALAND

PUBLIC NOTICE Dated Kohima, the 18th July 2019.

NO.REV/TRANS-1/2019 -//- Whereas the following persons have applied for transfer/bifurcation of Patta.

Sl. No. Name Patta No. Location 1.

Kievi Terhüja 2271 D. Block to Ilungtalakpe 2.

T. Imlisunep 4091 Old Ministers Hill to Akhrietuo Mere 3.

Duozolie Angami 5672 Lerie to Krose Angami 4.

D. Zolie Kire 3342 New Ministers Hill to Khriephrezo Kire 5.

Temjemmonla 8171 New Ministers Hill to Khonbeni Kikon 6.

Impa Longkumer 8861(P) High School Area to Hukavi Murru 7.

Yachüzhü & Yachütüo 4406 Kitsübozou to Shalom Christian Revival Church, Kohima 8.

Chakhesang Christain Revival 6579 Kitsübozou Church, Kitsübozou to Shalom Christian Revival Church, Kohima 9.

Chosanyi Rose 6606 Naga Bazar to Kuthozulü Rose 10.

Neiphrelie Kire 10202(P) Lower Forest Colony to Keviya Liegise 11.

A. Daili 9484(P) Thegabakha (Officers Hills) to Athili 12.

Capt. Prabu Dhan Rana 2601 Chandmari to Bashusheree Rana 13.

S. Kaikho 1512 P.W.D. Colony to Kezhalekho Kweho 14.

Sovelü 2082 Nagabazar to Zukuseto Natso 15.

L. Pilie 9479(P) Chandmari with Khatso Natso Thenuko Krotho Jakhama Public are hereby asked to file their claims/objection if any witin 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. Failing which no claim/ objection will be entertained after the expiry of stipulated time.

(GREGORY THEJAWELIE) NCS Deputy Commissioner Kohima, Nagaland DC-1117

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suspended Yogi blames Cong for Sonbhadra clash Pilot for transmitting 5 officials suspended, 29 arrested

LU C K N OW, J U L 1 9 (PTI): Promising justice to those killed in the Sonbhadra clash, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth Friday suspended a sub divisional magistrate and four policemen, while holding the Congress’ policies responsible for the incident in which 29 persons have been arrested so far.

Ten people were killed and 28 injured on Wednesday when they resisted an attempt by the village headman and his supporters to take possession of 90 bigha of a disputed land in Sonbhadra district’s Ghorawal area.

“Despite the dispute between the two factions in the past and apprehensions of breach of peace, adequate action was not taken by the officers. The SDM, Circle officer and Inspector, all posted in Ghorawal, have been suspended on the basis of the report of the probe committee constituted on July 17. The beat sub-inspector and constable have also been suspended,” the chief minister said in the state assembly.

Adityanath said the action was taken on the report of the two-member committee of Divisional Commissioner, Vidhyachal division and Additional

Yogi Adityanth (File) Director General (ADG), Varanasi zone.

Citing this report, he said the land dispute, which led to the clash, dated back to 1955, adding a number of cases were pending in this regard in revenue courts, with criminal cases being filed by both the factions. Speaking at a press conference later, the chief minister held the policies of the previous Congress regime responsible for the incident.

He said under the Congress regime (from 1955 to 1989), the land was illegally transferred in the name of Adarsh Society.

“In 1989, this land was transferred again. Even as the land was in the name of Adarsh Society, the land was used by tribal people for farming and some amount of money was paid by them to the society owners. But the owners could

not acquire the piece of land,” Adityanath said.

The priest-turned-politician further stated that the land in question was sold to someone else in 1989.

“The tribals, however, continued to cultivate the land. It was later illegally transferred to an IAS officer of Bihar cadre in 1989,” he said.

The chief minister said when the bureaucrat could not occupy the land, he sold it to the gram pradhan in 2017.

“There have been many criminal instances in this case,” Adityanath said.

The BJP leader said a three-member committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue), Principal Secretary Labour, Divisional commissioner, Vidhyachal has been constituted to look into the land dispute and will submit its report within 10 days.

“The committee will take note of the dispute and fix responsibilities by going through the revenue records and give its recommendations,” he said.

ADG (Varanasi Zone) has also been asked to probe the cases registered against the two sides in Sonbhadra before July 17, the chief minister said.

Meanwhile, the state government announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the dependents of the deceased, and Rs 50,000 to the injured.

The victims were farming the disputed land for a long time, but their names were not registered in the revenue records. On the day of the incident, the accused reached the said land in tractors for its possession, leading to the clash, the CM said.

Twenty-nine persons, including the main accused, Yagya Dutt, have been arrested and a single barrel gun, three double barrel guns, a rifle and six tractors have been seized.

Replying to a question on reports of SP leader Azam Khan being declared as ‘land mafia’ by the Rampur administration, Adityanath said, “There was ‘kabja’ (grabbing) culture in previous SP regime and Rampur is its example.”

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NEW DELHI, JUL 19 (PTI): Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Friday suspended an AirAsia India pilot for a period of three months for erroneously transmitting the ‘hijack code’ to the Air Traffic Services during a Delhi-Srinagar flight on June 9, sources said.

“As one of the engines had stalled at this I5-715 flight of AirAsia India, the first officer (pilot) was supposed to transmit the emergency code 7700 to Air Traffic Services (ATS) authorities. Instead, he erroneously ‘squawked’ the hijack code 7500 to ATS,” the sources told PTI. Ac cording to the sources, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a show cause notice to the pilot in the matter on June 28.

“However, as the reply received was not satisfactory, the first officer was suspended for a period of three months on Friday by the DGCA,” they said.

The pilot-in-command of the AirAsia Delhi-Srinagar flight was given a warning by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Friday for not “overseeing the function of the first officer properly”, the sources said.

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World Bank ‘dropped’ Amaravati project due to Centre withdrawing finance request AMARAVATI (AP), JUL 19 (PTI): The World Bank Friday said it ‘dropped’ the USD 300-million loan proposal for the Amaravati development project as the central government withdrew the financing request, triggering a blame game between the ruling YSRC and opposition TDP in Andhra Pradesh.

“The Government of India has withdrawn its request to the World Bank for financing the proposed Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project,” a World Bank official said in an email response.

The bank’s board of executive directors has been informed that the proposed project is no longer under preparation following the government’s decision, the official added.

“The World Bank is not in a position to comment on the nature of internal consultations conducted by the Government of India,” he said, when asked for the reason behind the Centre’s decision. Andhra Pradesh Capital Region D eve l o p m e n t Au t h o r ity Commissioner Lakshmi Narasimham told PTI they received “no communication” from the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), under the Union Ministry of Finance, on why the Centre

withdrew the loan request.

O n T h u r s d ay, t h e World Bank posted on its official website that funding proposal for the Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project has been “dropped”.

Sources said it had apparently taken into consideration widespread complaints lodged by farmers in the region on forcible take over of their fertile lands by the previous N Chandrababu Naidu government in the name of land pooling for capital development.

The Inspection Panel, constituted by the World

Bank to look into the complains by farmers and nongovernmental organisations in 2017, reportedly sought a deeper inspection of the ground situation as the alleged violation of environment and other laws were against the bank’s policy for lending.

The World Bank recently wrote a letter to the state government in this regard.

The state, through the Department of Economic Affairs, sought more time to consider the World Bank request as the new government of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy had just set in.

Azam Khan’s name put on UP govt’s online list of land mafias; SP protests RAMPUR (UP), JUL 19 (PTI): Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan’s name has been put on an online list of land mafias by the district administration here following FIRs registered against him, drawing strong protest from his party which raised the issue in UP Legislative Council alleging that he is being framed in “fake” cases.

The state BJP government dismissed the SP’s allegations, asserting it is treating everyone the same and the action is not driven by any political vendetta.

Azam Khan (File) “The name of the Rampur MP has been put on the list of anti land mafia portal of the state government on Thursday after FIRs were lodged against him on land-grab-

bing charges,” Additional District Magistrate (Administration) JP Gupta told PTI. “The listing was done

by SDM Sadar,” he said.

The former Uttar Pradesh minister was named in the FIRs lodged in connection with alleged forcible acquisition of land for Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, of which he is the founder and Chancellor. District Magistrate A K Singh said that the “farmers had claimed that Azam Khan had acquired their land for Jauhar University

through coercion”.

“The name of those who have acquired someone’s land with alleged criminal acts and continue to have possession over it are included in the list on the portal,” the DM pointed out.

The Samajwadi Party, however, alleged that the move was a conspiracy by the Rampur District Magistrate to defame Khan and the university.

SP president Akhilesh Yadav has constituted a 21-member committee, led by leader of opposition

in the Legislative Council Ahmad Hasan, to “probe” “fake cases” lodged against Khan in Rampur.

Proceedings in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council were disrupted on Friday as Samajwadi Party members protested the registration of cases against Khan, terming them as “fake”.

As soon as the House assembled at 11.00 am, Leader of the Opposition Ahmad Hasan raised the issue.

He said, “Nearly a dozen cases have been

registered against senior SP leader Azam Khan.

The most painful thing is that he has taken land for building a university and not for any personal gains.

In which direction is the government going? Azam Khan is a land mafia?”

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NEW DELHI, JUL 19 (PTI): The government is likely to extend the ongoing session of Parliament to complete its legislative business, top government sources said Friday.

The ongoing session is scheduled to conclude on July 26, but the sources said the government is mulling its extension till August 2 to ensure passage of all the bills listed for business. Union ministers are in touch with opposition parties to bring them on board for the extension. Though, some opposition leaders said they are not in favour of such a proposal but the sources asserted that a decision on this session’s schedule is the prerogative of the ruling dispensation.

People have elected parliamentarians to work, they should not shy away

from this fact, a top government functionary said in response to the opposition’s scepticism over extension of business. As per the government’s legislative business 13 bills are pending for passage, including the contentious triple talaq bill, which is likely to be taken for consideration in the last week of the session.

The ongoing first session of the 17th Lok Sabha, which started on June 17, has so far been the most productive in the last 20 years, with the Lower House registering 128 per cent productivity till Tuesday, according to think tank PRS Legislative Research. The Lok Sabha has been working for more than its scheduled time and has sat till midnight on two occasions to complete its legislative business.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA

No. DTE/CSAB-NEUT/1/20181-9

Dated: Kohima, the 19th July, 2019

NOTIFICATION: CSAB-NEUT 2019 This is to inform all the JEE (Main)-2019 candidates who have been Provisionally allotted a seat in B-TECH/B-ARCH/Pharmacy course through Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB -NEUT), 2019 to report physically in person to the Reporting Centre, Directorate of Technical Education, Nagaland, with a Demand Draft of Rs. 3000/(Three thousand) only drawn in favour of CSAB 2019 payable at Tiruchirappalli any Nationalized Bank, along with their academic related original documents, provisional allotment letter with 3 passport size photograph.

The 1st round seat allotment reporting is from 20th till 24th, July, 2019.

(ER. VIPULHOU LHOUNGU) Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Centre-in-Charge Issued by DIPR

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF SOCIAL WELFARE

KOHIMA :::::: NAGALAND NO.SW/NNM-PA-1/2018-19/309 Dated, Kohima, the 19th July 2019

CORRIGENDUM

With reference to this Office Notification No.SW/NNM-PA1/2018-19/ published in the local dailies on 14.07.2019, the qualified candidates for the post of Project Associate may be read as Roll No. 0002, 0003, 0005, 0008, 0009, 0010 and not as published.

Sd/-(T. MERANGTSUNGBA AIER) Director DC-1116 K Y M C

Born : 20th April, 1961 – Died : 14th July, 2019 We, the bereaved family of Lt. Velakho Chuzho, wish to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our sad loss.

We offer our heartfelt thanks to the many families, friends and all well wishers for your love and support you have extended to our family during prolonged illness till his last breath.

We regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually but we would like to extend our sincerest appreciation to : 1. Dr. Chotisuh Sazo, M.L.A. 2. Mr. Khüsoyi Hiese, Children and in-laws.

3. Doctors and Staff of Bethel Hospital, Kohima.

4. Doctors and Staff of Shija Hospital, Imphal.

5. Phusachodu Village.

6. Phusachodu Union Phek, Pfutsero, Kohima & Dimapur.

7. Chuzhonu Khel, Phusachodu Village.

8. Phek Town Baptist Church, Phek.

9. Woman Dept., Phek Town Baptist Church.

10. Jerico - 1 Colony, Phek Town.

11. Chakhesang Welfare Society, Seithekema C, Phek Town.

12. Chokri Area Welfare Organisation, Phek Town.

13. Loyem Ministry Kohima.

14. Kutsapo Village Baptist Church.

15. Rünguzoumi Village.

16. Hoshi Chizo Union, Phek.

May God bless you all abundantly.

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Nagaland Post

Post-mortem

Prohibition...Calling spade a spade

Vol. XXIX NO. 223 Dimapur, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019

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rime Minister Narendra Modi had pulled up Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) ministers and MPs and tasked them to stick to the straight and narrow. Modi gave a virtual dressing down to his party MPs at a meeting on July 16 . He has also asked the party to submit the list of erring ministers who played truant from the house. The prime minister was more than irked by the absence of the ministers when it was raised on the floor of the house. In the light of his promise for minimum government and maximum governance, Modi aims to deliver his promised and has expressed his ire at ministers and MPs who neglected their obligation. With a brute majority of 303 MPs and 352 with NDA, the ruling party’s MPs do not seem to be really interested in dialogue and debates on important issues. Both houses of parliament are expected to play a crucial role in making sure the country and its people are governed properly with their full participation. The right to vote and to send representatives into the Parliament to raise people’s issues is something which was given after several years of struggle for independence. This was the reason why post-independence, members of the Parliament in both the houses used to take their parliamentary sessions very seriously. However, during the past decade, both the houses of the Indian parliament have been working in a matter that has aroused deep concern. Even when working, although for lesser than the stipulated working days, parliament during the past decade, functioned in an aberrant manner highlighted by absenteeism, obstructions and adjournments. Attendance in the House is a prerequisite for recording and gauging the performance of elected representatives, whether from the ruling party or the Opposition. As per the rules, however, every MP is required to sign the attendance register to claim their daily allowances. In many cases, most of the MPs attend the first half to collect their allowances and do not bother to stay on. Consequently, many times, the proceedings of the house are suspended due to lack of quorum, due to the absence of one-tenth of the total strength of house.There are various ways in which MPs can corner the government: posing queries to ministers during question hour, initiating debates or calling the attention of ministers to key issues. That makes it all the important for members of both benches to not only be present in the House, but also play their respective roles sincerely. As per data compiled by the PRS Legislative Research, the 16th Lok Sabha worked for 1,615 hours, 20 per cent more than the 15th Lower House but 40 per cent lower than the average of all full-term Lok Sabhas (2,689 hours). There has also been a drop in the number of sitting days. The 16th Lok Sabha sat for 331 days, well below the average of 468 days; it lost 16 per cent of its scheduled time to disruptions, better than the 15th Lok Sabha (37 per cent), but worse than the 14th (13 per cent). At a time when the country is gripped with issues like farmers protesting for their rights, youth protesting for employment, banks suffering due to a bad loan crisis, communal clashes etc unfortunately, MPs are not interested to discuss these issue and this problem needs to be resolved urgently.

DailyDevotion The Submission of the Believer

You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. —John 13:13 Our Lord never insists on having authority over us. He never says, “You will submit to me.” No, He leaves us perfectly free to choose— so free, in fact, that we can spit in His face or we can put Him to death, as others have done; and yet He will never say a word. But once His life has been created in me through His redemption, I instantly recognize His right to absolute authority over me. It is a complete and effective domination, in which I acknowledge that “You are worthy, O Lord…” (Revelation 4:11). It is simply the unworthiness within me that refuses to bow down or to submit to one who is worthy. When I meet someone who is more holy than myself, and I don’t recognize his worthiness, nor obey his instructions for me, it is a sign of my own unworthiness being revealed. God teaches us by using these people who are a little better than we are; not better intellectually, but more holy. And He continues to do so until we willingly submit. Then the whole attitude of our life is one of obedience to Him. If our Lord insisted on our obedience, He would simply become a taskmaster and cease to have any real authority. He never insists on obedience, but when we truly see Him we will instantly obey Him. Then He is easily Lord of our life, and we live in adoration of Him from morning till night. The level of my growth in grace is revealed by the way I look at obedience. We should have a much higher view of the word obedience, rescuing it from the mire of the world. Obedience is only possible between people who are equals in their relationship to each other; like the relationship between father and son, not that between master and servant. Jesus showed this relationship by saying, “I and My Father are one” (John 10:30). “…though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered” (Hebrews 5:8). The Son was obedient as our Redeemer, because He was the Son, not in order to become God’s Son.

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Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. ~ John Locke

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019

(From previous issue) t has already happened in Nagaland, except that in Nagaland they did so under the guise of fighting for independence. It would be of interest to know that the Mafia, a network of organized-crime groups based in Italy and America, evolved over centuries in Sicily, an island ruled until the mid-19th century by a long line of foreign invaders.

Sicilians banded together in groups to protect themselves and carry out their own brand of justice. In Sicily, the term “mafioso,” or Mafia member, initially had no criminal connotations and was used to refer to a person who was resentful of central foreign authority... in the same analogy of our very own NNPGs against mainland India. By the 19th century, some of these groups emerged as private

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armies, or “mafie,” who extorted protection money from land lords and business houses and eventually became the violent criminal organization known today as the Mafia, spreading fear, mayhem and chaos.

The Sicilian Mafias had flourished since the mid19th century, but was under attack from the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945). Many Sicilian Mafiosi escaped to the United States where they got involved in bootlegging and became a part of the burgeoning American Mafia.

The American Mafia, which also rose to power during the period of Prohibition in the 1920s, is a separate entity from the Mafia in Italy, although they share such traditions as ‘omerta’, an all-important code of conduct, secrecy and silence that forbid any cooperation

with government authorities. Together, the Mafia spread their tentacles into every spheres of life, corrupting the Government machinery to the core. At present Nagas too are being stifled and are also complaining about corruptive system that has seeped into every sphere of our lives.

While trying to control the abuse of alcohol, the USA was now unwittingly faced with a greater threat of a corruptive system spawned by prohibition that had gone completely out of control.

The Federal Government of USA then began their all out war against the Mafias through various legislation, which did precious little to mitigate the problem. In the end, they identified the root cause which lay in Prohibition. Thus came about Twenty-first Amendment on 5th December 1933 re-

pealing Prohibition. Cutting the long story short, that is the history of Prohibition in the USA. Now take a careful look at our present circumstances.

Every matured living being knows that because of Prohibition, bootlegging is a thriving business in Nagaland, just as it did in the USA. The NNPGs are not only behaving like the Mafias with a very flimsy cover of fighting for ‘sovereignty’ as a camouflage while mercilessly extorting money from the public. To make matters worse, they are also using the Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants (IBI) as their tool for all kinds of questionable activities in Nagaland.

Assassination gangs on hire have begun to surface. The NGOs are generally voicing their concerns helplessly. A day will come when Nagaland will find these IBIs,

or for that matter even our disgruntled NNPGs, independently maturing on their own into the kind of Mafia that America is still battling with. It is already taking the shape of organized syndicates with criminal inclinations. While it has perhaps not necessarily mushroomed to a significant magnitude of the Mafia system of the USA, we are certainly not very far behind. Consider some of the occurrences in our daily lives. Dead body found here. Raped women found dead there. When criminals/rapists/murderers are brought into custody, they are released promptly by the courts, no matter how much it is resented by the people. Why? Our Courts are already under threat from the ‘mighty powers in the shadows’ and cannot dispense justice as is their obligated duty. These are

strains that have already crept into the system and the Government and the public is ill equipped to stop this rot from setting in. It will grow stronger as the time goes by. The United States of America learned a lesson the hard way. Do the Nagas too need to learn this same lesson by going through the same process they did instead of learning it from their experience?

We the ‘great’ Nagas need to acknowledge the saying that “the wise learn from other’s mistakes; the fools by their own”? We all have our respective burdens of sins to bear...but we can rid ourselves with this blatant hypocrisy at least and avoid the foreboding times ahead!

(Concluded) Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd), Forest Colony, Kohima.

Recognition, Reparations and Protective Thinking: social background Reconciliation of indigenous people leading to RIIN. Can RIIN save Nagaland?

(12th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, “Naga Peace Process and other Peace process in North East India”) “Whether heaven falls and the rivers run red with blood, I will not allow Nagas to be independent” said the First Prime Minister of India, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru in the Indian Parliament, and went on to say; “I will station one Indian soldier for every tree in Nagaland and I will crush the Nagas within one week”.

After 15 years of trying to crush the Naga political movement without any success, India entered into the first Ceasefire Agreement with the Federal Government of Nagaland in 1964. However, this first Ceasefire was unilaterally abrogated by the Government of India in 1972 after 8 years of failed negotiations.

After more than 30 years of military occupation and its inability to crush the Naga political movement, another Prime Minister of India, Mr. Morarji Desai, went to London and met the President of the Naga National Council, Mr. A.Z. Phizo and said; “I will exterminate all the Nagas without any compunction”. Again he came to Kohima after that and told the same thing to a delegation of the Naga Students’ Federation at the Kohima; ”I will exterminate all the Nagas without any compunction”.

After 20 years of this statement, some of India’s top Generals who led the military operations against the Nagas for decades admitted; “Military solution is not possible”.

This led to the signing of the second Ceasefire in 1997 between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (IM), with Political talks that have continued for the last 22 years without “any logical conclusion” yet.

With or without Peace or Ceasefires, It is now more than 70 years that the Naga political movement has continued as one of the longest surviving political conflict in Asia, leave alone, India’s declaration to crush the Nagas within 7 days or to exterminate all Nagas without any compunction.

During the first period of ceasefire and political negotiation, the then Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, offered the Nagas; “to take anything under the sun – except “Sovereignty”. Nagas responded that they will not take anything from India except to retain their Sovereignty.

During the last 22 years of political negotiations, the Government of India appointed “Interlocutors” to negotiate with the Nagas for a final political settlement with the Nagas. However; - The first Interlocutor who was appointed in 1997, Mr. Swaraj Kaushal, a former Governor of India, who succeeded in the signing and implementation of the Mizoram Accord, was removed after he openly admitted that “Nagas have every right to be independent”.

- The Second Interlocutor, Mr. Padmanabiah, after more than 10 years of negotiation also admitted that; “Nagas are right” and he Reader’s note: Articles or

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uriously studying the list to District Administration justice to affected groups. was again removed. possible outcome of to strictly adhered to Nagas It will not be wrong to call - The Third Interlocutor, RIIN, one cannot stop by blood policy in setting up Nagaland government a comMr. R.S. Pandey, who served in Nagaland as a bureaucrat for more wondering if RIIN can really RIIN, I believe proponents of munal/racist government with than 30 years, resigned in 2014, per- save indigenous tribes of Na- Nagas by blood policy won’t no regard to human rights. haps pre-empting an unceremonious galand for which I lay down go to such extent as it is not Sooner or later the affected removal, but imbedded the idea of the following three points for practical and mount to racial groups will be forced to seek further examining the govern- abuse. In fact such rule do constitutional means to secure a “shared sovereignty”.

- The Fourth interlocutor, ment policy to set up RIIN in exists but people with contact administrative safeguards. would find no problem at all.

3. ILP: the Nagas of who is also the present negotiator such a hurry.

1. Nagas by blood: sev- In this regard, Office of the Nagaland last strategy to save and currently the Deputy National Security Advisor, Mr. R.N. Ravi eral CSOs have stated that Deputy Commissioner: Dima- Nagaland from illegal migrants has managed to sign the 2015 the state government should pur Nagaland has issued Office is by forcing state government Naga Peace Accord also known as strictly adhere to Nagas by Memorandum No.GEN-7/08- to implement ILP system in the “3rd August 2015, Framework blood while setting up RIIN. D/3706-13 Dated 16.05.15 Dimapur. Even if ILP system Agreement” but which have not Here who is Naga by blood? prohibiting the issue of ST/ is implemented in Dimapur, been implemented so far with some There can never be Naga by Indigenous Certificate to chil- unless government restrict in “hiccups” much to the discredit of blood but there can be Ao dren of Non-Naga father as issuing trade license to legal Naga, Angami Naga by blood well as Non-Naga children migrants or illegal immigrants’ India’s insincerity.

Nevertheless, after the signing for members belonging to any adopted by Naga parents. In who carry on trade under the of the “Framework Agreement on Naga tribe don’t use the single spite of standing office memo- guise of indigenous patron, August 3, 2015”, the then Prime word Naga but add tribe name randum, people still complain their population will continue Minister of India, Mr. Narendra first before the word Naga in of fake indigenous certificates to grow. In regard to rising Modi, who is again the present the Schedule Tribe Certificate. being issued, so whose fault population of legal migrants, Prime Minister, went on to say ; “I So if those proponents of Naga now? illegal immigrants, labourer 2. 01.12.1963 cut off population will top the chart, have the deepest admiration for the by blood really want to play great Naga people for their extraor- Naga by blood card, a person year: thousands of families in fact labourer in organized genealogy have to be dig out belonging to Naga tribes has sector and unorganized sector dinary support to peace effort”.

What kind of a “Solution” the as it is, a person parents and settled in Nagaland post 1963 are all non indigenous people, Government of India is having in its his grandparents parent being due to several reasons, some if government is really serious mind or up its sleeves, is best known a descendent of non Naga tribe displaced from their ancestral to check illegal immigrants by them alone. But what we do know origin as a result of being ad- homes due to conflicts created populations, it’s high time state as “Nagas”, is that our “history and opted in to a any Naga family by Naga national movement, government pass act or notisituation has always been unique” to cannot qualify to be Naga by several Naga tribes demarcated fication laying down criteria which the Government of India has blood. Even if adoption be- by state and international that only indigenous people also admitted and acknowledged on ing executed during Colonial boundaries but having a free will be hired to do all kind of 11th July 2002, and re-iterated on British Rules of Naga Hills movement based on tribal labour work across Nagaland, the 3rd August 2015 – Framework or before that, biologically affinity or village to village why restrict indigenous rule Agreement. Therefore, the solution speaking adopted person de- kinship closely knitted by an- only to government service scendants cannot qualify to cestral bloodline, list can go sector and for admission in also has to be “unique”.

As for the other Peace Processes become member of any Naga on. Here my point is Nagaland technical course, provided in North East, I really cannot pre- tribe by blood but except by government need to seriously indigenous people is willing to tend to know the details or even the respective village customs on study historical background of replace the non local labourer contents of the processes nor speak adoption, so playing Naga groups of people who settle in which is unlikely to happen. of them with moral authority owing by blood card can disturb the Nagaland post 1963 and de- Without taking such extreme to varying sensitivity of the issues. peaceful co-existence as well liver justice by providing them measure ILP will not help So I can only say that there are enable the entrenched system administrative safeguards for reduce the growing legal/ilefforts and initiatives made by the of patriarchy to continuously thousands have made Na- legal immigrants’ populations Government of India with the differ- violate the fundamental rights galand their permanent home, in Nagaland. In such ground ent political and armed groups in the of thousands of Naga women having landed property and reality RIIN may help secure states of Assam, Tripura, Manipur, married to non indigenous citi- given voting rights. Nagaland Indigenous people all the govand Meghalaya. But in most cases, it zens, left to fend for themselves memory cannot begin from ernment jobs, public office and has been unproductive so far, while with no administrative safe- 1963 alone if it’s desirous to state benefits but migrants and in some cases, some groups have laid guards. But in case tribal hohos bring progress to all social immigrants’ populations will down their arms in return with some are adamant to stick to Nagas groups living in the state and continue to grow defeating the appeasement arrangements, while by blood policy, each tribe reduce rebellious anti social real purpose of RIIN. others are left “high and dry”. It hoho need to carry out exten- elements among the youths.

Therefore the urgent queshas also created many rifts among sive survey and prepare list of People settled in Nagaland tion responsible citizens need the different groups with some in tribe members descended from post 1963 has to be seen as to raise is, can RIIN alone save peace talks and others against it adopted sons and daughters, an asset not a liability. But Nagaland? even within their own members of figures of Non-Naga persons Nagaland government seeing Mr. Pakinrichapbo minor or adult adopted re- the pressure of indigenous the same organizations.

(Advocate) cently and figures of respective groups rigidly stick to 1963 cut But the fact is all of these groups Samziuram Village, Naga tribe women married to off year to give all benefits to and organizations are also watching Peren, Nagaland at the pace of things with the happen- Non-Nagas and submit such indigenous groups and deny ings in the Naga Peace talks. If the outcome is encouraging enough, they may come forward with more accommodative spirits. However, if the Peace initiatives with the Naga are discouraging it will only drive them further away. As of now, armed confrontations are kept under control, through different methods of peace agreements in the guise of “Ceasefires”, “Suspensions of Operations”, Sir, While other states in the Northeast are doing a lot in terms of keeping their towns and “Memorandum of Understandings” etc. But at the end of the day, will any cities clean, there is a lot left desired from Nagaland. Dimapur in particular needs to improve of this delay tactics, divide and rule its cleanliness.

There are lots of garbage at various places and no enough waste bins for disposal of policy or appeasement attitudes serve any real or meaningful purposes? wastes. It has also been observed that dust along with other garbage is left to accumulate along The Government of India only has the roadside and even along lane dividers. I would like to appeal to the concern authority to clear the thick pile of dust. the answers.

Also, I believe the business community running their shops in the main town area should Neingulo Krome, Secretary General, Naga Peoples Movement for take up more responsibility to keep their surroundings clean. Not to forget, the public in Human Rights United Nations, general is also responsible for the cleanliness of Dimapur. We should also do out bit to keep Dated Geneva, the 19th of July Dimapur clean and not litter public places.

Akumla Longkumer , Dimapur.

2019, Switzerland. letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Cleanliness is a major issue in Dimapur

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019

3 lynched in Bihar over alleged buffalo theft

CHAPRA (BIHAR), JUL 19 (PTI): Three people were beaten to death on Friday by a mob in Bihar’s Saran district over alleged attempt to steal a buffalo, a charge vehemently denied by the families of the victims, police said.

The incident took place at Nandlal Tola of Pithauri village within Baniapur police station limits in the early hours when the deceased Raju Nat, Bides Nat and Naushad Qureshi were attacked by a mob which accused them of trying to steal a buffalo tied to a peg.

Two of them died on the spot, while another succumbed to injuries on way to hospital, Superintendent of Police Har Kishore Rai said. He also said two-three people have been picked up for interrogation but refused to divulge further details.

Deputy SP Ajay Kumar Singh rushed to the village where a clash erupted between the alleged attackers and the family members of the deceased who claimed the trio had gone out to relieve themselves when they were beaten to death on a false allegation.

Relatives of victims mourn outside a government hospital in Chapra district, Bihar, Friday. (PTI) “We can say it certainty that this is not one of those incidents of mob lynching which we get to hear about. The cattle allegedly being stolen was a buffalo. The attackers and the attacked belonged to the same social groups. The attackers will be identified and booked for taking law into their own hands,” Singh told reporters. Heavy deployment of police was in place at the village to keep the situation under control while people from both sides were at Baniapur police station insisting on lodging cross complaints. The families of

the victims also created a ruckus at the Sadar hospital where the bodies were taken for post mortem, prompting police to use “mild force” to bring the situation under control, officials said.

Meanwhile, state CPI secretar y Satyanarayan Singh issued a statement in Patna condemning the incident and calling it “yet another example of mob rule which has been in vogue under the governments of Nitish Kumar in Bihar and Narendra Modi at the Centre”.

The CPI leader also demanded a judicial inquiry.

Naidu pulls up Modi minister for absence in RS NEW DELHI, JUL 19 (IANS): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed his displeasure over ministers skipping Parliament proceedings, Rajya Sabha Chairperson M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday embarrassed the government by pulling up Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairying, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, for being absent recently when his named was called.

Naidu cautioned the Minister not to repeat the mistake.

“Mantriji, day before yesterday your name was there in the agenda. But when called, you were not there. Please note that it should not happen in future,” the Chairman said.

B a lya n , w h o l a i d paper on the table listed against his name in the House, regretted for being absent and assured the same will not happen again.

Later, the House took up various important issues during the Zero Hour.

The leaders from Bihar raised the issue of flood in the state that has affected nearly a dozen districts.

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Lok Sabha passes NHRC amendment bill NEW DELHI, JUL 19 (PTI): The Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill to expedite the process of appointment of chairperson and members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) after the government assured steps were being taken “round-the- clock” to protect human rights.

Piloting the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019 Minister of State (Home Affairs) Nityanand Rai, said changes in the legislation will help in protecting human rights effectively.

Addressing concerns raised by members on the amendment Bill, the minister said the government has made humanity “rajdharam”, adding, during the era of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the women were coming forward and shouldering greater responsibilities.

The amendment provides for reduction in the tenure of chairpersons of national and state human rights bodies to three years from the current five years.

It also stipulates that besides a former chief justice of India, as is the current requirement, a former Supreme Court judge can also become NHRC chair-

Nityanand Rai speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (PTI) person. Similarly, a former high court judge can also become a state human rights commission chairperson besides a high court chief, according to the bill.

Rai said the bill also gives more administrative and financial powers to these bodies.

Under the existing Act, chairpersons of commissions such as the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes and National Commission for Women are members of the NHRC. The new bill provides for including the chairpersons of the National Commission for Backward Classes, the National Com-

mission for the Protection of Child Rights and the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities as members of the NHRC. The participation of civil society representatives will provide more strength to protect the human rights, the minister said.

On the demand of Asaduddin Owaisi ((AIMIM) that the chairperson of the NHRC should be from the national commission for minorities, the minister said there is a provision for OBC which will also include minorities.

He further said till date NHRC has been bestowed with A rating and in the “coming days also the A rating would be maintained.”

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) had earlier accorded A rating to NHRC. Participating in the discussion, Pinaki Misra (BJD) said what differentiates India from China, Pakistan and others is that “our NHRC” is more consitutionally vaild.

Supriya Sule (NCP) was of the view that the NHRC and science was getting challenged and “what vikas were we talking about?”

“We are talking of peace and then we are challenging NHRC,” she said adding that the bill should be brought again and there should be a detailed discussion on it.

Sushil Kumar Singh (BJP) was of the view that there was a need to give more teeth and power to the commission.

“Strenthen this Commission further,” he said.

Owaisi asked the government “Why do you want to put the MPs of the ruling party in NHRC” and also asked the Centre to frame a legistion to prevent mob lynching.

Opposing the bill, N K Premchandran (RSP) urged the government to come up with a comprehensive bill.

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The objective was to bring about a positive and balanced understanding by generating awareness about the Act, he added.

By bringing NLTP Act into public domain for public discussion and raising

awareness level about rampant alcohol abuse in Naga society would strengthen implementation of the Act, he asserted.

The initiative of NEAN would primarily focus on health issues and social problems associated with alcoholism in consonance

with the needs of users. The initiative would comprise of prevention education and awareness programmes, setting up group support, sensitisation programmes, counselling, case study, information, education & communication and detoxification camps.

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vice-president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

The BSP president said after coming to power under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, the BJP party had bought properties worth millions of rupees.

“From where has this money come to the BJP? Why is the BJP and the RSS afraid of giving its account? Is this massive wealth not BJP’s benami property,” she asked.

The BSP chief said when their own people became wealthy overnight, they had no problem but they could not tolerate when people from the deprived sections progressed, especially in business.

She said the BJP used power and government machinery against them to serve its casteist rivalry.

BENGALURU, JUL 19 (PTI): Mohammed Mansoor Khan, the owner of IMA jewels, has been arrested in New Delhi by the Enforcement Directorate and is being questioned by it, said a special investigation team here which is probing the alleged ponzi scam.

Khan, who had fled to Dubai, flew back to India and was arrested on landing in Delhi, it said in a statement.

The SIT said that its sources in Dubai persuaded him to come back and submit himself before the law.

“Accordingly he travelled from Dubai to New Delhi (Flight AI 916) and landed at 01550 hours IST. SIT officers are in Delhi to secure and arrest the accused,” it said.

A lookout circular was issued against him by both SIT and ED and he would be handed over according to procedure, the SIT said.

Sources told PTI that he is being quizzed by ED officials in New Delhi and will later be sent to Bengaluru for a detailed probe by the SIT. Khan will be produced in a court on Friday and will be taken to Bengaluru on transit remand.

More than one lakh people had invested in the IMA Jewels which started

17 companies. Khan invited people, mostly Muslims, to invest in five companies, said the SIT, adding that Rs 4,084 crore was invested in the company.

He has to refund approximately Rs 1,400 crore to his investors, the SIT said.

Around one and half months ago, Khan had fled to Dubai leaving thousands of investors in lurch.

Khan had promised them that he would return to India and refund their money.

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LPO maintained that in no way it was intended to divide the Lothas to regulate parallel organisation, but to reconstruct LH new team following certain LH guidelines.

“Eventually LPO will be automatically obsolete after new team of LH is formed,” they said.

At the meeting, LPO also strongly questioned as to why LPO chairman Sulanthung Humtsoe was excommunicated?

LPO also wondered on what ground LH exercised the customary Act in excommu-

nicating Sulanthung Humtsoe from LH? LPO has reminded LH to function based on democratic principles and not to function like “military dictatorial or communist system of governance.”

With regard to Ralan Area Lotha Hoho (RALH) clarification dated July 17, 2019, LPO said it was not surprised by their press statement since RALH were not even present during LPO formation.

They said that the chairman and GBs of 94 villages present during LPO formation extended unflinching support and unanimously endorsed Sulanthung Humtsoe as its leader.

LU C K N OW, J U L 1 9 (PTI): Terming the BJP and the RSS casteist outfits, BSP chief Mayawati Friday asked the saffron party to make public the source of funds deposited in its bank accounts during the elections.

“The BJP and the RSS are casteist outfits who do not want to see people of deprived sections progress in education and business,” the BSP president told mediapersons here.

The for mer Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s remarks came a day after the Income Tax Department attached a ‘benami’ commercial plot worth Rs 400 crore in Noida belonging to her brother and his wife. Mayawati had recently appointed her brother Kumar as national

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The rupee had settled at 68.97 against the US dollar Thursday.

“Rupee snapped the

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Sharma further said the “rupee opened strong but witnessed selling throughout the day on the back of weak domestic equity markets”.

On a weekly basis, the local currency lost 11 paise.

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Forex traders said the rupee along with most Asian currencies strengthened following dovish comments from New York Fed officials, offsetting the impact of soaring crude oil prices amid fresh geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.

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Ghosh said that CASA deposits of the bank marginally increased at 36.06 per cent of total deposits from 35.46 per cent in the corresponding period of last fiscal.

He said “the year 201920 started on a promising note with asset growth of 39.36 per cent along with stable asset quality. During the year, we expect the Gruh merger to get consummated which will aid further growth”.

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Kolkata, Jul 19 (PTI): Private lender Bandhan Bank Friday reported a 45.44 per cent increase in its net profit at Rs 701 crore during the first quarter of 2019-20 as compared to Rs 482 crore in the same period of previous fiscal.

Total advances of the bank during the quarter touched Rs 45,420 crore as against Rs 32,590 crore in the previous similar period.

MD and CEO of Bandhan Bank C S Ghosh said that micro- credit comprised of 86 per cent of the total advances.

Total deposits of the bank during the quarter touched Rs 43,701 crore, reflecting an increase of 42.33 per cent over the previous similar period.

Friday, dropping up to 4.36 per cent.

Index heavyweight RIL closed 1.01 per cent lower ahead of its quarterly results. NTPC, PowerGrid, TCS and ONGC were the only gainers in the Sensex pack, spurting up to 2.32 per cent.

Sectorally, BSE auto, bankex, finance, basic materials, healthcare and FMCG indices plunged up to 3.24 per cent.

The BSE midcap and smallcap indices too succumbed to the wider sell-off and lost up to 1.99 per cent.

On a net basis, foreign institutional investors sold equities worth Rs 1,404.86 crore Thursday, while domestic institutional investors purchased shares to the tune of Rs 329.05 crore, provisional

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Mumbai, Jul 19 (PTI): The BSE Sensex crashed 560 points while the broader NSE Nifty closed much below the key 11,500-mark Friday after the government thwarted hopes of tax relief for FPIs. Lacklustre earnings, slowing consumption and already pricey valuations further kept a lid on buying sentiment, traders said.

Led by a sell-off in auto and banking stocks, the 30-share Sensex cracked 560.45 points or 1.44 per cent to settle at 38,337.01.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty sank 177.65 points or 1.53 per cent to 11,419.25.

This was the secondbiggest fall for the Sensex in 2019. The index had plunged 792.82 points on July 8 following the Budget. Investors have suffered a wealth erosion of about Rs 3.79 lakh crore in the previous two sessions, with the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies standing at Rs 1,45,34,758.53 crore.

During the week, the Sensex declined by 399.22 points or 1.03 per cent, while the Nifty shed 133.25 points or 1.15 per cent.

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forms of FPIs that are registered as trusts, which are treated as individuals,” Sitharaman said in her reply during the debate on the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha.

The House passed the Finance Bill after the debate.

In the Budget, Sitharaman had announced an increase in the surcharge paid by high net-worth individuals, effectively increasing their tax rate by 3% for those earning between Rs.2 crore and Rs.5 crore a year, and 7% for those earning more than Rs.5 crore annually.

The decision immediately drew criticism from FPIs and also from economists who predicted

fixed broadband speeds,” it said.

Doug Suttles, CoFounder and General Manager at Ookla, said: “An ever-evolving focus on sophisticated network infrastructure will always be important for fixing network quality in India.”

“India is one of the geographically largest and most populated country in the world, meaning a well laid out network that is able to handle high volumes of usage is a key in supporting the internet needs of the Indian market. Despite these challenges in India, further advancements in both 4G and 5G network technology will continue to improve network efficiency,” he said.

At the top of the table in terms of mobile internet was South Korea with an average download speed of 90.06 Mbps, while Singapore held the top spot for fixed broadband with a 195.88 Mbps average download speed.

Among India’s neighbouring countries, China ranked 44th and 28th in terms of mobile internet and fixed broadband respectively. Pakistan ranked 114th and 155th and Bangladesh was at 133rd and 107th position, in mobile internet and broadband services.

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New Delhi, Jul 19 (Agencies): The increase in tax on high net worth individuals, announced in the Union Budget, will not result in an outflow of Foreign Por tfolio Investments (FPIs), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

The higher tax will only apply to individuals and FPIs registered as trusts, which are also treated as individuals. The FPIs that are registered as companies will not be affected, she said.

“The increase in the effective tax rate is only on individuals who are earning above a certain amount per year, and this includes

New Delhi, Jul 19 (IANS): India’s ranking in terms of mobile internet and fixed broadband speed declined by three places in June to 74th and 126th positions respectively, a report by Ookla said on Friday.

As per the report, there has been a slight decline since the previous month as the current average download speeds in India for mobile internet and fixed broadband are 10.87 Mbps and 29.06 Mbps respectively.

The mobile and fixed broadband speeds in May were 11.02 Mbps and 30.03 Mbps respectively.

“In absolute terms, India’s performance in both fixed broadband and mobile download speeds have witnessed a dip as compared to performance in last month. During May, India ranked at 71 in fixed broadband and 123 in mobile speeds,” said Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index.

Further, the report showed that the rankings have declined significantly since the past one year.

“Comparing data to that of last year, India’s rank has witnessed a significant decline in terms of its position globally. In July 2018, India ranked 111 in mobile and 56 in

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that it would result in an outflow of foreign funds from India.

She also clarified that the Budget proposal of a 2% TDS on cash withdrawals exceeding Rs.1 crore a year from a single bank account would be adjusted against the tax paid by that individual at the end of the financial year.

“The tax on cash withdrawals will be adjusted with the tax paid at the end of the year by the taxpayer,” Sitharaman said. “It is not a tax that is over and above the tax they pay in the year, and it is not a parallel tax. It will be adjusted.”

In response to some comments by Opposition members that the tax on cash withdrawals would hurt small tea plantation workers, the Finance Minister said that the limit of Rs.1 crore was high enough that the small workers would not be affected.

It means that cash withdrawals of a little more than Rs.8 lakh a year would not attract the TDS. The larger tea plantations are encouraged to transact digitally, she said.

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WASHINGTON/London, JUL 19 (AGENCIES/IANS): Ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the United States, a Congressional report has said the security assistance to Pakistan would remain suspended pending “decisive and irreversible” action against terrorist groups, reports Business Standard. At the direction of President Donald Trump, the US had suspended all its security assistance to Pakistan in January 2018. This is first high-level trip by a Pakistani prime minster to the White House during the Trump administration.

“Pakistan is a haven for numerous Islamist extremist and terrorist groups, and successive Pakistani governments are widely believed to have tolerated and even supported some of these as proxies in Islamabad’s historical conflicts with its neighbors,” the independent Congressional Research Service (CRS) said in a latest report on Pakistan. The CRS is an independent and bipartisan research wing of the the US Congress, which prepares periodic reports on issues of interest for lawmakers to make informed decisions. Its reports are prepared by eminent experts of the field and are not considered as an official view

territory,” it said. “Pending such action, security assistance will remain suspended.”

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of the Congress. The latest CRS report told lawmakers that the 2011 revelation that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had enjoyed yearslong refuge in Pakistan led to intensive US government scrutiny of the bilateral relationship. It also sparked congressional questioning of the wisdom of providing significant aid to a nation that may not have the intention or capacity to be an effective partner.

The Trump administration has taken a harder line on Pakistan than its predecessors, sharply cutting assistance and suspending security-related aid, said the CRS report dated July 15.

“The United States continues to press for decisive and irreversible action against externally-focused militant groups and UNdesignated terrorist organizations operating from its

Britain’s aid to Pakistan could reduce significantly by next year as pressure on the government grows to cut foreign aid to all countries amidst Brexit crisis, rise in poverty at home and a parliamentary inquiry into aid for Pakistan reviewing aid from 2013 to 2018, Geo News has reported.

A source in the International Development Committee (IDC) of the British Parliament said that its inquiry into the Department for International Development (DFID)’s aid programme for Pakistan will be looking at the general spending of aid in Pakistan but confirmed that pressure on the government had increased to either drop aid to several countries, including Pakistan, or cut it significantly. The source said the final decision in this regard will be made by the government once the findings of its aid programme investigation are released next year.

“The inquiry will likely be conducted November 2019 into 2020 (March / April) on current plans,” a source told GEO News.

Washington, Jul 19 (IANS): US President Donald Trump has said that the American military destroyed an Iranian drone that came within 1,000 yards of one of its naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a claim rejected

by Tehran on Friday.

Speaking at the White House, Trump said that USS Boxer -- an amphibious assault ship of the US Navy -- “took defensive action” on Thursday as the Iranian drone was “threatening the safety of the ship and the ship’s crew”. “The drone was immediately destroyed,” the US President added without giving more details. The incident marks a new escalation of tensions between the two countries less than a month after Iran shot down an American drone in the same waterway and Trump came close to retaliating with a military strike. Reacting to Trump’s statement, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Iran had not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical petroleum shipping routes as one-fifth of global crude exports pass through it.

“We have not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz nor anywhere else. I am worried that USS Boxer has shot down their own UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) by mistake!,” Araqchi tweeted, referring to a US warship

in the strategic waterway.

The development comes after Tehran on Thursday said that it had seized a “foreign tanker” and its 12 crew for “smuggling fuel” in the Gulf and days after reports of a British tanker being harassed in the region. Chief Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman said that USS Boxer downed the approaching drone at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday during its planned inbound transit of the Strait of Hormuz, the US media reported. “A fixed wing UAS approached USS Boxer and closed within a threatening range. The ship took defensive action against the UAS to ensure the safety of the ship and its crew,” said the statement.

Citing US defence officials, the US media reported that the Iranian drone was brought down by counterdrone jamming equipment, which was operated by US marines aboard the USS Boxer. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had earlier told reporters in New York that “we have no information about losing a drone...”. Tensions are running high between Washington and Tehran over Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal which Iran signed with world powers.

The US President reinstated sanctions on Iran following the withdrawal.

Detailed project report of Indo-Nepal railway line finalised Nepalgunj, Jul 19 (IANS): Having received the detailed project report (DPR) from India on the proposed cross-border railway line between Indias Rupaidiya and Kohalpur in Banke, the Nepal government is preparing to start the process of land acquisition for the project, the Hi-

malayan Times reported.

The 18.5-km railway track will start from Rupaidiya Railway Station in eastern Uttar Pradesh and pass through Jayaspur, Indrapur, Guruwa Gaun, Hawaldalpur, Rajhena to end in Kohalpur in Nepal.

As per the DPR submitted to Banke District

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Administration, the proposed railway track will run parallel and between the East-West Highway and the Postal Highway .

“Constructing the railway above the East-West Highway means clearing a huge swathe of national parks to make way for laying the railway track. So the project

report has been devised in such a way that the sanctuaries are safe,” said Railway Department Engineer Kiran Karki. “As per the DPR, the railway line will be constructed two to three kilometres away from the East-West Highway. Some human settlements may fall on the way, but I hope

the government will do the needful to manage the settlements,” Karki added.

The government aims to develop 4,000-km railway network in two decades.

According to officials at the Railway Department, 750-km long railway network will be developed in five years.

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Beijing, Jul 19 (IANS): A group of Chinese scientists will start trialing a longlasting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine on 160 volunteers, the first time that such a vaccine has reached a second-phase human trial, the official newspaper China Daily reported on Friday. The candidate vaccine, known as DNArTV, relies on replication of the virus’ DNA to stimulate “effective immunization” against the virus, said Shao Yiming, an HIV researcher at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

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The research group has already recruited over 130 volunteers and initial work has begun in two Chinese hospitals, one in Beijing and another in Hangzhou in eastern China. Chuang Chuang, head of Hangzhou Sunflower, a non-profit promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, told China Daily that over 100 volunteers had already registered with the organization after coming to know about the second phase.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND: KOHIMA No. DTE/MIN/4/2013/8 Dated: Kohima, the 19th July, 2019

NOTIFICATION

Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) provides an opportunity to the students belonging to six Minorities communities notified by the Government of India (Christians, Jain, Buddhist, Sikh, Zoroastrian (Parsis) and Muslim) for availing scholarships schemes viz. Post-Martic and Merit cum-Means based Scholarship for the year 2019-20.

“Directorate of Technical Education”, Government of Nagaland invites applications for above scholarships, given by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India for the above schemes”.

Last Date for submission of online applications for fresh i. Post-Matric Scholarship 31st scholarship (first time applicant) and Renewal scholarship & October (applicant who has got scholarship during 2018-19) by students. ii. Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship 2019 Eligibility • The applicant should be the student of the notified minority communities (Jain, Buddhist, Sikh, Zoroastrain (Parsis), Muslim and Christian).

• The applicant should be pursuing studies in India in Government or recognized Private University/ Institute/ College/School.

• The course being pursued should be of Minimum one year duration.

• The applicant should have secured 50% marks in the last annual Board/ Class examination.

For Applicants • Applicants are advised to apply online against any one of the scholarship schemes on the website of National Scholarship Portal at www.scholarships.gov.in (a link to the site is also available at www. minorityaffairs.gov.in) or Mobile App-National Scholarships (NSP).

• Detailed ‘Instructions’ for filling in online application and ‘Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) are available on the National Scholarship Portal homepage.

• Applicant is advised to give only that bank account details which remains in active mode or complaint as per bank’s instructions so that payment of Scholarship does not fail.

For Universities/ Institutes/College/School 1. All Universities/Institutes/Colleges/Schools, where a minority student is studying, should get themselves registered (if not done earlier) on National Scholarship Portal by 15th July 2019.

2. All Institutes/Schools that do not have valid AISHE/DISE codes have been deregistered. A provision has been made for their re-registration after obtaining valid AISHE/DISE code.

3. Email ids and mobile numbers of all Institutes/Schools registered/stored in NSP have been deactivated.

To activate the account, the Institute/School nodal officer will fill up an online form on the portal at the Institute login and get the printout authenticated in Duplicate with his/her Head of the Institute/ School and submit it to the State Nodal Officer, Directorate of Technical Education. Only after verification by the State Nodal officer, the account of the Institute/school will be activated on the Portal.

4. The detailed information can be accessed from the website scholarships.gov.in 5. If any query during the Institute registration process, the Institute may contact the helpline number 03702271432 during office hours only.

(Er. Vipulhou Lhoungu) Officer on Special Duty DC-1120

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India on Thursday had asked Pakistan to “act immediately” on the ICJ verdict and grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav.

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, JUL 19 (IANS): Acting on the International Court of Justice ruling, Pakistan has agreed to grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav “according to Pakistani laws”, the Pakistan Foreign Office said.

In a statement released post midnight, the Pakistan foreign office said it has informed Jadhav of his rights to consular access under the Vienna Convention.

However, the statement said that Pakistan will grant consular access to Jadhav “according to Pakistani laws”. “As a responsible state, Pakistan will grant consular access to Commander Kulbushan Jadhav according to Pakistani laws, for which modalities are being worked out,” it said.

The move comes after the ICJ rapped Islamabad for continually denying Jadhav, incarcerated in a military jail

in an unknown location in Pakistan, consular access in accordance with the Vienna Convention. India on Thursday had asked Pakistan to “act immediately” on the ICJ verdict and grant consular access to Jadhav.

The ICJ has directed Pakistan for continued stay on the death sentence of Jadhav and to provide him consular access. Pakistan had refused to allow Indian officials to meet Jadhav ever since his “arrest” in March 2016 for alleged espionage.

India had approached the ICJ after he was in April 2017 sentenced to death by a military court.

I s l a m a b a d ’s m ove comes ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Washington, where he is to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on July 22.

Pakistan also arrested Mumbai attacks mastermind

and Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed on Wednesday, in another move ahead of the Imran-Trump meeting.

While acceding to the ICJ ruling on Jadhav, Pakistan has maintained that it will “proceed as per law”.

The Foreign Office said after the ICJ ruling: “Having heard the judgment, Pakistan will now proceed as per law”, which was also echoed

by Imran Khan in his tweet on Thursday. “(I) appreciate ICJ’s decision not to acquit, release & return Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav to India. He is guilty of crimes against the people of Pakistan. Pakistan shall proceed further as per law,” the Pakistan Prime Minister tweeted.

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Thursday said that India expects Pakistan to “act immediately” on the ICJ ruling and allow consular access to Jadhav.

“When the court says immediate action, it means ‘immediate’ and Pakistan should take immediate action. We are waiting for Pakistan to act,” he had said. Kumar said the ICJ in its verdict ruled that Pakistan “should take all measures to provide for effective review and reconsideration of the conviction and sentencing of Jadhav, and that this should include enacting appropriate legislation”.

REPLY TO THE ITEM ‘GENERAL INFORMATION'

Apropos to the captioned item ‘GENERAL INFORMATION’ by Shri Akhyow Kithan and party which appeared at page no. 4, dated 12-7-2019 in this esteemed daily, the undersigned hereby categorically wish to set the records straight once and for all so that individuals or general public are deliberately not mislead, misguided or misinformed regarding the title and ownership of the old Agriculture Complex under the occupation of the old Agriculture Department at Wokha Town, Nagaland. To summarize the entire matter in a nutshell, it is pertinent to mention herein that, the undersigned, in the capacity as the lineage of Murry brothers from Wokha Village filed a Civil Suit No.01/2009 in 2009 before the Court of the District & Sessions Judge, Wokha for declaration of title, ownership and compensation with regard to the old Agriculture Complex, Wokha which has been in occupation by the Agriculture Department; against Shri Akhyow Kithan (as he was an encroacher of the aforesaid suit premises) and the Government, more particularly the Agriculture Department. The District & Sessions Judge, Wokha passed a detailed and a reasoned judgment and order dated 27.08.2013 in favour of Shri Yantsow Murry and Shri Vandan Murry by awarding monetary compensation as well as the title and ownership of the suit premises. Against the said judgment and order passed by the District & Sessions Judge, Wokha, Shri Akhyow Kithan as well as the Government filed an appeal before the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court. The Kohima Bench comprising the Single Judge on 27.08.2014 remanded back the case to the District & Sessions Judge, Wokha, for hearing the case afresh.

It is pertinent and very important to mention herein and it is also a matter of record before the Court of District and Session Judge, Wokha, that Shri Akhyow Kithan and party did not file any suit or counter suit/claim for claiming of title, ownership or compensation from the Medical or Agriculture Department nor from the Government. Shri Akhyow Kithan was made private defendant as he was encroaching upon the old Agriculture Complex, thereby affecting the rights, title and ownership of the undersigned regarding the aforesaid complex. The suit was remanded back to the Court of District & Sessions Judge, Wokha, in the later part of 2014. The undersigned, as early as the beginning of 2015 submitted before the District & Sessions Judge, Wokha, that an option for an out of court settlement with the Agriculture Department, Government of Nagaland, was being worked out for a quick process to end the long drawn litigation and therefore, Shri Yantsow Murry & Shri Vandan Murry were in the process of approaching the Agriculture Department through proper channel for an out of court settlement. These submissions are a matter of record before the court of the Hon’ble District & Sessions Judge, Wokha, and are reflected clearly in its various orders. Having every right to exercise this option for an out of court settlement with the Agriculture Department, as the suit was filed only by the undersigned and not by Shri Akhyow Kithan & party, and having approached the said Department through the DAO, Wokha, and through proper official channel the matter had then reached the Directorate of Agriculture. Such being the position, Shri Yantsow Murry and Shri Vandan Murry after due deliberation and process, filed an appropriate application before the Court of the District & Sessions Judge, Wokha on 23.04.2019 for an out of court settlement with the Agriculture Department by seeking permission in allowing to withdraw the suit.

Against the said application, the Honb’le Court of District & Sessions Judge, Wokha on 23.04.2019 was pleased to allow the said application and it allowed the withdrawal of the suit for pursuing an out of court settlement with the Agriculture Department.

As of today, no suit for title, ownership, possession or compensation has been filed by Shri Akhyow Kithan & party in any court of law, nor any such things or issues rests with them and knowing fully well that they still continue to encroach the old Agriculture Complex by resorting to coercion, threats, intimidations, force and pressure tactics. Such illegal ways and means to encroach upon the old Agriculture Complex whereby the undersigned rights are being put to test on regular basis cannot stand the rule of law and Shri Akhyow Kithan & party have no legal right to say that ‘Shri Yantsow Murry and party are self-styled landowner’.

Therefore, public at large as well as individuals concerned are hereby abundantly cautioned not to fall an easy prey and victim to the illegal activities being carried out by Shri Akhyow Kithan & party at old Agriculture Complex, Wokha town.

Anybody contravening to what have been stated hereinabove despite the clear settled position mentioned will be doing so at their own risk and consequence.

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Shri. Yantsow Murry & Shri. Vandan Murry

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Korean artist Jang Hanbyul arrives Dimapur

Tom Cruise returns in action packed ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ trailer

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he veteran actor surprised fans at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday to promote the upcoming sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.”

“I felt it was my responsibility to deliver for you,” Cruise told a packed convention hall before premiering the new trailer.

In the new trailer, it’s revealed that Cruise’s iconic character, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, will serve as the new flight instructor of the Top Gun school, and is seen wearing his infamous RayBan sunglasses, as he faces off against a new enemy -- drones.

The movie will also feature original star Val Kilmer, who will reprise his role of Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, now a commander at the school.

Aside from Cruise and Kilmer, newcomers include Miles Teller, who is set to

play the now-grown son of “Goose” in the original film, played by Anthony Edwards. Other co-stars include Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly and Manny Jacinto.

The movie will be a reunion for Cruise and director Joseph Kosinski, who originally worked together on the 2013 science fiction movie “Oblivion.”

“Top Gun: Maverick” is expected to soar into theaters in 2020. (FoxNews)

Girls’ band music competition to be held at Chozuba today

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he girls’ band music competition for Chozuba sub-division as part of Phek District Girls’ Band Music Competition will be held on July 20 at Vamuzo Memorial Town Hall, Chozuba town.

The event is organized by ADC office Chozuba in collaboration with District Level Centre for WomenMahila Shakti Kendra. The competition is part of “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” campaign on the theme “Your Voice, Your Strength.”

Indian animation film to open Critics’ week at Venice

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ctress-animatorfilmmaker Gitanjali Rao’s latest animation feature “Bombay Rose” will open the Critics’ Week at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival on August 29. The film tells the story of a flower seller who has to make a choice between protecting her family and falling in love.

Talking about the film and it’s world premiere, Gitanjali said: “I have always wanted to paint stories about people who live and love in the streets of Bombay, never become success stories, and yet their struggle for survival makes them heroes. This is a city of unsung heroes and heroines and I wanted to share (their stories) with the world. So, I started this labour of love six years ago.”

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llie Goulding finally received a degree from the University of Kent, the school she quit to pursue music, when she was awarded an honorary doctorate on Thursday (July 18).

The pop artist was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree at the university, where she enrolled for drama and theatre studies at its Canterbury campus in 2006. It was there that she met Starsmith, one of the producers with whom she made her chart-topping debut album, ‘Lights’.

Goulding was in her final year of uni when she dropped out to pursue music in 2008. She emailed her drama tutor at the time to tell him she was leaving, and also invited him to check her music out on Myspace.

‘The Lion King’ roars into Indian box-office

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fter breathing new life in the Rudyard Kipling classic “The Jungle Book”, director Jon Favreau is back with “The Lion King” in a bigger and better avatar, and the Disney classic is expected to roar loud in India.

Favreau has updated the 1994 screen classic with photo-realistic, computergenerated animation, to bring back the adventures of Simba, who is to succeed his father Mufasa as King of the Pride Lands. It narrates a tale of how he rises up to the occasion despite several attempts to bring him down by his villainous uncle Scar.

Disney is taking the audience on a trip down memory lane, and has backed it up with star power to widen its reach and box-office prospects.

The star-studded voice cast of the original Hollywood version includes Donald Glover, Beyonce Knowles, Seth Rogen, Alfre Woodard, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, John Kani and John Oliver. Actor James Earl Jones is also reprising his original role as Mufasa.

Back home, the Hindi dubbed version cashes in on Shah Rukh Khan’s stardom.

SRK is voicing Mufasa in the dubbed Hindi version while his son Aryan’s act as Simba. Sunidhi Chauhan

and Armaan Malik have sung for Hindi version.

The film opened in India in 2,140 screens on July 19 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. The Hindi version also opened in UAE on Friday.

“The Jungle Book” saw a gala opening-day collection of Rs 10.09 crore in India when it released in 2016. The trade expects “The Lion King” to eclipse that figure.

According to trade expert Taran Adarsh, the film has started on a good note. “’The Lion King’ has started on a good note. It will be the first choice of moviegoers this week. It should collect in double digits on day one (all versions combined),” Adarsh tweeted on Friday.

Favreau hopes to repeat the success of “The Jungle Book” in India with his latest live-action project.

Eddie Murphy is planning a return to stand-up comedy

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ddie Mur phy has said he’s considering a return to stand-up comedy, after years away from live performances.

The comedy icon revealed he was plotting his return in a new clip from Netflix’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee – which sees him hanging out with Jerry Seinfeld.

“You know that you not doing stand-up drives people crazy. You know that, right?” Seinfeld tells Murphy in a new clip.

Teasing his return to stand-up, Murphy explains: “I’m going to do it again.

Everything just has to be right. You have to get up there and start working out.”

While Murphy hasn’t performed a full stand-up set in years, he’s widely

Upon receiving the honorary degree, the pop star made a speech where she admitted she was “not the most linear of students” at uni, and as a result “never got to experience this sheer joy… and utter relief of graduating, so I’m going to be making the most of it while I’m here”, as Kent Online reports. She also apologised to her former drama tutor for her goodbye email, which “must have been quite out of the blue”, Independent. ie notes.

Goulding was one of 13 people who received honorary degrees from Kent on Thursday. The pop star is readying her fourth studio album for release this year, and has released a few new singles: ‘Flux’, ‘Sixteen’ and the Juice WRLD-featuring ‘Hate Me’.

(NME)

he White House (WH) has secured better jailhouse conditions for A$AP Rocky, Page Six has learned.

The Harlem hip-hop star has been locked up in a Swedish prison for more than two weeks after he got in a street fight with two men who had been tailing him and his entourage through the streets of Stockholm.

But when Rocky’s manager, John Ehmann, complained that his client’s conditions at the Kronoberg detention center were “inhumane,” the Urban Revitalization Coalition — an organization set up by the Trump administration — put Ehmann in contact with senior White House aide and President Trump’s sonin-law, Jared Kushner.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West also lobbied Kushner to intervene in Rocky’s case.

“Jared immediately got Rocky moved to better living conditions,” Pastor Darrell Scott of the URC told Page Six exclusively.

“They had this guy in a crap hole. I don’t know if it’s a different facility [that he’s now in], but he’s at least on a different floor. It’s better surroundings.”

Scott said that he and

considered to be one of the greatest to ever do it.

His 1987 live movie, Eddie Murphy: Raw, remains the #1 stand-up film of all time at the box office, after making $50.5 million.

His next big project will be the anticipated Coming To America sequel.

The 1988 comedy film

saw Murphy play Prince Akeem, a prince from the fictional country Zamunda who visits the US to find a woman he can marry. Also starring the likes of Arsenio Hall and James Earl Jones, Coming To America was a huge hit at the box office – grossing $288 million (£224 million) worldwide.

After news of a sequel first broke back in April 2017, it was confirmed earlier this year that Murphy will reprise his role as Akeem for the as-yetuntitled sequel. Akeem will travel back to the US in the upcoming movie to meet his long-lost son, where he intends to inform him that he is heir to the throne in Zamunda.

Production will begin later this year.

(NME)

“Hello India, I am director Jon Favreau. I still remember the love you shared for ‘The Jungle Book’. It was heartening to see you connect so beautifully with Mowgli and his animal friends. Now, I am here with my new film, that I cannot wait for you to see.

“I am telling the story on a bigger grander scale with updated technology.

I hope you fall in love all over again with Simba and his journey,” Favreau said in a video message for the Indian audience.

According to a report in “variety.com”, the film is already roaring past $100 million in ticket sales globally. In fact, it posted the second biggest opening day of the year behind “Avengers: Endgame” in a few markets, including France ($4.8 million), Australia ($2.9 million) and Germany ($2.3 million).

In India, the advance

sales for the film have been phenomenal, according to Ashish Saksena, chief operating officer (cinemas) at the online ticketing platform, BookMyShow.

“Ever since ‘The Lion King’ teaser released in November last year, the film has been the talk of the town. Its close-to-life animation, background score, celebrated voiceover artists have brought back a sense of nostalgia among audiences young and old.

“With the film being promoted extensively in Indian local languages with Shah Rukh Khan and his son Aryan Khan (Hindi), Mohanlal and his son Pranav (Malayalam), Arvind Swami and Siddharth (Tamil) and Jagapathi Babu and Nani (Telugu), lending their voice to the film, the advance sales on BookMyShow have been phenomenal,” Saksena told IANS. Devang Sampat, director (strategic initiatives), Cinèpolis India, said: “’The Lion King’ is expected to be one of the blockbusters of the year. We expect the movie to garner over a million footfalls across our 377 screens in India... Also, there will be shows available round the clock in day / movie hours, so patrons can enjoy the movie at any time of their choosing,” Sampat told IANS. (IANS)

colleague Kareem Lanier told Trump about the situation as well. “[Trump] asked, ‘Do you like the guy, do you trust him?’ And he said, ‘OK, we’ll look into it then.’ ” Scott added, “It was never a publicity grab . . .

It’s just this administration trying to help an American citizen overseas who’s in dire straits.”

H e a d d e d , “ Ja r e d called Sunday evening and said that it’s looking optimistic.”

Trump also got Secretary of State Mike Pompeo involved, Scott tells us.

Meanwhile, the governor of the detention center — where Rocky’s being held because he’s been deemed a flight risk by Swedish authorities — has told Page Six the facility has “been completely renovated.”

Reports said Rocky was sleeping on a yoga mat, eating an apple a day and next to a feces-throwing inmate.

The State Department has said, “We expect all governments, including Sweden, to treat American citizens fairly and with respect.”

(FoxNews)

‘Cats’ movie trailer unnerves many on Internet

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he Inter net went (apologies) meowt of its mind on Thursday after a trailer for the film adaptation of “Cats,” the hit Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, hit the Web. Prospective moviegoers were in some cases unnerved by the cats in the trailer, partly human and partly CGI. Even the stars themselves barely had words to describe the upcoming movie, due in theaters in December. It tells the story of a bunch of, well, cats, who congregate at a ball to decide who will live and who will die.

One of the stars, musician Taylor Swift, posted a clip of herself from the trailer on social media, saying, “I am a cat and somehow that was everything.”

Jennifer Hudson, who delivers a rendition of the show-stopping number “Memory,” didn’t even use her human words, tweeting, “Meow meow meow meow meow (Translation) Here’s a first look inside #CatsMovie.”

For some viewers, one of the oddest elements of the trailer was the image of human butts with tails protruding (because, well, cats).

(FoxNews)

HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY Mom & Dad

OFFICE OF THE

SAPOTIMI VILLAGE COUNCIL

Hq. SURUHUTO, ZUNHEBOTO, NAGALAND

FELICITATION

The Sapotimi Village Council, with immense pride would like to congratulate Dr. TOHITO H. ACHUMI, son of Lt. Hotovi Achumi & Mrs. Qhuholi Achumi for successfully completing post graduate degree, M.S (Orthopaedics) from Guwahati Medical College.

The council further prays and wishes you a fruitful and prosperous future.

(KHEKUTO CHOPHI) CHAIRMAN SAPOTIMI VILLAGE COUNCIL

OFFICE OF THE KIKRUMA STUDENTS UNION, KIKRUMA DIST. PHEK, NAGALAND

Mr. P. Wangngam Anghaa & Mrs. Lemya Anghaa 20/07/1969 - 20/07/2019

FELICITATION

The Kikruma Students Union (KSU) expresses our unfeigned elation to Mr. Verusa Kezo, S/o Chikrongoyo Kezo for procuring 3rd Position (History Department) in the recently declared Nagaland University Examination 2019.

May the Almighty God continue to nurture you and lead you to higher and greater goals in the days to come.

Nezosulü Kezo Thiputo Kezo President, KSU General Secretary, KSU

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and expressed his “curiosity and excitement” to fan at the concert. “Nagaland, a place of hopes and dreams” exclaimed Jang Han-byul, who is hoping to have a good experience. He being a food lover, also looks forward trying Naga cuisines including “Naga Chilli.”

The artist also holds a bachelor’s degree in dental science from the University of Queensland. Talking about his career, he said that he loves music and thereby he encouraged the fans to opt for what they love doing sincerely and urged to work hard in order to achieve their goal. The artist also looks forward to pursue acting

Rocky gets better prison conditions in Sweden; thank WH intervention

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t’s good news for Korean pop music/KPop fans, for the much awaited “Summer Star Tour” with K- Pop singer, Jang Han-byul.

He is all set to perform on July 20, at IMC hall, Dimapur.

The Korean singer and television personality who appeared on various Korean reality shows and former lead vocalist of boy band LED Apple. Jang Han-byul arrived Dimapur on Friday.

Talking to media persons, Friday, at Grant Tizu Dimapur, Jang Han-byul said that it is going to be his first concert in India,

career in future. His hobbies include sports, which he said would be physically active.

Talking about the event, Pink box member considering the last year’s event with K-pop band Mont which was a great success, it was mentioned that “Korean music has in some way impacted us, though lot of people are apprehensive about it, music is music and it binds us whether its English, Hindi or Korean”.

The event “Summer Star Tour” is hosted by Musik-A Events in association with Pinkbox Events.

The event will also be held at Joysing Doloi Auditorium Hall at Diphu, Assam on July 21 and at Kohima, heritage on July 23.

Event organisers Musik-A said that the event has been organized for the love of music and K-pop fans and so also creating platform for young artists to showcase their talents. It was also informed that fans from other cities have also arrived to attend the event.

Organizers also encouraged the fans to support the event by being part of it saying “It’s just the beginning.”

(Staff Reporter)

Ellie Goulding awarded honorary doctorate degree at University of Kent

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019

Dear Anyu & Apa The sincerity of your love and the joy you express in giving it makes both of you an inspiration for us all. Side by side through years, through laughter, sorrow, joy and tears, You both have loved each other through everything. Thank you for living out God’s intention for marriage, showing unconditional love and commitment to each other day after day for 50 beautiful years. We wish you both many more happy years together.

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Saina Nehwal

been able to claim any title so far with B Sai Praneeth and Kidambi Srikanth coming close when they reached the finals at Swiss Open and India Open respectively.

Saina, who was looking good at the start of the season, was diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis with mild pancreatitis which affected her performance at the All England Cham-

pionship.

She recovered to play a few tournaments in April but injuries came back to haunt her as she struggled with fitness in the run-up to the Indonesia Open, a tournament she has won thrice in the past.

The 29-year-old from Hyderabad had issues with her shin, ankle, hip and wrist, which robbed her of enough practice time in an

Lukaku is important for Inter: Conte

Romelu Lukaku

Milan, Jul 19 (Agencies): Antonio Conte says it is “important” for Inter Milan to sign Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United this summer.

It is understood that the Serie A side have offered £63m for the Belgian forward, with the payments structured over several seasons, but United are holding out for more than the £75m they paid for him two years ago.

Lukaku is on United’s pre-season tour in Asia but is yet to feature, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed he will not play against Inter in their International Champions Cup match on Saturday due to injury.

Asked ahead of that game whether he was frustrated by the lack of progress towards signing Lukaku, Conte said, “Frustrated is a big word.

Lukaku is United’s player

and this is the reality.”

“You know very well that I like this player, also in the past when I was Chelsea’s coach and I tried to bring him. But I repeat: today Lukaku is a player of United. I have great respect for United. I consider him an important player for us to have a good improvement. We know which is our situation; we will see what happens.”

Inter’s attempts to sign Lukaku are being held up by the lack of interest in striker Mauro Icardi, who is not part of their squad in Singapore and has been told he can leave.

When quizzed on the future of Icardi - who was Inter’s captain - Conte said, “The club was very clear to tell that he is out of Inter’s project.”

While Lukaku has been ruled out of United’s game against Inter, Solskjaer says David de Gea and Luke Shaw could return after missing the 4-0 win over Leeds on Wednesday.

Solskjaer said, “I think both will be available. Luke did a decent training session yesterday before we left, and David trained today, so we’ll try to get 60 [minutes] or longer out of him. It shouldn’t be too difficult - he’s a ‘keeper.”

Matteo Darmian and Fred have both joined up with the squad, and they will be assessed.

important year.

“Saina has been struggling with a bit of injuries but she might play Japan.

She is a great athlete and a fighter. She is someone who always gives her 100 percent,” Gopichand told PTI. Sameer, who had finished runners-up at World Tour Finals last December and won three titles in 2018, has also been laid low by a shoulder niggle.

He missed out of Indonesia Open and is likely to play at Japan.

Kidambi Srikanth suffered a knee injur y just three days before the Sudirman Cup and missed the prestigious tournament.

He lost in the second round at Jakarta this week.

HS Prannoy, who achieved a career-best ranking of world no 8 last year, too was hit by a gut problem which took a lot of time to diagnose and forced him to skip tournaments.

The Indian, currently ranked 31st, is now trying to gather ranking points to find his way back in the top 10 and seal a place in the Olympics.

Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth and Sameer are still within top 16 and are in the race to qualify for the Olympics.

ICC suspends Zimbabwe Cricket L o nd o n , J u l 1 9 (Agencies): Zimbabwe were suspended from the International Cricket Council, with the world governing body saying the country’s cricket administration was not free from government interference.

The ICC Board unanimously decided to freeze funding to national governing body Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and ban the southern African country’s teams from international events.

“We do not take the decision to suspend a Member lightly, but we must keep our sport free from political interference,” ICC chairman Shashank Manohar said in a statement.

“What has happened in Zimbabwe is a serious breach of the ICC Constitution and we cannot allow it to continue unchecked.”

Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) suspended ZC last month, putting the national cricket board on a collision course with the ICC. Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the recent 50overs World Cup, having struggled to schedule matches against the major teams in international cricket as their financial position worsened.

The country first became a full ICC member in 1992 and enjoyed an impressive run at the 1999 World Cup, narrowly missing out on a semi-final spot.

De Ligt denies Ronaldo influenced Juve move

Milan, Jul 19 (Agencies): Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt had made up his mind to join the Serie A champions even before Cristiano Ronaldo asked him about a potential move to Italy, the teenager said on Friday.

Juventus announced the signing of the 19-yearold on Thursday, landing one of the most sought-after young players in world soccer from Ajax Amsterdam for 75 million euros ($84.39 million).

The Netherlands international said last month that he had been asked by Portugal’s Ronaldo following the Nations League final about linking up in Turin.

“After the final I was already sure I wanted to join Juve ... it was a big compliment to have RonK Y M C

Matthijs de Ligt finally signed with Serie A champions Juventus earlier this week.

aldo ask me to join ... but it didn’t make the difference,” De Ligt told reporters in his first news conference as a Juve player.

“I spoke to (manager) Maurizio Sarri just to get to know each other. He was

one of the reasons I wanted to join here, I’ve heard a lot of good things about him and I like his footballing philosophy and how he prepares his defence.”

De Ligt, who captained his former club in

their thrilling run to the Champions League semifinals last season, said he did not feel any additional pressure after becoming one of the most expensive defenders in the world.

“Pressure is normal in football. For me it’s not a problem. I’ll show what I’m capable of on the pitch,” he added.

“I’m 19, I can still improve and I want to do that.

It’s important to work hard every day and to learn and I hope to become a better player.”

“Juventus is a great forward step for me. In Holland there’s a lot of building from the back and defending high up the pitch. Italy is more about zonal marking and defending together, I think that Juve can help me and I can help them.”

Phek town interhigh school tourney begins Dimapur, Jul 19 (NPN): The Phek Town 2nd Inter High School Tournament kicked off Friday at Phek local ground with Keyirangding Hegul, Project Director, DRDA Phek as the special guest. The tournament, organised by Phek Town Chakhesang Students’ Union(PTCSU), is being held under the theme ‘Believe it, Achieve it.’

Speaking on the inaugural programme, Hegul lauded Phek Town Chakhesang Students Union (PTCSU) for providing such a platform where students can showcase sporting talents. He urged the students to exhibit their talents and to be disciplined and dedicated. He also reminded the students that academic field of study alone is not education but excelling in the field of sports is also part of education.

Earlier, the welcome note was delivered by Vechihu Khamo, president, PTCSU and Chivo Medeo, youth director CYE, PTBC offered the invocation prayer. A special number presented by Kuluvelu Swuro while oath if conduct was administered

by Vezoto Rhakho.

Altogether, eight high schools are participating in the tournament.

My focus is on us, not rivals: Klopp

Liverpool players are put through their paces during a training session at Notre Dame Stadium.

L o nd o n , J u l 1 9 (Agencies): Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists he is “completely focused” on his own team and not the pre-season preparations of rivals Manchester City.

The Reds missed out on the Premier League title by just a single point last season with City instead crowned champions on the final day.

The two teams are expected to challenge each other again and while Klopp believes City are favourites to win a third successive title, he insists his only ambitions are based on improving his own team.

Speaking on the club’s pre-season tour of the United States, Klopp said, “I am completely focused on Liverpool. Completely. It would be great if we could

be around Man City again because that’s the only possibility to have to pass them.

It is already clear they are the big favourite again. No problem with that.”

“They have a ver y good situation, which they showed last year especially after having 100 points in the season before - the greed they showed, the determination they showed, it was just impressive. We chased each other through the season, put each other under pressure and that led to that.”

Liverpool finished 25 points clear of third-placed Chelsea last season but Klopp expects the rest of the Premier League to cut the gap. “All the teams will start again: there is no duel with City and Liverpool and all the rest are watching us,” the German added.

“That’s not how the Premier League is, all of these games are so difficult to play. You see what Manchester United are doing in the transfer market; Arsenal want to strengthen; Chelsea have their situation but bring all the young boys, all the players on loan, back.”

“If a team is not really influenced by a transfer ban, then it is Man City because they have the players and they will be strong as well.

Everton, probably nobody wants to hear that here, but they - year in, year out - really strengthen the squad.”

“There are a lot of jobs to do and that’s what we have to be concerned about - not how we can beat City.

That’s not the only thing we have to do because there are a lot of other things,” added Klopp.

NTTA informs on NE TT C’ship BYG Night Cricket Tournament

Dimapur, Jul 19 (NPN): The 1st North East Masters Table Tennis Championship, organised

by Meghalaya Table Tennis under the aegis of Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), will be held from August 28 to 31 in Shilong, Megha-

laya. Therefore, Nagaland Table Tennis Association (NTTA) has informed all the Nagaland table tennis veteran players (40+) to inform their participation on or before July 21.

For more information, contact 9436001096 or 8259830518.

Org. by. Bengali Youth Generation 6 overs 7 players each side Joining 5000 Venue: DDSC STADIUM Date 26, 27 & 28 July 2019 For forms contact: 7005129229/9774194123

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Injury dents Saina’s Olympics preparations New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI): Indian shuttlers have been dealing with a series of injuries this year, affecting their plans and preparations for the qualifying cycle of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Indian shuttlers had claimed two medals in the last two Olympics with Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu clinching the bronze and silver at the London and Rio Games in 2012 and 2016 respectively.

The Olympic qualification period is between April 29, 2019, and April 26, 2020, with the ranking list published on April 30 to be used to decide the spots.

Each Nation can enter a maximum of two players in the men’s and women’s singles if both are ranked in the world’s top 16 and the Indian shuttlers will have to come up with some good performances to make the cut.

However, injuries have affected the plans of top shuttlers such as Saina and Sameer Verma, both of whom have skipped ongoing Indonesia Open BWF World Tour Super 1000.

While Saina remains the only Indian to win a title this season, none of the other shuttlers have

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVAYANGJAN) 5th Floor, Pt. Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan,. CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities is implementing Umbrella Scheme "Scholarships for Students with Disabilities" for their empowerment through education w.e.f 1st April, 2018. There are six components of this scheme i.e. Pre-matric, Post matric, Top Class Education, National Overseas, National Fellowship and Free Coaching. The brief details of umbrella scheme are given below: No. of Parental S.No. Components Courses Covered Scholarships Income ceiling Rate of Scholarship How to apply per year per annum (Rs.) 1 Pre-matric Class IX and X 20,000 2.50 lakh Scholarship of Rs.500 per These three scholarships Scholarship month for day scholars and schemes are being for students Rs.800 per month for hosteller implemented through National with plus book grant and disability Scholarship portal.

Disabilities allowance ranging from Rs.2000 Apply on-line on National to Rs.4000/- per annum.

Scholarship Portal There are different rates of (www.scholarships.gov.in) 2.

Post-Matric Class XI to Master's 17,000 2.50 lakh maintenance allowance for Post- The portal has been opened Scholarship Degree or Diploma th Graduate, Graduate, Diploma, for Registration from 15 July, for Students level 2019 professional courses leading to with degree, diploma etc. in different The last date for submission of Disabilities disciplines. It ranges from Rs.900- online application is: th 1600 p.m. for hosteller and 1. Pre-matric : 15 October, 2019 Rs.550-750 p.m. for day scholars st plus tuition fee (maximum 2. Post-matric: 31 October, 2019 ceiling Rs.1.5 lakh per annum), st book allowance and disability 3. Top Class Education: 31 October, 2019. allowance ranging from Rs.2000/to Rs.4000/- per annum 3 Scholarship Graduate/Post 300 6.00 lakh Monthly maintenance allowance for Top Class Graduate Degree of Rs.3000/- for hostellers, Education or Diploma in 240 Rs.1500/- for day scholars, for Students notified institutions Rs.2000/- per month disability with of excellence allowance, book grant Rs.5000/Disabilities per annum and tuition fee upto Rs.2.00 lakh per annum.

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National Master's degree and 20 6.00 lakh Maintenance allowance of The proforma for submission Overseas Doctorate degree in Pound (Great Britain) 9,900 per of application is given in the Scholarships foreign universities annum for UK and US $15,400 website of this Department i.e. for Students abroad for other countries, plus tuition www.disabilityaffairs.gov.in with fees, annual contingency Application may be Disabilities allowance, cost of air passage, submitted in the prescribed etc proforma to Under Secretary (Scholarships), Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Room No. 516, 5th Floor, Pt. Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003 throughout the year.

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National M.Phil/Ph.D in Indian 200 N o i n c o m e Monthly Rs. 31,000/- for Selection is done by the Fellowship Universities ceiling JRF (first two years) and Rs. University Grants Commission. for Persons 35,000/- for SRF (3 rd year The candidates may like to o n w a r d s u p t o c o m p l e t e apply online as and when with duration of the course) and applications are invited by Disabilities contingency grant, escort UGC. No application is required allowance/ reader allowance to be sent to Department of and House Rent Allowance (at Empowerment of Persons with applicable rates).

Disabilities.

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Free For appearing 2000 6.00 lakh Coaching fee shall be payable S t u d e n t s m a y c o n t a c t Coaching in competitive to empanelled Institute by empanelled Coaching Institutes. examinations for this Department. Stipend and The list of empanelled Institutes jobs in Government/ Special allowance for Disability is available in the website of Public Sector @ Rs. 7,000/- per month for this Department. and admission outstation candidates and Rs. to technical and 4,500/- per month for local professional courses candidates shall be payable.

All the above scholarship are applicable to students with disabilities with more than 40% disability and having a proper disability certificate to this effect issued by a competent medical authority. Disability is as defined in Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

For further details about the scholarship schemes, please visit : www.disabilityaffairs.gov.in. davp 38117/11/0015/1920 K Y M C

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Sanchin inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar being inducted into International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame, in London on Thursday. (PTI)

London, Jul 19 (PTI): Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame alongside South African pace legend Allan Donald.

Joining Tendulkar and Donald in the Hall of Fame was two-time World Cup-winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick.

“It is an honour to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, which cherishes the contribution of cricketers over generations. They have all contributed to the growth and popularity of the game and I am happy to have done my bit,” Tendulkar said at the induction cer-

emony held here on Sunday night.

He thanked his family and coach, who has supported him in his journey in international cricket for close to two and half decades.

Tendulkar, the most prolific batsman in history, was inducted immediately after becoming eligible for induction, which requires that a player should have played his last international match at least five years before.

The 46-year-old former right-hand batsman is regarded the greatest to have played the game along with Sir Donald Bradman and remains the top runaccumulator in both Tests and ODIs.

Tendulkar, who retired in November 2013, tallied 15,921 runs in Tests and 18,426 in ODIs, both of which remain records.

He is the sixth Indian to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

“I am also thankful to all my captains, fellow players and the BCCI and the MCA administrators over the years for their support and for making me enjoy the game so much and for so long. I thank the ICC for this appreciation of my cricket career and I am happy to note that cricket continues to grow with three popular formats.”

The 52-year-old Donald is one of the finest bowlers to have played the game and had 330 Test and

WC hero Stokes nominated for ‘New Zealander of the Year’ award

Ben Stokes

Wellington, Jul 19 (IANS): England all-rounder Ben Stokes, who broke millions of Kiwi hearts in the recently concluded World Cup, has been nominated for the ‘New Zealander of the Year’ Award.

Stokes played a matchwinning knock of 84 in the July 14 final at Lord’s which allowed England to tie New Zealand’s score of 241-8 and he then helped the home team prevail after a tie-breaking Super Over

in which both teams scored 15 runs. England won the match on count of superior boundary count.

New Zealand-bor n Stokes is among nominations for the award; along with Black Caps captain Kane Williamson, Newstalk ZB host Simon Barnett, former league star Manu Vatuvei and one of the heroes of the Christchurch mosque attacks, Abdul Aziz, reports New Zealand Herald.

New Zealander of the

Year Awards chief judge Cameron Bennett said both Stokes and Williamson had received several nominations after the dramatic World Cup final. “He might not have been playing for the Black Caps but, having been born in Christchurch, where his parents now live, and with Maori ancestry, there’s clearly a few Kiwis about who think we can still claim him,” Bennett said of Stokes.

England Prime Ministerial candidates Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have already hinted that the allrounder could be awarded a knighthood following his stupendous performance in England’s maiden men’s World Cup triumph.

The nominations for the award will close on September 15. A shortlist of 10 will be announced in December, with the winner to be confirmed next February.

272 ODI wickets to his credit before calling it quits in 2003.

Fitzpatrick is the second highest wicket-taker of all time in women’s cricket with 180 ODI scalps and 60 in Tests. As a coach, she guided the Australian women’s team to three World Cup titles.

Donald, known as the ‘White Lightening’, was arguably South Africa’s fastest bowler ever and finished with 330 Test and 272 ODI wickets. He is one of the players credited with South Africa’s success in the game after their return to international cricket in 1991.

Fitzpatrick, the eighth woman to win the award, was the fastest bowler in women’s cricket for a period of 16 years, ending her career with 180 wickets in 109 matches, a record then. She helped Australia win two ICC Women’s Cricket World Cups and finished with 60 wickets in 13 Tests.

ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said, “It is a great honour for us to announce the 2019 inductees into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Sachin, Allan and Cathryn are three of the finest players to ever grace our game and are deserved additions to the Hall of Fame.”

“On behalf of the ICC, I would like to congratulate all three players, who enrich the list of alltime greats already members of this select club.”

ANAMA boxer leaves for World C’ship DIMAUR, JUL 19 (NPN): Three-time national gold medallist, Hemavi Ayemi from Nagaland, who has been selected to represent Indian Muaythai team in the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) senior World Muaythai Championship 2019 to be held in Bangkok, Thailand has left for the championship on Thursday.

He will be joining the national muaythai team in Kolkata and the 10-member national team will depart for the championship to be held from July 20 to 30.

Hemavi will be representing the national team under the banner of All Nagaland Amateur Muaythai Association (ANAMA).

He was selected by United Amateur Muaythai Associaiton (UAMA) India to represent the country in the World Championship.

NOA seeks suggestions for State Sports Policy Dim a p u r , J u l 1 9 (NPN): The Government of Nagaland in collaboration with the Nagaland Olympic Association is ushering a new State Sports Policy which is now in the final stage of finalisation.

In this regard, all the sports associations affiliated to the NOA have been urged to submit their suggestions, views and recommendations towards the State Sports Policy.

Therefore, the president/general secretary of the following sports associations, namely; archery, athletic, badminton, basketball, boxing, fencing, football, handball, hockey, kabbadi, kho kho, muaythai, sepaktakreaw, softball, taekwondo, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting, wushu, wrestling, volleyball have been invited to give in writing, their suggestions on development of game which are lacking in the sports policy and difficulties faced by the associations in carrying out sports activities in the state.

Suggestions and recommendations from present and former sports persons, sports lovers and individuals are also welcome, NOA informed. All submissions are to be sent to T. Meren Paul, secretary general, NOA, Tzuwar Apartment, No. 113 Lower PR Hill, Below Mizo Church, Kohima- 797 001 or email to merenpaul@ yahoo.co.in within 30 days from the date of publishing of this information in the local paper.

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Sindhu reach semis at Indonesia Open

PV Sindhu

J a k a rt a , J u l 1 9 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : Wo r l d championship silver medallist PV Sindhu outplayed familiar foe Nozomi Okuhara in straight games to reach the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta on Friday.

The fifth seed Indian, who had a head-to-head record of 7-7 against the Japanese before this match, was too hot to handle for the former world champion as she raced to a 21-14, 21-7 win in just 44 minutes to set up a last four encounter against second seed Chen Yufei of China.

If one thought that the Sindhu-Okuhara encounter could be another slug-fest with both players engaging each other in long rallies, the initial exchanges probably just confirmed that assertion. The duo played out one of the longest rallies of the match on the eighth

Players of Kawasaki Frontale and Chelsea in action during their match at the Yokohama Stadium on Friday.

Michy Batshuayi was the next to try his luck, firing just wide of the far post after linking up well with Mason Mount, but the Blues had to wait until the half-hour mark for another

opportunity as Pedro sent a 25-yard strike just over the crossbar.

Kenedy, who is eager to impress ahead of the new campaign, volleyed marginally off target from

30 yards soon afterwards, while Mount was only denied a second goal in as many games when a defender got in the way of his shot which was heading into the bottom corner.

same when they switched ends.

The second was hardly a contest once Sindhu opened up a 6-1 lead and ensured that Okuhara never got control of the net exchanges. The Indian was quick to move in to the net and stand big, forcing Okuhara to lift the shuttle for an easy kill. That only forced the Japanese to make more errors.

Having gone into a break with 11-6 lead, the 24-year-old Indian clinched 10 points in a row from 11-7 to wrap up the game and the match in less than 45 minutes.

Sindhu is looking for her first title in 2019 and she will face a tough challenge from Chen, who beat Beiwen Zhang in the other quarter-final. Akane Yamaguchi and Tai Tzu Ying (fourth and first seeds respectively) will contest the other semi-final.

Barca offer £90m plus players for Neymar M a d r i d, J u l 1 9 (Agencies): Barcelona have made a £90m offer plus two players for Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar, reports Sky Sports.

The La Liga club have given PSG a list of six players that could be included in the deal, including Philippe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele, Ivan Rakitic, Nelson Semedo, Malcom and Samuel Umtiti.

It is understood the French club want over £200m for the 27-year-old.

It was reported on Tuesday that Neymar had told PSG he wanted to leave, while their manager Thomas Tuchel admitted on Wednesday that he knew the Brazilian was keen on an exit before the Copa America.

PSG sporting director Leonardo said last week that Neymar could leave the French champions “if there is an offer that suits everyone”, while also con-

Neymar

firming “superficial contact” with Barcelona.

It is understood that PSG tried to convince Neymar to change his mind and the Brazil international did not tell his club where he would like to move to.

Kawasaki Frontale strike late to beat Chelsea 1-0 Yokohama, Jul 19 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : Fr a n k Lampard has suffered his first setback as Chelsea manager courtesy of a 1-0 defeat to Kawasaki Frontale in Friday’s pre-season friendly in Japan.

Chelsea had the better of the contest at the Yokohama Stadium, but a late goal from Leandro Damiao earned the J-League champions a famous victory in front of a crowd of 61,012.

Both teams had their moments during a relatively uneventful opening to the contest, with the first opportunity not coming until Akihiro Ienaga fired a tame volley straight at Willy Caballero from 12 yards out.

Chelsea responded with a long raking pass from Jorginho finding the run of Pedro, although the winger could not make a proper connection with his shot after advancing behind the defence.

point of the opening game and the Japanese managed to come out triumphant, inducing a simple error from the Indian.

Though it was Okuhara who always got the better of her opponent in the longer rallies in those first few exchanges, Sindhu showed the required intent to go for the kill at the net every time there was an opportunity, thereby not allowing the Japanese to suck her into the toss-drop routines.

Okuhara, however, found a way to close the gap at 10-8 after Sindhu had taken five straight points but the Indian simply changed the tempo after the break.

Okuhara struggling to control her toss and drives on the opponent’s back hand also played into the Indian’s hands as she pocketed the opening game rather easily in the end.

It was more of the

Kawasaki ended the first half on top, however, with Caballero having to be alert to divert a well-struck attempt from Ienaga wide of the far post.

Lampard opted to make just five alterations at half time, with Ross Barkley and Olivier Giroud among the players introduced into the action, but it was Mount who almost put Chelsea into the lead after the restart when he curled just wide of the far post from 14 yards out.

That opening spurred Kawasaki into life and Damiao should have put the hosts into the lead in the 55th minute, only to head wide at the near post after meeting a right-wing cross.

The near miss got rid of any complacency which may have been entering Chelsea’s play, and it was Barkley who began to take centre stage with a series of defence-splitting passes.

One led to Kenedy getting behind the Kawasaki

defence before firing wide of the near post, before the pair again linked up in the 70th minute, only for the Brazilian to fire straight at Shota Arai.

Christian Pulisic was provided with his Chelsea debut ahead of the final quarter of the encounter having arrived late after international duty, but it was Giroud who had Chelsea’s next chance from a set piece, with Arai making a fine save to his left.

Chelsea continued to push for an opening goal, seemingly comfortable that they would not concede at the other end, but Kawasaki rallied to take the lead with four minutes remaining.

Moments after hitting the crossbar with a header, Damiao was perfectly positioned at the back post to nod home from close range, with Kengo Nakamura providing a delightful cross moments after being introduced as a substitute.

He was ruled out of the recent Copa America tournament - which Brazil won by beating Peru 3-1 in the final - because of an ankle injury sustained in a friendly against Qatar.

PSG signed Neymar

for a world-record fee of £200m from Barcelona in August 2017.

In order to help persuade PSG to off load Neymar, Barcelona have offered them two players from the likes of Coutinho, Dembele, Rakitic, Semedo, Malcom and Umtiti.

Despite having only recently joined the Catalans for big-money fees, Coutinho and Dembele have largely flattered to deceive so far at the Camp Nou, with the club’s fans even getting on the back of the Brazil playmaker.

Barca have reportedly been looking to sell Rakitic this summer now the midfielder is 31, while Semedo and Malcom were both only bit-part players in Catalonia last season.

As for Umtiti, it is believed Barca have doubts over the France centre back’s fitness after he missed large parts of the previous campaign with a knee injury.

1st Open Soccer Tournament

Lotovi FC beat Manic FC 5-1

The match between Loyir FC and Evergreen FC in progress on Friday.

D I M A P UR , J U L 1 9 (NPN): Lotovi FC registered a convincing 5-1 win over Manic FC on day four in the ongoing 1st Open Soccer Tournament at Showuba local ground here on Friday.

The tournament is organised by KUTO FC, which consists of veteran footballers. In the other match, Seithekema ‘C’ Youth beat Etruscans 3-1;

Kirha FC overcame KUTO FC 2-1 and Loyir FC beat Evergreen FC 3-1.

O n S a t u r d a y, i n the first match at 7 am, Kuhuboto FC will play Mt. View; Xelhozhe FC against Thunderwolves FC at 8:30 am; Showuba FC against Loyir FC at 2:30 pm and Thunderbolt FC will face Kuhuboto FC at 3:30 pm.

The final will played on July 24.

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