July 30, 2018

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Assam tense; final NRC draft today HIGHLIGHTS OF NRC DRAFT

People submit documents to NRC officials at a Seva Kendra in Guwahati, Assam.  Of the 3.29 crore applicants in Assam, 1.9 crore have been cleared in first round of lists as Indian nationals on January 1 this year.  Descendants of those who can prove citizenship till March 24, 1971, will also be considered Indian citizens. So will those who came between January 1, 1966 and March 25, 1971, and registered themselves with the Foreigners Registration Regional Officer.

 National Registry of Citizens was first prepared in 1951 after a census.

The latest updation of the list in Assam contains the names of descendants of those whose names were in the 1951 list, or those who were in Assam’s Electoral rolls till March 24, 1971.

 NRC authorities have disclosed that 1.5 lakh people will be dropped from the first list, since anomalies were found in their documents. Around 50,000 of them are rural women.  NRC is also preparing a common database of citizens to help identify declared foreign nationals

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GUWAHATI, JUL 29 (NPN): An uneasy calm prevails in most parts of Assam in the run-up to publication of the “complete draft” of National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Monday that will decide the fate of citizenship of 1.39 crore people in Assam. The draft will be published at noon at

Mother, daughter swept away by river DIMAPUR, JUL 29 (NPN): A mother and her daughter were swept away by the waters of Dzuchru river, Phesama under Kohima jurisdiction on Sunday.

A press note by Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) informed that the incident took place at around 2:30 p.m. when the women had gone to collect pig fodder and slipped into the river.

The mother was rescued

by State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) while the daughter was still missing.

The mother was admitted to Bethel Hospital with multiple injuries.

NSDMA said personnel of SDRF and DDMA Kohima swung into action with the help of Phesama local community. However, inclement weather hampered the rescue operation and will resume early Monday to find the missing daughter, NSDMA said.

Km traffic advisory

DIMAPUR, JUL 29 (NPN): Following sinking of road and collapse of retaining wall near Soul Harvest Church, Kohima police has issued a traffic advisory. Addl. SP & PRO said only light vehicles will be allowed to ply through Naga Hospital-Daklane road till further notice.

all the NRC Sewa Kendras (NSK) across the state and applicants can check their names in the list which will include the applicant’s name, address and photographs, NRC State Coordinator Prateek Hajela told PTI. The NRC will include the names of all Indian citizens who have been residing in Assam before 25 March, 1971. With intelligence

agencies anticipating trouble in certain pockets, especially in minority-dominated areas in both Barak and Brahmaputra valleys, the Centre and State government are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that there is no breakdown of law and order in the runup to and post publication of the complete draft.

While security forces have been put on maximum alert, prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC have been enforced eight districts – Barpeta, Darrang, Dima Hasao, Sonitpur, Karimganj, Golaghat, Dhubri and Bongaigaon – for an indefinite period.

Additional Central paramilitary forces have been brought into the State to assist the police and the forces have already fanned out to sensitive areas. As per reports, over 20,000 personnel of Central forces are already in the State.

The Sarbananda Sonowal government had on Sunday convened an all-party meeting in Dispur to ensure calm and inspire public confidence in the runup to and post publication of the complete NRC draft.

No untoward incident has been reported so far

NH-2 opens for vehicles

Road restoration work underway near Peducha. (NP)

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KOHIMA, JUL 29 (NPN): National Highway-2 near Phesama village, which was completely blocked on July 28 due to mudslide was cleared on Sunday. All vehicles were being allowed to pass through the stretch.

Sources informed that the road clearing work was conducted by BRO with the help of the local populace.

Meanwhile, restoration work along the stretch near Peducha, which was hit by

a massive landslide on July 24, was still on. All vehicles were being diverted via Peducha–Tsiesema till Sunday, sources informed.

According to NHIDCL branch office Dimapur, restoration work is being carried out round the clock.

However, the work has been affected due to incessant rain leading mudslide in the area. NHIDCL said the restoration work may take another one week up to August 4, if weather conditions were favourable.

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Over Rs 15k crore unclaimed money with insurance cos NEW DELHI, JUL 29 ( I A N S ) : A s t a g ge r i n g amount of Rs 15,167 crore amount belonging to policyholders is lying unclaimed with 23 life insurance companies, according to latest regulatory data. As per data released, of the total unclaimed amount of Rs 15,166.47 crore as on March 31, 2018, Life Insurance Corporation towers over other companies in the unclaimed list with Rs. 10,509 crore, while the 22 private sector insurers account for the remaining Rs 4,657.45 crore.

Among private companies, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has Rs 807.4 crore of unclaimed insurance claims, followed by Reliance Nippon Life Insurance (Rs 696.12 crore), SBI Life Insurance (Rs 678.59 crore) and HDFC Standard Life Insurance (Rs 659.3 crore).

ACAUT, PSAN ask govt to clarify on 706 posts under ‘illegal’ appts

DIMAPUR, JUL 29 (NPN): Reacting to news report published in sections of the local daily on Saturday, directorate of fisheries & aquatic resources has denied the allegation

by People’s Democratic Rights (PDR) that fish production in the State had declined in 2017-18.

In a rejoinder issued on Sunday, fisheries & aquatic resources director Kevisa Kense asserted that the news was factually incorrect and claimed that fish output had actually increased to 8,990.5 metric tonne (MT) in 2017-18 as against 8,605 MT in 2016-17.

People’s Democratic Rights had alleged that fish production declined to 8,220 MT during the year under review.

On the issue of potential areas developed by the department, he claimed that the potential area developed so far was 3375 ha and not as stated.

The director explained that fish production could only be achieved after completion of projects,

after three years of service, the cabinet on November 11, 2017 was about to regularise 304 posts without first requisitioning the vacancies to NPSC. According to PSAN and ACAUT, the posts that were to be regularised included 99 posts of BDOs, RDOs and RDAs in rural development department ; 181(134 for extension and 47 for regularisation) in higher education department; six in department of underdeveloped areas; 11 posts of medical officers in health & family welfare department; four planning assistant posts in planning & coordination department and three foremen posts in printing & stationery department.

B o t h AC AU T & PSAN claimed that the regularisation of the 304 posts was kept in abeyance due to their intervention.

Responding to the additional advocate general who had questioned the locus standi of PSAN members in the court, on the ground that they did not possess the required qualifications (post gradu-

DIMAPUR, JUL 29 (NPN): Reacting to additional advocate general of Nagaland’s claim before the packed Gauhati High Court, Kohima bench on July 26, that 706 Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) posts mentioned in the writ petition were all non-sanctioned posts, Public Service Aspirants of Nagaland (PSAN) and Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) have responded by asking the state government to immediately issue a clarification so as not to complicate the issue further.

In a joint statement, PSAN and ACAUT asked, that if the 706 posts were all non-sanctioned, why 11 doctors and 46 Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs), who were respondents in the case, were considered for regularisation in the Cabinet meeting of November 11, 2017 ?.

Both who filed the PIL, pointed out that even after the high court had stayed the office memos of August 4, 2011 and August (Cont’d on p-7) 11, 2016 for regularisation

ation and NET) to challenge the appointment of assistant professors; PSAN and ACAUT pointed out that even among the respondents, a good number of them were appointed despite not possessing the requisite qualifications (even without clearing NET).

They alleged that the State government was randomly appointing candidates who did not have the requisite qualifications in all State-run colleges on contractual basis.

Further stating that a cabinet meeting held on July 4 this year sanctioned the creation of 110 posts of assistant professors (68 in 2018-2019 and 42 for 2019-2020), ACAUT and PSAN demanded that the department concer ned should requisition the posts through NPSC and recruitment be made through open competition only.

The two have also referred to the Supreme Court judgement in the Uma Devi case which had clearly stated that even if the government wanted to appoint on contractual, (Cont’d on p-7)

NSLSA: State-wide campaign against human trafficking DIMAPUR, JUL 29 (NPN): State-wide campaign “Fight Against Human Trafficking” was carried out by Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) in more than 100 churches across Nagaland on Sunday in association with Nagaland Baptist Church Council, Nagaland Christian Revival Church and Catholic and Pentecostal church bodies.

The State-wide campaign was in line with National Legal Services Authority’s (NALSA) Victim Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Scheme, 2015.

Altogether 108 panel lawyers and para-legal volunteers of NSLSA and 11 district legal services au-

thorities and three social workers spoke on the legal provisions for trafficking.

Resource persons on the occasion pointed out that 8,132 cases of human trafficking were reported from the country in 2016, as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) records.

West Bengal with 3,579 reported the highest number of human trafficking cases and accounted for nearly 44% of all cases across the country. However, as per NCRB, there was no case of trafficking reported from Nagaland in 2016.

As per legal provisions, anyone convicted of trafficking one person will get imprisonment for a minimum of seven years, which might

go up to 10 years, along with a fine. For trafficking of more than one person, the punishment is a minimum 10 years of jail term, which may go up to life imprisonment, and a fine.

For trafficking one minor, the punishment is minimum 10 years of jail, which may go up to life term, and a fine. And for trafficking more than one minor, the punishment is minimum 14 years of jail, extendable to life imprisonment, and a fine. And if a public servant or police officer is found involved in trafficking, the punishment is life imprisonment (rest of natural life) and fine.

The objective of NALSA’s Victim Trafficking and

Commercial Sexual Exploitation Scheme, 2015 is to provide legal services to victims of trafficking at every stage – prevention, rescue and rehabilitation, applicable to transgender persons as well.

The trafficked women or children can be rehabilitated through accessing ICDS (childcare development), food security, ration cards, educational schemes (midday meal, scholarships, residential schools under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, etc), livelihood, skill development, housing subsidy etc, while the vulnerable can be mapped for trafficking and conduct awareness programmes (Cont’d on p-7)

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“We’ve huge orders for local fish. If this goes on, we’ll soon become fish magnates.”

from any part of the State, but both New Delhi and Dispur are leaving nothing to chance.

The authorities are also trying to dispel fear of anyone being declared a foreigner automatically on his or her name not figuring in the complete NRC draft by asserting that sufficient time would be given to all to file claims and objections.

Considered one of the largest exercise of its kind carried out in any corner of the world to determine residency status of citizens, the NRC of 1951 in Assam is being updated by Registrar General of India along with Office of the State Coordinator, NRC as per the directive of Supreme Court and under its strict monitoring.

And with barely 12 hours remaining for publication of the complete NRC draft, neighbouring States like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland too are facing anxious moments as many organisations are apprehending large scale influx of alleged illegal immigrants from Assam.

They fear that those whose names don’t figure in complete NRC draft might move into their States.

Fisheries dept responds to PDR allegation

NEW DELHI, JUL 29 (AGENCIES): Seeking to scotch rumours and identify fake news on social media platform WhatsApp, a team of experts at a city-based institution is working on developing an application that may be able to tell you whether a

message is fake or not. P. Kumaraguru, associate professor of computer science at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, is heading the team which is developing the app.

Rumours on WhatsApp have sparked off a spate of incidents involving mob fury.

The professor feels that the application will be a useful tool in the current scenario where a number of such incidents have been reported in which people were killed in violence, triggered on the basis of rumours circulated on WhatsApp. “We are collecting a large number of data and have asked people to forward us messages on the number 9354325700. These messages will be analysed and accordingly, we will develop a model for putting a wrapper on such messages,” he added.

For example, if a message is received, there will be colour codes that will indicate the authenticity.

A green might indicate that it is a legitimate content, yellow colour might indicate that the system is not able to decode it while red might indicate that it is definitely fake content, he said. “We will study the common factors in such messages. The commonality might be an image, a URL or some words.

If it is a forwarded message, it is a high probability that it is a fake message,” he said.

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Peren ‘World Population Stabilization Fortnight’ ends

ASHA coordinator Peren, Ipung conducting an FGD at Kipeuzang village on July 17.

DIMAPUR: World Population Stabilization Fortnight, which commenced from July 11, culminated on July 24 in Peren district. The fortnight had family planning camps being held in all the health units providing free family planning services.

A press release from district media officer CMO office Peren, Pezanguno Celine Secii stated that senior medical officer (Obs & Gynae), Dr. Yetovi and his team from CHC Jalukie

conducted the laparoscopic ligation cases. A total of 21 laparoscopic and 16 IUCDs were done.

Counsel was given by medical officers and nurses in their respective health units and also distributed IEC materials in local dialects apart from free family planning services. ASHA’s conducted inter personnel communication in the villages for intensive awareness at the grass root levels.

Focus group discussion was

conducted by the ASHA coordinators.

Information was given through microphone announcements and also through church announcements in the district headquarters as well as in the block levels.

D u r i n g t h e c a m p, condoms, oral pills and emergency pills were also distributed and female contraceptive injections were provided to the District Hospital and CHC Jalukie.

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news in Brief NSUB organizes freshers orientation program

Wokha taxi fare revision: ANTA Wokha Unit has informed the general public/ commuters that the Regional Transport Authority, via order No. TPT/37/20072008/299/3 dated July 25, has revised the taxi fare for the following: Wokha- Kohima, Rs 250; Wokha-Pongidong Village, Rs 80. According to ANTA Wokha general secretary Lipenthung Ovung, this order will come into force from August 1.

NPF minority wing consultative meeting: NPF Minority Wing has convened an emergency consultative meeting of its office bearers on July 30, 1 p.m. at NPF Division office, Dimapur. NPF minority wing central convenor Bishnu Bhattacharjee has informed all office bearers of NPF minority wing central and M. Wing Dimapur District to attend the meeting.

CS calls for emergency meeting: The chief secretary of Nagaland has convened an emergency meeting on July 30, 12 pm at CS conference hall. The meeting will discuss issues of damages caused by the incessant rainfall. The following departments have been requested to attend the meeting without fail: Commissioner & secretary Works & Housing; chief engineer (R&B) and Highway; deputy commissioner, Kohima; commandant, Border Roads Organization and superintendent, Kohima.

RCF informs: The Rengma Chairman Forum (RCF) has convened a meeting on July 31 at Rengma Hoho hall Tseminyu.

All the village council chairmen have been requested to attend the meeting without fail as election of new team of office bearers will be held on the day.

For further information one may contact 8974654176 .

DIMAPUR: Naga Students’ Union Bangalore (NSUB) held its orientation program on July 28 at United Theological College.

According to a press release from the union, the program was organized mainly to orient new members of NSUB. NSUB president, Nuthipru Nienu delivered the keynote address by acknowledging all the dignitaries and well-wishers for their support. He also said that the orientation will be a huge step forward, especially for those who are new to Bangalore.

The program was graced by four speakers and former

Aliba Disabled Peoples Organization (ADPO) under Care and Support Society Mokokchung organized a social work initiative within the village on July 28 with an aim to create cleanliness within the community. Aliba Baptist Church, Aliba village council, Aliba youth department, student bodies and members of the public also extended their support.

depression during the struggle to adjust to the new environment.

Atoka V. Zhimomi, a service delivery lead, and who himself has been living in Bangalore for more than 15 years, emphasize on how it was very important to be connected with one’s own community when living far away from home.

He also encouraged the crowd to have the right and positive attitude especially at work.

Earlier, the program started with an invocation by Khontele Seb. The program ended with a prayer by Zeliangrong Students’ Union Bangalore Keyiteigwangbe Ndang.

NNPGs WC condemn Assam Rifles raid

DIMAPUR: The Working Committee of Naga National Political Groups (WC, NNPGs) has condemned reports of the raid at the residence of ‘gen.’ TM Rhakho, commander-in-chief of Naga Army, FGN/NNC at Hebron 1, Phek town by personnel of 22 Assam Rifles (AR) on July 26.

In a statement issued by its media cell, WC, NNPGs asked that when there was a dialogue on to resolve the Indo-Naga political issue, where the need was to raid the residence of a top military commander.

There was no provocation whatsoever and such raids raise a lot questions that AR must answer, the statement demanded.

According to WC, NNPGs, there appeared to be a big gap between the Indian Army commanders and government agencies, for, the po-

CYBC commissions missionary to serve worldwide

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Nokjung Tzüdir was commissioned as a missionary, to serve worldwide, at Changki Yimlang Baptist Church (CYBC) on July 29.

A press release by CYBC pastor, L. Moa stated that, the CYBC has tied up with Worldwide Evangelization for Christ International (WEC) to sponsor Rev. Tzudir. Rev. Dr. N. Tzüdir will attend a missionary orientation course at Shillong from September 24 till the end of November 2018, before he embarks on his mission journey. This is the first mission project of the CYBC in its 70 years of God’s faithfulness to go beyond India, with the purpose of evangelization

DGP of Karnataka, ex-MP and current vice president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, Dr. H.T. Sangliana as the guest speaker.

Meiyatoshi, an entrepreneur and one of the four speakers, encouraged the people to learn to work hard, value and believe in self. He also said that when working in the corporate sector it is very important to be punctual, be a team player, always respect others’ opinion and be a person of integrity and honesty.

Rachel Sema, who works as a counsellor in an NGO, talked on depression. She said that sometimes migration to a metropolitan city could cause

and church planting across the globe, the release stated.

The Worldwide Evangelization for Christ (WEC International) founded in 1913 is based in Singapore.

Rev. Dr. N. Tzüdir retired as pastor DABA in April 2018. Rev. Dr. Nuklu Longkumer church & mission secretary ABAM, Impur commissioned Rev. Dr. N Tzüdir at a simple but solemn devotional service at CYBC. Rev. I. Wati Jamir, senior pastor spoke on behalf of the DABA, and testified that Rev. Dr. N Tzüdir was a humble servant of God, and a worthy preacher of the Gospel with a rich experience of more than three decades as pastor at DABA.

RCD organises traffic awareness drive DIMAPUR: Rotaract Club of Dimapur (RCD) in coordination with Dimapur traffic police officers organised a “Traffic rules awareness drive” on July 28 at Khermahel Police point, Dimapur. A press release by RCD stated that the members distributed pamphlets to two-wheeler riders and helmets to riders without helmets in an efNepali Baptist Church Chumukedima Sunday School students along with fort to spread awareness about safe driving and traffic pastor Robert Aley and Sunday School Teachers held an Outreach Ministry rules. The club also gave presents riders who were seen program at Nagaland Zoological Park (NZP) Dimapur on July 25. following traffic rules.

litical negotiations were being held with the full knowledge of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union home ministry, and all information were processed down to military commanders, including the de facto ceasefire with WC of six NNPGs. WC said the co-ordination between AR officers and men on the ground also appeared to be nonexistent and that this was a serious problem.

It demanded to know from the force as to what negative report about Rhakho prompted its personnel to conduct the raid.

Assam Rifles must understand that the political talks are being held at the highest level and therefore discipline must be maintained and due regard for the ongoing political dialogue must be exhibited, WC added.

Cleanliness drive organized in Phek

Phek Town Youth Society members load the garbage they collected onto a pick-up truck on July 28.

DIMAPUR: Phek Town Youth Society (PTYS) under the “Clean Green Operation” as part of their routine social work carried out its quarterly cleanliness drive on July 28 in 11 colonies of the town.

A press release from PTYS stated that the members picked scattered polythene bags, wrappers and other waste materials in the drains and at the road sides. PTYS has also reiterated its appeal to citizens

to keep their surroundings clean so as to keep the town clean and green.

Meanwhile, PTYS has informed all colonies that the inter-colony tournament has fixed from October 13-20.

TSUD mourns Rovi & Pranio’s demise DIMAPUR: Tenyimi Students’ Union Dimapur (TSUD) has expressed pain over the demise of Rovi Nagi, former president DNSU and former vice president NSF on July 23, and GB of Dikoi village, Pranio Angami on July 24.

In a condolence note issued by

TSUD the union said the two noble souls had contributed much to the Tenyimi family in particular and also to society. TSUD hoped that their exemplary works would serve as an inspiration to the youngsters and further prayed for the departed souls to rest in peace.

delegation CIH Medziphema exposure trip & training NSA holds second research scholars’ colloquium Nagaland attend BWA annual general meeting

NSA members at its second research scholars’ colloquium on July 27 in New Delhi.

DIMAPUR: Naga Scholars’ Association (NSA), New Delhi held its second research scholars’ colloquium on July 27, in the School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi.

A press release by NSA president, Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan and general secretary, Dr. Lunthuiyang Riamei stated that the first speaker, Ngonamai Holang, PhD scholar from JNU spoke on the existing dynamics of power relations between dominant and rising powers. His paper was titled ‘China, India and K

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United States: A Theoretical Critique’. Hollang stated that though the role of India, either with China or US, goes beyond the proverbial role of power balancing, it finds little or no mention except for the balance of power theory.

The second speaker Makan Yaoreipam, another PhD scholar from JNU, spoke on the “performativity act of death and its inter-relatedness to the question of personhood” among the Tangkhul Nagas.

His paper titled “Death and personhood: Explora-

tion on Mortuary Rituals, Transformation and Ontology of Tangkhul Nagas,” focuses on the transformation brought about by the Christian missionaries in terms of rituals and cultural practices, particularly on death practices. It is an exploratory study on how transition from the preChristian to current practices, informed by a Christian belief system, causes transmutation in the idea of a Tangkhul personhood.

Earlier, the program started with a welcome address and introduction

of the resource persons by the president of NSA Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan. The colloquium was chaired

by Dr. Pankaj Jha, a senior faculty at O. P. Jindal Global University and former director (Research) of Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA).

The chairperson Dr. Pankaj Jha summarised the session. The rapporteur of the session was Solomon Zingkhai, JNU PhD scholar and a vote of thanks was given by Dr. Lunthuiyang Riamei, general secretary, NSA.

DIMAPUR: A three person delegation from Nagaland under the banner of Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) attended 2018 Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Annual General Meeting which was held in Zurich, Switzerland from July 1-6 at Renaisance Zurich Tower Hotel under the theme “Togetherness” and co-hosted by Swiss Baptist Union and Evangelical Reformed Church of Zurich.

Pa s t o r I m n a t o s h i from Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo represented Asia Pacific Baptist Youth Fellowship as president, Rev C. Lima Sangtam executive secretary, USBLA represented Council of Baptist Churches in North East India as vice president and Rev. Mhathung Lotha Sr. Pastor of Kohima Lotha Baptist Church represented NBCC as general council member.

A release reported that a total of 320 participants from 46 countries registered for the event representing 51 member bodies, out of which 95 were general council delegates and 225 were other participants.

CIH officials, farmers from Manipur and Nagaland with ICAR staff in Nagpur during the training program.

DIMAPUR: Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Medziphema, in collaboration with ICAR- Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur organized a three-day training program on advances in nursery raising, method of production technology and rejuvenation of citrus, at CCRI, Nagpur from July 19 to 21 for farmers and officials of NEH region.

A press release from CIH Medziphema stated that the chief guest of the

program, regional centre for organic farming Nagpur, regional director, Dr. A.S Rajput, emphasised on the importance of organic citrus cultivation for NEH region. Director CCRI, Dr. M.S. Ladaniya, urged the participants to transfer technology they had learned during the training program to their community. Assistant Horticulture Specialist CIH, Medziphema, Dr. Moasosang Longkumer expressed his views on the training program and thanked all the resource persons for

rendering their valuable time and knowledge to the farmers.

A total of 21 participants from Manipur and Nagaland attended the program. The program covered various topics on nursery raising, plant propagation, pest and disease management, post-harvest and processing of citrus, etc., besides which, lectures and practical demonstrations on Citri-culture were also conducted. A field visit to local nurseries and orchards was also organised.

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WEATHER FORECAST July 30

(Temperature in ºC) Max Min Agartala A heavy afternoon t-storm 31 25 Aizawl Cloudy, a thunderstorm 26 21 Guwahati A p.m. thunderstorm or two 30 25 Imphal Cloudy, a t-storm in the p.m. 27 22 Itanagar Cloudy, a thunderstorm 28 23 Shillong Cloudy, a shower or t-storm 23 19 Kohima Cloudy, thunderstorms 23 20 Dimapur Cloudy, a t-storm in the area 30 24 Mkg A shower and t-storm around 26 20 Tuensang Occasional rain and a t-storm 18 16 Wokha A morning t-storm, cloudy 25 21 Zunheboto A shower and t-storm around 23 19

One of the houses damaged by the sinking land. A damaged retaining wall; the village road with extensive fractures is also seen in the background.

DIMAPUR: Officials of Soil and Water Conservation department, on July 28, visited Viswema village under Kohima district to assess damage to property and infrastructure caused due to the sinking of land (land subsidence), attributed to incessant rainfall, being currently experienced in the state.

A press release by S&WC department deputy director, Hetoho Y. Swu stated that the massive landslide triggered by incessant rain had damaged

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at least seven houses in the village including paddy fields, the value of which may amount to crores of rupees.

It also pointed out that the road has been completely damaged thereby causing undue hardship to the commuters, both village dwellers and those travelling towards Zuketsa and vice-versa. The damage was of alarming magnitude and the concerned department/agency needs to address the problem on a priority basis, otherwise

the landslide may escalate further causing more damage and hardship, the press release stated.

The release further reported that the landslide stretched from about fifty meters below the National Highway 2 extending into forested areas, where large gaps/fissures as wide as 4 feet have developed and the land surface has been greatly disfigured. A report to this effect is being submitted to the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA)

for further necessary action.

The team was led by commissioner & secretary, Soil & Water Conservation, Vikeyie Kenya accompanied by project director, deputy director and soil survey officer of the deptt.

Earlier, the area MLA and advisor of Youth Resources & Sports, Er. Zale Neikha who was also on a visit to the affected area, instructed the officials to assess the damage and pursue the matter with the higher authority in earnest.

IYC organizes pastors meet in Dimapur DIMAPUR: India Youth for Christ (IYC) held a one day pastors meeting on July 27, at Bethesda Assembly of God Church, Dimapur in collaboration with different Dimapur churches.

A press release from Bethesda AG Church Walford, Dimapur senior pastor Rev. Moses Murry stated that 46 Pastors attended the meeting.

Re s o u r c e p e r s o n s were, YFC national director, Sham Mohan, IYC Kolkata director Soumen Biswas and YFC Ranchi director, John Devadoss.

The resource persons shared their vision and mission to participate in the body of Christ in responsible evangelism of youth presenting them with the person, work and teachings of Christ and disciplining them into the Church. They also encouraged the pastors to start a Youth for Christ ministry in Dimapur to accomplish the mission of reaching out to the youth.

Rev. Moses Murry thanked the resource persons for their efforts and also the pastors for being part of the meeting.

SASU undertakes first phase of educational tour

DIMAPUR: Phase one of to comply with the direcSeyochung Area Students’ tive that SASU would take Union (SASU) education- “stern action, including al tour started at Thsinger, liable for termination of Thungthur and Yingphire service if absent for more villages on July 26, under than one month without the theme, “quality edu- leave or if found employcation generates quality ing proxy teacher.” students.”

The union also stated A press release issued that under GHS Longya

by SASU president, K. the school was functioning Chumseli Anar and general without a head master, assecretary Holise Sangtam sistant headmaster, language stated that the union held teacher, office assistant (1 meetU DA ) , i n g s Highlights irregularities; L D A – w i t h warns “Dishonest teachers” &-comv i l l a ge puter ascouncils, GBs, teachers sistants, peon, chowkidar and the public for reforma- and draughtsman. It further tion of quality education. stated that the school had SASU also declared the been functioning for years illegal proxy teacher sys- without a drawing teacher tem abolished within its due to the teacher’s attachjurisdiction. ment with SDEO, Kiphire Seyochung Area Stu- and also the only knitting dents’ Union has informed helper had been transferred government teachers who to Yangphi School Kipare unable to perform their hire. The union strongly deduties to voluntarily retire manded that the concerned so that thousands of aspir- authority give the due right ing unemployed youth of the school back. may get a chance.

The union also deSeyochung Area Stu- manded that the governdents’ Union also cau- ment look into the matter tioned that it would con- seriously as Seyochung area duct surprise checking in falls under the aspirational all schools simultaneously district Kiphire, and that under its jurisdiction at funds should be utilized for any time. It firmly warned the genuine needs of the dishonest teachers failing poor students.

Zunheboto administration Patton addresses senior officers; takes up police issues officials visit children homes DIMAPUR: Deputy chief minister and minister for home and national highways Nagaland, Y. Patton attended a Senior Police Officer’s conference at Police Headquarters (PHQ) Kohima on July 27.

A press release from the deputy chief minister’s media cell stated that while addressing the conference, Patton stated that he expected the PHQ and all its units to maintain the highest level of discipline. Patton also admonished the officers stating that uniformed personnel were supposed to serve anywhere within and outside the state in the interest of public service so

transfer and postings could not be according to their own choice. He further said that the efficiency and capability of an investigating agency was shown in the rate of conviction and sentencing of accused persons in the court of law, and he urged the officers to take this seriously right from the time a case is registered.

Patton stated that the present PDA government was committed to doing away with VIP culture and even ministers are not allowed to use escorts or pilot vehicles within Kohima and Dimapur in the interest of easing traffic congestion.

Patton also warned the

officers about the huge bills for repair and replacement of vehicles that raised questions from many corners and directed the senior officers to enquire into such matters if any irregularities were found and then initiate actions against erring officers. Patton further advised the department to avoid unreasonable proposals for procurement of vehicles that could be reasonably avoided.

Patton added that some DEF units were functioning with SDPO manpower strength. These DEFs need to be provided with full strength of SP level, for smooth functioning of po-

lice administration in the concerned districts and he directed the PHQ to submit a proposal for this to the government at the earliest.

He also spoke about police intelligence and information gathering, saying that if these were strong, they could stay a step ahead of potential offenders.

He directed the DGP to look into the matter of a huge number of police personnel reportedly attached with ex-ministers, MLAs and other retired police officers, and withdraw all unauthorized attachments with immediate effect.

Timely submission and implementation of projects

and to ensuring quality supply of clothing, equipment and ration also figured in his address. Patton disclosed that some of the developmental activities and projects of the police department may be announced on or before independence day this year and he invited suggestions from the officers for the welfare of the department.

The press release added that to help field officers’ and outpost police station mobility, the PHQ had recently procured 18 gypsy vehicles, which the deputy chief minister will be handing over to the police station/field officers by the 1st week of August.

Assam Rifles ‘World Hepatitis Day’ lecture in Mokokchung

Shanavas C, Namang Sepong Chang, Ajit Kumar Raj, members of District Child Protection DIMAPUR: Mokokchung the disease. The release Unit and others with children of Mount Carmel Children’s Home on July 28.

DIMAPUR: Zunheboto District Administration officials comprising of the Deputy Commissioner Shanavas C, SDO(C) Namang Sepong Chang, SDO(C) Ajit Kumar Raj, along with members of District Child Protection Unit, Zunheboto visited Mount Carmel Children’s Home, Sukhalu

village, Children Welfare Society Children Home, and Satakha town & Observation Home, Zunheboto on July 28.

DIPR reports that the team interacted with the children and the staff of the homes. The Deputy Commissioner also encouraged the children to work hard

and never give up on their aims in life.

The respective homes shared their grievances and shortcomings, the release added.

The district administration distributed sweets and gifts along with some sports items for recreational activities to the homes.

Battalion of Assam Rifles conducted a lecture on the theme “World Hepatitis Day” in Mokokchung on July 28.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the aim of the lecture was to spread awareness regarding viral hepatitis, types of viral hepatitis, its transmission and precautions to avoid

said viral hepatitis is presently gaining its foothold in India and the world over.

People were sensitized and encouraged to spread awareness regarding the disease and to maintain personal hygiene, cleanliness of surroundings and to adhere to the precautions Rajeshwari Karuna School (RKS) Tuli organised an exposure tour to Longleng and Tamlu for its prevention. 25 youth towns from July 21 to 23, under the theme, “Joseph and the amazing technicolor dream attended the lecture. coat”. Students performed a musical drama, chorals, choreography and worship songs.

NCC annual training camp culminates

Cadets demonstrating a guard of honour drill on July 28.

DIMAPUR: The 24 Nagaland (Indep) Coy NCC, annual training camp, held under the aegis of NCC Group HQ, Kohima, ended on July 29.

The ten-day long camp ended with a grand finale comprising of a cultural program presented by the cadets in which the rich K Y M C

and vibrant culture of Nagaland was showcased through dance and music.

One of the highlights of the program was a beautiful blend of martial arts with music. Cadets also displayed their various other talents.

The event was presided over by Lt Col Vivek

Shukla, camp commandant, annual training camp. The camp adjutant gave a camp report at the end of the event and prizes were distributed to winners of various events organized during the 10 Day long camp.

Overall Best Company Trophy was bagged

by the Bravo Company.

Earlier in the day, Best Cadet competition was held in which cadets participated in a group discussion, quiz competition and drill. The camp commandant expressed satisfaction that the objectives of the ten day long camp were met completely.

During the camp, the main emphasis was on all-round development of the NCC cadets’ personality by imparting military training on subjects like physical training, drill, weapon training and numerous other subjects of social importance like national integration, motivation, career planning, and general health and hygiene.

Various professional and sports competitions were held like inter coy drill competition, inter coy firing competition, inter coy tent pitching competition, guard of honour competition, best cadet competition, inter coy tug of war, inter coy football match, inter coy basketball match. These

events also brought out the best in them.

The camp commandant stated that every cadet got an opportunity to participate in some event and it was an eventful ten days for the cadets due to the assistance and support extended by Livingstone Foundation Higher Secondary School, 32 Assam Rifles, Spear Corps, DG NDFR, 12th Battalion NDFR, District Commandant Home Guards and Civil Defence Dimapur, Nagaland Pollution Control Board, the Office of Chief Wildlife Warden, The District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU), Dimapur under the ageis of Nagaland AIDS Control Society, Youth Resource Services and Medical staff of CMO Dimapur.

Camp commandant, annual training camp, Lt Col Vivek Shukla personally thanked all these organizations for their wholehearted assistance to the unit in organizing a training of this magnitude which would not been possible otherwise.

New suspension bridge inaugurated in Niuland

Z. Kasheto Yepthomi Inaugurating the suspension bridge between Zuheshe and Hovukhu villages on Saturday.

DIMAPUR: Former Independent candidate of 4 Ghapani-I assembly constituency Z. Kasheto Yepthomi inaugurated a suspension over Dadi River between Zuheshe village and Hovukhu village under Niuland sub division on Saturday.

Kasheto constructed the bridge fulfilling his commitment made during the last state assembly elections.

Light vehicle can ply on the bridge which connects Hezulho, Ralan and other villages.

Inaugurating the bridge in the presence of GBs, council chairmen and other public leaders of the area, Kasheto encouraged to people to be steadfast

in the development of the area.

Expressing gratitude to Kasheto for his generous act, head GB of Hovukhu village, Viniho Shikhu said the bridge was a long felt need of the villagers. It may be mentioned that Hovukhu village is celebrating 50 years of its establishment soon. Also acknowledging Kasheto’s contribution towards the welfare of the people, president of NPF Niuland Unit, Vitoshe Chophy said that the society needed such selfless figures as leaders.

Nikavi Achumi, pastor, Hovukhu Baptist Church said the bridge dedication prayer.

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Mob blocks NH-102 after student dies in hospital

The mob blocking NH-102 by burning tyres in Thoubal district on Sunday. (NP) Correspondent

IMPHAL, Jul 29: Traffic along Imphal-Moreh section of NH-102 was Sunday disturbed for three hours after a mob of students and civilians in Thoubal district blocked the highway.

The group blocked the highway after a class IV student Khundrakpam Zeplin a.k.a Mathoi of Khangabok of Thoubal district died in a hospital on Saturday evening, due to alleged doctors’ negligence Movement of all kinds of vehicles along the highway was blocked from 10 am till 1 pm before the local MLA intervened.

The agitators called

off the road blockade after the local MLA assured them that he would take up the matter with the responsible authority.

Even after the road blockade was lifted, people continued their sit-in-protest on the side of the road till evening.

Earlier, the group also vandalized the government hospital. They claimed that the student, who was rushed to Thoubal district hospital following a complaint of pain, was not treated well by the doctors.

“When we rushed him to the hospital, the doctors on duty were found enjoying drink and did not attended the patient properly

and prompted the death,” a relative of the deceased boy said.

After the news of death of the boy spread, residents of Khangabok stormed the hospital and ransacked the property of the hospital.

Timely intervention by police saved the hospital property from large scale damages, reports said.

At a public meeting held today at the locality, a joint action committee (JAC) has been formed to press the responsible authorities of the state government to take up befitting action against the doctors who failed to discharge their duties.

Mentallychallenged girl raped in M’laya Tura (Meghalaya), Jul 29 (PTI): Ten persons, including two minors, allegedly took turns to rape a 13-year-old mentally-challenged girl over a period of two months in Meghalaya’s North Garo Hills district, police said Sunday.

The incident came to light after an FIR was lodged by the girl’s family at the Resubelpara police station yesterday. Police arrested nine of the accused today, while one is absconding.

The mentally-challenged girl was repeatedly raped over the last two months, the police said, adding that the wife of one of the accused had witnessed the dastardly act and informed the village elders about it.

The village heads called the family members of the girl to a meeting on July 25 to arrive at a compromise.

However, the girl’s family did not relent and lodged the FIR, the police said.

They added that two of the accused were minors, while most of the others were married and hailed from the same village of Haluapara under Resubelpara police station. “The accused confessed to their crime at the meeting held in the village,” Circle Inspector of Resubelpara police station G K Sangma said.

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No lynching in Tripura in 25 years of Left govt: Sarkar

NEW DELHI, Jul 29 (PTI): Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has claimed that no incident of lynching occurred in the 25year rule of the Left Front in the state and said such incidents happen when a government fails to deliver on its promises and wants to divert the attention of people pointing fingers at it.

The Left leader, who was in Delhi recently to participate in a protest organised by the five Left parties against the “murder of democracy” in Tripura and West Bengal and incidents of lynching, alleged that the BJP failed to fulfil the promises it made in the runup to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and was “trying to divide society on the basis of class and creed”.

Referring to the lynching of four people in Tripura, the former state Chief Minister claimed: “such incidents never happened in the 25-year-long Left Front rule”.

According to him, “such incidents happen when the government cannot fulfil the promises made during elections and wants to divert the attention of people pointing fingers at them”.

Incidents of child lifting, lynching and cow vigilantism are part of the BJP’s “sinister design” to divert

people’s attention from the failures of its government at the Centre, Sarkar alleged.

Minorities and Dalits are the “worst victim of this fear psychosis” prevailing in the country. “ T h e g ove r n m e n t wants to muzzle the voices of those who oppose the BJP,” he claimed.

Earlier, the Left Front in Tripura had accused the BJP of creating a “situation of frenzy” in the state and alleged that the incidents of mob lynching were part of a “greater conspiracy”.

“A movement is taking shape against them because they failed the people. The BJP is scared because of this and is realising that people have turned against them. Suddenly, lynchings have started. This is the way they want to divert people’s attention from their weaknesses,” he alleged while talking to PTI. Criticising the Biplab Deb-led BJP dispensation in the state, he said that just like the Centre, in Tripura, too, the state government has not been able to fulfil its promises made in the run-up to the assembly elections.

He complained that no work was being done under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, “a source of income for tribal and non-tribal people in the rural areas”.

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Liangmai Naga Ruangdi formed DIMAPUR, JUL 29: Liangmai Naga Council, Manipur (LNC-M) and Liangmai Council, Nagaland (LC-N) have formed an “apex social organisation for Liangmai tribe encompassing every Liangmai irrespective of state, regional or administrative boundaries”.

The apex organisation has been christened as Liangmai Naga Ruangdi (LNR). This development took place in a meeting organised by the LNC(M) and LC(N) at Samjiuram, Nagaland on July 27 during a “Liangmai people meeting”.

According to the chairman and the recording secretary of the “Li-

Manipur exports organic Zeliangrong bodies claim leaders Union minister urges farmers pineapples to Delhi under threat; write to Rajnath Singh to engage in organic farming

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IMPHAL, JUL 29: Manipur Horticulture & Soil Conservation Department Sunday achieved a major milestone as one MT (metric tonne) of organic pineapples pineapples grown in Manipur was airlifted to Delhi from the Imphal International Airport.

“This is the first ever airlift of locally grown organic pineapples from the state outside the state,” officials of the department said.

The department tied up with NE Agro Products, a Gurgaon based company for selling fresh organic and chemical free pineapples (850 grams to 1.5 kilograms) for ‘queen’ and ‘kew’ varieties. The pineapples were produced by the Organic Pineapple Growers of Thay-

ong, Andro, Waithou Chiru (Imphal East district), where queen variety is cultivated in Bunglon and Khousabung and kew variety cultivated under the Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCD-NER) implemented by the Mission Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) in the state.

At present, 600 organic growers/farmers are cultivating organic pineapples covering 600 hectares of land under phase-1 and another 1,000 growers/farmers are taking up cultivation at 1,000 hectares of land under phase-II of the mission.

Talking to reporters, state horticulture and soil conservation minister Thounaojam Shyamkumar termed it as a new dawn for the department and for the organic farmers of the state.

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IMPHAL, JUL 29: Zeliangrong organizations of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland have lodged a complaint with Union Home minister, Rajnath Singh claiming that leaders of the apex body including its frontal organizations were allegedly issued threats by NSCN (I-M).

Addressing a press conference here at Manipur Press Club, after holding a consultative meeting to discuss the issue, Zeliangrong Baudi (AMN) condemned the threat meted out to leaders of Zeliangrong Baudi (AMN), Zeliangrong Youth Front (AMN) and All Zeliangrong Students’ Union (AMN). ZYF president Titus Kamei alleged that the threat to eliminate the leaders came up after the

frontal bodies failed to pay heed to the “diktat” of the NSCN (I-M). “We are being threatened to be eliminated because we strongly objected to NSCN (I-M) Tatar Hoho’s decision- trifurcating Zeliangrong into three separate communities Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei,” he said.

He asserted that the leaders of these civil organizations had been fighting for the rights of the Zeliangrong people in order to safeguard and protect the identity, custom, cultures, tradition including their land and natural resources etc.

He lamented that the NSCN (I-M) had been interfering into the identity issue and internal affairs of the Zeliangrong people, which was not related to NSCN (I-M) in any manner.

Kamei said after hold-

ing series of consultative meetings at different places across Assam, Manipur and Nagaland with the Zeliangrong people, a letter was submitted to NSCN (I-M) vice president to revoke their “arbitrary” decision on trifurcation of Zeliangrong people.

However, he claimed that the NSCN (I-M) served summons to leaders of the Zeliangrong civil organizations for meeting on different dates. But, the leaders avoided attending the meetings after receiving threats due to insecurity, he stated.

In this regard, he said a memorandum signed by president Athuan Abonmai of ZB (AMN), president ZYF (AMN), Titus Kamei and president AZSU (AMN) Nchaheing Kompoing, was written to the Union Home minister.

S h i llo ng, J u l 2 9 (PTI): Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh Sunday visited an organic farm at Lawsohtun area of the city and assured all possible help to the farmers.

The minister, who was here on a two-day visit, interacted with members of around 20 families who practice organic farming here and encouraged them to expand their activities in other parts of the state.

The Union agriculture minister also asked the state government officials to extend possible assistance to farmers in this regard and promised to support the promotion of organic farming in the state.

Last evening, Singh reviewed the activities of the departments of agriculture, animal husbandry and allied sectors at Raj Bhawan here.

He instructed the department officials to ensure that schemes meant for the welfare of the farmers are delivered to them on time.

“If the farmers receive their dues on time, the government will be able to achieve the goal of doubling their income by 2022,” he said.

The minister also asked the officials to submit utilisation certificate of funds to the Centre on time to avoid delay in the flow of resources.

In response, the state government officials told the minister that the state has provided 40,000 hectares for organic farming, covering all districts of Meghalaya.

The yield from these plots would vie for necessary certification as organic products, they said.

angmai people meeting”, Kingudi Joseph has been elected as the new president of LNR, and both the presidents of LNC(M) and LC(N) will be the vice presidents of the LNR (by virtue of their posts), NK Job is general secretary and Zanthui Nbung as joint secretary.

LNR advisors were Kaikhamang Daimai, Paoda Nchang and Dr Namthiurai Daimai.

According to the chairman and the recording secretary of the “Liangmai people meeting”, Witoubou Newmai, N Wiza and Penam were the members of LNR constitution drafting committee.

BUFA appeals for peace ahead of NRC publication Guwahati, Jul 29 (Agencies): Bengali United Forum of Assam (BUFA) an umbrella organization of 14 Bengali organizations of the state has appealed to all to maintain peace ahead of the publication of final draft NRC on July 30, Northeast Now reported.

BUFA chief coordinator Mahananda Sarkar Dutta appealed to the Bengali speaking community not to panic even if some names do not figure in the final draft NRC list. They said BUFA will not allow any activity that might disrupt peace and harmony in the state.

Dutta also demanded the government to stop harassment of Bengali speaking Indians in the name of ‘D’ voterand also throwing them to the detention camp.

Guwahati-based IT firm digitized data of 3 cr people for NRC Performance of NEIAH satisfactory: Shripad

Guwahati, Jul 29 (PTI): The task of creating a digitised database of over three crore people -the backbone for the muchawaited National Register of Citizens (NRC) - was no mean feat, but a Guwahati-based IT company has accomplished the mission in stipulated time with its software solutions.

Assam is the first Indian state where the NRC is being updated after 1951 with March 24, 1971 as the cut-off date to include the names of genuine Indian citizens.

The first draft of the ongoing NRC process was released on the midnight of December 31, 2017 and it comprised 1.9 crore names out of the total application of 3.29 crore.

The final draft is scheduled for release on July 30.

An exercise of this magnitude for identifying the genuine Indian citizens in Assam, under the supervision of the Supreme Court, was a mammoth task, said Abhijit Bhuyan, the managing director (MD) of IT firm Bohniman Systems.

“The challenges were daunting with myriad problems along the way during the last three-anda-half years, beginning

from September 2014, but we managed to create the database, which formed the basis of NRC,” Bhuyan told PTI. Over three crore (30 million) people, almost 95 per cent population of Assam, used “legacy data” while applying for the current NRC, he said.

The legacy data are a combination of the 1951 NRC and electoral rolls of Assam from 1951 till March 24, 1971 “Each of these data sets was given a unique code. These unique legacy data code has also become the base for family tree, as it accounted for three crore people and almost 65 lakh families,” she explained.

The NRC Seva Kendras (NSKs) delivered 75 lakh Legacy Data Code (LDC) while 69 lakh LDCs were delivered online, he said.

“The need to create a searchable legacy database was first felt during the pilot NRC process in 2010.

The entire process was, however, derailed due to non-availability of legacy data in a comprehendible format,” he said.

After the National Register of Citizens authorities, who had called for tenders, accorded the work of digitization to

Bohniman systems, the IT team set out to work with great zeal, Bhuyan said.

“The professionals, however, faced the initial challenge of collecting legacy data of 1951 National Register of Citizens (handwritten) and electoral role (printed and handwritten) between 1951 National Register of Citizens and March 24, 1971, which were in the lockers of the offices of deputy commissioner and district superintendent,” he said.

In 1951, there were only eight districts in Assam, which increased to 27 by 2014. At present there are 33 districts.

People have migrated over the years and it would have been very difficult for them to go search for certified copies of their legacy data in their places of origin, the MD stated.

“Even if people knew their origin, mapping the original eight districts to the current day 27 or 33 districts would not have been possible. The Bohniman systems team had to create multiple filtering options for zone-wise search and all legacy data were mapped with the present districts,” he said.

The second challenge was to translate the legacy data from Assamese and

Bengali to English.

“We developed a software to transliterate these Assamese and Bengali data to English. The entire database was then made available in all three languages,” Bhuyan said.

The third challenge was that most of the people were not sure about the spellings of their forefathers’ names.

“A phonetic-based search engine was designed by us to search these legacy records that will display all similar sounding names. Also, additional mechanisms were designed to search with the name of villages or neighbours,” he added.

Another major issue was that most of the legacy documents were in fragile condition and flat scanning was not possible under any circumstances.

“We had to use photo scanners for these records. Each and every image was linked with the data through special tools developed by us,” he added.

After the legacy data phase was over, next came the challenge of digitization of applicant’s data submitted in physical form at NSKs. “Every NSK had two operators, which meant

5000 operators in 2500 NSKs with two laptops and these people were experienced in computers.

The original idea was to digitize the data centrally but we developed an application which was easy to install,” he said.

The final step was to develop the ‘Family Tree Application’ to map the manual inputs of 65 lakh families with the computerized data, Bhuyan added.

Parallely, 6.5 crore documents submitted by the applicants were also handled by an app developed by Wipro by creating a metadata and sending it to the place of origin for verification.

“The results that returned were entered into the system and the final family tree information was merged with field verification results. The authorities took the decision for each applicant based on these results,” he pointed out.

In addition, Bohniman Systems also digitised the 27,000 village boundaries of Assam and plotted all data in layers for monitoring the project in a graphical view, together with an integrated view on Google maps, Bhuyan added.

New Shillong Township (Meghalaya), Jul 29 (PTI): Union Minister Shripad Yesso Naik today said the performance of the North East Institute of Ayurveda and Homeopathy (NEIAH) was “satisfactory”.

Laying the foundation stone for the construction of the second phase of NEIAH at a cost of Rs 40.8 crore here, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ayush

expressed hope that the institute will produce quality human resources which will directly benefit the health care system of the region.

“This will also motivate people for cultivation and preservation of valuable medicinal plants in the region and it will be possible to promote and preserve the traditional knowledge of folk medicine,” Naik said.

He said that AYUSH has the potential for development of the entire North East

region through health care, medical tourism and international trade for cultivation, processing and marketing of medical plant based on the available flora and fauna in the climatic condition of the region. The Ayush ministry is providing necessary support to raise the institute(NEIAH) to a ‘centre of excellence’, the Union Minister said, adding that the institution is investing itself in sensitising AYUSH system in the North East region.

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WAMEKEN VILLAGE COUNCIL B.P.O WAMEKEN, P.O TULI, MOKOKCHUNG NAGALAND. PIN-798618 Regarding Nagaland Pulp and Paper Company Limited, Tuli The Village Council of Wameken Village hereby publish the following statement for all concerned with regard to Nagaland PULP and PAPER Company, Tuli.

That our land have been leased out to NPPCL under Hindustan Paper Corporation through Govt. of Nagaland in three plots of Land at a very nominal cost. The land was given solely for promotional purpose of NPPCL Project for establishment and running/operation and maintenance. Additional land for feeding of mill in raw materials (Bamboo forest and Reed Bearing Areas) was also leased out from our Jhumland.

The Village Council request Govt. of India for early rehabilitation of the only heavy industry in the state. We further request all the concerned Naga Civil Societies for assistance in the matter. However if the matter is taken otherwise we will be constrained to reclaim our leased out land plots with the standing structures.

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(K. Meren Ltr.) Chairman Village Council

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India needs 1,023 special courts to try rape cases: Law Ministry

New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI): A little over 1,000 ‘fast track special courts’ need to be set up across India as part of a new scheme to try cases related to rape of children and women, the Law Ministry has estimated.

These courts are to be set up as part of a larger scheme to strengthen infrastructure for better investigation and swift prosecution in such cases.

The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry has estimated an expenditure of Rs 767.25 crore to set up these special courts.

The Centre will have to shell out Rs 474 crore as central funding, the department has told the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). “ ... It is estimated that a total of 1,023 FTSCs (fast track special courts) are required to be set up for disposing of rape and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases with an estimated expenditure of Rs 767.25 crore out of which Rs 474 crore as central funding on the pattern of centrally sonsored scheme,” said a Law Ministry document.

The details worked out by it have been forwarded to the MHA. The new scheme is part of an ordinance recently promulgated to allow courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children aged up to 12 years. The Criminal Laws

Ravi Shankar Prasad (file) (Amendment) Ordinance amended the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the Evidence Act and the POCSO Act. While bringing out the ordinance, the government had decided to frame a scheme to set up an “appropriate” number of fast track courts to try rape cases in the states.

The scheme will include components, including strengthening of the physical infrastructure and prosecution machinery, provision of the required number of judicial officers for lower courts, additional posts of public prosecutors, dedicated investigators and special forensic kits.

A senior government functionary said as many as 524 fast-track courts are already functional in the country to try cases related to women, SCs and STs,

the marginalised and senior citizens.

Quoting a written response of Law Minster Ravi Shankar Prasad in Parliament in March 2017, the functionary pointed out that of the 524 fast track courts, 100 are in Maharashtra, 83 in Uttar Pradesh, 39 in Tamil Nadu, 38 in Andhra Pradesh and 34 in Telangana.

The special fast track courts proposed now as part of the ordinance would specifically deal with rape and child rape cases, the functionary said.

In April, the government had issued an ordinance to provide stringent punishment, including death, for those convicted of raping minors up to the age of 12 years, amid a nationwide outrage over cases of sexual assault and the murder of minors in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua and

Gujarat’s Surat, and the rape of a girl in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh.

New fast-track courts will be set up to deal with such cases and special forensic kits for rape cases will be given to all police stations and hospitals in the long term, according to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance.

It stipulates stringent punishment for perpetrators of rape, particularly of girls below 16 and 12 years. The death sentence has been provided for rapists of girls under 12 years.

The measure also provides for speedy investigation and trial. The time limit for investigation of all cases of rape has been prescribed and has to be now completed within two months.

The deadline for the completion of trial in all rape cases will be two months, officials said. A six-month time limit for the disposal of appeals in rape cases has also been prescribed.

New posts of public prosecutors will be created and special forensic kits for rape cases given to all police stations and hospitals in the long term, the officials said.

Dedicated manpower will be provided for investigation of rape cases in a time-bound manner.

Special forensic labs exclusively for rape cases would also come up in each state.

Maharashtra bus accident: 30 bodies retrieved from gorge Mumbai, Jul 29 (PTI): At least 30 bodies have been retrieved from a gorge where a bus packed with picnickers fell in Raigad district of Maharashtra yesterday, killing 33 people, the police said today.

The rescue operation was underway at Ambenali Ghat near Poladpur town, located around 180 km from here.

The police, fire brigade, teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local trekkers were making efforts to pull out all bodies from the accident spot, a senior police official said.

So far, 30 bodies have been recovered and handed over to the relatives after completion of the due formalities, he said.

As the gorge is over 500-feet deep and located off a slippery road, the rescue teams are finding it difficult to retrieve the bodies, he said. The rescue teams had initially managed to trace 14 bodies, but it took nearly six hours to pull out the other corpses because of the difficult terrain of the area which is surrounded by dense vegetation, the official said.

Senior police officials, including Raigad’s superintendent of police, were at the spot, he said. The private bus was carrying 34 staff members of the Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth at Dapoli on a picnic when it fell into the 500-feet deep gorge at Ambenali Ghat yesterday afternoon.

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Ahead of MP polls, BJP harps on development; targets Digvijay Bhopal,Jul 29(PTI): The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh is gearing up to fight the upcoming assembly elections on development plank and is also alleging “misrule” by the Congress when it was in power in the state for 10 years.

However, the main opposition party has poohpoohed the development claims of the BJP and maintained “winds of change” are blowing in the state, where the saffron outfit is in power since 2003.

The BJP is specifically targeting senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who headed the party government from 1993 to 2003, reminding people about the days when Madhya Pradesh was regarded as a “BIMARU” (laggard) state.

The BJP has brought out a lot of written material, including two booklets, to underline its development credentials and list welfare programmes launched by the government in the last 15 years.

The two booklets are titled “Dabe Nahin Pramaan” (proof can’t be suppressed) and “15 Saal Vikas Ke, Jan-Jan Ke Vishwas Ke” (15 years of development).

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who embarked on his 73-day long `Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ from Ujjain on July 14, has often targeted Singh.

Addressing a press conference at Panna on July 26, Chouhan attacked Singh for once addressing slain

Digvijay Singh (file) Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden as “Osama-ji”.

“Those who have remarked against martyred police official Mahesh Chandra Sharma (during the 2008 Batla House encounter) and termed dreaded terrorist Osama Bin Laden as Osamaji should think on their own that who is a patriot and who is a terrorist,” the CM had said.

Speaking last week in Satna district, Chouhan had sought to know if adding the honorific `Ji’ for a terrorist was not an “anti-national” act. Singh, apparently responding to Chouhan’s “anti-national” jibe, had on July 26 presented himself before the police here and dared them to arrest him.

The police, however, told the 71-year-old former chief minister that he could not be arrested as there was no case registered against him.

Madhya Pradesh BJP IT Cell in-charge Shivraj Singh Dabi said the 10-yearlong Digvijay government had brought “ruination” to the state, while the BJP put it on path of development.

“The people of the state have not yet forgotten the misrule of Digvijay,” Dabi said, adding Chouhan has got Madhya Pradesh rid of the “BIMARU” tag.

“The BJP government has provided ample electricity, roads and other facilities to the people in last 15 years,” said another party leader.

Newly-appointed state Congress media department vice-president Bhupendra Gupta said, however, has dismissed the BJP’s development claims.

“The BJP has not done anything worthwhile in the state in its 15 years of rule. It is facing strong antiincumbency sentiments and winds of change are blowing across Madhya Pradesh,” he said.

Gupta said the ruling party has hardly done anything for the people and maintained that a large number of farmers have committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh under the BJP rule.

The BJP is deliberately trying to project that the Congress is a faction-ridden party, but this notion is totally wrong, he said.

“It (the BJP) wants to divert the people’s mind from core issues like unemployment. It won’t succeed in its design,” he added.

“There are no differencesin the party. Kamal Nath ji (MP Congress chief), Scindia ji (Jyotiraditya Scindia) and Digvijay ji are unitedin their fight against the BJP,” Gupta said.

Anna Hazare to launch hunger India to bolster Delhi, Mumbai skies with air defence system strike for Lokpal from October 2 R a l e g a n S i dd h i (Maha), Jul 29 (PTI): Social activist Anna Hazare said today he will launch a hunger strike from October 2 against the Union government for the delay in appointment of a Lokpal at the Centre.

He also appealed people to join him in his campaign for a corruption-free country.

“I will go on a hunger strike from October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, at my native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra,” the anti-corruption crusader told PTI. He criticised the NDA government, saying it had earlier assured it will appoint the Lokpal and implement the Lokpal Bill, passed by Parliament and signed by the then President in January 2014.

“But there is a lack of will in this government to curb corruption and hence, it is giving a lot of reasons and delaying the ap-

Anna Hazare (file) pointment of the Lokpal,” Hazare said.

Hazare, who has been the face of the Lokpal movement, went on a 12-day hunger strike in 2011.

He later launched a fast, which enjoyed a huge popular support across the country. The UPA government later passed the Lokpal bill.

The Supreme Court had earlier this week expressed dissatisfaction over the Centre’s response on appointment of search committee members for a Lokpal. The Centre had earlier told the apex court that the

Lokpal selection committee, headed by the prime minister, was scheduled to meet to set up a search panel for recommending a panel of names for the appointment of the anti-graft ombudsman and its members.

The government had said the search panel would lay down its procedures, following which the selection committee would fix the time frame within which the names for selecting the chairman and members of the Lokpal would be recommended.

The committee comprises the prime minister, the chief justice of India, Lok Sabha speaker, the leader of the largest opposition party and an eminent jurist.

The apex court, in its last year’s verdict, had said there was no justification to keep the enforcement of Lokpal Act suspended till the proposed amendments, including on the issue of the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, were cleared

by Parliament.

New Delhi, Jul 29 (AGENCIES): India is working on a mega defence project to make the airspace over almost all its major cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, virtually impregnable, sources in the military establishment said. The government is procuring a variety of air defence systems, including missiles, launchers and command-and-control units from the US, Russia and Israel, besides deploying indigenously developed missiles as part of the project, they said.

In the last few years, China has significantly ramped up its air power and the sources said that the government was determined to equip the Indian Air Force with capabilities on par with its adversaries. “Missile shield over the national capital and many other cities are being strengthened considering the evolving security scenario. Procurement of missile systems, radars and weaponry is part of the initiative,” a senior military official said.

India is engaged in talks with the US for procuring components of air defence systems, including missiles, radars and drones, and attack helicopters. The US has already approved the sale of 22 Sea Guardian drones to India at an estimated cost of USD 2 billion.

It is for the first time, the US is selling the drones to a country which is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The sources said India is also looking at the US’ National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System-II to bolster its own missile shield.

India is also procuring the S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems from Russia at a cost of nearly Rs 40,000 crore to boost its air defence mechanism.

The deal is likely to be signed by the two countries later this year. “The aim of the project is to make our skyline impregnable,” the official said.

As part of efforts to strengthen the country’s

Government is procuring a variety of air defence systems, including missiles, launchers and command-and-control units from the US, Russia and Israel. (file) aerial security, India is in the process of inducting the first batch of its intercontinental ballistic missile system -- Agni V -- which is expected to significantly bolster the country’s air defence system. The missile, with a strike range of 5,000 km, is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

A very few countries, including the US, China,

Russia, France and North Korea, have intercontinental ballistic missiles.

In its missile armoury, India currently has Agni-1 with a 700 km range, Agni-2 with a 2,000-km range, Agni-3 and Agni-4 with 2,500 km to more than 3,500-km range.

In November last, India successfully test fired air-launched variant of the

Brahmos, the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile, from a Sukhoi-30 combat jet. The missile will also be part of the project to make the country’s airspace impregnable, the sources said.

The Defence Ministry is now expediting the process to integrate the Brahmos missile with 40 Sukhoi combat aircraft.

C’garh cops probe source of foreign arms seized from Maoists Raipur/Kolkata, Jul 29 (PTI/AGENCIES): Maoists in Chhattisgarh may have been procuring sophisticated foreign weapons by smuggling them through the North East, the state police suspect.

The police are investigating this aspect in the wake of the recovery of two hi-tech ‘foreign made’ firearms for the first time from Maoists in the Naxal hotbed of Bastar region.

A rifle with a ‘Made in Germany’ mark was recovered on May 2 after a gun-battle with naxals in Sukma district, while a sub-machine gun of the US make was seized from them in Narayanpur district on July 4, a police official said. “The possibility that Maoists got foreign-made weapons smuggled via the North East side cannot be ruled out as there were intelligence inputs in this

connection,” Deputy Inspector General of Police (anti-naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI. “An investigation is on to trace sources of these weapons, which were earlier never found with ultras in Bastar region,” he said. Earlier in December 2011 and April 2014, two 7.65 mm automatic pistols with the ‘Made in USA’ mark were recovered after encounters with Maoists in Raoghat and Bhanupratappur areas of Kanker district, he said.

The questioning of Maoists who were arrested and those who surrendered revealed that they were getting weapons and advanced devices, like direction finders and China-made binoculars, from abroad.

But naxals had also looted such weapons and gadgets from security forces, the DIG said.

Maoist spokesperson

Abhay Devdas Nayak, who was arrested last month, revealed during his interrogation that naxals had bought arms and ammunition from abroad till 2011 before the death of their top leader Koteswara Rao alias Kishenji, he said.

Kishenji was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in West Bengal in 2011.

The DIG said Nayak told the police that the extremist groups like LTTE (from Sri Lanka) and ULFA (in Assam) had also earlier supplied weapons, including AK-47, Insas and M15 rifles, to Maoists.

He said weapons generally reach ultras in Bastar from North Eastern states like Assam via Jungle Mahal (West Bengal) and Malkangiri (Odisha).

But for the past couple of years, the supply chain of Maoists was choked by joint efforts of security

forces from all these states, he added.

“Even some documents recovered recently from naxal camps and hideouts revealed that they were running short of arms, ammunition as well as cadres,” the official said. Since 2001, security forces have recovered about 2,600 weapons, including 92 automatic guns, from naxals after encounters and busting their camps, particularly from Bastar region. In the last five years, around 1,007 weapons, including some hi-tech ones, were seized from them, he said.

“The foreign-made weapons recovered in the two recent encounters, wherein middle-rung cadres were killed, could be replicas of the international models. A thorough investigation into it will reveal the actual origin of these weapons,” he added.

Supplementary charge sheet in Maoists attempting Kathua rape case this week: Officials to regroup in Bengal After about six years of peace in West Bengal’s Jangalmahal since the death of Maoist leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao also known as Kishenji, the spectre of Maoists seems to have come back to haunt the administration, as they are attempting to regroup in this region. Officers in central intelligence agencies said that activities of the armed squad led by state secretary Akash have recently increased in the villages along Bengal-Jharkhand border in the districts of Jhargram and Purulia in West Bengal. This squad, which comprises between 12 and 15 guerrillas, was based in the forests of Jharkhand over the past five years but was spotted along the Bengal-bordering villages of Jharkhand several times over the past couple of months.

Jammu, Jul 29 (PTI): The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s crime branch will be submitting its supplementary charge sheet this week before the Pathankot court, which is hearing the gruesome case of rape-andmurder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua this January, officials said here today.

The charge sheet would be submitted this week in which further investigation carried out by crime branch personnel would be presented in the court against the eight people arrested for allegedly committing the heinous crime, they said.

Earlier this month, the crime branch had informed the Supreme Court that they would be submitting a supplementary charge sheet in the case. The apex court had given them eight weeks to file it.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra had on July 9 issued a detailed order asking the crime branch to file the supplementary charge sheet within eight weeks after obtaining due sanctions.

The fresh supplementary charge sheet is likely to highlight other angles of the alleged conspiracy that was hatched by the accused people, who are at present in district jail of Gurdaspur in Punjab.

The crime branch has arrested Sanji Ram, his son Vishal and his juvenile nephew, two special police officers Deepak Khajuria alias ‘Dipu’ and Surender Verma and friend Parvesh Kumar alias Mannu.

It also names head constable Tilak Raj and sub-inspector Anand Dutta,

who allegedly took Rs 4 lakh from Sanji Ram and destroyed crucial evidence.

Both Raj and Dutta have since been dismissed from the police services.

The district and sessions court in Pathankot framed charges of rape and murder against the seven accused in the case on June 8.

Sanji Ram, considered the main accused, is alleged to have hatched the conspiracy with the other accused for kidnapping the girl as part of a strategy to remove the minority nomadic community from the area.

The fate of the eighth accused, a juvenile, was yet to be decided after the crime branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police moved an application in the high court claiming him to be an adult.

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OPINiON/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 233 Dimapur, MONDAY, JULY 30, 2018

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Fish money

ecent ban by some states in the north east on import and sale of varieties of fish from Andhra Pradesh due to presence of formalin (used as preservative for dead bodies ) has exposed how the harmful practise has been going on for so many years. The presence of formalin in the fish samples were detected through laboratory tests conducted in Kohima, Dimapur, Mokokchung and Wokha etc and not only unproved speculations. According to medical reports, consumption of formalin on a regular cycle results in presence of the chemical(formalin) in high doses and that triggers cancer. In addition, formaldehyde is a highly toxic systemic poison that is absorbed well by inhalation. The vapor is a severe respiratory tract and skin irritant and may cause dizziness or suffocation. For decades, fish lovers in the north east have been consuming easily available and fully matured fishes imported mainly from Andhra Pradesh. Of course, except West Bengal, all other eastern states depend on fishes from Andhra Pradesh. According to reports some 50 truck loads of fishes are transported to the north east states every day. The total cost of a day’s transportation of fishes by 50 trucks is estimated at around Rs.10 lakhs. In a year, the total value of fish exports from Andhra Pradesh works out to Rs. 10 lakhs x 50 trucks x 30 days x 12 or Rs. 1800 crore. This is a whooping bill for fish consumption. Fish export is believed to be the biggest business in Andhra Pradesh and the ban on fish has definitely hit the state very hard. This has led the chief minister Chandra Babu Naidu in writing a strong letter defending the quality and safety of fishes from Andhra Pradesh and also promising to ensure that the quality and health safety will continue to be enforced very strictly The use of formalin( formaldehyde) is a fact but the question is at which stage?

Recently some officials of the Andhra Pradesh state fisheries and allied departments toured the north eastern states to convince the state governments to lift the ban on fishes exported from Andhra Pradesh.

According to the Andhra Pradesh chief minister the fisheries in Andhra Pradesh do not inject formalin and has therefore pointed the finger at “traders”. What needs to be asked from Naidu is whether the “traders” or fish wholesalers are in Andhra Pradesh or the handling agents or state dealers in the north east?

The fish-laden trucks take at least five to six days to reach Guwahati and another day to reach Dimapur.

That means the fishes, that are packed in ice packs will have to endure soaring temperatures in summer for a week’s journey. If the truck’s main body for carrying perishable items is refrigerated then it is another matter. However since the ice in the packs melt, the fishes certainly undergo deterioration. To prevent deterioration, the fishes are injected with formalin for preservation throughout the journey. Now, where does the injection of formalin take place-in Andhra Pradesh or in Guwahati or Dimapur?. It is clear that the injection has to be done before packing them in ice packs in the place of origin-in Andhra Pradesh otherwise, it is insane and useless to inject the fishes after so many days and when some deterioration would have taken place. Assam has lifted the ban after assurances from the Andhra Pradesh officials but probably it has more to do with business interests rather than anything else.

And which is bad news for other states.

DailyDevotion Do You See Jesus in Your Clouds?

Behold, He is coming with clouds… —Revelation 1:7 In the Bible clouds are always associated with God. Clouds are the sorrows, sufferings, or providential circumstances, within or without our personal lives, which actually seem to contradict the sovereignty of God. Yet it is through these very clouds that the Spirit of God is teaching us how to walk by faith. If there were never any clouds in our lives, we would have no faith. “The clouds are the dust of His feet” (Nahum 1:3). They are a sign that God is there. What a revelation it is to know that sorrow, bereavement, and suffering are actually the clouds that come along with God! God cannot come near us without clouds— He does not come in clearshining brightness.

It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. Through every cloud He brings our way, He wants us to unlearn something. His purpose in using the cloud is to simplify our beliefs until our relationship with Him is exactly like that of a child— a relationship simply between God and our own souls, and where other people are but shadows. Until other people become shadows to us, clouds and darkness will be ours every once in a while. Is our relationship with God becoming more simple than it has ever been?

There is a connection between the strange providential circumstances allowed by God and what we know of Him, and we have to learn to interpret the mysteries of life in the light of our knowledge of God. Until we can come face to face with the deepest, darkest fact of life without damaging our view of God’s character, we do not yet know Him. “…they were fearful as they entered the cloud” (Luke 9:34). Is there anyone except Jesus in your cloud?

If so, it will only get darker until you get to the place where there is “no one anymore, but only Jesus …”

(Mark 9:8; also see Mark 2:7).

Quotes

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. ~ William S. Burroughs

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Prudent pricing policy must for growth

he sudden record movement of sensex to 36,548 points once again proves that the stock market need not follow other economic indicators. Yes, it is rising even as consumer inflation hits five-month high of 5 percent in June and industrial output growth slowed to a seven-month low of 3.2 percent.

There is one difference. The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) figures are of May and sensex and Nifty index at 11,023 are of July 12. Has the economy started doing really that well? There is a possibility though it is not necessary that stock market has to synchronise with other growth indicators as past experiences tell.

The sensex first. It is a narrow band of 30 stocks.

The movement necessarily does not mean that it is reflecting the broad movement across the market.

A handful of stocks have given the cosmetic look.

It is restricted to good performance of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Reliance Industries and some other companies which of late had improved their balance sheet.

The Reliance hit $ 100 billion mid-cap and its shares are up 17.5 percent.

The TCS performance also improved but it is attributed also to the falling rupee. It boosted its earning.

The BSE mid-cap index shows a sharp contrast.

It has dropped 12.74 percent and the small-cap index has declined a steeper 14.62 percent. That speaks volumes and the trend is apparently in sync with other indicators.

The trade war and possible reopening of talks between China and US are also said to have bettered the market prospects. As trade war and oil prices have created choppy situation across the major markets, the players are moving to areas where a thin hope of gains is expected. Indian market has seen once again the return of the foreign institutional investors (FII), who had fled to the US and western markets, between January and March, as interest rates firmed up.

Not much should be read into the latest stock movements though it sustained for the last four sessions after a not so encouraging patch. The Nifty had touched 11,027 on January 31 but took a long time to come close to that suggesting that the players are cautious and of and gains are survival techniques.

The global situation remains tricky and market would be making many corrections during the next few weeks. It does not mean it has to rise. One needs to remember that the market is coming out of cheap money – low interest rates. Many companies that depended on cheap money may see a real squeeze.

The stock market has been supported by domestic institutional i nv e s t o r s .

Shivaji They have pumped in Rs 66,000 crore.

But mutual fund inflows have slowed down.

The performance of some listed companies and select banks during June quarter may decide the future real investment growth.

Sustaining such performance is not easy. Many sectors are not doing that well. The sugar industry production has increased to 320 lakh tons. Another 39 lakh tons from the previous season has added to its problems.

International demand for sugar has come down.

Except for China there is no demand. Many competitors, including Briazil and India, have rushed to China to sell their product.

It is causing a slump in

price.

The sugar producers are also finding fall in domestic demand. Even aerated water suppliers are cutting consumption as it is stated that health conscious consumers are avoiding sugary drinks.

The unsold stocks have mounted sugar manufacturers’ arrears to be paid to farmers to about Rs 22,000 crore. The government announced Rs 8,000 crore supports but Sarkar t h e h u g e backlog is more than an economic problem.

The ease of business is stated to have increased.

But overall stiff regulations and alleged rent seeking in many areas are hindrance.

States like UP are seeing many “unlicensed” schools being closed down. Not many are eager to invest in education. Such highhanded approach further dampens the spirit.

It is just not the state bodies even the municipalities act in a queer way.

Some who tries to sell fast food comes across bands of local body functionaries demanding their share or the licence, which is not easy to procure.

The nation has to rethink on what ease of business really means. Does a

fast food-seller really need a licence? A pragmatic approach, including on ecological issues, across all businesses are needed for the nation to thrive. It may be a good subject of study for NITI Ayog.

Rising prices as the consumer index indicates may further impact demand. The rainfall deficit and high oil prices may further stiffen conditions.

As inflation is crossing RBI tolerance limit, rightfully it has to firm up interest rates. It also has to see that the banks increase deposit rates as well and not pass on losses caused by their follies to depositors. This may shake the confidence of the people in the system.

A higher interest rate would also be a deterrent for corporate. They had taken unnecessary huge loans since 2010. Increased rates would possibly make them more responsible.

But the state has to act firm on rising prices.

It should not be treated as a ‘normal’ phenomenon.

The falling rupee increases impact of oil prices and further weakens the currency.

The minimum support price hike for farm products is double-edged.

It may marginally help

the farmers but hit the consumers more as food grain and products become expensive.

It hits demand. The industrial products face difficulty in selling and consequently their growth gets hit.

A prudent pricing policy is needed to boost the slowing manufacturing sector. In terms of industries 10 out 23 industry groups in the manufacturing sector showed negative growth. It indicates the broad-based nature of slowdown. The best performing are the mining and electricity sectors.

The Indian economy has many challenges to face. Some cues may be found from the UK and EU visit US President Donald Trump. Cowering under pressure NATO allies has increased their spending.

As Trump goes on to talk with many of them, new signals could be found.

He may initiate a new series of discussions with India on Iran and Afghanistan. The international scenario is under cloud but the US audacity has also its answers in Trump dialogues.

May be the future would be better for India but it has to check the prices to ensure growth.

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NNC (Parent Body) rejoinder

he NNC Parent Body with a painful heart have to state the facts and set the records straight as things went beyond the limit within the set up and as well as WC NNPGs with one man rule, control and manipulation of the affairs prevailing at this crucial time of negotiation.

It is very unfortunate to state that Z. Royim (Acting President) has betrayed the entire NNC Parent Body and the General Secretary V. Nagi in particular after coming to know and witnessing everything in Delhi with his own eyes of the submission of compromised political agenda of the Naga people but fully aware of the reality, he is secretly working with the conspirator’s will and wishes in hiding at the cost of Naga people and its land.

And this we do not accept and Z. Royim will be held responsible and accountable alone.

Now that the situation demands the NNC Parent Body have to make it very that Z. Royim was and is never a full-fledged President but only made Acting President due to political necessity in 2011 in a Central Executive Council (CEC) Member’s Meeting, but not officially elected by the General Meeting with one month official notice as convention. So Z. Royim was and is never the President of NNC Parent Body.

Also Z. Royim (Act-

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ing President) has handed over his office of executive power to the General Secretary V. Nagi in written earlier because of his family problem (paralytic wife) and the Tuensang ethnic crisis at that time for furtherance of Naga Cause since his inability to perform duty, attend Meetings, etc.

Therefore, Z. Royim has absolutely no moral authority and power to take decision, to convene meeting, to appoint member, etc. This is the reality.

As stated above, the so called 6th June 2018 meeting was illegal and invalid.

In fact, the meeting of some members like Lamso, Bamteo, etc from Zeliangrong Region , Toshi (Yibang) Walling, H. Sumi and Z. Royim cannot be considered a CEC meeting as only few individuals were involved without the knowledge or notice of all the existing Regions Authority, CEC members and in particular the Office of the General Secretary in- charge of executive power of official functioning. The fact of the 6th June 2018 meeting was that UT-1 Chairman H. Sumi categorically stated in the meeting that without proper consultation and discussion with all concerned members and in particular the General Secretary & Co-Convener V. Nagi and his team who were yet to return from Delhi should also be present for such

meeting, but in spite of his appeal, the discussion went on, so H. Sumi walked out from the meeting, and this was the real picture of that hidden meeting.

We the NNC Parent Body must also make it clear to one and all that CoConvenership of Working Committee NNPGs was bestowed upon V. Nagi the General Secretary of NNC Parent Body on 13th of December 2016 unanimously in the meeting with Nagaland Tribes Council in the name of God Jehovah and declared to the Naga people and all concerned.

We the NNC Parent Body will always stand and work with the leader who can speak, argue, debate and negotiate with opponents and even among the NNPGs especially in negotiation on the inalienable historical and political rights of the Naga people for freedom of our Homeland.

Therefore, the unnecessary accusations on V.Nagi regarding small matters are irrelevant and immaterial at this time of negotiation at the highest level of political talk on the longest political movement and struggle of seven decades with the largest democracy India.

We condemn hatred, envy and above all jealousy in the Working Committee (WC) of six NNPGs of six leaders. Talk big, do big, fear God and do away with jealousy and political

compromisation of Naga rights.

We also condemn conspiracy and victimization of our leader at this sensitive and crucial time of our history.

In conclusion, the NNC Parent Body will firmly say that we will never stand and support the betrayal of our Historical and Political Rights but will stand solidly with all and greater glory of the Nagas as a whole.

KUKNALIM 1. Yilow Humtsoe, President, Lotha Regional Council, NNC Parent Body; 2. T. Shanremo Tsopoe, Midan Peyu ( YRC), NNC Parent Body; 3.

Rongseng Sashi, President, Sub-Regional Council, Ao Regional Council, NNC Parent Body; 4. Imotemjen, General Secretary, Sub-Regional Council, Ao Regional Council; 5. Sama Ao, CEC member, NNC Parent Body; 6. Megincilu Ao, CEC member, NNC Parent Body; 7. Rovikeso Angami, President,Angami Regional Council, NNC Parent Body; 8. Thobu Angami, CEC member; 9. Ahoshe Yimchungrii, President, Yimchungrii Regional Council, NNC Parent Body; 10. Brig.

Kiuthsang Yimchungrii, Naga Army; 11. Ketuno Angami, President, Naga Women Federation, NNC Parent Body; 12. Bino Angami, CEC member, Naga Women Federation

Are we prepared for the worst?

urvival Nagaland would like to appreciate the circular issued by Home Department on July 25, 2018. The office memorandum dwelt on certain advisories to district administration, police, town and village authorities in connection with the neighboring state’s NRC (National Register of Citizens) final draft scheduled to be published on July 30, 2018.

Don’t we think this is little too late to realize after years of slumber?

How prepared are we to face the reality?

Sensing a serious threat of mass exodus of illegal migrants at the time of Assam’s NRC, the Survival Nagaland (SN) has been sensitizing community leaders as well as general public by creating awareness on illegal migrants through print media, social media as well as all other available means of communication. Most importantly, the SN as a responsible Reader’s note: Articles

NNC (Parent Body) integral part of WC, NNPGs

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he press statement reportedly issued by one C.Y Lotha on 24 & 25th July using the name of NNC (Parent Body) is dubious and without any sanctity. We would like to clarify to the Naga people that Mr. Toshi Walling, CEC member, NNC (Parent Body) was unanimously chosen to replace Mr. V Nagi, General Secretary, as the co-convener of WC, NNPGs on 6th June 2018. The Central Executive Council meeting held at Dimapur gave its consent and approval for the same and President NNC (Parent body) Mr. Z Royim Yimchunger ordered the change. Presently, Mr. Toshi Walling is ably assisting other WC members in the ongoing dialogue with the GoI. The change was necessitated not for any political reason because Mr. V Nagi is a signatory of Agreed Position between GoI and WC, NNPGs, which in essence captured the spirit of Naga plebiscite of 1951.

Mr. Nagi was recalled because of fundamental flaw in his personality and character as a leader.

When the first report of volatile temper of Mr. V Nagi, as co-convener, reached the National workers back home, President Z Royim and senior leaders requested WC to allow him to continue represent NNC (parent body) as co-convener. The next round of negotiations were fixed but Mr. V Nagi, General Secretary NNC (parent body) who was still the coconvener, neither joined WC members in New Delhi nor participated in the political dialogue.

In the interest of the Nagas in general and the NNC National workers in particular, the President in consultation with CEC members, unanimously endorsed Mr. Toshi Walling and Mr. Liangkebo Zeliang to represent NNC (Parent Body) as co-convener and member respectively in the ongoing political negotiation with the GOI. This is the present status.

NNC (Parent Body) is a political institution of the Naga and not a private property. At this stage leaders and followers must understand that finding solution to Naga problem is more important than any leader or few misguided men. It is useless to occupy a misplaced high moral ground, accusing other comrades when WC, NNPGs and GOI are working towards an acceptable and honorable political solution.

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pressure group approached the statement because the time has Governor, the Chief Minister and come to say “imminent influx of Home Commissioner for immedi- illegal migrants”. It pains us to ate intervention to bring in Dima- note the Nagaland Government pur district under ILP zone. SN issuing advisory at an eleventh stressed on certain provisions of hour when the ball has already Law and suggested some steps for rolled over the goal mouth. All Dimapur ILP zone in consultation eyes are on state Government, Sir, The Naknyulüm a premier festival of the Chang tribe is celebrated with SN legal advisor. The Home the strategy and mechanism to in the month of July every year. And this year too it will be celebrated combat this menace particularly Department stated that they need from 31st July to 1st August. This festival is celebrated for three days, more time and therefore follow up for Dimapur district.

Media report of Feb 17, 2017 31st July being the main day of the celebration.The first day is marked meeting with SN would be fixed revealed “Assam’s NRC process by grinding of flour from sticky rice and freshly harvested millets by to work out modalities. However, SN was never intimated past the had conspicuous presence of women folks and Men engage in killing of pigs and Mithuns. The first meeting. Now four years on, Nagaland-issued Birth Certificates grinded flours are baked into biscuits. On the second day, the baked SN’s repeated reminders and rep- in lower Assam”. Thenortheast- biscuits and Meats are served to relatives and friends, people relieve resentations to the heads manning indiatoday.com reported that themselves of all works and household chores, and various activities the state Government have fallen the AASU (All Assam Student’s mark the celebration. On the third day, to wind up the celebration Union) demanded action when the people engage in mass social work like cleaning the surroundings, on deaf ears.

The media on July 25, 2018 officials detected an unspecified cleaning the field path, the way leading to neighboring villages and reported the view of the State Gov- number of birth certificates with its the drinking water surroundings. This festival is celebrated in all the ernment. The Nagaland Govern- origins in Nagaland state. It stated homes with much gaiety, yet it also has various customary restrictions ment still feels that there is “pos- that the Birth Certificates were sent too. It is believed that every household must celebrate this festival sible influx of illegal immigrants to Nagaland for authentication. for blessings in the family and those families that don’t celebrate it (To be concluded) is believed to be struck with certain misfortunes. from Assam due to NRC being CKS president and press and information secretary prepared”. This is a disturbing Media Cell Survival Nagaland or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Yamuna flows above danger mark; Sisodia reviews evacuation

New Delhi, Jul 29 (IANS): As the Yamuna river continued to flow above the danger mark in Delhi on Sunday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia took stock of the ongoing evacuation in lowlying areas.

Over 1,000 families had been evacuated till Sunday morning. Sisodia also visited low- lying areas around Akshardham and Pandav Nagar and urged people to move to safer

places.

The river’s water level rose to 205.50 meters on Sunday due to water discharge from Haryana’s Hathnikund Barrage amid continuous rain in the catchment areas. It is expected to rise to 206.60 meters on July 31.

Haryana had released six lakh cusecs of water at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

The water released at Hathnikund barrage, which provides drinking water to

New Delhi, normally takes 72 hours to reach the city.

“More water is being released from the barrage every hour, which will have an impact on the Yamuna level in Delhi. We are keeping a close watch,” a Flood and Control Department official told IANS. East Delhi’s District Magistrate K. Mahesh also visited the low-lying areas and said that the situation is under control and the government is fully prepared to tackle emergency.

“As many as 67 boats have been deployed at 23 locations. We have made arrangements to shift the affected persons to school campuses and night shelters,” the official told the media. He said that although the river level was above the danger mark, the situation, as of now, is not worrisome. Quick response teams have been activated, the official said.

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Relief Force too is on a standby. “We have set up over 750 tents for about 1,000 families in East zone alone, apart from arrangements of food. We are shifting people living on the river bed to the nearest higher areas,” Nodal officer (Preet Vihar) Arun Gupta told IANS. The evacuation started on Saturday following a rise in the water level.

Heavy rains continued to lash many parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, forcing authorities to release more water from Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage on Sunday.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday held a review meeting with officials concerned on the preparedness to tackle the flood-like situation in lowlying areas of Delhi.

The Delhi government also requested the Army to be on standby for any emergency.

Central govt employees may soon get LTC

DMK releases picture of Karunanidhi in ICU

Kejriwal cracks whip, revives govt website

People swim across the swollen Yamuna river, in New Delhi on Sunday, July 29, 2018. (PTI)

New Delhi, Jul 29 (AGENCIES): Central government employees may soon be able to go abroad on Leave Travel Concession (LTC), top officials said on Sunday. A proposal in this regard has been finalised by the Personnel Ministry, which has asked for comments from other departments concerned such as Home, Tourism, Civil Aviation and Expenditure “at the earliest possible” time, they said.

The plan, which has been mooted by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), proposes to include five central Asian countries -Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan -- under the LTC scheme, the officials said, citing a communique in this regard that has been accessed by PTI. The move to allow central government employees to visit these countries is aimed at increasing India’s footprint in the strategically important Central Asian region, they said.

Karunanidhi, who was admitted to the hospital two days ago, could be seen lying on the bed with Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu by his side.

C h e nna i , J u l 2 9 (IANS): The DMK party on Sunday released the picture of its President M.Karunanidhi in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Kauvery Hospital here soon after Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu met him. The party released the photo for the first time after the 94-year old Karunanidhi was shifted to the hospital on Saturday at 1.30 am after his blood pressure dipped.

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by DMK shows Karunanidhi in the ICU bed, Vice

President Naidu, Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Karunanidhi’s son M.K.Stalin, his sister Kanimozhi and her mother Rajathi, a doctor and nurses. The DMK had vociferously demanded release of late Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa’s picture when she was admitted to Apollo Hospital for 75 days in 2016.

However, the then AIADMK government or the AIADMK party refused to release a picture of hers in the hospital which aggravated the speculations about her health condition.

New Delhi, Jul 29 (IANS): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday directed Information and Technology Minister Kailash Gahlot to revive the non-functioning Delhi government website.

Kejriwal asked Gahlot to call an emergency meeting of officials concerned on the issue and to submit a compliance report within 24 hours.

Soon after the Kejriwal’s official note on the matter to the Minister, the website began to function normally. The website had been down for the last four days.

There had been public complaints about the website’s erratic functioning for the past few months.

Informed sources said that the Chief Minister was upset over the improper working of the website and even warned of divesting Gahlot of the portfolio if the situation was not redressed.

CBI takes over Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case New Delhi/Patna, Jul 29 (IANS): The CBI on Sunday took over the case of rapes in a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and filed an FIR to probe the crime in which at least 34 minor girls were victimised, the agency said.

The move comes a day after the Congress demanded a Supreme Courtmonitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the incident and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attention towards such crimes.

A CBI official said the agency registered a case on the request of Bihar government and a further notification from Central government.

Under pressure from opposition, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday recommended a CBI probe into the series of rapes that he described as “a heinous crime”.

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(From p-1) ad hoc, temporary or casual basis in administrative exigencies (even for a few months), the appointment will become illegal when it is made without open advertisement.

In the light of the stated facts, both have reiterated that the law of the land should not be violated by any authority whatsoever and all the 706 illegal appointments made should be terminated and requisitioned to NPSC for free, fair and open competition among the qualified Nagas.

PSAN and ACAUT further clarified that they were fighting for the future of Nagas, which included their sons and daughters.

Fisheries dept responds to PDR allegation (From p-1) and hence the question of amount released to the department for fishery development activities not commensurate with the output did not arise as the projects mentioned were ongoing and that the department was ready for any joint verification to substantiate the claim.

While appreciating PDR in its endeavour to fight for the rights of the people, Kense advised the organisation to ascertain actual facts from departments concerned before making them public. It may be pointed out that the PDR had issued a statement citing a report of the Nagaland Economic Survey.

NSLSA: State-wide campaign against ...

(From p-1) The NALSA scheme underlines organising meetings between Sate legal services and district legal services authorities with sex worker to understand their issues, conduct public hearings on problems faced by sex workers/victims with police, lawyers and LSA officials as jury.

LSA team can advise on legal action that can be taken by the victims, engage with integrated child protection scheme and village level child protection committees (VLCPC), teachers, Anganwadi workers and Asha workers. To focus on children, missing children, PLVS from VLCPC and Anganwadis particularly focusing on trafficking problem should be given effective mentors and full support in dealing with such cases.

NSLSA claimed that more than 40,000 people benefitted from the State-wide campaign. Pamphlets on the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 were also distributed on the occasion.

‘Happiness Curriculum’ on demand New Delhi, Jul 29 (IANS): Private schools and colleges also want to have the ‘Happiness Curriculum’ meant for Delhi government schools, though the city administration does not have any plan for its extension.

“It has only been a month since its launch, but the response is great. We were approached by about 50 private schools and colleges which want to take the curriculum into their system,” Rajesh Kumar, who was head of the ‘Happiness Committee’ which designed the Curriculum, told IANS. “We had a meeting about the extension to the private institutes, but we planned to go slow. Our priority will be government schools first,” Kumar, who is also the Principal of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Daryaganj, said.

However, if a private institute wants any help the government will not refuse.

Happiness Curriculum designer Rajesh Kumar at the Delhi Public Library in Sarojini Nagar in Delhi. (file)

The Delhi government launched the ‘Happiness Curriculum’ for government schools on July 2.

It was implemented from July 15.

S t u d e n t s b e t we e n Class nursery and Class 8 of Delhi government schools will have a 45minute ‘happiness period’ which will include meditation, storytelling, question

and answer sessions, value education and mental exercises.

“Our main intention is to teach the children that happiness is inside us and not in the outside world,” he said.

A team of 40 Delhi government school teachers and educators were involved in the drafting process for six months.

7-year-old found raped, murdered in Rajasthan New Delhi, Jul 29 (AGENCIES): A sevenyear-old girl who was reported missing was found dead in a field in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district on Saturday and it’s suspected that she was raped and strangled, police said.

The girl’s father said in his complain that she went missing while playing outside home in Mogiyabhiya village Saturday morning, said Station House Offier (SHO) of Kamkheda police station Dharmaram said.

The police launched a search and found her body was found around 4.30pm in a maize field, about 250 to 300 metres from her home, the SHO said.

“Her body was sent for postmortem and it has been established that she was raped and strangled to death. We have formed a team to nab the accused,” said Superintendent of Police (SP) Anand Sharma.

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is sitting on Rs 10,509 crore, while the 22 private sector insurers account for the remaining Rs 4,657.45 crore.

Among the private insurers, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co has 807.4 crore of unclaimed insurance claims followed Reliance Nippon Life Insurance (Rs 696.12 crore), SBI Life Insurance Co (Rs 678.59 crore) and HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co (Rs 659.3 crore).

Policyholders/beneficiaries are required to enter the details like policy number, PAN of the policyholder, name of the policyholder, date of birth or Aadhaar number, in a window provided on the website of the insurer to find out the unclaimed amount.

IPPB has permission to link around 17 crore postal savings bank (PSB) account with its account. We have received approval for carrying out RTGS, NEFT, IMPS transaction that will enable IPPB customers to transfer and receive money from any bank account. It will facilitate almost full fledge banking,” the bank’s CEO said.

The payments bank will gradually link all 1.55 lakh post offices in the country to offer the service.

Customers can access their IPPB account through mobile app but it will have limited services.

“Once a customer completes KYC (know your customers) requirement, the app will start offering all the banking service,” he added.

IPPB will also launch a mobile app to facilitate online banking service as well as payment for various utilities and services like phone bill, DTH, gas connection, electricity etc.

IPPB was incorporated on August 17, 2016 under Companies Act, 2013 as a public limited company with 100 per cent Government of India equity under Department of Posts.

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New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI): As much as Rs 15,167 crore amount of policyholders is lying unclaimed with 23 life insurers, according to Irdai data. Insurance regulator Irdai has already asked insurers to take steps to identify the policyholders or beneficiaries and disburse the claims.

Board level committee for policyholder protection of every insurer is entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring the timely payout of the all dues to policyholders. It also oversees the steps taken by the insurers to reduce unclaimed amounts.

Out of the total unclaimed amount of Rs 15,166.47 crore, as on March 31, 2018, insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)

lieves it passed on the benefits. “The company has received a copy of the investigation report submitted by the Director General AntiProfiteering (DG) to the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA). However, JFL believes it has passed on the benefit on account of reduction of GST rates to the customers and accordingly will represent its case before NAA,” the spokesperson said in an email response to ET’s questions.

The GST Council in its November 15, 2017 meeting slashed tax rate for restaurants to 5% from 18%. An investigation by the Directorate General of Anti-profiteering, previously called the Directorate General of Safeguards, found that the chain did not pass tax benefits to all consumers.

IPPB was the third entity to receive payments bank permit after Airtel and Paytm. Payments banks can accept deposits up to Rs 1 lakh per account from individuals and small businesses.

The new model of banking allows mobile firms, super market chains and others to cater to banking requirements of individuals and small businesses. It will be set up as a differentiated bank and will confine its activities to acceptance of demand deposits, remittance services, Internet banking and other specified services.

“We have already started testing within closed user group and it is very much running on national basis. As we speak we are already doing it at around 250 branches,” Sethi said.

IPPB will go live with 650 branches in addition to 3,250 access points colocated at post offices and around 11,000 gramin dak sevaks (in rural area) and postmen (in urban area) that will provide doorstep banking services.

“With this, we will provide banking services across 1,700 counters and 11,000 doorstep service.

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sector are met,” the minister added.

Treating exports under the priority sector lending will help India achieve the target of becoming a USD 10 trillion economy by 2035 amid the current operating environment, Prabhu said.

With joint efforts of the government, industry and other stakeholders, India will definitely be able to become a 5-trillion dollar economy within 7-8 years, he said adding, “India will become a 10 trillion dollar economy by 2035.”

“We want to grow at a rate which is closer to 8-9 per cent, and it can’t be done without global trade... this is the first time that world trade itself is facing

“Sometimes, there are system failures too but that doesn’t mean banks would stop lending. We must develop a protocol for both the industry and banks to follow and must start lending to genuine players,” the minister said.

He was apparently referring to the Rs 13,400crore crore fraud allegedly committed by fugitive diamond trader Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi on PNB. Both diamond traders are facing multipleagency probe in connection with the scam, which came to light in February this year.

The minister also announced that a Domestic Council is being set up to improve domestic support for the industry. He said the council will work towards industry development, employment generation, building of regional clusters and strengthening of value chains.

Prabhu said the government is planning to set up export promotion offices globally in order to push overseas shipment of goods in a targeted fashion.

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fundamental challenges... the entire edifice of WTO has been challenged, and that the future of the institution is in crisis.

“This raises the need for us to chart a path forward, based upon international trade as a key driver,” Prabhu said.

He said India’s exports in last fiscal were the highest in the last six years and have been growing at a higher rate in the last few months.

“I think we are now growing at over 20 per cent.

If we continue this, India may be be able to again register record growth in exports this fiscal as well,” he added.

Stating that the jewellery industry has immense potential, the minister said, “There are black sheep every where. And there are possibilities of system failure which can lead to default. But that does not mean we have to throw the baby in the hot water.

“We have to find out a way of how the industry will be supported by getting the genuine financial needs met.”

NEW DELHI, Jul 29 (PTI): India Post Payments Bank is expected to go live with 650 branches and around 17 crore accounts in August, following clearance from Reserve Bank of India to start operations.

“We are looking at launch date. From an operational, technology and market perspective, we are ready to go live,” India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) MD and CEO Suresh Sethi told PTI. He confirmed that RBI has given approval to IPPB after testing its entire system. The final approval for the launch of IPPB was pending before the RBI. According to sources in the communications ministry the launch of IPPB is expected in August.

When asked about the launch schedule, Sethi without specifying the timings said: “It is very much around the corner”.

IPPB after testing its entire system. The final approval for the launch of IPPB was pending before the RBI. According to sources in the communications ministry the launch of IPPB is expected in August.

When asked about the launch schedule, Sethi without specifying the timings said: “It is very much around the corner”.

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Mumbai, Jul 29 (PTI): Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has said his ministry wants to include the export segment under the priority sector lending category and it has taken up the issue with the Reserve Bank of India.

“Exports is a strategic issue which promotes India’s interest and therefore its a strategic priority for India (but) not a priority sector lending for banking sector. This is a complete paradox,” he said.

Prabhu, who is also the Civil Aviation Minister, was speaking at the 44th India Gem & Jewellery Awards organised by Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC).

This is not a commercial banking problem, but the one related to the regulator, he said adding, “I have already told the RBI governor that you must treat exports as priority sector lending.”

“Banking is a very important issue and we must address it and we will continue to work on it and make sure that the genuine credit requirements of the

New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI): Seven of the 10 most valued companies together added Rs 79,929 crore in market capitalisation last week in tandem with an overall bullish trend on Dalal Street, with ITC emerging as the biggest gainer.

Bar ring Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Maruti Suzuki and Kotak Mahindra Bank, rest seven companies, including RIL, HDFC Bank, HDFC and SBI saw a rise in their market valuations for the week ended Friday.

I TC ’s m a r k e t c a p soared Rs 35,129.72 crore to Rs 3,69,259.15 crore, emerging as the biggest gainer among the top-10 firms.

The valuation of State Bank of India (SBI) zoomed Rs 22,891.57 crore to Rs 2,55,778.68 crore and that of HDFC jumped Rs 11,712.2 crore to Rs 3,45,563.52 crore. Infosys’ m-cap surged Rs 5,722.41 crore to Rs 3,00,219.21 crore and that of HDFC Bank climbed Rs 3,515.53 crore to Rs 5,82,414.74 crore. The valuation of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) rose by Rs 665.33 crore to Rs 7,15,772.03 crore and that of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) went up by Rs 292.23 crore to Rs 3,58,798.88 crore.

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Imran to be sworn in as Pak PM before Aug 14 14 killed as quake rattles Indonesia Islamabad, Jul 29 (PTI): Imran Khan will be sworn in as Pakistan’s new Prime Minister before the country’s Independence Day on August 14, his party has announced as it is trying to reach out to smaller parties and independents to form the next government.

The Pakistan Tehreek-iInsaf (PTI), led by 65-yearold Khan, has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly (NA) after the July 25 elections, but it is still short of numbers to form the government on its own.

PTI leader Naeenul Haq told media last night that consultations are on to complete the number game.

“We have done our homework and he will take oath as Prime Minister before August 14,” Haq said.

According to the results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the PTI has won 116 seats.

Jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif ’s Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N) with 64 seats and former president Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) with 43 seats are placed at number two and three

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respectively, it said.

Pakistan’s NA - the lower house of Parliament - comprises a total of 342 members, of which 272 are directly elected. A party needs 172 seats to form the government.

Meanwhile, the claims of vote-rigging also gatherd steam in Pakistan as five empty ballot boxes and over a dozen papers have been found by the roadside in Karachi and Sialkot, raising suspicion over the poll body’s claims of having conducted free and fair general elections.

Political activities are at full swing and parties are holding open meetings and secret parleys to arrange the political chessboard.

Pakistan’s two major parties, the PPP and the

PML-N, are expected to meet in a couple of days to devise a joint strategy in a bid to give a tough time to the PTI in Parliament, Dawn news reported.

The Pakistani electronic media yesterday kept on mentioning names of possible candidates for key government offices and possible members of the federal cabinet.

The PTI leaders who have won more than one seat will have to vacate additional seats as the law allows an individual to retain only one seat. PTI chairman Khan has won five seats and he will have to vacate four seats.

Ghulam Sarwar Khan of Taxila has also won two NA seats by defeating former interior minister

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and he will also have to vacate one seat.

Former chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has won both NA and provincial assembly seats.

If the PTI decides to nominate him again for the office of the chief minister, he will also have to vacate the NA seat which means that the party’s seats will be reduced to 109.

It was after these calculations that the PTI leadership has now decided to reach out to other smaller groups and independents since the party has already declared that it will not join hands with the PPP and the PML-N, the daily said.

The Dawn reported that former secretary general of the PTI Jahangir Tareen had established contacts with independents and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) which has won six seats.

Thirteen independents have also won.

If the PTI obtains support of the GDA, MQM-P, PML-Q and the Awami Muslim League, the number of its seats will become 122.

Other parties which will have representation in

the NA are the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) with three members, and Jamhoori Watan Party, Awami National Party and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaniyat with one seat each.

Though the PPP and the PML-N have also rejected the elections results, sources in the two parties told Dawn that they would not support the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA)’s call for boycotting the oath-taking session of the National Assembly.

“We have decided to play the role of an aggressive opposition in parliament,” said a senior PML-N leader who had participated in the MMA-convened multiparty conference in Islamabad on Friday.

A senior leader of the PPP said so far they had not finalised any strategy for the elections of key parliamentary offices. PPP chairman Bilawal BhuttoZardari yesterday formed a committee to engage with political parties to discuss the way forward in the postpoll scenario. The sources said contact had been established between the PPP and the PML-N and the leaders of the two sides were expected to hold a meeting in a few days.

Villagers walk near destroyed homes in an area affected by the early morning earthquake at Sajang village, Sembalun, East Lombok, Indonesia, Sunday. (AP/ PTI)

Lo n d o n, J u l 2 9 (Agencies): A powerful earthquake has struck a popular tourist destination in Indonesia, killing at least 14 people, BBC reported.

The 6.4 magnitude quake hit the central island of Lombok just before 07:00 local time (00:00 GMT) on Sunday.

The island attracts tourists from around the world due to its beaches and hiking trails, and is located about 40km (25 miles) east of Bali. More than 160 people are injured and thousands of homes are damaged, officials say.

A Malaysian tourist who was on a hiking trip to Mount Rinjani is among those killed.

The US Geological

Survey said the epicentre of the earthquake was 50km (31 miles) north-east of the city of Mataram, in northern Lombok.

It was followed by more than 60 smaller earthquakes, with the largest recorded at a magnitude of 5.7.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the country’s disaster agency, said that most casualties occurred when victims were hit by debris and falling blocks of concrete.

“The main focus now is evacuation and rescue.

Some of the injured are still being treated at clinics,” he said. He also posted images showing collapsed buildings and streets littered with rubble.

“The quake felt so

strong... tourists were panicked and frightened and escaped from hotels,” Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, a citizen protection director at the foreign ministry, told BBC Indonesian.

BBC Marathi journalist Vinayak Gaikwad was on Gili Trawangan island, about 7km from Lombok, at the time of the earthquake.

“The tremors were strong - I noticed waves in the hotel pool,” he said. “A group of us ran out of the hotel.

“Thirty minutes later there was the first strong aftershock. The locals were worried because many of their structures are made from wood and bamboo, but the tourists were the most scared.”

US diplomats met Taliban commanders Tibet an ‘inalienable part’ of China: Premier Li Keqiang Beijing, Jul 29 (PTI): Tibet has been an “inalienable part” of China since ancient times, Premier Li Keqiang has asserted as he hoped that religious groups in the sensitive region will continue to safeguard national unity and promote social harmony, the state media reported today.

Disclosing details of Li’s previously unannounced visit to the remote Himalayan region, Xinhua news agency reported that during his visit from July 25 to July 27 to Nyingchi, Shannan, and Lhasa, Li talked with officials and residents and visited the famed Jokhang Temple and the upcoming Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet railway.

Li hoped that Tibet can stick to strategies and policies of the ruling Communist Party of China to achieve development and prosperity, safeguard national unity, enhance solidarity among ethnic groups, promote social and economic development, and maintain lasting peace and stability in Tibet.

While visiting Jokhang Temple, a renowned temple for Tibetan Buddhism in Lhasa, Li said Tibet has been an “inalienable part of China ever since ancient times and he hoped that religious circles will continue to make contributions in safeguarding national unity and promoting ethnic solidarity as well as social harmony,”

Israeli Arab MP resigns over ‘nation state’ law

Mugabe breaks silence on Zimbabwe poll

Unwell Sharif shifted to Pakistan medical institute

Lo n d o n, J u l 2 9 (Agencies): Zimbabwe’s ex-president Robert Mugabe has given a surprise press conference on the eve of the nation’s elections.

Mr Mugabe said he would not support his successor in the Zanu-PF party, Emmerson Mnangagwa, after being forced from office by the “party I founded”.

“I cannot vote for those who tormented me,” he said. “I will make my choice among the other 22 [candidates].”

Zimbabweans go to the polls on Monday in the first vote since Mr Mugabe was ousted in November.

Speaking from his home in the capital, Harare, on Sunday, the former president again said he had been “sacked” as part of a military coup and that he left office in order to “avoid conflict”.

He said that he now wished the leader of the

Zouheir Bahloul

Knesset tore up copies of the bill and shouted their disgust, before some were thrown out of the chamber. “I am resigning from the Knesset,” Mr Bahloul, a member of the opposition Zionist Union party, said on Saturday. “Should I sit on the fence? Should I give legitimacy to this destructive,

opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Nelson Chamisa, well in Monday’s vote.

“He seems to be doing well, and if he is elected I wish him well,” he said.

When asked by the BBC’s Fergal Keane if he would like to see Mr Chamisa gain power in Zimbabwe, Mr Mugabe, 94, indicated that he was the only viable candidate.

Mr Mugabe said: “I hope the choice of voting tomorrow will throw, thrust away the military government and bring us back to constitutionality.

“Let tomorrow be the voice of the people to say never again shall we experience a period where the army is used to thrust one person into power.”

Mr Mugabe also denied that, as president, he had planned to hand the leadership to his wife, Grace, saying it was “utter

nonsense”, and suggested that ex-defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi should have taken over.

Mr Mugabe added that, since he was forced from office last year, “the people of Zimbabwe have not been free”.

More than five million Zimbabweans are preparing to go to the polls for what will be the first time in 38 years without Mr Mugabe in power.

They will be voting in presidential, parliamentary and local elections. There are 23 candidates on the presidential ballot.

The cash-strapped and impoverished country, which has known decades of repressive rule, faces severe economic challenges.

These include issues of investment, education, healthcare and jobs - some estimates suggest that the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe is as high as 90%.

Islamabad, Jul 29 (IANS): Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was on Sunday shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after his health deteriorated in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, the media reported.

Doctors conducted a check-up of the former Prime Minister after he complained of chest pain and advised that he be shifted to a coronary care unit (CCU) immediately, Geo News quoted jail sourcres as saying.

Following this, the jail Superintendent contacted the caretaker government, which decided to shift Sharif to PIMS. On July 24, a medical board formed to ascertain Sharif ’s health said the threetime Prime Minister was in need of constant medical care and attention.

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The railway project is beneficial for Tibet to cultivate new growth drivers, and it is the right thing that must be done. Full construction work should be accelerated, Li said.

China has been building rail, road and air links in the remote Tibet, spending billions of dollars.

A railway line linking the Chinese capital Beijing with Lhasa was put into operation in 2006. In 2014, another railway line linking Lhasa with Xigaze was opened.

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legislation essentially defines Israel first and foremost as a Jewish state. It was created because some Israeli Jewish politicians consider the founding principles of Israel’s creation, as a state for Jews in their ancient homeland, to be under threat. But Israeli Arabs, who comprise about 20% of the country’s population, see it as evidence that Israel is downgrading their status. They have equal rights under the law but have long complained of being treated as second-class citizens and say they face discrimination and worse provisions than Israeli Jews.

should be based on actual conditions of Tibet.

He said that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the “water tower” of China and Asia, where ecological conservation should be strengthened to support sustainable development in the whole country.

At the construction site of the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet railway, Li stressed the importance of the project to the development of Tibet and to ecological protection.

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racist, extremist parliament?”

He added that he could not face telling his grandson that he had kept his seat in the Knesset.

After the bill was passed, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised it as a “defining moment” in the country’s history. “A hundred and twenty-two years after [the founder of modern Zionism Theodore] Herzl made his vision known, with this law we determined the founding principle of our existence,” he said.

Called The Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People, the

London, Jul 29 (Agencies): An Israeli Arab politician has resigned in opposition to a controversial new law which declares Israel to be the nation state of the Jewish people.

Zouheir Bahloul, 67, branded parliament “racist” and “destructive” for passing the law, which also puts Hebrew above Arabic as the official language. “[The law] removes the Arab population from the path of equality in Israel,” he told Israeli TV network Reshet. The bill passed on 19 July, provoking anger from Israel’s Arab minority.

Arab members of the

apparently referring to the pro-Dalai Lama sentiments in the sensitive region.

China views the Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Beijing’s rule in the remote Himalayan region, as a separatist.

Development is key to increasing people’s wealth and achieving prosperity in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, the premier said, adding that people’s livelihood should be improved through sustainable development, which

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Similar efforts to hold peace talks between the Americans and the Taliban in Doha in 2015 faltered after the Afghan government denounced the process.

In Kabul, the Afghanistan President’s office, ARG, on Saturday welcomed any support for peace efforts.

“The government of Afghanistan welcomes every effort which supports the peace process under the auspices of the government,” said Durrani Waziri, a deputy spokeswoman for President Ashraf Ghani. “We appreciate help and support from any side that can facilitate the peace process.”

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A State Department spokesperson, however, did not respond to questions about whether the talks took place. But the department did not deny that its diplomats had taken part in such talks -- a significant shift in American strategy towards the Taliban in Afghanistan.

“Any negotiations over the political future of Afghanistan will be between the Taliban and Afghan government,” the Times quoted the spokeswoman, Stephanie R. Newman, as saying.

The unnamed Taliban officials emphasized that direct talks with US officials, in person and without the presence of Afghan officials

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Washington, Jul 29 (IANS): Senior US diplomats were on Sunday reported to have held face to face talks with Taliban commanders in Qatar without involving Afghan officials -- a departure from a Trump administration policy.

The New York Times citing unnamed Taliban officials said the talks took place in Doha, where the Taliban has a political office to restart the stalled peace process.

“They involved several members of the Taliban political commission and Alice Wells, the State Department’s senior South Asia diplomat, as well as other unidentified American diplomats,” said The New

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Mokokchung awaits Unreleased Carrie Fisher XXVII MusicFest 2018 footage to be used in next film T C arrie Fisher is not done with “Star Wars” after all — Lucasfilm says unreleased footage of the actress will be used in the next installment of the “Star Wars” saga to draw her character’s story to an end.

The studio and writer-director J.J. Abrams announced Friday that footage of Fisher shot for 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will be used in the ninth film in the space opera’s core trilogies about the Skywalker family that includes Fisher’s character, Leia.

Filming is scheduled to begin Wednesday at London’s Pinewood Studios.

Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, will also appear in the film, which for the moment is simply called “Episode IX.” It is scheduled to be released in December 2019.

Fisher died in December 2016 after she finished work on the middle instalment in the trilogy, “The Last Jedi.” Director Rian Johnson opted not alter her storyline, leaving Leia’s fate to be handled

by Abrams.

“We desperately loved Carrie Fisher,” Abrams said in a statement. “Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us.”

He said recasting Fisher or recreating her

Mark Wahlberg addresses Leonardo DiCaprio feud

using computer graphics, as was done in a spinoff film “Rogue One,” was not an option.

“With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie, we have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII.” Friday’s announcement also confirmed that Billy Dee Williams will be returning to the franchise as Lando Calrissian, a hero of the rebellion who hasn’t been seen in the latest trilogy.

Also returning to the film are Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran, who all play heroes.

Adam Driver and Domhnall Gleeson, who play villains in the latest films, are also returning.

(FoxNews)

he longest running annual event in town XXVII MusicFest 2018 of the Mokokchung Town Baptist Church Youth Department is back and will be celebrated on the August 2 and 3, under the theme ‘Kotaker Yimyim’.

Artistes from the town as well as from other districts will perform at the two day mega event.

MusicFest is a platform for the young artistes of the Church to exhibit their God given talents at the same time an opportunity to witness and be encouraged by the performance of established musicians.

Youth Evangelist, Monglier Tzudir, who is also the convenor of the event, in an interview said that apart from giving a platform to the artistes, MusicFest would also inspire the youth to sing, write and listen to gospel music in the midst of many other genre of music.

The line-up for this edition of MusicFest has an eclectic mix of performers

from within Nagaland and also from the members of the Youth Department who will entertain the citizens of the town for two days with their powerful acts. He said that unlike previous years the Organising Committee is using the medium of social media to publicize the event in a large scale to reach out to the people and further added that besides the soul nourishment in the form of good music the audience will also stand a chance to win the XXVII MusicFest 2018 goodies. Tzudir, during the interview, welcomed the citizens of Mokokchung and also the people who would be visiting the town for the Mini Hornbill Festival to join the celebration of talents.

The Organising Committee is working tirelessly for the success of the event and a sneak-peak into the event can be seen at the MTBA Youth Department Instag ram page mtba_ youth_department.

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ctor Mark Wahlberg opened up to an audience at the annual LEAP Foundation conference on Tuesday and discussed his feud with former co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.

Wahlberg, 47, told the audience of 500 college and high school students that he and DiCaprio both felt they weren’t right for their parts in the 1995 film “Basketball Diaries,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“He didn’t want me for the part, and I didn’t think he was right for the part,” Wahlberg said. “We both had to really learn how to respect each other, and we earned it.”

The Academy Awardnominated actor said he

and DiCaprio learned to respect one another and were able to form a bond while shooting the film.

DiCaprio and Wahlberg teamed up later to star in the 2006 hit movie “The Departed.”

Wahlberg also talked about his arrest when he was 16-years-old, calling it a “wake-up call.” “I like my freedom,” he said.

Wahlberg was arrested in 1988 and spent 45 days behind bars for attacking a Vietnamese man, The Guardian reported.

The actor also told the audience he felt depressed after he injured his arm which modified his daily routine but he was able to find his motivation.

(FoxNews)

First episode of musical recital of Bravo School of Music, Wokha was held at VDB conference hall, Wokha on Saturday. Thunglamo Ngullie was the MC for the programme while invocation was said by Teungiki Baptist Church women leader Tumchobeni Ngullie. 54 students from various disciplines including vocal, drums, piano and guitars took part in the recital attended by parents and well-wishers numbering around 200. (Correspondent)

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Excel School of Music, Medziphema held a Summer concert under the theme, ‘Your Child Performs’, at TBC Medziphema, a platform created to encourage the students together with parents and loved ones. The event was compered by Excel School of Music, chairman- Khriephreo while invocation was done by Keviuchülie Mezhü, pastor. At present the school is imparting music in Piano, Guitar, Vocal, Violin, under Trinity College London syllabus and the institute is recognised by the government of Nagaland.

obots, when left unsecured on the Internet, can expose users across the web, thereby allowing hackers to control them remotely in ways that could be dangerous to both the robot and the human operators, warns a study.

It is possible to control these robots remotely -- to spy on camera feeds and even send commands to move the robots around, according to a study presented at the 2018 Robotics Science and Systems conference in Pittsburgh, US. For the study, a team of researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island, US, carried out a worldwide scan in search of hosts running the Robot Operating System (ROS) over three different periods in 2017 and 2018. They found as many as 100 exposed systems running ROS, up to 19 of which were considered to be fully operational robots.

The findings are a reminder, the researchers said, that everyone needs to be mindful of security in an increasingly connected digital world.

“Though a few un-

secured robots might not seem like a critical issue, our study has shown that a number of research robots is accessible and controllable from the public Internet,” the research team said.

“It is likely these robots can be remotely actuated in ways (that are) dangerous to both the robot and the human operators,” they added.

ROS is the dominant platform used in research robotics, which can be thought of like a robot’s central nervous system.

The platform aggregates all of a robot’s various components -- its cameras, sensors and actuators -- and

ties them to a central computing node.

“ROS is a great tool for robotics research, but the designers explicitly left security to the end users,” said Stefanie Tellex, a roboticist at Brown University and a study co-author.

“It doesn’t require any authentication to connect to a ROS master, which means if you’re running ROS and it’s not behind a firewall, anyone can connect to your robot,” Tellex added.

The researchers said they performed the study to highlight the fact that the security holes in ROS can easily be overlooked.

(IANS)

bout half of smartphones sold globally this year will have an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered assistant, a report by an industry consulting firm showed Sunday.

According to Strategy Analytics (SA) Inc., 47.7 per cent of smartphones sold on the global market will be equipped with some kind of on-device AI assistant, up from 36.6 per cent last year, Yonhap news agency reported.

On-device AI is growing fast among smartphone vendors and by 2023, around 90 per cent of smartphones will have a built-in AI assistant, according to the Strategy Analytics report.

In 2017, Google Assistant rose to be the top AI assistant with a 46.7 per cent market share, followed

by Apple’s Siri with 40.1 per cent, it said.

The report said the market share of Google’s AI assistant is expected to climb to 51.3 per cent this year and 60.6 per cent by 2023.

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Led by Shah Rukh Khan, the 2007 sports film was a fictional story about the Indian women’s national field-hockey team, which was inspired by the squad’s win at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

“Everything will be a competition. For me, it is all about doing a good film.

‘Chak De...’ was a different story, ‘Gold’ is different. It is frivolous to even think like that competing with that film. Don’t compare it, it is all different,” Akshay said in an interview.

“Gold”, directed by Reema Kagti, traces the jour ney of Tapan Das (played by Akshay) an assistant manager, who dreams to get a gold medal for the then newly-independent India.

The actor said he was initially unaware about the story of “Gold” but was

bowled over when Kagti narrated the film.

“Reema is a tough master, she handled the sports thing very well. I salute her. It is commendable. It is a tough film to handle as you are taking the audience to the time period of 1936, then 1947 and 1948, she had to do so much homework. To make a film in that era is a very difficult job,” he added.

Talking about his character, the actor said, “He is a controversial guy.

He is a drunk and a cheater. But within a year, he brought 11 people together, made a team and went for Olympics, won the gold medal. I felt this story was unbelievable and needed to be told.”

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Medium no bar for Julia Roberts AMM summer camp culminate

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time to shoot and more time to unravel people” seemed like a great opportunity, she doesn’t see a big distinction between the mediums today.

“Everything is just so good, the bar is just so high, and for me it’s just nice to bring something into

people’s homes. We’re like a delivery service - we’re delivering entertainment into your homes,” she said.

“Homecoming” is Amazon’s new thriller based on Micah Bloomberg and Eli Horowitz’s podcast of the same name. She finds it “a great old-fashioned yarn set in this really modern conundrum of a morality play”.

“And you put that in Sam Esmail’s (director) incredibly stylish, capable, huge hands, it seemed a very safe place to be,” Roberts said at the Television Critics Association panel for the series here.

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by Agarwal Mahila Manch (AMM) culminated Sunday, at Durga Mandir Dimapur hall highlighting kids fashion show and ramp walk as a first of its kind.

AMM president Pinki Agarwal in her speech briefed about the camp which was organised for kids (age 4-12) imparting them with innovative ideas and other activities. She said that the camp was also organised last year in the month of December.

Agarwal Maha Sabha president Chandu Agarwal lauded AMM for organising such events for the kids motivating them to find out

their talents in the best possible ways. He also encouraged the participated saying that the competition was not about who wins or lose but one thing that mattered was their participation.

Jury members of the prog ramme were Rose Longchar, an actress who worked in Nagamese and Nepali movies, Fusion store proprietor-Temsusenla Kichu and multi brand kids store Tintin proprietor-Nishank Jain.

The fashion show comprised of casual, formal and traditional round where kids actively participated in showcasing their talents in fashionable attires.

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Roberts said she wasn’t specifically looking for a return to television when “Homecoming” came up for her, reports variety.com.

“I guess I didn’t really think of it as small screen, big screen. I don’t know - my television is pretty big,” she quipped.

On a serious note, she said while having “more

Audition for ‘Miss Dimapur Beauty Pageant 2018’ will be held on July 31 at IMC hall, Dimapur, from 11 a.m. onwards. Interested individuals are invited to take part A sheep jumps over a path at the annual sheep festival near the Gemmipass, between in the audition. Criteria for the audition will be: age-17 to 24, height-5.4’ and above, marital status-single.

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South African players celebrate as Sri Lanka’s Shehan Jayasuriya, right, reacts after being dismissed during their first ODI match in Dambulla, Sri Lanka on Sunday. (AP/ PTI)

Dambulla, Jul 29 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : B ow l ers Kagiso Rabada and Tabraiz Shamsi starred in South Africa’s convincing five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Dambulla on Sunday.

Rabada and Shamsi claimed four wickets each to help bowl out Sri Lanka for 193, a total the visitors passed in just 31 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the fivematch series.

South Africa’s chase depended on an 86-run third-wicket stand between Quinton de Kock and skipper Faf du Plessis, who

both hit 47.

Off spinner Akila Dananjaya struck at crucial moments to get three wickets but Jean-Paul Duminy ensured a swift chase with his 32-ball unbeaten 53.

But it was a superb opening pace spell from Rabada and Shamsi’s career-best figures of 4-33 with his left-arm wrist spin that led South Africa to their first victory on tour after being swept aside in a two-Test series.

Sri Lanka’s innings lasted just 34.3 overs but batsman Kusal Perera hit a gritty 81 to lift the hosts from a precarious 36-5

following their decision to bat first.

Kusal, whose 72-ball stay included seven fours and a six, put on a crucial 92-run sixth-wicket stand with Thisara Perera, who made 49 to give the team total some respect.

Kusal and Thisara counter-attacked to hit the South African bowlers to all parts of the ground as Sri Lanka reached 100 in the 16th over.

The left-handed batting duo cashed in on the inexperience of rookie pacemen Willem Mulder and Andile Phehlukwayo as they plundered runs.

Signing Bale not realistic, says Poch California, Jul 29 (Agencies): Mauricio Pochettino laughed off the idea of Tottenham signing Gareth Bale, but says he is aware of the importance of making new signings.

Spurs are yet to make a signing during the transfer window, while Bale’s Real Madrid future has been unclear this summer.

However, when asked if the Wales international could be a target for Tottenham, Pochettino said, “I think it’s not realistic.”

Spurs, who suffered an International Champions Cup defeat against Barcelona in California on Saturday, are currently without

nine players who featured in the World Cup semi-finals.

Moussa Sissoko sustained a hamstring problem in the penalty-shootout defeat to the La Liga champions, while Erik Lamela and Victor Wanyama were absent from the match.

Pochettino said, “With or without injuries that was our target after we finished last season - to add some players with qualities that can help us achieve all that we want.”

“You need to be relaxed, working hard,” he added. “My focus is trying to help the team and develop the way we want to play and arrive in the best condition

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to start the season. Nothing’s going to change if I changed my behaviour or the way I act.”

Being without many of his World Cup stars has meant Pochettino has been able to give more playing time to some of the club’s younger players and he revealed he has been impressed with what he has seen.

“I am so happy with the young ones. Luke Amos has played the most and then Oliver Skipp,” he said.

“A lot of the younger ones have the possibility to show their quality. I am so happy with them. I think they are players that still need to grow.”

But the introduction of spin in the 18th over put Sri Lanka in trouble again.

Shamsi broke the dangerous partnership by getting Thisara caught behind.

Kusal kept up the good work to get his fourth ODI fifty and got support from Akila Dananjaya with a 38-run partnership.

He fina lly fel l to Shamsi after attempting a reverse sweep to get caught at point and the innings folded soon after.

South Africa had a wobbly start to their chase after opener Hashim Amla and Aiden Markram fell to the guile of Dananjaya, who opened the attack for the hosts.

The left-right batting combination of de Kock and du Plessis blunted Sri Lanka’s spin threat with their measured approach.

However de Kock and du Plessis were denied their fifties after Dananjaya and left-arm spinner Lakshan Sandakan got the batsmen out respectively.

Duminy, who hit six fours and two sixes, kept calm to complete his 26th ODI half-century and the veteran left-hand batsman hit the winning runs.

The second international, a day-night game, is slated for Wednesday in Dambulla. The two sides will also play a one-off Twenty20 international on August 14.

Hamilton wins Hungarian GP Bu da p e s t, J u l 2 9 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : L ew i s Hamilton cr uised to a dominant fifth win of the season in his Mercedes in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix to extend his championship lead over Sebastian Vettel to 24 points.

The defending world champion came home 17.123 seconds ahead of title rival and fellow fourtime champion Vettel of Ferrari after the German had survived a collision with Valtteri Bottas, in the second Mercedes.

That came on lap 65, of the 70, when Vettel finally passed Bottas, but the Finn’s right front wing touched his rear left tyre under braking, damaging his front wing and wrecking Mercedes’ hopes of a one-two finish.

Kimi Raikkonen finished third, his fifth podium finish in a row, in the second Ferrari ahead of Daniel Ricciardo who surged from 12th on the grid to fourth for Red Bull ahead of Bottas, who finished fifth after a late pit stop.

It was Hamilton’s record sixth win in Hungary, his fifth this season and the 67th of his career.

Hamilton now has 213 points to Vettel’s 189 after the 12th of 21 races this year and before the competition takes a European summer break.

Manu seeks to continue golden run at Asian Games New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI): The stage is getting bigger and the expectations are going higher but Indian shooting sensation Manu Bhaker is grounded as she gears up for another test of her 16-year-old mind and body in next month’s Asian Games.

“I want to do well in those events (Asian Games followed by World Championships) but, frankly speaking, I am mainly thinking about competing in the next competition and not about medals. Pressure is there, but it’s there everywhere,” the shooter from Jhajjar, Haryana told PTI as she calmly spoke about the challenges that lie ahead.

Bhaker is also least affected by the controversies surrounding her selection in three events for the Asian Games, scheduled to be held in Jakarta and Palembeng from August 18.

After taking the shooting world by storm with a plethora of medals, including innumerable gold in top international events, the 16-year-old will next compete in 10m air pistol, 25m sports pistol and mixed air pistol at the Asian Games.

In fact, her international gold medal count stands at an astonishing 10, a massive achievement for a teenager.

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Ignored for the Asiad mixed team air pistol event, the seasoned Heena Sidhu had hit out at the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) and, in a thinlyveiled reference to the Haryana girl, said the federation was bending rules to favour the favourites.

One of the “favourites” is understood to be Bhaker, who remains unperturbed.

“Main sirf khelne se matlab rakhti hoon, bas (I am only concerned about my shooting). I am fine if I am picked in three events, if they select me for one event I am fine and if I am not picked for one, then also I am ok,” Bhaker said.

Bhaker’s inclusion reportedly pushed Sidhu to

No.2 in the 10m air pistol event and No.3 in 25m sports pistol, from No.1 in the 10m air pistol and No.2 in 25m pistol. “I can’t think about selection. I don’t allow all these things to weigh me down,” she added.

When she claimed the individual gold medal in her maiden senior World Cup appearance in Mexico earlier this year, Bhaker became the youngest Indian shooter to finish top of the podium in these events.

The Asiad will be followed by the ISSF World Championships, which will be the first quota event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The prestigious event is scheduled from August 31 in South Korea.

Berrettini wins career-first title in Gstaad

G s t a a d, J u l 2 9 (Agencies): Italy’s Matteo Berrettini overcame second seed Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(9) 6-4 to win his first title at the Swiss Open in Gstaad on Sunday.

World No. 17 Bautista Agut, who was playing in his first event since he suffered a hip injury in Halle, gave everything to stay in contention after fending off five break points but failed to match his opponent’s powerful groundstrokes.

The 22-year-old Berrettini snatched the opening set tiebreak 11-9, before converting a break point in the 10th game of the second to wrap up the victory.

Playing in his first tour level final, Berrettini produced a fearless display, firing 17 aces and losing 12 points on serve in total.

He finished the tournament without dropping a set, ousting 2016 champion Feliciano Lopez and fourth Players of the exhibition football match at the Assam Rifle ground, Mokokchung on Saturday. The match was organised by NDPP Kumlong Youth Organisation under the seed Andrey Rublev on his way to lifting the title. theme, ‘Unity through sports.’

U-16 Nagaland Inter District Cricket champions, Dimapur and runners-up, Mokokchung with officials after the final match. Dimapur defeated Mokokchung team by 8 wickets in the final played at Nagaland cricket stadium, Sovima.

I’m fully fit for PL start, says Lallana Lo n d o n, J u l 2 9 (Agencies): Adam Lallana says he is raring to begin the Premier League season after returning to full fitness, having endured an injury-hit campaign last term.

The Liverpool midfielder was limited to only 15 appearances and missed out on Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the World Cup in Russia.

Lallana, preparing for

his fifth season at Anfield, was part of Liverpool’s side in the 4-1 International Champions Cup victory against Manchester United in Michigan and believes he will be ready to hit the ground running against West Ham on August 12.

“I have been back fit for four weeks or so,” Lallana told Sky Sports News.

“I trained on my own in the summer, kept ticking over because physically I

didn’t really need the break.

I am just happy to be back fit, feeling good and looking forward to the start of the season.”

The 30-year-old Lallana was asked about the psychological impact of missing out on the World Cup in Russia and gave a pragmatic assessment on his recovery from a frustrating season.

“It is part and parcel of being a professional

footballer,” Lallana said.

“You will have ups, you will have downs and I just think it is about how you react from it.”

He added, “[I am] just as hungry as I always am!”

A f t e r L ive r p o o l ’s conclusion of their tour to the United States they now move to France for a training camp before final warm-up games against Napoli and Torino.

Sindhu leads Indian challenge at World C’ship NANJING, JUL 29 (PTI): Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu will look to break the jinx of losing major finals and better the colour of her medal when she spearheads the Indian challenge at the prestigious World Championship, starting in Nanjing on Monday.

With two bronze medals in 2013 and 2014 and a silver last year, Sindhu has an impressive record at the World Championship.

Her epic final against Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara at Glasgow last year went down as one of the greatest matches of all time, clocking 110 minutes. The Indian will hope her love affair continues at Nanjing.

The 23-year-old from Hyderabad has been very consistent with six final appearance last year, out of which she won India Open, Korea Open and Syed Modi International but she lost the finals at Worlds, Dubai Super Series and Hong Kong.

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wealth Games and the Thailand Open but a title has eluded her and she would like to improve her win-loss statistic in major finals.

“I really want to do well in the World Championship. I have been preparing well. It is going to be a tough draw in the world championship, so I can’t relax,” said Sindhu, who will play Fitriani in my first game.

“I know everyone is talking about Nozomi and

my match but before that there is Sung Ji Hyun, who is not an easy player.

So that round would be equally important.”

Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal also bagged a silver and a bronze in 2015 and 2017 respectively and she would hope to shrug off her indifferent recent form and go full throttle, looking for a medal.

The 28-year-old, who opens her campaign against either Swiss Sabrina Jaquet

or Turkish Aliye Demirbag, will have to battle past 2013 champion Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand and Olympic champion Carolina Marin in likely third round and quarterfinal matches respectively.

In the men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched four titles last season and a silver at the Commonwealth Games this year, will too look to realise his long-term dream of winning a medal when he opens against Ireland’s

Nhat Nguyen. He is likely to meet Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie, 13th seed, in round 3.

With three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia pulling out due to poor health, Srikanth will fancy his chances of going further deep in the draw and win a medal.

HS Prannoy, who had a topsy-turvy season plagued by multiple injuries, will begin his campaign with a clash against Australia’s Abhinav Manota and two tricky opponents in Hong Kong’s Wong Wing Ki Vincent and Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen might stand in his way to the quarterfinals, where he is expected to meet the All England champion Shi Yuqi.

Among others, B Sai Praneeth has been in poor form this season but the Indian has been given a walkover even before stepping on the court after formidable Korean Son Wan Ho pulled out. He will now face Spain’s Luis Enrique Penalver in his first match.

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Wrestlers Bajrang, Liverpool run riot against Man Utd; City win Pinki win gold in Turkey Michigan, Jul 29 (Agencies): Liverpool scored three second half goals as they wrapped up their pre-season tour of America on Saturday with a dominating 4-1 victory over Manchester United at Michigan Stadium.

Xherdan Shaqiri put a stamp on his Liverpool debut with a spectacular bicycle-kick goal to round out the scoring in the International Champions Cup match in front of a crowd of 101,000.

Shaqiri, of Switzerland, was one of five recent high profile signings which saw Liverpool shell out more than 200 million pounds ($260 million US) in an attempt to close the gap on Premier League champions Manchester City.

It was a nice way for the Reds to finish up their US exhibition swing as they now travel back to Merseyside before continuing their preparations for the season with a training camp in France beginning next week.

Sadio Mane converted a penalty to open the scoring for Liverpool in the 28th minute.

Manchester United’s 22-year-old midfielder Andreas Pereira tied the game 1-1 in the 31st minute off a free kick.

Xherdan Shaqiri put the gloss on an incredible result for Liverpool with a stunning overhead kick late in the game.

But Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool squad seized command in the second half, starting with Daniel Sturridge’s 66th-minute strike.

Shaqiri, 26, did the heavy lifting on the play, outmuscling a United defender and then slipping a pass back to Sturridge who made it 2-1.

Sheyi Ojo then scored off a spot-kick in the 74th minute. That set the stage

for Shaqiri to bring the packed stadium to its feet eight minutes later with his overhead kick from inside the box off a nice feed from Ben Woodburn.

Meanwhile, Manchester City fought from 2-0 down to overcome Bayern Munich 3-2 in their International Champions Cup campaign.

The German champions went 2-0 up after both Meritan Shabani and

Arjen Robben found the net within 23 minutes.

Just before the break, City narrowed the deficit as Bernardo Silva found the bottom corner, while 19-year-old Lukas Nmecha equalised five minutes into the second half.

Silva, who stepped in after new signing Riyad Mahrez was taken off injured in the first half, secured the victory with a low shot after 70 minutes.

Chelsea beat Inter Milan on penalties Chelsea beat Inter Milan 5-4 on penalties as goalkeeper Willy Caballero saved from Milan Skriniar in the shootout following a 1-1 draw in their opening game of the International Champions Cup. Spain international Pedro struck after just eight minutes in Nice, slotting in a rebound

after Inter keeper Samir Handanovic saved from a lively Alvaro Morata.

Inter levelled early in the second half through Ro b e r t o G a g l i a r d i n i , whose drilled shot proved too much for Argentina’s Caballero after fellow halftime substitute Tiemoue Bakayoko gave the ball away.

New Chelsea signing Jorginho nearly won it with a curling effort that forced Handanovic into a fine sprawling stop, while Tammy Abraham couldn’t hit the target as he tried to steer home an Emerson cross.

Twenty-year-old Argentine Lautaro Martinez almost snatched a winner for the Italians in stoppage time when his sharp firsttime strike was well kept out by Caballero.

Caballero saved from Skriniar with his legs in the shootout before Cesar Azpilicueta converted the decisive spot-kick.

Chelsea play Premier League rivals Arsenal in Dublin on Wednesday before wrapping up their pre-season campaign at home to Lyon on August 7, two days after facing Manchester City in the Community Shield.

Bajrang Punia

Istanbul, Jul 29 (PTI): Bajrang Punia won his second consecutive international gold while Sandeep Tomar had to be content with a silver medal at the Yasar Dogu International as Indian wrestlers returned with 10 medals, including seven by women, from the ranking event in Istanbul, Turkey.

In the women’s competition, Pinki was the lone gold medallist in the 55kg category with her 6-3 win over Ukraine’s Olga Shnaider in the final but Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik endured a disappointing result as she failed to reach the medal round in the 62kg category.

Overall Indian women grapplers outperformed the men’s by winning seven medals.

CWG champion Ba-

jrang did not have to break a sweat as his gold medal opponent Andriy Kvyatkovskyy from Ukraine withdrew from the 70kg final due to an injury.

In the 61kg final, Sandeep lost 2-8 to Iran’s Mohammadbagher Yakhkeshi.

Vicky had won a bronze in the 57kg on Saturday.

All other Indian men’s wrestlers - Amit (65kg), Jitendra (74kg), Pawan (86kg), Deepak (92kg), Jashkawar Singh (97 and 125kg) failed to reach the medal rounds.

Two gold medals were at stake in the women’s 53kg and 57kg categories on Sunday but Seema and CWG silver medallist Pooja Dhanda lost their final bouts.

Seema was outplayed 2-10 by Ukraine’s Khrystyna Bereza while Pooja was outclassed 0-11 by another Ukrainian Irnya Khariv.

Sourabh wins gold at Russia Open Qatar WC bid team Vladivostok, Jul 29 (IANS): Sourabh Verma stood out with his top-ofpodium finish performance in the men singles event in the Russia Open Tours Super 100 badminton tournament.

The sixth-seeded Sourabh came from behind win to beat Japan’s Koki Watanabe 18-21, 21-12, 21-17 and clinch his first title of the season. In the first game, Sourabh had a lacklustre beginning as he was trailing 5-11 even though Watanabe

managed only a slender lead initially. Yet, the Indian showed great character and levelled at 18-18 before the Japanese ran through to finish strongly.

Sourabh looked much more composed and with his effective half-court smashes and an equally strong net play, maintained the lead to take the game 21-12.

Watanabe looked resolute to not let his guard down in the decider, surging with an early lead of 9-3. But Sourav staged a fine recovery from

nowhere and pulled himself upfront.

In his anxiety to catch up with Sourabh, the Japanese made unforced errors which only helped the Indian’s cause. Sourabh romped home winners with the game and match at 21-17.

Earlier, Kuhoo Garg and Rohan Kapoor settled for silver in the mixed doubles after they succumbed 19-21, 17-21 to the JapaneseRussian combine of Vladimir Ivanon and Min Kyung Kim in the final.

accused of ‘sabotage’

Lo n d o n, J u l 2 9 (Agencies): The Qatar 2022 World Cup bid team has been accused of running a secret campaign to “sabotage” rival nations’ bids for the tournament in a Sunday Times report.

The report has revealed how Qatar allegedly hired a PR firm and former CIA agents ‘to pump out fake propaganda’ about rivals including USA and Australia. It describes how the accusations are based on leaked documents, seen by the paper, from a whistleblower who worked on the Qatar bid.

The documents allege the campaign involved ‘recruiting influential people to attack the bids in their own countries’ and attempted to ‘create the impression’ that there was no support for the World Cup domestically.

The Qatar bid team Anirudra Taekwondo Academy, Medziphema won 10 gold medals at the recently concluded has strongly denied the 31st Nagaland State Taekwondo Championship. The gold medallists are Elizabeth Ezung, Geeta Pandey, Inali, Visazono Sachu, Albert Ezung, Ram Bahadur, Kiran Shankar, Keviseno allegations. In a statement sent to media outlets, the Sanyu, Nenghoikim Singson and Ketholeno Sanyu.

Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy said, “The Supreme Committee rejects each and every allegation put forward by the Sunday Times.”

“We have been thoroughly investigated and have been forthcoming with all information related to our bid, including the official investigation led

by US attorney Michael Garcia. We have strictly adhered to all FIFA’s rules and regulations for the 2018/2022 World Cup bidding process.”

Another allegation focuses on one professor being paid £9,000 to write about the significant economic cost of hosting a World Cup in America, before the article was distributed to the international media.

The Times reports the documents also reveal the bid team recruited journalists, bloggers and high-profile figures to help undermine their rivals.

Yanrenthung Jamio of Association of Offroaders Nagaland (AON) emerged as the winner in 1611 to 3010cc petrol engine category at the recently concluded Isuzu powered 5th edition of Rain Forest Challenge Goa, India Chapter. The overall champion was won by Jagat Nanjappa and Chetan Changappa from V5 Offroaders based in Coorg. altogether, 41 participants took part in the competition. MOCA Arunachal Pradesh also made their debut and won the Team Spirit award.

28 AR to conduct football tournament

Dimapur, Jul 29 (NPN): The 28 Assam Rifles will be conducting district level football tournament under ‘Operation Sadbhavana’ at local ground, Wokha from August 6.

Two best teams from the tournament will be se-

lected to represent Wokha district in the forthcoming Nagaland football tournament in memory of Captain (Lt) Kenguruse, Maha Vir Chakra which is scheduled to be conducted at Kohima from September 10.

The winners will be awarded with cash prize

of Rs.30.000, Rs.20.000 and Rs.10.000 respectively besides five individual’s prizes.

Entry to the tournament is free. Therefore, interested teams/clubs can contact 8837499681 or RP Gate to take part in the tournament.

Toyota Yaris LaLiga World meet

Girona FC thrash Kerala Blasters 5-0

Kochi, Jul 29 (PTI): Girona FC gave football lessons to Kerala Blasters as the Spanish top division side thrashed the ISL outfit 5-0 to win the inaugural Toyota Yaris LaLiga World tournament in Kochi on Saturday.

Blasters looked a much-improved side, starting the final fixture with a 4-4-2 formation, and tightening the defence with their wingers sitting deep. On the other hand, Girona’s strategy was no different from their first game as they looked to attack from the word go.

The home side managed to hold fort till the half hour mark, making all the necessary interceptions and keeping Girona forwards at bay. The Spanish side kept pressing with more possession through the first half, but the defensive formation worked well for David James’ side.

Three minutes before halftime, a rare defensive lapse by the Blasters back-

Girona FC players celebrates after they beat Kerala Blasters during the Toyota Yaris La Liga World football tournament, in Kochi on Saturday. (PTI)

line led to Eric Montes scoring the first goal of the match, amazingly against the run of play. The Spanish right back made a run down the right to find the back of the net from a very tight angle.

The second half saw the home team start with three men at the back with Mohammad Rakip and

Prasanth K operating as wing-backs. Girona FC’s midfield kept improving as they played some spectacular one-touch football and created chances.

The constant attacking play finally paid off for the La Liga side and the lack of communication between the Blasters goalkeeper Naveen Kumar

and defense saw Girona winger Pedro Porro easily push one into the open net to make it 2-0 in the 53rd minute.

Four minutes later, Girona skipper Alex Granell scored the third as Yhoan Many made a superb run down the left to go past Prasanth and cut one in to his unmarked skipper, who

made no mistake in putting the ball behind the Kerala goalkeeper.

The Kerala defence, which had a firm command on the game in the first half, was nowhere close to their best in the second. Blasters kept losing possession in the midfield that led to Girona making the counter runs and unsettling the Kerala defence at regular intervals.

In the 61st minute an impressive free-kick from Blasters’ Ghanaian import Courage Pekuson almost them their first goal, but for a brilliant save by Girona’s goalkeeper.

It was business as usual then as Aday Benitez’s left footer took Blasters’ defenders deflection to find the back of the net in the 73rd minute.

Kerala goalkeeper could hardly do anything with the slight deflection.

To add to the home team’s woes, Blasters conceded a penalty in the added time. Aleix Garcia smartly placed the ball into the bottom right corner.

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