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Vol XXVII No. 235
DIMAPUR, monday, july 31, 2017 Pages 12 ` 4.00
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DUCCF demands immediate repair of Dimapur roads DIMAPUR, JUL 30 (NPN): Dimapur Urban Council Chairman Federation (DUCCF) has backed the Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) over its demand for the better roads and bridges in and Dimapur. DUCCF president Tsenthungo Lotha in a press statement demanded that the state government to take up immediate repair of roads which has been totally neglected for many years. He maintained that the road condition in and around Dimapur was in a deplorable condition where not only vehicles but even pedestrians cannot walk in the roads due to stagnant water. In view of the above, DUCCF urged the government to take up the work on war footing. DUCCF has also appealed to the medial department to be alert and monitor the situation as there was possibility of epidemic to occur due to flood season. The forum also extended appreciation to state government for providing relief to the flood affected people in Dimapur. Further, DUCCF acknowledged the state government for releasing the final payment of INSITU to the public of Dimapur.
Wild elephants destroy crops at Rilan
DIMAPUR, JUL 30 (NPN): A plantation farm around two bigha of land at Rilan village, Dimapur district was destroyed by a herd of four wild elephants on Saturday midnight. Rilan village chairman, Nribemo Ovung said that herd of wild elephants entered the village from Assam side and destroyed the barb-wire fence and standing crops including tapioca plants, maize and jackfruit trees. He said that the elephants were chased only after the villagers resorted to blank firing. Terming it as a serious threat to villagers due to frequent occurrences, the village council appealed to the authorities to initiate precautionary measures. (Staff Reporter)
ACAUT, PSAN clarify
DIMAPUR, JUL 30 (NPN): Apropos the news item ‘PIL against backdoor appointments’ published on July 30, ACAUT and PSAN has clarified that the two bodies had filed a writ petition and not PIL, with regard to backdoor appointments involving 655+51 backdoor appointees, and the interim granted till the returnable date 22.7.17 and not as rendered.
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says BJP tried to poach Guj MLAs NPCC urges Gov to uphold SC ruling Cong for `1500 crore, threatened families Wants appointments of Parl. Secys and Advisors nullified
DIMAPUR, JUL 30 (NPN): After the July 26, 2017 landmark judgment by the Supreme Court which struck down the power of the Assam legislative assembly to enact its own law for appointment of parliamentary secretaries, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has demanded that the Governor nullify the appointments of all 26 parliamentary secretaries (in the rank of ministers of state) and nine advisors (cabinet rank). The apex court on July 26, ruled as “unconstitutional” the enactment of the Assam Parliamentary Secretaries (Appointment, Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 on a PIL filed by a BJP member in 2005. The three-judge bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar, RK Agarwal and Abhay Manohar Sapre while giving out the ruling pointed out that Article 194 of the Constitution does not
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authorise the State Legislatures to create such offices of parliamentary secretaries. NPCC president K.Therie had submitted a memorandum to the Governor at Raj Bhavan Kohima on July 28 demanding that appointments of parliamentary secretaries and advisors be nullified as “unconstitutional and without any legal sanction” in taking cognizance of the judgement by the apex court . NPCC pointed out that the Supreme Court judgement was binding all over India and therefore, urged upon the Governor to act upon it. The judgment by the Supreme Court has become a talking point in various states and especially in Nagaland. All states in the North East have parliamentary secretaries except Assam and Tripura. After the 91st Amendment in 2003, in addition to the Anti Defec-
tion Law, Article 164(1A) was introduced to restrict the size of the council of ministers. In assemblies having a maximum of 70 seats, the number of council of ministers is restricted to 20 % of the total strength of the house while in rest, the number is restricted to 15% of the total strength of the house. In the current political scenario in Nagaland, the ruling NPF has been fractured between the party organisation headed by party president Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsü dismissed as chief minister on July 19 by Governor P.B. Acharya for not taking the floor test to prove he enjoyed majority support. The Governor’s decision as well as another controversy involving the Speaker in recognizing the claim of chief minister T.R. Zeliang as chief whip of NPF legislature on July 21, is being challenged by 11 legislators (10 NPF and 1 Independent) loyal to Dr. Shürhozelie. It may be recalled that earlier, the Governor directed then chief minister Dr. Shürhozelie to face a floor test on July 19 but he and his loyalists did not turn up( they claimed that till that day the did not receive the
Kma among 29 most quake-prone cities NEW DELHI, JUL 30 (PTI): Twentynine Indian cities and towns, including Delhi and capitals of nine states, fall under “severe” to “very severe” seismic zones, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). A majority of these places are in the Himalayas, one of the most seismically active regions in the world. Delhi, Patna (Bihar), Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Kohima (Nagaland), Puducherry, Guwahati (Assam), Gangtok (Sikkim), Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Imphal (Manipur) and Chandigarh fall under seismic zones IV and V. These cities have a combined population of over 30 million. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has classified different regions in the country into zones II to V, taking into consideration earthquake records, tectonic activities and damage caused, the director of the NCS, Vineet Gauhlat, said. The NCS, which records earthquakes and carries out studies pertaining to micro-zonation of cities, comes under the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Seismic micro-zonation is the process of subdividing a region into smaller areas having different potential for hazardous earthquake effects.
Zone II is considered the least seismically active, while Zone V is the most active. Zone IV and V fall under “severe” to “very severe” categories respectively. Zone V includes the entire Northeastern region, parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, parts of north Bihar and the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Sikkim, northern Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat and a small part of Maharashtra fall under Zone IV. Kusala Rajendran, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and an expert on paleoseismology, earthquake recurrence and active tectonics, said most of the cities in the list have a high population density and fall in the Indo-Gangetic plains. “The Himalayan arc, stretching from upper Assam region to J&K, is known to be a high seismic zone and these cities in the Indo-Gangetic belt fall within reasonable limits of the Himalayas. So repercussions are bound to be felt there,” she observed. Ministry of Earth Sciences secretary, M Rajeevan said 31 new earthquake observatories will come up in the country by March next year.
DIMAPUR, JUL 30 (NPN): As the 15-day deadline set to expire on August 1, 2017 and with no positive response from the state government, the landowners of six villages affected by the railway project have decided to impose “indefinite” ban on the ongoing work with effect from August 1, 2017. GBs of Pimla, Dhansiripar, Razaphe Basa, Khemnok, Zutovi and Sokhuvi village, said that the ban will continue till the discrepancy on the rate of compensation of the land is settled. Therefore, GBs have urged the contractors to stop the work accordingly. Earlier, GBs of the six villages alleged that rate of compensation of Rs. 28.75 per square feet against Rs. 60 per square feet in Chumukedima area was discriminatory when major portion of the land acquired were paddy fields. They claimed that the cabinet decision to give Rs. 60 per square feet in Chumukedima area up to 18.400 km covers the lands of the six villages.
BENGALURU, JUL 30 (AGENCIES): Congress MLAs holed up in a resort in Bengaluru claimed on Sunday they went to Karnataka of their own accord, as the BJP was using the state machinery in Gujarat to threaten them ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections. In a press conference, the 44 MLAs presented a united stand and said BJP had tried to buy off 22 MLAs and had even offered to pay Rs 1,500 crore, but they have not succumbed. “BJP is trying to poach our MLAs for 1500cr rupees, but we resisted them. Our families are being threatened,” Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil said. Congress had on late Friday night moved 44 of its Gujarat MLAs to a resort in Bengaluru to guard them against “poaching” by the BJP ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha polls in the state. BJP has denied reports of horse-trading and said the Congress’ actions has exposed its desperation. Gohil said they only need 45 votes to send Sonia Gandhi’s political adviser Ahmed Patel to the Rajya
SS Gohil speaks as Gujarat Congress MLAs seen behind him during a press conference on Sunday. (PTI)
Sabha and they are confident of victory even after the string of resignations. “We only need 45 votes out of the 60 that we command. The MLAs had held a meeting on July 25 in Gujarat, where 53 had promised their support,” he said. He claimed that even the six MLAs who had resigned in the last few days and joined the BJP were reconsidering their decision. “Their conscience is awakening. I request them to not fall for people’s tricky ways and stick to loyalties,” the Congress leader said. He also rubbished reports of a divided house and said there had been no disagreements among the
legislators. “We are like a family, if we would have been individuals we would have got separated,” he said, assuring there would be no cross voting in the Rajya Sabha polls. “We were being threatened by BJP in Gujarat. The BJP has used the CBI, ED and other institutions to target our MLAs. We came to Karnataka since Congress is in power here,” added the Congress leader. “There’s no need for us to stay here for even a minute if they say they won’t threaten us. As soon as this crisis is resolved, we will all be back in our constituency working for our people,” Gohil said.
Cs) unit and suspended four A/Cs for their involvement in anti-party activities and for supporting the dissident legislators. As authorized by the party president, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, the NPF working president Apong Pongener vide notification
Tiyi A/C, 42 Wakching A/C, 47 Aboi A/C, 48 Moka A/C, 55 Tobu A/C, 54 Tuensang Sadar II A/C and 60 Kiphire Pungro A/C. Suspended: 31 Akuluto A/C, 32 Atoizu A/C, 53 Tuensang Sadar I A/C and 57 Thonokyu A/C.
Nagaland Gorkha community joins unity march
Gorkha community of Nagaland during the unity march on Sunday. (NP)
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summons for the floor test). On July 21, the NPF factions had two chief whips-one appointed by the party president (Kiyanilie Peseyie) and the other by the party legislature (T.R. Zeliang). Kiyanilie Peseyie was officially appointed as chief whip by party president Dr. Shürhozelie on November 14, 2014. This was promptly accepted and notified by the Speaker’s office the very next day (November 15, 2014.) Chief minister T.R. Zeliang was reaffirmed as legislature party leader on July 4 at a meeting of the legislators and also elected as the chief whip. During the second floor test on July 21, the Speaker had recognized chief minister T.R. Zeliang as chief whip on the strength of his election to the post on July 4. To set matter at rest, noted legal luminary and former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee said it is the political party and not the legislature party that appoints the Whip. He said the Whip so appointed by the party is the person authorized by the political party to issue directions regarding voting in the house.
Landowners to NPF Central dissolves 10, suspends 4 A/C units JUL 30 (NPN): NPF Cen- dated July 4, 2017 order the dissolution and launch indefinite DIMAPUR, tral, based on the recommendation of the suspension of the following A/Cs with imAction Committee (DAC) has mediate effect. Dissolved: 16 Pfutsero A/C, ban on rail project Disciplinary dissolved 10 Assembly Constituencies (A/ 33 Suruhuto A/C, 34 Aghunato A/C, 37
This is it!
“Yes, Mahagathbandhan was for secularism but now my alliance is for opportunism.”
Chinese military has ability to defeat all enemies, says Xi
KOHIMA, JUL 30 (NPN): Gorkha community of Nagaland under the aegis of Nagaland Gorkha Association (NGA) joined the “Global Gorkhaland Unity March” which was carried out in over 150 cities and towns across the globe on Sunday in a first of its kind event. In Nagaland, over 10,000 Gorkhas from Ko-
hima, Tseminyu, Zubza, Lalmati, Medziphema and other surrounding villages took part in silent procession organized by NGA in collaboration with Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima and sister Gorkha NGOs. The rally started from Gorkha Public Panchayat complex, Chandmari Kohima and concluded at Raj Bhavan, where a memorandum was submitted to
the Prime Minister through Nagaland Governor, in support of creation for a separate Gorkhaland state to be carved out of West Bengal. In his address, NGA general secretary P.K. Thapa said that the unity march was to show to the Government of India and West Bengal that the people of Darjeeling were not isolated but the Gorkhas living across the globe are with
them. Thapa lamented that Gorkhas despite being Indian citizens for centuries, have been faced with identity crisis. This has hurt the sentiments of the Indian Gorkhas and for which the Gorkhas demand that they be treated on the basis of equality and trust just like any other citizens of this country, he added. In the memorandum signed by NGA president Nobin Pradhan and general secretary Prem Kumar Thapa, stated that Indian Gorkhas had been permanently settled in various parts of India, which accounts for about 1.5 crores in population. Darjeeling district and adjoining Dooars under Jalpaiguri district West Bengal, is the home of about 35 lakhs Gorkhas with an approximate area of 6,450 sq. km, NGA stated. These areas have been ruled, administered and exploited (Cont’d on p-7) K Y M C
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Seminar on tobacco abuse at Aoyimkum
Participants of seminar on tobacco abuse at Aoyimkum village panchayat hall. DIMAPUR: One day seminar for public awareness on tobacco abuse was organised by joint committee of Aoyimkum Baptist Arogo youth department, Aoyimkum Kaketshir Telongjem, and Aoyimkum Lanur Telongjem at the Aoyimkum village panchayat hall on July 29. A press note by Aoyimkum village joint committee member, Dr.
Temjenwabang stated that district nodal officer, National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) Dimapur, Dr. C. Tetseo as the resource person, informed that cases of tobacco abuse and health issues related to tobacco abuse was about 57% and was rising at an alarming rate. The resource person also highlighted that the church has a big role to
play in spreading awareness and controlling it. He also highlighted Tobacco Control Laws and in particular Cigarettes and Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). With permission from the Aoyimkum Village Council, the joint committee has issued notices to all shops within Aoyimkum jurisdiction to stop the sale of gutkhas from August 1.
Ban on the sale of other tobacco products would follow soon in the succeeding phases. The village was targeting to declare itself as tobacco-free village within 8 months. The programme was chaired by Atila Longkumer. NTCP psychologist Imkumla Aier and DEO, NTCP Naro Jamir also assisted in the programme.
Assam Rifles nab 4 with ganja
DRSU informs students
The four accused with seized ganja. DIMAPUR: 41 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) along with police representative established a Mobile Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) at Kukidolong, Dimapur on July 25 and nabbed four persons along with 400 kg marijuana (ganja) worth Rs 60 lakh.
According to PRO, HQ IGAR (N) during the operation, troops of Assam Rifles intercepted a Tata truck (No NL-07A-6367) along with four occupants and during search of the vehicle, 34 packets of marijuana was recovered. PRO informed that the individuals were identified
as Tsuthoni Tahe, resident of Sumi village, Phek; Kanmila Vasum, resident of Soraphung village, Ukhrul, Manipur; Tekhewete Lasuh, resident of Krowemi village, Ukhrul, Manipur and Mewelo Lashu resident of Soraphung Village, Ukhrul, Manipur. PRO also informed that a person indentified as Mewelo Lashu resident of Soraphung Village, Ukhrul district and owner of truck was also arrested. He revealed that marijuana was being transported from Jessami to Dimapur. The apprehendees along with the recovered items were handed over to Medziphema Police Station for further investigation, informed PRO.
D IMAPUR : Dim a pur Rengma Students’ Union (DRSU) has informed students who had secured 75% and above in their HSLC and HSSLC Examination, 2017 to submit their full details along with marksheet on or before August 5. Dimapur Rengma Students’ Union said a felicitation would be held during fresher’s meet on August 19, 10 a.m. at town hall, Dimapur. Interested participants for the upcoming fresher’s meet have been asked to contact DRSU, AGS, Daniel Kemp at 918416072755 and DRSU, I&P, Kvuchulo Khing at 918014173513, 918731943362.
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NSCN (R) ‘Naga army’ to supervise ‘Dimapur central finance’ DIMAPUR: NSCN/ GPRN (Reformation) has informed that “Naga Army/ military” has been assigned to deal with “Dimapur central finance” with immediate effect. NSCN (R) MIP informed that due to some “mismanagement” the financial matter in Dimapur was “halted” and the information of the same was published in local dailies on July 1, 2017. However, NSCN (R) has informed that it has resumed the finance management in Dimapur and would be strictly supervised by the “military authority”. NSCN (R) has asked all organizations, unions, business communities to fully cooperate with the “military authority for any financial transaction in order to function smooth and effective of the business affairs in the region”. It has further warned all concerned not to entertain “unauthorized collector under any circumstance until proper and authenticate assignees were verified as authorized by the Military authority in the larger interest of the Naga Nation.” NSCN (R) has further warned that anyone failing to comply with the directive would be doing so at their own risk. For further query and clarification one has been asked to contact at 8974622083, 8729977788, 7085422598 and 8732893713.
KCK advisory committee holds meeting DIMAPUR: Kohima College K o h i m a ( KC K ) a d v i s o r y committee held a meeting on July 27 to to discuss various issues pertaining to the upcoming golden jubilee of the college scheduled to be held on August 9 and NAAC Peer Team visit for its 2nd session of assessment and accreditation. The meeting resolved to change the nomenclature of advisor y board to advisor y committee in conformation to the directives of the Nagaland University and the Department of Higher Education, Government of Nagaland. Meanwhile, KCK principal Dr. Watijungshi, presented a report of the academic and
administrative aspects of the college. He also highlighted the completed and ongoing infrastructural works of the college. Kohima College Kohima vice principal, Thinuokhrienuo, briefed on the academic activities of the college and on the preparation of the upcoming golden jubilee celebration while IQAC Coordinator Moanungla Kevichüsa, gave a report of the preparation for the upcoming National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) PEER Team visit. The meeting was chaired by the chairman of the committee, Kevisiezolie Suohu who also offered valuable advises on a number of issues.
KBCK Sr. Pastor mission tour to US
DIMAPUR: Koinonia Baptist Church Kohima, Senior Pastor, Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo made a month mission tour to the US from June 20 to July 20 on invitation to minister at the International Restoration Discipleship and Leadership Training School through John Monger, founder & pastor of International Restoration Church, Austin Texas.
Rev. Kiewhuo along with Av i Yo n g o t a u g h t f o r o n e week at the Discipleship & Leadership Training School. He also ministered at International Restoration Church, Austin, Texas; Impact New Generation Church, Dallas, Texas; Baptist Church at Baltimore, Maryland and International Restoration Church, Fortworth, Texas.
SCHE Diphupar-Angami youth centre 25 years
Salesian College of Higher Education faculty, students and others at the programme. DIMAPUR: A DiphuparAngami youth centre started by residential students of the Salesian College of Higher Education (SCHE) in the year 1992 attained 25 years on Sunday at the St. Peter’s Church premises. The celebration began
with Holy Eucharist presided over by SCHE deputy director, Rev. Fr. Sebastian Jose and assisted by copastor of Carmel Parish, Rev. Fr. Marius. The programme was attended by Nuns of Carmel, 5th mile and the residential
students of Salesian College Education. The programme highlighted, memorable number by the old-timers of 1992, aerobics of present day youth, talks by the guests of honour, Youth Director Fr. Christudoss, an elder, jubilee
memorial song, a special number by the college students and youth group and vote of thanks was delivered by the Chief Catechist. The entire function came to an end with the delicious fellowship meal prepared for the occasion.
ATMAs, KVK conduct various activities across Nagaland
ATMA Mokokchung officials with farmers.
ATMA Longmatra officials with farmers.
ATMA Meluri officials with farmers.
ATMA Mon officials with farmers.
ATMA Mon with farmers at Totok Chingha.
ATMA Phomching block officials with farmers.
ATMA Aboi block officials with farmers.
Participants of KVK NU orientation programme.
DIMAPUR: Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) have been organising various trainings and demonstration and activities for farmers across the state. ATMA Mokokchung: Three-day training on rubber tapping and processing was held from July 25 to 27 at Anakiyimsen village by Land Resources department Mokokchung in collaboration with ATMA Mokokchung for the rubber growers of upper ranges of Mokokchung, such as Ongpangkong, Asetkong and Langpangkong with Imo Yaden, a local expert in rubber production as resource person. ATMA Longmatra: ATMA Longmatra block inaugurated a soybean farm school at Honito village,
room and various steps involved in pickle making was demonstrated to the attendees. Mushroom spawns was distributed to all the attendees. ATMA Mon: ATMA held a district farmer’s advisory committee meeting in Mon town on July 27 at Land Resources office. During the programme, the participants shared their ideas and problems faced at farmers level and they also stressed on the need for distribution of seeds, tools and implements during the trainings and demonstrations. The farmers while appreciating the technical inputs and trainings conducted by ATMA at farmers field levels also opined the need for better marketing linkages. The programme was chaired by Nemchaba BTM, Angjangyang, and
stration on “preparation of detergent” and “preparation of dishwash” were conducted at Totok Chingha on July 28 and on July 29, demonstration on “preparation of detergent and dishwash” was also conducted at Totok Chingnyu. The programme was chaired by Nemchaba Jamir BTM and the resource person was Vimeno Zao BTM. A total of 16 trainees attended the programme. ATMA Phomching block: Block Farmer’s Advisory Committee (BFAC) was held at Yuching village on July 24, chaired by Nunghothung Odyuo BTM. Altogether 8 members attended the meeting. A oneday training and demonstration programme was also conducted on July 28 at Yuching village. Nunghothung Odyuo BTM gave a
at Langmeang village. The resource person Mhachamo Ngullie BTM gave a handson demonstration on how to prepare dishwash. Altogether 15 trainees attended and the programme concluded with the distribution of dish wash kits. KVK, NU: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Nagaland University conducted introductory programme of orientation for Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme (RAWEP) at Lumami, Nagaland University on July 25. Vice chancellor, NU, Prof. P. Lal graced the occasion as chief guest, wherein he encouraged the students to take up the problems faced by the farmers and give them solutions which were suitable to their local condition. He advised the students to go
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Longmatra on July 24. The farm school was inaugurated by DPD, Kiphire district, Hukai Zhimomi, who gave an introduction about the functions and operations of the farm school and the role of the farm school teacher. Altogether 15 farmers attended the programme. AT M A M e l u r i : ATMA Meluri block, Phek conducted BFAC meeting along with demonstration on mushroom cultivation and chilli pickle on July 27 at Meluri village. The resource persons were BTT Convenor, SDAO Meluri, Phrumasie, BTM, Meluri block, Ekonthung Odyuo and ATM, Kelvin Khamo. In the programme, resource person apprised the farmers on the importance and health benefits of mushroom. Detailed procedure of growing oyster mush-
the moderator for the district farmer’s advisory committee meeting interaction was led by N Subenthung, deputy project director. Roseline Pusa said the vote of thanks. Progressive farmers and farmers’ friends from all the 8 blocks participated in the meeting. In a separate programme, ATMA Mon also conducted Block Farmer’s Advisory Committee (BFAC) meeting on July 26 at Mon block where a total of 16 members from various villages under the block attended the meeting. The problems faced by the farmers and suggestions for improvement was shared by the members. Various training and demonstration needs as well as other activities were also discussed. Training on “SHG book-keeping” and demon-
hands-on demonstration on preparation of dish wash. Kanato ATM demonstrated on the management practices of soya bean including land preparation, row spacing etc and Yokjun Konyak demonstrated on preparation of coffee nursery bed. Altogether 25 trainees attended the programme. Soya bean seeds and dish wash kits were distributed to the participants. ATMA Aboi Block: Block Farmer’s Advisory Committee (BFAC) meeting was held at Langmeang village on July 28. Mhachamo Ngullie BTM gave a brief note on BFAC and ATMA activities. Altogether seven farmers’ friend and 9 progressive farmers attended the meeting. On July 29, a demonstration programme on preparation of dishwash was conducted
for adoption of improved method of farming practices which were economically viable and led towards socio economic upliftment of farmers. Short speeches were delivered by Prof. M.K. Sinha, finance officer, Nagaland University and Imliakum, SDAO, Akuluto. The programme was chaired by Edenly Chishi, SMS (Horti.), welcome address delivered by Prof. S.K. Chaturvedi, dean, RDC, Nagaland University and Dr. Kundan Kumar, SMS (Agril. Extn.) highlighted the outline of RAWEP. Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Visakho Shunyu, SMS (Genetics & Plant Breeding). A total of 31 students of B.Sc. (Agri.) 4th year from Mewar University, Rajasthan enrolled for the RAWE programme. K
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State Quincentennial celebration of Protestantism
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nagalandpost.com Poll Q.: H a s t h e s w i t c h b y Nitish to BJP severely weakened the opposition? 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
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WEATHER FORECAST July 31
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Aizawl Imphal
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Itanagar Clouds and sun with a shower 30 24 Shillong
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Kohima
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Dimapur A stray morning thunderstorm 32 24
A thunderstorm in spots Tuensang A thunderstorm in spots Wokha A thunderstorm in spots
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Zunheboto Some sun, a t-storm in spots
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NSLSA members attend ntl seminar on legal services
DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NLSA) members attended a national seminar of “law school based legal services clinics” held under the theme “role of legal services clinics in law schools in promoting access to justice” organised by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra New Delhi on Sunday. Two secretaries of NDLSA, JMFC and secretary, Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority, Phuleto Yeptho and chief judicial magistrate and secretary Mon District Legal Services Authority, Inalo Zhimomi attended the seminar. According to a release by NDLSA, special address was delivered by Judge Supreme Court of India, Justice Dipak Misra and executive chairman NALSA and inaugural address by chief justice of India and
(R-L) JMFC and secretary Mokokchung DLSA, Phuleto Yeptho and chief judicial magistrate and secretary Mon DLSA, Inalo Zhimomi at the seminar.
patron-in-chief NALSA, Justice J.S. Khekar while functionality of legal aid clinics was addressed by vice-chancellor National Law University Delhi, Professor Ranbir Singh. During the seminar, NALSA’s song “Akele
Seminar on ‘GST: issues and implications’ at PGC
Farmers Club conducts ‘meet with expert’
DIMAPUR: Leshemi Farmers Club conducted one day “meet with expert” on July 27 at Leshemi village which was coordinated by Chude Agri and Allied Cooperative Society. The resource person for the programme, SMS (animal science), KVK, Porba Phek, Dr. Debojit, deliberated on management of pig rearing, importance of pig breeding and disease management on poultry rearing. The programme was sponsored by NABARD and DDM NABARD, Phek, Imsunaro encouraged the members to utilize expert advice in carrying out agriculture and allied activities. She also asked the farmers to coordinate with banking facilities for the benefit of the farming community in the village.
Seminar on GST in progress at PGC. DIMAPUR: Seminar on Goods and Services Tax (GST) was conducted at Phek Government College (PGC) by the seminar and research committee on July 29 at Deo Nukhu hall, with assistant professors from the department of Economics as panellists. Assistant professor, Dr Thejotalu Nienu gave an introduction on “What is GST?” and assistant professor, Temjenmeren
Jamir, spoke on the “Issues of GST” while head of department, Economics, Neiwe Mero, spoke on the “Impact of GST” . T h e s e m i n a r wa s moderated by Dr. Koktiba Sangtam from the department of Political science and was concluded with an interactive session where various interesting questions were raised both by teaching faculty and students.
nahi ho tum” and NALSA newsletter were also released. Welcome address was delivered by NALSA, Alok Agarwal while vote of thanks was delivered by project officer NALSA, Puneet Sehgal.
DIMAPUR: Clark Theological College (CTC) would be celebrating 500th anniversary (quincentennial) of Protestantism for which a prayer was organised on July 28. In a press release, Clark Theological College has informed that the celebration would be marked by 95 days of remembering Luther’s 95 theses by way of putting up one thesis every day, beginning July 28, on the wall of the College’s main building. It said the celebration would culminate on October 31 with a daylong grand programme comprising of a thanksgiving service, academic symposium around Luther’s life and theology and its relevance today, and finally a musical night as a tribute to Luther – the musician and hymn writer. It said the event revolves around Luther’s most foundational theology: “Saved by Grace”.
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KLC conducts citizen rights and duties awareness at JBC
Professor-in-charge Kezhokhoto Savi along with the team during the campaign at Jakhama Baptist Church on July 29. DIMAPUR: Kohima Law College (KLC) led by its professor-in-charge Kezhokhoto Savi conducted a campaign on “citizen rights & duties campaign” at Jakhama Baptist Church (JBC) on July 29. Several topics were presented by Helen Tungoe, Xavior Kent, Liethovi-u Yhome, Toka H. Chophy, M e n n y u W. Ko n ya k , Laknyei Phom, Nongoseno Richa & Nisuka Chishi. The resource persons stated that, the Public Service Delivery System was yet to be introduced in Na-
who is entitled to avail hassle-free public services and information thereof, has to face a lot of problems and pay bribes to avail the needed public services. This Act would make government officials accountable and help the government weed out corruption from the grassroots level to the top, informed that team. The programme was chaired by assistant pastor JBFK, Vimeko Sophie and a word of encouragement and appreciation was delivered by JBC Pastor, Rev. Zapovil Sophie.
Joint council of 4 villages under Kiphire ZSUN asks govt. to for ‘trial-run’ of population census address public grievances DIMAPUR: Joint Council of Seyochung Village, Singrep Village, Phelungre Village and Yangzitong Village Suro Pumji under Kiphire district have reiterated its demand to the government to expedite the process to put into effect January 23, 2014 order for carrying out “trail-run of population census for enumeration of only proper residents of Sumis of Kiphire district so as not to be misused by the Sumis of other districts.” In a press release, joint council chairman, Thsipise and secretary, Daniel Sechopi, informed that the decision was taken in a joint consultative meeting of the four village councils on July 29 at Kiphire town. The joint council informed that the meeting was held with regard to the joint representation of Kiphire Tuensang District Sumi Students’ Union (KTDSSU) and Pungro Area College Students’ Union (PACSU) for linking Aadhaar with the electoral-roll of the entire
Kiphire district electorate. While welcoming the concern shown by KTDSSU and PACSU to establish and strengthen the democratic processes by linking Aadhaar with electoral roll for a clean election, the joint council stated that a thorough understanding of the present status of the Aadhaar in the district needs to be taken into account for the same. The joint council informed that the estimated number of persons who are in possession of Aadhaar card was very few compared to the total population and claimed that the “Aadhaar capturing agency” in Kiphire district was not in operation for more than a year. The joint council also alleged “many anomalies and irregularity” found in the census figure 2011 of Seyochung Village, Singrep Village, Phelungre Village and Yangzitong Village Suro Pumji, wherein the total number of enumerated people in respect of each
village recorded a negative decadal growth rate by a huge percentage. It said the negative growth rate was attributed to many factors which were enforced during conduct of census enumeration. The joint council stated the direction to exclude students who were pursuing studies in towns/cities, people who are out of village for different purposes were also not enumerated and also alleged random deletion of households was carried out as detected from the abridged household listings. The joint council stated that since the electoral roll is a continuous process necessary modification /deletion/ inclusion is a welcome procedure taking into account the status of the electorate. However, it added that to delete a chunk percentage of village electorate based on 2011 NPR data was irrelevant after irregularities and anomalies have been identified.
Written exam for army recruitment in Dimapur TCZ organises ‘revival and
Aspirants appear exam for army recruitment in Dimapur.
galand. They pointed out that Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organization (NVCO) had launched the public services delivery campaign during the 2016 vigilance awareness week. They also appealed to the state government to introduce similar legislation for effective public services delivery to its citizens in the state. The act/law aims to reduce corruption among the government officials and to increase transparency and public accountability. The common man,
DIMAPUR: Written exam for army recruitment was held at Dimapur on July 30 where a total of 349 candidates took the test and the result of selected candidates is likely to be declared by third week of August. According to PRO (Defence), the examination was for the physically and medically fit candidates of the recruitment rally held at Kohima from May 18 to 21. About 2000 candidates had initially appeared for recruitment for the Indian Army. The recruitment rally was for enrolment of male candidates of Nagaland state only.
deliverance’ programme
D I M A P U R : Te n y i m i Church Zunheboto (TCZ) organised a “revival and deliverance” programme from July 21-23 under the theme ‘Behold, now is the accepted time; Behold, now is the day of salvation” (II Cor. 2:16). The speakers of the programme were Pastor Kevi Khana and director Jesus Revival Evangelistic Ministry, Sedekhriezo Whuorie. The ministering team comprised of preachers, church elders, prayer war-
Nsong area public clearing the landslide area. DIMAPUR: Zeme Students Union (N) has urged the government to look into the grievances of the “poor and marginalised public” of Nsong area as public had been suffering silently for three decades. In a press note, ZSU (N) president, Aakam Pame, stated that due to landslide which blocked Herajambak road a social work was organised by Nsong public. ZSU (N) stated that no repairing or renovation
had ever been done even after 28 years and claimed that NST bus for public had to stop its service as road condition was pathetic. Left with no option, the student body said the public had to initiate clearance of the road situated in a disaster prone area at their own expense. ZSU (N) stated that the poor and pathetic condition of road has hampered the lifeline of Nsong area and student community in particular.
riors and relatives of the hosting family. The highlights of the programme included teaching/preaching, praise and worship, special numbers, the Lord’s Supper, and healing sessions during which some were healed of their prolonged illnesses. Apart from the members of the church, people from other churches and non-Christians including non locals attended the “revival and deliverance” programme.
Sao Chang College Tuensang organises fresher’s day
(R-L): Guest speaker, Impung. Section of the gathering at SCC Tuensang fresher’s day.
DIMAPUR: Sao Chang College (SCC), Tuensang organised its 44th fresher’s day on July 28 at the college auditorium with asK
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ence at the college saying the college equipped him with the “intellectual tools of knowledge”. He encouraged the
students to be regular in the classes and work hard to achieve success. He further exhorted them not to spend time unnecessarily
in unproductive activities but to give top priorities to their studies. SCC, principal, Chubasangla, said the aim of higher education was to impart quality education and also to produce quality life. She welcomed the freshers’ into the family of the college and encouraged them to be sincere, obedient and to do well in their studies. During the programme, the Academic Excellence Award and Best Student of the Year Award were also given. Betikundang Chang, B.Sc 1st semester and Somba Lomchu, B.Sc 1st semester were declared Miss & Mr Freshers 2017 respectively. K
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Manipur on high alert after diseases outbreak in Myanmar Medical surveillance teams deputed at key border points review meeting chaired by him late Saturday evening, he added. Informing that the number of people falling ill from an unknown disease in interior Churachandpur have rose considerably, the chief minister said that around 200 people have so far reached Churachandpur district headquarters to avail medical treatment. State authority has also sent two trucks to evacuate other ailing people, the chief minister said. The chief minister said that a strong team of doctors and paramedics led by senior officers of the state health services and AYUSH department have rushed to the district to contain the spread of the unknown disease. He further stated that government has immediately sanctioned and release Rs one lakh from Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to Hill Area Committee Chairman and Hen-
glep AC MLA TT Haokip to evacuate the affected villagers. Around 200 infected villagers reached Churachandpur district headquarters yesterday night, Singh informed. With no space in the district hospital to accommodate all the ailing people, some of them have been accommodated at a community hall nearby where district police is providing all necessary assistances to the ailing people, he added. Biren assured that the government will extend all necessary assistance to the affected villagers through the district administration and elected leaders. “Gover nment will arrange even airlift the patients if necessary,” he added. The chief minister stated that 70 percent of the Japanese Encephalitis and Dengue cases were detected in Churachandpur district.
M’laya policeman shoots dead senior
2 girls rescued from clutches of traffickers
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IMPHAL, Jul 30: Manipur has been put on high alert after mosquito-borne diseases claimed 16 lives in Myanmar villages bordering Manipur. State health department has also deputed medical surveillance team at Manipur villages bordering with Myanmar. “Steps have been taken up to combat spread of the mosquito-borne diseases that had reportedly claimed 16 live at villages of Myanmar neigohburing with Manipur,” said Manipur health minister L Jayentakumar. The health minister warned that the mosquitoborne diseases may spread in Manipur at any time citing the prevailing climatic condition. The outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases in the neighbouring country was at a time while the state is fighting with the spread of Japanese Encephalitis,
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Shillong, Jul 30: In a fratricidal incident, a police constable shot dead his senior colleague in Meghalaya’s West Jaintia Hills district in the early hours of Sunday morning before fleeing away with the weapon, a police official said. Constable Lusen Sangma belonging to the 3rd Meghalaya police battalion fired at close range from service rifle at Havildar Litsingh Inghi, who succumbed to his bullet wound on his way to the hospital,
Dengue, Swine Flu and other vector-borne diseases. Manipur government has also decided to medically examine people entering Manipur at key entry points to the state. State chief minister N Biren Singh said that the medical surveillance teams with necessar y equipments would be deputed at Moreh, Jiribam and Behiang of Churachandpur district bordering with Myanmar. Talking to reporters, Singh said that the medical surveillance teams will medically examine the people, who are entering the state. “The step has been taken up in view of spread of Japanese Encephalitis, Dengue, Swine Flu and other vector-borne diseases in the state,” Singh asserted. The decision to depute the medical teams was taken after a high level
said district police chief R. Muthu. The incident occurred in Sahbsein area at around 1.00 a.m. Sunday morning when Sangma, who was in an inebriated condition, stormed into the top-floor room of Inghi, who was sitting with two of his subordinates. “Constable Sangma fired six rounds from his Self Loading Rifle inside the room and one of the bullet hit Inghi’s shoulder. He came down to the ground floor of the building and fired another 15 rounds be-
fore fleeing from the place with the weapon,” Muthu said. Asked the cause of the fratricide, the police official said, “Investigation is on to ascertain the cause of incident. However, preliminary investigation hinted that the accused was in a drunken state of mind.” Meanwhile, police have sounded an alert to arrest Sangma. “We have no knowledge about his exact (Sangma) whereabouts, but a manhunt is on to arrest him,” Muthu said.
Govt official booked for abuse of Tripura artist
NEW DELHI, Jul 30 (Agencies): Delhi Police has registered an FIR against a senior manager of a prominent government cultural institution for sexually harassing an artist from Tripura. The woman had approached the northeast cell of Delhi Police in June this year with a complaint against the manager after which a probe was initiated against him. Police say that the manager would be asked to join the probe. In her complaint, the woman had told police that on May 19, the official had allegedly sent indecent messages and pictures to the woman on Facebook, following which she blocked him immediately. The next day, she wrote to the institute secretary and chairman. The case was taken up at Tilak Marg police station and an internal enquiry was
also initiated by the institute. The complaint stated that the harassment started in March, when she came to Delhi to attend the National Conclave of Northeast and Tribal Arts. “During a workshop, he tried to push me and touch me, but I kept quiet. Now, I think I should have raised the issue at that time itself.,” the woman wrote in her complaint. She said that the man showed her gestures with intention of sexual intimidation. He also tried to attack her modesty and touch her inappropriately. The 57-year-old accused has been given a show-cause notice to explain his alleged conduct. The official, however, claimed that he was framed. The woman was asked to appear for recording her statement under section 164 CrPC.
G U WA H A T I , J ul 30 (Ag encies ): As trafficking cases witness a rise in the Northeast region of India, yet another case has surfaced in Assam where two girls were rescued at the nick of time while being trafficked by three boys from Gohpur to Delhi. The trio were caught from Tongla railway station under Udalguri district of Assam on Friday. It was informed that the two girls were brought from Biswanath district. It was informed that their suspicious behavior wa s w h a t c a u g h t t h e attention of the police. They were later arrested from Tonglo station. The trio has been identified as Nuruddin Ali, Sahidul Ali and Morom Ali. According to the police, the trio built a relation with the two girls via mobile phones and then promised them for marriage. However, the marriage promise was a mere trap to lure the girls to metropolitan cities and to sell them off to human traffickers.
Other-state lottery ban: Kerala rejects Mizoram govt’s letter T H I RU VA NA N THAPURAM, Jul 30 (Agencies): The state government has rejected a letter from the Mizoram Government on the sale of its lotteries in the state. The state will also write to the Centre for banning Mizoram Lotteries citing gross violations of the Lotteries Regulation Act. The state received the official letter on Saturday, a day after advertisements of the lottery appeared in some newspapers. Addressing media persons here on Saturday, Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said the letter talked only about distribution arrangements, whereas it should have had details of all aspects including sales, printing etc. “Mizoram is also obliged to provide other details as requested by the state. Agents brought crores of tickets to the state without completing the formalities. This is illegal and the police have arrested some persons in Palakkad for possessing the tickets,” Isaac said. The Lotteries Department has warned of sacking its agents who sell
Tourists having a look at the city from Shillong Peak. Shillong, Jul 30 (PTI): Tourists inflow to Meghalaya has doubled in the past 10-years and the number is increasing at a rapid rate, officials said. The primary reason for this increase was the improved internal security within the state and the free publicity of the exotic and pristine spots on social networks and in the public domain, they said.
Tourist inflow, both domestic and international, has increased from 4.04 lakh in 2006 to 8.39 lakh till last year, according to statistics from the Tourism department. In 2006, a little over 4 lakh domestic tourists visited the state while in 2016, there were 8.3 lakh domestic footfalls whereas during the same period, the foreign tourist visits has
increased from a little over four thousand to nearly 8500 footfalls till December last year. There was a steady increase of about 50,000 more footfalls every year and going by the current rate, the number of tourists visiting the state will double in the next 7–8 years. The state government has also increased investment under the Tourism
other-state lotteries. Special preferences will be given to the media which reject advertisements of other-state lotteries. Isaac said the state would write to the Centre to ban Mizoram lottery. The letter included a copy of the agreement between Mizoram Government and Teesta Distributors on the basis of ‘minimum guaranteed revenue.’ This is against the Lotteries Regulation Act and the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) had earlier criticised the Mizoram Lotteries Department for entering into such an agreement. The CAG’s performance audit of Mizoram State Lotteries between 2010-11 and 2014-15 accused the latter of violating Lotteries Regulation rules by entering into an agreement with four distributors to conduct lotteries (both paper and online) on realisation of minimum guaranteed Revenue (MGR) per draw instead of ensuring the whole sales proceeds calculated on the face value of tickets were deposited in the consolidated fund of the state.
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India’s longest bridge transforming local economy Guwahati, Jul 30 ( Ag encies ) : G u wa hati businessman Bibek Patowary took his family during this summer vacation on a 550 km road trip to see Bhupen Hazarika Setu, India’s longest bridge inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May. He was not alone. Located in the easternmost point of the state, an area ravaged by annual floods, the strategically important bridge connecting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh has become a tourist hotspot. “We visited on a weekday but were sur prised to find hundreds like us who had reached Dhola in Tinsukia district to see the bridge, ride across to the other side, click photos and more,” Patowary said. The 9.15 km long bridge over Lohit, which will make it easier to transport military logistics close to the border with China, has literally transformed both places located on the northern and southern banks. The media hype surrounding its inauguration by Modi on May 26 and the bridge’s entry into the record books has led to a heavy influx of tourists from across Assam, northeast and other
Tourist inflow to Meghalaya has doubled in last 10-years mission and implemented several schemes, which include construction of tourist lodges, guest houses, roadside amenities and restaurants to promote tourism, according to Chief Minister Mukul Sangma With the inflow increasing, management experts warned that it could cause serious damage on fragile ecological spots like the double-decked root bridges in Sohra (erstwhile Cherrapunji), the sacred groves at Mawphlang (both in East Khasi Hills) or the limestone caves in East Jaintia Hills. Sanjib Kakoty who teaches at the IIM-Shillong, said while inflow of tourists is good, preference should be given to attract quality tourists and not just quantity or the bulk visitors who could cause serious damage to the ecology of the area. “The double-decked bridge or the sacred groves cannot take in certain number of people at a given time. Proper regulation of visitors by the concerned authorities is a must given the present conditions,” he said. In fact recently, there were massive traffic jams
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for over 30 km along the Guwahati - Shillong – Sohra highway. This is particular witnessed during weekends when thousands of cars from neighbouring Assam flock the state. Cautioning the 100 per cent increase of tourists inflow into the state, founding chairman of the Meghalaya Tourism Development For um and a former minister, R G Lyngdoh said, “Many things could go wrong if we depend management of tourism on the government. The public at large should take ownership and should look for solutions for itself.” “Village durbars should ensure proper management of a particular area and to also take stock of the ecology and to ensure that culture and local habits are intact,” he said. The tourist inflow has also witnessed an increase of beds even in far flung villages. The state government has identified over 40 tourist spots and East Khasi Hills district, in which Sohra, the wettest place on earth is located, attracts the bulk of tourists, a senior government official said.
An aerial view of the Bhupen Hazarika Setu, India’s longest bridge. parts of India. On weekends thousands of people throng to the structure over river Lohit, a major tributary of the Brahmaputra. The sudden rush to the area, where very few ventured earlier, has led to tea-stalls, eateries, ‘paan’ shops mushrooming to cater to the tourists. Locally produced organic vegetables, crafts and clothes have also found a new market enabling locals in the area both in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh see a surge in their earnings. Sensing a business opportunity, Aghi Mihu, a local Idu-Mishmi youth from Roing in Arunachal Pradesh has started a venture allowing tourists to get photos clicked wearing the
traditional attire of the subtribe of the Mishmis. But the sudden surge of tourists and hundreds of vehicles to the area is creating administrative problems that never existed before the bridge became operational. “There is chaos on the bridge and nearby areas especially on weekends. We have deployed more personnel to manage and set up check gates,” said Sanjay Kumar Sain, superintendant of police of Lower Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh. Since outsiders visiting Arunachal Pradesh need to procure an inner line permit, the administration has set up a check point along the road, which is creating further
traffic snarls. Earlier this month, Arunachal Pradesh police seized 8000 kgs of illegally procured explosives from a truck on way from Meghalaya during a routine check-up of vehicles. The explosives were meant for road construction, but officials say there could be the possibility of such contraband landing in the hands of terror outfits which operate in the area. “The bridge has benefitted local economy due to surge of tourists but has created management problems for us. We are planning to create no-parking zones in some areas,” Oinam S Singh, deputy commissioner Tinsukia district in Assam told HT.
Manipur CM N Biren Singh inspects NSU Correspondent
IMPHAL, Jul 30: Manipur chief minister Sunday inspected the site for construction of National Sport University at Koutruk in Imphal West district. Singh said that state government has proposed the Centre for commencing the academic session of the proposed university with the laying of the foundation stone. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to lay the foundation stone after August 15. The proposal for setting up of National Sports University in Manipur was formally announced by the Union finance minister in his budget speech 2014-15. Rs 100 crore was allocated for the same. B.PEd, MPEd, diploma/certificate courses in coaching, physiotherapy, fitness, sports management, sports journalism, etc will be available at the proposed university. However, non-introduction of bill for setting up the university in the Parliament coupled with controversy in the land allocation has delayed the commencement of the academic session of the proposed
Manipur CM N Biren Singh inspecting progress of ground leveling work for setting up of National Sports University in Imphal West district on Sunday. university. Chief minister N Biren said that after laying the foundation stone, the state government has proposed to start ground work for construction of the permanent campus by the end of August this year. Land demarcation and initial fencing works has completed, he added. He further said that this national sport university will be only one in India which is going to construct in Manipur. “It is a huge lank mark to be taken up by the Prime Minister of India in the interest of our talented and spirit sportspersons,” he said.
State government has proposed to start the first session of the university at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex by using the existing infrastructure, the chief minister said. Necessary office rooms and other required infrastructures has already been developed there with Rs five crore sanctioned by the state government, he added. State works minister Th Biswajit who accompanied the chief minister in the visit said that the university will not only provide multiple opportunities to nearby villagers but also create jobs opportunity to the people of state.
GJM supporters hold rallies; seeks Centre’s intervention
the movement for a separate state. “This is a global march that we have planned not only in various states of India but also abroad where our Gorkha brothers are either settled or working,” a GJM leader said.
Boarding school to shift classes to Siliguri
bullet injury. The charge was, however, denied by the ADG (Law and Order) who had termed it as “completely baseless”. Several protestors and police personnel were injured in the clashes that took place in Sukna area of the hills yesterday. The situation in Darjeeling remained tensed today though no incident of violence was reported since last night. The police and security forces patrolled the streets of the hills and kept a tight
vigil at all entry and exit routes. Normal life remained crippled on the 46th day of the ongoing indefinite strike to press for a separate Gorkhaland state. Barring medicine shops, business establishments, restaurants, hotels, schools and colleges remained closed. The GJM and other hills parties today has plans to organize ‘Global Gorkhaland Unity March’ in Darjeeling, other parts of the country and abroad to express solidarity with
A.P.J Abdul Kalam kin seek to defuse row over Gita sculpture
Rameswaram, JUL 30 (AGENCIES): An engraved ‘Bhagavad Gita’ near the statue of late president A.P.J Abdul Kalam has kicked up a row, with his family seeking to put in to rest by placing a copy of the Quran and Bible near it. “An unnecessary controversy was raised by some people. DRDO officials worked tirelessly for the memorial construction and had not sculpted the Bhagavad Gita near the statue with any (ill) intention. Now we have left two books —— Quran and Bible near the statue,” his relatives Sheik Dawood and Salim told PTI. They said they would also place a copy of Tamil treatise Thirukkural near it soon.
PAC asks defence ministry to share all missing Bofors files New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI): The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has asked the Defence Ministry to trace and share with it all missing files related to the Bofors scandal, according to its two members. The six-member subcommittee on defence, headed by BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, is looking into the long-pending non- compliance of certain aspects of the CAG report on the Bofors guns deal. The PAC strongly objected to the ministry’s suggestion that certain paragraphs of the CAG report may be dropped as some files related to it are missing, according to the minutes of the parliamentary panel’s meeting, a copy of which is with PTI. The meeting was held earlier this month. During the meeting, both PAC chairman Mahtab and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey stressed on the need for top ministry officials to trace and share missing files and notings related to the deal. According to the minutes of the meeting, top defence ministry officials agreed that the ministry will share all the required details with the PAC. When contacted, two MPs who are members of the committee confirmed that the ministr y has agreed to share the details with them.
His relatives said Kalam was a leader to all Indians and no one should seek to politicise the episode. The engraved wooden copy of Bhagavad Gita sculpted along with the statue had drawn opposition from various quarters. An MDMK spokesperson said party founder Vaiko had already questioned the need for a Bhagavad Gita there, when Kalam had, even in international fora, referred only from the Thirukkural. A PMK leader, who did not wish to be named, also questioned the presence of the holy book, saying Kalam was common to all citizens of India. The `15 crore memorial was inaugurated on July 27
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Peikarambu here, Kalam’s native village, on the ‘Missile Man’s’ second death anniversary. It was constructed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation with which Kalam was associated, and other central government departments. It has on display replica of rockets and missiles on which the late scientist had worked. The Prime Minister had unveiled a wooden statue of Kalam playing the musical instrument ‘veena’ during its inauguration. The memorial also has about 900 paintings and 200 rare photographs of the late scientist, who held the office of president from 2002 to 2007.
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The GJM-led indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling has taken a toll on students, prompting a prominent boarding school to shift classes 10 and 12 to Siliguri to clear the syllabus backlog, while a Kurseong-based school may follow suit. Classes were suspended in the hill schools in view of the indefinite strike, going on since June 15, demanding a separate Gorkhaland state. “We have asked all the students of classes 10 and 12 to report at Siliguri on August 1. We will be holding classes at Matigara, near Siliguri,” a spokesperson of Darjeeling North Point School said. It is being done to complete the syllabus for board examinations to be held early next year, he said.
WB flood situation improves further, toll mounts to 34 Kolkata, Jul 30 (PTI) : The flood situation in West Bengal improved further today as water has started to recede in majority of the rivers in the worst-hit Howrah, Hooghly and West Midnapore districts. The toll, however, rose to 34 since July 21 following the death three more persons in the state, officials said. A senior official in the state’s Disaster Management Department said that nearly 25 lakh people were affected at about 170 villages in 11 floodhit districts. The flood was mainly caused by heavy rains earlier this week, triggered by a huge low pressure trough, and water released by the DVC through its dams along the course of the Damodar river in Bihar and Bengal.
BJP shuts down Kerala after RSS man’s murder T h i r u v anan thapuram, Jul 30 (IANS): A dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the BJP after an RSS activist was killed derailed normal life across Kerala on Sunday even as police arrested eight persons allegedly linked to the ruling CPI-M for the killing. After being summoned by Governor P. Sathasivam, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan promised that action would be taken against lawbreakers irrespective of their status and political affiliation. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh also told him to curb political violence. The Bharatiya Janata Party called the shutdown after E. Rajesh, 34, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), was hacked to death here on Saturday night. He died a few hours later. All shops and markets across the state were shut and all public vehicles went off the roads, residents and officials said. The few private vehicles which plied faced angry BJP and RSS activists. Kerala Police chief Loknath Behra told reporters that all but one of those involved in the crime has been arrested.
Modi for ‘Quit India’ movement against communalism, terrorism
New Delhi, Jul 30 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked people to rally around another “Quit India” movement - 75 years after Mahatma Gandhis campaign against British rule - to rid the country of filth, poverty, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism by 2022. In his monthly radio talk Mann ki Baat, Modi said the next five years could be as decisive as was the time from 1942 - when Gandhi made the “Quit India” call - and 1947 - when India got freedom. He asked the people to make a pledge and contribute towards building a “new India”. “Just as the five years from 1942 to 1947 were decisive for the country’s independence, these five years from 2017 to 2022 can and must play a decisive role for the future of India. Five years from now, we will celebrate 75 years of India’s independence. “We must make 2017 our Year of Resolve. In this month of August, we have to come together and resolve: Filth - Quit India; Poverty - Quit India; Corruption - Quit India; Terror-
Bhubaneswar, Jul 30 (PTI): Union minister and BJP leader Jual Oram today said he is ready to resign if allegations of discrepancies in his poll expenses affidavit, levelled by the ruling BJD in Odisha, are found true. “The charges levelled by the BJD are false and politically motivated. There is no mismatch in my poll expense figures. I am prepared to face any probe. If the allegations are found true, I will step down as a minister,” he said. Oram accused the BJD of trying to mislead people after discrepancies were found in their own poll expenditure statements. The Union tribal affairs minister said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik should resign first on moral grounds as preliminary inquiry showed mismatch in
his affidavit for the 2014 state Assembly polls. O r a m ’s c o m m e n t s came a day after the BJD demanded his resignation accusing him of submitting false affidavit on poll expenditure before the Election Commission. The MP from Sundergarh constituency has already denied the charge put up by BJD MPs Pinaki Mishra and P K Deb at a press meet yesterday. The allegation against the union minister come at a time when the BJP is demanding Patnaik’s resignation, charging him of discrepancies in his election expenditure.
ism - Quit India; Casteism - Quit India; Communalism - Quit India,” Modi said in his Hindi speech. An English translation of the speech was made available by the government. Modi said Gandhi had given a “Do or Die” call but it was time to “live by and strive for this resolve (and) launch a mega campaign ‘Sankalp se Siddhi’ - Attainment through Resolve” from August 9 - the 75th anniversary of “Quit India” movement. Modi said he could see that the next five years would be a new time segment to “certainly transform that resolve into ‘siddhi’ or attainment”. The Prime Minister also hailed the GST, launched on the midnight of June 30, as “more than just a tax reform” and said
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“The allegation against me is false, fabricated and politically motivated. I challenge them (BJD) to take the matter to the court,” Oram said. The BJD has also said it will move the EC and court seeking action against Oram.
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it would usher “in a new culture of honesty”. He said he had received letters from the countrymen and felt “very happy and satisfied when a poor person writes to say how because of GST prices of various items essential for him have come down, and commodities have become cheaper”. “GST is a fine example of the collective strength of the people of India. This is a historic achievement. And this is not just a tax reform, it is a new economic order that will strengthen a new culture of honesty.” Modi also spoke about Indian women’s cricket team for reaching the final of the World Cup, saying “our daughters are bringing laurels to the country in all the fields - be it education, economic activities, social spheres or in sports”. “Our daughters performed brilliantly in the Women’s Cricket World Cup. This week I had the opportunity to meet our daughters, the members of our Women’s Cricket team. I felt happy talking to them, but I had a feeling that they felt burdened by the fact that they could not win the World Cup.”
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Gorkhaland supporters take part in a mass rally at Mirik in Darjeeling on Sunday. Darjeeling/ Kolkata, Jul 30 (PTI): GJM supporters today took out rallies at Chowkbazar area of the hills carrying black flags in protest against the police action on proGorkhaland supporters. Shouting slogans against the state government, the protesters demanded the Centre’s intervention in the matter. Pro-Gorkhaland supporters had yesterday clashed with the police during which, the GJM had claimed, one of its supporters suffered a
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arious high courts have in the recent past, struck down the appointment of parliamentary secretaries in various states but not much attention was given. However when the Supreme Court on July 26, held as unconstitutional, a law enacted by Assam government in 2004 that allowed appointment of parliamentary secretaries enjoying the rank of minister of state; it struck like a bolt of lightning. Many high courts having jurisdiction over states like Delhi, Telangana, West Bengal, Punjab & Haryana, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan etc had also struck down the appointments but some had preferred to seek vacation of the order from the Supreme Court. The apex court Bench comprising of Justice J Chelameswar, Justice RK Agrawal and Justice A.M. Sapre, in their July 26 judgment held that the legislature of Assam lacked the competence to create the post of parliamentary secretaries. The ruling will not have any bearing on Assam since the state presently has no parliamentary secretary. The case pertained to the period during the rule of the Congress party under Tarun Gogoi in 2005. However, the tremor caused by the Supreme Court ruling will certainly affect all states that have parliamentary secretaries. In the north east, Arunachal Pradesh(31), Meghalaya(17), Mizoram(7), Manipur(12) and Nagaland(26) have parliamentary secretaries appointed by the respective chief ministers. As in the case with Assam, the appointments were made under the Acts passed by the respective states. It may be recalled that Parliament in 2003 passed the 91st Amendment (Anti Defection Law) where Article 164(1A)was introduced to restrict the size of the council of ministers. While the size of the council of ministers was restricted to 15% of the total strength of the house ; hill states like Nagaland were allowed to have a maximum of 20% of the total strength of the house. Parliamentary secretaries are ruling party members appointed to assist ministers. They are regarded for all practical purposes at par with the PS to ministers having access to all official files and documents. Today in some states parliamentary secretaries have status as ministers of state, while in some states, ‘Chief Parliamentary Secretaries have cabinet status. The present T.R.Zeliang ministry in Nagaland has a total of 47 members comprising of 36 NPF, 4 BJP and 7 Independent MLAs. There are 12 ministers(including one chief minister), 26 parliamentary secretaries and nine Advisors of cabinet rank. If the Speaker is included, every member of the T.R.Zeliang coalition holds office. There are also around have a dozen PSUs whose chairmen used to be elected members. The Supreme Court in its judgment had clearly explained that the constitution does not empower an assembly to enact such an Act to override Parliament and therefore, no chief minister has the power to appoint any parliamentary secretary. The issue of parliamentary secretaries in Nagaland has attracted sharp attention as it comes at a time when the rift between the NPF party led by Dr.Shürhozelie and rebel legislature majority led by chief minister T.R.Zeliang hinges over constitutional interpretation to political decisions. If the Supreme Court ruling has to be applied to all states, then the fate of the 26 parliamentary secretaries would be in peril. The issue will create an impossible scenario on government formation over the question- how to accommodate so many aspirants ?
DailyDevotion The Teaching of Disillusionment Jesus did not commit Himself to them…, for He knew what was in man. —John 2:24-25 Disillusionment means having no more misconceptions, false impressions, and false judgments in life; it means being free from these deceptions. However, though no longer deceived, our experience of disillusionment may actually leave us cynical and overly critical in our judgment of others. But the disillusionment that comes from God brings us to the point where we see people as they really are, yet without any cynicism or any stinging and bitter criticism. Many of the things in life that inflict the greatest injury, grief, or pain, stem from the fact that we suffer from illusions. We are not true to one another as facts, seeing each other as we really are; we are only true to our misconceived ideas of one another. According to our thinking, everything is either delightful and good, or it is evil, malicious, and cowardly. Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life. And this is how that suffering happens— if we love someone, but do not love God, we demand total perfection and righteousness from that person, and when we do not get it we become cruel and vindictive; yet we are demanding of a human being something which he or she cannot possibly give. There is only one Being who can completely satisfy to the absolute depth of the hurting human heart, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord is so obviously uncompromising with regard to every human relationship because He knows that every relationship that is not based on faithfulness to Himself will end in disaster. Our Lord trusted no one, and never placed His faith in people, yet He was never suspicious or bitter. Our Lord’s confidence in God, and in what God’s grace could do for anyone, was so perfect that He never despaired, never giving up hope for any person. If our trust is placed in human beings, we will end up despairing of everyone.
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Boom-bust: Record stocks upsurge
he stock market is booming. It is said to be a global trend despite not so boom in the world economy. Why and how is it happening? Is it real or an indication of a global crash? Whatever goes up comes down, is the stock market dictum. The Indian stock market is on an upswing. It touched the record (it goes on setting such records) 32074 at the Mumbai sensex indicator on July 17, 2017. Though, next day, it fell by 363 points, the highest in seven months. Two days later again it fell by 50 points to close at 31,904. It jumped by 124 points on July 21. The Nifty of the NSE is also in a similar surge-fall cycle. Is it good time for investors? It is difficult to say. Speculative investors put their money during such “boom”, the real investors wait for good time – the bearish phase. Market experts are awaiting a correction, the euphemism for finding the realistic level, or a fall in the trading. The last week’s fall was led by GST Council’s decision to impose cess on cigarettes and the largest tobacco company’s stocks
led the fall. The stock market can be affected if some more shots are fired on the IndoPak border or if Doklam stand-off between India and China aggravates. But Doklam as of now may not be the reason. However, there are stock specific concerns as many shares are trading at high valuations. Some are priced so high that these may lead to stagnation. The Indian economy’s high growth rate is touted as the major reason behind the major rally. The belief is that high economic growth should lead to higher earnings and this leads to support of higher prices. But the market also says that nothing can be infinite and prices have a limit to their rise. The global markets are in a bull run. That means some people are putting in large sums in the capital market. Does this mean that falling bank interests and inflation lead to improvement in the health of the capital market? If it is so, it is a danger for the economy. It is an indicator that bank deposits are being utilized to buy shares and do speculative
trading. Interest rates are low and so are the commodity prices. It means while the common bank depositors are gasping as their interest hedging is coming down, equity market speculators’ earning is going up. In other words as the poor suffer, the rich are gaining. This is a danger both for the economic and sociological factors. Some large companies have Shivaji come out with results of huge profit in the April-June quarter. It is said that some more may be doing it. While announcing profits, many of these companies carefully conceal their debt in the balance sheet. In other words, the performance of these groups may further be affecting the health of the banking sector. It may be recalled that two of the worst stock scams – Harshad Mehta and ketan Parekh - were funded by the public sector banks. The UTI and LIC scams were of similar nature. Public money was lost and the public institutions bore the brunt. The lurking question is whether the better performing equity market would increase bank
NPAs. That the fears are not unfounded is supported by the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) latest report that found that major telecom companies – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance Communications and Aircel - revealed “total understatement of adjusted gross revenues (AGR) of Rs 60,064.5 crore” between 2010-11 to Sarkar 2014-15. The CAG says it is for saving taxes. But such understatements are not uncommon. The Satyam had also grossly inflated its statements. The CAG said that the understatement of AGR was linked to promotional schemes, which included free talk time, discounts as well as non-inclusion of profit from sale of investment. The recent boom in prices is significantly linked to the announcement of many such free schemes by one of the biggest operators. The government in 2014 had issued show-cause notices to some of the top telecom firms for underreporting revenues. So the fear of bank
money being utilized for speculative investments may be real. It means there are larger threats to Indian economy than being perceived. An interesting aspect is that mid-cap and small-cap stocks have seen greater increase in their prices based on “future” earnings growth. If it fails to keep up with expectations, a sharp fall in their prices would be the only possibility. The risk factor is serious as many of these companies lack a strong track record of sustainable earnings. India’s own macros and micro environmental factors are stable and in a much better shape than it was a few years back, it is often said. A strong leadership, political stability and a pro business attitude of government has set a solid ground for future growth. If all goes well we could be at the beginning of mother of all bull runs. But a lot depends on how demand picks up locally and globally from here in coming years and how fast corporate can translate them into their quarterly results. Presently, if the CAG report is to be believed much of it is window dressing de-
spite the rules having been made more stringent by SEBI and other government agencies. There are, however, a few positive factors. India is doing better than slow moving Europe and the US, which cannot grow more than 1-2 percent a year. Indian growth is to hover around 7 percent. The second aspect is that global and domestic liquidity is stated to be high. While the west is awash with cash, in India large amounts of money are flowing into stocks with bank money. Another factor is helping the stock market. It is the underperformance of other assets like gold, real estate and even debt. In short term, the revival of these assets is not foreseen. So the money flows in to the stocks. The mutual funds are also playing big. They have invested Rs 2,21,033 crore between May 2014 and June 2017. During the past three months itself they invested Rs 26,503 crore. So would not the market fall? A market crash is inevitable. But when will it occur? Nobody can say. If it happens there can be a mayhem.
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The globe is in your fist
“If you don’t start in the right spot, you are going to lose the game before you even get started.” Mike O’Neil The internet has been a boon for its massive role to bring people together.Social networks, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Weibo and Tweeter etc. were created for the sole purpose of helping individuals for communication. Social media is indeed a mirror, on which one can reflects his/her all type of interests and ideas. A sufferer has been given a platform that previously had none. For example a stranger also had moved to tears by the image of a drowned Syrian toddler who had been washed away on the shore of Turkey. Even the Nirbhaya episode was completely sized over by the Social Medias to reach every home around the world. It was just because of social Medias,which spread like a bush fire within no timeand the world seemed so small.One can upload audiovisual post regarding any kind of abnormality found in the society or in the government machinery so that it reaches to the mass. It has also amplified the existing personality characteristics of persons who were earlier not known by many. It has removed all the communication barriers.Now one can communicate his/her opinion and thoughts over a variety of topics. Another positive impact of this huge platform of social networking sites is to unite people for the achievement of some specific objective. Someone said, “Social networks are not about the exploitation of technology but service to community.” The increasing popularity of social networks has gained attention as the most viable communication choice for the bloggers, article writers, content creators and advertisers. It has connected people from the different parts of the globe allowing them to communicate in real time. Whether I’m in India or in America, it hardly matters, only a click away from all of my friends staying in different time zones. Not only these networks allow communication between friends, but also allow meeting new people and thus one can expand one’s social circle. There are many situations that the social networks are preferable by many than to use of telephones. Social sites have been a foremost venue for businesspeople to promote their products and services not only locally, nationally but even on a
global level such as Amzon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Myntra, Jabong, Naaptol and many more. The more we have learned about its behaviour, it becomes more apparent and thus this very viable mirror has now been distorted. We are all now information creators, through these platforms and not remained like simple TV viewers or radio listeners.These rising social networks and websites are on the verge of replacing our traditional interactions. This is high time to realize its effects particularly in communication, self- expression, intimidation, isolation, friendships, and even our very own sense of humanity. The technology for sharing information has been increased rapidly from the day of the inception of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter etc. Billions of people are the instant users of social networks around the world every day to post videos, share images, and send out messages. There are millions of million smartphone/ computer users today. Everyone is using this or that social networks as per one’s convenience. These social networks allow an individual to have thousands of friends. We invite friends abruptly without knowing about that individual fully. However, these friends are no more than strangers and allow them on to our page without any haste and hesitation. Why do we create connections with people who we don’t know, or even care a lot about them? We spend more time with these people chatting online, and discard spending time with our real life friends who are known for years. These tools can change our very sense of reality. It cannot be our main form of communication with whom we passed our cherished life once.Most of us are using Facebook and Twitter as our primary news sources, but there is a big question of its legitimacy. Social media has also unlocked new avenues for unusual violence, conflict and cruelty. Uploading inflammatory speeches, videos in YouTubeby the terror groups have achieved an extra mileage of their premeditated plan. Social media has been weaponized for spreading well-orchestrated fear-mongering propaganda. It has been a gateway toextremists’through which they share operational and tactical information to the youths. Most of the radical groups are using social me-
dia to start engaging people around the world, hoping to gain sympathy by brain washing who in turn act on their behalf. Hot blooded youngsters get attracted easily. Accidents ranging from minor to the life-threatening happen due to the use of smartphones while driving. This act is considered to be distracted driving which covers texting, surfing the web, video chats and taking selfies. Streaming live on Facebook by the youngsters has been a matter of alarming concernwhile theyare on a long drive.An involuntary sneeze is a sort of excusable distraction. However, if you willfully look down at screen of a phone, reading or punching letters for a reply while your other hand is at the steering and meet with an accident is not at all excusable. Social sites divert the focus and attention from a particular task as its users gets addicted by spending countless hours on it. It drops the motivational level of the people, especially of the youngsters and students. Students mainly rely on the internet instead of learning the practical knowledge. Kids live in the 24/7 digital playground today with no parental supervision which affects virtually in every aspect of their lives. Social media that contains shared photos, immoral material, violence and sex, can damage the behavior of kids and teenagers, who may leads them to indulge with crime related activities. Thus, it has a negative impact on a progressive society. Pe r h a p s, t h e m o s t intriguing part is that we feel less loneliness at home connecting people all over online. Observing one’s action, navigating interaction, knowing a person and developing a relationship becomes the new reality these days. Those happy moments like watching shows together, spent some time talking each other, engaging in active activity were the habit of past. Now, every one of us is lost in our own world of screen stimulation and that is what, every one of us now feeling disconnected and dissatisfied without really knowing why. The globe has become too small todayto be fitted in a fist owing to the great invention of social sites. Users are to decide of its judicial use for the benefit of mankind. Rabin Prasad Kalita, Azara, Guwahati, (rabin1966@gmail.com)
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A needed approach
ith the world growing rapidly in every field, we cannot choose to remain mere spectator and amaze at the marvels of their wonders. If we have the thinking capacity like the rest of the civilized people, then it is rest assured that nothing can stop us from progressing as well. As the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen, made in 1789, after the Bastille revolution; “Men are born free and remain equal in rights”, it remains the basis of French laws today. In a state plagued with corruption like ours’, and as a journalist of Reuters Foundation (Global news and information provider) wrote about Nagaland, on an article titled “Can Development Recover and Restore a Community”, which appeared in the local dailies in the month of May, 2017, this would be helpful. “Begin” —In recent times, consciences are being stirred, ethics are being taught, and intense discussions are being generated around the urgent need for infrastructural development in Nagaland state. “The powers that be” continue to be a silent and indifferent, while the continuing violence to the Naga way of life, and the natural environment is being challenged in ways beyond our imagination. The primary needs are efforts to continue to demilitarize our communities, address root political causes of conflict, utilize resources to meet basic human needs, human development and take ownership and responsibility of our future. This untenable situation greatly distorts our reality causing an ongoing struggle between truth, trust and mistrust.
Martin Lings metaphorically describes this situation as: “If it can be said that man collectively shrinks back more and more from the Truth, it can also be said that on all sides the Truth is closing in more and more upon man. It might almost be said that, in order to receive a touch of It [Truth], which in the past required a lifetime of effort, all that is asked of him now is not to shrink back.” The dilemmas around tr uth are fur ther compounded by the structures that are meant to develop and govern. Paul Hawken provides a point of view by suggesting that logic of production is neither the logic of life nor that of society. It is a small and subservient part of the two. Therefore, unless the logic of production is addressed, the instability will continue. Thus, transformation and development cannot find a place in structures and procedures where decisions are allowed to wind their leisurely way up and down the hierarchy – this demands the end of bureaucracy. Rigid structures and hierarchies become self-defeating because it slows responsiveness and stability. Naga people have been blocked from evolving their own indigenous ways and methods of doing things that are derived from their own values and are responsive to meeting their needs. Indigenous culture and ethos that are consistent with humanitarian law, democratic principles and natural justice are absolutely essential for ensuring sustainable development. Development needs peoples’ participation where they learn by doing together and reflect on their actions.
In this way people will identify their own problems, critically analyze the root causes, and develop strategies to effect positive changes. People will expand their capacity and ability to own and lead the process and realizing it. A cohesive movement that combines resistance and constructive proactive steps against unjust structures and domination can address this situation. The movement will transition from the dominant and pervasive culture of force to a culture of nonviolent action, creative peace and renewal. Achieving sustainable community economic development revolves around meaningful local livelihoods connected to local and regional market demand management. Sustainable employment involves turning waste into renewable resources, redefining efficiency, supporting community selfreliance and sustainable management of natural resources. Through these efforts a significant shift will take place that leads to reducing social dependence on economic growth. Ultimately, the development process is at the core of people’s politics, and at the heart of this process is community empowerment and recovery.—“End “ Thus in order to progress, the people need to be assured of the “natural justice” [court concept (the verdict announced in a court of law)], to try to Catch Up with modernization, in a true Secular and Democratic nature, where personal belief and philosophy would remain personal choice and everyone would be ensured of equal rights. LDPN (Press Bureau), ldpngaland@gmail.com
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A blessing indeed
T. R. Zeliang is back as chief minister of Nagaland for the second time in a span of five years to the 12 Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA). During the past decades since 1964, NLA used to accommodate just one Lotha cabinet minister inspite of the fact that Lotha tribe too is one of the major tribe in Nagaland. By the grace of God, this time the chief minister has appointed two Lotha cabinet ministers, Y. Patton of 37 Tiyi A/C and Mmhonlumo Kikon from 40 Bhandari A/C. Considering the vastness of Wokha district and particularly the 40 Bhandari constituency, the chief minister has made a very wise decision. Therefore, both the Lotha ministers need to work cohesively with the chief minister in order to bring development in Wokha district for the Lothas. Mathew 5:16 tells us, let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your father in Heaven. I appeal the Lotha public also to pray and thank God so that our leaders would be filled with good health and wisdom to work for the welfare of the general public, irrespective of range and clan. For this too is a blessing indeed from God. Rikhyo Kikon Lotha, Octogenarian, Social Worker, Wokha.
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Govt to be consistent for larger national interests
The state’s traders pointed out to their government that people would buy goods from Punjab where it would be cheaper than their own state due to the absence of input credit if they are not part of GST regime. Jaitley also said that within the GST Council there was cooperative federalism whereas outside people opposed the tax reform, but due to the people’s support for GST, the opponents had to backtrack. On the ease of getting the input credit, Jaitley said those who file their GST returns honestly will get it automatically and there will not be a need
RJD to move court in a week on new Bihar govt
Pa t n a , J u l 30(Agencies): The RJD on Sunday said it will move court “within a week” against Bihar governor’s invitation to the JD(U)-NDA coalition to form government in the State, and hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for “robbery of the mandate”. “We will knock at the court’s door, and go to the people’s court (‘janata ki adalat’) as well to tell the masses about the kind of politics being played by the two parties — JD(U) and BJP,” RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha said. The senior RJD leader also challenged Kumar to address a meeting in an area dominated by people from Dalit, Mahadalit and other backward castes, saying “He (Kumar) will
face of the wrath of the people.” “Every mandate has a character and in Bihar it was the Dalits, the minorities and some progressive sections of the upper caste (which had voted for the previous government). Now, with JD (U) breaking the Grand Alliance, the character of that mandate has been dropped,” he said. “People of Bihar, including the youth, are feeling cheated about this robbery of the mandate they had given for an inclusive Bihar,” Jha said on the on the sidelines of an event here. The governor’s decision to invite Kumar to form the government with the BJP, he said, was a “blatant violation” of the Supreme Court judgement in the Bommai case.
(From p-1) by numerous rulers, administrators, agency as well as dictators, they added. However, till today no authority appeared to have given due attention on the logistic development of region vis-à-vis ethnic people on the principle of democratic welfare state, NGA added. Highlighting the history of Gorkhas, NGA recalled that in 1907, the Hillmen’s Association of Darjeeling had demanded a separate state for the Gorkhas to the British India Authority to preserve its distinct identity. However, the demand was suppressed and even after Indian States Reorganization Act 1956, the land of Gorkhas under Darjeeling district and Dooars along with its inhabitants was merged with the state of West Bengal without the consent and will of the local diligence, they said. It also maintained that the language, customs and ethnicity of Gorkhas were also completely different from those in West Bengal. In his message, read out by Buddha Lama, NPMHR secretary general, Neingulo
Krome acknowledged that the “Global Gorkhaland Unity March” was a significant initiative as it had brought every Gorkha together cutting across all barriers regardless of geographical boundaries for the first time in the 110 years of struggle and perseverance. Nagaland Tribes Council member, Joshua Newmai in his address called upon Government of India to take up the genuine movement for Gorkhaland on priority, saying prolonging the issue would only result in further crisis and problems. Angami Students’ Union president Visako Rino, who also addressed the rally, extended full support to NGA’s demand. T. Khel council Kohima village representative also addressed the gathering. E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was led by Jenny Lamechane Chhetri and Probhu Gurung. A twominute silent prayer was also observed as a mark of respect to the martyrs while vote of thanks was proposed by organizing secretary GGUMK & president Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima.
NIA raids places belonging to Geelani aide in Jammu
Jammu, JUL 30 (AGENCIES): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted raids at two places belonging to a close aide of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Jammu in connection with its probe in the terror funding case in the Kashmir Valley, officials said. In a related development, the NIA also issued summon to Naseem, the second son of Geelani, who heads separatist conglomerate Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, to appear before the agency on Wednesday. His elder son Nayeem has been summoned at the NIA headquarters on July 31. The NIA raided the office and residence of a lawyer on July 30 morning amid allegations about his close proximity with Geelani, said officials, who are familiar with the developments. His foreign trips have come under the lens and he will be questioned soon, the officials said. This is the second raid in Jammu in connection
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with the case of terror funding. Earlier, the agency had raided a businessman. Earlier, the NIA had issued summons to Geelani’s elder son Nayeem, asking him to appear before it for questioning on July 31 in connection with its probe in the terror funding case which names Pakistan-based chief of Jamaatul-Dawah, the front of another proscribed outfit Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT), Hafiz Saeed, as an accused. The NIA has also named separatist organisations such as the Hurriyat Conference (factions led byGeelani and Mirwaiz Farooq), Hizbul Mujahideen
(HM) and all-woman outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat in its FIR. A surgeon by profession, Nayeem had returned from Pakistan in 2010 after spending 11 years there. He is tipped as the natural successor to the Geelani-led Tehrek-e-Hurriyat, a separatist conglomerate comprising hardline groups. Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Ahmed Shah alias Altaf Fantoosh has already been arrested by the NIA and is being interrogated in the same case, they said. Besides him, Geelani’s close aides Ayaz Akbar, who is also the spokesman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, and Peer Saifullah were arrested by the NIA from the Valley last week. Shahid-ul-Islam, spokesman of the moderate Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Nayeem Khan (of the Hurriyat’s Geelani faction) and Farooq Ahmed Dar alias ‘Bitta Karate’ have also been arrested. All of them have been remanded to 10 days of NIA custody.
Maneka suggests legalising marijuana for medical purposes New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has suggested legalising marijuana, a psychoactive drug, in India for medical purposes on the lines of the practice adopted by some developed countries like the US to curb drug abuse. The suggestion was made by Gandhi at a meeting of a group of ministers (GOM), which examined
the draft cabinet note National Drug Demand Reduction Policy, according to the minutes of the second meeting, a copy of which is with PTI. The GoM approved the draft national policy with minor modifications suggested in the meeting. Gandhi informed that in “some of the developed countries like the US, marijuana has been legalised which ultimately results in
less drug abuse”. She said that “the possibility of the same maybe explored in India”, as per the document. When asked to elaborate, Gandhi told PTI that “marijuana should be legalised for medical purposes, especially as it serves a purpose in cancer”. During the meeting of the GoM, which was chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Gandhi
also stressed on the need for regulating the sale and availability of pharmaceutical drugs such as codeine cough syrups and inhalants among others which are being abused. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the GoM to examine the draft policy for drug demand reduction which seeks to address the problem of drug and substance abuse in the country.
Referring to the national sur vey on dr ug abuse, conducted by the Ministry of Social Justice in collaboration with AIIMS, which covers students, transgenders and sex workers among others, Gandhi said children especially those living in and around major railway stations should also be covered. She also suggested exploring the possibility
of setting up de-addiction centres near these railway stations. On the issue of legalising drugs in the country, the Social Justice and Empowerment Secretary G Latha Krishna Rao said “it may not be appropriate to legalise such drugs” in view of the large population and low level of literacy in the country and added that the possibility could be explored in future.
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to interact with any tax official. As to the existence of multiple tax rates, he said it was to prevent inflationary pressure. “We kept the tax rates on food items at nil or in the lower slabs,” Jaitley added. Jaitley also said the next generation would be horrified to note the kind of indirect taxation -multiple taxes across the states - that the country had prior to GST. He said interface with a tax official will lead to corruption and many businessmen thought it is better to be outside the tax bracket and the net result was that India became a tax non-compliant nation. According to him, following the GST regime, the tax base would increase while the weighted average tax rate would come down. Jaitley said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has forced major changes during the last three years, creating an environment that is business-friendly.
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C h e n na i , J u l 3 0 (IANS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the government would not blink first against the opposition if there are larger national interests involved. Addressing a GST Conclave here, he also said that the GST was not an easy tax reform to implement and there are people who wanted to stall reforms. “If reform is of national interest, then do not blink. There are people who would trip you and will never allow reforms,” Jaitley said. Stressing that GST regime will make the economy more efficient, he said that the industries that are opposing the tax reform are doing it to avoid paying income tax. C i t i n g Ja m m u & Kashmir that also agreed to implement GST seven days after others joined. Jaitley said it was the power of economic integration that forced the state to join GST.
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economy and in such a short span of time,” he added. He said the speed at which the smooth transition, migration and new registration has taken place has led to a new confidence in the country. Describing GST rollout is an example of cooperative federalism, the prime minister said all states are partners in it and have a responsibility as well. “All decisions were taken by the Centre and the states through consensus,” he said. Modi said is an example of success of the collective effort of India and marks a “historic achievement”. He said it was not only a tax reform but “is a measure that lends strength to the new culture of honesty. In a way it is campaign for cultural improvement.” The prime minister said the magnitude of the exercise is an example in itself and will surely be studied by the world.
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federation (Boci) at the nearby Navi Mumbai over the weekend, the minister said such busports should be fully integrated facilities serving every stakeholder well. “If any interested state sends us a proposal, we are even ready to give funds for consultancy study. In future, if the PPP model does not work out, we may consider viability gap funding as well,” he said. Why can’t we have all types of operators--be it the state-run buses or private or stage/contract carriages be all under the same roof ? Why we should segregate them when they serve the same purpose, Gadkari wondered and said such integration of the system can increase its efficiency and usefulness to people. The first busports have come up in Nagpur and Vadodara, he added.
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Mumbai, Jul 30 (PTI): The Union road transport ministry is ready to offer viability gap funding to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore to its state counterparts to set up large world-class bus terminals in as many as 2,000 cities and towns. “We have a Rs 1,000crore funding plan to assist states in setting up of world class busports (large bus terminals). What I have in mind is around 2,000 such terminals over the next few years in the BOT model or can be in private-public partnerships where there will more need for viability gap funding. The Central fund can be used for this,” Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari has said. Addressing the maiden summit of bus and tour operators under the banner of Prawaas, being organised by the Bus Operators Con-
he said. The report said that based on the STRs disseminated by the FIU, the CBDT detected unaccounted income of Rs 154.89 crore, the Enforcement Directorate nosed out proceeds of crime of Rs 107.47 crore and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) came across assets worth Rs 300 crore during 2015-16. The total value of money unearthed stands at Rs 562.36 crore. It said the black money detection figures in the last fiscal year are for “only 5 per cent of cases” flagged by the FIU to probe agencies. The FIU obtains reports from banks and other institutions and sends them for action to investigative and enforcement agencies that are mandated under the law to combat economic crimes. While over 3.53 lakh CCRs were received in 2014-15, their number rose by 16 per cent to over 4.10 lakh in 2015-16.
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“proactive outreach” to stakeholders to ensure that they increasingly detect such instances. However, a senior finance ministry official said it was due to the “increasing penetration” of technology and awareness against suspect fund movements at a time when the fight against black money is actively being pursued in the country and the world. “An increased awareness and the fight against black money is leading all the stakeholders, including the government and reporting entities such as banks and others, to be pro-active in detecting suspicious activities in their channels,” the official said, requesting anonymity. “A sustained momentum in law enforcement and strict compliance of established norms is required to keep these numbers growing, which is an indicator that the regime against black money, tax evasion and money laundering is strong in India,”
Independence Day. I n t h e 3 0 - m i nu t e broadcast also stressed the need for using only the environment-friendly items made by the poor people of the country during the festivals and hailed the performance by the Indian Women’s Cricket team in the recent World Cup. Referring to the GST which was rolled out on July 1, the prime minister said, “one nation, one tax -- how big a dream has been fulfilled.” Underlining that GST is more than just a tax reform, he said it ushers in a new culture. “It has been about a month since the GST was implemented and I feel satisfied and happy when someone writes to me to say how the prices of goods needed by the poor have reduced,” Modi said. “GST has transformed the economy,” Modi said. “GST, which I call ‘Good and Simple Tax’, has really made a very positive impact on our
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The number of cash transaction reports (CTRs) doubled from 80 lakh in 2014-15 to over 1.6 crore in 2015-16 and that of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) rose from 58,646 to 1,05,973 during the period, it said. “A similar growth was registered in counterfeit currency reports (CCRs) -- over 16 per cent, NTRs -- nearly 25 per cent, while there was an 850 per cent growth in the number of cross border wire transfer reports (CBWTRs) during the period,” the report said. The central agency, tasked with analysing suspicious transactions in Indian banking and other financial channels, also issued a “record number” of 21 sanctions against the violating entities (banks and others) under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The report attributed the increase in the number of detections and their reportage to the FUI’s
New Delhi, July 30 (PTI): Almost a month after the GST rollout, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it has transformed the economy and marks an example of cooperative federalism as states have been partners in all the decisions related to the new indirect tax regime. He said the “smooth transition” of such a huge measure in a vast country involving crores of people was historic and can be a case study for universities around the world. The prime minister said the priority of the government, while ushering in the GST (Goods and Services Tax), has been that there should no burden on the plate of the poor man. In his monthly radio prog ramme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Modi also spoke about various other issues like the flood situation in various parts of the country and mentioned about the freedom movement in view of the upcoming
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New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI): Detection and reportage of suspicious transactions, fake currency notes and cross-border fund transfers in the country’s economic channels doubled in the last fiscal year, leading to unearthing of over Rs 560 crore black money, a government report has said. The report of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), the premier technical snoop wing under the Finance Ministry, said the financial year 2015-16 saw a “record increase” in the detection of such instances. All banks and financial intermediaries apprise the FIU of the detections as part of their obligation to comply with the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing measures. “The year 2015-16 ... saw a record increase in the number of reports received, processed and disseminated by the FIU,” the recent report, accessed by PTI, said.
NEW DELHI, JUL 30 (AGENCIES): The last date for filing of income tax returns (ITRs) for the financial year 2016-17 will not be extended beyond Monday’s deadline, a top official said on Sunday. “The last date for filing of ITRs remains July 31. There are no plans to extend this deadline. The department has already received over 2 crore returns filed electronically. The department requests taxpayers to file their return in time,” the official said. On reports of the efiling website facing some glitches, the official said that no major glitches have been reported with the department’s e-filing website-- http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ --barring a few times when the portal was “interrupted for maintenance”. The department has also issued advertisements in leading national dailies in the last few days stating that taxpayers should disclose their income “correctly” and file their ITRs on or before July 31.
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Beijing, Jul 30 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has the confidence and capability to defeat all invading enemies as he inspected a massive military parade at the country’s largest military base to mark the 90th founding anniversary of the 2.3-million strong army. Xi also said the PLA should strictly follow the absolute leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and “march to wherever the Party points to.” “I firmly believe that our gallant military has both confidence and ability to defeat all invading enemies,” said Xi, who heads the Central Military Commission, which holds the overall command of the PLA - the world’s largest army. While there was no reference in his speech to over a month-long IndiaChina military standoff at Doklam in Sikkim section, his remarks came in the midst of shrill official media campaign and assertions by the Foreign and Defence Ministries here accusing Indian troops of trespassing into Chinese territory at Doklam. Clad in camouflage military suit, 64-yearold Xi said the Chinese mili-
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tary has the confidence and ability to safeguard, national sovereignty, security and development interests. “Our military has the confidence and ability to write a new chapter in building of strong military and make new contributions to towards realisation of the China dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and safeguarding world peace,” Xi said in his about 10-minute address - an event carried live on state television and radio. Earlier, Xi inspected the military parade at China’s largest military base in Zhurihe in Inner Mongolia - the biggest parade since 2015 in which army and air force displayed some of the most modern weapons including a new tank which reportedly held exercises in the high-altitude along the Indian border. The other weapons included long range
nuclear and conventional missiles, the new J-15 - the new aircraft based carrier. In his address, Xi asked the military to further improve its combativeness and modernise the national defence and armed forces. The Chinese military has the world’s second largest defence budget of USD 152 billion next to the US military. The PLA was founded on August 1, 1927 when the ruling CPC under the leadership of Mao Zedong carried on with his national liberation movement. It is one of the rare national armies which still continues to function under the leadership of the CPC and not the Chinese government. “Officers and soldiers, you must unswervingly stick to the fundamental principle and system of the Party’s absolute leadership over the army, always listen to and follow the Party’s orders, and march to wherever the Party points to,” said Xi, the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. PLA officers and soldiers should firmly adhere to the fundamental goal of serving the people wholeheartedly, and always stand together with the people, Xi said.
Pakistan to elect new PM on Tuesday Islamabad, Jul 30 (Agencies): Pakistan`s parliament will meet on Tuesday to elect a new Prime Minister after the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif following an investigation into corr uption allegations against his family. The ruling party named Sharif`s younger brother Shahbaz Sharif as his successor over the weekend, but he must first enter parliament by contesting the seat left vacant by Sharif. In the meantime the Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N), which enjoys a majority in parliament, has nominated ex-oil minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as interim Prime Minister. The top court ousted Sharif Friday after an investigation into corruption allegations against him and his family, bringing his historic third term in power to an unceremonious end. “The nomination papers --- shall be delivered to the Secretary, National Assembly by 2.00 pm, on Monday,” said a notification by the National Assembly Secretariat and seen by AFP. It said the assembly would meet at 3:00 pm Tuesday for the “election of the Prime Minister”.
4 arrested for terror plot in Australia Melbourne, Jul 30 (PTI): Australian authorities have foiled an alleged Islamist-inspired “terrorist plot” to bring down an aeroplane with an improvised explosive and arrested four people in a series of anti-terror raids in Sydney. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said security has been beefed up at all major domestic and international airports following the arrest of four men. “I can report last night that there has been a major joint counter-terrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane,” he said. “We face a range of terrorist threats. Some of them are lone actors, who activate very quickly with very little warning. On other occasions you get quite elaborate conspiracies — this appears to be in that category,” he added. Earlier, four men were arrested during anti-terror raids carried out by federal police, New South Wales police and ASIO at five properties in Sydney yesterday. Police said that they found the material and items that could be used to make a homemade bomb, when they raided the house at Surry Hills yesterday. Police alleged that the arrested men were planning to use an “improvised device” to carry out an at-
Yemen cholera toll rises to 1,992, says WHO 27. The highest number of fatalities were reported from the province of Hajjah and the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, according to WHO. The epidemic has been “increasing at an average of 5,000 a day”, the statement said.
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Manila, Jul 30 (IANS): The Mayor of a southern Philippine city and seven others were killed in an anti-drug operation on Sunday, authorities said. Several weapons and a large volume of crystal meth were seized following the operation against Ozamis Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, Xinhua news agency reported. An official said Parojinog’s daughter Nova Princess, the city’s Vice Mayor, was arrested at the family’s estate in San Roque Lawis village. Parojinog’s wife Susan and Octavio Parojinog Jr, a member of the provincial
legislative board, were among those killed. The Parojinogs were among powerful warlord clans whom President Rodrigo Duterte has named as biggest narco-politicians in violence-plagued Philippines. Duterte had publicly named and threatened the family for their alleged involvement in drugs trade, kidnapping and other crimes. The family was also tagged as the founder of Kuratong Baleleng, a gang of former military men who were into kidnapping and bank robberies in the 1980s.
Five killed in Mogadishu bomb blast Mogadishu, Jul 30 (IANS): At least five persons were killed and scores injured in a bomb explosion outside a police station in Mogadishu on Sunday, police said. A vehicle loaded with explosives blew up in the middle of Maka Al Mukarama road, a police officer told Xinhua news agency. The victims were largely civilians who were using the road. Pictures from the scene showed the blown up vehicle engulfed in fire. “The explosion was so huge... You can see the smoke covering the whole place. Several people have died and others injured,” Muhidin Farah, a witness, told Xinhua. The explosion came as security forces have in the last few months intensified traffic checks and operations in Mogadishu. It is the first explosion in the city in more than a month since the deadly Ramadan month attack at two restaurants which claimed 30 lives. No group had yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has expected the suspected cases of cholera in Yemen to reach 600,000 by the end of 2017. Jamie McGoldrick, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said the cholera outbreak is “entirely man-made and is as a result
of the conflict”. More than two years into war, Yemen is facing a total collapse, where two thirds of the total population, around 19 million, need humanitarian aid. About 10.3 million people are at risk of famine and 14.5 million lack access
to safe drinking water. Fewer than 45 per cent of the country’s hospitals are operational, but even the operational ones are coping with huge challenges, especially the lack of medications, medical equipment and staff, according to WHO estimates.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Relief Committee on behalf of the Thahekhu Village Council would like to express sincere appreciation to District Administration, churches, organizations and to each and every individual for extending invaluable help through prayer support, physical assistance, financially and materially towards the victim of recent flood at Thahekhu Village. Words are inadequate to express our gratitude but it is our humble prayer that the God Almighty would shower His unceasing blessings upon you all. We would like to convey our special thanks to the following donors. Sl Name Address Materials Cash Amount No. 1 DC & Subordinates Dimapur District Administration Rs. 100000/2 Thahekhu Village Baptist Church Thahekhu Village Rs.150000/Thahekhu Village Baptist 3 Fellowship Church Bl-7 Thahekhu Village Pig 1 Nos Rs. 100000/4 Chekiye Village Baptist Church Chekiye Village Rs. 50000/5 Hewoto Y. Awomi, Ex-Minister Thahekhu Village Rs. 50000/6 Tovihoto Ayemi, Parl.Secy Thahekhu Village Rs. 30000/7 Azheto Zhimomi, Ex-MLA Thahekhu Village Rs. 25000/8 Tovito Ayemi GB Thahekhu Village Rs. 15000/Blankets 9 K.Kakheho Yepthomi (Denis) Thahekhu Village (Indian) 16 Nos Rs. 10,000/10 Khetoshe Ayemi Thahekhu Village Rs. 10,000/11 Kitoho S Rotokha Thahekhu Village Rs. 10,000/12 I.Khekuto Yeptho VCC Thahekhu Thahekhu Village Rs. 5000/13 Mughavi Chishi VCS, Thahekhu Thahekhu Village Rs. 5000/Yepthomi, M. Water 14 Kuhoi Thahekhu Village Rs. 5000/VDB Secy. Thahekhu 27 cartons 15 Vipito Yepthomi Thahekhu Village Rs. 5000/16 Tohevi Awomi Thahekhu Village Rs. 5000/17 Francis Awomi Thahekhu Village Rs. 5000/18 Kiyehe Awomi Thahekhu Village Rs. 5000/19 STH Thahekhu Thahekhu Village Rs. 5000/20 K. Benjamin Yepthomi Thahekhu Village Rs. 5000/21 Toniho Zhimo Thahekhu Village Rs. 2000/22 Hukato Yeptho Kivukhu Village Rs. 2000/23 Er. Dr. L. Yezhekhu Sumi Thahekhu Village Rs. 1000/24 Ghunavi Yeptho Thahekhu Village Rs. 1000/25 Tohevi Yeptho Thahekhu Village Rs. 1000/26 Hokishe Achumi Thahekhu Village Rs. 1000/27 Akaho Chophy Thahekhu Village Rs. 1000/28 Tokulu SHG Thahekhu Village Rs. 1000/1) Rice 10 Bags 2) Potatoes 10 Bags 29 Samson Ayemi Thahekhu Village 3) Salt 2 Bags 4) Dal 30 Kgs 5) Onion 1 Bag 1) Rice 5 Bags 2) Potatoes 1 Bag 3) Salt 1 Bag 4) Eggs 10 sets 5) Mineral Water 10 Cartons 30 Jonathan A. Yeptho Lhomithi Village 6) Sugar 10 Kgs 7) Canned fish 10 Nos 8) Milk Powder 5 Kgs 9) Tea leaf 10 Packets 10) M. Oil 12 ltrs 11) Biscuits 15 Packet 1) Rice 5 Bag 2) Mineral Water 26 Cartons 3) Eggs 2 Cartons 31 Hekato Yepthomi Cube Restaurant Dimapur 4) M. Oil 15 ltrs 5) Dal 30 Kgs 6) Paper Plates 15 Doz 1) Rice 1 Bag 32 Kughaho Yeptho Thahekhu Village 2) Potatoes 1 Bag 33 Lashika Yepthomi Thahekhu Village 1) Rice 2 Bags 34 Hokheto Assumi Thahekhu Village 1) Rice 2 Bags 35 Hukiye T Yepthomi, Hd. GB Thahekhu Village 1) Rice 1 Bag 36 Lhomithi Village Baptist Church Lhomithi Village 1) Rice 11 Bags 37 Dr. K Assumi & Team NMMU Medical Assistance 38 Dr. Obed M O & Team I/C Singrijan & Thahekhu Medical Assistance DP-7692
Sanaa, Jul 30 (IANS): The death toll from the cholera epidemic in Yemen has increased to 1,992 since the outbreak was reported in April, WHO announced. The organisation in a statement said 419,804 suspected cases of cholera have been reported since April
(I KHEKUTO YEPTHO) Convenor Relief Committee cum Chairman Thahekhu Village Council
(MUGHAVI CHISHI) Secretary Relief Committee cum Secretary Thahekhu Village Council
Police officers at the site of an overnight raid in Surry Hills, a Sydney suburb, on Sunday.
tack to bring down an aircraft but no details on a particular target, location, time or date were uncovered. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin said they had no reason to believe airport security had been “compromised” but a heightened state of security has been implemented. “We do believe it is Islamic-inspired terrorism. Exactly what is behind this is something that we will need to investigate fully,” Colvin said. “We are investigating information indicating the aviation industry was po-
tentially a target of that attack,” he added. Prime Minister Turnbull said those with plans to travel should do so with confidence, but allow extra time for security screening because of the threat. Some of the measures will be obvious to the public, some will not be — those travelling should go about their business with confidence, he said. “Travellers should arrive at terminals at least two hours before flights to allow ample time for screening. They should limit the amount of carryon and checked baggage, as this will help to ensure that
security screening is efficient,” he said. “Every day, every hour, we are focused on ensuring that our defences against terrorism are stronger than ever,” Turnbull said. “That our co-operation is tighter than ever. That our co-ordination is swifter than ever before. Now, we have strong transport, security systems in place in Australia, to prevent acts of terrorism,” he said. Reports said that authorities had received an information on the alleged plot on Wednesday and beefed up security at Sydney Airport on Thursday.
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The fraternity of Lotha Lower Range Union, Dimapur (LLUD) would like to express our heartfelt congratulations to Shri. Mhonlumo Kikon on his induction as a Cabinet Minister for Geology and Mining, Border Affairs . We would also like to thank the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland Shri. T. R. Zeliang in reposing his faith on our young and dynamic legislature from 40 Bhandari A/C, inducting him as his Cabinet colleague in the New Ministry. The Union further congratulate the other legislatures from Wokha District viz Shri Y. Patton, Minister, Dr. T. M Lotha and Shri N. Thomas Ngullie as Advisor and Parliamentary Secretary respectively. Wishing you all success in your future endeavours. Sd/Orenyimo Kikon President, LLUD.
Sd/W. Chenithung Humtsoe Secretary, LLUD
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Dimapur-3 A/C for Reconciliation of NPF Party The NPF party of Dmr-3 A/C is pained by the crisis in the party, however hopeful, that the situation can be salvaged and party's stability and confidence of the people may be regained once again through the virtue of forgive and forget. It is a fact, that lots has happened in the party, but no grievances is inhumanly impossible to place on the reconciliation table and resolved We therefore, make this fervent plea to all the NPF Legislatures and Party workers to have the spirit of "Let by gone be gone" and bring about reconciliation for the greater good of the party and Nagas as well. DP-7697
Wati Walling President Dmr-3 A/C, NPF
JOINT COUNCIL OF SEYOCHUNG VILLAGE, SINGREP VILLAGE, PHELUNGRE VILLAGE & YANGZITONG VILLAGE SURO PUMJI
At the joint consultative meeting of the four Village Councils Viz. Seyochung Village Council, Singrep Village Council, Phelungre Village Council & Yangzitong Village Suro Pumji, was held on 29th July 2017 at Kiphire Town, with regard to the joint representation of Kiphire Tuensang District Sumi Students’ Union (KTDSSU) & Pungro Area College Students’ Union ( PACSU) for linking Aadhaar with the Electorall Roll of the entire Kiphire district electorate. The Joint councils welcome the concern shown to establish and strengthen the democratic processes by linking Aadhaar with Electorall Roll for a clean election, however a thorough understanding of the present status of the Aadhaar in the district needs also to be taken into account. The estimated number of persons who are in possession of Aadhaar card is very few compared to the total population. Moreover, the Aadhaar capturing agency in Kiphire district has not been in operation for more than a year. That there were many anomalies and irregularity found in the census figure 2011 of the above mentioned Villages, wherein the total number of enumerated people in respect of each village recorded a negative decadal growth rate by a huge percentage. This negative growth rate is attributed to many factors which were enforced during conduct of census enumeration. The direction to exclude students who were pursuing studies in towns/cities, people who are out of village for different purposes were also not enumerated. Moreover, there was also a random deletion of households carried out as detected from the abridged household listings. It is to be accounted that since electoral roll is a continuous process necessary modification / deletion / inclusion are a welcome procedure taking into account the status of the electorate. However, to delete a chunk percentage of village electorate based on 2011 NPR data is irrelevant after irregularities and anomalies identified as cited above. The Joint councils has also in the meeting reiterated that the government expedite the process to put into effect the order No. CN/CON/RVJ/2011/2310, dated Kohima, the 23rd January 2014, for carrying out the Trail-Run of population census for enumeration of only proper residents of Sumis of Kiphire district so as not to be misused by the Sumis of other districts. Sd/Sd/(Thsipise ) (Daniel Sechopi) Chairman, Joint Council Secretary, Joint Council.
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The ‘Ethnic Future’ winner of the 3rd Open Dance Explosion Competition organise by WCSU and WDAU at Town Hall Wokha on July 29.
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2017. The audience were enthralled by the ‘Trinity Mob Crew’ the ‘Winner of 2016 Zoomax Inter College Fest Dance Competition’ from Dimapur. Ethnic Future from Kohima were crowned the champions, Fusion Crew from Wokha and Anok Konyak from Mon were adjudged as the first and second r unners-up re spectively. ARMM Crew DBHSS Wokha secured best costume, while best moves was bagged by John Kithan
and best attitude by Illusion Crew from Dimapur. The winners and the runners-up all received cash and certificates rewards. The panel of judges included Trionix Dance Studio, Dimapur instructor Nzan Ngullie and Petros Dance Studio, Dimapur instructor Kokliba Thonger. The event was hosted by Mhonchumi Yanthan, while a special number was performed by ‘Voice of Wokha 2017’ winner Lobeno Tungoe.
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festival’s website that “a technical malfunction” had caused the blaze but gave no further details. The electronic music festival was taking place at Can Zam Park in Santa Coloma de Gramenet when the drama unfolded. Top DJ Steve Aoki had been due to perform on stage when the one-day festival was cancelled. The line-up also included DJs Ingrosso and Afrojack.
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n Indian Navy band will participate in the world’s largest military tattoo -- 2017 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo -- from August 1 to 26 in the United Kingdom, an official statement said on Sunday. The military tattoo is an international event of military music performances by the armed forces of various countries. It is held at the sprawling stretch of Edinburgh Castle Esplanade in Scotland. The statement said the invite to the naval band is a matter of pride and befitting recognition of its professional prowess and would further cement bilat-
eral ties, more so when the governments of India and the UK have announced 2017 as the India-UK Year of Culture to celebrate cultural ties and the 70th year of Indian Independence. The Indian Navy band, comprising one officer and 65 musician-sailors, will perform under the baton of Commander Vijay Charles D’Cruz, Director of Music (Navy), who would be the principal conductor at the event. The team would depart from Mumbai on Sunday evening. Nearly 2.5 lakh people are expected to attend the military tatoo over 26 days, in which over 50 bands will participate.
mega music festival. Rattle and Hum Band comprises of: vocals-Theja Meru, guitars-Wenyitso Kapfo and Mhaseve Kevesho Tetseo, bass- Imti Aier and Temsunungsang on the Drums with Thejakielie Zuyie as the sound engineer/Road Manager.
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Israel, Mongolia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, China and Indonesia are being invited to participate. The Rattle and Hum Band is being invited by Indian Council For Cultural Relations ICCR to represent the country at the
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work he did. “That paid my rent for about a year,” noted Apatow. For his part, Carrey, when accepting his award, recalled first meeting a young ‘fresh-faced’ Apatow as he introduced himself backstage at The Improv. “He said to me, ‘Hi Mr Carrey, I’m a young comedian. My name is Judd Apatow,” Carrey remembered. With his unique style, Carrey responded by saying, “F*** off narc!” “So I said, okay. And I made him do heroin with me. I’m not into drugs, but I had to make sure I knew who I was dealing with,” shared the threetime Golden Globe-winning actor.
ctor Robert Pattinson was threatened that he would be fired if he didn’t smile in the movie ‘Twilight’, and he was forced to read through the novels and highlight his character’s expressions to help him keep his job. “If you’re going into a relationship with someone, the way to make it really intense is if you can barely talk to each other, you can barely touch each other, it’s incredibly serious all the time,” Pattinson told DJ Howard Stern on Sirius XM radio show, reports femalefirst.co.uk. He added: “That’s what teenage relationships are. But everyone kind of wanted it to be, like, ‘No, they should just be, like, happy and having fun. That’s what people want.’ I thought I was pretty safe. They (his agents) flew up and were like, ‘You have to do the opposite of what you’re doing now or you’re going to get fired today.’”
ames Bond will battle a blind super-villain in Croatia in the upcoming 25th instalment, tentatively titled “Shatterhand”, reports say. The next film in the long-running franchise, which will see actor Daniel Craig fighting a blind antagonist, is based on the 1999 thriller “Never Dream Of Dying” by author Raymond Benson, who also wrote B o n d b o o k s “ To morrow Never Dies, Die Another Day” and “The World is Not Enough”, reports mirror. co.uk. The novel opens with a police raid on a French movie studio that goes badly wrong, while an actress with a sordid past leads Bond to his final target. “Bond scriptwriters feel it could be the perfect follow-up to ‘Spectre’. They are hoping to film in Croatia next year,” said a source. The source added that the producers were furious when a local mayor revealed that they had been
scouting for locations in the coastal tourist hotspot of Dubrovnik. Craig, who has been playing the famous spy since the 2006 film “Casino Royale”, has not yet been announced as being back as the British Secret Service agent. But there are reports that the 49-year-old star is set to return for his fifth stint in the series despite declaring he would rather “slash his wrists than play the secret agent again”. The 25th James Bond film will hit cinemas in November 2019.
Julia Michaels: ‘Dare to suck’ Elton John mourns deaths Noel Gallagher working with Pharrell Williams
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dent woman to admit her vulnerabilities. “When I’m down, I get real down / When I’m high, I don’t come down,” she sings over a crisp, pizzicato backing. “Yeah, I got issues... and one of them is how bad I need you.” “I’m content with saying I have jealousy problems,” the 23-year-old tells the BBC. “I’m emotional. Sometimes I cry, just because - and I don’t think anybody should have to hide that side of themselves. “If people aren’t going to be accepting of that, they don’t deserve to be around you.” Michaels has found plenty of people who’ve accepted it. Issues has been viewed on YouTube more than 134 million times, and her next single, Uh Huh, is already catching up. “ I t ’s i n s a n e,” s h e marvels. “I never expected that.” The day after her debut UK performance - at last month’s Capital Summertime Ball - the Iowaborn singer chatted to the BBC about going solo; her lonely childhood; and having “eureka moments” in the studio.
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player Bob Birch also committed suicide in 2012, said they were “incredibly talented, nice men”, reports mirror.co.uk. “To their families and their children, my love. Remember music is a joyous thing and these guys left us a whole legacy of music to enjoy. They have just gone too soon,” he added. John said: “It has been a sad few weeks. We lost Chris and then we lost Chester. I met them both briefly and they were two lovely guys. You know artists are prone to being a little destructive, whether you are an actor or singer or visual artist.”
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Manchester City players congratulate John Stones after his diving header gave them the lead over Tottenham.
WASHINGTON, Jul 30 (Agencies): Manchester City posted a convincing 3-0 win over English Premiership rivals Tottenham on Saturday in an International Champions Cup friendly in Nashville, Tennessee. John Stones, Raheem Sterling and Brahim Diaz scored for Manchester City, who were coming off a 4-1 win over Spain and European champions Real Madrid in the exhibi-
tion tournament in North America. Jones opened the scoring at Nissan Stadium, home of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, with a glancing header in the 10th minute. City had plenty of chances to increase their lead before Sterling made it 2-0 in the 72nd minute, and Diaz came off the bench to complete the scoring in injury time. Tottenham had the first real chance in the third
minute, but Dele Alli’s attempt was smothered by goalkeeper Ederson. Fr o m t h e r e M a n chester City inexorably took control. They were rewarded in the 10th, when Kevin De Bruyne’s free kick from the right found Stones, who stooped to head the ball past Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris. Spurs had a chance to equalize late in the first half when Harry Kane appeared to have a clean
Classy Garcia outpoints Broner in Brooklyn
Mikey Garcia posses after defeating Adrien Broner at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, Jul 30 (Agencies): Mikey Garcia produced a classy points victory over Adrien Broner in their super-lightweight showdown at the Barclays Center. The 29-year-old supremely dictated proceedings from early on and systematically broke down Broner as he extended his unbeaten record to 37-0, winning by scores of 117111 and 116-112 twice. Broner made a customary flamboyant ring-walk, but that was effectively the last moment of ostentatious behaviour from ‘The Problem’ who failed to match Garcia throughout, falling to the third defeat of his professional career. Both fighters eased into the super-lightweight showdown as neither let their hands go in a close and tentative opener.
Garcia started to find his rhythm in the second though and established control of the fight, working behind a stiff jab to outland Broner, closing the distance, landing a heavy right hook to the body. The Californian continued his patient yet efficient approach in the next, walking forward and landing a left hand flush, a punch that was quickly shrugged off by Broner. Going up against Garcia’s tactics, the Cincinnati native struggled to get a foothold in the contest, circling on the back foot but failing to land any significant power punches to put a dent in his onrushing opponent. Despite some muchneeded effective work from Broner in the fifth, an impressive 30-second salvo from Garcia would be
enough for the Californian to continue his dominance on the scorecards. The unbeaten threeweight world champion started to work away at the body of Broner as the fight reached its mid-rounds, seemingly at ultimate ease as he walked down ‘The Problem.’ After boos echoed around the arena, targeted at Broner’s inactivity in the eighth round, the normally always supremely vibrant and animated Broner looked disconsolate as he made his way back to his corner. Sensing the need for urgency and after a frank talking to from his trainer, Broner upped his work-rate in the ninth and started to let his hands go, landing a telling left hook, but Garcia remained resolute. Broner did have some good moments in the final few rounds, but ultimately it was too little too late as Garcia, still looking fresh and fit, marched to a decision victory. Speaking after the fight, Garcia said, “That was one of my best performances, I controlled things from early on.” “Broner is a tough, great fighter, I was just the better fighter tonight. I have very good timing, it is underestimated, when you get in with me you find out my timing is a step ahead.”
look at goal against a hardcharging Ederson, but he fired over the crossbar. Meanwhile, Manchester City kept the pressure on Lloris. Gabriel Jesus missed a chance to double the score on the stroke of halftime, somehow firing wide from short range after a charging De Bruyne delivered a pinpoint pass to him in front of the goal. Sergio Aguero came on for Manchester City in the 60th and proved dangerous, forcing Tottenham keeper Michel Vorm into a save before twice hitting the woodwork. Pep Guardiola’s men finally got their second goal when Samir Nasri split the flagging Spurs defence and Sterling finished. Spurs threatened late, but Christian Eriksen was denied by substitute keeper Ariganet Muric and City had the last word in injury time as Diaz finished from short range after a goalmouth scramble. City play their last pre-season friendly against West Ham United in Reykjavik next week while Tottenham take on Juventus at Wembley Stadium on August 5.
Aditya, Suhaani win bronze at Asian Chess Competition Mumbai, Jul 30 (PTI): Aditya Patil and Suhaani Lohia from the city clinched bronze medals at the Asian Schools Chess Competition, held in China. Aditya, a student of Dhirubhai Ambani International School, won the bronze medal in the Under-7 rapid championship held in Panjin, China. The championship concluded yesterday. There were a total of 26 players from 10 countries who took part in the competition, of which the eighth-seeded seven-yearold Aditya scored 5/7, and finished at the third spot, a media release issued here said. En route to the bronze, Aditya beat fellow Indian and the top seeded Kiaan Agarwal, who has a FIDE rating of 1328. Kiaan won the bronze medal in the classical format.
SYDNEY, Jul 30 (Agencies): Former captain Michael Clarke said on Sunday a bitter pay dispute between players and Cricket Australia was “horrible” for the game and their relationship was likely to be in tatters even after a resolution. After months of negotiations, the players and CA have failed to reach K Y M C
agreement on a new pay deal, leaving 230 cricketers unemployed since the end of June when their contracts expired. CA chief executive James Sutherland said last week that unless intensive negotiations over a revenuesharing deal produced a compromise by early this week, his organisation would seek the intervention
of an industrial umpire to resolve the impasse. Clarke feared things would not be the same between the governing body and the players if and when the disagreement was finally resolved. “I think it’s been horrible for the game, to be honest,” Clarke said told commercial broadcaster Channel Nine. “There is no doubt what has happened will affect the relationship even more than it already was affected between players and Cricket Australia. The problem we have got now is that it is not just the Australian players that are affected”, he added, saying the fans and the public were also involved in “the number one story in Australian sport”. Negotiations between the two warring parties continued over the weekend,
Jonty Rhodes to mentor TNPL team
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CHENNAI, Jul 30 (PTI): Legendary South Africa cricketer Jonty Rhodes will be joining Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) team Ruby Trichy Warriors as mentor. This was revealed by the team on its Twitter feed. “It’s a Bird...It’s a Plane...It’s @JontyRhodes8! ???? Welcoming our mentor & brand ambassador for @TNPremierLeague 2.0! #DoubleTheGethu,” the franchise said. Tinu Yohannan, head coach of Trichy Warriors, said “the mere presence of a legendary player like Rhodes can motivate the players. I am excited to welcome him to the team.” “It will be a privilege to have him in our midst. His presence in the dressing room and during the practice sessions can be invaluable. He can pass on a lot of knowledge to the young players,” Yohannan, a former India Test cricketer, said adding Rhodes will be linking up with the squad on 7 August.
Sanchez not for sale, insists Wenger LONDON, Jul 30 (Agencies): Arsene Wenger has reiterated his determination to hold onto Alexis Sanchez and slammed claims the unsettled Arsenal star’s dose of the flu was part of his plan to engineer a transfer. Sanchez has just one year left on his Arsenal contract after refusing to sign the club’s offer of a new deal and it is believed the Chile forward wants to move to a team in the Champions League. Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Juventus are all interested in the 28-year-old, who has yet to return to preseason training with Arsenal as he recovers after playing for Chile at the Confederations Cup. Sanchez was due back at Arsenal on Sunday,
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 30 (IANS): Head coach Maymol Rocky stressed on the word “discipline” as the Indian women’s team gears up to take on Malaysia in an international football friendly at the M.P. Selayang Stadium here on Monday. “We have introduced fines in this camp. Whenever someone commits any
with the key issue a new revenue model. The players were paid from gross revenue for the past two decades, but CA now wants payments to come from a set pool, with players to share only in surplus revenue. Clarke said he could understand the arguments of both parties but added, “Whatever has been going on, it should have been done in private.” The Test squad is due to go into camp on August 11 ahead of a Test tour of Bangladesh, which is in danger of being scrapped following the boycott of Australia A’s tour to South Africa earlier this month. The long-running dispute also threatens Australia’s one-day tour to India in September and October ahead of the showpiece home Ashes series, beginning in November.
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but his return to England has been delayed by at least 48 hours after he caught the flu, revealing the illness with a social media picture of himself huddled under a blanket with the caption ‘sick’. Some cynical Arsenal fans fear Sanchez’s failure to report on time is part of his plan to leave the Premier League club. But Gunners boss Wenger, speaking after
his side’s 5-2 thrashing of Benfica in the Emirates Cup on Saturday, made it clear Sanchez will not be sold. “No development, always the same, He is staying, of course,” Wenger said. Asked how he read Sanchez’s delayed arrival, Wenger refused to criticise his player. “He has flu. He texted me to say he will come back as soon as possible. We are in touch with him and his doctor,” he said. “Your job is to be suspicious, your job is built on mistrust and mine is built on trust, that is why I prefer my side. There is no basic problem. He would have come back tomorrow but he will be here on Tuesday. He is flying back as soon as he is in a position to.”
Tase to take part in intl sepaktakraw c’ship
KOHIMA, Jul 30 (NPN): Vimetsul Tase of Nagaland Police has been selected by the Sepaktakraw Federation of India (SFI) to be part of the Indian men sepaktakraw team for the forthcoming Chief Minister Challenge Trophy International Sepaktakraw Championship to be held from August 3-6 in Malaysia. Tase is currently at- Vimetsul Tase (left) with coach Holshe Khrie-o. tached to the Speaker of the Nagaland Legislative The Indian men sepa- for Malaysia on August 1 Assembly as PSO. ktakraw team will depart and return on August 8.
Nasri Man City future up to him: Guardiola Nashville, Jul 30 (Agencies): Pep Guardiola has paid tribute to Manchester City winger Samir Nasri but says his future at the club is up to him and his representatives. Nasri spent last season on loan in Spain with Sevilla, making 23 appearances in a 2016/17 campaign that was disrupted by injury and an anti-doping investigation he is still awaiting the results of. But the France international is with City on their summer trip to the United States and came off the bench for the last 30 minutes of their 3-0 win over Tottenham on Saturday night in Nashville. Afterwards Guardiola praised Nasri’s pre-season efforts but hinted he would find it tough to secure a regular role in City’s Premier League line-up, a
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situation that also applies to defender Eliaquim Mangala, and said it was down to him and his team to decide what he wants to do next. “He knows the situation,” Guardiola said. “We have a lot of midfield players, so we’re going to see. It is like [Eliaquim] Mangala. That’s a decision
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Pay squabble ‘horrible’ for game: Clarke
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wrong, she is fined. Imparting discipline within the squad stayed a priority. Unless you get the pinch, you never learn,” Maymol, the first ever Indian woman coach in charge of the senior team said. Former U-19 skipper and defender Dalima Chhibber praised her coach’s strict focus on discipline, asserting that it has helped the players
to combine better as a team. “It unites us. The team bonding becomes better. It makes you more disciplined. It’s fun, but at the same time, it pinches your pocket. It’s up to us to avoid the fines,” she said. Maymol however, cautioned her wards not to take the hosts lightly, asserting that the Malaysians can be difficult to beat at their home ground.
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they have to take with their managers [representatives], but we take care of them when they are here, just like we take care of every player, from Brahim Diaz to Vincent Kompany.” “The past isn’t important, it is all about tomorrow. We wanted to keep [Nasri] last pre-season but he decided to go to Sevilla
and I like to work with the guys who want to work with us.” “But I saw him in these three games and his spirit in the training sessions. Still I’m waiting for a bad performance from him. He’s a guy who has unbelievable ability to keep the ball in small spaces. The ball is safe. He has his own special quality.”
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT With profound gratitude, we the family members of Late L. Tozheyi Sangtam, HA, ARCS Office Zunheboto who expired on 28th July 2017, would like to express our sincere thanks to, 1. Shri. C. Kipili Sangtam, Minister of Power. 2. Shri. Kashiho, Public Leader. 3. Shri. Sethsathong, PD, DRDA Kiphire. 4. Doctors, nurses & all staff of Late L. Tozheyi Sangtam NEIGRIHMS Shillong. 5. RCS Kohima, ARCS Zunheboto & Kiphire. 6. Citizens of Medical Ward, Village Unions & Natsa Süro Citizens, Kiphire 7. All churches from Kiphire district. Though we cannot thank each and every individual who stood with us through financial and material help in all our difficulties yet we pray that God would bless you all abundantly. Mrs. Litingla (Wife) & Family members. DC-7702A
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Barca edge Real Madrid in El Clasico
Lionel Messi opened the scoring for Barcelona after four minutes when his shot was deflected past Keylor Navas.
Miami, Jul 30 (Agencies): Gerard Pique’s second-half strike proved to be the difference as Barcelona beat rivals Real Madrid 3-2 in the International Champions Cup in Miami. In front of 66,014 fans at the Hard Rock Stadium, Barca raced into a two-goal lead thanks to goals from Lionel Messi (3) and Ivan Rakitic (6) before Real hit back through Mateo Kovacic (14) and Marco Asensio (36). But Pique (50) proved to be the match-winner early in the second half, handing new Barca boss Ernesto Valverde victory in his first taste of El Clasico.
Barcelona, who included Neymar alongside Luis Suarez and Messi in their starting line-up, flew out of the traps, taking the lead in the third minute after Messi’s shot deflected up off Raphael Varane and over Keylor Navas. Despite the speculation surrounding his future, Neymar looked up for the battle in Miami and played a key role in helping Barca extend their lead further three minutes later, squaring the ball for Suarez, who let the ball run on for Ivan Rakitic, and the Croatian midfielder powered a shot into the bottom corner from the edge of the pen-
alty area. In what was a frantic opening, Real pulled a goal back completely against the run of play when Kovacic’s strike beat the dive of Jasper Cillessen and found the bottom corner from 20 yards. Neymar was back to doing what he does best in the 30th minute, running at Dani Carvajal before firing a shot inches wide of the far post. Barca threatened again moments later with Andres Iniesta picking out Messi on the edge of the penalty area, but for once the Argentina international’s finishing let him down,
Shiva, Manoj win gold at Czech boxing tourney NE W D EL H I , J u l 30 (PTI): Indian boxers packed quite a heavy punch at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem, clinching five gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the event in the Czech Republic. World Championships bronze-medalist Shiva Thapa (60kg), former Commonwealth Games gold-medalist Manoj Kumar (69kg), Amit Phangal (52kg), Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg) claimed gold medals after winning their respective summit clashes on Saturday night. Kavinder Bisht (52kg) a n d M a n i s h Pa n wa r (81kg), on the other hand, settled for silver medals. Earlier, Sumit Sangwan (91kg) had claimed a bronze after going down in the semi-finals. Amit and Kavinder opened the proceedings for the country in an allIndian final. Of the two, Amit is a light flyweight (49kg) boxer but competed in the flyweight division in this event. He defeated Kavinder 3-2 to claim the
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top position. Next up was Gaurav against Poland’s Iwanow Jaroslaw and the Indian had no trouble notching up a 5-0 win. Shiva, who recently won a silver medal at the Asian Championships, also clinched a dominant 5-0 victory over Slovakia’s Filip Meszaros to record another morale-boosting triumph ahead of next month’s World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. Another Hamburgbound boxer, Manoj, too claimed a 5-0 verdict against local favourite David Kotrc. However, Satish Kumar had to stave off a stiff challenge from German Max Keller for his gold.
Manish, on the other hand, lost to Germany’s Ibragim Bazuev to settle for a silver medal. The tournament marked the end of a fortnight-long training-cumcompetition trip for the Indian boxers ahead of the world showpiece scheduled from August 25 to September 2. Of the boxers competing in this tournament, Amit, Kavinder, Gaurav, Shiva, Manoj, Sumit and Satish will be competing in the World Championships. The eighth Indian boxer in the fray at Hamburg will be Vikas Krishan (75kg) but he did not accompany the team on this trip, preferring to train in Pune.
firing the ball high over the crossbar. The miss proved to be costly as Real were back on level terms in the 36th minute after a superb counter-attack. Asensio started the move, bursting into the Barca half before producing a cool finish after being played in by Kovacic. However, Barca restored their lead five minutes into the second-half as Pique ran off the back of substitute Nacho, who replaced Sergio Ramos, to volley Neymar’s free-kick into the back of the net. On what was a quiet evening for Gareth Bale, the Welshman finally showed a glimpse of his talent, bursting past substitute Nelson Semedo but his low shot was blocked by Cillessen. Changes by both sides disrupted the flow of the second half but Real continued to push forward in search of a late equaliser. And they almost found one. Valverde’s side needed Cillessen at his best to keep out Isco’s goal-bound shot, while Dani Ceballos connected with a powerful first-time strike in the closing stages only to see the ball flash agonisingly wide of the goal. That proved to be their final chance as Barcelona held on to pick up the early bragging rights before the two sides meet again over two legs in the Spanish Super Cup on August 13 and August 16.
Doors open for Ibrahimovic: LA Galaxy Los Angeles, Jul 30 (Agencies): LA Galaxy president Chris Klein says the club’s “doors are open” for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but has conceded the forward wants to stay in Europe. Ibrahimovic is a free agent following his release from Manchester United at the end of last season and is currently working his way back to fitness after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in April. United manager Jose Mourinho said earlier this month that the 35-year-old could be given the chance to resume his career at Old Trafford, even following the arrival of Romelu Lukaku at the club. And despite still being keen on a deal for Ibrahimovic, Klein admitted a move to bring the former Sweden international to the MLS this summer could be at an end. “We have an incredible relationship with Zlatan and his agent,” Klein said.
Isner, Harrison enter Atlanta Open final AT LAN T A , J u l 3 0 (Agencies): Secondseeded John Isner beat thirdseeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the BB&T Atlanta Open final for the fifth straight year and the seventh time in eight years. Isner lost to Nick Kyrgios last year at Atlantic Station after winning the hardcourt event three straight years. The 6-foot-10 former University of Georgia star will face fourth-seeded Ryan Harrison in an all-American final. “It was a very good match. Absolutely nothing to complain about today,” Isner said. “On and off the court in pretty quick fashion and I certainly will be ready to go tomorrow. I feel great physically, maybe the best I have felt in quite some time. More importantly than that, I am pretty confident as well.” The 32-year-old Isner won the Hall of Fame Open last week in Newport, Rhode Island, for his 11th career title - all at the ATP World Tour 250 level. He has won seven consecutive tour matches and held for 69 straight service games. Harrison beat fifthseeded Kyle Edmund of England 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. Harrison won the Memphis Open in February for his first career title. Edmund beat top-seeded Jack Sock on Friday night.
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Vettel wins Hungary GP; extends lead
Vettel celebrates victory along with Raikkonen, Ferrari engineer Jock Clear and third placed driver Valtteri Bottas.
B u da p e s t, J u l 3 0 (Agencies): Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel overcame steering difficulties to win a tense Hungarian Grand Prix and extend his championship lead over rival Lewis Hamilton to 14 points heading into the summer break. The four-time Formula One champion made a decent start from pole position, crucially holding off teammate Kimi Raikkonen on the long straight into turn one. On a Hungaroring track where overtaking is notoriously hard, there were limited chances to catch him after that. But Vettel was hampered by a steering issue for more than half the race, allowing the Mercedes cars to close the gap on him and Raikkonen - who in turn was being slowed down by Vettel. "I'm over the moon. It was a really difficult race.
I had my hands full," Vettel said. Vettel held on for his 46th career win, while Raikkonen expertly defended his position for a Ferrari 1-2. "Grazie! Forza Ferrari!" a jubilant Vettel shouted on the team radio after crossing the line for his fourth win of the season. This one owed much to Raikkonen's cagey driving, and Vettel in turn owes his Finnish teammate a favour after this. He patted Raikkonen on the arm in appreciation as they prepared to mount the podium. Raikkonen used all of his experience to fend off Hamilton, who eventually finished fourth behind Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Earlier, Bottas had let Hamilton past in order to attack the Ferraris. Hamilton then sportingly gave
him third place back right at the end. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fifth after knocking Australian teammate Daniel Ricciardo out of the race on the first lap. Ricciardo's race was over after the contact on turn two, bringing the safety car out for a few laps as his car was towed off the track. Verstappen was the perpetrator - swerving into his teammate when going wide on the exit from a turn. It was a big blow for Ricciardo, who had secured five podium finishes in the previous six races. In a stellar drive for McLaren, Fernando Alonso finished sixth with teammate Stoffel Vandoorne in tenth. Carlos Sainz in his Toro Rosso was seventh with the Force India's of Sergio Perez and Eseteban Ocon eighth and ninth.
Denmark stun Germany; enter women’s Euro semis Rotterdam, Jul 30 (Agencies): Secondhalf headers by Nadia Nadim and Theresa Nielsen stunned holders Germany who bow out of the women’s Euro after a 2-1 quarter-finals loss to Denmark in Rotterdam on Sunday. Germany, who have won the Euro six times in a row and eight times overall, dominated the eventful game postponed from Saturday because of heavy rain, but Denmark’s counter-attacking was eventually too much for them. Germany was out of the blocks fast with Isabel Kerschowski drawing first blood on three minutes with massive help from Danish keeper Stina Petersen who palmed her shot from just outside the box into the goal. But Nadim put Denmark level three minutes after the break with a bullet header from a cross by Stine Larsen and Nielsen then headed home a cross from substitute Frederikke Thoegersen with seven minutes left. “I’m so happy that we beat Germany. It’s amaz-
Denmark’s players react after winning the quarter-final UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 football match against Germany.
ing,” Nielsen beamed after the game. “Everybody dreams about scoring, but doing it is another thing. Why not today? It’s a good day.” Denmark coach Nils Nielsen said the win was deserved as winger Katrine Veje hit the woodwork after
a Nadim pass flicked on by Harder with half an hour to go, while Petersen regained self-confidence with several brilliant saves. “It was fairly equal in term of the chances. Germany didn’t put on under big pressure.” German coach Steffi
Jones bemoaned a lack of will to win on the German side. “There’s a lot of disappointment. We weren’t aggressive enough,” she said. In the semi-final on August 3, Denmark will take on either Austria or Spain.
Alves on target as PSG win Champions Trophy
PSG team celebrate their win over rivals Monaco after their 2-1 victory in Tangiers in the Champions’ Trophy.
TANGIERS, Jul 30 (Agencies): New Brazilian recruit Dani Alves powered Paris Saint-Germain to their first title of the season beating Monaco 2-1 in the Champions Trophy final on Saturday. It was a fifth straight
trophy for the Parisians in the traditional curtainraiser to the French season to put them level with Lyon’s record of seven titles. The match was touted as a revenge mission for both sides with PSG
losing their Ligue 1 title to Monaco, with the Principality side crushed 4-1 by the Parisians in the League Cup final. Against a backdrop of intense transfer speculation linking Brazilian superstar Neymar from
Barcelona to PSG and Monaco’s French teen striker Kylian Mbappe to a world record move to Real Madrid, the match was played on front of a capacity 45,000 crowd in Tangiers. Every move of 18year-old Mbappe drove the Monaco game forward to the excitement of the crowd with the loudspeaker even attributing Djibril Sidibe’s 30 minute opener to the teenager. But it was Alves who stole the show as he equalised with a free kick after 51 minutes and then set up a decisive pass for Adrien Rabiot’s 63rd-minute winner. Alves was unveiled as the club’s second signing of the close season after joining PSG in a two-year deal on a free transfer following his exit from Juventus. Mbappe may still be a Monaco player but the
departure of players such as Bernardo Silva, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Benjamin Mendy and Valere Germain has weakened the side. “Theoretically we’re more fragile but I believe the youth that is coming into the club now will help us,” said coach Leonardo Jardim. And it was Youri Tielemans, who joined from Anderlect in May, who set up Sidibe’s opener, and new left-wing Terence Kongolo did good defensive work faced with the tandem of Thomas Meunier and Dani Alves, before being overpowered by the PSG pair. The sides will next meet in Ligue 1 in Monaco’s Louis-II stadium on November 26. The French season kicks off next weekend with Monaco hosting Toulouse on Friday and PSG at home against Amiens.
Tsuknungakum Jamir lifted 170 kg to claim the ‘Squat Challenge’ title in heavyweight category. The event was hosted by Flex Appeal Gym and powered by Ciekhan Society. Moameren T. Longkumer won the title in the light weight category by lifting 120kg.
Fabio Fognini wins Swiss Open Gstaad
G s t a a d, J u l 3 0 (Agencies): Fabio Fognini captured his first title of the 2017 season and fifth ATP crown overall with victory at the Swiss Open Gstaad. Italian Fognini defeated qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 7-5 Sunday to claim the trophy and top prize of €85,945. All five of Fognini’s titles
have come on clay. “It’s always a good feeling when you win,” Fognini told the ATP Tour’s official website. “Our job is winning matches and of course I’m happy with this. “It was a really tough week for me. I remember my first match was really difficult. I couldn’t play. I lost the first set 6-1 in 20 minutes, but in the end I
won the match. “I said to my team that if I continue playing like that, I’ll go home. That’s the sport. Every day I was feeling better and now I’m here with the title.” There was a special significance to this victory too, with Fognini adding: “This is the first title as a father, so it’s something different and special.”
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