July 3, 2018

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Vol XXVIII No. 206

TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Obrador wins Mexican elections

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Centre considering hiking old age pension: Ramdas

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Schemes should benefit targeted people: Governor Acharya addressing Dimapur district officials at the review meeting on July 2.

DIMAPUR, JUL 2 (NPN): Nagaland Governor PB Acharya on Monday called upon government officials to ensure that various flagship schemes should benefit the targeted section of the society.

Addressing the Dimapur district officials, to review the performances of different departments at the DC’s conference hall here Monday, Acharya reminded them that these schemes were aimed for uplift of the poor and underprivileged sections.

Acharya also appealed the officials to point out or give suggestions to the government for better and effective implementation of different programmes. He

further called on them to work towards uplifting and strengthening the most neglected and poor people.

Expressing concern over poor results of government schools, Acharya remarked that the poorest of the poor came to government-run schools. He asked officials of the department concerned to find out the reasons behind the poor performance.

On being asked about the law & order situation in the district, commissioner of police Limasunep Jamir told the Governor that the situation in Dimapur was by and large peaceful. He also gave a brief presentation of crime cases registered and their status.

SC extends deadline for Assam NRC final draft till July 30 NEW DELHI, JUL 2 (PTI): Supreme Court Monday extended its June 30 deadline for publication of the final draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens by a month, after the Centre and the state coordinator agreed to publish it within the new time limit.

A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman considered the report of state NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela and extended the deadline.

Hajela had last week said it would not be possible to release the final draft of the NRC as scheduled on June 30 due to the floods in state. The NRC is being prepared to identify illegal migrants in Assam.

The bench asked the state chief secretary and DGP of Assam to immediately provide adequate security to Hajela and his

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family members, including his children, in view of the work done by him. It asked them to file a compliance report immediately after taking a decision on the issue.

The apex court said it will consider all the interlocutory applications and other related matters on July 31.

The first draft NRC for Assam was published in December end as per the top court’s direction. The first draft, which is a list of the state’s citizens, was published on the intervening night of December 31 and January 1 where names of 1.9 crore people out of the 3.29 crore applicants were incorporated.

Assam, which had faced influx of people from Bangladesh since the early 20th century, is the only state having an NRC, which was first prepared in 1951.

Meanwhile, calling for empowering the un-empowered persons, Acharya described Nagaland as a beautiful State blessed with maximum natural resources.

He, therefore, called upon the people for identifying avenues to make Nagaland an economically-independent State. He advised all officials to be nodal agents of different flagship schemes and encouraged them to boldly stand up against corruption and help create conducive atmosphere in the district where everyone was treated equally and respected.

The meeting was chaired by DC Dimapur, Sushil Kumar Patel, who also delivered the welcome address.

Agatha Sangma vacates assembly seat for M’laya CM

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SHILLONG, JUL 2: National People’s Party (NPP) legislator, Agatha Sangma on Monday resigned as the member of Meghalaya Assembly, paving the way for chief minister Conrad Sangma’s to contest the by-election and continue as chief minister.

Agatha, who is the youngest sister of Conrad and daughter of former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma, submitted her resignation letter to deputy speaker Timothy Dalbot Shira in the presence of NPP legislator Thomas Sangma.

“I have resigned as member of the Meghalaya assembly to pave way for the chief minister to contest the by-election from South Tura assembly seat. I have vacated the seat in the interest of the people of my constituency and the state as a whole,” she said.

Agatha had defeated BJP’s candidate Billy Kid Sangma by a margin of 1603 votes in the February 27 assembly elections.

Meanwhile, Speaker accepted the resignation of Agatha Sangma.

Kandhamal killings: justice eludes victims Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 2 (NPN): With a little over a month and a half left for the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Kandhamal violence in Orissa, where 100 Christians were butchered, over 56,000 of them displaced and seven innocent people victimised and incarcerated for the past ten years; internationally acclaimed author and journalist, Anto Akkara is campaigning for release of the seven and has appealed to the people to join his online campaign for justice.

Anto Akkara made the appeal during a meet with media at ‘Press Point’, Super Market during which he gave insights into the conspiracy, allegedly by senior leaders of an extreme right wing organisation.

In a free and frank interaction with media persons here Monday, Anto Akkara, who has dedicated more than nine long years investigating the Kandhamal killings, laid bare the shocking revelations of the Sangh Parivar fraud and travesty of justice in the Kandhamal killings in Orissa.

He said within hours after the Swami’s murder,

four Christians including a 13-year old illiterate boy were allegedly picked up by VHP, thrashed and dumped in police stations. Anto said it was not the police but VHP leader Praveen Togadia who announced the names of ‘Swami’s killers’.

The Kandhamal killings erupted on August 23, 2008 after Christians were accused of being responsible for the killing of Swami Laxmanananda, a Hindu priest at Kandhamal district in Orissa. Though Moaists claimed responsibility, seven innocent Christians were randomly picked up from different places and are incarcerated even today.

Anto Akkara alleged that the religious fundamentalists were actually behind the killings.

The trusted body guard of the 81-year old Swami was missing on the day

Law panel to hold consultations KU denounces Pongyin Mozu with parties on simultaneous polls Moyong; hits out at Governor CPI, CPM, TMC, BSP and NCP are the national parties recognised by the Election Commission.

Seeking to give shape to the government’s concept of “one nation, one election”, the Law Commission’s internal working paper has recommended holding the Lok Sabha and assembly polls simultaneously but in two phases beginning 2019.

The second phase of simultaneous polls can take place in 2024, the document states.

The document has proposed amending the Constitution and the Representation of the People Act to shorten or extend the terms of state legislative assemblies to effect the move. The states, which are recommended to be covered under phase-I, are where assembly polls are due by 2021. States which will come under phase-II are

Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Delhi and Punjab.

To hold elections in these states along with LS polls, the terms of the assemblies have to be extended.

Based on a suggestion made by the Election Commission, the working paper says that a no-confidence motion against the government should be followed by a confidence motion.

This would ensure that if the opposition does not have the numbers to form an alternative government, the regime in office cannot be removed.

Recently, Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat had a word of caution on simultaneous polls. He said the legal framework required for holding the two elections together will take a lot of time to get ready.

Newborn planet pictured for first time

Rajnath to chair NEC meet on July 9

BERLIN, JUL 2 (AGENCIES): Astronomers say they’ve captured the first confirmed image of a planet forming in the dust swirling around a young star.

Scientists said Monday the planet appears as a bright spot in the snapshot taken using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Miriam Kepler of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany said hints of baby planets have been detected before, but astronomers weren’t sure whether those observations might simply be features in the swirling dust.

In a paper to be published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, scientists describe the planet, located about 3 billion kilometers (1.86 billion miles) from the star PDS 70, as a gas giant bigger than Jupiter.

Anto Akkara

Swami Laxmanananda was killed and police guards fled when the assailants entered.

Even before sunrise, he said the conspirators made preparations for the zigzag funeral procession with the body of the slain priest crisscrossing Kandhamal for two days in calling for revenge on Christians. What followed then was a bloodbath as nearly 100 Christians were killed and 300 churches and 6,000 houses were plundered in unabated violence that rendered 56,000 homeless.

When the police could not ‘fix’ the ‘first batch of killers’ who had been detained for 40 days, they were let off with an affidavit: “Due to fear, we had taken shelter in police station.”

Next the investigation team arrested the ‘second batch of killers that included: seven innocent Christians – six of them illiterate, including a mentally challenged man from remote Kotagarh area in two batches.

In the four years of trial that ensued in the Fast Track Court, no worthwhile evidence was brought before the judges. Biranchi N Mishra, the Fast Track Court judge who had presided over the final two years of the trial, was transferred

NEW DELHI, JUL 2 (AGENCIES): Law Commission will hold a two-day consultation with major political parties in New Delhi this week on the possibility of holding Lok Sabha and assembly polls together.

Seeking to find a common ground on the issue, the commission has written to the seven recognised national and 59 state parties to participate in the meeting on July 7 and 8.

The law panel’s previous attempt to seek the views of the political parties on the issue had evoked no response. None of the political parties had responded to the Law Commission’s “working paper” on holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls.

The proposal is being pushed by the central government. BJP, Congress,

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Planet PDS 70b visible on the right side of the star which has been obscured.

They say it has a cloudy atmosphere and a surface temperature of 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit).

“Planets are born in circumstellar disks. These disks are made out of gas and dust and surround young stars until a lifetime of about 10 million years,” Keppler told Gizmodo.

“The exciting fact of our discovery is that we have here an exceptionally robust detection of a young

planet, still embedded in such a disk.”

Another analysis estimated that the nearly 2,000degree-Fahrenheit planet is somewhere between two and 17 times the mass of Jupiter, with a radius around 1.4 to 3.7 times Jupiter’s. It’s probably 5.4 million years old, and is orbiting PDS 70 at about 22 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. It takes 118 Earth-years for this planet to make a full orbit around its star.

SHILLONG, JUL 2: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the 67th plenary of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here from July 9. Governors and Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura-- who are also members of newly reconstituted NEC-- will attend.

On June 13, the Union Cabinet brought the NEC under the direct control of the MHA. Union Home Minister is the ex-officio chairperson of NEC and DoNER Minister Jitender Singh the vice chairman.

Among other issues, the first session of the NEC meeting will include tabling of an action-taken report on the 64th plenary and approval of the draft annual plan of NEC for 2018-19.

in 2013 before delivering the verdict.

Anto raised the issue over why was Biranchi N Mishra transferred?’

He asked, was it because Mishra had challenged the prosecution on the detention of seven innocents and wrote in the ‘Order Diary’ that the conduct of the Investigating Officer was ‘deplorable’? Ironically, the Investigating Officer (IO) Santosh Kumar Patnaik was conferred the Police Medal after this!

The seven accused Christians were sentenced to life imprisonment immediately after the third judge was appointed in October 2013. While the judgment raises serious questions, the appeal is pending before High Court.

Even the reputed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) appeared to have turned its back on the seven innocent victims, when requested to depute some officers to visit Kandhamal, said Anto.

Interestingly even Hindus in Kotagarh questioned the manner in which the judicial system was subverted to convict their seven innocent neighbours.

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KIN condemns

DIMAPUR, JUL 2 (NPN): Kuki Inpi Nagaland (KIN) expressed grief and shock over the “brutal cold-blooded murder” of a 12- year old girl– Kimneilhing Hangsing, a student of class VI of GMS Phaipijang, on the evening of July 1 by an “unidentified marauder.” According to a press note by KIN president L.L. Kuki, the incident took place at around 7 p.m. when other family members were away to attend evening Sunday service. KIN further expressed gratitude to a team of Dimapur Police comprising of DCP, ACP, OC (Women Cell) and other police personnel who swung into action to nab the culprits. However, there was still no clue about the assailant(s).

Meanwhile, KIN prayed that the departed soul of the innocent girl rest in peace.

DIMAPUR, JUL 2 (NPN): Asserting that only it has authority over social and cultural lives and tradition of Konyaks, Konyak Union (KU) has denounced the royal coronation ceremony (Pongyin Mozu Moyong) organised by a section of “social renegades” and cult that had deviated from the parent traditional norms near Wangti village on February 1 this year. It also asked Governor PB Acharya not to interfere in the traditional custom and practices of the Konyak community.

In a statement, KU president Manlip Konyak and general secretary Honang Konyak explained that angh-ship was “hereditary, distinct and un-adulterated blue-blood”. They said Pongyinpu was a process of royal coronation or ceremony strictly observed only by those ordained Jongwang/ Pongyin villages acquiring royal status, dignity and controlling specific dominion and influences over their subsidiary villages through traditional and customary process.

Mentioning that existence of chief angh signified its royal status as Pongyin Angh whereby its verdict was un-questionable & undoubtedly supreme, the organisation pointed out that there were only about 10 Konyak Pongyin villages that qualify to perform such royal coronation ceremony. KU said the so called Pongyin Mozu Moyong organised by the sect or cult was a deviation from the age-old traditional norms and “divinely ascertained” custom and beliefs. Stating that such status was obtained only through wars and allegiances, the union asked the particular cult to immediately denounce DIMAPUR, JUL 2 (NPN): Pongyin Mozu Moyong.

In apprehension of law and order situation in and around Noklak Town, Tuensang district administration has beefed up security in the area. According to DIPR, ADC Noklak, Theodore Yanthan has sanctioned the DIMAPUR, JUL 2 (NPN): not bothered of Rio as an following security arrangeReacting to the clarification individual, NPF, however, ment-- 4 p.m.- 6 p.m. (DEF of NDPP over chief minis- stated that being the chief Noklak), 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (F ter Neiphiu Rio’s purported minister of the State it was Coy, 3rd NAP Noklak) and 8 statement on integration of expected of him to make p.m. to 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. VG all contiguous Naga areas, his stand clear on important Noklak. All unit commandNPF has asked Rio to make issues like integration and ers have been entrusted to his stand clear on the issue Citizenship (Amendment) deploy adequate personnel before the Nagas as it had Bill, 2016. for duty as assigned. become a big hurdle in the It also accused the ongoing peace process. ruling party of being unThe opposition party able to face the truth and DIMAPUR, JUL 2 (NPN): also warned that, should the hence trying to cover up Public Action Committee peace process get derailed, the matter by claiming that (PAC) under the aegis of Rio and the PDA govern- NPF was spreading lies and Naga Council Dimapur ment should be solely held propaganda, despite Rio’s (NCD) has clarified that the responsible. statement in New Delhi on statement published in the In a statement through June 12 over integration local dailies on June 27 reits press bureau, NPF said being widely reported in garding taxation issue, where the ruling party’s statement the media.

NNPGs is not only referred defending the “indefensible Now, it was for the to the six political Naga statement” of the chief Naga people to judge wheth- groups but all the factions. minister on the issue of in- er NPF was reiterating and Further, PAC secretary Elis tegration was applaudable, asserting the legitimate has appealed to all groups but cautioned that the Na- rights of Nagas or spread- to adhere to the October 31, gas could not be taken on ing lies and propaganda 2013 public resolution-- “one a joy-ride or convinced by as alleged, the statement government, one tax” so that such pointless arguments. added. the society grows with the (Full text on p-6) cooperation of one and all.

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Annual training of 1 Nagaland Girls BN NCC Kma culminates

Brig. S. S Dhankhar with participants and officers of the ten-day training camp.

DIMAPUR: The ten-day annual training camp conducted by 1 Nagaland (G) Bn NCC, under aegis of NCC Group HQ, Kohima at Loyola Hr Sec School, Jakhama concluded on July 2. A total of 539 girl cadets along with associate NCC officers from all districts of Nagaland attended the camp.

A press release issued by camp commandant,

Col. Rajeev Kumar stated that the main emphasis of the camp was on all-round development of NCC cadets’ personalities, besides giving them military training on subjects like physical training, drills, weapons training and on numerous other subjects of social importance.

To mark the occasion of the successful ending of the camp, the NCC

cadets also organized a cultural program in which Brig. S. S Dhankhar, Gp Cdr NCC Gp HQ Kohima was the chief guest and Fr. Victor D’Mello, principal Loyola Hr Sec School, Jakhama was the guest of honour. Prizes in various categories and competitions were given to the cadets.

Guest lectures by eminent personalities on

Block farmers’ committee holds meeting

subjects of social importance like HIV and AIDs, drug abuse, vector borne diseases, disaster management, health & hygiene were included in the training curriculum.

A weapon display and career counselling by 164 Naga TA Bn & 3 (NH) Assam Rifles Bn was also organised during the camp for the NCC girl cadets.

Tsg DDCMC meeting held

DIMAPUR: Tuensang District Development and Coordination Monitoring Committee held a meeting at the DC’s Conference Hall on June 29. According to DIPR, the meeting was held under the chairmanship of L. Jamithung Lotha, DC Tuensang.

Various departments, including DRDA, Municipality, PWD (R&B), Social Welfare, PHED, LRD, Education (SSA), DAO Agri, Horticulture, Medical and BSNL presented the departmental activities of the flagship Block Farmers’ Advisory Committee members after the meeting. program during the financial DIMAPUR: BFAC meet- that the program was led He also challenged the years 2017-18 and 2018-19. ing for Sitimi block, Kip- by Hokato Achumi, BTM, farmers to be innovative hire district was held at Sitimi block. He gave a in their farming activities Seyochung village on June briefing about the func- by identifying the correct 28 at the office of the tions and duties of BFAC methods on the basis of SDAO, Seyochung vil- members, including on the farm location, altitude lage. importance of practicing and climatic conditions. DIMAPUR: A Medziphema A press release by and applying scientific Altogether, 11 members Sub-division Departmental Co-ordination Meeting was DAO office Kiphire stated methods of cultivation. attended the meeting. held at the ADC’s Office on July 2 under the chairmanship of ADC Medziphema, Thsuvisie Phoji. DIPR reports that DIMAPUR: The Notun Bosti Council merous complaints of people being bitten when addressing the meeting, Dimapur (NBCD) has informed to all by stray dogs and dogs roaming randomly. the ADC called upon the ofdog/pet owners of Notun Bosti to properly NBCD also cautioned that stern action ficers to work together and to chain and control their pets inside their would be initiated against wilful default- give their full cooperation to compound failing which the council will ers/dog owners. the government as well as to be compelled to issue shoot at sight/shootNBCD also cautioned neighbouring the public. He urged all the ing orders from July 10 onwards. colonies that it would start shooting the heads of offices to highlight A press release from NBCD chair- dogs from the said date onwards. Colony their departmental setup and man, E. Jon Ezung and secretary, Kavito chairmen and GBs have been informed to activities and also to discuss Ayemi stated that repeated warnings had make the colony public aware of this and issues and problems concernbeen issued including through microphone make sure that the dogs/pets do not roam ing Medziphema Sub-diviannouncements within the colony but randomly or enter into Notun Bosti juris- sion during such coordination owners have failed to comply with the diction. The Notun Bosti Council will not meetings. It was also decided order of the council. be held responsible if the shooting squad that the next meeting will be NBCD stated that it had received nu- shoots their pets/dogs by mistake. held on August 5.

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NBCD warns it will start shooting stray dogs

TCG continues campaign for Plastic Free State

TCG members with participants of the ‘Nagaland says no to Plastic’ campaign program at Merhulietsa Colony, Kohima.

DIMAPUR: To educate the public about the adverse effects of plastic bags on the environment, The Coming Generation (TCG)- Leading the Lead continued its K

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campaign “Nagaland says no to Plastic” at Merhulietsa Colony, Kohima along with representatives from colony councils, church, and youth organizations

on June 30.

A press release from TCG chief administrator, Francis R stated that Thepfuvio chairman of the colony invoked God’s blessing

for successful implementation of the campaign.

TCG told the public that plastics bags take 500 to 1000 years to degrade and the toxins and other chemical pollutants released from it were serious threats to be tackled. TCG also said that once plastics enter the soil, it lowers soil fertility resulting in reduced production.

Plastic bags not only litter streets and block drainages, but when burned they release toxic chemicals that contaminate the air, stated TCG. In this regard, the campaign supports and encourages a statewide ban on the use of plastics for a safer future.

TCG also encouraged the use of biodegradable bags to ensure a green planet for the next generation. At the program, the representatives from the colony council, church leaders and youth organizations committed to make their colony a plastic free colony.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2018

Dimapur police crime reports news in Brief DIMAPUR: Dimapur Police has released its crime report for the months of June to July 2018.

According to additional deputy commissioner of Police/PRO, Dimapur, Dimapur Police arrested one person, Tovi Yeptho (26 years) “ss secy” NNC Non-Accordist on June 25 on charges of extortion at Lotha Church Construction site Dimapur. The PRO stated that a copy of an assignment order NNC-Non Accordist, copy of GPRN secretarial tatar hoho parliamentary etiquette along with a list of several businessmen were seized from his possession. A case has been registered at West Police Station.

On June 30, Dimapur Police arrested one Inato Chophy 26 years, Po/Ps Aghunato, on extortion charges at Ghorapati area. Cash amounting Rs. 11,500 was seized from his possession.

In this connection a case has been registered at East Police Station. Dimapur Police also arrested one Husuka Achumi (36 years) of NNC (N/A) at a petrol pump in Purana Bazar on July 2. One extortion slip and cash amounting to Rs.10,000 were seized from his possession. A case has been registered at East Police Station.

With the above three latest arrests, a total of 107 persons have been arrested by the Dimapur Law Enforcement Agency and 70 criminal cases registered at various police stations on extortion related offences for the period January to June 2018. For the same time period mentioned, a cumulative total of Rs 10,22,457 and 10 weapons with 183 assorted caliber ammunition have been seized and forwarded to judicial custody.

In a related incident on June 26, one female, Lokho Adaphro, W/o Mapao Khulen, Senapati was arrested by Dimapur Police for illegal possession of 14 grams heroin from Blue Hill line area. A case has been registered in Women PS and investigation is going on.

On July 1, Atoka (27 years) P/A LRC Colony Dimapur was apprehended by Dimapur Police for illegal transportation of 44 (forty-four) cases of IMFL, at old over Bridge (Burma Camp area). In this regard a case has been registered in East Police Station and investigations are on.

NFHRCC meeting: Nagaland Foot Hill Road Construction Committee (NFHRCC) has called a meeting of all its members on July 9, 3 p.m. at the treasurer’s residence to discuss important issues. NFHRCC convenor, Supu Jamir has requested all members to attend the meeting without fail.

NPA office Dimapur shifted: Nagaland Pensioners’ Association (NPA) office Dimapur has been shifted to Kensa Baptist Arogo Centenary Memorial Building near new DABA Church. All have been requested to contact them at the new venue.

Wokha DPDB on July 9: Vicechairman DPDB & Deputy Commissioner Wokha, Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon has informed all members of the Wokha District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) that the meeting for the month of July will be held at ADC H/Q Bhandari on July 9 at 11 a. m, ADC’s conference hall. All the members have been informed to attend the meeting without fail.

Kohima DTF for Measles-Rubella campaign meeting: The DC and chairman District Task Force (DTF) for Immunisation, Kohima, Rajesh Soundararajan, has informed all members and stakeholders for the Measles-Rubella Campaign (MRVC), that there will be a meeting on July 4, 11 a.m at the Deputy Commissioner’s office chamber, Kohima.

The meeting has been convened in connection with the MeaslesRubella Campaign, which is to be launched on October 3 in the state.

All members and stakeholders have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

Phom organizations condemn rape of minor DIMAPUR: The Phomla Hoichem and Yachem Anüti Lunglak Longleng unit has condemned and expressed resentment over the incident where a 15 year old minor girl was allegedly “physically tourtured and raped” on June 27 by a 27 year old “married man named Longya also know as Along son of Mr Longshak resident of Nyengching Ward Longleng belonging to Nyang Village.”

Phomla Hoichem president, Shemthai Phom and Yachem Anüti Lunglak Longleng unit president, Yimshe Phom, in a press release said that the accused, who fled after the act, was apprehended on June 28. According to the release, women of all ages and of all groups came out to

the street paraded the accused in the streets of Longleng demanding punishment and calling for women protection while condemning the act. He was later handed over to the police.

The Phomla Hoichem, terming it a “shameless act”, declared that crime and harm against women in any form would not be tolerated. It also demanded deserving punishment for the accused as per the laws without relaxation.

The Yachem Anüti Lunglak Longleng unit also said that such an act had caused deep hurt and anger and demanded lawful punishment. It asserted that such a crime against its women member was beyond toleration.

Response to Purana Bazaar (B) Village Council DIMAPUR: In response to the news item “Purana Bazaar Village Council Informs” published June 23, the Water Logged (bill) Area Land Owners Union (WLALOU), Purana Bazaar (B) has said that no information was given to them regarding the coordination meeting held on June 9 at the residence of head GB. WLALOU president, Mulomo V. Kiho and secretary, Khekugha Chishi, said this in a press release with regard to the notification to all the land owners of water logged areas to develop their land on or before April 2019 failing which the land would be

CGU & CGY to celebrate Bhanu Jayanti DIMAPUR: Chumukedima Gorkha Union (CGU) along with the Chumukedima Gorkha Youth (CGY) will be celebrating the 204th Bhanu Jayanti on July 13 at Chumukedima town hall.

All the Gorkha communities and well wishers have been invited to attend the celebration. Also all the registered Gorkha students who passed the HSLC, HSSLC and graduation exams 2018 with 60% and above markings, residing under Chumukedima area will be felicitated. All the registered CGU passed students have been requested to submit a photocopy of their admit cards and mark sheets on or before July 7.

The following officials may be contacted for more information: CGU president, B.B Sewa at 96123 94043, CGY president, Manoj Shrestha at 70053 36199, and CGU general secretary, Rajesh Basyal at 84148 47971.

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Water Logged (bill) Area Land Owners Union said that it would like to bring to the notice of the village council that the land allotment was given to them by Lt. Kiron Mech head GB (village chief) to be the “part of the protector of the village and we are the sole owner of this land.”

It said that in good and bad times the village council is to work for the welfare of the village community and safeguard the village but no authority was given to it to claim ownership of the land magnanimously gifted by the former head GB.

Considering that the village is a traditional village, Water Logged (bill) Area Land Owners Union said it respected and honoured the head GB (village chief), his colleagues and the village authority.

It noted that the progress of the village development was slow because of improper roads and drainage.

It thanked the village council for its concern regarding the development of our village and gave the assurance that as soon as approachable roads and drainage were constructed, they would begin development in their respective lands.

DISHA Dimapur holds meeting DIMAPUR: In line with the rest of the country in the observation of DISHA week from June 25 to 29, the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting was held on June 28 at the deputy commissioner’s conference hall chaired by deputy commissioner Kohima, Rajesh Soundararajan (who is also the DISHA member secretary), co-chaired by project director DRDA, Alemla J Chishi.

A press release from DISHA stated that in his opening remark, the DC welcomed the members present and highlighted the state level DISHA meeting held on June 25.

He spoke about the 41 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) implemented in the district.

In the concluding remark, the deputy commissioner thanked the members present for making it convenient to attend the meeting and requested all the members to be more sincere and dedicated towards the implementation of all the flagship programs in the district.

Various departments including DRDA, Medical, Education, Agriculture, PWD (R&B), I&FC, F&CS, Power, Urban Development, S&WC, Social Welfare highlighted their activities and presented the physical and financial achievement reports for the financial year 2017-18 and 2018-19.

NAF to organize 2018 conference

DIMAPUR: The Naga American Foundation (NAF), a social and cultural organization, will be holding its 2018 conference under the theme, “flourishing together” in Santa Clara, California, USA on July 13 and 14.

A press release from the Naga American Foundation president, Honili Sema stated the Naga American Foundation was started in the 1980s for advancement of the Naga people in the USA and to promote common interests.

The main speakers will be Dr. Paul Pimomo (Ellensburg, Washington), Dr. Sylvia Pongener (Bolingbrook, Illinois) and Stephen Imsong (Boston, Massachusetts).

The Naga American Foundation further encouraged all Nagas in the United States to connect with and support each other for continued growth of the organization. To learn more about NAF one may visit their website at www.nafconnect.net

CCHE and CUE Academy signs MoU

(L-R): Dr. Rukulu Kezo Puro, chief instructor CUE Academy, Zhokhoto Puro, managing director, Vezuhu Keyho, principal Capital College and Er. Thenuvecho Puro, chairman, CUE Academy during the signing of MoU at Capital College in Kohima.

DIMAPUR: Based on the growing concern of the dropping quality of student’s writing in the colleges of Nagaland, the CUE Academy, Centre of Writing Skills and Capital College of Higher Education, (CCHD) signed an MoU on July 2 at CCHD, Kohima.

A press release by CCHD media cell stated that the course would help students build their study skills while enhancing their writing skills. It is believed and hoped that this alliance will benefit the students not only academically but also as they prepare to enter the professional world

where effective writing was becoming an essential requirement.

This educational journey as collaborators is for a three month certificate course based on basic academic writing, designed to help students acquire and develop the craft of effective writing.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2018

Governor interacts with ICFAI faculty and students

Excise Dimapur bids farewell to outgoing officer

DIMAPUR: Department of Excise, Dimapur organized a farewell, on June 30, for outgoing seniormost departmental officer, additional commissioner of Excise, Visedelie Mepfu-o on completion of his 35 years of service.

A press release by commissioner of Excise, Dimapur, Tarep Imchen stated that, a simple function was held in honour of the out-going officer where commissioner of Excise highlighted the various achievements under the leadership of the outgoing officer. The outgoing officer also expressed his gratitude to the department officials and staff for their cooperaGovernor P. B Acharya speaking during his interaction with faculty, staff tion during his tenure. He and students of ICFAI University. also urged and encouraged DIMAPUR: Governor of ing on the importance of schemes by the villagers, them to continue giving Nagaland P B Acharya working as agents of social and organise awareness their best for the improvement of the department. visited ICFAI University change, he said that “unless programs.

Nagaland and interacted we endeavour to uplift the The gover nor also with faculty, staff and stu- economically weaker sec- inaugurated a digital indents of the university on tion of people in the soci- formation system, an inJuly 2. ety, our education has no formation device that was A press release issued meaning.” He highlighted developed by the BCA Dimapur: Chang Khulei

by ICFAI University reg- the various central gov- fourth semester students, Setshang (CKS) or Chang istrar, Khrieketu Kuotsu ernment schemes, such as along with a team of teach- Tribal Council has inducted a new team of office bearstated that during his ad- jandhan yojana, atal pen- ers. dress, the Governor en- sion yojana, beti padao beti The welcome address ers from May 7. The new couraged students to be bachao schemes etc. He was delivered by profes- team is led by president entrepreneurs, and high- encouraged the students sor Charles P. Alexander, Nungsanglemba, general lighted various schemes to go to different villages vice chancellor, and vote secretary, C. Chongshen available under the mudra and prepare a report on of thanks by Khrieketu along with ten others and six advisors bank scheme. While stress- the utilisation of these Kuotsu.

CKS inducts office bearers

Measles-Rubella Campaign in Nagaland from October 3

Dr. Rebecca Y. Sema orienting trainees to details of the Nagaland MeaslesRubella (MR) Campaign.

DIMAPUR: A MeaslesRubella (MR) Campaign in Nagaland will be launched on October 3 for the entire state of Nagaland. During the campaign, children up to 15 years will be vaccinated.

This was stated by District programme officer RCH-UIP, Dr. Rebecca Y. Sema at the Dimapur “District Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign Workshop” held on July 2 at the CMO’s Conference Hall.

During the inaugural function, she oriented the trainees on the upcoming Measles-Rubella (MR)

Campaign. Dr. Rebecca told the trainees that the campaign aims to rapidly build up immunity for both measles and rubella diseases in the community so as to prevent the disease. With this target in mind she said that all the children in the target age group should receive the MR vaccine during the campaign.

Children aged between nine months to 15 years are required to receive the MR vaccine during the campaign regardless of their previous vaccination status. The dose that will be given

during this mass campaign is a supplementary dose.

The MR Vaccine used in the campaign is a safe and an effective vaccine for elimination of measles and control of rubella, the release stated.

Resource persons for the workshop were, Dr. Abhishek Singh, RRT WHO, Dr. Rebecca, DPO, UIP/ RCH, Dr. Narola, MO Chumukedima, and Imli, project officer, UNDP. The trainees included block medical officers, SHP MO and staff, block program managers, ASHA coordinators of all the blocks and DPMU staff.

NSRLM Dmu organizes LFA, C&SS conduct advocacy program on HIV & AIDS district level workshop

DGP Nagaland T.J Longkumer went on a familiarization tour and visited the 1st NAP BN, NAPTC, PTS, Police Referral Hospital, 15 NAP MBN, Police Central Store and Police Central Workshop under Chumukedima Police Complex on July 2. (In the picture) Longkumer addressing the officers, ORS and recruit trainees at NAPTC, Chumukedima. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM), District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) Dimapur organized a district level livelihoods orientation & workshop at Tourist Lodge conference hall, Dimapur on June 30.

A press release by DRDA Dimapur stated that Atokhe Aye, project director DRDA spoke on the importance of the mission and also about MKSP which, he said, was going create a big impact on farm based activities of the Self Help Groups (SHGs) un-

der Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission.

He also encouraged the community service providers to work sincerely. National Resource person (NRP) Madhavananda Ray also came to support the livelihoods team. Chief vety. officer, SDAO, PD ATMA also highlighted their own activities.

BDOs from RD Block Chumukedima, Medziphema, Nuiland, ADPM, BPMs, ACs, and other NSRLM staff, CSPs and CLF office bearers attended the program.

SFS ‘Summer Camp 2018’ culminates

DIMAPUR: A two-day “summer camp” organised

by St. Francis de Sale (SFS) Parish, Kohima Town “You are the light of the world (Mt. 5:14)” culminated on June 30.

A press release by SFS stated that various competitions such as drawing and

painting, talents shows, group songs, Bible quiz, singing practice etc. marked the second day.

More than 300 campers who were divided into three categories - Class A to 3, Class 4 - 7 and Class - 12 participated in the various programs of the

summer camp. The release stated that functions were held at the parish premise, CAN building and Charity School for the different categories.

During the final session, resource persons spoke on various themes for each of the three cat-

egories.

Later, parish priest Rev. Fr. Richard Fernandes and assistant parish priest Rev. Fr. Peter Pithungo handed over prizes to the winners of various competitions during the closing ceremony at Charity School.

DIMAPUR: Legislators’ Forum on AIDS (LFA), Nagaland in partnership with Care and Support Society (C&SS), Mokokchung conducted an advocacy program on HIV and AIDS at Clark Theological College (CTC) Aolijen, Mokokchung on June 28.

LFA state consultant, Dr. Vinito L. Chishi, in a press release stated that the resource persons were Hukatoli from LFA on AIDS, Imchawati Kichu managing director of C&SS and Dr. Chishi.

Dr. Chishi in his lecture shared his serious concern over the alarming HIV prevalence rate in Nagaland. He called upon the theological students of CTC to equip themselves with updated trends of HIV and AIDS and asked them to be ready to create awareness among their own communities by taking collective responsibility.

He called for the involvement of church leaders in addressing the issue through pre-marital counselling and creating public

LFA and C&SS members with students and staff of Clark Theological College. awareness. He said that the Church was a permanent community fixture which could give education and counselling in church settings, give care and support, maintain healthy behaviour and mobilise a force of volunteers from within the church to initiate good and healthy networking with NGOs, community leaders, women, youth and government establishments.

Hukatoli from LFA talked about the vulnerability of a person where he/she may acquire HIV infection. She warned the theological students that HIV infection could occur to anyone including theological students and every person should play an important role in HIV prevention by building bridges and filling up the gaps.

Earlier in the program, Rev. Dr. Marnungsang, principal CTC gave a short speech on the importance of the program. He reminded the students that apart from their syllabus which included HIV and AIDS, he said that the knowledge about it from certain professionals was useful for them to prepare themselves to combat HIV and AIDS in the state.

Kevechutso Doulo takes NWHD appeals for cleanliness charge as NEPED chairman DIMAPUR: The Naga Women Hoho Dimapur (NWHD) has appealed to the DCCI and all concerned citizens to help and support the good cause of keeping Dimapur clean and plastic free.

A press release by NWHD publicity and information secretary, Keninguno Angami stated that while it applauds DMC for their tireless efforts in keeping Dimapur clean

and plastic free, it also reminded all business owners to keep their own business premises clean. In this regard, the NWHD stated that a team would inspect the main market from time to time and any defaulter found would be penalized.

NWHD further appealed to the general public and business community to cooperate with this initiative.

Kevechutso Doulo being felicitated on June 2.

Dimapur: Bharitaya Janata Party members, on July 2, accompanied Kevechutso Doulo, who took over charge as NEPED chairman in Kohima, and held a meeting which was chaired by Team leader of NEPED, Menokhul John, commissioner and secretary.

A press release from BJP Nagaland media cell said that when speaking on the occassion Kevechutso Doulo expressed his gratiK Y M C

tude to the chief minister, Dy. CM Y. Patton and the party for entrusting him the new responsibilities knowing the problems of his people. According to him, as the state longs for peace and development, under the visionary leadership of the chief minister and the prime minister, transformation and changes could take place in Nagaland. He appealed to the staff of the NEPED to continue to work as a team and work

together for the unreached areas of the state focussing on the rural people and the women sector in particular.

Te a m l e a d e r M e nokhul John briefed the new chairman about the management and the projects achieved by NEPED in the state.

He stressed on the principle of team spirit which, he said, had created many success stories in the state.

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IMPHAL, Jul 2: Three police personnel including a female were injured when irate residents attacked the police and security forces with stones and sling-shots, alleging that the government was targeting only the Muslim inhabitant village.

Despite the strong opposition, Manipur forest department dismantled around 80 houses illegally settled at Nongmaiching Reserve Forest in Imphal East district.

Leaving aside mosque, all the structures were totally dismantled during the drive conducted from early morning till afternoon.

Forest officials were guarded by a large number of police and Central paramilitary force during the entire process.

Thousands of residents of Kshetri Bangoon attempted to stop the eviction drive which was blocked by the police and paramilitary forces. Unable to proceed to the eviction

Manipur forest department evicting encroachers of reserved forest areas in Imphal East district on Monday. (NP) site, the irate residents attacked the police and security forces with stones and sling-shots, which compelled the police to fire tear gas and mock bombs.

Chief conservator of state forest department, who personally supervised the eviction drive said that the department was in the process to carry out eviction in 2013.

However, it was delayed because of pending cases filed against the eviction. Meanwhile, villagers claimed that they are leaving in the area for

the last around 30 years and beneficiaries of various government sponsored welfare schemes including housing loans.

However, forest officials said that at the time of declaration of Nongmaiching hill as reserved forest in 1990, the village was non existence.

State forest and environment minister Th Shyamkumar said that forest department will carry out eviction drive to evict all illegal encroachers in the reserve forest areas across the district.

Mobile internet, SMS services restored in Tripura

KAAC - Assam Govt at loggerheads

hawker from Uttar Pradesh were beaten to death on the suspicion of them being child-lifters at Bishalgarh in Sipahijala district and Murabari in West Tripura district respectively.

The cases of lynching had triggered a blame game between the ruling BJP and the opposition CPI(M) and Congress.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath had blamed the CPI(M) for the lynching incidents, while the Left party and the Congress held Nath responsible for the incidents.

The mobs had been charged because of the “baseless” comments of organ harvesting by Nath and he was liable for the three deaths, state Congress vice-president Tapas Dey had alleged.

The body of an 11-yearold boy with deep wounds on the neck and back was found at Bhumiheen Colony of Mohanpur sub-division in West Tripura district, a day before the lynching incidents took place.

Nath, who is the MLA from the Mohanpur Assembly Constituency, had visited the bereaved family the same day.

DIPHU, JUL 2: As directed

by KAAC CEM, principal secretary of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) has issued an order on June 27 ordering nonparticipation for its officers or any staff from taking assignments or attending any meetings of the State or Central Governments without prior permission or approval from the office of the Chief Executive Member, KAAC. The order has strictly mentioned that any violation of the aforementioned instruction shall be viewed seriously by the authority.

Bureaucrats serving on deputation under the administrative official jurisdiction of KAAC are finding it bizarre as their normal way of functioning may collide with the institution if the order is to be followed.

A section of employees viewed the council’s instructions as a wrangle between the Assam Government’s Ministry of Hill Areas department and the KAAC and fallout of the imposition of certain inflexible measures imposed by the ministry of the autonomy of the council.

Ag artala , J u l 2 (PTI): Mobile internet and messaging services, which were suspended in Tripura since June 28 following three incidents of lynching, have been restored, a senior police officer said.

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Law and Order, K V Sreejesh, told PTI today that the services were restored last evening following an improvement in the overall situation.

No fresh case of mob violence or rumour-mongering over child-lifting were reported across the state today, the police said.

Fourteen people have been arrested so far in connection with the incidents, Assistant Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Smriti Ranjan Das said.

Mobile internet and SMS services were suspended in the state following the lynching of three persons.

On June 28, a man hired by the Tripura Information and Culture Department to spread awareness against rumour- mongering was lynched by a mob at Kalachhara in South Tripura district.

On the same day, an unidentified woman and a

AFFIDAVIT I, Shri. V. Chinato Sumi, son of Vihito Sumi, permanent resident of High School Colony, Purana Bazar, Dimapur, Nagaland-797112 do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as follows: 1. That my name has been inadvertently recorded as Nikihe Chishi in my children's education certificate, whereas my real name is V. Chinato Sumi as per my service book.

2. That, this affidavit is made to declare that the above-mentioned names are of one and same person i.e. V. Chinato Sumi.

3. That, henceforth I shall use V. Chinato Sumi for all my official purpose.

DEPONENT Regd. No. 6544/17, Dt 10.07.17 NOTARY PUBLIC DP-4891

AFFIDAVIT

1. I, No.173178N, Rank. Sep, Name. Badam Bahadur Sunuwar, resident of Ukhrul Dist, Manipur do hereby solemnly declare and affirm as under: 2. That I am presently serving at 17 Assam Rifles, C/o. 99 APO, bearing No. 173178N, Rank. Sep, Name. Badam Bahadur Sunuwar.

3. That name of my son (under mentioned) has been wrongly recorded in my service book and the same has been corrected as follows.

S/No Old Name Present Name Relation 01.

Isal Sunwar Ishak Sunuwar Son 4. That this affidavit is made to declare as a piece of evidence for all purpose.

5. That the statements made in paragraphs 1 to 4 are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing false has been stated.

DEPONENT Solemnly affirm and swear before me on this the 2nd day of July 2018 at Dimapur : Nagaland NOTARY PUBLIC Regd. No. 1186/18, Date 02/07/18 DP-4887

AFFIDAVIT I, Smt. Khetoli Zhimomi, W/o. Shri. Zhekugha Zhimomi, R/o. Shokhuvi village, District: Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm an oath and declare as under: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my name was recorded and entered as Qhetoli Sema in my accident record.

3. That after my marriage my name is called and known as Khetoli Zhimomi using my husband surname Zhimomi.

4. That in my Aadhaar Card No. 9855 7293 7458 and permanent Residence Certificate my name is recorded and entered as Khetoli Zhimomi.

5. That Khetoli Zhimomi and Qhetoli Sema is same and one person which refers my name.

6. That this affidavit is made to declare that Khetoli Zhimomi shall be used in all official purpose instead of Qhetoli Sema.

VERIFICATION I, the deponent do hereby verify that the contents made in paras 1 to 6 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed therein.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me.

NOTARY PUBLIC Regd. No. 164/18, Date 2/7/18

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Guwahati, Jul 2 (PTI): The Assam government aims to complete all major road projects in the state by 2020, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said Monday, exhorting the legislators to play their part in fulfilling the objective.

Speaking at a review meeting of Assam Public Works Department (PWD) here, Sonowal alleged that the erstwhile Congress government had built substandard roads.

“The roads constructed during the previous (Congress) government’s tenure gave way in six months or so. We do not want to construct such substandard roads,” he said. All procedures, including tender assessments and preparation of detailed project reports, must be completed by the end of the rainy season, the CM said.

“We must not waste a single day in the construction season that lasts from October to April,” he told the officials and MLAs. The CM also said that people would retain their faith in the government if the elected representatives work for their development.

Ne w D e lhi , J u l 2 (PTI): The Supreme Court Monday said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) should be “actively involved” in the probe into a large number of cases of alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the Army, Assam Rifles and the police in Manipur.

A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit also asked the CBI’s special investigation team (SIT), which is conducting probe in these cases, whether they could share the information, including the drafts of final reports which they have prepared in four cases, with the NHRC. “NHRC has the power to suo motu investigate a matter. Our last order indicates that the NHRC should be active in it. Two things we are contemplating. The NHRC should be actively involved in the investigation.

“Second is the issue of filing of four final reports.

You (SIT) can share the information you have with the NHRC, like your draft final report. Let NHRC also independently applies its mind and get back to us,” the court observed.

IMPHAL, Jul 2: Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale Monday said his ministry was considering hiking the amount for Centrally sponsored oldage pension scheme.

The union minister, who is on a two-day visit in Imphal, said the current rate of national old age pension of Rs 200 per month was “measly” considering the rising prices of essential commodities and high cost of living.

Ramdas said this at a press conference after reviewing the implementation of various Central sponsored social security and welfare schemes.

In Manipur, a total of 55,247 old age persons are receiving old age pension under National Old Age Pension Scheme at the rate of Rs 200 per month.

While highlighting some of the achievement of Centre sponsored schemes in the state, the Union minister said 16 old age homes were running in the state under the scheme of integrated programmes for older persons under the

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Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Maninder Singh, appearing for the CBI, said he would take instructions in the matter and get back to the court on these issues.

“The problem is that they (NHRC) should not be like a supervisory authority over us. Secondly, whether these four final reports, which are under scrutiny, can be shared with them now or at what stage it could be shared? I will go back and get back to the court on this,” Singh told the bench, which posted the matter for hearing on July 5.

The court, which is hearing a PIL seeking a probe into as many as 1,528 cases of extra-judicial killings in Manipur, had on July 14 last year constituted an SIT and ordered lodging of FIRs and probe into the cases of alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur.

The bench, meanwhile, said the six status reports filed before it by the SIT be handed over the NHRC’s counsel.

At the outset, the bench perused the sixth status report filed by the SIT and the ASG said a lot of progress has been made in the ongo-

ministry of social justice and & empowerment.

Rs 1,500 per month per beneficiary were also provided to persons with disabilities under schemes for the empowerment of persons with disabilities and persons with disabilities. A total of 2,555 beneficiaries were availing the benefits of the scheme in the state, he claimed.

Ramdas also expressed his happiness on learning that Manipur has low rate of cases of atrocities compared to other region.

Last year, only three cases were reported while for 2018-19 only one case has been registered so far, he claimed and expressed gratitude to the state government for putting a check to the atrocities.

ing investigation. “You have progressed a lot but still you are very slow,” the bench observed.

To this, the ASG said in some cases forensic reports were awaited and investigation in four matters was complete and the final reports sent for scrutiny.

The bench, after perusing the status report, observed that the Manipur government and its Director General of Police (DGP) have not provided the documents sought by SIT. However, the ASG and in-charge of SIT, Sharad Aggarwal, told the bench that they have received the documents from the state and were getting “complete cooperation” from the authorities concerned.

The counsel for Manipur told the bench that whenever they have received request from the SIT for documents, these have been provided to the probe team and steps were taken to trace all the documents.

When the NHRC’s counsel contended that they have provided all assistance to the SIT, the bench said, “your primary task is protection of human rights. You also have to be proactive”.

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DITRICT : NAGALAND NOTICE Dt. Dimapur the 2nd July '18 NO.REV-1/90-D// Notice is hereby given that Shri David resident of Kacharigaon, who has applied for issue of mortgage clearance concerning to Patta No. 468, Dag No. 109/541 measuring an area located at Block No/Village 10 Mouza No. 2, which has been mortgage in the Co.Opp Bank.

Claims & Objection if any on the aforesaid land may be submitted in written in the Court of the undersigned on or before 9/7/18.

Deputy Commissioner Dimapur, Nagaland DP-4894

OBJECTION NOTICE

This for kind information to the General Public that a plot of land located at Golaghat Road, Dimapur, near Mon, Tuensang Night Super Bus Stand, bearing Patta No - 46, Dag No - 242, located at Dimapur Town Block No - 3, Mouza No - 1, House No - 25/1 is the Sole property of Late Khamangbo. However it appears in the Local Paper of Nagaland Post dated 30th June 2018 that Succession has been applied for in the Court of Additional Deputy Commissioner's Office Dimapur, Nagaland.

We the grandsons of Late Khamangbo objected the succession as applied for should not be granted and any body dealing with the aforesaid land shall be doing so at their own risk.

1. Ruben Zeliang, Grandson of Late Khamangbo 2. Kedinlubo Ntukmai Grandson of Late Khamangbo Notary Public

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MON : NAGALAND

NO.GA/JUD-08/2018-19/316

NOTICE

Dated, Mon the 25th June 2018

Whereas an application has been submitted by Shri/Smti. Angap Konyak with prayer for issue of Succession Certificate for drawal of entitled pension dues and any other outstanding dues from the Government of Nagaland on behalf of her husband deceased Late Azo Konyak Ex 6th NAP Constable No. 63051 under the establishment of Commandant 6th NAP Batalion, Tizit, who expired on 05/05/2018.

Objection are hereby invited from persons in regards or claim for withdrawal of the said dues by the applicants within 30 (thirty) days with effect from the date of issue of this notice. No petition will be entertained after the expiry of the given period.

Deputy Commissioner Mon : Nagaland

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA : NAGALAND. No. Judl-47/2017-18/ / NOTICE Dt, Wokha the 26th June 2018 Whereas, Smti. Nzano Enny, wife of Late Shri. L. Aben Ennio a permanent resident of Akuk Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits/family pension from the Govt. and to operate AC No.11846676430 in favour of her deceased husband Late. Shri. L. Aben Ennio, who expired on 06/06/2018.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/ objections if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice.

No claims/objections will be entertained after the cut off date and succession certificate shall be issued.

K. Mhathung Tsanglao Addl. Deputy Commissioner Wokha : Nagaland WC-89

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT : NAGALAND NOTICE

NO.REV-1/90-D/

My Princess Phenyu Wangshu.

Ramdas Athawale

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

AFFIDAVIT

Regd. No. 1184/18 Dated : 2/7/18

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NHRC should be ‘actively involved’ in Manipur encounter cases probe: SC

I, Shri. Heri Kumar Magar alias Saila Thapa, son of Garja Kumar Thapa, aged about 50 years, resident of Mission Colony, Pfutsero Town, District : Phek, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and swear on oath as follow : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That in all my official documents including State Bank of India Saving Pass Book bearing A/c. No. 30901905866, Permanent Account Number bearing Card No. BABPT3562J and all other records my name is entered and recorded as Hari Kumar Magar, whereas in my son's Birth Certificate and all other records it is erroneously entered as Saila Thapa.

3. That this affidavit is sworn for the purpose of declaring that the names Hari Kumar Magar and Saila Thapa are one and the same person only.

4. That, I do state and verify that the contents of the above mentioned statements are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing is false.

Deponent Solemnly affirmed and signed before me by the Deponent on this 2nd day of July, 2018.

Notary Public DP-4907

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Centre considering hiking old age pension: Ramdas

Dt. Dimapur the 29th June' 18

Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti. Narola, resident of Dimapur who has applied for issue of mortgage clearance concerning to Patta No. 743, Dag No. 848, 1607 measuring an area 00-02-02 located at Block No/Village 09, Mouza No 02 which has been mortgage in the Z. Kasheto Yeptho Society.

Claims & Objection if any on the aforesaid land may be submitted in written in the Court of the undersigned on or before 6/7/2018.

Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Nagaland DP-4883

When you were born, we knew that God had sent us a beautiful angel. And you’ve become more angelic with every passing year, bringing joy to our lives. Baby, Though Apa is not with you on this special day, I am sure you will have a great time with your brother and sisters in a new place. Once again Happy Birthday baby. Miss you alot!

With lots of love, your APA Hi, Rahil, Happy birthday to you. Manny manny happy returns of the day.

May God grant you to live more than hundred years in this world.

From your mummy and pappa (love you so much) Hi Ngongo Zajan, Happy 10th Birthday! What a momentous day for you.Turning to Double digits is major milestone.Things change but you’ve managed to stay the same all these years.You’re still same wonderful son you’ve always been.Once again ‘Happy birthday’.Don’t just make one wish.Make as many as wishes as you want and we will always cherish your worthy.

Your love one’s, Kaka,Mum and Dad .Kohima Dear Dolimsangla, Wishing you a birthday filled with sweet moments and wonderful memories to cherish always.

Happy birthday..

From, your loving family members

Dearest Apo, Wishing you a grand and glorious 80th birthday !May your heart be filled with joy and happiness .You have successfully navigated through 80 years of life. Way to go. May God bless you abundantly .

From, Renthungo Kikon and family.

DECLARATION

I, Smt. Hutoli Sumi through this affidavit vide Registration Number 6432/18 dated 18/06/2018 hereby declare that the names Hutoli V Zhimo and Hutoli Sumi are one and the same person.

And that the name, Smt. Hutoli Sumi will be used in all my official correspondence and record including Bank Pass Book for now onwards.

Deponent Solemnly affirm and declare on oath before me on this day 18th the June of 2018 at Zunheboto, Nagaland.

Notary Public DP-4884

AFFIDAVIT

I, Shri. H. Aboto Sumi, son of Shri. N. Hokishe age above 21 years R/o, House Number - 80, Burma Camp United North Block, Sunrise Colony, Dimapur - Nagaland, do hereby state and declare : 1. That I am Indian Citizen by Birth.

2. That in some of my Educational documents my mother name has been mistakenly entered as Smt. Imlijungla, but my correct and actual mother name is Smt. P. Anungla Phom.

3. That this affidavit is made to declare that I will be using my mother name as Smt. P. Anungla Phom for all my official works.

4. That the content of this affidavit are true to my personal knowledge, which I believe to be true and no part of this affidavit is false and nothing material has been concealed.

Deponent The deponent solemnly affirms and sworn before me on this 29th day of June 2018.

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FELICITATION

With immense pride, The Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu Diphupar–'B' (SKKD-'B') would like to congratulate all its candidates who have successfully cleared their HSLC, HSSLC and Degree level examination 2018.

Further, the Union wishes them success in their future endeavour.

Dr. Liza Aye President, SKKD-'B'

Inaho Zhimomi Gen. Secy., SKKD-'B'

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Assam plans to complete road projects by 2020

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OFFICE OF THE PHULESHETOMI VILLAGE STUDENTS' UNION FELICITATION

The Phulesheto Village Students' Union is immensely honoured to felicitate all our successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC Exam 2018.

We warmly congratulate them for bringing laurels to our commuinty.

Our Union further wishes them the best to attain new heights with lot more successes in all their future endeavour.

(Tovili Sumi) (Hotolu Chishi) (Akuto Wotsa) G/S V.P. President

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Jobs not lacking, issue is lack of data on jobs: Modi

New Delhi, Jul 2 (AGENCIES): The opposition has been painting a picture of “their choice” on the job front because there is not sufficient data available on employment, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“More than a lack of jobs, the issue is a lack of data on jobs. Our opponents will naturally exploit this opportunity to paint a picture of their choice and blame us. I don’t blame our opponents for blaming us on the issue of jobs, after all no one has an accurate data on jobs,” Modi said in an interview with “Swarajya” magazine.

He said that the traditional matrix of measuring jobs is “simply not good enough to measure new jobs in the new economy of New India”, and underlined that this does not take into account the “interests and aspirations of our youth”.

“For example, there are close to three lakh villagelevel entrepreneurs who are running Common Service Centres across the country and also creating more employment. Start-ups are working as job multipliers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering in New Delhi. and there are around 15,000 start-ups, which the government has helped in some way, and there will be many more operational. Aggregators of various kinds employ thousands of youth.

“If we look at numbers for employment, more than 41 lakh formal jobs were created from September 2017 to April 2018 based on EPFO payroll data. According to a study based on EPFO data, more than 70 lakh jobs were created in the formal sector last year,” Modi said.

The Prime Minister pointed out that job creation in the formal sector could have a “spinoff effect” on job creation in the informal

sector too, which constitutes “around 80 per cent of all jobs”.

“If 41 lakh jobs were generated in the formal sector in eight months, how much would be the total formal plus informal sector jobs?”

He said that in just one year, 48 lakh new enterprises got registered which is likely to result in “more formalisation and better jobs”.

“More than 12 crore loans have been given under Mudra Yojana. Is it unfair to expect that one loan would have created or supported means of livelihood for at least one person?

“More than one crore

houses have been constructed in the last one year; how much employment would this have generated? If road construction has more than doubled per month, if there is tremendous growth in railways, highways, airlines, what does it indicate? Is it possible without employing more people in equal proportions?” he added.

Modi blamed a “lack of consistency” in the political debate around job creation and pointed out that if state governments are claiming to have created lakhs of jobs, how could it be that Centre was not creating any jobs.

“We have data put out by state governments on employment. For example, the previous Karnataka government claimed to have created 53 lakh jobs. The West Bengal government said it created 68 lakh jobs in the last term.

“Now, if states are all creating a good number of jobs, is it possible that the country is not creating jobs?

Is it possible that states are creating jobs but the Centre is creating joblessness?”

Modi asked.

SC to list pleas against ‘nikahhalala’, polygamy New Delhi, JUL 2 (AGENCIES): Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the early hearing of challenges to polygamy and “nikah halala” and said these petitions would come up for hearing before a Constitution bench after the federal government files its response.

The court’s response came after the lawyers for a woman petitioner who has challenged the practices told a bench led by the Chief Justice of India that she was under tremendous pressure to withdraw her plea.

Senior advocate V Shekhar and advocate Archana Pathak Dave told the bench that their client, Sameena Begum, had been threatened by her in-laws to either withdraw the petition or be thrown out of the matrimonial home.

CJI Dipak Misra said he would look into the matter on the administrative side as the petitions had been referred to a constitution bench. “We will look into it,” he said, adding they can be listed for a hearing after the centre files its response.

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Only 12 sitting judges have disclosed assets on SC website

Ne w D e l hi , J u l 2 (AGENCIES): Almost a decade after the Supreme Court passed a resolution to make public the details of assets owned by the apex court judges, only half of the sitting judges have disclosed their assets and investments on the top court’s website.

Of the 23 sitting judges in the Supreme Court, only 12 have so far disclosed their assets on the apex court website.

Chief Justice Dipak Misra and the next four senior-most judges, Justices Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur, Kurian Joseph and A K Sikri are among those who have declared their assets.

Justices S A Bobde, N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, A K Goel, R Banumathi, A M Khanwilkar and Ashok Bhushan have also disclosed their assets and liabilities along with that of their families.

The apex court website does not have the names of Justices R F Nariman, A M Sapre, U U Lalit, D Y Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Mohan M Shantanagoudar, S Abdul Nazeer, Navin Sinha, Deepak Gupta and Indu Malhotra in the list of those who have disclosed

their assets, liabilities and investments.

The total sanctioned strength of apex court judges is 31, including the CJI. The assets of Chief Justice Misra, as per the website, was last declared on May 1, 2012. He was elevated as a judge of the apex court on October 10, 2011.

The declarations state that the CJI has a residential flat at Supreme Enclave in East Delhi which he acquired in 2003 and a house in Cuttack. He has also declared that he has a fixed deposit of Rs 7.4 lakh, two gold rings and one gold chain.

Justice Misra has also declared that he has a loan of over 33 lakh from various banks.

Justice Gogoi, as per the website, had on June 6 updated his assets recording the sale of land held by him in Guwahati for Rs 65 lakh, even the tax deducted at source, as well as the transfer of ancestral land gifted to him and his spouse by his mother.

Justice Lokur, who has declared his assets on the website on July 20, 2012, disclosed that he owns a flat in Vasant Kunj in New Delhi and had booked another flat with Jaypee Greens in

Noida. Justice Joseph, who was appointed as apex court judge on March 8, 2013, owns six pieces of land in Kerala, some of which are jointly owned by his wife and son.

Justice Sikri owns a single-storeyed house in Greater Noida while his wife and son jointly own a property in Delhi’s posh Hauz Khas locality.

The website details also show that Justices Misra, Gogoi, Sikri, Bobde, Ramana, Mishra, Goel, Banumathi, Khanwilkar and Bhushan do not own a car, while Justice Lokur owns a Maruti Swift and Justice Joseph a second-hand Maruti Esteem.

The dates of declaration of assets by some of the judges was not mentioned clearly. Justices Joseph, Ramana, Banumathi, Khanwilkar and Bhushan had declared the assets on June 10, 2015, March 31, 2018, November 4, 2014, July 31, 2017 and October 9, 2017 respectively.

A full court resolution was passed by the Supreme Court in 1997, as per which, the Supreme Court judges were mandated to disclose their assets to the Chief Justice of India.

Prolonged sexual relations as good as Cong favour return of Nitish to NC won’t be part of any government marriage? SC seeks Centre’s views Grand Alliance; JD(U) declines formation attempts in J&K: Omar New Delhi, Jul 2 (AGENCIES): Should long sexual relationships be treated as good as marriages? If so, what should be the length of such a relationship?

The Supreme Court has sought the views of the central government in deciding if a prolonged sexual relationship should be considered as ‘de facto marriage’, fastening legal liabilities on the male partner.

A bench of Justices Adarsh K Goel and SA Nazeer issued a notice to Attorney General of India KK Venugopal and requested him to depute an Additional Solicitor General to assist the court in resolving the legal conundrum arising out of relationships where partners have sexual relationship for a considerable period.

The Court also appointed senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi to assist it as amicus curiae.

The bench noted that it has come across several cases where a man cannot be held criminally liable for rape in relationships with long periods of cohabitation. But, the court said, such relations could entail

certain liabilities like in a marriage.

It said the question is “whether, on account of long cohabitation, even if the relationship is held to be consensual and the petitioner is not held liable for the offence alleged, the petitioner can be fastened the civil liability treating the relationship to be de facto marriage in view of long cohabitation.”

The top court added, “This interpretation may have to be considered so that a girl is not subjected to any exploitation and is not rendered remediless even if a criminal offence is not made out.”

It cited various judgments in the past wherein the Supreme Court interpreted laws such as Domestic Violence Act, Succession Act etc to provide succor to the women in live-in relationships but observed that such relationship has not been statutorily recognized under any legislation or acknowledged as a facet of personal law.

The court also referred to an article published in 2012 wherein former SC judge AK Ganguly has emphasized the need

to remove the ambiguity over live-in relationships and the relationships ‘in nature of marriages’ their interpretation by a body of the Supreme Court judgments.

In this article, the retired judge had said live-in relationships and other such relationships should also be examined on the touchstone of bigamy, and that whether such relationships can find their place in personal laws in the country.

Further, the court has not in any of its judgments, clarified what has to be the length of the relationship to treat a relationship equivalent to the marriage.

Justice Ganguly had also underlined that Section 125 of the CrPC could be amended to provide for maintenance to the women in such relationships.

It was also highlighted that issues relating to inheritance, divorce, status and rights of children from live-in relationships were also in a flux for want of legal recognition and statutory provisions.

The Supreme Court will hear the government’s views on September 12.

PATNA, Jul 2 (AGENCIES): A couple of Congress MLAs in Bihar on Monday lavished praise on Nitish Kumar and favoured his return to the Mahagathbandhan, disagreeing with contention of the party’s ally RJD that the door is closed on the Bihar chief minister.

T h e p a r t y ’s s t a t e unit, however, promptly dismissed the remarks as personal opinion of the legislators and asked them to avoid making unnecessary statements on issues on which only the Congress high command is authorised to take a decision.

The JD(U), on the other hand, thanked the Congress MLAs for acknowledging the stature of its national president.

The party, however, charged Rahul Gandhi with having squandered the opportunity to build a long-term partnership by not insisting on the then Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav’s resignation, the issue on which Nitish Kumar ultimately walked out of the Grand Alliance.

Speaking to regional news channels separately, Congress MLAs — Sudarshan Kumar and Tauseef Alam — said that Nitish Kumar

was the zaroorat (need) of the Grand Alliance, which stands truncated upon the exit of the JD(U), which is now in the BJP-led NDA. Sudarshan also remarked Nitish Kumar is the only acceptable chief ministerial candidate in Bihar and that if the Grand Alliance is serious about posing a challenge to the BJP, it must think over the issue.

The Congress MLAs were responding to queries about a categorical statement from RJD heir apparent Yadav last week that the door is closed on Kumar and the remark by his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav that he wished to put up a no entry board for the chief minister. Notably, the RJD has also declared Tejashwi as its chief ministerial candidate for the next assembly polls.

It might be recalled that recently AICC in-charge for Bihar Shaktisinh Gohil had supported Nitish Kumar’s demand for special category status for Bihar which hinted all is not lost for the Bihar chief minister.

Congress sided with Lalu Prasad’s party after breaking of the Grand Alliance last year and Nitish Kumar joining hands with the BJP to form a NDA ministry.

S R I NA G A R , J u l 2 (AGENCIES): National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abd ullah said on Monday the party will not be part of any attempts at government formation in Jammu and Kashmir as it does not believe in sacrificing ideology for power.

Speaking at a party meeting in Anantnag, the former chief minister said the NC was in favour of dissolution of the state assembly. He also added there was a need to listen to the “alienated” youth of the state to bring them on board.

“National Conference does not believe in sacrificing its ideological basis for power and the party will not be a part of any attempts for government formation through rumoured permutations and combinations,” Abdullah said.

The NC vice president said the party believed in respecting the mandate of the people.

“We believe in respecting the mandate of the people and will not be a part of any attempts to ridicule and manipulate the aspirations of the people.

It is for this precise reason

Kathua rape case: Juvenile claim not true, says report Rumour-driven lynching rising

People hold candles and placards during a protest against the rape of an eightyear-old girl, in Kathua, near Jammu.

Pat h a ko t, J u l 2 (AGENCIES): The medical report of an accused in the Kathua rape and murder case who had claimed to be a juvenile was submitted before the district and sessions court here on Monday by the Jammu and Kashmir police’s crime branch in which his age was stated to be more than 20 years, special public prosecutor J K Chopra said.

The court hearing, which resumed after the

summer break, could begin only after lunch.

District and Sessions Judge Tajwinder Singh had issued directions to the crime branch to conduct a bone ossification test to ascertain the age of Parvesh Kumar alias ‘Mannu’, one of the eight accused in the brutal rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir in January.

“The report has been submitted and final argu-

ments on it will be concluded tomorrow after which the judge will pronounce his verdict,” Chopra said.

Asked what was the opinion of the doctors about the accused’s age, Chopra said, “According to it (medical opinion), his age is stated to be 20 plus.”

The court had ordered the test after the defence counsel moved an application in the first week of June, requesting to treat him as a minor citing his matricula-

tion certificate.

The crime branch had constituted a team of doctors, comprising medicos from various streams including the radiology department, and the accused was examined on June 22 and 23.

The court had directed Senior Superintendent of Police R K Jalla to supervise the medical examination and submit the report when the court reopens after a 16day summer break.

While seven of the accused including Kumar are facing trial in the court here on the directions of the Supreme Court, the eighth accused in the case is facing trial in a juvenile court in Kathua district.

The defence counsel today filed a separate application before the district and sessions court claiming that Kumar had allegedly been subjected to torture on June 23 by the crime branch, a charge denied by the police officials who said it will be contested it in the court.

under Modi govt, says Congress

Ne w D e l hi , J u l 2 (IANS): Blaming the Modi government for launching a “rumour-driven lynching movement” in the country, Congress said “absolute anarchy, mob-frenzy and jungle raj” have become new symbols of Prime Minister Narandra’s Modi “New India”.

The party said a new spate of lynchings has taken place whereby childkidnappers have become a new medium of rumour mongering and mob justice and blamed the government of “abetting” in many such cases and giving “political patronage”.

It said within the last month or so, nearly 30 Indians have been lynched - five people in Maharashtra’s Dhule on Sunday, two earlier in Maharashtra, seven in Jharkhand, four people in Tripura, two people each in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and Telangana and one each in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Uttar

Pradesh.

“Absolute anarchy, mob frenzy and jungle raaj have become the new symbols of Modi’s ‘New India’.

There is an unprecedented atmosphere of hate and violence. “Rumour mongering, state-aided license to kill, decimation of rule of law leading to a ‘lynching movement’ have shaken our national conscience,” said Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

“When the state gives the ‘license to kill’ with impunity and abdicates its solemn responsibility to uphold the rule of law, resulting in vigilantism, death and merciless killings of innocent lives, then each one of us should castigate it, decry it and question it,” he said. “In the past four years, we have added a new word in our socio-political vocabulary and that phrase is ‘lynchings’. Under the Modi government, this new phenomena is getting a definite political patronage.

that the party has sought the dissolution of the state legislative assembly,” he said.

Abdullah said the NC understood the situation was not conducive for immediate elections in the state but only a fresh democratic exercise could repose the faith of the people in the institutions.

On the governance front, Abdullah demanded an investigation into the use of funds meant for dredging of River Jehlum in the aftermath of the 2014 floods.

“What happened to the money meant for dredging the Jehlum? When Mufti (Mohammad Sayeed) Sahab formed an alliance with the BJP in 2014, we were led to believe that one of the main reasons for this sell-out was to facilitate the flow of flood relief and rehabilitation funds to the state. What happened to the 80,000 crore package?” he asked.

Abdullah said the moderate rainfall over the past few days had “brought us to the brink of deluge and destruction as our rivers and floods channels were not dredged and de-

silted for the past three and a half years”. “Is there a massive scam here?” he asked.

The NC vice president said while the fall of the PDP-BJP government had brought some respite to the people and reduced public anguish and resentment, the situation in the state was nowhere near what the coalition government inherited in 2014.

“The first and foremost concern is the restoration of the situation to what it was before 2014.

We have to respect the aspirations and sentiments of the people - especially the youth and reach out to them through reconciliatory political initiatives.

Neither the political issue, nor the present crisis can be resolved through military or operational means or mechanisms,” he said.

Abdullah also said that while the NC supported restoration of internal autonomy as a solution to the issue, “we should reach out to those who are angry and listen to them. We need to listen to our alienated youth and bring them on board to come out of this situation”.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NAGALAND : KOHIMA

NO/AGR/IETC/DIPLOMA COURSE/CORR/2017-18/3017-18 Dated Kohima the 2nd July 2018

RESULT OF AGRICULTURE EXTENSION TRAINING (AET) INTERVIEW 2018-20 HELD ON 18TH TO 22ND JUNE 2018.

The Candidates with the following Roll Nos. have been declared qualified in order of merit for Admission to the AET Course 2018-20 at IETC, Medziphema Nagaland. Vide Advt. NO/AGR/IETC/DIPLOMA COURSE/CORR/201718/2900 Dated Kohima the 21st April 2018 Merit List 0406, 0641, 1103, 0382, 0800, 0604, 0501, 0457, 0002, 0003, 0368, 0053, 0531, 0786, 0878, 0210, 0716, 0043, 0500, 0543, 0979, 0751, 0948, 0410, 0081, 0118, 0971, 0812, 0885, 0120, 0779, 0533, 0844, 1156, 0013, 1155, 0752¸ 0529, 0845, 0103, 0771, 0001, 0259, 1016, 0281, 0763, 0745, 1183, 0275, 0319, 0019, 0242, 0471, 0138, 1178, 0039, 0564.

0828, 0174, 0009, 0710, 0041, 0193, 0133,

Wait List 0054, 0402, 0020, 0985, 0040, 0114, 0028, 0582, 0394, 0294, 0825, 0078, 0212, 0591, 0227, 0664, 0272, 0449, 0264, 0172.

NB: 1. The qualified candidates may contact the Principal IETC, Medziphema, Nagaland between 17th to 20th July 2018 during office hours for Admission and other necessary information.

2. If candidates fail to turn up within the stipulated date, the seat(s) will automatically be filled from the wait list.

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Politicising the uniform

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or the first time in the history of modern India, the political dispensation has not spared the highly professional and secular army in its quest to earn plaudits so as to prove that its leadership is decisive, strong and capable of defending the nation at all costs. Past governments even including the NDA led by Atal Behari Vajpayee, had left the military alone. They best understood that drawing the military into political arena has the danger of creating a situation, where, like in Pakistan, the uniformed brass can intervene and dismiss the elected government.

However, this can happen when the situation in India evolves into one as that in Pakistan where religious heads and the uniformed brass work in tandem. Thus the concern in India is about the political government bringing the army in particular, more and more into its ambit as a political ally. This is nowhere more truer than in the politico-military leadership’s sagacity in choosing to disclose sensitive information pertaining to the Army’s actions in September 2016. A new lexicon that came out of the army action is ‘Surgical Strike’ launched inside Pakistan. The first negative fallout of the ‘Surgical Strike’ phenomenon was the footage that was splashed across television channels. Some commentators were aghast by the footages of the strikes, which raised several questions.

One of which was that they revealed that the details of that operation was unprofessional and so military commanders should have defied any and all political instructions to make the footage of these actions, public. The BJP had exploited the surgical strike as though it had invented it. It may be noted that even in the past, the army had undertaken deep pre-emptive strikes against Pakistan. For instance, in November 1999, when a Pakistani Border Action Team(BAT) ambushed, killed and beheaded seven Indian army jawans on the LoC, and brandished them as trophies; the Indian soldiers bade their time. They attacked the Pakistanis in February 2000 and killed 16 soldiers.

However, the NDA government then did not blow its trumpet because it was a military business. Surgical strikes are very much a part of the military strategy that also took place in 1982 in Myanmar. Nobody knew about it, but only an army brigade commander since the army didn’t want any publicity or repercussions.

Surgical strikes were undertaken by the Indian army in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013 in keeping with the long standing instructions that these be left to the discretion of local army commanders. Perhaps the BJP wanted to prove that it is different than previous governments as leadership can call the shots even on military operations. This has left an uncomfortable feeling that a civilian leadership can nudge the uniformed brass to do its bidding. India’s military has always been thoroughly professional and independent of the civilian government. Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw famously resisted pressure from Indira Gandhi in 1971 to attack East Pakistan, as did General AN “Tappy” Raina, who refused to mobilise the Army despite Mrs Gandhi’s directions during the Emergency in 1975.

Another cause for concern is that even the three services chiefs have been placed under the control of a civilian on April 18, 2018, when the government revamped the existing defence planning system by establishing a Defence Planning Committee (DPC) under the chairmanship of the National Security Adviser (NSA). When politicians use a military action for short-term, tactical and political gain, a blow back is but inevitable.

DailyDevotion The Conditions of Discipleship If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also….And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me….So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. —Luke 14:26-27, 33 If the closest relationships of a disciple’s life conflict with the claims of Jesus Christ, then our Lord requires instant obedience to Himself. Discipleship means personal, passionate devotion to a Person— our Lord Jesus Christ. There is a vast difference between devotion to a person and devotion to principles or to a cause.

Our Lord never proclaimed a cause— He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself. To be a disciple is to be a devoted bondservant motivated by love for the Lord Jesus. Many of us who call ourselves Christians are not truly devoted to Jesus Christ. No one on earth has this passionate love for the Lord Jesus unless the Holy Spirit has given it to him. We may admire, respect, and revere Him, but we cannot love Him on our own. The only One who truly loves the Lord Jesus is the Holy Spirit, and it is He who has “poured out in our hearts” the very “love of God” (Romans 5:5). Whenever the Holy Spirit sees an opportunity to glorify Jesus through you, He will take your entire being and set you ablaze with glowing devotion to Jesus Christ.

The Christian life is a life characterized by true and spontaneous creativity. Consequently, a disciple is subject to the same charge that was leveled against Jesus Christ, namely, the charge of inconsistency. But Jesus Christ was always consistent in His relationship to God, and a Christian must be consistent in his relationship to the life of the Son of God in him, not consistent to strict, unyielding doctrines. People pour themselves into their own doctrines, and God has to blast them out of their preconceived ideas before they can become devoted to Jesus Christ.

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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. ~ Robert Louis Stevens

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recent book I have picked up, from the The Other India Bookshop, is a manual on Panchgavya by Dr. K. Natarajan.

Dr. Natarajan has studied the effects of panchgavya for decades and has used it across India to treat plants, animals and human beings.

He says that the basic preparation should be fine tuned for maximum efficiency. He has already won the prestigious Srishti award for his bio pesticide (ease of preparation and lack of side effects) and has made excellent immunity boosters for cattle. He has two herbal medicines for diabetes and arthritis.

Panchgavya has come a long way from 1998, when it was innovated by scientists for the first time.

Now students have their PhDs and M.Phils for scientific research in “itr”.

Thousands of farmers use it daily. The manual is extremely interesting.

It not only gives detail of what panchgavya is, and how to make it, but it gives the names and details of how it is used in different places all over India, and empirical evidence on the difference it makes immediately to the soil and to the body.

India has gone through a deeply troubled phase in agricul-

ture. For centuries, we ate organic, good, seasonal food and fruit. Then, in 1960 the government was enamoured of the idea of doubling everything overnight. In the “Green Revolution” pesticides and chemicals were introduced and pushed through all the publicity media and scientific institutions. In ten years most of the food we ate had disappeared and was replaced by standardized, low level, unhealthy grains.

As the years went on the ground became soaked with chemicals and urea, and had become so thirsty that we started overusing water, and then electricity, simply for irrigation. By 2000 India realized that, while we were importing millions of tonnes of poisons to put on the land, nothing had increased except cancer. The Green Revolution had failed totally and farmers were in despair. Very slowly, farmers started to go back to what they knew best – organic farming. Tiny steps were taken to replace chemical fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides, with organic manure. But nothing was available to replace growth promoting hormones and immunity boosters, and to bring sustained higher productivity.

So farmers, and some scientists, started experimenting with medicines

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2018

All the nutrients necessary mentioned in the Vrikshayurveda, and panchgavya was the result.

Panchgavya for farmers consists of five products from the cow: dung, urine, milk, curd and ghee.

These, which when mixed appropriately, have excellent, almost miraculous, results. Dr. Natarajan has added some more ingredients. So, this is what his panchgavya recipe is: Fresh cow dung, 5 kg; cow urine, 3 litres; cow milk, 2 litres; cow ghee, ½ kg; cow curd, 2 litres; sugarcane juice, 3 litres; tender coconut water, 3 litres; 12 ripe bananas, and toddy or grape juice, 2 litres. This gets you 20 litres of panchgavya.

Take a wide mouthed mud pot, concrete tank, or plastic can. No metal containers. Put fresh dung and ghee in first and mix twice daily for 3 days. On the 4th day add the rest of the ingredients and stir, twice daily, for 15 days.

After the 18th day keep in the shade, and cover with a mesh to prevent flies. If you don’t have

sugarcane juice add 500 gms of jiggery dissolved in 3 litres of water. If you don’t have toddy, put 2 litres of tender coconut water in a closed plastic container for 10 days. It will ferment and become toddy.

This panchgavya can be kept for six months and, when it becomes thick, water can be added to keep it liquid. It contains all the nutrients necessary for plant growth, and these have been verified by labs and farmers across the country.

Add three litres to every 100 litres of water, filter, and spray it on all crops. It can also be used through drip or flow irrigation.

It should be used to drench seeds in for 20-30 minutes before planting.

Then it is sprayed 20 days after planting, and after every 15 days in the pre flower phase, once in 10 days at the flowering stage and once when the pod matures.

This is the effect it has on some fruits (the

details of others are given in the book).

Mango: dense flowering fruit every year instead of alternate years, flavour and aroma enhanced.

Lime: f lowering round the year, plump fruit with strong aroma.

Shelf life extended by 10 days Guava: bigger, tastier.

Shelf life extended by 5 days.

Banana: bunch size becomes uniform and harvesting can be done a month earlier.

Turmeric: yield enhanced by 22% with extra long fingers. Reduced pest and disease.

Jasmine: Continuous flowering throughout the year . Exceptional aroma.

Vegetables: Yield enhanced by 18 % and doubled in cucumber.

Extended shelf life and strong flavours.

Paddy: 300 grains per earhead. Harvest advanced by 15 days. Percentage of broken rice reduced during milling.

Grain weight increases by 20%.

Panchgavya has been investigated on sugarcane, mustard, groundnut, jowar, bajra, ragi , maize, wheat, sunflower and coconut . In all of these, panchgavya acted as a growth stimulant and pest inhibitor.

Plants sprayed with

panchgavya produce bigger leaves, sturdy side shoots from the trunk, and the roots are profuse, dense and go deep, making the plant take the maximum nutrients and water.

A thin oily film forms on the leaves and stems, reducing evaporation of water and allowing the plants to withstand long dry periods. Irrigation can be reduced by 30%.

Normally, yield falls when the farmer moves from chemical to organic farming, and this is the main reason why farmers fear the shift. If he uses panchgavya , the yield remains the same, the first year itself. The harvest is advanced by 15 days in all the crops.

Panchgavya increases shelf life, so selling and storing becomes easier.

I would suggest that you cut this out and share the information with the farmers you know. Let them try this out on a small part of their farms and see if it works. If it does, it will definitely make them richer and the consumers of their produce, healthier. Or, try it on your garden and the trees outside your house. Get the book.

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n today’s world where the Corporate Sector is more powerful than ever, we need to understand business communication from the basics, which is best imbibed if the fundamentals are clear. In an Era where there is a cut throat Competition in the market our Youth Cannot afford to remain otherwise and complacent. According to our findings most of the students in Nagaland and the Educated youth are very passive and laidback in their approach. It could possibly be because of Plain ignorance, lack of self-knowledge and confidence, lack of proper guidance, training and exposure etc. Therefore the need of the hour is to”empower Human Resource” by honing the soft skills part of an individual.

How are soft skills defined?

This basic question is not easy to answer, because the perception of what is a soft skill differs from context to context.

A subject may be considered a soft skill in one particular area,

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and may be considered a hard skill in another. Just so we can understand better, soft skills are defined as the mix of skills, attitudes, behaviors, personal qualities and mindsets that individuals use to be successful across different situations in work and life.

There is a growing awareness that, combined with technical and academic achievement, soft skills are critical to young people’s success in the workplace and their development in all domains of life. But soft skills are poorly understood, not well assessed, and all too often overlooked in policy and institutional contexts, including education, training and the workplace. By highlighting the importance of soft skills and seeking to more deeply understand them, we can help ensure that all young people acquire these skills for employment and life success. Despite a proliferation of terms and frameworks for describing these skills, there is a remarkable

consensus around the types of skills youth need and the broad parameters regarding how to develop them.

Why are soft skills important? After having elaborated so much on soft skills, the answer to why they are considered as being so important is still open.

There are numerous reasons for having a critical look at a person’s soft skills. One straightforward reason is today’s jobmarket, which in many fields is becoming ever increasingly competitive.

To be successful in this tough environment, candidates for jobs have to bring along a “competitive edge” that distinguishes them from other candidates with similar qualifications and comparable evaluation results.

Understandably, employers prefer to take in job candidates who will be productive from a very early stage on. If a graduate from university first has to be trained on putting more than three sentences together, how

to do a proper presentation, or how to chat in a pleasant and winning manner with colleagues and customers, this graduate will not qualify as a quick starter.. Already during the job interview itself good communication skills are invaluable. They can even serve to successfully cover up weaknesses on the hard skills side.

The advantages of displaying positive traits like courtesy, honesty, flexibility, common sense, flawless appearance, etc..

It unfortunately happens very seldom that a job candidate who was rejected because of inadequate soft skills is told the truth about the reason for rejection, e.g. “Your body language showed that you seemed to feel very insecure, and you had problems to express yourself and present yourself in a convincing manner”. Even so this evaluation may sound harsh at first glance; this kind of feedback would help a job seeker a lot in improving his/ her style for oncoming inter-

NPF rejoinder to NDPP integration issue

he Naga People’s Front is constraint to issue the rejoinder in response to the Press release issued by NDPP Media and Communication Committee on 01 July 2018.

The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) courageous statement defending over the indefensible statement of the Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio on the issue of integration of all contiguous Naga areas is well applaudable. But the Nagas cannot be taken a joy-ride or be convinced by such pointless arguments produced by the NDPP. The NPF would like to remind the NDPP that it is least bothered of Neiphiu Rio as an individual but being the Chief Minister of the State, it is expected of him to make his stand clear on important issues such as Integration of Naga contiguous areas and Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016. Terrified to face the moment of truth, once again the NDPP tried to cover up the matter by claiming that the NPF was spreading ‘lies and propaganda’ despite NETV and other national Electronic Media including Print Media disseminating the interaction with Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio on 12

June at New Delhi, both in visual and print form. The report, which went viral across various section of the Media and under public domain is a standing witness to the subject and it is for the Naga people to judge whether the Naga Peoples’ Front is reiterating and asserting the legitimate rights of the Nagas or spreading ‘lies and propaganda’ as alleged.

The not even a one-year old Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), whose very survival as a Political Party has come under scanner of the Election Commission of India (ECI) for committing perjury while trying to get it registered under the ECI has no moral right to talk on the Naga Political Issue vis-à-vis integration of Naga Contiguous areas. Hence, a party which is now under the sword of Damocles have no moral authority whatsoever to defend Neiphiu Rio on any issue that relates to the interest of the citizens of Nagaland in particular and especially on the Naga Political issue.

The NPF would like to highlight the fact and figure that Neiphiu Rio who was the then Home Minister in Congress ministry

during 2002 deserted the Congress Party for reasons best known to him. His political career was almost shattered until the ‘Cock Party’ came to his rescue which he later attempted to freeze the ‘Cock symbol’ out of frustration before forming his present day NDPP. Infact, just to accommodate Rio into the party fold, the nomenclature of the party was change from NPC to NPF, therefore calling Rio as the founder of the NPF is not a new joke.

Regarding the Resolution on Integration of Naga contiguous areas on 18 December 2003, it was initiated based on the political stand and policy of the Naga Peoples’ Front and therefore, Neiphiu Rio or his infant Political Party has no moral right to claim credit for the same. The resolution was the fifth resolution adopted by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) while four others were adopted prior to Neiphiu Rio becoming the Chief Minister.

The then Planning Minister, T.R Zeliang was NPF Minister In-Charge of Manipur who selflessly initiated the ground work and upon its completion, Neiphiu Rio as Chief Minister was taken to Senapati to launch the

Party. As such, the claim of NDPP that ‘Neiphiu Rio risked his chair, his political career and even his own life’ to launch NPF Unit in Manipur on 28 May, 2011 is a concocted notion.

M o r e ove r, p r i o r t o expansion of the Naga Peoples’ Front to Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, Civil Societies like the Naga Hoho, the Naga Students Federation and others had cohesively worked with the Nagas in Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and to claim that it was Neiphiu Rio who ignited emotional integration is not only misinterpretation of history but an insult to the tireless efforts and sacrifices of various Naga leaders and Civil Societies alike.

The NPF reiterates time and again that Neiphiu Rio as the Chief Minister of Nagaland should personally make its stand clear before the Nagas as his statement has put a big hurdle on the ongoing peace process.

Should the ongoing peace process derailed, Neiphiu Rio and the PDA Government should be solely held responsible.

Press Bureau, Naga People’s Front, Central Headquarter, Kohima

views.As mentioned before, good communication skills can easily be used to cover up a lack in hard skills.

Nowadays in general, people who are extroverted, who are good in marketing themselves, and who socialize easily are rated superior to others who lack those attributes. The good old technician, an ace in his field, but being introverted and talking less than ten complete sentences a day is not appreciated any longer.

During the last decades in many societies the opinion on soft skills has changed considerably. Whereas in the past the mastering of hard skills was rated first and soft skills were considered as “nice to have”, the perception has been turned upside down.

In contemporary business, candidate with soft skills qualities are more sought in both private and Government jobs.

Apem Hongvah, master trainer, Active Learners Academy Dimapur

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Dimapurians and autos

Sir,

People who commute from automobiles in Dimapur, you witness day light robbery every single time you travel on an auto and yet you do nothing. You see someone or yourself being forced to pay a certain amount of money which doesn’t correspond to the distance you travel, and you don’t do anything about it because you either have the money, don’t have the time to question the driver or simply don’t want ruin his day. This is wrong. Trust me, none of these reasons help.

I am one of the commuters that need to get a ride from a couple of these autos almost everyday, and I know it’s not our doing that this nuisance starts. But if we just give in and end it the way that it started, we are just accomplices of the injustice.

It is not about saving 5 or 10 rupees from your pocket. It never is. Just question what’s not right. You are helping somebody else who just have enough fare to reach home from work; you are helping someone whose son or daughter goes to school everyday on one of these rides; you are helping someone who wanted to buy somebody a medicine had he not been forced to pay more than the actual rate. Because the truth is, when some of these drivers get a feeling that gaining more than the actual rate is easy and beneficial, it probably becomes hard for them not to repeat it again on somebody else.

Remember never to hurt anybody or put anyone at loss- not you, not the drivers, and not the people who are to travel after you.

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

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New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI): The post-mortem of eight of the 11 people, who were found dead at their house in north Delhi’s Burari locality, has revealed there were no signs of struggle and all of them died as a result of hanging, a senior police officer said today.

Eleven members of a family, including seven women and two children, were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their residence yesterday.

The post-mortem of eight persons, including the two children and their grandmother Narayan Devi, has been carried out and so far, police have not found any signs of strangulation or scuffle, according to the officer. Ten of those dead were found hanging from an iron-mesh in the ceiling for ventilation, while the body

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But doctors have said that she had died due to “partial hanging”, the officer said, adding that a rope was found hanging near her body.

It is being probed who took out the rope from her neck, he said.

“From initial examination it seems that they all died due to ante-mortem hanging. The final report is awaited,” the officer said.

Police suspect that the deaths were part of a suicide pact, carried out in accordance with a religious practice, as handwritten notes found on the spot indicated.

CISF takes over security of UIDAI HQ

New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI): An armed squad of CISF personnel today took over the security of the sensitive Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) headquarters in the national capital to protect it against possible terror strikes and other sabotage threats.

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tion in 2009. It carried a ‘Publisher’s Note’ by India Foundation director who mentioned that Michael Parker was ‘born in India’ while the profile at the end of the book said that Parker was ‘born in the US’!

Anto Akkara also told reporters that since the fanciful publisher, India Foundation had no contact numbers, the only option was to contact the address that was printed in ‘Harvest of Hate’.

He said that the persistent venture led to the shock of his life in 2015 when the anonymous flat - 343, Chandanwadi Apartment, Sector 10, Dwarka, New Delhi 110045- turned out to be owned by a person, presently in high office.

As a campaigner for justice in the Kandhamal massacre, anto has authored several books such as-- ‘Who killed Swami Swami Laxmanananda’; ‘Kandhamal: a blot on Indian secularism’, and ‘Kandhamal craves for justice.’

In June 2017, Anto Akkara visited the ‘innocents’ in jail ‘incognito’. Four days later, three of them were shifted to different jails outside Kandhamal. Anto strongly believes the pending appeal of the innocents in Odisha High Court confirms that a mighty octopus is keeping a close watch on Kandhamal affairs - leaving a blot on the judicial system of the country. He said, “Kandhamal exposes the ugly of face of Indian democracy. Truth should not be kept under the carpet as the motto of the nation proclaims: ‘Satyameva Jayate’.”

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New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI): Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in large parts of India, including several places in Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Gujarat, over the next few days till Friday, the India Meteorological Department said today.

The warning comes after the IMD said last week that the monsoon had covered the entire country, 17 days ahead of its normal onset date.

According to the IMD, heavy to very heavy rains at a few places, with extremely heavy rains at isolated places, are very likely over Uttarakhand and east Uttar Pradesh.

Heavy to very heavy rains, with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places, are very likely today over sub-­Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Assam and Meghalaya, the weather office said in a statement.

Heavy to very heavy rain is also very likely today at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, West Uttar Pradesh and Arunachal

was preceded by informal discussions, during which senior Home Department and Punjab Police officers briefed the cabinet members, who were also joined

by PPCC president Sunil Jakhar.

During discussions, the CM ordered DGP Suresh Arora to intensify the police crackdown on the drug menace.

The Cabinet took stock of the cases of deaths resulting from drug overdose, which Special Task Force chief H S Sidhu said was a matter of concern.

H S Sidhu suggested registration of all such cases to enable the identification and mitigation of risk factors, such as supply of spurious drugs and mixing of drugs with other deathcausing substances.

ACS Home NS Kalsi asked the DGP to review the drug scenario across the state with SSPs on a fortnightly basis.

Those found not performing up to the mark should be taken to task and adverse remarks should be penned in their ACRs, he suggested.

“Christian Theory” in the DVD documentary ‘The Agony of Kandhamal’ produced by the dubious ‘India Foundation’ that has masterminded the Kandhamal cover-up. The Swami’s statement on video has been parroted by various saffron agents on the murder from day one. Since the Swami had named even the Pope and Sonia Gandhi as people who considered him a threat to the Christianization of Kandhamal, it was easy to spread the rumour that Christians had killed him.

Hence, a ‘supari’ (contract) killing was commissioned.

That explained the various claims and denials of Maoist role in the murder. Anto said that the Sangh Parivar man at the grassroots, Parbat Panigraphi who played a key role in executing the conspiracy had to pay with his life.

While pursuing the saga of seven Christians –including one of them mentally challenged- being tried for the sensational murder, Anto Akkara stumbled upon the mammoth fraud from documents ‘gifted’ by one important functionary of the right wing organisation who rose to become an important trouble shooter of a party.

Anto also revealed two fictitious persons -Michael Parker and Brannon Parker – who were supposed to have authored one and the same book on Kandhamal under different titles. The ‘Harvest of Hate - Kandhamal in Crossfire’ by “Seattle-based anthropologist Michael Parker” was published by the India Founda-

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rinder Singh led Congress government for allegedly failing to contain drug in the state despite promising before assembly polls wiping out drugs within four weeks.

There was a widespread outrage over the deaths of youths in several parts of Punjab because of drug overdose and a campaign against drugs called ‘Black week against Chitta’ being observed by some activists in the state starting from July 1 in the wake of drug abuse.

The Cabinet also decided to constitute a special working group under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary (Home) N S Kalsi to review and monitor, on a-to-day basis, the action being taken to

check and control drug abuse. The special working group constituted to review and update the government strategy against drugs will have ACS (Health), DGP (Law & Order), DGP (Intelligence) and ADGP (STF) as members, the spokesperson said after the meeting.

A cabinet sub-committee has also been formed under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, with the special working group mandated to report directly to it. Health and Social Security Ministers have been appointed members of the sub-committee which will meet once a week to take stock of the situation and review the progress of the anti-drug campaign of the government, the spokesperson said.

Before the meeting started, all members of the Cabinet observed a twominute silence as a mark of respect to the Sikhs killed in the Afghanistan attack, as well as the youth who have died due to drug overdose and the farmers who have committed suicide in the state. The formal meeting

(From p-1) The Hindu neighbours even expressed readiness to stand as witnesses to prove the innocence of the seven in court, said Anto.

Surprisingly, two years after this conviction, the same police officers who had ensured the conviction of the innocent Christians told the Justice Naidu Commission that the much trumpeted ‘Christian conspiracy’ theory was baseless, including the ‘Beticola resolution.’

Ashok Sahu, (IPS &DGP from Assam) had, claimed that he got the Beticola Resolution like a holy grail at the beginning of Swami’s funeral procession. But forensic testing showed that it was forged.

In this resolution, cooked up by the Hindu Jagran Samukya, the remote Catholic parish of Beticola is alleged to have decided ‘to offer the life of a monk on Janmashtami day and on the eve of the foundation day’ of the VHP – for the devilish satisfaction of God. A video surfaced years before the Kandhamal violence , where Swami Laxmanananda had said on record, “The actual intention of the Europe, US, the Pope and Sonia Gandhi was to convert the entire region into the independent Christian land. God has sent me from Himalaya and it was stalled. That is why their campaign was to drive away swamiji and create a Christian land. As long as I am alive I shall not let you do that.”

This statement was years before his murder and was used a proof for the

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Chandigarh, Jul 2 (PTI): Faced with criticism from several quarters over alleged spate of deaths due to drug overdose in the state, Punjab cabinet today decided to recommend to the Centre death penalty for drug peddlers and smugglers.

The move was aimed to act as a deterrent to the heinous crime, which was “destroying” the lives of youth in Punjab and many other places.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, which resolved to send a formal recommendation soon to the Union Government to this effect, according to an official spokesperson.

The Chief Minister had called for the meeting to discuss the issue, particularly in the context of the recent spate of deaths due to alleged drug overdose and adulterated in the state.

Opposition parties including AAP and SAD have been criticising the 15month old Captain Ama-

(From p-1) Meanwhile, accusing the governor of “surreptitiously creeping” into Konyak soil, KU questioned how secularism was strengthened by disintegrating the very social integrity that had existed harmoniously since time immemorial.

It said if India respected diversity, then Acharya as Head of the State should abstain from interfering on issues pertaining to the social, cultural and traditional systems and institution.

It also expressed shocked as to why Acharya was prioritising only a particular sect/cult for development.

Asserting that tagging the cult as a “minority indigenous community” was aimed at disintegrating the indigenous Konyak Naga tribe, KU clarified that it had never made any section or group an outcast and pointed out that the age-old traditional institution was always accommodative.

Likening any external force that acted against ageold tradition and culture to a war against the integrity of the Konyaks, the union warned that this would not be tolerated.

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NEW DELHI, Jul 2 (PTI): The country’s manufacturing sector activity in June grew at the strongest pace this year, supported by rise in domestic and export orders, says a monthly survey.

The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose from 51.2 in May to 53.1 in June, registering the fastest improvement since December 2017.

This is the 11th consecutive month that the manufacturing PMI remained above the 50-point mark. In PMI parlance, a print above 50 means expansion, while a score below that denotes contraction.

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The commercial vehicle sales too are estimated to have registered a growth of over 40 per cent.

and 563 per cent, respectively.

Rakesh Srivastava, senior VP, sales and marketing at Hyundai Motor India, said, “The new products are leading the growth in the market place. The new Creta has done very well for us, and there’s a waiting period of 3-4 weeks for it. Plus, the product enhancement Elite and newgen Verna have brought in incremental numbers.”

Industry players said that this growth is likely to normalise in the coming months. While demand is still strong, there are some macro-economic headwinds such as fuel prices, interest rates and raw material prices which pose challenges to vehicle makers. However, for commercial vehicle makers, despite the low base of last year, the volume momentum month-on-month has shown a spike.

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MUMBAI, Jul 2 (Agencies): The auto industry continued its double-digit growth run in June as higher demand for new offerings drove passenger vehicle sales, while strong goods movements helped new fleet addition in the commercial vehicle segment as well.

Five of the top six carmakers posted a growth in excess of 20 per cent, and the top six carmakers, which account for 90

However, one has to take into account that this growth is calculated on a low base of June 2017 which saw lower dispatches due to uncertainty over the GST issue. If one were to look at a month-onmonth volumes momentum, the estimated sale in June 2018 is still lower by 12-13 per cent compared to May, when the industry had dispatched over 3 lakh vehicles.

Market leader Maruti Suzuki continued to drive the Indian passenger vehicle market with sales growth of over 44 per cent, helped by a sustained demand for its Baleno, Brezza and the new-gen Swift.

Demand for the new Creta pushed Hyundai Motor India’s sales by 21 per cent, while Nexon, the Amaze sedan and Yaris hatchback drove sales of Tata Motors, Honda Cars India and Toyota Kirloskar by 63 per cent, 37 per cent

New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI): Growth of eight infrastructure industries dropped to a 10-month low of 3.6 per cent in May due to a decline in production of crude oil and natural gas.

The eight sectors, which also include coal, refinery products, fertilisers, steel and cement, had expanded by 3.9 per cent in May 2017, according to the data released by the commerce and industry ministry Monday. is the lowest growth rate since July 2017 when infrastructure industries had expanded by 2.9 per cent. The growth rate in April was 4.6 per cent.

Crude oil and natural gas registered a negative growth of 2.9 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively in May compared to the yearago period.

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rent capacities in Pune and Aurangabad,” he said adding currently the group is working on finalising the details. Elaborating on the VW group’s ambition in India, he said: “Our plan is to have a market share of 5 per cent for VW and Skoda brands together in India by 2025.”

The VW group has around 2 per cent market share in PV segment in India, which stood at over 3.2 million units in 2017-18.

In order to achieve its

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MUMBAI, Jul 2 (Agencies): The Confederation of ATM Industry (CATMI) has sought immediate regulatory intervention to correct the fee structure in the loss-making ATM deployer industry.

It says the latest RBI direction to reconfigure cash vending machines will increase cost by at least 25 per cent, leaving them unviable.

The industry also said that meeting the RBI directive will be contingent solely on banks taking on the additional cost, as this will increase operational cost by 40 per cent. On June 21, the RBI had issued a circular mandating control measures for ATMs and also to reconfigure the machine cassettes to accommodate the new set of banknotes coming to the markets.

CEO Bernhard Maier told PTI in an interview.

On the R&D centre, he said,”It will be ready by the end of the year... we plan to hire 200-250 engineers to develop cars in India.”

The group is looking to create up to 5,000 direct and indirect jobs through setting up of the engineering centre and creation of additional capacities in the two plants.

“We want to exploit the maximum of our cur-

Renponthung Ezung, president of Wokha District Chamber of Commerce & Industry (WDCCI) inaugurating the 2nd Wokha International Trade Expo at public ground, Wokha on Monday.

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Skoda Auto CEO Bernhard Maier makes a gesture after announcing Volkswagen group will invest one billion euro between 2019 and 2021 in India. (PTI)

targets, the group which had earlier explored unsuccessfully a partnership with Tata Motors, is looking at launching two models each from Volkswagen and Skoda brands between 2021 and 2025.

Admitting that the group made mistakes in India in the past, Maier said, “We decided 1.5 years ago that we want to tackle the Indian market better than we did in the past.”

The most important part is that the group decided to split responsibilities and Skoda not only got the responsibility to develop in India but also in Russia, he said.

“In India we are doing it collaboratively...This market is expected to be one of the biggest markets in the world. From 3.2 million units, the market is expected to grow to 5-6 million units by the end of next decade,” Maier added.

India is in a transformational phase, things are taking place in the market, he added.

Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI): The battered rupee Monday suffered yet another blow by plunging 34 paise to end at a near five-year low of 68.80 against the buoyant US dollar in the midst of weak global trends and concerns on macro-economic front.

This is the level last seen on 28 August, 2013.

With very little chance of RBI intervention, panic dollar demand from importers and speculative traders sent the home currency sinking to a low of 68.81 in late afternoon deals.

Although the initial gains had been short-lived.

It touched a high of 68.33 in morning deals.

The rupee tumbled below 69-mark for the first time ever on Thursday and hit a life-time low of 69.10.

The Asia’s third-largest economy, India is facing severe macro challenges and goldilocks economic conditions are now changing fast against the grim backdrop of bubbling global crude prices and most likely to disrupt government’s fiscal maths and poses additional upside risks to inflation forecast.

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NEW DELHI, Jul 2 (PTI): German auto major Volkswagen Group Monday announced investment of 1 billion euro (around Rs 7,900 crore) between 2019 and 2021 as part of its latest strategy to enhance presence in India which will be led by group firm Skoda Auto.

As part of ‘India 2.0’ project, Skoda Auto is setting up an engineering design and development centre at Pune besides enhancing capacities at the group’s two plants at Aurangabad and Pune.

The group will launch a new SUV based on VW’s flexible MQB platform by the second half of 2020.

The group has set a target of capturing 5 per cent of the Indian passenger vehicles market by 2025.

“We are now investing up to 1 billion euro by 2020-21. This is the biggest investment which we have done in one single market.

This the first and most decisive step,” Skoda Auto

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Obrador wins Mexican elections

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador cheers his supporters at the Zocalo Square in Mexico City after winning the general election.

who is set to assume office on December 1.

The silver-haired 64year-old left-wing nationalist promised profound changes in the country during his mandate and assured he would work to establish an “authentic democracy”.

He vowed to crackdown on corruption through fiscal and financial discipline, and promised intellectual and business freedom.

Lopez Obrador also said he would seek “friendship and co-operation” with the US. Mexico’s relations

with Washington have been strained since the election of President Donald Trump who has strongly criticised the country over trade and migration.

However, Trump took to Twitter to congratulate Lopez Obrador “on becoming the next President of Mexico”.

Lopez Obrador’s nearest rival, Ricardo Anaya of the conservative National Action Party, was placed second with 22 per cent of the vote, followed by Jose Antonio Meade of the rul-

Fighting in southern Syria displaces 270,000 people: UN

Displaced civilians have set up makeshift camps near the border with Jordan.

Amman, Jul 2 (Agencies): The number of people forced to flee their homes in southwestern Syria as a result of the two week escalation in fighting has climbed to 270,000 people, the UN refugee spokesman in Jordan said, reports Reuters. The United Nations said last week 160,000 had been displaced as they fled heavy bombardment and mostly took shelter in villages and areas near the Israeli

and Jordanian borders.

“Our latest update shows the figure of displaced across southern Syria has exceeded 270,000 people,” Mohammad Hawari, UNHCR’s Jordan spokesman told Reuters.

The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the southwest caused by the fighting that erupted after a Russian-backed army offensive to recapture rebel-held

Earth’s first animals caused global warming London, Jul 2 (IANS): While global warming is deemed as the direct result of man-made activities, a new research has claimed that the climate change phenomenon was caused by the evolution of Earth’s first animals more than 500 million years ago.

The study revealed that some 520-540 million years ago, animal life evolved in the ocean and began breaking down organic material on the seafloor, leading to more carbon dioxide (CO2) and less oxygen in the atmosphere.

In the 100 million years that followed, conditions for these earliest animals became much harsher, as ocean oxygen levels fell and CO2 caused global warming.

“Like worms in a garden, tiny creatures on the seabed disturb, mix and recycle dead organic material -- a process known as bioturbation,” said Tim Lenton, Professor at Britain’s University of Exeter.

“Because the effect of animals burrowing is so big, you would expect to see big changes in the environment when the whole ocean floor changes from an undisturbed state to a

bioturbated state.”

This impact of bioturbation on global biogeochemistry likely affected animal evolution through expanded ocean anoxia, high atmospheric CO2 levels and global warming and possibly contributed to a number of mass extinction events.

“The critical factor was to realise that the biggest changes happen at the lowest levels of animal activity,” said Sebastiaan van de Velde, of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium.

“This meant that the first bioturbators had a massive impact.”

southern Syria.

Jordan, which has taken in more than half a million displaced Syrians since the war began, and Israel have said they will not open their borders to refugees.

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told reporters on Monday after a meeting with UN officials that shipments of aid were waiting to get approvals to enter into Syria from the Jordanian border.

ing Institutional Revolutionary Party with around 16 per cent of the vote, and the independent Jaime Rodriguez with 5.5 per cent.

The opposition had admitted defeat after the exit polls had indicated landslide victory for Lopez Obrador shortly after voting ended.

The ruling party’s candidate Meade said at a public gathering that the voting tendencies did not favour him. “At this moment, we will have to recognize that according to the trends, it was Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador who obtained the majority. “He will have the responsibility of leading the executive power and, for the good of Mexico, I wish him the greatest success,” Meade said to his supporters.

Meade, a technocrat who has held several Cabinet posts, including Finance Minister, said Lopez Obrador will take over the helms of a country that has seen growth, improved employment outlook, and progress in fighting extreme poverty.

Rohingyas in B’desh seek global support Kutupalong, Jul 2 (IANS): Hundreds of Rohingyas on Monday called for support from the international community during a visit of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to refugee camps in Bangladesh, which host more than 915,000 members of the Muslim minority who have fled Myanmar. Mud and heavy monsoon rains did not prevent hundreds of Rohingyas from leaving their huts with banners and chanting slogans as Guterres, who is on a two-day official visit to Bangladesh, visited the camps, Efe news reported.

“We want to return to Myanmar as dignified citizens, with security and our all rights,” Amir Ahmed, one of the demonstrators in the massive Kutupalong camp, told the news agency.

The camps in Bangladesh host some 915,000 Rohingyas, including around 700,000 who have sought refuge in the country since August 25, 2017 when the Myanmar military launched an offensive in retaliation to an attack on multiple government outposts by Rohingya rebels in the western state of Rakhine.

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With immense pride and honour, we the Dimapur Surumi Community (DSC) would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to the following persons for bringing laurels to the community and the village in particular for their outstanding achievements in their respective fields.

1. Dr. Avibo Jakhalu, D/o Er. Shikato and Mrs. Tokheli Jakhalu qualified NEET. PG. exam for undergoing Master of Surgery (specialization) in ENT at NAMC New Delhi.

2. Dr. Beto Y Yeptho, S/o Yeheshe and Mrs. Katoli Yeptho qualified NEET. PG. exam for undergoing Master of Medicine (specialization) in general medicine at Madurai Tamil Nadu.

3. Miss. Loinoli X Yeptho, D/o Xunito and Mrs. Khezheli Yeptho qualified NEET exam for undergoing study of MBBS from Nagaland Government quota.

4. Miss Angukali Shikhu, D/o Dr. Nitovi and Mrs. Kahoni Shikhu has passed Class XII with 94.8% (Science CBSE) and qualified JEE advance (IIT) exam for undergoing study of B.Tech at IIT Guwahati.

We also like to congratulate all the successful candidates of HSLC, HSSLC and Under Graduate examinations and different degree course exam 2018.

The Community wishes them a prosperous and bright future let their achievements to be a source of encouragement and inspiration for the younger generation.

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Hetovi Awomi General Secretary Dimapur Surumi Community

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Angela Merkel’s interior minister ‘offers to resign’ over migrant issue

Is l amaba d, J u l 2 (PTI): Pakistan has strongly condemned a suicide attack in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city that killed at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus, the Foreign Office said today.

“We are distressed and grieved at the loss of precious human lives,” the Foreign Office said in a statement here.

“We express our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their lives and pray for early recovery of the injured,” it added.

It said Pakistan reiterates its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

An ISIS suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Sikhs and Hindus on their way to meet the Afghan president in the eastern city of Jalalabad yesterday.

Some reports said 19 people were killed in the attack and 17 of them were from the minority Sikh and Hindu community.

Berlin, Jul 2 (IANS): The future of German Chancellor Angela Merkels ruling coalition is hanging in the balance after Interior Minister Horst Seehofer offered his resignation after weeks of battling to change her mind on migrant policy.

Seehofer, who is also leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), on Sunday night offered to step down from his ministerial role and party leadership in a closed-door meeting in which he and fellow CSU leaders had debated the merits of the migration deal Merkel hammered out with fellow EU leaders in Brussels.

Last week, Seehofer threatened to turn asylum seekers away from Germany’s borders unless Merkel reached an acceptable deal with other EU partners.

His stance of a tougher immigration policy put Merkel’s coalition and her political future in question, the BBC reported.

During the closed-door

Angela Merkel (left) and Horst Seehofer (right) was scheduled to hold crisis talks later on Monday.

meet, senior figures tried to persuade Seehofer not to step down, including CSU parliamentary group chief Alexander Dobrindt. “This is a decision that I just cannot accept,” Dobrindt was quoted as saying.

In the early hours of Monday, the party leader then announced he had agreed to hold final talks with Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union as a “concession” in the interest of the country and the coalition.

According to a report in the Guardian, if Seehofer resigns and his replacement continues an

Philippine mayor who held drugs war ‘walk of shame’ shot dead

MANILA, Jul 2 (Agencies): A Philippine mayor who paraded suspected drug dealers through the streets was shot dead on Monday while attending a weekly flag-raising ceremony, police said.

According to Reuters, Mayor Antonio Cando Halili was hit by a single bullet to the chest as he and civil servants sang the national anthem in Tanauan, a city in Batangas province southwest of the capital, Manila.

“We are shocked, we are saddened,” Vice Mayor Jhoanna Villamor, who was standing beside Halili, told radio station DZBB. What appeared to be a smartphone video of the shooting went viral on social media, showing a single shot ringing out as the anthem played, then screaming and pandemonium. The video could not be immediately verified.

Halili gained prominence for introducing a “walk of shame” parade of alleged drug dealers

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through Tanauan.

Police say they have killed more than 4,200 suspected drug dealers during shootouts in a bloody war on drugs launched by President Rodrigo Duterte two years ago, a campaign condemned by domestic and international human rights groups.

Halili was stripped of his supervisory powers over local police in October 2017 due to a proliferation of illegal drugs in his city, amid allegations by the national police that he may have been involved. Halili denied the allegations. In an interview with Reuters in August 2016 - the sec-

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ond month of the crackdown - he said he backed Duterte’s campaign but believed drug kingpins should be the main targets, otherwise thousands of people would be killed.

He expressed concern over the way police conducted the war on drugs and the reliability of their intelligence, and that he might be accused of colluding with narcotics gangs. “No one is safe – mayors, governors, congressmen – just a false intelligence report by the police can end up with any of them being destroyed,” he said in the interview.

“I have a feeling they (police) are going after the small fry to frighten the people,” he said.

Police are investigating Monday’s shooting.

One investigator told a radio station that a highpowered rifle was used in the attack. Duterte’s spokesman, Harry Roque, vowed justice for the mayor, describing him as a “staunch advocate against illegal drugs”.

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adversarial approach, it would threaten to bring an end to the historic alliance between Merkel’s CDU and the Bavarian CSU, pushing the chancellor’s coalition government to the brink of collapse.

After the EU last week hammered out a vague accord on migration, promising to set up secure centres to process the asylum claims of people rescued in the Mediterranean, Merkel drew up her own set of measures to tighten controls on the influx of migrants to Germany and presented it to her conservative coalition partners.

N. Korea, US hold workinglevel talks Seoul, Jul 2 (IANS): North Korea and the US held working-level talks at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Pyongyang later this week.

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim met at the Tongilgak in Panmunjom for about one and a half hours on Sunday, Yonhap news agency reported citing sources.

Choe and Kim were estimated to have discussed various issues between the US and North Korea, including Pompeo’s visit on Friday. The two officials earlier met before the meeting between North Korean leader leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12. During Sunday’s talks, Pompeo’s letter was reportedly delivered to Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee and director of the United Front Department of North Korea.

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Mexico, Jul 2 (IANS): Left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement has won the presidential elections in Mexico, according to the country’s electoral body.

Lopez Obrador called it a “historic day” after the National Electoral Institute (INE) attributed him at least 53 per cent of the votes in a quick count of a sample of 7,700 ballots, Efe news reported. His closest rivals admitted defeat and congratulated Lopez Obrador on his victory.

“I express my respect to those who voted for other candidates and parties, and also for the three presidential candidates representing the different organizations that have recognized our triumph and victory today,” Lopez Obrador told a crowd of jubilant supporters at an event in Mexico City late Sunday (local time).

“I call all Mexicans for reconciliation and to put best interests above personal interests, however legitimate,” said Lopez Obrador,

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT 12TH NAP BN (INDIA RESERVE) CHINGTOK : LONGLENG NO.12BN(IR)/RO-10/2018-19/426 Dt. Chingtok, the 02nd June 2018

Regt/No. 121408 C/N KERMLUNG Son of Shri LIHEI NIKIE Village SAMZURAM PO - JALUKIE PS - JALUKIE Dist - PEREN, Nagaland Whereas, you have been found absent from bonafide Govt. duty with effect from 19-06-2018 without any leave or permission from the competent authority till date.

And whereas, Calling Notices was issued and served to you through concern P.S vide order No.12BN(IR)/RO10/2018-19/384 Dt. 22/06/2018.

The said Retd. No. 121408 C/N KERMLUNG is hereby directed to report to the undersigned within 7 (seven) days from the date of publication of this notice.

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Regt/No. 12491 C/N YONGKONGYAPANG Son of Shri Y. TALI MONGRO Village : ARTANG WARD PO - MOKOKCHUNG PS - MOKOKCHUNG P.S - I Dist - MOKOKCHUNG, Nagaland Whereas, you have been found absent from bonafide Govt. duty with effect from 15-06-2018 without any leave or permission from the competent authority till date.

And whereas, Calling Notices was issued and served to you through concern P.S vide order No.12BN(IR)/RO10/2018-19/382 Dt. 22/06/2018.

The said Retd. No. 12491 C/N YONGKONGYAPANG is hereby directed to report to the undersigned within 7 (seven) days from the date of publication of this notice.

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Regt/No. 12433 C/N YAZILO KATH Son of Shri HISHU Village : K. STATION PO - TSEMINYU PS - TSEMINYU Dist - KOHIMA, Nagaland Whereas, you have been found absent from bonafide Govt. duty with effect from 19-06-2018 without any leave or permission from the competent authority till date.

And whereas, Calling Notices was issued and served to you through concern P.S vide order No.12BN(IR)/RO10/2018-19/380 Dt. 22/06/2018.

The said Retd. No. 12433 C/N YAZILO KATH is hereby directed to report to the undersigned within 7 (seven) days from the date of publication of this notice.

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Regt/No. 12200 HAV SAMUEL Z. YANTHAN Son of Shri ZANBOMO YANTHAN Village : YANPAUNG PO - WOKHA PS - WOKHA Dist - WOKHA, Nagaland Whereas, you have been found absent from bonafide Govt. duty with effect from 05-06-2018 without any leave or permission from the competent authority till date.

And whereas, Calling Notices was issued and served to you through concern P.S vide order No.12BN(IR)/RO10/2018-19/400 Dt. 26/06/2018.

The said Retd. No. 12200 C/N SAMUEL Z. YANTHAN is hereby directed to report to the undersigned within 7 (seven) days from the date of publication of this notice.

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The idea was to deliver my best and make the workout seem as real and ripped on camera.

“This high intensity driven exercises demanded physical strength and I realized how my fitness regime in real life helped me portray them in reel life too,” she told IANS in a statement.

seizures are triggered by flashing or flickering light.

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sy, which affects girls more than boys.

Guests attending a preview of Incredibles 2 in London on Sunday were

The band had previously released their debut ‘Let Her Know’ through the same portal. The newly released son talks about how a person keeps falling in love with someone over

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Music lovers and well wishers can download the song for free @ Indihut.com by typing the band’s name Magic Street.

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The Nagaland Industries & Commerce Gazetted Officers Association (NICGOA) extend our heartiest congratulations to Er. S. Temsülong Jamir, Additional Director, who is a former President of the Association on being promoted to the post of Director of Industries & Commerce from 1st June, 2018. The Association further extends our fullest cooperation to him. We wish him a blessed and successful tenure as our Director.

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Photosensitive epilepsy is a type of epilepsy in which all, or almost all,

met with signage alerting them to the flashing lights it contains.

The lights feature in scenes involving a villain called the Screenslaver, who uses strobe effects as a hypnotic form of mind control.

The BBC has asked the Disney company for a comment.

Incredibles 2 is a sequel to The Incredibles, which opened in 2004 and won the Oscar for best animated film.

Directed by Brad Bird, Incredibles 2 made $182m (£138m) in its opening weekend in North America and has so far made more than $640m (£550m) worldwide.

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inemagoers attending screenings of Incredibles 2 will be warned that the DisneyPixar sequel contains flashing lights that could trigger seizures.

A message at the beginning of the film will inform audiences that it contains several sequences that may affect those susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Leading UK cinema chains are conveying the same information on their websites.

Concerns were raised by epilepsy action groups when the animated film opened in the US last month.

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T h e K i d i m a Yo u t h Organization (KYO) heartily congratulates Miss Kevikieno Rikha D/o, Vitsu Martin Rikha for representing India and bagged Bronze Medal in individual Olympic round and Gold Medal in Women Team Category in the recent concluded Archery Championship 2018 held at Bhutan Commemorating the 50 years of Bhutan-India Friendship.

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Nagaland state chess championship Dimapur, Jul 2 (NPN): The 17th edition of Nagaland State Chess Championship will begin Tuesday at Red Cross Complex, Kohima. Therefore all the players have been asked to report to the venue by 10:00 am. Under 14 and Under 17 players have been asked to come in school uniforms.

It may be mentioned here that the top four players from the championship will be representing the State in the forthcoming National Chess Championship.

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Dubai, Jul 2 (IANS): Former captains Rahul Dravid of India, Ricky Ponting of Australia and retired England woman wicketkeeper-batter Claire Taylor were inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during a glittering ceremony in Dublin.

Dravid became only the fifth player from India to be named in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame while Ponting is the 25th from Australia to do so. Taylor is the seventh woman overall and the third woman player from England to be named in the list.

Former ICC Cricket Hall of Famers and members of the media selected the three.

“The ICC Cricket Hall of Fame is our way of honouring the greats of our game,” ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said on Sunday.

“Only the very best players in the world are recognised for their contribution to cricket in this way and I would like to congratulate Rahul, Ricky

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and Claire who are wonderful additions to the list of cricketing luminaries in the Hall of Fame,” he added.

On being inducted, Dravid expressed pleasure and said, “It is a matter of great honour to be named by the ICC in the Cricket Hall of Fame.”

“To find your name in a list of all-time greats across generations is something one only dreams of while setting out on a cricket career and the kind of recognition that would delight any player,” Dravid added.

Both Dravid and Ponting have scored more than 10,000 runs in Tests and ODIs. Dravid aggregated 13,288 runs in 164 Tests with 36 centuries and 10,889 runs in 344 ODIs with 12 centuries and was in 2004 named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as the ICC Test Player of the Year.

Ponting too ended his career in 2012, amassing 13,378 runs in 168

LeBron to join LA Lakers on $154 million deal

LeBron James

LOS ANGELES, Jul 2 (Agencies): LeBron James is to join the Los Angeles Lakers in a four-year $154 million deal, his agents said on Sunday, ending months of frenzied speculation about the NBA superstar’s next career move.

The blockbuster contract sends the 33-year-old four-time NBA Most Valuable Player to one of the league’s most iconic clubs, adding to the legacy of such legends as Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson.

“LeBron James, four time NBA MVP, three-time NBA finals MVP, 14-time NBA All-Star, and twotime Olympic gold medallist, has agreed to a fouryear $154 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers,” James’ management company Klutch Sports Group said in a statement.

James is considered a rival of retired Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan for the title of greatest player in NBA history.

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However, he had endured frustration with the Cleveland Cavaliers, culminating in last month’s clean sweep defeat to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals.

James and the Cavaliers have been beaten in three out of four NBA Finals against the Warriors since 2015.

James had been linked to several franchises, with the Philadelphia 76ers and Houston Rockets reportedly in the running.

US media reports said the Lakers move was sealed following a meeting late Saturday between James and the team’s president of basketball operations, Magic Johnson.

James, who has a home and production company in Los Angeles, now joins a club with money to spend and a desire to rebuild into a championship team.

The Lakers have failed to reach the playoffs for the past five seasons.

Tests with 41 centuries and 13,704 runs in 325 ODIs with 30 centuries.

Named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and as the ICC Test Player of the Year in 2006, Ponting reached four ICC Cricket World Cup finals, winning in 1999, 2003 and 2007.

He captained Australia in a record 26 successive unbeaten ICC Cricket World Cup matches from 2003 to 2011 and led the team to victory in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006 and 2009.

Ponting also featured in 17 Twenty20 Internationals.

Taylor, who scored 103 runs in 15 Tests, 4,101 runs in 126 ODIs and 615 runs in 21 T20Is, was named the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year in 2009.

She was named the player of the tournament in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009 and in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2009.

BCCI orientation course for NE associations

G U WA H AT I , J u l 2 (Agencies): The finance department of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organised a daylong orientation course on financial management and accounting procedures for officials of the state cricket associations of Northeast here on Monday.

The BCCI team headed by chief financial officer, Santosh Rangnekar also comprised A. Uttamani, R. Mehrotra and N. Khanna.

Altogether, 23 delegates from eight states of the Northeast comprising treasurers, accountants, auditors and other officials attended the course.

In his address, Rangnekar explained the outline of the course and the importance of proper financial discipline and adherence to the BCCI guidelines which have to be adopted henceforth, particularly by New Area Development Project (NADP) states, who are likely to become permanent members soon.

The Northeast NADP states include Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Mizoram.

The chief financial officer also assured the cricket associations of assistance and guidance in future.

Sessions on the modus operandi of BCCI with associations, nature of payments to associations (GST, TDS, Income Tax) besides infrastructure subsidy, Indian Premier League, expenditure by associations, processes, mechanism of claims and investment strategies were held during the workshop.

Dimapur, Jul 2 (NPN): Chieswema Battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) organized a friendly volleyball match at Pfutsero on Monday. The match was played between Pfutsero Town Youth Club team and Assam Rifles.

The aim of the event was to spread awareness about the harmful effects of drug and psychoactive substances. The event was also aimed at spreading awareness about HIV/ AIDS.

Federer opens Wimbledon defence in style London , J u l 2 ( Agen c i es ) : Ro ge r Federer began the defence of his Wimbledon men’s title in sensational style as he swept past Dusan Lajovic to reach the second round on opening Monday.

The top seed stepped out onto Centre Court for his match against Serbian world No 58 Lajovic in a Uniqlo-branded outfit, signalling an end to his long-term association with Nike. But it was to be a familiar tale as the Swiss star began his quest for a record-extending ninth Wimbledon title in glorious sunshine with a crushing 6-1 6-3 6-4 victory over Lajovic to rally through to a second-round meeting against Lukas Lacko of Serbia or French qualifier Benjamin Bonzi.

Federer, who is the first man in the Open era to play the singles tournament at Wimbledon for a 20th straight year, received a standing ovation after taking his first match point to complete an emphatic job in 79 minutes.

“I felt very good from the start which is nice,” Federer said on court. “Felt at home right away. Got the early break in each set and I

Roger Federer of Switzerland returns the ball to Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic during their Men’s Singles first round match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. (AP/PTI)

was able to bring it home.”

Third seed and last year’s runner-up to Federer, Marin Cilic underlined his title credentials by smacking down 21 aces as he eased into the next round with a comfortable 6-1 6-4 6-4 win over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka.

Cilic, who won the Wimbledon warm-up event at Queen’s Club last month, will face either Australian qualifier Jason Kubler or Guido Pella or Argentina.

American Sam Querrey, seeded 11th, fired 15 aces on his way to a 6-2 6-4

6-3 victory over Australian fell awkwardly. A medical Jordan Thompson. time out was called after she physio treatment Pliskova survives received on court, before her she was Dart scare accompanied by her mother Former World No1 to the locker room for furKarolina Pliskova narrow- ther examination. ly avoided a shock defeat But the north Londonto Wimbledon debutant er returned to court after Harriet Dart on Court 12 a ten-minute break before on the opening day of the sealing the set 6-2.

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AIFF willing to send football team to Asian Games

New Delhi, Jul 2 (IANS): The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is hopeful that the Narinder Batra-led Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will change its stance and allow the football teams to participate in the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia.

As per IOA regulations, only those national teams which are ranked between 1-8 at the continental level, were cleared for the Games.

Therefore, the men’s team were denied an opportunity despite a string of good performances of late.

India have also qualified for the marquee Asian Cup after eight years.

“We are still optimistic that the team will receive the green signal for participation. We are asking for an explanation and maybe the IOA will reconsider their stance,” AIFF general secretary Kushal Das told reporters at a press conference here.

Das said while the team is “far behind” from meeting IOA’s criteria, the development of the national teams won’t stop regardless of the decision.

“We are ranked cur-

rently 13th in Asia (if you leave aside Australia), and if the IOA criteria is the top 8 teams, we are not behind.

But regardless of the IOA decision, the development process will never stop.”

“We will continue the process of evolving our national teams one way or the other as the ultimate goal is to emerge as one of the top Asian nations in the near future,” Das said.

This will be the first

time since the 1994 Hiroshima edition that an Indian football team will not take part in the Asian Games, which is an U-23 event with three over-age players being allowed.

Asked about sending the men’s and women’s teams at the AIFF’s own expense, Das said they are ready.

“We have expressed our disappointment to IOA officially wherein we have

even mentioned that we are willing to bear expenses of travel and stay on our own.

“The IOA had asked for an explanation way back on June 4 and after that there has been no communication as to whether the IOA wants to engage further or not. Even (Praful) Patel, the AIFF President spoke to IOA President Narinder Batra and he was told the same thing “to draft an explanation for reconsideration.”

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OF OUR BELOVED LATE ALENUO KIN 03-07-2015

Three years have passed since you left us on this day for your heavenly abode but you are always remembered deep in our hearts.

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Your thoughtfulness and generosity are deeply appreciated by family.

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Brazil beat Mexico 2-0 to reach last 8 Croatia oust Denmark on penalty

Neymar wheels away in celebration after the striker opened the scoring for Brazil shortly after half-time.

was Brazil who then created the better openings before the break.

Midway through the first period Neymar’s quick feet saw the playmaker get free to the left-hand byline, only for Guillermo Ochoa to save the day for Mexico by making an excellent block with his legs.

Twelve minutes before half-time and Gabriel Jesus worked himself some space in the area, but shot too

close to Ochoa, before Jesus Gallardo was on hand to clear the Manchester City forward’s follow-up shot off the line.

With Brazil appearing to gain the upper hand as the first half wore on, Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio opted to bring on fresh legs in the form of Miguel Layun, who replaced Rafael Marquez at the interval.

The Mexico captain, at

Spain legend Iniesta retires

Algeria to bid for 2030 WC with Morocco, Tunisia

Samara , J u l 2 (Agencies): Secondhalf goals from Neymar and Roberto Firmino saw Brazil beat Mexico 2-0 to advance to the World Cup quarter-finals in Samara on Tuesday.

The world’s most expensive player opened the scoring six minutes into the second half after excellent approach play by Willian, the Paris Saint-Germain forward’s sixth goal in

World Cup history.

Substitute Firmino wrapped up the win with a simple last-minute finish as Tite’s side advanced to their seventh straight World Cup quarter-final, where they will face either Japan or Belgium in Kazan on Friday night.

After Mexico had spur ned an early half chance when Miranda got in the way of Hirving Lozano’s goalbound strike, it

39 years and 139 days, had become the oldest outfield player to start a World Cup knockout match since England’s Stanley Matthews against Uruguay in 1954.

Not that the switch slowed down the five-time world champions, though, with Coutinho almost breaking the deadlock three minutes into the second half with a well-struck effort that Ochoa was forced to beat clear to safety.

Minutes later, however, Brazil did make the breakthrough after a lovely team goal involving Neymar, whose impudent back heel released Willian down the left side of the area.

The Chelsea forward’s low driven cross across the six-yard box was touched home from close range by Neymar for his 57th international goal.

Brazil could have added further goals thereafter, only for the increasingly busy Ochoa to deny both Paulinho and Willian with smart stops.

However, Brazil did manage to double their score late on when Neymar broke the offside trap, before squaring for Firmino to tap home from two yards out.

Today’s matches 1st match: 7:30 pm Sweden vs Switzerland 2nd match: 11:30 pm Colombia vs England

Algiers, Jul 2 (IANS): Algerian Youth and Sport Minister Mohamd Hattab has said his country is considering submitting a joint bid with neighbouring Morocco and Tunisia for World Cup 2030, the local media reported.

The El Khabar newspaper website on Sunday noted that Hattab told reporters in the Spanish city of Tarragona that “Algeria is open to submit a joint bid with Tunisia and Morocco to host the World Cup 2030”, reports Xinhua news agency The idea of organising the World Cup jointly by these three North African nations was already promoted in Morocco and Tunisia. Several news websites reported recently that Moroccan King Mohamed VI has sent a message to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika proposing a joint bid to host football World Cup 2030.

This idea has also been widely hailed by users of social media platforms, as they considered that football may alternate politics and diplomacy to unite the divided North African nations which have failed so far to build their Maghreb Union.

SJC Jakhama inter-dept basketball concludes

Salah extends Liverpool contract

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Hierro’s decision to leave him on the bench until past the one-hour mark of Sunday’s match.

“The coach is the one who makes the decision, beyond whether one agrees or not,” Iniesta said. “At the end, the coach looks at what’s best for the team, and that’s how I understood it,” he added, reports Xinhua news agency.

Iniesta said the players could not blame turbulence off the pitch for their failure

to live up to expectations. “It would be wrong to say that (coach Julen Lopetegui’s) dismissal was fundamental,” he said.

“Everything has its importance. But in the end, we are the ones who have the ball.” Iniesta, who will play for Japanese club Vissel Kobe next season after ending his 22-year FC Barcelona career in May, is confident Spain can rebuild ahead of the next World Cup in Qatar.

Participants of St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama annual inter-department basketball tournament.

D imap u r , J u l 2 (NPN): The annual inter-department basketball tournament, St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama, organized by the department of English, concluded on June 30.

In men’s category, BBA department emerged as the champions after

defeating department of Political Science by 52 to 47 points on the scoreboard while the third place was secured by Commerce department. In the women’s category, Economics department defeated the Political Science in the finals with 17 to 10 points, while English department

secured the third place.

Kelhoukhrielie of BBA department was named the MVP of the tournament while Nukshizulu Pongen of Commerce department was the highest scorer in the men’s category.

In women’s category, Makrami of Political Science department was

named the MVP and Kevikieno Yakhro of Economics department bagged the highest scorer award.

Altogether, 16 teams (9 men and 7 women) participated in the tournament.

Head of Department of English, James H.K gave away the awards.

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Jul 2 (Agencies): Croatia came back after conceding in the opening minute to earn a World Cup quarter-final berth after edging Denmark 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the two sides drew 1-1 in the round of 16 match on Sunday.

T h e y c o u l d h av e wrapped up the result five minutes from the end of extra time but Luka Modric had his penalty saved by Kasper Schmeichel.

However, the Croatia captain returned to bravely take one of the post-match kicks as goalkeeper Danijel Subasic save three of Denmark’s efforts to set up a quarter-final meeting with Russia on Saturday.

It was Modric’s sub-

lime pass that put Ante Rebic through on goal, before being brought down

by Mathias Jorgensen, and offered Croatia a chance to win just before the lottery of the shootout. But Schmeichel made a smart save to keep the 1-1 stalemate intact through two hours of at times pedestrian football.

Two chaotic goals in the opening four minutes made for a rollicking start at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium. However, it proved a false dawn as the spectacle faded with both sides choosing caution as their priority given the rare chance to reach the last eight at a World Cup. Jorgensen took all of 57 seconds to breach the Croatia defence at the end

of a long throw-in by Jonas Knudsen, stabbing at the ball with his left foot as he took it off team mate Thomas Delaney.

Croatia goalkeeper Danijel Subasic got a hand to Jorgensen’s toe-poke but effectively deflected the ball across his own line. There was an element of comedy to the fourth-minute equaliser for Mario Mandzukic as Denmark’s early advantage quickly disappeared.

A kick across the Danish defence was firmly hit away by Henrik Dalsgaard but straight into the face of team mate Andreas Christensen, creating a pinball effect that saw the ball fall for Mandzukic, who then expertly turned it into the net from close range.

England favourite to reach final London, Jul 2 (Agencies): Following Spain’s shock elimination, no previous winners now stand between England and the World Cup final. So could football really be coming home?

The two most recent champions, Germany and Spain, were both expected to lie in wait for England in Russia but they have been knocked out, leaving Gareth Southgate’s team as the second highest-ranked side in their half of the draw, behind sixth-placed Switzerland.

The upsets mean one of England, Colombia, Sweden, Switzerland, Croatia or Russia will definitely be in the Moscow final on 15 July. Not that anybody is getting too carried away this is England, of course, and a record of two World Cup knockout stage wins since 1990 makes for grim reading.

Only five countries have ever eliminated England in a knockout tie, all of them among football’s major nations - Germany (2010, 1990 and 1970), Portugal (2006), Brazil (2002 and 1962), Argentina (1998 and 1986) and then defending champions Uruguay (1954).

They have never beaten a top-tier side in a World Cup

Moscow, Jul 2 (IANS): Spain legend Andres Iniesta announced his retirement from international football here on Sunday after their shocking loss to hosts Russia in the pre-quarterfinals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. “It’s a reality that today is my last match with the national team. At the individual level, a wonderful stage ends,” the hero of Spain’s only World Cup championship in 2010 told reporters at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, reports Efe. “ I t ’s a s h a m e we couldn’t go through. Penalties are cruel. The guilty ones are always the players and everyone of us is responsible,” he added.

“Overall it’s probably the saddest day of my career.

I leave with a bad taste in my mouth.AIt’s tough for everybody, the 34-year-old midfielder said, acknowledging his disappointment about losing to underdogs Russia on penalty kicks.”

With 13 goals in 131 appearances for Spain, Iniesta was a vital part of the La Roja side that claimed the 2008 and 2012 European Championships as well as the 2010 World Cup, where he scored the winning goal.

Iniesta declined to second-guess coach Fernando

Croatia players celebrate after defeating Denmark in penalty kicks in the round of 16.

Cairo, Jul 2 (IANS): Egypt’s star footballer Mohamed Salah has signed a long-term contract extension with Liverpool FC, the Premier League club announced on Monday.

“I think this news can be seen for what it is; rewarding a person who performed and contributed greatly for the team and the club last season,” Liverpool’s head coach Jurgen Klopp said. “It demonstrates two things very clearly also - his belief in Liverpool and our belief in him.

When someone like Salah commits and says this place is my home now, it speaks very loudly I think. Equally, our commitment to him says we see his value and want him to grow even more and get even better within our environment,” he added.

During his debut season at Liverpool, Salah racked up an outstanding 44 goals in 52 appearances.

Harry Kane leads his team-mates on a jog in Saint Petersburg on Monday.

knockout game - 1966 glory aside - and the only elimination games England have won since their 1990 run to the semi-finals have been against Ecuador in 2006 and Denmark in 2002.

But this time could be a very different story.

England are the sole team in their half of the draw to have won the World Cup and only Sweden, in 1958, have ever reached the final.

Last-16 opponents Colombia have only been to the quarter-finals once, in 2014.

The winners of that tie will face Sweden, whose last semi-final was in 1994, or Switzerland - who have never been beyond the last eight.

The semi-final will be between one of those sides and 1998 semi-finalists Croatia or hosts Russia - who had never been past the group stages since the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Switzerland are the highest-ranked team in this section - with England joint 12th, Colombia 16th, Croa-

tia 20th, Sweden 24th and Russia 70th.

On the other hand, Colombia have James Rodriguez and Radamel Falcao, Croatia have Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic and Russia have partisan home support. Sweden finished above Germany in their group and Switzerland drew with Brazil.

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CHSS, SPHSS and Northfield win

The match between Northfield (blue) and Government Higher Secondary School Jotsoma on Monday. (NP)

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Kohima, Jul 2 (NPN): Chandmari Higher Secondary School (CHSS), St.Paul Higher Secondary School (SPHSS) and Northfield registered win at the ongoing 2nd Kohima District Inter-School Football on Monday.

In the 1st match, Chandmari Higher Second-

ary School (CHSS) defeated Baptist Mission School Jotsoma (BMSJ) 4-3 via tie-breaker after the match ended in 1-1 draw.

Veniio scored the goal for CHSS from a spot kick in the 49th minute. Kedosie Nagi scored the equaliser through a heading goal in the 52nd minute.

In the 2nd match, St.Paul Higher Secondary

School (SPSP) beat Holy Family Higher Secondary School (HFHSS) 2-1 via tiebreaker after both the match ended in a 1-1 draw. The goal for HFHSS was scored

by Honwen in the 16th minute while Keleze scored the equalising goal for SPSP in the 40th minutes.

In the 3rd match, Northfield beat Government Higher Secondary School Jotsoma by 2-0.

The 1st goal for Northfield came through the boots of Kethosenyii in the 45th minute while the second goal was netted by Samuel in the 67th minute.

Today’s matches 1st Match: 11:00 am Bethel HSS Vs Don Bosco HSS 2nd Match: 12:40 pm Mt.Carmel Vs G.Rio School 3rd Match: 2:40 pm Loyola HSS Jakhama Vs Grace HSS

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