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Centre mulls tax on cash withdrawal Tax on those withdrawing `10 lakh in cash a year

NEW DELHI, JUN 10 (AGENCIES): The government is looking at the possibility of introducing a tax on those withdrawing Rs 10 lakh in cash a year as it seeks to discourage the use of paper currency, crack down on black money and promote use of digital payments for all manner of transactions.

Government sources told Times of India that another proposal under consideration is mandating Aadhaar authentication for all high-value cash withdrawals, which it believes will make it easy to track individuals and tally tax returns. In doing this, the government will go beyond just seeking the unique identification number, as is the case with deposits of over Rs 50,000 where PAN is given.

The UID authentication and OTP will ensure that Aadhaar numbers are not misused. “A MGNREGA beneficiary needs

Fuel prices cut for fifth straight day

DIMAPURA, JUN 10 (AGENCIES): State-run oil marketing companies on Monday slashed the retail prices of petrol and diesel for the fifth successive day across four metro cities. After the daily revision in retail fuel rates, the price of petrol in all the metro cities lowered 13 paise per litre while diesel became cheaper by 11-12 paise.

In Dimapur, petrol was sold at Rs 68.42 a litre, down 13 paise compared with yesterday’s price of Rs 68.55 a litre, and diesel is sold at 62.17, down 11 paise from Rs 62.28 a litre on Sunday. Similarly, in the state capital Kohima, the retail prices of petrol and diesel were Rs 69.13 and Rs 62.71 a litre respectively.

Power shutdown

DIMAPUR, JUN 10 (NPN): Power department has informed consumers under Wokha, Tseminyu and Pughoboto areas that there would be a shutdown of power supply at 132/33KV Wokha Sub-Station for realignment of Bus-Bar from 5am to 9am starting from June 11-14, 2019. In a press release, Kohima transmission division EE, Tiameren Walling said the department was making all out efforts to complete the work within the stipulated period and requested the consumers to bear the inconvenience.

This is it!

“Prohibition is not only morally right but economically bright.”

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to authenticate receipts using Aadhaar but someone withdrawing Rs 5 lakh need not do so as things stand,” an official told TOI. The government is of the view that annual cash withdrawals of over Rs 10 lakh are not needed for most individuals and businesses. Above board transactions should not be hampered by authentication.

The discussions come ahead of the budget that is to be presented on July 5, though government sources said the move has not been finalised. The government is, however, clear that it does not want to do anything that will burden the middle class and the poor with excessive compliance.

“Why should someone withdraw over Rs 10 lakh for cash transactions when digital payments are being encouraged?” asked a source, requesting anonymity. Last week, the RBI announced that banks would do away with charges on NEFT and RTGS transfers and said the charges on card use were also being reviewed.

This, sources in the finance ministry said, would go a long way in promoting non-cash transactions and

check the use of cash in the economy.

Separately, a few years ago, the government had made digital or cheque payments mandatory for businesses to claim the benefit of business expenses. As a result, large companies are making wage payments of over Rs 10,000 through cheque or via bank transfer.

The UPA government had introduced bank cash transaction tax a decade ago but was forced to withdraw it a few years later after an uproar. Over a period of time, the tax was also watered down. What is now being considered is a much higher threshold.

In late 2016, a highlevel panel of chief ministers, headed by then Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, had recommended reintroduction of the levy for withdrawals of over Rs 50,000. It had also suggested other measures to reduce cash use post-demonetisation. The proposal for a cash withdrawal tax was, however not implemented.

The SIT on black money, too, has recommended several steps on reducing cash holding in the economy,

with several of them yet to be implemented.

The Reserve Bank of India recently announced doing away with the charges levied on fund transfers through RTGS and NEFT. RBI has also asked the banks to pass on the benefits to customers, a move that will boost digital transactions.

The decision was announced by the RBI as part of its measures to deepen and broaden the financial markets.

At present, RBI levies minimum charges on banks for RTGS and NEFT transactions of fund transfers and Banks in turn levy charges on their customers for the same. While doing away with the charges, RBI instructed the Banks to pass these benefits onto their customers.

The central bank will issue the guidelines and instructions in this regard for banks soon.

Banks charge Re 1 to Rs 5 for transfer of funds through NEFT, and Rs 5 to Rs 50 through RTGS, depending on the quantum of the transaction. The banks would now either reduce these charges down substantially or could even make it completely free.

SRLU Porba threatens to halt SARDP-NE works DIMAPUR, JUN 10 (NPN): SARDP-NE Road Land Owners’ Union (SRLU) Porba under Phek district has served an ultimatum on the deputy commissioner (DC) Phek to meet its three-point charter of demands on or before July 22, 2019.

In a representation addressed to DC Phek, the union chairman Vezo Dzudo and organizing secretary Vezota Chiero cautioned that failure to meet their demands within the stipulated period, the concern authorities would be solely held responsible for any eventualities that could arise. The union warned that it would even go to the extent of hailing the ongoing work.

SRLU demanded reverification of already damaged properties and inclusion of all genuinely affected land owners left out earlier of compensation. SRLU also demanded re-verification of to-be damaged properties of uncut portions. It stated that all verification should be done in consultation with land owners union as all the portions of the affected and to be affected areas were individually owned lands only.

More coaches needed to address rail connectivity issue of Nagaland

A view of the Dimapur Railway station as passengers wait for train. (NP)

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUN 10 (NPN): Despite knowing that demand for seats by train passengers from Dimapur far exceeded the available quotas, the Northeastern Frontier Railway (NFR) has done precious little to mitigate the problem.

Even with the present meagre seats available as against the huge demand, Dimapur railway station remains as the second highest revenue earner for the NFR. Each day, hundreds of desperate passengers are compelled to be crammed inside

the Non-AC bogies and have to pay for the benevolence of Ticket Examiners.

There have also been persistent complaints from passengers who had valid reservation tickets of having to share their berths with other passengers.

The volume of train passengers continues to grow substantially but the NFR has remained unmoved.

Only two daily Express trains emanate from Dimapur and Guwahati-Nagaland Express that departs Dimapur at around 6 a.m. while the same departs Guwahati at around 11

p.m.; BG Express departs Guwahati at around 2 p.m. and after arrival at Dimapur returns to Guwahati at around 9.45 p.m.

A railway official at the Dimapur said passengers generally preferred Nagaland Express as the same train departs from Guwahati for Dimapur at around 11 p.m.

In addition to the two, the Guwhati-Jorhat Jan Shatabdi Exp leaves Guwahati for Dimapur enroute Jorhat at 6.30 a.m. and on return halts at Dimapur for around five minutes enroute Guwahati and departs at 4.30 p.m.

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12 senior officers ordered to retire W.Bengal Governor moots PR in the state over allegations of graft, sexual abuse

NEW DELHI, JUN 10 (IANS): Central government has compulsorily retired almost a dozen senior tax officers on charges ranging from extortion, bribe and sexual harassment.

The axe has fallen on about 12 senior officers of the rank of chief commissioners, principal commissioners, commissioners of income tax department under rule FR (fundamental rule) 56 (j) of central civil services (pension) rules.

The officers include Ashok Agarwal, joint commissioner of Income Tax and former deputy director, ED; S.K. Srivastava, commissioner (Appeal, NOIDA; Homi Rajvansh, IRS 1985 batch; B.B. Rajendra Prasad; Ajoy Kumar Singh; B. Arulappa; Alok Kumar Mitra; Chander Saini Bharti; Andasu Ravinder; Vivek Batra; Swetabh Suman and Ram Kumar Bhargava.

This is major crackdown by the Central government on officials indulging in alleged corruption practices. Among the key tax officials shown the door is Ashok Agarwal who has remained suspended from 1999 to 2014. He faced serious allegations of corruption and extortion from businessman and accused of helping late ‘godman’ Chandraswami..

The 1989-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer has also been retired prematurely as he faced charges of alleged sexual harassment.

One of the disgraced officer Homi Rajvansh had illegal acquired assets worth Rs 3.17 crore. Finance Ministry sources said Rajvansh was arrested by CBI after absconding from his headquarters to evade arrest.

On the other hand, Chander Saini Bharti was

apprehended by CBI in connection with a trap case and the bribe money of Rs 30 lakh was recovered from ‘angadiya’ (courier) used by him. Swetabh Suman was arrested by CBI in Delhi on April 13, 2018 for allegedly demanding Rs 50 lakh for giving relief in a shell company matter to a businessman. The amount was recovered from a middle-man and searches were carried out by CBI on the premises linked to Swetabh in Guwahati, Jorhat, Shillong, Noida and Delhi. Another officer B.B. Rajendra Prasad was arrested by the CBI on allegations of passing favourable order for illegal gratifications while S.K. Srivastava, is accused of sexual harassment to two women IRS officers of Commissioner rank. Officers have also been compulsorily retired for incompetence as in the case of B Arulappa.

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA, JUN 10 (AGENCIES): Against the backdrop of speculations that BJP-led NDA government at the centre is contemplating imposing President’s Rule in West Bengal amidst post-poll violence that has claimed nearly a dozen lives so far, the Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi Monday told India Today TV that there may be need for President’s rule in the state if the situation deteriorates.

Bengal governor said he has apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah about the prevailing situation in the state.

This is the first time Tripathi has met Modi and Shah after the Lok Sabha elections.

“I have apprised the Prime Minister and the home minister about the situation in West Bengal.

I can’t disclose details,” he told reporters in New

Kathua gangrape: 3 including mastermind given life term PATHANKOT (PUNJAB), JUN 10 (PTI): A court on Monday sentenced three men including a temple caretaker to life imprisonment till last breath for the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu & Kashmir shortly after convicting them along with three others for the ghastly crime that shook the nation 17 months ago.

Sanji Ram, mastermind and caretaker of ‘devasthanam’ (temple) where the crime took place in January last year, Deepak Khajuria, a Special Police Officer, and Parvesh Kumar, a civilian-the three main accused-were spared death penalty, a punishment sought by the prosecution during the year-long in-camera trial in the court of judge Tejwinder Singh here.

“The perpetrators of this crime have acted in

The three main convicts in the Kathua rape case, temple priest Sanji Ram (L), Deepak Khajuria (C) and Parvesh Kumar. (PTI File combo)

such a manner as if there is a ‘law of jungle’ prevalent in the society,” the judge said, adding the facts in the case are many but truth is one that under a criminal conspiracy, an innocent eight-year old minor girl has been kidnapped, wrongfully confined, drugged, raped and ultimately murdered.

The three who were given life term were convicted under Ranbir Penal Code(RPC) sections, prosecution lawyer Santokh Singh told reporters outside

the court. They were also awarded different jail terms for various offences under RPC which will run concurrently with the life term besides a fine of Rs one lakh each, Singh said.

Singh said a life term for the three convicts means they will be in jail till the end of their natural life.

Other three accused-Sub Inspector Anand Dutta, Head Constable Tilak Raj and special police officer Surender Verma -- were convicted for destruction

of evidence to cover up the crime and handed down five years in jail and Rs 50,000 fine each.

The court acquitted the seventh accused Vishal Jangotra, son of Sanji Ram, giving him the ‘benefit of doubt’, according to Mubeen Farooqi, who represented the victim’s family in the court.

It pronounced the much-awaited verdict away from the gaze of media which gathered in full strength outside the court premises. All the 7 accused were present in the courtroom.

A 15-page charge sheet filed in April last year said the girl was kidnapped on January 10 that year and was raped in captivity in a small village temple, exclusively manned by Ram, after keeping her sedated for four days. She was later bludgeoned to death, it said.

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Delhi.

The governor’s visit to Delhi came in the middle of a running tussle between the Centre and the Bengal government on the issue of post-poll violence in the state.

On Sunday, in an advisory the home ministry had expressed “deep concern” over continuing violence in West Bengal, saying the “unabated violence” even after the Lok Sabha polls appears to be a failure on part of the state government.

“The unabated violence over the past weeks appears to be a failure on the part of the law enforcement machinery of the state to maintain the rule of law and inspire confidence among people,” the advisory said.

The Bengal government hit back at the Centre saying there were a few “stray post-poll clashes” in Bengal and the situation was “under control”.

In a letter to the Centre, chief secretary Malay Kumar De said “firm and appropriate actions” were initiated in all cases of violence without any delay.

“There have been a few stray post-poll clashes in the state perpetrated by some anti-social elements, the law enforcement authorities have been taking firm and appropriate actions in all such cases without any delay,” De wrote in the letter to the Union Home Ministry.

“The situation is un-

At 48 degrees, Delhi creates new record NEW DELHI, JUN 10 (IANS): Heatwave in Delhi peaked on Monday, with the mercury touching 48 degrees Celsius, the highest in the history of the national capital. Thanks to dry winds from Rajasthan and Pakistan, the temperature in Delhi surpassed the previous highest of 47.8 degree Celsius which was recorded on June 9,2014.

The Palam observatory of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded the temperature of 48 degree Celsius after 3 p.m., an official of the state-run weather forecaster said.

“Today was the hottest ever day in the history of Delhi,” the official added.

The IMD’s observatory in Safdarjung, however, recorded the maximum temperature at 45.6 degrees Celsius. According to private forecaster Skymet, absence of rains over the past two weeks and dry westerly winds led the temperature to soar substantially on Monday.

der control and it may not be construed under any circumstance to be a failure on the part of the law enforcement machinery of the State to maintain the rule of law and impure confidence among the people,” the letter read.

The workers of the Trinamool Congress and the BJP have been on a spiral of violence as the turf war in Bengal gains momentum. In the recently-held Lok Sabha election, the BJP increased its tally from two to 18 of the state’s 42 seats. Mamata Banerjee’s party was slightly ahead with only 22 seats.

With the next prize being the assembly elections two years away, the Trinamool is determined not to cede any space.

Banerjee had skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath after the BJP said they would ferry the families of 52 murdered party workers to Delhi for the ceremony.

NSCN (R) Yimchunger national workers react DIMAPUR, JUN 10 (NPN): Reacting to the ‘mass resignation’ claim by NSCN (R) Yimchungrü national workers, the NSCN (R) deputy kilonser (defence) Athong Yim, joint secretary Among Yim, PRO Yimto, “major” Lesanmong and “major” Chuba, on behalf of NSCN(R)Yimchunger national workers, stated that at no point in time did they tender resignation.

In a press release, the signatories claimed that they were “very much still within the folds of the NSCN (R)” under the leadership of Y.Wangtin Naga, Akato Chophi and Tikhak.

Therefore, the signatories claimed that the recent statement issued by “some former Yimchunger National Workers of NSCN (R) is a clear case of ‘defection’ and not a ‘mass resignation’ as claimed.”

According to the signatories, the NSCN(R) had done nothing wrong against any individual or community. The signatories, therefore, stated that any individual/person/groups/unions “trying to create Animosities and to Polarise the Situation within Tribal lines has their own vested Interests” and did not reflect the “image or views (whatsoever) of the Yimchunger National Workers under NSCN(R) in any manner.” Meanwhile, the signatories have reaffirmed their “faith and allegiance to the NSCN/ GPRN (R) and to stand by its Principles & Ideologies, come what may.”

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Knowledge must for society to progress: Gov

Governor with resource persons and participants at Raj Bhavan at the one-day seminar on social media on Monday. (NP) Correspondent

Kohima, Jun 10 (NPN): Nagaland governor, P.B. Acharya on Monday said that knowledge was essential for any society and nation to progress.

Addressing a one-day media seminar on social media organized by North East Press Service (NEPS) at Raj Bhavan, the governor said knowledge should empower the society and bring benefit to the people.

He called upon the people to wake up and work harder to become economically strong and develop state.

Acharya, who also spoke on the challenges of handling social media, said that for every new invention or introduction in the society, there will be problem and difficulty to handle, but one cannot run away rather should be able to fix

the problem.

Citing an example, he said when mobile phone was first invented facilities like landline, telegram, typewriter became outdated.

On the negative points of social media raised by various speakers at programme, the Governor said social media was a blessing as it disseminates information quickly. But the problem arises when people do not use it for right purpose, he said.

Emphasizing on the need of knowing positive and negative aspects of social media, the Governor suggested introducing it as a subject in the school and college syllabus so that it could be used in the right manner.

Speaking on “traditional mass media and social media” as one of

the resource persons, Nagaland Press Association president, H Chishi, said social media and other online news sources, also known as the “ new media” have become an integral part of modern society and the presence of such new media has threatened the existence of newspapers.

He said the effect was witnessed on the circulation of print newspapers, especially in United States where the average daily circulation of newspapers declined by 7%, according to the data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

He further added that students have become smarter as they are being exposed to a whole new world of technology through social media.

He said social media has changed the lives of many people, as it provides

a better social life where anyone can contact with all their near and dear ones with just a click.

I G ( r a n ge ) S o n i a Singh, speaking on the topic “police –citizen communication in the special media age”, said the use of social media by citizens help develop awareness, access new job opportunities, students to carry out research and discussions, develop social skill, inspire teenagers and huge connectivity.

She said police use social media to build a trustworthy relationship with citizens, sharing of critical info, enhanced dissemination of advisories/ laws, one to one connection, creating awareness, to establish mutual communication with common man and others.

She further said citi-

zens should know the latest update of rules and laws in regard to social media.

She cautioned the citizens that spreading unconfirmed news and fake news was liable to be punished under the law.

The programme was chaired by Asonuo, IIS news editor AIR Kohima, welcome address was delivered by head of programme DD Kohima, H. Kihoto Chishi, concluding remarked was given by editor NEPS News Oken Jeet Sandham and vote of thanks by Menuoseo Max Khieya NEPS news group.

There was interaction session with the participants and resource persons. The programme was attended by students, journalists from different news agencies and organizations, PRO defence, PRO Assam Rifles and others.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019

news in Brief NNCCSCA informs all ex-NCC Cadets: Nagaland NCC Senior Cadet Association (NNCCSCA) has informed all ex-NCC cadets to submit all their details like name, address, present employment, mobile number, e-mail, year of enrolment in NCC, regimental number, unit /Gp HQs and school/institution/college to nagalandexcadets@gmail.com. Further information can be contacted at 7005214327.

DPDB Wokha meeting postponed: Vice chairman, DPDB and DC Wokha, Dr.Manazir Jeelani Samoon has informed all the board members that the monthly District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting for the month of June 2019 has been postponed till further notification.

SOTK meeting: Shena Old TüghalomiKüqhakulu (SOTK) has convened a meeting on June 26 at 11 a.m. at the residence of its banker S VitosheAchumi, Thahekhu, Dimapur. All office bearers, executive members, advisors and sectorial union chairmen have been requested to attend the meeting.

F&CS Kohima informs FPS/VCs: Senior inspector, Food and Civil Supplies Kohima has informed all the FPS/village

councils of Kohima centre that the PHH and AAY food-grains will be released from on June 13 onwards between 10.30 a.m to 4 p.m.All FPS/village councils have been asked to collect their respective quota within the stipulated time.For Kezocha circle villages, Merima, TsieseBasa/Bawe, Thizama and Rusoma, on June 13, Jakha circle villages on June 14, KohimaSardar and Secu circle village on June 17, Kohima Town FPS (Ward 1-10) on June 18 and Kohima Town FPS (Ward 11-19) on June 19.

NSSATA Kohima unit general meeting: NSSATA Kohima unit has convened a general meeting on June 15, at 11 a.m at AMK conference Hall (AMK building, top floor) main town, Kohima. All the members under Kohima district have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

NPGN/NNC clarifies: NPGN/NNC kilonser, L. ShikahoAyemi has issued a clarification claiming that allegation against him for misusing government activities was baseless. He clarified that terminating him after the declaration of president rule was not “mandatory” as all cabinet has been dissolved.

ANGCTA backs ANCSU on scholarship issue DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Government College Teachers Association (ANGCTA) has expressed concern over the allegations and counter allegation on ANCSU agitation especially with regard to the scholarship issue.

In a press release, ANGCTA president, Lily Angami and general secretary, Dr. Kekhrieseno Christina while extending solidarity and support to the scholarship issue requested the responsible

authority for timely disbursement of scholarship with transparency and accountability.

ANGCTA also condemned the assault on innocent students who had staged a democratic protest in Kohima on June 4, 2019.

ANGCTA stated that the welfare of the students is “uncompromised primary duty” of the teachers.

The association has, therefore, impressed upon its members to be more

committed and diligent in discharging their duties.

Maintaining that Nagas were vulnerable to tribalism and have experienced destruction to Naga society in many ways due to it, the association said ANCSU scholarship issue was purely on merit and for the common interest of Nagas and in no way related to tribal colours. It, therefore, urged all sensible persons to be ethical and judicious on the use of social media.

KBPF clean common graveyard Ecumenical dialogue and peace building at Khuzama village

Members of KBPF conducting social work at the graveyard.

DIMAPUR: Kohima Baptist Pastors’ Fellowship (KBPF) carried out social work at the common graveyard, BSF Camp, Kohima on June 8.

According to KBPF general secretary, Rev. Vezopa Rhakho, more than

150 members participated in the social work. KBPF also raised concern about littering the graveyard with plastic bottles and other non-biodegradable items.

In this regard, the fellowship has appealed to the public to keep the place

clean in honour of the dead. It also welcomed any churches or organizations that would like to undertake social work at the graveyard and to beautify the same. The common graveyard is looked after by KBPF.

DIMAPUR: One-day programme on “ecumenical dialogue and peace building” was held at Khuzama Village Council hall on June 9, attended by various churches and village council members.

A press release from Peace Channel media cell stated that, K. Victor, district project associate, Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Nagaland, moderated the panel discussion. He highlighted the main purpose of Peace Channel, which was to promote youth and churches of different denominations to make peace in the community and society. He said that peace was boundless as it was not bounded by religion, caste, creed and tribe.

He further pointed out that truthful and God fearing leaders have to be elected and that leaders

Foundation for MRHRU laid at Niuland DIMAPUR: Principal secretary, Health and Family Welfare, I. Himato Zhimomi on June 8 laid the foundation for Model Rural Health Research Unit (MRHRU) at Niuland CHC. A press release by CMO, Dimapur, Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi stated that, Himato in his speech informed that in the entire state, only one MRHRU has been set up in Niuland, which was indeed fortunate. He said that new building will be constructed for this purpose and manpower will be posted to make the MRHRU a functional unit.

The inaugural function began with the unveiling of the MRHRU plaque

by Himato. I Zhimomi, and a prayer by pastor Tokivi Yeptho. The programme was chaired by Dr. Obed, MO, Niuland CHC and attended by Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi, CMO, Dr. Antoly, deputy CMO, Athrila S. ADC, Niuland, Wacy Kent, SDO Niuland, Dr. Nyan, SNO, IDSP, Dr. Kavito, DTO Dimapur, staff under CMO Dimapur and staff under CHC K Y M C

I. Himato Zhimomi unveiling the foundation stone on June 8.

Niuland.

MRHRU is an initiative by the Indian Council of Medical Research under government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to create infrastructure at the periphery for transfer of technology to the rural level.

the inaugural programme of the newly upgraded Primary Health Centre (PHC) Niuland to Community Health Centre (CHC) on June 8.

After unveiling the plaque, Himato reminded the public on the health insurance provided by the central government in all Niuland PHC the gover nment health upgraded to CHC units. He further stated Principal secretary, that the new health unit Health & Family Welfare, upgraded to CHC Niuland I. Himato Zhimomi graced will have more doctors,

nurses, staff and equipments. He also thanked the medical officers, staff and administrative department for bringing health care services to the public.

Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi, CMO expressed gratitude to minister of Health and Family Welfare, Pangnyuh Phom, principal secretary Himato Zhimomi and principal director Vikeyi Losu for upgrading the PHC to CHC. ADC Niuland, Athrila S. said that the upgradation will serve the medical need of the public under Niuland and urged the public to have the sense of ownership and nurture the CHC Niuland. She further said that the welfare of the medical staff posted under CHC Niuland should be looked after by the public.

Earlier, the programme chaired by Dr. Obed, MO i/c Niuland CHC began with an invocation by Tokhivi Yeptho. Welcome speech was delivered by Bohoto Aye, vice chairman, Adhoc Town Committee Niuland and vote of thanks

by Viqhei Zhimmomi, president GB Association Niuland Area.

Members from various churches at the programme on June 9.

should have positive vision and peace bearers. He also said that one should be Christ-centered and not self-centered to have peace in self and all walks of life.

Baptist Church Khu-

zama, pastor Kevisezo said that the noblest job in the society was working for peace, where in the Bible the word “Peace” is also mentioned more than 400 times. He therefore, urged all the participants not to

DDGBA clarifies; informs on meeting

Book on climate change released

DIMAPUR: Dimapur District GBs Association (DDGBA) has clarified that it has not authorized any person to collect membership fee for the year 2019-20 or to call for a meeting.

In a statement, DDGBA president, Khehovi V. Chophi and secretary publicity and information, R. Changkum said that the meeting convened on June 11 at Tourist Lodge was not authorised and official but the work of some “self-styled” person with vested interest.

It therefore, informed any GB under the eight administrative units attending the “so called” meeting or contributing membership fee shall be doing on their own violation.

D D G BA f u r t h e r stated that it will hold its meeting on June 15 at 10 a.m at DDGBA’s office. Hence all DDGBA office bearers, executives and all the presidents and general secretaries of eight administrative units have been asked to attend the meeting positively.

preach about denominations but to preach about Jesus Christ. Representatives from Christian Revival Church (CRC) and Catholic Church Khuzama (CCK) also spoke at the programme.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme chaired by MISSIO project coordinator, Peace Channel, Chumdemo Odyuo began with an invocation by pastor, Baptist church Khuzama, Kevisezo.

Prof. Pardesi Lal, VC, NU and others releasing the book.

DIMAPUR: A book titled “Climate change and sustainable development: Perspective from North East India” was released by prof. Pardeshi Lal, vice-chancellor, Nagaland University at Lumami on June 10.

A press release from PRO, NU, Lumami Peter Ki stated that, prof.

Pardeshi Lal in his short speech said it was a proud moment and thanked everyone involved in the endeavour. He said that the book will be of use to students, researchers and policymakers. He shared

the simplest definition of “sustainable development” as making the best use of what nature offered and passing it on to the future generations.

The brief function was chaired by prof. Sangyu Yaden, dean, School of Sciences, wherein he said that the book was an outcome of the national seminar on climate change and sustainable development with special reference to North East India organised

by NUTA (L). The seminar was jointly funded by Nagaland University and NUTA (L).

The editors of the book were prof. Lanusashi Longkumer; Prof. Dipak S i n h a ; D r. M o a m e n la Amer; Dr. Athungo Ovung; Dr. Pranay Punj Pankaj and Dr. Pitheli K. Jimo.

The programme was also attended by Dr. Abemo, registrar; Prof. S. K. Chaturvedi, director, IQAC; Prof. Dipak Sinha, nodal officer, IPR Cell; Prof. Lanusashi Longkumer, dean, Students Welfare; Dr. Likhase Sangtam, general secretary, NUTA (L); HoDs and faculty members.

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WEATHER FORECAST June 11

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

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Aizawl

A p.m. shower or thunderstorm 30 21

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

Imphal

34 25

A p.m. shower or thunderstorm 31 21

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Bhutan Consul General calls on Acharya LKA invites application for scholarship

DIMAPUR: Consul General of Bhutan Phub Tshering called on Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya at Raj Bhavan Kohima on June 10 as a follow up to a meeting held on May 9 in Guwahati.

According to PRO to Governor, the two discussed matters related to collaborating food processing between Nagaland and Bhutan and to improve ties between the two nations.

The meeting was attended by advisor Horticulture, Mhathung Yanthan, director Horticulture, Dr.Elithung Loth, Consul of Bhutan, Sherub Phuntsho Governor Acharya with Consul General of Bhutan, Phub Tshering (left) and and officer from the governor’s secadvisor Horticulture, Mhathung Yanthan at Raj Bhavan Kohima on June 10. retariat.

Dimapur: Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA), New Delhi has invited applications for the grant of scholarship for the year of 2018-19 in the field of fine arts, ceramic, graphic, art history, art criticism, art management and art curation and documentation.

In a press statement, joint director (HoD) Art and Culture Puchosale Yore informed eligible candidates to collect the form at the directorate of Art and Culture (Art branch) during the office hour and submit it before June 25.

Poilwa hosts food festival

DIMAPUR: The first “Trout and Snail food festival” was held at Poilwa village under Peren district on June 9.

The festival was organized by Poilwa Village Council with an objective to promote indigenous aquatic species of trout fish and snails which are found in abundance at Poilwa village, DIPR report stated.

The festival was also organized with an aim to promote tourism industry in the village and as part of their endeavour to promote and develop Poilwa village into a tourist hub. Unlike other variety of fishes, the trout fish is sparsely found in Nagaland, and Poilwa village is one such area where the fish is found in abun-

dance. Interestingly, the trout fish has been tagged as the tastiest fish in Nagaland.

Speaking on the occasion, Sr. Tourist Officer, Peren expressed appreciation to the village council for organising the festival in the district. She said the festival would not only promote their indigenous food within the state but would also induce the flow of tourist once it becomes an annual event.

She also urged the villagers to come forward and be the stakeholders in promoting and developing the village into a tourist village.

Officials from the departments of IPR, Employment, Evaluation, Forest etc attended the festival.

Job fair in Zunheboto

Dimapur: Emporium skill training institute, which is an empanelled training partners of the Department of Labour and Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of Nagaland will be conducting a job fair at town hall, Zunheboto on June 18 at 11:30 am.

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Expedite chit fund probe: Tripura to Centre

Arunachal Gov apprises Shah of security scene

leaders strongly refuted the accusations. CPI-M Central Committee member and Left Front convenor Bijan Dhar said it was widely known that the CBI had been misused by the ruling parties at the Centre.

“No CPI-M leader or former Left Front ministers were involved with any chit fund organisations,” Dhar told the media, adding that “if CBI wants any information from the party leaders they would share...there is no problem in it”.

The BJP, the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have all charged the previous Left Front government with promoting illegal chit fund organisations and unauthorised NBFCs in Tripura.

The erstwhile Left Front government in Tripura had enacted a law in 2000 to deal with illegal NBFCs and chit fund organisations

and, since 2016, had began confiscating all movable and immovable properties in the state of the Rose Valley group .

Rose Valley, a Kolkatabased chit fund company, is now under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI, while the company’s sole proprietor and Chairman Gautam Kundu and other important functionaries were arrested in Kolkata in 2015.

The Tripura High Court had, in 2015, asked the state government to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the activities of unlawful NBFCs and chit fund organisations.

In May 2013, the earlier Left government had referred 37 cases related to chit fund companies and NBFCs to the CBI. The Central agency, however, took up only five cases.

Myanmar delegation arrives in Imphal

Guwahati gears up for Ambubachi Mela

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Guwahati, Jun 10 (Agencies): With the Ambubachi Mela knocking on the door, Guwahati administration is gearing up on all fronts in order to ensure proper and smooth functioning of the four-day event.

Acting in the same light, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is all set for the upcoming event starting from June 22 and will go on till June 26.

According to Northeast Today reports, GMC, which is responsible for ensuring water supply, adequate lighting, proper cleanliness of the camps and temple premises, sufficient manpower for cleaning works, etc, is all ready to set up 330 water taps in and around the Kamakhya Temple for the convenience of the devotees during the Mela.

IMPHAL, Jun 10: The secretariat of Manipur Legislative Assembly on Monday gave a local daily 24-hour time to explain its position regarding publication of “misleading” news.

In its June 9 edition, Imphal Times, an evening daily published a news item on members of the Committee on Internal Resource and Central Assistance of the Bihar Legislative Assembly enjoying “sexy dance” at border town Moreh with local girls during their study tour to Manipur last week.

The report alleged that MLA Yaduwanch Kumar Yadav of RJD, who represents Pipra (Supaul) assembly constituency and is also the chairman of the Com-

Agartala, Jun 10 (IANS): The BJP government in Tripura has asked the Centre to expedite the probe into all the 74 chit fund cases in connection with the unlawful collection of money from people by illegal chit fund organisations, an official said on Monday.

Within a month of coming to power in March last year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Tripura handed over all the 74 chit fund cases being investigated by the state government’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the illegal collection of money from people by the unauthorised chit fund operators.

In a letter to the Union Ministry of Personnel last week, the Tripura Home Department asked the for-

mer to expedite the probe into the 74 chit fund cases, a Home Department official said here.

BJP spokesman Ashok Sinha said that the previous Left Front government in the state had, in various ways, backed the unauthorised chit fund organisations and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) in looting huge amounts of money from lakhs of gullible people.

“The CPI-M (Communist Party of IndiaMarxist)-led government was averse to handing over all the cases related to chit fund organisations and NBFCs to the CBI,” he said.

Sinha, accompanied by another spokesperson, Nabendu Bhattacharjee, told the media that the BJP government’s vision was to free Tripura of corruption and the drugs menace.

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Delegates from Myanmar inspecting medical equipment in Imphal. (NP) Correspondent

the super speciality cardiac hospital.

The visiting delegation inspected the Cath-lab, CTVS Operation Theatre, Post OP ITU, ICCU and other facilities available in the hospital.

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Diphu Jun 10: Assam Police have arrested five cadres of Karbi Peoples Liberation Tiger anti talk faction (KPLT) from different places of Karbi Anglong district, West Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao.

The operation was jointly launched by police forces of Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao. “The joint police force after successive operations, which lasted for several days, arrested the ultras from various locations.

All the five are involved in heinous crime including extortion, kidnapping, murder and rhino poaching,” said Dilip Kumar Dey D. I. G Central Range on Monday.

The whole operation was conducted by officers of Karbi Anglong police with active support from police of other districts.

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Assam gover nment provided ample scope to KPLT to surrender and join the mainstream but they choose easy money by committing crimes, said Dey. Around 254 pro-talk KPLT have come over ground and have expressed willingness to lead normal lives added Dey. The arrested KPLT cadres have been identified as Ritesh Teron, Mansing Tokbi, Bister Hansey, Malthus Rongpi and Harsing Ingti. One .34 calibre pistol, three .25 calibre pistol and several rounds of ammuni-

tion, six mobile phones, large number of SIM cards and incriminating documents including demand notes have been recovered from the arrested persons.

“This operation will certainly diminish the rate of ultra related crimes from the hill areas of Assam and will help to minimize rhino poaching in Kagiranga National Park. However Karbi Anglong Police will continue offensive against the ultras, particularly against the poachers,” said Gaurave Upadhay, Superintendent of Police Karbi Anglong.

Explain ‘misleading’ news , Mnp Assembly tells local daily mittee, and other MLAs were caught in camera while dancing with local girls during their visit to the border town on June 1.

“Yes those MLA are caught in camera while enjoying sexy dance with teenage girls in a room in the border town on Myanmar side,” the daily reported while informing that the video clip of the event is available in Imphal Times youtube channel.

PRO of the Manipur Legislative Assembly secretariat while making a clarification on the news

item published under the caption “Caught in camera, Bihar MLAs enjoy sexy dance with local girls in Indo-Myanmar border town” said that it was a “misleading” news.

Similar news were also published in some other local papers, the PRO said while denying that the persons caught in the camera were neither MLAs from Bihar or officials of Bihar Legislative Assembly who visited the state from May 31 to June 3 on official tour. “The news item is misleading and was aimed

at tarnishing the image of the visiting VIPs as well as the Manipur Legislative Assembly,” the PRO stated.

It further clarified that officials of the Manipur Legislative Assembly secretariat, who accompanied the visiting committee, provided only the protocol assistance to the visiting MLAs and was not involved in any activity as was reported in the media.

In the news report, it was alleged that the visiting Bihar MLAs were guided by staff of the Manipur State Legislative Assembly.

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IMPHAL, Jun 10: A Myanmar delegation led by the chief minister of Magway division, Dr Aung Moe Nyo arrived in Imphal on Sunday to take part in a India-Myanmar Conference to be held on June 11 under the theme, “Connecting India’s North East with North West Region of Myanmar: Roadmap for All Round Prosperity”.

On Monday, the delegates visited some hospitals in Imphal to assess the healthcare facilities and infrastructures in the hos-

pitals. Impressed by healthcare facilities available in hospitals in Manipur, Dr Nyo said, “the healthcare facilities available in the hospitals in Imphal are far better than in my country. I would like to accommodate patients from Myanmar for treatment here.”

They first assessed the healthcare infrastructures being installed at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) hospital, Imphal.

The Myanmar delegation also paid a visit to SKY Hospital, Imphal and assessed the healthcare facilities and infrastructure available at

G u wa h a t i , J u n 10 (IANS): Arunachal Pradesh Governor B.D. Mishra met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his office in the North Block, here on Monday, and briefed him about the security scenario in the state.

Mishra talked about strengthening the state police by adopting modern techniques, providing adequate fund for accommodation to lower-level personnel and mobility. He also stressed upgradation of riot control training and equipments.

The gover nor also shared with the Home Minister the anguish of the people against militancy and barbaric killing of MLA Tirong Aboh and 10 others in May.

Five KPLT cadres arrested in Assam

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t least eight persons were killed in post-poll violence between TMC and BJP workers and the situation in many parts of Bengal is stated to be tense. The violence in Bengal is the consequence of the fight for political dominance between the two parties that has thrown the state into a political frenzy and pushing it further to brinkmanship. When TMC swept Bengal in the 2011 assembly elections by decimating the ruling Left Front which had ruled the state for a record 34 years, it aligned with Congress and it alone won 184 seats out of 294. In the next assembly election, the TMC won by another huge landslide winning 211 seats out of 294. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, TMC won 34, Congress 4 and BJP and CPM two each. Prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, boasted that her party would win all 42 seats; a hope order to be propelled as the likely prime ministerial candidate of the opposition minus the Congress. The results of the recently concluded Lok Sabha election has dealt a huge blow to Mamata’s ambition as her party could win only 22 seats while the BJP stunned everybody by winning 18 seats and the Congress barely able to win only two seats. The Left has been on a decline and finally ended its chapter when it drew a blank.

The overwhelming shift of the Left Front’s vote share to the BJP helped it to win a record number of seats in the TMC bastion. As expected, the breakdown of the Congress-CPI(M) seat sharing talks ended up hurting the ruling party in the state since the BJP was able to bag the bulk of the anti-incumbency votes. Had the alliance worked out, it would have eaten into BJP’s share of such voters, which would have been advantage TMC. Compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the Left’s vote share of 29% dwindled to about 7% this time.

The BJP, which had around 17% votes in 2014, secured around 41% this time- almost close to Trinamool Congress’ 43%. The massive increase from just two seats in 2014 to 18 seats in 2019 was a signal that the BJP was ready to take over Bengal. What seemed clear is that the majority of the Hindu votes went to the BJP’s kitty, while the Muslim voters backed the TMC. The BJP adopted a clear and bold strategy to win the support of Bengali Hindus especially immigrants by promising to legislate the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016. Both TMC and BJP are equally responsible for the violence in Bengal. The goons who were the foot soldiers of the Left joined TMC to suppress rival supporters and also capture booths during polls. Some of the goons left TMC to join BJP and the clashes were not unexpected. The BJP is desperate to wrest Bengal from the TMC while the latter is also equally determined to retain Bengal that gave the party a significant presence at the national level. The clashes between TMC and BJP supporters is certain to become more intense in the days ahead as leaders of both parties in the state have turned it into a do-or-die fight. The state goes to polls in 2021 and the BJP would do anything to dethrone TMC and thus, it is already in the process.

DailyDevotion And After That What’s Next To Do? …seek, and you will find… —Luke 11:9 Seek if you have not found. “You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss…” (James 4:3). If you ask for things from life instead of from God, “you ask amiss”; that is, you ask out of your desire for selffulfillment. The more you fulfill yourself the less you will seek God. “…seek, and you will find….” Get to work— narrow your focus and interests to this one thing. Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you simply given Him a feeble cry after some emotionally painful experience? “…seek, [focus,] and you will find….”

“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters…”

(Isaiah 55:1). Are you thirsty, or complacent and indifferent— so satisfied with your own experience that you want nothing more of God? Experience is a doorway, not a final goal. Beware of building your faith on experience, or your life will not ring true and will only sound the note of a critical spirit. Remember that you can never give another person what you have found, but you can cause him to have a desire for it. “…knock, and it will be opened to you” (Luke 11:9). “Draw near to God…” (James 4:8). Knock— the door is closed, and your heartbeat races as you knock.

“Cleanse your hands…” (James 4:8). Knock a bit louder— you begin to find that you are dirty. “…purify your hearts…” (James 4:8). It is becoming even more personal— you are desperate and serious now— you will do anything. “Lament…” (James 4:9). Have you ever lamented, expressing your sorrow before God for the condition of your inner life? There is no thread of selfpity left, only the heart-rending difficulty and amazement which comes from seeing what kind of person you really are. “Humble yourselves…” (James 4:10). It is a humbling experience to knock at God’s door— you have to knock with the crucified thief. “…to him who knocks it will be opened” (Luke 11:10).

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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. ~ W. Somerset Maugham

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Nagas and the anatomy of deeply divided societies

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n his book, Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies, the noted peace theorist and activist John Paul Lederach delineates what he calls ‘characteristics of deeply divided societies.’ By the phrase ‘deeply divided societies,’ Lederach refers to societies that are experiencing ‘armed conflicts.’

Lederach begins his discussion by highlighting several starting points for considering such societies.

He says that (a) theoretical paradigms that are relevant for understanding international conflicts are often inapplicable for suchconflicting societies; (b) the vast majority of armed conflicts take place in the developing world; (c) most of these conflicts are intranational in scope, that is, they are between groups within the boundaries of a defined state; (d) although these conflicts may be intranational, they internationalise to the degree that some participants, especially opposition movements, inhabit neighbouring countries, weaponry and financial assistance flow in from surrounding or more distant regions, and refugees cross national borders; (e) such conflicts contribute to regional instability and conflict; and (f) the easy availability of light weaponry with which these conflicts are mostly fought contributes to the volatility and the capacity of the conflictants over long periods.

Having highlighted these observations, Lederach identifies four factors that interact in deeply divid-

ed societies. The first is the ‘narrowing of identities.’ In societies of armed conflicts, cohesion and identity tend to form along increasingly narrow lines than those of national citizenship. This narrowing is caused by deep and long-standing roots of distrust and fear coupled with immediate experiences of violence, atrocities, and division.

Geography also plays an important role in narrowing of identities. Because intranational conflicts, unlike international conflicts, take place in localised contexts, the immediacy of the conflict is felt all the more, with the result that people seek security and identity in increasingly smaller groups.

The unit of identity and cohesion may be the clan, ethnicity, religion, geographic and regional affiliation, or a mix of all these. While ideology and class are often not the lines along which identities are drawn in most of such conflicts, they are often underlying forces that leaders of conflicting groups exploit for domination and control. One of the consequences of a narrowing of identities is a breakdown of centralised authority and, sometimes, of state infrastructure.

The second (twofold) characteristic of deeply divided societies is directly related to the first, and they are: factionalism and diffusion of power. A recurring complexity of most intranational contemporary conflicts is the multiplicity of groups or factions, each vying for power and control.

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NSCN (I-M) rejoinder to ‘Nagaland and her political voyage’

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his is in reference to S.C. Jamir’s political article “Nagaland and her political voyage”. It is a matter of historical fact that it was Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India who torched the fire of mayhem in Nagalim by sending Indian armed forces in 1954 in Nagalim to suppress the sovereign right of the Nagas. He was, however, desperately unsuccessful as he had driven the Nagas beyond the border.

Though the Nehru government unleashed the most brutal form of oppression and atrocity upon the Nagas, God forbid Nehru’s wildest dream to materialize. His government went even to the extent of formulating colonial policy of suppressing the movement of the Nagas through the Nagas. Accordingly, the socalled 16-point agreement was made to sign in the stolen name of the Naga people solely with an eye to uproot the movement of the Nagas on the one hand and divide the Nagas on the other. And that S.C. Jamir was one of the architects of that agreement. He was groomed and nurtured by the Government of India with the one-point agenda of crushing the Naga political movement no matter how diabolic it may be.

Truly, Jamir inherited the political trait of Nehru and he came down upon the Nagas political struggle no less satanic than Nehru.

As seen from his narrative, Jamir is crafty enough to touch on Indo-Naga political history again and again, but to rock it in the manner that contradicts the actual political process.

The historic Framework Agreement of 3rd August, 2015 is being handled very cautiously by Government of India and NSCN given the fact that it is a very sensitive and vital issue.

It is however, a matter of great indignation that Jamir

acted in the manner as if he is privy to the agreement. It is an exercise of irresponsibility on the part of Jamir to have taken the liberty of giving his own interpretation on the issues of Naga sovereignty and integration to creating confusion in the minds of the Naga people and the world.

He talked of factionalism and fragmented organizations in the Naga political movement. But, the fact is that he himself is one high profile Naga leader who sponsored factionalism to serve vested interests, particularly to weaken NSCN, the mainstream organization.

When Jamir talked of the present predicament faced by the Nagas, his hands are not innocent. Multiple governments and multiple taxations are all rooted in divisive and diabolic policy which he executed with derisive pleasure during his hay time as Nagaland Chief Minister. Talking on Naga political voyage in an evangelical style and shedding crocodile’s tears on disunity among the Naga national workers is but hypocrisy.

In the context of Jamir’s deceitful concern for Naga political predicament, nothing can be far from truth for the Naga people know him to the bone. It is painful to recall the horror of brutality of the Indian armed forces under Nehru and a number of innocent Nagas killed through S.C.Jamir’s bloody policy targeting NSCN and its support groups and communities. However, NSCN has declared its stand that it has forgiven all the past mistakes committed against the people and nation in the name of Jesus. No one should harden his heart against his own people, his own nation and his own children. All Nagasshould unite in the declared national line through forgiveness.

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liances, and the autonomy of action within groups and subgroups, means that in contexts of conflict, power is diffuse (i.e., lacking clarity) and in contrast to more stable societies where power issues out of a statist hierarchy of one sort or another.

The consequence of this diffusion of power is, first, that the command and control of individual leaders over their respective groups and their actions is never easy to assess; and, second, establishing appropriate mechanisms of representation and decision-making for the population becomes extremely difficult.

A third characteristic of deeply divided societies is that the conflicts that these societies find themselves caught in are often protracted and intractable. This means that the perceptions and stereotyping, animosity, fear, and hatred among groups are deep-rooted, passing from one generation to another. When this longstanding nature of these conflicts is coupled with the sense of vulnerability that proximity with and immediacy of the enemy generates, a dynamic of socio-psychological perceptions, emotions, and subjective experiences that have little to do with substantive original differences or issues begins to drive and sustain the conflict. Over time, conflict comes to be accepted by all parties involved as the way of group survival and self-preservation, and not as something that is oppressive and detrimental to all involved.

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contemporar y conflicts is the absence or limited availability of formal governmental or international mechanisms for dealing with the conflict. The founding charters of key international organisations, such as the United Nations Organisation, lay out strict limitations against intervention in the internal affairs of its member-states. Moreover, the traditional paradigms of these organisations in approaching conflicts remain limited to international, statist diplomacy. Thus, given that most of these conflicts are internal or intranational by nature, recourse to resolving conflicts through international bodies becomes very limited.

The Naga conflict is a case where Lederach’s analysis of a deeply divided society applies more or less completely. All the starting points highlighted by Lederach can be illustrated by the Naga conflict: It is taking place in the developing world; it is intranational in scope, in the sense that the conflict is located within the boundaries of a defined state (namely, India and/or Burma); that it has been internationalised in the sense that many of the conflictants have their bases in and operate out of neighbouring regions and nations, weaponr y and other assistance flow in from neighbouring and more distant nations, and that the conflict has been a major contributor to the instability of the region.

More importantly, Lederach’s four characteristics of deeply divided societies precisely articulate the

predicament of contemporary Naga society. First, the conflict is marked by an ever-narrowing of identities.

The Naga conflict began with the idealistic assertion of a ‘Naga identity’ that was distinct from and opposed to Indian national citizenship. It was thus a formation and assertion of an identity narrower than that of Indian citizenship.

As the conflict progressed, due to deep traditional roots of intra-Naga enmity and distrust, and contemporary experiences of manipulation, violence, atrocities, and division, there has been an ever-increasing tendency towards (a return to) smaller groups and subgroups. Ideological and political groups are also increasingly along narrow regional, tribal,and clan affiliations.

Factionalism is one of the biggest problems besetting Naga society. The phenomenon, besides terribly complicating the IndoNaga political issue, has become a scourge in day-today Naga life. What began as one national movement for independence has now fragmented into several factions, all armed and vying for domination and control. Added to this are the various tribal organisations and other public bodies, each claiming to represent ‘the people.’ The consequence of this is a confused diffusion of power and the absence of an effective centralised authority. This, in turn, means that the different groups and subgroups become unaccountable and autonomous in their actions. It also means that decision-making processes

for the general population becomes extremely difficult and decisions made are often ineffective.

The Naga conflict is also one of the longeststanding conflicts in the world. This means that the fear, animosity, and hatred among the various groups are being passed on from generation to generation.

Most Nagas living today have little sense of life without conflict, and conflict is taken as ‘normal.’ Such is the predicament that Naga society today finds itself in.

And such, too, is the setting for the quest for Naga reconciliation.

About the author: Kethoser (Aniu) Kevichusa is a speaker and trainer with RZIM Life Focus Society.

Following his undergraduate degree in English Literature, Aniu studied theology, earning a BD from Union Biblical Seminary and an MTh from the University of Oxford. As a Langham Scholar, Aniu earned a PhD from Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and Middlesex University, London.

Aniu is the author of the award-winning monograph Forgiveness and Politics: A Critical Appraisal.

Aniu has researched political ethics and focuses on theology, biblical studies, apologetics, politics, peace studies, and ethics.

Aniu has spoken in various settings and has contributed to publications, both at the academic and the popular level. He lives with his wife, Ono, and their three young sons in Nagaland.

Kethoser (Aniu) Kevichusa

The real anti-Nagas

f there is a term I abhor, it’s antiNaga; because, for something to be anti anything, it must be completely opposite to or against that thing. And Nagas hailing from different tribes, with different customs and traditions and following different denominations of Christianity, if not different religions; it is difficult to find anything which is completely against everything that all Nagas stand for or hold dear.

But if there’s one thing that all Nagas have in common, it is our ownership of our lands and our rights to it. Every Naga from all tribes, holds full or partial ownership or rights to a part of our land, no matter how big or small it may be. Our land has shaped us and defines us. So, anyone seeking to deprive us of our rights to our land threatens our identity and our very existence.

With this in mind, I have no qualms in labeling Dr. Nicky Kire, and those who support his statement that Article 371A is the biggest stumbling block to development in Nagaland, as anti-Naga. Let us be clear that Dr. Kire has made the only public statement in support of Corruption in the history of Nagaland. For it is a fact that it is corrupt Legislators like him and their Bureaucratic and Technocratic lackeys who are the only obstacles to development in Nagaland, not the right to ownership of our land as enshrined in Article 371A(iv) of the Indian Constitution.

It is common knowledge that before any project gets off the ground, deductions are made under various heads, sometimes going up to 35% of the Project estimate, with the money going into the pockets of these hyenas and vultures. When you have deducted a huge sum of money for any developmental project before a single brick is laid, you rarely have enough money left to pay compensation to the landowner and complete the project. By citing Article 371A as a stumbling block to development, Dr. Kire has implied that its alright for those mysterious deductions to be made, and since they cannot complete the projects if they pay the landowners, lets blame the landowners.

The Late Mr. Ihoshe Kinimi, Ato Kukau (Head G.B.) of Lumami Village took a nominal sum of one rupee for the land on which Nagaland University is established, even then, because of greed and tribalism, it was many years before it became a reality. The Doyang Hydro-Electric Project was completed even though every inch of land was compensated for at the highest possible evaluation; the only major problem

arose when the Lotha landowners felt they were being cheated by the engineer in charge, Lanu Toy. The present broad gauge railway line is proceeding fine, with all the land owners along the way being amply compensated.

So, it does not matter whether landowners seek or refuse compensation, a project is estimated taking either eventuality into consideration. What the Project cannot estimate for is the percentage to be deducted to sate the gluttony of Naga Legislators and Bureaucrats. Directly controlled Central Projects are completed because Nagas cannot get their greedy little paws on it, not because landowners refuse or ask for compensation.

Indian parliament has changed the laws on land, the rights of the landowner and acquisition and compensation a number of times; from it being a Fundamental Right under Article 19, to its removal as a Fundamental Right by the 44th. Amendment in 1978 and its restoration under the Right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, (which guarantees the landowner

a minimum monetary compensation for his land).

Article 371A has protected us from the vagaries of the above changes and ensures it remains a Fundamental Right of the Nagas. Any person who speaks against it is a Anti-Naga. I would like to assure Mr. Solomon Angami (who wrote the touching appeal on behalf of his widowed aunt) and all other landowners across Nagaland that the rights to our land are absolute; we can choose to forgo compensation or demand it as our right.

If Dr. Nicky Kire really believes that Article 371A is a stumbling block to development in Nagaland, I challenge him to use his right as a Legislator and introduce a Bill in the State Assembly to abrogate or amend the said article.

There are 59 other Legislators in Nagaland representing 59 constituencies; I’m certain all Nagas across Nagaland would be anxious to know the views of our elected representatives on this issue. God save Nagaland Kahuto Chishi Sumi, Akukau (G.B.) Hevishe Village, Khaghaboto Range, Dimapur, (Kahuto107@gmail.com)

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Long live our cars!

Everytime out there on the road, the repeated question nowadays is – will our cars live long enough to enjoy the four-lane when it’s finally completed?

Complaining citizens at every turn is so very unwelcomed but the way there are gorges to fly over, mountains and rivers to navigate and guess their heights and depths, side roads to squeeze through, offroad challenges you cannot turn down etc. – many of our cars will not live to enjoy the dream! Come the inauguration day and most of our cars may end up weeping in some garage corner to have never seen the light of day! Their mouths watering and restless to come out but their bodies and engines all gone, wounded and massaged beyond recovery. We may weep with them but end up saying that this dream was not meant for them, alas. Some have already disappeared, now they will never experience what they were meant for. What a journey they have had: Came into this world shining and kicking but ended up here on this side of the world to be grinded all their lives by our potholes and traffic and now just when things looked to be brightening up, to have smelt good but dying before time again! For the dust, one can only ask, if cars could sneeze, what a sneeze Nagaland would be experiencing today! We can only assure them that this is not a sand storm, that we are not in Sahara desert and it will get over with some rain and this dust will turn to mud!

By and large the concerned people are doing a great job and we citizens are thankful. And as expected, the road construction has taken centre stage, however a humble request is that even as the construction is going on fullswing, may you kindly provide us with a more car-friendly background. A background that will keep our cars long enough to enjoy the dream-day! Of course as always, at the end of the day it is not the cars but more so human lives that are in line!

Rain Vakha, Seitheke Basa 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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DU’s new admission norms challenged in Delhi HC

NEW DELHI, JUN 10 (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Monday sought Delhi University’s reply on why it had amended its criteria for admissions just a day before opening of registration for admissions.

Responding to a plea challenging the new eligibility norms for undergraduate commerce and economics honours courses, a division bench of Justices Anu Malhotra and Talwant Singh observed that there was arbitrariness in amending the criteria. The court asked the Centre, Delhi University and the University Grants Commission to file a reply

by June 14, the next date of hearing. The lawyer has said

that DU’s decision to amend the criteria at the last moment was in violation of the principle of natural justice.

As per new norms, 50 per cent marks in Mathematics in class 12 is mandatory for applying for admission in undergraduate commerce courses, which was not followed earlier, the advocate said. He said in a similar way, for applying for admission in BA Economics honours, Maths has to be a part of the top four subjects, which he said was arbitrary.

Earlier B.Com honours and Economics honours, the two course at DU, required Maths as a subject in Class 12, however, it was not necessary to include it

in the best of four subjects, but securing passing marks was a must. Similar changes were made in various other programmes, the plea said.

Bagri has requested the court to continue with the admissions for undergraduate courses for 2019-20 in DU as per the old eligibility criteria. The registration for admissions in DU commenced on May 30 and will close on June 14. In his plea, Bagri has said that the court directs the authorities concerned that at least one year prior notice be given in case there is a proposal for a minor change in the prevailing admission criteria for any undergraduate or other courses.

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Praful appears before ED in aviation scam PMLA probe case New Delhi, Jun 10 (PTI): Former civil aviation minister and NCP leader Praful Patel Monday appeared before the ED in connection with a money laundering probe related to losses suffered by Air India as part of an alleged multicrore aviation scam, officials said. Patel appeared before the agency around 10:30 am here, they said.

His statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and he is expected to face a series of questions.

The case emerges from a criminal complaint registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged irregularities in fixing air slots for international airlines that purportedly led to losses for Air India, the national aviation carrier.

Patel, 62, has also been named in a recent charge sheet filed by the federal agency before a court as a person known to alleged aviation lobbyist Deepak Talwar, arrested by the ED sometime back.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, who was in-charge of the civil aviation ministry between 2004 and 2011, has

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not been mentioned as an accused in the case.

Sources had told PTI that the ED had already questioned a number of people in the senior management of the state-owned airline and the aviation ministry.

Patel, a Rajya Sabha MP, was expected to be quizzed about the statements and revelations made

by Talwar, officials said.

The ED charge sheet in the case named Talwar and claimed he was in regular touch with Patel.

It has alleged that Talwar finalised various communications addressed to Patel on behalf of Emirates and Air Arabia.

Talwar obtained undue favours for the private airlines using his contacts, according to the charge sheet.

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The Commission gave its decision on as many complaints filed by the Congress against Modi, alleging violation of the model code.

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The EC was asked to provide information on its conclusion of no violations of model code of conduct (or providing clean chit) by the prime minister during his various poll speeches.

The Commission was also asked to give details of each complaints, copy of minutes of meetings in which final decisions on the complaints were taken and the details of dissent given by any of the Election Commissioners while finalising the matter.

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T h e d eve l o p m e n t s came after Sidhu, who moved from the BJP to the Congress just before 2017 assembly polls, had skipped a cabinet meeting and instead chose to address the media at his official residence on Thursday.

Tension between Singh and Sidhu had come out in the open last month when the chief minister had blamed the cricketer-turnedpolitician’s “inept handling” of the local government department for the “poor performance” of the Congress in the urban areas in the Lok Sabha polls.

The chief minister had also said the urban votebank had been the backbone of the Congress in Punjab but Sidhu’s “failure” to do any development work had impacted the party.

NEW DELHI, JUN 10 (PTI): The Election Commission has declined to share details on alleged poll code violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other politicians during the Lok Sabha election campaign and subsequent clean chits given to them, saying compilation of the information would disproportionately divert its resources.

In a reply to an RTI query, the poll body also declined to provide a copy of file noting of dissent notes given by one of the two Election Commissioners while deciding on the cases of violations of the model code of conduct by the prime minister.

“It is informed that that complaints of violation of model code of conduct are dealt in the concerned territorial sections. The information sought by you is not available in the compiled form and compilation of the same will disproportionately divert the resources. In this regard you may refer to Section 7 (9) of the RTI Act, 2005,” the Election Commission said in its reply to the RTI query filed by this journalist.

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CHANDIGARH, JUN 10 (PTI): Punjab minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu Monday met party president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi and apprised him of the “situation” in the state, days after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh divested him of the crucial local government department. “Met the Congress President, handed him my letter, appraised him of the situation !” Sidhu tweeted.

The cricketer-turnedpolitician also posted a picture in which he seen along with Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and senior leader Ahmed Patel.

Sidhu had made attempts to meet Rahul Gandhi last week after he was divested of the local government and tourism and cultural affairs departments in a cabinet rejig. He was given the power

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That $4.7 billion is nearly as much as the USD 5.1 billion brought in by the United States news industry as a whole from digital advertising last year, the report said.

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“The current dynamics in the relationships between the platforms and our industry are devastating,” Egger said.

The NMA is making the study public in advance of a House subcommittee hearing on Tuesday on the interrelationship of big tech companies and the media.

Some 40 % of the clicks on Google’s trending queries are for news.

That’s content that Google does not pay for, the report said, although it often presents headlines from news outlets verbatim.

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Washington, Jun 10 (PTI): Google made a whopping $4.7 billion from the work of journalists last year via search and Google News, taking a huge cut from the online ad revenue of media houses which lost a crucial source of income, resulting in many of them getting shrunk or closed, a media report said.

News is a significant part of Google’s business, according to a study to be released on Monday by the News Media Alliance (NMA) which represents more than 2,000 newspapers across the US. The journalists who create that content deserve a cut of that USD 4.7 billion, president and chief executive of the NMA David Chavern was quoted as saying by The New York

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MSI also slashed production of compact segment cars by 9.54 percent to 84,705 units in May from 93,641 units in corresponding month of last year. Production of utility vehicles also witnessed a decline of 3.21 percent to 24,748 units, as against 25,571 units in May last year.

The company said production of vans declined by 34.99 percent to 10,934 units last month compared to 16,819 units in May 2018.

MSI had cut production by around 10 percent across its factories in April.

In March, the company had reported a production cut of 20.9 percent across its factories. In February, the company had cut production by over 8 percent to 1,48,959 units from 1,62,524 units produced in the yearago month.

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Mumbai, Jun 10 (PTI): The rupee surrendered all its early gains and closed 19 paise lower at 69.65 against the US dollar Monday amid strengthening of the greenback against Asian currencies and rising crude oil prices.

At the interbank foreign exchange (forex), the domestic currency opened at 69.40 a dollar and gained further strength to touch a high of 69.38 during the day.

The domestic currency, however, could not hold on to the gains and fell to 69.68.

The rupee finally settled at 69.65 a dollar, down 19 paise over its previous close.

The Indian unit had settled at 69.46 against the US dollar Friday.

New Delhi, Jun 10 (PTI): The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has cut vehicle production by over 18 percent in May, according to a regulatory filing. It is the company’s fourth consecutive month of taking a production cut.

The car market leader produced a total of 1,51,188 units in May, including Super Carry LCV, down 18.1 percent from 1,84,612 units in the year-ago month, MSI said in the filing.

Barring Super Carry, the company reduced production of all other segments, including that of its big selling compact and mini cars last month. MSI slashed production of passenger vehicles, including Alto, Swift and Dzire, by 18.88 percent to 1,48,095 as compared to 1,82,571 units in May 2018.

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other non-core assets to the newly-created SPV to attract bidder interest for the carrier. As total debt of the airline has since gone up to about Rs 58,000 crore, the transaction advisor has suggested shifting more debt to the SPV so that private parties’ liabilities come down.

“When bankers are finding it tough to get a buyer for Jet Airways, it will certainly be very difficult to convince investors to take over Air India. It is generally believed that foreign traffic rights is a big asset of Air India but following the experience after Jet Airways it is common knowledge as to how can an airline get bilateral seat quota,” said an aviation analyst at one of the big four global consultancies.

But a senior aviation ministry official said that the buyer of Air India would get most lucrative international routes, trained manpower, best flying times and a considerably big fleet.

“I don’t think higher losses would deter the buyers from bidding for the airline. Of course, it will affect level of interest but there would definitely be some interest this time,” he said.

New Delhi, Jun 10 (PTI): Gold prices rose by Rs 110 to Rs 33,730 per 10 gram in the national capital Monday on fresh buying from jewellers despite the precious metal losing steam overseas, according to the All India Sarafa Association.

Silver, however, declined by Rs 500 to Rs 37,850 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

Traders attributed the rise in gold prices to pick up in demand from local jewellers in the domestic spot market, but said a weak trend overseas capped the gains.

Globally, spot gold was trading lower at USD 1,327 an ounce in New York amid easing global trade war concerns after the United States dropped its threat to impose tariffs on Mexico, which reduced the precious metal’s safe-haven appeal.

Meanwhile, silver was also quoting lower at USD 14.82 an ounce.

In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity surged

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sion of interest (EoI). This forced the government to put off the sale process.

It maintained that the plan would be taken up once the operating environment in the aviation sector improved. Impending general election was another reason for putting the plan on hold.

As the Modi government has returned with a thumping majority, it is now keen to complete its unfinished agenda from the previous term.

“The plan is to sell the airline within 100 days. The accounts for last fiscal is in the process of being closed so that bidding process could start at the earliest.

This time, the government is in no mood to relent on the sale of Air India,” an official source told IANS. In order to sweeten the deal for Air India this time, the government is likely to offer entire 100 per cent stake in the airline and consider transaction advisor EY’s suggestion to transfer more debt to a special purpose vehicle (SPV).

The previous Modi government had decided to transfer debt amounting Rs 29,464 crore along with

“Indian rupee was unable to hold the morning gains amid higher crude oil prices and stronger dollar against Asian currencies,” said V K Sharma, HeadPCG & Capital Market Strategy, HDFC securities.

The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, rose 0.34 per cent to 96.87.

However, gains in domestic equities and foreign fund inflows supported the rupee and capped its losses to some extent, they added.

The BSE benchmark Sensex Monday rose 169 points, led by gains in IT stocks amid positive global cues. The NSE barometer Nifty gained 52 points to reclaim the 11,900 level.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.14 per cent to USD 63.38 per barrel.

Meanwhile, the 10year gover nment bond yield was at 7.07 per cent on Monday.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net buyers in the capital markets, putting in Rs 216.20 crore Monday, provisional data showed.

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New Delhi, Jun 10 (IANS): In what could make Air India sale an uphill task for the government, the national carrier could report highest-ever loss of over Rs 7,600 crore in financial year 2018-19 on account of low fleet utilization and high fuel prices among others.

An official source said the total revenue in the previous fiscal stood close to Rs 26,000 crore. The airline has gone into losses ever since its merger with Indian Airlines in 2007. The massive fleet order cleared by the UPA government continues to weigh on its books.

“In the first two months of the fiscal we have seen 2025 per cent increase in our sales. If, restriction from Pakistani airspace is withdrawn, we can still make operating profit,” he said.

The airline’s financial has shown signs of improvement following suspension of Jet Airways flights in April.

The government had last year set the ball rolling for Air India’s disinvestment offering 76 per cent equity stake to private parties but the plan proved to be a damp squib -- not a single investor turned up to submit expres-

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“We won’t be able to do miracles, but we are trying as best as we can to do prevent its failure,” Maas said.

However, Europe has yet to be able to offer Iran a way to get around the newly imposed US sanctions. Meanwhile, a July 7 deadline - imposed by Iran - looms for Europe to find a way to save the unraveling deal. Otherwise, Iran has warned it will resume enriching uranium closer to weapons-grade levels.

Though Zarif made a point to shake Maas’ hands before the cameras, his comments marked a sharp departure for the US-educated diplomat who helped secure the nuclear deal, alongside the relatively moderate President Hassan Rouhani.

They came after Maas spoke about Israel, an archenemy of Iran’s government.

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IAEA said that while stocks of uranium and heavy water had increased, they were still within the limits set by the JCPOA. “As I have constantly emphasised, the nuclearrelated commitments entered into by Iran under the JCPOA represent a significant gain for nuclear verification,” Amano said.

“It is essential that Iran fully implements its nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA,” he added.

The latest IAEA report noted that “technical discussions... are ongoing” with Iran in relation to its installation of up to 33 advanced IR-6 centrifuges, but did not specify the content of these discussions.

A l s o o n M o n d ay, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas held talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on the future of the JCPOA.

Islamabad, Jun 10 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday warned of legal action against those who do not declare their undisclosed assets by June 30, as the cash-strapped government ramps up efforts to fix the country’s economy.

Addressing the nation ahead of the federal budget for fiscal year 2019-20 to be announced Tuesday, Khan said. “We will need to change ourselves if we want to become a great country.”

“I am appealing to all of you to take part in the Asset Declaration Scheme that we have brought, because if we don’t pay taxes, we will not be able to raise our country up,” Khan said.

The premier said that people have until June 30 to declare their benami assets, benami bank accounts and money that was kept abroad.

Benami is a term used for a transaction, contract, or property that is made or held under a name that is fictitious or is that of a third party who holds as ostensible owner for the principal or beneficial owner.

“After June 30, you will not get this opportunity,”

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he said. “Our agencies have information about who has benami accounts and benami properties,” the premier said.

“This was never available to us before therefore take advantage of this scheme. Give Pakistan the benefit. Fix your children’s future. [Give us] the chance that we get this country to stand on its own two feet

and take people out of poverty,” he said.

“My Pakistanis, in the past ten years Pakistan’s debt went from Rs 6,000 billion to Rs 30,000 billion,” he said.

Khan said that the damage that this had caused to the country was that the annual tax collected was approximately Rs 4,000 billion, half of which went towards repaying loans “they” had taken.

“This country cannot cover its expenses on the money that is left behind,” he added.

Pakistan recently reached a preliminary agreement with the IMF for a USD 6 billion bailout.

“Pakistan is the country that unfortunately gives the least tax in the world but is among the few countries that give the most charity.”

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COLOMBO, JUN 10 (PTI): A three-member committee appointed to probe the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed 258 people, including 11 Indians, Monday submitted its final report to President Maithripala Sirisena.

Supreme Court Justice Vijith Malalgoda, who headed the committee, handed over the report to President Sirisena. Other members of the committee - former ministerial secretary Padmasiri Jayamanne and former police chief N K Ilangakoon - were also present.

The details of the report were immediately not available.

President Sirisena appointed the committee on April 22 to probe into the Easter bombings and identify its root causes along with other related matters.

The ad hoc investigation body had submitted two interim reports on the investigations to the President on earlier occasions.

Nine suicide bombers, including a woman, carried out a series of devastating blasts that tore through St Anthony’s Church in Colombo, St Sebastian’s Church in the western coastal town of Negombo and another church in the eastern town of Batticaloa, and three high-end hotels frequented by tourists in the country’s deadliest violence since the devastating civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended in 2009.

The Islamic State claimed the attacks, but the government blamed local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ) for the bombings.

A total of 106 suspects, including a Tamil medium teacher and a school principal, have been arrested in connection with the blasts.

President Sirisena suspended police chief Pujith Jayasundara and dismissed his top defence official Hemasiri Fernando after it was found that there were intelligence failures before the attacks.

principle and is completely non-negotiable,” Maas said.

“It is a result of our history and it’s irrevocable and doesn’t just change because I am currently in Tehran.”

Zarif then grew visibly angry, offering a list of Mideast problems ranging from al-Qaeda to the bombing of Yemeni civilians he blamed on the US and its allies, namely Saudi Arabia.

“If one seeks to talk about instability in this region, those are the other parties who should be held responsible,” Zarif said.

Zarif ’s shar p tone likely comes from Iran’s growing frustration with Europe, as well as the evertightening American sanctions targeting the country.

Iran’s national currency, the rial, is currently trading at nearly 130,000 to USD 1. It had been 32,000 to the dollar at the time of the 2015 deal. That has wiped away people’s earnings, as well as driven up prices on nearly every good in the country.

European nations had pledged to create a mechanism called INSTEX, which would allow Iran to continue to trade for humanitarian goods despite American sanctions. However, that program has yet to really take off, something Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman noted before Zarif and Maas spoke to reporters.

Vienna, Jun 10 (AFP): The UN’s nuclear watchdog said Monday it was “worried about increasing tensions” over Iran’s nuclear programme, after Tehran said it might stop respecting more elements of a 2015 international deal.

“I... hope that ways can be found to reduce current tensions through dialogue,” International Atomic Energy Agency director general Yukiya Amano said in a speech opening the agency’s quarterly board of governors meeting.

On May 8, Iran announced it no longer considered itself bound to keep to the limits of stocks of heavy water and enriched uranium which were agreed as part of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Tehran’s move came a year after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal. Washington has also reinforced economic sanctions against the Islamic republic.

Iran has also said that if the other parties to the JCPOA do not speed up work on mitigating the effects of US sanctions, by early July it may stop abiding by restrictions on the level to which it can enrich uranium and on modifications to its Arak heavy water reactor.

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TEHRAN, JUN 10 (AP): Iran’s foreign minister warned the US on Monday that it “cannot expect to stay safe” after launching what he described as an economic war against Tehran, taking a hard-line stance amid a visit

by Germany’s top diplomat seeking to defuse tensions.

A stern-faced Mohammad Javad Zarif offered a series of threats over the ongoing tensions gripping the Persian Gulf. The crisis takes root in President Donald Trump’s decision over a year ago to withdraw America from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Trump also reinstated tough sanctions on Iran, targeting its oil sector.

“Trump himself has announced that the US has launched an economic war against Iran,” Zarif said. “The only solution for reducing tensions in this region is stopping that economic war.”

He also warned: “Whoever starts a war with us will not be the one who finishes it.” For his part, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas insisted his country and other European nations want to find a way to salvage the nuclear deal, which saw Iran limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. But he acknowledged there were limits.

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MVY) was organised by Child Development Project Officer (CDPO)-Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) Nsong, Depart-

ment of Social Welfare on May 29-30 at Nsong Town Council Hall.

A press release by the department stated that

One house gutted in Kohima

TU reacts on election

DIMAPUR: Reacting to news item “TU clarifies on selection of office bearers”, the Tseminyu Union (TU) has clarified that the constitution drafting committee was duly constituted by the union in its general meeting held on April 26, 2018 at Tseminyu village council hall.

In a statement, H. Kegwalo Tep and Ntsenyhun Nsü, who claimed to be the chairman and general secretary of TU respectively , stated that they were elected by the seven clans under TU in the general meeting held on April 27, 2019 at Zisunyu village council.

Therefore, the two claimed that the question of treating TU office bearers as “null and void” did not arise.

They alleged that Yhunsenlo Kent was a rejected “self styled” general secretary and “should not bite his own flesh” and “ashamed of himself for misguiding the public” on several occasions.

In this regard, the union has informed all concerned not to be sway away by “ill conceived” and “divisive propaganda” propagated by Yhunsenlo.

The union also stated that it did not intent to publish any press statement against this issue rather than other pertinent issues.

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Kohima, Jun 10 (NPN): A wooden house including two rooms and kitchen was completely gutted in a fire at Chandmari Colony, near Sangtam Baptist Church,

Kohima on Monday afternoon.

According to fire and emergency services, the fire broke out at around 2 pm and suspected to be due to short circuit. Sources said a family residing with four

children were not present at the time of the incident.

Police said property worth around Rs. 4.5 to 5 lakh was destroyed. It took one and half hour for three fire tenders to douse the flames.

SCC Tsg observes freshers meet

DIMAPUR: Sao Chang College (SCC), Tuensang held its 47th freshers meet under the theme, “be the beacon” on June 4, with P. Shingnya, federal assembly speaker of Khiamniungan Students Union (KSU) as guest speaker.

A press release from SCC media cell, convenor M. Shiu stated that, Shingnya in his speech encouraged the students to be a warrior in education in this competitive society. He cautioned the young people that Nagas were too ego centric and full of “isms” in almost every activity which needed to be removed for a healthier and progressive society. He said, students should not only focus on academic syllabus coverage during college life, but learn various life skills to live skillfully and independently. Instead of westernization,

NNC (PB) cautions against imposters DIMAPUR: NNC (Parent Body) has cautioned the general public against imposters collecting money in state departments and business establishments in the name of NNC (PB).

In a statement, NNC (PB) information and publicity wing said that this menace in the Naga national set up must be rooted out by all the genuine NNPGs and should be arrested immediately in the interest of public. Terming “this menace of money collection by impostors, renegades, and defectors are a crime and dangerous trend prevailing in the Naga society”, the NNC (PB) added that it was the duty of all genuine NNPGs to seriously check and punish these criminals.

Further, NNC (PB) under the leadership of Yilow Humtsoe, Zhiongba Yimchungrii and V. Nagi has appealed to all concerned to cooperate and help each other to root out this serious matter of crime against humanity.

DIMAPUR: Village Health & Nutrition Day (VHND) programme was conducted at Anganwati centre (D), Chessore Village under the establishment of Chief Medical Officer, Tuensang on Monday.

The programme was held on the topic “Care during pregnancy & the benefits of child immunization”.

According to Block Programme Manager Chessore block Shitopong, a total number of six pregnant women and 16 children were vaccinated. The programme was attended by block programme manager Chessore, Shitopong, Hisenli Kent, ANM Chessore PHC, Makila, Dhai Chessore PHC, medical attendants of PHC Chessore, VHSNC Members, ASHAs, Anganwati workers.

he said, one should modernize the way of life without compromising the rich and unique culture and traditions of every community.

Khoniyimjong and Lukhtsangla K. Yimchunger were declared as Mr & Miss freshers. LongtichangTzudir, vice principal delivered short speech and Changlemba spoke on behalf of the freshers. Special song was presented by Thsanso and friends while Rebecca presented solo. Welcome address was delivered by Buming Nokhio Lam, executive member, SCCSU and vote of thanks was pronounced by Khaikho.

P, general secreary SCCSU. Earlier, the invocation was offered by Heno, president Evangelical Union, SCC and special prayer for the freshers was initiated by Evangelical Union senior advisor of the college.

Pungro selected as model town

EAC Pungro, Wiridin along with team members at the launching programme of Pungro town as model town.

DIMAPUR: Pungro town has been selected as model town for reduction of malaria 2019 by National Vector Borne Disease & Control Programme (NVBDCP) Kiphire under the department of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland on June 8.

The model town was launched EAC Pungro Wiridin at Pungro town, stated in a press release issued by Kiphire NHM district media officer, Atsali T. At the inaugural pro-

gramme, the EAC said that government was trying every possible means to help people and also to eliminate malaria. He further urged upon the gathering to initiate and co-operate with the department in implementation of such programmes.

Key note address was given by district malaria officer (DMO) Dr. Chitale Hiese, wherein she delivered health talk on malaria and its immediate affects.

During the launching programme, the committee

adopted some following resolutions, namely to screen all fever cases for malaria; Early diagnosis & copulate treatment; Regular sanitation drives; Use of LLIM/ mosquito nets and other protective measures and IEC & BCC activities in all the wards and churches.

The programme was chaired by Yimkiumong MI CHC Pungro, invocation

by Shojiba member model town followed by mass social work in all the wards of Pungro town.

PHDD condemns Assam Rifles raid

DIMAPUR: Pochury Hoho Dimapur District (PHDD) has condemned the raid at the residence of its member, Hopeson Snock, ex-candidate of NPP 20 A/C Meluri at Signal Angami Dimapur by Assam Rifles on June 10.

In a press statement, PHDD president, Zitho Nyuthe and general secretary, Lapingtsu claimed that the raid took place at around 2 am when Hopeson and his wife were out of station thereby creating fear psychosis in the minds of the innocent children and family members.

PHDD appealed to the Assam Rifles personnel to desist from such act in the near future. Meanwhile, the Pochury Hoho Dimapur District has also condemned the indiscriminate firing by unidentified miscreants at the residence of Abu Metha, advisor to the Chief Minister and NDPP legislator Sharingain Longkumer on June 5 and 6 respectively.

It further appealed to the law enforcing agency to book the culprit and award befitting punishment as per the law of the land.

Phek DPDB meeting held

DIMAPUR: The monthly meeting of District Planning &Development Board (DPDB) Phek was held on June 10 at its Conference Hall with ADC Phek A. Zibenthung Kithan as chairman. ADC welcomed all the members present and asked them to not send their subordinate officers at the meeting. He called upon all the officers to attend the meeting so that any questions/queries arise may be taken care of. The board also approved application for upgradation of lower primary to upper primary school i.e. class 6 – 8 in respect of S. PethüryMontessori School,Meluri.

Nagaland State Cooperative Bank (NSCB), Phek presented their departmental activities. Assistant Commissioner Legal and Metrology Consumer Protection has been entrusted to present their department activities in the next meeting.

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Name of Work: Appointment of ERP System Integrator (SI) for DoPN. Interested parties may view/download the same on www.nagalandtenders.gov.in Sd/- (Er. K. YIESE) Chief Engineer (D&R) Department of Power Nagaland : Kohima.

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DIMAPUR: Two-day training and community sensitisation programme on Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PM-

LDA, ICDS Nsong, Ngaugiayile, was the master trainer for Poshan Abhiyan - CAS training.

District coordinator, PMMVY Cell, Peren district, Keyizieteing Ndang, was the master trainer and resource person for PMMVY training and community sensitization programme on the second day.

CDPO-ICDS Nsong, Watila, gave a brief introduction about the purpose of the programme and highlighted how PMMVY and Poshan Abhiyan were related to each other.

Altogether, 31 Anganwadi workers and 117 members from Nsong Town and its neighbouring villages – Nsong Namci, Nsong Village, Ngam, Nchen, Old Nkio, Old Ngaulong and Lalong village attended the training programme.

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Dimapur, there were around ten other trains that ply through Dimapur during the day and another 12 to 16 trains that ply through Dimapur at night Meanwhile, speaking to this reporter, Lumding-based senior divisional commercial manager Ashok K Dey contended that the only option was to increase number of seats or additional trains to accommodate the increasing volume of passengers from Dimapur.

Dey assured that he would apprise the senior divisional operation manager and divisional railway manager on the need for additional coaches and raise a request for addition of coaches in trains currently plying from Dimapur.

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NEW DELHI, JUN 10 (IANS): Setting the agenda for the next five years of his governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told his officers to focus on “ease of living” and suggested that huge expectations in the form of the electoral mandate should not be viewed as a challenge but as an opportunity.

In his interaction with all secretaries of the Central government, the Prime Minister also said the mandate in the Lok Sabha polls reflects the will and aspirations of the people to change the status quo and seek a better life for themselves.

In the presence of Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Jitendra Singh, the Prime Minister said the recent general election was marked by proincumbency for which credit must go to the entire team of officials. “The officials worked hard, conceived schemes and delivered excellent results on the ground over the last five years,” Modi said, according to an official statement.

He said the election this time has been marked

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by a positive vote, which emerges from trust that the common man feels based on his day-to-day experiences.

“The Indian voter has outlined a vision for the next five years and this is now an opportunity before us. The huge expectations of the people should not be viewed as a challenge but as an opportunity. The mandate reflects the will and aspirations of the people to change the status quo and seek a better life for themselves,” Modi said. Speaking of the demographic dividend, the Prime Minister said it is essential that the demographics be utilised efficiently.

“Every department of the Union government and every district of each state has a role to play in making India a five-trillion-dollar

economy,” he said.

He also touched upon the importance of the “Make in India” initiative, and the need to make tangible progress towards this end.

Modi said that India’s progress in “Ease of Doing Business” should reflect in greater facilitation for small businesses and entrepreneurs. “Each ministry of the government should focus on ‘Ease of Living’,” he said, adding that water, fisheries and animal husbandry will also be important areas for the government.

During his interaction, the Prime Minister hailed the secretaries for their vision, commitment and energy to take the country forward.

He urged them to use technology to improve outcomes and efficiency in each department and asked everyone to hit the ground running to fulfil the aspirations of the people.

The Prime Minister said that all departments must seek to leverage the upcoming milestone of 75 years of independence which can inspire people to make a contribution for the betterment of the country.

KO L K ATA , J U N 1 0 (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Monday that the Centre and the cadres of the ruling BJP were trying to incite violence in the state and conspiring to bring down her government.

She also said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to throttle her voice as she was the only one in the country to protest against them.

“They (BJP) are spending crores and crores of money to spread fake news through different social networking websites.

The central government and (BJP) party cadres are trying to incite violence in West Bengal,” Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat.

She said the Centre also had an equal responsibility as the state governments in case any violence or riot took place in any state.

“If there is any riot or violence in any state, then the central government cannot shrug off its responsibility,” she said.

“This (inciting violence in West Bengal) is a planted game. This is their game plan to throttle my

The other train is the Intercity that departs Dimapur 11.p.m. for Guwahati and the next day leaves Guwahati at 8 p.m. for Dimapur.

The railway official informed Nagaland Post that there were no “off seasons” as the heavy rush for tickets was constant throughout the year. He said the number of passengers increased significantly during peak festival seasons like Holi, Dipawali, Chaat Puja and Christmas holidays, besides elections in neighbouring States.

Mamata Banerjee (File) The official further said that, apart voice, because they know from the two daily trains originating from that Mamata Banerjee is the only person in the country to raise voice against them. This conspiracy to bring down our government will not succeed,” the Trinamool Congress AHMEDABAD, JUN 10 meet any eventuality follow(TMC) chief said, hitting (AGENCIES): The Army, ing the cyclone. out at the Centre for send- Coast Guard and teams According to officials ing an advisory to her gov- of the National Disaster of the India Meteorological ernment in the wake of the Response Force (NDRF) Department (IMD), a low Sandeskhali killings. have been put on a standby pressure has formed over “That’s the reason the in Gujarat in the wake of the southeast and adjoinadvisory was sent to the a cyclone alert. The state ing Lakshadweep and eaststate government. But I will government is closely moni- central Arabian Sea and is not speak on it because the toring the advancement of very likely to intensify into chief secretary has already the cyclone in the Arabian a depression over the region given his reply on it,” she Sea off the Gujarat coast. in the next 48 hours. said. The Centre expressed An official said that a total “The state government “deep concern” on Sun- of 10 NDRF teams (five is closely monitoring the sitday over the continuing from Pune and five from uation. A low pressure has violence in West Bengal, Bhatinda) have been called formed in the Arabian Sea saying the “unabated vio- to Gujarat. On Monday, the and it will intensify into a lence” even after the Lok state government convened depression and bring heavy Sabha polls appeared to be a meeting in Gandhinagar rain on coastal Saurashtra a failure on the part of the to take stock of situation and Kutch on 12 June afterstate government. and keep itself prepared to wards. So, we have alerted

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all coastal district collectors concerned in this regard,’’ said Pankaj Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue), Gujarat government.

“We have alerted various rescue agencies, including the NDRF, SDRF, Army and Coast Guard, in the state. We will deploy NDRF teams on Tuesday on coastal parts of Saurashtra and Kutch. Precautionary measures are being taken by all the departments concerned.

Most of the fishing boats have returned at coast but we are contacting those on the remaining one and asking them to come back soon,” Kumar added.

France welcomes PM Modi’s call for global conference on terrorism Heavy police deployment in Aligarh’s Tappal,

Inquiry confirms allegations against BJD MLA BHUBANESWAR, JUN 10 (PTI): An administrative inquiry has confirmed allegations against a newly elected BJD MLA that he “manhandled” and “insulted” a junior PWD engineer, a senior official said on Monday.

The inquir y was launched after a video showing Patnagarh MLA Saroj Kumar Meher forcing the engineer to do situps in public in Bolangir district went viral last week. The district collector had sought a report on the incident.

Patnagarh sub-collector had been tasked with probing the incident.

“I have received a report from Patnagarh subcollector confirming the incident and allegations of manhandling and insult of the junior engineer,” Bolangir District Collector Arindam Dakua said.

The district administration will send the report

Saroj Kumar Meher (File)

to the state government and recommend action against all those involved in the incident, he said.

“It is for the government to take further steps,” he added.

A case had been registered against Meher at Patnagarh police station on Friday, a day after a complaint was lodged by the wife of the engineer, Jayakant Sabar.

Meher was booked under different sections of the Indian Penal Code and

the SC/ ST Act, a police officer said.

“An investigation is in progress and appropriate steps will be taken in due course,” he said.

The legislator’s action had triggered a row with the opposition BJP targeting the ruling BJD government and demanding immediate Meher’s arrest. The Congress also condemned the incident and sought action against the MLA. Meher later apologised for his action and said he was compelled to ask the engineer to do sit-ups to assauge public anger.

He claimed that the people in his constituency were angry over poor quality of road construction and “could have harmed” the engineer if he did not ask him to do sit-ups.

The family members and relatives of the engineer have demanded immediate arrest of Meher

and stringent action against him for his “high-handedness”.

Bolangir District Adivasi Manch and Odisha Diploma Engineers’ Service Association (ODESA) have also demanded stern action against the legislator.

“The association condemns the act and demands that legal action be taken against him (Meher) immediately,” a leader of ODESA said.

Meher had on June 5 visited the Belpada block in Bolangir, where local people complained about the poor construction of the Mandal-Belpada bypass.

In the video clip, the engineer is seen apologising for alleged laxity in performing his duties, but Meher does not relent.

The MLA allegedly threatened the engineer with “mob thrashing”, following which the latter did sit-ups on the road.

Tension over delay in retrieving child from borewell in PB

SANGRUR/CHANDIGARH, JUN 10 (IANS): Tension prevailed among villagers in Sangrur over the inability of the Punjab government to retrieve a toddler who has been trapped in a 150-foot-deep abandoned borewell for the past five days.

Thousands of angry protesters blocked the road leading to Bhagwanpura village in Sunam subdivision, some 15 kms from district headquarters at Sangrur, where the incident occurred. Sensing trouble, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for the first time asked officials to ensure that no borewell is left open in any district and sought a report in 24 hours.

The Chief Minister said he was

constantly monitoring the operation personally to rescue the child.

He said in a tweet that he was constantly monitoring the ongoing rescue operation being led by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). This was his first reacting since the incident occurred.

“The operation is getting delayed due to a lack of technical expertise of the local administration,” said Ajaib Singh, a local resident.

The child, Fatehveer Singh, stumbled into the borewell that was covered with cement bags at around 4 p.m. on June 6, according to his mother Gagandeep Kaur.

The rescue team, comprising

26 members of the NDRF and the Indian Army with district administration staff, has been involved in the day-and-night operation. There was no official confirmation about the health of the child till date. Lack of expertise and technical snags one after another were blamed for the delay in the massive rescue operation that entered its fifth day on Monday. Special teams have been working day and night in a tunnel that was dug parallel to the abandoned borewell. The newly-laid 36-inch-diameter parallel shaft was used to make a passage to the child who is stuck at a depth of 115 feet in the borewell that has a nine-inch diameter, rescuers said.

ALIGARH (UP), JUN 10 (PTI): An uneasy calm prevailed in Tappal on Monday with a heavy police deployment in the town, a day after it witnessed tense moments, even as the district administration ordered suspension of Internet services in the Khair area till midnight. District Magistrate (DM) Chandra Bhushan Singh ordered suspension of all Internet services in the entire Khair tehsil area till midnight, an official release said on Monday. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have been promulgated in Tappal, which falls under Khair tehsil.

Following the brutal killing of a twoand-a-half-year-old girl in Tappal, some mischief-mongers had been spreading rumours and circulating fake video clips on the social media, the release said, adding that these posts were likely to inflame communal passions. The police were monitoring all such posts and strong punitive steps

DECLARATION

I, Mr. Imnatiba Imchen, son of Alemwati Imchen of Kubza Village, hereby state that my sister Miss Moarenla Imchen, daughter of Alemwati Imchen of Kubza Village, under Mokokchung district has borrowed money from others. It is to be stated herein that she has borrowed the money of her own volition and without our knowledge. Therefore, it is stated that we don't have any liability or responsibility in this issue.

Regd. No. 97-2019 Dated : 10-6-19 DP-4593

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Imnatiba Imchen Mokokchung

OFFICE OF THE

DILONG WARD YIMDEN MOKOKCHUNG, NAGALAND

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CONDEMNATION

10.06.19

The Dilong Ward council is shocked to hear the triple firing incidents at the residence of Shri Sharingain Longkumer, Honourable MLA 26th Aonglenden Assembly constituency Nagaland, Shri Abu Metha and Shri Rüsemdong Longkumer on the night of 5th & 6th June 2019. The ward council and the general public of Dilong ward Mokokchung strongly condemns such kind of inhuman act by the miscreants causing unnecessary fears to the individuals and the families in particular and a threat to the prevailing peaceful atmosphere of the present society in general. The council also anxiously request the SIT to trace the criminals at the earliest.

Sd/Sd/Shri I. Tia Soyah Shri Bendang Lemtur Chairman General Secretary Dilong Ward Dilong Ward Mokokchung Mokokchung

DECLARATION This is to declare that, Mr. Lentinokdang, S/o Mr. Imtinungsang Jamir of Ungma village and Ms. Tulurenla, D/o Mr. Ramoktemsu of Longmisa village have on June 1, 2019 spread malicious and defamatory remarks on various social media platforms, thereby tarnishing the good image of an innocent daughter of our village, for which the duo have admitted of their wrongdoing and pleaded guilty before the Mokokchung Town Longsa Senso Telungjem (Mokokchung Town Longsa Union). As such, Mr. Lentinokdang and Ms. Tulurenla have been awarded with befitting punishment as per our customary law.

Sd/Imtituba President, MTLST

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would be taken against all anti-social elements, the DM said. The police struggled to keep the situation under control at Tappal throughout the day on Sunday, when protestors kept mounting pressure on the authorities for meting out “instant justice” in the murder case of the two-and-a-halfyear-old girl, which has sparked a nationwide outrage. They managed to thwart an attempt by right-wing groups to hold a “mahapanchayat” to vent anger against the perpetrators of the crime. The call for the “mahapanchayat” was reportedly given on social media platforms by some Hindutva groups. People from the neighbouring districts tried to reach Tappal to attend the “mahapanchayat” but were prevented by the police. “The situation is under control.

We will not allow anyone to create discord under the garb of genuine protest,” Special Superintendent of Police (SSP) Akash Kulhari said.

AFFIDAVIT

I, Miss MAMTA SHEKHAWAT, D/o BAJRANG SINGH SHEKHAWAT permanent resident of Dimapur District, Nagaland through an affidavit no 172/16, dtd 06.04.2016 declare that after my marriage my name has been changed to Mrs UNNATI BAGRI and from now onwards my name shall be used as UNNATI BAGRI for all official and legal proceedings.

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ONGPANGKONG MUNGDANG H.Q. Mokokchung : 798601, Nagaland

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condemns firing at MLA’s residence The Ongpangkong Mungdang strongly condemns firing at residence of MLA Shri. Sharingain Longkumer on the night of June 6, 2019. The firing by unscrupulous persons, causing untold mental trauma to the family, is totally uncalled for and to the extent of being cowardly.

Shri. Sharingain Longkumer MLA is a son of the soil from Ongpangkong and the audacious firing at his residence is totally uncalled for. In times like this, the Mungdang stands for peace and prosperity. Thus, this kind of cowardly act is totally uncalled for and urges the law enforcing agencies to expedite the case and book the culprit at the earliest.

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ism is at the heart of our priorities... France stands alongside India on this... and I can say that we have strong relations on this front,” he said.

Internet services suspended till midnight

11 WARD UNION KIPHIRE TOWN P.O KIPHIRE-798611, NAGALAND

Appreciation The 11 (Eleven) Ward Union Kiphire Town sincerely express our profound gratitude to M/S. Z. Rulho, Class-I Contractor for satisfactorily implementing “Infrastructure Project Works” under Municipal Affairs Call at Kiphire Town. The 11 Ward Union further asserted that such good workmanship executed by the concern contractor has truly beautified Kiphire Town in terms of long awaited development and which needed to be appreciated by one and all.

The Ward Union also would like to express our gratefulness to District Administration and general public for timely inspecting and verifying work sites and by extending their fullest cooperation in the process of all development which has enabled the contractor to execute the work/project as desired and satisfaction of the Kiphire denizens.

(LISETHRONG) Chairman 11 Ward Union Kiphire Town

(CHUMLONGSE SANGTAM) Secretary 11 Ward Union Kiphire Town

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to unite efforts is welcome.

It’s (terrorism) a global challenge like climate change.

We will be closely looking at this initiative,” he said.

“Fight against terror-

the Indian Air Force’s Paris office, which is overseeing the procurement of the 36 Rafale fighter jets for India, last month, he said, “ Investigation is going on. Indian authorities will be updated when we get new details.”

Lemoyne will Monday meet Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and a Confederation of Indian Industry delegation before returning to France late night.

“French President Emmanuel Macron and PM Modi have a strong relationship personally. This visit is to prepare for PM Modi’s participation at G-7 Summit in August,” he said.

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Jean Baptiste Lemoyne and Narendra Modi.

Lemoyne’s trip is the first French ministerial visit to India after the Narendra Modi government assumed office for a second term.

The French minister said the first Rafale fighter jet will land in India in September and it will be a strong signal of Indo-French cooperation. Thereafter, 36 Rafale jets will be delivered one by one, he said.

On the controversy surrounding the Rafale deal, he said, “The French government doesn’t care about controversies and we’ve a roadmap, we just want to deliver . It’s in the interest of the two countries. Rafale is a tool for better sovereignty for India.” Replying to a query on an attempted break-in at

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NEW DELHI, JUN 10 (PTI): France on Monday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal for a global conference to tackle the threat of terrorism, saying the fight against terror is at the heart of its priorities.

Minister of State for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Jean Baptiste Lemoyne made the remarks on the sidelines of an interaction with Indian alumni of French institutions in the fields of business administration, engineering and design here.

“Every single initiative to fight terrorism is welcome because it is a threat to every country in the world... So, everything that can be done

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Pawar questions EVM veracity

Sharad Pawar (File)

The NCP chief said apparently there was nothing wrong about the poll process till a voter presses the button against the name of a candidate of his/her choice and the same gets reflected on the VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) equipment.

“In a polling booth, there sits an officer who has a machine before him...

When you press the button on an EVM, it gets reflected on VVPAT and from there it is transferred there (to the machine before the officer),” Pawar said. “...and votes are counted from that machine. Now do you have any idea what is transferred there (to the machine before the officer)?

The problem lies there. It needs to be figured out what happens in this stage,” he added.

The for mer Union minister said doubts should

not creep in the minds of the people about EVMs in a Parliamentary democratic set up.

He said the people should not be made to feel that the vote they cast for one party got reflected into other party’s tally.

“People might keep quiet now, but they may take law into their hands. This should not be allowed to happen. We have to preserve democracy,” he added.

NCP leader Dhananjay Munde termed the BJP’s win in the general election as the “victory” of the party’s “EVM manipulation”.

Maharashtra NCP president Jayant Patil claimed that even those who campaigned for the BJP were wondering how NDA constituents polled a large number of votes.

Ajit asked party workers to focus on future elections.

Chhattisgarh CM propounds new model of development

No rift with BJP, all well in NDA: Nitish Kumar

RAIPUR, JUN 10 (IANS): About six months into his tenure, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has called for an integrated strategy that blends judicious industrialisation with sustainable development sensitive to the lifestyles of the tribals, who form over a third of the central Indian state’s 26 million population. The plan may well be referred to as the ‘Chhattisgarh Model of Development’.

Baghel was speaking at an Intellectuals’ Meet organised by the Chhattisgarh-based Group of Thinkers, comprising former civil servants, thought leaders, academics and mediapersons, over the weekend.

Asserting that the system had lost the trust of the tribal people (“hamne unka vishwas kho diya hai), the Chief Minister insisted that for his state to prosper it must win the “trust of the Adivasis” and come up with a model of development, which did not threaten them

but was sensitive to their grassroots lifestyle.

The Chief Minister said previous generation of tribals had limited awareness and few needs, which were largely met from within their forest environment.

“But today the younger generation across the state and the country has bigger aspirations and we have to fulfill those in a democracy,” he said.

Baghel was reflecting on the change in popular mood due to unmet aspirations that led to the Congress winning the 2018 Assembly elections by a convincing majority and unseating the 15-year-old Raman Singh government.

About 45 per cent of Chhattisgarh’s population is classified as poor. The Congress leader said the “gau-rakshak” vigilantism had resulted in the collapse of the rural bovine economy and bovine wealth had been squandered at the altar of short-sighted religious politics.

PATNA, JUN 10 (IANS): Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted that there was no rift between the JD-U and its ally BJP, adding that all was well in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the state.

“There are no differences with the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). Our (JDU’s) relation with the BJP is as strong as it was in past.

Everything is good, all is well in the NDA in Bihar,” Nitish Kumar told media here after holding his weekly Lok Samvad programme.

Nitish Kumar statement came a day after he made it clear that the JD-U will contest next year’s state Assembly polls as part of the NDA, but will contest in Jharkhand, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana Assemblies on its own.

The JD-U as the NDA ally won 16 of the 17 seats it contested in the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.

First meeting of new Andhra Cabinet takes key decisions

“Three months ago the Congress won elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, while the TRS formed government in Telangana. In Telangana, the daughter of its Chief Minister (K Chandrashekhar Rao) lost the Lok Sabha polls.

How come the EVM is fine when you get elected and blame it when you lose the poll?” Ajit Pawar asked.

“This could be a separate issue. But, as the EVMs are being blamed, my request to you (workers) is we shouldn’t fall short of our efforts to win the Assembly polls,” he added.

Ajit also maintained the people had made up their mind to re-elect Narendra Modi as prime minister and chose their local MPs accordingly.

He trashed reports about the NCP’s likely merger with the Congress saying the party would retain its independent existence.

Meanwhile, Pawar alleged the BJP retained power by fanning nationalistic sentiments while the Opposition parties flagged public concerns.

He raised concerns over the BJP giving ticket to the Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal seat, and her subsequent poll victory.

Don’t link crimes to religion: Owaisi HYDERABAD, JUN 10 (IANS): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said the heinous crimes taking place in different parts of the country should not be linked to religion and the guilty, irrespective of their community, should be punished.

The Hyderabad MP decried attempts by a section of media to give wide coverage to incidents where the accused belonged to a particular community but ignoring crimes committed by people from another community.

On a special court in Punjab convicting six of the seven accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, Owaisi recalled that BJP leaders including ministers had come on the roads in support of the accused.

“BJP should respond why their ministers had come out in support of the accused,” he told reporters here.

On the killing of twoyear-old girl in Aligarh, Owaisi said nobody came out in support of accused Zahid and Aslam. “We are condemning all such incidents. Justice should be done in all cases, irrespective of the community the accused come from,” he said.

BJP observes ‘Black Day’, holds protest rallies against violence in West Bengal

BJP activists take part in a silent march as they observe Black Day, at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal, Monday evening, June 10, 2019. (PTI)

BASIRHAT/KOLKATA, JUN 10 (PTI): The BJP is observing “Black Day” in West Bengal and a 12hour shutdown in North 24 Parganas district’s Basirhat subdivision on Monday to protest the killing of its workers and the “deteriorating” law and order situation in the state.

The saffron party took out rallies in several parts of the state, with BJP workers sporting black badges.

The situation remained tense in Basirhat. BJP and TMC workers had clashed in Sandeshkhali area of Basirhat on Saturday.

The BJP took out protest rallies in the district subdivision, demanding immediate arrest of the cul-

prits involved in the killings of its workers.

A huge contingent of police personnel has been deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incident, police said.

BJP workers squatted on roads and railways tracks at many places in the subdivision, disrupting the movement of vehicles and trains.

The BJP had on Sunday announced that it will observe “Black Day” across the state and a 12-hour shutdown in Basirhat after it was stopped by the police from bringing the bodies of its workers to Kolkata.

Till Sunday, bodies of at least three persons killed in the clashes in Sandesh-

khali had been recovered, while several others remained missing.

The BJP has claimed that five of its workers were killed, whereas the ruling TMC claimed that one was killed.

A day after the clash, the Ministry of Home Affairs sent an advisory to the West Bengal government, expressing “deep concern” over the “unabated violence” in the state and asked it to maintain law and order.

Responding to the Centre in a letter, the West Bengal government claimed the situation in the state was “under control” and there was no failure on part of its law enforcement agencies.

Comments on Yogi: SC to hear plea challenging arrest of journalist

NEW DELHI, JUN 10 (PTI): The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear tomorrow the plea challenging the arrest of journalist Prashant Kanojia, accused of making objectionable comments against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media.

A vacation bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi took note of the submission of lawyer Nitya Ramakrishnan, ap-

pearing for Kanojia’s wife Jagisha Arora, that the plea needed urgent hearing as the arrest was “illegal” and “unconstitutional”.

Arora has filed a habeas corpus petition (bring the person) challenging the arrest of Kanojia and sought a direction to Uttar Pradesh police to set him free without any delay. In the petition, filed through lawyer Shadan Farasat, the wife of the vernacular scribe has

also sought initiation of the departmental action against the policemen, who were not in uniform, for arresting Kanojia from Delhi for allegedly committing “bailable offences”. The plea has also sought “exemplary damages” for Kanojia for his “illegal arrest”.

“The Hindi journalist

URRA VILLAGE COUNCIL INFORMATION This is to inform to all the land owners who have purchased land within the Jurisdiction of Urra Village Council that, this is the third and the last call to obtain the land registration certificate you are hereby requested to obtain the same from the village authority on 15th June 2019.

It is also informed to all that the village council shall not entertain any land related dispute which is not registered under the village authority.

Time : 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Venue : Village Council Hall (Kelengulie Yaotsu) (Ruokuozhalie Rutsa) VCC VC Secretary Urra Village Council Urra Village Council Cont. No. +91-8787498571 Cont. No. +91-7005729758

PRESS NOTE We the Kuhuboto, Aghunaqa, Khaghaboto Kuqhakulu (KAKK) would like to congratulate the newly appointed members and Dr. Kakheto Zhimomi as President of Western Sumi Hoho (WSH). Dr. Kakheto Zhimomi is also an Ex-Minister and a God fearing person.

He has the capability to lead the new team of Western Sumi Hoho (WSH).

The KAKK would like to convey its gratitude to the new members of Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) for inducting Shri. Apeto Assumi (President of KAKK) as advisor in Western Sumi Hoho (WSH).

Shri. Tokishe Chishi, General Secretary KAKK expresses his congratulation to the new team of Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) and Shri. Apeto Assumi (President of KAKK) and hope success in their future endeavours.

state government.

It constituted another panel to scrap the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), as promised by Jagan Reddy last week.

Jagan Reddy, who took oath as the Chief Minister on May 30, inducted 25 Ministers, including five Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy with his cabinet Deputy Chief Ministers on (TOKISHE CHISHI) during the first meeting on Monday.

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(IANS): Huge hike in the The Cabinet also apGOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND salary of various categories proved a decision taken earof workers, 27 per cent lier to increase the salary of DIRECTORATE OF INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE interim relief to the gov- Accredited Social Health email: industrynaga@gmail.com, e-fax: 08468825666 ernment employees and Activist (ASHA) workers www.industry.nagaland.gov.in implementation of cash from existing Rs 3,000 to assistance scheme for farm- Rs 10,000 a month.

PRESS RELEASE ers were some of the major It also decided to pay decisions taken at the first a 27 per cent Interim Relief Dated Kohima, the th June, 2019 meeting of the new Andhra (IR) to government emIn compliance to Gauhati High Court, Kohima Pradesh Cabinet on Mon- ployees from July. The IR is No.IND/ESTT/APPT-GEN/550/2015:: Recruitment Board day. to compensate the employ- Bench W.P( C) No.47(K) 2016 ,rdon declaration of Departmental th January, 2019 and 20 February, 2019 respectively results of even number dated 23 The nearly six-hour ees as the 11th Pay Revilong meeting, presided sion Commission (PRC) is and subsequent approval of the Government vide No.I&C/ESTT-40/14 dated 27.05.2019 and No.IDA/ESTT-17/08(Pt) dated 31.05.2019, the following persons are hereby over by Chief Minister yet to submit its report.

Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, The monthly social appointed to the posts as indicated below against their names : Sl.No. Name Post decided to increase the sal- security pension for aged, ary of community health widows, and other benefi1 Smti.Sentienla Jamir LDA-cum-Computer Assistant(District) workers under the Tribal ciaries was also enhanced 2 Shri Nighato K Rochill Field Supervisor(EP) Welfare Department from from Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,250.

3 Shri Sennilo Aser Tep Mechanic-cum-Operator(HMP) current Rs 400 to Rs 4,000 The Cabinet decided 4 Shri Imliakum Digester Man(HMP) a month. to constitute a committee 5 Shri B.Nokpo Phom Office Peon This move is expected to decide on the proposal to benefit 7,265 health to merge the cash-strapped (K.Hokishe Assumi) workers working in the Andhra Pradesh State Additional Director & HOD Integrated Tribal Develop- Road Transport CorporaIssued by DIPR ment Authority (ITDA), tion (APSRTC) with the DC-885

(IT) Act and both offences are bailable,” the plea said.

The police was bound to release Kanojia in Delhi itself as per the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure as the offences alleged were bailable, it said, adding that the accused should have been granted bail on his arrest by police itself.

Vice President

DIMAPUR DISTRICT AUTORICKSHAW DRIVERS' UNION (DDADU) Ref No...........

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was unceremoniously taken away by men in civil dress on June 8 from his Delhi residence. It transpires that on June 7, police officials of Police Station Hazaratganj at Lucknow had lodged an FIR against him under sections 500 (criminal defamation) of the IPC and 66 of the Information Technology

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MUMBAI, JUN 10 (PTI): NCP chief Sharad Pawar Monday once again questionned veracity of EVMs and said the issue would be discussed by Opposition parties in Delhi in the presence of experts and technocrats, days after the BJP swept the Lok Sabha polls.

Addressing a convention of NCP workers marking the 20th anniversary of the party, Pawar said it needed to be figured out what exactly transpired after a voter pressed the button against the name of a party candidate of his choice and it got reflected on the VVPAT. His nephew Ajit Pawar, however, appeared to be on the different page on the issue and questionned the criticism of the EVMs. Ajit asked NCP workers not to waste their time in thinking much over the outcome of the general elections, but instead focus on winning more seats for the party in the Maharashtra assembly elections, due in September-October this year.

Pawar told the party workers that he had spoken to several experts after the poll outcome.

In Maharashtra, the NDA combine won 41 out of total 48 Lok Sabha seats while the NCP managed to retain four.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019

Govt. Regd. No. LBR/TECH/289/95 (PT-1) 5/10/06 H.O. : Super Market, OB-9, Near Hotel Saramati, Dimapur -797112 : Nagaland Date : 10/06/19

PRESS INFORMATION

With due respect and honour, we would like to bring to your notice that, in the year 2017 dated 9th of June, the Auto Rickshaw Driver's Union Dimapur has availed a sum of Rs. 4,40,800/- after mortgaging a land patta bearing No. 27, which belongs to the President for purchasing an ambulance.

In 2018, the President Shri. I. Vitoshe Sema, sold the said ambulance before recovery of the said loan along with the interest without the knowledge of the Union Executives.

There was no Audit Report for the past 3 years. It has also come to the notice of the Union that Shri.

I. Vitoshe Sema collected Rs. 10/- from every auto drivers everyday which is illegal as it is for the welfare of the Union.

When the matter was under investigation within our Union members in good faith to solve the issue within us since his term is expiring next month i.e on 27th July when a new President is to be elected, the President falsely implicated and without any evidence terminated (1) Shri Tito (Vice President) and Suspended (2) Shri Inito Shohe (General Secretary), (3) Shri Renthungo Tsopoe (Asst. General Secretary), (4) Shri Kiyelu Yeptho (Office Secretary) and (5) Shri Sunep Ao (Information Secretary).

We therefore, request your esteemed Authority to hold/suspend, until the issue is solved, the rights given to the Union such as collection of Welfare Fund etc. also to look into the matter and do the needful and for which act of kindness we shall remain ever grateful. We have informed District Administration and an F.I.R has been lodged at East P/S. 1. Inito Shohe (General Secretary) - 9856387301 2. Renthungo Tsopoe (Asst. General Secretary) 3. Kiyelu Sema (Office Secretary) 4. Sunep Ao (Information Secretary) 5. Tito Yeptho (Vice President) - 7005041574

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HK to push ahead with bill that sparked huge protest

HONG KONG, JUN 10 (AP): Hong Kong’s (HK) leader signalled Monday that her government will push ahead with amendments to extradition laws despite a massive protest against them that underscored fears about China’s broadening footprint in the semi-autonomous territory.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam told reporters the legislation is important and will help Hong Kong uphold justice and fulfill its international obligations.

Safeguards added in May will ensure that the legislation protects human rights, she said. In what appeared to be Hong Kong’s largest protest in more than a decade, hundreds of thousands of people marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday, three days before the Legislative Council is slated to take up the bill. Hong Kong was guaranteed the right to retain its own social, legal and political systems for 50 years under an agreement reached before its 1997 return to China from British rule. But China’s ruling Communist Party has been

Protesters rallying against the proposed amendments to extradition law clash with police officers in Hong Kong during the early hours of Monday. (PTI)

seen as increasingly reneging on that agreement by pushing through unpopular legal changes. The extradition bill amendments would allow Hong Kong to send people to mainland China to face charges, spurring criticism that defendants in the Chinese judicial system won’t have the same rights as they would in Hong Kong. Opponents contend the proposed legislation could make Hong Kong residents vulnerable to vague national security charges and unfair trials.

Lam said Sunday’s protest shows Hong Kong’s

enduring commitment to its people’s freedoms. She denied that she is taking orders from the central government in China’s capital.

“I have not received any instruction or mandate from Beijing to do this bill,” she said. “We were doing it — and we are still doing it — out of our clear conscience, and our commitment to Hong Kong.” Hong Kong currently limits extraditions to jurisdictions with which it has existing agreements or to others on an individual basis under a law passed before 1997.

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Germany calls for de-escalation of ‘explosive’ Iran-US tension

Trump threatens more tariffs on Mexico over part of immigration deal

TEHRAN, JUN 10 (AGENCIES): Confrontation between Washington and Tehran is now “explosive” and could lead to military escalation, Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday, becoming the most senior Western official to visit Iran since a war of words erupted last month.

Iran accused the United States of waging economic war by reimposing and extending sanctions.

Nevertheless, it reassured Germany’s Heiko Maas that it still wants to work with European powers to salvage a deal to curb its nuclear programme in return for lifting sanctions, which Washington abandoned a year ago.

European countries have found themselves caught in the middle as the United States and Iran have taken increasingly aggressive postures in recent weeks. Washington sharply tightened sanctions from the start of May, ordering all countries and companies to halt all imports of Iranian oil or be banished from the global financial system.

It has since also began discussing military confrontation, dispatching extra troops to the region to

Heiko Maas (File)

counter what it describes as Iranian threats.

Iran, for its part, has threatened to increase its enrichment of uranium in response, unless European powers find a way to shield it from the impact of American sanctions. “The situation in the region here is highly explosive and extremely serious,” Maas told a news conference alongside Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. “A dangerous escalation of existing tensions can also lead to a military escalation.”

T h e U. N. nu c l e a r watchdog says Iran is still abiding by the nuclear deal despite the U.S. withdrawal.

But experts say that if it carries out its threat to increase its output of enriched uranium, it could eventually violate it.

Don’t target Pakistan at SCO summit: China

BEIJING, JUN 10 (IANS): China on Monday said Pakistan should not be targeted on terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this week where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to raise the issue of Islamabad harbouring terrorists.

During his first foreign visit to the Maldives after being re-elected as India’s Prime Minister, Modi on Saturday indirectly attacked Pakistan, saying state sponsorship of terrorism is the biggest threat the world is facing today. Modi is likely to raise the issue at this week’s summit as part of India’s strategy to isolate Pakistan at multilateral forums

N.Korea mass gymnastics show suspended PYONGYANG, JUN 10 (IANS): North Korea’s famous mass gymnastics show has been suspended temporarily since Monday, a travel agency which includes it in its tourist packages, told Efe news, days after the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, criticized it.

“As of today the mass games performance will be halted and no official reasons have been given by our contacts in Pyongyang.

However we are expecting the games to return again soon,” a representative of China-based Young Pioneers Tours (YPT) told Efe via an e-mail.

Last week, YPT and other agencies had warned of this possibility after being contacted by the authorities.

Although no reasons have been given for the suspension, the announcement comes after Kim attended the premiere of this year’s show, titled “The Land of the People”, on June 3 and criticized the creators, North Korea’s official media reported.

Kim said the creators of the performance, which is held at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium had “a wrong spirit of creation and irresponsible work attitude”, according to official news agency KCNA. The mass games are a lavish gymnastic display that combine music, dance and all kinds of visual effects. The show is one of the main tourist attractions during the summer, when it is usually held. “The Land of the People” premiered last week and was expected to run until October.

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but China made clear its ally, Islamabad, should not be targeted at the event.

“In every summit, the institutional building of the SCO will be discussed that would involve economic cooperation and security

cooperation particularly on counter-terrorism,” China’s Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Hanhui said.

“Security and development are two major issues of focus for the SCO. The establishment of the SCO

is not to target any certain country but the summit of this level will certainly pay attention to major international relation and regional issues,” Zhang said in an indirect reference to Pakistan while replying to a question if multilateralism would be the at the fulcrum of the discussion at the event.

Zhang was addressing a press conference ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the 19th SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek and the fifth version of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan.

Modi will meet Xi on

the sidelines of the summit where he will not meet Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, citing Islamabad funding anti-India terrorists. China has long shielded Pakistan on terrorism, saying the South Asian nations itself is the victim of the menace and done a tremendous job in wiping out terrorists. This frustrates India and one of the sore points in its ties with China. Talking to journalists, Zhang also said US’ trade protectionist policy will figure at the event. “As for the ongoing unilateralist, protectionist and bullying practices in the world, I think they are close to the hearts of all countries.

WASHINGTON, JUN 10 (Reuters): President Donald Trump on Monday hinted more details were to come about a migration pact the United States signed with Mexico last week, saying another portion of the deal with Mexico would need to be ratified by Mexican lawmakers.

He did not provide details but threatened tariffs if Mexico’s Congress did not approve the plan.

“We have fully signed and documented another very important part of the Immigration and Security deal with Mexico, one that the U.S. has been asking about getting for many years. It will be revealed in the not too distant future and will need a vote by Mexico’s legislative body,” Trump tweeted.

“We do not anticipate a problem with the vote but, if for any reason the approval is not forthcoming, tariffs will be reinstated.”

Last month, Trump threatened 5% tariffs on Mexican goods to be imposed on Monday. The duties would have increased every month until they reached 25% in October, unless Mexico stopped il-

Favourite Johnson pledges tax cut as race to succeed PM May starts LO N D O N, J U N 1 0 (AGENCIES): Leading Brexit advocate Boris Johnson promised tax cuts for higher earners if he becomes Britain’s next prime minister as the contest to replace Theresa May - and take charge of the EU divorce - officially kicked off on Monday.

May stepped down as leader of the ruling Conservative Party on Friday, having failed three times to win parliament’s support for a European Union divorce deal that was supposed to address Britain’s biggest political crisis in a generation.

Nominations to replace her must be submitted on

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Monday, and each of the 11 declared candidates needs to secure at least eight backers from the Conservatives’ 300plus elected lawmakers.

A number of the con-

tenders look set to fall short, and voting later this week will whittle the field down further.

At campaign launches on Monday, several made their pitches. While all were keen to set out a domestic agenda, it was Brexit that dominated. Nearly all promised that they could solve the Brexit conundrum - which eluded May in three years of EU talks - in just three months, between the new leader being chosen at the end of July and the current exit date of Oct. 31.

Through this column we the bereaved family members of Late HANTIYA MAGH would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to all those who stood and supported us physically, spiritually, morally and financially during her prolonged illness and sad demise on 3rd June 2019.

We are truly indebted to: 1. St. Anthony School, Tenyiphe 2. Doctors, Staff and Chaplin of NHAK BORN : 18/08/2002 3. Tesophenyu Group Union Kohima DIED : 03/06/2019 4. All the Churches and Prayer Groups 5. All Individual Blood Donors and Blood Bank 6. All Individuals, Relatives & Neighbors 7. N.R Magh & family 8. Enos Magh & family 9. Friends and Well-wishers.

Though, we have nothing to give you in return, but we pray that our Almighty God bless each and every one of your kind deeds toward us.

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A generous hand and an active mind.

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We’ll all miss you very much” Loved Ones

legal immigration across its border with Mexico. On Friday, the tariffs were called off, after the United States and Mexico announced an agreement on immigration.

The joint communique issued by the two countries provided few details.

Critics have said there have been no new major commitments to slow the migration of Central Americans to the United States.

The agreement would expedite a program known as the Migration Protection Protocols, which sends people seeking asylum in the United States to wait in Mexico as their cases are processed. That program, announced in December, would be expanded across the entire U.S.-Mexico bor-

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der under the terms of the agreement, according to the State Department.

The deal would also send the Mexican National Guard police force to its own southern border, where many Central Americans enter Mexico.

“We’re very pleased with this agreement. It has an enforcement mechanism. It has an enforcement feature to it because these tariffs can go on at any time,” White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said in an interview with Fox News Channel.

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard wrote in a tweet on Monday morning that he would brief the Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the details of the agreement.

Ebrard said Lopez Obrador would discuss the deal during his morning news conference.

Marta Barcena Coqui, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, said in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that Mexican officials had agreed to take steps to reduce illegal immigration “to previous levels that we had maybe last year or in 2018.”

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Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

We the family members of Late Visürele Tepa would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to all our well wishers who stood with us physically, spiritually, morally and financially during our sad loss. We are truly humbled and grateful for your presence and support. It is our fervent prayer that the Almighty Lord bless you all abundantly.

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Selena Gomez is the Jnanpith winner actor Girish Karnad dies Jang Hanbyul to perform queen of Instagram likes live in Dimapur & Kohima G PM Modi, Kovind, Rahul, K’taka CM, Film fraternity & others mourns

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ang Hanbyul, a Korean singer and television personality, who had appeared on the code; Secret Room and Society Game and also has been the host of popular TV shows like Simply K Pop, After School Club etc., will be performing live here in Dimapur and Kohima on July 20 and 23 respectively.

This was announced in a press conference with media fraternity at Hiyo Inregard, Dimapur on Monday. Director, MusikA events, Alobo Naga, mentioned that the event will be a fan meet and mini concert under the tag, “Summer Star Tour”, where the performer will pick random fans to play games with him, answer q u e s t i o n s, s i g n a u t o graphs, and the likes, during his performance.

Apart from Dimapur and Kohima, Jang Hanbyul will also be perform-

ing in Diphu on July 21 at Joysing Doloi Auditorium Hall.

Dimapurians will get to witness the live performance at IMC hall, while in Kohima, the stage will be set at the Heritage.

It informed that the event will be indoor, where very limited seats around 700 to 800 will be available in Dimapur and 1000 to 1200 at the state capital.

The tickets will be ranged in three categories; platinum, gold and silver, with different perks and privileges as per the category.

Alobo also mentioned that sale of tickets will be in two forms, online and offline.

For online booking, one can visit www.musika.in or get enquiry from instagram account, musikanagaland.

For offline tickets, the tickets will be available

for Dimapur at beauty Bar n, Furtados Music store, Funky Budha and Musik-A school, while for Kohima, at D café, Ozone café, Symphomy café abd Ete café.

It was also informed that few lucky winners will get the opportunity to open up the show for the K Pop singer who wins an online competition that is currently going on.

Jang Hanbyul resided at Australia before moving to Korea and besides being an artiste, he holds a bachelor of dental science from the University of Queensland.

While touring most part of the world with his band LED apple and also as a solo artiste, Hanbyul will be arriving in India for the first time.

The event is being organised by MusikA events in collaboration with Pinkbox events.

(Staff Reporter)

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elena Gomez has been crowned the world’s top Instagram celeb – despite having fewer followers than several of her rivals. The singing star still has a mind-boggling 151.8 million followers. But social media-monitoring site Hype Auditor places her top because she gets an average of 3.6 million likes per post.

Boffins at the site use programs to weed out fake followers and the data is used by firms wanting to get the best value for money from stars plugging products and services.

The site also reveals that most of her fans – 14 percent — live in India and that 58 percent are women.

Kylie Jenner comes in at two also with 3.6 million likes per post from her 137 million fans – 24 percent of whom live in the U.S. The number three spot is taken by Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo – who has 170.1million fans but engagement is down at 2.8 million. Most of his fans

live in Iran and India — a total of 24 percent — and more than three quarters are men. Below him in the table is Barcelona legend Lionel Messi with 126.1 million followers and an average of 2.4 million likes per post.

The majority of his followers live in Spain with 11 percent and 77 percent are men.

Beyoncé is at No. 5 – a chart position she is unused to occupying.

She has 128.1 million followers, bags 2.3 million likes a post and 27 percent of her fans live in the States, with just 3 percent from the U.K. Number nine is Justin Bieber with 113.9 million fans and 1.5 million likes and at 10 is Hollywood star The Rock. He gets an average of 1.2 million likes per post from his 145.7 million fans. The data says 21 percent live in the US and 4 percent in the U.K. (FoxNews)

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H.D. Kumaraswamy, Film Fraternity, Bengali film fraternity, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, former Prime Minister and Janata Dal-Secular supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Leaders from across political parties in Maharashtra and others have mourned Karnad’s death and offered their condolences to his family members and relatives.

“Girish Karnad will be remembered for his versatile acting across all mediums. He also spoke passionately on causes dear to him. His works will continue being popular in the years to come. Saddened by his demise. May his

soul rest in peace,” tweeted Modi. In addition to the Jnanpith Award in 1988, he was also honoured with the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan, apart from four National Film Awards and a Sahitya Akademi honour.

“Playwright, actor, director but above all a great human being, in Girish Karnad’s passing India has lost a beloved son, whose memory will live on in the vast treasure trove of creative work he leaves behind. My condolences to his family and fans around the world,” Gandhi tweeted.

Filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar, who directed Karnad in “Tiger Zinda Hai” and “Ek Tha Tiger”, can’t forget his “great experience” of working with the actor.

(IANS)

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A field trip was organized by Mt. Sinai Hr. Sec. School Kohima for class 12 (Science Stream) on the occasion of World Environment Day 2019 to Dzüleke and Khonoma.

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Name - KARAN JAIN Father - Nirmal Pahadia Age - 24 Identification mark : Mole in his chin Missing since 09.06.19 evening 6.00 PM Missing from Jain Temple Road Contact – 9436012878

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Wokha Circle Students’ Union in collaboration with Wokha Village Students’ Union observed World Environment Day on 5th June, at Mt. Tiyi.

Altogether 40 volunteers from five Villages; Wokha, Pongidong, Elumyo, Longsa and Humtso Students’ Union, planted 200 saplings provided by DFO Wokha.

WCSU informed that plantation drive was part of its agenda to preserve the mountain flora and fauna. The union apprises the citizen to stop immoral activities, instead appeal to pay back to the mountain through afforestation.

Further, WCSU and WVSU affirm to conduct social work time to time and to take care of the plantations at Mt. Tiyi.

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POLICE BAPTIST CHURCH, WOKHA Installation Service of Associate Pastor

Police Baptist Church, Wokha on Sunday the 9th June 2019 conducted Installation Service of the Church’s New Associate Pastor Mr. N. Myingthungo Ezung.

The Installation Service was solemnized by Mr. Zupenthung N. Ngullie, Pastor PBC Wokha. Shri. Imtimeren, Addl. S.P Wokha conveyed greetings on the occasion.

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by The Beatles and directed by Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle, will release in India on July 12. Based on Jack Barth’s story, the film’s screenplay has been penned

by Richard Curtis.

“One of our producers came to me with Jack Barth’s idea, a story about a musician who remembers The Beatles’ music in a world where no one else does. I loved the idea, and at that point told them I didn’t want to read the script… as I would like a crack at it myself,” Curtis said in a statement.

“I went away and wrote a film based on that simplebut-brilliant idea. So, whilst the extraordinary premise is Jack’s, the script and shape of the story are mine.”

The film stars actor Himesh Patel in the lead as Jack Malik alongside actress Lily James, singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran and Kate McKinnon.

“Yesterday” is set to release across theatres in India on July 12 by Universal Pictures International India.

The film’s storyline takes you to a place where one day everyone knew The Beatles.

However, today, only Jack remembers their songs.

Jack Malik (Himesh) is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie (Lily James).

Then after a bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed... and he finds himself with a very complicated problem, indeed. About his collaboration with Boyle, Curtis said: “I was never going to direct it. I didn’t even think about who should because first you’ve got to write a script worth anyone directing. However, once I had finished the script, Danny Boyle was the first person I asked.” (IANS)

irish Kar nad, a Jnanpith winner, multi-lingual scholar, master playwright, screenwriter, actor, director and a colossus in India’s cultural landscape, passed away at his residence here on Monday, an official said. He was 81.

“Karnad died at his home at around 8.30 a.m. due to age-related symptoms,” an official in the Karnataka Chief Minister’s office told IANS. The veteran artist is survived by his son Raghu, a writer and a journalist.

According to a family source, Karnad succumbed to multi-organ failure at his residence on Lavelle Road in the city’s upscale locality near the famous Cubbon Park.

The state government declared a day’s holiday on Monday as a mark of respect to Karnad and a three-day mourning will be observed across the state till June 12.

“The scheduled state cabinet expansion on Wednesday has also been postponed to a later date,” said the official.

“Karnad will be cremated with state honours in the city as per Hindu rites,” the official added.

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Hamilton wins Canadian GP

SA, Windies match called off Southampton, June 10 (PTI): A str uggling South Africa got their first point of the World Cup after their game against the West Indies was abandoned due to persistent rain here on Monday.

South Africa were 29 for two in the eighth over when rain stopped play at the Hampshire Bowl and intermittent showers meant no play was possible for the rest of the game. Both teams shared a point each for the called-off game, giving South Africa their first point of the tournament after three back-to-back losses.

The West Indies, who beat Pakistan before losing to Australia, have three points from as many games.

West Indies were on top before the rain arrived as pacer Sheldon Cottrell removed Hashim Amla (6) and Aiden Markram (5) after the West Indies opted to bowl. Quinton de Kock and captain Faf du Plessis were batting on 17 and 0 when rain lashed the ground.

“Rain-affected matches are the worst. Both teams wanted a result, but you can’t control the weather.

You want to start on a day like today without losing wickets - but they have a lot of strike bowlers up front, and they managed to get two wickets,” said du Plessis at the post-match interaction.

YRS felicitates Taekwondo medallists

remaining, a move that was reviewed by race authorities before the penalty was imposed.

With Hamilton pressuring him, Vettel ran onto the grass after going into Turn Three too hard, returning to the track right away just ahead of his rival, forcing the latter to brake sharply or risk being forced into the wall or off the track.

Hamilton was on the verge of passing Vettel, and quite likely would have done so, if he had not been blocked.

Race authorities reviewed the incident and

informed Vettel of their decision to dock him fiveseconds several laps later, whereupon the German blew up over the team radio, claiming that, “I had nowhere to go. Seriously, I had nowhere to go. They are stealing the race from us”.

As a result of the penalty imposed on Vettel, Hamilton - who had been in second place - emerged as the winner.

The other Fer rari driver, Monaco’s Charles Leclerc, came in third.

“Not the way I wanted to win,” said Hamilton, after being proclaimed

the winner in the race of 305.27 km (just over 189 miles) with a time of 1:29:07.084.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was penalised in the same way for forcing then-Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen off the track last year in the Japanese Grand Prix.

This was Hamilton’s fifth race win of the year and the 78th of his career.

He now leads the world F1 rankings with 162 points, 29 more than his Finland’s Valtteri Bottas, who finished fourth in Montreal Holland’s Verstappen ended up fifth, ahead of the two Renault drivers, Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo and Germany’s Nico Hülkenberg.

The other Red Bull driver, France’s Pierre Gasly, came in eighth at the raceway on the artificial island of Notre Dame in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, with Canada’s Lance Stroll, with Racing Point, and Russia’s Daniil Kvyat, with Toro Rosso, coming in ninth and 10th, respectively.

The next Grand Prix, to be run in France, will be the eighth of the 21 that make up the world circuit and will take place on June 23 at the Le Castellet raceway.

Maria Sharapova to return to action in Mallorca Open

Venus to make Birmingham debut

Virat Kohli apologises to Smith over booing fans

Lewis Hamilton with the trophy after winning the Canadian Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve racing circuit.

Montreal, Jun 10 (IANS): Britain’s Lewis Hamilton, driving for Mercedes, strengthened his lead in Formula 1 racing this season by winning the Canadian Grand Prix, the seventh of the year, at the Gilles Villeneuve racing circuit here.

Although Germany’s Sebastian Vettel, who had secured the pole position driving for Ferrari on Saturday, crossed the finish line first on Sunday, he was hit with a five-second penalty for making what was deemed to be a dangerous re-entry onto the track on Lap 48, with 22 laps

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Mallorca, Jun 10 (Agencies):For mer world number one Maria Sharapova is set to return to the tour after accepting a wildcard entry at the Mallorca Open, four months after undergoing surgery on her right shoulder.

The Russian has not competed since she withdrew from a second-round match at the WTA St Petersburg Ladies Trophy in January and she skipped

the entire claycourt season, including the French Open.

“I’m very happy... to announce that I’m going to accept the wild card to play the Mallorca Open,” the 32-year-old said in a statement.

“I want to thank the tournament for the opportunity it gives me and all my incredible fans who have been supporting me in recent months.”

PARIS, Jun 10 (Agencies): Five-times Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will play in the Birmingham grasscourt event later this month after accepting a wildcard.

The American, 38, has never played in the competition before but will join French Open champion Ashleigh Barty and world number one Naomi Osaka in the draw as the build-up to Wimbledon continues.

“I’m really excited to be playing in Birmingham for the first time. I always love playing on grass in front of British crowds and have heard wonderful things about the tournament,” the seven-times Grand Slam singles champion said.

Czech Petra Kvitova, a double Wimbledon champion, is also playing. Spain’s former Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza has withdrawn because of a left leg injury. The tournament runs from June 15-22.

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Ronaldo’s Portugal triumphed 1-0 in the showpiece match leaving the 19-

year-old defender De Ligt, who is widely expected to leave Ajax in the coming weeks, disappointed.

But television images showed Juve forward Ronaldo having a chat with the centre-half at the end of the game and the Dutchman confirmed a possible move to the Italian side had been raised by the fivetime Ballon d’Or winner.

“I didn’t understand him at first. I was a little shocked, so I laughed. But I didn’t say anything,” De Ligt told the Netherlands’ NOS television.

“So soon after the game you are not at all concerned with it. You are disappointed that you have lost and that is the only thing you are thinking about.”

De Ligt’s impressive performances for Ajax in their run to the Champions League semi-finals have made him one of the most wanted signatures in the transfer window.

But the defender said he had yet to make up his mind over his future and was in no hurry to do so.

“I don’t mind that.

The transfer period starts in a while, so I will first go on a nice vacation and rest. I will let it happen and then I will see,” he said.

London, Jun 10 (PTI): Indian skipper Virat Kohli says he apologised to Steve Smith on behalf of the fans after the former Australian skipper coped another round of “unacceptable” booing in the ongoing World Cup. Back after serving a one-year suspension for the infamous ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, Virat Kohli Smith, despite a string of In my opinion, that’s not impressive performances, acceptable,” the Indian has been getting a hostile reception at every English captain said. ground at the marquee event.

During the clash with India here on Sunday, Indian fans booed Smith and chanted “cheater, cheater” when the defending champions were fielding. Kohli urged them to calm down and instead cheer his batting.

“I just felt for him, and I told him, ‘I’m sorry on behalf of the crowd because I have seen that happen in a few earlier games as well’.

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Ko h im a , J u n 1 0 (NPN): Nagaland Taekwondo team who recently won 14 medals (10 gold, one silver and 3 bronze medal) at the 3rd Kukkiwon Cup (Indian International Championship 2019) were felicitated on Monday. The programme organised by Department of Youth Resources and

Sports was held at IG Stadium, Kohima.

Akumla Chuba, director of YRS congratulated the team and appreciated the coach for taking care of the students and bringing laurel to the state. The director added that the department will be focusing on improving the facilities of the academy.

She also reminded the academy students not to

only focus on their training but also on their studies for better career.

Lhouchalie Viya, Secretary, YRS also lauded the team for bringing laurel to the state.

He also said that the department will focus on providing free music classes and compulsory English speaking in the academy to boost their confidence

Kohima inter-higher school football tourney Kohima, Jun 10 (NPN): The 3rd Kohima District Inter Higher Secondary School Football tournament, jointly organised by Department of School Education, Youth Resources and Sports and Royal Club Kohima (RCK) will

“Just because there are so many Indian fans here, I just didn’t want them to set a bad example, to be honest, because he didn’t do anything to be booed in my opinion. He’s just playing cricket,” Kohli said at the end of the match.

Kohli and Smith have had their run-ins in the past including the infamous ‘Brain fade’ controversy during a 2017 Test match in Bengaluru, when Smith was seen seeking help for a referral from the dressing

commence from June 27 at IG Stadium, Kohima.

Therefore interested schools have been informed collect the entry forms from United Traders, Kohima town. The last day of form submission is June 15.

room. The home captain was left fuming during that time.

But on Sunday, the two were seen shaking hands after the former gestured the fans to show some restraint.

“He (Smith) was just

standing there, and I felt bad because if I was in a position where something had happened with me and I had apologised, I accepted it and I came back and still I would get booed, I wouldn’t like it, either,” he said.

FUNERAL SERVICE of

Late Mrs. Zhekhuli Wotsa, W/o Late Zhuvihe Wotsa will be held at 11:00 am on 11th June 2019 at her residence at Unity Village, 5th Mile, Dimapur, Nagaland.

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An eternal memory .....

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal.

Love leaves a memory no one can steal. you never said I'm leaving, you never say goodbye.

In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still.

If love alone could have saved you.

You never would have died ... but only God knew why.

Late IMNANIKEN (Mongchen)

We the bereaved family members of Late Zuchobemo Odyuo, son of Nchumbemo Odyuo of Morakjo Village would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone who stood by us through prayer, financially, physically, materially at his untimely demise on 5th June, 2019. Words are inadequate to express our indebtness to you and we deeply regret our inability to acknowledge each and every individual and groups, but its our sincere prayer that God bless you in abundance. We would like to convey our special thanks to : 1. Shri Mhathung Yanthan, Adviser Horticulture Govt. of Nagaland 2. Dr. Longshithung Jami, Prime Hospital, Dimapur.

3. Shri. Liremo Kikon, General Secretary NSF. 4. Shri Libemo Tsopoe, President LSU. 5. Shri Chumbemo Patton, Public Relation Sec. to Adviser Horticulure.

6. Shri N. Zubemo Odyuo, Advocate.

7. Naga Students, Gujarat.

8. Podinakup Public Organisation.

9. Morakjo Council and General Public.

10. Morakjo Ekhung, Dimapur.

11. Morakjo Eloe Ekhung, Dimapur.

12. Morakjo Union, Wokha.

13. Lotha NCRC Borlengri, Karbi-Anglong, Assam.

14. Thahekhu Village Block-3, Dimapur.

15. DP Tech. Assis Family, Dimapur.

16. Relatives and Well-Wishers.

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18th Oct. 1956 – 31st May 2019 We the family members of Late IMNANIKEN (Mongchen) would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all the individuals, friends, neighbors, various unions, churches and well-wishers who stood by us through various means at the sudden and sad demise of our beloved father on the 31st May 2019.

We convey our special thanks to :1. Chungtiya Yimsen Baptist Arogo and all Dept.

2. Chungtia Yimsen Village Council.

3. Chungtia Yimsen Youth.

4. Monchen Senso Telongjem Mangkolemba.

5. Medemyim Baptist Arogo.

6. Medemyim Village Council.

7. Longpa Yimsen 8. Watiyim Baptist Church 9. Watiyim Youth Ministry 10. Village Council Watiyim 11. Jokangmongba Watiyim 12. Mongchen Baptist Church 13. Mongchen Senso Telongjem, Dimapur 14. Mongchen Senso Telongjem, Kohima.

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Portugal lift Nations League cup Sechü Zubza FC thrash A Yhome FC KOHIMA FOOTBALL LEAGUE-3

them.

After getting their bearings over the first 10 minutes of play with three attempts that were saved

by Cillessen, the Dutch goaltender, the Portuguese began to bear down on their rivals and manufactured their best chance of the first half in the 31st minute, when Ronaldo knocked a header toward the net only to have it trapped by the netminder and be whistled out of play.

The Portuguese, however, did a prime job of

limiting the Dutch scoring chances, allowing only one good shot on goal during the entire match, a header

by Memphis Depay which Rui Patricio easily handled.

Just before the break, Portugal began firing off a seemingly endless series of fruitless shots on goal without managing to connect, showing their impatience to get on the board before heading to the locker room.

It wasn’t until the 60th minute that Guedes sealed the deal with a shot from the

side that Cillessen, despite stretching to the max, just couldn’t stop.

Holland tried to bounce back five minutes later, pushing toward the Portuguese area and firing their first shot on goal but running up against Rui Patricio, who was there to fend off Memphis’s attempt.

Guedes was taken out in the 75th minute and replaced with Rafa Silva, who gave the Portuguese a little more speed but did nothing to up the score. Meanwhile, the orange squad was fighting hard to set up counterattacks and break down Patricio’s barrier.

The match, during which neither side let themselves get carried away by negative emotions, showed its only tense moments in the 83rd minute when the Dutch demanded a penalty that the ref did not see.

Overall, the home team controlled the ball for just 42 per cent of the time but fired 12 shots on goal to Holland’s one.

With the win, Portugal has now triumphed in two of the last four competitive international tournaments that they’ve appeared in, their other win coming at Euro 2016, while The Netherlands have lost four of their last five finals in major international tournaments (three in the World Cup, once in the UEFA Nations League).

Djokovic leads ATP rankings

Dimapur District Taekwondo C’ship

Yuvraj draws curtain on international career

D i map u r , J u n 1 0 (NPN): The 18th Dimapur District Taekwondo Championship will be held at Indoor Stadium, Dimapur Government College on July 12 and 13. The participating fee is Rs.500 per player.

The weighing of players and referee clinic will be held simultaneously on July 11 at 2:00 pm at the venue.

For more information, contact 9436066705 or 9402643045.

Mumbai, Jun 10 (IANS): One performance is never enough to highlight Yuvraj Singh’s contribution to Indian cricket.

But if there was one phase when he ruled world cricket, it had to be during the 2011 World Cup in India.

And the man who almost single-handedly won India the coveted trophy announced his retirement from international cricket on Monday.

Yuvraj, who has not been a part of the Indian team for quite some time, has been contemplating retirement from international cricket and rumours are rife that he might pursue a career as a freelance cricketer in various ICC approved foreign T20 leagues.

Starting off in 2000 during the ICC KnockOut Trophy, he last played a Test match for India in 2012 and featured in a limited-overs series in 2017.

In the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League,

Portugal players celebrate after winning the UEFA Nations League final match against Netherlands at the Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal.

Lisbon, Jun 10 (IANS): Portugal took home the Nations League trophy with a 1-0 victory over The Netherlands in the finals in Oporto without needing the goal-scoring help of team captain and top striker Cristiano Ronaldo.

On Sunday, Ronaldo ended the match without scoring and it was Goncalo Guedes who notched the winning tally for the Portuguese in the 60th minute, reports Efe news.

Portugal came onto the pitch with a clear offen-

sive strategy with Berardo, Guedes and Ronaldo in the forward positions on the hunt for goals and glory, and the team - coached by Fernando Santos - masterfully controlling their rivals’ passing game.

A patient and careful Holland, without a top goal-scorer and a notch below the scrappy 2016 European champions, couldn’t quite measure up to the active Portuguese, but played well nevertheless except toward the end, when things began to fall apart a bit for

Novak Djokovic

Madrid, Jun 10 (IANS): Djokovic continued to lead the men’s ATP world singles rankings, with Nadal in second place.

Spanish star Rafael Nadals record-extending 12th French Open title has put him on top of the Race to London, an annual ranking that helps the top eight players qualify for the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) finals.

After taking part in nine tournaments this year, Nadal has collected 5,505

points in the ATP Race to London, 780 points more than Djokovic who was eliminated by Austria’s Dominic Thiem after a fiveset semi-final match in Paris, reports Efe news.

Nadal’s 12th French Open title strengthens his position in his bid to end the year as No. 1 for the fifth time, after 2008, 2010, 2013, and 2017. After his three-hour-and-one-minute battle in Paris 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, the 33-year-old Nadal broke a tie with Australia’s

Margaret Court, who won the Australian Open 11 times between 1960 and 1973. The 18-time Grand Slam champion also closed the gap with Federer -- the most successful male player in Grand Slam history with 20 titles -- as the secondmost decorated player in the majors.

Fe d e r e r, w h o wa s knocked out by Nadal in the semi-finals, remained in the third spot, ahead of Thiem and Germany’s Alexander Zverev. Karen Khachanov of Russia climbed two positions to the ninth, while Italy’s Fabio Fognini rose to 10th.

Meanwhile, Ashleigh Barty leaped six places to world No 2 in the WTA rankings released on Monday after the Australian’s surprise win at the French Open. Naomi Osaka narrowly retains top spot despite her shock elimination in the third round at Roland Garros which ended her hopes of winning a third successive Grand Slam.

5 Men Soccer Tournament

D i ma p u r , J u n 1 0 (NPN): The Sumi Students’ Union Shillong (SSUS) will be organising a 5 Men Soccer Tournament at A1 Powerplay, Chekiye, Dimapur from June 13 to 15.

Therefore, interested teams have been asked to contact 8413948787 for more information.

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Kohima, Jun 10 (NPN): Rhitsho Mero scored four goals as defending champions Sechü Zubza FC overpowered debutant team A Yhome FC 5-1 at the ongoing Kohima Football League-3 here at IG Stadium, Kohima on Monday.

Despite a better start for Yhome FC, Zubza team swift counter attack resulted in a goal as their captain Rhitsho Mero opened the account for the team in the 8th minute. Yhome FC lacked the composure as they failed to exert pressure on their opponent. Mero added his second with a minute remaining in the first half to double the lead for Zubza.

There was no stopping for Zubza team as their captain scored his hat-trick in the 48th minute. To bring more woes to the debutant team, Shurhosul Zhotso found the back of the net in the 61st minute to make it 4-0.

Zubza team conceded their first goal in the third edition when Vilhoubeituo Yhome rose up on the occasion to score a goal for A Yhome FC in 75th minute.

But Zubza team was not done yet as Mero added his fourth goal in the 79th minute to make it 5-1 and get their three points at the end of the final whistle.

Rhitsho Mero with six

he had almost gone unsold before Mumbai Indians grabbed him at his base price. He played only four matches for the franchise scoring 98 runs with one half-century.

Coming back to the highlight of his career, the 37-year-old had a dream run at the 2011 World Cup as he amassed 362 runs including one century and four fifties. He also picked 15 wickets, won four Manof-the-Match awards and was also awarded the Player of the Tournament. In the process, he became the first all-rounder to score 300-plus runs and take 15 wickets in a single edition of the showpiece event.

After the World Cup, he was diagnosed with cancerous tumor in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment in Boston and Indianapolis.

While he did make a return to the national team post recovery, life was never the same and he became an

Players of Sechü Zubza FC and A Yhome FC (yellow) in action during their match on Monday. (NP)

goals in two matches is now leading the highest goal scorer of the tournament.

Zubza team now leads the table with six points in two matches and a goal difference of 11+ to defend their title.

In the second match, Vanguard FC Tseminyu made a late comeback in the second half to beat debutant Kohima Eagles FC 2-1. A last minute penalty goal from their captain Sinenlo Kath helped Vanguard FC to get three points in the encounter.

Kohima Eagles got off to a good start as Min-

Yuvraj Singh

on and off member of the Indian team.

Apart from the 2011 World Cup, another highlight in his illustrious career would be the 6 sixes he hit at the inaugural edition of the World T20 in South Africa in 2007. In India’s Super 8 match against England at Durban, he hit six

erva Punjab winger Hitova Ayemi scored from a spot kick in the 24th minute.

In the second half, it was a different story as Vanguard rallied back from behind to find the equaliser through Kenyuyhun Khing in the 90th minute. When it seemed like the match was heading for a draw, Sinenlo Kath scored from a penalty in the 93rd minute after the referee awarded a controversial spot-kick, and helped the team win the match 2-1.

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sixes in an over off Stuart Broad and brought the crowd to its feet. In the process, he reached the fastest fifty ever in a T20 game, off just 12 balls, which was also the fastest in any form of international cricket.

Not to forget what the youngster did during the 2002 Natwest Trophy final at the Lord’s. In what seemed a game that was there for England to win - after India’s famed top-order flopped - Yuvraj combined with Mohammad Kaif to take the visitors home as visuals of a shirtless Sourav Ganguly waving the jersey from the Lord’s balcony is one folklores are made of.

In all, Yuvraj played 40 Tests, 304 ODIs and 58 T20Is for India in which he scored 1900, 8701 and 1177 runs respectively.

In 2012, he was conferred with the Arjuna Award and two years later, he was awarded the Padma Shri.

Women’s World Cup: England beat Scotland Nadal not to play before Wimbledon

England’s Ellen White (18) celebrates with team mates after scoring a goal during their Women’s World Cup match against Scotland.

Paris, Jun 10 (Agencies): England’s Nikita Parris and Ellen White scored first-half goals as the Lionesses defeated neighbours Scotland 2-1 on Sunday to make a strong start to their women’s World Cup campaign.

Phil Neville’s team emerged as early leaders of a difficult Group D after a fine attacking display against

the debutants at Stade de Nice, with 2015 World Cup runners-up Japan playing their first game, against Argentina, on Monday.

E n g l a n d we n t 1 - 0 ahead in the 14th minute when striker Parris fired her penalty past goalkeeper Lee Alexander after a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) review had confirmed that forward Fran Kirby’s cross inside the

box had hit defender Nicola Docherty’s arm. They continued to trouble the Scottish defence and doubled their lead through Birmingham City forward White, who collected the ball at the edge of the penalty area and beat Alexander with a curled effort from her left foot in the 40th minute.

Scotland pulled back a goal in the second half as

former Manchester City forward Claire Emslie took advantage of a rare defensive error by England skipper Steph Houghton to slot the ball past goalkeeper Karen Bardsley with 11 minutes to go.

“I think at 2-0 in this heat we thought it was going to be easy in the second half.

It’s a lesson that every game in this World Cup is going to

be difficult,” Neville said.

“I was pleased with the result. The first game is always the most difficult but we set certain standards and the players know we need to keep meeting them... If we don’t, we get second-half performances like we just got. We’ve got to be relentless now.”

The only worry for England on the day was a shoulder injury suffered by experienced defender Millie Bright who had to be substituted shortly after she landed awkwardly following a challenge on Erin Cuthbert.

England meet Argentina in their next match at Le Havre on Friday while Shelley Kerr’s Scotland take on world number seven Japan on the same day in Rennes.

“We know we need to win one game, it does not have to be the first game, even if it would have been nice,” Kerr said.

“At a competition like the World Cup you need to scrutinise (yourselves) to the max; there were a lot of positives for us in the second half though.”

PARIS, Jun 10 (Agencies): French Open champion Rafael Nadal said he will play no grasscourt warm-up tournaments ahead of Wimbledon but is confident he can mount a challenge for a third title in southwest London.

The Spaniard collected his 12th Roland Garros crown by beating Dominic Thiem on Sunday, moving him just two Grand Slam titles behind Roger Federer’s record of 20.

The 33-year-old will now head back home to Mallorca to recharge his batteries before heading to Wimbledon at the end of the month.

Nadal won at the All England Club in 2008 and 2010 but his record there since then has been mixed, although he did reach the semi-final last year.

“I know I played a great event last year. I have been able to be very close to win another title there,” Nadal, who was edged out

by Novak Djokovic in an epic semi-final last year, told reporters in Paris.

“As everybody knows,

Rafael Nadal

I love to play on grass. And as everybody knows, I am not able to play so many weeks in a row like I did 10 years ago, eight years ago.

So I will not play before Wimbledon. The experience says that having the right preparation then, practicing well, and maybe a couple of matches, I don’t know, before there.”

Nadal has suffered with knee problems throughout his career and missed Wimbledon in 2009 and 2016.

He also had knee issues in the run-up to the French Open but played superbly throughout the fortnight.

Nadal believes he has been close to adding a third Wimbledon title to his collection in the last couple of years, when he also pitched up without any competitive grasscourt matches under his belt.

“Honestly, the last two years that I played in Wimbledon, I felt close again,” he said.

“Last year I was one point away to the final. I felt competitive last couple of years, so why do I need to change that? What gives me a better chance is being healthy more than playing a lot of matches before.”

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