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SIT identifies Lankesh killer and outfit spread over 5 states Bengaluru, Jun 15 (PTI): Parashuram Waghmare, the last of the six suspects arrested in connection with the killing of journalistactvist Gauri Lankesh, was her assassin, the SIT probing the sensational case said on Friday. A senior official in the Special Investigation Team also said the same weapon was used to shoot Lankesh, and rationalists Govind Pansare and M.M. Kalburgi. “Waghmare shot Lankesh and the forensic report has confirmed that (rationalists) Govind Pansare, M M Kalburgi and Lankesh were murdered with the same weapon,” a senior officer in the SIT told PTI wishing not to be named. Forensic examination can lead to such a conclusion when the hammer of a gun has left identical marks at the rear of a bullet even if the weapon itself has not been found. He said the organisation, composed of people drawn from Hindu right groups, had around 60 members spread across at least five states but had no name. “We discovered that this gang has a network in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,

ANATG phase-IV stir from Jun 18 DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): All Nagaland Ad hoc Teachers Group (ANATG) 2015 batch has decided to begin phase-IV agitation for an indefinite period starting from June 18, 2018 at 8am at the directorate of school education, Kohima. In a press release, ANATG 2015 batch president, Rüguotsolie, and general secretary, Tosoyol Sothu, said the decision was taken by the group’s agitation core committee at a meeting held on June 14, 2018 and attended by all committee members. At the meeting, ANATG said the house also resolved that phase-IV agitation would continue till further notice and until the government fulfilled their demand. ANATG 2015 batch is demanding service regularisation claiming that they have fulfilled all the criteria laid down by the department. In this regard, the ANATG central team and the core committee have appealed to all its members from across the state to be prepared and actively participate in the upcoming agitation. The group further informed that during the agitation no leave would be entertained and warned that stern action would be initiated against the absentees.

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Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. We did not find their Uttar Pradesh connection so far,” the official said. He said though it recruited people from hardline Hindutva organisations like Maharashtra-based Hindu Jagruti Samiti and Sanatan Sanstha, these outfits may not be directly responsible for the killings. Both organisations had denied their role in the killing of the three. Sujith Kumar alias Praveen used to recruit people for the gang, the official said, adding it was following his interrogation that the network was busted. “The gang had almost reached the last phase of killing Prof K S Bhagawan (Kannada writer) when we nabbed them,” the officer said.

NDPP ridicules NPF for ‘nitpicking’

DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): While ridiculing the opposition NPF, whom it accused of “jumping the gun” at every perceived opportunity without basis but merely for publicity, ruling NDPP has responded to NPF attacks over Citizenship(Amendment) Bill 2016; controversy created by media regarding Rio’s statement on Naga integration issue ; negative campaigns and controversy over T.R.Zeliang’s B.A.degree. NDPP media & communications committee in a statement, clarified that the cabinet at the June 5 meeting discussed several issues such as the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill 2016. It said cabinet maintained that as Nagaland is fully protected under Article 371(A) of the constitution and as Inner Line Permit(ILP) is fully operational, the state will oppose the Bill, without hesitation, if went against the interests of Nagas. Further, NDPP said until such an instance takes place, the cabinet decided not to interfere in the policies of the Centre as widely published in the media on June 7.

Enterprises run by non-locals in locals’ names no longer tax exempt DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): Working Committee (WC) of Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) has clarified that established business houses operating for years in local entrepreneurs’ names will no longer be exempted from taxation. In a statement issued by its media cell, WC said keeping in mind the importance of supporting and encouraging young indigenous Naga entrepreneurs in their initial years, local entrepreneurs were exempted from the purview of taxation. This was an important step to-

ward building a strong base for economic self-reliance through inculcating work culture in “our youth”, it added. Stating that the good intention has unfortunately been misunderstood, WC clarified that established business houses operating for years are no longer exempt from taxation. It alleged that a large numbers of “non-local entrepreneurs” continue to operate in the name of indigenous Nagas, which has adversely affected the prospects of genuine Naga youths from succeeding. (Cont’d on p-11)

On recent controversy raised in the media over chief minister Neiphiu Rio’s statement on integration issue, NDPP said a clarification was issued and published in all local dailies on June 15. It maintained that the stand of the chief minister and PDA delegation remained the same, that right of Nagas to live together under one administrative umbrella, will never be given up. At the same time, NDPP however reiterated that Nagas need to also live in peaceful coexistence with its neighbours. It also reminded that the last resolution on integration was adopted under the leadership of present chief minister on December 18,2003. NDPP asked whether the NPF president and opposition leader who served as chief ministers of NPF-led DAN governments, had ever passed a similar resolution? NDPP said the PDA government remained committed to resolution of the “Indo-Naga” political conflict as a facilitator and would leave no stone unturned for an honourable and inclusive solution. The PDA will also never com-

promise with the rights and honour of Nagas and was ready to make any sacrifice for the people who elected the government. NDPP reopened a past controversy, when it accused NPF of having “forfeited all moral authority to even speak” of the controversial booklet “Bedrock of Naga Society” as they have fully endorsed it by teaming up with the authors-Dr.S.C.Jamir, his brother S.I.Jamir. It said even Dr.Jamir’s son Apok Jamir is a full fledged member of NPF and was a candidate for the Lok Sabha byelection as well as the assembly election. NDPP said on both elections, he lost the elections and should realise the defeats were rejection of the booklet by the Naga people. NDPP said since NPF have endorsed the booklet it by their action of aligning with Congress, its “misleading statements” are selfcontradictory for which they ought to be ashamed of. NDPP said it remained opposed to the booklet( Bedrock of Naga Society) as it was “a sell out of Nagas’ rights”. NDPP said “unless the authors apologise and reject the booklet”, it cannot

be erased since it has already caused damage to the Naga cause. NDPP also accused NPF of carrying out negative campaign during election campaign by violating the Model Code of Conduct when its president appealed for votes on religious and communal grounds and also declared that T.R.Zeliang was the party’s chief minister-in-waiting. This showed the poor quality of NPF ideology and intellectual inadequacy which was rejected by the people, said NDPP. It attacked NPF by saying that so long Zeliang remained its chief ministerin-waiting, the party will have no moral authority to speak on any issue after Zeliang lied to citizens of the state, repeatedly claiming to have graduated from Kohima Arts College under NEHU in his earlier affidavits but in 2018 declaring that he is “BA appeared”. Taking these into account, NDPP said NPF was suffering from “advanced form of tunnel vision” by refusing to acknowledge its own mistakes while trying to smear the image of other parties and their leaders.

DIMAPUR, JUNE 15 (NPN): Intensifying its attack on chief minister Neiphiu Rio over his purported statement to media that integration of contiguous Naga-inhabited areas was not possible, opposition NPF has accused him of “selling out” Nagas’ destiny by taking the side of Government of India (GoI) openly. In a rejoinder, NPF Legislature Party spokesperson Imkong Imchen said by saying so, Rio has made his mind known to GoI and the Naga people without any reservation. He said NPF is objecting to his statement as he is the chief minister, adding by making such open declaration in the media in the national capital, he has betrayed the Naga cause with clarity. Imchen also likened Rio’s statement to Governor Pilate handing over Jesus Christ to a Jewish crowd and washing his hands in front of them, knowing full well that the crowd would crucify Him in a cruel manner. Further, Imchen said the chief minister’s office (CMO) and Rio himself (Cont’d on p-11) has not denied what he had

Public meeting in Mkg denounce rape

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MOKOKCHUNG, JUN 15 (Npn): In the wake of the recent rape of a minor girl at Mokokchung town and other social evils plaguing the society, a public meeting was held here at police point here on Friday to deliberate on crimes against women and social evils. The public meeting was jointly organised by various Mokokchung Town Aoer Telongjem (MTAT), All Ward Union Mokokchung (AWUM), Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT), Ao Senden, Watsu Mungdang and Ao Kaketshir Mungdang (AKM).

A section of the crowd attending the public meeting at police point, Mokokchung town on Friday.

Shops in and around the town downed their shutters and normal activity in the town came to a grinding halt during the meeting that lasted for about two hours. At the meeting, speeches were delivered by representatives of the above mentioned organizations wherein all the speakers

NPF accuses chief minister of ‘selling out’ Naga destiny

condemned the rape of a minor girl. They also demanded the responsible authorities to award befitting punishment to the accused. Later, the resolution committee read out a threepoint resolution that was adopted at the meeting. (Cont’d on p-11)

stated about the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. He had clearly stated that Art 371(A) of the Constitution of India has given enough protection and safeguard to the Naga people and therefore it is not necessary for him or his government to oppose the controversial Bill, Imchen stressed. Referring to the controversial “Bedrock of Naga Society” over which Rio had resigned from the Congress ministry in 2002, Imchen regretted that same person was now championing controversial Bill “to please his masters in Delhi”. He said NPF is of the firm opinion that Inner Line Permit (ILP) derived from the Bengal Frontier Regulation Act, 1873 should be uniformly imposed all over Nagaland, including Dimapur. Imchen added that NPF has no objection to the decision of keeping Dimapur-I constituency “open” and the rest 59 constituencies reserved for the Nagas. But Dimapur should be included under ILP henceforth, he stressed. (Cont’d on p-11)

NPRAAF to withdraw plea from CIC DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): Following RTI reply from the cabinet secretariat on the appointment of 13 PDA constituent party leaders in the ranks of cabinet ministers and ministers of state, the Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) Friday said it has decided to withdraw the appeal filed before the Central Information Commission (CIC) on June 11, 2018. NPRAAF through its information and publicity cell said public information officer (PIO) of the chief secretary office forwarded the RTI reply of cabinet secretariat (Cabinet Cell)

dated June 5, 2018. However, NPRAAF said it was not satisfied with the reply, which reportedly stated that advisors (MLAs) were appointed as per Rule 5 & 23 of Nagaland Executive Business 2016. Contending that the appointed advisers/parliamentary secretaries were to be administered oath of secrecy by the chief minister as per Nagaland Rules of Executive 5 (4), the forum said the appointment of advisers, therefore, clearly violated the Nagaland Rules of Executive 2016 since the they were not administered oath of secrecy by the chief minister. (Cont’d on p-11)

NLSF backs Rupin Sharma DIMAPUR, JUN 15 (NPN): Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) has appealed to the state government to reconsider its decision of transferring of DGP Nagaland Rupin Sharma. A press note by NLSF president Imliben Lemtur, general secretary, Medochutuo Kiewhuo and info & pub secy. Roland, claimed that “the government decision to transfer, is clashing with the public feelings, its faith and inspired by his impeccable track records...” It said the issue was turning into a tense loggerhead and may lead to a backlash. While highlighting the measure taken by Rupin to revamp the department, NLSF said that the public want a people’s DGP and he fits the category significantly and vividly. NLSF criticized the government for branding and tagging Rupin as inexperienced, saying it was a flimsy ground and bears mala fide intention. While not denying that the state had appointed Rupin as DGP by flouting the laid down procedures-which requires 28 years of service for the state under special category status, NLSF said that the incoming officer, a year senior to him, also did not fulfil the criteria. NLSF further said it was a direct violation of Supreme Court order, where a DG’s tenure is clearly fixed for two years to avoid political pressure and so as to discharge the responsibility in a professional manner. K Y M C

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WEATHER FORECAST JUNE 16

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Agartala Clouds and sun

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A p.m. thunderstorm in spots 30 22

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Guwahati A p.m. thunderstorm in spots 34 24

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Toshi Wungtong, translators, and IPR officials during the booklet release. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: “No writing is enough without a good photograph”, said advisor for SCERT, IPR & Village Guards, Toshi Wungtung, adding that a good photograph was the icing on the cake. He was speaking at the valedictory program of the two day training on photography skill upgradation at DIPR conference hall, Kohima on June 15. According to a DIPR

report, Wungtung, who is a keen photographer himself, said that it was a wonderful experience to be a photographer and he narrated his experiences where he captured moments of conflicts, tears and joy in his photos. He also said that it was not easy to be a photographer as they experience challenges, difficulties and risk when capturing such moments. He also stated that

photographers capture moments and what you photograph now is your signature which will go on living for a long time. The future generation will reflect back on the moments a photographer captures, he added. He further added that he was looking forward to work with the department and to set up a film studio which will have Naga film directors and actors. He

Idd-ul-Fitir greetings

crime beat

Kohima Police arrest Kidnappers

The two individuals arrested on Kidnapping charges.

Dimapur: On receiving information of a case of kidnapping and ransom, Kohima Police arrested a “sgt maj.” of GPRN/ NSCN identified as Vilhou Kengurusie (29) and his ac-

complice, Sinilo Bukh (38) on June 14. A press release from Kohima Police, Addl. Superintendent of Police & PRO, said the victim, a resident of PWD colony, Ko-

hima was kidnapped from his home the same day and was kept confined at an unknown location after which demand of ransom was made to the father for the release of the victim. The victim’s father then negotiated the ransom amount to Rs. 40,000 which was paid to secure the release of the victim. Police investigating the case swung into action and raided a house during which one of the accused, Sinilo Bukh, was arrested. Interrogation of the arrested led to the arrest of the GPRN/NSCN functionary from his residence at High School area. A case of kidnapping and ransom was registered at South PS and the accused have been remanded to police custody for further investigation.

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also added that with the cooperation of the department, a film studio will be set up very soon. Director, IPR, Limawati Ao who also spoke on the occasion, said that IPR was one of the few departments which could achieve the targets set in the 100 days program of the PDA government within the stipulated time. He also talked about a booklet ‘Important

Schemes for Welfare of Citizens’, which was released in all Naga languages at the program. The book is a compilation of some important schemes/ programs undertaken by various departments for the welfare of citizens which will be beneficial for those living in the interior parts of the state, he added. The Director also expressed appreciation to language translators and officer incharge joint director, IPR, Dzüvinuo Theünuo for completing their assignments in record time. He said the booklet contains various welfare schemes explained in 16 different tribal dialects. The prog ram was chaired by deputy director, Asangla Imsong. Earlier, the advisor released the booklets ‘Important Schemes for Welfare Of Citizens’ which was translated by language translators of DIPR. The resource person of the photography workshop was Suchamayang Kichu assisted by Moro Longchar. The training focused on concept of photography interspersed with mostly practical sessions. Training certificates were given to all the participants by the advisor.

Governor: On the occasion of Idu’l Fitr, Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya, has conveyed his warm greetings to the people of Nagaland, particularly to the Muslim community in the State. In his message, Acharya expressed hope that the sacred occasion would usher-in good will and harmony and further strengthen the values of composite society everywhere. He said that the festival of Idu’l Fitr marks the culmination of the Holy Month of ‘Ramzan’, the month of prayers, blessings and forgiveness. The Governor said the festival remind every member of the community their obligations and responsibilities towards other members of the society, especially the poor and downtrodden for peaceful coexistence and equitable progress of the State and the Nation. Governor prayed that Allah’s blessings light up the path of oneness and

lead to happiness and success on the occasion. MCD: Muslim Council Dimapur (MCD) has extended Idd mubarak wishes to all citizens of Nagaland on the auspicious occasion of Idd-ulFitir, which is celebrated by Muslims all over the world after a month long prayer and fasting period called Ramadan. In a press release, MCD working president, A. Rahman, while extending the greetings on behalf of the council, hoped that with this celebration of the festival, a new era of peace, brotherhood, prosperity and unity would prevail among all sections of people in society. DDCF: The Dimapur District Citizens Forum (DDCF), a collective forum of all tribes and communities of Dimapur, has extended its greetings to Muslim brothers and sisters of Dimapur. A press release by general secretary of DDCF,

A. Rahman said that the president of the forum, Joseph Lemtur was hopeful that Id-ul-Fitir celebrated by Muslims all over the world after the holy month of prayer and fasting called Ramadan, would usher in peace and unity among all citizens. Meetei Council: Dimapur Meetei Council has extended warm greetings on the joyous occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr 2018 to all the Muslim brothers and sisters of Nagaland with the hope that the festival will bind the people in peace, happiness and brotherhood. DBS: Dimapur Bengali Samaj (DBS) has wished for joy and happiness in the lives of all believers during Eid the “Festival of breaking the fast” marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. DBS president, K. K Paul, in a greeting note stated “May this festival of Love and Goodwill bring in Brotherhood and Sympathy amongst all.”

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news in Brief NLA committee meeting: Yitachu, MLA and chairman of committee on petition, has convened an introductory meeting of the committee on June 20, 2018 at 12 noon in the committee room, Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) secretariat. In a statement, NLA secretariat has requested all members of the committee on petition (2018-19) to make it convenient to attend the scheduled meeting. Mokokchung vehicle loading/unloading: In order to regulate and ease traffic congestion within the town, the timing for unloading of Goods from loaded trucks/vehicles shall be as follows: Morning up to 7:30 am, evening 5 pm onwards (During summer) and 4:00 p.m onwards (During winter). Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung through DIPR said that the given timing shall come into effect from the date of issue of this order for strict compliance till further orders. (DIPR) CBSE schools information on Tenyidie subject: All CBSE affiliated schools functioning within the state of Nagaland have been notified that they may teach Tenyidie as third language till class VIII by adapting/adopting the syllabi used by the state government schools. DoSE director, Wonthungo Tsopoe, in a notification said that for teaching Tenyidie as third language in classes IX and X, the concerned schools need to apply for permission from CBSE through the Directorate of School Education, Nagaland. PTAM general meeting: Public Transport Association Mon District (PTAM) has convened its general session on June 19, 10 a.m. at the Council Hall, Mon Town. All private vehicles owners of Mon district have been requested to attend the meeting. No commercial public vehicle will be allowed to ply on the same day within Mon district and PTAM warned that action would be taken against defaulters. F&CS Kohima informs: Food and Civil Supplies (F&CS) Kohima has informed all the FPS/Village Councils of Kohima Centre that the PHH and AAY food-grains/sugar will be released from June 19 onwards between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. for which the concerned FPS/Village Councils are directed to collect their respective quota within the stipulated period. Kezocha Circle Villages and Merema, Tsiese Basa & Bawe, Thizama & Rusoma on June 19; Jakha Circle Villages on June 20; Kohima Sadar and Secu circle Villages on June 21 and Kohima Town FPS on June 22 and June 25. KQWS to organise training: Kipi Qomi Welfare Society (KQWS) will be organising a leadership development training programme for minority women (non-residential) on June 16, 9 a.m. at the Jubilee Hall, Atoizu Town. SCC Chumu informs permanent residents: Seiuzu-zha colony council (SCC), Chumukedima ward 8 secretary, Akato Sumi has informed all the permanent residents of Seiuzu-zha colony that any construction of walls by the side of the main road or approach road has to be with the knowledge of the colony council to avoid any inconveniences or discrepancies. ANPSTA clarifies: Apropos the news item published on June 15 (Page 10), the headline should read as “ANPSTA supports NSSATA” and not as published. Lost & found: Canara bank and SBI ATM cards, and a PAN card belonging to one Sangthing Kiamniungan has been found near North Police Station Kohima on June 15. The rightful owner has been asked to contact 7005016328.

Information for GPF subscribers

DIMAPUR: Office of the Principal Accountant General (PAG) (A&E) Kohima has informed all the GPF subscribers of the state government that a list of unposted items, due to wrong GPF account numbers and names forwarded erroneously by various departments, have been compiled and handed over to the Sr. Treasury Officers for further distribution to DDOs. A press release by the office has informed all DDOs to submit the corrected list directly to the GPF branch of the PGS’s office or through the concerned Treasury Officer for restoration. All GPF subscribers have been requested to submit collateral evidence for restoration of their missing credits. Further, the PAG said that 20l7-18 GPF accounts were about to be closed for which all the GPF subscribers have been requested to submit their documents to GPF Branch of the office latest by June 29.

Khing inaugurates first women resource centre in Phek Correspondent

The accused with the seized cough syrup bottles. DIMAPUR: Narcotic Excise duty party at Khuzama inter-state excise check gate seized a total of 2600 bottles of Codeine cough syrup (Elayik) from a truck (RJ-14 GE 5402) on June 14.

According to deputy commissioner of excise (NC), Kevisetuo Angami, the accused driver of the vehicle was identified as Athokpam Kiren Kumar Singh (34). He has been forwarded to judicial cus-

tody and booked under relevant sections of the NDPS Act 1985. According to the deputy commissioner, the contraband was concealed below a seat in the driver’s cabin.

195 kgs contraband ganja seized

(L-R): The vehicle from which the ganja was recovered. The seized contraband.

D I M A P U R : Ko h i m a 195 kgs of contraband Police manning Peducha Ganja neatly packed in Check Gate have seized 26 polythene bags from K

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a Maruti Esteem bearing Registration No. WB 02W 1117 during the wee hours of June 8. A press release by additional superintendent of Police & PRO, Kohima stated that the vehicle fled when it was signalled to stop for checking. The duty personnel gave chase and after a hot pursuit, the vehicle was found abandoned near Piphema village and the occupants had escaped under the cover of darkness. In this connection a case has been registered under the NDPS Act for investigation.

KO H I M A , J U N 1 5 (NPN): Advisor for Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services and Women Resource Development, R Khing, today inaugurated a women resource centre at Thosuzho, Runguzu Nasa under Chozuba subdivision in Phek district. This is the first Women Resource Centre to be inaugurated out of the six centres which are under construction in Mokokchung, Phek, Wokha, Peren and Zunheboto. The land was donated free of cost by Runguzu Nasa. In his address, Khing said WRD and DUDA are new departments and were the brainchild of chief minister Neiphiu Rio conceived during his first stint in 2003. The rural areas have lot of potential but without opportunities, they are unable to expose their talents, he said adding that the centre would help them utilise their potentials towards enhancing their livelihood and economic conditions. Stating that in olden days women were mostly confined to household chores, he said women should come forward to undergo training in different

Advisor R Khing along with department officials, district administration and villagers at the newly inaugurated Women Resource Centre at Thosuzho, Runguzu Nasa on June 15. (NP) courses and improve their household incomes. He expressed hope that the centre would be a centre of excellence which will ultimately result in furthering the concept of “Made in Nagaland”. Khing also challenged the women folks and administrators of the centre to be an example for the rest of the state so that other sister departments would wilfully come forward to extend support. Earlier, the advisor also unveiled the inauguration plaque.

Delivering the keynote address, director of Women Resource Development, R. Khrienuo Tachü said that the objective of the department since its inception has been empowerment of Naga women with all round skill development. She expressed the hope that the centre would help enhance the skill of rural women towards improving their livelihood and enhance their economy. She assured that the centre would endeavour to extend all possible support

towards providing different trainings on weaving, tailoring, toy making, food processing etc. She also said that the department would also find market for the completed products in such centres. Presenting a technical report, SDO PWD (H) Kohima Division-II, Teisovilie said construction started in 2012 and it was completed at a cost of Rs 3 crore. Short speeches were also presented by Runguzu Nasa Village Council Chairman Vekhwünü,

contractor Thepupi Kapu and ex-candidate, Kudecho Khamo. Chaired by WRDO Chozuba, Zhoto Khamo, the programme commenced with pastor, Runguzu Nasa Baptist Church, Besüto Rhakho pronounced the dedicatory prayer. A folk tune was presented by Women Society of Runguzu Nasa while assistant director, WRD Melumlungbo Zeliang tendered the vote of thanks and women pastor RNBC offered the benediction. K

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PWD minister inspects Delhi Nagaland Houses

with the chief minister and dy. chief minister on the important and the urgent needs of the R. K. Puram Guest House. He added that the R. K. Puram guest house would be fully functional from next month (July). The Minister was accompanied by JE Er. S. K. Dhar, PRO, Kuolie Mere, Kelhouneizo Yhome and K. Bendangtoshi.

Tongpang Ozukum with other officials in New Delhi on June 15.

DIMAPUR: Tongpang Ozukum, minister for Public Works Department (PWD) inspected both the Nagaland Houses in Delhi -- at Dwarka and R. K. Puram Guest House, New Delhi on June 15, 2018. A press release from New Delhi Nagaland House, PRO (IPR), Kuolie Mere, said that during the visit, the minister interacted with the contractor and department officers in-charge of the building. During the inspection, Tongpang revealed that he had had a discussion

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2018

Alomi Abulu (Elotuna), Our first year with you has been the most special year of our lives. Thank you for all the happiness you have given to us. Happy Birthday Alomi Abulu (Elotuna). We love you so much ! From, Akhashe & Akhuto Lagha Dear Kitole Awomi, Today you were brought into this world to be a blessing and inspiration to the people around you ! You are a wonderful person ! May more birthdays and fulfill your dreams. With lots of love, Mom, Sis, Bro, Sis-in-law and Baby Andrew Vito.

Massive landslide blocks Imphal-Jiribam section of An aerial view of flood-affected Kailashahar town in People shift to safer places at Nam Doboka village NH-37 on Friday. (NP) Unakoti district of Tripura on Friday. (PTI) in Hojai district of Assam on Friday. (PTI)

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The governor also said that Raj Bhavan has decided to postpone the celebration of Id-ul-Fitr this time considering the grim flood situation that affected large number of people. State government has opened more than 60 relief camps and Rs 3.2 crore released to meet the expenses while providing assistances to the flood victims sheltered at the relief camps. Vast areas including residential areas in the twin Imphal districts, Thoubal and Jiribam were still under water. The level of the major rivers running in the valley have started receded but still running above the danger marks, according to officials of state water resource department. Meanwhile, landslides were reported in hill districts of Ukhrul and Tamenglong in the last two days.

At landslide at Bakshi Mini stadium in Dungrei of Ukhrul district damaged a house-cum- restaurant and destroyed properties worth around Rs 10 lakh. However, no casualty was reported. In Tamenglong district, massive landslides along the stretch of the highway blocked the Imphal-Jiribam section of NH-37.

Over 40,000 in relief camps in Tripura

The flood situation in Tripura deteriorated today with the rain-fed Khowai river inundating fresh areas rendering thousands homeless and damaging roads and crops, officials said. While two lives were lost on Wednesday, a 50year-oldfarmer was washed away by the Khowai river and his body was recovered from Sonalata area yesterday, they said.

Around 2,000 flood affected people took shelter in freshly opened relief camps this morning as water level of the Khowai has been swelling following continuous rain since last night, Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Uttam Mandal said. Currently, 6,000 people are marooned in Khowai district, he said, adding it has caused extensive damage to road connectivity as well as crops. Vehicular movement has been disrupted in different places of the district as some wooden bridges collapsed due to gushing water. Around 40,000 floodhit people have already taken shelter in 173 relief camps and the number may increase due to fresh flood in Khowai district, said an official of State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOP).

Assam Flood: Fresh Land slides affects train services

Another academic honour for Chamling

Fast track court to try accused in KA killing

Gangtok, Jun 15 (PTI): Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling was Friday conferred with a Doctorate degree by a private university. I C FA I U n ive r s i t y Chancellor Dr R P Kaushik and Vice-Chancellor Prof Jagannath Patnaik handed over the certificate of Doctorate of Literature (honoris causa) at a convocation function held at Chintan Bhawan auditorium. It was the fourth academic honour in the past 14 years for the Sikkim chief minister. Chamling was given the same honour by the SRM University late last year. Earlier, the Sikkim Manipal University had honoured him with Ph.D degree in 2003 and Sikkim University with Doctorate of Philosophy degree in July last year. Speaking on the occasion, Chamling said: “It is a great honour for me to receive Doctor of Literature from ICFAI University in recognition of my dedication and service to the people of Sikkim. Chamling said he has created the groundwork for the Sikkimese students to take up higher studies in their own state by setting up seven universities and 27 colleges.

GUWAHATI, Jun 15 (Agencies): Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has announced that Assam government is setting up set up a fasttrack court in Dokmoka in Karbi Anglong hill district to conduct trial of accused in June 8 mob lynching at Panjuri area in Dokmoka in which two promising youths from Guwahati – Nilotpol Das and Abhijit Nath were killed. According to The Shillong Times, Sonowal informed that in view of the strong and popular demand from various sections of the people from all over the state to hand out exemplary punishment to the culprits involved in the mob lynching of the two youths, the state government had decided to set up a fast track court in Dokmoka to try the accused. Sonowal said that no one involved in the gory incident of lynching of the two youths would be spared and the government would try facilitating exemplary punishment to the culprits as per the law of the land. Meanwhile, Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the mob lynching incident at Dokmoka in Karbi Anglong district of the state. Taking a suo moto

Guwahati, Jun 15 (Agencies): Due to fresh incident of heavy land slide between Bandarkhal and Damchara station in Assam, Train Services suspended in Lumding – Badarpur section. However Work is in progress in the affected location, but the complete

restoration is likely to take 2-3 days time, said P J Sharma, Spokes person of NF Railway, NorthEast India 24 reported. There are also land slides in several places at Dharmanagar area in Tripura, causing this several trains have either been cancelled or short terminated.

Cancellation and short termination of trains 25658 DN Silchar – Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express of 15.06.18 will remain partially cancelled between Silchar and Guwahati and will start from Guwahati for Sealdah as per Time Table. 15612 DN Silchar – Guwahati Express of 15.06.2018 will remain cancelled. 12504 DN Agartala – Bangalore Cantt Humsafar Express of 16.06.2018 will remain partially cancelled between Agartala and Kamakhya. The train will start from Kamakhya on 16.06.2018 as per Time Table. 55616 DN Silchar – Guwahati Fast Passenger of 15.06.2018 will remain cancelled. 15659 UP Sealdah – Agartala Kanchanjungha Express which started from Sealdah on 14.06.2018 will remain partially cancelled between Guwahati and Agartala. 20502 UP Anand Vihar – Agartala Rajdhani Express will be short terminated at Guwahati and will remain partially cancelled between Guwahati and Agartala. Accordingly 20501 DN Agartala – Anand Vihar Rajdhani Express will start from Guwahati on 19.06.2018 as per Time Table. 55667 UP Silchar – Bhairabi passenger of 15.06.2018 will remain cancelled. 55668 DN Bhairabi – Silchar passenger of 16.06.2018 will remain cancelled. 55663 DN Agartala – Silchar passenger of 15.06.2018 will remain cancelled. 55679 DN Agartala – Dharmanagar passenger is short terminated at Ambasa and returned back to Agartala as passenger special. 55680 UP Dharmanagar – Agartala passenger of 16.06.2018 will remain cancelled. 55664 UP Silchar – Agartala passenger of 15.06.2018 is short terminated at Dharmanagar and returned back to Silchar as passenger special. 55664 UP Silchar – Agartala passenger of 16.06.2018 will remain cancelled.

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Regd. No. 563/17 Dated : 9/11/17 DECLARATION I, Shri Akato Yepthomi, S/o Lt. Hokhuvi Yepthomi aged about 49 years and resident of Unity Colony, Purana Bazar-B, H/No. 578, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and state follows: 1. That I am bonafide citizen of India and residing at the above said address. 2. That my real name is "Akato Yephtomi" and my father's name is "Lt. Hokhuvi Yepthomi". 3. That inadvertently my name and my father's name have been entered and recorded as "Akato Sumi" and my father's name as "Lt. Hokhuvi Sumi" in my Driving Licence issued by the Government of Nagaland and in my Aadhaar Card issued by the Government of India and other documents. 4. That this affidavit is sworn for the purpose of declaring that "Akato Yepthomi" and "Akato Sumi" and my father "Lt. Hokhuvi Yepthomi" and "Lt. Hokhuvi Sumi" are all referred to me and my father. Henceforth, I shall be known by the name "Akato Yepthomi" and my father's name as "Lt. Hokhuvi Yepthomi" for all official correspondence and purposes. 5. That the statements made in above paragraphs 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing stated are false. And I sign and verify this affidavit on this 9th day of November 2017 at Dimapur. Sworn before me Deponent Notary Public

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ZUNHEBOTO NO.JUD.21/2017-18/178 Dtd. Zbot., the 11/06/2018 NOTICE CALLING OBJECTION FOR THE ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE Smti. Akheni L of Tichipami, District Zunheboto has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate/Guardianship Certificate declaring that His/Her Wife/Husband Late Luzukhu Sema has expired on 13/04/2018. It is hereby notified that if no objection to issue this certificate is received from anyone within a period of 30 (thirty) days w.e.f. the date of publication in press, the Certificate shall be issued, and no further complaint will be entertained for issue of the same. Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto Nagaland

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IMPHAL/Agartala/ guwahati, Jun 15: The flood situation in the Northeast continues to remain grim, affecting over several lakh people. In Manipur, the floods triggered by torrential rains in the last few days claimed lives of as many as seven people and around 1.5 lakh people affected. Around 12000 houses were estimated to have been totally damaged that affected the entire valley districts including Jiribam. In this regard, Manipur governor Dr Najma Heptulla Friday said that Raj Bhavan will not be celebrating Id-ul-Fitr festival on Saturday and announced to donate her one day salary to the flood relief fund. She said this while addressing media at Raj Bhavan.

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I, Shri Sosangnoklu Ao, S/o Late Panger Ao, aged 66 years of Wameken Village resident of H/No. 134, A.Y. Valley Ward, Tzudikong Town, P.O. Tzudikong Pin - 798623, Mokokchung District, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and state an oath as follows: 1. That I am bonafide citizen of India and residing at the above mentioned address. 2. That my actual name is Sosangnoklu Ao. 3. That in my LIC Policy bearing Policy No. 444138803 my name has been recorded as P. Sosang Jamir instead of Sosangnoklu Ao. 4. That I hereby declare that Sosangnoklu Ao and P. Sosang Jamir is the same and one person having single identity. 5. That this declaration may be used as a piece of documentary evidence to be submitted before the competent authority to establish the statement made above. 6. That the statements made by me are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing is stated as false. Sosangnoklu Ao Solemnly affirmed and sworn in the presence of First Class Deponent Magistrate, Tuli, Nagaland on 13th day of the June month, 2018. Regd. No. Judl 16/2018/118 Date of Registration : 13-06-2018 First Class Magistrate

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The flood situation in Assam deteriorated drastically Friday with nearly four lakh people affected across seven districts of the state. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 3.87 lakh people have been affected in Hojai, Karbi Anglong East, Karbi Anglong West, Golaghat, Karimganj, Hailakandi and Cachar districts in the first wave of floods to have hit the state this year. Till yesterday, the number of flood-hit people stood at 1.67 lakh in seven districts. So far, three persons have lost their lives in landslides and flood-related incidents in different parts of the state. According to the report issued today, Hailakandi has been the worst-hit with nearly 2.06 lakh people af-

cognizance on the issue that has triggered mass protests in the state, the state rights panel has directed the district magistrate of Karbi Anglong for a thorough probe into the situation leading to the gruesome killing of the two youths from Guwahati. The AHRC had sent a team to Karbi Anglong to make on the spot inquiry about the incident. The magisterial probe has been ordered by the AHRC as per the AHRC Case No. 2317/8/18-19 and another case AHRC 2318/8/18-19 that has been filed before the rights panel by All Assam Unemployed Association. Meanwhile, representatives of 28 ethnic students groups including Karbi Students’ Association under the aegis of All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) have met the parents of

fected, followed by Karimganj with almost 1.33 lakh people. Currently, 668 villages are under water and 1,912 hectares of crop area has been damaged, the ASDMA said. Landslides have occurred at four locations in Guwahati city, but no casualty has been reported so far. Nearly 500 people have been evacuated to safer places during the last 24 hours by SDRF, NDRF and Assam Rifles personnel from Karimganj, Hailakandi, Cacahar and Golaghat. The devastating floods have damaged embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructures in Hojai, Karimganj, Karbi Anglong East, Karbi Anglong West, Dima Hasao, Cachar, Hailakandi, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Golaghat and Jorhat districts.

slain Nitolpol Das and Abhijit Nath to share the grief of both the families. The ethnic students bodies have expressed their anguish over the incident and called upon the people of the state to remain calm and maintain age-old harmony given that the lynching was an act of a band of criminals , not of any particular community or tribe.

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Two persons were arrested today for their alleged involvement with the lynching of two men in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district last week, taking the number of people arrested in the murder case to 30, a police official said. The Assam Police spokesperson identified the persons arrested today as Bubai Rabha and Bijay Swargiary. Altogether 65

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Tripura to give monthly pension of Rs 10,000 to journalists Agartala, Jun 15 (IANS): The Tripura government has enhanced the journalist’s pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000, a Minister here said. “The cabinet increased the journalists’ monthly pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000. The monthly pension of Rs 10,000 is second highest in India after Tamil Nadu,” Law and Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath told the media on Thursday night. The cabinet meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. “The government accredited working journalists would get the monthly pension after the age of 60 years,” the Minister said. The previous Left Front government in 2012 introduced the Rs 1,000 pension.

people have been arrested from various parts of Assam for killing Nilotpal Das (29) and Abhijeet Nath (30) and spreading rumours and hate messages on social media. Of them, 30 have been arrested for killing the two men and the rest for spreading hate messages and rumours on social media. On June 8, Das and Nath had gone to Kangthilangso waterfall in Karbi Anglong district. While returning, their vehicle was stopped at Panjuri Kachari by villagers, who pulled them out from the car and beat them for hours before killing them mistaking them for child-lifters. The brutal killing was recorded by locals on their mobile phones and circulated on social media. Earlier today, representatives of All Assam Students’ Union and 28 other tribal organisations met

Assam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia and discussed the issue. The delegation demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits through a fast-track court and requested the police to make the process error-free so that they cannot escape the law through “loopholes of the legal system”, an AASU release stated. The group also requested the police department to sensitise people against superstition and ensure students from Karbi Anglong, studying across the state, are not victimised. Yesterday, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal assured that the accused in the case would be tried in a fast-track court as per the demands of the people. A team from Assam Human Rights Commission visited the site of the lynching and enquired about the incident.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ZUNHEBOTO NO.JUD.21/2017-18/169 Dated Zbto. The 13/06/2018 Notice calling objection for the issue of Succession Certificate Shri/Smt Khezheli Sumi of Atoizu District Zunheboto has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate / Guardianship Certificate declaring that His/Her/ Wife/Husband Late Lhozhevi Sema has expired on 17/01/2018 It is hereby notified that if no objection to issue this certificate is received from anyone within a period of 30 (thirty) days w.e.f. the date of publication in press, the Certificate shall be issued, and no further complaint will be entertained for issue of the same. Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto : Nagaland K-1818

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This is to notify that, the suitability test for honorarium employees of MGNREGS shall be held on 21st and 22nd at the Conference Hall of the Directorate of Rural Development, Kohima, Nagaland, from 9:00 a.m. onwards. The details are given below: Date : 21st and 22nd June, 2018-06-10 Venue : Conference Hall, Directorate of Rural Development, Kohima Day -1 (21st June): 09:00 AM– 09:30 AM - Written Exam for Group A, B, C & D 09:30 AM onwards - Oral Interview for Group A & B Day – 2 (22nd June): 10:00 AM onwards - Oral Interview for Group C & D Group Classification: Group – A: MGNREGA Commissionerate & DRDBs, Mon District & Longleng District. Group – B: Tuensang District, Zunheboto District & Kiphire District. Group – C: Phek Dist, Peren Dist, Wokha Dist. Group – D: Kohima Dist, Mokokchung Dist, Dimapur Dist. NB: 1. All Candidates must bring the following documents: - Their First Appointment Order and Latest Extension Order - HSLC Exam Admit Card and Computer Certificate from a recognised University/Institution. 2. All DPCs will be Interview Board Member for their respective Districts. In the absence of any DPC, interview for the same District will not be conducted. The services of those employees failing to appear the said suitability test will be automatically terminated. (IMLIMEREN JAMIR) Director RD & SPC MGNREGA, Rural Development Blocks. Nagaland, Kohima K-1809

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Missing ULFA peace negotiator: Centre to respond in two weeks

New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI): The Supreme Court Friday granted two weeks time to the Centre to respond to a plea filed by the son of a person, who was mediating between the government and rebel group United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) since 1991 and allegedly went missing two months ago. Rebati Phukan’s son claimed in the top court that his father went missing on April 22 and quoted ULFA (Independent) chief Paresh Baruah as saying that he may be in custody of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), Military Intelligence or the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as they “have a rivalry amongst them”. A va c a t i o n b e n c h comprising justices U U Lalit and Deepak Gupta allowed the request made by the Centre’s counsel who said they have been recently served with the notice issued to them by the apex court and they would file an affidavit within two weeks. The counsel appearing for Assam told the bench that they would place certain “confidential docu-

Rebati Phukan (File) ments” in the matter before the court for its perusal. “Union of India prays and is granted two weeks time to file affidavit. The counsel appearing for Assam submits that he would like to place certain confidential documents before the court for perusal. Let the matter be called on in the second week of July,” the bench said. On June 1, the apex court had sought responses from the Centre as well as Assam and Meghalaya governments on the plea which claimed that a doctor reportedly treated Phukan in Meghalaya few days ago. The petitioner had earlier told the court the Assam chief minister has assured all possible help in finding Phukan but they do not know whether he was in

Mukul Sangma accuses BJP of poaching legislators SHILLO N G, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): Opposition leader Mukul Sangma said on Thursday that “BJP and its associates” were trying to poach MLAs from the Congress and asserted that the NPP-led government would fall at any time. According to The Shillong Times, Sangma told reporters after a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting in the evening that the saffron party was resorting to similar tactics as it did in Manipur, Goa and Arunachal Pradesh. “We are aware of their plot and conspiracy and they are engaging in corrupt activities with complete disregard to the true spirit of democracy and the mandate of the people and their efforts have vitiated the political environment,” said the former chief minister, adding that the party “is prepared to face all chal-

lenges and it will handle them”. Two BJP members, AL Hek and Sanbor Shullai are supporting the NPP-led government. S a n g m a ’s r e m a r k comes in the wake of reports about senior Congress leader and Ranikor MLA Martin M Danggo expressing his willingness to join NPP. When asked if the party would take any action against Danggo, the CLP chief said it would work on the best appropriate action and that the party cannot divulge the plan at the moment. He also said Danggo “is yet to decide and the party has been updated on certain things and it will proceed accordingly”. Taking a dig at the ruling MDA coalition government, Sangma said it would fall anytime. “It is as simple as that. You can read in between the lines,” the former chief minister added.

captivity, as various central agencies were involved in the case. Phukan was working as a peace negotiator between the Centre and ULFA since 1991 to facilitate a dialogue and the plea filed by his son sought a direction to the authorities, including Assam government, to produce him before the court. He was appointed as a member of the erstwhile People’s Consultative Group (PCG) formed by the ULFA in 2005 to mediate between the rebel group and the Centre. The petitioner has also urged the top court that the case be transferred to the CBI or any other independent agency or a special investigating team as there was “a loss of faith in the local police” due to its alleged lethargic conduct. “The petitioner’s father has also been working directly with the Prime Minister’s Office since 1991 for various peace missions between the Centre and ULFA to bring peace in Assam,” the plea has said, adding that Phukan had also “worked in association and cooperated” with the IB till 2016 on various missions in India, Myanmar, Bangla-

desh and China. The petitioner claimed that they have come to know that on April 20, Phukan had attended a “secret meeting” with a retired bureaucrat and a lawyer practising in the Assam High Court, during which a “proposal memorandum to negotiate with Paresh Baruah was being discussed and the same was to be presented before Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon”. The petitioner said that his father went for morning walk on April 22 but did not return to his rented house, after which a complaint was filed at a police station in Guwahati. He also claimed that on May 4, a CRPF doctor had sent a message to a journalist that Phukan was treated by him at a camp of the paramilitary force in Shillong and he was safe and sound. It referred to recent media reports in which Paresh Baruah had said that Phukan was negotiating a “fresh proposal for Baruah’s faction with the Centre with help from the interlocutor with the Naga rebel group National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), R N Ravi”.

Major projects to protect Majuli from flood Guwahati, Jun 15 (PTI): The Brahmaputra Board has taken up major projects in the world’s largest river island Majuli to protect it from flood and erosion, a top official has said. “We are taking up major projects in Majuli. Huge flood protection and erosion protection work,” Brahmaputra Board chairman Sanjay Kundu said yesterday at the 60th standing committee meeting of the board here. According to an official release, Kundu said that there are drainage development schemes that are nearly complete and a plan for raised platforms as Northeast is flood-prone and will be very effective. “Major initiatives are being taken up by the Ministry of the Water Resources and Central Water Commission in the form of flood forecasting. The flood forecasting mechanisms are very robust,” he said. The authorities are able to give 72 hours prewarning at present and there is a huge network of flood forecasting sites in the North East, the chairman added. “The National Disaster Management Authority is also able to pre-position NDRF battalions and the state is also able to pre-position their assets for flood prevention,” Kundu said.

‘Arunachal CM dashboard’ launched Itanagar, Jun 15 (Agencies): Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday launched the ‘Arunachal Pradesh CM Dashboard’ that will help the state government to monitor the execution and implementation of various development projects and schemes of the Centre and the State Government, The Northeast Today reported. “The web-based realtime monitoring system will help us in assessing the performances of each districts and the departments and in ensuring effective delivery of services and faster decision making,” Khandu said during the inaugural session. “This project was one of the few initiatives I had undertaken after taking over as Chief Minister with the objective to curtail corruption and to bring in efficiency by shifting to digital mode,” said the CM. He said “old system of paperwork incurs huge

costs and delays that cuts down the efficiency of the government” and appealed the govt officers to make the dashboard the ultimate repository point to access all informations and datas related to government departments. The Chief Minister said initially only three departments – education, health and agriculture have their database integrated with the CM dashboard and urged all the other departments to follow suit. He urged the departments to be proactive and responsive in providing timely and updated datas as and when required in the dashboard to make the project serve its intended purpose. The CM suggested on having reliable and appropriate key performances indicator (KPI) to assess performances across the state that can have different performances level in different sectors due to vary-

ing nature in population, topography, availability of cultivable lands etc. Khandu also suggested that the information in the dashboard should be made available to the public too without restricting it for the authority alone. “This will help the public to directly monitor the performances of each departments and overall of the government,” said the CM. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein and Chief Secretary Satya Gopal also spoke. IT Special Secretary Prince Dhawan presented a powerpoint on working manual of the CM dashboard. The CM dashboard project commenced on 10th Nov 2017 and the Arunachal Pradesh State Council for IT & E-Governance (SCITeG) and department of IT & communications were entrusted to develop and maintain the automated centralised web based dashboard.

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NE only region to get Regional Road Corporation: Jitendra Guwahati, Jun 15 (Agencies): The northeast is the only region in India for which the Centre has formulated a Regional Road Corporation to boost development, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said. According to Northeast Today, the minister on Thursday convened a meeting of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The main focus of the meeting revolved around issues related to the North Eastern Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation (NEHHDC) and livelihood schemes being implemented by the ministry. One of the purposes of holding such consultative meetings on the northeast at different locations is to enable members of the committee to tell the rest of India about the path-breaking initiatives undertaken by the Centre in the northeastern region, Singh said. The Modi government has taken several initiatives for the development of the northeast in just four years, he said. “Northeast is the only region in the country for which the Centre has formulated the first-ever Regional Road Corporation in the

form of North-East Road Development Scheme” to boost development, Singh said. Such meetings enable members of the committee to acquaint themselves with the developmental activities of the host state, in this case Jammu and Kashmir, the minister said. The pace of developmental activity in the northeastern region today could serve as a cue and motivation for the other states, Singh said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, soon after taking office had declared that he wanted to bring peripheral states on par with the developed states, he said, adding that this declaration stands adequately vindicated. “The most important motivating factor for this is the prime minister’s personal outreach who has, in just four years, visited the eight northeast states as many as 30 times, just as he has visited Jammu and Kashmir about a dozen times in the same period,” Singh said. The eight states of the northeast, following a decision of the Union Cabinet, will, in the future, receive 100 per cent funding for central schemes and developmental projects instead of the 90:10 funding pattern which was available earlier, he said.

VP in Itanagar on two-day visit

Conrad need not resign as MP to contest Assembly by-poll

Itanagar, Jun 15 (Agencies): The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu arrived at Itanagar on Friday on his two-day maiden visit to Arunachal Pradesh. According to Northeast Now, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Dr BD Mishra received the Vice President at Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, cabinet ministers and senior officers were present on the occasion. A ceremonial Guard of Honour was presented to the Vice President by Arunachal Pradesh Police at the Raj Bhavan in Itanagar. Naidu will be laying the foundation stone for seepage management system and storm water drainage system of Itanagar and address the research scholars and faculty members of NERIST at Nirjuli, near Itanagar on June 16.

Call for ‘generational change’ to tackle superstitions in Assam

Guwahati, Jun 15 (PTI): Superstitious beliefs and rumour-mongering were central to the barbaric lynching of two men in Assam recently, but the people want the state government to play a more decisive role in assessing and redressing the existing anomalies at the grassroots level of the society. Following the incident of lynching in Karbi Anglong district last week, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had announced that the government would introduce a programme called “Sanskar” in all the development blocks and panchayats to deal with situations triggered by ignorance and superstitions. Director General of Police (DGP) Kuladhar Saikia told PTI that as part of the programme, awareness campaigns will cover the entire state, including the remote corners, in a bid to create a scientific temperament. “The primary aim will be to ensure that those still in the grip of such beliefs are made aware that such things do not exist and that they do not get swayed by certain vested interests,”

he said. Events such as streetplays, film screenings and discussions will be held to raise awareness, the DGP added. Padma Shri awardee and former president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha Rong Bong Terong said superstitions about witches and child-lifters existed in both the hills and valleys of the state since time immemorial. “Illiteracy, poverty, lack of proper infrastructure facilities, coupled with decades of violence, are the primary reasons for people still believing in such superstitions,” he added. The government must take measures to ensure that those living in the remote areas were provided with basic amenities of living and that education was the top priority, Terong said. The two victims of the lynching incident -- Nilotpal Das (29) and Abhijeet Nath (30) -- were suspected to be “hopadharas”, which loosely translates to child-lifters, but the word in Assamese has a mythical or superstitious connotation. “Assamese folk literature is replete with ‘hopad-

haras’ (child-lifters) and ‘dainis’ (witches), but the fact that people still believe in them is absolutely unacceptable,” playwright-director and former principal of Cotton College Sitanath Lahkar said. Lahkar, who has directed an Assamese film on witch-hunting, “Aei Matite”, said the whole idea of “hopadharas” was imaginary and a superstitious belief, which had often led to inhuman acts. He called for a concerted fight against such beliefs, but doubted if the present government had the right “mindset” to deal with such issues as “they themselves were in the grip of deep superstitions and indulged in practices that defied logic and reasoning”. Social activist, author and actress Akashitora Saikia also pointed out that currently the entire country was in the grip of superstitions and the need of the hour was to involve all sections of the society to eradicate such beliefs, which must be a continuous process. “The Assam government has initiated the ‘Sanskar’ programme, but first

of all, they must prepare a list of all the superstitions prevailing in the country, conduct field studies, involve people who have access to the masses and take all possible measures to eradicate such evil practices, which have led to such inhuman killings,” Saikia said. Child rights activist Miguel Das Queah pointed out that the lynching incident reflected the state of the marginalised communities of Assam and how lack of education “enhances reliance on traditional harmful practices”. He called for community-based interventions in the marginalised areas like the hill districts, slums, “chars” or riverine areas and conflict-ridden places, among others, and said, “Schools can play a vital role in creating a scientific temper and initiating a generational change.” The Assam government had formulated the Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015 to deal with superstitions, but it is yet to be notified and is currently reported to be with the president for his approval.

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SHILLO N G, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): Chief Minister Conrad Sangma does not have to quit the post of MP to contest the by-poll in the state. According to the Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership, 1950, a seat in Parliament can be vacated within 14 days from the date of election of the MLA. According to The Shillong Times, Chief Electoral Officer Frederick Kharkongor said on Thursday that a Member of Parliament can still continue in office and contest the Assembly polls but ultimately he will have to quit one post.

GUWAHATI, JUN 15 (IANS): In a shocking incident, a man on Friday killed his wife in the premises of the District and Sessions Court in Dibrugarh in Assam. Police said the incident took place around 10.30 a.m. when Purna Nahar Deka attacked his wife Rita Nahar Deka outside the room of the Districts and Sessions Judge of Dibrugarh. The husband and wife had gone to the court in connection with a case of assault on their daughter. “The wife had filed a FIR about nine months ago accusing her husband of raping their daughter. The two arrived in the court for hearing of the case. Both were seated on a bench outside the court room,” Inspector Sidheswar Borah said. Suddenly, the man started hitting her with sharp weapons. “We rushed her to the Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh but the doctors declared her brought dead. We have arrested the man,” Borah said. The man told the media that he killed his wife as she had filed a false case against him. “I am innocent... She filed a false case against me involving my daughter. She did not even allow me to come home after I was released on bail. So I killed her today,” said Deka after his arrest.

The rule says a person has to become a member of the Assembly within six months from his date of election as the chief minister. In the case of Conrad, he was sworn in as the chief minister on March 6, which means he will have to be elected as MLA before September 6. The MPs who became chief ministers include Nitish Kumar (2005, Bihar), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (2005, MP), Mayawati (2007, UP), Mamata Banerjee (2011, West Bengal), Akhilesh Yadav (2012, UP) and Manohar Parrikar (2017, Goa).

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Silencing liberty

hose who have a regressive and oppressive mind will never like a free and democratic society and an independent and free media is hated. The animosity within can spill over to murder and this is what happened in Srinagar when a well-known journalist who worked to bring stability and peace to the mountainous, war-afflicted region, was shot to death on Thursday. The journalist, Shujaat Bukhari, was leaving his office in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu & Kashmir, when three assailants riding on a motorcycle shot him and two of his bodyguards, the police said. The well known journalist-editor was a moderate voice in a state where ideologies are so polarised. Shujaat Bukhari, 50, was admired, but also loathed by many for his moderate voice in an increasingly polarised region. His was an extremely difficult job. The killing of the well known and respected journalist was the first time in nearly a decade that a journalist has been murdered in Kashmir, a region that has long been a battle ground between security forces and Pakistan-trained militants. The deceased is survived by a wife and two children. He had been attacked in the past, including in an abduction attempt nearly a decade ago because he was seen as a centrist and a strong voice for peace. Apart from running three daily newspapers, including the English language daily Rising Kashmir, Bukhari lobbied aggressively for peace by organising conferences and summits in the US, UK and other parts of the world. Leave alone writing the truth in states where militant extremism holds society ransom to fear; even trying to be “moderate” is a risk. Free and democratic ideologies including media are under attack, not only in J&K or north east but also in mainland India. What is happening in some places in the country where the media has come under attack is very disturbing especially as it is also a direct attack on the freedom of expression whether one like it or not. There are perfectly legitimate ways of getting one’s views across and refute the facts or interpretation presented in the media. It is a relatively routine and easy exercise for all and sundry-whether political parties or government functionaries etc to contradict the content. The right of expression also comes with objectivity and those who do not appreciate the duty and responsibility of the media ought to take lessons in how to live in a civilized world. In such situations, the government of the day in any particular state, has the bounden duty to uphold the rule of the constitutional law. When legally constituted governments fail to rein in unlawful elements, it only lends credence to their offences as well as seriously erode the rule of law where everyone is held accountable. Unless the appreciation in the form of tolerance to criticisms etc are absent, the fourth estate would fall into the hands of vested interests and the biggest losers will be the people and democratic institutions. With public being more informed and aware of things, the media is being called upon to play a bigger role not only in reporting but also in fighting against those who are against independent and free media. Any attack on the media is a very dangerous and brings consequences on society.

DailyDevotion Get Moving! (2) Also…add to your faith… —2 Peter 1:5 In the matter of drudgery. Peter said in this passage that we have become “partakers of the divine nature” and that we should now be “giving all diligence,” concentrating on forming godly habits (2 Peter 1:4-5). We are to “add” to our lives all that character means. No one is born either naturally or supernaturally with character; it must be developed. Nor are we born with habits— we have to form godly habits on the basis of the new life God has placed within us. We are not meant to be seen as God’s perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the miracle of His grace. Drudgery is the test of genuine character. The greatest hindrance in our spiritual life is that we will only look for big things to do. Yet, “Jesus…took a towel and…began to wash the disciples’ feet…” (John 13:3-5). We all have those times when there are no flashes of light and no apparent thrill to life, where we experience nothing but the daily routine with its common everyday tasks. The routine of life is actually God’s way of saving us between our times of great inspiration which come from Him. Don’t always expect God to give you His thrilling moments, but learn to live in those common times of the drudgery of life by the power of God. It is difficult for us to do the “adding” that Peter mentioned here. We say we do not expect God to take us to heaven on flowery beds of ease, and yet we act as if we do! I must realize that my obedience even in the smallest detail of life has all of the omnipotent power of the grace of God behind it. If I will do my duty, not for duty’s sake but because I believe God is engineering my circumstances, then at the very point of my obedience all of the magnificent grace of God is mine through the glorious atonement by the Cross of Christ.

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Issues of Domestic Workers

nderstanding domestic work In order to understand Domestic worker let me explain what ILO C No.189 says about Domestic work? Convention No. 189 defines domestic work as “work performed in or for a household or households”. This work may include tasks such as cleaning the house, cooking, washing and ironing clothes, taking care of children, or elderly or sick members of a family, gardening, guarding the house, driving for the family, even taking care of household pets. Who is a domestic worker? Under the Convention, a domestic worker is “any person engaged in domestic work within an employment relationship”. A domestic worker may work on full time or part basis; may be employed by a single household or by multiple employers; by residing in the household of the employer (live-in worker) or may be living in his or her own residence (Live –out). A domestic worker may be working in a country of which she/he is not a national. At present, domestic work stands as a readilyavailable livelihood option for many women. Increasing demand of domestic workers in the northeast has played a major role in migration of women from village areas as well as from other states. In Nagaland like Dimapur district, majority of the migrants belong to Bengali, Bihari, Muslim, Nepali and Adivasi community and also from Eastern Naga tribes. They are brought down in the name of education and better life but they end up in domestic work. Most of the families migrate in search of work and better opportunities, others are trafficked, brought, bought and sold and they end up as domestic workers, which is modern day slavery. Their work is undervalued, underpaid and poorly regulated. Since they are uneducated and illiterate, domestic work is the only

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work easily available. While a large number of women are engaged in this sector, it is important to look at the working conditions that exist in this sector. Like • Fixing minimum wages, • Providing weekly days off • Paid annual leaves, • Protecting from physical and sexual abuse • Ensuring social security, These are the key issues that need to be addressed by the government nationally, and across India’s states. Problems faced by domestic workers • Domestic workers contribution for the economy is not recognised because they are not recognised s workers. • Domestic workers are not provided just wages and humane working conditions. • The wages paid to them are below the minimum wages for unskilled or semi-skilled workers. • Most of them are made to work for a minimum of 15 hours a day and 7 days in a week specially live in domestic workers. • In average, their working hours range between 8 to over 18 hours a day. Their wages and rest time are at the employer’s mercy and also they become the victims of suspicion. • Moreover they are often accused of thefts and are subjected to physical violence, sexual abuse, police interrogation, conviction, and even dismissal. • No proper place to sleep, to rest and to keep their belongings. • Indifference State protection for domestic workers Regulation of domestic work through legislation can be the only way out to address the abuses faced by the domestic workers. Some of the State Governments have come up with several measures to improve the working conditions of domestic workers as well as to provide access to social security schemes, by introducing minimum wages and also constituting Welfare Boards for domestic workers. But here in Nagaland domestic workers are not included in

the schedule of employment and so the minimum wages are not fixed moreover they are not included in social security schemes and welfare boards. But when we look around almost every household has a domestic worker but till date the Government has not even registered Domestic Workers under Trade Union Act. Our demands Domestic workers, who stare at an uncertain future when they grow weak with age and are thrown from employment, are paid just the bare minimum required for survival. And asking for a raise becomes a joke for the employer .Consequently, domestic workers are afraid to ask even for minimal raises. Demands from the State Government Some of the specific demands of domestic workers are: 1. Recognition of domestic workers as workers and thereby include domestic workers in schedule of employment and thus entitled to minimum wage because only workers are entitled to get minimum wage. 2. Register Domestic worker as a trade union. Demands from the employer 1 . Tr e a t d o m e s t i c Workers with respect and recognize their work as you expect from your employer at the workplace. 2. Pay decent wage 3. Guarantee sufficient rest for example like working hours, sleeping hours and a time leisure. 4. Provide decent working condition 5. Weekly offs, paid holidays, sick leave 6. Extend possible support to domestic workers in acquiring new schemes. 7. Call them by name. Demands from the general public 1. Attitudinal changes to recognise Domestic workers as workers, domestic work as work. 2. Recognise employers home as a working place for a domestic worker. At present in Nagaland

State domestic workers are not recognised as worker that’s why they are not entitled to minimum wages. The state Government still has not registered Nagaland Domestic workers union as a trade union. It is still pending in the finance department, Kohima. Registration of union is still suspended. Conclusion: The vulnerability of this category of worker comes first of all from the relationship of submission and their isolation. The tasks performed, as adjective “Domestic” denotes, are carried out within the sphere of the home, in employer’s residence or on his /her premises. This feature is cornerstone of domestic work and this factor and its implications are a key to understanding these working relationship. Their isolated working conditions place them among the most vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. AS of now, domestic work remains as a readilyavailable livelihood option for many of our women. With the involvement of large number of women, it becomes important to look into the working conditions of these domestic workers. The rights and equality issues of domestic workers including safety, working conditions, wages, social protection, employer’s expectations and employer-employee relationships needs to be made available to the domestic workers. If we consider the domestic work is part of the equation of a good work and life balance, it is in everyone’s interest to participate in improving the current situation. The government has to address the key issues like entering domestic worker as a worker in the schedule of employment and fix minimum wages. Legal Advisor of the National Domestic Workers Movement- Nagaland Region Adv. Limanochet who had done the research on the plight of domestic workers where he emphasised that the ultimate goal should be to realise decent work for

The twin evil

hen the USSR dis- were considered to be im- date of application and for to deport anyone irrespecintegrated in 1991 portant actors in the World eleven years in the aggregate tive of religion who has marking the end politics to shape and move in the fourteen years preced- entered the state illegally of the feud of two antago- world history. ing the twelve months) to after the stipulated time. The nistic blocs- the US and the Nearly after two de- just six years for persons Citizenship Amendment Bill USSR, there emerged two cades of Huntington’s pub- belonging to the same six will ensure to grant citizenschools of thought. Francis lication. Today, we are wit- religions and three countries ship to the Hindus and the Fukuyama, an American nessing the Clash of Cultures by Naturalization. other five religious groups Political Scientist advanced in our land. The invasion of The BJP had earlier without any condition. The his theory that there is liter- our lands by foreign nation- in 2014 General Election Act also sharply contradicts ally no threat to the United als is no longer a myth. The explicitly stated that (quote) the Foreigner Act, 1946. An States of America post-cold Gujarat Riots of 2002, the ‘India shall remain a natural immigrant is an immigrant war through his publication Rohingya Crisis, the mass home for persecuted Hindus regardless of whichever re‘The End of History and exodus of migrants from and they shall be welcome ligion they belong and the the Last Man’ which was the war infested countries to seek refuge here’ (un- BJP should not misuse the an expansion of his earlier of Syria, Iraq and poverty quote) Page 40 of the BJP mandate the people gave publication ‘The End of ridden countries of Africa Manifesto under the heading them. Very often, we take the History?’. Starting from the to European countries are ‘Foreign Relations - Nation example of how Tripura’s end of the Cold war till the all glaring examples of Hun- First, Universal Brother- indigenous people have beTwin Tower attack; this era tington’s theory. hood’. The BJP is making come a minority in their own is often considered as the T h e C i t i z e n s h i p use of all possible means land. But surprisingly, as per ‘Era of Uncertainty’ for the Amendment Bill, 2016 at its disposal to fulfill this the statistics available, 83.40 US Foreign Policy. He fur- which was introduced by promise without any regard % of Tripura’s population ther opined that the fall of the Modi Cabinet in the Lok to the other developmental are Hindus while Muslims Communism in Central and Sabha on July, 2016 seeks to promises it made. It raises comprise only 8.60% of the Eastern Europe and the dis- amend the Citizenship Act, qualm over the Hindu fringe total population of Tripura integration of the USSR has 1955 to provide citizenship elements and Right Wing which clearly indicates that contributed to the triumph to the illegal immigrants Organizations aspirations to the illegal immigrants in of Western Liberal Democ- belonging to religious groups make India a ‘Hindu Rash- Tripura are mostly Banglaracy as the sole Political Ide- such as Hindu, Sikh, Bud- tra’. And the fact that the deshi Hindus! Now, drawing ology and the ultimate form dhist, Jain, Parsi & Christian BJP is openly aiding these a comparison of what Hunof Government. The other from Afghanistan, Bangla- elements makes the people tington said and the events school of thought was led desh, Pakistan. The Act more apprehensive of the unfolding today. A huge by Samuel P. Huntington, however does not include BJP government. The BJP catastrophe is imminent another renowned American Muslims which raises a seri- is basically trying to grant anytime soon. Political Scientist who in his ous question regarding the Citizenship to the illegal The Citizenship famous publication ‘The sinister design of the Modi Hindu majority by making Amendment Bill will be Clash of Civilizations’ ar- Government to accommo- the other five religious mi- considered as a treacherous gued that the major sources date the Hindus from other norities as scapegoats. and an evil bill after the AFof all conflicts post-cold countries to India regardless The National Register SPA (often described as the war will not be ideological of their origin. As per the In- of Citizens (NRC), Assam Draconian law) which was nor between countries but it dian Citizenship Act, 1955, which was prepared in 1951 forcefully enacted in most of will be between ‘Cultures’. citizenship can be acquired contains the names of Indian the North-Eastern regions Huntington’s ‘Clash of Civi- only through the following Citizens of Assam. The much against the wishes of lization’ perfectly represents means 1.Citizenship by birth NRC is being updated in the people. The Act came the development of History. 2.Citizenship by descent Assam to detect the illegal in to force on 1958 and it The Cold war period was 3.Citizenship by registra- Bangladeshis who have en- literally gives the army the marked by ideological differ- tion. 4. Citizenship by Natu- tered the state after the mid- power to arrest any person ences between ‘Democracy’ ralization. However, the night of March, 24, 1971. It without arrest warrant. The and ‘Communism’. Both Bill also seeks to reduce the seeks to deport anyone who people of these regions have the blocs were engaged in requirement by a foreigner has entered the state illegally had a harrowing experihostile developments each (not illegal migrant) who is after March 24, 1971. Now, ence all the while. There with satellite states under its ordinarily resident in India the difference between the has been a perpetual war orbit. The end of the Cold for twelve years (throughout Citizenship Amendment in Nagaland starting from war saw the emergence of the period of twelve months Bill, 2016 and the NRC is the early 1950’s. Innocent many new republics which immediately preceding the that while the NRC seeks villagers were grouped toReader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this

The story of a wood cutter and a wolf

domestic workers through a right based approach. That A law where domestic workers will be protected. Majority of the domestic workers are women. Domestic work typically entails the otherwise unpaid labour, traditionally performed in the household by women. This explains why domestic work is undervalued in monetary terms and is often informal and undocumented. This work is considered a woman’s natural occupation, and hence perceived as a no or low skill job. To justify the status of domestic workers as real workers entails legislative protection and regulation of the condition of employment. Most of the labour laws treat only establishment, factories etc. as work place. The private homes are treated as private sphere beyond the reach of these laws. In Nagaland domestic work being regarded as informal employment; there is no law governing payment of wages. It is relatively easy to legislate laws regarding domestic workers. But it’s not that easy to change attitudes. Laws are necessary but those relating to domestic workers can only be effective if there is a change of attitude in the people who employ them. Do employers of domestics even know what the minimum wage is? Do they care? How will they be penalised if they refuse to pay? Can Domestic workers ever be strong enough to refuse to work in a labour surplus market like pours? Every day, changes in the economy and developmental policies are pushing more people in to domestic work. With extended families being replaced by nuclear families, there is increasing demand for domestic workers. These ought to push up wages. Shift from “maids” and “helps” to labour or workers are note worthy. Also important is the recognition of the household as not only a site of consumption but also a site of production. National Domestic Workers MovementNagaland Region

ne day a woodcutter went to his firewood reserve in the Forest to cut firewood. Sometime after, when the morning Sun was becoming hotter, one Wolf came in great haste and said to the Woodcutter: “Sir, some hunters are after me, can you please show me a place where I can hide?” The Woodcutter said: “Low down there in the distance, on the other bank of the stream, at the edge my paddy field near the jungle, there are lots of hays inside in the field hut, you can hide there”. The Wolf immediately ran down, wadded across the stream, jumped up the other bank and hid himself inside the hay in the corner of the dilapidated old hut. Soon, some hunting dogs came running and barking and went down on the trail of the Wolf but lost the scent in the stream and came back to the place where the man was cutting his firewood. Not long after, some hunters also came and enquired whether the woodcutter has seen any Wolf in the vicinity. He said he has seen a Wolf running away in the jungle; and quietly pointed his finger in the direction of the hut beyond the stream. However, the hunters rushed on their own Way. After the hunters and their dogs left, the Wolf cautiously came out of the hut and walking away silently, he heard the woodcutter mutter: “Ungrateful brat; does not know how to thank even his benefactor!” Therefore, the Wolf replied: “Had it not been but for the foolishness of the Hunters, by this time, I would have been food of the dogs, torn to pieces inside the hut under the wisdom of your finger!” “Keep well”, the Wolf said, and so said he silently walked away. Foolish People may not understand what others teach them, they however can perceive the deeds of clever villains everywhere. Thepflulhouvi Solo

gether similar to that of the concentration camps of the Nazis where forced labour and inhumane treatments were meted out to the villagers. Villages and paddy fields were razed to the ground. Women and young girls were brutally raped by the security forces. While starvation was a common sight, many perished due to hunger and brutal harassment of the security forces. The very memories of those gory incidents narrated by the victims send a chill down the spine. Even after the ceasefire, indiscriminate raids at civilian houses were carried out frequently. Vehicles were frisked at odd hours and innocent citizens manhandled and rebuked at for not being able to understand Hindi! Many people have been shot or killed on mere suspicion. It will be practically impossible to list all the details and events through this short column. There has been hue and cry from all corners to revoke this Act but it has always fallen on deaf ears. The Iron lady of Manipur

Iron Sharmila fasted for 16 years for the revocation of this act but it proved futile. And while the people suffer in silence, they continue with their atrocities under the garb of AFSPA. The Nagaland Cabinet in its last meeting resolved to oppose any amendment to the Citizenship Act of 1955 if the proposed amendment goes against the interests of the Nagas. While it is heartening to hear this. It would be even more applaudable if the Nagaland Government becomes the first State to oppose this bill since it is neither in the interest of the Nagas nor the rest of the Indians except the BJP and the Right Wing Hindu Organizations. Will the State Government abort this evil baby or will it want to cut the umbilical cord together with the Centre? That I leave for the Government and the people to decide. All I can say is the people have suffered enough! X Chophika Sumi, Pishikhu Village, Khaghaboto Area

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With all this talk of sanitation and the activities surrounding it, it would be a good idea for vehicle owners to keep a small tumbler or something similar in their vehicles to serve as a waste-bin, to be emptied in a common waste-bin at their destinations. Wrappers and tobacco pouches litter the length of the roads around our towns. Drivers may also keep their disposables in their vehicles until they find a designated place for their disposal. This will be a small effort with good social returns. Ago, Dimapur. newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Logistics & supply chain training held in Tuensang

The training on ‘Logistics and Supply Chain Management’ underway in Tuensang.

DIMAPUR: A one-day training on logistics and supply chain management was organised by Nagaland Health Mission (NHP) under Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Nagaland on June 14 at the conference hall of Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Tuensang. A press release by the department said that the training was organised for all the Pharmacists, Vac-

cinators and Nurses, incharge of stock under 56 Health Units of Department of Health & Family Welfare Tuensang District. The team was headed by joint director & project director (NHP), Dr. Atoshe Sema, deputy director CMS DHS, Dr. Longai Phom and consultant NHP, Manen. Resource persons, Dr. Atoshe Sema and Manen highlighted the challenges and gaps in the

present management system in Nagaland and also trained the participants on procurement, distribution, maintenance and stock management. The training started with a welcome speech from the deputy CMO of Tuensang, Dr. I. Temsu Longchar and ended with a practical session followed by distribution of asset logistics to all the health units.

state ATMA Phek conducts activities DIMAPUR: ATMA Phek, Wazeho block conducted trainings and demonstrations on May 3 and 4 at Yisi Sotha village and Wazeho respectively. A press release from AT M Wa z e h o b l o c k , Potsülü Theluo stated that ATM, Sinilo Kent imparted training on package and practices of banana cultivation; mulching and methods were demonstrated in the field. He also demonstrated the cultivation of mushroom and explained its benefits. ATM, Nuzo Kezo spoke about mixed farming and insect pest management. While ATM, Potsulu Theluo imparted training on vegetable nursery management and a demonstration of vegetable nursery bed was conducted in the field. A food security group was formed at Wazeho and Tree Bean farm school was established at Yisi Sotha village. A total of 50 farmers attended the programme. Mushroom spawns were also distributed to the farmers.

Kohima DPDB felicitates topper Correspondent

KO H I M A , J U N 1 5 (NPN): District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) Kohima district organized a felicitation programme for HSLC examination 2018 topper from among the government high schools of Kohima district, held at DPDB Conference Hall in Kohima on Friday. Heurangdaile Guing of Razhükhrie Government Higher Secondary School Kohima, who secured 80.17% in the HSLC exam 2018, was felicitated by Kohima DBPD and family members of Lt. Dr. Neilhouzhü Kire with a cash award and a certificate. She is studying class 11 Science at Razhükhrie GHSS Kohima. After the felicitation programme DPDB held monthly meeting. Advisor Rural Development, Dr. Neikiesalie

Kire, in his exhortation during the felicitation programme, urged the student to choose the right subject and career according to her ability and interest. He said that to be successful in life one should start preparing early without wasting time. Dr. Kire recalled that to be remembered by school mates, one should do something exceptionally good during their school days. He said that everyone should pay back their debts to society after they achieve something in life. Deputy Commissioner Kohima, Rajesh Soundararajan, who chaired the programme, said government schools should analyze their functioning and strive to improve performance of their schools. According to him, government school have the potential to improve and so he urged teachers to give their best to achieve their

potential. Abao Kire, Ex-MLA, who spoke behalf of the family members of Lt. Dr. Neilhouzhü Kire, said this award was given in honour of his late father Dr. Neilhouzhü Kire’s memory who happened to be the first Naga matriculate in 1918, a 100 years ago. He also shared a brief history of his late father’s life who was a medical doctor by profession. Vice principal of Rüzhükhrie GHSS and Heurangdaile Guing also addressed the gathering. Vote of thanks was proposed by DEO (Education) Kohima. DIPR adds: At the meeting, the issue of Sanuoru Bridge, Secretariat Road was also raised by Dr. Nicky where the concerned department’s official said that the department had been taking up the issue with the contractor and works have been in progress.

The DC reported that as per the decision of the Chief Minister of Nagaland, 48,000 tree saplings have to be planted across the state, where the Kohima district will be getting 4,000 tree saplings. He requested all the departments to cooperate with the Forest Department in this drive. On the Adoption Committee for 2018-2019, the chairman requested the committees to chalk out their plans before the next DPDB meeting. He also announced the increase in amount from 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh each to the Adoption Committee as decided by the chairman DPDB, Er. Zale Neikha and the elected members of Kohima constituency. The DC also reminded DPDB members that follow-up-action would be initiated against absentees from the next DPDB meeting onwards.

Know your Rights seminar held in Kohima

Participants along with resource person and KLEE executives after the day-long legal awareness seminar held at Red Cross Building, Kohima.

DIMAPUR: The Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) in association with the National Commission for Women, New Delhi organised a one day seminar on the topic “Know your Rights” at Red Cross Building conference hall on June 15. The legal awareness seminar was organised in association with Kohima Lotha Eloe Ekhung (KLEE) with advocate, Ncumbemo Mozhui as the resource person. Deliberating on the topic, Mozhui said that

Dr. Shürho mourns

DIMAPUR: NPF president, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu has expressed grief and pain over the demise of Kevimedo Rutsa, who passed away in Kohima on June 15. In a condolence message, the NPF president said late Kevimedo, who hailed from P Khel Kohima village, was a man of principles who always stood for the truth and worked for the welfare of his fellow men. Liezietsu recalled that since youth, he tirelessly worked for the welfare of the people and he was also a staunch regionalist in politics. “He was a well-known fatherly figure and many particularly the Tenyimi look upon him as a mentor,” Liezietsu said. In his demise, Dr. Shürho said, Kohima village, Tenyimi and the Nagas had lost a great leader. Conveying heartfelt condolences to all his children and loved ones, Liezietsu also conveyed prayers for their solace and comfort and for the departed soul to rest in eternal peace.

‘World Blood Donors Day’ observed in Peren MGM HSS conducts elections DIMAPUR: District AIDS Prevention & Control Unit (DAPCU) and Red Ribbon Club, Peren Government College observed “World Blood Donors Day” on June 14 at Peren Government College under the theme “Be there for someone else” and the slogan “Give Blood, Save Life”. A press release issued by DAPCU Peren stated that the resource person,

district ICTC supervisor Peren, Ngauzeulungbe, gave a speech on the theme and shared a talk on “blood safety”. STS RNTCP, Christy Putlang, also gave a brief presentation on Tuberculosis and some services available at the District Hospital. The programme was chaired by account assistant DAPCU, Ekiebe, welcome

note was given by assistant professor and nodal officer RRC, Sazutlak Domta, exhortation was delivered by Peren Government College, vice principal, Albert and words of gratitude by programme assistant DAPCU, Pauheugau. Altogether 165 people attended the programme and 20 students availed of free blood grouping and HIV screening.

Dimapur: In order to teach the Parliamentary system of democracy and it’s functioning in a better way MGM HSS conducted school parliament elections on June 2. The school principal, in a press release said, on June 11 the elected school captain, vice captain, arts club secretaries and sports secretaries were part of an oath taking ceremony in the special morning assembly along with newly elected

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captains and vice captains of class 11 science, arts and commerce streams. Students from Classes 5 to 12 elected their leaders through ballot paper system. Nodel officer Supongsenla Jamir was the returning officer and she lead the elected representatives in the oath taking ceremony. They have been given special powers as an “Anti Tobacco Squad” along with assigned teachers.

women’s rights and issues can be broadly classified under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the Sexual Harassment of women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the code of Criminal Procedure, 1908-Rape. He elaborated each of the Acts with specific Articles of the Constitution. It is important that women should be aware of their legal rights, not to empower them to do as they pleased, but because through

awareness they could approach the right forum for help and guidance, Mozhui said. He further explained that women may become victims of any crime such as murder, robbery, etc, but the crime directed specifically against women, are characterized as “Crime against Women.” Mozhui laid emphasis on marriage, divorce & inheritance, Domestic Violence Act, Crime Against Women (POSCO) Act, Beti Bachao Beti padhao, Wom-

en & Child helpline, human trafficking and Nagaland Legal Service Authority. He later interacted with the participants. Earlier, an introductory speech was delivered by Jakhalu, chairperson, NSCW while Renbeni Kikon, women leader, Ao Church, pronounced the invocation. Mhabeni Lotha, Jt. Secy, KLEE moderated the day long seminar which was attended by hundreds of women belonging to the Lotha Community.

Principal Secy forest visits NZP DIMAPUR: L. Kire, principal secretary Environment, Forest & Climate Change, went on a surprise visit to Nagaland Zoological Park (NZP) on June 15. According to NZP director, Obed Bohovi Swu, the principal secretary, who also holds the charge of DUDA and Rural Development Department, inspected various activities, especially security measures, within the zoo. He inspected the conditions of perimeter fencing and the ongoing developmental activities within the Zoo. He expressed some apprehension regarding the weakening of the Zoo’s perimeter wall due to earth cutting adjacent to the zoo wall. He reminded the zoo staff to sincerely perform

L. Kire, along with Obed Bohovi Swu, inspect perimeter walls at Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar.

their duties in protecting the park. He also urged the district administration to take action against the erring villages around the park by stopping all government assistance if anyone

jeopardises the existence and development of the only Zoological Park in the State. He also said he would request the home department to provide adequate police personnel for the security of the Zoo.

TBYE celebrate silver anniversary DIMAPUR: Tikhir Baptist Youth Endeavour (TBYE) celebrated its 25th year “Silver Anniversary” from June 2 - 4 at mission centre Tikhir Baptist Biti Atukianti (TBBA), Anatongre under the theme, “Follow Christ and Transform People”. A press release from TBBA executive secretary, Rev. M. Shiuto and youth secretary, Y. Tsusuthong stated that secretary, USBLA sub-centre Kiphire, Dr. Apise, spoke on the theme; District Program Officer (DPO) Kiphire, Tsiatsuvi, gave a seminar on “Sensitization

on health related issues and its impact on the youth” specifically focused on HIV/ AIDs control; executive secretary TBBA, Rev. M. Shiuto spoke on “Be matured in Christ”; while youth secretary TBBA, Y. Tsusuthong spoke on “Ignite your Passion for God”. The whole session was presided over by T. Shumong Tikhir and Alemshi. The program concluded with a prayer by Rev. M. Shiuti. There was also an exposure event where youth from various Churches displayed their God-given talents through songs, plays and dances.

AR organize weapons display in Mkg

An Assam Rifles officer demonstrates the use of a bazooka to an NCC cadet.

DIMAPUR: Mokokchung battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) organised a weapon display & demonstration at NCC Camp, DEF Mokokchung on June 12. The NCC cadets who witnessed the display are K Y M C

currently undergoing a 10 day annual training camp at DEF Colony, Mokokchung and are from various schools of Mokokchung, Tuensang, Mon, Longleng and Zunheboto districts of Nagaland and East Kashi Hills district of Meghalaya.

Cadets were given handson experiences on various weapons used by the Assam Rifles. The cadets expressed their desire to take up the uniformed services as their careers. A total of 230 NCC Cadets and 60 students attended the event K Y M C

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to stop handling Iran oil Centre, state to split funds PSU banks’ NPA write-offs SBI payments; imports to be hit collected from GST anti-profiteering surge 140% over their losses

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Across 1 Negligent about failure (6) 4 Bird for a magician (6) 8 Quarrel with some popular guests (5) 9 Everyone that’s left has finished (3,4) 10 Common name - name of a girl, we hear (7) 11 This girl sound in the pink (5) 12 Much fine wood? (1,4,4) 17 Ernie goes crazy for this girl (5) 19 Soldiers dance (7) 21 Large loan requested by Antony for Noddy’s friend (3-4) 22 Complete western part of golf course (5) 23 Robin’s last missile may be pinched (6) 24 Birds - they pick up heavy weights (6) Down 1 Provinces concerning charity (6) 2 Get a man to change colour (7) 3 Kate’s cooked meat (5) 5 Gleaner prepared to grow (7) 6 Is Elvis rocking? (5) 7 Disgruntled Russian leader enters without clothes (6) 9 Eccentric is a dealer in dogs (9) 13 Duck with bits of orange and spice (7) 14 Take a rest, possibly being idle now (3,4) 15 Ape an old historian (6) 16 Male teachers don’t start getting flowers (6) 18 Composer employed in hotel garage (5) 20 Introduction of naval vessel that’s not so old (5)

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I, Kunna Sahu am applying for a duplicate copy of HSLC Marksheet and Admit Card as I have lost them. Name: Kunna Sahu F/Name: Gundi Sahu M/Name: Sushmita Roll No.: 1210073 Year: 2012 DOB: 14.02.1994 School: Greenwood Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur Contact: 9774232519, 9856627709

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state-level screening committee while those of national level are marked for the Standing Committee. If the complaints have merit, the respective committees would refer the cases for further investigation to the Directorate General of Anti-Profiteering. The Directorate would generally take about three months to complete the investigation and send the report to the anti-profiteering authority.

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minimum tax growth rate between the Centre and the states post-GST rollout below which the states have to be compensated. “We have found that on an aggregate lever, the states have gained by Rs 18,698 crore in additional revenue in FY18. If we combine this figure with the gains that the states have made due to increase in crude prices, the overall figure will be Rs 37,426 crore,” the report said. The amount will be

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NEW DELHI, JUN 15 (PTI): States are likely to gain an additional Rs 37,426 crore in revenue in the current fiscal on the back of surge in oil prices and better tax collection due to the GST, says a report. According to SBI Research, the impact of GST on tax revenue is minimal except in a few states. As many as 16 of the 24 states, have seen their revenue increasing over and above the 14 percent baseline/ mutually accepted

sufficient to neutralize the Rs 34,627 crore of revenue forgone if the states impose VAT only on base the price of crude. Post-GST implementation in July last year, the tax revenue of the states has gone up in FY18 due to increased tax compliance and broader tax base. While Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Punjab have gained the maximum from GST, Karnataka, Bengal, UP, MP and Assam have reported a decline in tax collection post-GST. These states were impacted due to the changes in the nature of taxation as GST has subsumed indirect taxes such as service tax, VAT, excise duty, entry tax, entertainment tax into one, including the taxes under the Centre and the states which contribute to an aggregate of over 55 per cent of tax revenue of these states.

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rules stating that 50 per cent of the amount is to be deposited in the consumer welfare fund constituted by the Centre and the remaining to the fund set up by the ‘concerned state’. As per the amendment, the ‘concerned state’ would mean the state where the anti-profiteering authority has passed its order against the business. So far, CGST rules did not clearly state on the splitting of the amount collected from erring businesses and consequently deposited in the fund. As per the structure of the anti-profiteering mechanism, complaints of local nature are first sent to the

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Higher oil prices, GST may boost states revenue by Rs 37,400 crore in FY19

NEW DELHI, Jun 15 (PTI): Centre and the ‘concerned state’ will equally share the amount deposited by erring businesses in the consumer welfare fund set up as part of the GST antiprofiteering rules, as per a Finance Ministry notification. Following the rollout of GST in July last year, the government set up a national anti-profiteering authority to penalise businesses for failure to pass on tax benefits to consumers. In case the customer is not identifiable, the money has to be deposited in the consumer welfare fund. The ministry has amended Central GST

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during 2017-18. This was followed by Canara Bank (Rs 8,310 crore), Punjab National Bank (Rs 7,407 crore) and Bank of Baroda (Rs 4,948 crore). As per the data provided by rating agency Icra, Indian Overseas Bank has written of NPAs worth Rs 10,307 crore, followed by Bank of India (Rs 9,093 crore), IDBI Bank (Rs 6,632 crore) and Allahabad Bank (Rs 3,648 crore). These banks along with 7 others come under Prompt Corrective Action framework of RBI. As per the government data, banks’ write-offs stood at Rs 34,409 crore in 201314. The figure has jumped nearly four-fold in five years. In 2014-15, the banks wrote off Rs 49,018 crore ; Rs 57,585 crore in 2015-16, Rs 81,683 crore in 2016-17 and hitting a record high of Rs 1.20 lakh crore (provisional) in 2017-18. Write-off in banking parlance means that the bank has made 100 per cent

biggest refining complex, plans to halt oil imports from Iran while Rosneftpromoted Nayara Energy has started cutting purchases from this month, sources said. India, Iran’s top oil client after China, was one of the few nations that continued to trade with Tehran during a previous round of Western sanctions. But it cut its crude imports to win its waiver from the US sanctions. The South Asian nations has said it does not follow US sanctions but companies and banks with links to the U S financial system could be liable to penalties if they do not comply. Some sanctions take effect after a 90-day “winddown” period ending on Aug. 6, and the rest, notably on the petroleum sector, after a 180-day “wind-down period” ending on Nov. 4. Iran offers Indian refiners a 60-day credit period on oil sales, which means payment for cargoes loaded from end-August will be due in November.

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NEW DELHI, Jun 15 (PTI): Public sector banks have written off bad loans worth a whopping Rs 1.20 lakh crore, an amount that is nearly one-and-a-half times more than their total losses posted in 2017-18, according to official data. This is a double whammy for the struggling PSBs as they had massive writeoffs as well as huge losses in the last financial year. This is for the first time in a decade that banks have made huge write-offs of bad loans along with booking of hefty losses. Till 2016-17, 21 state-owned banks made combined profit while in 2017-18, they posted a staggering loss of Rs 85,370 crore, as per the data. During 2016-17, PSU banks wrote off non-performing assets (NPAs) worth Rs 81,683 crore as against combined net profit of Rs 473.72 crore. SBI alone has written off bad loans of Rs 40,196 crore, nearly 25 per cent of the total write-offs

Mumbai, Jun 15 (PTI): India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 879.5 million to USD 413.109 billion in the week to June 8, helped by rise in foreign currency assets, the Reserve Bank data showed Friday. In the previous week, the reserves had declined by USD 593.7 million to USD 412.230 billion. T h e r e s e r ve s h a d touched a record high of USD 426.028 billion in the week to April 13, 2018. It had crossed the USD 400billion mark for the first time in the week to September 8, 2017, but has since been fluctuating. In the reporting week, the foreign currency assets, a major component of the overall reserves, rose by USD 875.4 million to USD 388.391 billion. Expressed in US dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of the non-US currencies such as the euro, the pound and the yen held in the reserves.

provision from its earning against that account. Following this, NPA is no longer part of its balance sheet. However, a write-off puts pressure on balance sheet of banks as it erodes operating profit. Indian banking sector is grappling with mounting NPAs and host of scams and frauds. NPA in the banking sector stood at Rs 8.31 lakh crore as of December 2017. Weak financials due to mounting bad loans have already pushed 11 banks, out of 21 , under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework of RBI. The recent tight prudential norms released by RBI on February 12 have added to the NPA woes. Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has announced setting up of a committee to give recommendations in two weeks on formation of an Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC) for faster resolution of stressed accounts.

NEW DELHI, Jun 15 (Agencies): India’s oil imports from Iran will be hit from the end of August as the State Bank of India (SBI) has informed refiners it will not handle payments for crude from the Middle Eastern nation from November, the finance head of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said on Friday. Such a move from the Indian state-controlled bank would come after US President Donald Trump pulled out of an international nuclear deal with Iran on May 8 and said he would reimpose sanctions within 180 days. “(Oil) loading will be affected from end-August under the current mechanism unless a new payment route is established,” IOC’s A K Sharma told Reuters. Local refiners use SBI, the country’s biggest bank, and Germany-based Europaeisch-Iranische Handelsbank AG (EIH) to pay in euros for purchase of Iranian oil. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), owner of the world’s

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2018

PakistanTaliban chief killed in US drone strike

Wa s h i n g t o n / I s l a m a ba d, J u n 1 5 (PTI): Maulana Fazlullah, the dreaded chief of Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, an Afghan defence ministry official confirmed Friday. Fazlullah, who has been designated as a global terrorist by the US and carried a bounty of USD 5 million, had been on the run since his loyalists were routed in a major military operation in Pakistan’s Swat district in KhyberPakhtunkhwa province in 2009. The US military said yesterday it carried out a strike targeting a senior militant leader in Afghanistan. It, however, did not identify the militant. “US forces conducted a counterterrorism strike, June 13, in Kunar province, close to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which targeted a senior leader of a designated terrorist organization,” Lieutenant Colonel Martin O’Donnell said in a statement.

A video grab of Pakistani Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah in 2015.

Afghan Ministry of Defense spokesman Mohammad Radmanish confirmed to CNN that Fazlullah, who is believed to be in his forties, was killed in the strike on Wednesday. The Express Tribune, citing sources, also said the drone strike that took place in the Nur Gul Kalay village of Dangam district killed Fazlullah and four other Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) commanders. Fazlullah, also known by the alias Radio Mullah or Maulana Radio due to his long sermons on a private radio channel, and his commanders were having an Iftar party at a compound when a remotely piloted US aircraft targeted

them, reports said. The TTP, however, did not confirm the death of its chief in the drone strike. Fazlullah had directed numerous high-profile attacks against the US and Pakistani targets since he was appointed the group’s leader in 2013, including the December 2014 attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar that killed 151 people, including more than 130 children. The US says Fazlullah ordered the 2012 attempted assassination of Malala Yousafzai, who became a global symbol of the fight for girls’ rights to schooling. The US strike comes amid a ceasefire between the Afghan Taliban and Afghan security forces to mark the end of the Muslim’s holy month of Ramazan. Gen John Nicholson, the commander of US Forces-Afghanistan and the NATO-led Resolute Support, said the United States would adhere to the ceasefire announced by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, which did not include US counterterrorism attacks on other terror groups.

international Over 100 planets with life-hosting moons identified Washington, Jun 15 (IANS): Researchers have identified more than 121 giant planets that potentially host moons capable of supporting life. These giant planets have orbits within the habitable zones of their stars, meaning it’s neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water -- and potentially life -- to exist. At more than three times the radii of the Earth, these gaseous planets are less common than terrestrial (rocky) planets, but each is expected to host several large moons. “There are currently 175 known moons orbiting the eight planets in our solar system. While most of these moons orbit Saturn and Jupiter, which are outside the Sun’s habitable zone, that may not be the case in other solar systems,” said Stephen Kane, Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), in the US. “Including rocky exomoons in our search for life in space will greatly expand the places we can look.”Scientists have also speculated that exomoons -- rocky moons that orbit an exoplanet -- might provide a favourable environment for life, perhaps even better than Earth.

Arab forces seize entrance to airport in Yemen’s main port city

View of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen, June 14, 2018.

ADEN, Jun 15 (Agencies): Forces from an alliance of Arab states seized the entrance to the airport in Yemen’s main port city on Friday, in an offensive against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the United Nations fears could trigger a famine imperilling millions of lives. According to Reuters, the he swift advance was an important early success for the Saudi- and Emirati-led alliance, which launched

UN ambassadors don their nations’ soccer shirts

The 15 members of the U.N. Security Council donned their nations’ jerseys as World Cup fever began. (Fox News)

Washington, Jun 15 (Agencies): Russia, so often seen as a bad actor in the international arena, got a break Thursday at the United Nations and throughout the universe as World Cup fever began. According to Foxnews, standing next to U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley wearing her U.S. soccer shirt, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia looked to be enjoying the occasion as

he hosted a team picture with the 15 members of the U.N. Security Council, who also donned their nations’ jerseys. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, a Portuguese national, entered the Security Council chamber blowing a whistle and wearing a traditional black referee’s shirt. Earlier in what looked like a World Cup fan zone, Russia, who holds June’s

rotating Security Council presidency, which sets the agenda and program of work for the Council that month, invited diplomats to join them in watching the opening game that featured Russia playing Saudi Arabia. Russia has set up TVs all over the U.N. so all can keep an eye on their team. Standing in front of the World Cup mascot, Zabivaka, Nebenzia welcomed

U.N. diplomats. He said: “I earnestly hope that it will be a peaceful month to enjoy both peace and football, and sports as you know is a great medium and a great uniting force in the world … may the best team win, and let’s enjoy football together.” Russia went onto win the game 5-0 against a much weaker Saudi Arabia team. Fox News spoke to several ambassadors and asked for some predictions. Peru’s Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra diplomatically said that he believed the World Cup would go back to South America, and was ecstatic that Peru was back in the tournament for the first time in 36 years. “We have a wonderful team,” he said. Standing next to the Peruvian ambassador was Brazil’s Deputy Ambassador Frederico S. Duque Estrada Meyer, who said none of his colleagues want to take a bet with him, saying it was “a pity.”

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It is with immense pride and honour the Chuchuyimlang Kaketshir Telongjem Dimapur extends our hearty congrautlations to Shri Wabang Jamir, IPS, S/o Shri M. Chuba Jamir on being promoted as Addl. Director General of Police Nagaland. The CKTD express our profound gratitude to you for being a constant inspiration and a role model for the students community. Best wishes for continued success. General Secy. President Supongsennla Pongen Imnasenen. Jamir

The Chuchuyimlang Kaketshir Telongjem Dimapur and Education Trust Fund Committee (CKTD) is immensely honored to congratulate Ms. Imnasenla Jamir, D/o Mr. Imsuyangar. Jamir for being Nagaland University topper in Education (Honours) subject by securing CGPA 6.48 out of 7 from Unity College, Dimapur. We are extremely grateful to you for bringing laurels to our student's community. We wish you success in all your future endeavour. General Secy. Convenor President Supongsenla Pongen I. Sosang Jamir Imnasanen Jamir (Education Trust Fund Committee) DP-4439(A)

Brazil is going for its sixth World Cup final win. His prediction: “Brazil, then Peru.” Perhaps a country the U.S. could learn a thing or two from in building up a winning soccer program is the tiny European nation of Iceland with a population of 300,000 — the smallest country playing at this year’s World Cup. Two years ago Iceland shocked the world beating England on its way to a quarter-final birth before losing out to France at the European Championships. Asked by Fox News for his advice to U.S. soccer, its U.N. Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson said that, “The basis for our success was to invest in the young — in the youth.

the operation in Hodeidah three days ago and says it can seize the city quickly enough to avoid interrupting aid to millions facing starvation. “We saw the resistance forces in the square at the northwestern entrance to the airport,” said a Hodeidah resident, referring to Yemeni allies of the Saudiled coalition. Two Yemeni military officials allied to the coalition confirmed it. Alliance-backed Yemeni forces

tweeted that they had also seized the airport’s southern entrance, advancing down a main road towards the seaport. Residents in the city, controlled by the Houthis, said battles had been fought in the Manzar neighbourhood, which abuts the wall surrounding the airport. “There have been terrifying bombing runs since the morning when they struck Houthi positions near the airport,” said fish vendor Ammar Ahmed. “We live

days of terror that we have never known before.” Apache attack helicopters hovered over Manzar, firing at Houthi snipers and fighters in schools and other buildings, said another Hodeidah resident, who asked not to be identified. Houthi forces had entered homes overlooking the main road to go onto the roofs. Dozens of Manzar residents fled to the city centre on motorcycles, the resident said. Streets elsewhere in the city were empty despite the Eid holiday marking the end of the Ramadan fast. The coalition of Arab states has battled with little success for three years to defeat the Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa, the main port at Hodeidah and most of Yemen’s populated areas. The assault on Hodeidah is the alliance’s first attempt to capture such a well-defended major city. “We are at the edges of the airport and are working to secure it now,” the Arab coalition said in a statement to Reuters. “Operational priority is to avoid civilian casualties, maintain the flow of humanitarian aid, and allow for the UN to press the Houthis to evacuate the city.”

Muslims across the world celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr Cairo, Jun 15 (IANS): Millions of Muslims across the world on Friday celebrated Eid al-Fitr with early morning prayers and family festivities after fasting from dawn till dusk during the holy month of Ramadan. Known as a time of forgiveness and rebirth, Eid comes with the sighting of the new moon and can last three days, depending on the country. It is a significant Muslim festival and a public holiday involving activities including prayers, asking for forgiveness and pledging solidarity, social gatherings and family reunions as well as giving to charity. The day in holy cities of Saudi Arabia, Mecca and Medina started with

Eid prayers being offered at the Grand Mosque and Masjid-e-Nabwi, where a large number of people were present in the congregations. The Lebanese prayed at Mohammad al-Amin Mosque located in Beirut. Worshippers across the United Arab Emirates celebrated the start of festival with morning prayers. The country’s rulers visited mosques to pray alongside the faithful before receiving visitors. In Pakistan, Eid was celebrated in parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region while rest of the country will be begin the festivities on Saturday as the Shawal moon was not sighted a day earlier. In Indonesia, home to

the world’s largest Muslim population, more than 200 million Muslims participated in festivities. President Joko Widodo, several ministers and heads of the security forces prayed with thousands in the botanical gardens in Bogor, about 40 km south of Jakarta. Scores of people in other countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar also observed the holiday. In the Philippines, people crowded streets and parks in the morning to pray together in Manila and Quezon City. Similar Eid scenes played out in other parts of the world including Yemen, the Netherlands and Afghanistan.

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A Swachh Bharat Summer Internship in underway at Woroku Village, New Ralan, and Wokha. DIMAPUR: The department of social work, St. Joseph University, Dimapur is conducting a Swachh Bharat Summer Internship (100 hours of Swashhta) program, that began from

June 7 and to continue till June 20, at Woroku Village, New Ralan, and Wokha to promote ‘swachhta’ in villages. A press release by the PRO, St Joseph University, FR Justin, stated that the

objectives of the internship was to engage youth across the country, develop their skills, orient them for sanitation-related work, and to make Swachh Bharat Mission a “jan andolan.”

DIMAPUR: Department of Labour Kiphire organised an awareness campaign on Employee’s State Insurance Scheme (ESIS) of India on June 14 at Hopongkyu Memorial Hall. A press release from the department stated that commissioner & secretary, Anenla Satu, highlighted the benefits of the scheme and said the the ESIS scheme was financed by contributions from employers and employees. Satu said the rate of contribution by employer is 4.75 percent of the wages payable to employees whereas the employee’s contribution is at the rate of 1.75 percent of the wages payable to an employee. She said the labour department has to check what security was being provided to employees by the employer and also urged the employees to be aware of their rights. Commissioner, Department of Labour, L. Nungshiyangei Aier, also stated that government of India has directed that all districts in India be covered under ESIS. According to him, cooperation between employers and employees was vital for the implementation of the scheme. Nodal Officer for ESIS, Avile Vetso, elaborating the details of the scheme, stated the main benefits provided under the scheme were sickness benefits, disablement benefits, dependent benefits, maternity benefits and medical benefits where all the cost of treatment and expenses are covered under the scheme. SDO(C) Kiphire, Thungchanbemo Tungoe also spoke during the programme which was chaired by assistant labour commissioner, Kiphire, T. Thsipenthe Sangtam and attended by principals and representative from private schools in Kiphire.

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MOKOKCHUNG, JUL 15 (NPN): In a tragic accident, a woman succumbed to her injuries and died while on the way to Jorhat, in Assam after being referred out from the district hospital here today. The deceased has been identified as Sentiyangla, D/o Likoktemsu of Longphayimsen village. The incident happened this morning at around 10 a.m when the taxi (Maruti Van) in which she was travelling skidded off the road and tumbled down about 200 feet, at Tongdentsuyong ward Mokokchung. Immediately after the accident, neighbours and passerby rushed to the site and took the injured to the hospital but doctors at the hospital referred her out due

The site where the accident occurred. to the grievous nature of her injuries. It was reported that the deceased took the taxi from Alisungkum, Tsusapang and was coming to

Mokokchung town when the accident occurred. Also, the driver of the taxi identified as Mongtuba Chang sustained some injuries.

CIH Nagaland organises one day farmer’s training DIMAPUR: A one day farmers training on “Food processing and Value addition of horticultural crops” was organized by Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), DAC & FW, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Medziphema, in collaboration with Bhartiya farmer Agro Business Development Multistate Co-operative Society Ltd., Dimapur for the farmer’s of Nagaland on June 6. A press release from CIH Medziphema stated that the objective of the training was to equip the farmers with technical knowledge on food processing and value addition to horticulture crops such as preparation of mango squash and green chilli pickle etc. The resource persons for the training were post harvest technologist, CIH Medziphema, Md. Manzar Hossain, and research associate (DBT), ICAR Jharnapani, Vinika. K. Aomi. During the valedictory programme welcome speech and report on training was presented by training in-charge CIH Medziphema, Dr. Moasosang Longkumer. The training materials and certificate were also distributed to all the participants by deputy commissioner & director I/c. CIH Medziphema, Dr. N K Patle and director DCCD Kochi, Dr. Vankatesh N. Hubbali; while vote of thanks was delivered by senior technical assistant, CIH Medziphema, Tokivi Zhimomi. A total of 50 participants attended the training programme.

BYG & NMSA organise candle lighting ceremony DIMAPUR: Bengali Youth Generation (BYG) along with Nagaland Multi- Sports Association (NMSA) organised an event at Westyard colony, Dimapur by lighting candles in memory of late Nilotpol Das and late Abhijeet Nathto on the eve of June 14, who were lynched in Karbi Anglong on June 8. A press release from BYG administrator, Sunny Dey stated that many people joined the event and lit candles in memory of the two departed souls and prayed for justice for the departed. They also prayed that such incidents do not reoccur anytime in the future. The release stated that such tragic incidents can happen to any of us and called upon the people to unite and pray for the cause of humanity. K Y M C

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day when the wife and daughter of Kumar apparently got angry because Gavaskar came a little late to pick them up after their morning walk. Kumar’s daughter Snigdha Kumar started abusing him as she got into the car and then hit him. Gavaskar approached a police station and a case was registered. Later, Snigdha Kumar also filed a case of harassment. Reshma expressed confidence in Vijayan’s assurances. “My husband was subjected to a lot of mental tension and I have been assured by the Chief Minister that appropriate action will be taken.”

From his bed in the Medical College Hospital here, Gavaskar told the media that he has done no wrong. “I have worked with other senior police officers and there has never been a complaint against me. I have done no wrong and I will prove my innocence in court,” he said. Kerala Police Officers’ Association Secretary C.R. Biju told the media: “These things should never ever happen again and we will be fully with Gavaskar, the victim.” The police headquarters asked Deputy Superintendent of Police Pratapan Nair to conduct a detailed probe into the episode and file a report at the earliest. The senior police officer with whom Gavaskar was attached has not responded to the charges hurled at his daughter. Meanwhile, the office of Vijayan has asked the police headquarters to send a list of officers who have orderlies and also the number of official vehicles being used by the officers.

NDPP Export promotion offices to open Parrikar resumes Public meeting NPRAAF to withdraw plea from CIC (From p-1) chairman also be removed ridicules NPF in Mkg in 10 missions abroad: Prabhu official work after Further, terming as immediately. Further, the forum inter-ministerial meetings be held quarterly to resolve difficulties and assess the progress across sectors. Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia noted that although exports have grown in the past year, a quantum jump is required in this direction. She str e sse d tha t branding is a major issue cutting across all sectors and Brand Equity Foundation is formulating a proposal to support line ministries for branding export products. Director General Foreign Trade Alok Chaturvedi said that the Department of Commerce is preparing a “100 Billion Additional Exports Strategy” which will be released shortly. Indian merchandise exports in 2017-18 grew by 9.8 per cent over the previous year, while services exports were up by 17.8 per cent. As per Commerce Ministry data on Friday, the country’s trade deficit in May at $14.62 billion, widened marginally over the excess of imports over exports at $13.84 billion recorded in the same month last year, on account of a higher import bill due to oil prices.

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Panaji, Jun 15 (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today resumed work at his office in the state secretariat, a day after returning from the US, where he underwent treatment for a pancreatic ailment for three months. The chief minister started his day with a visit to the Devki Krishna temple at Khandola village in North Goa, 15 kms away from Panaji, to seek blessings of the deity, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. Devki Krishna is the family deity of Parrikar. The chief minister then drove back to Panaji, where he visited the Mahalaxmi temple. Thereafter, he went to his office in the state secretariat at Porvorim on the outskirts of Panaji, where he chaired a meeting of senior bureaucrats and police officers to take stock of the law and order situation in Goa. The meeting was attended by senior officials, including state Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma and Director General of Police (DGP) Muktesh Chandar.

(From p-1) It was resolved that a committee would be set up to fight crimes against women and social evils in the society. The committee would function under the strength and sanction of all the Ao civil society organisations of the town. Further, the meeting resolved that if any person/ organization attempted to bail out rape accused, they would be doing so at their own risk and would be further stripped off of their socio-cultural and traditional rights and privileges of the Aos. The meeting also resolved to form a ‘Vigilance Team’ in all the 18 wards of the town to fight crimes against women and social evils in the society. The team would comprise of both male and female members to be nominated by the ward authority and would function under the supervision of the respective ward authorities.

“illegal” the appointment of advisors, NPRAAF said their appointment went against the Supreme Court Judgement dated July 26 2017 that declared appointment of parliamentary secretaries as illegal. According to NPRAAF, the Nagaland Rules of Executives 2016, in Rules 5 (3) & (4) clearly explained that the powers of parliamentary secretaries and advisors were same in nature. Therefore, it said appointments of advisors had gone against the spirit of Article 164 (1A) of the Constitution of India. The forum has, however, appreciated the state government for not providing any facilities, including perks, salaries and other allowances to all PDA members except the chairman and co-chairman of PDA members as per RTI reply. Nevertheless, NPRAAF demanded that all facilities provided to PDA chairman and co-

demand removal of name and style of status as cabinet ministers and ministers of state tagged on the PDA members so as to prevent some members from flaunting their position in the name of the status. Expressing surprise at some PDA members “illegally using the National flag in their cars”, the NPRAAF said such act was “nothing but flaunting of their self importance status.” It stated that National flag should not be meant to show off but to respect. In this regard, the forum urged the state government to control its PDA members to avoid embarrassment. Meanwhile, expressing its desire to settle the issue by having a sitting with the chief minister, NPRAAF said since the chief minister was currently in Delhi it was expecting to meet him after his return.

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(From p-1) T h e r e f o r e, s a i d NDPP, people are best judge whether NPF has any moral authority left when it failed to practise what it preaches. By resorting to desperate attempts to “sensationalise every matter by nit-picking” only showed that NPF,after being rejected by people and despite all attempts to manipulate, misinform, and communalise voters in both the recent elections, was fast losing its relevance and fading into obscurity. “Nevertheless, nothing more can be expected from a rejected party headed by a failed degree holder as its Chief Ministerial candidate where an atmosphere of lies and deceit exists at the very top of the NPF party” added NDPP.

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New Delhi, Jun 15 (IANS): The Department of Commerce will soon open 10 offices in Indian missions abroad to boost export promotion activities, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Friday. Making this announcement at a review here of the sectoral export promotion plans prepared by various ministries, he said a conference of heads of Indian missions abroad has been scheduled in end-June to discuss trade promotion measures, according to a Commerce Ministry release. The Minister stressed on branding of Indian products and export credit as important focus areas for export promotion, it said. He also emphasised that efforts should be made for getting priority sector lending status for export credit and directed the ministry’s Logistics Division to work upon measures like bulk cargo transportation to reduce freight costs. Prabhu suggested each ministry and department should set targets for increasing exports in 20182019 and directed that

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SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered the release of 115 prisoners on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr which will be celebrated in the state tomorrow. “In view of the Eidul-Fitr, the government has ordered the release of 115 prisoners, with least involvement, from various jails of the state,” an official spokesman said. Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti had directed officials to release all those prisoners found not involved in serious crimes so that they can celebrate Eid with their families, he said. “The agencies concerned, after undertaking the exercise, decided to take lenient view and effect their release,” he added.

(From p-1) Joint ventures with locals by non-locals too would not be exempted in any manner. Keeping locals as supervisors, guardians, bouncers and fake proprietors in business establishments shall be dealt with appropriately, the statement warned. WC also appealed to traditional institutions like village headmen, chiefs and colony headmen in towns in Naga areas to subscribe to customary assistance such as house tax, soul census tax, etc. “These are a reaffirmation to our political position and status. The essence of our history and struggle shall be upheld through these nominal contributions,” the committee stressed.

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meetings called by you?” Kejriwal said. “I hope the IAS officers’ strike will be ended before June 17 so that I can attend the NITI Aayog meet that day,” he added. Kejriwal, along with Sisodia and Cabinet ministers Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai, has been camping in the Raj Niwas -- the official accommodationcum-office of Lt Governor Anil Baijal -- since Monday evening. They have been demanding a direction to the IAS officers working in the

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T h i r u v anan thapuram, Jun 15 (IANS): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday promised strict action against a top police officer’s daughter accused of beating up a junior policeman. “ T h e g ove r n m e n t views this incident very seriously and strict action will be taken (on) how a junior police official was treated by the daughter of a senior police officer,” Vijayan told the media after meeting Reshma, the wife of victim policeman Gavaskar. “Instructions have already gone to the police authorities to see that strict action is taken against the culprit. Such an incident should not have happened in the first place but now that it has, all steps will be taken to ensure it’s not repeated.” Gavaskar, the official driver to Additional Director General of Police Sudesh Kumar, was hospitalised after the alleged assault. The incident took place early on Thurs-

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New Delhi, Jun 15 (IANS): The holy festival of Eid-ul-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan will be celebrated on Saturdayas the new moon has been sighted, Jama Masjid’s Shahi Imam Imam Bukhari announced. Bukhari said that the new moon was sighted around 7. 35 p.m. “I convey my heartiest greetings and good wishes to the people of our country on the joyous occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr,” Bukhari said. The day of Eid falls on the first day of the month of Shawwal, which begins on the day after the new moon is sighted.

officers in the Delhi administration are directly under the Central government’s control, he had written to the Prime Minister on Thursday also over the issue but got no response. “The issues to be discussed in the NITI Aayog meet scheduled on June 17 will have to be executed by these IAS officers only... These IAS officers have been barred (by the Centre) to come to meetings called by Delhi Ministers. Tell me, will you be able to do any work if IAS officers stop coming to the

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Delhi administration to end their undeclared strike, action against officers who have struck work and approval to his government’s proposal for doorstep delivery of ration to the poor. “After Sunday, if there is no response on our demands, go door-to-door and bring sign of at least 10 lakh families. We will forward it to the Prime Minister. He is not responding on my demands, so the people of Delhi will ask him,” Kejriwal said. “ O u r g ove r n m e n t has done so much in the past three years, which is difficult for them (the Bharatiya Janata Party) to explain. They are in power in Madhya Pradesh from the past 15 years, in Gujarat from past 30 years. As they are not able to do developmental work in their states, they want to stop us,” Kejriwal added The AAP convenor also said that he was not sitting there demanding something for himself or his children.

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New Delhi, Jun 15 (IANS): With the Centre deploying more police force near the Lt. Governor’s house, the AAP on Friday apprehended moves to break the four-day-old sit-in strike by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal even as his Deputy Manish Sisodia threatened to intensify their agitation. Rushing an ambulance along with a team of over 20 doctors added to panic in the AAP camp, which deputed its General Secretary Sanjay Singh to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh in a bid to sort out the issue. After the meeting, Sanjay Singh claimed that the Centre had agreed to take up the current situation in Delhi with Lt. Governor Anil Baijal and find a solution to the row over governance. Rajnath Singh is likely to meet the Prime Minister to discuss the situation even as Kejriwal wrote to Modi seeking his intervention. He said since the IAS

(From p-1) Therefore, Imchen said “endorsing, accepting or supporting” the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Nagaland does not arise and shall be opposed bitterly regardless whether the BJPled PDA government in Nagaland approves or endorses it. He said NPF is raising this issue again as the chief minister has not responded to this issue.

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Fourth suspect arrested for Bukhari’s murder arrested. We have also recovered the pistol which this person picked up from the crime site. “Based on his interrogation we recovered the clothes he was wearing at the site of the crime. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to investigate this crime.” The police officer said the security guards of Bukhari had been issued two 9 mm pistols. The police had recovered one pistol after the terror attack while the second was missing. The missing pistol was recovered from the arrested fourth suspect. Pani called the killing of Bukhari, whose funeral in Baramulla on Friday was attended by hundreds amid a spontaneous general strike, was “a highly sensitive case”. Jammu and Kashmir police chief S.P. Vaid earlier told reporters: “Rest assured,

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New Delhi, Jun 15 (IANS): Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, undergoing treatment for urinary tract infection and chest congestion, continued to show improvement on the fourth day at AIIMS, the hospital said on Friday. “Vajpayee is stable. He continues to show improvement and is being monitored by a team of doctors,” said Aarti Vij, Chairperson, Media and Protocol Division,

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), in a statement. Vajpayee, 93, was admitted to AIIMS on Monday with urinary tract infection, chest congestion and low urine output. He was evaluated by a team of senior doctors and was put on injectable antibiotics and slow dialysis to support his renal function. On Wednesday, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said he was responding to the treatment well and his blood pressure, heart rate and breathing were all normal. “His infection is under control. We are very hopeful that he should make a full recovery over the next few days,” he had said.

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we will get the killers.” Top sources said the police suspect Naveed Jat alias Abu Hanzullah, an LeT terrorist to have been among the three assassins seen escaping on a motorcycle after the murder. Abu Hanzullah had escaped from Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital with the help of LeT accomplices on February 6. Two policemen were killed in that incident.

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New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI): The Centre today asked all its departments and the state governments to implement reservation in promotion for employees belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories. The move comes following a recent verdict by the Supreme Court in this regard. The Personnel Ministry, in an order, said, “The cadre controlling authorities of Central government ministries, departments and Union territories are to carry out promotions in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court.” Every promotion order must clearly mention the stipulation that the promotion shall be subject to

PM to interact with farmers via video conferencing on June 20

New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI): Continuing his drive to directly connect with the beneficiaries of his government’s pet schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he will on June 20 speak to farmers on issues concerning them and the agriculture sector. Beginning with an interaction over video call with some of the 4 crore women who got free cooking gas (LPG) connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Modi has interacted with beneficiaries of health scheme and start-up programme. Today, he interacted with beneficiaries of the various Digital India efforts.

During this interaction, Modi said he would be speaking to farmers on June 20 on developments and advancements in the agriculture sector. He asked the three lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs), which act as access points for digital delivery of services, to become a platform for the upcoming interaction. “On 20th (June 20) at 9.30 am, I will be talking to farmers. On that day in your CSC centres...can you host them? I will talk to those farmers. Your CSCs will become so powerful (agents of delivery)...that PM of the country will talk directly to villages, via the three lakh CSCs,” Modi

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Typically, during these interactions, Modi makes an opening statement about the subject or the scheme, after which beneficiaries gathered at different centres across the country narrate their experience. To liven up the interaction, he tries to address the participants in their local language, like he did with those from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu at today’s session. While at the first interaction with LPG beneficiaries, he asked a Tamil woman if he would get ‘dosa’ if he visits Tamil Nadu next, at today’s interaction he wished a Muslim participant ‘Eid Mubarak’.

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The International Press Institute (IPI) on Friday vehemently condemned the killing of editor Syed Shujaat Bukhari by unidentified gunmen in Kashmir. Bukhari, editor-in-chief of the daily ‘Rising Kashmir’, was shot dead outside his office in Srinagar on Thursday. IPI Head of Advocacy Ravi R Prasad denounced Bukhari’s murder, saying “The killing of Mr Bukhari, an upright and bold journalist, is an act of cowardice by elements of society who are unable to tolerate criticism”. “Without swift state action, his murder will silence the many brave journalists in Kashmir. The government of India must thoroughly investigate this assassination and bring the killers to justice,” he said. Vienna-based IPI is a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists striving towards media freedom. Journalists in Mumbai today strongly condemned the killing of `Rising Kashmir’ editor Shujaat Bukhari and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. The Mumbai Press Club, an organisation of journalists, said those behind the brutal killing should be immediately arrested and given the sternest punishment. In a statement, the Press Club demanded that all necessary steps be taken to ensure the safety and security of journalists across the country. Bukhari’s killing came just two days before the Centre’s “unilateral ceasefire” against militants was scheduled to end. Bukhari had been given police protection following an attack on him in 2000.

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further orders which may be passed by the Supreme Court, it said. According to the order, besides the Central government departments concerned, state governments are also advised to take necessary action in this matter. The personnel ministry order will be applicable to SC and ST category employees working with the Centre and the state governments, an officer said. The apex court had on June 5 allowed the Centre to go ahead with reservation in promotion for employees belonging to the SC and ST category in “accordance with law”. The top court took into account the Centre’s submissions that entire process of

promotion has come to a “standstill” due to the orders passed by various high courts and the apex court had also ordered for “status quo” in a similar matter in 2015. “ We w i l l s ay yo u (Centre) can go ahead with promotion in accordance with law,” a vacation bench comprising Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan had told Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Maninder Singh, representing the Centre. During the hearing, the ASG cited the case laws on the issue of quota in promotion in government jobs and stated that the apex court’s 2006 judgement in M Nagaraj case would be applicable.

EXPRESS PUBLICATIONS (MADURAI) LTD ARMY WELFARE CORPUS

1. The Army Central Welfare Fund invites applications, under Express Publication (Madurai) Ltd Army Welfare Corpus from widows, disabled soldiers and their wards under the following schemes :(a) Education grant for children of soldiers who have died in harness (Class I to Vlll Rs 10,000/-, Class IX to Xll - Rs 14,000/-, Graduation - Rs 20,000/-, Post Graduation Rs 25,000/- and Professional Course - Rs 50,000/-(maximum) for the academic session 2017-18. Applicant should pass in all subjects. Application forms can be sent directly to this office and there is no requirement of the counter signatures of ZiIa Sainik Board. (b) Wards of battle casualty should apply for full reimbursement of education grant to Ceremonial & Welfare Directorate (CW-3), AG’s Branch, IHQ of MoD (Army), 206G, South Block, DHQ PO New Delhi-11 (Telephone No 011-23018110). (c) Education grant for widows of battle casualties and physical casualties for pursuing graduation (Rs 20,000/-), post graduation (Rs 25,000/-) and professional courses (Rs 50,000/- maximum). (d) Computer grant (one time grant of Rs 35,000/-) for wards and widows of soldiers who have died in harness and pursuing graduation/professional courses. (e) Mobility equipment for soldiers disabled in service (Only Amputee/ Paraplegic/ Tetraplegic/Quadriplegic or requires support for walking) and a grant of Rs 40,000/- for modification of bathroom (wheel chair bound only). (f) Wheel chair bound soldiers who were given assistance by R&W Section earlier will be given a second wheel chair after completion of 7 years of the first issue. (g) The grant for marriage of daughters/ Remarriage of widows/ Marriage of orphan son of Soldiers who have died in harness and war disabled soldiers (Rs 1,00,000/-). 2. Last date of receipt of application for Education grant for the academic year 2017-18 is 30 Nov 2018 3 Specimen application forms and details of welfare schemes are available at all Veteran Cell of Area HQs/Sub Area HQs and is also available at www. indianarmyveterans.gov.in. 4. Applications duly completed by NOK/soldier with necessary document for the above schemes should reach Director (Corpus),R&W Section, Directorate of Indian Army Veterans (DIAV), AG’s Branch, Integrated HQ of MoD (Army), Adjacent to Central Org ECHS, 104 Cavalry Road, Delhi Cantt- 110010. Tele No : 011-25674067. davp 10403/11/0001/1819

Government of Nagaland Office of the Principal Govt . Higher Secondary School Dimapur Principal, teachers and staff of Government Higher Secondary School Dimapur convey hearty congratulations to all successful students of GHSS Dimapur in the recently declared HSLC & HSSLC Results 2018. We wish them all the very best in their future endeavour. Students who secured distinction: HSLC 1. Jenithung A Murry 2. Pronab Ghosh

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S R I NAG A R , J U N 1 5 (IANS): The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday said it had arrested a fourth suspect in the murder of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, whose killing has sent shockwaves in the state and beyond. S.P. Pani, the Inspector General of Police of Kashmir zone, said Bukhari’s killing here on Thursday evening -- two days before Eid -- along with his two security guards was a terror crime. “We have released the picture of three terrorists on a motorcycle who were involved in this terror crime. That picture is in public domain. “Based on another video, a bearded man is seen picking up a pistol from the site of the crime and vanishing. This video was released by us seeking public cooperation. “With the help of the public, this person has been

Nobody can touch me till LS polls, says Kumaraswamy

BENGALURU, JUN 15 (AGENCIES): As questions over the longevity of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka lingered, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday said no one can ‘touch’ him at least till the 2019 Lok Sabha polls are over. “This coalition government will function with stability. I know, no one can touch me for one year. I will be there at least for one year, until the Lok Sabha election is over. Until then, no one can do anything to me,” he said. Addressing an event here, Kumaraswamy said he would not remain silent during the period that he has got and would focus on taking decisions for the benefit of the state. The chief minister

said he would not waste his time and immerse himself in work as it was important that the state progresses in all spheres. “So in the opportunity that I have got, rather than going into what others have done, what I have done will be my message. in doing this, the environment is also in my favour (with good rains),” he added. Kumaraswamy’s comments come even as his government is facing the birth pangs of coalition politics, following the disquiet among newly elected Congress lawmakers who were left out during the Cabinet expansion. As the May 12 assembly polls in the state threw up a hung assembly, Congress and JD(S) who had bitterly fought each other, joined hands to form a post-

poll alliance to keep out the BJP, which had emerged as the single largest party. The chief minister also reiterated that he was committed to waiving farm loans + and would announce it shortly. “Dear farmers, Let there be no confusion on farm loan waiver. I am fully committed to the loan waiver. I want to ensure it is done scientifically benefiting maximum number of farmers. I am working on the the modalities and will announce it shortly,” Kumaraswamy said in a tweet on his official twitter handle @CMofKarnataka. Rubbishing reports that questioned his commitment on farm loan waiver, Kumaraswamy while speaking at the event, said he would “not escape” from his commitment.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE NAGALAND: KOHIMA No. AGR/IETC/DIPLOMA COURSE/CORR/2017-18 Dated Kma the th June 2018. INTERVIEW FOR UNDERGOING AGRICULTURE EXTENSION TRAINING FROM 18TH TO 22ND JUNE 2018 AT IETC, MEDZIPHEMA. Inviting reference to the subject cited above, wherein applications were invited from the indigenous unemployed youths (vide No. AGR/IETC/DIPLOMA COURSE/CORR/2017-18/2990 dated Kma the 21st April 2018) for undergoing 2 (two) years Agriculture Extension Training (AET) Course at IETC, Medziphema for the session 2018-20, applicants with the following Form Nos (Roll Nos.) are declared eligible to appear for the interview on the respective date and time indicated below at IETC, Medziphema (SAMETI building). DAY -1 18/06/2018 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM FORM NO (ROLL NO) 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005 ,0007, 0008, 0009, 0010, 0011, 0012, 0013, 0014, 0015, 0016, 0017, 0018, 0019, 0020, 0021, 0022, 0023, 0024, 0025, 0026, 0027, 0028, 0029, 0030, 0031, 0032, 0033, 0034, 0035, 0036, 0037, 0038, 0039, 0040, 0041, 0043, 0044, 0045, 0046, 0047, 0048, 0049, 0050, 0051, 0053, 0054, 0055, 0056, 0057, 0058, 0059, 0060, 0061, 0062, 0065, 0066, 0067, 0068, 0069, 0070, 0072, 0073, 0074, 0076, 0077, 0078, 0079, 0080, 0081, 0082, 0084, 0085, 0086, 0087, 0088, 0090, 0091, 0092, 0093, 0094, 0095. 0096, 0098, 0099, 0100, 0101, 0103, 0104, 0105, 0106, 0107, 0108, 0110, 0111, 0112, 0113, 0114, 0115, 0116, 0117, 0118, 0119, 0120, 0121, 0122, 0123, 0124, 0125, 0126, 0127, 0129, 0130, 0131, 0132, 0133, 0134, 0135, 0137, 0138, 0139, 0140, 0141, 0142, 0143, 0144, 0145, 0146, 0147, 0148, 0149, 0150, 0151, 0152, 0153, 0154, 0156, 0157, 0158, 0159, 0160, 0161. 0162, 0163, 0165, 0166, 0167, 0169, 0170, 0171, 0172, 0173, 0174, 0175, 0176, 0177, 0178, 0179, 0181, 0182, 0183, 0184, 0185, 0187, 0188, 0189, 0190, 0191, 0192, 0193, 0194, 0195, 0196, 0197, 0198, 0199, 0200, 0201, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210, 0211, 0212, 0213, 0215, 0216, 0218, 0219, 0220, 0221, 0222. DAY -2 19/06/2018 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM FORM NO (ROLL NO) 0223, 0224, 0225, 0226, 0227, 0228, 0229, 0230, 0231, 0232, 0233, 0234, 0235, 0236, 0237, 0238, 0239, 0240, 0241, 0242, 0243, 0245, 0246, 0247, 0248, 0249, 0250, 0251, 0252, 0253, 0254, 0255, 0256, 0257, 0258, 0259, 0260, 0261, 0262, 0263, 0264, 0265, 0266, 0269, 0270, 0271, 0272, 0273, 0274, 0275, 0276, 0277, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0281, 0282, 0283, 0284, 0285, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0295, 0296, 0297, 0298, 0299, 0300, 0301, 0302, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308, 0309, 0310, 0311, 0312, 0313, 0314, 0315, 0316, 0317, 0318, 0319, 0320, 0321, 0322, 0323, 0324, 0325, 0326, 0327, 0328, 0329, 0330, 0331, 0332, 0333, 0334, 0335, 0336, 0338, 0339, 0340, 0342, 0343, 0344, 0345, 0346, 0347, 0348, 0349, 0350, 0351, 0352, 0353, 0354, 0355, 0356, 0357, 0358, 0359, 0360, 0361, 0362, 0363, 0364, 0365, 0366, 0367, 0368, 0369, 0370, 0371, 0372, 0373, 0374, 0375, 0376, 0379, 0380, 0381, 0382, 0383, 0384, 0386, 0387, 0388, 0389, 0390, 0391, 0392, 0393, 0394, 0395, 0396, 0397, 0398, 0399, 0400, 0402, 0404, 0405, 0406, 0407, 0408, 0410, 0411, 0412, 0413, 0414, 0415, 0416, 0417, 0418, 0419, 0420, 0421, 0422, 0423, 0424, 0425, 0426, 0427, 0428, 0429, 0430, 0431, 0432, 0433, 0434, 0435, 0436, 0437, 0438, 0439. DAY -3 20/06/2018 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM FORM NO (ROLL NO) 0440, 0441, 0442, 0443, 0445, 0446, 0447, 0448, 0449, 0450, 0451, 0452, 0453, 0454, 0455, 0456, 0457, 0459, 0460, 0461, 0462, 0463, 0465, 0466, 0467, 0468, 0469, 0470, 0471, 0472, 0473, 0474, 0475, 0476, 0477, 0478, 0479, 0480, 0481, 0482, 0483, 0484, 0485, 0486, 0487, 0488, 0489, 0490, 0491, 0492, 0493, 0494, 0497, 0498, 0499, 0500, 0501, 0502, 0503, 0504, 0505, 0506, 0507, 0508, 0509, 0511, 0512, 0513, 0514, 0515, 0517, 0518, 0519, 0520, 0521, 0522, 0523, 0524, 0525, 0527, 0528, 0529, 0530, 0531, 0533, 0537, 0538, 0539, 0540, 0541, 0543, 0544, 0545, 0546, 0547, 0548, 0549, 0550, 0551, 0552, 0553, 0554, 0555, 0558, 0559, 0560, 0561, 0562, 0563, 0564, 0565, 0566, 0567, 0568, 0569, 0570, 0571, 0572, 0573, 0574, 0575, 0577, 0578, 0580, 0581, 0582, 0583, 0584, 0585, 0586, 0587, 0588, 0589, 0590, 0591, 0592, 0593, 0594, 0595, 0596, 0597, 0598, 0599, 0600, 0601, 0602, 0604, 0605, 0606, 0610, 0611, 0612, 0613, 0614, 0615, 0616, 0617, 0618, 0619, 0620, 0621, 0622, 0623, 0624, 0625, 0626, 0627, 0628, 0629, 0630, 0631, 0632, 0633, 0634, 0635, 0636, 0637, 0638, 0639, 0641, 0642, 0643, 0644, 0645, 0646, 0647, 0648, 0649, 0650, 0651, 0652, 0653, 0654, 0655, 0656, 0657, 0658, 0659, 0660, 0661. DAY -4 21/06/2018 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM FORM NO (ROLL NO) 0662, 0663, 0664, 0665, 0666, 0667, 0668, 0669, 0670, 0671, 0673, 0675, 0676, 0677, 0678, 0679, 0681, 0682, 0683, 0685, 0687, 0688, 0689, 0690, 0692, 0693, 0694, 0695, 0696, 0697, 0698, 0700, 0702, 0703, 0704, 0705, 0706, 0707, 0708, 0709, 0710, 0711, 0712, 0713, 0714, 0715, 0716, 0717, 0718, 0719, 0720, 0721, 0723, 0724, 0725, 0726, 0727, 0728, 0729, 0730, 0731, 0732, 0733, 0734, 0735, 0736, 0739, 0740, 0741, 0742, 0743, 0744, 0745, 0746, 0747, 0748, 0749, 0750, 0751, 0752, 0753, 0755, 0756, 0757, 0758, 0759, 0760, 0761, 0762, 0763, 0764, 0765, 0766, 0767, 0768, 0769, 0770, 0771, 0772, 0773, 0774, 0775, 0776, 0777, 0778, 0779, 0780, 0781, 0782, 0783, 0785, 0786, 0789, 0790, 0791, 0792, 0794, 0795, 0796, 0797, 0798, 0800, 0801, 0802, 0803, 0804, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0812, 0813, 0814, 0815, 0816, 0817, 0818, 0819, 0820, 0821, 0822, 0824, 0825, 0826, 0827, 0828, 0830, 0831, 0832, 0837, 0842, 0843, 0844, 0845, 0846, 0848, 0849, 0851, 0852, 0853, 0854, 0856, 0858, 0859, 0860, 0861, 0862, 0863, 0864, 0865, 0866, 0876, 0868, 0869, 0871, 0873, 0874, 0876, 0877, 0878, 0880, 0881, 0882, 0884, 0885, 0886, 0887, 0888, 0890, 0892, 0893, 0894, 0895, 0896, 0897, 0898, 0899, 0901, 0902. DAY -5 22/06/2018 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM FORM NO (ROLL NO) 0903, 0904, 0905, 0906, 0907, 0908, 0910, 0913, 0914, 0915, 0916, 0919, 0920, 0922, 0924, 0929, 0930, 0931, 0932, 0933, 0934, 0935, 0937, 0938, 0939, 0942, 0945, 0946, 0947, 0948, 0951, 0952, 0954, 0957, 0958, 0959, 0961, 0962, 0964, 0965, 0966, 0967, 0968, 0969, 0970, 0971, 0972, 0974, 0975, 0979, 0980, 0981, 0982, 0983, 0984, 0985, 0986, 0987, 0990, 0991, 0995, 0996, 0997, 0998, 0999, 1002, 1003, 1006, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1041, 1042, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1067, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1075, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1095, 1099, 1100, 1103, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1126, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1135, 1136, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1153, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1166, 1167, 1170, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1199, 1200, 1202, 1203, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1210, 1211. NOTICE Applicants of Agriculture Extension Training (AET) who have been declared eligible for the Interview Scheduled from 18th to 22nd June 2018 may kindly note the following timings. Sl. No Date of Interview Time of Interview Applicants with Roll Nos. to report 1 18/06/2018 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM 0001 - 0112 18/06/2018 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM 0113 - 0222 2 19/06/2018 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM 0223 - 0326 19/06/2018 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM 0327 - 0439 3 20/06/2018 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM 0440 - 0552 20/06/2018 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM 0553 - 0661 4 21/06/2018 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM 0662 - 0773 21/06/2018 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM 0774 - 0902 5 22/06/2018 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM 0903 - 1057 22/06/2018 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM 1060 - 1211 N.B. 1. All documents will be verified and candidates without original documents will not be allowed to appear for the interview. 2. No separate call letter will be issued. 3. Candidates will have to appear for the interview at their own expenses. 4. The Department/Interview Board reserves the right to disqualify the candidates if found undeserving for the Course. 5. The Form Nos. (Roll Nos.) of the Selected candidates will be notified in all the local Dailies and IETC Notice Board along with the details of the admission and commencement of the classes etc. (G. IKUTO ZHIMOMI) Director of Agriculture Nagaland: Kohima DC-1201

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Trump imposes 25% tariff on Chinese goods

EU mission to observe Pakistan elections in July

US warns of North Korea cyber campaign Washington, Jun 15 (IANS): The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that it has identified malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government, according to a new report. DHS and FBI analysts working with US government partners highlighted the use of what are known as Trojan malware variants -- software used by the North Korean government that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems, CNN quoted the report as saying on Thursday. “This malware variant is known as TYPEFRAME,” according to the report by the DHS Computer Emergency Readiness Team, noting that “the US Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government as HIDDEN COBRA”. “The intent of sharing this information is to enable network defenders to identify and reduce exposure to North Korean government cyber activity,” the report added. This is not the first time the US government has called out North Korean hackers that have targeted major international corporations and infected thousands of computers around the world in

recent years. “Since June 2017, DHS and the FBI have publicly released 11 national cyber awareness products associated with North Korean government malicious cyber activity; four joint Technical Alerts (TA) and seven joint Malware Analysis Reports (MAR),” a DHS spokesperson told CNN. “DHS pursues a model of ‘collective defence’ in cybersecurity, meaning government and industry take collaborative, tangible actions together to mitigate threats and reduce the most serious, enduring and collective strategic cyber risks to the United States and to our international partners,” the spokesperson said. The US has long been aware of North Korea’s prowess in cyberspace. North Korean hackers are believed to have been behind or to have played a part in major debilitating cyberattacks including the WannaCry ransomware attack, which infected hundreds of thousands of computers in 2017, as well as the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014. And in February, a report indicated that a group of North Korean hackers known as Reaper was targeting major international companies.

these elections, “Pakistan is expected to witness an unprecedented second consecutive democratic transition of an elected civilian government, therefore contributing to the consolidation of the direct link between Pakistani citizens and their representatives”. Heading the mission, Gahler hoped that the “observation will again provide a meaningful contribution to the electoral and democratic process in Pakistan”. After the general elections, the mission will hold a press conference in Islamabad to present its preliminary findings while the final report including recommendations for future electoral processes will be presented later. Over 100 million people are eligible to vote in the elections in July to elect 342 lawmakers, 272 of whom will be elected directly while 60 seats are reserved for women and another 10 for religious minorities.

T e h r a n, J u n 1 5 (IANS): Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that the US plans in the Middle East had failed and that Washington fears his country’s influence in the region. Khamenei spoke at the sermon of Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. “The Great Satan (the US), with all its efforts and temptations, has not achieved its goal in this region... the US is on its knees,” he was quoted as saying by Efe news. Khamenei pointed out that “Satanic powers” wanted Iranians to lose hope by imposing “economic pressures”. He stressed that “despite the propaganda of the enemies, Muslim nations have come closer to Iran.

Mr Comey’s actions were not the result of political bias, “by departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms, the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and the department as fair administrators of justice”. The 500-page report also found “a troubling lack of any direct, substantive communication” between Mr Comey and Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch. But the report also touched on text messages between two FBI officials who later worked on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the US election.

Peter Strzok, who was Mr Mueller’s lead agent in the Russian inquiry, was having an affair with Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer who also temporarily worked on the Mueller investigation. When Ms Page asked if Mr Trump would become president, Mr Strzok responded: “No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it.” The report called this “not only indicative of a biased state of mind but, even more seriously, implies a willingness to take official action to impact the presidential candidate’s electoral prospects”. Re publicans have seized on the messages to argue the FBI investiga-

Dhaka, Jun 15 (IANS): A leader of the country’s ruling Awami League party was shot dead on Friday by unidentified men while he was heading home after offering prayers in a mosque in Dhaka. Farhad Hossain, 52, General Secretary of the Awami League’s Badda Union wing, was sprayed with bullets as he came out of Baitus Salam Jame Mosque after offering Jumma prayers, bdnews24.com reported. He sustained bullet wounds in his head and chest. Badda area is known for gangland violence and turf wars. “Farhad Hossain was shot dead on the spot when he was leaving the mosque after Jumma prayers,” said Police Inspector Abul Kalam Azad. The police did not immediately confirm the motive for the killing. Police said two men opened fire on Hossain from their motorbike and sped away. Another report said that criminals opened fire on police at Gudaraghat checkpost on Badda-Gulshan Link Road while passing the area in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw after the murder.

Migrant row threaten Merkel’s coalition

Lo n d o n, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): A major rift has opened up between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her interior minister over migrant policy, threatening her coalition government. The minister, Horst Seehofer of the Christian Social Union (CSU), wants police to have the power to turn away undocumented migrants at the border. Mrs Merkel has held emergency talks with her

Christian Democrat (CDU) MPs. She wants a new deal at EU level over migrants. She was widely criticised for letting in about one million in 2015. Mr Seehofer has been a long-standing critic of that open-door policy, which was summed up at the time by Mrs Merkel’s phrase “we can manage”. He says German border police should turn back all asylum seekers who lack IDs and those already registered in another

EU country. Mrs Merkel sees that as a “go-it-alone” policy which would further hurt Italy and Greece, countries whose capacity to house migrants is stretched to breaking point. Among them are many refugees from the Syria war and other conflict zones. While Mrs Merkel’s CDU MPs gave her their support on Thursday, their Bavarian colleagues from the CSU decisively backed their leader, Mr Seehofer.

The “sister” conservative parties have been in alliance at the federal level since 1949. There is a risk that the CSU could break away, or at least trigger a confidence vote in Mrs Merkel’s leadership. In the 709-seat Bundestag (lower house) the CDU has 200 seats and the CSU 46. The ruling coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) has 399 seats, but without the CSU that would fall to 353 - less than a majority.

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B ru s s e l s, J u n 1 5 (IANS): An European Union electoral observation mission led by Michael Gahler, a German conservative in the European Parliament, plans to observe the July 25 national and provincial assemblies’ elections in Pakistan, the EU’s diplomatic service said on Friday. A group of nine EU election analysts will arrive in Pakistan on June 22 and stay in the country until the end of the electoral process while another 60 long-term observers, who will be deployed throughout the country, will arrive a few days later, the European External Action Service said in a press release. The EU Election Observation Missions were also deployed to Pakistan in 2002, 2008 and 2013 while an Election Follow-up Mission was sent in 2016, Efe news reported. The EU’s diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said that with

US plans in Middle East have failed: Khamenei

Mr Comey released a book earlier this year detailing his decisions as FBI director.

tion was biased against President Donald Trump. Christopher Wray said employees would be held accountable for any misconduct as a result of the report. Potentially embarrassing for the former FBI director is the inspector general’s finding that he used a private Gmail address to conduct some official business. This practice continued while he was investigating Mrs Clinton for using a private email account to handle government secrets - which at the time Mr Comey branded “extremely careless”. When asked about his own email by investigators, Mr Comey said: “I had the sense that it was OK.” He said he only handled non-confidential information on his Gmail, and it was only used for information that would become public anyway, such as speeches or public statements. But the inspector general said it was “inconsistent” with justice department policy. Mrs Clinton took to Twitter to make a sarcastic comment.

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and intellectual property to China, which will protect American jobs”. “The US can no longer tolerate losing our technology and intellectual property through unfair economic practices.” The President’s announcement to go ahead with imposing penalties on China is the latest twist by White House that has wavered between taking a tough stance on Chinese trade practices and declaring that the trade war was “on hold”. Beijing said it will retaliate by imposing its own tariffs on a list of roughly $50 billion in American ex-

L o n d o n, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): A highly anticipated US Department of Justice report accuses ex-FBI director James Comey of being “insubordinate” but not politically biased. According to BBC, inspector General Michael Horowitz said Mr Comey had broken “dramatically from FBI and department norms” in handling an inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails. Mrs Clinton has blamed Mr Comey for her election loss to Donald Trump in 2016. The report also reveals Mr Comey used a private email account for FBI business. FBI director Christopher Wray said he accepted the report’s findings but he added that nothing in the report pointed towards political bias or impugned the FBI as an institution. In his report, the inspector general criticised Mr Comey’s decision to reveal publicly a week before the election that he had reopened the inquiry into Mrs Clinton’s emails, rejecting Mr Comey’s argument that he had acted in the interests of transparency. He found that while

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ports, a list likely to include agricultural products and manufactured goods. “If the US takes unilateral protectionist measures and harms China’s interests, we will respond immediately and take necessary measures to firmly safeguard our legitimate rights,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said earlier on Friday. The US President first announced that Washington would impose trade penalties on about $50 billion of Chinese goods in March. “We have a tremendous intellectual property theft problem,” Trump said at the time. The list of Chinese products that the Trump administration proposed taxing in early April included flat-screen televisions, medical devices, aircraft parts and hundreds of additional products. It had previously said it would release a revised list of affected products by June 30 and put tariffs into effect shortly thereafter.

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Metallica awarded 2018 Polar Music Prize R F ock legends Metallica have been awarded the prestigious Polar Music Prize. Lars Ulrich and Roberto Trujillo accepted the award from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. British Rock legends Roger Glover and Ian Paice from Deep Purple read the citation prior to Metallica’s accepting the award. Glover said: “In the early 80s, we were riding high ding a big festival in England…I heard this band backstage, they were on stage…I’d heard the name, didn’t know anything about them. I went on the side of the stage to have a look and thought, yes, there’s something happening here.” “…The audience was singing every word they sang. And that’s what impressed me, when you touch that many people with your music there is something special going on….what a band.” The citation from Deep Purple received a standing ovation. Accepting the award, drummer and co-founder of Metallica Ulrich said:

“Who would have thought, when Metallica started this musical journey 37 years ago, that one day we would be standing in front of both musical royalty and actual royalty, accepting one of the most prestigious prizes that can be bestowed upon musicians?” “The type of music that we play was not supposed to be acknowledged or embraced by the mainstream, the media, or even large audiences. In 1981 when this band formed, I just wanted to play music in a collective setting and feel like I belonged to something bigger than myself.” He added: “From the

beginning, we always felt like outsiders. We always felt like somehow we were not good enough, not cool enough to be accepted by a general music audience… then an unexpected thing happened. The mainstream audience began moving closer and closer to the area where the musically disenfranchised like ourselves were hovering.” “…About 10/15 years later, we found ourselves right in the middle of that very mainstream which we had felt so vengefully ostracised from. Receiving this prize solidifies the idea that no matter how alienated you feel, connecting to other people through music

is not only possible but can be outright inspirational and life changing.” The prize, now in its 27th year, was originally founded by Stig ‘Stikkan’ Anderson who was the publisher, lyricist and manager of pop legends ABBA. In one of the most unlikeliest of covers of all time, Metallica covered ABBA’s ‘Dancing Queen’ earlier this year. Set up to honour “significant achievements in music and/or music activity” the award also celebrates music that “breaks down musical boundaries.” Ulrich also went on to say it was “an honour” to share the award with Dr Ahmad Sarmast and The Afghanistan Institute of Music who has set up an organisation to rebuild music and support musicians in Afghanistan. Previous winners of the prize include Paul McCartney, Ray Charles, Jo n i M i t c h e l l , B r u c e Springsteen and Stevie Wonder. Metallica are donating the prize money they have received to charity. (NME)

D&G designer calls Selena Gomez ‘so ugly’

ollowing a cr uel comment Stefano Gabbana made about Selena Gomez‘s appearance on Instagram, fans and celebrities are jumping to the pop star’s defense. Under a photo collage of 25-year-old Gomez wearing red dresses posted by The Catwalk Italia on Monday, the Dolce & Gabbana designer, 55, commented “è proprio brutta” — which roughly translates to “she’s so ugly.” Fans of the “Back to You” singer, who happens to be the most-followed person on Instag ram, quickly slammed Gabbana in the comments. “The only thing ugly I see here is your personality,” wrote one “Selenator.” Added another, “You must be blind.” “13 Reasons Why” star Tommy Dorfman weighed in as well. “You’re tired and over. Your homophobic, misogynistic, body-shaming existence will not thrive in 2018,” the actor wrote beneath the post. “It is no longer tolerable or chic. Please take many seats.”

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eople in Kohima will celebrate World Music Day on June 21 at The Heritage, Old DC Bungalow starting from 4.30 p.m. onwards. The event is initiated by the Symphony Academy of Music and presented by the Musicians Guild, powered by SAN Production, where 15 artistes from Kohima, Mokokchung and Dimapur will be performing. Addressing media persons on Friday at Symphony Café, Kohima, members of the Musicians Guild said that this will be the third World Music Day celebrated in Kohima, which began 2016. Musicians Guild member Melekhoto Pucho

said that June 21 was a day for musicians and he was confident that music lovers will take part in it, enjoy the event and support the musicians. Pucho recalled the successful events witnessed during the last two years and said that 2018 has the best line up. The members said that the entry ticket was priced at Rs. 100, which will also include free refreshments and surprise gifts. The event, according to the Guild members, was a paid event to remove the culture of free shows, and they said that music artistes were struggling to sustain themselves and many musicians had given up on music because of the culture of expecting musi-

cians to perform for free. They said that the culture of free shows discourage the growth of musicians who choose music as their profession and livelihood. World Music Day will witness performances of popular Naga artists of varying genres such as Rock, EDM, Choral, Indie and Hip Hop. The line up for the concert includes Incipit, Technicolors, GMD, Tune Up Channel, Table 3, Harmonic Voices, Powerfaith, Search & Found, Tali Angh, Mezanuo, Mengu Suokhrie, Virie Kets, Vitz feat. Mhaseve, Zuchobeni, Slim Path Band, and Anonymous Collectives. (Correspondent)

IMA choir to release debut single today Blink-182 postpone Las Vegas residency World Cup 2018: Fox apologises after Robbie Williams gives finger

music composed by Aron T Asumi, was recorded at Aron Studio, Zunheboto. The song, which translates as ‘Christ Reigns Forever’, was composed in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Zunheboto town and Baptist Church, Zunheboto, last

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IMA choir, formed under the initiatives of Aron T Asumi, came together as a group to glorify God through music. The song will be made available via YouTube at Aron Asumi’s channel. (NPN)

Shaan teams up with son for song excited to celebrate the spirit of Father’s Day (on Sunday) with a special song and who better than Shaan and his son Shubh to bring that to life. ‘Hukus Bukus’

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In 2002, Gotti died of throat cancer at age 61 in prison while serving a life sentence without parole. Travolta promoted the film Tuesday at Lenny’s Pizza in Brooklyn, which named a slice in honor of his “Saturday Night Fever” character Tony Manero. Meanwhile, critics have not taken well to “Gotti” taking a familyfirst view of the mobster, with the Hollywood Reporter calling it “an altogether hagiographic — one could even say pro-mob — biopic.” The low-budget film will show in 503 theatres, but has gotten a zero percent fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on six reviews from the Cannes Film Festival, Variety reported, adding the biopic could get pummeled in the box office. (FoxNews)

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With immense pride and honour, the Moya Village Students’ Union extends its heartiest congratulations to Ms. Litsala T. D/o Shri. M. Thsesong Yimchunger for securing under Top 20th Rank with 87.7% in the recently held HSSLC, NBSE Examination 2018 in Commerce Stream. The Union would also like to congratulate all the successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC and further wishes them many more years of success and higher achievements. LITSAKIU. C PISANGLA. K President General Secretary

showed his middle finger. The incident was not seen by UK viewers but has been widely circulated online. ITV had already cut away from the opening ceremony when Williams “flipped the bird” while singing his 2000 track Rock DJ. The 44-year-old altered the lyrics from the song, adding the line “But I did this for free” before giving his one-finger salute.

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he film “Gotti,” in which John Travolta plays the notorious New York mobster John Gotti, is playing in theaters this weekend. Travolta and John Gotti Jr. had worked on the biopic about his father for nearly a decade. “Entourage” actor Kevin Connolly directed the film. “We have been involved for seven years with this project,” Travolta told AZFamily.com. “Initially, the Gotti family had approved me, believe it or not, for the role, and I was very flattered about it.” Travolta said the Gotti family’s shaping of the film was part of the appeal. “I thought it was an asset to have them for authenticity and quality control,” he said. Kelly Preston, Travolta’s real-life wife, plays Gotti’s wife Victoria Gotti. Preston told AZFamily. com that she developed a relationship with Victoria. “I was always able to ask her, what would you do in this situation? How are you feeling?” Preston said. John Gotti, the Gambino family crime boss was known as “Dapper Don” and “Teflon Don” for being acquitted after three high-profile trials before getting convicted for murder and racketeering.

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rently being closely monitored. Due to this situation it is with great regret that the blink-182 ‘Kings of the Weekend’ Las Vegas residency dates this weekend must be rescheduled.” Barker added: “Drumming is my life and It kills that i can’t perform for you guys this weekend. I hope to be back as soon as I can (sic).” Although Vegas residencies have a certain reputation for doubling up as a musical retirement home, Blink are still as busy as ever – with the band confirming plans to record new material earlier this year. (NME)

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Robbie’s gesture, potentially seen by millions around the globe, recalled the middle finger MIA gave to the camera while appearing with Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl. Williams had previously tweeted that he was “very excited to be returning to Russia to perform at the opening of the @FIFAWorldCup”. Yet he did admit, in an interview with Reuters, that he had been asked not to sing Party Like a Russian, his 2016 song about hedonistic Russian oligarchs. The track prompted some Russian media outlets to call for him to be banned from performing in the country. Robbie’s performance began with Let Me Entertain You and included his songs Feel and Angels, which he performed with Russian soprano Aida Garifullina. (BBC)

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Ruthless India crush Afghanistan in 2 days Debutants fall to an innings & 262 runs defeat in one-off Test Once the top-order was blown away by Umesh and Ishant, Ashwin and Jadeja made short work of the middle and lower-order as the second day turned into a totally mismatch. It started in the first innings with the run-out of portly Mohammed Shahzad (14), who was needlessly run-out as Pandya’s direct throw found him short of his crease. In the second innings, the same Shahzad (13) nicked at a outswinger from Yadav. Ishant bowled a perfect line and got the new ball to dart back in cleaning up top-

Ishant Sharma celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Afghanistan batsman Mohammad Nabi on the second day of a one-off test match. (PTI)

Bengaluru, Jun 15 (PTI): Afghanistan’s dreams of scripting a fairytale turned into a virtual nightmare as a ruthlessly professional India demolished them by an innings and 262 runs inside two days to win the historic one-off Test match here. Afghanistan came across painfully short of experience for the longest format and were bowled out for 109 and 103 in pursuit of India’s first innings total of 474 all out Friday. This was the first time that India won a Test match in two days while it has now happened for the 21st time in the 141-year-history of

the traditional format. India, however, did become the first team to claim 20 wickets in a day. Afghans, who have some impressive accomplishments in the shortest format lasted a total of 66.3 overs (27.5 overs and 38.4 overs), posing serious questions over their readiness to cope up with demands of five-day cricket. The gulf in class was a reality but the Test match exposed their inability to understand the needs of the longest format. Their performance lends support to the demands for a two-tier Test format, which could get

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them battle-ready for future series. Batting was always going to be Afghanistan’s ‘Achilles heel’ as the inexperienced line-up simply didn’t have the technique or the temperament to face either quality pace bowling from Ishant Sharma (2//28 and 2/17) and Umesh Yadav (1/18 and 3/26) or the spin of Ravichandran Ashwin (4/27 and 1/32) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/18 and 4/17). Every Afghan batsman seemed to be in limited-overs mode without any respect for an aspect called patience, which is an integral component of Test cricket.

order batsmen. Both speedsters bowled to a probing channel and the Afghans were forced into committing mistakes. Having not played bowling of this caliber also contributed to their dismal show. The delivery of the first innings was bowled by Ishant to wicketkeeper-batsman Afsar Zazai (6). A full delivery that swung late, had Zazai clean bowled to make it 35 for 4 for the visitors. Ashwin then fooled rival captain Ashgar Stanikzai (11) with a classical off-break. He tossed one up outside the off-stump enticing the skipper to go for

expansive drive only to find it turn sharply disturbing the woodwork. Stanikzai in the second innings played a horrendous shot off Jadeja to be caught by Shikhar Dhawan. The others simply came and went as it turned out to be a no-contest. Brief scores: India 1st innings: 474 all out in 104.5 overs (Dhawan 107, Vijay 105, Pandya 71; Ahmadzai 3/51, Wafadar 2/79). Afghanistan 1st innings: 109 all out in 27.5 overs (Nabi 24; Ashwin 4/27) and 103 all out in 38.4 overs (Shahidi 36 n.o; Jadeja 4/17, Umesh 3/26).

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With the dismissal of Afghanistan batsman Rahmat Shah, Umesh Yadav achieved the landmark of 100 wickets in Test cricket and thus became the eighth Indian pacer to do so. It took the 30-yearold 37 Tests to reach the milestone. The Vidarbha pacer made his Test debut against West Indies in 2011, aged 24 – five years after he began taking a serious interest in making a career out of cricket. Before Umesh, the last Indian to achieve 100 Test wickets was Mohammed Shami who missed out on the ongoing historic Test against Afghanistan in

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Bengaluru, after failing Yo Yo Test. So far, including Umesh, 22 Indian bowlers have claimed 100 or more wickets in the longest format. Anil Kumble holds the record for the most wickets in Test cricket by an Indian bowler with 619 scalps in 132 matches to his name. Among the pacers, the re-

cord belongs to legendary allrounder Kapil Dev who took 434 wickets in 131 Tests. Indian pacers with 100 or more wickets in Tests Kapil Dev – 434 wickets in 131 Tests Zaheer Khan – 311 wickets in 92 Tests Javagal Srinath – 236 wickets in 67 Tests Ishant Sharma – 236* wickets in 82 Tests Mohammed Shami – 110 wickets in 30 Tests Karsan Ghavri - 109 wickets in 39 Tests Irfan Pathan - 100 wickets in 29 Tests Umesh Yadav – 100 wickets in 37 Tests*

Ronaldo to pay £16.5m fine in tax fraud case

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M a d r id, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly been handed a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined £16.5million for failing to pay tax. The Real Madrid and Portugal star was accused by Spanish prosecutors in June last year of defrauding tax authorities of £12.9million (€14.8million). He initially denied allegations that from 2011 to 2014 he defrauded the Spanish treasury when he appeared in court last year. Ronaldo allegedly concealed income from image rights sales through an opaque financial structure which involved diverting money into a tax haven. Since then, lawyers and agents representing Ronaldo are understood to have been negotiating with the treasury about a settlement. But the former Manchester United ace has now reportedly pleaded guilty to four charges of fraud in exchange for a lesser penalty. He accepted a two-

year suspended prison sentence and a fine worth £16.5million (€18.8million), according to Spanish newspaper El Mundo. Ronaldo will not face any time behind bars. Under Spanish law, a sentence of two years or under can be served on probation providing the offender has no prior convictions. During a court hearing in July last year, Ronaldo’s lawyers said he “didn’t break any laws, all he did was follow criteria that the tax inspectors don’t like”. But anti-corruption judges accused him of using shell companies to hide his wealth in the British Virgin Islands, a tax haven. His initial offer of £12.1million (€14million) and guilty pleas for four tax fraud offences was rejected and a counter proposal was issued by the Spanish State Bar, the paper said. An increased fine of £16.5million (€18.8million) and a two-year suspended prison sentence was accepted by Ronaldo.

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San Jose, Jun 15 (IANS): Costa Rica defender Ronald Matarrita will not play in the 2018 World Cup due to a right hamstring injury, and has been replaced by Kenner Gutierrez, the Costa Rican Football Federation said. According to the official medical report, the New York City FC player

has suffered a “grade-one injury” to his right hamstring, the same area where he has a history of a previous injury, the federation explained in a press release on Thursday, reports Efe. The recovery period is estimated to be at least two weeks, prompting coach Oscar Ramirez to replace him with another

player, Kenner Gutierrez, currently a defender of Costa Rica’s football club Alajuelense, who is set to travel to Russia for the 2018 World Cup within the coming hours. According to the Federation, Gutierrez will join the Costa Rican national team on June 16 in the Russian city of Samara ahead of his World Cup debut on June 17 in a match against Serbia. Matarrita is the first player that the team has lost due to injury since the coach revealed the final squad list. The left-back position was previously played by Bryan Oviedo of Sunderland AFC, for which Matarrita was considered an appropriate substitute and even more advanced player when it comes to an offensive game plan. The Costa Rican national team plays in group E, along with Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland.

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Lo n d o n, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): Former world tennis No 1 Boris Becker has claimed diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy proceedings in the UK - citing his role as a sports attache to the Central African Republic. Becker, who is a threetime Wimbledon champion, was appointed to the role in April and lawyers for the 50-year-old German lodged a claim asserting immunity in the High Court on Thursday. His position as attache to the European Union on sporting, cultural and humanitarian affairs is covered by the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. This means Becker cannot be subjected to any legal proceedings without the consent of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his counterpart in Bangui, lawyers Sylvester Amiel

Lewin and Horne said. “The decision to commence bankruptcy proceedings against me was both unjustified and unjust,” Mr Becker said in a statement. “A bunch of anonymous and unaccountable bankers and bureaucrats pushed me into a completely unnecessary declaration of bankruptcy, which has inflicted a whole heap of damage on me, both commercially and professionally, and on those close to me. I have now asserted diplomatic immunity as I am in fact bound to do, in order to bring this farce to an end, so that I can start to rebuild my life.” Becker, who is considering seeking compensation, added, “I should add that I am immensely proud of my appointment as the sports and culture attache for the Central African Republic.

M a d r id, J u n 1 5 (IANS): French forward Antoine Griezmann, who took a page out of LeBron James’ book and made a decision on his future team into a TV special, said at the end of the video broadcast that he had rejected an offer from FC Barcelona and would be staying at Atletico Madrid. “I’ve decided to stay,” Griezmann said in the more than half-hour broadcast titled “The Decision” and aired on Spanish network Movistar on Thursday, reports Efe. In it, he talked about the doubts he has experienced since April. Griezmann flipped the script on James’ muchcriticised 2010 special, in which the NBA superstar infuriated Cleveland Cavaliers fans by announcing he would be joining the Miami Heat. James retur ned to Cleveland in 2014 after

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winning two championships in Miami and led the Cavaliers to the 2015-16 NBA title. The forward said he had spent the past two months debating whether to remain with the Colchoneros or accept Barca’s offer. Griezmann is currently in Russia preparing with his teammates for France’s opening World Cup game against Australia on Saturday. “I want to show everyone that I haven’t made a mistake and that I trust this club and my teammates,”

he said. The 27-year-old star forward said Atletico Madrid’s commitment to winning and bringing in topnotch players was the main factor in his decision. “They’re doing everything possible so the team keeps growing, so we have even more chances” to be in the 2018-2019 Champions League final,” Griezmann said in reference to a match that will be played at Atleti’s Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. The next big challenge for his club will be the UEFA Super Cup, an Aug. 15 match pitting Atletico Madrid, winners of last season’s Europa League, against current Champions League title holders Real Madrid. Re a l M a d r i d h a s been a major nemesis of the Colchoneros in big matches, having defeated their crosstown rival in the 2014 and 2016 Champions League finals.

Messi-led Argentina look to make early statement

M o s c o w, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): Lionel Messi-led Argentina will open their FIFA World Cup 2018 campaign against World Cup debutants Iceland on Saturday at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow. The South Americans, who had a difficult build-up to the tournament, will be looking to make an early statement in their opening match of World Cup 2018. In all probability, this will be Messi’s last chance to win a World Cup and the K Y M C

Argentine talisman is taking nothing for granted against the World Cup minnows, who surprised one and all during the EURO 2016. “Iceland showed they could compete with anyone at the last Euros,” said Messi, referring to their giant-killing run at the 2016 European Championship in France. Messi was devastated by Argentina’s loss to Germany in the 2014 World Cup final, with the agony compounded by back-toback Copa America defeats

to Chile in 2015 and 2016. Despite his achievements with Barcelona, the five-time world player of the year is yet to win a major international tournament and time is running out as his 31st birthday looms. He briefly retired from international football after the 2016 Copa America and has hinted he will do so permanently if the campaign in Russia ends in failure. The Group D clash pits an Argentine side that critics say is too focused on

keeper Nahuel Guzman said the squad would do everything in their power to give Messi the success he craves but they are expecting a tight match against Iceland. “We must show patience and move the ball

around to try and find space, and look to get in behind with speed,” said Guzman, who plays for Mexican club Tigres. “It will be a very tight game in which we’ll also have to control our nerves.”

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superstar Messi against a band of grafters who pride themselves on teamwork. On paper, the South Americans should have little trouble disposing of Iceland, an island nation of 330,000 that is the smallest country to ever reach the finals. But the Icelanders revel in their underdog status and showed at Euro 2016 they will not be cowed on the big stage. Spurred on by their fans’ thunderous “Viking clap”, they earned a 1-1 draw with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal then famously dumped out England to reach the quarter-finals. “We kept Ronaldo quite quiet so hopefully we can do the same against Messi,” said Burnley winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson. “We know we’re probably going to be defending for a lot of the time and obviously he’s one of the best players in the world and he can turn it on.” Iceland, ranked 17 places behind Argentina at 22nd in the world, topped their group in European qualifying with comfortable wins over Croatia, Ukraine and Turkey. Argentina reserve goal-

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Goalkeeper El Kajoui of Morocco denied Azmoun from opening the scoring for Iran.

Benatia with a superb save after a deflection as the attacks kept on coming for Morocco. Slowly but surely Iran grew into the game and they launched some dangerous counters which almost caught Morocco out. Right on half time Iran were denied after a break as Azmoun’s shot was saved well by Munir and then Morocco’s goalkeeper blocked Jahanbakhsh’s rebound. In the second half the

St Petersburg, Jun 15 (Agencies): Iran beat Morocco 1-0 in their opening Group B game in Saint Petersburg on Friday, as Aziz Bouhaddouz headed into his own net in stoppage time. Playing in their first World Cup game since 1998, Morocco started well but that early promise petered out as Iran dug deep, defended well and had chances on the break and they sealed their first World Cup win since 1998 thanks to a free kick from the left which Bouhaddouz headed into his own net in the 95th minute. With Group B favourites Portugal and Spain clashing, Iran have now given themselves hope of advancing to the last 16 while Morocco’s World Cup dream is in ruins. With Morocco not conceding a goal in its final round of qualifying for the World Cup, plus Iran keeping ninestraight clean sheets in their 10 qualifying games, a tight game was to be expected and that’s how it turned out. Early on Morocco started well with Belhanda flashing a header over and Iran being pinned back into their own half. Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand denied Medhi

temp of the game slowed down as both teams picked their moments to attack. No real goalscoring opportunities arrived until late in the game as Morocco’s main playmaker Ziyech finally got a shot on goal but Beiranvand denied him with a smart save to his left. The killer blow came in the 95th minute as Ehsan Haji Safi’s cross was nodded into his own net by Bouhaddouz.

Gimenez gives Uruguay last-gasp win Jose Gimenez spared the blushes of Uruguay's all-star forwards with a 90th-minute winner to see off Egypt 1-0 in their World Cup opener. Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani each passed up opportunities to clinch the points against a Pharaohs side who kept Mohamed Salah on the bench, but it was centre-back Gimenez who proved the hero. Suarez missed two golden opportunities as goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy excelled, before Cavani struck the post with a late free-kick, seemingly sealing a point for Egypt on their return to the finals. But Gimenez rose highest to meet a set-piece and bury a header past El-Shenawy. Suarez and his team-mates were quickly back on the front foot following the restart, though, and Cavani fed his strike partner for a low drive that El-Shenawy blocked bravely. The Barcelona forward squandered another opportunity late on, forcing his way through the Egypt backline but failing in his attempt to round the goalkeeper. And El-Shenawy again looked to have preserved a point with a sublime save from Cavani's thunderous volley, before the Uruguay attacker curled a free-kick against the post. But Gimenez came to the rescue as he planted a header into the bottom-right corner, earning a hard-fought victory.

Saudi footballers to be penalised for rout by Russia Moscow, Jun 15 (IANS): Members of Saudi Arabias national football team will face a disciplinary penalty for their crushing defeat by Russia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup opener. “We are very disappointed by the defeat,” Saudi Football Federation chief Adel Ezzat was quoted as saying by the AlYoum Assabaa newspaper, reports Tass news agency. “This result is totally unsatisfactory because it does not reflect the true level of our preparedness. Several players will face a penalty - goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Mayouf, striker Mohammad Al-Sahlawi and defender Omar Hawsawi,” he added. The Chairman of the General Sport Authority, Turki bin Abdulmohsen Al-Sheikh, described the game as a “total fiasco” in a video address, posted on his Twitter page. The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off on Thursday with the opening match in the Russian capital Moscow between hosts Russia and the national team from Saudi Arabia, which Russia won 5-0.

Today’s matches 1st match: 3:30 pm- France vs Australia 2nd match: 6:30 pm- Argentina vs Iceland 3rd match: 9:30 pm- Peru vs Denmark

M OSCOW, J u n 1 5 (Agencies): FIFA is investigating why Egypt and Uruguay were playing in front of thousands of empty seats at their match in Yekaterinburg. There were rows of empty orange seats at the freshly rebuilt arena. FIFA said nearly all the available tickets had been sold and it was investigating why there were so many no-shows. “We can confirm that 32,278 tickets have been allocated for the match. The stadium capacity is 33,061,” a FIFA told AFP. “The fact that the actual attendance doesn’t reflect the amount of allocated tickets can be due to different factors, which FIFA is currently investigating.” FIFA has allocated about 2.5 million tickets to the month-long showpiece, with Russian organisers saying that nearly all the tickets have already been sold.

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