June 26, 2018

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5280 kg formalin-injected fish seized in Kohima

(L&C) The seized fish being dumped at KMC garbage dumping site Kohima, Monday. (R) DMC officials inspecting fish stalls at New Market, Dimapur on Monday. (NP) Correspondent/Staff Reporter

KOHIMA/Dimapur, JUN 25 (NPN): On the day Nagaland Post reminded public on the hazards posed by harmful substances in food items and consequent to the order issued by food safety commissioner-cumcommissioner & secretary Himato Zhimomi on June 23-- for a blanket ban on storage, distribution and sale of fresh fish products treated with formalin and other forms of preservatives, for a period of three months; Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) authorities swung into action and seized 5280

Monsoon session from Jul 18-Aug 10 New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI): Monsoon session of Parliament is set to begin on July 18 and end on August 10 with the triple talaq bill among the legislative items topping the government’s agenda. The session will have nearly 18 sittings, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told reporters here.

The Cabinet Committee of Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA), chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, met here today to recommend the dates. President Ram Nath Kovind will now formally convene the session. “We seek the support and cooperation of opposition parties. There are many important items on the legislative agenda that the government wants to take up in the Monsoon session,” Kumar said. More than six ordinances will be taken up, he said.

The triple talaq bill, which has been passed by the Lok Sabha and is pending in the Rajya Sabha, will be among the top priorities of the government, the minister added. He said the government will push for constitutional status for the National Commission for OBCs. The National Commission for Medical Education Bill and the transgender bill will also be taken up.

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kg of fish injected with formalin. On the other hand, in Dimapur, the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) authorities only collected samples to be tested on fishes from prominent fish markets for presence of formalin.

In Kohima, huge quantities of fish were seized from four mini trucks at KMC toll tax by-pass Monday which were loaded with pankaj, rahu, catla and varieties of fish in thermocol boxes. One truck with 30 boxes of fish and six drums of live fish, was on its way to Pfutsero in Phek. Altogether 5,280 kg of fish-- 1720 kg of rahu, 3360 kg of pankaj and 200 kg of

catla were recovered from the four trucks. The trucks were carrying 42 boxes of rahu, 84 boxes of pankaj and five boxes of catla fish and each box weighed 40 kg, while the drums with live fish weighed 45 kg each.

The enforcement party was led by Food Safety Officer (FSO), Kezhangulie Yimchungru, a team of KMC officials and technical team from State Public Health Laboratory (SPHL). The seized fishes were tested at the site and found to contain high levels of formalin. It was found that each of the fishes contained 1.5 mg of formalin, with even the ice being

contaminated with 0.10 mg of formalin. Highly toxic and carcinogenic, formalin is commonly used to preserve bodies in mortuaries.

The seized vehicles were impounded at South Police Station and fishes later destroyed at KMC’s dumping zone in the afternoon in the presence of H&FW commissioner & secretary, DC Kohima, senior officials of medical department and KMC, police personnel and KVYO representatives.

Later speaking to Nagaland Post, the FSO said the department had placed order for upgraded instruments

and on receipt, the department would take up testing on wider scale of other food items, crops and fruits where chemicals are also being used for easy and fast ripening.

Considering the health hazard posed by use of such chemicals, Yimchungru suggested that the drives should be carried out at Dimapur, the State’s major entry point of goods.

Samples collected: In Dimapur, fishes were allowed to be sold without first having them tested as per the June 23 order of the FSSAI commissioner. Six different fish varieties were collected from two promi-

nent markets-- New Market and Railway bazaar Monday evening to check trace of formalin. The team was led by Veterinary officials attached with Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC).

A two-member team consisting of deputy director (V&AH), Dr Sentinungla and veterinary assistant surgeon, Dr Sentimoa Longkumer collected the samples.

Samples of popular fish breeds rohu catla, Pankaj, kawai, pamphlet, latia and pami were collected and will be sent to Kohima on June 26 to be tested in the only mobile testing unit of the state. DMC officials

informed that the results should be available soon.

Dr. Sentimoa Longkumer also said injection with formalin was not limited to local vendors alone but could also take place at the origin of supply or where it is auctioned locally.

About 80 percent of fish currently consumed in Nagaland comes from Andhra Pradesh and fresh fish is mainly procured from neighbouring Assam.

Nagaland has only one mobile testing unit, which was earlier stationed in Dimapur, the main commercial hub of the state. The unit is currently engaged in Kohima. An official said there was a need of additional mobile testing unit so that food inspectors could carry out regular/surprise checks.

DMC administrator, Moa Sangtam informed Nagaland Post that samples were collected in pursuance of the directive from the government. He said if the presence of formalin were detected in the samples, the report would be sent to the relevant authorities and appropriate action would be initiated, ranging from fine to cancellation of license and even imprisonment.

Experts optimistic about Justice Gogoi being named CJI NEW DELHI, JUN 25 (PTI): Legal experts have expressed optimism that there was virtually no chance of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra not following the established norms and recommending the name of the senior most judge, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, as his successor. The speculation as to who will be the next Chief Justice of India has arisen in the backdrop of Justice Gogoi’s participation in the unprecedented January 12 presser. Chief Justice Misra demits office on October 2.

Constitutional law expert and senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan referred to the unblemished judicial records of Justice Gogoi and said if he is not recommended for the post of the CJI, then it would amount to supersession as had happened in the 1970s.

Such an event would compromise the independence of judiciary which the CJI will never want, he said.

“This scenario (CJI not recommending Justice Gogoi as his successor) is not possible and it will not be done,” Sr. advocate and SCBA president Vikas Singh said.

Now, ANATG 2015 batch to launch Power dept regrets Accused Army Maj sent to police custody indefinite hunger strike from June 27 erratic power supply DIMAPUR, JUN 25 (NPN): All Nagaland Ad hoc Teachers’ Group (ANATG) 2015 batch has announced indefinite hunger strike from June 27 in protest against the alleged lackadaisical attitude of the State government in regularizing their services.

Announcing this in a press release, ANATG-2015 batch president Ruguotsolie and convener Temsuchiba Aier pointed out that the teachers had carried out their stir against the indifferent attitude of the government in four phases – pen down strike from April 16 to 18 under phase I, mass casual Leave from June 4 to 6 under phase II, boycott of classes from June 15 to 17 under phase III and peaceful sit-in protest with banners and placards at the directorate of school education premises in Kohima from June 18 to 26 under phase IV. ANATG said during the course of the peaceful agitation, several representations were also submitted to the department. It added that ultimatums too were served to the department on April 30 and June 20 this year, besides a letter pleading with the government

to file an interlocutory application before Gauhati High Court immediately seeking modification of the court’s interim order for regularising 1,166 Grade - III ad hoc teachers.

ANATG - 2015 Batch said it also urged the government to convene an emergency meeting of the cabinet for giving approval to the regularisation, before submitting a final appeal letter to school education adviser KT Sukhalu seeking his urgent intervention on the matter. The letter to Sukhalu also warned that the department would be solely held responsible in case of any untoward incident. Regretting that the government had remained adamant in not redressing its genuine demand, the association said it had been left with no other option but to collectively resolve to intensify its democratic acts of protest by beginning an indefinite hunger strike till its demand was achieved.

ANATG - 2015 Batch appealed to every right thinking citizen and students’ organisation and other apex organisations linked with the welfare of teachers and students to render their support.

DIMAPUR, JUN 25 (NPN): Power department has expressed regret over the inconvenience caused by “unstable power supply” in Dimapur in the last few days.

In a press release, Dimapur electrical division executive engineer Imsenkaba informed that some incidents had caused and aggravated the situation at a time when Dimapur was already faced with difficulties during the hot summer months.

Executive engineer stated that the incomer circuit breaker at Metha Substation became defective on June 24, 2018 at 2pm and affected several feeders including DBC feeder, ADC feeder, PWD feeder, Dhobinala feeder, Town (Metha) feeder and Thahekhu feeder.

He said breaker could be restored only at 7.30pm.

Imsenkaba said for replacement of switch gear Power House Substation control room a shut-down was undertaken on June 23, 2018 (5am to 10am).

On load shedding, the executive engineer informed that although a new 100 MVA transformer was being (Cont’d on p-7) installed at

NEW DELHI, JUN 25 (PTI): An Army Major, arrested for allegedly killing another officer’s wife, was on Monday sent to four-day police custody by a Delhi court.

Metropolitan Magistrate granted the custody of Major Nikhil Handa, who was produced before the court amid tight security, to the police which said he has to be taken to Meerut to make certain recoveries including his clothes and weapon used to commit the crime.

“Since weapon of the offence (knife) used in committing the offence is to be recovered, clothes worn by the accused at the time of offence are to be recovered, the place from where the victim was picked up by the accused and route followed by the accused to the place of occurrence is to be ascertained, the persons contacted by the accused after

commission of the crime are to be ascertained, the source of weapon of offence is to be established, the places where the accused visited after the commission of crime from Delhi to Meerut are to be ascertained, in my considered opinion, four days police custody is justified,” the magistrate said.

Handa was arrested yesterday from Meerut for his alleged involvement in the killing of another Major’s wife in west Delhi on Saturday. Woman’s body was found with her throat slit near Brar Square in the Delhi Cantonment area.

During the arguments, the police said it needed the custody of the accused to take him to Meerut and make recoveries.

Opposing the remand application, the counsel for the accused argued that no investigation had been done by the police since Handa was arrested and said

recoveries which the police claimed to make, made no ground for his custody.

Initially, the police had not supplied the copy of remand application and FIR to the counsel of the accused, who sought them before the court. The court then directed that copies of these documents be supplied to the accused.

According to police, it had received information that a woman had died in an accident. Later, when they inspected the body, it was found that her throat was slit..

Accused had allegedly run a car over her face and the body in order to make the incident appear as an accident, the police alleged.

The woman was dropped at Army Base Hospital in her husband’s official vehicle by a driver, who could not find her when he returned to pick her up later.

Bill related to framework likely in monsoon session: Ibobi Excise dept cautions against illicit drug trade Correspondent

IMPHAL, JUN 25: Former chief minister of Manipur, Okram Ibobi Singh, Monday claimed that there was a high possibility of introducing a bill related to the Framework Agreement (FA), which was signed between the government of India and NSCN (I-M) on August 3, 2015, in the upcoming monsoon session of the Parliament.

Talking to reporters at Imphal Airport before leaving for New Delhi, Ibobi said, “We are expecting Centre tabling a bill related to the framework agreement in the coming monsoon session of Parliament.”

He said BJP-led NDA government was also likely to put up the ‘controversial’ Citizenship Amendment bill for discussion and passing in the Parliament.

Singh is leading a 22member delegation of Manipur Pradesh Congress

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Committee (MPCC) which includes many leaders of the state Congress.

The delegation would campaign against undisclosed Framework Agreement, controversial Citizenship Amendment bill and the prevailing crisis in Manipur University among others, Ibobi said.

Ibobi said the delegation would also meet with Central government leaders and national leaders of various political parties, particularly oppositions and convince them to oppose

the two bills if introduced in the Parliament. He said that despite strong pressure from political parties, civil society organizations based in Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the Centre was yet to make public the details of the framework agreement.

“If any point hurting the interest of Manipur included in the bill likely to introduce, Congress will oppose it,” he said.

Further, the former chief minister said the delegation would also convince the leaders of the Central government and leaderships of national political parties about the future impact of setting up any kind of community-based autonomous council on the territorial integrity of Manipur.

He said leaderships of the opposition parties would be aware of the sentiment of the people of the state and their firm stands on the territorial integrity of Manipur.

“Centre must not hasty in agreeing the formation of any kind of autonomous council without the prior consent of the people and stakeholder states,” he said.

Ibobi further stated that Congress would not allow formation of such council that would affect the integrity of the state in future.

Asserting that the proposed Citizenship Amendment bill was a threat to the Northeast people, the former chief minister said the delegation would further convince the leaders to oppose the bill.

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh, who is leading a BJP-led coalition government, has also opposed the bill, saying that his government would not do anything against the wishes of the people. Opposition to the proposed bill was also pouring in from other Northeast states like Assam and Nagaland too.

DIMAPUR, JUN 25 (NPN): On the eve of the ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking’, the Department of Excise and Prohibition, which is responsible for supply reduction of drugs, has stated that a strict roundthe-clock vigil was being kept to check illegal trafficking of drugs in the state with all its available resources.

A press release issued by commissioner of excise and prohibition, Tarep Imchen, stated that illegal dealing in drugs in any form, sale, possession, transaction, transportation, export, import inside India or from outside was prohibited and punishable under NDPS Act, 1985, with punishment ranging from 10 to 20 years imprisonment and with fine of Rs.1 to 2 lakh or with both.

It stated that allowing premises, warehouse, godown, vehicles or use of any kind of conveyance would be liable for confiscation to the state under NDPS Act with punishment ranging from 10 to 20 years imprisonment and with fine from Rs.1 lakh to 2 lakh or with both.

The department also stated that concealing of narcotic drugs in any form of goods, things or any items would be liable for confiscation to the state with punishment ranging from 10 to 20 years imprisonment and with fine of Rs.1 lakh to 2 lakh or with both.

Further, it informed that NDPS Act, 1985 prescribes stringent punishment to the extent of “death penalty” for repeated offences committed either in India or abroad.

Any property, assets,

moveable or immoveable, bank accounts, bank balances, acquired or derived from drug money by either spouse, family members, associates, friends were liable for attachment to the state and “freeze” of bank accounts/bank balances under NDPS Act, it stated.

In this regard, commissioner of excise and prohibition has appealed to the people of the state, various organisations, NGOs working in the related field to put in a concerted effort to eradicate the dreaded drug menace and affirm not to harbour any drug traffickers/peddlers in any form, directly or indirectly. The commissioner also urged people to immediately report any incident of commission under the NDPS taking place or likely to take place in the neighbourhood to the excise department.

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Children’s free literature fest planned for October

The organizers during the press conference held at Ura Resturant in Kohima on Monday evening. (NP) Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUN 25 (NPN): For the first time in North East India, Bookaroo, in partnership with the Kohima Institute and with support from the government of Nagaland will organise India’s most –loved and first Children’s Free Literature Festival in the state capital of Nagaland from 25-27 October. This was announced during a press conference by trustee & president, The Kohima Institute, Dr. Kekhrie Yhome, also attended by Swati Roy and M. Venkatesh, both Festival Director and cofounder of Bookaroo children’s literature Festival and others at Ura restaurant Kohima on Monday.

Dr. Yhome said the motive behind organizing

the festival was to engage with the youngsters and to inculcate the culture of reading among children.

He said the festival was all set to bring together yet another selection of celebrated children’s authors, illustrators, poets, performers and storytellers from all corners of India.

He said the festival will be packed with interactive and hands-on activities that will be run by the literary stars themselves. According to Dr. Yhome, this festival of children’s literature will be an investment in the children’s future, to inspire and encourage them to read books be making it attractive. He also said that if this festival was successful, it would be made into an annual event in the future.

M. Venkatesh said this

festival had been conducted in 10 cities in India and in Malaysia, which had touched more than 45,000 children and their parents.

He said Bookaroo aims at promoting the excitement and importance of literature locally, regionally and globally to encourage cultural exchange and dialogue on education and development. He said this festival in Kohima town would be the 30th Festival of children’s literature.

Swati Roy said this inclusive free festival is expected to see the participation of around 20-30 authors from across the country, including local authors.

She said that except for a few places, most of the festivals had received enormous response from children and parents. She also stated that

the three-day literature festival engages the age group of 4-14 years with more than 20 sessions.

It may be mentioned that Bookaroo, a non-profit organization, is co-organizing the event. The festival was the recipient of the prestigious International Excellence award for festival of the year in the year 2017 at the London book fair.

The Kohima Institure established in 2013, is a charitable trust and is engaged in teaching and research at the postgraduate level, facilitating innovation and critical thinking in North East India. The Kohima Institute publishes world-class quality and research monographs through its Highlander Press (Kohima, Thimpu , Edinburgh).

NBSE informs on IGNITE 18 Competition DIMAPUR: Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has notified all students and interested parties that the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam IGNITE 18 Competition under the initiative of the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, is underway and entries are being accepted till August 13.

The notification through DIPR stated that the NBSE had decided to partner with NIF so that students of the state could also participate in the competition, further details of which can be obtained from the web-page http://nif.org.in/ announcement/ignite-competition. IGNITE Awards winners are also eligible to get 10 bonus marks while applying for admission in B.Tech program at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIITD), an autonomous institute of the Government of Delhi. These bonus marks are in addition to the 100 marks an applicant gets based on the JEE (Mains) and Class XII marks.

NBSE has requested schools and institutions to inform the students to participate in this competition with their creative ideas or innovations. “Let us all make efforts to identify the young and best minds so that with their ideas and innovations, the society gets the benefits” it added.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018

news in Brief CMO Wokha informs: The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Wokha, Dr. Robin Lotha has informed ministerial staff under CMO that there will be a meeting on June 27, 11 a.m and another meeting for NHM staff Wokha at 1 p.m.

Meeting with SMOs and MOs will be held on July 6, 11 a.m. All staffs have been requested to attend the meeting without fail as attendance will be strictly monitored.

KTHU general body meeting: Kohima Town Hotel Union (KTHU) has convened a general body meeting on June 30, 11 am at conference hall, Hotel Japfü, Kohima. KTHU president, N. Theyo stated that there will be election of office bearers and discussion on

agendas brought by members. Members have also been requested to pay the membership fee of Rs. 100 (excluding those who have already paid) along with a registration fee of Rs. 500.

Lost & Found: An autorickshaw (Regd.

No. NL-07-0863) was found by officials of the Dimapur District Autorickshaw Driver’s Union (DDADU) near Bata Charali. The rightful owner has been asked to claim the autorickshaw from the DDADU head office near Hotel Saramati, Supermarket, by producing original documents from 10 a.m to 3 p.m, within seven days from the date of this notice being published. Failure to claim it within the stipulated will result in forfeiture of the claim.

NVWWO social work at Sanuorü River

NVWWO lead by Kaisa Rio during the social work activity at Sanuorü river area on June 23. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: The Nagaland Voluntary Women Welfare Organization (NVWWO) under the leadership of, Kaisa Rio (wife of chief minister of Nagaland) conducted a social work activity at Sanuorü river and the

adjacent areas at Secretariat Road, Kohima on June 23.

A DIPR report stated that during the social work, the members of the organization, including wives of various MLAs, lady bureaucrats and wives of se-

nior bureaucrats, removed garbage, plastic etc. which were blocking the river. The social work was carried out with a view to clean up the entire area and to avoid further complications during the monsoon.

Workshop on Govt eMarket underway Assam Rifles organize KCSU conducts seminar on Skill Devp DIMAPUR: The two day workshop on Government eMarket, organized by the Finance Department, Government of Nagaland in collaboration with Government eMarket (GeM) Government of India, is underway at Kohima from June 25, at the Directorate of Information Technology & Communication, Thizama. The commissioner & secretary to the chief minister, Abhishek Singh graced the function and inaugurated the GeM workshop.

DIPR reports that the main objective of the training is to provide hands on training to state government officials and for registration of users on the portal. The workshop will also familiarize officers of the departments with the GeM portal. Under this training, local producers and entrepreneurs who are interested in getting themselves registered on the GeM portal may attend the afternoon sessions after

lecture on schemes

DIMAPUR: Phek Battalion under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) conducted a lecture on “Government Schemes” at Ziphu Village, Phek District on June 23.

A press release from Assam Rifles PRO said the lecture covered various schemes of the Central and State Governments like Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMKVY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guaran-

The first day training session underway in Thizama.

(DIPR) intimating the Finance Chopra have been deployed department first through for the two day training. the e-address findeptt@ Altogether, 38 departgmail.com ments 3 entrepreneurs and Vice president, Gov- officials from Nagaland ernment e-Market Place Hotels Limited besides (GeM), Upmith Singh OSD Budget, V. Kezo along with GeM MSP along with officials from Training Team members, the Finance Department Ramanathan V, Jayavadi- attended the first day trainchu Raja, Uday and Megha ing session.

tee Scheme (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and importance of Aadhaar Cards.

The lecture was organized with an aim to spread awareness among the people residing in the remote areas of Nagaland, on the various schemes of the central and state government to enable them to derive the maximum benefits out of them.

20 youth from Ziphu village attended the lecture.

Weavers Service Centre to conduct weaving, dying, designing course DIMAPUR: The Weavers Service Centre (WSC), Dimapur, Office of Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, GoI is conducting a camp on June 6 at Council Hall, Darogajan, Dimapur to invite applications under National Handloom Development Program (NHDP) Scheme for stipend based (Rs.210/day) training courses on weaving, dyeing and designing, 90% GoI contributing frame looms, jacquard and accessories, lightening units, free workshed etc for eligible handloom weavers. Applicants may contact the dy. director, WSC at 8547869567 or GM, DIC at 9436012428 for further details.

DIMAPUR: Kohima Chakhesang Students’ Union (KCSU) organized a seminar on “Skill Development” on June 23 at CBCK conference hall Kohima, with R. deputy director, Tsalise and training coordinator, Menguzelie from the department of Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship as the resource speakers.

A press release from KCSU president, Zacusato Theyo and general secretary, Viewolo Koza stated that the speakers challenged the delegates to be innovative

and advised them that government jobs were not the only way to success but there were avenues beyond government jobs beyond that.

The program was chaired by KCSU general secretary, Viewolo Koza, invocation was pronounced by CBCK youth pastor, Vetso Koza welcome address was said by KCSU president, Zacusato Theyo, words of gratitude was delivered by social and cultural secretary, Ravolu Venuh, while benediction was pronounced by assembly secretary, Kewekhro-o Koza.

Condolence by Chief Minister

DIMAPUR: Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio has expressed deep pain over the demise of Kedizhalhou Yano in Kohima on June 25.

In a condolence message to the departed’s wife, Nguri Yano, the chief minister stated that late Kedizhalhou Yano was the first matriculate from Dihoma Village and served the government in various capacities before retiring as Joint Director, Rural Development.

Rio said that late Kedizhalhou’s contributions and sacrifices would be forever remembered. He had also served the society in various capacities and was an office bearer of the Angami Gazetted Officers’ Krotho (AGOK), the condolence

message stated.

The chief minister further stated that in his interactions with the departed he not only proved to be a good officer but was also a gentleman who had sincere concerns for the people.

“His demise is a great loss for the Angami community in particular and the Nagas in general” it stated adding that the vacuum that has been created by his demise would be difficult to fill.

Rio further extended his deepest condolences to the members of the bereaved family and all those who are in mourning.

He also conveyed his prayers for their peace and solace and also for the departed soul to rest in peace.

questions Genevieve book translated into Lotha dialect DBS cultural competition ends ANHTU DoSE over Hindi

Governor P B Acharya with his wife seen with a section of the crowd at the cultural competition.

DIMAPUR: An annual four-day Cultural Competition organized by Dimapur Bangali Samaj (DBJ) came to a close on June 24 at Shree Shree Ram Thakur Sevashram, with Nagaland Governor P B Acharya as the chief guest.

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Acharya and Dimapur DC, Sushil Kumar Patel were the special guests.

In his speech, the Governor encouraged the non-Naga community who had reaped the fruits of development to help the state which he said, lags behind economically in many areas.

He also insisted that people should learn the Hindi and

English languages besides their mother tongues. While lauding the samaj for organizing the program, he appealed to them to use such occasions to help the downtrodden and deprived.

He lamented that even many educated people were not aware of schemes of the government, leaving aside the poor. Acharya also

called on the rich and privileged to be shareholders in the Nation’s progress.

DBS president, advocate Kamala Kanta Paul, in her welcome address highlighted various activities promoted by the Governor such as Swachha Bharat Abhiyan, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, skill development and raising the standards of education.

The samaj felicitated leaders of communities and prominent personalities of Dimapur while community leaders and organizations felicitated the Governor and his wife.

Twenty seven rank holders of the last HSLC and HSSLC exams were felicitated by the Governor.

Five judges for the various cultural competitions from Kolkata were also felicitated by the Governor.

Prizes for various competitions were distributed to the successful artistes by the women wing of DBS. The vote of thanks was proposed by DBS secretary, Uttam Dey. Later, a cultural program continued till late in the evening.

teachers’ salary

DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (ANHTU) has questioned the director, Directorate of School Education (DoSE) Nagaland as to why the salaries for the 1375 Hindi teachers 2012-13 batch has not been released as yet.

ANHTU in a press release issued by general secretary, A. S. Yarthotngam pointed out that the Finance department had released the sanction order of salary for the month of March and April on June 8, 2018. Despite this sanction order, the ANHTU stated that DoSE had not released the salaries to the aggrieved Hindi teachers.

ANHTU further questioned if this was “an act of protest against the order of the state government” or “a gesture of discrimination” towards the Hindi teachers.

The union has sought a proper explanation from the department on the delay and also cautioned it to not provoke further agitations.

Sentsudy Yanthan, Jacob Yanthan and others during the book release.

DIMAPUR: A translation of the book “Genevieve” was released by joint director of Agriculture, Jacob Yanthan at Chumpo Hall, Dimapur on June 22. The book has been translated into the Lotha Naga dialect

by Sentsudy Yanthan.

A press release by the author stated that he was motivated to translate the book into the Lotha dialect for people who cannot understand English.

He further said that the Genevieve story was a typical example of a widespread tale of the chaste wife falsely

accused of unfaithfulness and sentenced to death.

However, the executioner spared her life and she fled into the jungle and lived in caves for six years with her child in the Ardennes.

The author said the story of Genevieve teaches many important aspects of life such as, the positive impact of parents’ teachings on children, husband and wife relationships and the foundation of our relationship with God. Speaking on the occasion, Rev. Moses stated that translation was a very hard task and he had been

pleasantly surprised that Sentsudy could translate an English story book at such young age.

Jacob Yanthan said that he was honoured to be invited to release the legendary book and said that the book would be of huge benefit for those who cannot read English. He also said that it was a big contribution to Naga society.

The event was chaired

by Zirenthung Yanthan, a student activist and the opening prayer was pronounced by pastor Nongothung Ezung.

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WEATHER FORECAST June 26

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Cloudy, a stray thunderstorm 30 25 Aizawl

Showers and a heavier t-storm 27 21

Guwahati A heavy t-storm in the area Imphal

32 25

Showers and a heavier t-storm 28 21

Itanagar Cloudy, a thunderstorm

30 24

Shillong

Showers and a heavier t-storm 23 19

Kohima

Showers and a heavier t-storm 24 20

Dimapur Showers and a heavier t-storm 30 24 Mkg

Cloudy, a t-storm in spots

Tuensang Cloudy, a thunderstorm Wokha

25 20 19 16

A stray t-storm; not as warm 25 21

Zunheboto Couple of thunderstorms

Dr. Parthajyoti Gogoi interacting with DHD officials and staff on June 25.

DIMAPUR: Dr. Parthajyoti Gogoi, regional director, Health & Family Welfare (H&FW) for the North East, Government of India, visited District Hospital Dimapur (DHD) on June 25 to make necessary assessments and learn about human resource and infrastructural gaps.

A press release from DHD medical superintendent, Dr. Z. Kheshito Zhimo stated that, Dr.

Parthajyoti Gogoi interacted with MS, medical officers in-charge of various departments in the hospital. Dr. Gogoi stated that all hospitals were to be brought up to the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS). IPHS are a set of uniform standards envisaged to improve the quality of health care delivery in the country.

Gogoi also visited the blood bank and the

sentinel surveillance site.

He suggested that the respective departments incharge raise their needs and demands with the higher authorities so as to bring each component of the district hospital in line with the IPHS guidelines.

He further urged them to fill up the IPHS Format to find the gaps, resolve them and bring the hospital up to the set standard.

LKKD silver jubilee

Dimapur: Lumithsami Kughuko Kuqhakulu Dimapur (LKKD) will be holding its silver jubilee celebration on June 28, 10 a.m at the East Dimapur Sumi Baptist Church, Purana Bazaar. All members have been asked to attend the program.

CSUD inducts new representatives

AR interaction programme

DIMAPUR: Chieswema Battalion organized an interaction program with ex-servicemen at Chizami on June 23. During the interaction, matters concerning health, education, employment and ways to foster peace and harmony in the region were discussed. AR assured those in attendance of their help towards working hand in hand for a congenial environment. 14 village heads of Upper Khomi, Middle Khomi, Thetsumi, Enhulumi, Sumi, Chizami town and Chizami under Pfutsero sub division of Phek district attended the event.

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DIMAPUR: Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj (NBS), Dimapur held a felicitation program honouring the rank holders and meritorious students of their community on June 24 at Holy Cross auditorium.

A press release by NBS secretary, Pramod Singh stated that, Anand Kumar, founder and director of Super 30’ was the chief guest at the function. Anand Kumar is a well known Educationalist and Columnist for various national and international mathematical journals and magazines.

He shared some personal facts about how he could not get into good institutions for want of money.

Even after having secured a seat in Cambridge University, he could not apply for admission due to financial constraints. This had a severe impact on his father, a postal clerk and it led to his untimely death.

Anand Kumar told the students to remember and put into practice four mantras: tremendous efforts, positive thinking, arduous hard work and great patience. He also

The students who were felicitated with Anand Kumar.

expressed his desire to open a Super 30 test centre at Dimapur with the support of Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj. He also spoke about his biopic on Super 30 in which Bollywood Actor, Hrithik Roshan plays a part. The film along with others casts one of the students, Abhishek, who hails from Dimapur. The film will be released on January 25, 2019 and he asked the gathering to watch the movie which showcases his

and Super 30’s history.

The first ever annual magazine of the Samaj “Aarohanam” edited by Dr. Sant K. Gupta, joint secretary was also released on the occasion by the chief guest.

Others who spoke included chairman, K. P. Avikasit, secretary, Pramod Singh. The program was compered by Kavya Thakur, a post graduate student of the community studying at Shantiniketan,

while Uttam Singh, convener, cultural activities of the Samaj proposed the vote of thanks.

DC, Dimapur Sushil Kumar Patel, various community leaders, NGOs and principals of different colleges attended the program where 50 students were felicitated.

The chief guest was accompanied by his friend Ajay Yadav, who is convener of Namami Gange project, Bihar.

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DIMAPUR: The Chakhesang Student’s Union Dimapur (CSUD) held its second union assembly at Western Chakhesang Hoho building, Dimapur on June 23 with its newly inducted unit representatives. According to a press release by general secretary CSUD, Sedelo T Vadeo, speaker Davuto Lea presided over the meeting after a word of prayer from CSUD president, Veseta Rhakho.

The release further stated that the following newly inducted unit representatives to the CSUD have been categorized in a cluster of groups: i) Kekhangu-u Nuh and Senuvekhu Tsuzu for Toulazouma A, B, C, D and E Khel; ii) Nuvepalu Soho and Kutuvelu Nienu for Signal Basti, West Yard, Lomithi, Kevijau and Sematila Colony; iii) Kevethi Ringa and Neibe-u Tsido for Nagarjan Area, Netaji Colony, Railway Colony, Hospital Colony, Police Colony, Burma camp and Walford; iv) Chotavelu Nyekha and Vetsakho Venuh for Lengrijan, Duncan Basti, Supply Colony, PWD, Forest Colony, Sewak, Tinali, Firing, Oriental Colony and Sub-Jail Colony; v) Aralu Ritse and Livi Lea for Chakhesang Colony, NST Colony, Khermahal, Notun Bosti, Naga Cemetery and Lake View Colony.

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The road widening work in progress at Lower Chandmari Colony in Kohima on Monday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, JUN 25 (NPN): In view of the recent fire tending vehicle accident and increasing vehicular traffic at Lower Chandmari Colony, Kohima,

the Municipal Affairs Department in collaboration with the Lower Chandmari Panchayat (LCP) and Lower Chandmari Youth Organisation have taken up an initiative to widen the road turning at a tri- junc-

tion in the area. The road widening exercise is being undertaken to increase visibility for vehicles while making turns and reduce the sharp turn which may cause accidents.

The welfare activity

‘Potpourri Poesy’ book launched in Dmu

initiated by Head of Department, Municipal Affairs, Toshimanen Ozukum and assisted by the colony, is expected to ease traffic congestions at the tri- junction which is a crowded location for school children and office goers. The widening is also expected to make it easier for school and office buses to make turns.

The junction which serves as a taxi stand for the citizens, connecting the road from Chandmari to Midlane, and the National Highway at War Cemetery, is one of the busiest roads which commuters from different colonies use to travel to their workplaces, schools and churches etc.

It may be mentioned that on June 16 a fire tending vehicle met with an accident at the Chandmari Colony taxi junction while rushing to douse a fire. Five fire fighters were injured and a taxi and a Gypsy vehicle parked nearby were completely damaged.

Neposo Theluo, Dr. Nicky and K. G Kenye at the launching program. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, JUN 25 (NPN): Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha K.G Kenye and chairman District Infrastructure Scheme Advisory Committees (DISHA) on Monday launched the Nationwide DISHA week at the RD conference hall.

In his opening note, Kenye said that as India anticipates its 75 years of Independence, successive governments had made efforts to streamline schemes, particularly ones under those ministries that deal directly with rural areas.

He regretted that despite vigorous efforts to streamline the centrally sponsored schemes, there had been many loopholes and there was no satisfactory report in implementing the scheme effectively.

Kenye stated that currently there were 41 CSS flagship projects in the state.

Launching the event, he expressed confidence that satisfactory results would be achieved in the future just as the central government expected from every state.

Departments involved in implementing schemes in the areas of Agriculture, works and housing, irrigation and flood control, PHED, social welfare, food and civil supplies, urban development, municipal affairs, H&FW, land resources, land records and survey, power, school education, IT and RD, gave slideshow presentations on the various schemes.

Deputy Commissioners of various districts, departmental officials from allied departments, RD officials and other attended the program.

Mhathung Yanthan tours constituency

DIMAPUR: Advisor, Department of Horticulture, Mhathung Yanthan, undertook an official tour of his constituency (39 Sanis AC) holding Janata Darbars (Public Interaction) accompanied by numerous officials. The following were the villages visited: Pangti, Sungro, Ashaa, Sunglup, Yonchgucho, Sanis Village, Meshangpen, Tsopo, Morakjo, Longtsung, Chudi, Lotsu, Pyangsa, Moilan, Pyotchu.

A press release from public relations representative to MLA & advisor, Chumbemo M. Patton said

that Mhathung, on the second leg of his official tour, visited almost every village under his constituency engaging with people and sensitizing them to the various schemes and functionings of the government offices in their respective areas.

He also spoke with them about their problems, wishes and aspirations.

He further engaged with the public on the working of the Schools, Health and Angandwadi centres under the villages, inquiring about the water and electricity woes.

The accompanying

officers also cleared the misconceptions and and answered queries about their respective departments.

The general complaints received were about the bad road condition, non presence of teaching and medical staff at their respective work stations, lack of staff quarters of various departments and lack of proper water supply.

In some of the villages the communication gap between the village council authority and the concerned departments were also ironed out and

the village authorities were informed about the actions to be taken up.

The final day of the tour ended with a review and update meeting at the SDO (C) office, Sanis chaired by the SDO, Roko Noudi. In the meeting the advisor addressed the officers where he spoke about future coordination.

He also engaged with the officers discussing various limitations facing the departments under the subdivision, hampering their duties.

The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks by EAC Sanis Renbi James.

The authors Inakali Assumi and Soyimla Akum with Dimapur DEO, R. Amongla Jamir. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, JUN 25 (NPN): A book, “Potpourri Poesy”, written by research scholars, Inakali Assumi and Soyimla Akum was formally launched by District Education Officer (DEO) Dimapur, R. Amongla Jamir here on Monday at New Life Bible College, Purana Bazar.

Although the book is not centred around a specific theme, it is a collection of various themes, which is not confined to only a particular section of people but to all irrespective of gender and age. The cover page of the book with different colours represents the different themes of

the book.

Speaking at the launching program as the special guest, DEO Dimapur, R. Amongla Jamir lauded the writers for their achievement saying that, it was not an easy task to finish a book -- it needs hard work, dedicated effort and so on to write a book, she said.

She appreciated the writers calling them inspirations and a motivation for the younger generation.

She also challenged the gathering and youngsters to find the same kind of inspiration and motivation and contribute to society.

Everyone may not possess the talent to become a good writer, but everyone has

their own ability to contribute to society in our own little ways, she added.

The prog ram was chaired by St. Joseph University Dimapur, assistant professor, Muilila Sangtam; invocation was said by SBC pastor Padumpukhuri, Rev Viyeto Chisi; welcome note was delivered by writer of the book, Soyimla Akum; the writer, Inakali Assumi gave an introduction to the book; lines from Potpourri Poesy was read by the writers; an instrumental piece was presented by Lulantsi; vote of thanks was proposed by Nepeka Assumi; and benediction was pronounced by YBC Dimapur pastor, Athsan Yimchunger.

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Union minister of state for food processing industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, at the one-day food processing conclave in Imphal on Monday. (NP)

Woman shot dead by militants in Manipur

Shillong, Jun 25: Meghalaya Health and Family Welfare Minister, Alexander Hek on Monday sought the intervention of Union Health Minister J.P.Nadda into the ongoing protest by resident doctors of North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS).

The resident doctors of NEIGRIHMS Cardiology department were on strike for the last one week in protest against the alleged arbitrary use of administrative powers by the Director D M Thappa to accept their examination fees for the doctorate of medicine cardiology course and for onward submission to the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU). “… Resident doctors of NEIGRIHMS have been on strike for the last one week and this has affected the smooth functioning of the hospital and the patients,” Hek noted in his letter to Nadda.

“The grievance of the doctors, as I could understand, is the alleged harassment in the university examination of students and victimization of doctors by the Director, NEIGRI-

HMS,” he added The Meghalaya health minister pointed out that the NEIGRIHMS director has been away from the institute for the last 10 days “despite being aware of the situation”. Hek said that patients who were coming from far flung areas of hilly terrains of North-Eastern Region are stranded in Meghalaya and are approaching me for help. “There have been reports in the media that that the Resident Doctors strike may intensify if their grievances are not addressed by the administration of NEIGRIHMS,” Hek informed urging Nadda to personally intervene into the matter and solve this issue at the earliest in the larger interest of the institute and patients.

The North East Health Ministers had recently raised the issue of de-recognition of the Post Graduate course at NEIGRIHMS with Nadda and requested him for his personal intervention.

The NEIGRIHMS has been designed on the lines of the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh.

DIMAPUR, Jun 25 (NPN): Naga People’s Organization (NPO) and other district frontal organizations have called for 24 hours total shut down in Senapati district starting from 6 a.m. on June 27 to 6 a.m. of June 28 to protest against the government frequent transfer and posting of administrative officers in the district such as DC, SP, HoD etc.

Education institutions, electricity department, water supply, medical, media and paramilitary have been exempted from the purview of the shutdown.

Informing this in a press statement, NPO publicity wing alleged that the frequent transfer and posting have become a regular trend and was detrimental to peace and development in the district.

In the regard, NPO demanded that the recent transfer of SP, M. Pradip Singh, who was posted in the district only four months ago, should be revoked. In the event of failing to revoke the above transfer order, NPO warned of more stringent action including total indefinite bandh of all inter-state transport system.

Regd No. 304 Date : 19-04-2018 DECLARATION I, Smt. Ashe Sumi resident of Medical Colony, Aghunato in the District of Zunheboto, Nagaland solemnly affirm and declare an oath here as under: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That, my name is advertently entered/recorded as Mrs. Ashe A Kinimi in my saving Account Passbook Number 30788864959 whereas in my PAN Card No DOPPK0296Q it is written as Ashe A Kinwimi, and in Service ID Card No. 350 as Ashe Sumi.

3. That, the above names Ashe A Kinimi/Ashe A Kinwimi/Ashe Sumi belongs to one and same person that is me.

4. Henceforth, I shall use my name as Ashe Sumi for all my future official purposes and future correspondence.

Deponent Magistrate/Notary Public Aghunato : Nagaland

at all on social media except Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma,” the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said.

While Sonowal has more than 7 lakh followers on Facebook and Twitter, Sarma has over 6 lakh followers on social media.

But Assam BJP President Ranjit Kumar Das has only some 40,000 follow-

ers. “Amit Shah has asked the social media team to develop content which can be shared for better communication with people.

However, he advised to be very cautious regarding selection of content and strictly ordered to avoid sensitive issues.”

T h e B J P, w h i c h rules Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Manipur and is allied to ruling parties in Meghalaya

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PHEK : NAGALAND PUBLIC NOTICE

No. DCP/JDL-12/2017/VOL-I Smti Veshetsilu Venuh of Phek Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act 1925 in order to draw/ operate Family pension and other benefits against her deceased husband Late Shri Vetare W/C Khalasi from the office of Engineer in-Chief, NPWD Nagaland and expired on 26-05-2018.

1. It is hereby notified that, if anybody has any complaint against the succession, he/she may lodge complaint to this office within a period of 1 (one) month from the date of this notification or date of publication whichever is later.

2. No further complaint shall be entertained after the stipulated period and shall be considered that there is no objection.

(SHANAVAS C) IAS Deputy Commissioner, Phek: Nagaland

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AFFIDAVIT FOR NAME/SURNAME CLARIFICATION

I, Mr. Chuwachu Wanth, S/o Shito Wanth, permanent resident of K. Station, Tseminyu, Kohima, Nagaland and presently resident of Padumpukhuri Village, Dimapur Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare under: 1. That, I am bonafide citizen of India and profession by govt. servant as constable under the Department of Home Guard, Nagaland.

2. That, in my service documents my name was entered as Mr. Hichenchu Wanth, whereas in my other document my name was recorded as Mr. Chuwachu Wanth.

3. That, Mr. Hichenchu Wanth & Mr. Chuwachu Wanth refers to same and one person. Henceforth, this affidavit has been made for the purpose to correct my name as Mr. Chuwachu Wanth from concerned authority.

4. That, the statements made from para 1 to 3 are made by me which is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and nothing declare false therein.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me.

Judicial Magistrate 1st Class Dimapur : Nagaland Regd. No. 205/18, Date 25/06/18

I, Shri. Tokiho Chophy, S/o. Hokheyi Chophy, R/o. H/No. 119, P.W.D. (R & B), B Colony Suruhoto, Dist:- Zunheboto, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That in my SBI Bank Main Branch Zunheboto my name has been recorded as Tokiho Chophi, whereas in my Official Documents my name has been recorded as Tokiho Chophy.

3. That the name's "Tokiho Chophy" and "Tokiho Chophi" are referred to one and same person i.e, me.

4. That, hereinafter, my name shall be used as Tokiho Chophy for all official purposes and correspondence.

5. That the above para 1 to 4 are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed herein.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 21st day of June 2018 at Dimapur.

MAGISTRATE/NOTARY PUBLIC Regd. No. 2819/2018, Date 21/06/2018

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DIMAPUR DISTRICT HEADQUARTER : CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP : DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ZUNHEBOTO

NO.M-213/18/2046-47 Dt. Dimapur the 25th June'18 Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti Late Imtisashi-Vrs- I. Tiamongba Ao resident of Dimapur Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 of Assam Land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below :The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any & should be submitted to this Court in writing on or before 25/07/18.

SCHEDULE OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder : Late Imtisashi Village/Block No.: Padumpukhuri Patta No. 159, Dag No.765, Area : 00-03-09 Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur : Nagaland

NO.JUD.21/2017-18/172 Dtd. Zbto. the 11/06/2018 Notice Calling Objection for the issue of Succession Certificate.

Smt. Khatoli Sema of Medical Colony Suruhuto, District Zunheboto has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate/ Guardianship Certificate declaring that her husband Late K. Vinito Sema has expired on 5/04/2018.

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.

(Tridibesh Roy) IAS Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto : Nagaland

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and Nagaland, is targeting to win at least 21 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the eight northeastern states next year.

Guwahati, Jun 25 (Agencies): The police in central Assam’s Nagaon district have arrested eight people for assaulting and confining a Muslim man and a Hindu woman alleging that they were having an illicit relationship, The Hindu reported.

This is the third case of moral policing in Assam since April 8 when a Garo tribal woman was “taught a lesson” for riding pillion on a Muslim man’s motorcycle at Paikan in western Assam’s Goalpara district bordering Meghalaya. The police had arrested 12 tribal men for kicking and punching the duo. On June 17, a similar incident happened in Goalpara district’s Rangjuli — this time involving a married Muslim man and a Muslim woman who was a divorcee. Police arrested six people for trying them at a kangaroo court, thrashing

them in public and forcing them to get married two days later. A statement from Assam police headquarters in Guwahati said villagers of Jumurmur assaulted local resident Devi Barua and Ubed Ullah of Tubuki village nearby and confined them in a structure near the woman’s house. The villagers claimed that the two were in an illicit relationship and assaulted them about 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, a police spokesperson said on Monday. “The police from Kathiatoli outpost rushed to the village and rescued the victims after receiving information at 3:50 am on Sunday. The two were taken to the hospital for treatment.

The woman was released, but the man is still under observation though his condition is stable,” Shankar Brata Raimedhi, Nagaon superintendent of police, told The Hindu.

Dear Pivika Achumi, Happy Birthday to our most beautiful baby Pivika, Who turns amazing 1 year today ! may you be blessed with joy peace and love. We love you so much Pivi Alomi.

From, Afo Livishe, Ame & Apuh, Aza

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sis. Wishing you love, success and happiness in your life. Have a great day!

Yours brother khows

The Pughoboto Town Baptist Church gives praise and glory to our Almighty God for the successful conclusion of the Home Crusade-Cum-Revival hour held from 22 nd–24 th June 2018.

Secondly, we express our gratitude to Sumi Baptist Church Kohima for letting Rev. Dr. Hoqheto Chophi Pastor and the prayer warriors to take part in the crusade as the main speaker and counselors. Thirdly, we express our heartfelt gratitude to Rev. Dr. Hoqheto Chophi, Pastor for the wonderful message. Lastly, we thank the Prayer warriors for the ceaseless prayer supports.

It is our fervent prayer that our Almighty God bless you abundantly and use you powerfully for the extension of God's kingdom.

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IMPHAL, Jun 25: A 44year-old woman was shot dead by suspected militants in Manipur Noney district Monday evening.

According to police report, Jianthailiu Kamei wife Majalan Kamei of Puiluan village was shot dead by suspected militants who came in a vehicle (Bolero Camper) at Siguilung village under Nungba police station.

A report which could not be confirmed immediately said that the deceased woman with some of her colleagues was in the village (Siguilung village) to attend a cultural programme when the incident took place.

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the team and other party members to be more active on social media to reach out to maximum number of electorate and attract young voters.

“He held a separate meeting with the social media team of the Assam unit. A total of 82 members of the team participated. Shah expressed concern over the fact that most of the party leaders in Assam were not active

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Guwahati, Jun 25 (IANS): BJP President Amit Shah has slammed the party’s social media team in Assam for not being aggressive ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a party leader said on Monday.

Shah, who reviewed the Lok Sabha election preparations in Assam and other northeastern states during his recent visit to the state, asked

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JOWAI, Jun 25 (Agencies): The KSU has threatened to take action if the government fails to implement the mechanism to check immigrants from entering the state, TST reported.

“The government has failed to keep its promises over setting up of entry and exit points. We are still hopeful that the government would do something in this regard, otherwise the KSU will set up its own entry and exit points”, said KSU president Lambokstarwel Marngar while speaking at the oath taking ceremony of the newly elected office bearers of the students’ body in Jaintia Hills on Saturday.

The KSU chief also spoke on various problems faced by indigenous people of the state including unemployment, border dispute and others.

Meanwhile, the KSU Jaintia Hills Unit held an election on Saturday to elect new office bearers for a three year term from 2018-21.

Most of the office bearers were elected uncontested including its president Ohibait Dkhar, general secretary Albinus Lamuron and others. However, two candidates — Bennison Franky Kamar and Cherity Suja Kamar — were elected as vice-presidents after an election was conducted.

Around 360 KSU activists from 36 units in Jaintia Hills exercised their franchise in the polls on Saturday.

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IMPHAL, Jun 25: Union minister of state for food processing industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Monday expressed concern over various government provided soft loans not reaching farmers of the Northeast region.

The union minister said that due to lengthy processes in availing loans, farmers of the region were unable to avail the benefits of various loan schemes of the Centre.

She said this in her inaugural address during the food processing conclave held under the theme ‘Awareness and Up-gradation of technology and pro-

motion of Kishan Sampada Yojana’ in Imphal’s Hotel Classic Grande.

The union minister also said despite its abundant natural resources, the region was depending food items imported from other states of the country.

“Farmers in every state should not be left behind.

Farmers of Manipur will not be left behind if they are supported since the state has a rich soil,” she said.

The food processing ministry has progressed in the last few years, she said and added that her ministry was providing 35% subsidy to Meghalaya region and 75% to Manipur, of that only 25% will be borne by the beneficiaries.

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The state, being the gateway to Asian Highway, the ministry was ready to provide and assistances to make the Kishan Sampada Yojana a success, she added.

The conclave was hosted by state department of commerce and industries, jointly sponsored by Union ministry of food processing industries and Indian Chamber of Commerce.

State commerce and industries minister Th Bishwajit Singh who attended the function said the state was moving forward in every field.

“Though the state is small as compared to others, it has a good climatic condition, fertile land, water and natural resources especially in agriculture and horticulture areas” Singh added.

Unfortunately, the food products have to be imported from neighbouring country due to the lack of means of preservation and also due to the lack of adequate marketing facilities in the state,” he said.

He also drew the attention of the Union minister to reduce the loan compound interest of the entrepreneurs.

J.P. Nadda’s intervention sought on NEIGRIMS strike

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Rev. Akhato L. Achumi Pastor Pughoboto Town Baptist Church

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Arun Jaitley compares Indira to Hitler on his blog New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI): Drawing a parallel between German dictator Adolf Hitler and Indira Gandhi, Union minister Arun Jaitley today said that both turned democracy into dictatorship.

In the second of the three-part series of an article ‘The Emergency Revisited’, Jaitley said unlike Hitler, Gandhi went a step ahead by endeavouring to transform India into a “dynastic democracy”.

In his Facebook post, the minister wondered whether the script of Emergency, which was imposed more than 4 decades ago on June 25, 1975, was inspired by what had happened in Nazi Germany in 1933.

“Both Hitler and Mrs. Gandhi never abrogated the Constitution. They used a republican Constitution to transform democracy into dictatorship,” Jaitley wrote in the second part sub-titled as ‘The Tyranny of Emergency’.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared Jaitley’s blog on his Twitter handle. “@arunjaitley writes about the dark days of the Emergency, the trampling of personal liberties, excesses committed and how the Emergency was a direct attack on our Constitutional ideals. Do read his blogs,” Modi said sharing links of the blogs.

Jaitley said there were

Indira Gandhi a few things which Hitler did not do which Gandhi did.

“She prohibited the publication of Parliamentary proceeding in the media... Unlike Hitler, Mrs Gandhi went ahead to transform India into a ‘dynastic democracy’,” Jaitley said.

“The press censorship laws imposed in India and in Germany were almost similar. You had effectively a one party system in play,” Jaitley said.

As regards the economic programme, the minister drew a similarity between the agenda of Hitler and Gandhi.

“Hitler had announced a 25 point economic programme. Mrs Gandhi had announced 20. To cover up the gap, Sanjay (Gandhi) announced his 5 point economic and social programme. Dissent became a sin and sycophancy the rule,” Jaitley said.

Hitler continued to maintain that his actions were within the four corners

of the Constitution, Jaitley said, adding “Mrs. Gandhi imposed the Emergency under Article 352, suspended fundamental rights under Article 359 and claimed that disorder was planned by the opposition in the country”.

The senior minister further said that the security forces were being asked to disobey illegal orders and, therefore, in the larger interest of the nation, India had to become a “disciplined democracy”.

Like Hitler, Gandhi arrested most opposition members of Parliament, and therefore procured, through their absence, a two-third majority of members present and voting and enabling the passage of several obnoxious provisions through Constitution amendments, he said.

“The 42nd amendment to the Constitution diluted the power of high courts to issue writ petitions, a power which Dr Ambedkar had said was the very heart and soul of India’s Constitution.

They also amended Article 368 so that a Constitution amendment was beyond judicial review,” Jaitley said.

A Nazi leader proclaimed that Germany had only one authority and that was the authority of “Fuehrer” (tyrannical leader Hitler), Jaitley said, adding similarly AICC president Devakanta Barua proclaimed “Indira is India and India is Indira”.

V.M. Sudheeran comes under fire at UDF meet

V.M. Sudheeran T h i r u vanan thapuram, June 25 (IANS): Senior Congress leader and party’s former Kerala President V.M. Sudheeran came under fire at the United Democratic Front meeting held here on Monday, the first after the estranged Kerala Congress-Mani returned to the alliance.

Though Sudheeran, who had earlier attacked his party for gifting the Rajya Sabha seat, was absent, a peeved KC-M chief K.M. Mani said that even if the Congress leader was present, he (Mani) would have told him to his face that he was a politician with “scruples and values and not one who jumps from one place to another for posts or positions”.

As Mani continued to attack Sudheeran, state Congress President M.M.Hassan sought to soothe him by stating that what Sudheeran said was not the Congress’ opinion.

Senior Congress legislator and former Chief Minister K. Karunakaran’s son,

K.Muraleedharan, who had slammed party leaders like former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala and Hassan for gifting the seat to Mani, said that his initial response was against it, but later realising the rationale behind it, he changed his opinion.

Ever since Mani had been given the Rajya Sabha seat, Sudheeran had been vocal in his opposition, forcing several leaders to complain against him to the party high command.

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Yashwant, Shatrughan to attend AAP rally in Varanasi

A file photo of BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha and former Union minister Yashwant Sinha.

Va r anas i , J u n 2 5 (AGENCIES): For mer Union minister Yashwant Sinha and disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha will on Monday participate in a Janadhikar rally of the Aam Admi Party at the historic Benia Bagh park in Varanasi, the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh and many senior leaders of the party will also attend the rally.

AAP eastern UP president Sanjiv Singh said the rally had been organised in

protest against “emergencylike situation” in the country during the BJP rule.

Banners and posters carrying the photos Yashwant and Shatrughan have been put up across Varanasi.

Yashwant, a critic of Modi’s government at the Centre, had on April 20 ended his long-time ties with the BJP, saying that “democracy is in danger” and that he would launch a movement for “the restoration of democracy as it is vital for the country, its people and their freedom”.

Delhi High Court bans felling of 16,500 trees in south Delhi

New Delhi, Jun 25 (AGENCIES): Delhi High Court on Monday banned the cutting down of over 16,500 trees for redevelopment of six south Delhi colonies by the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) and the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) till July 4. A Bench of Justices Vinod Goel and Rekha Palli directed the NBCC not to cut trees till July 4, the next date of hearing and also permitted the petitioner to challenge the orders passed by the department giving permission to cut trees for these residential projects. “You know the effect it would have. I understand if it was widening of road or something inevitable. Can Delhi afford it today,” the Bench remarked.

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SC to hear plea of disqualified AIADMK MLAs on June 27 New Delhi, Jun 25 (AGENCIES): The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on June 27 a plea filed by disqualified AIADMK MLAs seeking transfer of their case from the Madras High Court to the apex court after the split verdict by the High Court.

Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the MLAs, said it was a serious matter that required an urgent hearing as the High Court had given a split verdict on June 14 and the third judge was scheduled to hear the matter afresh.

He alleged that people knew through WhatsApp about the third judge.

A vacation Bench of justices Arun Mishra and S.K. Kaul said, “We don’t go by WhatsApp messages and the matter will be heard on June 27”.

On June 14, the Madras High Court gave the split verdict on petitions challenging the disqualification of the 18 MLAs loyal to sidelined party leader T.T.V Dhinakaran, a ruling that maintained the status quo in the corridors of power in Tamil Nadu.

A Division Bench of the High Court, comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M. Sundar delivered divergent verdicts on whether the 18 MLAs deserved to be disqualified under the antidefection law by Speaker P.

Some of the disqualified AIADMK MLAs at the State Secretariat in Chennai. (file) Dhanapal on September 18, 2017 for approaching the Governor and seeking the removal of Chief Minister K Palaniswami.

The court ruled that the senior-most judge after the Chief Justice would now hand-pick a judge to hear the matter afresh.

In her 200-page order, the Chief Justice upheld the Speaker’s decision, saying, “In my opinion, the view taken by the Speaker is a possible, if not plausible view, and I am unable to

hold that the said decision is any way unreasonable, irrational or perverse.”

Justice Sundar, in his 135-page order insisted that Dhanapal’s order “deserved to be set aside on grounds of perversity, noncompliance with principles of natural justice, mala fides and violation of the constitutional mandate“.

The Chief Justice said status quo would continue till the third judge delivered the verdict on the petitions.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA

NO.DTE/ESTT-2/2/2016-17

Dated, Kohima the 25th June 2018

NOTIFICATION

The MERIT LIST of National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) has been declared and pasted in the NOTICE BOARD of the Directorate of Technical Education, Nagaland, Kohima, Below New Secretariat and the same has also been Uploaded in the Directorate Website www. dtenagaland.org.in, for public information subjected to: 1. The genuiness of the students documents to be verified by the competent authority especially on the Schedule Tribe and Indigenous Certificate of the students.

2. The FINAL Selection list of candidates to MBBS and BDS will slightly differ with the declared MERIT LIST due to the Back Ward reservation policy in placement of students to various colleges.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 199 Dimapur, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018

Hazardous edibles

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hile various state government throughout the country have been pulling up their respective departments responsible for consumer affairs, environment and food safety to name a few to prevent offences having serious consequences on the health and lives of people; the government of Nagaland appears to be least concerned. In most states where the departments involved in food and safety items are functioning, no food item can only be sold in the market before the contents are tested and approved or have the required certification from the central ministry. Food inspectors need to tighten up their act by involving the public by creating awareness on such issues. Public today are expected to be aware of many such issuesadulterants, colorants and chemicals that are found in most of the food items sold and consumed everyday.

There are far too many unscrupulous traders who are selling highly adulterated food items. There are also many more who sell expired food items including medicines. These require to be constantly monitored.

However, it is quite lamentable that the state authorities have not been able to come down heavily against most eating places that continue to flout the laws.

Food safety that should include stringent inspections of kitchens and cooking items used in all restaurants and hotels. The recent launch of the ‘Food Safety On Wheels’ should play a very important role in exposing those involved with selling adulterated or harmful food products. Funded by the government of India and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the ‘Food Safety On Wheels’ could eventually prove to be the best safeguard against harmful items found in almost all food products; only if provided, it is utilised properly. Modern fast foods are among the most harmful contributors of various ailments. These fast food items contain no nutrients beneficial to the human body. In most cases, they are identified as a major cause of heart diseases including myocardial infraction, cardiac arrest and atherosclerosis. Even vegetables and lentils are found to contain harmful substances, some of which are poisonous. Vegetables and lentils are also laced with harmful pesticides and DDT which are ingrained within. Meat consumption has an annual import bill of around Rs. 250 crore to meet the demands of an overwhelming number of meat consumers especially those who relish pork.

There is also widespread use of hormones and steroid for feeding pigs to achieve 40% more growth above normal by looking fatter, at the shortest time possible period. The danger to human health, especially in a demand-supply chain also involves everything that is consumed. Harmful substances can also be found in some of the vegetables and fruits which have high amount of harmful substances. Popular condiments have been found to be mixed with dyes and even other substances unfit for human consumption. Authorities responsible for checking food safety have much work to do after being dormant throughout the decades.

What is needed is stricter implementation of various clauses concerning food items and conviction of the guilty. In India the adulteration of food in particular has reached a scandalous level that many countries routinely reject stuff made in the country. There is oneyear imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh even in those cases in which food does not result in illness. It is a big challenge to rock the boat and shake the nefarious vice that has been feeding harmful food items to people.

DailyDevotion Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow …what shall I say? “Father, save Me from this hour”? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

“Father, glorify Your name.” —John 12:27-28 As a saint of God, my attitude toward sorrow and difficulty should not be to ask that they be prevented, but to ask that God protect me so that I may remain what He created me to be, in spite of all my fires of sorrow. Our Lord received Himself, accepting His position and realizing His purpose, in the midst of the fire of sorrow. He was saved not from the hour, but out of the hour.

We say that there ought to be no sorrow, but there is sorrow, and we have to accept and receive ourselves in its fires. If we try to evade sorrow, refusing to deal with it, we are foolish. Sorrow is one of the biggest facts in life, and there is no use in saying it should not be. Sin, sorrow, and suffering are, and it is not for us to say that God has made a mistake in allowing them.

Sorrow removes a great deal of a person’s shallowness, but it does not always make that person better.

Suffering either gives me to myself or it destroys me.

You cannot find or receive yourself through success, because you lose your head over pride. And you cannot receive yourself through the monotony of your daily life, because you give in to complaining. The only way to find yourself is in the fires of sorrow. Why it should be this way is immaterial. The fact is that it is true in the Scriptures and in human experience. You can always recognize who has been through the fires of sorrow and received himself, and you know that you can go to him in your moment of trouble and find that he has plenty of time for you. But if a person has not been through the fires of sorrow, he is apt to be contemptuous, having no respect or time for you, only turning you away. If you will receive yourself in the fires of sorrow, God will make you nourishment for other people.

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Beauty has so many forms, and I think the most beautiful thing is confidence and loving yourself. ~ Kiesza

C

laudius Galenus, known as Galen, was a Greek physician/surgeon in the Roman empire who was physician to several Roman emperors.

He, unfortunately, influenced the development of various scientific disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology and neurology, in European medical science for 1300 years, till proper scientists found that everything he said was “incorrect” or rubbish.

Galen’s anatomical reports, based mainly on dissection of monkeys and pigs, remained uncontested until 1543, when printed descriptions and illustrations of human dissections were published in the seminal work De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius, who had conducted dissection on human cadavers which turned out to be completely different. Galen’s theory of the circulatory system remained unchallenged until ca. 1242, when Ibn al-Nafis published his book Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun li’ Ibn Sina (Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna’s Canon), in which he reported his discovery of pulmonary circulation, proving Galen completely wrong.

Galen’s principal interest was in human anatomy, but Roman law had prohibited the dissection of human cadavers. Because of this restriction, Galen performed anatomical dissections on living and dead animals, as he believed that these were the same as humans. His anatomical experiments on animal models led him to propound on the circulatory,

nervous, respiratory systems and other structuresall of which turned out to be entirely incorrect. Galen killed thousands of people using the theories deduced from killing thousands of animals.

Unfortunately, while all these theories, gleaned from killing animals, were proved wrong, his legacy of testing on animals remains prevalent till today, even though it has been proven again and again that animal-based experiments have not contributed to science, but rather have hindered scientific and medical progress. As a matter of fact, most of the major life saving devices and procedures came without anything to do with animals. Take the heart, for example: Dogs’ coronary arteries differ from humans.

They have smaller connections with one another and the left coronary artery dominates, while in the human the right artery dominates. The conduction system has a different pattern of blood supply. Dogs’ blood coagulates differently from humans. Their reaction to shock is different.

After massive blood loss, a dog’s intestines are congested, while in the human we see pallor and ischemia (lack of blood supply). But we continue to experiment on dogs.

Here is a list of major discoveries made without animal experimentation: ANESTHESIAEther was discovered

by Valerius Cordus in 1540, when he mixed alcohol and sulphuric acid. Called “sweet oil of vitriol”, Medical students used ether to get high in “ether frolics”.

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Nothing to do with animals Dr. Crawford Long, a surgeon, noticed that people with bruises who had taken ether were insensitive to pain. He tried it on a patient during surgery.

HYPOTHERMIA(cooling the body before surgery)In 1757 observation of persons exposed to cold for long periods showed that they could survive, and was written about by the Swedish Academy of Sciences.

In 1798 Dr. James Currie had human volunteers take prolonged baths in cold water. He discovered that their heart rate was reduced. This information is now used to reduce the heart rate in patients before surgery.

POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION(blowing air into the lungs during surgery)Dr. Ferdinand Sauerbrach created positive pressure ventilation to keep the lungs from collapsing during surgery, but withdrew the technique when it proved harmful to animals.

In 1891 American surgeon George Fell decided to use it anyway, and used it successfully.

HEART LUNG MACHINEDr. Jack Gibbon tested it on cats, then humans.

The humans died. Then other doctors perfected it while using it on human patients. Dr. Anthony An-

dreason created the low flow theory – that less blood would have to be used than the amount in the body, by observing that war injured soldiers could survive on less blood than originally thought.

HEART PACEMAKERSGrew out of ventricular septal defect surgery. To prevent deaths during heart surgery, due to stoppage of electrical activity, the pacemaker was developed to keep the electrical activity going and to keep the heart from giving out.

ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVESThe cage ball valve was almost withheld from human patients because it killed dogs in the lab. Drs. A. Starr and L. Edwards found that it worked on humans.

BLOOD TRANSFUSIONSIn 1667, Jean Dennis transfused blood from animals to humans and killed people. Blood typing was discovered by an American scientist without animal experiments, and that led to successful blood transfusions.

CARDIAC CATHERIZATION- (for diagnostic purposes)First used by Dr. Forsmann on himself. He put a catheter through his own arm and advanced the tip to his heart, observing it

through a fluoroscope.

BYPASS SURGERYIn 1961, in France, Dr. Kunlin used a portion of a person’s vein to replace obstructed segments. This gave birth to bypass surgery for different parts of the body.

CALCIUM ANTAGONISTS- (used to treat high blood pressure)It was discovered to lower the blood pressure when given to patients to reduce heart pain (angina).

BUBBLE OXYGENATORC. Walton Lillehei developed it through learning what happened to patients during surgery when the heart lung machine was used and complications arose. He decided to use the disposable sheet oxygenator, so that blood would not become contaminated.

A N T I - F OA M I N G AGENTS- (used to stop blood from bubbling when oxygen is put into it)Was developed to stop milk from foaming, and adapted to use in open heart surgery.

COARCTATION OF THE AORTA- (twisting of the aorta that prevented blood flow)Clarence Crafford put a clamp on the ruptured aorta and discovered that he could still perform surgery on the aorta without the patient dying. He discovered this by accident on a patient.

MITRAL STENOSIS(defective heart valve)Dr. Henry S. Souttar, London Hospital, 1925, put his forefinger through the heart’s mitral valve and widened it. In 1949 Dr. Dwight E. Harking decided to use that same technique

which is called finger fracture angioplasty.

B LU E BA B I E S (Fallot’s Tetrology – Four heart defects that lead to blue baby syndrome)Dr. R. C. Brock of Guy’s Hospital developed a technique of surgery to overcome this problem, without any animal experiments (British Medical Journal 6/12/48). Another technique was developed by British surgeons N. R. Barrett and Raymond Daley of St. Thomas Hospital (British Medical Journal 4/23/49).

CARDIOPULMONA RY R E S U S C I TA TIONKouwenhoven, Jude and Knickerbocker devised this technique through practice on cadavers.

C LO S E D C H E S T CARDIAC RESUSCITATIONDr. Paul Zoll used this technique (electric shock) as early as 1956.

ELECTROCARDIOGRAMBrown and Mac Millan, Toronto, began investigating arrhythmia disorders directly on patients. Converted an old encephalogram to an electrocardiogram to monitor heart rhythm disorders.

DIGITALISDr. Thomas Lewis, Great Britain --- “The most essential information, the profound effects which digitalis is capable of exerting in auricular fibrillation, could not have been won through observation on the frog or normal mammal, but only, as it was won, by observation on patients.”

To join the animal welfare movement contact gandhim@nic.in, www.peopleforanimalsindia.org

Post-mortem Do drugs control our life?

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ne of the biggest challenges in front of young people is to stay away from drugs. Drugs are dangerous for life as it brings more trouble and disaster to families. According to World drug Report 2017, released by United Nations office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) about a quarter of a billion people ( or 5.3 % global adult population ) used drugs at least once 2015.

Of these, around 29.5 million people – or 0.6 per cent of the global adult population were suffered from drug use disorders, including dependence.

As drugs is illegal and banned in countries so there is always trafficking and illicit trade. Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. UNODC is continuously monitoring and researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their dynamics. Drug trafficking is a key part of this research.

We should know that at current levels, world heroin consumption (340 tons) and seizures represent an annual flow of 430-450 tons of heroin into the global heroin market. Of that total, opium from Myanmar and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic yields some 50 tons, while the rest, some 380 tons of heroin and morphine, is produced exclusively from Afghan opium.

While approximately 5 tons are consumed and seized in Afghanistan, the remaining bulk of 375 tons is trafficked worldwide via routes flowing into and through the countries neighbouring Afghanistan.

The issue has become serious and its concern worldwide, so there are many initiatives started around the world. One of the big campaign or activities in this regard is observing a day against drugs. By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the United Nations General Assembly decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse.

Supported each year by indi-

viduals, communities and various organizations all over the world, this global observance aims to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society. Building on the success of last year, the theme for 2018 is: “Listen First - Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe.” It is an initiative to increase support for prevention of drug use that is based on science and is thus an effective investment in the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities.

Past Observances Themes: • 2016/2017 - “Listen First Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe” • 2015 - “Lets Develop — Our Lives — Our Communities — Our Identities — Without Drugs” • 2014 - “A message of hope: Drug use disorders are preventable and treatable” • 2013 - “Make health your ‘new high’ in life, not drugs” • 2012 - “Global Action for Healthy Communities without Drugs” • 2011 - “Say No!” • 2010 - “Think health - not drugs” It is the duty and responsibility of east and every one of us apart from government to make our society free from illicit drugs.

UNODC is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNODC operates in all regions of the world through an extensive network of field offices. In India , Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE), Government of India are involved with alcohol and drug demand reduction policies and drug de –addiction programme (DDAP) in the country. Various e –health web based programme related to prevention of substance abuse are also being operated in the country. Together we can make our society free from illicit drugs and let us all contribute to make a better society.

Ranjan K Baruah, (bkranjan@gmail.com)

NPF central women wing response to NDPP

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he NPF Central Women Wing expressed its shock and resentment against the NDPP Press and Media Committee statement for branding Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu as a ‘Liar’, which has deeply hurt the sentiments of all its party men and women alike. Condemning the blatant act of lie and deceit from the NDPP camp against the NPF President, the NPF Central Women Wing asserted, “Those who have sold the rights of the Nagas to outside forces has no right to call Dr. Shurhozelie a liar”, as the NPF President has only spoken on the values of freedom of religion as enshrined in the Indian constitution, and it does not in anyway amount to giving inflammatory speeches that may incite riots or unrest in the state of Nagaland.

While condemning Rio’s speech purportedly made in Delhi on Live TV that was also carried by the local newspapers , the Central Women Wing has expressed its utter shock at the immature statement of Rio and his PDA government stand on Naga Integration issue and the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 ,”Our Naga dream to live

as one cannot be write off by indecisive leaders who are desperate to cling onto their chairs in their search for more power even at the cost of surrendering our birth right”.

To buttress their point, the NPF Central Women Wing would like to state that even Assam and the other states in the North Eastern region has strongly opposed the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 because they are well aware of the predicaments of this controversial bill. Assam Chief Minister Mr. Sonowal has stated on live TV, “I have no right to hold onto my chair if I cannot protect or safeguard the interest of my people and my homeland.” Also, the Ex ULFA members has just recently organised a bike rally in Assam to show their strong resentment against the bill, calling the Chief Minister to resign and go back to the regional party where he first originated.

Looking at the events in the other North-Eastern States in the wake of the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016, it is a big blow to the Nagas when the PDA government in its Cabinet Meeting decided not to oppose

the bill, stating Article 371 A as a protective measure. Recalling the ULB fiasco where much hues and cries were staged over 33 Percent women reservation issue, simply on the pretext that it infringes upon Article 371 A, the Women Wing asked the Tribal Hohos and the Apex Civil societies not to become mute spectators when such a disastrous bill, which will have serious ramifications for our future generations is not being opposed but is welcomed by the present ruling PDA government.

Lamenting that the present Naga leaders has lost their commitments and zeal to serve and safeguard the interest of the Nagas, NPF Central women stated that, Nagaland is witnessing a massive flow of immigrants into our homeland, and a day is not far when Nagaland will become another Tripura if this trend is not checked on time, and urge the ruling govt to undo the damages before any major catastrophic event takes place, as “Nagaland is not a dumping ground for illegal immigrants.”

Yanhola, press secretary, Central Women Wing NPF, Kohima

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Earth hour celebrated everyday

As a resident of Dimapur, I really need to congratulate our Power department for their continuous track record of maintaining their undisclosed motto, “Power for an hour”. I can proudly say that the accuracy they maintain to switch off the electricity after one hour is commendable but same can’t be said when they have to switch it on. It’s like Dimapur has been given the main role to spearhead the, “Earth Hour” initiative and next year we might just win the Nobel Prize for our efforts to save the Earth.

Dimapur being one of the biggest towns in Northeast (Questionable on the town tag, since we hardly have good roads and electricity is a farce) suffers from continuous power cuts daily.

When half of the present technology runs on electricity, it’s sad to see that our hope is limited for an hour and on our inverter. I’m sure the inverter provides more electricity in a day than our power department.

We all know that there are plenty of issues leading to the power supply but I guess it’s high time that our ministers get a work around or privatise it. Even after getting our statehood in 1963, it’s funny that we are still complaining about roads and electricity, which are basic necessities for every sensible government to provide. Change is coming, I guess works better only on print media and in campaigns. How I wish, the politicians understand that their role is the biggest platform for social service. How I wish, we never voted for money. How I wish, we will one day say that we brought the change.

Limasungba, Midland Colony, Dimapur

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

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Heavy rain lashes across the country; casualties recorded

Malaria cases on the rise in Delhi New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI): At least 11 fresh cases of malaria have been reported during the past week in Delhi, pushing the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 40, according to a municipal report released today.

Only four fresh cases of dengue, another vectorborne disease, were reported in Delhi between June 16-23, meaning malaria spread faster than dengue in the national capital.

Of the total 40 malaria cases, 19 were reported in June, 17 in May, one each in April and March, and two in February.

Of the 28 dengue cases this season, six were reported in January, three in February, one in March, two in April and 10 last month and six in June, according to the report.

“It is not unusual for malaria cases to be reported in larger number compared to dengue, as both have different carriers,” a senior doctor at a government-run hospital said.

Vehicles wade through water-logged tracks during heavy rains, in Mumbai on Monday.

32-storey Lloyds estate in Wadala’s Antop Hill showed several cars stuck in debris. No one has been hurt and all residents are safe, a civic official said.

The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Mumbai office has said heavy rainfall will continue in some parts of the city and its suburbs after similar conditions over the weekend.

The rains that have been lashing the city over the weekend caused a delay in services on the Western Railway due to a track failure near Bandra station.

The traffic police have made arrangements to ensure smooth traffic, especially during peak hours, in case of heavy rainfalls.

Personnel of the department have been instructed to be prepared in case of a waterlogging owing to mega projects such as Metro construction as more than 2,000 constables and 750 wardens were ordered to be out on the roads on Monday.

S u n d ay ’s s h owe r s brought down temperatures even though humidity levels continued to stay high. From June 1 to June 24, Colaba station received 595.3mm of rains and Santacruz station, which is representative of Mumbai, recorded 455.5mm.

The Met department has set 523.1mm as the average rainfall that Mumbai usually records in June. The heavy rainfall also affected

several areas in Thane, which recorded 229.81mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. There has been a rainfall of 849.81mm since the last two days as compared to 488.00mm last year during the same period.

Meanwhile, heavy rains lashed several parts of south Gujarat, particularly Valsad, Surat and Navsari districts, in the last two days, causing water-logging and throwing normal life out of gear in the region.

However, no loss of life or any major damage to property due to the downpour was reported from any part of the region, officials said.

Umergam taluka in Valsad district received around 550 mm of rainfall during the last 30 hours, Collector CR Kharsan said, adding that the local administration was put on alert to deal with any eventuality.

“Valsad district has been receiving heavy rain since the last two days.

Umergam taluka received around 550 mm of rainfall in the last 30 hours. Between 6 am and 2 pm today, Umergam received 150 mm of rain,” he said.

(From p-1) 132 kV Nagarjan Sub-station, load shedding would still have to be imposed due to system constrains at downstream lower voltage levels such as 33/11 kV substations and distribution transformers.

Further, he said that due to the rapid increase in load demand in Dimapur and Chumukedima areas the power system was being overstressed.

As the department was unable to keep up with the upgradation of the infrastructure, the executive engineer said there was frequent interruptions caused due to snapping of distribution lines, break-down of distribution transformers and substation switchgears particularly during peak summer months.

He, however, stated that the department was doing whatever possible under the circumstances, saying under the Integrated Power Development Scheme the switchgears were being replaced along with upgradation and installation of new distribution transformers in some of the locations.

The executive engineer also said department was coming up with 10 MVA, 33/11 kV substation at Forest Colony, which would relieve the overloaded Metha sub-station.

The department has appreciated the expectation of the public for a stable power supply especially in summer months and the world cup. It has, however, requested the consumers to bear with the department during the difficult situation as explained above.

S r i nag a r , J u n 2 5 (IANS): Life across the Kashmir Valley was derailed on Monday by a separatistsponsored shutdown even as the authorities detained senior separatist leaders to prevent their participation in protests.

Shops, public transport, other business establishments and educational institutions remained closed in Srinagar city and other district headquarters of the Valley.

Rail services between Baramulla and Bannihal towns were suspended as a precaution. Internet services were also suspended in south Kashmir areas.

Heavy contingents of police and paramilitary forces were deployed in old city and uptown areas of Srinagar without imposing any restrictions.

The protest was called by the Joint Residence Leadership (JRL), a separatist grouping headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik against civilian killings in Kashmir.

Police took Yasin Malik into preventive custody while Geelani and Mirwaiz Farooq were placed under house arrest. Independent MLA Engineer Rashid was also taken into preventive

Yasin Malik (file)

custody after he started a protest march from Magarmal Bagh area of Srinagar towards the civil Secretariat on the same issue.

Nearly a dozen of his supporters were also detained by police who intercepted the march.

Meanwhile, a youth sustained a gunshot injury in his thigh on the outskirts of Sopore town during clashes between the security forces and civilian protesters.

The youth was shifted to a local hospital from where he was referred to Srinagar for specialized treatment. Attending doctors have described the condition of the youth as stable and out of danger.

A civilian, Yawar Ahmad Dar, was killed on Sunday in clashes with security forces during an anti-militancy operation in Kulgam district while Shahid Hajam, who was injured in Srigufwara area of Anantnag last week, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital.

VHP indicates may restart Ram Mandir movement

New Delhi, Jun 25 (AGENCIES): Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday indicated it may restart its movement for Ram Temple in Ayodhya, saying the organisation will consult saints on the “future course of action” if the Supreme Court does not give its verdict on the issue in next three to four months.

Addressing the media on the organisation council meeting in Delhi, VHP working president Alok Kumar said two resolutions were passed - one on the issue of cow protection and another on the influx of the Rohingya Muslims into the country.

Kumar said the construction of Ram Temple was discussed during the meeting and reiterated the organisation’s stand that it will wait for the top court’s order on the matter.

“We hope that Supreme Court would hear daily this case from July. We want temple at that site...

Our Muslim brothers can build mosque outside of that area,” he said.

Replying to a question, he said they want temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya “lawfully” but if the issue “hangs in the court for more than three months then we will consult saints for the future course of action.”

New Delhi, Jun 25 (AGENCIES): CBI on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court order granting bail to Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, in the INX Media case. The CBI has claimed in its appeal that it was “impermissible” for the high court to entertain the bail plea filed by Karti when an application seeking similar relief was pending before the trial court.

The agency has also alleged that the high court had “erroneously” conducted a “detailed examination” of evidence on merits at the stage of bail which seriously

prejudiced the case of CBI. “Fur ther, the high court while granting bail (to Karti) failed to exercise its discretion in a judicious manner without ascertaining the nature of accusation, the nature of supporting evidence and the reasonable apprehension of tampering with the evidence in the present case,” the CBI said in its appeal.

A single judge bench of the high court had on March 23 granted bail to Karti, who was arrested on February 28 by the CBI, saying the relief should not be refused unless the crime was of the “highest magnitude” entailing “severe punishment”.

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Jaipur, JUN 25 (AGENCIES): Rajasthan MLA Ghanshyam Tiwari resigned from the BJP on Monday, accusing chief minister Vasundhara Raje of corruption and nepotism. In his resignation letter to BJP president Amit Shah, Tiwari did not name Raje, but said, “The chief of state government in Rajasthan in collusion with some ministers and bureaucrats has been robbing the state and the level of corruption has scaled a new high.”

He accused the CM of appointing her cronies in important posts and introducing laws in an arbitrary manner with the sole intention of benefitting herself and her coterie. Tiwari also accused Shah of inaction and having surrendered to corruption.

In a press conference later, he launched a scathing attack on BJP, saying there was an “undeclared emergency” in the country and Rajasthan, and accused the Congress and BJP of being hand-in-gloves in corruption. Acting state BJP president Ashok Parnami said that there will be no impact of Tiwari’s resignation on the BJP. “It sends a good message to the party cadres that there is no place in the party for leaders who are undisciplined,” he said.

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Mumbai, Jun 25 (AGENCIES): A 15-yearold boy was among four people killed in Mumbai city and Thane district after heavy rain since Sunday evening. The rail and road traffic was disrupted during rush hours, officials said on Monday. (Live updates) The two men were killed after a tree collapsed near Fashion Street in South Mumbai last evening, while the 18-year-old died after he fell into a manhole near Evershine Nagar in Malad (west).

Nagendra Nagarjun, an 18-year-old boy, fell into a manhole near Evershine Nagar in Malad (west) and drowned on Monday morning. He was pulled out and taken to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead.

Kiran Ghaywat, 15, died after a portion of a wall of a sewerage treatment plant at Vadolgaon, near Ulhasnagar in Thane district, collapsed on their house late last night.

Meanwhile, a wall at an upscale Mumbai complex collapsed this morning in Wadala, crushing at least 15 parked cars after incessant rain. Visuals from

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investment in ETFs from present 15% of the investible deposits. But, that could be done only after amendment to the investment pattern for private provident funds by the finance ministry.

The EPFO has been exploring the possibility of giving an option to its subscribers to hike or cut investment in stocks. But, that would be possible only after crediting of ETFs into subscribers’ PF accounts.

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wants to look for more rewarding options in equity linked schemes.

The EPFO had started investing in ETFs in August 2015 with a mandate of investing 5% of its investible deposits in the equity linked scheme.

The proportion was increased to 10% in 201617 and 15% subsequently in 2017-18. The official said the trustees may deliberate to increase the quantum of

The selloffs in domestic equities alongside heavy capital outflows further dampened traders confidence in a big way.

Foreign investors and funds pulled out over Rs 14,500 crore from the Indian capital markets this month so far, primarily due to global trade war and hawkish commentary by the US Federal Reserve.

The latest outflow has taken the total net withdrawal by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from the capital markets (equity and debt) to more than Rs 46,600 crore in this year so far, according to the latest data available with the depositories.

A shar p pull back in crude prices after the OPEC cartel agreed to raise production levels last week even failed to enthuse forex traders.

The Indian r upee swung between 67.90 and 68.17 most part of the day.

I n t h e m e a n t i m e, country’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 3.039 billion to USD 410.070 billion in the week to June 15 due to fall in foreign currency assets, RBI data showed.

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managers. The EPFO has been investing in ETFs and now wants to enhance its range to maximise returns on its investments in stock markets.

Presently, it has invested in UTI Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, CPSE ETF and Bharat 22, a senior official said.

The body got the maximum appreciation on its investments in UTI Mutual Fund for which rate of return was 17.01% with total value at Rs 8,995.04 crore. This was followed by 16.07% return on Rs 34,603.64 crore invested in SBI Mutual Fund. The CPSE ETF gave a return of 7.94% at an investment of Rs 1,860.81 crore whereas an investment of Rs 2,024.75 crore in Bharat 22 fetched a return of Rs 8.46%. The EPFO’s overall return on ETF investments of Rs 47,431 crore till May this year. Thus the EPFO

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New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI): Retirement fund body EPFO trustees will Tuesday consider widening the range of equity linked schemes or exchange traded funds (ETFs) to maximise returns on its investments in stock markets. Besides, the Employees Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) board will also consider a proposal to give extension of six more months to its five fund managers SBI, ICICI Securities Primary Dealership, Reliance Capital, HSBC AMC and UTI AMC for managing its corpus, says agenda listed for the trustees meet scheduled Tuesday.

The five fund managers were appointed for three years from April 1, 2015.

They were given extension till June 30, 2018. Now, it has been proposed to give the five fund managers further extension till December 31, 2018 or till the time of appointment of new fund

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MUMBAI, Jun 25 (PTI): Indian companies’ investments into their overseas subsidiaries/joint ventures fell by 63 per cent to USD 1.17 billion in May this year, according to RBI data.

In May 2017, India Inc’s foreign direct investment stood at USD 3.12 billion. Of the total investment by domestic firms in overseas ventures in May 2018, USD 374.18 million was in the form of equity infusion, USD 162.96 million in loan and USD 630.45 million as guarantee issuances, as per Reserve Bank data.

Among the major companies that made investment in their overseas subsidiaries/joint ventures included Indiabulls Real Estate USD 368.09 million, ONGC USD 57.94 million, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery USD 26.62 million and Wadhawan Global Captial USD 15.23 million.

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There have been reports that having failed to a get a buyer for its stake in IDBI Bank, the government might ask LIC, which already owns over 10 per cent in the infra-lender turned commercial bank, to take at least 40 per cent more in it, something it had done with Axis Bank in the past.

The media reports also said the government had sought the views of insurance regulator IRDAI and markets watchdog Sebi on the move. IRDAI does not allow LIC or any other insurer to own more than 15 per cent in any company.

On the Sunil Mehta committee, set up to draft guidelines for a bad bank, the official said within a short period the panel has “come up with a fantastic report”.

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Mumbai, Jun 25 (PTI): The government Monday sounded evasive about the media reports that it was planning to ask LIC to take a controlling stake in the crippled IDBI Bank, saying the boards of the respective entities will take a call on the matter.

“Both IDBI Bank and LIC are independent organisations. We have left all the decisions to bank boards and we are not going to micromanage them,” a senior finance ministry official told reporters on the sidelines of the twoday annual summit of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

When pressed that both the entities are government- owned, the official quipped does that mean there cannot have business relationship between two government entities?

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conflict between US and China ratcheted up another notch following Trumps latest threat aiming at Chinese investments - a move which could have great long-term consequences on the US -Sino economic ties.

The simmering trade dispute between the US and its major trading partners remains a critical issue for global markets.

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Mumbai, Jun 25 (PTI): Halting its three-day rally, the rupee took a severe beating today and ended sharply lower by 29 paise at 68.13 against the US currency due to month-end demand for the American unit from importers and banks.

The domestic currency remained under pressure as fears of a escalating trade

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infrastructure sector.

The minister mentioned how Mumbai has improved its ranking in the Swachhta Index significantly during the past few years and is engaging with international global efforts for a better quality of life.

He assured that by 2022, as part of the Prime Minister’s plan, the government will ensure every citizen has a shelter over his head, round-the-clock electricity, good toilets, clean drinking water, access by road to his house and internet connectivity.

Earlier, welcoming delegates from 86-AIIB

orative investment platform for international and domestic investors keen on investing in commercially viable Indian infrastructure projects.

The NIIF’s Fund of Fund will anchor or invest in funds managed by fund managers with good track record in various infrastructure and associated sectors in India.

Some of the focus sectors include: Green Infrastructure, Mid-Income and Affordable Housing, Infrastructure Services and Allied Sectors, the AIIB said.

The NIIF Fund of Funds recently announced its first investment - Green Growth Equity Fund which will invest in renewable energies, clean transportation, water, sanitation and waste management.

The AIIB will provide its expertise to enhance NIIF’s environmental and social risk management capabilities to improve and monitor ecological and social performance across the portfolio investments.

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member countries, Goyal said that in just three years, India has hosted three major international multilateral banks - the New Development Bank, the African Development Bank and now the AIIB. He lauded AIIB’s robust processes and said how the concept was floated in 2014, matured in barely seven months and the Multilateral Development Bank was in place by 2016, with India as the second largest stakeholder with eight percent.

Later this afternoon, AIIB announced an equity investment of $100 million in India’s National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to help various development projects in this country.

The amount will be for the Phase I of NIIF’s Fund of Fund (Eds: Correct) initial closing and the AIIB is considering another $100 million in Phase II for the final closing, bringing the bank’s total commitment to $200 million.

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Mumbai, Jun 25 (IANS): Terming India “a sweet spot where the rule of law prevails”, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said here on Monday the country wants investments in nine projects from the Chinabased Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

Speaking to the media, Goyal said India has already picked up alsmost 28 per cent - or $1.4 billion - AIIB’s total lendings, for seven projects in the country.

The focus of AIIB’s lending has been on rural infrastructure, energy and power, environmental protection, transportation and telecommunication, water supply and sanitation, besides urban developments and logistics.

Goyal said, “it’s a matter of great pride that India is the largest recipient of the $4.2 billion funds disbursed

by AIIB.” He attributed a robust framework and easy to navigate policies being the key reasons for the investment flow into the country’s

Mumbai, Jun 25 (PTI): Gold prices climbed by Rs 90 per 10 grams, rising for the second straight session at the bullion market here Monday, on sustained buying by local buying interest amid bullish global cues.

Silver prices also gained on uptick in demand from industrial units.

Standard gold (99.5 per cent purity) moved up by Rs 90 to end at Rs 30,560 per 10 grams from last Friday’s level of Rs 30,470.

Pure gold (99.9 per cent purity) also rose by a similar margin to close at Rs 30,710 per 10 grams against Rs 30,620 earlier.

Silver (.999 fineness) rose by Rs 85 to end at Rs 39,820 per kg as against Rs 39,735 previously.

Globally, gold was off last weeks six-month low as concerns over a global trade war edged higher after a report said the United States plans to bar Chinese companies from investing in its technology firms.

Spot gold was steady at USD 1,268 an ounce at early trade.

In other precious metals, silver fell by 0.3 per cent to USD 16.38 an ounce.

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Communal clashes leave 86 dead in Nigeria Erdogan wins re-election as president JOS (NIGERIA), JUN 25 (AGENCIES): Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called for calm after 86 people were killed in an attack by suspected nomadic herders against farming communities in the restive centre of the country.

The grim discovery in the Barikin Ladi area of Plateau state came after days of violence apparently sparked by an attack by ethnic Berom farmers on Fulani herders on Thursday.

State police commissioner Undie Adie said a search of Berom villages in the area following clashes on Saturday found “86 persons altogether were killed”.

Adie told reporters six people were also injured and 50 houses were razed.

Bodies of those who died have been released to their families, he added.

The deaths are the latest in a long-running battle for land and resources that is putting President Muhammadu Buhari under pressure as elections approach next year. The violence fuelled by ethnic, religious and political allegiances has

Destroyed vehicles and debris is strewn across the road as police attempt to restore calm, in the town of Jos, Nigeria, Sunday. (AP/PTI)

killed thousands over several decades. Analysts believe it could become Nigeria’s biggest security concern, eclipsing Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency that has left at least 20,000 dead since 2009.

Buhari’s office said he “appeals for calm and assures that no efforts will be spared” to bring those responsible to justice and prevent further attacks.

“The grievous loss of lives and property arising

from the killings in Plateau today is painful and regrettable,” he added.

The Plateau state government said it had imposed restrictions on movements in the Riyom, Barikin Ladi and Jos South areas “to avert a breakdown of law and order”.

“The curfew takes effect immediately... and movement is restricted from 6:00 pm (1700 GMT) to 6:00 am, except (for) those on essential duties,” spokesman

Rufus Bature said.

On Sunday, ethnic Berom youths set up barricades on the Jos-Abuja highway and attacked motorists who looked “Fulani and Muslim”, according to those who escaped the violence.

Plateau state police spokesman Tyopev Terna and Major Adam Umar, from the military taskforce in the state capital, Jos, confirmed the blockade and vandalism to several cars.

There were no offi-

cial reports of deaths but Baba Bala, who escaped the violence on the road, said at least six people were killed.

“I escaped with a smashed windscreen and dents on my car. I saw six dead bodies and several damaged cars,” he added.

Plateau state governor Simon Lalong promised that “operational plans are currently being put in place to secure the affected communities and fish out perpetrators of these crimes.

“While we pray for God’s guidance through this difficult time, we will do everything humanly possible to secure our state immediately.” But the violence in Plateau followed a pattern that has become familiar in the state and elsewhere and which the authorities appear unable to stop.

On Thursday, Berom farmers attacked five ethnic Fulani herders travelling with their cattle in a truck at Heipang, in Barikin Ladi.

On Friday, two Berom children were killed in Arangai and Mangu Halle villages in what appeared to be reprisal attacks.

L on d on , J un 2 5 (Agencies): Turkey’s long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll.

Mr Erdogan got nearly 53% with almost all votes counted. His closest rival Muharrem Ince was on 31%, BBC reported.

He will now assume sweeping new powers, won in a controversial referendum last year. The post of PM will be abolished.

Mr Ince accepted the result on the basis of poll figures - but said that everything about the vote was unfair.

Final results will be announced on Friday.

The polls were the most fiercely fought in many years.

Mr Erdogan has presided over a strong economy and built up a solid support base by investing in healthcare, education and infrastructure.

But the 64-year-old has also polarised opinion, cracking down on opponents and putting some

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160,000 people in jail.

Mr Erdogan gave a triumphant victory speech from the balcony of his party’s headquarters in the capital Ankara at 03:00 (00:00 GMT), declaring: “The winner of this election is each and every individual among my 81 million citizens.”

Congratulations have come in from Islamic leaders including Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Russian President Vladimir Putin talked of Mr Erdogan’s “great political authority and mass support”.

Mr Ince, from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), said the election was unfair from its declaration to the announcement

of the results.

Turkey was entering a dangerous period of oneman rule, he added.

But he said that there was no significant difference between official results and his party’s figures, and therefore he would accept the outcome.

There were another four candidates on the presidential ballot, all of whom fell below 10% of the vote.

President Erdogan will assume major new powers under Turkey’s new constitution. The changes were endorsed in a tight referendum last year by 51% of voters, and are due to come into force after the election.

Some critics argue the enhanced role will place too much power in one person’s hands, and that Turkey’s new system lacks the checks and balances of other executive presidencies like France or the US. Mr Erdogan maintains his increased authority will empower him to address Turkey’s economic woes and defeat Kurdish rebels in the country’s south-east.

WHO’s gaming disorder classification US to give North Korea new timeline for denuclearization based on ‘moral panic’, say experts dance addiction, exercise addiction, but nobody is having a conversation about including them in ICD11...,” Peter Etchells, from the Bath Spa University, was quoted as saying to the BBC. However, the WHO noted that it had reviewed available evidence before including it, adding that it had taken into account views reflecting a “consensus of experts from different disciplines and geographical regions”. According to Etchells, estimates of those who are addicted range from fewer than 0.5 per cent to nearly 50 per cent of players,

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bined exercises have been suspended. ... We’ll see if the continuing negotiations keep them that way,” Mattis said, adding that he was in frequent contact with Pompeo.

Mattis arrived on Sunday in Alaska, where he will visit Fort Greely and Eielson Air Force Base, before continuing to China.

His trip there from June 26-28 will be the first by a U.S. defense secretary since 2014, and comes as SinoU.S. tensions have heightened over trade and China’s muscular military posture in

the South China Sea. North Korea is expected to be among the top items on Mattis’ agenda during his talks with senior Chinese officials. He will then travel to South Korea and end his trip with talks in Japan on June 29.

L a s t we e k , C h i n a hosted North Korea’s Kim. North Korean media said Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kim reached an understanding on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula after discussing the outcome of the U.S.North Korea summit.

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The Ghokimi Kuqhakulu Dimapur (GKD) with great pride honour, extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Nihovi Achumi, S/o Late Xukishe Achumi for achieving the bronze medal in the 52–56 kg category during the 1st South Asia Kung-Fu Championship 2018 held in Nepal.

The Union further wishes and prays that our Almighty God bless and guide you in all your future endeavours.

The Khiamniungan Menyiu Hoikam (KMH) would like to felicitate Smti. S. Tainiu Khiamniungan, NCS for being posted as Deputy Commissioner, Peren. It is an encouragement for the women folk in general and particularly for Khiamniungans for being the first women and first NCS among the tribe to see as one of the District Administrative Heads. The KMH hopes that through her success and service many changes would be brought in our societies. KMH further wishes her success even in her future endeavor.

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The Yimkha Village Council and Yimkha Village Union Wokha Town extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Motsuthung Lotha (NCS) on being promoted to the post of Commissioner & Secretary, Government of Nagaland.

We wish and pray that Almighty God continue to bless you in all your future endeavour.

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Dated at Kohima the 25/06/2018

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The Shena Old Union Dimapur Area (SOUDA) in great honour extends its heartiest congratulations to Mr. Bonoto Achumi, S/o Dr. P. Toiho Sema for securing 91.2% in All India Secondary School Examination conducted by CBSE from Royal Global School, Guwahati. His strong determination and hard work have brought laurels to the union.

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the summit commitments.

At the Singapore summit, the first meeting between a serving U.S. president and a North Korean leader, Kim reaffirmed a commitment to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, while Trump said he would halt joint U.S.-South Korean “war games.”

Mattis, at the start of a week-long trip that includes stops in China, South Korea and Japan, said Trump’s guidance on suspending military drills applied not just to the major Freedom Guardian exercise in August but also to two smaller Korean Marine Exchange Program training exercises.

“The large, joint, com-

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erate in good faith or not,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“There will be specific asks and there will be a specific timeline when we present the North Koreans with our concept of what implementation of the summit agreement looks like.”

Trump has drawn some criticism from national security analysts for an agreement that emerged from his June 12 summit with Kim that had few details on how Pyongyang would surrender its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last week he would likely travel back to North Korea “before too terribly long” to try to flesh out

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which meant there was a danger of failing to identify who actually had a problem and who just enjoyed playing games. “What we’re doing then is over-diagnosing, we’re sort of pathologising a behaviour that for many people is not harmful in any way,” he noted.

The experts were also sceptical that screen time overall -- including the use of devices like smartphones and tablets -- was harmful for children and adolescents.

As of now it is better for people to keep smartphones and other screens out of theirs and their children’s bedrooms at night.

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L on d o n , J un 2 5 (IANS): The classification of “gaming disorder” as a mental health condition by the World Health Organization (WHO) was “premature” and based on a “moral panic”, experts have suggested. They contended that while the decision was well intentioned, there was a lack of good quality scientific evidence about how to properly diagnose video game addiction, the BBC reported. According to the WHO, a person has gaming disorder if they have impaired control over gaming, in terms of frequency, intensity, duration, and termination.

These people give increasing priority to gaming “to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests”, and that they will continue gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences, it said.

But the move risked “pathologising” a behaviour that was harmless for most people, the report said.

“We’re essentially pathologising a hobby, so what’s next? There are studies on tanning addiction,

ALASKA, Jun 25 (Agencies): The United States will soon present a timeline to North Korea with “specific asks” of Pyongyang after a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a senior U.S. defense official said.

According to Reuters, the official, who spoke to a small group of reporters ahead of a trip to Asia this week by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, did not specify details but suggested that the timeline would be rapid enough to make clear Pyongyang’s level of commitment.

“We’ll know pretty soon if they’re going to op-

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Stars in Texas to protest officials Metallica’s Kirk Hammett separating illegal-immigrant families ponders future of ‘electric guitar’

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n a recent interview with U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett pondered the future of the guitar in light of the troubles facing iconic brand Gibson, who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year.

As more popular music has been made with computers, international guitar sales began to decline, creating a challenge for larger manufacturers and retailers like Gibson. According to The Washington Post, the other of the two biggest companies, Fender, is also in debt, and a third, PRS Guitars, had to cut staff and expand production of cheaper guitars.

Hammett said: “I don’t know what it is, but people

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everal celebrities took to Texas on Sunday to voice their concerns over the separation of illegal immigrant families who crossed the border into the U.S. Lena Dunham, Amber Heard, Bella Thorne, Mira Sorvino, Sia and Jo s h u a Ja c k s o n we r e among those who held up signs protesting the separations in Tornillo, according to People.

“We came to Tornillo, Texas, to show our solidarity with the families who have been separated, the children who are alone and

the parents who are grieving and the undocumented Americans who are losing more than I can fathom,” Dunham wrote in an Instagram message.

The stars also posted photos on their Instagram holding up signs that read, “This is about humanity” and “no one is illegal.”

Meanwhile, “Westworld” actress Evan Rachel Wood told the magazine that she would fast for 24 hours to raise awareness about children being separated from their parents after being detained.

(FoxNews)

Pantera’s Vinnie Paul suffered ‘major heart attack’: Report

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ccording to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, sources who knew Vinnie Paul Abbott said the former PANTERA drummer had suffered “a major heart attack” when he died in his sleep on Friday, June 22 at his home in Las Vegas. He was 54 years old.

Vinnie Paul’s body has been turned over to the medical examiner to determine an official cause of death, TMZ reported. After that, he will be flown back to his home state of Texas to be buried between his mother and brother.

“This is such a shock because he was so excited about finishing up the [new Hellyeah] album and getting back on the road,” singer Franky Perez (Apocalyptica, Velvet Revolver), a longtime friend of Vinnie Paul’s, told the Las Vegas ReviewJournal. “I’m still trying to piece this together.”

In a 2014 interview with “The Jasta Show”, Vinnie Paul lamented the fact that the “fun side of rock and roll” seemed to be missing from many of the tours, with most musicians preferring to relax on their buses and catch up with their loved

ones instead of partaking in the kind of debauchery that was embraced in the ‘80s and most of the ‘90s.

“The bands that are out here these days are not like what they used to be, and it really does affect you being able to get tours and stuff,” Vinnie said. “I mean, you cannot go around being the Guns N’ Roses kind of party band that used to be out there.” Vinnie, whose band Hellyeah had just completed a U.S. tour as the support act for Five Finger Death Punch at the time of the interview, continued: “I mean, I still drink every night and I love it, but it wouldn’t be good for me to go stumbling into Five Finger’s dressing room skunk drunk and blowing shots up for everybody, be-

cause it’s gonna possibly affect their performance.

People have a lot on the line with these tours these days, and they really don’t want that fun side of rock and roll. I mean, it’s scary to me, man.”

“The most important thing about drinking on the road is just you’ve gotta do it in moderation, first of all,” he said. “You’ve gotta know your limits. Don’t wake up with a bottle of vodka in your hand. You wake up every day and rehydrate yourself and get ready for that concert, That’s the most important thing. You cannot give people your hundred percent when you’re wasted up there; it just doesn’t work, man.”

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Actress body irked as AMMA Richard Harrison of ‘Pawn Stars’ dead revokes Dileep’s suspension R

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n actresses’ body in Kerala was on Monday irked with the Association of Malayalam Movie Actors (AMMA) for its decision to revoke the suspension of superstar Dileep, accused of kidnapping an actress.

“If you have decided to revoke the suspension... what has changed after he was suspended?” the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) asked the AMMA, led by Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, in a Facebook post.

“Do you know that you have decided to take back someone who is alleged to have been involved in a rape and the trial is yet to finish... don’t you feel anything at all?”

In its first annual general body meeting after Dileep’s arrest, the AMMA on Sunday revoked Dileep’s suspension on the grounds that it was done by a hurriedly-called executive meeting which was against the by-laws of the AMMA. Dileep is accused of playing a role in the conspiracy to abduct the young actress in February 2017 when she was on her way to Kochi from her house. He

spent 85 days in jail before securing bail.

“The victim... is she also not a member of AMMA? Through this new decision, are you not insulting the victim again?

“Being a democratic body, what’s the message you are trying to send across. This decision... is it not challenging the legal system of our land?” the WCC asked.

The WCC was formed last year and includes many top actresses including Dileep’s former wife Manju Warrier and Parvathy.

In Sunday’s meeting, the leading actresses from WCC along with some male actors like Prithviraj were absent.

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Nawazuddin dedicates his IIFA Award to Sridevi

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ctor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has dedicated his Best Supporting Actor honour, which he won at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards here, to his “Mom” co-star Sridevi, who was posthumously awarded the Best Actor in a Leading Role Female title.

“It was once in a life-

time opportunity to work with the first female superstar Sridevi and I dedicate my award as a tribute to her,” Nawazuddin tweeted on Monday, a day after the IIFA Awards ceremony here.

In the movie, directed

by Ravi Udyawar, Sridevi played a mother who sets out to avenge her step-daughter, essayed by Pakistani actress Sajal Ali. And Nawazuddin played a detective who helps her. Nawazuddin looked dapper as he collected his award from the evergreen actress Rekha, whom he said “stole the show” with her performance at the event.

“Living legend Rekhaji you stole the show last night,

it was an honour to get the award from you,” he added.

Sridevi’s husbandproducer Boney Kapoor received the award for her work. He was emotional, and dedicated the honour to the team of “Mom”.

The actress, whose sudden death in a Dubai hotel earlier this year, was also remembered in a tribute section at the gala, along with late actors Vinod Khanna and Shashi Kapoor.

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ichard Harrison, the curmudgeonly patriarch of the “Pawn Stars” family whose grumbling about the goings-on in the Las Vegas shop he ran with his son and grandson made him a reality TV star, has died at 77.

A statement from the Gold & Silver Pawn shop added that “he was surrounded by loving family this past weekend and went peacefully.” Harrison’s grandson Corey reflected on his relationship with his grandfather.

“I was lucky enough to spend 15 years of my life working with the old man.

He wasn’t just a grandfather, he was truly a best friend as well. I’m truly blessed to have had him as a mentor.” “We are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend Richard ‘The Old Man’ Harrison, a beloved member of the HISTORY and ‘Pawn Stars’ family,” the History Channel told us.

“He will be greatly missed for his wisdom and candor.

Our thoughts are with the Harrison family during this difficult time.”

T h e N av y ve t e r a n opened the Gold & Silver Pawn store with his son Rick in 1988. The family patriarch initially put his money into the real estate market but changed course after he lost a million dollars. He moved to Las Vegas and put $10,000 in the pawn shop and saw his investment grow into a multimillion

dollar company, complete with a reality show. The Harrisons and their pawn shop rose to fame on the hit History Channel series “Pawn Stars,” which premiered in 2009 and has been on the air for 15 seasons.

Rick Harrison spoke to Fox News in January about the success he and his father have had ahead of the series’ 500th episode.

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h i n a r e p o r t e d ly blocked HBO after “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver’s comments last week attacking the country’s human rights record and mocking President Xi Jinping.

Chinese internet users were unable to sign onto HBO.com after Oliver’s comments aired, the New York Daily News reported, citing Chinese internet monitoring site Greatfire. org.

O l i ve r l a s t w e e k slammed Chinese lawmakers’ abolition of presidential term limits and the country’s political doctrine of “Xi Jinping Thought.”

Oliver said that Xi’s consolidation of power is driven by a “cult of personality.”

The host went on to liken Xi to the cartoon bear Winnie the Pooh. He said Xi is “is very sensitive about his perceived resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.” Additionally, the comedian mocked the country’s $1 trillion Belt and Road initiative, an ambitious foreign policy plan that aims to place China at the center of world trade.

(FoxNews)

seem to be seeing the guitar in a different light and passing them up for samplers and whatnot. Maybe it’s a sign of the times.

“Like all instruments, there’s a time when it goes out of fashion.” “In the early ‘80s, the guitar wasn’t as popular as it became again in the mid-’80s, so we’ll see what happens as far as enthusiasm is concerned with the actual act of making music with a guitar.

“It’s sad news to me, but I hope Gibson prevail.

They have in the past.”

Hammett also talked about the lack of guitar solos on Metallica’s controversial 2003 album “St. Anger”, a move that he supported at the time. He said: “I guess it was appropriate for the

time, but looking back, it doesn’t seem so appropriate to me now.

“I will always object to that, but I think the message was driven home after that album, that solos are needed in Metallica,” he said. “People look forward to hearing them. So, for me, there was a weird vindication.”

In a 2003 interview with Rockezine.net, Hammett said the decision to have no guitar solos on “St. Anger” was made “because we wanted to move together all four of us in the same musical direction.

We also wanted to preserve the sound of the album.

When we tried to put overdubs on the album and put guitar solos on the album, it kind of… it sounded like an afterthought, you know?

Like something was put on after we created it. It stood out. We wanted to preserve the sound of all four of us in a room just jamming spontaneously together. To put production stuff on top of that just didn’t sound right. We tried to put guitar solos on, but we kept on running into this problem.

It really sounded like an afterthought.”

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Speaking at the inaugural function, match patron Khriehu said the players are lucky as the tournament is being organised after a long time by the Royal Club with an aim to promote football among the young generation and to revive the tournament.

In the 1980’s and 1990’s, people of Na-

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Deepika Kumari poses with her gold medal on Monday.

SALT LAKE CITY, Jun 25 (PTI): Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumari shrugged off her poor run of form by clinching gold medal in the women’s recurve event at the World Cup (Stage III) after a gap of six years beating Germany’s Michelle Kroppen 7-3 to qualify for the circuit Final, later this year.

Deepika, a four-time World Cup final silver medallist (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015), automatically qualified for the Archery

World Cup Final in Samsun, Turkey, which will be her seventh appearance at the season-ending event.

The Indian archer opened the match with 29 out of a possible 30 points to take a 2-0 lead, before splitting the points with Kroppen in the second.

The German archer, making her individual debut in the finals arena, won the third set and tied the match at 3-3. Deepika then took the fourth and fifth sets

with a 29 and a 27, over Michelle’s pair of 26s, to win the match, 7-3.

Tan Ya-Ting of Chinese Taipei beat Gabriela Bayardo of the Netherlands in four sets, 7-1, to the recurve women’s bronze medal.

In the medal standings, India finished fourth behind USA, Colombia and Chinese Taipei with a gold, silver and bronze each in the penultimate stage of the World Cup. Deepika however returned empty-handed in the recurve mixed pair section alongside Atanu Das, where they lost to Chinese Taipei pair of Tang Chih-Chun and Tan Ya-Ting 4-5 in the shoot-off.

India’s Asian Gamesbound archery squad will now head off to Berlin for the fourth World Cup from July 16-22 ahead of the Indonesia Asian Games in August-September.

U-19 inter-dist cricket final today Dimapur, Jun 25 (NPN): Dimapur will take on Peren district in final of All Nagaland U19 InterDistrict Cricket Tournament on Tuesday. The final will be played at 8:00 am at Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima. In the semi-final matches played on Monday, Dimapur won the match by 179 runs against Mon while Peren defeated Mokokchung by 7 wickets.

Penalty shootout Dimapur, Jun 25 (NPN): Toshiho Youth Department will be organising the 2nd open penalty shootout on July 3 at Toshiho local ground. The champion team will receive a cash prize of Rs.30,000.

to come in school uniform during inaugural and closing function.

The entry fee in open category is Rs.1000 while for under 14 and 17 years category, the registration fee is Rs.500. Interested players can collect the entry forms from Shri Ganesh Book Centre, below Mato Complex, opp.SBI Bazar Branch, Kohima on or before July 2.

For more information, contact 7005651166, 9774419341 or 7005580145.

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BELOVED FATHER

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BELOVED MOTHER LT. DIPTI CHADI

26/06/2017 IT’S BEEN A YEAR SINCE YOU PASSED AWAY, AND THOUGH WE’RE FULL OF SADNESS THAT YOU’RE NO LONGER HERE, YOUR INFLUENCE STILL GUIDE US, AND WE STILL FEEL YOU NEAR. YOU’RE ALWAYS LOVED....

NEVER FORGOTTEN....

FOREVER MISSED.

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Higher Secondary School (KBHSS) by 4-2.

Hoiching opened the scoring for MHBHSS in the 4th minute while Ruopfiikhrietuo scored the second, third and fourth in 30th, 32nd and 85th minutes respectively to complete his hat-trick. Dziseneizo scored both the goals for KHHSS in 53rd and 65th minute.

Dimapur, Jun 25 (NPN): The 17th Nagaland State Chess Championship 2018 has been deferred to July 3-6 from July 2-5 due to unavoidable circumstances.

The tournament will be played at Red Cross Conference Hall, Kohima.

The championship will have three category- open category, under-14 and under 17 years (boys and girls) category. Under 14 and under 17 years players have been requested to produce birth certificate and also

LOVING CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN

A year has passed since you left us for your heavenly abode on this day, yet your loving memories always linger in our minds and we deeply miss you in every moment of our lives.

Loving wife, children, grandchildren, relatives Late Imtisajen Pongen and in-laws 26.6.2017 – 26.6.2018

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MLA Khriehu Liezietsu along with MHBHSS and KBHSS players and organizers on the inaugural day at Kohima local ground. (NP)

galand, specially the state capital, witnessed high class football with the effort of Royal Club by bringing some of the best teams from India to play in the Royal Football Cup which was an all India level tournament, said the MLA. He reminded the participants that sports is one of the biggest industry in the world today where professionals are earning unimaginable amount of money. He also expressed hope that the tournament would not only be a platform of opportunities for the students but also be a platform to promote unity and understanding amongst educational institutions.

The tournament is being jointly organized

by Royal Club Kohima, School Education Department and Youth Resources and Sports. Altogether, 30 teams are participating in the tournament.

17th Nagaland Chess Championship from July 3-6

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of Lt. Pangti Ao Though death has taken you away from us, the past memories and the truth you boldly stood for remain alive in our hearts.

We miss you!

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1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY

In loving memory of our beloved

L. Nighoto Sema When Someone you love dies you never quite get over it...

You just learn to slowly go on without them...

But always keeping them tucked safely within your heart.

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Kohima inter-school football underway

Dimapur, Jun 25 (NPN): The second edition of Kohima District InterSchool Football Tournament was inaugurated by MLA Khriehu Liezietsu on Monday at local ground, Kohima.

In the inaugural match, Ministers’ Hill Baptist Higher Secondary School (MHBHSS) defeated Khedi Baptist

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Loving wife, relatives, children & grandchildren

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

10.05.1979 – 21.06.2018 WE THE BEREAVED FAMILY MEMBERS OF LT. MYINGTHUNGLUMO NGULLIE EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO EACH AND EVERYONE, WHO STOOD BY US PHYSICALLY, SPIRITUALLY, FINANCIALLY AND MATERIALLY AT THE SUDDEN DEMISE OF OUR BELOVED SON.

WE ARE HIGHLY INDEBTED AS WORDS ARE INADEQUATE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE BUT WE PRAY THAT OUR ALMIGHTY GOD SHOWER HIS UNCEASING BLESSINGS UPON YOU ALL ABUNDANTLY. K-1898

LOVING DAD, MOM, WIFE, CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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07-02-31 – 07-06-18 The family of Late Mrs Punala Senlem wishes to acknowledge the many expression of sympathy and kindness shown to us following our sad loss.

Words of gratitude seems so inadequate for all the kindness that has been bestowed upon our family be it physically, mentally, spiritually, financially both at Kohima and upto her final resting place at Merangkong Village, by all the well-wishers, neighbours, unions, Kohima Ao Baptist Church, Merangkong Baptist Church, Merangkong Village Council and Shri Amenba Yaden, Honourable MLA. May the Almighty GOD bless you abundantly for blessing us.

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Uruguay beat Russia 3-0 to top group; Saudi Arabia win SAMARA , J u n 2 5 (Agencies): Uruguay burnished their World Cup credentials with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Russia on Monday, finishing top of Group A with a perfect record while dampening the hopes of the tournament hosts, who had to settle for second.

Luis Suarez grabbed his second goal of the tournament to open Uruguay’s account with a free kick after 10 minutes and they doubled the lead with an own goal from Russia’s Denis Cheryshev soon after.

That silenced a vociferous home crowd who had been in party mode after Russia’s opening two victories and were not expecting their final group contest to be effectively ended in the 36th minute when Igor Smolnikov was sent off for a second booking.

Edinson Cavani bundled home a third goal for Uruguay at the death to wrap up their third straight victory, ensuring they finished above the Russians, who will now have to face the winners of Group B in the last 16.

Uruguay, who kept their sixth straight clean sheet, will face the runnersup from that group, which will be decided when Spain, Portugal and Iran battle it

(L) Diego Laxalt (third from the left) celebrates with his team-mates after scoring Uruguay’s second goal of the game against Russia. (R) Players of Saudi Arabia and Egypt fight for the ball during their World Cup Group A match in Volgograd on Monday.

out for two last-16 spots later on Monday.

While Russia had confounded those who predicted a group stage exit with resounding victories over Saudi Arabia and Egypt, there was still a question mark over how they would perform when they faced stronger opposition.

Smolnikov’s sending

off may have ended Russia’s hopes but in truth the encounter had already swung decisively against them by that point.

They went behind in sweltering conditions at the Samara Arena when Suarez struck a low free kick into the bottom corner that should have been easy pickings for Russia keeper

Igor Akinfeev.

Sadly for the home fans, who had created a deafening din in the opening minutes, Akinfeev inexplicably vacated his bottom left corner, moving back to the side of the goal his wall was guarding and leaving space for Suarez to stroke the ball home.

It was Suarez’s second

Racist abuse unacceptable: Durmaz

FIFA denies reports of Russian doping

Sweden’s Jimmy Durmaz speaks to media after he was subjected to abuse following the Germany game.

M o s c o w, J u n 2 5 (Agencies): Sweden midfielder Jimmy Durmaz says the racist abuse aimed at him over social media after the 2-1 loss to Germany has been “completely unacceptable”.

After coming on as a substitute, Durmaz gave away the free-kick that led to Toni Kroos curling in an injury-time winner in Saturday’s group game. Durmaz has since been subjected to online abuse, including

threats to his family.

Before a training session, Durmaz, standing in front of the rest of the Sweden squad and beside coach Janne Andersson, read out a statement.

“When you threaten me, when you call me ‘Arab devil,’ ‘terrorist,’ ‘Taliban,’ then you have gone far beyond the limit,” Durmaz said in the statement, which was published on the Swedish Football Association’s website.

“And even worse, when you go after my family, my children, threaten them.

Who does such a thing? It is completely unacceptable.”

Durmaz was born in Sweden to Assyrian parents who emigrated from Turkey.

“I am Swedish and I am proud to play in the Swedish national team. That’s the biggest thing you can do as a football player,” he said in the statement.

“I will never let any racists destroy that pride.

We must all stand against all forms of racism.”

The Swedish FA has reported the abuse toward Durmaz to police. “We do not tolerate a player being exposed to threats and violations,” said Hakan Sjostrand, secretary general of the Swedish FA. “It is unpleasant and very upsetting to see the treatment that Jimmy Durmaz has suffered. Completely unacceptable.”

The loss left Sweden tied on three points with Germany. They have one game left against Mexico on Wednesday.

M o s c ow, J u n 2 5 (Agencies): FIFA has rejected reports alleging doping cover-ups among the Russian national team.

FIFA said it had not found any evidence of doping among Russia’s players as the country hosts the World Cup. Reiterating a statement it made last month, FIFA said, “Insufficient evidence was found to assert an anti-doping rule violation by any footballer. In the course of the investigations, FIFA looked at every possible evidence, leaving no stone unturned.”

It added that the investigations into all players named in Russia’s preliminary squad last month had been closed.

Rubin Kazan defender Ruslan Kambolov, who was previously investigated

by FIFA over alleged doping violations in 2015, was named in Russia’s preliminary squad but later sustained an injury and was left out of the final selection.

of the tournament and seventh World Cup goal overall for Uruguay, with only Oscar Miguez having scored more for the South Americans with eight.

Russia doubled their lead in the 23rd minute when Diego Laxalt’s shot from the edge of the area deflected off Cheryshev, leaving Akinfeev wrong-

footed.

It should have been 3-0 before Smolnikov departed, but Akinfeev made a good save to deny Rodrigo Bentancur when the midfielder was played through

by Suarez.

With their job done, Uruguay took their foot off the pedal in the second half and only added to their lead

in the 90th minute when Cavani finished from close range after Diego Godin’s header was saved.

Russia battled valiantly and had a penalty appeal turned down after a VAR consultation late in the game, but there was little else to cheer the home fans.

Meanwhile, Salem Al-

Dawsari’s late goal secured Saudi Arabia a first World Cup win in 24 years with a 2-1 victory over Egypt in Volgograd.

In what was a deadr ubber game in Group A, Mohamed Salah, who was not initially named in Egypt’s starting line-up, gave his side the lead in the 22nd minute, scoring his 50th goal in 58 appearances for club and country since July 2017.

Essam El Hadary, who become the oldest player to feature in a World Cup aged 45 years and 16 days, saved Fahad Al Muwallad’s 41st-minute penalty but he could not keep out Salman Al Faraj’s spot-kick deep into first-half injury time as Saudi Arabia drew level.

The game was seemingly heading for a draw when Al-Dawsari struck to spark wild celebrations from Saudi Arabia as they ended their World Cup campaign with victory, while Egypt became the first side since Honduras in 2014 to lose all three group games at a World Cup. Today’s matches Time: 7:30 pm Australia vs Peru Denmark vs France Time: 11:30 pm Nigeria vs Argentina Iceland vs Croatia

Colombia thrash insipid Poland 3-0 K a z a n, J u n 2 5 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : Ye r r y Mina, Radamel Falcao and Juan Cuadrado’s goals on Sunday revived Colombia’s hopes of reaching the knockout rounds of the ongoing 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup after a 3-0 victory over Poland at the Kazan Arena here.

Barcelona defender Yerry Mina scored the opening goal in the 40th minute as he powered a header beyond Wojciech Szczesny.

This was followed by Falcao’s first World Cup goal that came in the 70th minute of the game.

The presence of James Rodriguez - fully fit again after a calf injury - vastly improved Colombia’s linkup play following a belowpar performance in their 2-1 defeat to Japan in the opening game.

In the 75th minute, Rodriguez provided a smooth assist to Cuadrado to add a third goal that put the game well beyond Poland’s reach.

The win kept alive

Colombia players celebrate after beating Poland 3-0 in a Group H match on Sunday.

Columbia’s chances of advancing from the group stage. They are on three points from two matches.

Poland, who had been defeated by Senegal in their previous match, have no points and are now out

of the tournament.

The South Americans controlled possession beautifully as Poland struggled to contain their star-studded attacking lineup.

Poland never really

seemed to be in the game and created very little scoring chances.

Columbia will next take on Senegal on June 28, while Poland will play against Japan on the same date.

Argentina’s final shot at WC salvation today Kane wants to keep streak going ST PETERSBURG, Jun 25 (Agencies): Held

by Iceland and humiliated

by Croatia, Argentina’s World Cup could already have been all but over, but Lionel Messi and the rest of Jorge Sampaoli’s troubled squad have one final shot at redemption against Nigeria on Tuesday.

Victory against the Africans, who Argentina have beaten in all four previous World Cup meetings, will secure qualification for the last 16 as long as Iceland don’t shock already-qualified Croatia.

Even if Iceland claim a first ever World Cup victory, Argentina could still progress on goal difference.

However, bouncing back will take a huge improvement in performance and strength of character so far unseen from the twotime world champions in Russia.

The Argentina federation were even moved on Saturday to confirm that Sampaoli would continue for the final group game

Messi trains alongside Sergio Aguero (left) as Argentina prepare for the Nigeria clash.

among rumours of a rift between players and coach.

“I get the feeling there’s a general anger at the heart of the team,” said Argentina’s legendary 1986 World Cup-winning captain Diego Maradona.

“I’m furious and very upset inside, because anyone who wore that shirt can’t see it being trampled like that by a Croatian team

that isn’t Germany, that isn’t Brazil, that isn’t Holland or Spain.”

For all his heroics with Barcelona at club level, Messi is still often compared unfavourably in his homeland for his inability to recreate Maradona’s success for the national team.

Messi led Argentina to the World Cup final four years ago and consecutive

Copa America finals in the following two years, but all three ended in defeat.

And his 31st birthday on Sunday only served to highlight how time is running out for Messi to win a major international tournament.

Without the five-time World Player of the Year, though, it is highly unlikely Argentina would even have

qualified.

Messi salvaged a disastrous campaign under three different managers with a hat-trick away to Ecuador in the Albiceleste’s final qualifier.

In their hour of need, Argentina need Messi’s best once more.

“Leo is fine,” insisted veteran midfielder Javier Mascherano, who knows Messi better than most having spent eight years as his club team-mate at Barcelona.

“He is a human being who has his frustrations because things haven’t worked out, but so are we all. Like it or not, we are the runners-up from the World Cup and we have to show it.”

So far in Russia, Messi has been held scoreless. He missed a penalty among 11 unsuccessful shots on goal in a 1-1 draw with Iceland before failing to make any meaningful impact in an error-strewn Argentine display against Croatia.

Argentina are clinging to the hope their captain bails them out again.

Nizhny Novgorod, Jun 25 (Agencies): England captain Harr y Kane is gunning for the Golden Boot and wants to keep his World Cup scoring streak going rather than resting against Belgium.

Kane sits proudly on top of the World Cup scoring charts with five goals in two games after following up his match-winning double against Tunisia with a hat-trick in Sunday’s 6-1 rout of Panama.

A pair of thunderous penalties and a lucky third, deflected home via an unintentional flick of the heel, moved him one ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Romelu Lukaku and the Tottenham man is eager to ride his hot streak as far as it will go.

With a place in the last 16 assured, England boss Gareth Southgate must be tempted to wrap his skipper in cotton wool on Thursday night - particularly with no apparent benefit to topping Group G. Lukaku is carrying a knock and looks sure to be

Harry Kane

rested by Roberto Martinez but Kane would resist any chance to do follow suit.

“I want to continue, the form I’m in, but whatever decision the gaffer makes we’ll get behind,” he said.

“That’s his decision, I guess, but obviously I want to play. The most important thing is always winning games, and if my goals help my team win then that’s the perfect situation. There’s a long way to go and a lot of good players just behind me [on the list]. Hopefully I can just continue and take it into Thursday’s game.” England currently top the standings

by a slender differential.

With the same number of points as Belgium and an identical number of goals scored and conceded, a solitary yellow card splits the teams on disciplinary grounds.

Kane is not interested in second place and would rather make keep the winning feeling intact.

“It’s important we finish top,” he said.

“We’re ahead by a yellow card or something but we want to go and try to win the game and take the momentum into the knockout stages.”

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