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Govt cannot meet all NSSATA demands ‘

Warns of action as per laid down procedures

Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUN 8 (NPN): Adopting a tough stand against giving in to all the demands of agitating SSA teachers, Nagaland chief secretary Temjen Toy Friday said the government’s hands were tied as it cannot cede anything beyond what was agreed.

He said this while addressing media persons at the chief secretary’s conference hall Friday afternoon, and also warned that the state government might be compelled to respond with stern action as per the dictates of laws and existing laid down procedures.

Toy said the agitating teachers ought to accept their responsibilities especially after the government had done whatever it could in trying to solve their grievances. Toy pointed out that since SSA is a flagship programme, funds were not pumped in regularly. He said the state government

Fuel prices slashed NEW DELHI, JUN 8 (AGENCIES): Petrol and diesel prices were lowered by 21-22 paise per litre while diesel prices were decreased by 15-16 paise per litre, said Indian Oil Corporation. Friday marked the tenth straight day of price cut for petrol and ninth in 10 days in case of diesel. State-run oil marketing companies - with Indian Oil Corporation being the country’s largest - currently review the prices on a daily basis, tracking global crude oil and rupeedollar forex rates, among other factors. Domestic petrol and diesel prices are effected at fuel stations at 6 a.m. every day.

KSW complex owner appeals to police DIMAPUR, JUN 8 (NPN): Following the murder of three youth in one of the flats at KSW complex, Golaghat Road on June 4, the house owner has appealed to the police to take prompt action against the tenant and the culprits. In an appeal, the owner, K. Samuel Wotsami said that the proprietor of City Inn rice hotel had violated the rules of the complex management (one flat one family) by allowing its workers to reside in the flat without the consent of the management. (See Advt on p-12)

This is it!

“Yes, Rs.300 per head.

Wish we could charge normal fare but it’s an abnormal road.”

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on numerous occasions and despite limited resources, had intervened when salary was delayed.

He pointed out that SSA teachers were recruited under SSA flagship programme and as per the SSA guidelines, with terms and condition that their services would be terminated once the programme ended.

He however admitted that there was shortcoming on the part of the state government while making appointments and was striving to find some solution.

Toy informed that during his meeting with NSSATA executives he made it clear that government would not take a decision that was entirely to their (teachers) disadvantage. He said adequate time should be given to the government to examine the demands and reiterated that government was committed to solve their problem in any of the sectors.

On demand for 7th RoP, he said the government could consider it but that it would have to take some time to implement.

On teachers’ demand to transfer salary from plan to non-plan, he said it was none of their business to dic-

tate on the government of what it should do by reminding that their salary came under flagship programme.

Toy also informed that currently “plan and un-plan” no longer exist since these have become redundant.

Any associations or government department cannot diktat on whether to pay the salary from plan or non-plan Toy said adding the demand was “infantile”.

While admitting shortcomings on the part of the state government, the chief secretary, however, said that did not mean that all demands of NSSATA were justified.

On NSSATA allegation that government did not respond till agitation began, Toy said the education department gave the assurance even before the pen-down strike began. “It was unfortunate and sad state of affair that a group of enlightened and educated government servants are behaving in this manner,” Toy added.

On a query if the teachers decided to continue the agitation, he said it would be “unfortunate”, but reiterated that government would not compromise students’ interest.

Recalling his meeting with NSSATA representatives, Toy said he pointed out to SSA teachers that the initial “birth defect” needs to be addressed first after which everything would fall in line but regretted that the ultimate demands proved otherwise.

Principal secretar y School Education, Menukhol John, admitted that SSA 2010 and 2013 batch teachers were recruited as state employees though the intention was meant to recruit for SSA. He said since there was fault during the time of appointment, the government conceded and tried its best to address their issue by felicitating their grievances.

On salary to be transferred to non-plan, John said there was no issue whether it was plan or non-plan as long as the salary was paid on time. Towards this, he said the department was seriously working on it so the same was not repeated in future.

John informed that at every meeting with SSA executive, new issues were raised, but even then the government acknowledged and assured to work with time.

(Cont’d on p-11)

Make IT infra accessible to common man: Verma

Naveen Verma (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, JUN 8 (NPN): Secretary Development of North East Region (DoNER), Naveen Verma has called upon the Information Technology & Communication department to ensure that the IT infrastructure in Nagaland is made accessible to the common man and entrepreneurs, saying Nagaland has the potential to become a producing State.

Verma, who attended a meeting to review projects under North Eastern Coun-

cil and North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) at Nagaland Civil Secretariat here on Friday, paid a visit to IT&C department and inspected its infrastructure where BPO and Software Technology Park of India (STPI) exist.

Speaking on the occasion, Verma lauded IT&C commissioner & secretary KD Vizo and the department for setting up STPI at the complex. He urged officials of the department and BPO employees to contribute meaningfully towards promoting IT sector in the State.

Stressing that only IT sector can bridge the communication gaps in remote areas, Verma said National Information Infrastructure (NII) commissioned in Peren district should be made accessible to common people.

The secretary asked

the IT&C department to take a giant step in making Nagaland the next IT hub of Southeast Asia, adding that commitment and dedication were required to take the State forward.

Towards this, he said the department should give its entire effort in setting up a common platform in the directorate where infrastructure already exists.

Discouraging construction of mansions and buying luxury cars, he called on everyone to instead invest their time and energy in innovative ideas with “start-ups”, saying every individual has the potential to achieve something.

Verma cited the example of Israel that has become a developed nation at two-and-a-half times the rate of the US and 30 times that of Europe by setting up about 4,000 start-ups and raising venture capital.

Maoists plot Rajivtype assassination of Modi: Police PUNE, JUN 8 (IANS): Police, investigating the Maoist links to the Koregaon-Bhima caste riots, have stumbled upon letters that point to plans to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, officials said here on Friday.

One of the incriminating letters has been found from the home of Delhibased activist Rona Wilson, who was among the five activists arrested from different parts of India on Wednesday as part of the probe into the riots conspiracy and “urban Maoist sympathisers”.

The letter refers to a requirement of Rs 8 crore to procure M-4 rifles and 400,000 rounds and speaks of “another Rajiv Gandhitype incident”.

The investigators also claimed that the communication seized from the laptop of one of the arrested persons says that “Modi has successfully established BJP government in more than 15 states... if this pace continues, then it would mean immense trouble for the Maoist party on all fronts”.

ANATG phase-III stir from Jun 11

DIMAPUR, JUN 8 (NPN): All Nagaland Ad-hoc Teachers Group (ANATG) 2015 batch has decided to launch phase-III agitation starting from June 11, 2018 till further notice.

In a press statement, ANATG 2015 batch president, Rüguotsolie, and general secretary, Tosoyol Sothu, said the decision was unanimously taken at an executive meeting of the group held on June 8, 2018.

All Nagaland Ad-hoc Teachers Group stated that phase-III agitation would be in the form of boycotting classes and demanded that the state government fulfil the ANATG demand for service regularisation.

The ad-hoc teachers group has informed all its members from across the state to remain mentally prepared for the proposed (Cont’d on p-11) agitation.

Gov for reform of education system

Governor along with toppers and others after the presentation ceremony, Friday (NP).

Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUN 8 (NPN): Calling for reforming the education system so as to halt the trend of mass produce of educated youth who eventually end up as unemployed, Nagaland Gover nor PB Achar ya opined that this called for a shift to skill development.

He said this while giving away Governor’s awards to toppers, subject toppers in MILs & skill education subjects and also late Dr Neilhouzhü Kire Angami Award to rank holders of HSLC and HSSLC examinations 2018 at Raj Bhavan here on Friday Acharya said the state continued to produce large

numbers of educated youth who remain unemployed since the government cannot absorb all of them.

He, therefore, called for changing priorities and reforming the education system so that youth were encouraged to become entrepreneurs and enabling them to provide employment to others.

Governor lauded Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) for introducing skill education subjects like foundation of information technology, information technology enabling services, travel and tourism, retail and healthcare services.

In the light of the centre being on a mission to skill youth, Acharya

constitution on the recommendation of National Commission to Review the Working of Constitution headed by former chief justice of India MN Venkatachaliah on misuse and drainage of public money to put a ban on over-sized cabinet.

The forum said it was informed by public information officer of chief secretary’s office that the RTI application was forwarded to Cabinet Secretariat on May 8, and thereafter no information has been received.

NPRAAF explained that after enactment of RTI Act, 2005, right to information is no more a constitutional right but a legal right. Before its enactment, right to information was part of Article 19(1) (a) of Constitution of India (freedom of speech and expression), which is Fundamental Right. Therefore, denial of information is denial of fundamental right and liable for prosecution under the law, it stressed.

And the State government has violated the RTI Act by denying information till date, the forum asserted Meanwhile, the forum also urged land resource, PHE and rural

development departments not to delay any longer in filing their replies to the application filed under the RTI Act on May 7 as the mandatory period of filing reply within one month of receiving an application ended on June 7. It warned that failure to furnish the information by the departments will be taken up with CIC. The forum further explained that its decision to bypass the first appellate authority and State Information Commission (SIC) office was due to the fact that it did not have confidence on it. To buttress its charge, the forum recalled that it had approached SIC on May 24, 2016 after the home department denied information on High Powered Committee (HPC) report headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice HK Sema. However, to this day the information has been denied under various pretexts, it added.

Under the circumstances, NPRAAF said it has decided not to approach SIC anymore for denial of information but approach CIC as provided in Section 18 (1) (b), (c) under the RTI Act, 2005.

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GoI, NSCN (I-M) hold CFGR review meet

NSCN (I-M) and GoI representatives after the meeting at Police Officers Mess Chumukedima.

DIMAPUR, JUN 8 (NPN): NSCN (I-M) members and representatives of the Government of India on Friday held a meeting of the Cease Fire Ground Rules Review Committee (CFGRRC), at Police Officers Mess Chumukedima.

NSCN (I-M) MIP in a press note stated that both the sides suggested promoting a more conducive environment while upholding the sincere progress in the talks, keeping in mind the landmark Framework Agreement signed between the two parties on August 3, 2015.

NSCN (I-M) members were led by ‘gen’ (retd.) V.S. Atem, member collec-

tive leadership as the team leaders and members-- Tongmeth Wangnao, member collective leadership; Kraibo Chawang, convener CFMC; Makritsü, steering executive member (SEM); Vikiye Sumi (SEM); A Makunga (SEM), ‘gen.’ (retd.) Phungthing (SEM), kilonser Arep Jamir, MIP kilonser David Mero, MIS kilonser O. Mozamo, ‘brig.’ Honreishang, ‘col.’ Khannganing PRO and DJ Rudolph, secretary CFMC as member secretary.

Government of India delegation was led by Rina Mitra, spl. secretary (Internal Security), Satyendra Garg, jt. secy MHA (NE), R.R. Verma, (Cont’d on p-11)

NPRAAF to approach CIC over PDA appointments Major bureaucratic rejig DIMAPUR, JUNE 8 (NPN): Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) will approach Central Information Commission (CIC), New Delhi immediately for being denied information by the State government on the facilities provided to party leaders who were recently appointed in the ranks of cabinet ministers and ministers of state and for not clarifying under which provision of law the appointments were made.

This was decided in an executive council meeting of the forum held here on Friday.

According to a press release issued by NPRAAF’s information & publicity wing, its president had submitted an application under Right to Information (RTI) Act on May 7 to chief secretary’s office seeking information on the facilities provided to the 13 PDA constituent party leaders appointed in the ranks of cabinet ministers and ministers of state and also whether the facilities provided to them fell under the purview of Sec 21 IPC and whether the appointment outwitted Article 164 (1A), which was inserted in the

stressed on the need to introduce skill education subjects in the school curricula which was essential for the country to move forward.

Keeping in mind the importance of skill development of students and teaching them about dignity of labour, Acharya said Raj Bhavan has instituted awards in skill education subjects as well as in major/modern Indian languages from this year.

T h e g ove r n o r r e marked that “the world is changing fast in every field and tremendous developments are taking place, especially in the realm of science and technology, affecting everyone globally”.

DIMAPUR, JUN 8 (NPN): In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the state government Friday transferred 82 IAS/ NCS and others officers with immediate effect.

M.K. Mero, principal secretary AH & Vety is transferred as principal secretary Horticulture. Abhishek Singh, IAS, commr. & secy to CM, P&AR shall hold additional charge of Urban Development. N. Hushili Sema, IAS, commr & secy, I&FC is transferred as AH & Vety and Women Resources.

Angau I Thou, IAS, commr & secy, Sericulture (designate) is directed to assume charge of commr & secy, Sericulture immediately. O.T. Chingmak Chang, IAS, commr & secy, Social Welfare is transferred as commr & secy, I&FC. Motsuthung Lotha, NCS commr & secy, Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs is relieved of the charge of Urban Development. Tridibesh

Roy, IAS, DC Zunheboto is transferred as secretary, Home de par tment. A. Chumremo Odyuo, IAS, secy Co-operation is transferred as secy. Home.

V. Maria Yanthan, NCS, secy. Women Resources Development is transferred as secy. School Education. T. Mhabemo Yanthan, NCS, secy. Fisheries & Team Leader, NHBM is transferred as secy. Tourism. Sarah R .Ritse, NCS, secy. School Education is transferred as secy. Social Welfare.

Nepuso Theluo, NCS, secy. School Education is transferred as secy. Rural Development. K. Libanthung Lotha, NCS, secy. Home is transferred as secretary, Cooperation. Alun Hangsing, NCS, secy. F&CS is transferred as secy. Geology& Mining.

S. Nyanbemo Tsanglao, NCS, secy. Co-operation is transferred as secy. Urban Development.

Dmu police nabs four in DAN secy abduction case

DIMAPUR, JUN 8 (NPN): In a breakthrough, Dimapur police apprehended four accused involved in the December 3, 2017 abduction of secretary Development Authority of Nagaland, I. Imtilepden Pongener.

In a press note, Addl.DCP/ PRO Dimapur informed that the arrested individuals were-- Aboto Achumi @ Lokivito Achumi (27) arrested on January 17 from Netaji Colony, Dimapur; Kenneth G. Chishi @ Tunato Chishi (31), main accused or mastermind, arrested on January 20 from his residence at Bamunpukhuri village, Dimapur; ‘leacy’ NSCN (R), Neiketoukho Shuya @ Neibu Shuya (36), arrested on March 19 from Purana Bazar, Dimapur; and NSCN (R) ‘raja peyu’, Ngukito Kiba @ arrested on March 19 from Purana Bazar, Dimapur.

PRO said that two more persons involved in the case were still evading arrest and efforts were on (Cont’d on p-11) to nab them.

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WEATHER FORECAST june 9

(Temperature in ºC)

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Agartala Mostly cloudy, hot

36 26

A t-storm around in the p.m.

Aizawl

Guwahati More clouds than sun, hot

A t-storm around in the a.m.

Imphal

30 21 37 26 31 22

Itanagar An a.m. thunderstorm in spots 34 24 Shillong Cloudy, a shower or t-storm

26 18

A stray a.m. t-storm, clouds

27 19

Dimapur Cloudy, a t-storm in the area

35 24

Cloudy, a shower or t-storm

29 20

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Tuensang A thunderstorm in spot

22 16

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Zunheboto Cloudy, a shower or t-storm

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Metsubo Jamir and Dr. Nicky along with administration and municipal officials in Kohima on June 7.

DIMAPUR: Minister of Urban Development, Municipal affairs and Taxes, Metsubo Jamir, suggested that changes in the opening time of shops could possibly improve the traffic congestion problem in Kohima during the morning rush hour. The minister offered his observation that opening of schools, offices and shops in Kohima at the same time of the day contributes to the traffic woes of the city. He directed the DC, Kohima to arrange for a coordination meeting with business establishments to discuss these issues.

A press release from Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) CEO the minister

said this in a meeting held at the KMC offices after he had conducted a detailed inspection of the ongoing works at Kohima Super Market on June 7.

According to the release, during the inspection, the minister was accompanied by Dr. Neikiesalie Kire, advisor, Rural Development and REPA, Deputy Commissioner Kohima, Addl.

Secretary, UDD, CEO KMC and KCDL and officials of Municipal Affairs.

The minister stressed on quality of work and said it should not be compromised and should be of the highest standards which he hoped would serve as an example for other mu-

nicipalities and towns to follow. Plans to construct well-planned out drainages around the Super Market area was also discussed.

The minister also visited the office of the KMC where the meeting was held.

The meeting was chaired

by CEO KMC, Elizabeth Ngully. Dr. Neikiesalie Kire, DC Kohima, KMC staff, officials of the Municipal Affairs also attended the meeting.

Various issues pertaining to the development of Kohima City such as problems relating to traffic, parking, road, drainage, waste management, crematorium and cleanliness of the city were discussed. He encour-

H&TE minister assures ANCSU on MBBS, BDS seats

Temjen Imna Along with ANCSU office bearers on June 7.

DIMAPUR: State Higher & Technical Education (H&TE) minister, Temjen Imna Along Longkumer, has reportedly assured the All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) that all possible initiatives would be taken to acquire additional seats for MBBS and BDS courses.

In a press release, ANCSU general secretary, Vimeyiekho Vitso, and assistant general secretary, Imnameren N Jamir, said the minister gave the ANCSU members this assurance when they met him at his official residence on June 7, 2018.

ANCSU said the minister also highlighted the initiatives of the department and government with regard to the representation of ANCSU for acquiring additional seats for MBBS & BDS. ANCSU also appealed to the minister to acquiring seats under NEC, saying in the past years the department and government failed to meet the needs of the aspiring MBBS & BDS students.

Further, while admitting that measures were being taken for the current session in respect to ANCSU representation, the minister assured that the government would arrange additional seats in the next session. He also was in favour of asking special quota for Nagaland towards the requirement of MBBS & BDS seats.

ANCSU said the meeting also discussed Kohima Science College land encroachment issue, PMS scholarship issue and other related matters concerning the student community.

Meanwhile, the minister highlighted some of the state government’s initiatives in implementing biometric attendances for the staffs in colleges from this year and for students in the following year, proper drinking water facilities, library enhancement, comprehensive access to all subjects and sponsorship of 50 students by ALS for aspiring civil service candidates.

Phek DPDB meeting held

Neiba Kronu addressing the Phek DPDB meeting on June 8. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: The District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting & felicitation programme for HSLC/ HSSLC toppers was held at Phek DC’s conference hall on June 8 under the chairmanship of minister for Planning & Land Revenue & Chairman DPDB, Neiba Kronu. He called upon the members to give their best efforts for proper functioning of the government.

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MLA Yitachu also spoke on the occasion and said that double enrollment of electors poses a problem.

MLA ChotisuSazo congratulated the HSLC/ HSSLC toppers and elected legislators and he called upon them to work harder for bright future. He encouraged the government schools to improve their achievements and urged government teachers to put in more efforts.

A short speech was delivered by DEO Phek,

headmasters of concerned schools, parents and awardees. The government schools the schools that were awarded prizes along with citations were Shothalolu Dozo GHSS Chozuoba & Shebulu Dozo GHSS Phek.

A presentation was given by PHED department & Government Phek College. Transport & Industries department were told to present their activities in the next DPDB meeting.

aged the KMC to adopt a more proactive role in solving problems faced by the public and also work to coordinate with the various departments of the state to ensure smooth implementation of all developmental programmes. He also stressed on cooperation between various stakeholders to make Kohima Town in a Model City for Nagaland.

Metsubo Jamir also made onsite inspections of different locations in Dimapur with department officials and district administration on June 8.

The Minister visited the Under Construction BPL building at Burma camp and Hazi Park Shopping Complex where he stressed the need for timely completion of the buildings for the benefit of the citizens.

In a press release, PS to minister of urban development, municipal affairs Takameren mentioned that the Minister also visited Purana Bazaar Dhansari Bridge, DMC Dumping zone and Circular Road.

He instructed the department officials to clear the clogged drainages at circular road and clear the spilled over waste at the dumping ground at the earliest.

Organizations mourn Achilla DENSU: Dimapur Eastern Naga Students’ Union (DENSU) has expressed deep pain over the demise of Achilla Imlong Erdican who passed away at Eden Medical Centre on Thursday evening after a brief illness.

A condolence note from DENSU president, Stephen Chang stated that late Achilla Imlong Erdican was the first woman matriculate and graduate from the Chang community, who did her B.A and M. Ed degrees from USA. The union described her as an incredibly influential person, who served the government of Nagaland in various capacities, a recipient of the Governor’s award and a contributor of Naga artefacts to GON. The union mourned that her demise had not only brought loss to the community but to the Nagas in general. It further conveyed its deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

A&C deptt: Director and staff of Art & Culture (A&C) department have expressed deep sadness over the demise of Achilla Imlong Erdican.

In a condolence message, additional director art & culture, Chubala Sangtam, said late Achilla was instrumental in preserving and bringing back priceless documents and Naga artifacts maintained by Gordon P Means and her own collection from USA in the year 2012 and then donating them to the department.

The department stated that she would be fondly remembered for her generous contributions made towards the department.

Meanwhile, the A&C culture department has conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed to Almighty God that her soul rest in eternal peace.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018

news in Brief Kiphire DPDB meeting: Kiphire District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting will be held on June 12, 11.00 a.m at DC’s conference hall, Kiphire. All the concerned members have been asked to attend the meeting without fail. (DIPR) DIPR clarifies: Apropos the photo caption published on June 8 (Pg 10), Department of Information & Public Relations (DIPR) has clarified that the dinner was hosted for “Ram Muivah NEC Secretary at Naithu Resort Dimapur”, and not as published.

CBCK Father’s Camp underway: A three day long “Father’s Camp” under Men Ministry of the Chakhesang Baptist Church Kohima (CBCK) is underway since June 8 evening in Kohima, at Mount Tabor under the theme “Let us build our home.” The Camp will continue till June 10.

SRPUD meeting: Satoi Range Public Union (SRPUD) has convened a meeting on June 10, 2 p.m at its banker, P Shikiho Zhimo’s residence. The union has requested all the executive members, former president, advisors and village representatives to attend the scheduled meeting.

ANSTA emergency meeting: All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) central has convened an emergency meeting with all federating units/sub-units on June 21, 11 a.m. at its guest house. All federating presidents/general secretaries and conveners of genuine graduate teachers’ forum have been directed to be present at the meeting.

TEK annual meeting: Tsopoe Ekhung Kohima (TEK) has convened its annual meeting on June 13, 4 p.m. at the resistance of its vice president, Ezomo Tsopoe in Midland colony. All executive members and citizens of the union have been requested to attend the meeting.

CCC Dmu holds free medical checkup: Churches Colony Council (CCC) Dimapur held a free medical check-up on June 7, at its colony chairperson Kuholy Chishi’s residential premises.

Free medical check-up was carried out

by M.O i/c UPHC Duncan Dr. Toboli Chishi and her medical team. Free medicines were also distributed.

SRPUD meeting: Satoi Range Public Union Dimapur (SRPUD) has convened a meeting on June 10, 2 p.m at the residence of its banker, P. Shikiho Zhimo, all the executive members, expresident, advisors, village representatives have been requested to attend the meeting.

GENSU informs students regarding admission: Guwahati Eastern Naga Students’ Union (GENSU) has informed any Naga student in general and Eastern Nagas in particular requiring assistance for admission in any course at Guwahati to contact the union. The officials to be contacted are: president, Dekhingridi Sangtam at +91-7577970143, vice president, Engo Konyak at +91-8876548326, assistant social & cultural secretary, Angshem Phom at +91-8486375625 and women coordinator, Lemsula Anagram at +918471860104.

VBS summer Bible camp in Signal Angami, Dimapur: NEI, VBS Christian education ministries, Signal Angami, Dimapur will be conducting VBS students summer Bible Camp Programme at Longleng Town Christian School from June 16 to 19, and some more programmes from June 24 to 29 at Kangching Baptist Church. All parents or guardians have been requested to send their students with much prayer to attend the programme.

AASU to conduct felicitation: Aghunaqa Area Students’ Union (AASU) will be organizing a felicitation programme on June 9, 10 a.m. at town hall Dimapur. All the students from Aghunaqa area, elders, successful candidates and parents have been requested to attend the programme.

NSCN/GPRN (R) discharges member: NSCN/GPRN (Reformation) has discharged its member ‘captain’ Visie-U (Joshua) son of K. Zakie of Piphima old village, Angami region, with immediate effect on health grounds. The NSCN/GPRN (R) through its MIP wished him speedy recovery and a bright future.

Moderate to heavy rains expected: NSDMA DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department has predicted that Nagaland could expect moderate to heavy rains across many parts of state in the coming days.

According to NSDMA weather analysis, rains would mostly occur in the evenings and nights during this monsoon. It stated that waxing and waning of monsoon rains was considered to be normal.

However, the North East India region including Nagaland was most likely to record deficient rainfall this year as per the weather pattern analysis and forecast of NSDMA. Weather models indicate that the region was likely to have deficient

rainfall by 10% to 15%.

As reiterated earlier, NSDMA stated that though there could be a deficient rainfall during the monsoon season this year, the erratic nature of rainfall and the uneven distribution of rainfall could disrupt pubic infrastructures and utilities.

According to NSDMA weather forecast, weather models were indicating that most of the weather systems forming in Bay of Bengal were likely to take more of north-westerly track towards the Central India rather than moving in northeast direction.

Northeast India including Nagaland witnesses Monsoon rains for four months ranging from June to September. Nagaland is one of the few states that witness the onset of

Monsoon in the first week of June.

Nagaland records an average rainfall to the tune of 400 mm in the month of June. The rainfall over Nagaland depends upon on the Monsoon systems forming in Bay of Bengal.

As per NSDMA weather forecast, threefour weather systems were expected to form in Bay of Bengal during the month.

Unlike other areas, NSDMA said Nagaland witnesses rain when there is a weather system formation in the Bay of Bengal.

The state witnesses 12-13 numbers of rainy days, out of which 7-8 days witnessed heavy rains.

With the onset of Monsoon rains, on and off erratic nature of rains have already started over several parts of the state.

More organizations condemn triple murder ZSUN: Zeme Students’ Union Nagaland (ZSUN) has strongly condemned the barbaric and brutal killings of its brother Tateutui Newme, son of Agie hailing from Nchan village along with two others on June 4.

In a condemnation message from ZSUN president, Aakam Pame has regretted and was deeply saddened at the lost of the precious lives of its brother who was a bona-fide member of the union. The union stated that it is an unbecoming act of the present Naga society and a sense of security has lost its place once again. The union said that the triple murder of its brothers who were brutally hacked causing great lost of precious life to the family and community and in general to the Naga society should be condemned by all irrespective of one’s own tribe, caste or creed.

The union urged the concerned authority to take up the speedy investigation and booked both the culprit and the owner of the hous-

ing complex Dimapur by setting special investigation team at the earliest and be rewarded with the befitting punishment as per the law of the land.

The union conveyed its deepest condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed Almighty God to grant comfort at the time of tragic and sad time.

NVC: Nchen Village Council (NVC) Nagaland has strongly condemned the “gruesome cold blooded murder” of three youths, Tateutiu Neume son of Agie of Nchen Village, Peren, Tia Sangtam son of Tangthseju of Kiphire district and Hori Teron, a Karbi on June 4 at Golaghat road Dimapur.

A Condemnation from Nchen Village Council Chairman, TIaklak stated that such acts of lawless killings should be condemned by all.

While appreciating the government for promptly acting on the case and also constituting a special investigating team to investigate the crime,

NVC appealed to the law enforcing agency to not leave any stone unturned to arrest the absconding perpetrators and award them befitting punishment as per the law.

The forum also urged the people not to take the law into their own hands and let the authorities concerned arrest the murderers and deliver justice at the earliest.

Further the NVC also requested to Karbi tribe to arrest the culprits within 7 (seven) days and hand them over to the concerned

authority, failing which the NVC will take its own course of action.

LAUD: Longmatra Area Union Dimapur (LAUD) has expressed shock and anguish over the incident where some innocent youth were murdered at KSW complex, station road, Dimapur.

In a press release LAUD president, Thsointhe Sangtam and Moa Sangtam stated that LAUD strongly denounces such inhuman act and unequivocally stands against such criminal activities.

LAUD described the act as cowardly, planned and carried out by criminal mind, and reprehensible.

LAUD has also conveyed their condolences to the families of the victims and further called upon the district administration and law enforcing agency to investigate the incident and deliver befitting punishment to the culprits at the earliest.

LAUD further extended their support the initiative of the Sangtam Union Dimapur and Zeme council Dimapur.

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7th Pay: MSSA, MGSF, MSPU call off strike; JAC continue cease-work

Employees of Manipur government at Tamenglong district staging protest demanding 7th Pay on Friday. (NP) Correspondent

IMPHAL, Jun 8: Even after, Manipur Secretariat Services Association (MSSA), Manipur Government Service Federation (MGSF) and Manipur State Pensioners’ Union (MSPU) agreed to call-off their strikes, the Joint Administrative Council of AMTUC and AMGEO, another apex body of state government employees, continued with the cease-work demanding implementation of the revised pay structures recommended by the 7th Central Pay Commission.

MSSA, MGSF and MSPU called off their

strikes after signing of memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government on Friday.

As per a copy of the MoU, the state government has agreed to extend the 7th Pay Commission benefits to the employees and pensioners of the government with the fitment of 2.57 notionally with effect from January 2016 and with actual effect from April 21, 2019.

The benefit of 7th Pay Commission with allowances at pre-revised rate will be deposited to GPF accounts for the period April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 and the 7th Pay

benefits with revised allowances will be paid in cash with effect from April 2020.

In the MoU, the state government further agreed to address the problems faced by the work charge, muster roll and casual employees sympathetically and settle at the earliest.

MGSF general secretary Purujit Leirikyengbam, MSSA president Ramrei Shinglai and MSPU president H Yaima Singh signed the MoU while state government was represented by chief secretary Dr J Suresh Babu.

Later, chief minister N Biren Singh invited all the

striking bodies for a talk together at chief minister’s level. However, JAC stayed away from participating in the talks after government has failed to fulfill their preconditions set by JAC. JAS affir med that cease-work will continue until their demands were addressed by the government.

Meanwhile, showing solidarity to the demands of the JAC, teachers of various schools under zonal education office (ZEO) Imphal West district and employees of rural engineering department today staged sit-in-protest in Imphal’s Khoyathong.

Constable held with opium in Mnp Correspondent

IMPHAL, Jun 8: A head constable of state police department was caught redhanded while trying to sell opium in Manipur’s Thoubal district, a police source said Friday.

A team of state police commandos attached with Thoubal district police arrested the head constable Md Akbar Khan (50) of Thoubal Moijing village along with two packets of opium around 2.90 kg on Thursday evening, around 6 pm. 50 gram of Ganja was also seized from his possession, the source added.

Akbar is currently posted at Heirok police station of Thoubal district.

The police commandos intercepted the head constable while he was allegedly negotiating to sell the opium to a person identified as Khailun Lungdim (36).

Police also recovered a cash amount of Rs 2,02,000 from the possession of the alleged purchaser, the source added. In another operation against illegal drug, a team of Narcotic Cell of Imphal East district police Friday arrested a woman along with 1600 pieces of WY tablet valued around Rs. 4 lakh in the international market.

The woman was later identified as Deitinneng (52) wife of Ngamkholen Kipgen of B Vengnuom village of Churachandpur district.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018

Assam woman selected for peace-building programme in US G u wahat i , J u n 8 (PTI): Salma Hussain, a 22-year-old lawyer in Assam, will join a team of young women, selected from across the world, for a peace-building initiative by a Washington-based institute.

Hussain, who recently completed her studies from NERIM Law College here, is the only Indian in the eight-member team chosen for the programme by Andi Leadership Institute for Young Women, a press release said here today.

The institute, established in honour of activist Andi Parhamovich, offers financial assistance to women who desire to work in the

fields of politics, communications, and humanitarian action, it said.

Parhamovich was killed in Iraq in 2007 while working for National Democratic Institute, a non-profit organization that works with partners in developing countries to “increase the effectiveness of democratic institutions”.

The foundation aims to bring diverse women together in an effort to bridge cultural divides and transform conflict through leadership training - similar to what Andi aspired to do through her work in Iraq, the release said.

Under this programme, Salma Hussain, a resident

of riverine village Sontoli in Assam’s Kamrup (Rural) district, will undergo training in peace-building measures from August 5 to 18 in Washington, DC. During the course of training, she is likely to meet human rights workers to gather ideas for implementing her dream project of adopting a village in Assam to make it an “abode of peace”, the release added.

In the past, too, Hussain had received awards and accolades for her welfare work.

The Assam News had accorded the title of “TAN Youth Icon” to Hussain in 2016 for her contributions to the society.

CM launches ‘Arunachal Rising Campaign’ Itanagar, Jun 8 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Friday launched the ‘Arunachal Rising Campaign’ here.

The campaign was launched with the objective to reach out to the people throughout the state targeting remote areas and make them aware of the government initiatives, policies and programmes.

Information and Public Relations Minister, Bamang Felix said the campaign will try to reach the remotest part of the state.

“The campaign, which is a part of the budget announcement, is the need of the hour as it will facilitate development process to reach the remotest part of the

state and provide the much needed impetus and fillip to the development activities,” Felix said. He exuded hope that through the campaign, the channel of communication between government and public would be established for the benefit of the people.

Special Secretary IPR Himanshu Gupta, while giving a brief on the Arunachal Rising campaign informed that the campaign aims at enhancing the dissemination of information on government schemes and welfare measures at grass root through various media tools print, social media, audio- visual mode and other innovative techniques to highlight positive works of the government, feedback services covering all sections of people.

Mnp CM Biren Singh takes steps Sikkim Democratic Front is a monarchy: Bhaichung Bhutia to develop former rebel stronghold IMPHAL, Jun 8 (Agencies): Taking note of the sluggish rate of development at Chandel district’s Kengjoi sub-division bordering Myanmar, chief minister N Biren Singh on Thursday instructed the authorities concerned to take up infrastructure developmental programmes there.

According to TNN, the area was once a stronghold of various insurgent groups before they were flushed out by a massive military operation about a decade ago. 19 Battalion Assam Rifles is currently deployed there.

On special request made by the paramilitary force, Biren interacted with leaders and authorities of 21 different villages of the sub-division at his office secretariat.

The AR officers briefed

the CM about the benefits which can be possibly reaped from the introduction of widespread avocado plantation in the area. They also apprised him of the problems faced by villagers owing to poor connectivity, absence of water supply, electricity and other basic amenities. The village leaders highlighted the inconveniences which they have been facing for many years.

After listening to them, Biren reached out to officials of Manipur State Power Distribution Company Ltd over phone and asked them to take up necessary steps for providing power supply to Tuitong and adjoining areas at the earliest. He also asked deputy commissioner (Chandel) Krishna Kumar

to prepare a project report for the construction of a road having proper drains from Sehlon to New Samtal.

Stating that the Centre had agreed to provide more funds to the state under Border Area Development Programme, Biren said he will forward the said project to the Union home ministry for its inclusion into such a programme. Asking the AR officers to encourage villagers to plant lemongrass, avocado and banana instead of poppy, Biren said the government is ready to install banana fibre extracting machines if widespread banana plantation is possible at the area.

Gangtok, Jun 8 (PTI): Ace footballer and cofounder of Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP), Bhaichung Bhutia Friday charged the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) being led by chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling for being a monarchy.

“Chamling (67) has been the SDF president ever since the party was founded in 1993...What is it if it is not a monarchy?” he told reporters after inaugurating his party office at Deorali.

Hitting out at the chief minister and his senior party colleagues for making fun of his new outfit saying that a team cannot perform without a captain, Bhutia said that it was not for the SDF

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know the importance of a captain in a team game, but the former India international has forgotten the basic rule and launched a regional party without a captain,” Dahal has said.

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NO. DTE/ ESTT-2/ 12/ 2016-17 : This is for information of all the candidates who have qualified in NEET – 2018 that to fill up state reserved seats in MBBS, BDS and Ayush courses during 2018-19 session, prescribed application forms will be issued from the Directorate of Technical Education, Nagaland, Kohima with effect from 11th June, 2018 to 22nd June, 2018 on payment of ` 300/- (Rupees three hundred only) per set during office hour on all working days. The form may also be downloaded from the website www.dtenagaland.org.in in which case the fee should be paid while submitting the forms printed in white paper (A4 size).

The last date for submission of filled application forms along with all necessary documents to the office of the undersigned is on or before 22nd June, 2018. Selection of candidates will be done on the basis of NEET 2018 merit.

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aside any challenge from Bhutia’s party saying a team has no chance in a game if it does not have a captain.

“Bhaichung, who had captained India and various club teams for long, should

DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Applications are hereby invited from local intending candidates for undergoing Training in General Nursing & Midwifery (GNM) and Female Health Worker (FHW) for the session 2018-19 for the 4 (Four) Schools of Nursing in Nagaland as indicated below.

1. Minimum and maximum age for admission will be 17 – 35 years on or before 31st Dec 2018.

2. Student shall be Medically Fit, Medical Fitness Certificate to be attached from Government Medical Officer.

3. Application Form duly filled up along with necessary documents and 3 Nos of passport photos duly attested by Gazetted Officer may be submitted along with the Schedule Tribe and Indigenous Inhabitant Certificate which is compulsory for all while submitting the form.

4. Original educational qualification/documents should be produced before the interview board as and when called for.

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6. Issue of Application form - 11th June to 30th June’ 2018 7. Last date of submission of forms - 13th July’ 2018 8. Issue of Admit Card - 6th Aug to 24th Aug’ 2018 9. Date of written test GNM - 28th Aug’ 2018 (Morning) - Oral 11th Sept’ 2018 (DHFW, Kohima) 10. Date of written test FHW - 28th Aug’ 2018 (Afternoon) - Oral 12th Sept’ 2018 (DHFW, Kohima) 11. Venue of written test - NPSC Hall, Kohima 12. Course detailsA. (GNM) (School of Nursing, NHAK, IMDH Mokokchung, D.H. Dimapur) i. Male and unmarried Female candidates ii. 3 (Three) years course, 80 (eighty) seats. iii. Qualification – 10+2 any stream with 40%, preferably Science B. (FHW) (School of Nursing, D.H. Tuensang) i. Unmarried Female candidates. ii. Two years course, 30 (Thirty) seats. iv. Qualification – 10+2 any stream.

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Forms will be available during Office hour at the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare (Room No.210) at the cost of ` 100/- only.

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Bhutia had accused the chief minister of being a “dictator”, “corrupt” and “communal” during his maiden speech at Daramdin in West Sikkim on the day of launch of HSP. Bhutia is a vice president of HSP. The SDF yesterday hit back at Bhutia, dubbing his attack on chief minister last week as baseless.

“Bhaichung Bhutia has been a legendary footballer, but he is behaving like a ‘Shikhandi’ (a negative character of the epic ‘Mahabharata’) by firing from the back of those forces inimical to peace and tranquility in Sikkim,” SDF’s senior spokesperson Bhim Dahal has said .

Dahal also brushed

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to worry about how HSP has to be run.

“We will decide on the issue of our party president when the time comes,” the former India football captain said.

He claimed that the HSP has make a great start in political arena of Sikkim and given hope to the people that they can have a true democratic system in the Himalayan state if they back a party which believes in democratic principles within the organization and in public life.

The SDF and HSP leadership have been locked in a bitter war of words even since the new party was formally launched in Sikkim on May 31.

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NRC draft on June 30, officials review law and order situation

Guwahati/ DIBRUGARH, Jun 8 (PTI/ Agencies): Ahead of the publication of the second draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam slated on June 30, senior state government officials Friday reviewed the law and order situation of five lower Assam districts.

The team led by Chief Secretary T Y Das and Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia visited Nalbari and took stock of the law-and-order and internal security situations of Kamrup Rural, Nalbari, Baksa, Barpeta and Darrang districts, an official release said here.

The updation work of the NRC was completed on May 31 and the second draft is scheduled to be released on June 30.

The first draft, containing 1.39 crore names out of the total 3.39 crore applicants, was published on the intervening night of

December 31 and January 1 this year.

Assam is the only state with an NRC, first prepared in 1951.

The team had on June 6 visited Bongaigaon, Chirang, Goalpara and Kokrajhar districts and reviewed the law-and-order situation there. It will visit all the 32 districts in the state before the publication of the NRC draft.

The team also comprised Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Alok Kumar, Special DGP (SB) Pallab Bhattacharya and IGP (Law and Order) Deepak Kumar.

The deputy commissioners, superintendents of police and senior officials of the force, Army and central paramilitary forces were present during the meeting which discussed various issues related to the NRC updating process, the release said.

The importance of constant interaction with

people from all walks of life to allay any apprehension, the facilities available to all in respect of claims and objections and other related issues were discussed, it said, adding an exhaustive awareness programme would be launched for the purpose.

28 groups protest against citizenship bill in Assam

The simmering discontent against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 once again came to the fore on Thursday as over ten thousand activists from 28 organisations staged a mass protest at the old high school field in Dibrugarh in protest against the controversial bill.

According to TNN, several prominent organisations, including the Asom Sahitya Sabha, All Assam K a r m a c h a r i Pa r i s h a d , Chamber of Commerce, various youth and students’ groups, womens’ forums,

school and college students, senior citizens and members of civil society participated in the protest which was organised by the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu).

Participating in the rally, Aasu Dibrugarh district general secretary Sankar Jyoti Baruah warned the government of a statewide agitation involving every section of society if the government fails to scrap the highly controversial bill.

“The Centre should specifically adhere to the clauses of the the Assam Accord signed in 1985. Anyone who has entered Assam after March 24, 1971 should be treated as an illegal migrant irrespective of one’s religious affiliation. There should be no tinkering with the Assam Accord. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 should be scrapped since it is a threat to the culture, language and identity of Assamese people,” Baruah said.

Decision on Conrad Sangma’s seat by June SHI L L O N G, J u n 8 (Agencies): The National People’s Party will decide in a week or two which seat the chief minister will contest from, its state working president WR Kharlukhi said on Thursday.

According to TST, when asked, Kharlukhi did not comment on which constituency Sangma will contest or whether he will contest at all and only said the matter “has not been discussed in the party at all as of now”.

Sangma, who is leading a five-party alliance, was sworn in as chief minister in March. He has time till September to resign as Member of Parliament and contest and win an Assembly seat.

The NPP had projected Prestone Tynsong as its chief ministerial candidate before the Assembly elections in February.

However, UDP which supported NPP to form the government was firm that Sangma should lead the government.

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Eight bills introduced in Sikkim Assembly Gangtok, Jun 8 (PTI): The seventh session of Sikkim Legislative Assembly commenced today with the state government introducing eight amendment bills, including one for raising salaries and allowances of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and ministers.

As soon as the House convened, the Speaker K N Rai took up obituary reference of the ex-SDF MLA Laxuman Lepcha who passed away last month aged 76.

The House, led by the Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling, mourned Lepcha’s demise before observing two minutes silence in his memory.

As soon as the legislative business began, R B Subba, who is the Law and Parliamentary Affairs minister, introduced the Sikkim ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Members of Legislative Assembly (Salaries and Allowances) Amendment Bill.

He said the bill was imperative due to price escalation in recent years to raise salaries and allowances of lawmakers which

was done six years ago.

Subba also introduced the Sikkim Legislative Assembly Members (Payment of Pension and Medical Allowances) Amendment Bill which seeks to raise pension of the ex-MLAs. Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling, who also holds charge of the Home Department, introduced the Sikkim Essential Services Maintenance (Amendment) Bill which seeks to amend a section of the Sikkim Essential Maintenance Act, 2000.

Similarly, the Sikkim Regulation of Transfer of Land (Amendment) Bill, was introduced in the House by Chamling that aims to ensure protection against alienation of the land holding of the category of the individual.

S B Subedi, Ministerin-Charge for Rural Management and Development Department, introduced the Sikkim Panchayat (Amendment) Bill, which proposed to provide a minimum of 20 per cent reservation of seats in gram and zila panchayat to Bhutia-Lepcha tribal

communities.

The Human Resource Development Department (HRDD) Minister R B Subba, introduced the Sikkim National Law University (Amendment) Bill, which aims to enable the Department to initiate the process of establishment of the Sikkim National Law University and to bring this Act into force with immediate effect.

Subba introduced the Sikkim Regulations of Societies, Associations and other Voluntary Organizations (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to regulate societies, associations and other voluntary organization.

Lastly, Ugen T Ghayal Bhutia, the Minister incharge of Tourism and Civil Aviation, introduced the Sikkim Greenfield Airport, Pakyong (Settlement of Claims for Loss and Damages) Bill, The bill provides for compensation and relief after ascertaining the loss and damages caused to the land and properties of the people living in the vicinity of the Pakyong Greenfield Airport.

100 cops injured in clashes in Shillong HFCL to provide connectivity Sex racket busted in Guwahati

Shillong, Jun 8 (PTI): The Meghalaya Cabinet Friday approved the proposal for pay revision of over 7,000 teachers of deficit schools and deficit colleges in the state.

“The cabinet has decided to extend Fifth Pay Commission benefits to the deficit teachers of Meghalaya with effect from January 1, 2017 which will be effective from next month. The arrears for the teachers will be cleared in four installments,” Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, who chaired the cabinet meeting, said. Education Minister L Rymbui said Rs 126 crore will be required for clearing the arrears of the teachers and an additional Rs 84 crore is required to implement the revision.

He said prior to the pay revision, the government was spending Rs 278 crore per annum and with the pay revision in place, the government will have to spend Rs 362 crore annually. In all, there is a total of 7380 teachers in 2,194 schools and 15 colleges apart from the staffs (281) at these colleges, the minister said. Last year, the state government had decided to implement pay revision for its employees with effect retrospectively from January 1, 2017 and the revised salary was paid from December last.

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Guwahati, Jun 8 (Agencies): Himachal Futuristic Communication Ltd. (HFCL) has won a contract of Rs 570 crore from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for providing connectivity to remote villages of Karbi Anglong & Dima Hasao districts in Assam.

According to Business Standard, these remote villages, characterized by challenging terrain, thick vegetation and sparse population have so far been deprived of basic infrastructure. Un-

der the project, funded from the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), Communication Ltd. is committed to providing connectivity to these villages.

As part of the project, Communication Ltd. will create a full-fledged mobile communication infrastructure using indigenous equipment that will be powered by individual solar power plants. Satellite communication will be used for villages where no other connectivity is possible.

Guwahati, Jun 8 (Agencies):The Crime Branch on Thursday busted a sex racket which was running in Infinity Spa Unisex Salon in Ulubari area of Guwahati, the capital town of Assam.

According to North East 24, ten girls along with three men including the owner Ashu Singh and two male staff arrested by the Crime branch of Guwahati police.

Police sources stated the Crime bramch made this raid on the basis of a tip-off about flesh trade being run under the garb of the salon. The arrested

females were aged between 21 and 30 years. Multiple objectionable items along with phones and other documents have been seized during the raid.Assam: Crime branch busted a sex racket operating in Guwahati.

A few of them were believed to be trained beauticians and their job was to trick customers, who visited the salon for hair cut or spa, into “other services” that included sexual pleasures, said a source in the police. The arrested females told the police that they were willingly involved in such racket for

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Prostitution in these spa salons has turned hi-tech with business transactions being carried out via smartphones and apps, a source said.

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As a result, five police personnel — Hemanto Rabha, A. Rai, Sengrak Sangma, Stanlywell Lyngdoh and B Baruah — sustained injuries and three police vehicles were damaged while one SPTS Maxi cab was partially burnt.

In this connection, police arrested Richmond Pyngrope (24) of Mawlai Nongkwar, John Dor Sawkmie (25) of Jaiaw Jingthang Briew, Pynskhemlang Lyngdoh Mawphlang (20) of Mawlai Umthlong, Jeffrey Rynjah (23) of Umkdait Nongmensong, Banteilang Lyngdoh of Mawlai Iewrynghep, Mafius Sohshang (30) of Wahumkhrah Pdengshnong, Rangkynsai Syiemlieh (26) of Mawlai Nongpdeng Block-A, Teibording Nongsiej (28) of Mawlai Mawroh Kynton, Starwad Kharkongor (22) of Mawpat and Jweslin Sangriang (42) of Mawlai Mawdatbaki Block-5. Police seized a plastic bag containing two beer bottles filled with suspected inflammable substances from their possession.

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regard to the matter.

On June 3 evening, a police patrolling party arrested 12 persons namely Shanborlang Syiemlieh (29) of Sohra, Elansius L Mawphlang (29) of Mawlai, Nongpathaw, Donkupar Kharkongor (24) of Nonglakhait, Bhoirymbong, Khlurningstat Lumbiang, Blarstarlan Kharsati (25), Arnestius Marngar (27), Enlarlet Ramsiej (27), Dandawar Dunai, Rimewanskhem Marwein, Weldones Pariong (34), Clenerlaw Kharnaior and Manshailia Pariong (23) from Lower Jail Road.

Police seized seven catapults, an iron rod, glass splinters and two bags of stones from their possession. Around 11 pm on June 2, a group of people camped with lethal weapons with the intention to create trouble. However, on seeing police they ran away. Police recovered 26 petrol bombs, one machete, two ‘gandri’, two wooden sticks, eight empty bottles, seven racks containing empty bottles, from the roadside at Punjabi Lane. On the evening of June 1, a mob gathered

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SHI L L O N G , J u n 8 (Agencies): The Dorbar Shnong will work together with police to ensure peace in the city and security of all citizens.

According to TST, SP (City) Stephan A Rynjah told reporters on Thursday that the city was getting back to normal. He added that over 100 police personnel were injured, some seriously, during the clashes with protesters as police exercised maximum restraint.

Asked about the agitators, Rynjah said majority of the agitators were reeking of alcohol when arrested.

Around 40 persons were detained and released but around 10-15 persons were arrested for trying to hurt police personnel on duty and destroy public property.

About the assaulters of three Khasi boys, Rynjah said two of them, Anil Basi and B Misah, have been arrested. Asked if there will be more arrests, Rynjah said, “We are looking into it.”

As for the allegations that the agitation was “funded”, Rynjah said the investigation is going on with

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Vol. XXVIII NO. 182 Dimapur, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018

A controversial visit

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ays ahead of former president Pranab Mukherjee’s much hyped visit to the RSS event at Nagpur, heated debates preceded the schedule on June 7, which saw the Congress party clearly embarrassed even as its leaders held divided opinions about the visit. The Congress and other secular parties are poles apart in their concept of democracy from the RSS which bases its existence on the doctrine of Hindu rashtra. The Left on the other hand is an ideological and natural enemy of the right-of-the-centre and capitalistic BJP. Mukherjee in his speech clearly walked the middle path while narrating about India’s freedom from colonial yoke and the basic structure of Independent India based on inclusiveness, its diversity. Mukherjee spoke about how various cultures since several thousand years back, had been assimilated and created a union of diversities which remains the basic strength of the nation. He said any attack on diversity only weakens India. Bhagwat in his speech, preferred not to describe the visit of a former president and veteran Congress as ‘historic’ but preferred to treat it a ‘routine’ affair. Bhagwat reiterated that RSS was for unity society and that no one was ‘untouchable’. He went on to reaffirm belief in the ethos of diversity. While the ‘Congress high command’ chose to remain mute, its party communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala tried to make the best out of it by suggesting that Mukherjee in his speech, reminded the RSS about the idea of India as a pluralistic, tolerant, secular and inclusive polity. Those who backed Pranab’s decision to speak at the RSS event included Sushil Kumar Shinde and Salman Khurshid to name some. Those who were against the visit included senior Congress member Sharmistha Mukherjee the daughter of Pranab Mukherjee and Manish Tewari.

The CPM had not opposed the visit but felt Mukherjee , while reminding the RSS about Indian history ought to have mentioned about Mahatma Gandhi and his assassination. The differences of opinions about the visit were as interesting as Mukherjee’s decision to stretch out to the Sangh. This is seen in the light of how Mukherjee as then minister in the UPA, had called for an investigation into the links between the RSS and terrorists. Therefore, Mukherjee’s wisdom in the change of heart, will remain controversial. However veteran BJP leader L.K.Advani, opined that both Mukherjee and Bhagat “highlighted the essential unity of India, which accepts and respects all diversities, including pluralism of faiths.” Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala said that Mukherjee, in his speech at RSS headquarter in Nagpur, reminded them of India’s pluralism, tolerance, secularism and inclusiveness. The debate on who won or lost, in the aftermath of the controversies arising out of the visit, continue to resonate the portals of various electronic media houses and coffee rooms etc. However, the Congress was clearly piqued by the visit. Congress leaders explained that while they never objected to Mukherjee hosting Mohan Bhagwat in the Rashtrapati Bhavan for lunch, yet going to the RSS headquarter at Nagpur signalled a dilution of secularism. Visually, the RSS appear to have got what it wanted- a certain validity. Mukherjee probably got the media attention he wanted and would weigh his next move, a possibility that cannot be dismissed.

DailyDevotion What’s Next To Do? If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. —John 13:17 Be determined to know more than others. If you yourself do not cut the lines that tie you to the dock, God will have to use a storm to sever them and to send you out to sea. Put everything in your life afloat upon God, going out to sea on the great swelling tide of His purpose, and your eyes will be opened. If you believe in Jesus, you are not to spend all your time in the calm waters just inside the harbor, full of joy, but always tied to the dock. You have to get out past the harbor into the great depths of God, and begin to know things for yourself— begin to have spiritual discernment.

When you know that you should do something and you do it, immediately you know more. Examine where you have become sluggish, where you began losing interest spiritually, and you will find that it goes back to a point where you did not do something you knew you should do. You did not do it because there seemed to be no immediate call to do it. But now you have no insight or discernment, and at a time of crisis you are spiritually distracted instead of spiritually self-controlled. It is a dangerous thing to refuse to continue learning and knowing more.

The counterfeit of obedience is a state of mind in which you create your own opportunities to sacrifice yourself, and your zeal and enthusiasm are mistaken for discernment. It is easier to sacrifice yourself than to fulfill your spiritual destiny, which is stated in Romans 12:1-2. It is much better to fulfill the purpose of God in your life by discerning His will than it is to perform great acts of self-sacrifice. “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice…” (1 Samuel 15:22). Beware of paying attention or going back to what you once were, when God wants you to be something that you have never been. “If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know…” (John 7:17).

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Attention is the key; for where man’s attention goes, there goes his energy, and he himself can only follow. ~ Count of St. Germain

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Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) 2018

eduction of childhood mortality is one of the prime goal of National Health Mission and Millennium Development Goals.

Childhood diarrhoeal disease continues to be one of the major killers among under five children in many states contributing to 11 percent of under five deaths in the country. Around 2 lakh children die due to diarrhoea annually in the country. Diarrhoeal deaths are usually clustered in summer and monsoon months. The worst affected are malnourished children and children under two years of age. To effectively address the issue, Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) was implemented in 2014, with the aim of achieving improved coverage of essential life-saving commodities like ORS and zinc dispersible tablets and practice of appropriate child feeding practices during diarrhoea. IDCF also focuses on the preventive aspects like sanitation and hand washing. The state has decided to hold the annual IDCF from 12th June to 24th June 2018, with the ultimate aim of achieving zero child deaths due to diarrhoea.

As per NFHS -4, the usage of a live saving commodity like ORS during diarrhoeal episodes in the state is only 43.5 % in Urban and 40.8% in rural areas respectively.

What is Diarrhoea and how can it be prevented?

Diarrhoea is considered when the stools have changed from usual pattern and are many and watery (more water than faecal matter). Almost all the deaths due to diarrhoea can be averted by preventing and treating dehydration by the use of ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution) and administration of Zinc tablets along with adequate nutritional intake by the child during diarrhoea.

Diarrhoea can be prevented with use of safe drinking water, hand-washing, sanitation, immuniza-

tion and breastfeeding / appropriate nutrition.

What is IDCF? How is it implemented?

Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) consists of a set of activities to be implemented in an intensified manner from 12th to 24th June2018 for prevention and control of deaths due to dehydration from diarrhoea across the state. These activities mainly include- intensification of advocacy & awareness generation activities for diarrhoea management, strengthening service provision for diarrhoea case management, establishment of ORS-Zinc corners, prepositioning of ORS by ASHA in households with under-five children and awareness generation activities for hygiene and sanitation.

Objective and Strategy 1. Goal of IDCF The goal of IDCF is ‘to attain zero child deaths due to childhood diarrhoea’.

The overall objective of IDCF is to ensure high coverage of ORS and Zinc use rates in children with diarrhoea throughout the country along with inculcating appropriate behaviour in care givers for diarrhoea prevention & management of under-five children, with emphasis on the high priority areas and vulnerable communities.

2. Specific objectives of IDCF • To improve usage of ORS and Zinc for childhood diarrhoea.

• To complement awareness activities (including Swachh) for prevention and management of diarrhoea in under-five children.

3. Strategy for the IDCF The focus of IDCF is on delivery of simple proven interventions that have large impact towards control of childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality. The IDCF strategy is three folds:

Corporate wellness goals will spell good health for healthcare industry

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ith a surge in unhealthy lifestyles, increased cases of mental illness and NCDs in India the concept of workplace wellness has become pertinent.

The market for corporate wellness, valued at $3.4 billion in 2015, is expected to reach $7.4 billion by 2024 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of nine per cent in the Asia-Pacific during this period.

Achieving a work-life balance has been a struggle for Indian employees, but company heads are realising that investing in employee health and wellbeing adds to the bottom line, and are now offering perks in the form of healthcare solutions that go above and beyond the insurance cover that was offered thus far. Companies today are committed to supporting the diverse well-being needs of their employees in body, mind and purpose. From focussing on weight loss, smoking, stress relief or even diagnostic care, wellness programmes are now aimed at employee engagement, over all well being that help enhance the employees’ quality of life.

Trends to watch out for in corporate wellness: Personalization: With a rise in awareness about health, a one-size-fits-all solution no longer works for employees.

Every employee’s journey towards complete well-being is different and as such requires customised solutions that meet their health goals. Technology plays a crucial role in aiding this customisation and also ensuring ease and convenience.

Digital platforms can give a personalised view to the employer on each employee’s specific wellness goals and activities, their current health status, interests and preferences, and will also lead to higher participation rates.

Holistic wellbeing: Workplace wellness is expected to see a shift in initiatives and goals to support total wellbeing, instead of being a tickin-the-box for employers. By total wellbeing we mean, going beyond the physical health of the employee and focusing on the full spectrum of wellness, including mental, emotional and even financial elements.

For instance, if employees are in debt or are otherwise experiencing financial issues, the stress can reduce their effectiveness in the workplace, increase absenteeism, and ultimately lead to poor health habits or illness. A holistic, focused wellness programme that includes forward-thinking concepts on finance management can encourage healthy behavioural change in the interconnected areas linking them to the bigger picture.

Expanding benefits: Our current workforce is bearing the burden of a dependent population (increasing number of people in the 0-14 and 65+ years bracket), and with an increasing geriatric population, that burden will only grow. In the coming years, employers will focus on expanding their support towards child and elderly care, that will impact employees’ medical costs for years to come.

Encourage time off: Globally, research has concluded that vacations are essential to achieve total wellness, giving rise to an emerging trend to create incentives for employees to take time off. Currently, employees still worry about financial implications or perceived workplace pressure due to taking time off. However, in the coming years, more companies will encourage and even enforce employee vacation time, inspiring employees to decompress on their own.

Harnessing the power of technology to gain better access to healthcare in a fragmented market like India is a first for the country’s workforce. As technology continues to become an intrinsic part of our day-to-day lives, the advantages it offers will only multiply.

Affordability and access have been pressing issues for India’s primary care industry for the longest time with little in terms of solutions for the average middle class Indian. With healthtech start-ups charging ahead with innovative and disruptive ideas that solve these problems, the healthcare industry in India is likely to witness a wave of good health in the years to come.

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1) Improved availability and use of ORS and Zinc at the community 2) Facility level strengthening to manage cases of dehydration 3) Enhanced advocacy and communication on prevention and control of diarrhoea through IEC campaign.

Overview of IDCF activities for 2018 • At Community / Village Level  Distribution of ORS (and Zinc) and demonstration at the household level  Inter Personal Communication (IPC) activities by ANM/ ASHA on hygiene and sanitation along with management of diarrhoea  Hand washing demonstration in schools  Mobile health teams for urban areas & hard to reach area.

• At Health Facility Level  Establishment of ORS and Zinc corners for treatment of diarrhoea  Promote standard case management of diarrhoeal cases  Cleaning of water tanks in health facilities, provision of safe drinking water • Convergence of allied departments  IDCF involves coming together of different departments like School Education (Hand washing demonstration and provision of safe drinking water), Social Welfare (ORS-Zinc corners in Anganwadi centers and nutrition support) and PHED /PWD (Sanitation and safe drinking water).

The civil administration also has a responsibility in bringing all these departments together. Awareness generation needs the active involvement of church, the village health committees, NGOs and the media.

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Why did the fox invite the crane to dinner?

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here were lots of shouting and counter shouting at each other; the Moderator of the Debate Mr. Arnab Goswamy the louder and nobody seriously listened to the other. The debate looked more like a shouting match among uneducated in the Street shouting at each other rather than an educated discussion among respectable citizens.

The debaters, all of them vociferously dwelled only on what Mr. Mukhurjee said at the annual meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on 7th June 2018 at Nagpur, to which the Hindu Rightist Organization invited him as the Chief Guest.

Important Congress Party functionaries led by its recently elevated President Mr. Rahul Gandhi criticized the President’s attendance.

Mr. Mukherjee did not say anything that we have not heard him say before during his long obedient political career and particularly before, he retired recently from the Post of the President of India.

None of the debaters dwelled on ‘Why the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat invited the long standing docile Congressman former President of India’ produced his Memoirs while he is still alive.

The reason why the RSS invited the malleable high profile retired Congressman to the closing ceremony of the ‘Tritiya Varsha Shiksa Varg’ (three year training

camp for the Swayamsevak Cadres) is perhaps in the Aesop Fables: A clever Fox planed to earn some favorable Credits as a broad-minded generous creature in the comity of the Animals in the Forest.

Therefore, he invited the long necked Crane to a Dinner.

When the food came: To the acute discomfort of the long necked, long beaked Crane, She found the food in small grainy pieces in a very big flat plate. She had to pick the food one grain by one grain.

It took her an embarrassingly long time to pick a mouthful.

She had hardly picked a mouthful when the night arrived.

So she thanked the Fox and flew away to the lake side to roost.

After some time the Crane also invited the Fox to a Dinner.

The Crane cooked fishes tastily and served them in a narrow long-necked Jar, The Fox put his pointed snout into the mouth of the jar, He could smell the fish but was unable to bite even a small piece!

After frustrating attempts, he pretended satisfied and left the place quietly.

T h e s t o r y q u i c k ly spread among the Animals in the Forest, and they did not record the Fox a broadminded generous creature!

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Secrets to success for India’s budding entrepreneurs and start-ups

ndia is blessed to be the third- Promotion, People, Process and have little tolerance for failure.

But fear can be crippling. Put your largest start-up economy in the Physical Evidence.

In addition, based upon my faith in your plan and yourself and world. Unfortunately, there is a curse that comes with that bless- experience as an entrepreneur who carry on.

While the strategies and tacing. That is, as indicated in a 2016 took an information technology report issued by the IBM Institute firm, the QSS Group, that I pur- tics will differ given the nature of for Business Value and Oxford chased in 1994 for $45,000 and one the business, I believe that addressEconomics, 90 per cent of Indian employee -- me -- to sales of over ing those five factors, along with $300 million and 3,000 employees the need for ongoing innovation, start-ups fail within five years.

The question is what can be when I sold it to Perot Systems in are cross-cutting and can be used done to reduce the number of 2007, I would offer the following by an entrepreneur to provide the failures? What are the secrets to advice that I gave in the keynote framework for becoming successsuccess for India’s budding entre- address to the participants at US- ful in any start-up line of business. preneurs and its business start-ups? India Start-Up Forum sponsored There is no single formula for There are many. But, based upon by American Bazaar in Mumbai, success, however, and the future is promised to no-one. Therefore, research findings and my own in February 2017: * Believe in yourself and your I will close with this final thought. experience as an entrepreneur, I would like to highlight a critical business. Pursue your end goal In a commencement address at with drive, determination and a Stanford University, Steven Jobs few. advised the graduates: “Your time The IBM/Oxford report cited passion to succeed. * Find and focus on your is limited; so don’t waste it living the lack of innovation as the primary reason for failing start-ups. niche market. Figure out early on someone else’s life.”

For budding entrepreneurs A 2017 report by KMPG India who will be your target customer and the Confederation of Indian segments and key customers within and owners of start-ups, I would Industry (CII) cited innovation, those segments and build your modify Jobs’ advice and say: “Your time is limited; so don’t waste it along with scalability and digitisa- business model around them. * Deliver quality products and trying to emulate someone else’s tion, as one of the three pillars for services that exceed customer ex- business. Don’t be a mere ‘me too’ building a sustainable business.

So, what does an entrepreneur pectations. Merely satisfying your business. Don’t be a clone. Find do to innovate? Here is the surpris- customer is not good enough. They your inner entrepreneur. Chart ing answer that Vivek Wadhwa, need to receive the unanticipated your own path. Create a mission, a noted American IT researcher, in order to become loyal. This is as vision and set of values that are academic, writer and entrepreneur, true for the neighborhood kirana unique to your enterprise. In other words, make it your journey. By gave in an article in the Washington stores as for Apple and Google. * Surround yourself with doing so, you will define those Post on April 30: “In a video-conference hosted by Indian start-up talented people. Pay them well. secrets to success that will enable website Inc42, I gave Indian entre- Listen to them. Learn from them. you to grow your small business preneurs some advice that startled And work closely with them. Re- of today into the big business of them. I said that instead of trying member, business is a team sport tomorrow.”

(IANS) new things, they should copy and and not an individual one.

Frank F. Islam, * Have no fear of failure. steal all the ideas they can from (ffislam@verizon.net) China, Silicon Valley and the rest India is a market where investors of the world.”

Wadhwa goes on to explain that the reason that Silicon Valley is the international leader and hotbed for information technology is that there is considerable “knowledge sharing” as engineers move from company to company. He observes that tech giants such as Facebook and Apple borrow and build on the ideas of others. The KPMG/ Sir, The humidity of Dimapur has become unbearable with the irCII report makes a similar point regularity of electricity. Electricity and Humidity are taking the opon innovation, stating: “Not all innovation is radical or break- posite directions like the positive and the negative without meeting through. Innovation can also be each other, who are to be best friends and together especially during incremental, yet small materially summer. When they are separated, citizens physically suffer from significant changes to the current humidity and get frustrated. However, when they meet, it brings operating model or products or physical humidity relief, happiness and enthusiasm to the citizens.

Therefore, the driver who is none other than power department is services.”

I would extend that even fur- capable of making the people happy and suffers. In this regard, the ther to recommend that the focus citizens of Dimapur have been patiently waiting to see when its driver for entrepreneurial innovation will learn to drive nicely and carefully, who is even expected to be should be encompassing -- consid- a mechanical engineer of our dark humidity car. May you procure ering potential improvements in the driver licence, professional mechanical engineering course certificate areas known as the 7 P’s of services to operate when our car broke down.

Keyirang, Notun Bosti, Dimapur marketing: Product, Pricing, Place, 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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Advani hails Mukherjee’s speech at RSS headquarters New Delhi, Jun 8 (AGENCIES): BJP veteran L K Advani on Friday described former president Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to the RSS headquarters and his “illuminating exposition of the noble idea and ideals of Indian nationalism” as a “significant event in our country’s contemporary history”.

Advani lauded Mukherjee, who has had decades of association with the Congress, for accepting the invitation of the Hindutva organisation and its chief Mohan Bhagwat for inviting him, saying there was significant concord and resonance in the views expressed by both of them.

As a lifelong ‘swayamsevak’ of the RSS, the BJP veteran said he believed that Mukherjee and Bhagwat have truly set a praiseworthy example of dialogue transcending ideological affiliations and differences.

“Both of them highlighted the essential unity of India, which accepts and respects all diversities, including the

L K Advani (file)

pluralism of faiths,” he said in a statement.

Advani, who has served as the BJP president for the longest period, expressed his happiness over the RSS under Bhagwat expanding and intensifying its efforts to reach out to various sections of the nation in the spirit of dialogue. “Such conversations, conducted in the spirit of openness and mutual respect, will surely help in creating a much-needed atmosphere of tolerance, harmony and cooperation to build an India of our common dreams,” he said.

Praising Mukherjee, Advani said he showed grace and goodwill in accepting the RSS invite as he recalled his long association with him.

“His own reflective nature, combined with his long and varied experience in public life, have made him a statesman who strongly believes in the necessity of dialogue and cooperation among people of various ideological and political backgrounds,” he said of Mukherjee.

The former president’s decision to accept the RSS invite to address its members had drawn a lot of flak from several Congress leaders and other rivals of the BJP, which is affiliated to the RSS. However, Mukherjee’s speech drew praise from Congress leaders as well as from those associated with the RSS. He warned that hatred and intolerance diluted national identity and asserted that nationalism was not bound by race or religion while calling for dialogue to reconcile differences

accused the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “dirty tricks department” of circulating a morphed photograph showing the former president and her father Pranab Mukherjee in an RSS cap and saluting like one of its workers.

“See, this is exactly what I was fearing & warned my father about. Not even few hours have passed, but BJP/RSS dirty tricks dept is at work in full swing!”

Sharmistha said on Twitter late on Thursday.

She retweeted the photograph posted by Ruchi Sharma, the vice-president of women’s wing of Congress’ Haryana unit.

Sharmistha on Wednesday wrote that the veteran leader’s decision had given the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh “full handle” to plant rumours Mukherjee’s daughter and false stories. also cautioned her tweets his morphed fatherShe that his speech will be pictures from RSS event “will be forgotten”, but the C o n g r e s s l e a d e r visuals “will be circulated Sharmistha Mukherjee has with fake statements”.

Maoist letter exposes plan to kill PM Modi

Narendra Modi (file)

NEW DELHI, Jun 8 (AGENCIES): The Pune Police has intercepted an internal communication of the Maoists, which talks about the ultra planning to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the manner of a ‘Rajiv Gandhi-type incident’. The letter was allegedly found in the house of one of the five persons arrested for “links” with the banned CPI (Maoist), the Pune Police told the court on Thursday.

A day earlier, the police arrested Dalit activist Sudhir Dhawale, lawyer Surendra Gadling, activists Mahesh Raut and Shoma Sen and Rona Wilson from Mumbai, Nagpur and Delhi respectively in connection with ‘Elgar Parishad’ held here in December and the subsequent BhimaKoregaon violence in the district, according to PTI.

Zonal Rlys asked to control fire outbreak Cong faces revolt in Kerala New Delhi, Jun 8 (AGENCIES): With 15 reported cases of fire-related accidents on trains in the last five months primarily due to improper maintenance of rolling stock and lack of supervision, the Railway Board letter has instructed the zonal railways to take corrective measures to minimise such incidents in future.

In a letter addressed to all General Managers of zones, the board said such incidents showed laxity in the maintenance of the roll-

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ing stock and need to take preventive action. The letter dated May 31 said: “In the last five months, there are 15 cases of fire accidents/incidents reported over zonal railways involving locomotives, coaching stock and freight stock due to various reasons like miscreant activities, improper maintenance of rolling stock, loading of prohibited items... “Above incidents indicates laxity in maintenance of rolling stock and lack of supervision, slack

supervision of commodities being loaded, insufficient security...” The board has pointed out zone-wise how lack of proper maintenance and monitoring of goods being loaded in trains led to such accidents. In the Agra Division, a coach caught fire due to electrical short-circuit, and in another instance, in the Northern Railway zone in the Delhi Division, a fire broke out because charged electronic goods or mobile batteries were stored in the luggage portion of a coach.

after party gifts RS seat to ally

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 8 (AGENCIES): Kerala Congress on Thursday decided to give away its lone Rajya Sabha seat, being vacated by upper house deputy chairman PJ Kurien, to the Kerala Congress (Mani) amid an open revolt in its ranks.

The decision, aimed at placating the party’s political ally in the state, was announced by senior leaders in New Delhi after a meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi. State opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala said it was a one-time arrangement to strengthen the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF).

With this, the Kerala Congress (Mani) – a regional party mainly representing the Christian belt of central Kerala – is set to rejoin the UDF after two years. One of the oldest allies of the Congress, it had left the UDF after the 2016 assembly election.

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States asked not to give any documents to Rohingyas JAMMU, JUN 8 (AgENCIES): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said all states have been asked to conduct a survey of Rohingya Muslims living in the country, but have been cautioned against providing any legal documents to the community that would help the latter claim Indian citizenship.

He was responding to questions about the steps taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to

deport the Rohingyas.

“Advisory was issued to them (all states) that no document should be given to them (Rohingyas) so that they claim citizenship of the country in future,” the minister told a press conference here. Singh said the process of deportation of the community would begin once the survey information from all the states reaches the ministry. “After getting the information from the state governments about

the number of Rohingyas, we will hand over the case to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). We will talk to the Burma (Myanmar) government for starting the process of their (Rohingyas) deportation,” he said.

The MHA had written to all the states, asking them to identify the Rohingyas living in their respective states and a survey be conducted to know their numbers in order to start the deportation process.

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would bring in external expertise to effect faster decision-making in Indian banks. The minister added that many suggestions wree received to strengthen the governance process and improved performance of PSBs which have boosted the government’s confidence in the future functioning of the banks.

Goyal assured that as owner of 21 PSBs, the government was committed to support each and every one of them as they play a very important role in India’s socio-economic development.

Besides, he said the government was committed to strengthen the PSBs’ operations, protect the interests of depositors, customers, employees and all other stakeholders.

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ing improving credit flow, while mitigating risks, to further strengthen the growing Indian economy and achieving global standards for Indian banks.

Goyal also announced that Bank of Baroda chief P.S. Jayakumar will formulate a strategy regarding a consortium of PSBs taking over good loans of banks under Prompt Corrective Action. Speaking about State Bank Of India (SBI), Goyal said it had a very robust mechanism by which fast credit decisions are taken in a very transparent and speedy manner.

Goyal said he believed that all bankers are now desiring to set up a similar mechanism to enable faster resolution of stressed accounts in a transparent and speedy manner.

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Mumbai, Jun 8 (IANS) The government has set up a committee to examine the establishment of an Asset Reconstruction Company or an Asset Management Company for faster resolution of stressed assets involving multiple public sector banks, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced here on Friday.

The committee is chaired by Sunil Mehta, the non-executive Chairman of Punjab National Bank, and would examine whether such an arrangement would be good for the banking system.

If found advisable, the committee will work out the modalities to set up the ARC/AMC, Goyal he told mediapersons here.

He was speaking after meeting with the PSB heads of western and southern regions to resolve various issues affecting them, includ-

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further marginalise them,” he added.

Led by Mittal, incoming ICC Chairman Paul Polman and new ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO and business delegates discussed a range of ideas to enhance the contribution of global trade to inclusive growth and sustainable development as part of the WTO’s “Trade Dialogues” process - launched in 2016 with the support of ICC and the B20.

Over 60 business leaders and policy makers from across the globe participated in the dialogues. In a clear show of support for the multilateral trading system, global business representatives joined trade policymakers at the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) headquarters in Geneva to discuss future reforms of the multilateral trading system.

New Delhi, Jun 8 (IANS): The task force on shell companies set up by the government has identified more than 2.25 lakh such firms which will be removed from the register of companies in the current financial year, an official statement said on Friday.

A Finance Ministry release here said that in the 2017-18 fiscal ended March, the registrar of companies (ROC) removed the names of over 2.26 lakh companies from its register and disqualified 3.09 lakh directors.

“During financial year 2017-18, ROCs identified and removed from the register of companies the names of 2,26,166 companies, while 3,09,619 directors were disqualified,” it said.

“A second drive is to be launched during the current financial year 2018-19. A total of 2,25,910 companies have been identified for being struck-off under section 248 of the Companies Act.” The task force under the joint chairmanship of the Finance and Corporate Affairs Secretaries had been constituted last year.

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Geneva, Jun 8 (IANS): Digital economy is changing the composition, nature and speed of global trade leading to policy friction, International Chamber of Commerce Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said here on Friday.

“Digital economy is changing the composition, nature and speed of global trade leading to policy friction - today’s trade rules reflect 20th century patterns of trade. With the size of e-commerce, touching $ 25 trn, digital infrastructure is a key determinant required by SMEs in developing countries to be a part of the global value chain,” Mittal said.

“There is a need to focus on bridging the digital divide in a meaningful manner to initiate the negotiations. Without addressing the problems of SMEs in a digital environment, it will

spending plans have already been threatened by setbacks to flagship reforms.

An estimated Rs 8,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore Air India privatisation plan flopped when the stake it was selling in the flag carrier failed to attract a single bid by last week’s deadline, putting at risk its Rs 80,000 crore divestment target.

Meanwhile, the sovereign 10-year bond yield has risen by 60 basis points since start of the fiscal year in April, and is near a three-year high due to a lack of investors. Similarly top-rated corporates, including National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Small Industries Development Bank of India and National Housing Bank, have deferred their bond issuance plans due to a lack of buyers.

To top this, foreign holders have sold a net $4.3 billion of Indian debt so far this year as investors have grown wary of emerging economies facing twin fiscal and current account deficits and higher inflation that could pose overheating risks.

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election next year without spooking skittish foreign investors. The fiscal maths are getting challenging on rising fuel prices, a weakening rupee and subdued investments.

“This could be the worst year for us, as budget calculations are under stress,” a senior finance ministry official, who declined to be named, told Reuters, adding there was a worry of at least one more rate hike by December.

“The rising crude oil prices are already giving sleepless nights as the government may have to cut tax on fuel products sooner rather than later,” the official added.

India’s economy grew at 7.7 per cent in the first three months of the year, the fastest pace in nearly two years. That would be an impressive clip for most countries, but more is needed to create enough new jobs for the 10 lakh young people entering the country’s workforce each month.

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NEW DELHI, Jun 8 (Agencies): Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) first interest rate rise since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power could not have come at a worse time for a government grappling with spending constraints, voter discontent in the rural heartlands and rising oil prices.

According to Reuters, the rate increase, the first in more than four years, is likely to be followed by one or two more this year, economists predict, pushing up overall borrowing costs for the government and companies alike.

Higher interest rates are likely to make it tougher for the government to borrow from the market and hurt a recent pick-up in the economy, while dampening revenue collection and burning a bigger hole in the government’s fiscal deficit than the budgeted target of 3.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).

For Modi that represents a double whammy, as he looks to step up spending to woo disgruntled voters ahead of a general

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too has filed complaints with the ministry on the issue and violation of FDI in e-commerce rules by certain online retail firms.

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Secretary Ramesh Abhishek said that after the policy is made by the department, it is notified under the FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) by Reserve Bank of India with Department of Economic Affairs.

Any infringement of the law or allegation is investigated by the ED, Abhishek said. On the Walmart-Flipkart deal, he said: “Under the e-

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commerce FDI policy, only the marketplace model is allowed. So the investment that they have is being made, what we have heard, in Flipkart is a marketplace model. Their (Walmart’s) operations of businessto-business and cash and carry is separate”.

Wa l m a r t I n c l a s t month announced acquisition of 77 per cent stake in Flipkart for about USD 16 billion (Rs 1.05 lakh crore) in the largest e-commerce deal which will give the US retailer access to the Indian online market that is estimated to grow to USD 200 billion within a decade.

Domestic traders alleged that the deal is nothing but a clear attempt to control and dominate the retail trade in India by Walmart through e-commerce in the long run.

Replying to a question about US demand of cutting customs duties on Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Prabhu said that every country wants more and more market access for their products.

Mumbai, Jun 8 (PTI): Gold rose by Rs 235 to Rs 31,010 per 10 grams at the bullion market today in tandem with a firming global trend amid increased buying by traders and stockists.

Silver also strengthened by Rs 250 to Rs 40,225 per kg, backed by increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

Standard gold (99.5 per cent purity) rose by Rs 235 to close at Rs 31,010 per 10 grams from Thursday’s closing level of Rs 30,775.

Pure gold (99.9 per cent purity) also moved up by a similar margin to conclude at Rs 31,160 per 10 grams from Rs 30,925.

Silver (.999 fineness) shot-up by Rs 250 to end at Rs 40,225 per kg as against Rs 39,975, yesterday.

G l o b a l l y, g o l d strengthened as a rise in risk aversion ahead of G7 talks this weekend lent support, but the metal remained hemmed within its narrowest weekly range in more than a decade as a recovery in the dollar kept a lid on gains.

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New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI): Complaints related to alleged violation of FDI norms by e-commerce players are forwarded to Enforcement Directorate and RBI as they are the right agencies to look into them, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said today.

“Suppose I receive a complaint...we forward it to the right agencies because they are the ones who are supposed to take cognisance. We are not making any value judgement on it. Violations are looked into by agencies mandated for them,” he told reporters here.

Prabhu was replying to a query on the ministry’s action on allegation of violation of foreign direct investment norms in the e-commerce sector.

RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) had alleged that US retail giant Walmart was circumventing rules for a back-door entry into India with its majority stake acquisition of Flipkart.

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Guatemalan prosecutors ordered an investigation into whether emergency protocols were followed properly, as many residents were caught with little or no time to evacuate.

Troublesome downpours and more volcanic

activity had been hindering searches, but when teams have been able to work in the hardest hit areas, the death toll has continued to tick upward.

The official number of confirmed dead was raised by 10 to 109 in the

early evening, with about 200 more believed to be missing.

Oscar Chavez trekked over a mountain with his father and younger brother to search for his brother Edgar, sister-in-law Sandra and 4-year-old nephew Josue in the hamlet of San Miguel Los Lotes, which was almost entirely wiped out by the volcanic flows.

They have not been heard from since the eruption.

“We looked for them in shelters, hospitals, everywhere, but we did not find them,” said Chavez, 34, wiping a tear from his eye as the others used sticks and bits of broken boards to dig at the collapsed, ashfilled home. “So, better for us to come here.”

A group of police officers saw what the family was doing and came to lend shovels and help with the digging.

A dozen other families also arrived to search the homes. Before Thursday they had been unable to access the area while rescuers were working.

US military operations against IS in Afghanistan to intensify

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among the country’s most dangerous militants since it appeared around 2015. “(Operations against ISIS) will continue, in fact will be even intensified during this period of ceasefire,” U.S. Army General John Nicholson, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, told reporters. The ceasefire could free resources for operations against Islamic State but some would remain to monitor the Taliban and for force protection, he told journalists on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the United States could now redirect significant military capa-

Kuala Lumpur, Jun 8 (IANS): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday introduced a no-gift policy for his cabinet ministers as he vowed to build a clean government.

“If there are gifts, they should only be limited to flowers, food and fruits,” he told a press conference after chairing a Cabinet Committee meeting.

The current policy only covers civil servants, reports Efe news. Mahathir, who built much of his campaign by accusing former Prime Minister Najib Razak of corruption, pledged to formulate a law to fight the country’s “money politics” and better regulate political donations.

B RU S S E L S, J U N 8 (AGENCIES): The United States intends to step up military operations against Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan during a temporary ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban, senior U.S. officials said on Friday.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced the first unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban, coinciding with the end of the Muslim fasting month. The ceasefire excludes other militant groups such as Islamic State, reports Reuters. The Islamic State group has developed a stronghold in Nangarhar, on the porous eastern border with Pakistan and is

bilities towards Islamic State and other militant groups.

“If the Taliban take full advantage of the ceasefire in the best interests of the Afghan people, then many of the surveillance assets we (have) overhead could be reoriented to ISIS-K, to Al Qaeda and other foreign terrorists that have no business being in Afghanistan in the first place,” he told reporters. The regional branch of the militant group is often called Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K).

Afghan commandos, supported by U.S. Special forces and American and Afghan air power, have been carrying out an operation against the militants in Nangarhar.

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With immense pride and joy, we the family members (In laws) extends our hearty congratulations to Dr. Likhase Sangtam Assistant Professor (Political Science) NU Lumami of Yingphire Village on being conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) on Topic of Thesis "Naga Politics:Its changing dimensions" in Political Science. Keep up the good work and we further wish you the best, so that you continue to achieve success in your future aspirations.

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The Kohima Shaki Eloe Randan Khumshum congratulates Mr. A.W. Ravungo Khuvung on being promoted to the post of Deputy Secretary, Govt. of Nagaland.

The KSERK wishes him success in all his future endeavour.

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Waromung Shisashir Telongjem, would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Sakutsüngba, Son of Mr. Rongsennungsang for securing 8th Rank in BBA NU from C-Edge College Dimapur.

May God continue to guide and bless him in his future endeavor.

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The Tangha Village Council on behalf of all citizens of the village FELICITATES Mr. S. Yongchang on being promoted to the post of Joint Director, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Nagaland.

The Council further wishes him good luck in all his future endeavours.

(The same felicitation which appeared in NP, Page 9 on 8th June, 2018 shall stand corrected

The Chuchuyimpang Educational Trust (CET) with immense pride and joy would like to honour and congratulate the following persons for their outstanding achievements in their various fields.

1. Ms. Opangtula Imsong, on being conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree from University of Hyderabad on the basis of her thesis title “ Neolithic Culture in Hagari-upper Pennar Region: An Archaeological Investigation.”

2. Ms. Sentisangla Imsong on being conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Degree from ICFAI University on the basis of her thesis title “ a Study on the Traditional System of self government among the Ao-Naga.”

3. Er. S. Temsulong Jamir, on being promoted to the post of Director, Department of Industries and Commerce, Govt. of Nagaland.

4. Dr. Bendangmenla Lkr, on being promoted to the post of Additional Director, Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Nagaland.

5. Er. L. Senti Jamir, on being promoted to the post of Additional Chief Engineer, Department of NPWD. CET also congratulates all the successful students and subject distinction holders in the recently declared HSLC, HSSLC and Nagaland University Examination 2018.

May God bless them in their future endeavours.

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We the Toluvi Ghami Kiphimi Kuqhakulu takes immense pride in congratulating all the successful students of HSLC and HSSLC 2018.

The Union further wishes all the successful students a bright. future.

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ISLAMABAD, JUN 8 (AGENCIES): Pakistani authorities have ordered immediate cancellation of the National Identity Card (NIC) and passport of former President and Army Chief Pervez Musharraf.

According to India Today, the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Nasir Ul Mulk passed the order after which National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has cancelled Musharraf ’s NIC. Once NIC is cancelled, the passport automatically is of zero significance.

Musharraf is currently in Dubai and according to the law, authorities can deport him as his stay in Dubai stands illegal after cancellation of his Pakistani passport and NIC. However, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has called on Musharraf to come to Pakistan. He has already missed several court hearings against him. If now, Musharraf intends to come to Pakistan special travel documents will have to be made.

The former president was indicted in March 2014 on charges of treason for imposing emergency in 2007.

IS jihadists retake parts of Syria town in major attack: monitor BEIRUT, JUN 8 (AGENCIES): Islamic State group seized parts of a key town on the Syrian-Iraqi border Friday in a massive operation that further confirmed the jihadists remain a force on the ground, reports AFP. IS used at least 10 suicide bombers in its offensive on Albu Kamal, which lies in he Euphrates Valley in eastern Syria and swiftly took several neighbourhoods, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The offensive is the latest in a string of IS attacks which confirm predictions that the jihadist organisation would continue to be a threat even after the collapse of its “caliphate” last year.

At least 25 government and allied fighters were killed in the operation, one of the jihadists’ largest this year, said Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britainbased Observatory.

“It’s the biggest attack on Albu Kamal since they lost it” in November 2017, he said.

“IS now controls several parts of the city. Fighting is ongoing in the centre,”

Fighters of the US-trained Syrian Democratic Forces gather at the Al-Tanak oil field on May 1, 2018

he said, adding that at least 18 jihadists, including the suicide attackers, were also killed.

There was no immediate comment from the government camp.

Albu Kamal lies in Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, about 440 kilometres (270 miles) east of the capital Damascus.

The area was the heart of the once sprawling, selfstyled “caliphate” IS proclaimed in 2014 and its recapture by pro-government forces last year was the final nail in the proto-state’s coffin.

According to the Observatory, the jihadist organisation that once ruled a self-proclaimed state roughly the size of Britain now holds less than three percent of Syrian territory.

It faces parallel operations from US-backed Kurdish-led forces west of the Euphrates and Russian-supported progovernment forces on the eastern bank.

IS had on Sunday launched an operation on villages along the river that lie between Albu Kamal and the provincial capital Deir Ezzor.

Mali demonstrators call for clean elections

BAMAKO, JUN 8 (AGENCIES): Thousands of people marched peacefully through Mali’s capital on Friday to call for clean presidential elections next month, AFP journalists said, after recent violent protests.

The West African country’s opposition, which organised the rally in the capital Bamako, said it had attracted up to 300,000 people, but local reports put the figure at 10,000 to 20,000, all of whom dispersed without incident afterwards.

Earlier this week the European Union urged the government to respect “freedom of expression” and “show restraint” after dozens of people were hurt in banned opposition protests.

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“Everyone for Mali, everything for Mali,” reads a banner at an opposition-organised rally in the capital Bamako to call for clean presidential elections next month.

similarly called for calm.

“We turned up to call for transparent elections and equal access to state media, and also to denounce current government policy,” opposition leader Soumaila Cisse told AFP. Cisse, 68, who lost in

2013, is one of some 15 candidates running against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, 73, who is seeking a second term in the July 29 election.

After the recent violence, the UN and the African Union brokered a deal

OFFICE OF THE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Dimapur : Nagaland

The principal and all ranks and files of Nagaland Police Training School (NPTS), Chumukedima would like to acknowledge the Managing Director and Staff of Nagaland State Co-operative Bank (NStCB) for providing Mobile ATM service to the staff and recruit trainees of NPTS. We further hope for your continued service in the future also.

SUMI SETTSU UNION FELICITATION

The Sumi Settsu Union Dimapur congratulate Er. Hukali T. Kinimi, w/o Shri Thimothy Kinimi who has been promoted to S.D.O under P.H.E.D, Govt. of Nagaland recently. The Union pray and wish her more success in her future endeavours.

President Secretary (Mulato Achumi) (Khetovi Achumi) S.S.U.D S.S.U.D OFFICE OF THE

SOUTHERN ANGAMI YOUTH ORGANISATION The Southern Angami Youth Organization informed all the Dziikou Valley trekkers that the entry tickets will be available at the under mentioned entry points.

I) Viswema Village at Bus stand and II) Jakhama Village at Kehorii Nokuzoa The Organization welcome everyone to enjoy the nature beauty of the valley, but advice the trekkers to strictly maintain the code of conduct (Dos & Don’t) as mentioned in the tickets and request trekkers to be cautious with their waste products/ materials not to litter the Valley as we all are aware about the importance of natural environment. For any information contact # 8119081552.

NEISIZO KUOTSU President SAYO 7005806129

VIRASETO NEIKHA General Secy.

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VON-JEN’S “VOICE OF WOKHA” SEASON-6 Vonjen ‘Voice of Wokha’ was culminated on 31st May 2018. The competition was held from DBHSS Youth Centre Wokha. Roland Kikon a Student of GHSS Wokha begged the Sub Title and walked away with a cash price of Rs. 20,000/-, Electronic Keyboard, Certificate and Free Original Sound Recording. Angela Kamson a student of RGHS School Kohima and Khonzani M. Murry a student of DBHSS Wokha begged the 1st Runner up and 2nd Runner-up respectively with a cash prize of Rs. 10,000, and Rs. 5,000, Acoustic Guitar, Woofer Music Player, Certificate and Free Original Sound Recording.

The judges were Mr. Yiben R. Humtsoe and Dr. Miss. Nchumbeni (Achum) Humtsoe. Since the last five seasons the judges are doing their best to keep the pace of Von-Jen’s ‘Voice of Wokha’. The Von-Jen’s Proprietor and Event Manager are greatly indebted to both the judges and give thanks to them particularly and also to Anchor Miss. Nchumbeni Kikon and hope the same support in future and wishes to all the three winners and Grand Finalist success in life.

Sd/- Von-Jen’s, Wokha Town

Principal NPTS, Chumukedima.

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with the government to allow Friday’s march.

“No to fraud” and “Equal access to national radio and TV” read two banners at the rally.

“The march is not only to demand clean elections and equal media access. It is also to denounce the regime, the cost of living and corruption,” one demonstrator, Mahamane Toure, 51, said.

Mali has been badly hit by an Islamist insurgency in the north which has spread south and into neighbouring countries Burkina Faso and Niger despite peace efforts.

France, the former colonial overseer, intervened militarily in Mali in 2013 to help government forces combat al-Qaedalinked jihadists. The election campaign is due to begin July 7.

Motto : VICTORY THROUGH UNITY

FELICITATES

With great pride and honour, we express our heartiest congratulations to Ms. VITUNALI L. AWOMI, D/o Mrs. & Mr. Y. LHOTOI AWOMI of Rotomi Village for securing Top 18th position and also the subject topper in Social Science and Environmental Education in the recently declared HSLC Examination 2018. And to all the Sumi Awomi successful candidates of HSLC, HSSLC and Nagaland University Examination 2018.

The SAKKD further wishes them the best in their future endeavors and pray that the Almighty God continues to shower His blessing upon them.

(H. PHUTOI AWOMI) President

(TOKATO AWOMI) General Secretary

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SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Jun 8 (Agencies): Rescuers suspended search and recovery efforts Thursday at villages devastated by the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, leaving people with missing loved ones distraught and prompting some to do the risky work themselves with rudimentary tools.

According to Fox News, Conred, the national disaster agency, said climatic conditions and still-hot volcanic material were making it dangerous for rescuers, and it was also taking into account the fact that 72 hours had passed since Sunday’s eruption.

That’s the window beyond which officials earlier said it would be extremely unlikely to find any survivors amid the ash, mud and other debris that buried homes up to their rooftops.

“It rained very hard yesterday. ... The soil is unstable,” said Pablo Castillo, a spokesman for national police.

Musharraf no longer Pak citizen,

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KARBI ANGLONG SAND & STONE MAHALDAR AND SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION P.O/P.S: MANJA, 782461 KARBI ANGLONG PRESS RELEASE

As per the resolution adopted at the general meeting of Karbi Anglong Sand & Stone Mahaldar & Supplier Association (KASSMSA) held on 01/06/2018, the house has taken the decision to raise the rates of sand from @ Rs. 22/- Cfty to @ Rs. 37/- per Cfty. The rate of sand had to be increased due to the rise in the Govt.

New Sand Mahal bidding and at the same time rise in the Govt. Royalty of Forest Department of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council. The sand Mahaldar had a very terrible time in payment of the royalty. In this regard, the association request the buyer and seller of sand to bear the inconvenience. The new rate of sand will come into effect from 10th of June 2018.

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Sümi Hoho annual session held

Sümi legislators at the annual session, “Baghi Hoho 2018” in Zunheboto.

DIMAPUR: Sümi Hoho annual session, “Baghi Hoho 2018” was held on July 8 at Zunheboto Town Hall.

Amongst 11 Sümi legislators, including MP Lok Sabha, two ministers, five advisors and two opposition MLAs turned up for the prayer service.

The first session was chaired by Vihoshe Muru, vice president, Sümi Hoho and Vinoka K. Rotokha, media affairs secretary,

Sümi Hoho as the secretary for the session.

A prayer ceremony to invoke blessings upon the Sümi legislators was held in the first session.

Hekhushe Shikhu, president, Sümi Hoho gave the welcome address where he congratulated the successful candidates while urging them to work with sincerity and dedication for the Nagas.

The ministers, advisors and MLAs who at-

tended the service were G. Kaito Aye, minister, Agriculture & Cooperation; Jacob Zhimomi, minister, PHED; K. Tokugha Sukhalu (IAS Rtd.), advisor, School Education; Tovihoto Aye, advisor, Power; Pukhayi Sümi, advisor, FCS, LMCP and NSDMA; Kazheto Kinimi, advisor, Skill Development, Labour & Employment, CAWD; Khehovi Yeptho, advisor, Tourism, Art & Culture; Vikheho Swu, MLA; and

Er. Picto Shohe, MLA. DC Hill Colony presented a special dedication song in the session, while Rev. Yevito Zhimo, Sr. Pastor SBCZ said the invocation for the session.

Nikheto Jimomi read out the “Sümi Kukümüsü” for the gathering. Copies of the “Sümi Kukümüsü” were distributed to the legislators as well all the invited delegates, Kukamis and Village Council Chairman from all Sümi area repre-

Four stranded tourists rescued from Dzukou Tuensang SP clarifies

DIMAPUR: Four student tourists from Golaghat Commerce College Assam, who were stranded while returning from the Dzukou valley, have been rescued by a team of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Friday.

In a press release, secretary to the government of Nagaland, Rovilatuo Mor, said that DDMA Kohima after receiving detailed information about stranded tourists swung into action and activated an SDRF team comprising of eight personnel along with a platoon commander was activated. At around midnight, the rescue team spotted the stranded tourists by using flash light signals and were finally rescued at 12:15am. SDRF team checked them for any harm or health issues after which they were taken to SDRF Kohima camp. The tourists identified as Arpan Saikia (22), Sonu Das (23), Himanshu Dutta (22) and Rahul Dhar (23) had entered Dzukou from Viswema entry point and were returning towards Jakhama entry point when an overflowing river prevented them from crossing to the other side.

Meanwhile, NSDMA has informed to take all precautions during treks to Dzukou as heavy monsoon has begun. Trekkers have been cautioned to pay heed to weather reports, take local guides and plan their trek accordingly.

BJP Mon, Longleng celebrate 4 yrs of NDA govt

DIMAPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mon and Longleng districts, separately, celebrated four years of BJP-led NDA government at the centre on June 7. In Mon, Minister for health and family welfare, S. Pangnyu Phom, while addressing party workers as chief speaker, highlighted various achievements of the NDA government under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pangnyu also said that under the leadership of chief minister, Neiphiu Rio, the state would develop and progress and he called upon BJP party workers and the public to unite and cooperate with the government. According to a press release by BJP Mon division president, Nyawang Wangsa and press secretary, Noke Konyak P, the programme was chaired by (ST) general secretar, Angip, welcome speech was delivered by BJP president Mon Division, Nyawang Wangsa, short speech was given by state secretary BJP Nagaland, Lima Onen Chang, special song was presented by Chingai Ward Youth while vote of thanks was delivered by NDPP President Mon Division, Tongang.

LONGLENG: BJP Longleng division celebrated the day by organizing a programme at EBRC Hall, Longleng with advisor for L&J /BA/ Treasury & Account Dr, Longri Niken. Longleng Ao Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Toshi Merem invoked God’s presence while the programme was attended by state BJP vice president, Imsu Yaden and other dignitaries and party officials and workers.

DIMAPUR: Superintendent of Police, Tuensang, has issued a clarification regarding allegations of police high handedness. According to the clarification, one M.B Akhang Chang, Indian Navy (Marine Commando), on June 5, posted a viral message on social media where he alleged that he and his family members were assaulted and detained for hours by Tuensang police over a single bottle of Rum. The clarification said that a MVCP was conducted on May 15 where one case of MC Rum (IMFL) was found in a Tata Sumo vehicle. It was found that it belonged to Akhang who serves in the Indian Navy in Andaman Nicobar. He was unable to produce a leave command certificate, except for his service ID card and he had no documents authorizing him to possess any liquor.

In spite of this, the police party let him off in “good faith” and did not seize the case of Rum considering he was from the Navy and since he said he was going to use the Rum in a marriage party.

Tuensang police denied the allegations levelled on it as “totally false” and also clarified the incident occurred on May 15 and not May 30 as he mentioned.

The clarification said the police party never assaulted nor meted out any inhuman behaviour against any occupant of the vehicle. “If he really feels that he and his family were assaulted and treated inhumanly, he could have come and approach(ed) the senior officers of the unit in (the) time when he was in Tuensang”, it concluded.

sentatives, and Town GBs of Zunheboto town.

The prayer service was conducted by Rev. Dr. Daniel Chishi, pastor, ZTSBC, which concluded the first session.

After a lunch break, the 2nd Session was chaired

by Hokishe Kiba, treasurer, Sümi Hoho, while Nitovi Assumi, secretary, was the session secretary.

Toppers and subject toppers of HSLC/HSSLC were felicitated and given cash awards. The Sümi Education Committee chairman, Vihoshe Muru felicitated all the successful candidates who appeared in the examination, congratulating and wishing them the best for their educational careers while commiserating with candidates who failed the examination. He also read out the resolution passed by the Sümi Hoho to the unanimous approval of the gathering.

Nikheto Jimomi, general secretary, Sümi Hoho read out the annual report, while Hokishe Arkha, former Sümi Hoho, president, pronounced the benediction on the Baghi Hoho, 2018.

DIMAPUR: Immanuel College, IQAC and Research and Seminar Committee organised a one day Seminar on “Floristic Diversity of North East India” at the college conference hall on June 8 for its botany students.

Media cell convener, Akutu Poireng, through K Y M C

a press release said the seminar consisted of two sessions. The resource persons for the first session, Dr. Ashiho Asosii Mao, Scientist-F, Botanical Survey of India Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong, spoke on the topic of “Floristic Diversity of NorthEast India”. He talked

about the North Eastern region being considered a geographic gateway for much of India’s Flora and fauna, harbouring exceptional biodiversity with relatively complex biogeography with the region containing more than onethird of the country’s total biodiversity.

The second resource person for the seminar was Dr. Tar un Lunar Jana, HoD Botany, St. John College Dimapur, who spoke on the topic “A preliminary Census & Taxonomic Survey of Host Plants of Cuscutareflexa Roxb. in Dimapur District, Nagaland”. I’m his

Resource persons along with the participants.

DIMAPUR: A one day district level orientation on Laqshya (Improving Quality of Care in Labour Room) and Dakshata was conducted on June 5 at District Hospital Tuensang conference hall.

In a press release from CMO Tuensang, Dr. T. Pangjung Sangtam and media officer, Kupje Buchem stated that the workshop was conducted mainly focused on im-

proving the quality of health care in the labour room and maternity OT and reduce preventable maternal and newborn mortality, morbidity and stillbirth rates, associated with the care around delivery in labour room and OT and ensure respectful maternity care.

The resource persons for the workshop were District Hospital Tuensang O&G specialist, Dr. A.

Yanrenthung Jami and DPM (Quality Assurance), Angelina Jungi.

The participants for the workshop were DIO (RCH & UIP), Dr. Thungchanbeni Patton, MS, Dr. I. Maotemjen, Pathologist, Dr. Tochi, DPM, BPM Tuensang Sadar, nursing in-charge of labour room and OT, nurses from various wards and students of nursing school Tuensang attended the programme.

Operationalisation of HWCs orientation workshop held DIMAPUR: A one day state level Orientation Workshop on the Operationalisation of Health & Wellness Centre (HWCs) under Ayushman Bharat initiative was held on June 8, at the Conference Hall of Hotel Vivor, Kohima.

T h e Wo r k s h o p was conducted by the DoH&FW in collaboration with Developmental Partner Jhpiego- a nonprofit global health leader affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University, and was attended by attended by district and state officials of the DoH&FW

and others.

A press release from the Department of Health & Family Welfare (DoH&FW) said that DoH&FW commissioner & secretary, I. Himato Zhimomi, while speaking at the workshop called upon the health service providers of the state for a newer and holistic approach to health issues.

He also emphasized on the emerging need for the introduction of the concept of wellness apart from health.

Dr. Kevichusa, mission director, NHM, also

spoke about the need for continuum of care for chronic NCD diseases beside the RMNCH+A services. He urged all the officials present to support the initiative for successful implementation of HWCs. According to the release, through the workshop the state aims to roll out comprehensive primary health care (CPHC) services through up-gradation of existing health facilities into HWCs across the state.

In the first phase of implementation the gov-

ernment of Nagaland will be upgrading 56 sub-centers to Health and Wellness Centers (HWCs). The Government of India has also selected 2 PHCs in Kiphire among the 115 aspirant districts in the country to be activated as HWCs and all the 5 Urban PHCs will also be upgraded to HWCs in the State.

State senior program officials also expressed their gratitude towards Jhpiego for extending their technical support in operationalisation of HWCs and roll out of a Bridge Program in the state.

DC Longleng concerned over slow construction of sub-jail

DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Longleng District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) vice chairman, John Tsulise Sangtam, in the DPDB meeting on Friday raised concerns over the incomplete sub-jail construction and sought a status report from the concerned department.

According to a DIPR report, the deputy commissioner, who was chairing Longleng DPDB monthly meeting, acknowledged that that jail department had not been set up in the district due to non completion of the sub-jail.

John then asked the Superin-

State Level Seminar on Floristic Diversity held

Botany honours students of Immanuel College and St. John College Dimapur at the seminar.

District level orientation on Laqshya & Dakshata

presentation, he explained the orderly enumeration of Host Plants of Cuscuta reflex roxb from Dimapur District Nagaland.

For the second session .Dr Ashiho Asosii Mao was the first speaker. His presentation was on the topic “Medicinal Plants of North East India”.

The second speaker for the session was Vepu, asst prof. Dept of Botany, Immanuel College. He spoke on the topic “Resource Potential &Chall e n ge s o f B a m b o o i n Nagaland,North East India”.

The moderator for the seminar was Imjungla Imchen, asst. prof., Dept. of History. God’s presence was invoke by Talichuba Walling, asst. prof., Dept Pol.Sc. An inaugural address was presented by Dr. A Loss Chalai, chairman, Governing Body.

The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by Th. Sharatchandra Singh, principal, Immanuel College. Rapporteurs for the seminar were Temsutola, asst. prof., Dept.of Botany and Olempenla Longkumer, Dept. of Environment Studies.

tendent of Police (SP) Longleng to inquire about the status of the jail from the PHQ ascertain the reason behind the slow construction progress. DIPR report stated that during the discussion it was “disclosed that shortage of fund was the reason behind its slow progress”.

In order to generate better coordination and understanding among the government officers posted in Longleng, the DC also proposed organizing a “Officers Club of Longleng”.

He asserted that besides maintaining a friendly atmosphere among the officers, officers club could also

ANSTA Peren supports ANATG & NSSATA DIMAPUR: All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA), Peren Unit has appealed to the state government to immediately regularize the service of 1166 Adhoc Teachers in the state.

In a press release, ANSTA, Peren Unit president, Kaibakam Pamai and general secretary, Haidun stated that the education department was well aware the ANATG members had fulfilled all criteria by undergoing the required training, suitability tests conducted by the department on May 20, 2017, spot verification of documents on May 22, 2017. In the light of all these formalities being completed, the ANSTA Peren Unit urged the state government to regularize the post of the 1166 teachers of various categories without any further delay. On the other hand, the ANSTA, Peren Unit also said it supports the ongoing agitation of the state SSA Teachers and urged the state government to find an amicable solution to fulfil the demand of “our fellow agitation teachers at the earliest.”

encourage, and take initiatives for the benefit of, the people in many ways.

District Hospital Longleng, dentist, Dr. Bongau, submitted a proposal for creation of sub-centers and upgradation of sub-centers and PHCs under the district.

PPC president, Chingan Phom, requested the government officers to be regular in their place of posting for the welfare of the people. He also urged the officers to be active and come forward with proposals for development of the district. DPO (LRD), Longleng, I. Acato Chishi, presented the departmental activities under Longleng.

Meeting on cordial tribal relations held

DIMAPUR: A Coordination meeting of the nine tribal union Tuensang town was held on June 7, at the CKS hall.

The meeting was held under the initiative of Chang Khulei Setshang (CKS) 2018, with the respective tribal union leaders.

In a press release, CKS president Nungsanglemba Chang said during the meeting, some cordial issues were discussed including the poor road connectivity between Mokokchung-Tuensang towns, which was the only lifeline for the people of Tuensang district. The need for a two-lane road between Mokokchung and Tuensang was also brought up.

It also deliberated on the ongoing practices of agencies with essential commodities and loan business through agents/middleman between SBI and the public, which leads to extra financial burden on customers/ beneficiaries.

Many members pointed out that the prices of essential commodities were higher in Tuensang than in sub-divisions or villages which transport those commodities from Tuensang

itself. Other related problems faced by the general public were also discussed at length.

The house after a prolong deliberation unanimously resolved to extend full co-operation to the district administration and law enforcing agencies at all times of need, and resolved to be transparent in sharing information and approach things with cooperative mindsets and it also resolved to extend full support to each other in times of need.

The house also resolved to settle all petty cases, involving individuals from different communities, amicably by the respective tribal unions in the time to avoid escalation.

F u r t h e r m o r e, t h e house also resolved that all issues pertaining to the welfare of the general public of Tuensang Town will be operatively taken to the concerned authority.

Later, all the tribal union leaders agreed to implement the meeting resolutions in spirit and suggested to hold such coordination meetings from time to time.

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Gauri, Kalburgi murders connected

BENGALURU, JUN 8 (AGENCIES): The same gun was used to kill journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh and rationalist MM Kalburgi in Karnataka, the state forensic science laboratory has confirmed in a report, sources in the SIT said.

The forensic report submitted to the Special Investigation Team probing the killing of Lankesh is part of the first chargesheet filed recently by the SIT naming KT Naveen Kumar as an accused.

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However, Kumar, who was recently arrested, in a statement to the SIT has claimed he had failed to arrange for bullets to execute the plot to kill Lankesh.

The chargesheet is the first official confirmation of the link between the two killings which happened after a gap of two years of each other.

Kalburgi (77) was shot dead in his house on August 30, 2015, in Dharwad and 55-year old Lankesh on September 5, 2017 here.

The SIT members had earlier talked about the same-gun theory but for the first time it has come out in the open to show that Kalburgi’s murder was the handiwork of the same gang. The bullets in both cases “have been fired through a single country made pistol chambered for 7.65 mm caliber pistol cartridges,” a source said quoting the report. The report also pointed out that the scratches formed by the firing pin on the bullets tal-

lied among themselves. In his recorded statement, a copy of which is available with PTI, Naveen Kumar said he became aware of the conspiracy to kill Lankesh last August after Praveen Kumar, another suspect, told him about it.

He further said Praveen Kumar had told him to arrange for bullets to kill Lankesh, but he couldn’t complete the task. He told the SIT that he came to know of her killing through television channels.

(From p-1) In his speech, Vizo highlighted the initiatives of the department, adding that Government of India had recently approved establishing Free Space Optical Communication in Nuiland and that the State government had acquired 200 acres of land for the purpose.

Stating that the department dreams of making the State the next IT hub of Southeast Asia, he assured all help from IT&C department, even as he sought cooperation from the Centre in this regard. The

Major bureaucratic rejig (From p-1) Kesonyu Yhome, IAS, commissioner of Taxes shall hold additional charge of Team Leader, Bamboo Mission.

A. Robin Lotha, NCS, addl. secy. Land Revenue is transferred as addl. secy.

Transport.

Smita Sarangi, IAS, DC Peren is transferred as principal director, School Education.

Shanavas C, IAS, DC Phek is transferred as DC Zunheboto. Peter Lichamo, NCS, jt. secy. Agri & Team Leader, Bamboo Mission is relieved of Team Leader, Bamboo Mission.

Zhothisa Dawhuo, NCS, jt. secy. Home is transferred as director, Lotteries.

Orenthung Lotha, NCS, jt. secy. Rural Development is transferred as DC, Phek.

Limawapang Jamir, NCS, director Lotteries is transferred as jt. secy. YRS. Arenla Jamir, NCS, DRC Nagaland House, Kolkata is transferred as jt. secy.

Home.

Rober t Longchari, NCS, DRC Nagaland House, Guwahati is transferred as jt. secy. Land Revenue.

Kovi Meyase, NCS, jt. secy. Land Resources is transferred as jt. secy.

Municipal Affairs & CEO, Smart City & Administrator, KMC. Wonchio Odyuo, NCS, jt. secy. Works & Housing is transferred as jt. secy. Science & Technology.

Elizabeth Ngully, jt. secy. MAD & CEO, Smart City & Administrator KMC is transferred as jt. secy.

Tourism. S. Tainiu Khiamniungan, NCS, jt. secy. Power is transferred as DC Peren.

Sara S. Jamir, NCS, ADC Dimapur on promo-

tion is transferred as jt. secy.

Power.

Sungtila Jamir, NCS, dy. secy. Power is transferred as DRC, Nagaland House, Guwahati.

P. Mono Khiamniungan, NCS, ADC Mon is transferred as ADC Tuensang. Albert Ezung, NCS, ADC Tuensang is transferred as ADC Dimapur.

Kumar Ramnikant, IAS, ADC Kiphire is transferred as ADC Mon. Reny Wilfred, IAS, SDO (C) Mon is transferred as SDO (C) Kiphire. Chubawati Chang, NCS, ADC Peren is transferred as ADC Kiphire. Renbeni Ngullie, NCS, dy. secy. Home is transferred as DRC, Nagaland House, Kolkata.

Lithrongla T.Rutsa, NCS, ADC Satakha is transferred as ADC Kohima. T.L. Kiusumong Tikhir, NCS, ADC Kohima is transferred as ADC Satakha.

Vikhweno M. Chale, NCS, ADC Medziphema is transferred as dy. secy.

Horticulture. Thsuvisie Phoji, NCS, ADC Noklak is transferred as ADC Medziphema.

Imsongmeren, NCS, dy. secy. RD is transferred as ADC Tuli.

Bendanglila, NCS, dy. secy. Science & Technology is transferred as dy. secy.

Urban Development.

Avelu Ruho, NCS, ADC Pughoboto is transferred as ADC Phek.

Phulushe K. Yepthomi, NCS, ADC Shamator is transferred as ADC Pughoboto.

K. Mhathung Tsanglao, NCS, ADC Phek is transferred as ADC, Wokha. Dr. Tinojongshi Chang, NCS, ADC Meluri is transferred as ADC Jalukie.

Rhosietho Nguori, NCS, ADC Tuli is trans-

ferred as ADC, Meluri. Nokchasashi Jamir, NCS, ADC Wokha is transferred as ADC Tseminyu. Theodore Yanthan, NCS, ADC Tseminyu is transferred as ADC Noklak. T. Lankonsen Tsanglao, NCS, SDO (C) Jalukie is transferred as SDO (C) Shamator and will hold the charge of ADC Shamator.

Temjensangla, NCS, dy. secy. Co-Operation is transferred as dy. secy. Municipal Affairs.

Moakumzuk Tzudir, NCS, SDO (C) Kohima is transferred as SDO (C) Changtongya.

Chumlamo Humtsoe, NCS, SDO (C) Changtongya is transferred as SDO (C), Mon. Mhalo Humtsoe, NCS, SDO (C) Dhansiripar is transferred as RO Dimapur.

Atsungba Walling, NCS, RO Dimapur is transferred as SDO (C) Mangkolemba.

Chongpenthung Ezung, NCS, SDO (C) Mangkolemba is transferred as SDO (C) Wokha.

Kelevituo Nisa, NCS, SDO (C) Chessore is transferred as RO Kohima. Thejakhrienuo Nisa, NCS, SDO (C) Mon is transferred as under secy. Works & Housing.

Thungchanbemo Tungoe, NCS, SDO (C) Kiphire is transferred as SDO (C) Mokokchung.

Longdiba L. Sangtam, NCS, SDO (C) Mokokchung is transferred as SDO (C) Kiphire.

Echongbemo Er ui, NCS, EAC Yongyah is transferred as EAC Englan.

Vejoyo Swuro, NCS, EAC Wokha is transferred as EAC Dimapur.

Tumben Tsanglao, NCS, EAC VK is transferred as EAC Wokha. Seyiekhri-

etuo Solo, NCS, EAC Panso is transferred as EAC Kezocha. Vineikho Tetso, NCS, EAC Aboi is transferred as EAC Kohima.

Daniel Angami, NCS, EAC Mokokchung is transferred as EAC Kohima.

Selemla S Sangtam, NCS, EAC Phek is transferred as EAC Baghty. Rumbemo T. Kithan, NCS, EAC Mopung is transferred as EAC Ngwalwa.

Temsuchuba Jamir, NCS, EAC Chazouba is transferred as EAC Mokokchung. Tsidi, NCS, EAC Tuensang is transferred as EAC Dimapur.

T. Sulanthung, NCS, EAC Phek is transferred as EAC Bhandari. Kihomong Yimchunger, NCS, EAC Tobu is transferred as EAC Sotokur.

James Renbi Kikon, NCS, EAC Pungro is transferred as EAC Sanis. Arhomo Yanthan, NCS, EAC Zunheboto is transferred as EAC Wokha.

Bodi Kapfo, NCS, EAC Bhandari is transferred as EAC Mokokchung. Yanthungbemo Kikon, NCS, EAC Peren is transferred as EAC Nihokhu.

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Tokai V. Sumi, NCS, EAC Chuchuyimlang is transferred as EAC Dimapur.

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Weku Zhiemi, NCS, EAC Kohima is transferred as EAC Chuchuyimlang and Luchui Fithu, NCS, EAC Mokokchung is transferred as EAC Phek.

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AHoDs and HoDs of various departments discussed in detail the status of on-going projects and shared their views, grievances and the challenges faced by them. The review meeting also deliberated the execution of schemes and status of fund utilization in various departments. NEC secretary Ram Muivah delivered the vote of thanks.

The visiting dignitaries from DoNER and NEC inspected the state’s NEC funded projects.

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Verma suggested that Nagaland, through Nagaland Honey Mission, should bring out a brand of honey for the market, to promote the abundant indigenous produce of the state.

He further requested the departments to submit detailed reports to the concerned authority at a stipulated time frame.

He also encouraged the department to use funds efficiently with an aim to bring sustainable development through its projects.

Verma informed that those on-going projects, not in

He, however, regretted that there was trust deficit between the government and the teachers.

He said government has not slept over the issue, but fast-tracked to work out the issues. He said just to let NSSATA call off the agitation, the government cannot give “Written” assurance on time frame, as trust deficit would grow if that could not be met. However, he said all efforts were being made to solve the issue.

On the response of the RTI in 2013 where it was furnished that the SSA teachers of 2010-2013 were appointed as state regular employees, John said the reply should not be in that manner but refuted the RTI reply saying as the principal secretary he took responsibility.

John, however, said that whatever be the issue, it cannot be wiped out at one go and appealed the agitating teachers to trust the department, give some space to breathe and allow them to work.

Meanwhile, NSSATA has decided to continue their agitation in the Secretariat on Monday and would not call off until they were assured of their demands in writing.

The agitating teachers, who had earlier decided to protest outside CM’s residence, shifted to civil secretariat Friday since DC Kohima refused permission for security reasons.

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NEC review meeting held: Later, a review meeting was held with the DoNER Secretary, Naveen Verma and North East Council secretary, Ram Muivah with various departments at the Secretariat conference hall, Kohima. According to DIPR, the meeting chaired by chief secretary, Temjen Toy, reviewed NEC funded projects including on-going projects and those that have been delayed for more than two years since the scheduled date of completion.

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of becoming self-centred.

He also expressed his happiness to be able to commemorate 100 years of the first Naga matriculate-- late Dr. Neilhouzhü Kire, whose family members announced a cash award of Rs 1 lakh for the HSLC topper. He advised the students to set their aims high and go for it with conviction and selfbelief and reminded them of the stiff competition ahead.

He said they must inculcate the right discipline in studies and also right moral values.

In her welcome address, NBSE chairman Asano Sekhose congratulated all the achievers and their parents. She encouraged the

achievers to keep the flame of determination burning, trust their ability to excel and remain committed till they achieve their goals.

In his brief address, principal secretary School E d u c a t i o n & S C E RT, Menukhol John congratulated the successful students and lauded the achievers’ parents for their support and guidance to their children. He reminded the students that their real journey had just began and asked them to work hard. Late Dr Neilhouzhü Kire’s son and former DGP, K. Kire also addressed the gathering and narrated his father’s history and about the one-time

award.

Vivotsonuo Sorhie, Benrithung L Jungio, Marina Yashmin and Virienuo Emilia Solo – toppers in HSLC, HSLLC Arts, HSSLC commerce and HSLLC Science respectively – also spoke on the occasion.

The programme was conducted by Mechiini Iralu, principal of CD King Higher Secondary School (HSS), Jotsoma, Kaini Kikon, principal of Pilgrim High School, Dimapur gave the invocation prayer. A special song was presented by students of Mezhur HSS, Kohima and an Indian classical song presented by students of Pranab Vidyapith HSS, Dimapur.

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14,500 safety bunkers to be built in J&K border areas

Rajnath Singh

said the government was concerned over the safety of people living in border areas as Pakistani forces continue unprovoked firing and shelling to target Indian areas.

To ensure their safety, 13,029 bunkers each with a capacity to shelter 8-10 people and 1,431 community bunkers each with a capacity to house 40-50 people would be constructed in the areas near the borders.

For this, he said, Rs 450 crore was sanctioned.

The minister said five bullet-proof ambulances would also be stationed permanently on the border areas to tackle emergency situations.

He said five IR battal-

ions would be raised with 60 per cent reservation for border residents. There will be two more women battalions -- one each for Jammu and the valley. This, besides boosting security, will also give direct employment to nearly 7,000 young men and women in the state.

Two of the battalions, the minister said, would be deployed to guard villages falling between 0-10 km from forward posts.

The minister also announced financial assistance of Rs 5.5 lakh per family for west Pakistani refugees settled in the state since 1947. The decision will benefit nearly 5,764 families who have no citizenship and voting rights in Jammu and Kashmir.

These refugees cannot apply for state government jobs and vote in Assembly elections. But they are eligible to vote in parliamentary polls.

Rajnath Singh said the government had decided to increase to Rs 13,000 from 10,000 the monthly financial assistance for each Kashmiri migrant family living in Jammu and other parts of the country.

Muslims should emerge as political force, says Owaisi Minister) H.D. Kumaraswamy had offered MIM a seat but he declined.

The Hyderabad MP said Muslims could no longer trust the Congress.

“The Congress is finished.

A man who spent 50 years in Congress and was President of India visited RSS headquarters. Do you still have hopes from this party,” he asked referring to Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to RSS headquarters on Thursday.

Owaisi said there was need to think of an alternate to the Bharatiya Janata Party, other than the Congress. “The alternate is regional parties and they have to be strengthened,” he said referring to the proposal of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao for a federal front as alternative to both BJP and Congress and to bring qualitative change in the country’s

MP CM to address farmers, transfer incentives to accounts

Bhopal, Jun 8 (AGENCIES): Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will address a farmers’ convention in Jabalpur on Sunday and transfer incentives amount to them, the state’s agriculture department has said, barely three days after Congress president Rahul Gandhi made the farm issue a key poll plank during a rally in Mandsaur.

A letter dated June 7, 2018, sent by the farmers’ welfare and agriculture development department said Chouhan will transfer the amount to farmers’ bank accounts during a ‘kisan mahasammelan’ at Rs 265 per quintal on the procurement of wheat during Rabi season this year.

Official sources said nearly 67.25 lakh metric tonnes of wheat is expected to be procured for the Rabi season.

The spokesperson of Congress’ Madhya Pradesh unit on agriculture Ajay Singh Yadav said the conventions were just an eyewash. “The incentive of Rs 265 per quintal will be given only to a few farmers just for CM’s media coverage. Otherwise, most farmers will be deprived of the same,” Yadav said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s state spokesperson Rajneesh Agrawal, on his

part, said the conventions were a unique step taken by the government and will ensure farmers’ participation in the process.

“It should also be an eye-opener for the Congress that the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh is concerned for farmers’ welfare and is taking measures one after another to make agriculture a means of profit for them,” Agarwal added.

The war to woo farmers ahead of the assembly elections has intensified in the state.

Chouhan made a sudden visit to Mandsaur after Gandhi’s programme to address the farmers convention at Pipliya Mandi was finalised. The chief minister underlined the state government’s profarmer policies, decisions and benefits being given to the farmers. And, on June 6 Gandhi promised to waive farm loans in ten days if the party is voted to power. He also said that if the Congress forms the government, it would act against those responsible for the death of six people in Mandsaur in police firing during last year’s farmers’ agitation.

The families of the six met Gandhi before his rally in Pipliyamandi, near Mandsaur.

politics.

Owaisi slammed Mukherjee for visiting RSS headquarters and calling RSS founder K.B. Hedgewar a great son of India.

He said the man who held the highest constitutional post in the country should know that it was Hedgewar who had asked RSS workers not to fight British and who had stated that India is a country of Hindus.

The MIM president also lashed out at Congress for terming Mukherjee’s speech at the RSS meet as “sagacious”. He reminded Congress that RSS cadre had celebrated when Mahatma Gandhi was killed by Nathuram Godse.

Owaisi alleged that both BJP and Congress were hoodwinking the people, who were worried over skyrocketing prices of petroleum products and lack of jobs.

New Delhi, Jun 8 (IANS): Slamming the Uttar Pradesh government for “protecting the corrupt”, the Congress on Friday referred to Governor Ram Naik’s letter to the Chief Minister regarding a bribery demand accusation against a senior officer in the CMO. “The BJP government was trying to protect the corrupt and penalise the innocent by sending them to jail,” the party said.

Citing a letter written by businessman Abhishek Gupta to Naik, in which he accused the Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary S.P. Goyal of asking for Rs 25 lakh in a land case related a petrol pump, Congress Spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said: “The Governor forwarded the letter to the Chief Minister and demanded a probe. The letter states nothing has been done on Gupta’s file as he has not paid the bribe. Even as the probe in the case was on, the complainant was sent to jail on the basis of an audio clip in which Gupta is in conversation with someone.”

Gohil said: “The accused went scot-free while the complainant was sent to jail. They create an atmosphere of fear so that no one raises voice agianst BJP’s

Karnataka Congress MLAs press for cabinet posts

Bengaluru, Jun 8 (AGENCIES): Disgruntled Congress legislators angered at being overlooked for ministerial posts in the Cabinet expansion of the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) government in Karnataka are threatening to destabilise the party if they are not accommodated in the six vacant berths soon.

At the forefront of the dissidence is former minister and leader of the separate Lingayat religion movement MB Patil. The member of the legislative assembly (MLA) from Babaleshwar in the Vijayapura district on Friday said he would not settle for anything less than the deputy chief minister’s post.

Patil’s public criticism came in the backdrop of fevered parleys between him and senior state leaders, including chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, who visited his house on the day. Earlier, deputy chief minister and state Congress president G Parameshwara had also met Patil.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Kumaraswamy said he met

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy (R) meets Congress leader MB Patil at his residence in Bengaluru.

Patil as the leader of the coalition government and to ensure that it did not face any trouble. “I have no part to play in the internal decisions of the Congress, but I met Patil as the leader of the coalition government. It is now my duty to ensure that the feelings of these leaders are conveyed to the Congress so that they can address it,” he said.

Among those who have been angered by their exclusion in the Cabinet are former minister HK Patil, All India Congress Committee secretary Satish Jarkiholi, Veerashaiva Mahasabha president Shamanur Shivashankarappa.

Patil, a close aide of former chief minister Siddaramaiah, said on Friday

that his pride had been hurt by his exclusion. “Kumaraswamy is the chief minister and leader of the coalition but he has got nothing to do with the internal decisions of the Congress,” Patil said. “I am not alone, there are 15-20 people with me, like Satish and Ramesh Jarkiholi.

We are discussing how to strengthen the party, none of us has thought of quitting the party,” he said.

Patil said there was no question of quitting the party and that the disgruntled leaders, who have held two rounds of discussions, had never thought about it. “The Congress might have dumped me but I can’t dump the party.

I cannot betray the party,” he said.

Those elated at BJP’s 8 bypoll losses forget our 14 state victories: Shah

New Delhi, Jun 8 (IANS): Taking a dig at the Congress, BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday said that those who are elated over BJP losing eight bypolls recently forget that his party has wrested 14 states from its rivals and that it rules in 20 out of the 29 states in the country.

Addressing the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries of the Jaipur Rural parliamentary constituency here, he said: “They (Congress) are on a high over the BJP’s recent losses in the bypolls. But

they don’t realise that after 2014, we have wrested 14 states from them one after another. Good that we have this kind of rival.”

This was Shah’s first comments after the BJP lost two Lok Sabha and six assembly seats in the bypolls held on May 28 in several states.

“The Congress party asks us about our achievements in the last three-four years, but we ask them what they did in the last 70 years and over three generations (of Nehru-Gandhi family),” he said, adding that in last

four years, the Narendra Modi government achieved what “could not be done in the last 70 years”.

“Prime Minister Modi promised to bring electricity to all the 19,000 villages of the country that were deprived of it by 2019 but that has already been achieved in four years itself. Today there

in the reach of the common man.

Claiming that during the Congress-led UPA government, neither the country’s borders were safe nor were its women, while there was widespread corruption, he said the Indian people thus gave the BJP a full mandate to rule the country.

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Hyderabad, Jun 8 (IANS): MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said Muslims should emerge as political force to get their rights in the country.

He said he believes this will strengthen the country, the roots of secularism and restore confidence among Muslims.

Addressing a meeting at the historic Mecca Masjid on the last Friday of Ramadan, he said the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) will continue its political journey to expand in different parts of the country despite the allegations from its rivals that it is dividing secular votes.

Stating that MIM did not contest elections in Karnataka and extended support to Janta Dal-Secular as a strategy, Owaisi said the outcome proved their strategy right. He revealed that JD-S leader (and now Chief

“Once I reach Delhi, an order will be issued regarding the financial assistance to west Pakistan refugees settled in Jammu and Kashmir and the (Kashmiri) migrants,” he said.

Earlier, Rajnath Singh visited R.S. Pora and Naushera borders areas in Jammu.

He also visited north Kashmir Kupwara district hours after militants attacked security forces some 20 km from the town where the Home Minister, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and MoS (PMO) Jitendra Singh met people amid elaborate security arrangements.

Rajnath Singh flew back to Delhi in the evening ending the visit to the state to assess the security situation in the aftermath of the ongoing Ramadan ceasefire.

Amid speculations that the ceasefire would be extended beyond the Muslim month of fasting, Rajnath Singh said any decision regarding that would be taken only after taking a holistic view of the security scenario in the state.

Cong claims UP govt protecting corrupt officers

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Jammu, Jun 8 (IANS): Nearly 14,500 safety bunkers will be constructed in Jammu and Kashmir border areas for people to take shelter in the event of Pakistani shelling of civilian areas on this side, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, capping his two-day trip to the state.

The Home Minister said the government would raise seven more India Reserve Battalions of special armed police in the state.

He announced increase in financial compensation to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh for persons killed during cross-border firing on the International Boundary and the Line of Control. The amount will be directly credited to the account of next of kin.

This removes the condition of a fixed deposit account to receive the financial assistance.

The minister said the government has also decided to increase to Rs 50,000 from Rs 30,000 the compensation for each animal killed during the border firing.

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Air strikes kill at least 44 in Syria’s Idlib: monitor

Xi Jinping awards ‘best friend’ Vladimir Putin friendship medal

BEIRUT, Jun 8 (Agencies): Air strikes likely by Russia on a village in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province killed at least 44 people overnight, inflicting the highest death toll in a single attack on the region this year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

“War planes, which are likely Russian, targeted the village of Zardana in northern rural Idlib overnight and caused the highest death toll in a single attack on the region including 11 women and six children,” Rami Abdulrahman, the director of the Britain-based war monitor said.

According to Reuters, the death toll is expected to increase as some of the 60 injured in the strikes were in a critical condition, he said.

Rescue workers were still searching under the rubble for survivors.

The northwestern Idlib region remains the largest populated area of Syria in the hands of insurgents fighting the Damascus government. In recent years, tens of thousands of fighters and civilians have fled there from parts of the country which the army has recaptured with the help of Russia and Iran.

BEIJING, JUN 8 (AGENCIES): Chinese President Xi Jinping gave visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin China’s first friendship medal on Friday, calling him his best friend, underscoring the close ties between the two despite deep reservations many Western nations have of Putin, reports Reuters.

Putin is in China for a weekend summit of the Chinese and Russian-led security bloc the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the port city of Qingdao, but dropped by Beijing first for talks with Xi. Meeting in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, Xi lauded their relationship.

“No matter what fluctuations there are in the international situation, China and Russia have always firmly taken the development of relations as a priority,” Xi told Putin at the start of their formal talks.

Xi then awarded Putin China’s first ever friendship medal, on a large gold colored chain, an event carried live on state television.

Xi, speaking just before he put the medal on Putin, called him a “good and old friend of the Chinese people”.

Trump attacks EU, Canada on trade ahead of G7 summit

OTTAWA, JUN 8 (AGENCIES): Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations headed for a summit in Canada on Thursday more divided than at any time in the group’s 42-year history, as US President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies risk causing a global trade war and deep diplomatic schisms.

According to Reuters, in a bid to rebuild America’s industry, Trump has imposed hefty tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including those from key G7 allies like Canada, Japan and the European Union.

Trump has threatened to use national security laws to do the same for car imports and has walked back on environmental agreements and an international deal to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb.

French President Emmanuel Macron, who has invested in a warm personal relationship with Trump, said the other G7 nations Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy and Japan, as well as France - should remain “polite” and productive but warned that “no leader is

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday. (AP/PTI)

forever,” a sign that Europe would not surrender meekly to the US president.

“Maybe the American president doesn’t care about being isolated today, but we don’t mind being six, if needs be,” Macron told reporters. “Because these six represent values, represent an economic market, and more than anything, represent a real force at the international level today.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau predicted “robust discussions” on trade, but other

G7 members like Japan and Italy seemed less likely to want to challenge the US president.

Trump fired back soon after on Twitter, addressing both leaders directly, saying they were charging “massive tariffs” on U.S. goods and had erected other trade barriers. “I look forward to seeing them tomorrow,” Trump wrote about Friday’s start of the two-day summit. Trump will leave the summit on Saturday morning, before the event has concluded, and fly to

Kim impersonator detained in Singapore

Howard X (L) and Trump impersonator Dennis Alan are in Singapore for the summit.

SINGAPORE, JUN 8 (IANS): A Hong Kongbased man who impersonates North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said on Friday that immigration authorities at the Singapore airport detained him for two hours.

“They searched my bags and then told me that this is a very sensitive time to be in Singapore and that I should stay away from the Sentosa Island as well as the Shangri-La hotel in the town,” the man named

Howard X said in a Facebook post.

However, Howard was not deported and said that he, along with another person acting as US President Donald Trump, would hold a presentation on Saturday and Sunday in Singapore, reports Efe news.

The two places -the Sentosa Island and Shangri-La hotel -- have been designated as “special events zone” with the aim of beefing up security

ahead of a summit meeting between Trump and Kim on June 12.

The historic summit is set to take place at the Capella hotel on Sentosa Island.

The Singapore authorities have announced additional security measures in the areas where the meetings are scheduled to be held, as well as a ban on displaying posters bigger than one metre or carrying megaphones.

Singapore for his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, the White House said in a statement late on Thursday.

The G7 leaders will meet in a luxury cliff-top hotel in the town of La Malbaie, about two hours’ drive from Quebec City.

The site has been sealed off by police, making demonstrations impossible.

Several hundred protesters - some wearing red flags and red masks walked noisily through the streets of Quebec City on Thursday evening, heading for the Congress Center where the media are based.

Some in the crowd, closely watched by riot police, carried banners with slogans such as “The G7 does not represent us.” Others carried posters with defaced photos of Trump.

The US president will come face-to-face at the gathering with world leaders whose views do not chime with his on a range of issues from trade to the environment as well as Iran and the construction of a new US embassy in Jerusalem.

Maldives to hold presidential election on Sep 23 MALE (MALDIVES), JUN 8 (AGENCIES): Maldives elections commission has announced that the country’s presidential election will be held in September, as democratic freedoms decline in the archipelago state 10 years after the introduction of a multiparty system, reports AP. The commission announced Thursday night that the election will be held Sept. 23 and nominations will be allowed from July 15 to 25.

President Yameen Abdul Gayoom, elected to office in 2013, is seeking a second five-year term virtually unopposed because all of his potential rivals are either jailed or in exile.

Maldives embraced a multiparty democracy 10 years ago after decades of autocratic rule.

Mohamed Nasheed, who won the country’s first free election in 2008, is seeking to become a candidate while in exile but faces legal hurdles because of a 13-year prison sentence.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) congratulates Russian President Vladimir Putin after presenting him with the Friendship Medal in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China June 8, 2018.

“President Putin is the leader of a great country who is influential around the world,” Xi said. “He is my best, most intimate friend.” The two oversaw the signing of several agreements, including a joint $1 billion industrial investment fund.

Xi promised the two would continue to deepen their coordination on the world stage.

“China and Russia are permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and are both great responsible countries,” Xi said.

“Myself and President Putin agreed, in the face of

a complex international situation, that China and Russia will increase mutual support and coordination in international affairs, and deepen strategic cooperation.”

Putin offered his thanks for the medal.

“I see this as an acknowledgement and an evaluation of Russia’s efforts to develop a comprehensive strategic partnership with China,” he said.

“This is an indication of the special attention and respect on which our mutual national interests are based, the interests of our peoples, and, of course, our personal friendship.”

Austria to shut down mosques, expel dozens of imams

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and Interior Minister Herbert Kickl attend a news conference in Vienna, Austria June 8, 2018.

VIENNA, JUN 8 (AGENCIES): Austria’s right-wing government plans to shut seven mosques and could expel dozens of imams in what it said was “just the beginning” of a push against radical Islam and foreign funding of religious groups that Turkey condemned as racist, reports Reuters.

The coalition government, an alliance of conservatives and the far right,

came to power soon after Europe’s migration crisis on promises to prevent another influx and restrict benefits for new immigrants and refugees.

The moves follow a “law on Islam”, passed in 2015, which banned foreign funding of religious groups and created a duty for Muslim organizations to have “a positive fundamental view towards (Austria’s) state and society”.

“Political Islam’s parallel societies and radicalizing tendencies have no place in our country,” said Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who, in a previous job as minister in charge of integration, steered the Islam bill into law.

Standing next to him and two other cabinet members on Friday, far-right Vice Chancellor HeinzChristian Strache told a news conference: “This is

just the beginning.”

Austria, a countr y of 8.8 million people, has roughly 600,000 Muslim inhabitants, most of whom are Turkish or have families of Turkish origin.

Tu r k i s h P r e s i d e n t Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said the new policy was part of an “Islamophobic, racist and discriminatory wave” in Austria.

“The Austrian government’s ideologically charged practices are in violation of universal legal principles, social integration policies, minority rights and the ethics of co-existence,” Ibrahim Kalin tweeted.

The ministers at the news conference said up to 60 imams belonging to the Turkish-Islamic Union for Cultural and Social Cooperation in Austria (ATIB), a Muslim group close to the Turkish government, could be expelled from the country or have visas denied on the grounds of receiving foreign funding.

A government handout put the number at 40, of whom 11 were under review and two had already received a negative ruling.

On ‘Jerusalem Day,’ Gaza anti-blockade protest near Israel Soyuz capsule with three astronauts

G A Z A C I T Y, J U N 8 (AGENCIES): Palestinians burned tires and Israeli troops fired heavy volleys of tear gas Friday to push back large Gaza crowds from the area of the fence separating the blockaded territory from Israel, reports AP. It was the latest in a series of protests against the decade-long blockade of Gaza by Israel and Egypt.

Friday’s march also coincided with the annual “Jerusalem Day,” instituted

by Iran to protest against Israeli rule of the holy city.

Israel and Iran have been arch enemies since Tehran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

In the capitals of Iran and Iraq, thousands of Shiite Muslims marched in Jerusalem Day protests, some chanting “Death to Israel” or burning Israeli flags and effigies of President Donald Trump.

Friday’s Gaza protest was accompanied by concerns about renewed bloodshed. At least 115 Palestinian protesters, the vast majority unarmed, have been killed and close to 3,800 have been wounded

by Israeli army fire since the marches began in late March.

After Muslim noon

An effigy of the U.S. President Donald Trump is set on fire during an annual anti-Israeli Al-Quds, Jerusalem, Day rally in Tehran Friday.

prayers Friday, thousands of Gaza residents began streaming toward five protest tent camps that had been erected more than two months ago, each several hundred meters (yards) from Gaza’s perimeter fence. From there, smaller groups walked closer to the fence.

In a camp east of Gaza City, activists burned tires, releasing thick black smoke into the air. Israeli troops fired heavy tear gas volleys, including from drones, sending protesters running for cover.

One man with a bullhorn shouted, “America is the biggest evil.”

The mass protests have been aimed at a border blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in 2007, after the Islamic militant group Hamas overran the territory. The marchers have also pressed demands for a “right of return” for the descendants of Palestinian refugees to ancestral homes in what is now Israel.

More than 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled in the 1948 Mideast war over Israel’s creation.

Two-thirds of Gaza’s 2 million residents are descendants of refugees.

Protester Fadi Saleh said the frequent marches have helped revive sympa-

thies in the Arab world for the Palestinians, but that more could be done. “We need real Arab support and solidarity with our cause,” said Saleh, a student of Arabic literature who wore a medical mask against the tear gas.

In previous border protests, activists have also sent kites with incendiary materials attached toward Israel with the aim of setting fields there on fire. Others have thrown fire bombs or tried to damage the fence. Israeli soldiers, including snipers perched behind earthen berms, have fired live bullets and tear gas.

Israel’s use of potentially lethal force against the protesters has drawn international criticism. Rights groups have said Israel’s open-fire rules are unlawful.

Israel has accused Hamas of trying to carry out attacks and damage the fence under the guise of the protests. Hamas leaders have threatened possible mass border breaches, raising concerns in Israel that communities near Gaza might be at risk.

The protests have largely been organized by Hamas and to some extent

by the smaller Islamic Jihad militant group. Both have received political and financial backing from Iran, but also pursue their own agendas. Growing despair in Gaza over blockade-linked hardships, including daily hours-long power cuts and rising poverty, have driven turnout.

Israel and Egypt argue that they must maintain the blockade to contain Hamas and other militant groups, which have built weapons arsenals over the years, including short-range rockets. Israel and Hamas have fought three cross-border wars since 2008.

The Jerusalem Day protests are being held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The day is known in Arabic as “Al Quds Day,” a reference to the city’s historic Arabic name.

Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed it to its capital, a move not recognized by most of the international community.

Israel’s current government has said it will not accept a partition of the city as part of a peace deal with the Palestinians.

docks with International Space Station

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-09 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan June 6, 2018. (AP/PTI)

M O S C O W, J U N 8 (AGENCIES): A Russian space capsule carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station two days after it was launched from Kazakhstan, reports AP. The Soyuz capsule docked with the station at 13:01 GMT Friday some

255 miles (410 kilometers) above the Earth. It is carrying Serena AunonChancellor of the United States, Sergey Prokopyev of Russia and German Alexander Gerst, flying for the European Space Agency.

They will join Americans Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and Russia’s

Oleg Artemyev at the station.

The program for their six-month mission includes about 250 experiments in biology, earth sciences, physical sciences and other disciplines. The Soyuz blasted off on Wednesday from Russia’s manned space launch complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

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Acclamation night held at Niathu

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018

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(L-R) Lords of Rock and Nagaland Conservatory of Music performing during the event.

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he third edition of Acclamation Night, organized by M-Table was held Friday night at Niathu Resort, Dimapur with Department of Youth Resources & Sports and MTF, advisor, Er. Zale Neikha, as special guest.

In his brief remark, Er Neikha congratulated the award recipients for their achievements and hope that they would help in the growth of the music industry in the state.

He said Nagas had al-

ways been gifted in the field of music and this talent had been passed down from generations.

He added that the Music Task Force (MTF) in the state was for the musicians which would work for the musicians in both giving support and creating avenues.

Er Neikha also said MTF would look into the needs of the musicians.

The people who were felicitated includes Guru Sangyusang Pongen and

Guru Shiromong Anar, both for being awarded with Governor’s Award in the field of music for the year 2018.

Mharomo P Kithan, Waluniba Lemtur, Alobo Naga for being awarded at various national and international platforms.

Tetsoe Sisters and Nise Meruno for bringing laurels to the state by representing the same at different prestigious platforms.

Jonathan Yhome was awarded with ‘Most Promising Artiste’ while the presti-

Kapil promises to be back with new show

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ctor-comedian Kapil Sharma, who has been in the news for controversies and trouble in his professional and public life, says he is trying to change his lifestyle and will come back with a new show soon.

After his abusive rant on Twitter in April, Kapil returned to the micro-blogging website on Thursday to share an update about his health and his lifestyle.

“Hello friends. Hope all well. Let’s have a chat... till then listen to this Punjabi dance number by my friends Dr Zeus and Zora Worldwide,” he tweeted late on Thursday.

When one user expressed how much he misses Kapil on TV and how he has been watching his “Comedy Circus” episodes on repeat, Kapil said: “No problem... will start something new soon.”

He also shared that he has gained weight, but will work hard to get back into shape.

“Chalo now good night... Trying to change my lifestyle. God bless all,” he signed off.

In April, Kapil made headlines drawing bad press when an audio call in which he is heard hurling abuses at a journalist, was made public. Many of his fans were shocked to see this side of their favourite entertainer.

Last year, Kapil had a mid-air fight with his colleague, comedian Sunil Grover. The fight led to a widely talked about

controversy, after which they parted ways professionally from “Comedy Nights With Kapil” which had brought both of them unprecedented fame.

Kapil also featured in films, but then returned to television with his new show “Family Time With Kapil Sharma”, which didn’t get the expected response. The show went off on a break after only two episodes, soon after the controversy with the journalist broke.

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gious Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to Gospel Sound Studio, founder temjen Pongen and Yahuya founder Yanger Aier.

The ceremony was hosted by Yanpo Humtsoe, Abalu Kikon delivered the welcome note, Arenla Sayer pronounced the invocation while Alobo Naga proposed the vote of thanks.

The was well attended by musicians and music lovers from different parts of the state.

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ctress Alia Bhatt says she is having a great time working with megastar Amitabh Bachchan on “Brahmastra”.

“Working with AB has been supreme greatness!

Today Amitabh Bachchan packed up an hour before the actual pack up but he stayed back on set just to give ques! I can’t begin to explain the amount of things I am learning on set just by watching him,” Alia tweeted late on Thursday.

The “Raazi” star also shared her excitement over getting back on set.

“Yes I call him AB because that is the term of endearment we have all agreed to. Thank you for being so wonderful sir!

Can’t wait to get back onto set with you, Ayan Mukerji and Ranbir Kapoor for some more ‘Brahmastra’ madness,” she added.

Humbled by the gesture the cine icon responded to Alia’s post, and corrected her spelling mistake.

“Yo...Alia, you are the best... thank you for the generosity ... and ... its cues not ques’... you are just too cute,” he posted.

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eteran actor Al Pacino is on board for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.

Pacino has joined actors Dakota Fanning, Damian Lewis, Luke Perry, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie, for the project, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

Set in Los Angeles in 1969, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” focuses on a

washed-up actor (Pitt) from a Western TV series and his stunt double (DiCaprio) struggling to survive at the end of the 1960s. Coincidentally, Pitt’s character, Rick Dalton, lives right next door to Tate, the starlet who was one of the victims in the Charles Manson murders.

Tarantino wrote and will also produce “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, which is set to release in 2019.

S celebrity chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in his hotel room, aged 61, of an apparent suicide.

The culinary bad boy was near Strasbourg, France, working on a shoot for his series, Parts Unknown, on CNN. “It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” the cable network said in a statement on Friday.

Bourdain was a bestselling food, fiction and nonfiction author. CNN’s statement continued: “His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller.

“His talents never ceased to amaze us and we will miss him very much.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult time.”

Authorities in France’s Alsace region confirmed his death at Le Chambard luxury hotel in Kaysersberg, AFP reported, adding that no foul play was suspected.

His death comes days

after the suicide of another much-loved celebrity, 55year-old fashion designer Kate Spade, in New York.

US government health officials on Thursday said the nation’s suicides had risen by 30% since 1999, and that the crisis was a growing problem. Nearly 45,000 Americans took their own lives in 2016.

He shot to fame in 2000 with a best-selling book called Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, a behind-the-scenes expose on the world of haute cuisine.

In the book he wrote candidly about his abuse of drugs, including cocaine, heroin and LSD. The globe-trotting foodie travelled more than 250 days of the year to film his show.

His work brought

him to far-flung and often dangerous locations such as Libya, Lebanon, and Gaza.

His first TV show was A Cook’s Tour on the Food Network in 2002. Three years later he joined the Travel Channel with Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, picking up two Emmy Awards.

He moved to CNN in 2013 with a new travel and food show, Parts Unknown, which is in its 11th season.

His became so influential that even former President Obama sought his counsel as he prepared to leave the White House.

“If you have an important state function after you might not want to go too heavy on the garlic,” Bourdain said as the two men grabbed a quick bite during a political summit in Vietnam.

Tributes poured in from foodies, celebrities, entertainers, and broadcasters - many of whom posted phone numbers for local suicide prevention hotlines.

Donald Trump said he was shocked by the death of Bourdain, who was a vocal critic of the current US president.

92ND BIRTHDAY GREETING “ Even to your old age I am He, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made and I will bear; I will carry and will save ” Isaiah 46:4 MRS DAISY YADEN

APOLOGIZE NOTICE

This is in reference with the incident of minor girl raped case occurred in Mon town on 30th May 2018.

I, Mr. Pongjei Konyak, S/o Lemang Konyak Naginimora, Mon District would like to apologize to the victim family for circulating false and unauthentic information by posting fake photos on facebook in Konyak jokes page and defaming Konyak name in general.

I hereby apologize to the community and clarify the misused of fake photo which is not relevant to the incident.

May God’s goodness and mercy continually follow you all the days of your life!!!

From your loving children, grandchildren, in-laws and great grandchildren!!!

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cult film, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is back in action as an instructor at the Top Gun training base. The sequel will follow new pilots in a world where drone technology is making the old flying style obsolete.

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op Gun: Maverick is continuing to take shape. With Tom Cruise stepping back into his legendary role as the cocky daredevil pilot, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, The Wrap reports that Val Kilmer has now joined the cast of the sequel to the cult 1980s movie. In the original film, which propelled Tom Cruise to international stardom, Val Kilmer played Tom Kazansky, aka Iceman. The two characters start out as rivals before becoming friends after earning each other’s respect.

Top Gun: Maverick has just started filming, as confirmed by Tom Cruise on Twitter at the end of May. In fact, Cruise’s tweet sparked a Twitter stand-off between the US Air Force and US Navy’s official handles, where fortunately, the only casualty was humour.

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which yielded 21 runs, Bangladesh were the firm favourites to win the duel but Rashid single-handedly turned the game upside down by defending nine runs off the final over.

Wi t h B a n g l a d e s h needing 30 runs off the last two overs, Mushfiqur struck Janat for five consecutive boundaries to bring down the equation to nine off the

Asia Cup: India face Pakistan with eyes on final

Winter break for Premier League clubs in February from 2019-20 L o nd o n , J un 8 (Agencies): Premier League clubs will have a winter break in February from the 2019-20 season.

According to BBC, the break will be staggered across two weeks, with five matches on the first weekend and five the following weekend.

The FA Cup fifth round will be moved to midweek to accommodate the break, with replays being scrapped at that stage.

The Football Association described it as “a significant moment for English football” that “will greatly benefit club and country”.

“It’s no secret that we have a very congested fixture calendar and over recent years we have been working with the whole game to find a solution,” said FA chief executive Martin Glenn.

All three divisions of the English Football League (EFL) will remain unchanged, with a full programme of fixtures taking place on each of the weekends where there is a break.

‘We play too many games’ - the players Almost 90% of players questioned in a recent survey by Fifpro said they wanted a mid-season break, with an average preference of two weeks.

The world players’ union surveyed 543 players from clubs in some of Europe’s biggest leagues, including England, France, Germany and Italy.

Nearly half of national team footballers who play in 50 or more matches a season said they felt they played “too many” games.

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Germany, France, Italy and Spain, though they all take place between December and January, which is the busiest period for Premier League teams.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said in January that the festive schedule was “killing” his players, while earlier in the 2017-18 season his Manchester United counterpart Jose Mourinho said the lack of a break was hampering English clubs’ hopes in the Champions League.

will be spearheaded by veteran Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey even as the spin trio of Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Poonam Yadav are expected to contribute in the middle overs. Meanwhile, Pakistan will expect skipper and star all-rounder Bismah Maroof to deliver the goods along with the likes of Sana Mir, Nida Dar, Muneeba Ali and Nahida Khan.

Overall, the clash is expected to go down to the wire as the winner directly reaches Sunday’s final while the loser will have to wait for the outcome of the other match between third-placed Bangladesh (six points) and hosts Malaysia, to know

their fate.

Squads: India Women: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Taniya Bhatia (wk), Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Veda Krishnamurthy, Smriti Mandhana, Mona Meshram, Shikha Pandey, Anuja Patil, Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Poonam Yadav.

Pakistan Women: Bismah Maroof (Captain), Muneeba Ali, Nahida Khan, Javeria Rauf, Nain Abidi, Javeria Khan, Sidra Nawaz, Nida Dar, Kainat Imtiaz, Sana Mir, Nashra Sandhu, Anam Amin, Natalia Pervaiz, Diana Baig.

Kohima, Jun 8 (NPN): The 4th All Nagaland veteran and sub-veteran badminton tournament under the theme “health is wealth” organized by capital shuttlers Kohima got underway at Indoor badminton stadium officers hill Kohima on Friday. The tournament will conclude on Saturday.

Vice president capital Shuttlers Jopi in his welcome address said the games and sports was essential for overall growth of body and mind.

He said the tournament is organized to give opportunity to the veterans to exhibit their skills. The tournament will be held biennially, he said.

Altogether 78 players from various districts are

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to convey our special thanks to the following:

1. Yikhum Baptist Church 2. Yikhum Village Council 3. Yikhum Union Dimapur 4. Dimapur Yikihum Murrypvui Ekhung 5. ADC Bhandari and staff 6. Lotha Baptist Church Purana Bazar 7. Dr. Kheshito Zhimo 8. Well wishers Loving children, grand children, in-laws and relatives

participating in the tournament. It will be played in five categories 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+ and 55+. The opening ceremony led by Aochuba began with an invocation prayer by pastor Hopong Kips Faith Harvest church Kohima, special presentation by Zulutila and H. Gyaneshor Singh international badminton referee declared the tournament open.

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY

We the family members of Lt. Loreno Kikon of Yikhum village would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the gestures of love and kindness shown to us at the demise of our beloved mother.

OF LT. W KHUVUNGO KHUVUNG (14-06-1966 TO 09-06-2017)

It’s been a year since you left us. Absence is still greatly felt, we miss you everyday. We will always cherish your memories till we meet again.

Loving brothers, sisters & relatives.

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY

GRATITUDE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

(26-01-1959---09-06-2017) In Remembrance of our Dearest Daddy on his 1 st Death Anniversary Lt. Mashio Demo (P.E.T GHS Yoruba) “Remembering you is easy, we do it easy, we do it everything but missing you is the heartache that never goes away” It hurts so badly to think that you are no longer with us. On a day like today we miss you, yet we remind ourselves that you are in a much better place.

In life, we loved you so dearly, in death, we love you still; Someday, we will be re-united in God’s eternal kingdom.

Missing you every day with silent tears.

Loving wife, children, grandchildren and relatives

09.12.1972 – 05.06.2018

We the family members of Lt. Pvüchio Ngullie express our sincere gratitude to each and every individual who stood by us physically, financially and through moral support and prayers during the brief illness and his sudden demise on the 4th June 2018.

Though words are not enough to express our deepest gratitude, may the Lord shower His abundant blessing upon each and everyone of you for the love bestowed upon our family.

Loving sons, daughters, grandchildren, great grandchildren and relatives.

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" The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Praise the name of the Lord" Job1: 21

We the family members of Late MEKRUZETO RIKHA sincerely express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, churches, associations, unions, neighbours, friends and well wishers who stood by us physically, materially, financially and most importantly prayerfully at the sudden demise of our most beloved father on 18th May, 2018 at Kidima Village. We are unable to thank each and every individual but we would like to convey our profound gratitude to the following: 1. Baptist Church Kidima 2. Missionary Houdo Thenuko Krotho, BCK 3. Kidima Baptist Fellowship Kohima( KBFK) 4.Thenuko Krotho, KBFK 5. Youth Department, KBFK 6. Japfiiphiki Baptist Pastor Deacon Krotho 7. Kidima Kemethako Krotho 8. Makromi Cultural Society, Kidima 9. Kidima Students' Union 10. Southern Angami Women Organisation 11. Khanyo Clan, Viswema 12. Thol Clan, Kidima 13. Rikha Clan, Kezo Town 14. Dr. Nicky Kire, Advisor, RD 15. Er. Zale Neikha, Advisor, YRS 16. Officers & Staff, DIPR 17. Officers & Staff, DG Prisons 18. Visiitha Angami, Retd. Commr. & Secy. Cooperation 19. Loyohol Pucho, Home Visiting Pastor, IBC, Kohima 20. Kehovi Tase, Travelling Pastor, JBCC 21. Zhavito Rhutso, Class-1 Contractor 22. Er. Kevizayieno, Joint Director, IPR 23. Asangla Imsong, Dy. Director, IPR 24. Kuolie Mere, PRO, New Delhi 25. Zadeho Rikha, Ex. SAPO President 26. K. Khushito, Supdt. of Jails, Zunheboto 27. Mrs. & Mr. Yansaromo Jami 28. Yambemo Humtsoe, Dy. SP (1941- 18.05.2018) 29. Ihoilung Chuilo, EAC 30. Well wishers from neighbouring villages.

We are deeply touched by your love and concern which you have shown to us during the time of our grief and sorrows. We pray that the Almighty God bless you for your sacrifices and good deeds.

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Loving wife, children, grandchildren & in laws.

We the bereaved family members of Lt. Lochunle Nokdir would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude towards all those individuals, friends, relatives, colleagues, neighbours, churches, different institutions, unions and well wishers, who faithfully stood by us and shared our grief at the sudden demise of our beloved on 5th June, 2018.

We remain forever indebted for all the love, prayers and support physically, financially and spiritually that you bestowed upon our family. While we deeply regret our inability to thank each and every one of you individually, it is our prayer that God bless you and your families abundantly in the days to come.

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of Harmanpreet’s side, especially after the shocking defeat to Bangladesh.

Pakistan, on the other end, will hope to pick up a win over the tournament favourites, even as they try to overcome the humiliation at the hands of the Bangladeshi women.

Going in to Saturday’s clash, it will be yet again a test between the Indian batswomen and the Pakistani bowlers. Besides skipper Harmanpreet, India’s batting will revolve mainly around the likes of vice captain Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy and Pooja Vastrakar.

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Kuala Lumpur, Jun 8 (IANS): Comfortably placed atop the points table, arch-rivals India and Pakistan will lock horns in a virtual semi-final clash of the women’s Asia Cup at the Kinrara Academy Oval here on Saturday.

With six points apiece, India and Pakistan occupy the top two spots in the table, with a superior net run rate separating the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side from the Pakistanis. Aiming their seventh straight title, India will hope they can continue their all-round form and beat Pakistan before reaching the finals. The big win over Sri Lanka on Thursday will boost the confidence

brakes on their opponents.

Shahzad, who hit three fours and one six, was the first to depart caught plumb in front of the wicket by leftarm spinner Nazmul Islam in the eighth over.

Ghani, who struggled a bit, followed suit in the next over, edging one to Mushfiqur behind the stumps off right-arm pacer Aby Jayed’s bowling as the Afghans slumped to 59 for two in 8.5 overs.

Skipper Stanikzai played a short little cameo scoring 27 off 17 balls with the help of three sixes before perishing in the 13th over.

Samiullah Shenwari remained unbeaten 33 off 28 balls while Najibullah Zadran made 15 towards the end to take Afghanistan close to the 150-run mark.

Islam (2/18) and Jayed (2/27) were the successful bowlers for Bangladesh in the inconsequential match.

Afghanistan had won the first two matches by 45 runs and six wickets respectively.

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to bat, a target which they defended riding on Rashid’s brilliance.

Bangladesh were well on course to winning the inconsequential match after senior pros Mushfiqur Rahim (46 off 37) and Mahmudullah (45 not out off 38) stitched 84 runs for the fifth wicket.

In fact, after the penultimate over of Karim Janat

last over.

But then Afghan captain Asghar Stanikzai went to his trump card Rashid, who responded brilliantly by removing a set Mushfiqur with his first delivery and then did enough with his guile to snatch the narrow one-run win for his side.

Besides Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah, no other Bangladesh batsmen could make any substantial contribution.

Even though he didn’t take too many wickets, Rashid (1/24) eventually turned out to be the difference between the two sides.

Earlier with the series already in its bag, Afghanistan wasted a good start to be restricted to a modest 145 for six.

Electing to bat, Mohammad Shahzad (26) and Usman Ghani (19) made a solid start, sharing 55 runs off 46 balls for the opening stand before Bangladeshi bowlers struck twin blows in consecutive overs to put

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Afghanistan’s cricket team with the trophy after winning the final day of Twenty20 at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun on June 7. (AFP)

DEHRADUN, Jun 8 (PTI): Wonder spinner Rashid Khan once again came to his side’s rescue and produced a brilliant final over to help Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by one run in the nail-biting third and final T20 International, en route to a 3-0 series whitewash on Thursday.

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1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Late H. Kammükho Phom

02-01-1978 – 24-05-2018 Through this column, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and every individual(s), groups and organizations who stood by us morally, physically, materially and financially during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved Lt. N. Hamshaü Leinak Phom, Kilonser cum Member N.P.A.C. GPRN/NSCN (Khehoi) on 24th May 2018. Our special thanks goes to the collective leadership of the GPRN/NSCN, convenor and members of N.P.A.C., GPRN/ NSCN (Phom Region) NNC/F.G.N. (Phom Region) village councils, friends, relatives, well wishers and every citizen of Orangkong village.

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Though You Are Not In Our Midst, Your Sweet Memories Always Remain In Our Hearts Forever.

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Neiphiu Rio unveiling the foundation stone of Dr. T. Ao Regional Football academy at Seithekema C on Friday. (DPRO Dimapur)

DIMAPUR, Jun 8 (NPN): Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio on Friday laid the foundation stone of Dr. T. Ao Regional Football Academy at Seithekema C, Dimapur.

According to DIPR report, the foundation stone laying programme was attended by Speaker and Deputy Speaker, hosts of Ministers and Advisors and family members of late Dr. T. Ao. After cutting the ribbon, Rio described the day as a historic occasion and said “Born among the Nagas, he brought laurels not only to his family but to the whole Nagas, so his legacy should live on.”

The chief minister who himself is an avid sports lover, pointed out that involvement in sports teaches one to be disciplined, create a sense of fair play and team work, and keep one healthy, physically and mentally strong.

He therefore encouraged the younger generation to give importance in the field of sports.

Rio felt that youth activities particularly sports has stopped for sometimes in Nagaland but assured for its revival. He assured the Nagaland Football Association that budget would be placed every year and also mooted the idea of

bringing a system where all districts would have football clubs.

Further, Rio said that the government would discuss and revive policies for sports personnel/lovers and conduct tournaments regularly in order to provide opportunity to the youth.

Maintaining that promotion of sports needs huge financial support, Rio said that the government would approach the Ministry of Youth Resources and Sports for help as the present sports project require more than Rs. 100 crore. Rio was optimistic that the coming up of the football academy would inspire the young talented sportspersons particularly football. Advisor Youth Resources and Sports, Er. Zale Neikha, in his welcome note said that PDA government has come out with a policy to appoint sportspersons in different departments under sports quota.

President Nagaland Football Association, Atuo Mezhur, also termed the occasion as a ‘red letter’ day for football in Nagaland.

A dream dreamt many

years has come to be a reality under the leadership of Neiphiu Rio, said Atou.

He said sports was played not just for recreation but has become an industry because sportspersons can earn their livelihood. He thanked the present government for reviving the Dr. T. Ao Inter District tournament and also urged the Chief Minister for funding and reviving the Nagaland Premier League. It may be noted that Nagaland Premier League which kick started in 2012 but failed to take off.

Secretary General, Nagaland Olympic Association, Meren Paul narrated the laudable achievements and the hard work and dedication of the football legend. Senior pastor, Baptist Mission Church Kohima, Rev. Moa Longchari invoked God’s blessings while Commissioner & Secretary, YRS Nagaland proposed the vote of thanks. Members of NFA and NOA, Officials from state YRS department, village council members from Seithekema C and other neighbouring villages also attended the programme.

Chhetri disgusted as fan throws Indian flag on him NEW DELHI, JUN 8 (AGENCIES): Talismanic India football team captain Sunil Chhetri was left disgusted after a fan threw the national flag on him during the ongoing Intercontinental Cup at the Mumbai Football Arena. India is hosting lower-ranked nations Kenya (111th), Chinese Taipei (121) and New Zealand (133) in the tournament.

According to reports, the spectator threw the flag targeted on Chhetri to get his autograph ahead of the fixture.

The gesture from the fan evidently created a ruckus with the security guards, AIFF officials and Chhetri himself appealed to the spectator not to do such things. Earlier on Thursday a third-string New Zealand side defeated a lacklustre India 2-1 in the Intercontinental Cup after Chhetri handed India the lead in the 48th minute.

However, India’s loss to New Zealand on Thursday left them short of final qualification as they are presently 2nd on the points table behind the Kiwis and will have to wait for the outcome of the Kenya vs Chinese Taipei game to see how they end up.

The 33-year-old Chhetri is the leading goal-scorer in the tournament with 6 goals so far.

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Thiem beats Cecchinato to enter French Open final Paris, Jun 8 (Agencies): Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem reached his first Grand Slam final by beating unseeded Italian Marco Cecchinato in three sets at Roland Garros.

Thiem, 24, won 7-5 7-6 (12-10) 6-1 against the 25-year-old, who shocked Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals.

Thiem edged the first two sets before clinching the third in 21 minutes.

He will play either Spain’s Rafael Nadal or Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in Sunday’s final.

“The big key was the second-set tie-break because it was very close and I saved I think three set points,” said Thiem.

“If I lost that tie-break it would have been a very close match and I didn’t want that.

“Of course it’s very important to have a good recovery now. I’ll watch the other semi-final to study my opponent and then it’s full power on Sunday.”

Thiem has long been considered as a Grand Slam champion in the making, with Roland Garros seemingly his best opportunity.

Nobody has won more

Dominic Thiem

clay-court matches on the ATP tour than Thiem this year, while he is the only person to have beaten Nadal on the red dirt in the past two years.

Those victories came over three sets in Rome and Madrid - now he may face the ultimate test if top seed Nadal overcomes fifth seed Del Potro in the second semi-final.

Thiem started quickly against Cecchinato, breaking at the first opportunity and then seizing control with some dominant serving which saw him drop just one point with the ball in hand. A wobble at 4-3 allowed the Italian to level,

only for Thiem to regain control with another break for 6-5 and then serve out for the first set.

Cecchinato batted off three break points in the second set, his serve proving impenetrable as it went to a thrilling tie-break.

Thiem missed four set points, Cecchinato spurning three, before the Austrian finally clinched it when Cecchinato went long.

And he swept through the third - albeit with a brief wobble when he saved two break points in the final game - to become only the second Austrian player to reach a Slam final following Thomas Muster.

Lanzini injury blow for Argentina Haryana puts sports notification on hold after controversy

Barcelona, Jun 8 (IANS): Argentina’s preparations for FIFA World Cup suffered a blow as attacking midfielder Manuel Lanzini was ruled out of the 32-nation football tournament after suffering a suspected serious knee injury during training on Friday.

“Manuel Lanzini suffered, in today’s morning training, the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee,” read a state-

ment on Argentina’s national team’s Twitter handle.

According to media reports, the West Ham United player will be out of action for around six months, dealing a big blow to Jorge Sampaoli-coached Argentina’s preparations for the tournament, beginning in Russia from June 14. Lanzini featured regularly in the warm-up matches and was considered an integral part of Argentina’s midfield.

Now, Sampaoli will now be forced into a tactical re-think. The coach is expected to name a replacement soon. Among the names expected to be called up are Diego Perotti, Enzo Perez and Leandro Paredes.

Meanwhile, defender Nicolas Otamendi, forward Paulo Dybala and midfielder Javier Mascherano sent words of consolation and encouragement to 25-year-old Lanzini, who might require a surgery.

Chandigarh/New Delhi, Jun 8 (IANS): Within hours of a controversy generated by the issuing of a notification asking sportspersons to deposit one-third of their earnings with the Haryana Sports Council, the state government put the notification on hold.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar tweeted that he had put the notification

on hold and called for the file. “I have asked for the relevant file of Sports Department to be shown to me & the notification dated 30th April to be put on hold till further orders. We are proud of the immense contribution by our sportspersons & I assure them of a just consideration of all issues affecting them,” Khattar tweeted on Friday evening.

The Haryana govern-

ment drew flak from the sporting fraternity over its move to seek one-third earnings of its sportspersons who have government jobs.

The state government had earlier on Friday defended its decision to do so.

The notification issued by the Sports and Youth Welfare Department Principal Secretary Ashok Khemka had directed sportspersons from Haryana to hand over

FIFA World Cup 2018: Five midfielders to watch out for

New Delhi, Jun 8 (Agencies): The FIFA World Cup is just round the corner and more often than not, it’s the midfielders who decide how far their teams will progress in the tournament. There are quite a few examples, be it Pirlo in 2006, Iniesta in 2010 or James Rodriguez in 2014, when midfielders lit up the tournament with their display and set their teams on course, according to News18.

We now take a look at five midfielders who are likely to set the stage on fire in 2018:

Paul Pogba (France)

France go into the tournament as one of the favourites on paper. The squad looks to be one of the finest French teams in the recent past. Benzema, Rabiot, Martial are few of the players Deschamps has decided

to leave out of the team.

But all eyes will be on the enigmatic Paul Pogba. He has had a roller-coaster seasons, showing only sparks of the kind of talent he displayed at Juventus. One of the reasons behind it has

Isco (Spain) Isco’s has been a rather peculiar case, he hasn’t been playing consistently for Real Madrid but whenever he has got the chance for La Roja, he has always been the standout performer. Who can forget the way he single-handedly dismantled big guns like Italy and Argentina - scoring a brace and hat-trick respectively. He seems to be one of the few players who enjoys the pressure of playing in the national team and likes to take responsibility. Julen Lopetegui is likely to trust the 26-year-old with a lot of that and along with David Silva, Isco will be the main architect in a star-studded midfield. It will also be Iniesta’s final World Cup and he will be passing over the baton to Isco, whether he can deliver like the former Barcelona man did at the big stage is what remains to be seen.

been the way Mourinho has used the midfielder, playing him alongside Matic, thus burdening him with the defensive responsibilities. In the French side, he will be given the creative freedom and will have the likes of Tolisso and Kante to support him. In attack, he has the likes of Mbappe, Griezmann, Dembele, Lemar - depending on how Deschamps chooses to line-up.

Pogba will have to be the torchbearer if France is to lift the World Cup. Former midfielder Robert Pires has already said that Pogba will have to be the leader of this generation and take more responsibility. His off-field antics often leaves the fans and experts enraged. But is Russia the place where the charismatic Pogba finally deliver on the field?

Casemiro (Brazil)

one third of their earnings from professional events and endorsement to the sports council. “One third of the income of sportspersons from professional sports or commercial endorsement will be deposited with the Haryana State Sports Council. The money shall be used for development of sports in the state,” the order signed by Khemka on April 27 read.

Though the move has

drawn widespread condemnation from athletes, Sports Minister Anil Vij as well as Khemka, a senior IAS officer, defended the move.

“There is nothing new in this decision. It is an old government rule. Under Rule 56, if a government employee earns professional or commercial income, he has to deposit one third of the earning with the state government.

Ronaldo returns as Portugal beat Algeria in final warm up

Though all eyes will certainly be on Neymar in Brazil’s World Cup campaign, but considering the fact that he is coming back after a serious injury, he will require a complete effort if Brazil are to bury the ghosts of the 2014 campaign.

Casemiro is not among the first player that comes to mind when one thinks of Brazilian flair, but the job he has done at Real Madrid in the defensive midfielder role is exactly what Brazil will require to protect a shaky defence.

He can contribute with some important goals for his team as well. He will need to be on his A game if Brazil are to lift their 6th World Cup.

Toni Kroos (Germany) Toni Kroos remains one of the finest central midfielders in the world.

He played a key role in Germany’s 2014 triumph and will be expected to shoulder the majority of the responsibility in the midfield. His pinpoint accuracy and vision are an envy of any player.

He can shoot from distance and goes about doing his job in a quiet manner.

He has won three consecutive Champions League titles with Real Madrid but if he manages to bring his A-game into the tournament, then you can be rest assured that Germany will seal back-toback World Cup titles.Fi

Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) Again, another player who had a stellar season for his club was Kevin De Bruyne.

He performed better than Eden Hazard in 2014, but Belgium disappointed yet again, bowing out in a rather tamed manner against Argentina. The expectations are once again high from Belgium, with team already being termed as the ‘Golden generation’ and even being ranked no.1 in the FIFA rankings. But they haven’t been past the quarterfinals in big tournaments.

Lack of experience has often been used as one of the excuses for their underperformance, but this team has been together for a while and most of the players are coming into the tournament on the back of some good form. De Bruyne will have the likes of Hazard, Lukaku, Carrasco and Witsel among others with him. His creativity in the midfield and also how he links up with Lukaku will be the key for Belgium going ahead in the tournament.

Cristiano Ronaldo attempts a goal against Algeria in Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday. (AP/PTI)

Lisbon, Jun 8 (Agencies): With Cristiano Ronaldo back in action, Portugal cruised to a 3-0 win over Algeria in its final warmup match before travelling to Russia for the World Cup. According to AP, Ronaldo, who hadn’t played since leading Real Madrid to a third straight Champions League title last month, set up one of Portugal’s goals at the Stadium of Light. He also had one disallowed for offside before being substituted in the 75th minute on Thursday (Friday NZ time).

Ronaldo joined Portugal’s squad at the start of this week, later than the rest of the squad, because of the Champions League final.

Portugal opened the scoring in the 18th minute with a shot from inside the area by Goncalo Guedes after a nice head-pass by Bernardo Silva. Bruno Fernandes added to the lead in the 37th with a close-range header after a well-placed left-footed cross by Ronaldo, and Guedes netted his second goal early in the second half with a header after a cross by Raphael Guerreiro from the left side. Portugal scored another goal near the end but it was called off by video review because of a

hand-ball by Guedes.

Portugal, which will travel to Russia on Saturday, had already played two other warm-up matches, drawing Tunisia 2-2 and Belgium 0-0. Santos will take 13 players to Russia who helped the team win its first major title at the European Championship two years ago in France.

Portugal will begin its World Cup campaign against Iberian rival Spain on June 15 in Sochi. Its other Group B matches will be against Morocco and Iran.

Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford scored from long range as England beat Costa Rica 2-0 in its final World Cup warm-up match.

In a rare England match away from Wembley, Danny Welbeck headed in the second after coming off the bench in the second half at Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium.

The victory came four years after England drew 0-0 with Costa Rica as it slumped out of the World Cup in the group stage. Just five members from Roy Hodgson’s squad in Brazil are heading to the World Cup in Russia next year, with Gareth Southgate favouring promise over experience.

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