March 20, 2018 by Nagaland Post

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Vol XXVIII No. 101

State govt to implement NRMP, 2017

DIMAPUR, MAR 19 (NPN): State government has issued a notification regarding implementation of the Nagaland Road Maintenance Policy (NRMP), 2017 in the state. According to the notification, the NRMP, 2017 would come into force with immediate effect from the date of publication in the extraordinary Gazette. It would remain in operation till such time the state government may consider fit and proper. The notification stated that the government also reserved the right to make amendment to the Policy and Rules from time to time as deem fit. The policy has been approved by the Cabinet vide O.M.No. CAB2/2013 on December 13, 2017. On January 17 last, the former chief minister, T R Zeliang, had said his government has adopted the NRMP 2017 to ensure proper maintenance roads in the state. He had stated that with the NRMP 2017 in place and earmarked funds available, the responsible departments would be able to ensure better up-keep and maintenance of the roads.

Padma awards to be conferred today DIMAPUR, MAR 19 (NPN): Two persons from Nagaland are among several prominent personalities who will be conferred with the prestigious Padma awards of 2018 by President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi. The function will be held on Tuesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan with the attendance of Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministerial colleagues besides others, an official said. Lentina Ao Thakkar and Piyong Temjen Jamir from Nagaland are among 72 others who have been named for Padma Shri awards. This year, as many as 84 Padma awards were announced, including two duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one). The list comprises three Padma Vibhushan, nine Padma Bhushan and 72 Padma Shri awards, the official said. The awards -Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are announced on the eve of the Republic Day every year. The remaining awardees of the Padma awards 2018 will be conferred with the honour at another special function to be held on April 2.

This is it!

“Change Has Come. Here’s your transfer order and I’m to take over from you.” K Y M C

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Madhuri Dixit takes Sridevi’s place in Abhishek Varman’s film

Pedro heads Chelsea into FA Cup semis

Putin wins fourth term; opponents say vote rigged

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international, Page 9

No-confidence motion not taken up against Modi govt

NEW DELHI, Mar 19 (AGENCIES): Notices for no-confidence motion against the government could not be taken up Monday in the Lok Sabha as noisy protests by members from various parties disrupted proceedings, leading to adjournment of the House. Amid the din, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the government was ready for discussion on any issue, including on the noconfidence motion. As soon as the House met for Zero Hour after the Question Hour was washed out, members from TRS and AIADMK trooped into the Well carrying placards. While the TRS was demanding a rise in quota, the AIADMK was pressing for immediate setting up of the Cauvery river management board. Soon after papers were laid on the table amid slogan- shouting by unrelenting members, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the government was ready to discuss any issue. Some members have given notices for no-confi-

Opposition members protest during the ongoing Budget Session in Lok Sabha, on Monday. (PTI)

dence motion and the government is ready for discussion on that as well, he added. He also requested all parties to cooperate so that discussion can be taken up. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan repeatedly requested the more than 25 members from the AIADMK and TRS standing in the Well to return to their seats. As the uproar continued, Mahajan said she was duty-bound to take up the notices for no-confidence motion but could not as the House was not in order. “Since the House is not in order, I will not be able to

bring it... I am sorry,” she said before adjourning the proceedings for the day. Notices have been given by YSR Congress member Y.V. Subba Reddy and two members from TDP-- Thota Narasimham and Jayadev Galla. Both parties have been demanding special package for Andhra Pradesh, an issue on which TDP quit the ruling NDA alliance last week. While Monday was the 11th consecutive day that the proceedings were washed out, this is the second day that Speaker was not able to take up notices for no-confidence motion.

Petrol price cut for fifth day in a row NEW DELHI, MAR 19 (AGENCIES): Petrol prices were marginally lowered across Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai Monday-- a fifth rate cut in a row. Diesel prices were in the metros were increased by 2-3 paise per litre. Effective 6 am, Monday, petrol rates were at Rs. 72.19 per litre in Delhi, Rs. 74.93 per litre in Kolkata, Rs. 80.06 per litre in Mumbai and Rs. 74.86 per litre in Chennai, according to Indian Oil Corporation’s website - iocl.com. Diesel rates were at Rs. 62.73 per litre in Delhi, Rs. 65.42 per litre in Kolkata, Rs. 66.81 per litre in Mumbai and Rs. 66.14 per litre in Chennai, according to Indian Oil Corporation.

NIA case: Fresh bout of trouble for TR Zeliang GUWAHATI, MAR 19 (AGENCIES): Beleaguered former chief minister and senior NPF leader, T.R. Zeliang seems to be heading towards a fresh round of trouble after revelations that National Investigation Agency (NIA) has stumbled upon documentary evidence indicating his involvement in a terror funding case, according to a report in The Asian Age. The newspaper quoted security sources as having said that though Zeliang refused to appear before the agency to clarify his position, he would have to appear for cross-examination. Pointing out that NIA was in possession of glaring evidence indicating his direct involvement in siphoning of government funds and facilitating it to

NSCN (K), security sources said Zeliang had sent a written reply through his advocate to NIA, but it was not enough, the newspaper reported. Stating that NIA sleuths had recovered documents signed by the former chief minister to facilitate fund for NSCN (K), security sources said Zeliang, who was now leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, had sought another date for appearing before the agency. As reported earlier, Zeliang’s advocate, in a written reply to NIA, had clarified that he had nothing to do with siphoning of government funds to NSCN (K) or any other outfit. He had also claimed that if government departments had been doing so, he was unaware and that had it been brought to his

knowledge he would have put an end to it. The Asian Age, however, quoted sources as having claimed that NIA probe had revealed that government funds were released on written approval of then chief minister. T h e i nve s t i g a t i o n agency had summoned Zeliang to its New Delhi office on Tuesday. After he expressed his inability to be present due to ongoing Assembly session, the NIA then changed the date to Saturday. Just before the Assembly election in February, the NIA had summoned three officials from chief minister’s office to Guwahati. Two days before the election results were announced, one of these officers was also summoned to New Delhi again.

After Gov, Meghalaya MLAs create language history in Assembly SHILLONG, MAR 19 (AGENCIES): The 10th Assembly session on Monday witnessed a mélange of languages with two legislators speaking in Khasi, a Garo legislator uttering a few lines in Garo while the rest spoke in English. Congress legislator Ampareen Lyngdoh and KHNAM member Adelbert Nongrum, NCP’s Saleng Sangma

spoke in their mother tongue although Sangma spoke just a few lines in Garo, reported The Shillong Times. Lyngdoh expressed joy for getting the opportunity to speak in Khasi which is for the first time in the history of Meghalaya Assembly. Meanwhile, Nongrum spoke few lines in English before speaking at length about the Governor’s address.

Referring to Governor Ganga Prasad’s Hindi speech on the opening day of the state’s Budget Session, Nongrum said, “I don’t have any objection but it is really upsetting. It disappoints me that it happened the very first time since the predecessors use English as an official language…. This maybe a hidden agenda, the Governor may know (Cont’d on p-7) better.”

AR rescue tourists 4 MoUs inked to boost tourism KCR, Didi pitch for ‘non-BJP, non-Cong federal front’ from Dzukou valley in NE, double tourist arrivals

Telangana chief minister KC Rao and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee address the media after their meeting in Kolkata Monday. (PTI)

KOLKATA, MAR 19 (IANS/ AGENCIES): In what is seen as a setback for Rahul’s pitch for the Congress to be the fulcrum of opposition unity in the run up to the 2019 elections, Telangana chief minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao and West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee (Didi) on Monday pitched for a non-Congress, nonBJP federal front in the country but claimed the alliance would transcend the barrier of political parties and focus solely on people’s agenda. “There is definitely go-

ing to be a federal front by the people of India. It is not a mere aligning of political parties. It is about unifying the masses, the people of India. Our front would be a federal front very shortly but the agenda we propose would be totally different from the present routine model. It would be people’s agenda,” Rao, also the Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief, said after the meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna here. Terming his meeting with Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, as the first step towards the inception of

the front, KCR, as the leader is popularly known, said the front’s formation can be discussed in more detail once other like-minded political leaders come to a consensus. Echoing Rao, Banerjee termed the meeting as a “good beginning” and hoped the likeminded leaders, focused on the development of the county, would eventually come together to form a “strong” federal front. “Let the leaders talk to each other. All of them will eventually come together to form the front. We want the federal front to be strong. If the states are strong, the centre would also be strong,” Banerjee said. “We are not in a hurry. Let’s approach other political parties also. Politics for bigger objectives, takes time. Everything has been discussed in detail. “ she added. The Congress functionaries especially veterans of the party high command have been proposing that Rahul lead the antiBJP front in 2019.

DIMAPUR, MAR 19 (NPN): Four trekkers from Mumbai, three men and one woman, including a married couple, who lost their way in Dzukou Valley on Sunday, have been rescued by Assam Rifles Kohima battalion on Monday. In a release, PRO said that the tourists, who had arrived in Kohima from Mumbai Sunday, commenced trekking on Dzukou Valley trail from Viswema, about 20 Kms east of Kohima, at 11:30 a.m. and kept following sign boards and reached Dzukou Valley Top at 6 p.m. However, they lost the directions thereafter and rains and thunder storm added to their despair. PRO said after a thorough search of six hours, the troops were able to establish contact with the stranded tourists. They were given immediate relief and brought to Kohima.

GUWAHATI, MAR 19 (AGENCIES): In a major push to tourism in the North Eastern region, four Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) were inked with Airbnb under aegis of DoNER for promotion of tourism aimed at doubling tourist arrivals to the North East in the next three years. Online accommodation platform major Airbnb announced that it has inked MoUs with the North Eastern Council (NEC), the North East Tourism Development Council (NETDC) and two key livelihood initiatives, North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) and North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Society (NERCRMS), with the aim of creating hospitality microentrepreneurs across key destinations in the North East of India. Through the partnership, the NEC, NETDC and Airbnb will collaborate to boost tourism and create positive travel experiences for both domestic and international visitors to the North East of India, reported The Economic Times.

The agencies have agreed to expand tourism in the North East of India through Airbnb’s global platform, improve the quality of homestay facilities and unique properties in the North East of India, provide and promote outstanding tourism resources in the North East of India, and cooperate to improve the regulatory environment for home sharing in the North East of India. According to a statement Airbnb is also pleased to announce MoUs for strategic partnerships with the NERLP and NERCRMS to generate technology-enabled livelihood opportunities in tourism and hospitality for micro-entrepreneurs in the North East of India, and to help low-income families monetize their existing assets through home sharing. Under these agreements, Airbnb will provide training to core teams of the NERLP and NERCRMS, which will further train existing and potential hosts on home sharing, responsible hosting, hospitality standards, hygiene and basic amenities.

Threat to environment? Rubber plantations in NE eat into forests SBA national convenor to lead NEW DELHI, MAR 19 (AGENCIES): Rubber plantations, which have been vigorously promoted in north-east India in the name of increasing forest cover and rehabilitation of tribespeople, have got environmentalists worried. These plantations are not only eating into the land occupied by the region’s native forests, they could also disturb the ground water reserve and soil quality, showed a recent study led by Kasturi Chakraborty, scientist at the North Eastern Space Applications Centre in Shillong. North-east India accounts for a fourth of India’s forest cover. Chakraborty’s team used remote-sensing techniques and satellite data between 1997 and 2013 to analyse the extent of rubber plantations in parts of north-east India. They found a sixfold increase in rubber plantations from 447

hectares in 1997 to 2,842 hectares in 2013 in the areas they studied. The expansion, however, catapulted between 2010 and 2013, so much so that rubber plantations increased by 119 per cent in this period. This corresponds with the high price that natural rubber fetched at Rs 190-200 per kg. Currently, it is being sold at about Rs 120 a kg. Most of this rubber plantation is monoculture — growing only one plant species

in an area. Scientists term monocultures as “biological deserts” because unlike natural forests, they don’t house diverse plant and animal species. The study was published in the January issue of Current Science journal.

Threat to the environment?

Scientists compare rubber’s expansion in the Northeast with a similar expansion in South-East Asia, where rubber monoculture took over 250,000 hectares

of natural forest and 61,000 hectares of protected area between 2005 and 2010, according to a 2015 study led by Kunming Institute of Botany in China. Over half of these plantations are in areas which are susceptible to insufficient water availability and soil erosion. Scientists have also linked rubber monoculture to reduction in water reserves, soil productivity and biodiversity in SouthEast Asia. Similarly, in Kerala, rubber plantations replaced natural vegetation and were pushed in regions which were environmentally unsuitable. Studies linked this to reduced biodiversity, river flow, and soil nutrients. “We should draw from these studies and take a precautionary approach,” said T R Shankar Raman, scientist with Nature Conservation Foundation, a Bengalurubased NGO. Arun Jyoti

Nath, ecologist at Assam University, said r ubber plants require 60-80 per cent more water in comparison to other plants in a forest, which not only depletes ground water but also take away from the share of other plants. Agreed Abhik Majumder, assistant professor at the National Institute of Technology in Agartala. Majumder’s 2014 study found that many latex processing industries were discharging partly treated or untreated waste water in the surrounding environment which could contaminate soil and ground water. Although Mihirlal Roy of Tripura State Council for Science and Technology agrees that rubber monoculture reduces biodiversity, he said that rubber’s impact on groundwater, soil and rainfall hasn’t been studied well.“Rubber trees sequester more carbon than rain forests,” Roy said.

cleanliness drives in Dmu today

Correspondent

KO H I M A , M A R 1 9 (NPN): Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) national convenor, Yashwant Singh Darbar, who is also the national vice president of ST Morcha and director of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation Ltd (TRIFED), reached Dimapur on Monday as part of the Northeast Swachh Bharat Abhiyan tour programme and held a meeting with PHE minister Jacob Zhimomi. Accompanied by national social media committee convenor and ST Morcha convenor of SBA Manipur Veronica TK Savanai and NGOs Forum representative Akshay Shah, Darbar also inaugurated the State Swachh Bharat office at NST Colony, Dimapur after a dedication was of-

fered by pastor Aba Khesoh of Faithway Church. State BJP unit general secretary Eduzu Theluo informed Nagaland Post that Darbar was on a tour across the country after being made SBA national convener and he had reached Nagaland after visiting Manipur. He said Darbar held a meeting with party official in Dimapur, after which two places in Dimapur – Dimapur Civil Hospital and Dimapur Commerce College – were selected for carrying out cleanliness drives beginning from 6 am. The SBA national convenor will be joined by State BJP party workers, he added. Theluo said that the national convener will reach Kohima on Tuesday to meet governor PB Acharya and chief minister Neiphiu Rio. (Cont’d on p-7) K Y M C

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MP team visit Kohima as part of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2018

DDADU chief advisor alleges harassment

DIMAPUR: Dimapur District Autorickshaw Drivers Union (DDADU), chief advisor Akaho Kiba has alleged that he and his family has been the victim of undue harassment meted out by unknown miscreants. In an FIR to OC, Diphupar PS, Kiba said that on March 17, at around 3 a.m. a group of miscreants broke into his property after breaking open the entrance gate. According to him, the miscreants came up to the first floor veranda and began randomly banging on the all the doors and

windows for more than half an hour. The incident traumatized his wife, who is a heat patient, and his children, he said. Stating that this was a “total violation of [his] fundamental rights”, he wrote that he was a law abiding citizen, “totally innocent and a public leader.” He requested the authority to initiate investigations at the earliest in the interest of justice and for the protection of human lives from anti social elements.

STO Dmu clarifies on pension issue The Madhya Pradesh team along with the lectures and principal of Kohima Science College at Jotsoma on Monday. Correspondent

Ko h i m a , Mar . 1 9 (NPN): As part of the “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat” programme, to promote mutual understanding and bonding between people of diverse cultures in the country, a team of 16 persons from Madhya Pradesh including four associate professors and 12 students reached the state capital and visited Kohima Science College (autonomous) Jotsoma and Kohima College at Kohima on Monday. Senior faculty member of Kohima College, Moanungla Kevichusa shared on the unique admission

policy of the institution where there was no cut off percentage in order to accommodate students from the economically weaker section of the society. Through this exchange programme, she hoped that Madhya Pradesh and Nagaland would join hands to heal the world, especially in a country like India where diversity calls for unity. Associate professor of government, K.R.G, Gwalior, Dr. Charu Chitra expressed profound gratitude for the generosity and admirable hospitality of the Nagas. She said that Nagas were beautiful people and that “there is no barrier if there is art, emotion, music

Clarification on ‘Dimapur police arrest 2, seize weapons’ DIMAPUR: Apropos the news which appeared in local dailies on March 17 under the headline “Dimapur police arrest 2, seize weapons”, Pangpe has clarified that the arrested individual, “Thangming” was not his biological or legitimate son. The arrested individual had claimed that he was the son of Pangpe of High School Sector-A, Noklak. In the clarification note, Pangpe stated that he had “rescued the arrested individual on humanitarian ground in 2007 owing to his life struggles and had therefore, called him Thangming” for their convenience. He stated that it did not make Thangming a bonafide member of Pangpe’s lineage and that he cannot claim to be his son. Further, the clarification from Panpe “strictly warned the refugee” to not vilify his name in any manner “ever again”. Pangpe further stated that he would not be held responsible for any consequences of the arrested individual’s actions and it will be solely the arrested individual’s own risk.

and culture.” Vice principal of Kohima College also hoped that as they would get to know each other better through the programme as well as uplift the three principles of democracy. Addressing the gathering, additional director for higher education, Dr. I. Anungla Aier said that students were the future builders of the society and she believed that the exchange programme would bring better understanding of each other’s problems and contribute towards “building one India, great India”. Highlights of the cultural evening included the

welcome address by the principal of Kohima Science College (Autonomous), Jotsoma, cultural items were presented by the locals like Tati performance, otto (beat boxer), group song by M.Sc geography and botany department, musical piece by Veprezo, unity folk dance from geo-chem department and performances from the visiting team. Department of English, Dr. Seyiekhrielie Whiso compeered the event while general secretary of KSCSU proposed the vote of thanks. The visiting team also visited various departments of the college.

International women’s week celebrated at Longleng

DIMAPUR: The weeklong celebration of international Women’s week 2018, under the theme “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”, at Longleng ended on March 16 at GHSS Longleng Auditorium, with participation of students from different schools and women organizations of the district. According to a DIPR report, speaking on the theme Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, the principal of GHSS Longleng, B. Watisangla Aier said that women can take pride in empowering functional knowledge that could bring positive change in the society. She said that women have tremendous potentials and she exhorted the students to endeavor to excel in whatever they did so that they can build a brighter and better future. She acknowledged that success was not easy but with dedication and hard work one could accomplish good things and live great lives. She also said that a person who moved ahead constantly without being discouraged by failure and obstacles in life would succeed in life. She encouraged the students to be respectful because a student cannot progress without the blessings of teachers and elders adding that “no matter how educated and advanced

we are without discipline we cannot progress”. The deputy commissioner Longleng, John Tsulise Sangtam in his welcome address wished the women and girls and told them that with the great initiative and cooperation extended by different heads of the institutions the program was a success. The DC said that he was encouraged by the participation of students in different categories of activities held during the weeklong celebrati ons. Contemplating the theme “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” he said we must retrospect and see how much we have done to empower and to uplift the welfare of the women of the district. The highlights of the program were: a cultural presentation by all the high schools under Longleng, a special number by St. Joseph Secondary School and declaration of result and presentation of certificates to the winners of the painting/drawing/essay competitions. God’s blessings were invoked by PBCA women secretary Angbhen Phom and the vote of thanks was said by head mistress Mt. Carmel School, Amenla T. Imsong. The programme was chaired by Manda Phom vice president, Phomla Hoichem.

DIMAPUR: Senior treasury officer (STO) Dimapur has clarified that, it was the bounden duty of the treasury office to prepare and release pension arrears as per the order and direction of state government against any ROP of pension/ family pension. According to a DIPR report, state Finance department has recently issued an order for revision of pay of pension under 7 ROP. However, preparation of revision arrears and necessary release has been delayed due engagements of Treasury officials on the government transaction due to the approach of current financial year. Therefore, all the pensioners have been requested to wait for the time being till the officials are free to deal with the matter. Further with regard to DDPA press release, the STO clarified that activities and functioning of the Dimapur District Pensioners Association (DDPA) were outside the preview of Treasury office and therefore, the issue of collecting Rs. 2000/- setting up financial expert committee to oversee pension revision financial implication or issuing of ROP forms was a DDPA issue. Therefore, in this connection the pensioners are informed to tie up with the association for necessary information and not to approach Dimapur Treasury Office since the office is ignorant about the matter. Further, public in general and pensioners are informed that the Treasury Office will not accept any state government official prescribed forms issued by any associations unless authorized by the government to do so.

news in Brief Training on capacity building in IT & DS at NIELIT: The inaugural programme for first batch of training on capacity building in IT and Digital Services (DS) including digital payments and GST for state government officials of Nagaland will be held at Auditorium, NIELIT Kohima on March 20, 10:30 a.m, sponsored by the Ministry of DoNER, Government of India and implemented by NIELIT. Ministry of DoNER is sponsoring the training of 50000 government employees in three years across eight North East States under capacity building and technical assistance scheme. CAKSU meeting: Chakhro Angami Kuda Students’ Union (CAKSU) has convened a meeting on March 24, 11 a.m at CAKU hall, Phevima. All the executives and advisors have been requested to attend the meeting without fail. NNC/FGN informs: The Federal Government of Nagaland (Singnya-Zhopra) has informed all regional authorities headed midan peyu to observe the 63rd Naga Republic Day with holiness and prayer from the respective regional Oking on March 22. Ministry of rali wali affairs/MIP, FGN further directed all midan peyus to make their own arrangements for the success of the day. NNC/GDRN (NA) Naga Republic Day: NNC/ GDRN (Non Accordist) will be celebrating Republic Day on March 22 at Oking (central members) and all regional authorities at respective regional headquarters to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of Naga Republic Day. NNC/GDRN (NA) kilo kilonser, L. Shilu Ao has informed all central and regional staff and both civil and military personnel to attend the celebration program at their respective places as scheduled. ANPWDFWA W/C union housing (R&B meeting: All Nagaland PWD Field Workers Association (ANPWDFWA) Work Charge union housing (R&B) NH Dimapur unit has convened a general meeting on March 23, 10 a.m at its office complex. All the work charge members have been requested to attend the meeting. DDVFAA 1st yearly general meeting: Dimapur District Veterinary Field Assistant Association (DDVFAA) 1st yearly general meeting cum handing taking of office bearers will be held on March 22, 11 a.m at the residence of treasurer, Burma camp Dimapur. All the members have been requested to attend the meeting. Phewhuo-Whuorie clans Sekrenyi feast: PhewhuoWhuorie clans of T. Khel Kohima village is organizing Sekrenyi feast-cum-get together at Lerii T. Khel model village (by pass) on March 24 at 11 a.m. All its in-law and members have been invited to attend the celebration.

NCRC to conduct monthly prayer meeting DIMAPUR: Nagaland Christian Revival Church (NCRC) PR Hill Kohima, prayer centre for Nagaland has convened its monthly prayer meeting, following the Lord’s programme, from March 23 to 25, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. respectively. The main speakers will be NCRC Purana Bazaar, Dimapur pastor, Rev. Dr. Shiwoto Sumi and NCRC general secretary, Rev. Vangpong Phom. Mothers Midland Prayer Fellowship, Kohima will lead the choir while there will be an advance prayer group from prayer warriors NCRC PR Hill Kohima. Services will be conducted in Tenyidie and Nagamese wherein Lord’s Supper will be administered on Saturday morning service and healing service on Sunday evening service. In this regard, program committee NCRC PR Hill Kohima has invited everyone to come and share the blessings of God.

Eastern Christian College (ECC) Padumpukhuri department of sociology visited North East Zone Culture Centre (NEZCC) on March 15 with an aim to enlighten and educate the students on the culture and history of North East India. Altogether 23 students from the department undertook the trip under the initiative of HOD department of Sociology, Kilemtula Jamir.

NCUI Project Kohima organized two-day skill development training on detergent washing powder and cleaning gel and candle stick making at Sishunu and Chiechama for cooperative societies and self help groups on December 19, 2017 and January 13, 2018 respectively. According to a press release from NCUI Coop. Edu. Field Project, Kohima, Project Officer, Ketholenuo, the training was sponsored by the Department of Cooporation.

NSA organises scholarly interaction with Sanjoy Hazarika

NSA members and attendees at the scholarly interaction with Sanjoy Hazarika. DIMAPUR: Naga Scholars Association (NSA) organised a talk by Sanjoy Hazarika on his recent book “strangers no more: new narratives from India’s North East”. According to a press K

release by president NSA, Dr. Zuchamo and secretary, Dr. Lungthuiyang Riamei, when speaking at the programme, Prof. Sanjoy Hazarika, started his talk by recounting the story of him meeting AZ

Phizo which changed his perspective of the Nagas. H a z a r i k a wa s 1 9 years of age then and in that brief encounter Phizo said that one day the Assamese will understand what we (Nagas) have

gone through and that they will speak their language because the Indian government cannot be trusted. “He turned out to be right”, said Hazarika. His personal encounters with other figures from North East India and of the people of the region in general eventually let him analyse what it was that drove people of the region to press on with their aspirations. For him, it was a continuing quest. While talking about his experience as the lone member from the North East India in the Jeeven Reddy Committee set up to review the AFSPA, Hazarika shared that the committee, however, seemed to undergo a change in their attitude and finally recommended to repeal AFSPA. Touching upon the “protracted negotiation” and the framework agreement between NSCN (IM) and GOI, he maintained that the greater challenge

was reconciliation of political groups and of the people. The civil societies, academia, intellectuals, etc who have the goodwill of the people need to lead the people in reaching out to one another to facilitate reconciliation, he said. Meanwhile, the talk was followed by hardhitting questions and responses, some of which include – “GOI’s national security vis-a-vis Naga aspirations”, “camouflage politics of GOI”, “response of neighbours in the possible event of integration of Naga inhibited areas”, etc. Dr. R.Vashum, associate professor, school of social sciences, IGNOU chaired the talk, president NSA, Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan delivered welcome address, vote of thanks by Dr. Lungthuiyang Riamei, secretary, NSA, while rapporteur of the session was Dr. Achingliu Kamei, assistant professor, University of Delhi.

Bethel Youth Ministry with its president, Temjen Lkr and chairman governing body Immanuel College, Dr. A. Loso Chalai visited Dimapur District Jail on March 11 and held a gospel fellowship with the inmates. This was the fourth visit to spread the love of God.

SBP to conduct 5 day workshop at NEZCC Dmu

DIMAPUR: Sanskar Bharati Poorvottar, an all-India cultural organisation working to uplift artists and cultural heritage of North-East, will be organising a five-day residential “Yuva Kala Sadhna Shivir” -- an orientation and workshop for youth on cultural integration and peace in Northeast, at NEZCC Dimapur, Nagaland from March 25 to 29. Eminent Kala gurus of different art fields like dance, drama, painting, music and paridhanam will help polish the art skills of Kala Sadhaks to enhance their devotion and potential in art and culture. Resource persons will be Pt. Sharad Mani Tripathi, Gorakhpur on kheyal gayan, Pt. Chetan Kumar Joshi, Delhi on flute, Pt. Nilay Kanti Dutta, Silchar Assam on tabla, Dr. Purnima Pande, Lucknow on Kothok Dance, Aloka Kanungo, Kolkata on Odisi dance, Shree Rohit Tripathi, Delhi and Bipin Kumar NSD, Sikkim on theatre, Lalit Kala Academy Rajasthan on painting, Moa and Arenla Subong, Guruji Onentoshi Jamir on Naga instruments, Senior artist from Nagaland on Naga traditional dances and exotic echo (loin loom) on fashion and designing.

NPF elevates media functionaries DIMAPUR: President of the Naga People’s Front (NPF), Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu has on Monday elevated some party functionaries according to a communiqué from NPF central press bureau. It conveyed that the press secretary of the party Sebastian Zumvu to ‘media advisor NPF to the president’ in the rank of general secretary, and associate press secretary Atou Liezietsu to the post of ‘press secretary’ of the party with immediate effect. Sapralu Nyekha had been appointed as associate press secretary earlier this year. Phushika Awomi, former associate press secretary was also earlier promoted to general secretary of the party. K

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DFO Kohima along with local functionaries with the plastic chairs & barbed wire. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, MARCH 19 (NPN): Awareness cum distribution of community assets programme was organized by Kohima Forest Division on March 19 at Range Office Kohima. The programme was mainly organized to strengthen and build up the capacity of local institutions such as the JFMCs, Village councils, Women Groups etc. Issues related to protection and conservation of forest, wild life and forest fire management were discussed and deliberated during the function. DFO Kohima Rongsenlemla Imchen (IFS), in her address, thanked the community for cooperat-

ing with the department and highlighted the importance of the local community’s role in protecting and conserving forests and the environment. Dr. Kenei Miachieo (IFS), CF (STC) who was a special invitee to the programme, exhorted the gathering to be emissaries of change for forest conservation. He highlighted the relation between the land use pattern and its effect on the environment and also how to improvise upon it for positive and sustainable results. Mesenchu and Paul, from JFMC New Tesophenyu and Kandiyu respectively, spoke on behalf of the local community wherein both of them ap-

preciated the department for its initiatives towards raising environmental awareness in the region and they also pledged to protect the environment. The invocation prayer was said by Neitsolie Sanchu , Dy. Ranger and the vote of thanks was proposed by Jweni Semp, Ranger. Barbed wires and plastics chairs were distributed among the JFMC’s and SHG’s under the FDA Scheme. The program was attended by Kohima Forest officials, local functionaries, JFMC’s, Women Group and SHG’s of 18 villages covering Kohima, Tseminyu and Chiephobozou range under Kohima Division.

DDPODU condemns murder & robbery

DIMAPUR: Dimapur District Pick-up van Owners & Drivers Union (DDPODU) has condemned the brutal murder of its member driver one, Devanand Kumar Shah, Son of Lalan Shah by miscreants on March 16. A condemnation note issued by DDPODU general secretary, Tongpangkumba stated that on March 16 miscreants hired the pick-up Mahindra Maximo vehicle (AS 09C 9224) from station road pick-up parking Dimapur which was learnt to have been transporting Tamul (betel nut) from Lumding to Dimapur. DDPODU said that the dead body was recovered on March 17 from Borlongfer area between Diphu and Lumding road, which was then brought to Diphu civil hospital by ASI, Niranjan Dohingia. DDPODU stated that the miscreants murdered the driver and stole the vehicle. The union termed the act as barbaric and said that such acts must be condemned by all right thinking citizens. DDPODU has informed all its members to pay tribute to the departed on March 20. It also appealed to the concerned authorities to trace the miscreants and award befitting punishment. The union further expressed its condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

Job fair held at Unity College Dimapur DIMAPUR: A Job Fair was held at Unity College in Dimapur, jointly organised by IQAC Placement Cell of Unity College & NIIT Dimapur Center, on March 17, 2018. National & regional organizations participated in the Job Fair. According to a press release from NIIT Dima-

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pur, head of center, Daniel Changkiri, the participant organizations were -- Aditya Birla Capital, Aegis Global, Apex Manpower, Employment Provider, Genpact, K. T. Enterprise, M. I. Industries, Mahavir Rice Mills, Nagaland Job Center, Nagaland Today, N.M. Jain (Godrej), Reev Tech, Symbios Creations (P) Ltd.,

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Tetso College, Tech Mahindra, Vyrazu Labs. The event saw more than 300 candidates from 36 institutes of Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tamil Nadu. The release said that than 100 candidates have been short-listed by the various companies and many other

organizations that could not conduct interviews or turn up on the day will be following up with candidates as per the resumes submitted. The organizers expressed gratefulness to the chairman, principal, administrator, student dean, lecturers & non-teaching staff of Unity College for

their whole-hearted support. Daniel, in the release, said he was thankful to the NIIT team Royal Tigers for taking up the challenge of organizing the mammoth event, despite many hiccups faced organizing it due to the ending of the financial year.

NLA secretariat felicitates Speaker

Officials and speakers at the podium during the felicitation ceremony.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) secretariat felicitated Er. Vikho-o Yhoshü on being elected Speaker of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) and welcomed him to the office of the speaker on March 19. While delivering the felicitation and welcome address on behalf of officers and staff of NLA, commissioner and secretary, N. Benjamin Newmai assured him of the cooperation and

support of the officers and staff. In his address, the speaker thanked God for enabling him to occupy the very prestigious responsibility and he exhorted the officers and staff to believe in team work, cohesiveness and human development. The speaker was confident that with the existing team of the NLA secretariat, he would be able to discharge his functions successfully.

The felicitation programme was chaired by secretary Pangamla, a short speech of felicitation and welcome was also delivered by president, Nagaland assembly secretariat staff association, I. Khoneyi Chang, while the invocation was pronounced by State chaplain, Rev. Kuzierang Thou. The programme was attended by the speaker’s wife, his entourage and officers and staff of the NLA.

APEDA and DoA organise outreach and buyer-seller meet

DIMAPUR: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) in collaboration with Department of Agriculture (DoA), Nagaland organised an “outreach and buyer-seller meet” on March 19 at Acacia Hotel, Dimapur. The programme focused on the unique qualities of NER products, mainly ginger, turmeric, Naga king chilli, rajma, (kholar) pineapple and kiwi fruit. Many buyers and exporters evinced interest in procuring the commodities as FPOs and entrepreneurs displayed their products and provided details about them. Adviser (NAB) from APEDA, Dr. A.K. Yadav gave an overview of or-

ganic farming in the world, India and North East. He emphasised on the need for FPOs to network and create single point contact for marketing. AGM, APEDA, Sunita Rai explained various support schemes and also the role of APEDA in export facilitation.

The Programme saw participation by 45 organic farmers producer organization representatives along with ten traders and exporters. State government officers from agriculture and horticulture departments, NIDC and NERAMAC also participated in the event.

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New Delhi/Agartala, Mar19 (IANS): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who heads an 11-day-old BJP government in the state, on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a special package to overcome a “severe financial burden” the new government is saddled with, an official said. “Tripura Chief Minister met the Prime Minister and several other central ministers at their Parliament house offices and sought special financial package from the Centre to surmount the severe financial crisis of the state,” an official of the Tripura Chief Minister’s secretariat said. The official, who refused to be named, told IANS: “We are yet to know what assurance the Prime Minister gave to the Chief Minister.” Deb accompanied by Chief Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan and Principal Secretary L.K. Gupta had on Sunday night left here for the national capital to meet the central leaders. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Tripura on Sunday also published a white paper here

Constable held for death of minor girl in Assam

at Parliament House, the Chief Minister was offered a rousing welcome by several Union Ministers for the BJP’s stunning victory in the state by defeating the Communist Party of IndiaMarxist led Left Front in the February 18 polls. Deb also called on President Ram Nath Kovind. Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma, who also holds the Finance portfolio, told the media that the new government is facing fiscal deficit and liabilities of Rs 11,356 crore. “We have inherited the financial burden from the previous Left Front government.” To increase the salaries and allowances of the 2.18 lakh state government employees and pensioners in line with the proposals of the Seventh Pay Commission, an additional Rs 1,460 crore annual financial assistance is required. The BJP government in its first cabinet meeting on March 10 decided to constitute an expert committee to be headed by former Assam Chief Secretary P.P. Verma to make suitable recommendations for raising the salaries and allowances of the state government em-

ployees and pensioners. Verma was the Chairman of a committee that had suggested a pay hike structure for the 4.20 lakh Assam government employees and pensioners as per the recommendations of 7th pay commission. “Despite the financial crisis, the BJP government would fulfil its pre-poll promises at any cost,” the Deputy Chief Minister added. He said that the total expenditure of Tripura exceeded the budget estimates in the last three financial years (2014-15 to 2016-17) since the previous Left Front government failed to strike a balance between budget and expenditure. “The new state government has adopted a threepronged strategy to beat the fiscal deficit and crisis, besides ensure all-round development of the state and welfare of the people,” Debbarma added. According to the Deputy Chief Minister, the threepronged strategy includes balanced and restrained expenditure, increasing revenue and enhanced collection of revenue, and seeking central financial aid.

Aasu backs Bora’s demand to include NE in national anthem

Manipur YAS minister inspects NSU site

Biplab Kumar Deb specifying that the previous Left Front government left behind Rs 11,356 crore liabilities and fiscal deficits. The official said that the Chief Minister during his four-day visit to New Delhi would also meet Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister of State for PMO and Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh and other central leaders, including BJP President Amit Shah. The special package is also required to implement one of the party’s most populist pre-poll promises -- to raise the salaries and allowances of the state government employees at par with the proposals of the Seventh Central Pay Commission. The official said that

GUWAHATI, Mar 19 in 1986 by AGP legislator (Agencies): Bolstering Zoii Nath Sarma in the Correspondent Congress MP Ripun Bora’s assembly. contention that the national In 2013, the issue came I M P H A L , M a r 1 9 : anthem should mention the up for discussion in the Manipur youth affairs northeast, the influential state assembly again. AGP and sports minister LetAll Assam Students’ Union legislator Phani Bhusan pao Haokip Monday in(Aasu) on Sunday said it has Choudhury moved a private spected the site for the long been demanding this member’s resolution, refer- construction of National revision and it is about time ring to a vernacular daily’s Sports University (NSU) that a change be brought report, quoting TOI, where at Koutruk-Haraothel area about, reported TNN. the notation of the national at the inter-district border “We have been asking anthem published in 1950 of Imphal West and Kangfor it (inclusion of the north- and 1997 showed the word pokpi districts. During the inspection, east) in the national anthem Kamr up (ancient name the minister was accompafor long. We have not placed of Assam) inserted in the it before the government, lyric composed by Tagore. nied by Manipur youth but the fact remains that Choudhury, while moving affairs and sports director for whatever reasons, the his resolution, had stated N Praveen, Kangpokpi DC name of the northeast has that said the word ‘Kamrup’ Pradeep Chandren, Kangnot been included in the was dropped from the na- pokpi SP Hemant Pandey, anthem. Aasu wants it to be tional anthem to make room student leaders of Kuki included,” Aasu president for the word ‘Sindhu’ and he Students’ Organisation Dipanka Nath told TOI on demanded re-inclusion of (KSO) and others. After hearing the Sunday. ‘Kamrup’. He had said that On Friday, Bora had no one had tried to verify grievances, the minister moved a private member’s the report published by TOI. has instructed the district resolution that the “House Congress minister Rakibul administration of Kangurge the government to Hussain had then told the pokpi district to enquire amend the National Anthem House that the state govern- the de par tments conto delete the word ‘Sindh’ ment would approach TOI cerned of land settlement issues and to bring out a and replace it with the words for verification. ‘Northeast India’.” Bora In 2016, former Me- clear demarcation at the had said, “Northeast is im- ghalaya governor V Shan- earliest. portant part of India, it is muganathan had suggested It may be noted that, unfortunate that it is not in his address at 65th Ple- Prime Minister Narendra part of national anthem. nary of the North Eastern Modi had laid the founOn the other hand, Sindh Council in Shillong that the dation stone for the conis mentioned, which is no region should find mention struction of the university longer part of India but in the national anthem. during his recent visit to part of Pakistan, which is That would, he said, instil a Manipur on March 16. a hostile country.” In a different context, but just a day after Bora, IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT Haryana minister Anil Vij HEADQUARTER CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP : DIMAPUR : NAGALAND NOTICE sought an amendment to the Dated, Dimapur the 16th March' 18 anthem as well, demanding NO. M 24/18/14561-62 Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti. Thotthing Ruivah -Vrs- Imkongnukba that the word ‘adhinayak’ Lkr. resident of Darogajan Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland be replaced since India is a under Rule 50 & 51 of Assam Land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for democracy now. Vij had sup- Mutation of land described in the schedule below:The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/ ported Bora’s resolution. concerning to the said land, if any & should be submitted to this Court The first official record objections Itanagar, Mar 19 of the demand for inclusion in writing on or before 17.4.18. SCHEDULE OF LAND AND BOUNDARY (PTI): A fire broke out at of a reference to the region Name of Patta Holder : Thotthing Ruivah Village /Town Block No. : Darogajan, Lower Dibang Valley dis- in the national anthem was Patta No. : 524, Dag No. : 264/665, Area : 01B-00K-00Ls. trict of Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur : Nagaland. DP-2217 yesterday evening, reducing 18 houses to ashes, police GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND Monday said. However, there were no casualties in the incident. NAGALAND : KOHIMA The incident occurred at Model Village in Roing, the district headquarters. The houses were under REGARDING THE SUBSIDY AMOUNT RELEASED AS 1ST INSTALLMENT UNDER District Urban Development PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA (PMAY)- HOUSING FOR ALL, BENEFICIARY-LED Agency (DUDA). CONSTRUCTION (BLC) PROJECT FOR THE STATE OF NAGALAND The wind-aided fire This is for information that all the beneficiaries who have availed the 1st Installment spread quickly to the closely amount of Rs. 60,000.00 under the PMAY-HFA (U) BLC project are to start the construction built houses and reduced all immediately. Without the utilization of the 1st Installment and second phase of geo-tagged 18 of them to ashes before pictures showing the construction activities of the Dwelling Unit in the Bhuvan Portal, the the fire fighters brought the second installment will not be released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. It flame under control after may also be noted that those beneficiaries who failed to construct their house with their hours of efforts. first installment received, will have to reimburse the amount to the Ministry. It is also strictly The fire is suspected instructed that a beneficiary who has opted for New House category under the scheme can to have started from an opt to build either a Ekra wall house or a Brick wall house. No other construction material unattended fireplace, the such as CGI wall/Thatch/Bamboo Mats/ Plastic/polythene/ Mud etc will be considered as police said. these material come under the kuccha house category. Roing Fire Station inFurther clarification if required may be sought from the PMAY-HFA (U) Cell under the charge Kasem Tayeng informed that strong winds Directorate of Municipal Affairs, AG Colony Kohima. Sd/made it difficult for the (T. YANPVUTHUNG KIKON) fire fighters to contain the Mission Director, PMAY-HFA (U), Nagaland DC-618 blaze. Guwahati, Mar 19 (Agencies): The police have arrested a constable for the death of a minor girl whom he was supposed to marry after she turned 18. Another constable was booked for posting obscene photos of a model on social media, a report from the Hindu said. Officials in Kokrajhar district said Hazarat Ali, a constable posted at the 20 India Reserve Battalion headquarters in Panbari, was arrested along with his parents for the death of 16year-old Arpina Begum. The trio was brought to the Fakiragram police station in the district for interrogation on March 16 after Arpina’s body was found hanging at their home that day. “The constable and his parents have been arrested,” Tabu Ram Pegu, Kokrajhar Additional Superintendent of Police, told The Hindu. The police also registered a case against another constable, Iqbal Hussain, in Kamrup district after a local model lodged a complaint against him for stalking and posting obscene photos of her on social media. A resident of Hajo, about 30 km from Guwahati, the constable is posted at the Assam Police headquarters.

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Mizoram CM says, border issue not to feature in meeting Aizawl, Mar 19 (PTI): Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla Monday informed the Assembly that the talks to be held in New Delhi tomorrow between chief secretaries of Assam and Mizoram would not touch the border dispute between the two states. Lal Thanhawla said that state chief secretary Arvind Ray would talk about the reported atrocities committed by the Assam Police personnel on Mizo students and reporters on March eight and ten. The meeting, to be chaired by union home secretary and attended by home ministry officials and chief secretaries of the two states, has been convened by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The border dispute erupted in the wake of protests by Mizo students, which turned violent recently as Mizo Zirlai Pawl tried to construct a rest house on NH 154 near the border on February 27 on land owned by the first state chief minister Ch Chhunga at Zophai area near Mizoram-Assam border area.

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IMPHAL, MAR 19: Manipur State Power Company Limited (MSPCL) Monday announced to provide uninterr upted 24x7 power supply to every household in Manipur by December, 2018. This was announced by MSPCL managing director N Sarat during a press conference organized by the state DIPR at its head office. Under power for all, Centre aims to provide 24X7 power to all by March, 2019. However, MSPCL target was to ensure that all households get 24x7 power by December next year, ahead of Central sponsored scheme, Sarat said. As a step towards self-reliance in the power generation sector, implementation of the 2x33 MW Loktak Downstream Hydro Electric Project will be taken up by Loktak Downstream Hydroelectric Corporation Limited, he added. Asser ting that the power scenario in the state has improved considerably, Sarat said that the 5th Standing Committee Meet-

Mizoram woman among 2 held with Rs 10 cr heroin LUDHIANA, MAR 19 (Agencies): The police arrested two drug peddlers, including a Mizoram woman, after 2kg heroin was recovered from their possession at a check-post on Khanna -Delhi National Highway on Saturday evening, a TNN report stated. The police claimed that it was for the first time a Mizoram resident had been arrested with a drug haul. Khanna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Navjot Singh Mahal said, “Around 4pm, police had set up a check-post near a mall in Alaud village on Khanna-Delhi National Highway. A grey Toyota Etios (DL10CE-5941) coming from Gobindgarh side was flagged down.

The taxi driver - Raj Kumar Saxena, 42, a resident of New Delhi - and the woman passenger - Lalchu Vanli Nealoom, 29, of Lawngtlai, Mizoram - were arrested after two kilograms of heroin was recovered from the car. It was packed in a black polythene hid between the front seats. The contraband is worth Rs 10 crore in international market.” DSP D Ranjeet Singh said the accused would procure heroin from Delhi to supply it in Punjab. They were taking the consignment to Jalandhar and Nabha. The police said Nealoom did her bachelor of arts (BA) and bachelor of education (BEd) from DU. Another woman had handed over the consignment to her in Delhi.

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ing on Power System Planning in NER has agreed for extension of another 400 KV D/C line from Imphal –New Kohima to Misa via New Mariani. “The extension work is under process and is taken up by Kohima Mariani Transmission Limited (KMTL), a subsidiary of Kalpataru Power Trans-

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Regd. No. 1211/17 Date 11/9/17 I, Shri L. KHEKIYE SUMI, S/o Lhokiye, resident of Ustomi Village, Zunheboto, Nagaland, do hereby affirm and declare as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and resident of above mentioned address. 2. That my name has been recorded/entered as L. Khekiye Sumi in all my official documents, However, in my SBI Bank Pass Book bearing A/c No. 30789970080 my name has been erroneously entered/recorded as L. QHEKIYE AWOMI. 3. That the name L. KHEKIYE SUMI and L. QHEKIYE AWOMI refers to one and the same person. 4. That this affidavit is made to aver the above statements and that the name L. KHEKIYE SUMI shall be used in place of and L. QHEKIYE AWOMI in my SBI Bank Pass book bearing A/C No. 30789970080. VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the content made in paras 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and beliefs and nothing materials is concealed therein. DEPONENT Solemnly sworn before me. DP-2211 Notary Public, Nagaland

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NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Sesem Changsan has been applied by Smti. Lalam Changsan, W/o Lt. Sesem Changsan R/o H.No 58, Praipijang Vill., Dimapur, Nagaland for possession of : (1) SBI A/C. No. 30456025637. (2) SBI Life 70000018311 (Master Policy) (3) Pension Benefits Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 18th April' 18. Given under the hand and seal of the court on this 19th March '18. (Neiko Kanuo) Principal District and Sessions Judge Dimapur : Nagaland DP-2236

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The Kohima New Changsu union (KNCU) would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri Yanthungo Patton for being elected on the 13th NLA from 37 Tiyi A/C, also for being the ﬁrst Deputy CM in Nagaland. We, further, like to extend our sincere appreciation and gratitude to Shri. Neiphiu Rio for earmarking the portfolio of Home and National Highway to Shri Y. Patton. We wish you success and pray that our Almighty God guide you in your future endeavours. Sd/Sd/C. Pilamo Tungoe Pithungo Lotha Secretary, KNCU Finance Secretary, KNCU

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mission Limited (KPTL) and has set a target to complete on June 30, 2020,” he said. He said that 400 KV D/C line from Imphal –New Kohima to Misa via New Mariani will ensure further stability and reliability in the entire region in the power supply system particularly Manipur.

Applications are hereby invited from indigenous local candidates for undergoing 9 (nine) month training under Rural Artisan Programme (RAP) for Cutting & Tailoring where 10 (ten) no. of Candidates will be selected. Candidates should be class 8 passed and above. Applicants are requested to submit application with BioData, Xerox copies of Educational Certificates along with two passport size photos to the Office undersigned on or before 23rd March 2018. Original certificates should be produced at the time of selection to be held on 28th March 2018 at the office of the undersigned. Training will start from 2nd April 2018. Selected candidates will be given a stipend of Rs.500 (five hundred) only per month. The scheme is purely for self employment and no job guarantee will be given after completion of the training. CHUBAMAONG General Manager District Industries Centre Chozuba DP-2210

The Satakha Range Students' Union would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Shri. G. Kaito Aye for his commendable victory in the last General Election and for being elected at the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operation. The Union further prays that the Almighty God grants him wisdom and good health and wishes him the very best in his endeavour. Bokalu V. Zhimo Vinotoli K. Shohe President Gen. Secretary SRSU SRSU

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: 7073 : Vihuka T. Shohe : Constable : Tohovi Shohe : Rotomi : Zunheboto : Zunheboto : Zunheboto : Nagaland LAST AND FINAL CALLING NOTICE Whereas you have been found absent from duty with effect from 27/12/2017 till date. And whereas 3 (three) calling notices has been served to you vide this office order No. 1. No. 1NAP/Esstt-96(A)/2017-18/265 Dt. Cmd, the 11/01/2018 2. No. 1NAP/Esstt-96(A)/2017-18/1424 Dt. Cmd, the 24/01/2018 3. No. 1NAP/Esstt-96(A)/2017-18/1583 Dt. Cmd, the 17/02/2018 Whereas it is notified that the last opportunity is given to you to report back to undersigned within 15 (Fifteen) days from the date of publication of this final calling notice, failing which departmental action will be initiated against your ex-parte. Commandant 1st NAP Battalion Chumukedima, Nagaland DC-619

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ED moves Delhi HC on 2G spectrum acquittal

New Delhi, Mar 19 (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday moved an appeal in the Delhi High Court challenging a special court order acquitting former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in 2G spectrum money laundering scam case. The appeal against the December 21 judgement in based on a number of grounds, both factual and legal, an official said. The ED, which is probing financial irregularities in the case and assisting the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), questioned the special court’s verdict ignoring the findings of Supreme Court that has been keeping a regular tab on the investigation until the chargesheet was filed in the case. As per the agency, the offence of money laundering as defined under Section 3 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) is, among others, based on the term proceeds of crime which the special court failed to appreciate. The court also failed on the point in which the

Special CBI Court had acquitted former Telecom Minster A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi in the sensational 2G case. crime is defined under Section 2(1)(u), which considers only the criminal activity instead of commission of an offence, the ED said, adding the acquittal by the court in PMLA prosecution by interpreting the term criminal activity to the extent of commission of an offence appeared to be “erroneous”. While announcing the judgment, special judge O.P. Saini had said the CBI and the ED had failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove the charges against 33 persons named in the case. The matter is belived to have contributed to the

No interim order on facilities at Rohingya refugee camps: SC body have been filed in the apex court on the matter. The court had suggested to the Centre not to deport these refugees, but the Centre had urged that it should not be written in the order as anything coming on record would have international ramifications. The Rohingya people, who fled to India after violence in the Western Rakhine State of Myanmar, are settled in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan.

New Delhi, Mar 19 (IANS): India on Monday summoned Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah and lodged a “strong protest” over the loss of lives of five Indian civilians in unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistan from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. “Syed Haider Shah was summoned today and strong protest was lodged at the loss of lives of five innocent Indian civilians (a family comprising husband, wife and three children) and grievous injuries to two other minor children in unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistan forces on March 18, 2018 in Bhimber Gali Sector across the Line of Control in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir,” the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement. “It was conveyed that the deliberate targeting of innocent civilians, who are located two kilometeres away from the forward line of defences, by Pakistan forces using high calibre weapons, is highly deplorable and is condemned in the strongest terms. Such heinous acts are against established humanitarian norms and professional military conduct,” the statement said.

CBI names six former Canara Bank officials in Rs 68 cr fraud New Delhi, Mar 19 (IANS): The CBI on Monday filed a chargesheet against state-run Canara Bank’s former CMD and five of his colleagues for cheating the bank in 2014 in collusion with a Delhi-based firm by defaulting over Rs 68.38 crore loan. The agency filed the chargesheet in a special CBI court here against former Chairman and Managing Director R.K. Dubey, former Executive Directors Ashok Kumar Gupta and V.S. Krishna Kumar, former Deputy General Manager Mukesh Mahajan, former Chief General Manager T. Sreekanthan and former Assistant General Manager Upendra Dubey. Delhi-based private firm Occasion Silver Pvt Ltd and its two directors Kapil Gupta and Raj Kumar Gupta were also named in the chargesheet on the allegations of cheating the bank. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case on January 27, 2016 against Occasion Silver, its two directors and unknown public servants and private persons under charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery of Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption

RK Dubey Act. It was alleged that the private firm - dealing in wholesale and retail trading of silver jewellery, diamond, gold jewellery, imitation jewellery, gift items and crockery items - had cheated Canara Bank’s Kamla Nagar Branch in north Delhi by defaulting loan worth Rs 68.38 crore sanctioned to it in 2013, a CBI official said. “The loan was sanctioned in December 2013, and disbursed within the next three months. It turned NPA (Non Performing Asset) on September 29, 2014 within one year of its opening and the funds were siphoned off through a chain of alleged bogus transactions facilitated by fake sister concerns, family members and bank officials including the top executives.

Thackeray’s MNS targets Gujaratis M u mb a i , M a r 1 9 (IANS): A day after Mah a r a s h t r a N av n i r m a n Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray’s stringent criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Gujaratoriented’ policies, MNS activists targeted Gujarati establishments in Mumbai and Palghar on Monday. A g roup of MNS workers took to the roads and went around attacking restaurants and other business establishments sporting Gujarati signboards in Mumbai and near Vasai on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway. The workers, many carrying MNS flags, raised anti-Gujarati slogans and damaged or defaced signboards in Gujarati language. “Vasai is in Maharashtra and not Gujarat. We will not tolerate name boards in Gujarati any more here,” warned MNS Thane district chief Avinash Jadhav. Vasai is around 110 km from the MaharashtraGujarat border and has a sizeable Gujarati speaking population, besides many engaged in business and industries. Similarly, in Kandivali suburb, a ‘farsan’ seller’s shop was targeted and attempts made to yank off the signboard in Gujarati language.

K’taka to recommend separate religion status for Lingayats, Veerashaivas

Bengaluru, Mar 19 (AGENCIES): In a significant move, the Congress government in poll-bound Karnataka on Monday decided to recommend to the Centre to grant religious minority tag to the numerically strong Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community. Briefing reporters after a Cabinet meeting, Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra said it had accepted the recommendations of an expert panel set up by the State government on the issue. “The decision has been taken after deep delibera-

T.B. Jayachandra tions and discussion...,” he said. According to the expert panel, Lingayats and Veerashaivas are those who believe in the philosophy of

Basaveshwara, 12th century social reformer, he said. Jayachandra said the decision would not affect the rights and interests enjoyed by the existing minorities. The demand for a separate religion tag to Lingayat faiths has surfaced from the community, amidst resentment from within over projecting the two communities as the same. While one section led by Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha has demanded separate religion status, asserting that Veerashaiva and Lingayats are the same, the other group wanted it only

for Lingayats. T h e y b e l i eve t h a t Veerashaivas are one among the seven sects of Shaivas, which is part of Hinduism. Of late, some Lin-

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New Delhi, Mar 19 (AGENCIES): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass any interim order on a plea filed by two Rohingya refugees to ensure health and educational facilities for them. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud was told by the Centre that there was no discrimination in granting health and educational facilities to Indians and outsiders. “We will not pass any interim order with regard to ensuring health and educational facilities for Rohingya refugees unless petitioners bring some material contradicting the claims of the Centre,” the bench said. Earlier in the day, the apex court had directed the Centre to file a “comprehensive status report” giving details of conditions in Rohingya refugee camps in various states. The apex court on March 7 sought the Centre’s response on a plea of two Rohingya refugees — Mohammad Salimullah and Mohammad Shaqir — seeking education and healthcare on the lines of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are given such facilities in Tamil Nadu. However, the Centre in its affidavit had opposed the plea saying that the comparison with Sri Lankan refugees was “ill-founded and misconceived”. It said certain relief facilities to the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees had its genesis in the Indo-Ceylon Agreement of 1964. The Rohingya refugees have sought permission to enter India, besides education and health care facilities and grant of refugee ID cards by the Foreigner Regional Registration Office. They had earlier approached the apex court opposing the Centre’s decision to deport over 40,000 refugees who came to India after escaping from Myanmar due to widespread discrimination and violence against the community. Various other pleas, including those by former RSS ideologue and Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan leader K N Govindacharya, the CPI(M) youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the West Bengal child rights

Congress-led UPA’s electoral loss in 2014. Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, the special court had acquitted 17 others, including DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal, Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka of STPL, Asif Balwa and Rajiv Aggarwal of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd, film producer Karim Morani, P Amirtham and Sharad Kumar, Director of Kalaignar TV. Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja’s erstwhile private secretary R.K. Chandolia, Swan Telecom promoters

Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka, Unitech Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra and three top executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (RADAG) -- Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair were also acquitted in the case by the special court. ED, in its charge sheet, had alleged that Rs 2 billion was paid by Swan Telecom (P) Ltd (STPL) promoters to DMK-run Kalaignar TV. The CBI had alleged that there was a loss of Rs 309.84 billion to the exchequer in allocation of licences for the 2G spectrum which were scrapped by the top court on February 2, 2012. The special cour t, which was set up on March 14, 2011 for hearing 2G cases exclusively, had also acquitted Essar Group promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and six others in a separate case arising out of the 2G scam probe. The first case, prosecuted by the CBI, had 17 accused, while the second matter, pursued by the ED, had 19 undertrials. The third one had eight accused including Essar promoters.

India summons Pak Deputy HC over ceasefire violations

gayats have also stated that they were open to having the Veerashaivas under their umbrella, but the Lingayat nomenclature was nonnegotiable. Karnataka State Mi-

norities Commission had formed a seven-member committee, headed by retired high court Judge H.N. Nagamohan Das, on the issue which submitted its report on March 2.

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RaGa Vrs NaMo

n the build up to the 84th Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress in Delhi, the media raised expectations that the session would reveal a different Rahul who will obtain wide approval on his road map to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. There was therefore, a lot of expectations that Rahul will disprove the notion that he remains unwilling and disinclined to play hard to win against a rival who has proven himself as one of the most brilliant strategist and communicator in recent times. Rahul had said many things right about the failed promises of Modi and the ideology of the BJP/RSS that thrives on division rather than on unison. Former prime minister Dr.Manmohan and former finance minister P.C.Chidrambaram spoke eloquently on the state of the present economy. Sonia Gandhi also did no spare Modi’s failed and false promises. There were also contributions from various other Congress leaders who put Modi and his party and government in the dock. All in all, the main focus was Rahul who attracted keen interest after all, he is supposed to be the one take on Modi. In the course of focussing on Rahul, comparing him with Modi became unavoidable. Rahul became president of the 138-year old party because of the dynastic politics. However unlike his father, grandmother and great-grandfather, he lacks the dynastic charisma. Modi commands attention and respect and has a towering personality. He has made himself popular not only in India but also enhanced the image of India all over the world. In comparison, Rahul Gandhi comes across as young and inexperienced and is not taken seriously by the people and often taken for granted even by his own party men sometimes. Few can beat Modi in oratory and communication skills and in the art of jingoism and rhetoric. Rahul Gandhi too speaks well but is not impressive and is a poor communicator, unlike his sister charismatic Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Modi is a master strategist. His election strategy of 2014 has been discussed as a case study in management schools and is already gearing up in a big way for 2019 general elections. Modi and RSS have changed the narrative of secularism versus communalism- a favourite ammunition which the Congress still continues to use even after several decades but with diminishing impact. Today Modi and BJP have changed the narrative to nationalism versus terrorism. Rahul Gandhi has not been able to match Modi as a strategist. He was not able to form governments in Goa, Manipur and recently Meghalaya because the Congress high command has been slow to act despite having a majority and advantages. Rahul failed to understand the ground and relied heavily on the handful of loyal Nehru-Gandhi sycophants functioning as the ‘high command’. In conclusion, rather than speculating whether Rahul is ready to take on the mantle in 2019, it would be wiser for the Congress to take a hard look and accept the realities that Rahul has a long way to go before he is ready to stop Modi. Had Rahul been widely acceptable as capable, then all other opposition parties would not hesitate in agreeing to form an anti-BJP front. Instead, Rahul should look at the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and by which time, he would be ready to offer himself as a serious alternative.

DailyDevotion Abraham’s Life of Faith He went out, not knowing where he was going. —Hebrews 11:8 In the Old Testament, a person’s relationship with God was seen by the degree of separation in that person’s life. This separation is exhibited in the life of Abraham by his separation from his country and his family. When we think of separation today, we do not mean to be literally separated from those family members who do not have a personal relationship with God, but to be separated mentally and morally from their viewpoints. This is what Jesus Christ was referring to in Luke 14:26. Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led. But it does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading. It is literally a life of faith, not of understanding and reason— a life of knowing Him who calls us to go. Faith is rooted in the knowledge of a Person, and one of the biggest traps we fall into is the belief that if we have faith, God will surely lead us to success in the world. The final stage in the life of faith is the attainment of character, and we encounter many changes in the process. We feel the presence of God around us when we pray, yet we are only momentarily changed. We tend to keep going back to our everyday ways and the glory vanishes. A life of faith is not a life of one glorious mountaintop experience after another, like soaring on eagles’ wings, but is a life of day-in and day-out consistency; a life of walking without fainting (see Isaiah 40:31). It is not even a question of the holiness of sanctification, but of something which comes much farther down the road. It is a faith that has been tried and proved and has withstood the test. Abraham is not a type or an example of the holiness of sanctification, but a type of the life of faith— a faith, tested and true, built on the true God. “Abraham believed God…” (Romans 4:3).

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Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. ~ John W. Gardner

ast year I went to the house of the head of a group of Jains in Nagpur. Along the way I was told how religious his family was, how they all ate before sunset and no root vegetables. I entered the main living room. The huge rug I was stepping on was made of patches sewn together of horse-skin. Young horses are killed for their skin in the United States and the skin stripped off. The skins of different colours are patched together and made into carpets for rich and senseless people. My host kept insisting it was fake until I showed him the leathery skin the hair was attached to. Something like that has been exposed in England recently. People buy coats with fur linings and fur lined boots for their children, keyrings and hairclips with colourful bobbles, shoes with pompoms, soft toys. The buyers believe that since the items are cheap and colourful, the fur is acrylic. Not true. An investigation by Humane Society International (HIS) has found that a large number of items are not fake or faux fur, but real fur. HIS found many shops with no-fur policies selling fur items. Fluffy “faux fur” clips sold by Boots were made from mink; pompom keyrings from Tesco and gloves from Fat Face were made of rabbit fur. Urban Outfitters was selling sweaters with real fur labelled as “faux.” Missguided was found to have cat fur lining their shoes. Real fur was being sold as fake at House Of Fraser, Lily Lulu, Amazon and ASOS, labelled as faux fur. Neiman Marcus was called out for selling three pairs of boots touted as being made with fake fur, except it was real. When a buyer took home a “faux fur” pompom keyring from TK

Maxx, she grew suspicious. The retailer reassuring her that the pom-pom had “been investigated by our internal trading standards department” and that they had “been assured that this item is in fact faux fur”. HIS revealed that the pom-pom had actually been made with rabbit fur. Investigators found that TK Maxx was selling jackets made of fox fur. Mink fur earrings, rabbit fur shoes with pompoms and keychains, fox fur hats, fox fur trims and chinchilla fur scarves, were all on sale, advertised as faux fur by Amazon, Boohoo, Miss Bardo, Not On The High Street and Etsy, and through Groupon. Last year, HSUS filed an enforcement petition to the Federal Trade Commission; Neiman Marcus, Kohl’s and Nordstrom were among the 17 retailers named in the report for selling garments that were falsely advertised or labelled as faux fur. Forever 21 has also been the subject of an investigation by ‘Good Morning Britain’. All these shops had advertised a strict No Fur policy. Most consumers believe that since pompoms and trims/linings are so cheap, they cannot be fur. The truth is that the appalling conditions that animals suffer on fur farms mean real fur can be produced and sold more cheaply than faux fur. The life of an animal is worth nothing when the animal is badly kept, hardly fed, forcibly made to reproduce and killed within a few months. Fur farms have millions of animals kept in small wire cages, and Poland, China, France, Finland follow no rules in the sheer viciousness and cruelty of their operations. As writer Tansy Hoskins said in The Guardian , “Fur farms

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involve 75 million animals kept in tiny cages, many of which become infected with disease, suffer horrific injuries and go mad from grief and stress.” They are denied the chance to run free, are often fed on waste, and receive little veterinary care. Animals, that would usually spend hours cleaning themselves in the wild, are left in filthy conditions, and often end up mutilated. It all ends with a brutal death: electrocution, gassing, or even skinning alive. PETA has released an exposé narrated by Paloma Faith containing footage taken on hundreds of supposedly “high welfare” fur farms in Europe, all showing animals who have been driven insane by the cruelty. We’ve seen foxes with skinless paws forced to live beside their decomposing cage-mates, and minks with untreated wounds, one so severe that his brain was visible. Countless animals have resorted to self-mutilation and cannibalism. These are just some of the stomach-churning scenes that are documented time and time again. You can see these dreadful farms exposed by undercover operatives on the You Tube. In China, the world’s largest exporter of fur, you can see cats, rabbits and dogs being skinned alive. An investigation, earlier this year into fur farms in Finland, revealed foxes who have been reared to be grossly obese - some weighing roughly five times what they would in nature

-struggling to breathe, let alone stand up. Larger bodies mean more fur and therefore greater profits. The skins of coyotes, chinchilla, mink, foxes, rabbits, raccoons, dogs and cats are sold at dirt cheap rates. Consumers want faux fur to look like the real thing - but they don’t want real fur. So the retailers sell the hair of these dead bodies as fake! Fur is no longer just full length mink coats, or fox scarves. It is more deceptive - dyed bright colours, turned into cute pompoms or as trim on hoods or shoes. Often sold for under £10, it is sneaked into accessories. Among the items HSI found for sale are £5 pom pom keychains made from rabbit fur; a parka with raccoon dog fur trim for £35; and a knitted hat with a marmot fur bobble for £3.50. Since there is no legal requirement to label animal fur in all products, this cheats consumers. People expect real fur to come in the form of full mink coats or fox fur scarves. What they don’t expect is that it will be dyed bright colours, fashioned into pompoms or trims, attached to accessories like hats, gloves and shoes, sold at very cheap price and, of course, mislabelled as faux. Ironically, premiumgrade faux fur is expensive. So the easy alternative for sewing factories is to use real fur, as it is cheaper to buy small scraps of real fur than lengths of high quality faux fur.

If retailers like Boots and Tesco can tell lies, selling real fur as faux fur, consumers have to become their own fur detectives. Here are some tips to all those Indians who will be going abroad to shop. Look at the tips: The tips, of the hairs in real fur, taper and have pointed ends, whereas the hairs on faux fur are blunt. Hairs on real fur will also be different lengths, while faux fur tends to be more uniform. Hold up the hair against a white surface. Look at the base: Part the hair to see how it is attached. Animal fur has a leathery backing because it’s attached to the animal’s skin, whereas faux fur will have a material woven backing. Real fur is often completely smooth at the base. Like human skin. Burn it: Perhaps not in the shop. Try it on something you already own. Trim a few hairs and set fire to them. Real animal fur singes and smells like human hair burning. Faux fur melts in a sticky way, cooling to form hard plastic balls, and will probably smell plasticky. If it smells like burnt paper, burns like paper and become a light, fluffy gray ash, this means the faux fur is cotton, linen or rayon based. Don’t look at the price : Real fur is cheaper than fake. Smaller bits of fur and fur trims are cheap as they are the discards of dead animals, so don’t let the relatively low price of a garment fool you. Do not buy anything with “fake fur” online : EU regulations state that “textile products” containing fur should be labelled as containing “non-textile parts of animal origin”. However, online products are exempt from that requirement as are footwear and accessories. And although it is illegal to mis-

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lead consumers (by claiming that a real fur product is faux fur) retailers are very rarely prosecuted, with most instances being put down to “honest mistakes”. Feel the fur. Fur feels very soft to the touch, falls in a smooth and sleek line, passes through your fingers as if you’re petting a cat . Faux fur feels coarse and rough to touch, can be sticky to touch in humid weather, and might have the same feel as a stuffed toy animal. It might stick to your hands if it’s made out of a plasticky material (only works if your hands are sweaty). Stick a pin into the item (through the fur and its lining). If it goes through easily, this suggests it is faux fur because the pin is sliding through a synthetic base. If it is hard to push through, or resists completely, it is likely to be real fur, as you’re trying to push through the leather lining to which the fur remains attached. Why are you buying fake fur? There is nothing elegant or humane about stealing the skin of another being - or even pretending to do so. Buying something that has real fur in it, even if it’s “mostly” faux, means one more animal was skinned alive, or anally electrocuted, for the sake of “fashion.” To join the animal welfare movement contact Why are you buying fake fur? There is nothing elegant or humane about stealing the skin of another being - or even pretending to do so. Buying something that has real fur in it, even if it’s “mostly” faux, means one more animal was skinned alive, or anally electrocuted, for the sake of “fashion.” To join the animal welfare movement contact gandhim@ nic.in, www.peopleforanimalsindia.org Maneka

The upside of artificial intelligence development

n “practical artificial intelligence is already changing the world ,” I promised to write a follow-on article that discussed why Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly ), the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and Irving Wladawsky-Berger, a former IBM employee and strategic advisor to Citigroup, are optimistic about the future of artificial intelligence (AI). In that article I noted that some pundits believe that AI poses a grave threat to humanity while other pundits believe that AI systems are going to be tools that humans can use to improve conditions around them. I also wrote that it would be foolish to predict which school of thought is correct this early in the game. In the near-term, however, I predicted that those who believe that AI systems are tools to be used by humans are going to be proven correct. Irving Wladawsky-Berger is firmly in that camp and he believes that Kevin Kelly is as well. “What should we expect from this new generation of AI machines and applications?” asks WladawskyBerger. “Are they basically the next generation of sophisticated tools enhancing our human capabilities, as was previously the case with electricity, cars, airplanes, computers and the Internet? Or are they radically different from our previous tools because they embody something as fundamentally human as intelligence? Kevin Kelly - as am I - is firmly in the AI-as-a-tool camp.” [“The Future of AI: An Ubiquitous, Invisible, Smart Utility,” The Wall Street Journal, 21 November 2014]M Wladawsky-Berger bases his conclusion about Kevin Kelly’s beliefs about artificial intelligence (AI) from what Kelly wrote in an article in Wired Magazine. [“The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World ,” Wired, 27 October 2014] In that article, Kelly writes about IBM’s Watson system and how it is transforming as it learns and about all of the good things that cognitive computing systems

can do now and will do in the future. He continues: “Amid all this activity, a picture of our AI future is coming into view, and it is not the HAL 9000 - a discrete machine animated by a charismatic (yet potentially homicidal) humanlike consciousness - or a Singularitan rapture of superintelligence. The AI on the horizon looks more like Amazon Web Services - cheap, reliable, industrial-grade digital smartness running behind everything, and almost invisible except when it blinks off. This common utility will serve you as much IQ as you want but no more than you need. Like all utilities, AI will be supremely boring, even as it transforms the Internet, the global economy, and civilization. It will enliven inert objects, much as electricity did more than a century ago. Everything that we formerly electrified we will now cognitize. This new utilitarian AI will also augment us individually as people (deepening our memory, speeding our recognition) and collectively as a species. There is almost nothing we can think of that cannot be made new, different, or interesting by infusing it with some extra IQ. In fact, the business plans of the next 10,000 startups are easy to forecast: Take X and add AI. This is a big deal, and now it’s here.” [ Related on Insights: Google and Elon Musk to Decide What Is Good for Humanity) Unlike the dire warnings that have filled news outlets over the past year, Kelly’s view of the future of AI is not only optimistic it’s almost joyous. WladawskyBerger and Kelly are not alone in their optimism about AI’s future. Timothy B. Lee (@binarybits ), senior editor at @voxdotcom, also believes that the up side of artificial intelligence will far outweigh the risks of developing it further. [“Will artificial intelligence destroy humanity? Here are 5 reasons not to worry.” Vox, 15 January 2015] Lee believes the naysayers “overestimate the likelihood that we’ll have computers as smart as human beings and exaggerate the danger that

such computers would pose to the human race. In reality, the development of intelligent machines is likely to be a slow and gradual process, and computers with superhuman intelligence, if they ever exist, will need us at least as much as we need them.” Even though Kelly is optimistic about the future of AI, he doesn’t dismiss the cautions being raised about how it’s developed. He writes, “As AIs develop, we might have to engineer ways to prevent consciousness in them - our most premium AI services will be advertised as consciousness-free.” Kelly’s big concern about AI’s future is who will control the systems we use. He explains: “Cloud-based AI will become an increasingly ingrained part of our everyday life. But it will come at a price. Cloud computing obeys the law of increasing returns, sometimes called the network effect, which holds that the value of a network increases much faster as it grows bigger. The bigger the network, the more attractive it is to new users, which makes it even bigger, and thus more attractive, and so on. A cloud that serves AI will obey the same law. The more people who use an AI, the smarter it gets. The smarter it gets, the more people use it. The more people that use it, the smarter it gets. Once a company enters this virtuous cycle, it tends to grow so big, so fast, that it overwhelms any upstart competitors. As a result, our AI future is likely to be ruled by an oligarchy of two or three large, general-purpose cloud-based commercial intelligences.” That concern aside, Kelly believes that AI will help make humans smarter and more effective. He notes, for example, that AI chess programs have helped make human chess players much better. He adds, “If AI can help humans become better chess players, it stands to reason that it can help us become better pilots, better doctors, better judges, better teachers.” In other words, Kelly sees AI as tool that can help mankind get better not

a threat that is going to destroy mankind. He continues: “Most of the commercial work completed by AI will be done by special-purpose, narrowly focused software brains that can, for example, translate any language into any other language, but do little else. Drive a car, but not converse. Or recall every pixel of every video on YouTube but not anticipate your work routines. In the next 10 years, 99 percent of the artificial intelligence that you will interact with, directly or indirectly, will be nerdily autistic, supersmart specialists. In fact, this won’t really be intelligence, at least not as we’ve come to think of it. Indeed, intelligence may be a liability - especially if by ‘intelligence’ we mean our peculiar self-awareness, all our frantic loops of introspection and messy currents of self-consciousness.” I agree that with that assessment. Derrick Harris (@ derrickharris), a senior writer at Gigaom, asserts that the fact of the matter is that artificial intelligence (at least the narrow kind) is here, is real, and is getting better. [“’Artificial intelligence is real now and its just getting started ,” Gigaom, 9 January 2015] He explains: “Artificial intelligence is already very real. Not conscious machines, omnipotent machines or even reasoning machines (yet),

but statistical machines that automate and increasingly can outperform humans at certain pattern-recognition tasks. Computer vision, language understanding, anomaly detection and other fields have made immense advances in the past few years. All this work will be the stepping stones for future AI systems that, decades from now, might perform feats we’ve only imagined computers could perform.” Will artificial intelligence be disruptive? Of course it will. It will change the employment landscape in major ways, displacing millions of workers who thought their jobs were safe. Will it create new jobs? Certainly. In fact, I suspect that entire new business sectors are going to be developed as a result of AI. The question will be whether enough new jobs can be created to replace those that have been taken over by smart machines. Will artificial general intelligence be developed? Maybe. And if AGI is developed, that’s where caution needs to be taken. Is humankind in danger? Not at the moment. Narrow uses of AI are going to help humans do a lot of amazing things in the years ahead. In fact, we will wonder how we ever lived without it. (Stephen F. DeAngelis is president and CEO of the cognitive computing firm Enterra Solutions)

Reader’s Post

Anticipating the great ‘change’ Sir,

It has been weeks since the general election. A lot has been said, lot has been talked and discussed about, now we wait for the “actions” from the people that majority of the Nagas have voted. Although the people have complained so much about how godless and corrupted we have become as a State, the people we have elected show just how Nagas can be easily swayed with money and power. We’ve all seen flyers, posters and billboards that say “change is coming”, but will change come anytime soon? We shall see. Asongla Jamir, Dimapur Duncan Basti

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Lalu convicted in 4th fodder scam case, Mishra acquitted

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by the public servant and others). Emerging out of the court, Prasad told reporters he did not wish to make any comment, while party vice president Raghubansh Prasad Singh said that they would challenge the order in the high court. The judge will hear arguments on the quantum of sentence from March 21, according to a CBI counsel. Today’s decision is the fourth conviction for Prasad in fodder scam cases pertaining to illegal withdrawal of money from

government treasury in 1990s in the undivided Bihar when RJD was in power and Prasad the chief minister. Prasad has been in Birsa Munda jail at Ranchi since December 23 last year after being convicted in the second case pertaining to illegal withdrawal of money from Deogarh treasury. Earlier, the RJD supremo was convicted on September 30, 2013 in the RC 20A/96 case of Chaibasa pertaining to illegal withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore in the 1990s. He got five years prison term in the case following which he was disqualified from the Lok Sabha and barred from contesting elections for six years after completion of jail term. There were a total of 47 accused in the fourth fodder scam. Fourteen of them had died during the course of trial while two turned approvers. “Koi comment nahi karna hai

Creative ideas and innovations on display at Rashtrapati Bhawan

Ram Nath Kovind during the FINE event.

NEW DELHI, MAR 19 (AGENCIES): Rashtrapati Bhawan, the presidential palace in the heart of national capital, usually attracts a large number of visitors when flowers bloom in its famous Mughal Gardens. This week creative ideas and innovations are blooming in the Rashtrapati Bhawan which is hosting the Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE). According to India Science Wire, the festival is an initiative to recognise, showcase and reward innovations and to promote a supportive ecosystem for innovators from all over the country. It is being organised by the President’s office in association with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Innovation Foundation (NIF). “It is part of an effort to inculcate a culture of innovation in every aspect of Indian so-

ciety,” President Ram Nath Kovind observed while inaugurating the festival. At the same time, he said “innovations by themselves are not enough. We must also build an ecosystem for converting innovations into enterprises. This requires support for start-ups and for incubating young innovators.” The festival this year has been designed to bring all stakeholders in the innovation chain together. The President inaugurated an exhibition of innovations and also presented the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards to innovators. Dr Ashutosh Sharma, secretary, DST, pointed out that the festival this year had undergone a qualitative transformation, by bringing together all participants in the innovation chain – from children and grassroot innovators to angel investors and startups. The roundtable

discussions have been specifically designed to brainstorm different aspects and come up with actionable suggestions. Sanjay Kothari, secretary to the President, added that entrepreneurs, members of innovation clubs and research scholars have also been invited to join the discussions. Prof Anil K Gupta, executive vice chairperson of NIF, said “for the first time, the usual number of exhibits which used to be around 70-80 has been more than doubled. The office of the President has decided to give visibility, voice and velocity to much larger number of innovations from and for grassroots, besides some on the technological edge by young tech students.” In addition, he said, there is a special stress on creativity of communities and agencies working with bamboo, medicinal and aromatic plants and associated enterprises. Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, chairperson of NIF, said innovations which had been conferred the GYTI awards were examples of ‘affordable excellence’. The awards recognize technological excellence with social relevance among students. Over 2900 entries in 54 technological domains were received from over 300 universities and institutions. (India Science Wire) Keywords: innovations, President of India, DST, NIF, grassroots

(I do not have to make any comment),” the RJD chief said to mediapersons waiting outside the court here. In the second case, Prasad was convicted in the RC64A/96 in connection with fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar Treasury in the 1990s. He was awarded 3.5 years sentence in the case on December 23 last year. In another Chaibasa case, RC 68A/96 pertaining to Rs 37.62 crore Prasad got five years prison term on January 24 this year. On the other hand, Jagannath Mishra was acquitted in two fodder cases while being convicted in two cases. In today’s verdict by the special CBI court, former Public Accounts Committee Chairmen Jagdish Sharma and Dhruv Bhagat, ex-MLA R K Rana, former Bihar minister Vidya Sagar Nishad were also acquitted in the case.

SP accuses govt of trying to avoid noconfidence motion

New Delhi, Mar 19 (IANS): The Samajwadi Party on Monday accused the government of egging AIADMK to stage protests in the Lok Sabha to avoid a no-confidence motion even as Tamil Nadu’s ruling party warned that it would not allow business in both the Houses of Parliament till the Centre gives an assurance on the constitution of the Cauvery River Management Board. After Parliament was adjourned for the day without taking up the no-confidence motion, Samajwadi leader Ram Gopal Yadav said it was the government that was pitting the AIADMK at the centre of disturbance in the Lok Sabha to create disorder so that there could be no possibility of a debate. Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and senior AIADMK leader M. Thambidurai told reporters that his party would not allow resumption of business in Parliament till the government gives an assurance on the floor of the House that the Cauvery River Management Board would be set up in accordance with the Supreme Court judgment by this month end. Asked what the party would if the no-confidence motion was taken up, he said “no proceedings will be allowed till the assurance comes.

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Bhubaneswar, Mar 19 (IANS): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said Rs 100 crore will be spent next year for the ongoing millets mission for the benefit of around five lakh small and marginal farmers. “An amount of Rs 100 crores will be spent during the next year for this purpose. It will be scaled up in the future. This will benefit about five lakhs farmers, specially in the rain deficit areas of the state,” he added. Patnaik said millets is a staple diet for the tribals of Odisha since time immemorial. The Odisha Millets Mission is being implemented in 30 blocks across seven districts - Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Nuapada, said an official.

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(From p-1) Meanwhile, according to a release issued by BJP, Darbar held a meeting with State office bearers, State frontals and district Swachh Bharat committees at Saramati Hotel in Dimapur on Monday, which was chaired by Dimapur District Swachh Bharat Committee convenor Awan, while State convenor Imsu welcomed the guests. Veronica explained in detail the SBA and highlighted the efforts being made all over the country, particularly in Northeast, to main-

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Parliamentary Party members staging a protest in new Delhi.

New Delhi, Mar 19 (IANS): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and YSR Congress members on Monday skipped a lunch hosted by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan after their no-confidence motions were not taken up for discussion. “We boycotted the lunch as our notice of noconfidence motion is not being admitted. The Speaker adjourned the House which should not have happened. More efforts should have been made for the functioning of the House,” YSR

government had failed to fulfill its promises pertaining to the farmers on minimum support prices for agricultural produce, loan waiver, compensation of losses, implementation of the M.S. Swaminathan Commission Report and other issues. The SSS plans to hold a meeting of various farmers’ associations and groups from all over India on March 29 where Gandhi is likely to be present. Dissatisfied with the NDA at the centre and in Maharashtra, Shetti - who represents the Hatkanangle seat in Kolhapur for Swabhimani Paksha, the political wing of the SSS - has been bitterly critical of the BJP for nearly a year.

SBA national convenor to lead cleanliness drives...

TDP, YSR stay away from Speaker’s lunch

10 kg gold looted; jewellers threaten strike

Ghaziabad, Mar 19 (IANS): Armed robbers in police uniform looted 10 kg of gold chains from a Mumbai-based jeweller here early on Monday, triggering a threat to go on strike by jewellers in Ghaziabad. The dramatic incident took place near the Sahibabad railway station when Rohit Jain, owner of Union Jewellers & Gems Pvt Ltd, was returning from Meerut after showing samples of the merchandise to Meerut-based jewellers. He left Meerut at 8 p.m. on Sunday. As he, along with his friends Deepak and Krishna, reached Sahibabad, they stopped their car at an eatery near the railway station. As they left the place, the criminals who were wearing police uniform asked the driver to stop the car for checking. The moment the car halted, the robbers whipped out a pistol, grabbed the entire stock of gold and escaped.

Mumbai/New Delhi, Mar 19 (IANS): Maharashtras former NDA ally Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana has decided to join the Congress-led UPA alliance, a top leader said on Monday. SSS President Raju Shetti met Congress President Rahul Gandhi in the national capital along with Congress General Secretary Mohan Prakash and Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan who announced the decision. “The farmers have been denied justice in the past four years of NDA rule. We shall fight the next Lok Sabha elections as a UPA constituent,” Shetti, who had quit the NDA in August last year, told the media. He said the Modi

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Vijay Sai Reddy told IANS. He also alleged that the TDP and TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi) were creating a logjam in parliament on behalf of the treasury benches. TDP Lok Sabha member Thota Narsimham said “We will not attend the Speaker’s lunch as she did not admit our no-confidence motion.” He said the TDP was looking for a debate in the House on how the government was denying justice to Andhra Pradesh.

tain cleanliness. He expressed happiness that party workers in Nagaland were also very involved and striving a lot to achieve the goal of a clean country. A pledge was also taken by all participants on the occasion to clean one’s surroundings at least six hours a day and restrain oneself from littering and to prevent others from doing so. Calling upon everyone to be a part of the clean India campaign, Darbar also appealed to all to par-

ticipate in the mass cleanliness drives at Dimapur Civil Hospital and Dimapur Commerce College on Wednesday. An interactive programme on Swachh Bharat with officials of the State government and Dimapur Municipal Council, besides NGO representatives, public leaders, party’s State office bearers, State Frontals, SBA ambassadors and district SBA committee members is scheduled to be held at Tourist Lodge in Dimapur on Tuesday at 1.30 pm.

After Gov, Meghalaya MLAs... (From p-1) He told reporters on Friday after the Governor’s address that he would speak in Khasi while debating on the Governor’s address. Surprisingly, he intermittently used both English and Khasi words during the debate. Although, he translated some of the English words he used into Khasi. Taking cue from the Khasi speakers, Sangma sought the Speaker, Donkupar Roy’s permission to speak a few lines in Garo which he would translate into English. He was permitted by Roy. After uttering few lines in Garo language, he said, “I don’t want to say any further. It is like having a competition in the House.” He added that there was entry of foreign entity to disrupt the peace and tranquillity which is disintegrating the unity of Khasi, Jaintia and Garo people. He said, “Just because he does not speak English

does not mean that we will have to follow in his footsteps. Brotherhood seems to be getting away from each other which will not be a good thing.” “Sad to see we have differences already, the disease has spread which is not good,” Sangma added. HSPDP MLA, Renikton Tongkhar said it is better to communicate in English which is understood by everyone but called upon the members to respect each other. Stating that he speaks in broken English and was looking forward to learn English from Ampareen Lyngdoh who spoke in Khasi, he said it would be a loss if she continues to speak in Khasi. Congress legislator Charles Pyngrope said as he went through the Rules (of conduct in the House), and there is provision that enables the members and Governor to address in their own language.

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Ranchi, Mar 19 (PTI): Jailed former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad was today convicted by a special CBI court in the fourth fodder scam case while another ex-chief minister Jagannath Mishra was acquitted. CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh held guilty the 69year-old RJD chief along with 18 others while Mishra was among 12 acquitted in connection with the case RC 38 A/96 pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from Dumka treasury in the early 1990s. The charges against the convicted persons are 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 409 (misappropriation), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using forged documents as genuine), 477A/ IPC and section 13 (2) with 13 (i) c &d of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (misuse of official position for pecuniary advantage

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is going to rise further and applications received on this count was approximately 10 lakh, Ghosh said. “This was excellent response from the investing public. The success of the issue showed the people has accepted the Bandhan Bank model,” Ghosh said. Kotak Mahindra Capital, JM Financial, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan were the book running lead managers of the issue. Among the anchor investors were Abu Dhabi Investment Authority - Behave, Blackrock India Equities (Mauritius), HSBC Indian Equity Mother Fund, UTI - Mastershare Unit Scheme, BNP Paribas Arbitrage, Amansa Holdings and Tata Balanced Fund.

honour. BBQ Nation assistant regional manager (East AP& TS), Suman Mukherjee said that BBQ Nation Dimapur is the second outlet in North East after Guwahati. On the quality of food, Mukherjee said that the outline would remain the same but is prepared to add local taste in the days to come. He also encouraged the diners of Nagaland to visit BBQ Nation to grab a taste of it and share their feedbacks. Barbeque Nation was founded in 2006 with the simple vision of offering a complete dining experience to customers at affordable prices. Barbeque Nation is present in more than 101 outlets across India and 2 in Dubai.

Minister of forest, environment and climate change, and parliamentary affairs, CM Chang interacting with proprietor of Genesis Pharma, Kenny. Genesis Pharma, a medical wholesale and distributer, was inaugurated on Monday at Church Road, Dimapur. Members of Dimapur Drug Control and NMDA also attended the inaugural function.

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Ko l kata , M ar 1 9 (PTI): The initial public offer (IPO) of Bandhan Bank was oversubscribed 14.56 times, eliciting good response from QIP and HNI investors, a top official of the bank said. Monday was the last date of the offer. MD and CEO of Bandhan Bank Chandra Shekhar Ghosh told PTI that oversubscription on account of QIP was 38.67 times and that of HNI investors was 13.89 times. The price band had been fixed between Rs 370 and Rs 375 per share, with a face value of Rs 10 each to raise Rs 4,500 crore. The entire proceeds of the offer would be utilised for capital requirements. Retail oversubscription was 1.05 times which

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trillion in FY2017. “Notwithstanding the estimated growth, the unmet credit demand quantum is likely to increase further, going forward,” he said. With large corporate credit expected to remain sluggish, at least over the next one-two years, the bank credit to the MSME segment is expected to be around 9-11%with public sector banks growing at 7-9%and private banks at 16-18 per cent, the report said. Banking NPAs in the MSMEs segment stood high at about 8.4%in March 2017 while that of nonbanks stood at about 3%as on that date.

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Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI): The credit to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is expected to grow at 12-14%over the next five years, helped by higher lending by non banking finance companies (NBFC) to the segment, says a report. As on March 2017, credit to MSMEs stood at Rs 16 trillion. NBFC and housing finance companies are expected to expand at about 20-21%compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in this space during the period, while bank credit to this segment, which accounted for about 84%of total MSME credit, is estimated to grow at a lower CAGR of 9-11 per cent, according to a report by Icra. “Non-banks’ share in the MSME credit pie should expand to 22-23%by March 2022 compared to 16%in March 2017. Non-banks, with their niche positioning, differentiated product offering, good market knowledge and large unmet demand, would be able grow at a healthy rate vis-à-vis banks,” the rating agency’s assistant vice president and sector head, A M Karthik said. He added there is large unmet credit demand in the MSME segment, which was estimate to be about Rs 25

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ing current account deficit” and rising bond yields. The yields on US government bonds rose to multi-year high ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meet. The r upee star ted on a negative note today and hit the day’s low of 65.19 in intra-day levels at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market and remained under pressure for the better part of the session on a firm dollar overseas. It finally settled down at 65.17, revealing a loss of 23 paise, or 0.35 per cent. The rupee earlier had closed at this level on March 9. Meanwhile, the US dollar held firm against a basket of major peers in Asian trade as the increased

threat of trade protectionism kept markets on edge. The Reserve Bank of India today fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 65.0375 against the US dollar from 64.8737 and 79.7750 for the euro from 79.9114. Domestic stocks continued their slide for the fifth straight session on unabated foreign fund outflows. The BSE-Sensex dropped 252.88 points,or 0.76 per cent, to end at 32,923.12, while Nifty shed 100 points to 10,094.25. Foreign investors however put in Rs 292.23 crore on net basis in stock markets. In cross-currency trades, the rupee took a further knock against the pound sterling and finished at 90.5582 per pound from 90.4858 and dropped sharply against the Japanese yen to close at 61.5000 per 100 yens from 61.2700 on Friday. The home unit traded against the euro at 79.7750 compared to 79.9114 earlier. In the forward market today, premium for dollar moved up owing to mild paying pressure from corporates.

Ko l kata , M ar 1 9 (PTI): ICICI Securities Ltd Monday said its financial products distribution business is registering a steady growth although its share of the revenue is at 24 per cent now. “Distribution business currently contributes about 24 per cent to the company’s total revenue amd is growing at a faster pace than brokerage.” ICICI Securities executive director Ajay Saraf said. ICICI Securities registered a total revenue of Rs 1,404 crore in FY’17 with a profit of Rs 338.59 crore. “Brokerage remains to be the largest with 64 per cent and merchant banking contribute 10 per cent,” he said at the roadshow of the IPO of the company. The company will continue to leverage the 3.9 million customer base of brokerage for cross-selling. Saraf said the company remains optimistic in growth of all businesses. In the six months since margin funding was allowed, the book has grown to Rs 600 crore. Staying afloat with the trend it has also commenced robo advisory. Robo advisory is goal-based advisory without manual intervention and is based on algorithms.

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Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI): The rupee Monday slid by 23 paise to close at oneweek low of 65.17 against the US currency due to concerns over widening current account deficit and a strong dollar ahead of a crucial US Federal Reserve meet. The sentiment in forex market turned weak after the country’s current account deficit widened in the December quarter on the back of higher trade deficit. T h e C A D, w h i c h shows the difference between foreign exchange earned and spent, rose to 2 per cent of the GDP at USD 13.5 billion in the December quarter against USD 7.2 billion or 1.1 per cent of GDP in the September quarter, according to the RBI data. The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to hike interest rates for the first time in 2018 in its meet starting tomorrow -- the first under new chief Jerome Powell -- which weighed on the rupee, a dealer said. Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services Ltd said the “rupee weakened due to widen-

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Putin wins fourth term; opponents say vote rigged

MOSCOW, MAR 19 (AFP): Vladimir Putin today faced another six years in power after a record win in Russia’s presidential election, but congratulations from abroad were largely muted after opponents accused him of rigging the vote and Moscow’s relations with the West worsened. Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades, recorded his best ever election performance with 76.66 percent of the vote but rejected the possibility of staying in power indefinitely. Opposition and independent monitors reported ballot stuffing and other cases of alleged fraud as the Kremlin pushed for a high turnout to give greater legitimacy to Putin’s historic fourth term. But Putin’s supporters said Western pressure on Putin including Britain’s accusations in a spy row and the Olympic doping ban

Russian President Vladimir Putin waves after speaking to supporters during a rally near the Kremlin in Moscow, Sunday. (AP/PTI)

prompted Russians to close ranks behind their leader. Putin, who is now set to extend his rule until at least 2024 and is already Russia’s longest-serving leader since Joseph Stalin, appeared to rule out remaining president for life. “What, am I going to sit here until I am 100 years old? No,” he told reporters Sunday night when asked if

he saw himself running for president again in 2030. The Russian strongman ran against seven candidates, but his most vocal opponent Alexei Navalny was barred from the ballot for legal reasons and the final outcome was never in doubt. “I see in this (result) the confidence and hope of our people,” a beaming Putin told supporters on a

square next to the Kremlin Sunday night. Putin’s campaign spokesman Andrei Kondrashov said that at more than 67 percent, turnout was 8 to 10 percentage points higher than expected “thanks to Britain.” “Several foreign leaders -- I won’t say their names -- made their contribution,” said head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova. “Our people always unite in the trying hour.” Putin received more than 92 percent of the vote in Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Most of the voters AFP spoke to said they had backed Putin despite Russia’s problems of poverty and poor healthcare, praising his foreign policies. Moscow faces increasing global isolation over its interventions in Ukraine and in Syria, and a fresh round of US sanctions over alleged Russian election meddling in 2016.

Spy poisoning: UK asked to prove Russia’s hand MOSCOW, MAR 19 (AFP): Britain must prove Russia’s involvement in the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal in the UK or apologise, the Kremlin said today. “Sooner or later these unsubstantiated allegations will have to be answered for: either backed up with the appropriate evidence or apologised for,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Peskov was responding to a question about whether the exacerbation of tensions with the West had boosted Putin’s performance in Russia’s presidential elections Sunday. “I wouldn’t use the phrase ‘exacerbation of tensions with the West’. It’s a question of this stream of slander, that is hard to explain and difficult to understand the motivation for, from the British side towards Russia,” he said. Putin yesterday rejected as “nonsense” allegations by London and its allies that Russia was behind the March 4 attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

Chinese Premier unveils new Cabinet

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, leaves after a plenary session of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday. (AP/PTI)

BEIJING, MAR 19 (PTI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang today unveiled his new Cabinet as part of the government’s efforts to stabilise the world’s second largest economy and appointed a missile expert as the defence minister amidst regional tensions with its neighbours over territorial disputes. The new line-up approved by the rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, includes four Vice Premiers, Han Zheng, Sun Chunlan, Hu Chunhua and Liu He.

Their names were approved by nearly 3,000 deputies of the NPC after they were proposed by Premier Li Keqiang, who himself was re-appointed to the post under the new political setup headed by President Xi Jinping. Xi was re-elected last week for a second fiveyear term, days after the NPC ratified constitutional amendment, removing term limits for President and Vice President. His close confidant and former anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan has been elected as

the Vice President. Vice Premier Liu He is expected to play a bigger role in the management of the Chinese economy, the world’s second largest after the US. C h i n a w h i c h wa s witnessing nearly three decades of double-digit growth slowed down in 2016 with a slight improvement last year. Debt-fuelled investment in infrastructure and real estate has underpinned China’s growth for years. While Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has been elevated as the State Councillor which makes him a top diplomat holding dual posts, another key appointment from India’s point of view was that of the appointment of Lt Gen Wei Fenghe as the new Defence Minister. Wei is widely regarded as the man behind the international face of China’s rapid military modernisation and its reorganisation. He played a key role in splitting the strategic missile force into two parts of Rocket Force and the Strategic Support Force.

Saudi Arabia women need not Norway’s Christian Democrats meet to decide govt’s fate wear abaya robe: crown prince

DHAKA, MAR 19 (PTI): Bangladesh Supreme Court today stayed the release of former prime minister Khaleda Zia on bail in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years in jail, prompting her party to announce a nation-wide demonstrations tomorrow demanding her unconditional release. Zia, 72, was sentenced on February 8 in connection with the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about USD 250,000) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust, named after her late husband Ziaur Rahman, a military ruler-turnedpolitician. “The full bench of the appellate division (of the Supreme Court) stayed until May 8 her (Zia’s) bail, which means she will not be freed until that day,” a spokesperson from the Attorney General’s office said. T h e f ive m e m b e r apex court bench, headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, also fixed May 8 the date for hearing the arguments supporting and opposing Zia’s four-month interim bail by the High Court. The Chief Justice said after examining records of the case, all the four judges of the bench unanimously reached the decision.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA, NAGALAND

Dated Wokha the 12th March 2018

NOTICE

No.Judl-47/2017-18/ / Whereas, Smti. Nzano Lotha, wife of Late Shri. Ayamo Lotha, a permanent resident of Wokha Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits pertaining to PPO No. 111610567 and to operate AC No. 31510343131 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri. Ayamo Lotha, who expired on 24/02/2018. Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/objections if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after the cut off date and Succession Certificate shall be issued.

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able to form a new government, but if the Christian Democrats switched sides the task could fall to Labour leader Jonas Gahr Stoere. Political scientist Johannes Bergh said they were unlikely to do so. “They do not want a new a government,” said Bergh, a researcher at the Institute of Social Research in Oslo. “They do not want to contribute to a Labour-led government coming to power.” On July 22, 2011, far-right

extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed eight people in downtown Oslo with a car bomb and then shot dead 69 people, many of them teenagers, at a Labour party camp on Utoeya Island. On March 9, Listhaug posted on Facebook a photograph of masked people clad in military fatigues, black scarves and ammunition with the text: “Labour thinks terrorists’ rights are more important than the nation’s security. Like and Share”.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Council of Neisatuo Colony would like to thank and appreciate to all who have rendered their timely help and services during the unfortunate fire incident that broke out on 9th Feb. 2018. We would like to convey our special thanks to : 1. DC Dimapur 2. Shri. Moatoshi 3. Shri. Supulepden 4. Fire Department Dimapur 5. Mrs. & Mr. Neisatuo Keditsu 6. Dr. Kezievituo Keditsu 7. Shri. Nelasa Sopfü, DIG Fire & Emergency Service Nagaland, Kohima 8. Mrs. & Mr. Zuchanthung Ezung 9. Mrs. & Mr. Ben Kithan 10. Mrs. & Dr. Along and their children 11. Mrs. & Mr. Keneisevor Keditsu 12. Shri. Butu 13. Shri. Alim Uddin 14. Shri. Chipvu Kithan, Notun Bosti 15. Lion’s Club Dimapur l 6. United Nagamese Baptist Church, Neisatuo Colony 17. Manju Group, NST Colony Dimapur 18. Shri. Mar Imsong 19. Shri. Tipu Saha 20. Nagaland Bojpuri Samaj 21. Shri. Chibemo, Kuki Dolong 22. Rengma Baptist Church, Dimapur 23. Abdul Wahid & Kubad Talukdar 24. Tamil Sangam Dimapur 25. Tibetan & Bhutia Association Hong Kong Market Dimapur 26. Self Help Group Assisi Hr. Sec. School 27. Welcome Accessories City Tower 28. Convent Assisi Hr. Sec. School 29. Munilal Das, Lakeview 30. Dimapur Brotherhood 31. Sangita Devi 32. Dimapur Humanity Foundation We deeply regret our inability to mention each and every individual but it is our very sincere prayer that God bless each and everyone abundantly. DP-2233

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Dr. BC Roy, MS ENT and Head and Neck Cancer Surgery (AIIMS), will be available for Consultation at Eden Medical Centre, Dimapur on 24.03.2018 from 9:00 A.M onwards. He is Specialized in Endoscopic/Laprascopic/Robotic Thyroid and Head and Neck Surgery (Yunsai Cancer Centre, Seoul, South Korea) Dr. Brojen Barman MBBS, MS, MCh (Urology, PGIMER, Chandigarh) will be available for Consultation at Eden Medical Centre, Dimapur on 24.03.2018 from 12:00 P.M onwards. He is specialized in : • Kidney Stones, Prostrate Disorder including age related enlargement and cancer. • Men’s health and sexual problems. • Urine frequency, leak, difficulty in passing urine, blood in urine, Urinary Tract Infections, etc. • Dialysis access surgery and Kidney Transplantation.

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a decision to allow women to attend mixed public sporting events and the right to drive cars from this summer, reports Reuters. The changes have been hailed as proof of a new progressive trend toward modernization in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom, although the gendersegregated nation continues to be criticized for its continued constraints on women. “The laws are very

He said he was seeking their advice on how to proceed. “The conclusion has not been drawn,” he added. On Sunday, daily Verdens Gang and broadcasters NRK and TV2 quoted sources close to Prime Minister Erna Solberg as saying her cabinet would stand by Listhaug and resign if the no-confidence vote succeeded. Snap elections are not allowed, and Norway’s next general election is not due until 2021. Solberg might be

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R I YA D H , M A R 1 9 (AGENCIES): Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear headcover or the black abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety - as long as their attire is “decent and respectful”, the kingdom’s reform-minded crown prince said. With the ascent to power of young Prince Mohammad bin Salman, the kingdom has seen an expansion in women’s rights including

target of the country’s worst peacetime massacre - of putting terrorists’ rights before national security. Five opposition parties last week said they would vote on Tuesday to oust the minister, leaving her fate in the hands of the small Christian Democratic Party. “The polarizing rhetoric and behavior must end,” party leader Knut Arild Hareide told delegates in an opening address on Monday, before talks began in earnest behind closed doors.

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clear and stipulated in the laws of sharia (Islamic law): that women wear decent, respectful clothing, like men,” Prince Mohammed said in an interview with CBS television aired late on Sunday. “This, however, does not particularly specify a black abaya or a black head cover. The decision is entirely left for women to decide what type of decent and respectful attire she chooses to wear.” A senior cleric said last month that women should dress modestly, but this did not necessitate wearing the abaya. It remains unclear if these statements signal a change in the enforcement of women’s dress code in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia has no written legal code to go with the texts making up sharia, and police and judiciary have long enforced a strict dress code requiring Saudi women to wear abayas and in many cases to cover their hair and faces.

OSLO, MAR 19 (AGENCIES): Norway’s Christian Democrats, holding the balance of power in parliament, were meeting on Monday to decide whether to back a no-confidence motion against the justice minister, a step that could bring down the government, reports Reuters. Sylvi Listhaug has rocked Norway’s traditionally consensual politics by accusing the opposition Labour Party - in 2011 the

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Spears’ ex asking Madhuri Dixit takes Katy shades Taylor after ‘Idol’ Deepika Padukone, Virat Britney Sridevi’s place in contestant raves over rival for more child support? Abhishek Varman’s film Kohli win Instagram Awards S

adhuri Dixit has been cast in a role which was to be played by Sridevi in Abhishek Varman’s new directorial, the late actress’ daughter Janhvi Kapoor said on Monday. “Abhishek Varman’s next film was very close to mom’s heart... Dad, Khushi and I are thankful to Madhuriji for now being a part of this beautiful film,” Janhvi posted on her Instagram page. She also shared a warm photograph featuring Madhuri and Sridevi, who were considered professional rivals at one point in their careers. Sridevi, last seen onscreen in “Mom”, died on February 24 in Dubai. (IANS)

Aamir Khan replaces Ranveer Singh as Vivo India’s brand ambassador

hinese smartphone maker Vivo on Monday announced the appointment of Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador for India, replacing actor Ranveer Singh who had been associated with the company for the past two years. Aamir, whose films “Dangal” and “Secret Superstar” fetched unprecedented success for Bollywood movies in China, has been signed for future brand and product communication initiatives of Vivo India, the company said in a statement. “We are thrilled about

bodies the spirit of innovation and meaningful disruption,” said Aamir. “Over the years, the brand has been constantly pushing the boundaries of smartphone technology. I am enthused to be a part of Vivo’s transformative the possibilities that our partnership with one of the world’s biggest superstars, Aamir Khan, will open up for Vivo in India,” said Kenny Zeng, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Vivo India. “This new association will enable us to explore

journey in India,” the actor added. The announcement comes ahead of Vivo’s planned launch of the V9 smartphone on March 23 in India. Industry sources told IANS that the latest device will be priced around Rs

25,000 and will feature a dual rear camera setup and a 24MP selfie camera. Vivo V9 will come with iPhone X-like notch and primary camera setup and a “FullView” display, informed sources added. (IANS)

newer avenues to reach our customers as we script our future growth strategy in India,” Zeng added. Aamir will soon be seen in a full-fledged marketing campaign around the upcoming products and a new TV commercial. “Vivo as a brand em-

phatically. “I love her, as a songwriter, as well,” Perry stuttered, before shrugging indifferently. Unfortunately, the brief exchange was part of a quick montage showing how many different contestants made awkward first impressions, so viewers didn’t get to see just how influenced he was by Swift, or how Perry responded to his performance. (FoxNews)

100th Birthday

ZHEXÜLI V ZHIMO Zukihe Village (Keltomi)

“Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.” Proverbs 16:31 It's so wonderful to be able to share such a special day with a lady who has turned 100. We are very blessed to have you in our lives. May the God whose eye is even on the sparrow continue to shower His most precious blessings upon you.

Happy 100 th Birthday

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most engaging community members, also recognises Emerging Account and 20 Million Milestones. In the Most Followed Account category, Priyanka Chopra trailed behind Deepika’s 22.4 million followers with a count of 22 million, and Alia Bhatt rounded up the top three with 20.8 million followers. Deepika said in a statement: “Staying connected with my fans and loved ones is extremely important to me. I value the love, support and connection I share with them and I hope I continue to remain true and authentic.” Actor Ishaan Khatter, who will be seen

inger Britney Spears’ father Jamie Spears is reportedly upset with his daughter’s former husband Kevin Federline, who called him pleading for more child support. Federline has been pulling in $20,000 a month for child support for years, but he now says it’s not enough. Sources told tmz.com that last Friday, Federline called Jamie and said he was in a financial bind and wanted to talk about raising his child support. Jamie was suspicious and asked Federline where the $20,000 was going. Sources said last week Jamie got a letter from Federline’s lawyer, asking him if they could sit down and talk. They did indeed have a talk, and the lawyer explained now that 12-year-old Sean

ometimes a look says way more than words. Katy Perry did her best not to throw shade at Taylor Swift during Sunday’s “American Idol,” but the “Swish Swish” singer had a difficult time committing. During a montage segment of “Idol” hopefuls auditioning for the panel, Perry’s fellow judge Luke Bryan, asked one scruffy, guitar-carrying singer, who he looks up to as a musical artist. “I’m sorr y for this Katy… Taylor Swift,” the hopeful answered nervously. “Oh, you don’t have to be sorry,” Perry replied. “I love Taylor Swift,” the contestant added, em-

Wishes from loving children, in-laws, grandchildren & great-grandchildren

OFFICE OF THE MUNGYA VILLAGE COUNCIL WOKHA DISTRICT: NAGALAND

CONGRATULATIONS

The Mungya Village Council, under Wokha District, Nagaland would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri Yanthungo Patton on being elected to the 13th NLA for the 3rd consecutive term from 37 Tyui A/C and on his subsequent appointment as the Deputy CM of Nagaland with additional responsibility as “Leader of BJP Party” Nagaland. We also express our gratitude to Shri Neiphiu Rio, Hon’ble Chief Minister and leader of People’s Democratic Alliance, Nagaland for recognising and acknowledging his dedication and hard work by entrusting him with the portfolio of Home and National Highways. The Council further wishes him good health and wisdom as you render your services in the interest and welfare of the Lothas and general public of the state. Sd/(YINGSUNGO LOTHA) Council Secretary, Mungya Village Council Wokha: Nagaland

Sd/(M.EYILO KIKON) Chairman, Mungya Village Council Wokha: Nagaland

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ollywood actress Deepika Padukone has the ‘Most Followed Account’ and cricket star Virat Kohli has got the ‘Most Engaged Account’ on Instagram, according to the Instagram Awards which have been announced for the first time in India. Kohli has 19.8 million followers as on Monday. His account generated the biggest number of engagements when all likes and comments from the content that he shared in 2017 -except ‘Story’ views and video views -- were aggregated. The list, which acknowledges photo-sharing platform Instagram’s

in “Dhadak”, has been named for India’s ‘Emerging Account’ for growing his fanbase on Instagram significantly throughout 2017. For Ishaan, Instagram is his most loved social media platform. “It’s a non-stop source for inspiration from people and personalities all over the world. I find it especially enjoyable because it’s about connecting through pictures and videos. On a more personal note it’s almost like a time machine for your memories and a way to immortalise your favourite moments. “It’s lovely connecting with others through this medium and I look forward to being inspired and hopefully inspiring more people in the future, too,” he said. Alia also got a ‘milestone plaque’ with Shraddha Kapoor in recognition for building a community of 20 million followers. (IANS)

and 11-year-old Jayden have gotten older, Federline needed more than $20,000. Jamie pressed again, asking what the children needed that they weren’t getting. Federline’s lawyer wouldn’t answer, but said his client needed the means to take care of the two children at Britney’s level. Sources told tmz.com that the lawyer repeatedly talked about Britney’s recent successes -- particularly her sold-out Las Vegas shows -- saying she was making a lot more money. Jamie kept pushing back saying Britney’s success has nothing to do with the needs of the children, and his daughter wasn’t responsible for taking care of Federline and his other family members. Britney has paid Federline a fortune in various forms of support over the years. When they divorced in 2007, she cut him a cheque for $1.3 million and he got spousal support for several years and continues to get child support. (IANS)

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With immense pride and joy, the Satoi Range Public Union Dimapur (SRPUD) extends its heartiest congratulations to our member Shri G. Kaito Aye for being successfully elected to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly from 36 Satakha A/C. The SRPUD also expresses profound gratitude to People's Democratic Alliance Government led by Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri Neiphiu Rio for allotting the much deserved cabinet berth with the portfolio of Agriculture and Co-operation to Shri G. Kaito Aye. Further, the SRPUD wishes Shri G. Kaito Aye good health and wisdom on his new assignment and hopes that he would work with full dedication and utmost motivation for overall development of 36 Satakha A/C in particular and the state in general. Shikuto Yeptho Shikiho P. Zhimo President, SRPUD Gen. Secy, SRPUD

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saw a header deflect off Gerard Pique and wide of the target. Barca rarely threatened and had to wait until the final 10 minutes for another clear-cut chance as Messi tested Kepa from distance before flashing a shot wide of the far post. But despite a lacklustre second-half performance, the league leaders held on to move two games away from matching the longest unbeaten run in the Spanish top flight, which is held by Real Sociedad.

Ronaldo hits four in Real thrilling win

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his scorching scoring

Barcelona star Messi surges forward under the attention of Athletic Bilbao defender Inigo run by bagging four goals in Real Madrid’s hugely enterMartinez at the Nou Camp.

rarely troubled as Ernesto Valverde secured a win over his former side. Victory moved Barcelona, who stretched their unbeaten run to 35 games in the league, 11 points clear with nine games to play after Atletico Madrid’s 2-1 defeat at Villarreal. Barcelona, who were without the injured Sergio Busquets, were in the mood from the off and they made the early breakthrough with Jordi Alba’s pullback picking out Alcacer, who side-footed the ball into the bottom

corner. It was one-way traffic at the Nou Camp and Alba was involved again as Barca chased a second. The full-back cushioned the ball into the path of Phillipe Coutinho but the Brazilian’s strike crashed back off the crossbar and away to safety. Valverde’s side doubled their advantage in the 30th minute when Ousmane Dembele picked out Messi and the Argentine rifled the ball past Kepa to score for the sixth successive match. They could have add-

taining 6-3 La Liga win over Girona on Sunday. Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 11th minute with a deadly first-time finish but former Middlesbrough forward Cristhian Stuani headed home from a corner to draw the Catalans level in the 29th minute. The Portuguese restored his side’s lead at the start of the second half by racing on to a through ball from Karim Benzema and hammering it in off the crossbar. He then laid on a pass for Lucas Vazquez to score Real’s third. Ronaldo gobbled up a rebounded shot from Benzema to complete his hat-trick in the 64th and make it 4-1, while substitute Gareth Bale added a fifth in the 86th after Stuani had struck again down the other end. Girona’s Juanpe then made it 5-3, only for Ronaldo to roar back in injury time and score his fourth goal of the game, his 17th in his last eight appearances in all competitions. Ronaldo has now netted 22 times in the league this season, trailing Barcelona’s Lionel Messi by just three goals.

L o nd o n, M a r 1 9 (Agencies): Mohamed Salah’s four-goal haul for Liverpool on Saturday saw him take the lead in the race for the European Golden Shoe. Salah helped Jurgen Klopp’s side thrash Watford 5-0 at Anfield on Saturday and took his goal tally for the season to an incredible 28 in just 30 matches. That puts the Egyptian on 56 points, six clear of second-placed Lionel Messi, who grabbed Barcelona’s second in their 2-0 win at home to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Messi, who won last season’s European Golden Boot having scored 37 times to finish with a total of 74 points, has now netted 25 goals in only 28 La Liga games to put Barca within touching distance of the title in Spain. Meanwhile, there are three strikers on 48 points completing the top three - Paris Saint-Germain’s Edinson Cavani, Lazio’s Ciro Immobile and Tottenham’s Harry Kane - with each man having found the back of the net on 24 occasions so far in the league this campaign. However, with neither Cavani nor Immobile registering for their clubs on the weekend, and Kane sidelined until April with an ankle injury, it now looks

Shi Yuqi stuns Lin Dan to Shami blames third party for domestic row SGSA meeting Delhi, Mar 19 leged WhatsApp and Face- of money,” Shami was quot- Dimapur, Mar 19 win All England Open title New (IANS): India pacer Mo- book Messenger conversa- ed as saying by News18 In- (NPN): Sumi Games and

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Shi Yuqi celebrates after winning the title.

DIED ON - 20-03-2017

A year has passed since you left us on this day for eternal heavenly home. But we still miss you in silent tears. Your good deeds will forever be cherished. Loving Wife, children & relatives.

dia. Hasin has also levelled allegations of match fixing against the bowler. Shami said, “As regards match fixing, the perpetrators evade, there was no fault in my mind, nor is and neither will it be.”

Sports Association (SGSA) has convened a meeting on March 21 at 10:30 a.m. at its president residence, Dimapur. In this regard, all office bearers and advisors asked to attend the meeting.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Romans 12:15 “Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep’. Through this column, we the bereaved family would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us extended your services in prayer, financially, morally and physically at the untimely and sudden demise our beloved daughter Late Miss. V. Ayaphi/Apem Zimik (39) d/o Mr. Wungshimrei Zimik, Lamlang village, Ukhrul district Manipur who left for her heavenly abode on March 14, 2018 at Forest Colony Kohima. Even though we could not thank each and every one of you personally/individually, may the Almighty God bless you all abundantly for the good services that you have extended towards our family as said in the Bible Acts 20:35 ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’. We also give our special thanks to:1. Neighbours of Forest colony,Kohima. 2. Staff and Officers of Rural Development Dept, Kohima. 3. Tangkhul Union, Kohima. 4. Tangkhul Baptist Church, Kohima. 5. Dear friends and relatives of Late Apem Zimik. From loving parents, brothers, sisters and relatives

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

LATE I. YANGER IMCHEN A year ago, God called your name, that only you could hear. No one heard the angels drawing near. The golden gates stood open, God saw you needed rest as He only takes the best. And you were one of the best. We miss you deeply.

Lt. K. K. Chire Nienu Dearest Dad, Thank you for your truthfulness in the family. JESUS answered in the book of John 14:6 "I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO-ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME". Loving wife, sons, family and grandchildren DP-2214

Born : 12th August 1944 Died : 20th March 2017

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the family members of Late Mr. KENEISEVI SIAMVÜ, son of Mr. Vipiezolie Siamvü, would like to express our gratitude to each and every individual who stood by us physically, financially, materially, emotionally and through prayers at his sudden demise on 15th March, 2018. We also like to express our special thanks to 1. Pastor, Baptist Church, Mezoma, Mezo Base. 2. Mr. Asu Keyho, Ex-MLA. 3. Mr. Keneizhakho Nakhro, MLA & family. Born : 14-10-1998 4. Miss. Kiyavi-ü Chüsi. Died: 15:03/2018 5. Mr. Alakuo Sekhose, Chairman Officers’ Hill & his council. 6. Mr. Vilie Shüya, GB officers’ Hill Colony. 7. Neighbours, teachers & students of Chandmari Hr. Sec. School, Kohima. 8. Mezoma Village & Mezo Base Village.

“So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord”. Rom. 14.8 Loving parents, brothers, sisters and relatives. K-740

the first Premier League player to be crowned Europe’s top marksman since another Liverpool forward, Luis Suarez, shared the award with Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo four years ago. Ronaldo was the last player from the English top flight to win the European Golden Shoe outright, after scoring 31 goals to help Manchester United claim the 2007/08 Premier League title. Race for the European Golden Shoe Name Goals Points Mo Salah 28 56 Lionel Messi 25 50 Edinson Cavani 24 48 Ciro Immobile 24 48 Harry Kane 24 48

1ST OPEN FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT Organised by : Dimapur District Football Referee Association (D.D.F.R.A)

VENUE : D.D.S.C Stadium

DATE : 6th – 17th April 2018

Registration fee - Rs. 3000/-

Champion - Rs 50,000/Runners up - Rs. 25,000/Semi-finalists - 5,000/- each Best player, Best Custodian, Best defender

Last date for form submission 31st March 2018

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the bereaved family of Late Rose Lohe, would like to express our profound gratitude to all those who stood by us spiritually, physically and ﬁnancially during the brief illness and at the sad demise of our beloved daughter on 6th March 2018. We convey our special thanks to: 1. Doctors & nurses of NHAK. 2. Doctors & nurses of Oking Hospital, Kohima. 3. Doctors & nurses of District Hospital, Phek. 4. Lotha Community, Kohima. 5. Kutsapo Union, Phek Town. Born : 09-03-2008 6. Phek Town Baptist Church. 7. Lotha Baptist Church, Phek Town. Died : 06-03-2018 8. Kutsapo Baptist Church, Kutsapo. 9. Hebron-I Colony, Phek Town. 10. Teachers, staffs & students of C.M.H.S.S. Phek. 11. 5th NAP Bn. Ofﬁcers & Jawans. We deeply regret our inability to mention all the name individually, but it is our sincere prayer that God bless you all abundantly. Loving parents, siblings & relatives K-746

Born : 28-03-1924 | Died : 14.03.2018 I have fought the good fight I have finished the race I have kept the faith The family of LATE L. IMSOWAR TZUDIR, S/o Late Lanunuken (Molungyimsen), who passed away peacefully on 14.03.2018, wishes to acknowledge the many expression of sympathy and kindness shown to us during the time of our grief. We offer our heartfelt thanks to all the friends and well wishers for being with us in prayer and the generous support and to all those who travelled from different parts of Nagaland, sent floral tributes and messages of condolences. We are truly grateful. A special word of thanks to 1. Molungyimsen Baptist Arogo 2. Molungyimsen Baptist Arogo, Women Ministry 3. Loyung Baptist Arogo 4. Loyung Baptist Arogo, Women Ministry 5. Mopungsanger Putu, Molungyiymsen 6. Loyung Village Council 7. Molungkimong Village Council 8. Ebenezer Mission, Molungyimsen 9. Govt. High School, Molungyimsen 10. Mendenti Ward, Tuli To those who helped in any way, it would be difficult to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude. God bless you all and grant you a long life. Loving wife, son, daughters, grandchildren & family members.

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finals and made it the first all-Chinese men’s Open final for a decade. Earlier, Tai Tzu Ying, the world number one from Taiwan became the first women’s singles player in more than a decade to successfully defend the title. But she was not happy with her performance after a 22-20, 21-13 win over Akane Yamaguchi, the world number two from Japan, in which Tai had to save a game point in the first game.

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BIRMINGHAM, Mar 19 (Agencies): Chinese star Lin Dan was denied a seventh All-England Open title as his young compatriot Shi Yuqi clinched a shock victory in Sunday’s final. Seventh seeded Shi profited from Lin’s lacklustre play to win 21-19, 16-21, 21-9 in Birmingham. The surprising absence of Lin’s famed attacking skills helped Shi to grow in confidence. The 22-year-old was able to utilise his speed and hard-to-read overhead attacks without inhibition against one of the sport’s all-time greats. “I was more patient and controlled my pace, which helped me get the match back,” said Shi. Lin would have been the oldest player in 63 years to win the All-England men’s singles title had he prevailed. But just when he had levelled the match with a burst of delicate drops and sliced smashes, he suddenly lost his rhythm. Lin became the first player ever to play in 10 All-England men’s singles

tions with multiple women on her Facebook account. She also uploaded photos and phone numbers of the women. Jahan alleged that Shami, 27, and his family had tried to kill her. “I still say that this is not the deed of Hasin. This is certainly a plan of a third party, maybe the happiness of my family is intolerable, maybe because of the greed

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hammed Shami is blaming “a third party” for the allegations of domestic violence and extra-marital affairs hurled against him by his wife Hasain Jahan. He has denied the charges. Shami said this was not a work of Hasin and someone was involved, maybe due to greed of money. Ja h a n h a d p o s t e d screenshots of Shami’s al-

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like being a two-man race for the award. All of which should make for a fascinating close to the campaign, although Messi still has nine La Liga encounters left to play this season, while Salah only has a maximum of seven more Premier League fixtures to try and win the award. If Barca’s Argentina international does manage to finish ahead of Salah, it would make him the first player to get his hands on the European Golden Shoe five times (2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2016/17). Were Salah to maintain his position at the top of the charts, though, the 25-year-old would become

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ed to their tally just before the break with Coutinho’s lofted shot clipping the top of the bar before Paulinho’s drive rebounded off the post. In the second half, Barca couldn’t quite reproduce the quality they produced in the opening 45 minutes which allowed Atheltic Bilbao to grow into the game. Sabin Merino failed to trouble Marc-Andre Ter Stegn on two occasions when the space opened up in front of him, while substitute Aritz Adruiz

Salah leads Messi in Golden Shoe race

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Messi keeps Barca on course for title

M a d r i d, M a r 1 9 (Agencies): Barcelona stayed on course for a 25th La Liga title thanks to a 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao at the Nou Camp on Sunday. The Catalan giants were in scintillating form in the first half as strikes from Paco Alcacer, who started in place of the suspended Luis Suarez, and Lionel Messi handed them the advantage at the interval. However, Barca eased off the gas to put in a lacklustre second-half performance but they were

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Pedro heads Chelsea into FA Cup semis

L o n d o n, M a r 1 9 (Agencies): Pedro Rodriguez came off the bench to keep Chelsea’s chances of silverware this season alive with an extra-time winner in a 2-1 victory at Leicester on Sunday to reach the FA Cup semifinals. Alvaro Morata’s first goal since Boxing Day on his return to the Chelsea starting line-up put the visitors on course to bounce back from their Champions League elimination at the hands of Barcelona in midweek. H o w e v e r, J a m i e Vardy’s equaliser 15 minutes from time made them do it the hard way in an extra 30 minutes. Chelsea had lost three of their past four matches to fall behind in the race for a top-four finish in the Premier League as well as their European exit. But they will fancy their chances of reaching the final for the second time in as many years under Conte after drawing Premier League strugglers Southampton in the last four. Yet, the biggest plus of all for Conte going for-

Pedro celebrates alongside his Chelsea team-mates after his extra-time goal kept their FA Cup dreams alive.

ward may be Morata’s return to form after a torrid time in 2018 as both form and fitness have deserted Chelsea’s £70 million club record buy from Real Madrid. Morata had a point to prove after being left out of

the Spain squad on Friday just three months ahead of the World Cup. Morata had stung the palms of Kasper Schmeichel from the edge of the box and hit the outside of the post from the narrowest of angles before putting

Chelsea in front three minutes before half-time. Much of the credit must go to Willian, though, who surged through the heart of the Leicester midfield on the counter-attack before feeding the Spaniard. And Morata coolly

clipped the ball beyond the advancing Schmeichel with an assuredness unbefitting of a striker who had gone 13 games without a goal. The visitors were happy to take their chances on the counter-attack in the second period as they began to feel the after-effects of their run around at Barcelona in midweek. Leicester’s search for an equaliser was largely laboured and, even when a big chance did arise, Vardy headed wastefully over when completely unmarked inside the area. However, the England international made amends 15 minutes from time when he forced the ball home at the third attempt after Vicente Iborra’s first two efforts were blocked and then saved by Willy Caballero. Cr ucially, though, Conte was able to refresh his side as Pedro, Gary Cahill and Olivier Giroud were all introduced in the first half of extra time. And it was Pedro who proved the match winner in unfamiliar fashion as he rose to outjump Schmeichel and nod into an unguarded net.

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Chahal jumps to No. 2 in T20I bowling rankings DUBAI, Mat 19 (PTI): Yuzvendra Chahal jumped 12 spots to number two while Washington Sundar moved up a phenomenal 151 places to 31st in the ICC T20I Player Rankings for bowlers on the back of their impressive show in the justconcluded Nidahas Trophy Tri-Series in Sri Lanka. Leg-spinner Chahal now has a career-high 706 rating points while off-spinner Sundar, who was named Man of the Series, has 496 points. Both the spinners were part of the five games India played, and picked up eight wickets apiece. Sundar, who bowled mainly in the Powerplay, had an incredible economy rate of 5.70, while Chahal finished with 6.45. Also making significant gains in the bowling charts were some of the

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other performers from the Nidahas Trophy: Akila Dananjaya of Sri Lanka, Rubel Hossain of Bangladesh and India’s Jaydev Unadkat and Shardul Thakur. All of them achieved their career-best rating points at the end of the tournament. Unadkat (joint 52nd) and Thakur (joint 76th), India’s premier pacemen in the tournament, went up 26 and 85 spots respectively with their best points ever -

435 and 358. Among the batsmen, Shikhar Dhawan, Kusal Perera, Manish Pandey, Mushfiqur Rahim, Kusal Mendis and Dinesh Karthik, the star of India’s win in the final over Bangladesh, made significant gains. Karthik, who had an outstanding tournament batting in the lower middleorder, jumped from No. 126 to No.95, with his best-ever 246 points.

Utd extend Del Potro claims Indian Wells title ManYoung deal

Indian Wells, Mar 19 (IANS): Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro captured his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells, becoming the 2018 BNP Paribas Open men’s singles champion with a victory over No.1 Roger Federer. In one of the best matches of the season, del Potro, who beat Federer at the US Open last year, erased three match points against the five-time champion 6-4, 6-7(8), 7-6(2) and took home $1.3 million winner’s check on Sunday. In the third set, defending champion Federer broke for a chance to serve for the match at 4-4. But this time it was Del Potro’s turn to save match points as he erased three during Federer’s 5-4 service game, including two consecutive-

Del Potro lifts the trophy at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in California on Sunday.

ly from 15/40 down. It was the first since 2014 to go to a third-set tie-break. The No. 8 won the first five points of the third set tiebreaker, then closed it out when Federer missed a forehand long, ending a two-hour, 42-minute mara-

thon contest on the main stadium court at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The 29-year-old Argentine returned to the BNP Paribas Open final for the first time since 2013 when he fell to Rafael Nadal in the title match 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

“I’m still shaking, I’m so nervous,” del Potro told ESPN on court after the match. “It’s like a dream. It’s difficult to describe with words. After all my problems, after all my surgeries, I couldn’t believe I’m here winning a Masters 1000 and beating Roger. It’s amazing.” The 36-year-old Swiss superstar Federer was into the final in Indian Wells for the fourth straight time, having missed the event in 2016. Roger Federer was handed his first loss of 2018, now 17-1. He has 27 career ATP Masters 1000 titles and has held the No. 1 spot a record 306 weeks, as of 12 March. “I hung tough and put a lot of effort into it to get the record,” the world number one said.

L o n d o n, M a r 1 9 (Agencies): Manchester United have triggered a clause in Ashley Young’s contract to extend his deal for a further year. Young, who has made 30 appearances this season, has seen good performances at full-back rewarded by manager Jose Mourinho, keeping natural left-back Luke Shaw on the bench. The former Aston Villa midfielder’s exploits have not gone unnoticed by England boss Gareth Southgate, who has selected Young in his last two squads. He will be available for selection for England’s forthcoming friendlies against the Netherlands and Italy. After a four-year spell at Villa Park, Young was brought to Old Trafford by Sir Alex Ferguson in 2011 for a fee in the region of £16m.

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