March 25, 2019

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Vol XXIX No. 107

India to launch Emisat on April 1 C H E N NA I , M A R 2 4 (IANS): India on April 1 will launch an electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) along with 28 third-party satellites and also demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a new variant of PSLV rocket, ISRO said. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a new variant of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket will first put the 436 kg Emisat into a 749 km orbit. The rocket will then be brought down to put into orbit the 28 satellites at an altitude of 504 km.

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Imran orders probe into Hindu girls’ abduction

Miami open: Osaka out, Federer wins

Is Congress paying price of its dynastic character? asks Jaitley

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sports, Page 11

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4 cornered contest for LS, by-poll

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KO H I M A , M A R 2 4 (NPN): With speculations rife that nascent National People’s Party (NPP) was mulling on fielding a candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat for Nagaland, the 2019 Parliamentary elections in Nagaland could turn out to be a four-cornered contest between PDA, Congress, NPP and one Independent, while the by-poll to the 26 Aonglenden assembly constituency is also a fourcornered contest between NDPP/PDA, NPF, Congress and NPP. Though yet to be confirmed, the latest to join the fray for Lok Sabha are National People’s Party (NPP) and an Independent candidate. The intending Independent candidate Heikieleung Zeliang, founder president of Nagaland Government Primary teachers Association and founder president of Naga Concerned Citizens Forum, has declared his intention to contest, as per a statement widely circulated in social media. Heikieleung disclosed that he had been an NPF loyalist but since the party was not fielding any candidate for the Lok Sabha, he has decided to

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contest since his “desire was to fulfil the dreams of the party loyalists by contesting on their behalf.” One candidate who had resigned from BJP, Hayithung Bill Lotha, has claimed that he will be seeking NPP ticket to contest though the party was yet make an official announcement. Hayithung had reportedly applied for NFP ticket but changed his decision to seek NPP ticket. The last date for filling of nominations in March 25 and scrutiny of nomination on March 26 while the last date for withdrawal of candidature is March 28. PDA consensus candidate Tokheho Yepthomi

of NDPP and Congress candidate , K.L. Chishi have already filed their nominations. Though the principal opposition party (NPF) has decided to not field any candidate for Lok Sabha seat, the party has indicated that it was likely to support the Congress candidate. The objective of joining hands with “likeminded parties” was to fight the BJP and its allies at all cost. However, in case NPP also decides to field its party candidate, the NPF will be in a fix over which party candidate to support-Congress or NPP. When contacted, NPF spokesperson Achumbemo Kikon informed Nagaland Post that his party will be

meeting on Monday evening to finalize the issue. However, NPF insiders said so far, the general consensus was to support the Congress candidate. When asked about the recent merger of the two NPP legislators with the ruling-NDPP, Kikon described it as an act of “sheer desperation by the MLAs”. He said the NDPP was insecure with just 17 MLAs in the house of 60. The NPF has 26 while PDA partner BJP has 12, JDU and independent one each. Again for the 26 Aonglenden assembly by poll, both NPF and Congress and now NPP have fielded their candidates for the byelection to the 26-Aonglenden constituency. Earlier, it was widely reported that NPF will have a “friendly contest” with Congress in the by-poll. Meanwhile, state NPP president, Ato Yepthomi accused the ruling- PDA of cutting off NPP from the PDA by luring away two of its legislators. Ato however insisted that it has not weakened the party. He said this while interacting with on the sidelines of the flag hoisting ceremony of NPP Saturday at the residence of NPP byelection candidate, O Tinu Longkumer. (More on p-2)

India sets target to eliminate TB by 2025

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KO H I M A , M A R 2 4 (NPN): India is all set to lead the world in eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, five years before the global target of 2030. According to Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) State programme officer Dr Tiasunup Pongener, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already made the announcement in this regard. Speaking at a function held to observe World TB day at Rivenburgs Chapel Hall, Mission Compound here on Sunday on the theme “It’s time”, Pongener remarked the theme emphasised that it was time to test and treat latent TB infection, speak up, end stigma, strengthen TB education and awareness among healthcare providers and end TB. He said there was no shame in having TB and urged people to break the stigma associated with the disease, get checked at the earliest and treat it like any other diseases. He stressed that this was the only way to stop TB from afflicting the future generation. He added that

TB was curable and drugs were available for free. RNTCP assistant programme officer (APO) Dr Apichetla Amer informed the gathering that this year they the programme was targeting student community. She said Rs 500 was being given to each TB patient every month till the completion of treatment for nutritional support (Nikshay Poshan Yojana). This was being given as a nutritional aid to the patient through direct beneficiary transfer, she added. Amer explained that TB could attack any part of the body, but lungs were the most common site causing the following symptoms – persistent cough for several weeks, pain in chest, weight loss, loss of appetite, coughing up blood with sputum, weakness or fatigue, fever and sweating at night. She said TB spreads through droplet infection and lies dormant in human body, adding that when body defences become weak, the disease sets in. She said factors contributing to spread of TB were overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, poor ventilation, etc.

Petrol prices hiked by 5 paise, diesel unchanged

NEW DELHI/DIMAPUR, MAR 24 (AGENCIES/ NPN): Petrol prices rose around 5 paise across the four metropolitan cities on Sunday, while the cost of diesel remained unchanged, data on the Indian Oil Corp’s website showed. In the national capital, petrol was priced at Rs 72.86 per litre, up from Rs. 72.81 on Saturday. Price of petrol in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai rose to Rs 74.93, Rs 78.48 and Rs 75.67, respectively, up from Rs 74.89, Rs 78.43 and Rs 75.62 per litre. Domestic fuel prices have largely been on an upward movement during the first three months of 2019. The uptrend in domestic prices is largely attributed to the bullish global crude oil prices. The benchmark Brent crude oil is currently trading around $67 per barrel. Meanwhile, in Nagaland’s commercial hub, Dimapur, petrol price was hiked by 4 paise costing Rs.70.52 per litre. In Kohima, petrol was hiked by around 5 paise, costing Rs. 71.34 per litre. Though diesel remained unchanged in Dimapur, the price of diesel in Kohima was hiked by 29 paise-- Rs. 64.69 per litre from Rs. (Cont’d on p-5) 64.40 on Saturday.

Landowners livid on not being compensated for NH-29 expansion

DIMAPUR, MAR 24 (NPN): NH-29 Landowners’ Union (NH29 LOU) has expressed regret for landowners not being compensated for their land and properties in view of the ongoing expansion of the highway from Purana Bazaar to Chumukedima.

At an emergency meeting held at Charity Residential School, 5th Mile here on Sunday, LOU information secretary Kewetso Kenye said that the union clarified that they were not against the government for expansion of NH-29. Rather, they expressed their

willingness to part away with their land situated within the vicinity of the ongoing expansion of the highway. However, they said they were appalled at the government’s indifferent attitudes towards their sacrifice. (Cont’d on p-5)

‘Advani extremely upset with BJP after Gandhinagar snub’

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NEW DELHI, MAR 24 (AGENCIES): BJP veteran LK Advani, who was dropped from the BJP list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, is extremely upset about the way the exercise was conducted, sources said. “Not getting to be in Lok Sabha is not the issue, but the manner in which the denial was done was disrespectful... No big leader contacted him,” said a source close to the BJP veteran, who had been representing Gandhinagar for six consecutive terms. Gandhinagar has been allotted to party chief Amit Shah, who will make his debut into Lok Sabha elections this time. Advani, who was the Deputy Prime Minister in the government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was among the 10-odd leaders above the age of 75, whom the party dropped this time. Days before the announcement of list, the BJP national general secretary Ram Lal had contacted the leaders and asked them to announce their retirement from electoral politics. Advani, 91, however, refused to comply, pointing out that some senior leader of the BJP should have had the courtesy to contact them. After the denial of ticket from Patna Sahib, disgruntled BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha Sunday said he was “able and capable” of answering back in “the same coin.” Sinha, who was elected in 2009 and 2014, was replaced with union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. K Y M C

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WEATHER FORECAST March 25

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sun; hot

36 19

Fog will lift in the morning

Aizawl

30 13

Guwahati Hazy sun

33 17

Imphal

30 10

Imphal

Itanagar Partly sunny; pleasant

28 15

Shillong

Hazy sun

24 10

Kohima

Plenty of sunshine; nice

25 10

Dimapur Plenty of sunshine; pleasant

Mostly sunny; nice

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Tuensang Mostly sunny; cooler

32 15 27 10 18 9

Hazy sun; not as warm

23 16

Zunheboto Mostly sunny; pleasant

24 8

Wokha

CSU condemns March 16 incident DIMAPUR: Chi Students’ Union (CSU), Mon district has vehemently condemned the March 16 incident where two individuals had allegedly molested a minor girl. In a press note, Chi Students’ Union president C. Pangkhah and action secretary B. Honshong claimed that the duo, Pang-e and Loipong from Tanhai village were caught red handed by Chi Students’ Union volunteers allegedly molesting the minor girl in view of passersby. After questioning and a bond agreement was signed, the two were released by the union on March 17. Condemning the uncivilized act, Chi Students’ Union also warned of stern action against any individual/s found indulging in any anti-social activities within its jurisdiction, defaming and tarnishing the good image of the village. Meanwhile, the union further wished speedy recovery to the victim from her physical and mental trauma.

Huker Villagers at the ‘Red Letter Day’ program in Huker Village on March 24. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Yimchungrus, under the banner of Yimchungru Tribal Council (YTC), observed March 24 as a “Red Letter Day” within its jurisdiction. According to a report by DIPR, on the day, the Yimchungru Baptist Boru

Amukhungto (YBBA) also organised a prayer program remembering all pioneers of the Naga national movement. Yimchungru Baptist Boru Amukhungto also remembered those who laid down their lives for the

Wokha MMU monitoring meet

DIMAPUR: A program monitoring meeting of Mission Management Units (MMUs) of Wokha district, under Nagaland State Rural Livelihood Mission (NSRLM), was held on March 20 at the Conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) office, Wokha. A press release by M&E/IBCB, NSRLM stated that in a keynote address, additional secretary, RD & mission director, NSRLM, Athel O. Lotha, encouraged the mission team to be a model for others. She asked the teams to be prepared for scalingup of the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Project (SVEP). Lotha also spoke on the importance of providing access to bank linkages for SHGs. Chief Operating Officer (COO), NSRLM, M. Rollan Lotha, reviewed and assessed performances of district and block MMUs involving all components of the mission and its achievements against annual objectives and targets. Developing Model Cluster Level Federation (CLF) as Financial Intermediary, being one of the

mission’s key thrust, he appreciated the commendable performance of Wokha CLF members for “their lucid five year visioning and goals.” EnglanYingsung Federation (CLF) of Wokha secretary, Zubeni Odyou, shared the federation’s key priorities and their vision to enable women empowerment, and to collectively address issues of poverty. According to Zubeni, the federation also has a vision to give women access to their rights and entitlements, strengthening livelihoods, and enhancing skills and capabilities of women to ultimately improve the lives of members, family and the community as a whole. The meeting chaired by assistant district program manager, Wokha, Samuel Kithan, was attended by all mission teams under Wokha district, NSRLM. Slide-show presentations on performances of the district were presented by all the blocks -- Chukitong, Sanis, Champang and Bhandari. A vote of thanks was delivered by block program manager, Wokha, Nzanbemo.

DIMAPUR: An Academic & Administrative Audit (AAA) team from the department of Higher Education, visited Peren Government College (PGC) to review developmental activities in the college, on March 20. A press release from PGC media cell stated that

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KO H I M A , M A R 2 4 (NPN): The Angami Students’ Union (ASU) 28th Biennial General Conference 2019 concluded on March 24 with a devotional service with Rev. Dr. Neivotso Paphino, mission director, Northeast India CRC as the devotional speaker. Rev. Dr. Neivotso, based on the theme -Living God, He Lives, stated that fearing God is the essence of wisdom, but earthly greed has destroyed the relationship between God and man. Wants and greed have far outweighed spiritual connection, worldly materials have overtaken the arena of God and Man, he said. Rev. Dr. Neivotso also shared from his life testimony about how he miraculously survived after being pronounced dead from a chronic stroke in

Egypt. Valedictory speaker, Rosemary Dzüvichü in her speech, spoke about values and virtues, stating that values assure achievements of goals set, and virtues bring moral excellence. She also pondered on a Japanese proverb that says "If you wish to learn the highest truth, you must begin with the alphabet" and also on American writer Emerson’s quote "The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not war.” Dzüvichü also said that honesty is the biggest challenge for the Nagas and Angamis. She advocated for respecting elders and educating the girl child. ASU has also elected a new team of executives led by Vizokho Zhazhümo as president; Neitsituo Mere as vice president; Petekhrietuo Kiewhuo as general secretary; and Mhalevilie Medoze as assistant GS.

PDA insecure says NPP President

one’s capacity for love and endurance. Libo added that practicing patience building empathy for others is very important to living a hassle free life. Patience makes a person resilient and makes them less likely to harbour negative feelings for others, she added. A person who has the virtue of patience also finds other virtues like chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, and humility, easily. She encouraged the Church to comfort one an-

other, uphold the weak and at the same time be patient with one another. The outreach program was held under the banner of ‘Changing the world one student at a time.’ The students presented songs, read from the Bible, prayed and also played the part of ushers in the Church. Longtili C. Sangtam shared experiences from when he became acquainted with the ICEU and saw miracles happening his life. The program was presided over by Yangseba.

news in Brief CNSA consultative meeting: The Central Nagaland Students’ Association (CNSA) has convened a consultative meeting for March 27, 11 am at CNTC conference hall, Dimapur. All CNSA executive members, former leaders of CNSA, presidents and representatives of three student organisations AKM, SKK and LSU have been requested to attend the meeting without fail. DCC Wokha meeting: District Congress Committee (DCC) Wokha has convened a meeting for March 25, 1 pm at the DCC office chambers, Wokha. All concerned office bearers of DCC/DYC/DMC/ACCC/ SIVA-DAL/PCC and members have been requested to attend the meeting. Notification for requisitioned Wokha vehicles: Nodal officer (NO), ETPBS and EAC Wokha has informed all drivers whose vehicles have been requisitioned for election duty under Wokha district to collect their Election Duty Certificates (EDC Form 12 A) from the facilitation centre EDC & ETPBS office of the DC & DEO Wokha. The last date for acceptance of EDC applications has been fixed for March 29. A copy of the vehicle requisition order along with EPIC or service identity card with photo should be enclosed with the application. Information for Pughoboto requisitioned vehicle drivers: ADC & DEO Pughoboto, K. Mhathung Tsanglao has informed all drivers under Pughoboto whose vehicles have been requisitioned for Election Duty, to get the Election Duty Certificates (EDCs) from his office during office hours on or before March 29. All the drivers availing EDC should enclosed a copy of the vehicle requisition order along with EPIC or service identity card with photo. Wokha pre-matriculation scholarship information: Wokha applicants for pre-metric Scholarship (ST), whose scholarship could not be credited into their personal accounts due to incorrect bank details, have been asked to come with their updated bank accounts and check at the District Education Office Wokha during office hours on or before March 30. The office will not entertain any claims after expiry of the stipulated date. ZSUN presidential council & election: Zeliangrong Students’ Union Nagaland (ZSUN) has convened its presidential council & election for March 28, 11 a.m. at Peren Town. All federating units have been directed to attend the council & election. The union has also requested all senior leaders and concerned people to attend the same.

SRC, NNC condolence

Ato Yepthomi, O Tinu Lkr and others at the NPP flag hoisting ceremony on March 23. (NP)

Correspondent MOKOKCHUNG, MAR 24 (NPN): NPP Nagaland president, Ato Yepthomi has stated that the PDA decided to cut NPP off from its alliance by taking away two of the NPP’s legislators, but it has not weakened the party. According to Yepthomi, this, instead, had made the PDA more insecure even though they were more in number

the team inspected the upcoming academic and administrative building located at the new site. They also interacted with the college principal, IQAC coordinator, HODs, the student fraternity, faculty and administrative staff separately. The team also inspected

Members of ICEU Kiphire presenting a song at Tenyimia Church Kiphire, during their outreach program on March 24. (NP)

KIPHIRE, MAR 24 (NPN): A Kiphire Inter Collegiate Evangelical Union (ICEU) Outreach Program was held at Tenyima Baptist Church Kiphire on March 24. The evangelical union coordinator in charge of Pungro-Meluri (USEI), Libo Kinny, exhorted the congregation on patience and said that everyone makes mistakes. But learning and growing involves practicing patience, persistence, and increasing

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He was speaking to media persons at a flag hoisting ceremony of the National People’s Party (NPP), Saturday, at the residence of NPP by-election candidate, O Tinu Lkr. Yepthomi went on to say that the NPP is even more determined, and said that party candidate O Tinu Lkr’s victory in the 26 Aonglenden by-election was assured. He added

that the NPP is filled with young and dedicated party workers eager to bring change and eradicate corruption. Earlier, O Tinu Lkr shared some words of gratitude with the rank and file of NPP for giving him the party ticket to contest the by-election. Tinu called on his supporters to be principled and stand on the manifesto of the NPP towards victory.

AAA team visits Peren Government College

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cause of Nagas and also prayed for their leaders so that they may have a better future. The day was also observed by Huker Village Council at the First IndoNaga War for Naga Independence, War Memorial Park at Huker village.

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the college starting from the library, class rooms, IQAC room, faculty room, administrative staff room, computer room etc. The visit culminated with a combined interactive session. The team was led by Dr. Watijungshi, additional director Higher Education

as the convener, Dr. Jamedi, assistant professor Dimapur Government College and Angel Sonari, dean of Science, Patkai Christian College, Dimapur as members. A vote of thanks was pronounced by Dr. Katoni Jakhalu, principal, Peren Government College.

DIMAPUR: Shepoumaramth Regional Council (SRC), Naga National Council (NNC) president, K. Michuhrü Aru, on behalf of himself and the SRC, has expressed deep grief and shock at the untimely demise of Kavei on March 23 at his native home of Kapaomai village, Shepoumaramth region, Nagaland. In a condolence message, SRC, NNC president K. Michuhrü Aru described late Kavei as a true patriot who had been imprisoned twice in Indian jails but continued unflinchingly

in serving the nation. The message stated that Kavei, son of Punü joined the NNC/FGN on October 20, 1964 and served the nation till his death at 78 years. Lamenting the untimely death as an irreparable loss for the nation and community, the SRC, NNC added that his true sacrifice and patriotic service rendered to the nation will always remain alive in the history of the nation. SRC, NNC conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that God grant eternal rest to the departed soul.

Ighanumi village council bans fishing and hunting

DIMAPUR: The Ighanumi Village Council (IVC) has informed villagers of Ighanumi and its neighbouring villages that any form of fishing with chemicals or batteries, hunting or burning jungles within its jurisdiction has been completely banned in order to maintain ecological bal-

ance in the area. In a press release, Vitoi Swu chairman of IVC, stated that the ban has come into force on March 5 and will remain so till further orders. A fine of rupees ten thousand will be imposed on any individual violating the order, the release added.

NBCC staff & Sunday School building dedicated

DIMAPUR: A new Church Sunday School & Staff Quarter building of the Nepali Baptist Church Chümoukedima (NBCC) was dedicated by executive secretary Association of Gorkha Baptist Churches Nagaland, K. Santabir Rai, as administrator, at Ward 5 on Sunday. A press release from NBCC, church secretary Santosh Chettri stated that speaking during the dedication service, Santabir Rai said every Christian should build foundations deeply rooted in Christ. Lauding Church members for their enormous contributions and efforts towards the building constr ucting, Santabir reminded the congregation that a Church has to be built with the right and Godly motives to glorify God. The brand-new building will be offices of all departments under NBCC. It includes quarters for the pastor, women pastor, youth pastor, a meet-

ing hall, Sunday School rooms, guest rooms, conference room, Jamming room etc. Pastor Robert Aley, convenor of the building committee, in his brief report said that work for foundation of the new Church building began in April 2018. E a r l i e r, t h e n e w Church building plaque was unveiled by K. Santabir Rai. The program was attended by Church leaders, invitees, building committee members, and Church members. The dedication service was led by Santosh Chettri, Church secretary; invocation prayer was pronounced by Andriyas Lamgadey; and a welcome address was proposed by Robert Aley. The pastor and Construction Committee members has expressed their appreciation to one and all who contributed to, and supported, the building’s successful completion.

Mech Kachari Public Organization (MKPO), during its meeting held on March 24, selected new office bearers for the term 2019-2022. The new team is led by president John Mech, general secretary Dharma Dhaj Sonowal along with 15 others. (MKPO)

A ‘Self Employed Tailoring’ training program, under Pradhan Mantri Kausal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), in partnership with Employment & Skills Development department, Nagaland, was launched on Saturday, in Mokokchung Town by MTBA pastor, Rev. Ponen Longchar, at the PMKVY Centre. The three month free course first batch has 120 students. (NP) K

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Nagaland observes World Tuberculosis (TB) Day

Dr. Tiasunup Pongener, Dr. Apichetla Amer, and others at the WTBD program in Kohima. (NP)

Dr. Vikato Kinimi, Dr. Sangpanger, Tokheli Kikon and others Resource persons and DHS officials at the WTBD program at the RNTCP WTBD program in Dimapur. (NP) in Longleng.

Resource persons and organizers of the WTBD program in Mon.

Organizers, resource persons and participants of the WTBD program in Peren.

Resource persons and participants of the WTBD program in Zunheboto.

Resource persons, medical officials and participants of the WTBD program in Wokha.

Dr. Asunu Thong, Mezhulhoubeilie, Khrutuolie Yhome, Vibei Chuse and participants of the KDTBHS WTBD program in Kohima.

CMO office district media officer, Roseline stated that Dr. Lanuchuba, in his keynote address, spoke about the significance of the day and the theme. He stressed on the Prime Minister’s commitment to eliminate TB from India by 2025, and how the government was implementing a national strategic plan to this end. He also gave some facts on tuberculosis, early warning signs, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, causes, prevention, TB vaccination, risk factors, complications, etc. He appealed to the participants to encourage TB patients to get treated and not to stigmatize them. The DTO also informed them that under the Nikshay Poshan Yojana, TB patients get Rs 500 for nutrition support every month till the completion of treatment. IEC leaflets in the local dialect were also distributed in the Church premises. Mon: Mon celebrated “World TB Day 2019” at Chapel Hall, District Hospital Mon under the theme, “Its Time” on March 24. A press release from NHM, Mon, media officer, Leeyan Chemshy stated that Dr. Tinenlo James Katwa, DTO Mon spoke in the program and said that knowledge of TB was the only weapon to get rid of this dreadful disease and so the truth and facts about it should be learnt. He also emphasized on the theme and asked the people to get tested,

thanks was given by Mark, STLS, Aboi. Peren: Peren district observed “World TB Day 2019” at New Jalukie Baptist Church Peren, organized by the district Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) Peren in association with DAPCU Peren and Legacy Explorers on March 24. A press release from CMO office, district media officer Pezanguno Celine Secii stated that Kengimngauleg, STS Peren, highlighted some facts about the day and gave a brief talk on the RNTCP scenario. She also highlighted the facilities and services available with the RNTCP. Kengimngauleg also spoke about Nikshay Poshan Abhiyaan scheme which gives nutritional support and incentives to TB patients. Dr Supongmenla, district program officer, RNTCP along with her team also attended the program. Zunheboto: RNTCP, Zunheboto organized a World TB Day program on March 24, at South Point-E fellowship, Zunheboto under the theme “It’s Time”. A press release from CMO office Zunheboto district media officer, Shekho Sophie stated that RNTCP, Zunheboto, DTO, Dr. G. Viholi, highlighted the significance of the day. She noted that the Day was designed to improve public awareness about the consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epi-

with Thera Welfare Society (TWS) NGO, observed World Tuberculosis Day with Vungoju Sector Church Sunday-school children under the theme “Its Time” on March 24. A press release from NHM, district media officer, Mhonbeni Ezung stated that the event was organized to create awareness in children through audio visual aids on the TB disease. District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO), Dr. Benchilo Ngullie, speaking on the theme, stated that children should improve their immunity status by maintaining healthy diets to avoid the TB disease. She also shared on services available in the district for quality diagnosis and treatment given free of cost by the government. D r. Z u b e n K i k o n , deputy CMO in his short speech, encouraged everyone present to join hands to eliminate TB. A cured TB child shared her testimony. T h e p r o g r a m wa s chaired by Dr. Khelito Zhimomi DPO (RCH/UIP). Around 540 children present at the program pledged to support the goal of TB elimination by 2025. Earlier, Mhayani Kikon, Sunday School superintendent, invoked God’s blessing and Khoshako Humtsoe pronounced the benediction. Also, commemorating World TB Day, a poster campaign was carried out on March 23, where health personnel pasted TB posters on all public transport

KOHIMA/DIMAPUR, MAR 24 (NPN): World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease. Following are reports of programs organized to make the day in Nagaland. Dimapur: World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed in Dimapur, organized by the Revised National TB Control Program (RNTCP), at Chavara Home, Nahabari, on March 24, in Dimapur. Addressing the gathering as chief guest, CMO, Dimapur, Dr. Vikato Kinimi, stated that main reason for TB fatalities is because of irregular and inadequate medication. He said that TB is a disease that cannot take the life of an infected person if timely and proper medication is administered. He also stated that the RNTCP has been providing free medicine and treatment for those suffering from TB in Dimapur, and encouraged people to avail this free treatment and spread the word. Dr. Vikato further stated that a person who is always weak or suffering from

HIV has very high chances of being infected by TB due to low immunity. He thus encouraged the gathering to eat healthy and maintain their health. MO, Dr. Sangpanger, highlighted the activities of the RNTCP, where he said that in the year 2018, 1537 cases were registered, out of which 695 have completed the treatment. 52 patients did not turn up for the final evaluation after completion of their course and 23 cases were yet to be followed up. Out of the 1537 registered cases, 16 cases of deaths were registered. According to Dr. Sangpanger, the RNTCP office for Dimapur district is located at Super Market and he encouraged Dimapur denizens to avail the free treatment and medicines. A short speech was also delivered by chairwomen, VC Nahabari, Tokheli Kikon. The program was compeered by DTO, Dr. Kavito and vote of thanks delivered by senior TB lab supervisor, Kekuoseno. Various special numbers were also presented during the program. (Staff Reporter) Longleng: District Health Society (DHS) Longleng commemorated “World Tuberculosis Day” at Oukshok Church under the theme “It’s Time” on March 24, led by Dr Lanuchuba DTO and RNTCP staff. A press release from

treat latent TB infections, speak up and do away with stigma. He requested the participants to refer anyone in and around them showing symptoms of severe cough for testing immediately. Dr. Tinenlo also dwelt on the Nikshay Poshan Yojana, a monthly financial assistance scheme for TB patients. Khangku, shared his testimony of how he got diagnosed with TB and the hurdles that came along.

Tuberculosis

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cases per year (India)  Partly preventable by vaccine  Treatable by a medical professional  Spreads easily  Requires a medical diagnosis  Medium-term: resolves within months  Diagnosis and treatment is free in all Government Health Centres

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several weeks  Pain in the chest,  Weight loss,  Appetite Loss,  Coughing up blood with sputum,  Weakness or fatigue,  Fe ve r a n d n i g h t sweats. Staff from Shansham Organisation, Tur ning Point, DAPCU and district hospital Mon were present in the program chaired by Loshon Wangshu. A vote of

demic. She shared some facts about early warnings signs and early detection steps. Dr. Viholi said that TB was a major concern for people living with HIV (PLHIV) as their impaired immune systems make them particularly vulnerable to the disease. Providing the right care & support to PLHIV with TB co-infection remains a priority to reduce related morbidity and mortality. De puty CMO, Dr. Akaho, in his short speech, said TB was a virus infectious disease which is transmitted through the air, water and food. He said that to eradicate the disease, people should come together to learn about TB. The program was attended by Church workers, youth, stakeholders, the medical fraternity and IEC bureau. Akavi N Yeptho, TB & HIV supervisor, chaired the program and a vote of thanks was said by Anatoli Kiba, STS, RNTCP. Khotovi, convenor, Southpoint-E fellowship invoked God’s blessings, and Vika Zhimo, Sunday School supervisor SBCZ, pronounced the benediction. Earlier, to create more awareness a poster campaign was carried out in local taxis, launched by District Hospital, Zunheboto medical superintendent, Dr. Khehokhu Chishi. Wo k h a : D i s t r i c t Health Society, H&FW Wokha, in collaboration

vehicles in Wokha town. KDTBHS: Kohima District TB Health Society (KDTBHS) commemorated “World TB Day” at Oblige Hostel, Don Bosco School Colony along with Aspen and Rutsa Hostels on March 24. A press release from Kohima district TB office stated that Dr. Asunu Thong, TB officer, shared on the theme, “Its Time” to eliminate TB. She said that that diagnosis and treatment of TB is now available at one’s doorstep free of cost, so every patient should avail these facilities. Neiphrelie, DOTS Plus TB-HIV supervisor chaired the program; invocation prayer was led by Khrotsulu, Oblige Hostel warden; and Mezhulhoubeilie, a cured TB patient, shared his TB journey. GB of the colony, Khrutuolie Yhome, also spoke in the program and thanked the RNTCP staff. Vote of thanks was given by Vibei Chuse, senior treatment supervisor. 74 students along with their wardens, colony people and their colony GBs participated along with staff of RNTCP. Small gifts were given to the hostels, GB and the cured TB patients to acknowledge their presence and participation. Sputum mugs were also distributed to colony Angawadi workers so they can identify and collect sputum samples from sick people for early diagnosis and treatment.

Bee-keeping training program in Phesama DIMAPUR: A six-day bee-keeping training program, under Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY), was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Kohima, in collaboration with the State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Nagaland and National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad from March 15

Participants, trainees and organizers of the bee-keeping training program held from March 15 to 20 in Phesama.

to 20 at Phesama Village, KVK Kohima stated that in Kohima. a keynote address, course A press release by in-charge, K. Michael Pi-

enyu, encouraged the trainees to take up bee-keeping as a profession because it requires very less input and does not require a very high degree of technical expertise. He also pointed out that bee keeping would flourish anywhere in the district because it has rich and vast natural vegetation with abundant flowering plants and ideal climatic conditions for bee forag-

ing which in turn provides ample scopes for organic honey production. The resource persons were DDAO Kohima, Bode Shuya and ATMA officials. During the technical sessions, the trainees were sensitized on both scientific and traditional methods of bee-keeping and their prospects. The inaugural program was chaired by A Tuberculosis Diagnosis Van at Mission Compound technical officer training, Kohima on March 24. This is one among only 48 such vans Keviyieno Zhasa. all over India. (NP)

Sixteen tobacco sellers penalized at NHAK DIMAPUR: The Anti-Tobacco Squad of Kohima inspected shops inside Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) campus on March 22. The inspection was a part of the squad’s efforts to enforce the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, popularly known as the COTPA Act, 2003. According to DIPR, 16 owners of shops within the hospital campus, found to be in violation of tobacco prohibition orders, were penalized as a result of the drive. The NHAK was declared a Tobacco Free Hospital on September 27, 2018. The seized smokeless and smoke tobacco products were destroyed in the presence of NHAK managing director, Dr. Thorhusie Katiry K Y M C

Members of the Anti-Tobacco Squad search for tobacco products during the drive at NHAK in Kohima on March 22. (DIPR)

within the hospital campus on the same day. The enforcement drive was carried out as per a decision taken during a District Level Coordination Committee (DLCC) meeting of District

Tobacco Control Cell (DTCC), notified on March 11. The Anti-Tobacco Squad includes members of the AMK and KMC, Police personnel and officials from DTCC, Kohima.

MCCI directs inbound night Mokokchung buses DIMAPUR: Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has directed all inbound night bus service providers into Mokokchung town henceforth to not make stopovers along the route to unload commercial goods and freight. A press release from MCCI president Tsukti Longkumer and general secretary, Limalenden Longkumer stated that this was resolved during a joint meeting held on March 23 with MCCI members and owners of night bus services operating from Mokokchung. This decision was made based on legitimate grievances raised by concerned citizen over multiple occasions. MCCI stated that meeting also mutually agreed that all such commercial consignments will be unloaded only at the bus’s designated station/ counter in the best interest of serving passengers. K Y M C

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Guwahati, Mar 24 (PTI): BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav Sunday said the Congress might win an election in Pakistan if it contests from there as the opposition party is “banking on lies” and the neighbouring country. Addressing a press conference here, Madhav also claimed that the statements of the Congress leaders are retweeted more by the people of Pakistan than their counterparts in India. “Their comments are more retweeted and publicised by the people of the neighbouring country than our own. The Congress might win an election in Pakistan if it contests from there. This is the condition of our main opposition party,” the BJP leader said. “The Congress does not have any issue to really take on our government, our leader and our party. It is banking on lies and Pakistan,” the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said. Pointing out that the Congress is fighting a “clueless battle”, Madhav said, “Nobody in the country is understanding what it wants to say and in which direction it wants to take the country. The people are also not understanding if

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the Congress is fighting for India or Pakistan.” Alleging that the Congress leaders are “doubting” the credentials of the Indian Army, the senior BJP leader said the opposition party was not only questioning the success of the BJP-led government, but also making “derogatory remarks” about the Army. When asked about the allegation of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa allegedly paying a bribe of Rs 1,800 crore to top BJP leaders, Madhav said, “It is bogus news...the Congress has no issue today to confront us and it is only banking on lies.” Madhav claimed that the allegation was based on a handwritten slip recovered from the house of a Congress leader which claimed that the Karnataka BJP leader had distributed

the money. “And when was it distributed? In 2011. Was Congress party sleeping then when they were in government? The slip was accessed from the house of a Congress leader,” he added. Ram Madhav brushed aside the possibility of the allegations of corruption levelled by the Congress and other opposition parties in the Rafale fighter jet deal, impacting the outcome of the upcoming polls. “On the contrary, some good cartoons are being made on the Congress. All these negative campaigns of the Congress are useful for making good memes and cartoons in social media. Other than that, there is no impact on the public,” he added. The senior BJP leader claimed that a bigger “Modi wave” is prevailing in the entire country this time, in comparison to 2014. “Conventional political wisdom says that a ruling party cannot create a wave. A wave is always created by the opposition. But Modi has broken convention many a times. The situation is such that a Modi wave has been formed when he himself is in power,” he said.

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Doctors in Manipur protest assault Correspondent IMPHAL, Mar 24: Healthcare service in two government run hospitals in Manipur was severely hit after doctors suspended their duties on Sunday and staged protest in their respective hospital campuses to protest against assault. Three residential doctors on duty at RIMS casualty department including a female doctor were assaulted by a mob on Saturday night. A large number of people - family and relatives of a person, who died at the casualty ward of RIMS hospital, stormed the emergency ward on Saturday night

Doctors and MBBS students during the protest in Imphal on Sunday. (NP)

and manhandled the three residential doctors on duty. The doctors of the hospital alleged that their colleagues including a female colleague were physically assaulted by the patient parties while abusing them. Denouncing

BJP makes U-turn for Tura LS

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Shillong, Mar 24: A day after it announced to support NPP candidate Agatha K. Sangma in the Tura parliamentary constituency, the BJP on Sunday decided to field Rikman G.Momin as its candidate against the two-time Lok Sabha member. Tura will now witnessed a triangular contest with former CM Mukul Sangma throwing his hat in the electoral battle. On Saturday, State BJP President Shibun Lyngdoh said that his party had “decided to support the NPP candidate in Tura

parliamentary constituency since the party leadership has decided not to field a candidate.” Lyngdoh’s statement came after the BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) announced the name of sitting BJP legislator, Sanbor Shullai as its candidate for Shillong Parliamentary constituency. “I am not aware of the State president’s statement. He may have been expressing his point of view,” BJP national Spokesperson, Nalin Kohli said. “In our party only the CEC takes a final call on whether to contest a seat or not,” Kohli said.

the assault on their colleagues, residential doctors of the hospital suspended their duties of the day and staged a sit-in-protest in front of the emergency ward of the hospital. According to the protesting doctors, they

will not resume to their duties until and unless justice is delivered to their three colleagues. “We will abstain from attending our duty until the culprits are booked,” one of the irate doctors taking part

in the protest said. Placards with slogans like “Doctors are not God,” “Violence is not the solution,” “No mob justice,” “Doctors are not God”, “Save the doctors,” “Wake up justice,” “No action no work,” etc. were displayed during the protest. The protesting doctors also staged a protest rally and later met medical superintendent in-charge of RIMS hospital. During the meeting they submitted a representation containing their various demands which include among others deployment of adequate number of police and security personnel in the hospital.

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IMPHAL, Mar 24: Congress has named two new faces as party’s candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur by denying tickets to both the sitting MPs. Former state chief secretary O Nabakishore has been nominated for the Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency while K James for the Outer Manipur (ST Reserved) Parliamentary Constituency. AICC cleared the names of O Nabakishore and K James as party nominees on Sunday. Talking to reporters after handing over the formal letters, MPCC president Gaikhangam compared the ensuing Lok Sabha elections “to second war for India’s independence”. He alleged that democracy has been under stake under the BJP rule. Instead of serving the people, BJP was working only to achieve its goal of

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making the country a Hindu nation, he said. Under the BJP rule, there was no freedom of the people, he added. Congress will leave no stone unturned to save democracy from the saffron party. If Congress return to power democracy will be there in the country, he added. Former state chief minister O Ibobi Singh said that Congress will fight the election by exposing the misdeeds of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and BJP-led coalition government in the state. He promised that if it comes to power at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress will revive the abolished special category status given to under developed states. New industrial policy focussing on the development of Northeast as industrial hub of the country will also be formulated, he added.

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Oppn grand alliance has Is Congress paying price of its Advani ‘extremely upset’ reached ‘expiry date’: Naqvi dynastic character? asks Jaitley with BJP, claim sources

NEW DELHI/PATNA, Mar 24 (AGENCIES/ PTI): BJP veteran LK Advani, who was dropped from the BJP list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, is extremely upset about the way the exercise was conducted, sources said. “Not getting to be in Lok Sabha is not the issue, but the manner in which the denial was done was disrespectful... No big leader contacted him,” said a source close to the BJP veteran, who had been representing Gandhinagar for six consecutive terms. Gandhinagar has been allotted to party chief Amit Shah, who will make his debut into Lok Sabha elections this time. The BJP has a strict retirement age policy about its aging leaders - a matter that has drawn much ridicule from the Congress. Advani, who was the Deputy Prime Minister in the government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was among the 10-odd leaders above the age of 75, whom the party dropped this time. Days before the announcement of list, the BJP national general secretary Ram Lal had contacted the leaders and asked them to announce their retirement from electoral politics. Ad-

Landowners livid on not being compensated...

(From p-1) In a letter to Dimapur revenue officer (RO), dated May 3, 2005, the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways directed the RO to prepare detail project report on NH-29 for land acquisition from Dimapur to Kohima, but the stretch from Purana Bazaar to Chumukedima was excluded for reasons best known to the Slate government. The union suspected that one of the reasons could be to avoid paying a hefty compensation. Asserting that it would not compromise with the gover nment, the union warned of taking up the mailer to any extent possible, whether before or after completion of the project until its demand for compensation was fulfilled. Meanwhile, the meeting elected the following office bearers – Vishepu Assumi as chairman, Vichosel Rhutso as secretary, Kuvezu Thira as joint secretary, Kewetso Kenye as information secretary and Rev Dr Khashito Aye as treasurer. Further, 27 executive members were selected to assist the new office bearers. Landowners along NH-29 whose land had been affected by the ongoing expansion work have been asked to contact any of the office bearers for more information – 8974565003 (chairman), 8575854357 (secretary) and 8740831817.

Arun Shourie, Yashwant Sinha and Murli Manohar Joshi. The panel, however, was never asked for its inputs even for key decisions.

Treatment meted out to Advani ‘shameful’: Shatrughan

LK Advani (File) vani, 91, however, refused to comply, pointing out that some senior leader of the BJP should have had the courtesy to contact them. The other leaders who have been asked to voluntarily retire from electoral politics include Shanta Kumar, Hukumdeo Yadav, Kalraj Mishra, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, BC Khanduri and Karia Munda Only Shanta Kumar, a lawmaker from Himachal Pradesh and Kalraj Mishra, lawmaker from Deoria, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana BJP in-charge, have agreed to publicly declare they would voluntarily withdraw. The rest have been dropped from the list. Soon after the BJP came to power in 2014, Advani was shifted to what the party called its “margdarshak mandal (guiding lights)” - an advisory panel - along with party veterans

Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, the sitting BJP MP from Patna Sahib who has been denied a ticket by the party this time, has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of treating party patriarch L K Advani in a “painful” and “shameful” manner. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Sinha claimed that the BJP’s decision to not give ticket to Advani, the sitting MP from Gandhinagar, and to field party president Amit Shah from the seat “has not gone down well” with many people. “Sirji... it is worrisome, painful and according to some even shameful... that which your people have done was the most expected and awaited... orchestrating the departure of a most respected friend, philosopher, guide, father figure and ultimate leader of the party, Shri L K Advani from the political arena/election,” Sinha tweeted.

Rampur, Mar 24 (PTI): Taking a swipe at the opposition grand alliance, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Sunday said the “socalled mahagathbandhan” is an “adulterated product” which has reached its “expiry date” even before its manufacturing. Addressing the “Vijay Sankalp Sabha” in Rampur, Naqvi said the country doesn’t need a “Mahamilawati (super adulterated) government”, and instead wants a tested and decisive government that can move forward towards commitment to a“New India”. People of the country will again bring a stable government committed to good governance under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the union minister was quoted as saying in a statement from his office. The so-called “mahagathbandhan” (grand alliance) is a “mahamilavati maal (adulterated product)” which has reached to its “expiry date” even before its manufacturing, the minority affairs minister said. Naqvi said some people, who were indulging in an “abuse competition” against Prime Minister Modi, were now “insulting” the bravery and valour of the armed forces. He claimed that it was under the Modi

Cong stitches alliances in several states New Delhi, Mar 24 (IANS): After much uncertainty, the Congress has finally succeeded in putting in shape alliances in some states for the Lok Sabha battle, with a functionary saying it will be the “most alliance friendly” election for the party. After being in power in Karnataka along with the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), the Congress has formed major alliances in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir. The Congress is largely contesting alone in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh after being rebuffed by the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). And its talks with the Left in West Bengal have crashed and there is also uncertainty over a tie-up with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi. In Assam, AIUDF appears keen to shake hands with the Congress to avoid a split in opposition votes. The alliances, party leaders hope, will not only help Congress candidates perform better but will also help it to form a post-poll coalition. Praveen Chakravarty, Chairperson, Data Analytics Department of Congress, said the Congress will concede the most number of seats to allies and contest the fewest number in this parliamentary election.

“Amidst all the din, 2019 will be the most `alliance friendly’ election for @INCIndia. With just the already announced alliances, it will concede the most number of seats to alliance partners and contest its fewest number of seats in a Lok Sabha election ever,” he tweeted. The Congress had reached out to opposition parties in a major way in 2004 to oust the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. The party contested 414 seats, its lowest number since 1996, and the carefully crafted alliances helped the party get a surprise result and form a coalition government. The Congress-led alliance was re-elected in 2009. Congress leaders are hopeful of a similar outcome in 2019. The Congress contested 529 seats in 1996, 467 in 1998, 451 in 1999, 414 in 2004, 440 in 2009 and 464 in 2014. The party has so far declared candidates on 218 seats for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The party will fight nine of 40 seats in Bihar, 26 of 48 in Maharashtra with two seats being given to smaller parties, 20 of 28 in Karnataka, seven of 14 in Jharkhand, nine of 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and at least four in Jammu and Kashmir, including two where it will have “friendly contests” with its ally, the National Conference. The nitty-gritty of alliances in Bihar and Ma-

harashtra were announced only in the last two or three days and the time taken in reaching the tie-ups could impact campaigning by the candidates. The Cong ress has come up so far with eight lists of candidates. But its alliance talks with the CPI-M in West Bengal have crashed as both parties are keen to fight Raiganj and Murshidabad seats. The CPI-M has announced 25 candidates in its first list in West Bengal, leaving the Congress unhappy. In Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is hoping for a revival after having performed very poorly in the last Assembly and Lok Sabha battles. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi undertook a boat ride from Prayagraj to Varanasi to bolster the party’s prospects. The party has sealed an alliance with the Krishna Patel-led faction of Apna Dal. It has left two Lok Sabha seats -- Pilibhit and Gonda -- for it. In Kerala, the Congress heads the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) and there is no squabble in ticket distribution. Congress strategists feel that some opposition parties, fighting on their own in states, will join hands with it after the Lok Sabha polls if there is an opportunity to keep the BJP out of power.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (File) government that strict action has been taken against terrorists and separatists. Earlier the Congress had raised questions on surgical strikes and now the party is creating a “ruckus” on air strikes, Naqvi alleged. Naqvi’s remarks came days after Prime Minister Modi used Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s remarks questioning the government’s aggressive action against Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack to tear into the Opposition, saying they reflect the Congress’ unwillingness to respond to forces of terror. Reacting to it, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had said, “Whether it is Pitroda or any individual, such comments may be their personal opinion and the Congress has nothing to do with them.” Uttar Pradesh Ministers Siddharth Nath Singh, Gulab Devi, Baldev Singh Aulakh and other senior BJP leaders also participated in “Vijay Sankalp Sabha” in Rampur.

CBSE to introduce AI, yoga as new subjects

New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI): The CBSE will introduce artificial intelligence (AI), early childhood care education and yoga as new subjects in school curriculum from the upcoming academic session, an official said. A decision to introduce the three subjects was taken at a recent meeting of the board’s governing body, he said. “The CBSE is introducing artificial intelligence as an optional 6th subject at Class IX from the session 2019-2020 onwards. To enhance the multidisciplinary approach in teaching learning and also to sensitise the new generation, it was decided that schools may start AI “inspire module” of 12 hours at Class VIII itself,” the senior board official said. He said the board has also decided to introduce yoga and early childhood education as elective subjects at senior secondary level. “The decision was taken considering the demand of schools supplemented by various reports that projected the huge requirement of yoga professionals and early childhood educators,” the official said. As per norms, a skill subject, at secondary level, may be offered as additional sixth subject along with the existing five compulsory subjects.

New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday took a dig at the Congress leadership saying that the dynastic parties succeed on the strength of some generations but sink with the others and wondered whether the grand old party was paying the cost of its dynastic character. Nowadays, the minister said, some generic statements being frequently heard from Congress leaders are — “What can I do? He just doesn’t listen; Wait for the 24thof May, our politics will begin thereafter; I feel like quitting; Our campaign planning is lagging behind. I am told Uncle Sam has come to take care of it; Let’s prepare 2024”. “They (the dynastic parties) succeed on the strength of some generations of the dynasty. They sink with the others,” Jaitley said in his blog ahead of the seven-phase general elections beginning April 11. Dynastic parties have one major drawback, the minister said adding, “if the current generation of the party is competent, charismatic and enjoys popular confidence, the dynast can pull-off major victories. There is an incentive in the

Arun Jaitley (File) party to rally behind him. low-ability people to rec“However, if the cur- ognise their lack of ability. rent generation dynast is Without the self-awareness lacking in charisma, under- of their limitations, such standing and popular con- low ability people cannot fidence, the crowd around objectively evaluate their the family gets increasingly own competence or incomfrustrated. Is the Congress petence,” he added. Party witnessing that?” This, Jaitley said, leads Stating that dynasties to their miscalculation in impose leaders, Jaitley said their assessment of the calithese leaders don’t become bre of highly incompetent great – greatness is thrust ones. “They suggest that on them. poor performers are not in “There is little place a position to recognise their for men of high calibre in shortcomings and consedynastic parties. An inse- quently are insecure and cure leader is scared of the biased against the more shadow of more talented competent ones.” people,” Jaitley said. Jaitley said: “Is this Some of such leaders the reason for the current suffer from what psychol- mood within the Congress ogists now regard as the Party? Or is it also the rea‘Dunning-Kruger effect’, son which persuades the he said. “Those who suffer Congress President to cross from this effect have a bias the line of decency and of illusory superiority which dignity when he refers to comes from the inability of the Prime Minister”.

India sets target to eliminate TB by 2025 (From p-1) Mentioning that the goal of 99 DOTS was to provide 99% benefits of DOTS at a fraction of the cost and lessen the inconvenience to patients, the APO explained that anti-TB drugs were wrapped in envelopes and had hidden numbers printed behind the pills and when patients dispense a dose, it revealed a hidden toll-free number that they call. She said this call got reflected on our dashboard immediately as a taken dose. She also cautioned that if a patient stopped taking drugs before the course was complete, the TB bacterium could become stronger and he or she could develop drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), which would continuously spreadout and become more difficult to treat. The APO explained that TB bacillus could infect all organs of the body, except hair, teeth and nails. She said once a patient started taking medicine, the disease ceased to be infectious after 2-3 weeks. However, if the treatment was left incomplete, the patient could develop resistance to TB drugs that could result in treatment failure, she cautioned. Urging people not to worry if diagnosed with TB as it was curable, Amer asserted that millions of people around the world recovered from the illness and never became ill again with TB. However, if one was diagnosed with the disease, she said that person should remember to cover his or her mouth and nose while coughing or sneezing

so as not to spread the infection to other people. She advised plenty of rest, eating healthy food and let family and friends know that he or she had the disease and was getting treatment. According to the APO, RNTCP was launched in Nagaland on December 1, 2002 and that 11 districts had TB centres and two DRTB sites, 50 microscopy centres with co-located ICTSs, nine CBNAAT testing sites and approximately 600 DOTS centres. Amer said risk of developing TB was higher in individuals who were HIV positive. She pointed out that lifetime risk of developing the disease was 60% in individuals with both HIV and TB, adding the rate of progression to disease is 10-30 times higher in HIVinfected persons. Mentioning that the vision of RNTCP was TB-free India by 2025 as envisioned by the Prime Minister, the APO said the programme’s goal was to achieve providing universal access to quality TB diagnosis and treatment to all TB patients in the community. Further, she said RNTCP had the following objectives – achieve 90% TB notification of all TB cases, 90% success rate for all

new cases and 85% for all retreatment cases, significantly improve the successful outcomes of treatment of DR-TB cases, decrease morbidity and mortality of HIV-associated TB and increase the outcomes of TB-care in private sector. Amer said it was high time for all policy makers, healthcare workers and global community to renew their commitment to end TB as anyone could get it. Stating that people with TB could be found in every State, in rural areas and cities, in schools, in workplaces, in homes and many other places where people were in close contact, she added that the stigma associated with the disease could also place certain populations at higher risk. Stigma might keep people from seeking medical care or follow-up care, she said. In his message, National Health Mission director Dr Kevichüsa Medikhru said Government of India was giving full effort and support to all TB patients, while urging them to take their medicines regularly and get treated. He encouraged every individual to come forward and create awareness to eliminate TB from Nagaland.

digital marketers, analysts and software engineers. Electioneering in India has changed a great deal. Now to woo the voters, the parties and their candidates cannot rely merely on campaigning and poll promises. Winning a seat needs much more and here comes the role of specialists who have different tags attached to them - campaign managers, political analysts, political consultants/strategists and election managers. While Prashant Kishore still remains the poster boy, his tribe is growing fast

and many new names have emerged who have made a mark in the field by garnering victories for their clients. According to trade association ASSOCHAM, there were nearly 150 political consultants in India in 2014, which have now grown to 300 as claimed by industry insiders. The number is still growing. Promising their clients a swing of the voting public, they employ a whole lot of innovative and cutting edge techniques and custommade tools to fulfil their promise and achieve victory for their clients.

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New Delhi, Mar 24 (IANS): While candidates in the Dangal 2019 are busy with campaigning, there is another lot of warriors working backstage: busy mining through election data and making assessments, devising strategies and analysing and reanalysing the trends. These are the political consultants and strategists who are toiling for 12-14 hours a day and sparing no effort to clinch a win for their clients. Aiding them is an army of hundreds of young men and women - researchers,

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or a number of years, there has been concerns expressed about the poor standard of education in Nagaland, particularly higher education, and this was in a way, also reiterated by Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio in his speech at the 28th biennial conference of the Angami Students Union (ASU) in Piphema. The primary objective –acquiring knowledge to get jobs has not served the purpose. Despite the pressing need to greatly improve the education system, no significant step has been undertaken to break the shackles that still bind education within the narrow objective of enabling student to be just fit for white collar jobs. As discussed in March 1999 at the Naga Hoho seminar, the essence of education are many and among which is to understand, that in addition to enabling a student, education must also be a method for ennobling the student with character that are attributes of a good citizen. Much has been said about education and the prevalent system which has not been up to the task of producing youths with It is true that education is not only about being qualified for jobs but also being an active participant for transformation of society and also sets the educated mind free. There is need to develop a curriculum of life skills and soft skill (emotional intelligence) for the whole school stage, involving both the left and right brain competences. Each year a few thousand come out of colleges and join the growing ranks of the unemployed. The situation has indeed crossed the point of being merely a matter of serious concern. More jobs are needed but there isn’t any. To add to the problem, the state’s economy is on unsure ground and no industries and restricted opportunities for investments in private enterprises owing to the feeling of insecurity. Institutions have always held academic excellence and high quality as the highest goals. In other states that have achieved notable successes in higher education, much stress in put on the overall preparedness of a student during and after leaving the college. This is identified by a term called value added education which is about assessing the development of the student and what has been attained during college and various capabilities that have been imbued. The assessment of value added education also puts a lot of onus on the skills, methods and goals of teachers in adding capabilities on the students. As the world becomes more and more technology based and fast paced, the competition for jobs will grow even fiercer. Soon there will be only the most menial jobs for those who will not go on to college, training in computer programming will be almost mandatory. Quality education or what is generally termed as holistic education is expected to bring about transformation of body, mind, heart and spirit. According to William Arthur Ward, a renowned writer and professor of the American College Public Relations Association: “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires”. In today’s knowledge-intensive and technology-driven world, possession of competence has become a non-negotiable component for everyone to enable the person to deal with the demands of life today and the greater demands of tomorrow. This responsibility lies with the quality of teachers who can impart quality and holistic education.

DailyDevotion Decreasing for His Purpose

He must increase, but I must decrease. —John 3:30 If you become a necessity to someone else’s life, you are out of God’s will. As a servant, your primary responsibility is to be a “friend of the bridegroom” (John 3:29). When you see a person who is close to grasping the claims of Jesus Christ, you know that your influence has been used in the right direction. And when you begin to see that person in the middle of a difficult and painful struggle, don’t try to prevent it, but pray that his difficulty will grow even ten times stronger, until no power on earth or in hell could hold him away from Jesus Christ. Over and over again, we try to be amateur providences in someone’s life. We are indeed amateurs, coming in and actually preventing God’s will and saying, “This person should not have to experience this difficulty.” Instead of being friends of the Bridegroom, our sympathy gets in the way. One day that person will say to us, “You are a thief; you stole my desire to follow Jesus, and because of you I lost sight of Him.” Beware of rejoicing with someone over the wrong thing, but always look to rejoice over the right thing. “…the friend of the bridegroom…rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:29-30). This was spoken with joy, not with sadness— at last they were to see the Bridegroom! And John said this was his joy. It represents a stepping aside, an absolute removal of the servant, never to be thought of again. Listen intently with your entire being until you hear the Bridegroom’s voice in the life of another person. And never give any thought to what devastation, difficulties, or sickness it will bring. Just rejoice with godly excitement that His voice has been heard. You may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it (see Matthew 10:34).

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Job, farm data, Cong emergence

ndia’s economic data are puzzling. Electorate preferences may not be static. The issues are there but the opposition is unable to articulate it and the ruling combine is carrying out a vociferous campaign to project itself. It is not an easy election for the voters irrespective who the parties give or deny tickets. They are toying between emotions and the realities. They are wondering whether they should vote for emotions or as per the problems they are facing. The choice is not easy. There is a dynamic person as prime minister in Narendra Modi, who devastates all opposition logic and more so with possible Nirav Modi extradtion. But there is also an emerging leadership not so much in the ‘mahagathbandhan’ of opposition parties but in the gradual rise of the Congress and the two siblings Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi – soft new faces of Indian politics. They are trying to touch the core with old Congress linkages of regions, castes and communities. They are nudging the voters to rethink and have a look at financial, job and other statistics. They are

marching on gradual rise of Congress votes across India. The Congress now has a government or is part of the government in five states--Punjab, Karnataka, MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh--with 21 percent of the population, up from two states with 7 percent population in 2017. The BJP leaders are watching every step of the two Congress leaders. They feel that Congress has only to gain in major states like UP, an old Congress bastion, where it still has its sympathizers. Somewhere there is also an apprehension that many figures and Priyanka’s “Ganga boatyatra” through erstwhile Congress bastion, may impact voters’ minds. Congress has two major symbolic gains. Amrita Pandey, who is BJP’s UP president’s daughter-in-law joins Priyanka Gandhi in Varanasi, a few days after joining of Manish Khanduri, son of Uttrakhand BJP leader BC Khanduri. Amrita says, “'I decided to join the Congress as the future belongs to it”. She accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in UP of doing precious little for the farmers, youths and other deprived sections of

the society. Amrita’s is the narrative of the Congress. Other opposition parties being fiefdom of families are less into studying statistics. But Congress is gradually harping on to it. So far, the onslaught is soft but one that is difficult to ignore. The job data is skewed and even the debts of the government and supposedly unstated figures in the budget, is being tried to be played up. An emotionally-choked campaign trail, post-Pulwama, created by BJP is apparently covering these up. The figures, howevShivaji er, are telling and much of it has come from draft reports of parliamentary committees, NSSO and CAG. On issues of defence too, the handling of the situation in parliamentary committee has not been deft. The government is careful not to fall into the trap raising issues of nationalistic interests. The CAG has pointed out to a huge-off-budget financing of about Rs 4 lakh crore in 2016-17. It says it could pose fiscal risk in the long term in case the entity that raises the funds fails to meet debt servicing.

The jobs data row has led to quitting by top statisticians. As official figures of NSSO, considered reliable, were not available, not so firm figures of a private organisation, CMIE, got credence. The CMIE says around 31 million people are unemployed, the highest since October 2016. There are also figures of male (earlier it were female) workforce reduction. The NSSO’s periodic labour force survey 2017-18 shows males account for 28.6 crore employed. Since 1993-94 when the male workforce was 21.9 crore it swelled to 30.4 crore Sarkar in 2011-12. This indicates that fewer male were employed in 2017-18. It reduced even in rural areas. In India, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job has been updated only this March. It says actual unemployment is 6.1 percent up from 3.41 in December, 2014. The World Bank reported it in the latest report. Overall, labour force participation dropped in 2017. Such figures always discomfort a government, particularly when it elections are around. The gov-

ernment is coming out with figures of MUDRA loans. The banks, however, find these adding to the NPA and are reluctant to proffer it. Is there a discontent? Apparently, it is not being noticed. Nobody is talking about it. The charisma of BJP leadership is covering it up. These also can be deceptive. The voter is silent. It does not mean people are not aware of their problems. The cash dole, once a strict no of the BJP, of Rs 6,000 a year to farmers is a mixed bag. Western UP and Maharashtra farmers want that the sugar mills should not sit over their about Rs 25,000 crore dues and pay it. This they consider is reneging on the promise of doubling their income. No one, however, denies that the cash dole is a relief post-demonetisation. So is the Congress connecting with the rural mass? It is trying but its worker base is weak and so is the reach. Wherever possible, it is sending messages or holding on to people’s issues. The cow is holy for BJP and is not so unholy for Congress, SP or BSP. The cow vigilantism and check on smuggling to

Bangladesh has added to the woes of farmers in UP and many other places. It has swelled the stray cattle population. In hordes, they rummage crops resulting in a clash between the cattle and the rural populace. It disturbs societal harmony too. The opposition is silently carrying out a campaign of disrespecting “gaumata” and cruelty to it. The castes that used to collect and dispose of the carcasses are refraining from doing it further widening social tensions. The opposition is carrying out an emotional campaign against the BJP, which had promised to protect the cow. The rice-growing areas are facing another problem. As rupee appreciates and the government takes its credit, it has slumped rice exports. Rising prices are affecting Indian sales to Africa. It may soon become a farm distress issue. The election is not bereft of issues. The economic issues are stark. Changing political scenario can make a difference. It only points to an all-out impending battle. The churning would help reshape the future.

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Comments on Ravi’s statement of March 1, 2019

n 1st March 2019, Mr. Ravi, -Interlocutor of Government of India- gave an Interview to Tinakali Sümi of Nagaland Post on the continuing Talk between the GoI and the IM including the NNPG (Naga National Political Groups –Five of NNC + possibly three 3 of NSCN, together known as the ‘Working Group’). For once in 22 years, for the first time, the Negotiators without much fanfare of dancing with words, have said to bring out all Issues agreed already between the Parties, except on Naga Flag and Sovereignty, which still are in discussion. Immediately after the Interview, a few oldest old concerned and worried Government Pensioners gathered in sharing opinions on the Issues listed below, fallen on the shoulders of the Naga Negotiators and ultimately on the shoulders of all in the Naga Public also. The gathered Elder Pensioners, after much agreements and polite disagreeing on some others, ultimately in one harmonized mind, came to an undivided support for the on going Indo-Naga Peace Talk. The Interlocutor Mr. Ravi must have communicated all the Issues in the Talks in detail to his Mentors in the Government of India for their awareness, information and consent. The Naga Negotiators have not communicated to the Naga Public -their Mentors- and the future Naga

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generations in general, who will have to bear the burden of the Agreement. This is a serious lapse on the part of the Naga Negotiators and their substantive supporters. We the old Pensioners have however, gravely considered all the items purportedly agreed already and covered a few other important collateral issues. The Interlocutor said, - (all quotation are his) i. “Final agreement must unambiguously convey the unity of Nagas with the Indian Union”. That the Issue at (i), on -the Unity of the Naga with Indian Union- before final settlement, the Naga feels, is the core Naga Political Issue and needs wide democratic unambiguous consent, in view of their unique history of political position for nearly 80 years to which India has reportedly recognized the Naga stand. It means the Naga is neither ‘Scheduled Tribe or Separatist nor Secessionist, the Naga is simply just ‘Naga People’, nothing more nothing less. The position on sovereignty that the Naga stand is not because the Naga is against or anti-India, they take themselves as one of the honorable neighbors of India by virtue of their unique history India recognizes. And if the plebiscite of 1951 and the demand of the Return of Forests transferred to Assam for convenience of Management during colonial period, be not ignored. The Naga, from the earliest days

of yore, lived according to their own unwritten culture of Equality without Caste System, Ethics of their own, Morals and Values of life. The civilized colonial Power recorded the Naga life as, “a form of the purest democracy which it is very difficult indeed to conceive as existing even for a single day; and yet that it does exist here, is an undeniable fact”, (i. John Butler, J.A.S 1875 Vol. XLIV, No.4, ii ‘Nagas in the Nineteenth Century’ Page 57 -Verrier Elwin) The question of Sovereignty of India and of the Naga must be unambiguously laid down in black and white invariably in the Agreement before “the final settlement.” ii. “All issues have been mutually understood and have been agreed”. That on this Issue, the Naga Public has every right to see at least the key Issues brought out on the Table in black and white rather than leave them as has been “mutually understood and have been agreed” without listing any of the Issues. It is unconceivable an Agreement between two sovereignties is left simply as mutually understood and have been agreed. iii.“Our (India’s) position is that the Naga flag should be located in the Pan Naga cultural body which would be a common platform of all the Nagas”. The issue at iii, the Naga Flag represents the State and its people, not the culture of the territory. The Pan Naga cultural body with

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nother election is just round the corner, and the public of Nagaland are called upon to elect. Money, frankly speaking will be thrown around again. Though not in the same mass and volume as 'M.L.A' elections as we are wont to say! After all it is just a 'M. P.' election. Moral voices are saying that we should vote with conscience this time. My contention, leaving aside the conundrum as to the question as to whether the public has a conscience; is- where is the choice? We have the same names being bandied about. Shall we say the tried and tested names? Narendra Modi may have his sins, but nonetheless, he propelled Gujarat into one of the most developed states, if not the most developed state in India. He thus earned his stripes, deservedly, to become the 'chaiwallah' prime minister of India. In Nagaland we have had one laloo

after another. So basically, the people cannot be blamed, for, we have been made to all along, choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. It has been always from the frying pan into the fire again and again! And then again the problem also is that we as a race or nation are indeed too tolerant. Our patience is long and we are as a people too good! We are satisfied with too little! When roads paved with concrete pavers should be the norm; we are satisfied with muddy streams which pass off as an excuse for roads. There are well meaning, intentioned elders, but they are reluctant to say the least. The hope is therefore vested in the youth. Rise up let it be you! Break the status quo! If a young, capable candidate; male or female rises up, my free vote is for that person! Edward Lotha

different languages and Members from different political State territories can only have a Logo symbolizing common culture; the Naga Flag cannot but symbolize a unified political Territory only, not other. iv. “Similarly, the final agreement, which would have to be duly incorporated in the Constitution of India, could be ‘the Naga Yehzabo’, the Naga negotiators are not agreeable to it”. On the Issue at iv, the final agreement may have to be duly incorporated in the Constitution of India but an agreement cannot be the Yehzabo in the Constitution of India. There is no shared Sovereignty. v. “On the issue of sovereignty, both sides have agreed to a settlement on the basis of sharing sovereign power”. The universal political understanding of the term Sovereignty is ‘Uncontrolled political power’; Sovereignty cannot just be divided or shared. The Elder Naga Pensioner Commentators feel the Interlocutor and GoI appears to mislead the Naga Negotiators and the Naga Public. Rustic Naga, in the nineteenth century Naga Hills, had foreseen much before Mahatma Gandhi and Mr. Jinnah had, at the peak of the British colonial power in India, that the foreigners would one day leave their Empire. The Naga was decisive to inform the colonial power that they (the Naga) have nothing to do with the

Reformed Proposal of the British Parliament and rather demanded the colonial power leave the Naga “as they (Naga) were living in their land before the white man came to their land”. Our ancestors in the 20th Century, thought not educated had the native wisdom, foresight and vision to have made such submissions (Memorandum) to the Simon Commission. vi. On the issue of Naga territorial Integration, the Government of India being agreeable to settle the matter democratically, and also aware of the sentiment of the Nagas from the beginning of the Naga political movement since the 9-Point agreement, the Naga and Sir Akbar Hydari, Governor of Assam on behalf of India entered in 1946; there is a need to record the stances of both the present negotiating Parties, in the final agreement. vii. The commentators feel both the Negotiating Parties respect the views and sentiments of FAITH and Belief of both sides. viii. The GoI is already one of the leading Nations of the world on Space exploration Technology and has already reached its satellite in Space and Mars for Peaceful purposes. Therefore, the Commentators feel India commits itself in the final agreement that it would not station its nuclear Arms in Nagaland nor store its atomic wastes in the State. Dr. L. M. Murry, Dr. Toshi, Thepfulhouvi Solo

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‘A stitch in time saves nine’

There has been increase of big commercial buildings in and around Dimapur which has certainly added to the charm of the city. Many of the buildings are not only aesthetically pleasing but also have facilities that one can only dream of. For instance, there are lifts and ramps for people to go right up to the topmost floor and above even. While such is the case, one notices that most of these commercial and residential buildings do not feature fire extinguishers. Fire can start even in high raise concrete buildings especially where there are commercial kitchens operating. In this case, fire extinguishers are a must for commercial buildings as many a times fire can spread due to accidents in the kitchens during preparation of meals. Fire extinguishers must be provided in such commercial kitchens and on the landing of every floor so that people are able to have quick access. There have been many disaster management trainings given by the government in various districts and towns. Apart from such trainings it will be more apt if owners of high rise buildings are encouraged to provide the necessary fire extinguishers on every floor as precaution. Tenants can likewise keep a fire extinguisher within their reach should they encounter a problem in their own kitchen. The amount spend on these basic essentials will not only protect the lives of the tenants renting out the flats or entrepreneurs n reference to the article, “Parashen secret and sacred place” published in local dai- running restaurants within, but it will save the owners of the buildings a lot lies on March 23 and 24, the Rengma Selo Zi (RSZ) has informed that “as there was financially if fire is put out at the right time. As the saying goes, a stitch in some complication and rectifications to clear the mind of the readers and people of time saves nine, so also it is not too late to beautify the buildings with lovely the inhabitant as such it should read as, Parashen is adjacent to Sendenyu bio- diversity red fire extinguishers on every floor or alternate floor as required. The windy conservation and not as located at Sendenyu bio- diversity conservation area”. season is upon us and each must protect against untoward accidents. Kenneth Kath, president RSZ Rakhee Mazumdar, Westyard Colony, Dimapur Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Investigators have found that the Pulwama attackers used ‘virtual SIMs’ to plan the attack. (File)

The request to the U.S. will include details of phone numbers that got in touch with the “virtual SIM” and who had activated it, they said, adding that Internet Protocol addresses would also be sought. While the security agencies would attempt to find who had paid for the virtual SIM, they were also aware that the terror groups used forged identities, as was done during the Mumbai 26/11 terror strikes. During investigation of the 26/11 attacks it was found that an amount of $229 was wired to Callphonex, via Western Union Money Transfer receipt number 8364307716-0, for activating the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) used during the strikes. The money was received from ‘Madina Trading’ located in Brescia in Italy and sender was claimed to be Javed Iqbal, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Ranchi, Mar 24 (IANS): The Congress, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) on Sunday announced an alliance in the state for the Lok Sabha battle but the RJD boycotted the deal after it was given only one seat to contest. JMM chief Shibu Soren and Executive President Hemant Soren, state Congress President Ajay Kumar and JVM-P President Babulal Marandi were present at a joint press conference but no one from the RJD attended it. “We have agreed to fight the elections in an alliance,” said Shibu Soren. Giving details, Ajay Kumar said the Congress, JMM, JVM-P and RJD will fight on seven, four, two and one Lok Sabha seats respectively. The Congress will contest from Ranchi, Lohardaga, Chatra, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Chaibsa and Khuti seats, JMM from Jamshedpur, Girididh, Rajmahal and Dumka and JVM-P from Godda and Koderma seats. Palamau seat has been left for the RJD. But in the Assembly elections, the opposition parties will contest under leadership of JMM leader Hemant Soren. JMM will fight most Assembly seats. Hemant Soren said: “The grand alliance is not only for Lok Sabha but will continue in the Assembly elections too. While forming the alliance we have decided to send a person belonging to the Muslim community to the Rajya Sabha in 2020.” The alliance also decided to suspend party leaders who try to fight the Lok Sabha polls as rebel candidate from any seat.

Cracker of a contest for Thiruvananthapuram LS seat

former Chief Ministers K. Karunakaran and P.K. Vasudevan Nair winning from here. It also saw legendary Communist leader M.N. Govindan Nair winning once and losing to a young, then 32-year-old Congress candidate A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar in 1980. One reason why the BJP harbours high hopes of things tilting in its favour is the spirited fight put up by its seasoned politician and former Union Minister O. Rajagopal in 2014 when he finished a close second to Tharoor, who won by a slender margin of 15,470 voters - down from the 99,998 vote margin in his debut election in 2009.

K’taka revokes ban on Ola cab service in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Mar 24 (IANS): The Karnataka government has revoked the six-month ban its Transport Department slapped on cab ride hailing firm Ola on Friday, state Social Welfare Minister Priyank Kharge said on Sunday. “@OlacabsAwill run their business as usual from today (Sunday). However, there is an urgent need for policies to catch-up with new technologies & also industries too should work closer with Govt to help evolve policies for innovations,” Kharge said in a tweet. The license to operate four-wheeler vehicles of the city-based online cab aggregator was suspended for six months on March 22 for running bike service in the city on it. The ban order was issued to Ola operator ANI Technologies Ltd for violating the Karnataka OnDemand Transportation Technology Aggregators Rules, 2016.

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tested from Begusarai in 2014. With the BJP fielding firebrand and Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Begusarai is set to see a three-cornered fight. The Bharatiya Janata

Party (BJP) won the seat in 2014. But Kanhaiya Kumar told the media here on Sunday that his main fight will be against Giriraj Singh, not against the RJD.

Kanhaiya Kumar, now 32, was arrested in February 2016 and accused of sedition for allegedly doing nothing to prevent the raising of anti-India slogans in the JNU campus. JNUSU President in 2015-16, he was pursuing his doctorate from the School of International Studies in the university. Kanhaiya Kumar was then affiliated to the CPI’s All India Students Federation (AISF). Other than Begusarai, CPI had shortlisted Khagaria, Motihari, Banka, Madhubani and Gaya the party will take final call on how many seats to contest in Bihar by Sunday evening.

Congress clears 10 more LS candidates; fields Karti New Delhi, Mar 24 (AGENCIES): The Congress on Sunday released its ninth list of 10 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding former finance minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu. Karti Chidambaram is facing trial in corruption cases, including the INX media money laundering case. The Congress list contains four candidates from Maharashtra, three from Bihar and one each in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir. Former NCP leader Tariq Anwar was nominated by the party for the Katihar Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, which he currently represents. The party also fielded its former general secretary B K Hariprasad from the Bangalore South constitu-

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Besides, the party has fielded Hidayat Patel from Akola, Kishor Uttamrao Gajbhiye from Ramtek-SC and Subhash Wankhede from Hingoli in Maharashtra. The Congress replaced its candidate from Chandrapur in Maharashtra and fielded Suresh Dhanorkar, in place of Vinayak Bangade. With this the party has fielded a total of 227 candidates so far. Incidently, a Delhi court has extended till March 25 the interim protection to Karti from his arrest as well as that of former Union minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis scam cases filed by the CBI and the ED.

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Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 24 (IANS): Of Kerala’s 20 Lok Sabha seats, Thiruvananthapuram is the one that is expected to see a cracker of a contest, with three heavyweights in the fray Congress Shashi Tharoor who seeks a hat-trick of wins from the constituency, former Mizoram Governor Kummanem Rajasekheran and CPI legislator and former state Minister C. Divakaran. Each is equally hopeful of outwitting the other two. Over the years, this seat has seen leading political heavyweights like former Defence Minister V.K. Krishna Menon and

Patna, Mar 24 (IANS): The CPI on Sunday formally announced it will field former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar from Begusarai in Bihar to contest the Lok Sabha elections. State CPI Secretary Satyanarayan Singh said here: “Kanhaiya will be the CPI candidate from Begusarai.” The announcement came two days after the Grand Alliance of RJD, Congress and other parties did not allocate Begusarai to the Communist Party of India (CPI). The RJD is set to field Tanweer Hasan, who unsuccessfully con-

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New Delhi, Mar 24 (IANS): With only 39 per cent of the homes sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) built so far, completion of affordable housing projects under the PMAY has been slow, according to an Anarock report on Sunday. “Progress under the PMAY has been slow. As of now, we’re not looking at realistic completion of the targeted number of homes. As per the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, out of the 79 lakh homes sanctioned under the PMAY so far, only around 39 per cent have either been completed or occupied,” it said. “The gap is too big to ignore,” the report said. On new properties in the market, the report said supply of new housing units in the top seven cities in the country declined by 64 per cent in the last five years from 5.45 lakh units in 2014 to 1.95 lakh units in 2018. Housing sales also declined 28 per cent during the same period from 3.43 lakh units in 2014 to 2.48 units last year, it said.

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looking for a clarification on GST and that is the only reason why the demand was low and since now the clarification has come and rates are reduced, it has been a booster to the luxury demand,” said Pankaj Bansal, Director M3M, makers of the Trump Towers in Gurugram, told IANS. According to Abhishek Kulkarni, Chairman of Pune-based Million SqFt Realty, the demand for high-end property has been steadily rising as such properties are built in the metros where multinational companies have entered and businesses have grown in the past few years, leading to a sustained demand from the well off. Lot of the buyers in the segment actually purchase properties to invest or park their funds with an aim to liquidate the property in future and that very trend of investing in highend property has of late increased among Indians, market participants said. Bansal from M3M said: “A luxury property creates a much higher incremental value in comparison to a product in the mid-segment.

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as possible. Despite being a professional, he said he still had to keep learning a lot of new things and expressed gratitude to the faculty of NIIT Dimapur center who kept supporting him as per needs. Earlier, NIIT Dimapur director, Ajay Sethi spoke a welcome address.

New Delhi, Mar 24 (IANS): The luxury real estate segment with a customer base of its own did not witness a slowdown as significant as in the mid-level properties in the last few years and with the latest cut in GST rate, developers say, demand will pick up from here on. The major factors for a customer of luxury apartments, realty players say, are the location, amenities, the niche provided and so on, rather than the price as the buyers are mostly the affluent people. The problem of huge unsold inventory, noticed in the mid-level properties, is not witnessed in the luxury segment, which can also be attributed to the limited quantity of construction in the high-end segment. Developers say that although there was a slowdown of demand during the last few months for under-construction properties, including the high-end market, owing to the wait and anticipating cuts in Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 12 per cent, now, after the rate cut, the interest is seen returning. “People stopped buying for a very short term,

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The Commandant, therefore, appealed to the banking institution to open SBI branch at Alichen in the near future. Earlier, a short speech was delivered by SBI regional manager, RBO, Mokokchung, L Hangshing. Vote of thanks was said Chief Manager (CM&CS), SBI RBO Mokokchung, Subrata Bhattacharjee.

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to broaden their minds and explore career opportunities available nationally & globally. Citing his pride for being a citizen of Nagaland, he insisted that Naga culture must be preserved at all costs. So also, he opined that Dimapur, being the commercial hub of Na-

MOKOKCHUNG, MAR 24 (NPN): The 1st SBI ATM booth in Alichen was inaugurated on March 22, near the premise of the officers mess of 2nd NAP Bn headquarters by Commandant of 2nd NAP, Alichen, H Kuhovi Sema, in the presence of SBI regional

manager, RBO, Mokokchung, L Hangshing. After cutting the ribbon, Kuhovi lauded the SBI Regional and staff for their noble initiative for setting up ATM booth at Alichen, which will not only gather to the needs of the personnel but would also be a boon to the surrounding villagers.

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KK Paul, Hopeto Chophi, Ajay Sethi with students and staff of NIIT Centre Dimapur on March 23.

New Delhi, Mar 24 (IANS): NITI Aayog will organise the FinTech Conclave 2019 on financial technologies in the national capital on Monday. A NITI Aayog statement on Sunday said that the conclave, to be inaugurated by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, will be attended by senior government and RBI officials, as well as more than 300 representatives from the leading financial institutions. “The objective is to shape India’s continued ascendancy in fintech, build the narrative for future strategy and policy efforts, and to deliberate steps for comprehensive financial inclusion,” it said.

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D I M A P U R , M ar 2 4 (NPN): NIITians of Dimapur center observed their institute’s 20th Foundation Day on March 23 with Dimapur Bengali Samaj president, KK Paul, as the special invitee, and also Hopeto Chophi, who is senior software developer at Symbios Creations (P) Ltd. & a GNIITian of the center. Head of Center, Daniel Changkiri, in a press release stated that speaking on the occasion, Paul highlighted the achievements of the center which, he said, had revolutionized IT in Nagaland. More than 30,000 youth of Nagaland have undergone IT courses at 12 schools, six colleges & the NIIT Center itself. He exhorted NIITians

1, the official said the ECI has allowed to make the payment to all those beneficiaries registered before the MCC kicked in. “We can go ahead and make the payment of first installment to the rest of the people whose names are on the portal. We can go ahead and make the payment for the second installment as well,” the official said. In Uttar Pradesh, the first installment has been released to around one crore farmers so far and the Centre has received data of additional 66 lakh farmers. The official further said that Punjab and Haryana are amongst the top beneficiary states as more than 80 per cent of the farmers registered under the scheme have received the first installment.

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March-end, for the ongoing fiscal under the scheme. The scheme was formally launched at national level by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 24 at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh by transferring the first instalment to 1.01 crore farmers, amounting Rs 2,021 crore. “We were hoping to have the data of 12 crore farmers from across the country. But the data of 4.74 crore farmers has come before the MCC was enforced,” the official told PTI. The government has already released the first installment of Rs 2,000 each to 2.74 crore beneficiaries and the remaining will be covered before this monthend, he said. With regard to the payment of second tranche to begin from April

H Kuhovi Sema inaugurating SBI ATM booth at Alichen. (NP)

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New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI): About 4.74 crore small and marginal farmers registered under the PMKisan scheme before the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for general election came into effect on March 10 will get the second installment of Rs 2,000 each in their bank accounts, a senior government official said Saturday. Of these 4.74 crore beneficiaries, 2.74 crore farmers have so far received the first installment and the rest will be covered by month-end, he said. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has allowed the Union Agriculture Ministry to transfer the first and second tranche of the payment to all those beneficiaries registered under the scheme before March 10, the official added. Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Centre announced the Rs 75,000crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme under which Rs 6,000 per year would be disbursed in three instalments to around 12 crore farmers who hold cultivable land up to 2 hectares. In the budget, the NDA government allocated a sum of Rs 20,000 crore, to transfer Rs 2,000 each to farmers in the first installment by

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effect from February 15, 2019. Tyagi further said that the enrolment per day under this pension scheme will increase eventually with rising awareness levels among the targeted informal sector workers as well as those who engage them for routine works. “We are hopeful that we would be able to enrol five crore workers under this scheme by December this year.” The government in the Union Budget 2019-20 set a target of enroling ten crore workers under the scheme in the next five years. “The CSC SPV is carrying out campaigns urging people to voluntarily register their workers like housemaids, drivers and helpers to avail this scheme. All CSC SPV employees employed in its headquarters have registered at least one of their domestic workers/helpers under the PMSYM and are also paying their monthly contributions,” Tyagi said. Any informal sector worker of the age of 18 year to 40 year can enrol for this pension scheme. The monthly insurance premium ranges from Rs 55 at the age of 18 years to Rs 200 at the age of 40 years. The central government is making equal contributions for these workers under the scheme.

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New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI): The government is expecting to cross 1 crore enrolments by April-end under the Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan (PMSYM) Yojna — a pension scheme for unorganised sector workers, a senior official has said. The PMSYM scheme provides for a minimum monthly assured pension of Rs 3,000 for unorganised sector workers from the age of 60 years. The scheme was launched last month. “We have already enrolled 25.36 lakh unorganised sector workers under the PMSYM scheme so far. We are enroling about one lakh subscribers every day. We are hopeful that we would be able to enrol a total of one crore subscribers by end of April, 2019,” Dinesh Tyagi, CEO, CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd (CSC SPV) told PTI. The enrolments under the PMSYM are being carried out by Common Services Centres across the country, which are run by the CSC SPV. Out of 3.19 crore CSCs in India, 2.99 crore centres spread across 36 states and union territories are enrolling informal sector workers under the pension scheme launched by the government last month. The scheme came into

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Thais vote in first post-coup election Bangkok, Mar 24 (AFP): Thais began the nail-biting wait late Sunday to see whether the ruling junta will return to power as a civilian government, or if pro-democracy parties can triumph against the odds, as polls closed in the country’s first general election since a 2014 coup. The Election Commission estimated 80 per cent of voters had turned out at schoolyards, temples and government offices across the nation, their enthusiasm fired by years of denied democracy. Sunday’s crunch vote was foreshadowed by a cryptic last-minute warning from King Maha Vajiralongkorn to support “good” leaders to prevent “chaos”. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy and the palace is nominally above politics. But the institution retains unassailable powers and is insulated from criticism by a harsh royal defamation law. The election pits a royalist junta and allies against the election-winning machine of billionaire ex-pre-

Thai officers show an empty box before the start of voting during the general election, Sunday. (AP/PTI)

mier Thaksin Shinawatra and an unpredictable wave of millions of first-time voters. The kingdom remains bitterly divided despite the junta’s pledge to rescue it from a decade-long treadmill of protests and coups. Politicians across the spectrum fear a stalemate under election rules, written by the junta, which limit the chances of any single party emerging with a comfortable parliamentary majority. There are 51 million eligible voters and more than seven million first-

timers aged 18-25. Preliminary results were expected within a few hours of the polls closing at 5.00 pm local time (1000 GMT). “I want to see Thailand become more democratic and inequality eased from society,” said insurance company employee Pattrapong Waschiyapong at a Bangkok polling station. Fears of the potential for foul play ricocheted across social media in a reflection of the lingering mistrust between rival political camps, in a country

which last held a general election in 2011. “Thai people come to vote because they want change,” said Somkid, 64, giving only one name, as she waited outside the headquarters of the Pheu Thai party. “If there is any vote rigging there will be protests.” The day was framed by the palace statement, which added further intrigue to an election that has repeatedly threatened to tip into chaos before a single ballot was cast. It reiterated comments by late king Bhumibol Adulyadej from 1969 calling for people to “support good people to govern the society and control the bad people” to prevent them “creating chaos”. King Maha Vajiralongkorn urged the public to “remember and be aware” of the remarks of his father, who died in 2016. While there were no further clues as to who those “good people” might be, the phrase -- “khon dee” in Thai -- is habitually attached to royalist, establishment politicians.

Theresa May urged to quit to help deal pass L o n d o n, M a r 2 4 (Agencies): Theresa May could gain support for her Brexit deal if she promises to stand down as prime minister, senior Conservatives have told the BBC. MPs in the party have said they might reluctantly back the agreement if they know she will not be in charge of the next stage of negotiations with the EU. But the chancellor said changing prime ministers “wouldn’t help”, adding: “This isn’t about individuals.” No 10 has dismissed reports that Mrs May could be persuaded to stand aside. Newspapers claim cabinet ministers are plotting a coup against the prime minister, aiming to replace her with a caretaker leader until a proper leadership contest is held later in the year. But there are differing accounts of who the preferred candidate is, with the Brexiteer and Remain wings of the party said to disagree.

Imran orders probe into Hindu girls’ abduction

Islamabad, Mar 24 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province and to take immediate steps for their recovery, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group of “influential” men from their home in Ghotki

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district in Sindh on the eve of Holi. Soon after the kidnapping, a video went viral in which a cleric was pur-

portedly shown soleminising the Nikah (marriage) of the two girls. In a separate video, the minor girls can be seen saying that they accepted Islam of their own free will. In a Twitter post in Urdu on Sunday, Information Minister Chaudhry said that the prime minister has asked the Sindh chief minister to look into reports that the girls in question have been taken to Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab. Chaudhr y said the prime minister has also

Death toll from southern Africa cyclone, floods exceeds 700 BEIRA, Mar 24 (Agencies): Mozambique reported scores more deaths on Saturday from a cyclone and floods around southern Africa that have killed at least 732 people and left thousands in desperate need of help, many on rooftops and trees. Cyclone Idai lashed the Mozambican port city of Beira with winds of up to 170 km per hour (105 miles per hour) last week, then moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi, swamping populations and devastating homes. Mozambique’s death toll rose to 417 from 242, Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said. “The situation is getting better, still critical, but it’s getting better,” he told reporters at the airport in Beira that has become a centre for aid operations. The storm has also killed 259 in Zimbabwe, while in Malawi 56 people died in heavy rains ahead of the cyclone. In all three countries, survivors have been digging through rubble

to search for victims, and scrambling for shelter, food and water, while governments and aid agencies rush in help. “All our food got wet, we didn’t know where to go with the children. We don’t have anything,” said Mimi Manuel, a 26-yearold mother of four who lost her home and was sitting on the floor of a makeshift shelter in a primary school in Beira. At the refuge, families cooked with wood from trees ripped up by the storm, as toddlers played around battered school desks. Manuel wore a necklace with the word “Hope.” The Mozambican minister said some 1,500 people were in need of immediate rescue from rooftops and trees. Helicopters and boats have been carrying people to safety. The United Nations’ humanitarian office warned that more flooding may come as heavy rains inland poured into the lowlying Beira area and nearby dams filled up threatening to burst the Buzi and Pungwe rivers again.

ordered the Sindh and Punjab governments to devise a joint action plan in light of the incident, and to take concrete steps to prevent such incidents from happening again. “The minorities in Pakistan make up the white of our flag and all of our flag’s colours are precious to us. Protection of our flag is our duty,” he said. On Saturday, Chaudhry said that the government had taken notice of reports of the forced conversion and underage marriages of

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the two girls. The Hindu community in Pakistan has carried out massive demonstrations calling for strict action to be taken against those responsible, while reminding Prime Minister Khan of his promises to the minorities of the country. Last year, Khan during his election campaign had said his party’s agenda was to uplift the various religious groups across Pakistan and said they would take effective measures to prevent forced marriages of Hindu girls.

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The rise and fall of ISIS ‘caliphate’ Cairo, Mar 24 (IANS): Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became on one of the world’s most-wanted terrorist leaders when he proclaimed the Islamic State terror organization’s so-called caliphate from a pulpit of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014. At that time, the IS had conquered half of Syria and around a third of Iraq and had under its control not only the historic city of Mosul, where it filled a power vacuum left by an Iraqi army in retreat, but also Raqqa across the border in Syria. reports Efe news. Al-Baghdadi had aspirations to export the holy war to every corner of the world but now, almost five years later, the so-called caliphate lies in ruins. Kurdish-led forces announced the capture of the last IS outpost in southeast Syria on Saturday, although remnants of the group may persist in deserted regions of Iraq and Syria. The ruthless leader of the extremist group oversaw the murder of thousands of civilians in the name of religion. By harnessing barbaric punishments, the IS imposed a theocratic regime over its de facto state drawing on medieval customs inspired by the early interpretations of Islam. Al-Baghdadi’s reign of terror will be especially remembered the bloodthirsty methods his acolytes used in their slick and professional propaganda videos of

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warfare, beheadings, torture and executions. The high-quality production of IS media contributed to the widespread dissemination of the organization’s crimes and radical beliefs. The elusive Al-Baghdadi, who has been presumed killed on several occasions, only made one public recording - the video from al-Nuri Mosque, where he proclaimed himself caliph, a title historically endowed only to those who belong to the lineage of the Prophet Muhammad. Dressed in black robes, identifying himself with Muhammad’s lineage, and with a long beard, the IS leader took on the megalomaniac nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Husseini al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, with which he wanted to associate himself with the Quraysh, an Arab tribe associated with Muhammad, as well as Abu Bakr, the first caliph. Born in Samara, north of Baghdad in 1971, Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim alBadri, al-Baghdadi’s given name, studied Islamic theology at Baghdad University

and became a preacher for several years before joining the armed resistance against the United States invasion under the umbrella of the Iraqi branch of al-Qaida. During that period, he was arrested and imprisoned for four years in the US-administered Bucca detention camp. He later rejoined the armed struggle. In 2010, by when he had already adopted his more famous pseudonym, he ascended to the head of the terror group then known as the Islamic State of Iraq. He displayed seemingly limitless ambition, which led him into a dispute with Osama bin Laden’s heir in Al Qaeda, the Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, whom al-Baghdadi called “a pacifist”. The rupture between the two occurred in April 2013 when al-Baghdadi announced the merger between his group and an Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, which gave birth to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. This decision, which was not authorized by alZawahiri, led to his total disengagement with Al Qaeda in January 2014. His military successes in Syria were followed by a dizzying expansion through Iraq, where the extremists made it to the gates of Baghdad thanks to a dishevelled Iraqi Army. In the blink of an eye, al-Baghdadi came to dominate a vast territory. The socalled caliphate functioned as a de facto state, with its own institutions and mint.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We the family members would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individuals, neighbours and friends, who stood by us physically, financially, materials and with constant prayer during the time of our grief and at the sudden demise of our beloved Late L. Kasheto Yeptho on 21/03/2019. We convey our sincere gratitude to : 1. H. Khehovi Yeptho, Advisor, Tourism, Art & Culture 2. Hukato Chishi, DFO IFS 3. Shilly (Nikki) Naharbari 4. City Prayer Center 5. GMS Padumpukhur Staff 6. Asukhuto Town Baptist Church (General & Women Dept.) 7. Asukhuto Town Baptist Church (Children Dept. & Youth Dept.) 8. Achikucho Kiphimi Kuqhakulu 9. NCRC Dimapur Town 10. NCRC Thilixu Village 11. Police Union Baptist Church, Kohima 12. Upper Naharbari Youth Committee 13. Purana Bazar Baptist Church 14. Akhemi Kuqhakulu NCRC Sumi 15. NCRC Sumi Doyapur Road (General & Youth Dept) 16. Eastern Christian College Students Union 17. Sunday School Dept. Bamunpukhuri 18. NCRC Sumi Bamunpukhuri (General & Sunday School Dept.) 19. Thilixu Youth NCRC 20. NCRC Sumi Christian Child Education Dept. 21. Sumi Christian Fellowship Gauhati 22. Sumi Student Union Gauhati 23. Achikuchu Union Dimapur & Zunheboto Union 24. Achikuchu Baptist Church 25. NCRC Naharbari (General & Women Dept.) 26. NCRC Naharbari (Youth & Sunday School Dept.) 27. Tsukoto Tokukujo Kuposhukulu Dimapur 28. St. Paul School Staffs 29. Naharbari Village 30. Eastern Christian College Classmates & Friends We deeply regret and apologise for our inability to mention all the names individually, but it is our sincere prayers that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly for your gracious deeds. Loving parents, brothers, sisters and relatives DP-2305

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Attack kills more than 130 Mali villagers L o n d o n, M a r 2 4 (Agencies): More than 130 people were killed in an attack on a village in central Mali on Saturday by armed men wearing traditional Dogon hunters’ clothing. Gunmen surrounded the village at dawn before attacking people in their homes in Ogossagou in the Mopti region. According to BBC, the attackers targeted members of the Fulani ethnic community who are accused of having ties to jihadists. The attack took place while UN ambassadors were in Mali to discuss increased violence. The Security Council mission met Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga to talk about the increased threat K

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from jihadist fighters in central Mali. The victims of Saturday’s deadly attack were “killed with guns and machetes”, a local security official told AFP news agency. Witnesses also told AFP that nearly all the huts in the village had been burned down. The mayor of the neighbouring village of Ouenkoro, Cheick Harouna Sankare, described the attack as a “massacre”. Clashes between Dogon hunters and semi-nomadic Fulani herders can occur over access to land and water. The Dogon also accuse Fulanis of ties to jihadist groups. The Fulanis claim that Mali’s military has armed the hunters to attack them.

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Amazon Alexa can aid doctors during surgeries

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mazon Echo with in-built Alexa or Google Home smart speakers can not only play your favourite songs at home but can also assist doctors during medical procedures, say researchers. Smart speakers can be programmed to act as an aid to physicians in hospital operating rooms, researchers said on Saturday during the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual scientific meeting in Austin, Texas. Smart home speakers offer a conversational voice interface that allows interventional radiology (IR) physicians to ask questions and retrieve information needed for their patient

treatments without breaking sterile scrub. During treatment, IRs rely on nuanced medical information delivered in a timely manner. “When you’re in the middle of a procedure, you need to remain sterile, so you lose the ability to use a computer,” said Kevin Seals, MD, a fellow in interventional radiology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). This smart speaker technology helps us to quickly and intelligently make decisions relevant to a patient’s specific needs, added Seals, who is also the lead author of the study. To reach this conclusion, the researchers at

UCSF developed a device-sizing application for the Google Home smart speaker. The application processes questions from a human voice and provides recommendations on the precise sizing of medical devices. There are hundreds of devices, with more being introduced every day, making it difficult to determine the correct sizing or materials needed in every circumstance. “This technology allows physicians to concentrate more closely on the care of their patients, devoting less time and mental energy to device technicalities,” noted Seals. In developing the application, size specifications were acquired using literature reviews for 475 IR devices, such as catheters, sheaths, stents, vascular plugs and others. “Further research will look to provide information from electronic health records and patient clinical data, such as allergies or prior surgeries,” said researchers. (IANS)

Ariana Grande wins big at Kids’ Choice Awards

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r i a n a G r a n d e, Shawn Mendes and Adam Sandler were among the big winners at the 2019 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, where “Avengers: Infinity War” was named favourite film. The event was held on Saturday at the Galen Center here. DJ Khaled hosted the kids-voted show, which dumped buckets of slime on unsuspecting celebrities, and handed out honours for music, movies, TV and video games. Producer-rapper Khaled, who won Favorite Collaboration for “No Brainer” with Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo, arrived at the ceremony after taking a yacht and a helicopter, with help from Kylie Jenner and the Jonas Brothers. (IANS)

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ome PlayersUnknown Battleground (PUBG) players in India were in for a shock when they received health reminder pop-ups on their screens, barring them from playing the popular game. The company on Saturday said it had fixed the undisclosed issue. The undisclosed issue, which appears to have affected users only in India, not only shut the game down but also specified when should the user come back and play it again. “You’ve played the game for six hours today. Please come back at 201903-23 05:30:00,” a Twitter user on Friday posted a screenshot of the health alert that popped up on the game screen. Some players claimed to have received the reminder within an hour and a half of playing the game.

be able to play uninterrupted. We deeply apologise for the inconvenience,” the company tweeted. The reason that caused the issue still remained unclear. The users on various social media platforms speculated that either this could be a test feature from the game developers themselves or caused by a software bug Later, PUBG Mobile play System’ error has also or hackers. India took to Twitter to been fixed, and you should (IANS) reply to the baffled gamers. “We’re aware of the ‘Healthy Gaming System’ issue that many of you are currently facing and we sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this has caused! Our development team is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible,” tweeted PUBG Mobile India. The company on Saturday informed the users the undisclosed issue has been taken care of. “The ‘Healthy Game-

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Extremism is a threat to humanity: Sharman Joshi

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ollywood actor Sharman Joshi, whose latest film “The Least of These: The Graham Staines Story” is based on the real-life incident of the late Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines, believes that extremism should always be discouraged. The film is based on Staines, who worked among the underprivileged and leprosy victims in Odisha. In 1999, he was burnt to death along with his two sons allegedly by the members of a hardline Hindu organisation inside his station wagon in Manoharpur village in Kendujhar district of the state. Talking about the relevance of the film in the present time, Sharman told IANS here: “The incident happened in reality and the story was so compel-

ling that I felt the need of telling it in the atmosphere of extremism that we are living in in recent times. Though the incident took place in 1999, I think it still holds relevance.” “That film sets out to give the message that any form of extremism is a threat to humanity and that tolerance is the key to harmony,” said the actor. Directed by Aneesh Daniel, “The Least of These: The Graham Staines Story” is slated for release

on March 29. The actor has been part of films such as “Rang De Basanti”, “Golmaal”, “Life in a... Metro” and “3 Idiots”. While most of his movies have received positive response from the critics and the audience, Sharman has not been seen much in the recently released successful films. “While it is great to know that people consider me a good actor and want to see me more on-screen, I know that I came from nowhere. I was doing theatre when I got my first film based on my merit,” he said. “In fact, I have got all my films based on my merit and that is all I can do. I cannot control the opportunity or the fate of a film. “Bollywood is a suc-

cess-driven industry where the actor only plays a part in a film. At times, people had appreciated my performance but the film did not work at the box office,” he added. So does he believe that talent is not enough to achieve success in Bollywood? “I think when a filmmaker is looking for a specific actor, it does not matter to him or her if the actor comes from their inner circle or not. But I am not complaining about those who prefer to work within a circle because in creative collaborations, matching the wavelength is also important,” said the “Kaashi in Search of Ganga” actor. “We tend to work with people we like. That is also fair,” he added. (IANS)

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eteran actress Shabana Azmi feels makers of “PM Narendra Modi” biopic intentionally added her husband and veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar’s name to the film’s credits list. “It is quite clear this was done with deliberate intentions to mislead public into believing that Javed Akhtar has written the songs for ‘PM Narendra Modi’ when the song ‘Ishwar allah tere jahan mein’ is from Deepa Mehta’s film ‘1947 Earth’,” she tweeted. Earlier this week, Akhtar also took to Twitter to express shock to see his name in the credits of the film’s trailer. His name was mentioned among several other artistes in the lyrics category. Akhtar said he had K Y M C

not written any songs for the film. Soon after Akhtar’s tweet went viral and created a buzz, Sandeep Ssingh, one of the producers of the film, cleared the air about giving credits to the lyricists. “T-Series being the official music partner of our film...we have taken the song ‘Ishwar Allah’ from the film ‘1947: Earth’ and the song ‘Suno gaur se duniya walon’ from the film ‘Dus’, thus we have given the due credits to respective lyricists Javed Sahab and Sameerji,” Ssingh, also the creative director and story writer of the film, said in a statement. Actor Vivek Anand Oberoi essays Modi in the biopic, which is scheduled to release on April 5. (IANS)

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Miami open: Osaka out, Federer wins

Naomi Osaka kneels on the court during her match against Hsieh Su-Wei, of Taiwan, during the Miami Open tennis tournament.

Miami, mar 24 (Agencies): The new site for the Miami Open suddenly is missing a lot of star power. Serena Williams withdrew Saturday, blaming a previously undisclosed left knee injury. Less than two hours later, top-ranked Naomi Osaka lost in the third round to tour veteran Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Osaka’s depar ture matched the earliest ever in the tournament by a topseeded woman and jeopardized her No. 1 ranking, depending on results next week. “I feel like I’ve dealt with the stress of people asking me do I have pressure because I have the No. 1 next to my name,” Osaka said. “I thought I was doing fine with that, but I guess I’m not.” Roger Federer briefly seemed headed for the exit but instead advanced to the third round by rallying

past qualifier Radu Albot 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. “Radu put me through the ringer,” Federer said. No. 2-seeded Alexander Zverev doublefaulted 12 times and lost to wild card David Ferrer, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Williams’ withdrawal was unexpected because she showed no signs of injury a day earlier while winning her opening match against Rebecca Peterson, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1. Williams didn’t mention any health issues during a news conference after the match, and the WTA had no information regarding when she was hurt. Williams’ victory Friday was her first at Hard Rock Stadium, the Miami Dolphins’ home and the Miami Open’s new center court. The tournament moved this year from Key Biscayne, where Williams won eight titles.“I am disappointed to withdraw,” she said in a statement. “It

was an amazing experience to play at Hard Rock Stadium this year, and I would like to thank the Miami Open for putting on an amazing event. I hope to be back next year to play at this one-of-a-kind tournament in front of the incredible fans here in Miami.” Federer, a three-time champion, lost serve only once _ in the first game _ but was on the ropes until he swept the final three games, to the relief of an enthusiastic stadium crowd. “It was a great atmosphere,” Federer said. “It was electric. I think that’s why I played so well at the end.” While attendance in the stadium continued to be spotty, outer courts were jammed, and the day session drew a tournament record 32,831 spectators. Seeded losers on the men’s side included No. 10 Karen Khachanov, No.

Oman Open: Archana bags silver; Manav, Sathiyan exit New Delhi, Mar 24 (IANS): Rising Indian paddler Archana Kamath proved her mettle once again as she clinched the silver in the Under-21 womens singles category of Oman Open, a part of the ITTF Challenge Plus, on Sunday afternoon. While Archana dazzled in her category to bag a medal, World No. 28 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran fought hard to only lose out in the semi-final stage of the men’s singles bracket, while Manav Thakkar faltered at the last four stage of the U-21 Men’s singles category. The Bengaluru lass, ranked World No. 26 (U-21), started off her campaign with an easy 3-0 win over World No. 6 Valeria Shcherbatykh of Russia before securing a win over Rui Xuan Goi of Singapore with an identical scoreline. Archana didn’t have the best of the starts in the penultimate round as she lost the opening two games 6-11, 5-11 but showed great tenacity to win the next three 11-2, 11-6, 11-9 against World No. 12 Mariia Tailakova of Russia.

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In the finals, up against the World No. 4 Satsuki Odo of Japan, she tried her best but could not match her opponent’s prowess and went down 0-3 to settle for the silver. In the men’s singles category, Sathiyan started off his campaign with a comfortable 4-2 win over Belgium’s Martin Allegro and then romped past Belarus’ Aliaksandr Khanin (4-1) to progress into the round of 16. Alongside Sathiyan, India’s Anthony Amalraj and Sharath Kamal also made their way into the last 16. As fate would have it, Sathiyan was drawn up against Amalraj and the former couldn’t get off to a winning start but bounced back to win the next games and beat his compatriot 4-1 to book a berth in the

quarters. However, Sharath couldn’t replicate his compatriot’s heroics and went down to Tomislav Pucar of Croatia in the round of 16. Sathiyan then got past World No. 36 Emmanuel Lebesson of France to set up a semis clash with World No. 15 Mattias Falck of Sweden. Sathiyan dug deep and stretched the Swede to the limits, but eventually had to bow out without a medal after a hard fought 3-4 defeat. The U-21 Men’s singles encounter saw World No. 16 (U-21) Manav Thakkar use his attacking approach to tower over Singapore’s Lucas Tan before he beat his compatriot Jeet Chandra with an identical 3-0 score line, to reach the semi-finals. In the last four clash, World No. 30 Artur Abusev of Russia, ranked lower than Manav, started off with two tough wins (11-7, 11-8) before Manav pulled one back in his favour. However, the Russian wasn’t going to let this opportunity slip as he took it away from Manav with a clinical 11-5 win.

Brazilian teenager Reinier on Madrid radar Rio de Janeiro, mar 24 (Agencies): Spanish giants Real Madrid are preparing an offer to sign highly rated Flamengo teenager Reinier, according to Brazilian media reports. The reigning European champions are willing to invest almost 70 million euros to secure the 17-yearold Flamengo midfielder on a long-term deal, the Globo Esporte news outlet reported on Friday as quoted by Xinhua news agency. K Y M C

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tracted the interest of Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Manchester City, according to the report. Reinier, who is contracted with the Rio de Janeiro club until 2021, has been capped four times for Brazil’s U-17 team, scoring two goals. Real Madrid currently have three Brazilians in their first-team squad: leftback Marcelo, midfielder Reinier Jesus Casemiro and forward Reinier has also at- Vinicius Junior.

21 Diego Schwartzman, No. 26 Guido Pella, No. 30 Stan Wawrinka and No. 31 Steve Johnson. In a game of inches, the 5-foot-6 Schwartzman lost to 6-foot-11 Reilly Opelka 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Williams was next scheduled to play No. 18seeded Qiang Wang, who advanced to the fourth round. Also reaching the women’s round of 16 was the 33-year-old Hsieh, who turned pro in 2001 but has achieved the two biggest victories of her career in the past nine months. Her only other win over a No. 1 player came against Simona Halep at Wimbledon last year. Wi t h t wo - h a n d e d groundstrokes from both sides, Hsieh was the steadier player from the baseline against Osaka. When Hsieh closed out match point with a forehand volley winner, she began to cry as the crowd applauded her performance. Osaka smiled when reminded it was the first time in 64 matches she lost after winning the first set. “I know _ it’s depressing,” she said. “I was thinking about it right after I lost.” Osaka, 21, has won the past two Grand Slam tournaments. Williams, 37, still hasn’t won a tournament since the 2017 Australian Open, before she took a break of more than a year to become a mom. She has played only eight matches this year. Williams’ stay at the Miami Open was also brief last year, when she lost in the first round to Osaka. Friday’s match was Williams’ first since she retired from Indian Wells two weeks ago because of a viral illness.

Ilyas wins Sprint de Bengaluru Bengaluru, Mar 24 (IANS): Keralas Younus Ilyas survived a late attack from Bengalurus Dean Mascarenhas to dramatically win the INRC overall and INRC 2 categories in the Sprint de Bengaluru 2019, the curtain-raiser event to the FMSC Indian National Rally Championship, here on Sunday. Ilyas along with his navigator Harish Gowda seemed to be in control after storming into a comfortable 10-second lead in the night stage on Saturday. But Mascarenhas, an acknowledged champion driving in the INRC 3 category, showed a glimpse of his speed and prowess on Sunday. Despite driving his stock car, which clearly didn’t have enough power, he began Day 2 with a bang, finishing just 2 seconds off Ilyas’ well prepared Cedia. He was equally brilliant in the next stage, clocking 4:58.30, just one second behind Ilyas. The two stages, at LG Tranquil, tested drivers and cars thoroughly, with tarmac, gravel, loose soil, sharp climbs and steep falls marking the route. It gave the crowd a bird’s eye view of the entire run, making for a great holiday treat. Mascarenhas then came into his own, winning the next two stages at the LG Champions County track handsomely. With only long straights and sharp curves and turns to conquer, he went all out and gained 9 seconds and 8 seconds each to make up for his 10-second shortfall in the opening stage. Dhruva Chandrashekar, with his accomplished navigator Musa Sherif, quietly made his way up to take the second place in the INRC overall category. They clinched the INRC 3 category in the process.

Azlan Shah Cup: India draw 1-1 with Korea I p o h ( M a l ay s i a ) , Mar 24 (PTI): India’s perennial problem of conceding goals at the fag end of a match hurt them again as Korea equalised in the final minute for a 1-1 draw in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here Sunday. India took the lead in the 28th minute through Mandeep Singh and looked set to earn their second consecutive win of the six-team tournament, but a defensive error led to Jonghyun Jang scoring from a penalty corner just 22 seconds from the final hooter. The match was stopped in the fourth quarter due to heavy rains with around eight minutes left in the match. India had defeated Japan 2-0 in their opening match on Saturday. India made an attacking start with midfielder Vivek Sagar Prasad creating space inside the striking circle within the first minute but the Korean defenders held strong to avert an early goal. The Koreans immediately launched a counter attack, entering India’s circle, but defender Surender Kumar tackled well to clear the ball. India got two more scoring opportunities but failed to convert them. A quick-thinking Mandeep Singh gave India their first penalty corner in the 10th minute with a good tackle in the baseline. The opportunity was, however, wasted due to poor execution as both sides could not score in the first quarter. India won their second penalty corner in the initial minutes of the second quarter but the drag-flick

India concedes late, draws 1-1 with Korea.

was saved by the Korean goalkeeper. The following minutes saw Korea execute the full-press to limit India’s circle entries. Though the tactic was good, they lost three players (Kim Hyeongjin, Jihun Yang and Lee Namyong) to green cards that reduced their strength to eight players. The situation was capitalised by India as they found easy gaps to make circle entry and the experienced Mandeep Singh struck the first goal for India in the 28th minute. India kept a good structure, relied on strong defence with precise marking and constantly pushed the Korean defence to make forays into the striking circle. Playing in rain after the third quarter began, a defensive error on India’s part saw Korea being awarded their

first penalty corner of the match. But India’s rusher Amit Rohidas did well to ward off the danger and keep India’s lead intact. With a little over eight minutes remaining for the final hooter, the game was stopped due to rain. When play resumed, Korea put up an attacking front to win back-to-back penalty corners, but did not get any success. With 53 seconds remaining, Korea won another penalty corner, but Jonghyun Jang’s powerful drag-flick was brilliantly saved by India goalkeeper P R Sreejesh. A referral by Korea saw them being awarded another penalty corner and this time, Jang was on target to level the scores and snatch a draw for his side. India will take on Malaysia on March 26, after a rest day on Monday.

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1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY

LATE GHUKIYE K. JIMO 25.03.2018 “God broke our hearts to prove, He only take the best” Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalms 23:6 Loving wife, children and family members DP-2290

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We’ve been through hard times of our lives, and it is your constant love and support that helped us fight it through. It is with deep sense of respect and gratitude we would like to thank all those who stood by us during the prolonged illness and the subsequent demise of our beloved daughter Late Anitoli Sumi who breathed her last on 18 th Mar’2019, at Faith Hospital Dimapur. We are exceedingly thankful to Shri Temjen Imna Along Longkumer, Born on:03/12/1984 Hon’ble Minister Higher & Technical Died on:18/03/2019 Education and President BJP State Nagaland, for his great concern and willingness to help us. We appreciate your financial contribution, the Ambulance and all those funds that reached out to us through your kind initiative. It is greatly appreciated and we can’t thank you enough. May God continue to bless you and give you long live. We would also like to acknowledge the blood donors who came from different places and donated your precious blood, no words can express how thankful we are for your generosity and compassion. May God bless you all. We convey our special thanks to: 1. Shri. Temjen Imna Along Longkumer, Hon’ble Minister, Higher & Technical Education, Govt of Nagaland, President, BJP State Nagaland. 2. Shri. Tovihoto Ayemi, MLA & Advisor, Power & Chairman, DPDB (Dimapur) Govt of Nagaland. 3. Miss Awan Konyak, Chairperson, Nagaland State Commissioner for Protection of Child Rights (NSCPCR) 4. Shri. Lima Sunep Jamir, Commissioner Police Dimapur. 5. Mrs & Mr, T. Wati Aier, Joint Secy Kohima. 6. Directorate of Technical Education (Polytechnic Seithekima, Dimapur). 7. Miss Sentimenla Ozukum (Padum Pukhuri, Dimapur). 8. Mr. Tito Yeptho (LRC Colony, Dimapur). 9. Mrs & Mr. K. Longri Imchen (Viola Colony, Dimapur). 10. Miss Rukma Chettri. 11. Non-Naga Community, Dimapur. 12. P.K Travels, Dimapur. 13. Vishiyi Baptist Church. We soulfully regret our inability to thank all in person for your immeasurable support and prayers. Yet it is our earnest prayer that God Almighty may grant you all His abundant blessings. Loving husband, children, parents, brothers & sisters DP-2312

We the bereaved family members would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, neighbour, organizations who stood by us during the sudden demise of our beloved Late Popa on 14th March 2019. The family members would like to convey special thanks to: 1. Konyak Baptist Bumeinok Dimapur (KBBD) 2. KBBD Sheko Khong 3. Konyak Baptist Bumeinok Youth Dimapur 4. KBBD Sunday School Dept. 5. KNSK Dimapur Unit 6. Konyak Students Union Dimapur (KSUD) 7. Konyak Christian Revival Fellowship Dimapur 8. KBBD (Diphupar Fellowship) 9. KBBB 10. KBBD Staffs 11. KBBD Dipuphar Fellowship Youth 12. Konyak Baptist Bumeinok Chumukedima 13. Nagamese Baptist Church K/A Assam 14. United Baptist Church Choto Lengri K/A Assam 15. Chen Union Chumukedima. 16. Chenwetnyu Nokden Union Dimapur 17. Jakphang Union Dimapur 18. Totok Union Dimapur 19. Tangnyu & Yuching Union Dimapur 20. Sheanghah Union Dimapur 21. Hongphoi Union Dimapur 22. Elenegen Prayer Home 23. Mongjem Khong 24. Chen Union Tizit 25. Chen Wetnyu Baptist Bumeinok 26. Chen Wetnyu Village Council 27. Chen Wetnyu Students Union 28. Chen Area Theological Fellowship 29. Chen Wetnyu Theological Fellowship 30. Eastern Gospel Band (EGB) 31. Tizit Baptist Bumeinok 32. Tizit Village Baptist Bumeinok 33. Lapa Lampong Baptist Bumeinok 34. Konyak Baptist Church Mon (KBCM) 35. Chen Area Nokden Union 36. Chen Wetnyu Nokden Union Mon 37. Chen Area Union Aboi 38. Perez Prayer Home We deeply regret our inability to mention individually each and every one who supported us; it is our humble and sincere Prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly. Loving wife and family members DP-2313 K Y M C

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Russell magic stuns Sunrisers Hyderabad

KOLKATA, MAR 24 (AGENCIES): Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) got their 2019 campaign off to a flying start as they snatched a 6-wicket win from the jaws of defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Eden Gardens on March 24. In front of a packed Eden Garden crowd on the first Sunday of the new season, home captain Dinesh Karthik won the toss and opted to bowl first. For SRH, Bhuvnehswar Kumar stepped up in the captain’s shoes as regular skipper Kane Williamson was unfit for the match. SRH got off to a flying start as the opening pair of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow engineered a 100-run stand. During the course of the partnership Warner slammed a fifty announcing his return in SRH colours in style. Bairstow played a while compiled innings of 39 off 35 balls before being castled by Piyush Chawla in the 13th over. A mid-inning slump ensured and Warner walked back after making 85 off 53 deliveries thanks to a stunning catch by Robin Utthapa off an Andre Russlle delivery in the 16th Over. However,

Andre Russell smashed a breathtaking 49 off 19 balls.

Indian all-rounder Vijay Shankar proved his worth once again as his cameo of 40 off 24 deliveries helped SRH reach a strong total of 181/3 in 20 Overs. Chasing 181, KKR were off to a poor start as hard hitting opener Chris Lynn walked back to the dug-out in just the 2nd over leaving KKR at 7/1. Uthappa and Nitish Rana then controlled the KKR chase and took the home side to 87/1. Uthappa and Karthik were dismissed in quick succession as former got cleaned-up in the

by Siddarth Kaul while later holed a catch to Bhuvneshwar Kumar off a Sandeep Sharma delivery. The match seemed to be slipping off KKR’s grip but Rana kept KKR in the hunt with his defiant fifty. The match again swung in SRH’s favour when Rashid Khan trapped Rana in front of the wickets in the 16th over. However KKR still kept hoping for the best as Andre Russell walked out to bat. KKR needed 33 runs of 18 deliveries and the hard hitting Windies all-rounder first clob-

China wins 2019 badminton Asia mixed team trophy

He Jiting and Du Yue in action

Hong Kong, March 24 (IANS): China won the 2019 badminton Asia mixed team championships by defeating Japan 3-2 in the final, here on Sunday. China took the lead 1-0 after He Jiting and Du Yue overcame Japanese pair Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino 21-17, 21-17 in the mixed dou-

bles, reports Xinhua news agency. Ja p a n t h e n t i e d the game 1-1 as Kanta Tsuneyama easily went past Chinese player Lu Guangzu 21-18, 21-7 in the men’s singles. Yugo Kobayashi and Takuro Hoki helped Japan gain the 2-1 lead by beating Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong 16-21, 21-18, 21-

13 in the men’s doubles. China equalised the game 2-2 after Han Yue won the women’s singels by defeating Sayaka Takahashi 17-21, 21-19, 21-17. In the women’s doubles, Li Yinhui and Du Fu sealed the win for China by beating Ayako Sakuramoto and Yukiko Takahata 2116, 21-19.

bered 18 runs in the 17th over bowled by Kaul. The carnage continued as Russel then slammed 21 runs off the penultimate over bowled by Bhuvneshwar. Stylish young Indian batsman Shubmman Gill then rounded-off an incredible chase by hitting two sixes to Shakib Al Hasan in the last over of the match. Turning Point: SRH seemed to be cruising home until power hitter walked out to bat in the 16th over. He proved yet again as why he one of the most feared all-rounder in the world

Australia starts mental health service for athletes

Canberra, March 24 (IANS): Australia’s apex sporting body has launched a mental health support service for top athletes. Sport Australia on Sunday said the Mental Health Referral Network (MHRN) will provide 1,000 athletes, members of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), access to 27 psychologists and mental health practitioners, reported Xinhua news agency. “There has been a critical need to build mental health literacy and support mechanisms to assist athletes access help across our high performance sport networks,” AIS Deputy Director Matti Clements said. “The MHRN will provide timely assessment and services to support Australia’s top athletes. Professional guidance and counselling is crucial for athlete’s mental health, and that requires immediate access to committed, high quality mental health practitioners,” he said. The plan was aimed at helping Australia’s top athletes to stay very best in life as well as sport, Clements said. Sport 2030, Sport Australia’s blueprint for sport over the next 11 years, cites athlete’s wellbeing, including mental health, as one of its key priorities.

as he blasted 49 off just 19 balls which included four boundaries and four sixes to change the complexion of the match. His innings helped KKR win the match. Best Dismissal: Batting at 85 off 53 deliveries Warner was looking set for a century when on the last ball of the 16th over Warner drove a half-volley from Andre Russell to cover. But Robin Utthapa took a brilliant low diving catch just inches above the ground to end Warner’s fabulous innings. The wicket came at a time when Warner was look in a mood to launch every ball out of the park. His dismissal cost SRH 15 to 20 runs in the final total. Batsman of the match: David Warner returned in SRH colors after one year and immediately blasted a fifty. His half-century laced with nine boundaries and four sixes helped SRH to a strong total of 181. Bowler of the match: In a match where runs flowed easily Russell’s spell of 3-0-32-2 in which he scalped the wickets of Warner and Yususf Pathan helped KKR restrict SRH to a total below 200.

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Pant fires Delhi Capital to emphatic win

Rishabh Pant’s sterling knock of 78 off just 27 balls helped DC post 213 runs.

MUMBAI, MAR 24: Riding on Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 78 off just 27 balls at an astronomical strike rate of 288.89, Delhi Capitals posted 213/6 on board to beat Mumbai Indians by 37 runs . Coming in to bat after the dismissal of Colin Ingram in the 13th over, the 21-year-old ripped apart every bowler who came his way as his innings included 7 fours and 7 sixes. Pant’s fifty came off just 18 balls as he hit the second fastest fifty by a Delhi Capitals

batsman. Chris Morris hit the fastest fifty by a Delhi batsman in 2016 against Gujarat Lions. Earlier, Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl as Shikhar Dhawan and Colin Ingram stitched together 83 runs for the third wicket following the dismissals of Prithvi Shaw (7) and captain Shreyas Iyer (16). In their run-chase, the Mumbai Indians managed to score 176 with all wickets down in 19.2 overs.

The only substantial knock came from Yuvraj Singh ( 53 off 35 balls) and Krunal Pandya ( 32 off 15 balls). The Delhi capital bowlers chipped in with wickets at regular intervals to ensure that they were always in the hunt and the Mumbai Indians were always faced with a climbing run-rate. Sharma and Rabada accounted for two wickets apiece while Boult, Tewati, Paul and Patel got one wicket each.

Spain, Italy start Euro 2020 qualifying with wins Valencia, mar 24 (Agencies): Spain needed to be bailed out by a veteran. Italy got a boost from some new faces. The former European champions started their campaigns to qualify for Euro 2020 with wins over Scandinavian visitors on Saturday _ but in different fashion. While a misfiring Spain turned to captain Sergio Ramos to edge Norway 2-1, Italians Nicolo Barella and Moise Kean scored their first international goals to beat Finland 2-0. The pressure is on Italy to recover from last year’s embarrassing failure to not reach the World Cup. Spain likewise wants to use the European qualifying campaign to restore its status as one of the continent’s best teams after losing to a less talented Russia in the World Cup last 16. GRO U P F : S p a i n dominated the first half at Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium but only Rodrigo Moreno could convert his scoring chance. Norway equalized in the 65th minute when forward Joshua King netted a penalty kick after substitute Bjorn Johnsen was fouled by Inigo Martinez in the area. But Ramos soon got his turn at the spot when Alvaro Morata poached a poor back pass by Harvard Nordtveit and was cut down in the box by goalkeeper Rune Jarstein.

Spain outplayed Norway for most part of the match.

Ramos, making his 162nd appearance for Spain, got the winner when he converted a spot kick in the “panenka” style _ waiting for the goalie to move before chipping the ball down the middle _ in the 71st. Also in Group F, Sweden beat Romania 2-1 thanks to goals by Robin Quaison and Viktor Claesson. Substitute Claudiu Keseru pulled one back for Romania. Malta edged the Faroe Islands 2-1 in the matchup of the group’s minnows. Three-time champion

Spain is the favorite to win the qualifying group. GROUP J: Barella, a 22-year-old midfielder with Cagliari, scored seven minutes in for Italy with a long, deflected shot from a rebound following a free kick from Marco Verratti. Kean, aged 19, then took advantage of an excellent throughball from Ciro Immobile to find the target from the center of the area in the 74th. Also in Group J, Greece won at Liechtenstein 2-0 from goals by Kostas Fortounis and Anastasios

Donis. Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Armenia 2-1 as Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko celebrated his 100th appearance. GRO U P D : S w i t zerland got second-half goals from Steven Zuber and Denis Zakaria to win at Georgia 2-0, ending the hosts’ run of seven unbeaten games at home. Switzerland will play Group D favorite Denmark in Basel on Tuesday. Ireland’s Jeff Hendrick scored to help beat Gibraltar 1-0.

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