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Rio sworn-in along with cabinet

Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio; dy. chief minister Y. Patton along with the newly inducted cabinet ministers on Thursday at Khouchiezie (local ground) Kohima. Correspondent

KOHIMA, MAR 8 (NPN): Leader of the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA), Neiphiu Rio was administered oath of office and secrecy for his fourth stint as chief minister by Nagaland Governor P.B. Acharya at an impressive function at a jam-packed Khuochiezie (local ground) Kohima Thursday. Eleven other legislators that included six from the BJP, four from NDPP and one JD (U) and Independent also took the oath of office and secrecy-- deputy chief minister, Yanthungo Patton and cabinet ministers-C.M. Chang, G. Kaito Aye, Neiba Kronu, S. Pangnyu

Transfer & posting of IAS/ NCS officers DIMAPUR, MAR 8 (NPN): Governor of Nagaland, P.B. Acharya has ordered the transfer and posting of some IAS/NCS and other officers. A notification from chief secretary, Temjen Toy said that Home commissioner, Abhishek Singh (IAS) will hold additional charges of commissioner and secretary for Personnel & Administrative Reforms (P&AR) department and also to the chief minister. Tourism and Personnel & Administrative Reforms, commissioner and secretary, Angau I. Thou (IAS) is relieved of the charge of Personnel & Administrative Reforms department. Industries & Commerce (I&C) department, principal secretary Menukhol John will hold additional charge of the School Education department. Rural Development secretary and secretary to chief minister Nagaland, Kelei Zeliang (IAS) is relieved of the charge of secretary to the chief minister of Nagaland. Art and culture department, under secretary, Asalie Lese (NCS) is transferred and posted as under secretary, Land Revenue department.

This is it!

“Though I’m no more CM but feel free to call. I’ll always be there.” K Y M C

Phom, P. Paiwang Konyak, Jacob Zhimomi, Metsubo Jamir, Tongpang Ozukum, V. Kashiho Sangtam and Temjen Imna Along. Neiphiu Rio holds the record for being in the chair three consecutive terms and has now been sworn-in as chief minister four times. BJP achieved its highest ever political elevation when BJP MLA and former NPF minister, Yanthungo Patton was sworn-in as the deputy chief minister. Present in attendance was union minister for defence Nirmala Sitharaman, minister of state (Home) Kiren Rijiju, BJP national president Amit Shah, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav including the chief min-

isters of Assam- Sarbananda Sonowal,Ar unachal Pradesh-Pema Khandu, Meghalaya- Conrad Sangma and Manipur-Biren Singh. The oath-taking started an hour late after the dignitaries arrived. With cabinet berths completed, the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) gover nment headed by Neiphiu Rio will now turn its focus on appointment of the remaining 20 MLAs from NDPP-14, BJP-6 and NPP-2. It may be pointed out that NPP chief and Meghalaya chief minister along with Nagaland NPP president Ato Yepthomi resolved the issue of the party MLAs

also supporting the PDA. Earlier, NPP had forged a pre-poll alliance with NPF but after the results and owing to some factors, NPP decided to support PDA but later withdrew the letter of support. Addressing the gathering after taking oath, Rio thanked the electorate for giving mandate to the alliance and giving the alliance partners an opportunity to serve them. He said this was first time that a government was sworn in a public place and recalled that it was from the same venue that Dr S Radhakrishnan proclaimed Statehood from Nagaland on December 1, 1963. (Cont’d on p-11)

At its first meeting, cabinet charts PDA govt’s action plan D imapur , M ar 8 (NPN): Neiphiu Rio-led Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) government held its first cabinet meeting on Thursday in Kohima to chart out its action plan. Extending its sincere appreciation to the electorate for reposing faith in NDPP-BJP alliance and voting it to office, the cabinet meeting also appreciated the Church, civil society groups, tribal hohos and NGOs for their positive contributions in the election process. It also congratulated the Election Commission of India, election department, administration, police and all law enforcing agencies for successful conduct of the polls. It also appealed to all sections of the people to leave behind the bitterness of election and come together under a spirit of unity and oneness in the greater interest of the people of Nagaland and in the interest of lasting peace. Some major decisions were also taken at the cabinet meeting, many of which have been set an achievement target of 100 days.

VIP culture: In a move aimed at curbing VIP culture, use of name/designation plates by ministers, legislators and government employee in vehicles would soon be banned, even as a colour-coded car pass system would be designed for official use, especially for ministers and MLAs, to avoid inconveniences. Further, use of pilots and security escorts by all government functionaries, barring the governor, chief minister, deputy chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker, have been banned within Kohima and Dimapur. Security surveillance in both the State Capital and Dimapur would be enhanced and improved so that ministers and other functionaries need not use escorts and pilots within city limits. Peace Process: The cabinet assured the people to play the role of a facilitator in the ongoing peace process so that a solution that was honourable, inclusive and acceptable to the people was arrived at as soon as possible. It appealed to other

NPGs, who are not part of the negotiation process, to join the peace talks that were currently underway. Good governance & Transparency: While deciding to make all-out efforts to implement good governance initiatives, implement transparency and promote a culture of meritocracy, the cabinet instructed all departments and government institutions to have their websites and social media accounts to provide all information within 100 days. The meeting decided to do periodical appraisals and assessments of the departments, including performance of ministers, regularly, besides giving specific targets and deadlines for achievement of programmes and policies and completion of projects. Targets for 100 days, six months and one year would be made public, it added. Further, in another important move, all ministers and elected members have been given 100 days to declare their assets and assets of their spouses and dependents. (Cont’d on p-11)

No parl secretaries in PDA govt: Rio TDP ministers quit; to remain in NDA Correspondent

KOHIMA, MAR 8 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio on Thursday declared that his government-- People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) will not go against law of the land and hence will not appoint parliamentary secretaries. He said he was also discussing the matter with legal luminaries and its alliance partner- BJP. Addressing media persons after attending the first cabinet meeting at Nagaland Secretariat here on Thursday evening, Rio also announced that BJP MLA Mmhonlumo Kikon would be pro tem speaker of the newlyconstituted Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA). Maintaining that solving the Naga political issue would top the agenda of PDA government, he stressed that the new government would play its role as an active facilitator and strive to bring all groups together. He appealed to groups still outside the negotiation process to join it.

Rio informed the media that a political affairs committee would be constituted for facilitating the peace process. “We are making good progress though it was taking time,” he remarked, adding that if the issue was accelerated, solution would come sooner than later. The chief minister promised the people that PDA would provide a stable government, good governance and ensure transparency in administration. After attending the first day of budget session and election of new speaker of NLA on March 13, Rio said he would fly to New Delhi to share grievances of the State and other related matters with the Centre. On sharing of cabinet berths, the chief minister explained that two ministerial berths of NDPP were allotted to JD (U) and Independent MLAs respectively. On NPP’s support to his government, Rio admitted there was some misunderstanding. He, however, added that during his

brief meeting with NPP president and Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma and State NPP president Ato Yepthomi at the swearing-in ceremony, the duo assured him of support. On Governor P.B. Acharya’s confidence of a solution to Naga political issue in six months, Rio said he did not have any idea and that nobody could set a term for arriving at a solution. Referring to decentralisation of budget insisted by the governor, Rio said there was lot of confusion as Planning Commission had given way to NITI Aayog and the funding pattern was changed. Therefore, it all depended on how a chief minister allocated funds, he added, pointing out that fund was flowing in and it depended on how the State judiciously used it. On Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing a special package for Eastern Nagaland, Rio said details would be known only after meeting him in New Delhi.

NEW DELHI, MAR 8 (PTI/ IANS): Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Y.S. Chowdary, two Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ministers in the BJPled NDA government, Thursday submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Raju later told reporters that his party will continue to part of the ruling alliance. Their resignations came a day after Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced that the party’s ministers will quit the central government in protest against its refusal to grant special category status to the state. Y.S. Chowdary said the issue of special category status to Andhar was very emotive for the state but the Centre did not address it and added that even the special package was not adequate. Chowdary, however, said it would be unfair to say that the Central government did nothing for the state. Naidu had earlier in the day had a telephonic conversation with Modi.

BJP ministers quit Andhra cabinet BJP ministers Kamineni Srinivas Rao and P. Manikyala Rao tendered their resignations to chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday. Medical and Health minister Srinivas Rao and Endowments Minister Manikyala Rao met the Chief Minister in his chamber in the Assembly and handed the letters of resignation to him. They thanked Naidu for the opportunity as the chief minister also appreciated their efficient working. Later, Srinivas Rao said: “I had the privilege of working with him for more than three-and-a-half years. I recently asked him about his opinion on my work. He gave me the certificate that I have no enemies,” he said. The resignation came ahead of the presentation of the budget for 2018-19 in the Assembly by Finance minister Y. Ramakrishnudu, a party official said. Both BJP ministers had stayed away from the cabinet meeting here that was convened to formally approve the budget.

Ban on use of name plates on vehicles Gandhi, Ambedkar’s statues defaced in Chennai, Kannur

DIMAPUR, MAR 8 (NPN): Nagaland government on Thursday banned the use of designation/ name plates on vehicles. An order from Home commissioner Abhishek Singh said that as per the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Act 1989 nothing except the registration number of vehicles should be displayed on the number plate. The government cautioned that violators of the order would face action under Section 177 of the Motor Vehicle Act 1988. However for ministers and MLAs, appropriate colour coded car stickers would be issued to facilitate their movement. Meanwhile, adhering to the provisions of the said Act, deputy commissioner (DC) of Dimapur, Sushil Kumar Patel, Thursday removed his designation plate

DC Dimapur removes the designation plate from his official vehicle on Thursday.

from his official vehicle and requested others to follow suit. The notification to ban the use of name/designation plates comes on the day the new government took charge, as promised in the NDPP election manifesto. Chief minister Neiphiu Rio said his government was committed to fulfill poll manifesto. “We have com-

mitted in our manifesto that we will remove VIP culture from Nagaland and we will ensure that the citizens of the State are the real VIPs”, the newly appointed Chief Minister said. It may be pointed out that several such notifications were issued even in the past, but were not implemented on the ground.

CHENNAI/KANNUR, MAR 8 (PTI): The desecration of statues of leaders continued today with busts of Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar being found defaced in Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively. A 42year-old man, Dinesan, was arrested in connection with the defacing of Mahatma Gandhi statue in Kannur district of Kerala, police said. Police said he was mentally unsound and later released on bail. Gandhi’s bust near the Thaliparamba taluk office was found defaced in the morning with its spectacle carving damaged and a garland on it seen lying nearby. Meanwhile, at a residential locality in Chennai, a bust of Dalit icon B R Ambedkar was found with paint smeared on its face

and head. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said statues of leaders should be given due respect. He said stern measures would be taken against those vandalising statues or attempting to do so. The Police department has been directed to provide due security to the statues of all the leaders, he told reporters The bust of Ambedkar is placed inside a structure covered with a grill in a residential neighbourhood in Tiruvotriyur in North Chennai. Police assured the agitated local people that action would be taken against the culprits. A series of incidents of desecration of statues of various leaders, including Ambedkar, rationalist E V Ramasamy “Periyar” and Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad

Mookerjee, have been reported from different parts of the country over the past few days. The incidents began after a statue of Communist icon Vladimir Lenin was pulled down in Tripura after the BJP’s victory in the assembly elections, ending 25 years of Communist rule. Meanwhile, a day after a statue of Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar was damaged in Meerut, BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday demanded Those disturbing peace and harmony by vandalising statues should be booked under the sedition law. “Such acts are not in the interest of the country as they weaken the democratic and secular fabric as well as harm communal harmony,” the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said in a statement in Lucknow.

BJP to work for NE development: Sonowal KOHIMA, MAR 8 (NPN): Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the BJP and its allies can be expected to bring development to the entire North East region. He said this while speaking to media persons at Kohima local ground after the swearing –in ceremony. Sonowal expressed gratitude to the people of Nagaland for giving their mandate to the BJP alliance and he appealed to everyone to work together for the development of the North East region. (Correspondent)

T.R. Zeliang fetes Rio

KOHIMA, MAR 8 (NPN): Former chief minister T. R. Zelaing, Thursday, congratulated the new chief minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio after the swearing-in ceremony at Kohima local ground. When asked for his opinion if the new alliance government would provide stable governance, Zeliang said “I don’t know, no comment, let’s see”. “Politics is a game we have to honourably accept, sometime we win and sometime we lose” he said. (Correspondent)

Load shedding in Dmu

DIMAPUR, MAR 8 (NPN): Department of Power, Office of the SDO (E) No-II, Burma Camp under Dimapur Electrical Division will be carrying out preventive maintenance work at 2 x 10 MVA, 66/33 KV S/S for 3 days (March 9 to 11) from 4 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. A notice from the Dimapur Electrical Division executive engineer, Er. Imsenkaba, requested all affected consumers to kindly bear with the inconvenience.

Mar 10 & 24 working day

DIMAPUR, MAR 8 (NPN): Home Commissioner, Abhishek Singh (IAS), in a notification, said that the government of Nagaland has declared March 10 (2nd Saturday) and March 24 (4th Saturday) as working days on account of the forthcoming Budget Session for offices located in Kohima. According to DIPR, all administrative heads and heads of department have been directed to ensure attendance of their officers & staff.

NSCN (R) appeals DIMAPUR, MAR 8 (NPN): NSCN (R) has requested all its functionaries to be extra vigilant and prepared to escape from the tactics of some Indian agencies. According to a press release from NSCN (R), Ceasefire Supervisory Board, kilonser and supervisor, Imlongnukshi Chang, the NSCN (R) wants a durable and beneficial solution with India. But it had come to their knowledge that some Indian agencies were working tirelessly to prevent the solution, the press release said. NSCN (R) added that these agencies were instigating the CFSB board that weapons were being transported all over Nagaland by special ceasefire identity card holders “and arresting of cadres and workers moreover to cancel special ceasefire ID cards of important leaders.” It alleged that this was being done with the selfish motive of continuing to gain from the huge funds India spends on internal security which would stop coming if a solution was arrived at. K Y M C

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‘International Women’s Day’ celebrated across Nagaland

Chief guest along with the officials and participants after the programme. (NP)

Women participants during celebration on March 8 at Longleng. (DIPR)

District SBM Ambassador, Tsukti Longkumer along with officials and participants during the celebration at Longkumer Kilem, Mokokchung on March 8. (DIPR)

Participants at Immanuel College Dimapur.

Little Star Higher Secondary School.

Participants at North East Institute of Social Science and Research.

Dimapur women organizations. DIMAPUR: Nagaland on Thursday joined the world in celebrating “International Women’s Day” across the state. People around the world celebrated the day under the theme “#PressforProgress”. Kiphire: Kiphire celebrated the occasion at DPDB Hall Kiphire with SDO (C) Kiphire, Thungchangbemo Tungoe as the chief guest. The IWD was celebrated in culmination of Swachh Shakti week (4 to 8th March 2018) where district administrative officers from Kiphire along with women from different societies attended the programme. Wishing women present at the programme, the chief guest congratulated the women for their paramount contribution for the society. He said that everyday should be a celebration of womanhood in building up the generations. He said that man should never ignore the love of women as women bore all kinds of worries in human life. While citing the day as celebration of gender equality, the chief guest said that most of the time society neglected the rights of women, however he K

urged the women to speak out for their rights and fight for equality. SDO(C) also said that the real hero and role model in society were women, as such he asked the women present to be role model of their society. Stressing on the need to keep vicinity clean, the chief guest on account of the culmination of Swachh Shakti Week said that toilet was one of the basic amenities for human. He therefore called on the gathering to spread the message for clean sanitation in their localities. He further said that sanitation was one of the fundamental rights of people and urged them to be aware of their rights. Speaking about the role of women on sanitation, Chorise Sangtam said that Kiphire has been declared as one of the open free defecation along with six other districts in Nagaland. He further congratulated Kiphire district for the achievement of the open free defecation district and attributed the success to women of the district. Earlier the programme was chaired by Issac Tsalumpi while invocation was pronounced by Senti Ao.

Vote of thanks was given by consultant Sanitation & Hygiene WSSO, PHED Kiphire, Sashi Naro. In recognition for their contributions in the society, three women namely Imola, Nisheli and Akhala were awarded with certificate and cash.(Correspondent) Longleng: Weeklong Swachh Shakti Week at Longleng district culminated with the celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, organized by DWSM PHED Longleng at ABCL, attended by more than 100 women sanitation champions. DIPR reported that the programme was organized to highlight the role of women in SBM and to felicitate their leadership. Weeklong activities undertaken during Swachh Shakti Week was highlighted by S. Walling, Chemist, PHED, Longleng who congratulated the local sanitation champions for their active participation and contributions towards SBM or bringing sanitation awareness to the community and for motivating women, children and society thereby improving hygiene and sanitation. Resource person, M. Atula Jamir, counselor, OST centre District

Hospital, Longleng emphasized on the importance of women’s role in water & sanitation. She encouraged the women to come forward and work relentlessly by spreading awareness on sanitation and hygiene and keeping the surrounding clean so as to stay safe from diseases. Sanitation and health programme was chaired by Akala Jamir, S & H consultant while closing remark was delivered by Phaknyu Phom, H.A PHED Longleng. Mokokchung: In Mokokchung, the observance of Swachh Shakti Week from March 4 to 8 culminated with the celebration of International Women’s Day, organized by PHED Mokokchung division at Longkumer Kilen, Mokokchung with district SBM ambassador, Tsukti Longkumer as guest of honour. According to DIPR report, Longkumer said Swachh Bharat (SBM) Mission should not be taken as an occasional social work exercise but should be a continuous process both inside and outside the house. He said unless people understood the core concept of SBM, the mission cannot materialize. The programme was chaired by SDO, PHED, Masachuba Ozukum, Temjenyanger DAO PHED invoked God’s blessings, welcome address was delivered by Er. Kilen Jamir, SDC PHED, special song was presented by Lendi, presentations was done by E.E PHED, N. Yanger Pongen while vote of thanks was proposed by E.E PHED Moamenla. ICD: Immanuel College Dimapur (ICD) celebrated “International Women’s Day” at Immanuel College auditorium on March 8, organised by the Women Cell for the female faculty members as

well as the female students with Dimapur Mission Higher Secondary School (DMHSS) counsellor & chaplain, Merensola Imchen as the speaker. A press release issued by Immanuel College informed that Imchen highlighted on the uniqueness of women, beautifully crafted and created by God. She also stressed on women’s feminine yet equal strength. Imchen further opined that a strong woman and her essence was God’s gift to be appreciated by all. The programme was led by assistant professor department of Political Science, Moanaro Jamir, invocation by HoD of Botany, Lothunglo Ngullie, special number presented by B.Sc second semester student, Wadangnola, vote of thanks was delivered by HOD department of Economics, Sungjemmenla Jamir, while benediction pronounced by assistant professor department of History, Imjungla Imchen. NEISSR: North East Institute of Social Science and Research (NEISSR) celebrated the occasion at the NEISSR conference hall, under the theme “press for progress”. A press note by MSW NEISSR, Veyito Nyekha, stated that assistant professor, NEISSR Sungjemtola Jamir in her speech said that Naga women as well faced the same plight where women’s status had not been elevated and been consciously or unconsciously labelled as the “second standard” citizens in the traditional society. She clarified that women never fight to achieve superiority over men, yet had been striving to bring about equality and equity between men and women. A debate on the topic “Nagas encourage women leadership” was organised and stressed on the various

areas of concern. Earlier, the debate was moderated by2nd year MSW, Nepuni Paul Kolakhe and adjudged by lecturer, Trinity Theological College, Thahekhu Village, Dr. Akatoli Chishi and assistant professors of NEISSR, Dr. Deben Sharma and Amit Das. The programme was chaired by Chumdemo Odyuo, special number by Odinensang Jamir and vote of thanks by president, students’ council for social change, Sentiwati. KLC: Kohima Law College (KLC) celebrated the event at its premises under the theme, “time is now: rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. While presenting the keynote address, professorin-charge for BCI practical & training Kezhokhoto Savi who is also president of NVCO said that educating man was educating an individual but educating woman was educating the society. He stated that without rural women and girls, rural communities and urban economics would not function. Meanwhile, assistant professor Tongpok Pongener, assistant professor Limanochet Jamir and one male student from each semester spoke towards nation building and stressed on the concern of gender parity. Earlier, the entire programme was initiated by the men folk and every female students, teaching and nonteaching faculty are being felicitated by the Kohima family of male members. LSHSS: Little Star Higher Secondary School (LSHSS) celebrated in the school hall under the theme “transforming women’s lives” in collaboration with Nagaland Post and Dimapur District Ladies Club (DDLC). During the programme, six students of classes 9 and

10 gave presentations on the theme, which were judged by members of DDLC Phreno Jamir, Ethel Kikon and Zeresh Ngully. First prize went to Disha Kesri of class.10 (B), second prize went to Ruma Sharma of class 9 (B) and third prize to Wapangsenla of class 10 (B). Hinotoli Swu of Class 9A won the consolation prize of Rs. 500/-. The prizes were sponsored by Nagaland Post. Meanwhile, vocal class students presented welcome song, invocation by chaplain-cum-hostel superintendent, P.V. Francis and welcome address by chairman of the school and the president of DDLC, Nini Sekhose. Earlier, Ethel Kikon gave a feedback on behalf of the judges and acknowledged young students for their eloquence and confidence. Dimapur women organizations: A joint celebration under the theme “Progressive Naga Women” was organised by five active organizations led by women viz. Mind Blowers club, Ethnic Group of Nagaland, Get Gorgeous Society, Incessant Welfare Society and Native Trax Society in collaboration with Nagaland State Commission for Women and co-sponsored by Dept. of Women Resource Development to highlight the achievements of Naga women, motivate and unite friends, colleagues and our community to think, act and be gender inclusive and press for progress of women. The programme held at Don Bosco Institute for Development & Leadership, Dimapur, was attended by hundreds of women from diverse backgrounds and supportive men. The speakers were Rev. Dr. Ellen Konyak Jamir, associate professor, OTS, counselor at NMHRC, Ani Yepthomi, director, Junior High, Livingstone Hr. Sec. School and Fr. C. T. Varghese, director, DBIDL & Rector, Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School. Welcome speech was given by Miranda Jamir, president EGON, IWD programme director, invocation by pastor Yanger Aier of John Mission and introduction by Dr. Lanusangla Tzudir, advisor IWD, proprietorcum-chief editor, Heritage Publication House. Vote of thanks was delivered by Azungla Imsong, IWD co-convenor, administrator Incessant Welfare Society. Special performance was given by Mengu Suokhrie and Achen Imchen. NU, Meriema: Nagaland University (NU), Kohima campus, Meriema under the joint collaboration of Women Studies Centre, Nagaland University & Nagaland University

Students Union(NUSU) Kohima, department of Social Welfare, Nagaland State Social Welfare Board and State Resource Centre for women, Nagaland celebrated the occasion. Daisy Mezhur, mission director State Resource Centre for Women gave the introductory speech. The role of students as gender champions was unfolded by prof. Ramesh C. Gupta, pro-vice chancellor Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema. Keynote address was delivered by Bano Vinito, chairperson, Nagaland State Social Welfare Board. The gathering also witnessed live streaming of “Beti Bachao Beti BadhaoPan India Expansion” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajasthan. The programme was chaired by Kalivi Catherine Chishi, Standing Miss NUSU. Earlier special songs and musical pieces were presented by Moipen, David and James and Wate and friends. Sharon Khing, women coordinator, NUSU, Kohima Campus said the vote of thanks and the programme ended with signature campaign and interactions on Information Booth on Government Schemes for Women:SakhiOne Stop Centre & Women Helpline 181.

nagalandpost.com Poll Q.: Are national media reports that BJP won elections in Meghalaya and Nagaland true? 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

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WEATHER FORECAST March 9

(Temperature in ºC)

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Agartala Very warm with plenty of sun 34 15 Aizawl

Plenty of sunshine

29 12

Guwahati Nice with plenty of sun

32 14

Nice with plenty of sun

30 10

Imphal

Itanagar Sunny and pleasant

28 13

Shillong Pleasant with plenty of sun

22 7

Kohima

Pleasant with sunshine

23 10

Dimapur Nice with plenty of sunshine Mkg

30 14

Sunny and pleasant

26 10

Tuensang Mostly sunny and cooler Wokha

17 7

Sunny and cooler but pleasant 23 13

Zunheboto Mostly sunny and nice

23 8

news in Brief Phek DPDB meeting: Deputy Commissioner (DC) & vice chairman, Phek DPDB, Shanavas C, has informed that the Phek DPDB meeting has been scheduled on March 14. It has been informed that the venue and time remain the same. The DC has requested all the members of Phek DPDB to attend the meeting. Dmu DPDB meeting: Dimapur district monthly District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting would be held on March 13, 11 a.m at DC conference hall. All DPDB members have been requested to attend the meeting. CMO Kma informs on 2ND round IPPI: Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Kohima, Dr. Ritu Thurr has informed that 2nd round of Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization (IPPI) targeting children (0-5) would be held on March 11, Kohima. House to house activity would be undertaken in next two days. CMO has urged all chairmen of villages, colonies and wards, educational institutions, youth leaders, church leaders, woman organisations, ASHAs & AWWs to mobilise the community for this event. Mobile transit team will be visiting transit point especially bus stand and taxi stand. HVYD wishes students: Hazadisa Village Youth Dimapur (HVYD) president Nunison Nunisa in a press note on behalf of the youth of Hazadisa village Dimapur has extended best wishes and prayers to all the HSLC and HSSLC candidates. K

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Tripura to get first BJP govt; PM Modi to attend

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Cong blames money-power backed by BJP for its downfall Shillo n g, M ar 8 (Agencies): After its failure to garner the support of regional parties and form the government, the Congress party on Thursday held the BJP responsible for its fall alleging the latter of using money power to back the National People’s Party (NPP). Meghalaya congress Spokesperson, Zenith Sangma on Thursday said that the nexus of the BJP with the NPP has been exposed because there is a lot of factor, but the major factor is money power backed by the BJP while adding that the congress party will have to analyse and diagnose what went wrong. “The nexus of the BJP with the NPP has been exposed because there is a lot of factor, but the major factor is money power backed by the BJP and also lots of other factors that we have to analyse and diagnose what has gone wrong,” said the state congress Spokesperson soon after submitting the nomination papers of the congress candidate for the post of the Meghalaya As-

sembly Speaker. Once again, the Congress has lashed out against the BJP and NPP stating the BJP, that is now a coalition partner of the NPP led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance, is using its central resources to overthrow the Grand Old Party with the help of NPP. “In the event of forming the government it has been exposed the nexus of BJP with the NPP. It is the prima facie evidence that there has been very much nexus between the BJP and the NPP”. Commenting on the large scale celebration of the BJP as top notch leaders of the BJP, President Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and other Chief Ministers of various BJP rule states were seen attending the swearing in ceremony of Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma and his cabinet colleagues, Sangma said, “The people of Meghalaya has not given their mandate to the BJP, but then nationwide the BJP is celebrating as though the people of Meghalaya has given the mandate to the BJP”.

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the ministers, assembly Speaker, Deputy Speaker and other important functionaries”. He said that Sarma, who is the convenor of the BJP-led anti-Congress alliance, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), on Wednesday held a meeting here with the saffron party’s electoral ally IPFT (Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura) and returned to Guwahati. IPFT President Narendra Chandra Debbarma said the party has demanded four ministerial berths from the BJP and “we have discussed with Sarma and other leaders accordingly”. “We are yet to confirm how many ministerial berths would be offered to us. Discussions are still on,” Debbarma told IANS. Chief Minister-designate Deb announced on Tuesday that the party’s tribal leader Jishnu Debbarma will be Deputy Chief Minister.

Tripura’s royal family scion Jishnu Debbarma is the BJP nominee for Charilam assembly constituency (reserved for tribals), where election was countermanded following the death of the Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate and it would be held on Monday. The BJP and the IPFT swept the February 18 polls, winning 43 of the 59 seats. The BJP secured 35 seats in the 60-member Assembly and the IPFT, a tribal-based party, eight. The CPI-M got 16 seats while the Left Front partners -- Communist Party of India, Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party -- besides once main opposition Congress drew blank. A non-Left government would assume office on Friday for the first time in a quarter of a century. BJP’s Bhowmik also said that in the Deb-led government there would be

representation of woman, youth, leaders of tribals and Scheduled Castes and other backward communities. Meanwhile, all the outgoing ministers, including Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, are leaving their official residences and checking into MLA hostel, party offices and rented houses. West Tripura District Magistrate Milind Ramteke and West District Police chief Abhijit Saptarshi are supervising the administrative and security arrangements for the swearing-inceremony of the new BJP government at the Assam Rifles ground. “People would attend the swearing-in-ceremony from all across the state. In view of the possible arrival of the Prime Minister and other VVIPs in Friday’s swearing-in-ceremony, elaborate security arrangements are being put in place,” Saptarshi told the media.

M’laya Assembly Speaker election on March 12

Poppy cultivators voluntarily destroy plants in Arunachal

‘Hooliganism, vendetta politics rising in NE’

CEM Ronghang directs contractors

statement said. Asserting that the Northeast is comprised of different communities who have evolved a system wherein different thoughts co-exist with each other, NEFIS stated that the rise of BJP in Northeast has threatened to destroy the delicate social fabric by pitting different communities against each other. The statement maintained that different anticolonial struggles in various parts of the world especially in India and its Northeast states were inspired by 1917 Russian Revolution, especially by Lenin. The struggle against monarchy in Manipur was inspired by Lenin and such legacy continues to inspire people’s struggle in the Northeast, it added. Asserting that the former Soviet Union under the leadership of Lenin had decolonized the colonies of Russia after the Russian Revolution, NEFIS alleged that such open

Diphu, Mar 8: Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council’s Chief Executive Member, Tuliram Ronghang has directed contractors, departmental officers to complete all the ongoing developmental schemes of Diphu town within the month of March. Disciplinary actions will be taken against all erring persons involved in the procedure, he warned. Ronghang said that developmental works sport complex at an estimated amount of Rs. 4,500 lakh, Diphu town rivers cleaning with boulder pitching at a cost of Rs. 800 lakh and installation of streetlight in Diphu with an estimate cost Rs. 400 lakh should be completed within March, 2018. The CEM also hinted that massive evection drive will be carried out in areas bordering Hojai, Diphu town, Dhansiri and in the cross border areas of Meghalaya and Nagaland where illegal Bangladeshi settlers have encroached large portion of tribal land and reserve forest area.

Agartala, Mar 8 (IANS): BJP President Amit Shah and senior party leaders arrived here on Thursday ahead of formation of a BJP-led government in Tripura on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informed party sources said here. Apart from Modi, a host of Central ministers and leaders and Chief Ministers of several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled states would attend the swearing-in-ceremony of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and his Council of Ministers. BJP’s Tripura Pradesh Vi c e P r e s i d e n t S u b a l Bhowmik told IANS that Amit Shah, BJP’s National General Secretary Ram Madhav, General Secretary (Organisation) Ajay Jamwal and Assam minister and Tripura election-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma, among other leaders, “held a series of meetings with the state leaders to select

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Shillong, Mar 8: Former Chief Minister Donkupar Roy of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) and opposition Congress legislator Winnerson D. Sangma Thursday filed their nomination papers for the post of Assembly Speaker. The election for the post will be held on March 12 after which Chief Minister Conrad Sangma would also move a vote of confidence in the House. Filing of nominations and scrutiny was held at the old Assembly secretariat. Roy is also the president of United Democratic Party which is the key partner of the National People’s Party-led government. Sangma is a two-time Congress legislator from Salmanpara assembly constituency in West Garo Hills district. During the filing of nominations, the candida-

ture of Roy was proposed by legislators from the ruling side which include Home minister, James K. Sangma, Public Health Engineering minister, Samlin Malngiang, Spports and Youth Affairs minister, Banteidor Lyngdoh, Social Welfare minister, Kymen Shylla and seconded by General Administration Department minister, Comingone Ymbon, Tourism minister, Metbah Lyngdoh, Health and Family Welfare minister, A.L. Hek and Education minister, Lahkmen Rymbui. The candidature of Sangma was proposed by Congress Legislature Party spokesperson, Zenith Sangma, and P.T. Sawkmie, which was seconded by former Assembly Speaker, Charles Pyngrope. “The nominations of both the candidates were found valid,” Meghalaya Assembly commissioner and secretary, Andrew Simons said.

I tanag a r , M a r 8 (PTI): A large number of poppy cultivators in remote Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh have voluntarily come forward to destroy their illegal cultivations in response to the state government’s initiative, official sources said Thursday. The state government in its budget last year announced to provide alternative livelihood to villagers who had to take up poppy cultivation for economic sustenance as well as for use in traditional rituals. Considered as an endemic district in terms of poppy cultivation and use of opium, a total of 104 people have come forward till date to voluntarily join the ‘Mission Against Opium’ launched in the district last month, they said. Poppy plants have been uprooted from more than 33 fields by a team of officers from the district administration along with cultivators in over 25 villages of the district, they said.

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IMPHAL, Mar 8: NorthEast Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) Thursday alleged that the destruction of Lenin’s statue in Tripura was part of rise in hooliganism and vendetta politics in the North-east after BJP come to power in several states. In a statement, NEFIS said that the latest incident of destruction of Lenin’s statue in Tripura by BJP workers epitomized such a rise. “Lenin was a source of inspiration for the greatest Manipuri leader Hijam Irabot who is revered as ‘Father of Manipur’ and the destruction of such a revolutionary’s statue is unprecedented in Northeast.” “Destroying Lenin’s statue signifies falsification of Hijam Irabot’s revolutionary legacy and such sinister efforts might be even extended to Irabot in the coming future”, the

destruction of Lenin’s statue revealed an attempt to silence different political views which co-exist in the Northeast. “The destruction of Lenin’s statue signifies an attack on people’s legacy of anti-colonial struggle,” it observed. Joining the condemnation chorus, Socialist Student’s Union of Manipur (SSUM) alleged the destructions were acts of uncivilized and narrow minded people. “In a country like India where celebration of Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, is allowed, the destruction of Lenin’s statue showed that the country instead of marching ahead in development, stepping towards Fascist ideology,” the union stated. The vandalism showed that the face of democracy and socialism is fading in the country and the real face of party in power is becoming clearer day by day, it added.

Manipur observes International Women’s Day

Governor Dr Najma Heptulla and social welfare minister Nemcha Kipgen felicitating a woman at Raj Bhavan on Thursday. (NP) Correspondent

IMPHAL, Mar 8: International Women’s Day was observed at various levels across Manipur on Thursday. Speaking at an observation function hosted by Raj Bhavan, Manipur Governor Dr Najma Heptulla called for making women sufficiently skilled to earn certain quantum of economic independence. She hailed Manipuri women and exclaimed that Northeast women especially Manipuri women are very much empowered

than the women from the rest of the country. “This is because they are traditionally better placed in the social rung than their counterparts in other parts of the country,” she said. She stated that women in this region have grown up in a more liberal society, facing less hostile challenges unlike in a male dominant environment and added that she was taking initiatives for making women sufficiently skilled for earning a certain quantum of economic independence.

She lauded the various civil society organizations and women’s associations or organizations in the state for their relentless efforts to fight against such anti-social evils against women. She drew the attention of all the women to contemplate and ponder on what they can do for their development. Highlighting the achievements of women like Mirabai Chanu and Mary Kom, she said that women of this state were leading in all spheres and have earned recognitions

cratic Union (MPPDU) and Socialist Students’ Union of Manipur (SSUM) also observed the day with a simple function at Manipur Press Club, Imphal. On the occasion, EEVFAM general secretary Edina Yaikhom said that

women of the state should begin upholding the dignity of women from family. “We women should not wait for male to fight for our rights but we the women should come forward to fight for our rights”, Edina said.

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too in the national as well as international levels. “They have had more economic independence, even supporting the family without help from the male members,” she said. The only woman minister in the N Biren led BJP’s coalition government, state social welfare minister Nemcha Kipgen also attended the observance function held under the theme - “Time is Now: Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives”. The agenda behind celebrating this day was to empower the women who have gone through number of hurdles all through her life be it their social, political, religious, and cultural rights simultaneously, she maintained. “It also calls for “gender equality”. So, empowering woman is very much necessary for bringing gender equality,” she said. In Senapati district, the day was observed by organising skit competition on Beti Bachao Deti Padhao (Save Girl Child Educate Girl) and flower show cum sales at district mini stadium under the theme -“Press for Progress”. Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association (EEVFAM) in association with Manipur Proletariat Peoples Demo-

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Pakyong airport to be operational soon

Gangtok, Mar 8 (PTI): Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has said the newly-constructed airport at Pakyong will soon become operational. “The Pakyong airport is now ready and will be operational soon,” he told the state Assembly. Expressing happiness over the successful landing of an IAF Dornier aircraft on March 5, the first-ever landing of an aircraft at the new airport, Chamling said a SpiceJet plane was scheduled to land at Pakyong airport on March 10. The Airport Authority of India will thereafter be in a position to decide on making the airport operational for commercial flights, the chief minister said, adding that it had taken nine years for construction of the Pakyong airport at the cost of of Rs 605 crore. Commercial aircraft will fly from Pakyong airport to Delhi, Kolkata and Guwahati, he said.

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I, Smti. Liho Sumi @ Liho Z Swu, W/o Y Zuhoto Sema permanent resident of V.K Town and presently residing at Old Town Colony under Zunheboto, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That in my educational documents my name has been entered/ recorded as Liho Z Swu whereas in my service book my name has been entered/recorded as Liho Sumi and SBI as Liho Sumi. 3. That these names written above are my name Liho Sumi @ Liho Z Swu and are the one and the same person i.e. me. 4. That this affidavit is made for the declaration of the above names stated are my name and same person i.e. me. 5. That the statements made from para 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material has been concealed therein. And I signed this affidavit on this 8th day of March 2018 at Dimapur, Nagaland. Deponent Solemnly affirmed and declared before me by the deponent. Notary Public DP-1866 Regd. No. 234616 Date : 4/1/18 AFFIDAVIT I, SMTI. TARENLA PHOM, permanent resident of Yachem village in the District of Longleng, State Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as follows :1. That, I am a citizen of India by birth and resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That, in all my documents my name has been recorded and reflected as TARENLA PHOM WHEREAS due to ignorance and clerical mistake my name has been entered and recorded as S TARENLA PHOM in SBI Account Passbook. 3. That, this affidavit is made to declare that the name TARENLA PHOM and S TARENLA PHOM refers to same and one person only that is me. 4. That, this affidavit is made to declare that when the name TARENLA PHOM and S TARENLA PHOM appears it should be read, corrected and understood as TARENLA PHOM. 5. That, the statements made in para 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing immaterial has been made or concealed therein. And I sign this affidavit on this the 3rd day of January 2018 at Longleng, Nagaland. Deponent Solemnly sworn in and declare before me by the above named deponent rd on this the 3 day of January at Longleng, Nagaland. DP-1863

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Red carpet rolled out as B’desh Prez arrives Assam

Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi receives President Md Abdul Hamid, left, at the Guwahati International Airport on Thursday. Guwahati, Mar 8 (Agencies): A red carpet was rolled out as Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid arrived at Guwahati International Airport in the Indian state of Assam on Thursday afternoon. The head of state went to India in a five-day official visit to attend the founding conference of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the Solar Summit, jointly hosted by India and France in New Delhi. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the president and his entourage landed at the airport around 1:45pm. On his arrival at the

airport, Hamid was received by Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi. Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Bangladesh High Commissioner in New Delhi Syed Muazzem Ali were also present. The president will attend the founding conference of ISA and the Solar Summit on March 11. The conference will be held at the Cultural Centre, President Bhaban in New Delhi. He will visit his memorable places in Assam and Meghalaya as he was the sub-sector commander of the Bangladesh Liberation Force (Mujib Bahini) during

the 1971 Liberation War. He inspired and organized the Bangladeshi youths who took shelter at Gumaghat, Moilam and Balat in Meghalaya during the war. Hamid established a youth reception camp at Balat for Bangladeshi youths and he acted as president of the camp at that time.

Hamid to arrive in Meghalaya today

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid will arrive in Shillong on Friday and will visit Balat, a border town near the India and Bangladesh border, a government official said on Thursday. “President Hamid will

visit Balat area, where he set up a camp for Bangladeshi youths taking part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971,” Peter S. Dkhar, the district magistrate of East Khasi Hills, said. Hamid was a sub-sector commander of the Bangladesh Liberation Force (Mujib Bahini) during the war. He was also a prominent member of Zonal Administrative Council constituted in Meghalaya to administer the war and refugee camps. Balat is 74 Km by road from Meghalaya’s capital Shillong. “Two helicopters of Indian Air Force will take President Hamid and his entourage to Balat and then to Shillong,” he said. After his arrival in Shillong, Hamid is scheduled to visit the bungalow of Bidhan Chandra Roy (former Bengal Chief Minister between 1948 and 1962) and Sidli House, where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore had stayed during his third visit in 1927. Hamid will be spending the night at Meghalaya Raj Bhavan, wherein Governor Ganga Prasad will be hosting the dinner for visiting guest. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma will be meeting the Bangladesh President and hold discussion on business trade relation between Meghalaya and Bangladesh. (Correspondent)

Assam govt moves to check hit-andruns at Kaziranga Guwahati, Mar 8 (Agencies): The Assam government informed the National Green Tribunal that the State government had sanctioned a sum of Rs. 11 crore for the installation of sensor-operated automated traffic barriers to check the death of animals in road accidents close to the Kaziranga National Park. Upon the State government submitting that the tenders will be issued within a month after the Assembly’s approval, the Bench headed by judicial member Jawad Rahim said, “We direct that the undertaking given by the Assam government be complied with and the tenders issued within four weeks.” The directions came while the tribunal was hearing a plea filed by wildlife activist Rohit Choudhary, who opposed the widening of NH-37 which passes along the national park. Earlier, the green panel had rejected the Assam government’s proposal of deploying manpower instead of installing the sensoroperated automated traffic barriers to curb the deaths. The tribunal said that except budgetary constraints, there was no reason for the government to deploy manpower instead of sensors. The green panel had also said that any vehicle that surpassed the 40 km speed limit would be liable to pay an environmental compensation of Rs. 5,000 apart from the fine under the Motor Vehicles Act.

BTC chief assures Gorkhas on land rights Kokrajhar, Mar 8 (PTI): The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Chief Hagrama Mohilary has assured the leaders of the All Assam Gorkha Students Union (AAGSU) and other organisations that the land rights of the Gorkha people of Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) will remain intact. Regarding the ongoing controversy over the new land policy of the BTC which governs BTAD comprising four districts, Hagrama told reporters yesterday that all the land rights of the protected class of the people as defined in Chapter X of Assam Land Revenue Regulation, 1886 would be applicable in the Bodoland Territorial Council area like other parts of Assam. Mohilary made the statement after meeting

delegates of the AAGSU, the Assam Nepali Sahitya Sabha and the Gorkha Sanmiloni among others. All Assam Gorkha Students Union president Prem Tamang told reporters that the discussion with the Bodoland Territorial Council Chief “was very positive as they have realised their mistakes and clarified the matter in details”. Lakhi Sedai, General Secretary of Assam Gorkha Sammilon, said if the Council failed to fulfil their commitments than the organisation would again be compelled to launch agitation against the Bodoland Territorial Council. A 24-hour Bodoland Territorial Area Districts bandh on March 6 had turned violent forcing police to open fire to control protesters in Chirang dis-

trict where two persons were critically injured and another person sustained severe burn injuries in neighbouring Kokrajhaar district. The bandh was called by the United Organisation Coordination Committee comprising non-Bodo organisations in Kokrajhar, including the All KochRajbonshi Students Union (AKRSU), All Bodo Minority Students’ Union (ABMSU), All Assam Santhal Students Association, All Assam Gorkha Students Union, Nath Jugi Sanmilan among others. They opposed the land rights policy of the Bodoland Territorial Council barring people living in the Council area from selling their land to non-tribals and demanding land and political rights for non Bodos in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts.

Sarkar to make CPI(M) office his new home Agartala, Mar 8 (PTI): Tripura’s outgoing chief minister Manik Sarkar will move to his new residence-the CPI(M) state committee office. Sarkar, who has ruled the state for 20 years, is in the process of checking out of his official residence on Marx-Engels Sarani, about 500 metres from his new home, CPI(M) state party secretary Bijan Dhar told reporters. “He would be moving in to the party office in a few hours. Sarkar would be living in one room of the party office guest house with his wife Panchali Bhattacharya,” he said. CPI(M) Office Secretary Haripada Das said the veteran leader had asserted that he would “eat what is cooked in the

party office kitchen”. “He has already sent packets of books and clothes and some CDs to the party office. Sarkar might shift to a government quarter if he is allocated one by the new government,” Das said. Sarkar’s wife had earlier told PTI that she would be donating Marxist literature and books to the party office library and the Birchandra Central library here. The couple has no children. The BJP had demolished the Left citadel in the recently concluded Assembly election in Tripura, ending 25 years of uninterrupted rule of the CPI(M)-led Left Front and the 20-year reign of Sarkar.

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glaring gap in gender equality, discrimination and its originality. Dr.Polly also took the students on a tour of their houses where comparative analysis was done between brothers and sisters and how best to erase these differences. Female students and staff of Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura also celebrated International Women’s Day at it campus on the theme “Time is now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”

K Sangma was given home, food and civil supplies and district council affairs. BJP’s A L Hek was given health, arts and culture and Information and Public Relation, while UDP ministers Metbah Lyngdoh, Lahkmen Rymbui and Kyrmen Shylla were given tourism, border area development and social welfare respectively. Peoples Democratic Front ministers Banteidor Lyngdoh got agriculture, sports and youth affairs while his party colleague Hamlet Dohling was given urban affairs and information technology. Hills State People’s Democratic Party minister Samlin Lyngdoh was given public health engineering and secretariat administration, the official said. With a 60-member Assembly, Meghalaya can have 12 ministers including the chief minister.

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Dimapur, Mar 8 (NPN): Royal Global University celebrated International Women’s Day with an interactive session with Dr. Polly Vauquline, Department of Women’s Studies, Gauhati University. The topic of discussion was ‘Social Status & Social Empowerment of Women’. Dr.Polly Vauquline enlightened the students on the definitions of the topic and the various data collected, studied and researched through the decades to understand the

S h i l l o n g, M a r 8 (PTI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has distributed portfolios to 11 ministers of the NPP led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government, a senior official said Thursday. Sangma kept finance, planning, and personnel, and some other departments to himself, besides those not alloted to others. “The cabinet had sent the list of portfolios to Raj Bhavan and Governor Ganga Prasad approved it,” the senior official told PTI. Former Congress leaders who deserted the party ahead of the February 27 elections were rewarded. Of them, Prestone Tynsong got roads, parliamentary affairs and labour, while Sniawbhalang Dhar was given transport, industries and community and rural development. Comingone Ymbon was awarded with buildings, government administration department and fisheries, the official said. National People’s Party (NPP) MLA James

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A motivational seminar on self realization for the students and staff of various departments including Aryans College of Engineering (ACE), Aryans Business School (ABS), Aryans Institute of Management & Technology (AIMT), Aryans Institute of Nursing (AIN), Aryans College of Law (ACL), Aryans College of Education (ACE), Aryans Degree College etc was also organized. Dr. Parveen Kataria, Director General, Aryans Group highlighted the role of women being acknowledged as equal in all the domains of the society. Be it political, social, professional, domestic or familial, women are taking over the world by storm, said Dr. Kataria. Dr. Kataria addressed the female students on self motivation, self realization, self respect, self protection, self awareness, self guidance, self direction, self-determination, self-organization etc.

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A desperate front

otwithstanding how Congress president Rahul Gandhi perceives his role as being the fulcrum of opposition unity in the run up to the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha election; the developments in south India – Telangana and Andhra Pradeshdo not augur well for the party which has always believed its pristine role as the party of all Indians. The Trinamool Congress has been non-committal about a ‘Third Front’ that includes Congress for the sole reason that its chief Mamata Banerjee nurses a prime ministerial ambition. The ball began rolling when Telangana chief minister K.C. Rao re-echoed the need for a non-BJP and non-Congress ‘Third Front’ for 2019. Mamata quickly backed up the idea and responded. Mamata Banerjee appears to be confident that she could spearhead the ‘Third Front’ since all other regional parties are not averse to the idea. Mamata has reached out in her own style, when she defended the Communist Party of India (Marxist) over the issue of demolition of a Lenin statue in Tripura after the BJP’s victory in Tripura where the statue of Lenin was demolished. Mamata said even if she does not like the Left, yet she defended the Left on the issue. The proposal further got a boost when TDP, the rival of TRS, decided to exit from the Modi government though still hanging on within the NDA umbrella. Jolted by the unwelcome given to the Congress party, Sonia Gandhi has invited all opposition leaders for a dinner to discuss the probability of cobbling a united opposition with Congress as one of them. Of course, all of them would make it clear that the leader eventually will be chosen by the elected members. According to reports earlier, the DMK and the BJD are also open to the proposal and would likely give their assent for the broad-based ‘khidchdi’ minus BJP and Congress. In such a situation, the BJP would only be too happy to have the opposition vote divided. The point however is whether a Third Front is more than a vote divider? In reality, the concept has never worked well. The Third Front governments formed in the 1990s were unstable and fractious, plagued by internal dissensions and regional rivalries. Let alone form government, if the new Third Front is to be a credible political force, it cannot just be a conglomeration of parties held together by the negative attribute that they are not Congress and not BJP. It needs a political idea to bind it together. But with such diverse constituents, it will have hard work finding common ground. These regional reconciliations have held up once more the intriguing possibility of a Third Front. Recently, Telangana Chief Minister KC Rao called for a Third Front before the general elections of 2019 and was met with an enthusiastic response from Banerjee and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi. Leaders of Rao’s party, the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti, also claim regional parties such as the Jhakhand Mukti Morcha, the Samajwadi Party and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam had shown interest. If it succeeds, it would be a diverse group, bringing together a range of regional interests. The Third Front proposal without the Congress will only divide non-BJP votes but here, the Congress has to work out a winning way.

DailyDevotion The Surrendered Life I have been crucified with Christ… —Galatians 2:20 To become one with Jesus Christ, a person must be willing not only to give up sin, but also to surrender his whole way of looking at things. Being born again by the Spirit of God means that we must first be willing to let go before we can grasp something else. The first thing we must surrender is all of our pretense or deceit. What our Lord wants us to present to Him is not our goodness, honesty, or our efforts to do better, but real solid sin. Actually, that is all He can take from us. And what He gives us in exchange for our sin is real solid righteousness. But we must surrender all pretense that we are anything, and give up all our claims of even being worthy of God’s consideration. Once we have done that, the Spirit of God will show us what we need to surrender next. Along each step of this process, we will have to give up our claims to our rights to ourselves. Are we willing to surrender our grasp on all that we possess, our desires, and everything else in our lives? Are we ready to be identified with the death of Jesus Christ? We will suffer a sharp painful disillusionment before we fully surrender. When people really see themselves as the Lord sees them, it is not the terribly offensive sins of the flesh that shock them, but the awful nature of the pride of their own hearts opposing Jesus Christ. When they see themselves in the light of the Lord, the shame, horror, and desperate conviction hit home for them. If you are faced with the question of whether or not to surrender, make a determination to go on through the crisis, surrendering all that you have and all that you are to Him. And God will then equip you to do all that He requires of you.

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Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ~ George Bernard Shaw

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Post-mortem

Threat to the very democratic fabric of the nation I T

Japfu Christian College: Lucidity in the midst of madness

he Bharatiya Janata Party has not even taken charge in Tripura and yet it has already run into its first controversy. Visuals emerged on Monday evening of people using a bulldozer to bring down a statue of Russian Communist leader Lenin in Belonia, a town about 90 kilometres away from Agartala. Members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) alleged that the act, with vandals yelling “Bharat Mata ki Jai” was carried out by BJP workers, though the saffron party has denied it. Meanwhile, violence was reported in a number of other places in the state, forcing the imposition of section 144, which bars groups of more than three gathering in public places. Home Minister Rajnath Singh also spoke to Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy and the police and asked them keep a check on violence till a new government was formed in the state. Tripura Police said they arrested the man who was driving the bulldozer who has since been let out on bail. But the BJP, while denying that the people involved were its workers, have made various noises in an attempt to explain away the vandalism. BJP South District Secretary Raju Nath said that for years there has been resentment against this statue. “Whatever happened in Belonia is the outcome of public fury,” said BJP spokesperson Subrata Chakraborty. BJP Member of Parliament Subramanian Swamy called Lenin “a foreigner, a terrorist of sorts” and said the CPI(M) could well keep the statue in its office. BJP leader Ram Madhav tweeted a picture of the statue being brought down with his party’s Tripura campaign slogan, “Chalo Paltai”, meaning let’s change, only to delete his post later. Most egregious was the response of Tripura Governor, Tathagata Roy, whose Twitter posts have frequently revealed blatant communal bigotry. As Governor, Roy is responsible for overseeing the maintenance of law and order in the state, particularly at sensitive times such as the transition between two governments. Instead of condemning the violence, Roy seemed to justify it, that too with problematic logic: Remember, the new BJP-run government in Tripura does not take charge until March 9. Moreover the BJP has clearly disavowed the move, saying it was the public that was involved, not BJP work-

ers. So what democratically elected government could Roy be talking about? Indeed, by choosing to condone the vandalism, Roy is simply encouraging more violence and seeking to somehow explain it away by referring to public anger. That the person responsible for law and order in the state could espouse what amounts to a fascist stand, forcing the Union Home Ministry to step in, is grounds at the very least to ask if he remains qualified for the post at all – though his past Twitter commentary should make it amply clear that the Centre is not bothered about his suitability. Conversation from the BJP and its supporters online has gone on to ask questions about Lenin and why his statue should be standing in India at all, but this is an obvious diversion: Nobody is contesting the right of the new government to make decisions in a democratic, legal manner, even if the Left will feel miffed. The question here is whether Roy and the BJP are doing enough to prevent mob violence and vandalism, or simply paying lip service to the idea of law and order while condoning the actions of the violent crowds anywhere. So far, at least, it seems like the latter holds true. Will of the mob. This majoritarian and frankly, fascist viewpoint is dangerous, especially if it spreads further, as it seems to have in many other parts of the country. In the past, Left governments that the BJP claims to oppose have espoused similar views. Over the last few years, attacks on Muslims transporting cattle have for some time been defended as justifiable acts of violence against those “offending Hindu sentiments”. In Tamil Nadu, the BJP has already said that statues of Erode Venkata Ramaswamy – a massively popular Tamil thinker known as Periyar who is considered the founder of the Dravidian movement, and a man hated by Hindutva supporters – will be next. The dangers of letting such statements go without condemnation and, worse, giving them oxygen and support, is that it encourages an atmosphere of majoritarianism elsewhere. Consider the comments of Art of Living founder Ravi Shankar, known to his supporters as Sri Sri, in an interview to India Today this week. Shankar has, for some time now, been trying to be a peace broker in the Babri Masjid case, involving the mob demolition of

a mosque by Hindutva supporters who believe it stood over the birthplace of Ram. Whether this is connected to his desire for a Nobel prize, Shankar has portrayed his approach to the dispute as the most reasonable. But in order to make the argument, in his interview he told the news channel that whatever decision is taken by the Supreme Court, which is hearing the land dispute at the moment, could lead to a Syria-like civil war. “If court rules against a temple, there will be bloodshed. Do you think the Hindu majority will allow it?” he said. The BJP has generally tended to dismiss Shankar’s comments, though the spiritual leader claims to have the support of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath, known as Yogi to his supporters. Democratic not majoritarian. Nevertheless, it is not just Shankar’s effort that is misguided, his argument also needs to be dismissed: The question is not whether the “Hindu majority” will allow it, but whether the government, those responsible for maintaining law and order, will follow the decision of the top court of the land. Shankar is almost presuming that no one will listen to the Supreme Court and so the stakeholders in what is, at the end of the day, a legal dispute, should commit themselves to an out-of-court settlement before things get out of hand. He may not mean it as a threat, but that is what Shankar’s comments sound like. Of course, there have been many occasions in the past when mobs have been able to commit unspeakable crimes, from the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to Babri Masjid to the Gujarat riots in 2002. But these have almost always been accompanied by explicit or tacit support from governments or major political parties. Where governments have been firm about shutting down violence, something that Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims he accomplished in Gujarat after 2002, its impact has been minimised. This is the danger the BJP is flirting with by allowing majoritarian sentiments to be aired as if they are the norm. It may work in the party’s favour at the moment, but the mainstreaming of such ideas – that mobs can decided what to do with public monuments or even be used to influence the way a legal dispute is decided – is a threat to the very democratic fabric of the nation. Mhao Yanthan, Supply Colony, Kohima

Finally, the PM spoke

inally! He spoke and even more, he personally spoke to the Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, on what he won’t tolerate as the Prime Minister of the biggest democratic country in the world. This country called Bharat “land of ahimsa, tolerance and unity in diversity” will not tolerate intolerance. Right now, our PM, Modiji is amongst the most powerful PM India ever had, and is considered a great leader across the globe, not only for the post he is holding but also for his ability to win votes and his undying focus on work, development and India first. When he speaks, Indians and the world listens and therefore, he must speak more on this issues. The recent unusual events unfolding post elections: the pulling down of two statues of Soviet Icon Lenin’s statue in Tripura by suspected right-wing activists and desecration and vandalisation of right wing ideologue and Jana Sangh Founder, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, in WB by Left-leaning g roup called “Radical” is not acceptable and must not be tolerated in a Republic like India which is founded on the solid foundation of coexistence of diverse strand of opposing ideologies and multiparty system. The

Congress and Left Govt. had also co-existed with RSS and BJP even though they blackened their image as non-secularist and rightly so. The BJP started to hit them back with the tag “pseudo secular” post 2000 and it has probably worked for them and they have change their image to many Indians. RSS/BJP was a pariah till the early 90’s. RSS was, probably, a much hated organisation or taboo in the aftermath of the shooting of the Father of Nation, Gandhiji; but even they were was also tolerated by the then Congress. I am saying this for they were banned but they exist and thrive even today. Today, RSS is a much sought after connection for anyone who wants to rise in the BJP. Further south, in Kerala, there was an incident of desecration of a bust of the Dravidian Movement founder E V Ramasamy Periyar in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore after a facebook post by a senior BJP leader. This led to widespread protest in TN. And we should not keep mum on the unusual fallout and events happening in Tripura, West Bengal, TN or anywhere in the country. There were always conflicts but targeting of statues post-elections as

fallout of election is a new phenomenon and this must be curbed right away. This is not only dangerous but a potential threat to peace and Indian ethos as a repeat and revenge cannot be ruled out after every elections. By the way elections are a regular feature held every five years in our democratic set up; and therefore, it has huge ramifications. History of dying or outdated ideologies and ideologues are important and must be preserved as a part of our heritage for the future generation. The relevance of Leninism or communism may have wane globally but what Lenin did cannot be changed. What Lenin achieved is admirable and some of his admirers have put up statues and that needs to be respected, even if you don’t agree with Lenin or his followers. The same is true of Jana Sangh founder Mookerjee or Periyar. The destruction caused is a national loss. The attack and desecration of statues is symbolic and it must be equated to attack on India’s core value – Tolerance. NO! We don’t want intolerants in India. On this occasion, the PM not only spoke but condemned the incident. I hope it is not after the desecration of Mooker-

was privileged to attend a Seminar hosted by Madame Principal Dr. Visakhonu Hibo, of Japfu Christian College, Kohima, on the 29th.and 30th.of September, 2017. The Seminar, entitled, “The Japfu Conclave”, on the theme, “Re-Thinking Naga Customary Laws: A Critical Outlook”, was conducted under the aegis of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Shillong; and was an immeasurably important part of the necessity to collate and codify Naga Customary Law. This need is of the utmost importance because The Constitution of India gives us the freedom to practise our Customary Laws whereas, in reality, the overwhelming majority of Nagas have no clue as to our Tribal Customs and Laws; this is also the case with our Doabashis, Village Council Chairmen and Members, and Kukamis and Anghs (in the case of the Sumis and Konyaks, respectively). I bring this up because the recently concluded Assembly Elections have highlighted the worst aspects of our Village Administrators, and how we Nagas abuse our “Customary Law” to pass faulty judgements and commit atrocities on fellow Nagas, on issues which have nothing to do with Naga Customs and Traditions. In my opinion, the recent cases of expelling/exiling/physically punishing members of the village who contest polls or vote against the will of the more powerful/majority of the villagers have no legality under Naga Customary Law; and certainly not under The Constitution of India. I challenge the Village Authorities, from all Tribes, who have done so, to answer me as to how exactly the Customs or Traditions of your particular Tribe were violated by some member of your village deciding to contest or cast votes in defiance of the diktat of some? Which Tradition, Custom or Law of which Naga Tribe states that a certain member of a village can contest in the Assembly Elections, but another member of the same village cannot? Which Tradition, Custom or Law of which Tribe states that a villager must cast his vote for

a particular candidate and no other? The need for unity among Nagas, of a particular Village, arose from the need to protect each other from marauding head hunters from other Villages; the danger of losing one’s head led to the Custom of stressing unity above everything else. But the context of losing one’s head no longer exists, and thus this Custom cannot be stretched to force obedience from all villagers on all issues, especially democratic ones. So, unless there is a clear and present danger of one or some of one’s fellow villagers being killed, because one contested or cast votes against the wishes of others; under Naga Customary Law, the Village Authority has no power to force its villagers to back down from contesting, or casting his vote, in any manner he pleases. This is just one instance where our Customs and Traditions have been abused to further the selfish ends of a few, many more such abuses take place, which fail to grab public attention. It is imperative on the part of Naga Academics and the Educational Institutions in Nagaland to follow the lead of Japfu Christian College. We must collate the genuine Traditional Laws of our Tribes if we are to stop this abuse of Laws and Citizens. We may look askance at the atrocities committed under the guise of our Customary Laws, but keep in mind that it is not the Village Authorities who are responsible for them; they are just the instrument used by the rich, powerful and educated elite of our tribes to further their selfish agenda. The Government will not take any noticeable or effective action against these abusers of our Customary Laws, because it, the Government, is controlled by the very people responsible for the crimes. It is only if the Naga is aware of his Rights under his Tribal Customs, that he can protest and put an end to such atrocities. G O D S AV E N A GALAND Kahuto Chishi Sumi, Akukau, Hevishe Village, Khaghaboto Range, (Kahuto107@gmail.com)

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jee statue in WB that he spoke or respond. I’d like to believe he won’t tolerate an intolerant India. Many people who are not so much attracted to the saffron side of BJP but Sir, Finally the change has come with the swearing in the developmental plank and Green India side of of the BJP-NDPP coalition government led by Rio at BJP joined the organisa- the helm. It is however understood that there will be tion after the PM spoke on no berth of parliamentary secretaries this time round the need to have tolerance as Rio wants to adhere to the constitution of India. amongst various faiths This is a positive note being taken but of course, to some two years back. But please the many contenders some alternative has to when he remains silent on be worked out. The new government had also given Love jihad and many im- the indication that it would do away with VIP culture portant issues while Maan and truly work for the betterment of the state and Ki Baat becomes a regular its people. Everybody deserves a chance to make thing, we almost develop it right and it is only fair to give time to the elected a feeling of betrayal. On a members to truly stick to their promises made during few issues, he was compet- the electioneering campaigns. May God uphold them ing with our dear former in the right direction. mum PM, ‘Mum’mohanji. Benthunglo Lotha, Duncan Basti Dimapur I urge my PM to speak up more on peace, peace tourism and tolerance. I, on my part, will support As student candidates of the HSLC and HSSLC my country and its core values of co-existence, prepare themselves for the upcoming examinations, peace, unity in diversity I would like to urge one and all to stay healthy and and peace through our sleep well. It’s easy to let bad habits rule during this initiative GoGoGoHaathi stressful time, but making the effort to maintain a – The Guwahati carnival healthy lifestyle will help you keep your stress levels 2018. Please share and to a minimum and achieve your best results come like us on FB https://www. exam day. Many students fall into the trap of turning to facebook.com/GoGoGoHaathi/ We promote not coffee or energy drinks to help them study. You may just tourism but peace tour- think that it will help you study into the night — or ism and entreneurship. pep you up for an exam — but it’s more likely that you’ll ‘crash’. P. Chongloui (Lenn), I would also like to urge everyone in the Naga President, Inpi Chamber societies to refrain from all anti social elements and of Commerce He is a entrepreneur, to please “mute” the post-election discussions and political, social, peace and activities for a while, lest the young boys and girls peace tourism activist based get carried away yet again. in Guwahati. Akumla Thonger, Hill View 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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RS adjourned for the day; members want Women’s Reservation Bill

women in different fields and urged the members and the people of the country to take the pledge of women safety and providing justice to them.

LS adjourned for the day

View of Rajya Sabha.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 (IANS): The Rajya Sabha was on Thursday adjourned till Friday after members of different political parties including the TDP and the AIADMK trooped near the Chairman’s podium raking up issues of concern from their states. De puty Chair man P.J. Kurien adjourned the House, minutes after it met at 2 p.m., as the protesting members gathered near the podium, shouting slogans and carrying placards. TDP and AIADMK members were also raising their demands. The House witnessed similar scenes in the morning after a brief discussion on International Women’s Day, forcing its adjournment till 2.

Soon after the House met in the morning, Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu greeted the women members and through them all the women across the country and allowed members to speak on issues concerning women. Naidu expressed hope that the government will respect the sentiments of the House and take care of the unfulfilled agendas of women empowerment. He said the Women’s Reservation Bill should be accorded top priority and urged the political parties to refrain from politicising the issue. He also expressed his concerns over gender equality, safety of women and discrimination against the girl child.

With women constituting about 50 per cent of our population, social, economic and political empowerment of women, including providing reservation in Parliament and state legislatures, has to be accorded top priority to achieve rapid progress,” Naidu said. Cong ress member Ambika Soni urged the House to pass a resolution to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies. She was supported by fellow women members including Renuka Chowdhury, Kumari Shailja, Rajni Patil and K. Kanimozhi. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj mentioned the achievements of

BJP announces candidates for RS polls, Jaitley shifted to UP from Gujarat NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday renominated to Rajya Sabha all the eight union ministers including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar. Apart from the ministers, the party also renominated its general secretary and key stratagist Bhupender Yadav from Rajasthan. While Jaitley has been nominated as a candidate for the upper House from Uttar Pradesh, Javadekar has been shifted to his home state Maharashtra from Madhya Pradesh. Jaitley is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat. Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been shifted to Madhya

Arun Jaitley

Pradesh from Bihar. Apar t from these three, six others including Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot, will contest the March 23 Rajya Sabha polls from the states which they are currently representing in the House. The party on Wednesday announced two lists of nine candidates after the Central Election Committee gave its approval. Prasad has been re-

nominated from Bihar while Gehlot from native Madhya Pradesh. Health Minister J.P. Nadda has been renominated from Himachal Pradesh. Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala and Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Bhai Mandaviya have been renominated from Gujarat. All these eight ministers of the Modi Cabinet are retiring from the Rajya Sabha. T h e n a m e o f Ja vadekar figured in the second list of candidates announced by the party here on Wednesday. Jaitley, who has been representing Gujarat, will re-enter to the Upper House from Uttar Pradesh as the party decided to renominate Rupala and Mandaviya from the state.

The Lok Sabha was disrupted once again on Thursday amid continuing protests by the opposition over the Rs 12,600 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and other issues, forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to adjourn the House for the day without any business being transacted. Mahajan wished the members and the citizens on International Women’s Day. The members were on their seats at this point as the Speaker read out her message. However, soon after, members from different parties once again trooped near the Speaker’s podium, raising slogans. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar urged the members to go back to their seats and said a discussion on banking irregularities could be taken up after the Question Hour. “We are ready to have discussion on banking irregularities after the Question Hour,” the Minister said. As the protest continued, the House was adjourned till 12 noon.

Bengal govt launches night bus, tram services

KOLKATA, MARCH 8 (IANS): To facilitate city commuters at odd hours, the West Bengal government on Wednesday kickstarted night bus and tram services in Kolkata and its vicinity. State Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari launched the services at the bus terminus close to Howrah station. According to officials, 25 buses and two trams would run on 13 bus routes and one tram route, respectively, from 10.00 p.m to 5.00 p.m. The various routes would connect vital locations like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and Howrah and Sealdah stations with north and south Kolkata, as also areas like New Town and Salt Lake as well as suburban Barrackpore and Barasat.

Major rejig in UP, 24 transferred LUCKNOW, MARCH 8 (IANS): In a major rejig, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday transferred 24 IAS officials, including the Divisional Commissioners of Kanpur and Aligarh. Subhash Chandra Sharma, the Aligarh Commissioner has been named as the new Kanpur Commissioner, while District Magistrate of Bahraich Ajay Deep Singh has been made the new Commissioner for Aligarh. Mala Srivastava has been sent as Singh’s replacement. Anil Kumar (II) has been sent as Labour Commissioner to Kanpur while Bhuvnesh Kumar, the Secretary Technical Education, Skill Development has been given the additional charge of the Micro, Medium Industries and Investment Promotion Department. Mahesh Prasad Agarwal has been sent from Finance Department to the Industrial and Infrastructure Department as Secretary. He replaced Alaknanda Dayal, who apparently had earned the ire of the government for her slow paced functioning, an official said. Dayal is now the new Secretary of the Finance Department. Additional Cane Commissioner Nagendra Prasad Singh has been sent as Special Secretary Rural Development Department while Minishti S. has been made Special Secretary Science and Technology.

Women’s Reservation Bill should be top priority: Naidu NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 (IANS): Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said the Women’s Reservation Bill should be accorded top priority and urged the political parties to refrain from politicising the issue for the sake of real empowerment of women. In his message on International Women’s Day, Naidu also expressed his concern over gender equality, safety of women and discrimination against the girl child. “With women constituting about 50 per cent of our population, social, economic and political empowerment of women, including providing reservation in the Parliament and state legislatures, has to be accorded top priority for the country to achieve rapid progress,” Naidu said in the Rajya Sabha. He said International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate and honour the untiring commitment and determination of ordinary women in India and throughout the world to achieve equality, justice and economic development. “The famous words of Mahatma Gandhiji ‘Be the change you want to see in the world’ are probably more relevant today than ever before,” he said. Highlighting the is-

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sues concerning women, he said two things that should receive renewed focus are gender equality and safety of women. “We all have to act collectively to raise awareness against discrimination of the girl child. Every household, neighbourhood, school, institutions and community should start gender-sensitisation. “The mindset to respect girls and women should be promoted at home and in schools, public areas, public transport and at every place and every stage,” Naidu said. Stressing on the need to begin change at home, he urged the parents to ensure that the boy and girl child are treated equally. “There cannot be two opinions on the need to eliminate even the remotest possibility of discrimination against the girl child.” Expressing concern over the lower female literacy rate compared to male

literacy, he said: “This problem has to be addressed on a war footing to educate and empower women.” On the issue of curbing crimes against women, the Vice President stressed on increasing visible policing and patrolling particularly in desolate areas and during night. “Visible policing will not only provide reassurance to people but will also be a deterrent to troublemakers,” he said. Mentioning the tradition of respecting women, he said no religion denigrates the status of women. “Aber rations have crept into our ways of living in modern times and they have to be eliminated. Ancient Indian thought and vision were idealistic. Unfortunately, there seems to be a big hiatus between ancient Indian thought and harsh contemporary realities.” Naidu said women have proved that they are not only second to none in any field, but better than men in multi-tasking. “Women have made outstanding contributions in various fields in the country from building rockets to wielding a cricket bat. Be it politics, poetry, sports or business, women have excelled whenever they had an opportunity,” he said.

BJP-Trinamool clash over Prasad’s statue

KOLKATA, MARCH 8 (IANS): The BJP on Thursday accused Trinamool workers of attacking its men who had gathered to “purify” a marble bust of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee that was vandalised and blackened by members of a left-wing student organisation a day ago. “Our activists went there to peacefully purify and cleanse the statue of Mookherjee with milk and Ganga-jal (water from the Ganga). But police stopped them and the Trinamool goons beat them up severely. “We condemn such actions by the ruling party,” state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said, adding that the Mamata Banerjee government must issue a statement by Thursday evening regarding the restoration of the statue. Ghosh said the police

A police official along with a group of people clean the bust of Bharatiya Jana Sangh Bharat Keshri’s founder Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee after it was vandalized by unknown people at Keoratola Mohasoshan in Kolkata on Wednesday. (PTI)

imposed prohibitory orders (under CrPC 144) in and around the area of the vandalised statue and detained some 25 to 30 BJP workers on charges of unlawful assembly, while the Trinamool Congress workers

“went scot free”. No police confirmation was, however, available on the exact number of BJP workers detained. Following the incident, BJP leaders and activists, led by Ghosh, ral-

lied from Lake Mall until they were stopped by the police. The members of BJP’s Mahila Morcha (women wing) blew conch shells and protested demanding to go close to the statue.

Police officer arrested after pregnant woman’s death TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, MARCH 8 (IANS): A Tamil Nadu Police officer has been arrested after he kicked a motorcycle on a busy road, forcing a pregnant woman who was riding pillion to fall and die, officials said on Thursday. The four-month pregnant woman, identified as Usha, was killed after crashing on the road in this city on Wednesday, triggering huge protests. The officer was taken into custody later. The 30-year-old woman wore no helmet. “It is a clear case of murder. The traffic police initially allowed us to go. But this official chased us and kicked the bike, resulting in my wife’s death,” her husband Raja, who was riding the bike without a helmet, told a television channel on Thursday. Political leaders on T h u r s d ay d e m a n d e d strong action against the erring Traffic Police Inspector, identified only as Kamaraj. Another man told the channel that KaK Y M C

maraj should be booked for murder. “When a police officer dies on duty, the government announces compensation. Similarly, Usha’s family should be given compensation as she was killed by a traffic inspector.” On Wednesday, a huge crowd massed on the road after the incident, shouting slogans against the police. The protesters stoned several police vehicles. The police used batons to disperse the mob, injuring several people. PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss demanded strong action against the police official. So did the Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan. Kamaraj was arrested for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar told reporters that the incident was “unfortunate and the police official has been taken into custody and a case has been registered”. K Y M C

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Across 1 “Doubt” set in quotes (8) 5 American editor employed (4) 8 Mother backing our love affair (5) 9 Former currency, mostly, for French chemist (7) 11 Horsemen on board? (7) 12 A ringleader captured by police is bitter (5) 13 Just circling outskirts of Prague for all to see (6) 15 Scared leaders of army facing attack (6) 18 Colour that is constant in salt water (5) 20 Novel best in a French resort (7) 23 Odd male with red and green stone (7) 24 Acknowledge being extremely awkward with German (5) 25 Perfume, we hear, that’s dispatched (4) 26 Name ship after Irishman (8) Down 1 Doctor has to sound like a duck (5) 2 English reason for showing a lot of feeling (7) 3 Part of loft or chimney set on fire (5) 4 Resist work and put on airs (6) 6 Quiet noble’s short cut (5) 7 Mocked, having got free in action (7) 10 Employees held in the utmost affection (5) 13 Yes, sort out molluscs (7) 14 Animal left with Tibetan monk (5) 16 Blue man turned white (7) 17 Carriage from Queensland, Australia (6) 19 Writer holds note for groom (5) 21 Lag behind dog crossing river (5) 22 Indian instrument is taken up by sailor (5)

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Head, Shaji Koshy said after inaugurating the first store here. He said the company plans to open 10 such stores this year across the country. The ‘Vintage’ store is located at Mylai Balaji Nagar, Velachery Main Road, Pallikaranai. He said the Vintage

in 2018, after last year’s record of about $11 billion in funds raised from initial share sales. The IPO, however, comes at a time when Indian stock markets have corrected nearly a tenth from record highs reached in late January. Banks, in particular, have been hit by worries over rising bad loan provisions and a sprawling $2 billion fraud in state-run Punjab National Bank. In the IPO, Bandhan bank will sell up to 97.7 million new shares. Its shareholders International Finance Corp, part of the World Bank Group, and IFC FIG will sell 21.6 million shares in the sale that will close for subscription on March 19.

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Chennai, Mar 8 (PTI): Niche bike maker Royal Enfield today forayed into a pre-owned motorcycle segment with the launch of first such store ‘Vintage’ in Chennai and plans to expand across the country. The ‘Vintage’ store is a new format dealing exclusively in pre-owned, refurbished and restored motorcycle segment and would serve potential Royal Enfield customers looking for quality tested and certified-pre-owned motorcycles. “With Vintage, we have created a place where epic motorcycling journeys, experiences, and stores will never end and will be passed on from one owner to another. We have observed a healthy demand for refurbished and pre-owned Royal Enfield motorcycles,” Royal Enfield, India-Business,

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receipts or recoveries aggregates to over Rs 8.21 lakh crore,” it said. A bulk of the net cash outgo would be spent to compensate states on account of revenue loss suffered due to implementation of GST as well as for phasing out of Central Sales Tax (CST). A total of Rs 61,215.58 crore, which is about 71 per cent of Rs 85,315 crore, has been earmarked for the Department of Revenue. This includes Rs 58,999 crore to be paid for revenue loss to states and Rs 1,384 crore to be paid as CST compensation. Another major spending head is Rs 15,065.65 crore towards grants in aid and creation of capital assets under various schemes. As much as Rs 9,260 crore would be spent for paying defence pensions, and Rs 5,721.90 crore for meeting expenditure towards interest payment on market loans and treasury bills.

in domestic spot market, mainly weighed on the gold and silver prices. Globally, gold fell 0.70 per cent to USD 1,324.90 an ounce and silver by 0.53 per cent to USD 16.47 an ounce in New York in yesterday’s trade. In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity fell by Rs 220 each to Rs 31,450 and Rs 31,300 per 10 grams, respectively. The precious metals had climbed Rs 220 yesterday. Sovereign, however,

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New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI): The government Thursday sought Parliament nod for additional cash spending of Rs 85,315.30 crore in the current fiscal, of which 70 per cent is earmarked to compensate states for revenue loss on account of GST roll out. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal moved the fourth batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2017-18 in the Lok Sabha. Approval of Parliament is sought to authorise gross additional expenditure of over Rs 9.06 lakh crore, part of which would be matched by savings by various ministries, the document said. “Of this, the proposals involving net cash outgo aggregating to Rs 85,315.30 crore and gross additional expenditure, matched by savings of the ministries/ departments or by enhanced

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New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI): Gold prices went down by Rs 220 to Rs 31,450 per 10 grams at the bullion market Thursday backed by a weak trend overseas amid easing demand from local jewellers at prevailing levels. Silver also dropped by Rs 400 to Rs 39,500 per kg due to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Traders said apart from a weak trend overseas, decline in demand from local jewellers and retailers at existing levels

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from the Reserve Bank of India in 2014, the first bank licensing process in a decade. Bandhan Bank, which started operations in August 2015, currently has 893 branches across India, with deposits of more than Rs 27,230 crore ($4.2 billion) and outstanding loans of Rs 26,378 crore, according to its website. For the nine months to end-December 2017, it reported a net profit of Rs 960 crore and about Rs 1,100 crore in the full year to March 2017, Bandhan, which also counts Singapore state investor GIC among its investors, said in the prospectus. Bandhan’s planned IPO is also the biggest in the Indian market so far

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matter is referred to a select committee, it may take a little longer. But if everything goes well I think the amendment should happen in six months. Either in this session or the next, it should be through,” he said. The Amendment allows AAI to use its land in a liberal way. Replying to a query, he said, the Assam government has come forward to provide Rs 100 crore per annum for three years to start international destinations to Southeast Asia under the Udan scheme and the ministry will help the state in conducting bidding

M U M BA I , M a r 8 (Agencies): Privatesector lender Bandhan Bank Ltd will launch an up to Rs 4,473 crore ($688.6 million) initial public offering of shares on March 15, in what will be the biggest initial share sale by an Indian bank. The Kolkata-based bank and its shareholders will be selling up to 119.3 million shares, or about 10 per cent of the post-issue share capital of the bank, in a price range of Rs 370 to Rs 375 each in the IPO, according to a prospectus and public notice on Thursday. Bandhan, formerly a microfinance company specialising in small-value loans, and IDFC Bank were the only two companies to win bank permits

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process and other related issues. He however, clarified that the Centre would not provide any subsidy under the scheme as the idea belongs to the state government. “Since the money is coming from the state government, we (the centre) are only facilitating and panning out the bidding through a transparent process. We will guide them but the final decision is with the state government,” he said. He reiterated that Udan’s core concept will continue to be affordable regional flights, but it will lend its support to state governments that evince interest to fly to foreign destinations. “We are calling it Udan international,” he explained. According to him, the total number of destinations awarded under Udan scheme was 56 airports, out of which 19 have been connected as of now. “And now we are connecting roughly one new airport in every fifteen days,” he said.

the stakeholders, for making regulations,” it said in a release. Generally, the process of making norms starts with a working group making draft regulations and then the same are put up for public consultations. Later, a few round tables to discuss draft regulations with the stakeholders are conducted and then advice of its Advisory Committee is taken. “The process culminates with the Governing Board of the IBBI finalising regulations and the IBBI notifies them. “This process endeavours to factor in ground reality, secures ownership of regulations, imparts democratic legitimacy and makes regulations robust and precise, relevant to the time and for the purpose,” the IBBI said. Comments have been sought on the draft norms till March 31. More than 500 cases have been admitted by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for resolution under the Code, which came into force in December 2016.

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Hyderabad, Mar 8 (PTI): Airports Authority of India (AAI) has chalked out a programme for upgradation of airports with an expenditure of Rs 18,000 crore in the next four years. This is even as the civil aviation ministry hopes to move the amendment of the AAI Act, 1994 in the ongoing budget session, a top official of the ministry said today. RN Choubey also said the aviation sector in the country needs about 8,000 to 10,000 pilots during the next 5 to 6 years owing to the growth surge in the sector. “AAI today, has got a capital expenditure plan of about Rs 18,000 crore to be spent in four years for airport upgradations,” he said at a press conference on the sidelines of Wings India 2018, a biennial event on Civil Aviation and Aerospace being held here. “As far as the amendment of AAI Act is concerned, we hope to move it in the current session and thereafter it is for the parliament (to pass). If the

New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI): In a unique move, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has put out for public consultations draft norms for governing “the process of making regulations” under the insolvency law. Public comments have been sought on the draft ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Mechanism for Issuing Regulations), Regulations, 2018’. The IBBI is implementing the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) which provides for marketdetermined and time-bound resolution process. According to the board, it is proposing to “make regulations to govern the process of making regulations and consulting the public”. This is the first time that a regulator in the country has come out with draft norms regarding the regulationmaking process. “Given the importance of subordinate legislations for the processes under the Code, it is essential that the IBBI has a structured, robust mechanism, which includes effective engagement with

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Turmoil continues in Sri Lanka

KANDY (SRI LANKA), MAR 8 (AGENCIES): Buddhist m obs swe pt through Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka’s central hills, destroying stores and restaurants and setting homes on fire despite a curfew, a state of emergency and a heavy deployment of security forces, residents said Thursday. In the small town of Pallekele, mobs ignored the curfew that was supposed to keep them off the streets and used gasoline bombs to burn four homes, said Mohamed Nazar. An angry crowd gathered around Nazar’s house around 8 p.m. Wednesday, throwing rocks and shouting, so the family turned off the lights so no one could see inside. “Then a large flame came and the house caught fire,” Nazar said. His father hid under a sofa as the flames took hold, but Nazar grabbed him and they ran out. Authorities eventually put out the fire, but much of his family’s belongings were destroyed, he said.

Turkey, Iraq joint ops against PKK ANKARA, MAR 8 (IANS): Turkey and Iraq will carry out a joint cross-border operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday. “Even if the Afrin operation has not yet been completed, we have the capacity to carry out both operations simultaneously,” Cavusoglu was quoted by the CNN Turk as saying in Vienna during his visit to Austria. The operation may start after Iraq holds parliamentary polls scheduled for May, Xinhua quoted Cavusoglu as saying. On January 20, Turkey had launched “Operation Olive Branch” to clear Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants from Afrin in northwestern Syria.

Sri Lankans walk past a vandalized Mosque in Diana, in central Sri Lanka, March 7, 2018.

Many residents of the area around Kandy, the main hill town, described a series of similar attacks since the violence began early this week. The streets of most towns were all but empty except for police and soldiers. As evening began to fall Thursday, many Muslims worried that darkness could bring more attacks, and that the police would do little to stop them. “We can’t trust the army and police. My shop

has been attacked in their presence and I don’t know what could happen tonight,” said Mohamed Faraz, whose butcher shop was ransacked. The government ordered a state of emergency Tuesday and later shut down popular social media networks, saying they were being used to spread false rumors that led to the attacks. “Technology created to bring people together is being used to pull people

apart,” technology minister Harin Fernando was quoted as saying by the Sri Lanka Mirror newspaper. “Social media websites such as Facebook, Whatsapp and Viber ... have been used to destroy families, lives and private property.” Some see the violence rooted in the spread of hard-line Buddhism. Sri Lanka has long faced a bitter ethnic divide between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils, fueling a decadeslong civil war as Tamil militants tried to carve out their own homeland. But in the years since the war ended in 2009, a religious divide has grown, with the rise of Buddhist nationalist groups that stoke anger against the minority Muslims, saying they are stealing from Buddhist temples or desecrating them, or forcing people to convert to Islam. Muslims also own many of Sri Lanka’s small shops, and many Muslims suspect small-town jealousy has led to some attacks.

Won’t talk with West over regional presence: Iran

African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully: Tillerson

LO N D O N, M A R 8 (AGENCIES): Iran will not negotiate with the West over its presence in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, days after the visiting French foreign minister sought to discuss Tehran’s role in regional conflicts, reports Reuters. Jean-Yves Le Drian traveled to Tehran on Monday with a brief to reaffirm Europe’s support for a nuclear deal that opened Iran’s economy while echoing U.S. concern about Tehran’s missile program and its influence in the region. “European countries come (to Tehran) and say we want to negotiate with Iran over its presence in the region. It is none of your business. It is our region. Why are you here?” Khamenei was quoted as saying by his official website. Khamenei said Iran would only negotiate on that issue with other states in the region.

countries carefully consider the terms of those agreements and not forfeit their sovereignty.” Though the United States is the leading donor of humanitarian aid to Africa, China surpassed the U.S. to become Africa’s largest trading partner in 2009. Beijing has pumped billions into infrastructure projects, though critics say there is often little upside for local economies because Chinese firms and labor build the roads and rails. Tillerson took that line on Thursday, saying that Chinese investments “do not bring significant job creation locally” and criticized how Beijing structures loans to African government. If a government accepts a Chinese loan and “gets into trouble”, he said, it can “lose control of its own infrastructure or its own resources through default.” He did not give examples.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and African Union (AU) Commission Chairman Moussa Faki hold a news conference after their meeting at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 8, 2018.

ADDIS ABABA, MAR 8 (AGENCIES): US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully, while adding that Washington was not trying to keep Chinese investment away from the continent, reports Reuters. Tillerson, a former Exxon chief executive, is seeking to bolster security alliances on a continent increasingly turning to Beijing for aid and trade.

The top U.S. diplomat may also seek to smooth relations after U.S. President Trump reportedly dismissed some African nations as “shithole countries” in January. Trump later denied making the comment. “We are not in any way attempting to keep Chinese dollars from Africa,” Tillerson told a news conference in the Ethiopian capital during his first diplomatic trip to the continent. “(But) it is important that African

Afghanistan drone strike kills South sees more obstacles ahead to disarm N Korea 20 Pakistani Taliban: Officials P E S H AWA R , M A R 8 (AGENCIES): A suspected U.S. drone strike on a training camp in an isolated part of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on Wednesday killed more than 20 Pakistani Taliban preparing to launch suicide attacks in Pakistan, officials said. According to Reuters report, two Pakistani intelligence officials said the attack, carried out in a village called Saresha Sultan Shah, killed at least two senior figures in the movement, besides someone believed to be a trainer of suicide bombers. The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan or TTP, is separate from the Afghan

Taliban and combines a number of groups that fight the government of Pakistan. The U.S. State Department has put it on a list of foreign terrorist organizations. Last month, a suspected U.S. drone strike on the Pakistani side of the border killed the deputy leader of the TTP, which has been waging a campaign of bombings and other attacks on Pakistani forces. The Pakistani intelligence officials said Wednesday’s drone strike in Kunar, an undeveloped and thickly forested province on the two countries’ border, took place during a visit by senior TTP figures prior to sending the militants into Pakistan. They said it killed Gul

Mohammad, a TTP leader in Bajaur Agency on the Afghan border, and Qari Yaseen, whom officials described as a “master trainer of suicide bombers”. A son of TTP leader Fazlullah Khorasani was also killed, they added. Sources in the Pakistani Taliban confirmed the strike had killed more than a dozen of their members but said Fazlullah Khorasani, who was visiting the training camp at the time of the attack, had not himself been killed. A spokesman of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission and U.S. forces in Afghanistan headquarters in the capital, Kabul, did not confirm the report.

SEOUL, MAR 8 (AGENCIES): South Korea’s president said Thursday that many “critical moments” still lie ahead to end the nuclear crisis despite North Korea’s recent outreach to Seoul and Washington. Moon Jae-in spoke before two senior Seoul officials left for the United States to brief officials about the outcome of their recent visit to North Korea, reports AP. The Seoul officials said North Korea offered talks with the United States over normalizing ties and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Seoul said the North also agreed to suspend nuclear and missile tests during such

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during the Korea National Prayer Breakfast in Goyang, South Korea, March 8, 2018.

future talks. Some experts question how sincere North Korea is about its reported offers, citing what they call its track record of using past disarmament talks to wrest

aid and concessions while covertly continuing its bomb program. According to the South Korean officials, North Korea said it has no reason to possess nuclear weapons if

military threats against the country are removed and its security is guaranteed. That’s the same positon North Korea has long maintained to justify its nuclear program or call for the withdrawal of 28,500 U.S. troops in South Korea and a halt to annual U.S.-South Korean military drills as conditions for scrapping its nuclear program. The North sees the allies’ drills as an invasion rehearsal. Choi Hyunsoo, spokeswoman for Seoul’s Defense Ministry, said the military will announce the schedule for the joint drills after the Pyeongchang Paralympics, which start Friday and run through March 18.

Search crew ‘optimistic’ ZION HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE DIMAPUR : NAGALAND of finding flight MH370 The renewed search for the MH370 began in January after the US-based company Ocean Infinity was hired by the Malaysian government. A previous three-year search coordinated by Australia was called off in 2017 after it failed to find the plane. After 43 days of searching, Ocean Infinity’s ship, Seabed Constructor, is yet to find anything. “We have gone through a number of rough days,” Rosedee and Nordin said.

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KUALA LUMPUR, MAR 8 (IANS): The crew searching for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Thursday said that they “remain optimistic” of finding the missing plane. Two Malaysian navy officers aboard the search ship, Azmi Rosedee and Adbul Halim Ahmad Nordin, told the New Straits Times they were “doing their utmost”, even as the search was slowed by bad weather and tricky underwater terrain in the Indian Ocean, reports the Guardian.

NEHRU YUVA KENDRA SANGATHAN Recruitment for National Youth Volunteers ( NYV)- volunteers. Applications are invited from all the eligible candidates for deployment as National Youth Volunteers in all the districts of Nagaland on contract basis for two years only on a full time basis under the National Youth Volunteers, scheme of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India. If we do not find satisfaction with the performances of the volunteers, they can be disengaged by a notice of month from either side. ELIGIBILITY : Edn. Qual. : Cl. X and above ( preference will be given to those who have higher qualification ) Age

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and has increasingly asserted his power but has yet to set a date for his coronation, reports Reuters. The king’s father was widely revered in Thailand and many Thais wore black through a year of mourning that ended with his cremation last October. King Bhumibol had appeared on banknotes through the seven decades of his rule.

The deployment of selected volunteers will be on contract basis for a fixed period of two years on a monthly honorarium of Rs. 5000/-. The contract will automatically get terminated on completion of the financial period. Interested candidates can apply online @ www. nyks.org and submit the printout submitted form to the Dist. Youth Coordinator, NYK Offices of the concerned districts on or before 13.03.18 with full bio-data on the prescribed Performa available with concerned district offices and supporting documents dully attested. The interview date shall be intimated over phone to the candidates who have applied. No TA/DA shall be admissible for appearing the interview. SD/(Jackie Ruivah) State Director, NYKS, Nagaland. K-616

B A N G KO K , M A R 8 (AGENCIES): Thailand’s central bank displayed new banknotes on Thursday on which a picture of King Maha Vajiralongkorn will replace one of his late father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The banknotes mark another step in the transition of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 65, who took the throne in December 2016

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NSLSA and TDLSA members with Chingmei Village Council, Chang Women Organization and Chingmei Range Students’ Council.

Lipika DIMAPUR: CHILDLINE Dimapur has informed that that two children, namely Lipika Gaur, ten year old female, daughter of late Dinesh Kumar and late Anjali Gaur was found loitering at Chennai railway station all by herself and one minor female, Mahima Sunduri, around seven/eight years was handed over in custody to CHILDLINE Dimapur by Dimapur Women Police Station.

Mahima CHILDLINE Dimapur informed that Mahima was brought over from Lumding by concerned authorities there and that, she could not divulge any information regarding her home and names of parents apart from the alleged statement that she was from Dimapur. For any information, one may contact at toll free no. 1098 or CHILDLINE Dimapur 03862 224151.

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DIMAPUR: 9th Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting for Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Zunheboto was held on March 5 at conference hall Lumami under the chairmanship of vice chancellor, Nagaland University, Prof. P. Lal. In his concluding remarks, Prof. P. Lal said that they should be honest to themselves and work for improvement of farmers’ community. He advised

DIMAPUR: Director, School Education, Wonthungo Tsopoe, has informed all the private higher secondary schools and high schools that the physical education section under the directorate of school education would be conducting “a basic training on physical education activities” for a week for all sports teachers, both male and female, at GHS Kigwema Kohima. According to DIPR report, the depart-

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ment has informed that to meet the basic needs for the training, Rs. 3000 would be collected at Room No.4 of the directorate during office hours from March 10 onwards from every participant teachers. The department has asked the school authority to send one teacher (sports incharge). It has been informed that date and timing would be intimate to the participating school separately.

GRATITUDE

I, Shri. N. Bongkhao Konyak, MLA 55 A/C Tobu, sincerely express my heartfelt gratitude to:1. Shri. Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister of Nagaland; Shri. Chingwang Konyak, President NDPP Nagaland; Central Team of NDPP Nagaland and NDPP Mon Division. 2. All the officers under Tobu Sub-Division. 3. Nagaland Police, 40 Assam Rifles, Nagaland Village Guard, Dobashi’s. 4. Church leaders from KBBB, KBCM, MVBC, Pastors of Tobu Area and Catholic Parishioners from Tobu and Mon. 5. Konyak Union (Branch) Tobu, Tobu Area Students’ Union, Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong Tobu Unit. 6. Party Leaders from AC Unit, Mahila, Youth Wing and Village Units. 7. Party Leaders and members from BJP 55 A/C Tobu. 8. Intellectual youths and the general youth of Tobu area. 9. Leaders of Shamyoangmang (Tobu upto Pessao), Council Chairmen, G.Bs and Village Council Members. 10. College Forum Monyakshu and Monyakshu Village Students’ Union. 11. Party Leaders from Changlangshu Village. 12. All the well wishers and my beloved Party members of 55 A/C Tobu. Our journey has just begun and I hope that you will all continue to support and advice to foster development in all spheres and to maintain unity with progress. May God our creator bless all our future endeavours. “ I can do things which you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” – Saint Mother Teresa K-619

annual progress report was presented by Sentimenla SMS (soil science) who highlighted the activities carried out by the KVK during the year 2017- 2018. Meanwhile, action plan for the year 2018 to 2019 was presented by Dr. Rakesh Kumar Charasia, while Kakuto, Litta from new village and Ghukhev from Aotsakilii village delivered feedback on behalf of the farmers.

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all the agriculture and allied departments to come forward and address the issue of farmers and suggest suitable location specific technologies to enhance profitability of farmers. Earlier, vote of thanks was delivered by senior scientist and head, NU, KVK, Dr. R.K. Chaurasia, welcome address by SMS (agronomy, genetics and plant breeding), NU, KVK, Dr. Visakho Shunyu, while

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I, Keneizhakho Nakhro, NPF Elected Candidate of 8th Western Angami Assembly Constituency take this gracious opportunity to thank the Almighty God for the unceasing blessings bestowed upon me throughout the Election. I personally would like to convey my sincere gratitude and most heartfelt acknowledgement to my fellow well wishers, party workers, constituency people who had contributed their unconditional love, prayers, materials and moral support to my victory at the just concluded 13th State General Assembly Election. My highest regards and respect to my fellow candidates for their profound awe and setting an exemplary phenomenal spirit. I look forward to work together and serve the constituency with utmost respect and in dignified manner. God bless you all. DC-615

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Organizations condemn life attempt on student leaders

DIMAPUR: Poumai Students’ Union Dimapur (PSUD) has strongly condemned the “life attempt” made by unknown armed person on former Naga Students Federation (NSF) speaker, Joshua Thong , NSF vice-president, Boveio Poukai Duo and his cousin Velu on March 3 at around 9 p.m. near east police station Dimapur. A condemnation note by PSUD president, Vila Rova and general secretary, Pouchini has questioned the sincerity of the law enforcing armed personnel towards the safety of the public, as the incident took place right in front of the police station but was ignored and no action taken. The union also appealed every right thinking citizen to condemn such unpleasant act and the increase of gun culture in the society. It further urged the police administration to take the matter seriously so that the culprit was caught at the earliest and punished under the law. CAKSU: Chakhro Angami Kuda Students Union (CAKSU) in a condemnation note by president Kethoselhou Angami and general secretary Kevisenuo Belho has appealed law enforcing agencies to immediately nab the unknown person and prevail justice so that this kind of incident does not take place in future. CSUD: The Chakhesang Students’ Union Dimapur (CSUD) in a condemnation note by general secretary, Sedelo T. Vadeo stated that such life attempt on innocent student leaders was condemnable by all for larger interest of the society. CSUD stated that it was shocked to learn from the victim that police personnel had failed to co-operate with victims and refused to chase the culprit. Union further appealed the law enforcing agencies to take paramount concern upon the incident to protect the interest of the students and further harness effective measures to trace the culprits at the earliest.

ticularly appreciated the Churches and the civil societies for the clean election campaign. He said that such initiative led to peaceful poll without any unwanted situation in the district. Sangtam further lauded the public for maintaining peace and tranquillity in the district. He also acknowledged the PWD for maintaining the roads at various places and pointed out that polling parties had “no problems” during their journey to their respective polling stations. The DC also informed the officials that parliamentary election would be conducted after six months and asked the officials to be aware and prepare for the same. He also appealed to all the members of the DPDB to be active and present in all official programs and functions in the district. He said that disciplinary action would be taken against those members found consecutively absent for more than three times. The DC further urged the medical department to present their departmental activities in the next DPDB meeting.

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Chingmei Range Students’ Council. More than 400 books, adequate furniture and computer with printer were donated by Sarvahitey and NSLSA for the villages of Chingmei Range, comprising of six villages. The library project was introduced by Prem Prakash cofounder Sarvahitey, Limasenla, master trainer NSLSA and Esther Aye, master trainer NSLSA. Yimtsusangla, panel lawyer TDLSA delivered vote of thanks and Antimangyang Chang, retainer lawyer chaired the programme.

DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Longleng and vice chairman Longleng District Planning & Development Board (DPDB), John Tsulise Sangtam, has warned that action would be initiated as per the provision of the law against those erring officials who have neglected election duty. According to DIPR report, the DC was chairing Longleng DPDB meeting on March 7 at the conference hall of the DC Longleng. He also acknowledged all the government employees for extending their cooperation and support to the district administration and the Election Commission of India (ECI) for successful conduct of election in the district. He asserted that conduct of peaceful election in the district signified the hard work, sincerity and dedication of the government officials, civil society organisations and the Churches of Longleng district. The DC also added that without the effort of the government officials there could have been “unpleasant incidents” during the election process. The DC also par-

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Iralu informed that under such collaboration, the first library is set up in Chingmei village. She urged the gathering to encourage their children to read books in the library so that they can share the knowledge with friends and family. Iralu said that the stationeries and computer installed in the library can be used by the six villages of Chingmei range for drafting applications. Member secretary further lauded the Chingmei Range Students’ Council for constructing the Morung for the library and thanked the support of the Chingmei Village Council and Tuensang District Legal Services Authority. She also felicitated the best performer of the Sochem student 2017. Short speech was given by chairman of Chingmei Village Council and welcome address by vice president of

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KOHIMA: Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) in collaboration with Sarvahitey inaugurated a library at Chingmei Village, under Tuensang district on March 7 for underprivileged. A press release by NSLSA stated that library was inaugurated by Nino Iralu, member secretary NSLSA and special judge TDP Vigilance Commission in the presence of Chingmei Village Council, Chang Women Organization and Chingmei Range Students’ Council. Nino Iralu appraised that the idea behind the library was by Sarvahiteyan NGO working for the upliftment of the weaker section of society through various projects. She said that with the common objective, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority also have its technique of giving legal awareness and service delivery to the underprivileged.

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God is Gracious and has showered his unceasing Grace upon me. I praise and worship Him evermore for His blessings upon His humble servant. My dear electorates of 32 Atoizu Constituency, words are inadequate to express the love and support that I received from you during the election to the 13th Legislative Assembly. Times were hard and pressing but your unflinching and steadfast faith in me and the NPF party is praiseworthy and applaudable. My most sincere gratitude to all the prayer warriors who have upheld me in prayer throughout the election process. I extend my highest gratitude to all the rank and file of 32 Atoizu NPF party workers as it is through your tireless and selfless effort I have been elected. My utmost respect and appreciation to all the individuals who have sacrificed and volunteered to shoulder the responsibilities in ways possible and given their best: in their respective areas. My dear people of Atoizu I would like to reiterate that, I stand committed to fulfill the dreams and aspirations of Atoizu through all round development and solicit your earnest co-operation for a better tomorrow. GOD BLESS Er. Picto Shohe DC-534

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PNB fraud accused Choksi says impossible to return to India

NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 (IANS): Gitanjail Group promoter Mehul Choksi, accused of involvement in the Rs 12,600 crore fraud against the Punjab National Bank (PNB), has said it was “impossible” for him to return to India, citing health reasons and suspension of his passport. In a March 7 dated letter emailed to the CBI, one of the lead agencies probing the alleged fraud, Choksi criticised the investigation process, alleging gross abuse law that had caused prejudice against him, his family and businesses. Choksi was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation to appear before it on March 7. He said he was travelling “abroad for my business” and had embarked on the journey before the probe agency filed an FIR against him. “I wish to bring to your kind attention that your good self and your office is well aware that my passport has been suspended,” he wrote in a sevenpage letter in response to an emailed notice to the businessman. He said his passport was suspended because he was considered a “security threat to India”. He had written an e-mail to the Regional Passport Office in Mumbai, requesting them to restore his passport

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but had not received any reply. “It is impossible for me to travel back to India. I further wish to point out that the Regional Passport Office Mumbai has not given me any explanation as to why my passport has been suspended and as to how I am a security threat to India.” Choksi said he was also “concerned about my health and well-being” because he feared he would be arrested and denied medical treatment at a hospital of his choice. “I would not be able to get proper health care and would be provided treatment only in a government hospital. A person accused of an offence who is behind prison is denied a doctor of his own choice.” The absconding businessmen said “my persisting health problem” won’t let him travel for another four to six months.

“I had a cardiac procedure which was conducted in the first week of February 2018 and there is still pending work to be done on the same. The entire procedure could not be completed on all veins due to danger to kidney and therefore I am not allowed to travel for at least a period of four to six months.” He said the seizure of his assets, bank accounts and the shutting down of all his offices in India had affected his business and caused prejudice against him. “There has been a gross abuse of process of law by the investigating agencies. It is in the interest of justice that I be granted an opportunity to have a free and fair trial. However, the investigating agencies are acting with a pre-determined mind which is hampering the process of law and interfering with the course of justice.” He said the media and investigating agencies had roped in his family members “with a view to prejudice me ... harass me. “The media is conducting a trial by itself and is blowing each and every issue out of proportion and is exaggerating allegations and this has left me completely defenceless. “Multiple investigating agencies are after my life and the CBI has seized my

office servers and I have no record of my business dealings. I am further being deprived of my basic right to communicate and the seizure of my servers have effectively denied me my fundamental right to defend myself against the allegations. “I wish to bring to your notice and attention that I have been rendered defenceless. All the documents that were lying in my offices have been seized by the investigating agencies. “My properties, both moveable and immovable, have been seized and/or attached. The investigating agencies have sealed my showrooms and have seized the stock lying in the showrooms and have termed the same as ‘proceeds of crime’. Despite these seizures, the CBI has not placed on judicial record the seizure memo as per the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure.” He said he was continuing to work outside India and considering the “difficulties” his business had faced, he requested the CBI to communicate with him on his yahoo email ID or his advocate Sanjay Abbot “in respect of any issues which you consider is needed to be addressed to me concerning the investigation”.

HC grants relief to Delhi Chief Secretary

NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 (IANS): In a breather for Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, the Delhi High Court on Thursday asked a Delhi Assembly committee not to insist on his appearance. Justice Rajiv Shakdher directed the Question and Reference Committee not to insist Prakash’s appearance till April 11, the next date fixed for hearing. Prakash has challenged the notice issued by the Committee which had asked him to appear before it on Thursday. The counsel told the court that the notice was issued although a stay had been granted by the high court in the Chief Secretary’s main petition challenging the notice issued by the House’s Privileges Committee. On March 5, the committee had assured the court that it would not take any coercive action against the Chief Secretary. Prakash had challenged the Privileges Committee notice directing him to appear before it for skipping a meeting on February 20, a day after he was allegedly assaulted by two AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal, who are currently in judicial custody. Prakash also did not attend the subsequent meetings on February 21 and 23, following which the notice was issued on March 1.

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(From p-1) Rio said the venue was deliberately chosen for holding the swearing-in ceremony in honour of the people that the new coalition government proposes to serve and also to remind itself of the responsibilities. Rio declared that VIP culture in Nagaland would be removed, as it had committed in its election manifesto, and ensure that citizens of the State were real VIPs. Stressing that people were the actual high command, he assured them that the government would tirelessly work towards achievement of the commitments made during the election. Rio also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, BJP parliamentary board and party’s state election committee for their support, besides Sitharaman, Rijiju, Ram Madhav and the chief ministers of Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya for attending the historic occasion and blessing his government. Acknowledging Election Commission of India, chief electoral officer and the

entire government machinery for the successful conduct of Assembly election and civil society groups, the church and general public for enthusiastically participating in the democratic process, Rio vowed to work with a spirit of unity and understanding with all the Northeastern States, in the greater interest of Naga people. Rio maintained that the NDPP-BJP alliance had rode to power on the back of a campaign promising change, assuring good governance, transparency and commitment to bring about a culture of meritocracy. He said his government recognised the fact that the mandate was not just for a change in government but a vote for bringing positive change in Nagaland. He asserted that a new roadmap would be drawn for bringing in progressive development that was all inclusive and involved all stakeholders. Rio stressed that his government was committed to making every effort for contributing towards reaching an honourable solution to the vexed Naga political issue that was inclusive and

acceptable to the people as early as possible. He promised to extend fullest cooperation to the Government of India for bringing lasting peace and all-round development to Nagaland. While congratulating the newly-elected legislators, the chief minister exuded confidence that both the treasury and opposition would work together in a constructive manner and in a spirit of cooperation to ensure all-round development. Stating that he was humbled by the electoral victory, Rio assured the people of the State that the PDA government, which included BJP, NDPP, JD (U), NPP and an Independent legislator, would ensure that the vote cast in its favour never be allowed to go in vain. Modi fetes Rio, others: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, Thursday took to twitter to congratulate Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio; deputy CM, Y Patton, and council of ministers who took oath of office and secrecy. Modi said NDPP-BJP alliance would serve the state with great dedication and determination.

1993 Mumbai blasts accused Farooq Takla in police custody

M U M B A I , M A R C H quarter century, was finally killed and over 700 injured 8 (IANS): A designated arrested by the Central Bu- and properties worth crores TADA Court on Thursday reau of Investigation (CBI) of rupees were destroyed in sent to police custody ab- at the Delhi Airport around the March 12, 1993 blasts, the sconder Mohammed Farooq 5.15 a.m. and later brought 25th anniversary of which Yasin Mansoor alias Farooq to Mumbai. falls next Monday. In the reTakla, an accused in the Farooq Takla - against mand plea, the CBI’s Deputy 1993 Mumbai serial blasts whom there were several Superintendent of Police of and a close aide of mafia don non-bailable warrants of ar- the Special Task Force, Shiv Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, to rest and for whom the Inter- Kumar, said the accused police custody till March 19. Pol had issued a Red Corner was “deeply involved in the Extradited from Abu Dhabi, Notice way back in 1995 - was criminal conspiracy to comwithin 60 days. A com- following a request made by tracked to the UAE where he mit terrorist acts” including prehensive master plan India last year, the accused, was believed to be holed up. carrying out the serial explofor maintenance of all who eluded the law for a At least 257 people were sions that day. major roads would be put in place whereby citizens could monitor and give feedback on progress of works and quality control using information technology, while web-based mapping software would be implemented within 100 days. Aviation: Finally, the cabinet also decided to formulate a new civil aviation policy to provide air connectivity to remote locations, including air ambulances, within six months, for which a committee would be set up Free 3 months Job Oriented Course for 18 years and above and it would submit its Limited Seats Available report within two months. Registration Open till March 12th 2018 This was stated in a press Great opportunity for School drop outs, educated unemployed youths in Nagaland release issued by cabinet 100% Job placement assistance from our dynamic placement team secretary Temjen Toy. 1st class Infrastructure and Classroom Free use of Equipments to trainees

NEW DELHI, MAR 8 (AGENCIES): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today moved the Supreme Court challenging an earlier decision by the Allahabad HC to acquit Talwar couple in the 2008 Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. The Allahabad high court had on October 12 last year acquitted Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj in 2008, saying they could not be held guilty on the basis of the evidence on record. The HC’s verdict ended the nine-year-long ordeal of the victim’s parents who were found guilty by a CBI court for murdering Aarushi and Hemraj. In December last year,

the wife of victim Hemraj had challenged the HC’s verdict in Supreme Court. Challenging the verdict, Hemraj’s wife contended that the high court order meant that no one killed the two in 2008 and sought that the guilty must be punished. Her petition had said it was the primary responsibility of the government and authorities to ensure that the culprit was brought to book as society would not be secure if no one was punished. On November 25, 2013, the special CBI court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad had found the Talwars guilty of murdering Aarushi and Hemraj and were sentenced to life in prison a day after the verdict.

(From p-1) Aadhaar: While taking the decision to give a deadline to all departments to link all their employees and beneficiaries of government funds, pensions, etc, to Aadhaar-based biometric system for ensuring transparency and good governance, the cabinet also decided to cover all directorates and secretariats by Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system within 100 days. An appropriate system would be devised for ensuring attendance in district offices, it added. Sports: While committing itself to declare a new Nagaland State Sports Policy within 100 days, the cabinet also decided to rename Indira Gandhi Stadium at Ko-

Auto-rickshaw driver killed by speeding car, teenager booked NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 (IANS): A 66-year-old autorickshaw driver was killed here on Thursday after being hit by a speeding car driven by a teenager who was on a joyride with two friends, police said. The incident took place in Connaught Place in the heart of Delhi around 6 a.m when the 17-year-old was driving his uncle’s Maruti Ciaz car. Seated in the car were his two friends aged 15 to 17 years. “When police reached

the spot, the car and autorickshaw were found,” Additional Commissioner of Police B.K. Singh said. The auto-rickshaw driver, identified as Shiv Shankar Mahto, was a resident of Mata Sundari Road. He was declared dead at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. “The accused who was driving the car and his two friends have also sustained injuries in the accident and are currently undergoing treatment at the same hospital.

hima as T Ao Stadium, in memory of the first Naga Olympian and coincide with the centenary year of the sports legend. Education: A new insurance scheme for students studying outside Nagaland too would be launched within 100 days, the meeting resolved. Business: Decisions to establish a Nagaland Investment & Development Authority, besides an investment and business summit to be organised within 100 days, were also taken by the cabinet. Roads: Further, in a bid to improve the road infrastructure, the cabinet decided to repair and renovate roads and fill potholes in the State capital, commercial hub Dimapur and district headquarters

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DIMAPUR, MAR 8 (NPN): Former minister Tokheho Yepthomi has congratulated Neiphiu Rio on being elected as the chief minister of Nagaland for the fourth time. A letter from Tokheho said that stability and governance was the need of the hour for the state adding that he hoped that by God’s grace, Rio would be able to fulfil the people’s expectations. The former minister also hoped that the state would prosper and scale greater heights under Rio’s leadership.

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Container ship burns amid fears of eco-disaster; 3 sailors critical

A container ship burns on Thursday off Agatti island in the Arabean Sea.

MUMBAI, MARCH 8 (IANS): Amid fears of a potential ecological disaster, a container ship continued to burn on Thursday off Agatti island in the Arabian Sea, with Indian officials revealing that its cargo was of dangerous class. The ship is laden with containers classified as “dangerous” and “very hazardous to human beings”, capable of emitting poisons that can kill humans within a short time, besides being corrosive in nature. However, the officials ruled out the possibility of any environment issues at the moment and pointed

out that “the hull of the ship is not affected by the fire and only the containers are seen burning”. “We are hopeful of dousing the fire within another day or so and assess the situation after that,” said an official declining to be identified. The tragedy has occurred at the doorstep of the eco-sensitive Lakshadweep Islands, off the southwest coast of India. The officials could not confirm whether the fire and the intense heat it has generated, which has already melted many containers, may have weakened the ship’s hull and other critical metallic parts.

Meanwhile, the Indian Coast Guard said the condition of three rescued sailors was critical as they may have inhaled the toxic fumes after the fire erupted late on Tuesday. Working round-theclock, the Coast Guard has deployed a high speed interceptor boat from Vizhinjam Port to pick up the trio from a foreign vessel, MV ALS Ceres, and rush them to a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. The remaining 19 rescued crewmen are being taken to Kochi, also in Kerala. The Coast Guard suspects the toxic fumes may have affected all the sailors, four of whom re-

main missing. The three whose condition is critical Deepu Jayan of India, Sukun Suwannapeng of Thailand and Alan Rey Palce Gabunilas of the Philippines. Presently, the firefighting operations are being carried out from a safe distance by the Coast Guard Shoor to avoid coming in contact with the toxic fumes and flames. According to preliminary information, the blaze erupted in one of the decks carrying the chemicals. Late on Tuesday, following a massive explosion, a fire broke out on the Singapore-flagged vessel Maersk Honam, carrying a cargo of chemicals en route to Suez in Egypt. While 23 sailors were rescued, four others, including an Indian, are still missing and a maritime and aerial search with helicopters and an aircraft has been undertaken to trace them. The intensity of the blaze, with flames leaping more than 25 metres into the air, was so strong that the sizzling temperature melted many containers on board. The Coast Guard found some empty lifeboats floating in the vicinity but there was no sign of the missing crewmen.

J&K policeman detained, officer quizzed JA M M U, M A RC H 8 (IANS): The Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained a policeman and taken a middle rung officer for questioning over the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua district that has strained ties between the ruling PDP and BJP. The latest developments follow the earlier arrests of two Special Police Officers, Deepak Kumar Khajuria and Surinder Verma, as suspects. Many senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have demanded that the case be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Peoples Democratic Party leaders, however, insist the Crime Branch would investigate the case. The Crime Branch took charge of the case from the local police following charges of shoddy probe. Crime Branch sources said Head Constable Tilak Raj was detained and SubInspector Anand Dutta called in for questioning over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Asifa, a nomad whose body was found in Hiranagar in Kathua district on January 17. Dutta was earlier the Investigating Officer of the case. The sources said crucial evidence in the case had been destroyed by the investigating policemen.

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RSS outreach: Monthly pension for divorced women, free books for orphans LU C K N OW, M A RC H 8 (IANS): Having apparently succeeded in making some inroads into the Muslim community, especially among women, by aggressively campaigning against “triple talaaq”, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has begun a second and subtle round of wooing the minorities. The move assumes significance in the run-up to the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha polls, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be seeking a second term. While the RSS -- the BJP’s ideological parent -- vehemently denies that it is “doing anything of this sort”, its affiliate organisations like the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) have undertaken an aggressive plan to romance the minorities, particularly women. And for this, they have started first-of-its-kind initiatives like monthly pensions for divorced Muslim women, and freebies like books and uniforms for orphans in many parts of the country. In Uttar Pradesh alone, which accounts for 80 of the Lok Sabha’s 543 elected seats, the MRM has adopted some 700 families under its unique pension scheme that is being run in Varanasi, Gorakhpur and the Bundelkhand region. Muslims comprise about 20 percent

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of Uttar Pradesh’s 220 million population. Denying any RSS role in these pro-minority moves, Indresh Kumar, the “guide” of the MRM, says the organisation was being run by “nationalist and well-meaning Muslims who wanted their community to shun dogmas and become progressive in life”. Talking to IANS, he said that they were moving fast in the direction of achieving their objectives. “Hum tez gati se aage badh rahe hain,” he mused while pointing out how the number of volunteers was swelling, “irrespective of the negative portrayal by the media”. He added that initiatives like the monthly pension scheme of Rs 500 per divorced woman were efforts to “bring light” to the otherwise dark and gloomy setting these women are forced to live in. “Ye rajnaitik nahin, ek imandaar prayaas hai ki jo ye andhera phailaya hai

usme roshni bhari jaye” (this is not political, it is an honest effort to bring some light in their lives), Indresh Kumar told IANS. Sources confirmed that while there is now ownership by the RSS of such public events and programmes, it was covertly moving to “inform and educate people about the nationalistic and people-friendly policies of the BJP governments, especially to Muslims who are not favourably disposed towards the saffron camp”. Building on the initial “thaw in mindset” that began with the introduction of the bill against triple talaaq by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, the organisation has increased its focus on the state, as is evident from the growing number of visits by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to Uttar Pradesh -- and his longer stays -- as well as “onthe-ground” activities that are being undertaken by the affiliates of RSS.

CBI registers fresh Rs 321 Metroman Sreedharan, Kerala government clash crore case against Nirav Modi NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 (IANS): The CBI on Thursday said that it has registered a fresh case against diamantaire Nirav Modi for causing a loss of Rs 321 crore to Punjab National Bank (PNB) by availing different credit facilities between 2013 and 2017. According to a Central Bureau of Investigation official, the case was registered after the bureau received a fresh complaint from the PNB on Sunday. Former finance president of Nirav Modi’ Firestar Diamonds International Ltd. Vipul Ambani, chief finance officer Ravi Gupta, other directors and officials of the company, and unidentified public servants of the bank were also named in the complaint, they said. This is the second CBI case in which Nirav Modi has been named by the investigating agency. In its complaint to the

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CBI, the bank alleged that during its internal investigation it had spotted circular transactions between the diamantaire promoted partnership firms namely -- Solar Exports, Stellar Diamonds and Diamond R Us -- and Firestar group of companies. The head office of the bank had declared the accounts of Firestar Diamonds and Firestar International as fraud and reported it to the Reserve Bank of India on Sunday, it said. Nirav Modi, along

with his uncle Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Group, has been accused of defrauding the PNB of Rs 12,600 crore, with Rs 1,300 crore being added to the fraud kitty on February 26. The CBI had filed the first FIR in the scam on February 14 against Nirav Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal, Choksi and his firms Diamond R US, Solar Exports and Stellar Diamond. Modi, his family and Choksi had left the country in early January. The CBI filed a second FIR on February 15 over a Rs 4,886.72-crore fraud against Choksi’s Gitanjali Group. To date, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out searches at over 198 locations across the country and seized properties worth nearly Rs 6,000 crore, while the CBI has arrested at least 19 persons in the case so far.

KOCHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, March 8 (IANS): Asserting that no metro rail service in the world makes profit, Metroman E. Sreedharan on Thursday slammed the Kerala government for its failure to sign an agreement with the DMRC even 14 months after it was awarded a project. Sreedharan expressed his displeasure over the manner in which the Pinarayi Vijayan government had failed to sign the turnkey consultancy agreement for the preparatory works of the Light Metro project in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. Vijayan, while replying to a submission in the state assembly, had said it was not his government but the DMRC which had withdrawn from the project. “Moreover, before Kochi Metro came, it was only DMRC that was there, but with the Kochi Metro running at a loss, the Financial Department is studying

the new proposed Light Metro projects in detail.... “Only after proper studies will the report be taken up and would be sent to the Centre for approval. At no cost will we shelve the Light Metro projects,” Vijayan said. Replying to the Chief Minister’s statement, Sreedharan told media persons in Kochi that “no metro rail in the world makes profit”. “The best word what can be said is metros make only operational surplus or, in other words, it can be termed as financial viability when the expenses are met with the revenue generated. “The Kochi Metro is still not complete. Once complete, it would be different,” said Sreedharan, who is an advisor to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Sreedharan informed the media that the DMRC has decided to exit from the proposed Light Metro for the 35.12km stretch in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode and has decided

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to close down its offices there. “Since 2014, we have had these offices and every month we are now spending Rs 16 lakh, which has now become a big burden. “We are just safeguarding our interests as we can’t

go forward spending Rs 16 lakh every month without getting a job,” said Sreedharan. Sreedharan had written to the government to see that they sign the agreement before February 15, and if this is not done they would have to take tough decisions. “We were waiting for the government to give us the work to go ahead, but it never came. We did a lot of work for this and now we cannot go on like this... spending money when we do not have the work in our hand. “In the past, whenever I wanted to meet the Chief

Minister, I could do it but now it’s not like that. I do not know why he is not meeting me,” added Sreedharan. He also pointed out that due to the heavy workload he is unable to be advisor to other state governments. “Today, I am advisor to Uttar Pradesh and Kerala governments. I resigned as advisor to Andhra Pradesh and refused to accept the role offered by Maharashtra, as it is physically impossible and is a big strain,” said Sreedharan. Of late, Sreedharan has come under attack from the Kerala government.

SC upholds Hadiya’s marriage NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the controversial marriage of Hadiya, formerly a Hindu, with Shafin Jahan, setting aside a Kerala High Court order annulling their wedding. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said: “Hadiya alias Akhila Asokan is at liberty to pursue her future endeavours according to law.” But the court said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) would continue its probe into the criminal dimension of the case, if any. “We clarify that the investigation by the NIA in respect of any matter of criminality may continue in accordance with law,” the court said. Pronouncing a brief operative order after lunch, Chief Justice Misra said the High Court should not have annulled the marriage between the two, following a Habeas Corpus petition, by exercising its powers under Article 226 of the

Constitution. Chief Justice Misra said: “We hold that the High Court should not have annulled the marriage between Shafin Jahan and Hadiya alias Akhila Asokan.” The order also referred to Hadiya personally appearing before the Supreme Court on November 27 and admitting to her marriage with Shafin Jahan, who had challenged the High Court order that nullified the marriage. On October 3, the Supreme Court had said it would examine whether the High Court could annul the marriage following a petition by her parents. Hadiya, 24, earlier Akhila Ashokan, embraced Islam and married Shafin Jahan, a Muslim. Hadiya’s father alleged that she was forcibly converted by groups with links to terrorist outfits. Reacting to the Supreme Court verdict on Thursday, Hadiya’s father Ashokan said he “respects the court order but will seek legal recourse on the verdict”.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am grateful to the State party leaders of the National People’s Party (NPP) for the trust reposed in me, and for the sincere support rendered to my candidature. My profound gratitude to all my constituency workers who contributed their services selflessly and generously, and stood by me till the end. I also express my sincere thanks to all friends, relatives, and well-wishers for their prayers, moral support and generosity extended throughout the election. May God bless you all.

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FELICITATES The Alumni Association of NU: SASRD (Erstwhile College of Agriculture, NEHU) takes great pleasure and congratulate the following members for the glorious achievements in their respective fields 1) Shri. Chotisuh Sazo : Elected as MLA from 18 Chazouba A/C 2) Shri. Metsübo Jamir : Elected as MLA from 27 Mokokchung Town A/C 3) Shri. Hoto Yeptho : Promoted as Director, Dept. of Land Resources, Nagaland 4) Shri. Imlimeren : Promoted as Director, Dept. of Rural Development, Nagaland 5) Shri. Ikuto Zhimomi : Promoted as Director, Dept. of Agriculture, Nagaland Congratulations on your success! You have made us all proud. Keep up the good work! We are sure that under your dynamic leadership, wisdom and guidance, our people will strive towards much greater heights and achievements. Dr. L. Tongpang Longkumer President DP-1871

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HAMMURIYEH (SYRIA), MAR 8 (AGENCIES): Aid agencies postponed a convoy of vital food and health supplies to Eastern Ghouta on Thursday, as the Syrian regime pressed a relentless ground and air assault against the rebel enclave, reports AFP. Dozens of people, including many children, were treated overnight for breathing problems and symptoms that medics said were consistent with chlorine attacks, which Western powers have repeatedly warned would not go unpunished. New air strikes on the town of Zamalka killed at least seven civilians, according to the Syrian

Observatory for Human Rights, bringing the total number of dead in the offensive to more than 900. The aid trucks were meant to bring relief to war-weary civilians living under government siege for five years and now facing a deadly Russian-backed assault. The fighting has prompted international outrage, culminating in the UN Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire, aid deliveries and evacuations. But with bombardment continuing, a joint convoy between the United Nations, International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian Arab

EU pressure over democracy could backfire: Poland warns

JERUSALEM, MAR 8 (AGENCIES): Israeli lawmakers have passed a controversial bill allowing police to hold the corpses of alleged Palestinian assailants indefinitely, parliament said on Thursday. According to AFP report, the act was passed late Wednesday by 48 votes to 10, a Knesset statement said, hours after another measure permitting the interior minister to strip Palestinians in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem

Nerve agent attack on ex-spy was ‘brazen’: UK LONDON, MAR 8 (AGENCIES): Britain’s top domestic security official on Thursday described the attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter with a rare chemical agent as a “brazen and reckless act” that will be answered without hesitation when the facts become clear, reports AP. Home Secretary Amber Rudd told the House of Commons that enormous resources are being directed at trying to figure out who might be responsible for poisoning Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter, Yulia, 33. The pair was found unconscious on a bench in the southwestern English city of Salisbury on Sunday, triggering a police investigation led by counterterrorism detectives. “The use of a nerve agent on British soil is a brazen and reckless act,” she said. “This was attempted murder in the most cruel and public way. People are right to want to know who to hold to account. But if we are to be rigorous in this investigation we must avoid speculation and allow the police to carry on their investigation.” The Skripal case is reminiscent of the 2006 killing of another former Russian spy who was poisoned in London with radioactive polonium-210. The banned VX nerve agent was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader last year in Malaysia.

of their permanent residency permits “if they are involved in terrorism.” The government announced in 2016 that it would not release for burial the bodies of Palestinian assailants killed during attacks unless Palestinians in Gaza released the remains of two Israeli soldiers believed to have been killed in a 2014 war in Gaza. In November 2017, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled that Israel would not repatriate

the bodies of five Islamic Jihad militants killed when the army blew up a tunnel stretching from the Gaza Strip into its territory. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled in December that the policy was illegal under current law, but it gave the government six months to enact new legislation. The revised act gives authority to police district commanders “to set conditions for returning the body of a terrorist for family burial,”

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ity are affected by bias. “The development and rejuvenation of China is irresistible,” Wang said. “Some people in the United States believe that China therefore wants to replace the role of the U.S. in the international arena. This is a fundamental, strategic misjudgment.” “China and the United States can compete without necessarily being opponents, they should more be partners,” he added, while warning that a possible trade war mulled by President Donald Trump would hurt the U.S. “Especially in today’s globalized world, a trade war is the wrong prescription,” he said. Wang emphasized what he called the key role played in China’s more pro-active foreign policy by President Xi Jinping, who

is likely to remain leader indefinitely after the legislature lifts presidential term limits. “Since 2012, President Xi Jinping has been the chief architect of China’s major-country diplomacy. He was personally involved in the planning and conduct of head of state diplomacy, which by world acclaim has been brilliant,” Wang said. Xi has visited 57 countries and received more than 110 foreign heads of state, Wang said, citing Xi’s “leadership and charisma.” Wang called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an eight-nation group dominated by China and Russia, to play a greater role in international diplomacy, saying it has a “bounden duty to maintain peace and stability in our region and beyond.”

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The Diphupar Village Council on behalf of the public of Diphupar Village extends its heartiest congratulations to the following elected MLAs to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly, who are the good residents of Diphupar Village. 1. R. Khing 'F' Khel 2. H. Haying 'A' Khel 3. Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire 'E' Khel 4. Kuzholuzo Nienu 'E' Khel 5. E.E. Pangteang 'B' Khel 6. Amenba Yaden 'G' Khel 7. Metsubo Jamir 'K' Khel 8. Khriehu Liezietsu 'F' Khel 9. S. Pangnyu Phom 'H' Khel We also extend special congratulations to Shri. N. Jacob Zhimomi for Winning 4th Ghaspani-1 A/C. We pray and wish that Almighty God grant good health and wisdom to work for the people while wishing successes in all your future endeavours. (E. Philip Lotha) Secretary, DVC

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The Rengma Handicapped Union take this opportunity to congratulate Shri. R. Khing, NDPP on being elected to the 13th Legislative Assembly from 12 Tseminyu A/C. The Union states that his winning the lone seat of Rengma speaks of peoples trust and conﬁdence in his seasoned leadership and therefore hopes that he will deliver valuable service and fulﬁll his commitment for the people of Rengmas. May Almighty bless you to achieve the best in the days to come. Sd/Kevishe Seb President RHU.

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Smti Lhokhuli of Ghukiye Village, District Zunheboto has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate/Guardianship Certificate declaring that her husband Lt. Vikato Sema, has expired on 04/09/2017. It is hereby notified that if no objection to issue this Certificate is received from anyone within a period of 30 (Thirty) days w.e.f the date of publication in press, the certificate shall be issued, and no further complaint will be entertained for issue of the same. (Tridibesh Roy, IAS) Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto : Nagaland

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The Western Sumi Kukami Hoho extends its heartiest congratulations to Shri. Neiphiu Rio, Hon’ble Chief Minister and the NDPP-BJP led People’s Democratic Alliance of Nagaland for the irrevocable mandate received from the electorates of Nagaland during the recently concluded State General Elections to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly. It is hoped that the PDA will provide a transparent and people friendly working government, taking into account all the priority, interest of the State and scale greater heights garnering the appreciations of the people and for the Glory of our God. May the good Lord bless sound health and wisdom to all the elected members led by the Hon’ble Chief Minister to venture out for Peace, Progress and Development of NAGALAND.

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With a grateful heart to our Almighty God, the VGOK take pride and extend our heartiest congratulations to Er. Krosü Rhetso, on being promoted to the post of Engineer-in-Chief, Nagaland Public Works Department (NPWD).

With great pride and felicity, we the Lineages of Lt Chizuknok Longkumer, would like to heartily congratulate Mr. Moatoshi Longkumer (NPF) on being elected to the 13th NLA from DIMAPUR II A/C with a margin of 6939 votes. We all are extremely elated by your success. Wishing you the best along with prayers for your responsibilities ahead. May Almighty God continue to shower His grace and blessings upon you. We also take this opportunity to express our gratitude and deepest appreciation to all the electorates who extended their valuable contribution immensely.

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thority, and not to the occupied West Bank, which is under army rule. The legislation on revoking permanent residency permits, proposed by a Likud MP, passed by 48 votes to 18, the Knesset said.

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the Knesset statement said. If the commander decides that a funeral may spark another attack or turn into a political rally in support of violence he can impose limits on the time, location and number of mourners and “a body could be held until the family agrees to the terms,” the statement adds. The bill was sponsored by two MPs from Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party and the religious-nationalist Jewish Home.

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EU and opposition parties in Poland for making the courts submit to more government control. The document says the reforms were needed to improve efficiency and remove judges “entangled in dishonorable service” in Poland’s communist government, which fell in 1989. But it also warns western, more liberal EU states not to push Warsaw too much on the issue because of “strengthening antiEuropean sentiment that has been more ... apparent for the last years.” “It can lead to the growth of populist political forces, seeking to dismantle or weaken ... the European Union,” said the document, circulated by the Polish government. An EU spokeswoman later said the bloc had received it and dialogue would continue.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress at the media center in Beijing, March 8, 2018.

Israeli police get right to hold Palestinian assailants’ bodies

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, greets Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki prior to a meeting at EU Hq in Brussels on March 8, 2018

B RU S S E L S, M A R 8 (AGENCIES): Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday defended to the European Union’s executive court reforms made by his ruling nationalists and warned that too much criticism from the bloc could backfire, reports Reuters. Morawiecki is meeting European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker, the latest high-level contact between Warsaw and Brussels in recent months aimed at resolving a dispute over EU concerns about democracy in Poland. Juncker offered a brief bear hug on receiving Morawiecki, who is presenting Warsaw’s ‘white paper’ on the judicial overhaul. The overhaul has been criticized by civil society campaigners, international democracy watchdogs, the

two isolated pockets. AFP’s correspondent in the town of Hammuriyeh saw motionless bodies lying in the streets on Thursday after a night of ferocious bombing. On Wednesday, volunteers from the civil defence group known as the “White Helmets” were seen trying to douse flames burning two men lying dead on the street next to a motorbike after a strike. Dozens of civilians were treated in the town for breathing difficulties late Wednesday, with medics reporting symptoms consistent with a toxic attack. Doctors at one facility treated at least 29 patients with signs of exposure to chlorine, according to the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), which supports hospitals in Eastern Ghouta. It said victims were suffering from shortness of breath, wheezing, and redness of the eyes. Several families were seen trying to reach fresh air late Wednesday on the roof of a four-storey building in Hammuriyeh, after air strikes on their neighbourhood.

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The Khar Students' Union extends its heartiest congratulations to Dr. Longrineken, for being elected to the 13 th Nagaland Legislative Assembly from 29th Jangpetkong Constituency. We wish you success in providing able leadership to the constituency in particular and the State in general. May the good Lord guide and lead you. God bless. Jongpong Longkumer President

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Russian soldiers stand next to a truck on March 8, 2018, at the Wafideen checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus.

Red Crescent planned for Thursday could not go through. “The convoy for today is postponed, as the situation is evolving on the ground, which doesn’t allow us to carry out the operation in such conditions,” ICRC spokeswoman Ingy Sedky told AFP. It marks the second time this week that aid operations have been disrupted by military developments, with food deliveries cut short Monday due to bombardment. Ghouta is home to around 400,000 people under siege and is the last opposition-controlled zone on the capital’s outskirts. The Syrian army and allied militias began a fierce bombing campaign on February 18 against Ghouta, followed by a ground offensive. The campaign has so far recaptured half of rebelheld territory, according to the Observatory, a Britainbased monitor. Towns and villages have fallen in quick succession in recent days, with regime forces on the verge of cutting the remaining rebel-held territory into

PARIS, MAR 8 (IANS): The European Union (EU) is planning “a whole arsenal” of counter-measures if US President Donald Trump goes ahead with imposing new tariffs on imported steel and aluminium amid global opposition, an official said on Thursday. “Donald Trump is wrong. All war is bad and in trade war there would be only losers ... The Commission is preparing a riposte,” European Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici told a French television news channel. “If Donald Trump puts in place the measures this evening, we have a whole arsenal at our disposal,” Xinhua quoted Moscovici as saying. The former French Economy Minister said that “immediate” retaliatory measures would include European tariffs on US exported oranges, tobacco and bourbon, and goods which he said were mainly produced in constituencies held by Trump’s Republican party. Europe would also take measures to limit eventual excess of imported steel and aluminium into Europe in line with World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules while filing a complaint before the WTO, he added.

BEIJING, MAR 8 (AGENCIES): The world can only benefit as China marches toward “irresistible” national rejuvenation and assumes greater global leadership under President Xi Jinping, China’s top diplomat said Thursday as he sought to dismiss concerns about China’s rise while also underscoring its inevitability, reports AP. From providing the most peacekeepers of any U.N. Security Council member to facilitating talks in world conflicts, “the China of today should play a more active role in resolving hot issues in the region and the world,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. “This is not only something we should do, but what is widely expected of us.” Wang spoke on the fringes of China’s annual, largely ceremonial legislative session at a news conference, where he was asked whether China’s recent efforts to push for peace talks in Myanmar and between Israeli and Palestinian delegations, for instance, represented a shift in its longstanding non-interference foreign policy. China remains committed to non-interference, Wang said, arguing that those in the West who are alarmed by China’s growing clout and overseas activ-

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belongings Transformers’ Michael Bay Russell Crowe is holding FridatoKahlo’s go on display teams up with Deadpool writers a ‘divorce auction’ M

ussell Crowe is selling off items that he collected while working on films such as ‘Gladiator’ and ‘Cinderella Man’ in a new auction. The auction, titled “the art of divorce”, will be held on April 7, which marks the actor’s birthday as well as

wedding anniversary with ex-wife Danielle Spencer. “The sale represents the dispersal of a highly personal collection that was assembled by Crowe over many years, including those shared with his former wife,” said organizer. Crowe and Spencer had separated five

Pamela blames Tommy for not being ‘better father’

ctress Pamela Anderson has blamed rocker Tommy Lee over their son Brandon’s physical altercation with his father. The actress is reportedly a “nervous wreck and furious over her family fighting”. “It breaks her heart to see Brandon and Tommy not getting along and she blames him for not being a better dad,” a source told hollywoodLife. com. “(Tommy) is supposed

to be the older, wiser, more mature parent in the situation and Pam can’t believe what a mess Tommy has created,” the source added. The “Baywatch” alumnus also thinks that Lee makes things worse by “sharing the struggle on social media” while she tries to “calm the whole situation”. The source said it is hard for Anderson to do so “because she feels partly to blame for Tommy’s argument with Brandon”, which took place on March 5. Anderson “doesn’t know what really went down inside Tommy’s house that night, but she wishes Tommy would stepup, be a better father and make things right with his son instead of getting the cops involved”, the source added. (IANS)

years ago and their divorce will soon be finalized. “We’ve been separated over five years now, our divorce should be finalized around the time of the auction. Just as we collaborate on the upbringing of our kids, it’s easy for us to work together on something like this,” Crowe told to daily. “I think she feels the same way I do in regards to just moving on things that help create space for the future,” he added. A total of 225 items will be up for grabs that includes fine art, antique vehicles, furniture, jewellery, musical instruments, and film paraphernalia. An important stunt cuirass that Crowe wore in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ is expected to fetch between USD 20,000 to 30,000. A pair of black leather wrist cuffs and a wooden training sword from the film has also been put up for auction. From ‘Cinderella Man’, a blue satin robe and a pair of Everlast blue satin trunks, worn by Crowe as the character ‘James J Braddock’ will also be up for grabs. (Times of India)

lothes, jeweller y, makeup and a defiantly red-leatherbooted prosthetic leg belonging to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, which were sealed in her house for more than 50 years, will be displayed in London for the first time outside Mexico. The Victoria and Albert Museum on Thursday announced details of the major show “Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up”, exploring one of the most recognised artists and women of the 20th century, reports the Guardian. Claire Wilcox, senior curator of fashion at the museum, said Kahlo was an important “countercultural and feminist symbol” and being able to exhibit the items from Mexico was “a huge privilege”. More than 200 items from the Blue House, the

home of Kahlo and her muralist husband Diego Rivera, on the outskirts of Mexico City, were coming to London. After Kahlo died in 1954, aged 47, Rivera locked up her belongings in a room and said it should not be opened until after his death. In the event, it was not opened until 2004, revealing a fascinating treasure trove of clothes, makeup, jewellery, medicines and other intimate possessions. “This is the real material evidence of the way Kahlo constructed her identity,” the Guardian quoted Wilcox as saying. The show will explore how the artist empowered herself through her art, clothes and style after a difficult early life. Aged 18, she was involved in a near-fatal bus crash that left her in pain and incapacitated for long periods. The show will include 22 of the colourful and often paint-splashed Tehuana garments she wore, visible in the hundreds of photographs that exist of her and the numerous self-portraits. There will also be one of her ebony eyebrow pencils that she used to emphasise her monobrow; and her favourite lipstick: Everything’s Rosy by Revlon. (IANS)

ichael Bay’s next two directorial p r o j e c t s h ave been revealed — and one features Deadpool screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bay will direct 6 Underground from a script by the Deadpool duo as well as the long-in-the-works Robopocalypse adaptation. 6 Underground will be produced by Skydance Media, who said in a statement: “Throughout his career Michael Bay has been unparalleled in creating global theatrical events. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have this amazing team come together, bringing their unique style and vision to the movie.” The movie is being eyed for a summer 2019 release. So far, the plot details are being kept tightly under wraps. Along with penning Deadpool, 6 Underground writers Wernick and Reese are also behind Zombieland and G.I. Joe: Retaliation. The duo is currently working with Ryan Reynolds on the upcoming movie based on board game Cluedo.

Bay’s other project, Robopocalypse, is an adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s best-selling novel that has long been in development in Hollywood. The plot centres on robots turning against humanity, thanks to a powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos, which the world has grown dependent upon. In 2010, Steven Spielberg had announced he was directing a bigbudget adaptation, with Drew Goddard writing the screenplay — nearly a year before the book hit shelves. The film was even given a release date of July 3, 2013. With an estimated production cost of $200

million, the release date was later pushed back to April 25, 2014. By this time, Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway and Ben Whishaw had all been attached to star. But in January 2013, the film was put on hold indefinitely. Now that Bay is attached to direct, it looks as if Robopocalypse is finally moving forward, with Spielberg staying on as a producer. As if he didn’t have enough on his plate, Bay’s production company Platinum Dunes is also currently developing a Duke Nukem movie, which wrestler John Cena is reportedly in talks to star in. (Digital Spy)

Cranberries 25th anniversary reissue

he Cranberries will move forward with a new album and a 25th anniversary reissue of their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We. The group put the reissue project on hold after their singer, Dolores O’Riordan, died in January. The band’s surviving members said it had already been working on a new album when O’Riordan died. The singer recorded her vocals for the release last year. “All going well we hope to have this new album finished and out early next year,” the band said. “After much consideration we have decided to finish what we started,” the band said. “We thought about it and decided that as this is something that we started as a band, with Dolores, we should push ahead and finish it. So that’s the plan, to finish the project and get the special 25th an-

niversary edition album out later this year.” O’Riordan died January 15th while in London where she was to record vocals for another band’s cover of the Cranberries’ hit “Zombie.” No cause of death was given at the time and a few days later, the London coroner’s office issued a statement that it would not be able to release any details about the circumstances of O’Riordan’s death until at least April. Authorities reported at the

time that the death was not suspicious. “Dolores’ legacy will be her music,” Cranberries guitarist Noel Hogan told Rolling Stone that week. “She was so passionate about it. There are songs I hear today that we wrote over 20 years ago, and I see and hear people singing along with them. There are only a few artists who get to have maybe one song they are remembered by. Dolores has so many. It’s a great legacy”. (Rolling Stone) COM.

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NEW DELHI, Mar 8 (PTI): Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior off-spinner R Ashwin found themselves relegated from the top-paid bracket with the BCCI introducing an A+ category in the central contracts for which only five players, including skipper Virat Kohli, were picked. The batting troika of Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Shikhar Dhawan along with pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah were selected for the A+ category, which will ensure them annual contracts worth Rs seven crore each. Dhoni and Ashwin have been bracketed in the A category along with Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and Wridhhiman Saha. These seven players would be eligible for a contract of Rs five crore. While paceman Mohammed Shami’s name has been withheld on allegations

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of domestic violence and adultery by his wife, veteran Yuvraj Singh and young Rishabh Pant have been omitted from the last list even as Suresh Raina makes a comeback. Asked about Dhoni being kept out of top bracket, a senior BCCI official said, “It’s a simple logic that selectors have applied. Play more and get paid more. The five in question are indispensable in all three

formats right now. They deserved to be paid more. Also Ravi Shastri, Kohli and Dhoni have been taken into confidence.” The B category will feature KL Rahul, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma and Dinesh Karthik. In Grade C will be Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel and Jayant Yadav. The

USA women reclaim SheBelieves Cup

Karen Bardsley scored an own goal as England were beaten 1-0 by USA in the SheBelieves Cup.

O r l a ndo, M a r 8 ( Agen c ies ) : K a r e n Bardsley scored an own goal as England Women suffered a 1-0 defeat to the United States, who reclaimed the SheBelieves Cup in Orlando. The Lionesses were hoping to take away one point from the match to win the title, but after confusion in defence in the 58th minute, a clearance attempt by Millie Bright hit keeper Bardsley to give their American hosts the advantage. England continued to pile on the pressure and an equaliser nearly arrived late in the game as Ellen White’s

header came within inches of the goal, but bounced off the inside post. A draw would have been enough for Phil Neville’s new side to lift the trophy on goal difference, after a 4-1 win over France followed by a 2-2 draw with Germany. But the testing moments at the end of the first 45 minutes - as a powerful strike from Mallory Pugh fell wide of the post - extended into the second half. England had been more than a match for the highly-rated USA for most of the first half, but Neville’s women looked to fade as the interval approached

and the difference in quality continued to tell for the rest of the contest. Neville brought on Toni Duggan and Nikita Parris who both created chances, while the last-gasp effort came in the 87th minute when Lucy Bronze put in a free-kick to Izzy Christiansen who whipped in the cross for White. The Birmingham City Ladies striker was left in disbelief as her header hit the post and bounced to Tierna Davidson who cleared the ball from the line. France beat Germany 3-0 in Wednesday’s other game to finish third behind England.

Grade B category contracts are worth Rs three crore, while those in Grade C are of Rs one crore. “The third group (B) comprises of players who are considered as floaters and can be put in anywhere and players who have played at least one match for India in the last one year have been put in Grade C,” the official said. The annual contracts are for the period from October 2017 to September 2018. From the previous Rs 2 crore (top category), the CoA-led BCCI increased it by 350 percent to make it Rs 7 crore. The second category has seen 500 percent rise at Rs 5 crore. There was some good news for domestic cricketers as first XI players will now get Rs 35,000 per day in a four-day game making their match fees rocket from Rs 40,000 to Rs 1.40 lakh per match. Add to it the TV rights money will make their per match fee go up to Rs 3 lakh per match.

Vitori suspended from bowling

NEW DELHI, Mat 8 (Agencies): The ICC has suspended Zimbabwean pace bowler Brian Vitori from bowling at the international level with immediate effect, following news that the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier’s event panel had found him to have an illegal action. This is the third suspension for Vitori, who in 2016 had twice been barred from bowling in international cricket. The 28-year-old on Sunday had been reported by the match officials following Zimbabwe’s match against Nepal during the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers, and on Thursday the ICC announced he was suspended. Vitori will remain suspended until the time he submits to an assessment of his bowling action at an ICC approved testing center and the assessment concludes that his bowling action is legal, said an ICC release.

Guadalajara, Mar 8 (IANS): Indian teenager Anish Bhanwala stood third after the first qualifying round of the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event at the Shooting World Cup here. The 15-year old, who has a bright chance of making it to the final in his senior World Cup debut, was sandwiched by three 2016 Rio Olympics medallists after the first round here on Wednesday evening. Anish, who recently equalled the world record in the event at the national trials, shot 294 out of 300 in the precision stage, to lie behind China’s Rio Olympics bronze medallist Yuehong Li, who shot the same score to be in second place and France’s Clement Bessaguet, who shot 295 to be at the top of the qualifying ladder. Also in line for a finals berth was Anish’s senior teammate Neeraj Kumar, who shot 291 to lie in sixth place. The top six in the event at the end of the two qualifying stages - the pre-

INDIAN WELLS, Mar 8 (Agencies): Roger Federer, who regained the world Number One ranking last month, is on a quest to make history in the California desert by winning an unprecedented sixth Indian Wells title. The 36-year-old Swiss marvel continues to defy the aging process, claiming his 20th Grand Slam title and sixth Australian Open crown in January. He has enjoyed a perfect start to 2018 by winning both events he has competed in and taking his career singles title tally to 97. “He shows there is no limit,” said third-seeded Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday. “He keeps on proving it every year on the tour.” Federer opens the defence of his Indian Wells title by playing a secondround match against either American Ryan Harrison or Federico Delbonis of Argentina.

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cision stage and the rapidfire stage - will make it to the medal round. Ly i n g f o u r t h a n d fifth at this stage were Rio Olympics gold and silver medallists Christian Reitz of Germany (292) and Jean Quiquampoix of France (292). Anish’s performance comes in the wake of impressive performances earlier in the competition by Indian teenagers Manu Bhaker and Mehuli Ghosh in the Women’s Pistol and Rifle events, where they won two gold and two bronze medals between

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He also won this tournament three straight years beginning in 2004, and in 2012 as well as last year. Federer comes into the elite event as the oldest ATP Number One in history. In the Open era, only American Jimmy Connors has won more titles than Federer, with 109. Federer has played two tournaments this year and won both - the other being the Rotterdam Open. “For me to stand right here as world Number One

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in San Jose is very, very special for me,” Federer said at a charity event in San Jose, California. Serbian Novak Djok-

themselves. In the only final scheduled on Wednesday, the Finnish pair of Satu Makela-Nummela and Vesa Tornroos won the Trap Mixed Team gold medal. The only Indian pair competing in that event, that of Kynan Chenai and Seema Tomar, shot a combined 132 to finish 14th. India are in the midst of their best ever International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup campaign, sitting at the top of the medals tally with three gold and four bronze.

ovic, who is making his first return to the Tour since the Australian Open, is also a five-time Indian Wells champion and would like nothing more than to announce his return from an elbow injury by going all the way. Both players are in opposite halves of the draw so they would not meet each other until the final. Djokovic won Indian Wells in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Djokovic, who is seeded 10th, has a bye and will face the winner of a firstround match between two qualifiers in his opener.

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L ondon , M a r 8 (Agencies): Liverpool midfielder Emre Can says he has “blocked all negotiations” over his future until the end of the season in order to focus on his football. Can is out of contract in the summer and has been widely linked with a free transfer to Serie A champions Juventus. The 24year-old is eligible to sign a pre-contract agreement with a foreign club but insists he has yet to decide his future and could remain at Liverpool for next season. “Of course I have to think about my footballing future,” Can told the Liverpool Echo. “I haven’t signed for any other club, I’m just focused on this season. We want to finish in second place in the Premier League, we’re in the Champions League quarter-finals and we want to progress. That’s all I’m focused on now.” “My agent has blocked all negotiations, I’m thinking only of football.” Liverpool progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday following a 5-0 aggregate win over Porto.

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Minerva Punjab win maiden I-League title

Minerva Punjab FC players celebrate after being crowned the champions of I-League on Thursday. (PTI)

Panchukula, Mar 8 (Agencies): Minerva Punjab FC beat Churchill Brothers FC 1-0 to win their maiden I-League title on Thursday at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurgaon.

William Opoku Asiedu scored the decisive goal in the 15th minute and the Punjab-based outfit held on to the advantage till the end. This is Minerva’s second season in the football

league. They finished at ninth position last season. Minerva also became the first team from Punjab to win the title since the 1996-97 season when now defunct JCT claimed the inaugural National Foot-

ball League (NFL), which was later re-christened as the I-League. Two-time champions Churchill Brothers, meanwhile, have been relegated. Prior to this match, Minerva were placed on 32

points from 17 matches and needed a win on the final day to clinch the league as NEROCA (31 points from 17 games), Mohun Bagan (30 points from 17 games), East Bengal (30 points from 17 games) were all in contention to win title. However a victory was enough for Minerva, Mohun Bagan failed to win on the final day as they were held 1-1 by a spirited Gokulam Kerala FC. Aer Dipanda Dicka struck in the 26th minute to put Mohun Bagan in the lead. Henry Kisekka (45+1) found the equaliser just before half-time. Meanwhile, East Bengal were also played out a 1-1 draw with debutant NEROCA. Felix Chidi (42nd) gave Neroca the lead with Dudu Omagbemi (73rd) equalising but to no avail in the end at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan. Meanwhile, All India Football Federation

(AIFF) president Praful Patel has congratulated Minerva Punjab FC after the Chandigarh based Club were crowned Champions of the I-League. “Congratulations Minerva Punjab Football Club on winning the Hero I-League 2017-18 and gaining a spot in the ACL Qualifiers for the next season. The League has been a very competitive and exciting one and it was nice to see four teams having a chance to win it on the final day,” Patel said in a statement on Thursday. All India Football Federation General Secretary Kushal Das also congratulated the club on the achievement. “Well played Minerva Punjab Football Club, the deserving champions of the Hero I-League. The manner in which you sealed it is in itself a story. I trust the victory will encourage kids to follow and play the sport more,” Das said.

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ISSF D coaches course held at Faridabad

Merang Jamir and Hito Swu with D.N.Seetharama Rao.

Dimapur, Mar 8 (NPN): The ISSF D Coaches Course for Rifle and Pistol was conducted at ISSF Academy India, Manav Rachna International Institute for Research & Studies, Surajkand, Faridabad from March 4 to 6. altogether 30 candidates were shortlisted for Rifle, out of which Hito Swu and Merang Jamir were selected from Na-

galand. The instructor for Rifle was Lim Chea Rong, ISSF ‘A’ Coach from Singapore and Marko Sokic, ISSF ‘A’ Coach from Serbia was the Pistol instructor. The successful candidate certificates were given away by D.N.Seetharama Rao, secretary general, National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) and the joint secretary of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

Man City reach Champions League last eight

Gabriel Jesus gives Manchester City an eighth minute lead on the night after he is found at the back post by Bernardo Silva.

Lo n d o n, M a r 8 (IANS): Manchester City had their long unbeaten streak at home snapped in a 1-2 loss to FC Basel here, but the result was essentially meaningless as the English Premier League (EPL) leaders comfortably advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals with a 5-2 victory on aggregate. Three weeks after scoring four away goals in a 4-0 victory over the Swiss club at St. Jakob-Park in the first leg of their Champions

Trophy round-of-16 clash, the EPL side had the luxury of resting some key players here on Wednesday night, reports Efe news agency. Among other changes, English teenager Phil Foden was inserted into the lineup in place of Spanish midfielder David Silva, while 34-year-old veteran Yaya Toure took the field instead of Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne. Argentine striker Sergio Aguero, the third-leading scorer in this season’s

Sharapova crashes out of Indian Wells

Maria Sharapova returns a shot to Naomi Osaka during the BNP Paribas Open first round.

INDIAN WELLS, Mar 8 (Agencies): Former world number one Maria Sharapova lost her second consecutive first round match with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Japan’s Naomi Osaka at the BNP Paribas Open in California. Sharapova, who returned to tennis last April following a 15-month doping ban, continued to struggle to find form this season as she dug herself into an early hole and never fully recovered. Now ranked 41st in the world, Sharapova fought back from early breaks in both sets but ultimately came up short on the key points in a performance that saw her commit six double faults and lose five service games to her 20-year-old opponent. In earlier action, American teenager Amanda Anisimova recorded her first top-level victory with a 6-2, 6-2 thrashing of Pauline Parmentier. The 16-year-old’s

poised and polished performance came in stark contact to the dismal display of Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, who was humbled 6-3 6-4 by American qualifier Sachia Vickery. Anisimova, the junior women’s U.S. Open champion, was stronger than the 32-year-old Parmentier in every facet of the game on the slow hard court in Indian Wells. She will face Russia’s 23rd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round. Former world number five Bouchard was outclassed by 100th-ranked Vickery in her first match since reaching a settlement with the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) over a locker room fall during the 2015 U.S. Open. Her weak second serve was particularly costly as Vickery pounced time and again in front of a sparse late-afternoon crowd on centre court.

EPL, was also rested for Wednesday night’s match at City of Manchester Stadium, where the hosts had not lost since a 1-3 defeat to Chelsea in December 2016. Foden was the most intriguing player on the field, with the 17-year-old having led England to victory last October at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and being named that tournament’s most valuable player. But the budding star had little chance to shine in the first half for the home

side, whose first goal came in the eighth minute when an unmarked Gabriel Jesus scored on a pass from Bernardo Silva. The play had been set up by a strong run past several defenders by Leroy Sane. Another rout seemed in store despite the absence of key Manchester City stars, but the game took an unexpected turn when Basel scored in the 17th minute. Mohamed Elyounoussi took advantage of a breakdown in City’s defence to score unmarked from close range. With the home side leading 5-1 on aggregate at the start of the second half, there was little to play for Basel other than pride. Basel took advantage of their talented opponents’ lack of urgency, getting a second goal in the 71st minute when Elyounoussi manoeuvred around a defender and set up Michael Lang for a strike inside the near post.

Seema to be dopetested by NADA PATIALA, Mar 8 (PTI): Discus thrower Seema Punia will be subjected to an out-ofcompetition dope test before the Commonwealth Games as she could not be tested during the 22nd Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships. Punia won a gold on the opening day on March 5 with a best throw of 61.05m at the NIS Patiala but she could not be dope tested as National Anti-Doping Agency officials did not turn up on that day. The NADA officials reached here the next day on March 6 but by that time Punia had left for home. The NADA has now asked the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to contact her and provide a location where she can be tested. The AFI has done so and the NADA officials are travelling to Sonipat to collect her urine sample. “We have sent NADA the details of the location in Haryana where their officials can collect her dope sample,” an official at the national camp said on condition of anonymity. “NADA officials reached here late by a day. To be fair to her, Seema is not bound to wait for the NADA to come. She is not at fault,” the official added. With her gold-winning effort, Seema had also achieved the AFI norms of 59.00m for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. It was Seema’s best mark in two years and she was competing in her first competition of the year. The 34-year-old Haryana thrower has been a regular in Commonwealth Games since 2006 and has always been on the podium -- winning a silver (60.56m) in Melbourne, a bronze at Delhi 2010 Games and a silver in 2014 Glasgow.

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