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Vol XXVIII No. 158

DIMAPUR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018 Pages 16 ` 5.00

MUDA building bye-laws not applicable in Schedule areas: Conrad

Man City soak up fans’ adulation in victory parade

Gaza toll rises to 60; fresh protests gather

northeast, Page 4

sports, Page 15

international, Page 13

Karnataka polls throw up hung verdict BJP single largest party, Cong & JD(S) stitch alliance; both stake claim to form govt

won the Koratagere seat.

Parameshwara said modalities related to government formation would be discussed later.

However, BJP’s chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa accused Congress of trying to grab power unfairly.

Yeddyurappa met the Governor and staked claim to form the government, slamming the move of the Congress-JDS combine as an attempt to come back to power through back door.

“On Wednesday at 10:30 am in BJP legislative party meeting, I am going to be elected as party leader.

After that all MLAs are going to meet the Governor to request him to allow BJP to form govt. Now the ball is in the court of the Governor.

We will do as he decides,” B.S Yeddyurappa said.

The usual practice is for the Governor to call the leader of the single largest party or pre-poll alliance to form the government, and in the event of a hung Assembly, asks him to prove the majority on the floor of the House.

At least 18 killed as flyover collapses in UP

BENGALURU, MAY 15 (AGENCIES): The BJP emerged as the single largest party today but fell 9 seats short of a majority in Karnataka where the Congress dramatically backed third-placed rival JD(S) for a post-poll alliance to keep the saffron party out of power.

All eyes are now on Governor Vajubhai Vala who will have to decide whether to call BJP to try to form the government or go with the JD(S)-Congress combine, which together have a clear majority in the 224-member Assembly.

Elections were held for 222 seats on May 12 while polling for the remaining two -- Rajarajeshwarinagar and Jayanagar -- will be held later.

Both sides rushed to meet Vala, their vehicles slowly cutting through the throngs of party workers and supporters assembled outside the Raj Bhavan gates, and staked claim to power.

Addressing BJP workers in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who undertook a vigorous campaign,

hailed the party’s win in Karnataka as “unparalleled and unprecedented”.

The BJP bagged 104 seats, a gain of 64, while the Congress notched 78, a loss of 44 seats, though its vote share was nearly two percentage points more than the saffron party.

The JD(S) secured 37

LUCKNOW, MAY 15 (AGENCIES): At least 18 people were killed and over 12 injured after being crushed under two concrete beams which fell off 40-foot-high pillars of an under-construction flyover in Varanasi on Tuesday evening. The mammoth slabs came crashing on crawling traffic on a busy service lane at 5:30pm between Cantonment railway station and Lahartara rail over-bridge on Tuesday evening.

“It is feared that several people are buried under the rubble,” an official said, adding rescue teams were at spot to rescue those trapped.

Some vehicles, including a bus, were crushed in the collapse, they said. At least three persons had been rescued, a

National Disaster Response Force official said.

The UP Bridge Construction Corporation was constructing the 2261-metre-long bridge at a cost of Rs 129 crore, officials said.

The span which fell today was laid barely three months ago, they added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who represents Varanasi in the Lok Sabha, and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the deaths.

Meanwhile, opposition targeted the government over the tragedy in the “top-priority constituency of India”. CM announced a Rs five lakh ex-gratia to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs two lakh to the seriously injured, an official said.

Call for protecting Dist hospital land

CM kicks off PDA LS by-poll campaign in Dimapur NFR to monitor punctuality

ANSTA Tobu demands deputation of SDEO

D I M A P U R , M AY 1 5 (NPN): Concerned over the attempt by some individuals to sell a plot of land within the District Hospital Dimapur (DHD), the hospital management committe has appealed to all responsible individuals, organisations, Churches, civil society groups to come forward in protecting DHD land which belongs to the public.

In a press release, medical superintendent (MS) and chairman of hospital management committee DHD, Dr. Z Kheshito Zhimo, said “It is brought to the knowledge of the hospital management committee that some individual(s) is attempting to sell plot of land within the hospital land of District Hospital Dimapur.”

In this regard, the hospital management committee has cautioned that anyone involved in such illegal activity would be doing so at their own risk.

No chopper service

D I M A P U R , M AY 1 5 (NPN): Nagaland State Transport (NST) has informed that state helicopter service would not be available for regular schedule as well as chartering with effect from May 26-30, in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha by-poll, which has been requisitioned by chief electoral officer (CEO) Nagaland.

This is it!

“Dr. Singh is in the wrong place in politics. Or else why is he complaining when we attack him?”

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seats, down by three from its previous tally.

In a roller-coaster ride for BJP, it initially appeared that the party was set to return to power after a fiveyear hiatus with a resounding majority. But at the end of counting of votes it came tantalisingly close to 113 needed to form the gov-

Governor V. Vala

ernment. Several BJP and Congress leaders rushed to Bengaluru from the national capital.

The swift political manoeuvring by Congress in reaching out to JD(S) showed that it had learnt its lesson after the debacle in Manipur and Goa where it failed to form the government despite being the single largest party because of BJP’s shrewd moves.

“We have all together discussed and decided this.... This is the opinion of the All India Congress party. Congress will support JD(S) because there is a hung Assembly situation here as no party has been given clear majority by the people,” outgoing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters after submitting his resignation.

Congress Leaders Sid-

B.S. Yeddyurappa

daramaiah, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikar juna Kharge along with JD(S) state Chief H D Kumaraswamy met Vala and submitted a letter seeking an opportunity to form the government.

Soon after Congress declared its support to JD(S), Kumaraswamy wrote to the governor informing him that he had accepted the offer to be the chief minister It has come to light that the proposed Congress and JD(S) coalition-- HD Kumaraswamy is being projected as their CM candidate while G Parmeshwara of the Congress has been offered the Deputy CM post, according to Baiju Narajan of the Janata Dal (Secular).

G Parameshwara is currently the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and has

Locals and rescue teams gather near crushed vehicles.

of trains on real time basis

Neiphiu Rio with PDA candidate Tokheho Yepthomi and alliance partners after the rally on Tuesday. (NP)

Staff Reporter

D imapur , M ay 1 5 (NPN): Kicking off the Lok Sabha by-election campaign for the PDA candidate in Dimapur Tuesday, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio called upon the people to work collectively and support PDA consensus candidate, Tokheho Yepthomi.

Addressing a well attended PDA campaign launch programme at DDSC Stadium Dimapur, Rio invited the people to be part of

the change of the NDPP-led PDA government.

He said the PDA leaders will be campaigning in all 11 districts before the scheduled election on May 28. He urged upon party workers of PDA constituents to ensure a thumping win for the consensus candidate.

The chief minister expressed gratitude to PDA partners- BJP, JD (U), NPP and Independent– for unanimously endorsing the NDPP candidate Tokheho Yepthomi as the consensus

candidate. He also cited some of the steps taken by the PDA soon after coming to power such as ban on VIP culture, chief guest system and undertaking urgent repair and maintenance of roads etc.

Rio took a dig at the NPF for crying hoarse at BJP for deciding to form alliance with NDPP and also expressed surprise for branding BJP as “communal, anti-Christian party” after having an alliance with the party (BJP) for the past 15 years.

Defending the saffron party, he said “no Naga has been converted to Hinduism after joining BJP.” He reiterated that BJP was not a religious party, and both NDPP and BJP were political parties working tirelessly for the welfare of the people.

Rio also questioned the credentials of NPF as a regional party since it had allied with Congress in the 90s and then with the BJP from 2003-18 in order to form the government in the state.

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To mark 100th anniv of 1st Naga matriculate Dr N Kire ‘Aadhaar not

Family announces `1L for 2018 HSLC topper

Correspondent

KOHIMA, MAY 15 (NPN): To commemorate 100 years of the first Naga matriculate Dr Neilhouzhü Kire, his family members on Tuesday announced cash award of Rs 1 lakh for the 2018 HSLC topper. This was announced by former director general of police (DGP) K Kire at a memorial programme held on the occasion of 49th death anniversary of his father Dr Neilhouzhü Kire held at the residence of former MLA, Abao Kire here on Tuesday evening.

K. Kire said the Rs. 1 lakh award will be a onetime grant to keep alive the memory of his late father, who completes 100 years of his matriculation.

Kire said that the family members also announced various other awards. He added that Dr Neilhouzhü

Late Dr Neilhouzhü Kire

Kire Angami Award for securing highest mark in Tenyidie under Ura Academy will be enhanced to Rs 50,000, besides announcing another award of Rs 50,000 to the topper from government schools under Kohima district planning board.

To encourage the students further, Kire said the topper from Dr Neilhouzhü Government Higher Secondary School will also be awarded Rs 25,000 in cash,

while the cash award under Kohima Village Students’ Union will be enhanced to Rs 25,000, besides providing another Rs 25,000 cash award to the topper from D Khel.

In her short yet glowing tribute, Dr Perhienuo, granddaughter of Dr Neilhouzhü, fondly recalled her childhood life with her grandfather, whom she described as inspirational and a strict disciplinarian.

Other family members also shared their fond memories of Dr Neilhouzhü.

According to Naga High School annual review of 1954-55 and Tenyimia Mhasi Kerieko written by Kiezotuo Zhale in 2010, Dr Neilhouzhü Kire, popularly known as NK Angami, was the first Naga matriculate who passed his matriculation from Shillong Government High School in 1918.

mandatory for getting pension’

NEW DELHI, MAY 15 (PTI): Aadhaar card is not mandatory for central government employees to get their pension, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh has said. In 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies here recently, he said Aadhaar is an additional facility to enable the use of technology for submission of life certificate without the need for visiting banks.

His assertion assumes significance as there were reports of some retired employees facing difficulty in getting the pension in the absence of Aadhaar linkage with their bank accounts.

Singh clarified that Aadhaar has not been made mandatory for getting pension for government employees, according to the minutes of the meeting.

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GUWAHATI, MAY 15 (AGENCIES): Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has tightened the control on train monitoring with involvement of senior officials to move the trains on time.

As many as ten trains including the prestigious Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and trains of NE India like NE Express, Kamrup Express and Avadh Assam Express are now being directly monitored by the General Manager of the zone on real time basis, according to the CPRO of the NFR, P J Sharma.

A 15-day punctuality drive has been started during which all the mail express trains running within the zone will be foot plated by officers of the NF Railway in its jurisdiction. Foot plating is the practice where the officer is present in the cabin of the driver during the run

for real time monitoring of the aspects like signal visibility, observation of safety protocols like signal exchange, and riding quality of the track, taking off of signals in time and avoidable en route detention.

T h e m ove m e n t o f trains in 19 stations of the zone including Katihar, New Coochbehar, New Bongaigaon, Guwahati, Kamakhya, Agartala, Naharlagun, Dibrugarh, Ledo, New Tinsukia, Farkating and Mariani is now being monitored through sensors called Data Loggers. This means that in these stations, the timing of movement of trains is being feed to a central system without any human interference. Thus the figures of arrival, departure timings of trains can no longer be altered or manipulated and only the actual timings will be reported.

D I M A P U R , M AY 1 5 (NPN): All Nagaland School Teacher’s Association (ANSTA), Tobu unit, has demanded immediate deputation of an SDEO to Tobu-sub division, as the office had been functioning without it (SDEO) for the past three months.

In a press release, ANSTA Tobu unit president P Langphoang also urged the authority concerned not to post/depute any officer for the time being or as retirement posting.

Pointing out that seven SDEOs were posted at Tobu in the last seven years, Langphoang said this clearly indicates the negligence of the department towards welfare of the student community.

The association also asked the authority to credit the deducted amount for NPS in respective PRAN account and not to victimise the teachers for such a long duration.

Gender bias kills over 200,000 girls in India each year: Lancet study L O N D O N , M AY 1 5 (IANS): Apart from the rising number of female foeticide cases in India, more than 200,000 girls under the age of five die each year in the country, finds a Lancet study led by an Indian-origin researcher.

The study, published in the journal Lancet Global Health, has found that there is on an average 239,000 excess deaths each year of girls under the age of five owing to neglect due to gender discrimination.

The numbers which are particularly higher in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, are mostly due to unwanted child bearing and subsequent neglect.

For too long, the focus has been only on prenatal sex selection, said co-researcher Christophe Guilmoto from the Universite Paris Des-

cartes in France.

“Gender-based discrimination towards girls doesn’t simply prevent them from being born, it may also precipitate the death of those who are born,” he said. The figures which are around 2.4 million in a decade can only be checked with stress on female literacy and employment in modern industries, the researchers noted.

“Regional estimates of excess deaths of girls shows any intervention in the food and health care allocation should particularly target Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where poverty, low social development, and patriarchal institutions persist and investments on girls are limited,” said Nandita Saikia postdoctoral research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. Excess female child

mortality is also found in 90 per cent of the districts in the country.

In all, 29 out of 35 states in India had overall excess mortality in girls under five, and all states and territories bar two had at least one district with excess mortality. The problem is most pronounced in northern India, -- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh -- which account for two-thirds of the total excess deaths.

In Uttar Pradesh excess female mortality was calculated at 30.5 per cent, while in Bihar the rate is 28.5, in Rajasthan 25.4, and in Madhya Pradesh 22.1.

In parts of western Rajasthan and northern Bihar, excess mortality as a result of gender bias accounts for 30-50 per cent of the mortality rate of females under five.

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State BJP workers celebrate victory

State BJP legislators and party workers in Dimapur on Tuesday.

DIMAPUR: State BJP workers in Nagaland celebrated party’s victory in the Karnataka assembly elections on Tuesday.

Led by State Bharatiya Janata Legislative Party leader (BLP) and deputy chief minister, Y.Patton, the party workers including all the BJP legislators gathered at BJP Dimapur office Super Market for celebration, said BJP

media cell in a press statement.

Addressing the party workers, Y.Patton on behalf of the State BJP credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and national BJP president Amit Shah for the victory.

Patton also said that it was a historic win for BJP and said by “dismantling the incumbent Congress Government at Karnataka

NMDA backs DCCI

IDA, NSB & Nobel Biocare hold implant clinical course

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Medicine Dealers Association (NMDA) during its annual general meeting on May 13 at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur has resolved to support DCCI statement to close business activities in Dimapur if extortion was not controlled.

This was stated in a press release issued by NMDA general secretary (org.), Basu Damani.

NMDA also con gratulated general secretary (administration), Ashok Kr. Singhal on being re-elected as the vice-president of All India Organization of Chemists & Druggists, NE Zone, for the sixth consecutive time.

It also congratulated its president Ato Yepthomi for smoothly running the association’s affairs in spite of hurdles. Yepthomi was re-elected president by voice vote.

T h e m e e t i n g wa s chaired by NMDA treasurer, Naresh Jain, a welcome address was delivered by general secretary, Basu Damani and the vote of thanks was proposed by executive member, Sanjay Luhadia.

clearly indicated the win of semi final for BJP in 2019 election under the dynamic leadership of Modiji and Amitji which has proven their Charismatic leaderships and peoples’ confidence in them again in the Country”.

Besides, thanking the voters of Karnataka, he also appreciated the North East people in general and the Nagas in particular

residing at Bengaluru, for honouring the appeals made by the State BJP campaign team in their recent visit to the city as a part of election campaign for BJP. State BJP president, Visasolie Lhoungu in his speech congratulated the State BJP campaign team led by deputy chief minister Y.Patton accompanied by minister of Health & Family Welfare S. Pangyu Phom, minister of Higher and Technical Temjen Imna Along and others for vigorously participated in the campaign with its resources, time and energy from May 3 to 8 for the Karnataka legislative assembly election.

He stated that it was an historic event for the BJP Nagaland, where a delegation led by BLP leader could campaign across the country.

He further appealed to all party workers to cohesively come together and work hard for the victory of PDA’s consensus candidate Tokheho Yepthomi.

State BJP also observed one minute silence as a mark of respect and honour in remembrance of its senior leader late K.Medom, who passed away on May 11.

Participants along with the mentor of the course.

DIMAPUR: Indian Dental Association, Nagaland State Branch (IDA, NSB) in collaboration with World Leading Implant Manufacturer, Nobel Biocare from United States have completed Nobel Biocare’s first implant clinical course in northeast in Kohima.

A press release by IDA, NSB informed that the course commenced on December 2017 ended on

May 2018. It stated that 2nd implant prosthesis module, lectures was held on May 5-7 at Hotel Vivor Kohima, and the clinical session was conducted at Advanced Dental Aesthetic & Implant Clinic, Kohima, which was supported by Rohini Dental Lab. Renowned Oral Implantologist and Cosmetic Dentist from Mumbai, Dr. Kanir Bhatia, was the

State BJP leaders attend national meet

mentor of the course while MDS, Periodontist and Oral Implantologist, Dr. Pfukrolo Koza, was the course coordinator.

The release has informed that Nobel Biocare is the world leader in innovative restoration and esthetic dental solutions and that it also provides highly professional training and education across the globe.

Training on offseason cucumber cultivation DIMAPUR: Training on off-season cucumber cultivation and field visit was conducted for Chunlikha and Nsunyu Women in Agriculture Groups on May 5.

A press release by Sub-Divisional Agricultural Officer (SDAO) Tseminyu, stated that two groups consisting of 23 members were taken to Aliba village, under Mokokchung district for the same.

The resource persons for the training were ACTO, Ruyosü Nakro and ACTO, Dr. Ruopfuselhou, both scientists from KVK Mokokchung and a local expert Temsu Ao from Aliba village.

The release informed that in the training, land preparations, the time of sowing, nutrient applications, setting-up of trails and irrigation methods were imparted to the women groups.

Later, the women groups were taken to the field where, off-season cucumber is cultivating and the programme ended with group discussion and interaction by the women groups with the scientists and the local experts.

DMC fixes mutton rate in Dimapur DIMAPUR: Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) has enhanced the rate of mutton items in Dimapur from the existing DMC rates after considering the representation submitted to the council by Mutton Seller of Dimapur.

A press release by Dimapur Municipal Council administrator, Moa Sangtam, has informed that after going through the representations and having discussed at length and comparing with the rate from the neighbouring state, Assam, Dimapur Municipal Council has enhanced the rate with immediate effect.

The new rate are as follows: mutton (khasi) Rs, 500 per kg; mutton (non khasi) Rs. 450 per kg and offal (head, hoff, intestine etc.) Rs. 200 per kg.

Dimapur Municipal Council has informed that the prescribed rate as the maximum amount which was to be strictly followed by the mutton seller(s) and warned that appropriate action would be initiated against the defaulters.

Condolences on Medom’s demise

DIMAPUR: Minister of peace.

PHED, Jacob Zhimomi NCSU: Nagaland has expressed grief at the Contractors’ & Suppliers’ demise of K. Medom union (NCSU) has conAngami on May 11 at doled the sudden demise Dimapur. of its bonafide member, K. In a condolence mes- Medom Angami. sage, Jacob described late In a condolence note, K. Medom as a prominent NCSU president, Pele Khefigure, who served the soci- zhie and general secretary, ety in various ways.

John Kath said late K. The minister said that Medom was a man of late Medom’s contribution principle and true leader. to the people as a social In his early departure, the leader and a senior political union said that they have leader will be remembered lost a great personality and and cherished for years to the vacuum created by him come and termed his de- will be difficult to fill. mise as a great loss to the NCSU conveyed conpeople of Nagaland in gen- dolences to the bereaved eral and BJP in particular. family members and prayed He further extended con- that Almighty God to grant State BJP president Visasolie Lhoungu and others at the national meet. dolences to the bereaved solace at this hour of grieve DIMAPUR: State BJP At the initiative of All Therefore, they have to be family and prayed for the and departed soul rest in leaders- president, Visasolie India BJP general secretary honoured and remembered, departed soul to rest in peace.

Lhoungu and Organising Ramlal, a minute silent he said.

Secretary Ananta Mishar, prayer was observed in He further encouraged attended a National Execu- remembrance of the se- the party workers to work tive on May 14 at Delhi. nior BJP leader K.Medom harder without neglect- DIMAPUR: In view of the forthcoming by- election to More than 200 BJP Angami from Nagaland, ing the organisational re- Nagaland Parliamentary Constituency, Deputy Commismembers including national who passed away on May sponsibilities as it was the sioner Kiphire Mohammed Ali Shihab has directed all BJP president, all National 11 at Dimapur. strength. the government officers and staff posted under Kiphire Office bearers, all State InAddressing the meet“Ours is to be in power district to remain in station for election training and charges, all State Presidents ing, national president Amit not only five or ten years duties. Further DC informed that first round of training and all Organising Secretar- Shah said since 1951 many but till we eradicate pov- for Presiding officers and 1st polling officers will be held ies attended the meet.

BJP workers have scarified erty from the country and on May 17 and 2nd, 3rd and 4th polling officers training At the meeting, vari- their lives for the party or- deliver development to the on May 18. Second round training for Presiding officers ous important points were ganisation and it was due to weak and poorer sections of and 1st polling officers will be on May 21 and for 2nd, highlighted and deliber- their sacrifices the party had the people in the country”, 3rd and 4th polling officers on May 22. Training will be ated. come up to this position. he said. held at GHSS Kiphire from 10 a.m.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018

news in Brief LEED induction of new members: The induction programme of new office bearers of Lotha Eloe Ekhung Dimapur (LEED) will be held on May 19 at 10 a.m. at Lotha Hoho Ki, Dimapur. All bonafide members have been asked to attend.

NGHSSEA general meeting: NGHSSEA has convened general meeting on May 18 at 10 a.m. at multipurpose hall RGHSS Kohima. All Government Higher Secondary Schools have been asked to send at least two member representatives.

All principals have also been requested to ensure participation of their members and confirm the number of participants from their respective schools.

SBTA 8th biennial conference: Sümi Baptist Theological Association (SBTA) would be holding its 8th biennial conference from May 18-20 at Trinity Theological College, Thahekhu hosted

by WSBAK. SBTA has invited Sümi theologians, theological students, and church ministers to attend the 8th biennial conference. It has informed that registration would begin from May 18, 12 noon onwards.

DTE general meeting: Dimapur Tsüngiki Ekhung (DTE) has convened its general meeting on May 19, 10 a.m. at the conference hall, Tourist Lodge Dimapur.

All concerned members have been requested to attend the same with “suitable agenda”.

SASU executive meeting: Saptiqa Area Student’s Union (SASU) has convened its executive meeting on May 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the residence of Hovishe Achumi (New Shena) 4th mile Dimapur. All the executives and newly inducted executives have been asked to attend the meeting.

Joint IGNOU induction meet Kma:

A Joint IGNOU induction meet for IGNOU SC-2001, Modern College, Kohima and IGNOU SC-2014, Central Library, Nagaland University, Kohima has been scheduled on May 19, 2 p.m. at Modern College, Kohima. Fresh learners enrolled for January 2018 session have been requested to attend the meet. For further information one has been asked to contact IGNOU SC-2001, Modern College, Kohima at 9856015006.

CNC annual conference: Council of Nagalim Churches (CNC) annual conference has been scheduled on May 16-21 at Council Headquarters Church, Hebron.

A special revival and healing service would be held on May 20 with Divine Harvest and Healing Ministries, Dimapur. CNC has invited all the national workers, wherever they are, to participate in the conference.

Cancer detection camp: One day Cervical and Breast Cancer Detection Camp will be held on May 19 starting from 10 a.m. at Dr. Motsuo Memorial District Hospital, Wokha by a team of doctors from the “Dr Anjana Phukan Memorial Foundation”. During the camp services on Gynae consultation and awareness talks to the women, VIA test, Pap smear test sample collection, Breast screening, BP checking, and free medicines distribution will be conducted. Therefore, all womenfolk have been invited to the camp.

LKM executive meeting: Langpangkong Students Conference (LKM) has convened its executive meeting on May 19 at 10 a.m. at LKM conference hall, Chuchuyimlang. All the advisors, presidents, executives and senior students from the federating units have been requested to attend the meeting.

Excise Dimapur conducts raids

The arrested persons with the seized IMFL. DIMAPUR: District Excise Dimapur on May 15 conducted raids on suspected locations in and around Dimapur town area and seized 30 cases of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL).

A press release by superintendent of Excise and prohibition Dimapur, T. Arilong Longkumer, has informed that four persons namely Bimol, Tarun, James and Avinash were arrested and duly

booked under the relevant section of the NLTP Act 1989.

The superintendent has also informed that regular and incessant checking would be conducted in order to curb illegal activity especially in view of the ensuing Lok Sabha by-election.

Excise Dimapur has also sought information from the public on illicit liquor transaction or business.

NPP state unit clarifies DIMAPUR: NPP Nagaland state unit has clarified that it has not formed or felicitated any unit in 45 Tehok A/C Mon. NPP Nagaland state, I P R s e c r e t a r y, R i c k y Ozüküm said this while reacting on the news item, “NPP 45 Tehok A/C merges with NDPP”, published in local dailies. Therefore, Ozüküm said that there was no question of NPP merging with NDPP. NPP had only issued party ticket to Chingkai Konyak, as he was denied by other parties at the last moment.

The secretary further clarified that state head quarter under the leadership of Ato Yepthomi, president state, has not authorized any unit in 45 Tehok A/C and therefore, the question of merging does not arise. He said NDPP and NPP were already in a coalition government and NPP being an integral part of the PDA, therefore “it was not a legitimate merger claim but an individual declaration for personal interest”.

Students urged to be agents of change

Participants of leadership training camp at LMS, Wokha.

DIMAPUR: With the objective to help student leaders discover the true meaning of leadership and build confidence for future inspirational leaders; peace channel organized a day leadership training program for the peace club members at Libemo Memorial School (LMS) Wokha on May 15.

A press release from peace channel desk stated that peace activist Patrick W. Tungoe while address-

ing the students said leadership was not about a title or a designation but a person who knows the way, goes the way and show the way.

He exhorted that being a leader one should create an inspiring vision for the future and build a team, motivate and inspire the people to engage more effectively at achieving the goals. Tungoe also encouraged the participants to work on the effective speak-

ing and communication so that they would be able to convince and communicate the message to the people and that they should also be willing to accept and overcome their mistakes and failure. Student leaders were also invited to take an oath stating that they would strive to be leaders who would make a difference and transform the society.

Altogether 24 members along with two teacher animator participated.

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WEATHER FORECAST MAY 16

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala A strong morning thunderstorm 31 22 Aizawl

A thunderstorm or two

Guwahati A stray a.m. t-storm; cloudy Imphal

26 17 28 21

Showers and a heavier t-storm 28 16

Itanagar A thunderstorm in spots

28 19

Shillong

Heavy rain and a thunderstorm 28 15

Kohima

Showers and a heavier t-storm 23 15

Dimapur Showers and a heavier t-storm 31 19 Mkg

Variable clouds; a t-storm

25 14

Tuensang Showers and a heavier t-storm 17 11

A stray afternoon t-storm

24 17

Zunheboto A thunderstorm in the area

22 12

Wokha

A one day seminar on ‘Bamboo for sustainable livelihood and climate change mitigation’ was held in Chizami, Phek.

DIMAPUR: A one day seminar on “Bamboo for sustainable livelihood and climate change mitigation” was organized by the Chizami Village Welfare Forum and Village Development Board in collaboration with the Department of Forests, Environment & Wildlife, Government of Nagaland on May 12 at the Village Council Hall.

A press release from Chizami Village Council secretary, Keduwe Tsuhah said that Dharmendra Prakash, Addl. PCCF and Velatso Demo, DFO, Phek were the resource persons

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of the seminar wherein 74 village leaders from different departments participated.

In the inaugural session, the Addl. PCCF highlighted the importance of bamboo as a source of livelihood both locally and globally which could generate employment income for the rural people in particular.

He also dwelt on value addition—adding to the cost of the raw bamboo by making them into useful things. He stated that bamboo which was earlier considered a poor man’s

wood was now considered ‘Green Gold’ for its potentialities. He explained that bamboo was the fastest growing plant in the world and was one of the best plants to combat climate change mitigation.

In the second session, the DFO, Phek spoke on the topic ‘Bamboo plantation and management’ in which he presented a vegetative propagation of bamboo with the details about the collection of materials, cutting, planting and transplanting. He also stressed on the importance of wildlife conservation.

The programme was chaired by Seno Tsuhah, coordinator NEN, Welhite Naro VCC gave the welcome and set the context of the programme, Khenemv L. Mero, a village elder, spoke on the use of bamboo in the traditional economy, Bojuwe T. Mero was the moderator, Weyelo Mero delivered the concluding remark and the final blessing was pronounced by senior pastor K. Thopi.

Some 1495 MGNREGA job card holders conducted bamboo plantation along a roadside stretch of 17 kms from Chizami towards Phek.

ANATG units support pendown strike DIMAPUR: Nagaland Ad-hoc Teachers group 2015 Batch Dimapur and Tuensang units have backed the decision of the Central Body ANATG 2015 batch to go for pen down strike from May 16 to 18.

A n n o u n c i n g t h i s, ANATG 2015 Batch Dimapur Unit president Surhota Yhobu and general secretary Kughalu Swu said “we no longer trust the verbal assurances from the Government of Nagaland and demand that instead of giving empty promises and assurances, to regularize our services at the earliest”.

Therefore, the Dimapur unit affirmed that they will continue exercising their right and support any course of action initiated by the central body till their demand was met.

Meanwhile, All Nagaland Ad-hoc Teachers Group (ANATG) Tuensang district has urged all the units to firmly adhere to the resolution of the central team and also informed all the district units to be prepared for any further action adopted by central union.

This was stated in a press release issued by ANATG Tuensang district president, Imlong Chang and general secretary, Chongma .C.

YMC prepares for NAAC accreditation DIMAPUR: Two-member peer team on May 14 visited Yemhi Memorial College (YMC), Dimapur to assist the college in preparing for NAAC accreditation.

A press release by YMC Dimapur principal, Makhan Chetia, has stated that in order to enhance education particularly in Christian institutions in India, a united board programme, “Quality Assurance in Higher Education among Christian Institutions - A Facilitation Endeavour” was under-

taken with the initiative of a few former principals and present principals of Christian colleges in the country.

Under this project, the release informed that 15 colleges were adopted cutting across diverse states of India to help in preparation for NAAC accreditation.

In this regard, twomember experts of the UB Peer Team – Madras Christian College (Autonomous), Chennai, principal, Dr. R.W Alexandar Jesudasan and former

principal of Bishop Heber College (Autonomous) Trichy, Tamil Nadu, Dr. Marcus Boominathan – visited YMC. The release informed that the day long programme included interactive sessions with faculty, staff, students and other stakeholders of the college.

Dr. Marcus Boominathan also briefed the staff through a power point presentation on the latest procedures to be adopted for accreditation

by NAAC.

DIET and NSLSA conduct legal awareness programme DIMAPUR: District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Wokha in collaboration with Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) conducted a legal awareness for head teachers/ teacher-in-charge of GPS & GMS on Issues Relating to Women and Children at DIET Wokha on May 11.

According to a press release from NSLSA, legal awareness was a first of its kind where head teachers/teachers-incharge were sensitized on issues relating to women and children.

Principal, Imlikokla Longchar had initiated the workshop to equip the teachers so they could educate people even outside the school about rise of violence against women and children in society.

Longchar thanked the NSLSA headed

by its member secretary, Mezivolu T Therieh for extending all out support in conducting the workshop at the institute.

Ester K. Aye, legal aid counsel & trainer, NSLSA, began the workshop with her topic on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Child Rights.

During the second session, Alemwabang Ao, legal aid counsel & trainer, NSLSA, discussed the Right to Education Act, 2009 and Child Labour.

The third session was conducted by Khriesinuo Kire, panel lawyer, NSLSA, who spoke on the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, 2006, which, according to the press release, is very relevant in our Naga context today.

Unity College organises awareness DLCC meeting on tobacco control in Kohima programme on women helpline

Resource persons with the students.

DIMAPUR: An awareness programme on “Women Helpline Dial 181” and “Sakhi One Stop Centre” was organized by Unity College IQAC Women Cell in collaboration with state resource centre for women on May 12 at the Seminar Hall of Unity College.

A press release by Unity College informed that

case worker of One- Stop Center, Bovili Chishi and Zakato Chishi and Nize Nagi from Call Responder of Women Helpline were the resource persons of the event.

In the programme, Bovili Chishi spoke on the various schemes for women affected by violence and the services rendered under

those schemes.

She also highlighted the students on Sakhi One Stop Centre in Dimapur and Kohima region.

Zakato Chishi deliberated on the various forms of violence against women and children and on the various constitutional and legal rights to protect women.

DIMAPUR: The first quarterly meeting of District Level Coordination Committee (DLCC) on tobacco control was held at DPDB’s Conference Hall Kohima on May 11 under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner and Chairman DLCC Kohima, Rajesh Soundararajan.

According to DIPR, Jt. director Dental and SNO (NTCP), Health and Family Welfare, Dr. H. Hotokhu Chishi, while presenting on the achievement of Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS- 2) 201516, mentioned that the state has seen a decrease in percentage of tobacco consumption compared to the last GATS-1 Survey report (2009-2010).

Stating that the GATS survey was conducted in four districts namely, Kohima, Dimapur, Phek and Peren, the survey report was presented as follows:Tobacco consumption56.8% decreased to 43.3%; Smokers- 31.5% to 13.2%; Smokeless Tobacco users45.3% to 39.0%; Dual users- 20% to 8.9%; Second hand smoke exposure at

home- 79.7% to 67.6% and second hand smoke exposure at work place- 32% to 23.3%.

According to the report, the high price of cigarette due to increase in taxation was also an achievement, which would hopefully decrease its use.

The report stated that the average monthly expenditure on cigarette (daily smokers)- Rs 689.6 to Rs. 1473.9 and average monthly expenditure on Bidi (daily smokers)-Rs 116.3 to Rs-265.5.

Dr. H. Chishi also p o i n t e d o u t t h a t N agaland state was the first state to conduct a school oral health survey 201314 where tobacco use in school children under the age group of 8-13 years was recorded as follows- children with tobacco habits -28.3%, smokers -15% and buying tobacco products for parents was recorded at 41.2%.

On cancer status of Nagaland, Dr. Chishi reported that Nagaland state ranked the highest number of Nasopharyngeal cancer (cancer of head and neck)

Rajesh Soundararajan with the six tobacco free school representatives and DLCC members. (DIPR)

in the country with male 15.3 % and female 10.8%.

He also said that every year new cases of cancer have been detected with 454 recorded per year as per (population based cancer survey, ICMR 2012-2014).

He suggested no tobacco cultivation, production and supply policies and ban on tobacco lobbying.

He further pointed out that to control tobacco consumption/users the two challenges -complacency / casual attitude and absence

of pressure group should be confronted.

The DC and Chairman DLCC appreciated the informative presentation and lauded all the members and stakeholders for their commendable job.

He also asked the GBs to check the parents in their respective colonies/wards to not send their children to buy tobacco products.

Senior dental surgeon and DNO (NTCP), Dr. Arenla Walling gave a presentation on the activities

of the District Tobacco Control Cell, Kohima. During the meeting six schools were declared Tobacco Free Schools where the DC and chairman DLCC gave away the certificate to the schools. Government High School Botsa; Government Middle School Botsa; Baptist School Botsa; Christian School Botsa; Children Christian School Kohima Village and Vinyuzo School Upper Bayavu Kohima were the six schools declared tobacco free.

Mega legal services camp DIMAPUR: Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Justice, Ajit Singh, who is also the patronin-chief Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA), will be inaugurating the Mega Legal Services Camp (LSC) at local ground Peren town, on May 19.

The mega LSC is organised by the NSLSA and Peren District Legal Services Authority (PDLSA) in collaboration with government departments, stakeholders and NGOs. T h e C h i e f Ju s t i c e o f Gauhati High Court will also release the NSLSA’s theme song “Sob Ke Insaf Dibo”.

It informed that the LSC will provide realtime registration of beneficiaries in central and state government welfare schemes, exhibition of welfare legislation and schemes by core departments, awareness on various government schemes, benefits and entitlements, legal counselling and legal assistance.

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Tripura CM warns IPFT over protests against appointment of BAC chiefs Agartala, May 15 (PTI): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb Tuesday warned coalition partner Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) that stern action would be taken if they continued to cause public sufferings by holding agitations across the state over the appointment of the chairmen to the Block Advisory Committees (BACs).

The IPFT is a partner of the BJP in the coalition government in Tripura that came to power in March, putting an end to the 25year rule of the Left Front in the north-eastern state.

“They (IPFT) were cautioned many times against causing such public sufferings, but they are not listening. If they continue to cause public sufferings, nobody will be spared,” Deb, who is also the home minister of the state, told reporters here.

The BJP and the IPFT, a tribal party, have so far failed to suppress their disagreements over the nomination of the BAC chairmen, prompting the latter to resort to agitations in various parts of the state.

Sources in the IPFT said their grievance was that they could not get the BAC chairperson of their

Biplab Kumar Deb choice at many places.

The BACs monitor the implementation of developmental schemes of the government at the grassroot level. A five-member, statelevel coordination committee of the BJP and the IPFT, which was formed last week to ensure a better coordination within the government, had recently released a list of 28 BAC chairmen.

The list has become a bone of contention between the ruling allies as disagreements over it have been reported from various districts.

The BJP had secured 35 seats, while the IPFT had bagged eight in the March election for the 60-member Tripura Assembly.

Assistant Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Smriti Ranjan Das said IPFT activists blocked National Highway 8 at

Shakbari and Sachirambari in South Tripura district for about two hours today.

However, the police managed to get them to withdraw the blockade following long persuasions and there was no untoward incident, he told PTI. A group of IPFT activists, including women, had gheraoed the Lefunga block office in West Tripura district yesterday, demanding a leader of the outfit as the BAC chairman in the area, instead of someone from the BJP. According to Superintendent of Police (West Tripura) Ajit Pratap Singh, 750 people, including 150 women, had gathered around the Lefunga block office yesterday, but were persuaded to disperse in the evening.

IPFT supporters had also gheraoed the Champahower police station in Khowai district, around 70 kms from here, yesterday. Superintendent of Police (Khowai) Krishnendu Chakravertty said nearly 350 people had gheraoed the police station and tried to damage its outer fence, demanding the release of arrested tribal leaders.

“The mob was turning unruly, but things were brought under control subsequently. They tried to

Withdraw Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: NEDF

‘Tripura govt to announce new recruitment rules’

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Agartala, May 15 (PTI): The Tripura government will soon announce new recruitment rules for all departments, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Devvarma has said.

A draft of the revised rules has been prepared and is waiting for the government’s approval, Devvarma told reporters Monday.

He also said that the revised rules will be finalised and announced soon.

“The draft needs to be finalized. I shall see (the proposal), the chief minister too will see,” Devvarma, who is also the Finance minister said.

The decision should be rational and reasonable and take into consideration the problems of the people, he said. The proposal will also be discussed with all the ministers, he said.

On the implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) benefits, the deputy chief minister said that work was being done for implementing the revised perks at a fast pace.

IMPHAL, May 15: Joining the chorus of protesting Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, North East Dialogue Forum (NEDF) Tuesday demanded withdrawal of the bill.

The forum, in a statement, alleged that the bill was another agenda of the government to suppress the voice and rights of indigenous people.

For the last many decades, the indigenous people in the northeast region have been under threat in their own land due to the domination by the large number of illegal migrants from the neighbouring countries. And, government of India had failed to control during the time of migration, it stated.

“Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is another agenda to suppress the voice and to violate the rights of the indigenous people by violating the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People 2007

by granting citizenship to persons belonging to minority communities... which is a clear threat to self determination over the indigenous people’s land,” the forum lamented.

NEDF alleged that based on Assam Accord, the government of Assam was engaged in intensive updating of NRC to include people permanently residing in the state till March 24, 1971 and to treat them alone as genuine citizens of the country.

In the statement, the forum condemned updating of NRC in Assam. It alleged that the process will be another threat to the indigenous people of not only Assam but also in the Northeastern region of the country in general.

The for um further blamed government of India over the alleged failure to recognize and protect the rights of the indigenous people. Recognizing the illegal migrants as citizens of India was a clear violation of rights of the indigenous people, it added.

damage the outer fence, but there was no major damage,” Chakravertty said.

Reacting to the issue, state BJP vice-president Pratima Bhowmik said the advisory board of a statelevel coordination committee, comprising BJP and IPFT leaders, had decided on the names of the BAC chairmen.

“There are 41 blocks in the state. We have announced the names of 28 BAC chairmen. Of them, 18 have been nominated from the BJP and 10 from the IPFT. The list was announced as per the mutual agreement with the IPFT and it was signed by IPFT general secretary Mevar Kumar Jamatia and me,” she said.

When contacted, state BJP secretary Rajib Bhattacharya, who is also a member of the coordination committee, said a meeting would soon be convened to discuss the issues of conflict between the two ruling constituents and announce the names of the remaining 13 BAC chairmen.

However, Jamatia, who is the tribal welfare minister in the Biplab Deb cabinet, said further meetings would be held with the BJP regarding the nomination of BAC chairmen.

GUWAHATI, May 15 (Agencies): A Mizoram minister’s alleged “fun-firing” from an assault rifle has triggered a storm with an MLA of opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) demanding that the Minister pay back the police department for robbing it of its armoury.

The state’s Spor ts Minister Zodintluanga and some youth Congress leaders “squandered” police ammunition by allegedly firing a barrage of shots at the 1st India Reserve

Heroin seized in Mizoram; 1 held

Aizawl, May 15 (PTI): Officials of the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department today seized over 40 gram of heroin from a man in Champai district and arrested him, a department spokesman said. The man, a resident of North Khawbung village, was arrested from Champhai Zotlang village, the spokespersaon said.

The contraband is worth around Rs 2 lakh in the local market, he said. The seized drug was reportedly smuggled from Myanmar across Zokhawthar border trade centre, the spokesperson said. The accused was booked under various sections of the Narcotic bye-laws, Sangma said that Drugs and Psychotropic the present Government is Substances Act, 1985, he not thinking in such lines. added.

He said that the KHADC would require framing the Town Planning and Building Laws and then constitute the town committees to regulate the building construction within the respective localities or villages.

Gangtok, May 15 Taking this objective (PTI): The Sikkim governforward, he said that the ment has hiked the monthly Urban Affairs department honorarium of zilla and will write to the MeECL gram panchayat members and PHE department to with effect from April 2018. relax the norms in terms A state cabinet meeting of the permission required chaired by Chief Minisby the people for water and ter Pawan Chamling deelectricity connection after cided to hike the monthly construction of the their honorarium of the zilla houses. panchayat members and Meanwhile, on the gram panchayat sabhapati KHAD (Village Administra- from Rs 4,800 to Rs 10,000. tion) Bill, 2015, Chief Min- The honorarium of gram ister said that the KHADC panchayat up-sabhapati has is working to improve the also gone up from Rs 4,000 Village Administration Bill to Rs 9,500. The honorarium (VAB) adding that they of gram panchayat members will come back to the State has also been raised to Rs Government after they have 9,000 per month against the completed the exercise. earlier sum of Rs 3,200.

Honorarium of zilla, panchayat members hiked

Conrad K Sangma said that the Meghalaya Town and Country Planning Act, 1973 in principle had mentioned that the act will not be applicable in areas outside the municipal.

He further said that the Law department will have to complete the exercise in a time bound manner.

Commenting on the last meeting convened by the previous Government with the traditional heads and the district councils where it was decided to constitute the local authorities to implement the building

Myanmar rebels in Aizawl clinic A i z aw l , M a y 1 5 (Agencies): Four persons allegedly belonging to the Arakan Army (AA) have been receiving treatment in a private hospital in Aizawl since last week, said police.

The four militants were reportedly part of the group which had ambushed a patrol party of the Myanmar Army near boundary pillar number 10 inside Myanmar on Wednesday.

They were apparently injured in a counter-attack using rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) by the Myanmar Army, the police said.

The Arakan Army is a Rakhine insurgent group that claims to safeguard the national identity and cultural heritage of the Arakan people. It is a participant in the Kachin conflict.

The militants claimed that three or four Myanmar Army personnel had been gunned down in the ambush.

At least four Arakanese militants were injured when the Myanmar Army retaliated with rocket-propelled grenades, the police added.

The four critically injured militants were being treated at a hospital in Aizawl since last week, they added.

The ambush was seen as a payback on the Myanmar Army, which launched a crackdown on the militant group camping inside the Chin state bordering southern Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district during the last part of November last year.

Go to Village mission will help root out corruption: Mnp CM

Manipur CM N Biren Singh interacting with womenfolks during the Go to Village camp in Imphal West on Tuesday. (NP) Correspondent

IMPHAL, May 15: ‘Go to Village’ is a part of BJP-led Manipur government’s mission to root out corruption from the state, said chief minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday.

The mission was launched on May 1 last with the objective to deliver government services at the doorstep of the people.

Under the mission, camps are being organized in 60 villages on every Tuesday to address the grievances and to enrol people for availing benefits of various Central and state sponsored welfare schemes.

Attending one of the camps at Govindagram Laiharaopung in Imphal

West district, chief minister N Biren Singh said that one of the main objectives of government’s “Go to Village” mission was making a corruption free society.

He said, “If we want positive change and inclusive development then it should start from the grassroots level.”

Asserting that the essence of doing politics is to serve the people, he said that his government, since its inception, has been working to reach out to the people.

“Now with the launching of the ‘Go to Village’ mission, most of the government services are being delivered at the doorsteps of the people,” he said and added that, people, henceforth, would no more face

the inconvenience of visiting different government offices for enrolment to different schemes or registering their grievances.

On the inaugural day of the ‘Go to Village,’ the government received around 80,000 applicants out of which 40,000 grievances were addressed on the same day, he claimed.

In the second edition, around 68,000 applicants were received and out of which 38,000 grievances were resolved on the spot, he added.

He also informed that a committee would be constituted to gather the ground report/status of the people’s grievances and expectations so that government can act in a meaningful way.

Mizoram sports minister’s ‘fun-firing’ draws flak

MUDA building bye-laws not applicable in Schedule areas: Conrad Shillong, May 15 (Agencies): The State Government in principle has agreed that the scheduled areas falling under the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) will not be affected by the MUDA building bye-laws.

This was informed by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma after the meeting with the KHADC and the traditional heads at the main conference room of the Main Secretariat here Tuesday.

The law department has been tasked with the job to study the provisions under the Meghalaya Building Bye Laws & Town Planning, 1973, he said.

Sangma said that it is important to have clarity whether the amendment of the Act to include the scheduled areas under the purview of the MUDA building bye laws, was done as per provisions of law.

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Battalion headquarters at Mualvum, some 30 km away from state capital Aizawl, on Saturday.

“The powerful sports minister, accompanied by his colleagues, went to the 1st IR battalion headquarters and the authorities there made arrangement for them.

The team led by the minister spent the whole day at the battalion’s firing range and fired several rounds from assault rifles such as US-make M4 rifle, AK-47 besides Block pistol. They had a lot of fun,” MNF

MLA, Lalruatkima alleged. ruatkima said. made to Chief Minister He said as Zodintluanga’s The state’s Congress Lal Thanhawla went unan“lavish lifestyle” robbed the government has not yet swered. The Police too have police of armoury bought given a response. Calls remained tight-lipped. with people’s money, the minister should compensate the loss. “It’s really unfortunate that the minister chose to have joy by wasting the state’s money when people Happy 1st birthday lil one, were mourning the deaths of Congratulations on completing your five persons in an incident of first year on earth. You must be allandslides. He is a Minister ready learning to walk, soon you’ll and he should know that be running and we can’t wait for that the arms and ammunitions day..... Once again Happy birthday in question belonged to the our dearest one........ police and were restricted With love sisters from use by civilians,” Lal-

IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE DIMAPUR, NAGALAND

NOTICE

S/C No. 80/18

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

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Abemo Lotha has been applied by Smti.

Chumchano Lotha, W/o Lt. Abemo Lotha R/o H.No 46, Z Khel Notun Bosti, Dimapur, Nagaland for possession of : 1. Pension benefits. 2. SBI A/C No. 20266527831 Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 15th June' 18.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this 15th May' 18.

(Neiko Kanuo) Principal District and Sessions Judge, Dimapur : Nagaland DP-3840

FELICITATION

With immense delight and honour the Lotha Baptist Theological Association conveys heartiest congratulations to Rev. Dr. K. Benry Lotha, one of the Pastors of Kohima Lotha Baptist Church for being conferred Doctorate of Ministry (D.Min) on dissertation titled “Expository Preaching : Its importance and Urgency in the Pastoral Ministry for church growth and stability” guided

by Rev. Dr. Ephrata Saraty, an Associate Professor in Christian Ministry, United Theological College (UTC) Bangalore.

The Association wishes him a bright future and prays for higher prospect in God’s Ministry.

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AFFIDAVIT

AFFIDAVIT, ACTUAL NAME DECLARATION I, Smti. Khekani Y Zhimomi, D/o Lt. Yetovi Zhimomi permanent resident of Lizu New, and presently residing at Laghilato Colony, under Zunheboto District, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly swear an oath and declares as under: 1. That I am a bona-fide citizen of India, belonging to Sumi Naga community, resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my actual name is Khekani Y Zhimomi which is recorded in my Service Book.

3. That due to ignorance and mistake, my name is inadvertently entered and recorded as Y Khekani Sumi in my SBI Bank Passbook bearing account No. 11736638707 and Khekani Y Sumi in my PAN Card.

4. That the above mentioned names Khekani Y Zhimomi, Y Khekani Sumi and Khekani Y Sumi refers to one and the same person and i.e. me.

5. That through this declaration I shall rectify the use of my name as Khekani Y Zhimomi for all official and legal process and in all proceeding.

6. That the statements made above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly affirm and declared on oath before me on this day.......at Zunheboto, Nagaland.

Regd. No. 406, Dated 11.05.18 Notary Public DP-3834

Regd. No. : 2549, Date : 13/03/18

I, Shri. Tenlom Phom, S/o A. Yangoi Phom resident of Yachem Village, Longleng : Nagaland solemnly declare that my name and my father's name is inadvertently entered as Y. Tenlom Phom, S/o Yangoi Phom instead of Tenlom Phom, S/o A. Yangoi Phom in my official documents and this refer to one and same person. From today my name shall be known as Tenlom Phom, son of A. Yangoi Phom in all my official documents.

DP-3818 IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (THE HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) KOHIMA BENCH

District : Dimapur

DECLARATION OF ACTUAL NAME I, Shri. K.Lanu Aier, S/o Lt. Koramendang, R/o. Landmark Colony (PWD). House No. 140, in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as under : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India residing at Landmark Colony (PWD) in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland.

2. That my Official name in the Academic documents and certificates has been borne and written as K. LANUWABANG. 3. That I am also popularly known and called as K.LANU AIER in short form.

4. That the name K.LANUWABANG and K.LANU AIER is the same and one person.

5. That the instant affidavit is sworn to affirm that the above mentioned names are same and one person.

6. That the contents from para 1 to 5 are true and nothing stated therein are false.

Deponent Solemnly sworn and affirm before me by the deponent on this the 5th day of October 2010, at Dimapur Notary Public DP-3814 Regd. No 3176/10, Date 5.10.10

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

NO.M-143/18/1300-01

Dt. Dimapur the 14th May, 18

Notice is here by given that Shri/Smti Supongtula -Vrs- G.Abol Shohe resident of Industrial Estate Town /Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 &51 of Assam Land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below :The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/ objections concerning to the said land, if any & should be submitted to this court in writing on or before 14/6/18.

SCHEDULE OF LAND AND BOUNDARY

Name of Patta Holder : Supongtula, Village /Block No : Darogajan Patta No : 778, Dag No : 74, 554/927, Area : 01B-00k – 00Ls North : Orenthung Tsopoe, South : Yashimongba Pongen East : Approach Road, West : Rienglarie DP-3813

Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland

MAC APPEAL NO. 08(K) OF 2017 Oriental Insurance Company Limited.

- Versus Shri. Ajay Kumar Singh & ors.

To,

...Appellant ...Respondent.

1. Shri. Rajen Thapa, Son of Late B.B. Thapa, Resident of New Field Colony, Golaghat Road Dimapur, Nagaland.

(Driver of motorcycle Yamaha SZ-R B/R No. NL 07J 5971) 2. Shri. Ram Gopal Agarwal, Son of Nand Kisor Agarwal, Resident of Duncan Bosti, Dimapur, Nagaland.

(Owner of motorcycle Yamaha SZ-R B/R No. NL 07J 5971)

NOTICE Please, take notice that the above case/appeal has been filed by the appellant (Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.), wherein you have been impleaded as opposite respondent No. 2 and 3 respectively.

You are therefore directed to appear before this Court on 31.05.2018 in person or by pleader duly instructed and able to answer all material questions relating to the case.

Take notice that in default of your appearance on the date mentioned above the case will be heard and determined in your absence.

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Assistant Registrar Gauhati High Court (Kohima Bench) Kohima, Nagaland

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ery often a new party which has taken over the reins of the government, want to make an immediate impression and so make some announcements to impress though these may be more populist in nature. The objective of announcements is to send a message across that the new set up is going to bring about a turnaround and make the state experience something new and positive. There could be announcements to do away with Nagaland’s absolutely hilarious VIP culture. The government may also make announcements for providing jobs or to sustain and improve the economy which follow the convention of raising expectations so as to gain more favour and time. However, everything that has to do with providing a better environment in the lives of people do not appear out of nowhere and neither are the means complicated. The simple solution to the simple issue of governance is the key to access achievable objectives. A word that can make the difference which can really be the ‘changer for change’ is the simple act of total dedication. This has become extinct in the government because of too much favouritism and nepotism being practiced by politicians in power for several decades. Dedication to work among government employees is a message that has to be sent out to all employees and to remind them that they are paid to do just that and it is not a favour that is being asked. Many employees owe their allegiance to their political patrons and not the government they were appointed to serve. This also leads to a situation where political patronization becomes a shield against disciplinary action. The bloated government can hardly work since there are too many who seem to think that they don’t matter as there are so many of them. It is also not uncommon to hear of complaints by public who had to visit offices several times to chase files otherwise, it can get stuck somewhere for days or weeks. Any system that tolerates delay only perpetrated inefficiency which, in turn, results in loss of precious time, money and resources. If someone in the system is in the habit of delaying work or in other words, not carrying out assigned duties at the appropriate and expected time and period, it means that person is inefficient. Therefore, someone who is inefficient is incompetent for the job and which also means that the person is unproductive and is a waste of investment. Inefficiency has become a terrible syndrome within the government and no one cares nor has the courage to make inefficient workers accountable. It is time that the government introduced a system, where date and time of receipt and dispatch are noted in the files. Any undue delay in disposing off files must invite explanation call from responsible. A publicfriendly government means more than mere PR. It is about timely delivery which would not only make the fat-salaried and under worked employees on their toes but also earn the admiration of the public. If any government wants to promote progress, it must first start by toning up the system so that it provides efficient service to the people. This is crucial at a time when the government needs to justify whether it exists for the people or for itself.

DailyDevotion The Habit of Rising to the Occasion …that you may know what is the hope of His calling… —Ephesians 1:18 Remember that you have been saved so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in your body (see 2 Corinthians 4:10). Direct the total energy of your powers so that you may achieve everything your election as a child of God provides; rise every time to whatever occasion may come your way.

You did not do anything to achieve your salvation, but you must do something to exhibit it. You must “work out your own salvation” which God has worked in you already (Philippians 2:12). Are your speech, your thinking, and your emotions evidence that you are working it “out”? If you are still the same miserable, grouchy person, set on having your own way, then it is a lie to say that God has saved and sanctified you.

God is the Master Designer, and He allows adversities into your life to see if you can jump over them properly— “By my God I can leap over a wall” (Psalm 18:29). God will never shield you from the requirements of being His son or daughter. First Peter 4:12 says, “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you….” Rise to the occasion— do what the trial demands of you. It does not matter how much it hurts as long as it gives God the opportunity to manifest the life of Jesus in your body.

May God not find complaints in us anymore, but spiritual vitality— a readiness to face anything He brings our way. The only proper goal of life is that we manifest the Son of God; and when this occurs, all of our dictating of our demands to God disappears. Our Lord never dictated demands to His Father, and neither are we to make demands on God. We are here to submit to His will so that He may work through us what He wants. Once we realize this, He will make us broken bread and poured-out wine with which to feed and nourish others.

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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. ~ Earl Nightingale

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018

Gen.(Retd) Thinoselie M Keyho, president NNC

My beloved Nagas,

By Grace of God, I bring greetings and salute you on this occasion of the 67th Naga Plebiscite Day. The Political history of the Nagas is unblemished and flawless. The position we reached today is only because our past generations had meticulously and tactfully handled our history and passed it to us. However, the present generation, many had forgotten or do not value our past history, our rights, our sufferings and the good deeds done by the past generations. Brushing aside our history, many started to narrate the stories implanted by our enemies thereby distorting our historical facts.

Therefore, on this historic occasion, let us once again relate the “Naga Political History” accomplished by our forefathers whom the most erudite nation of the 19th century “Britain” termed them as “Savage” or “Naked” Nagas.

The “Naga National Movement” or the “Naga Political History” started with the submission of the “Memorandum” to the Simon Commission by the Naga Club on 10th January, 1929 when the Commission visited Kohima. History tells us that a British trading company came to India for trading and later on controlled the whole Indian Sub- Continent. The British India Government controlled Assam as well. In order to protect their interest in Assam due to occasional raids of the tea gardens in Assam by the Nagas, the Britishers invaded and controlled a small portion of Naga country and termed it as “British Naga Hills of Assam” in the later part of the 19th Century.

In order to study the constitutional reform in India, the British Parliament constituted the Indian Statutory Commission, commonly known as the “Simon Commission” which came to Kohima in 1929. On being asked whether the Nagas would like to be under the New Reform Scheme on the departure of the British Government from India, the Naga Club through the memorandum submitted to the Commission categorically stated that “Nagas are not Indians”. If the British Government is to leave India, Nagas should not be left with an unknown people (India), but the Nagas should be left free as before and not under any Nation. The crux of the Memorandum is “Independent Nagaland”.

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after discussing the Simon Commission report in the Parliament brought out the “Government of India Act 1935” wherein the Naga Hills were placed under “Excluded Area”. The fact of placing the Nagas outside the Reform Scheme as “Excluded Area” has been a cause of envy for some, dispute for some others whereas for India, it was a cause for hatred and bitterness. However, majority of the Nagas do not consider this in its depth and that is why we are having misunderstandings.

If the British Imperial Government were to transfer power to the Indians in an amiable and peaceful atmosphere, surely the British Government would have carved out the Naga inhabited areas to the Nagas.

Unfortunately, due to the World War II coupled with the fighting between the Hindus and Muslims for Hindustan and Pakistan, transfer of power had to be carried out hurriedly which has tilted the balance of power to the Indian side.

Sensing the imminent departure of the British from Indian SubContinent, the Nagas formed the Naga National Council (NNC) in 1946 following the Naga Club and voiced the rights of the Nagas to the outside world.

If there were to be no Naga National Council, the Memorandum of the Naga Club of 1929 would remain a mere story only. However, the formation of NNC has revitalized the Naga Memorandum of 1929 and made it as the basis for the Naga National Movement.

The works of Naga National Council The Naga Nation is one. The Nagas have been living together continuously as one and has not parted at any point of time. During the British time, our people were referred to as “The Nagas” and “Naga Hills” only.

It was the Naga National Council which gave the name “NAGALAND” which included all the territories which were given or ceded to others without the consent or permission of the Nagas. This territory was given to the Nagas by God and therefore it is inhabited and named by the Nagas as NAGALAND. Later on in1963, the Government of India had given a “State” to some Nagas and therefore, the present “State” referred to as “Nagaland State” was an Indian made Nagaland and is not the whole

Nagaland, but only a portion of it.

Another notable achievement of the Naga National Council was the declaration of the Naga Independence on 14th August, 1947 a day ahead of India, declaring to the World that the Nagas will be an independent nation.

In order to legitimize the declaration of independence, a plebiscite was conducted by the Naga National Council on 16th May, 1951 and 99.9% of the Nagas voted that Nagas will remain an independent nation. This is how; the Nagas have given their mandate to the Naga National Council.

All these were achieved by the Naga National Council through nonviolence, peaceful and in a free and fair manner.

In the 1952 General Election, the Indian Government tried to extent the General Election to the Naga people considering them to be Indians. However, the Nagas completely boycotted the election and not a single Naga vote was cast in the election. What more proof is required to prove that Nagaland is an independent nation?

Now the ball in is the court of the Indian Government. Everything depends on the response of the Government of India. India is a democratic country and if it were to follow democratic rules and pursues the non-violence policy initiated by Mahatma Gandhi, than it should be ashamed of itself. India will have to humble itself again.

As the story goes a tiger killed and devoured the lamb on the pretext that its mother sheep had muddied its water source, so also the Government of India claimed to have inherited Nagaland from the British began the cruel and outrageous invasion of Nagaland. This has compelled the NNC to form the Federal Government of Nagaland on 22nd March, 1956 to defend itself. Since that day, the IndoNaga war started and is continuing for the last 62 years, yet India failed in its conquest.

The Naga National Political History remains flawless till date. The older generation has laid the foundation and done its part. The future course lies with the present generation.

Hope the present generation will hold on to it!

The Naga National Movement is surely a plan of God and we will definitely achieve our objective.

KUKNALIM.

Z. Royim Yimchungrü, acting president NNC parent body

Dear Naga people, I greet all the Naga people in the Homeland and outside on this occasion of Naga National Plebiscite Day of 16th May 2018. On 16th May 1951, that is 67 years ago, the Naga people conducted National Plebiscite to show the world and the Government of India in particular that the Nagas were politically sovereign as the result declared 99.9 per cent for sovereignty.

Therefore, even today the Naga people uphold this Plebiscite as the basic right of Naga sovereignty and this democratic right cannot be erased or eliminated in any manner. This is the Naga inalienable right of sovereignty.

But today, it is unfortunate that the Government of India is not in the position to talk about Naga sovereignty, therefore, this is the Government of India’s problem and not the Naga people’s.

And on the part of Naga people, the very division of factionalism in the Homeland has adversely affected and damaged the political struggle for freedom, and it is very unfortunate to say that the fight is going to be reduced to compartmental political solution.

I must also today remind the people that our fight for freedom is not only worldly politics but spiritual too.

Therefore, I on behalf of NNC Parent Body appeal to the Naga people at large to pray earnestly to our living God to do miracle for the Nagas at this crucial stage of our fight for freedom.

I also appeal to the other two Naga National Political Groups to come forward to join in the present political negotiation with Government of India to bring out the best solution unitedly in the interest of our freedom.

The Naga people cannot part with each other in

our common fight for freedom. Therefore, the Eastern Naga people (Burma side) must not be discarded or neglected but instead do what is best possible and feasible for our downtrodden Naga people that side of the international arbitrary boundary.

Today, I must make it very clear to one and all that the General Secretary of NNC Parent Body Mr. V. Nagi who is also the coconvener of six NNPGs is officially empowered and entrusted to negotiate with the Government of India since last year by the NNC parent body and I the acting president in particular. And the Central Executive Council of NNC parent body on 8th May 2018 reaffirmed his leadership to continue and negotiate the ongoing political talk at New Delhi.

Therefore, there is no dispute on this matter of concern.

In fact, the three NNPGs in 2010 came together under unconditional unity in the first place. But in the year 2016 the Nagaland Tribe Council brought six groups together under the umbrella of “Interim Platform” called Working Group (now Working Committee) and officially signed on 13th December 2016. And the six NNPGs are working with equal status under the Deed of Commitment signed on 8th August 2017 in the interest of the Naga people and to safeguard the inalienable historical and political rights. Therefore, there should not be any misunderstanding or dispute on this matter at this crucial stage of negotiation with Government of India.

Last but not the least, I sincerely appeal to the Government of India to be brutally honest in the negotiation to come to a logical conclusion for a peaceful political solution.

May God Almighty Bless my Nagaland.

Should or shouldn’t Nagas have political solution?

espite of we, the Na- to blame GOI for what mess such is promotional one and State-wise solution. This gas, being impatient we have created for ourselves not a demotion although arrangement is necessitated for Political Solution rather than admission and without sovereignty and by the strong posture of for years, we still seem to realization. integration.

GOI that Naga integration have two varied opinions This being the factual In the event of negotia- is not possible. Therefore, on whether we like to have position, if the Nagas are tors attaining logical conclu- when our Naga areas are solution or not to have it. to insist that no other alter- sions, there is likelihood of not amalgamated, it will not Some insists that so long native arrangement will be those NNPGs backed by the be feasible for us to have a as Naga solution is without acceptable till we achieved second section to be blamed single solution as though we sovereignty and integration sovereignty, it definitely by the first section of our can live under one political based on Plebiscite of 1951, means to keep the prevail- people on the plea that the umbrella. Political packages such solution bereft of the ing situation in status quo. former has deviated from the to Nagas in each state may principle aspirations is not In other words, we have to original political principle become the result of the acceptable. Yes, the NNC continue living under 10 of the Nagas. There may be negotiations. Under such started Naga National move- governments indefinitely. tendency to blame the nego- arrangements, Nagas have to ment for the Nagas to remain And I do not need to waste tiators that it has betrayed be contended with respective sovereign under a single po- the pages with the highlights the Nagas to the extent of states in status quo topped litical roof. And whatever of those ills inflicted upon mortgaging our rights for with packages. investments we have made Nagaland state and by which personal gains. Also, that Meanwhile, certain secon the movement, be it life it has remained retrogressive solution was brought, if at tion of Nagas are found fond or wealth, those were for for years. all, without the consent of of putting across their high our sovereignty and one The other section of the Nagas. profile felicitation activities nation-hood. It is therefore Nagas aspires for that alNevertheless, what I of John the Baptist’s mission right for anyone to assert ternative political solution. understand the prevailing in the media from time to and insist on sovereignty and This section of Nagas of Naga political imbroglio time laced with much apintegration. pro-solution perhaps have is comparable to that of prehension of post solution The Naga political the following beliefs: a) The the Nagas is sandwiched violence. I tend to differ with pioneers made impressive existing 9 Naga National between the devil and the those apprehensions that beginning of the movement Political Groups (NNPGs) deep, deep sea. Failing to get as though Naga world will which earned even Inter- are too divided to land the sovereignty and integration tumble down post solution. national recognition and Nagas into a sovereign na- is the devil and to perpetuate To picture that violence and support of both moral and tion. b) The existing batch living under the bondage of bloodshed will be the backphysical from few friendly of top leaders of 9 NNPGs taxation to 10 governments lash of post solution is with quarters. However, our ob- may be short of people’s is the sea. At this rate, we can negative motive towards jective could not be achieved expectation, and yet, there never have a progressive so- negotiation. Those who during their time and the is no guarantee that these ciety for the basic reason that have tendencies to paint the onus was passed down to us aged leaders would be suc- our economy is collectively post solution scenario bleak to nurture and take it to its ceeded by more capable, strangulated. As long as we may have other motive to logical conclusion. more honest, more com- have 9 governments, the 10th thwart the progressive neMeanwhile, we have mitted and actionable suc- Govt., i.e., the State Govt., gotiation towards state-wise discord, distrust, suspicion cessors. Naga image may be no matter how efficient it solution. and factional egos as our bad now under their lead- may be, cannot sweep clean Nagas of today are priorities over the national erships and yet, by God’s the floor of governance. found to be fond of relaxing aspiration called sovereignty. grace, the GOI has been in Therefore, one remedy for in the gallery watching the Pride, arrogance and vindic- negotiation with 7 NNPGs Naga ailments is how to ongoing games in the pitch tiveness have blurred our although one cannot be over minimize the number of and have the temerity to give political vision and eroded confident of the end result. governments in Nagaland. ‘holier than thou’ comments the political foundation c) After the death of these Thus, the only answer is and make passing remarks founded under NNC led by aged leaders of NNPGs, solution to political problem on the performances of A.Z. Phizo and comrades. no wonder if NNPGs turn which, I believe, will be the performers. Taking the These ground realities had into total disarray which will contributory towards our advantage of the modern immensely disappointed definitely fail to attract the aspiration in the long run. technology, there are many our sympathizers who made attention of GOI for politi- We have to therefore sup- social media Solomons and sincere attempts to give posi- cal negotiation as of now. d) port the ongoing process of face-book/twitter lions on tive impetus for moulding a The GOI is found sincere negotiation. The relaxation any given issue projecting secured future for us. Thus, to have political solution at of the degree of aspiration is self-righteousness and unwe have denied sovereignty this very moment, and if we necessitated for survival. dermining the practical acand integration to ourselves miss the opportunity only What I believe: Not tors all the time. Whereas, for the obvious reason that God knows when we can get that I know but what I be- these Solomons and lions we opted for self-defeat. Yet, such chance again. e) Better lieve the ongoing negotia- will like to take back seat Nagas have high tendencies opt for a solution provided tion can possibly evolve is and doze off when issues Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this

of common concern arises needing practical contribution from everyone. For instance, hardly anyone lauded it when the recent Court’s directive for CBI inquiry into Kohima High Court project scam was spilled in the media. The silence on such issue implies that we are not against corruption in reality. As and when solution arrives, particularly this section of people will prowl on

it and even can get it racked up to the extent of misguiding the common man.

To say that nothing below sovereignty and integration is as easy as inhaling oxygen, but to practically achieve it requires sacrifices from everyone. Let us hope that Nagas will have realization one day and unite to pursue what we deserve to have.

Z. Lohe

Reader’s Post

Open letter to chief minister

Sir,

The Bible teaches us that every government ruler is established with the approval of God and as a Christian it is our solemn duty to pay our due respect to the rulers.

Having said that I take this opportunity as a privilege and honour to state a few lines before your respected office.

That Sir, for the past few days there has been some communication gap among your fellow Kuki people of Nagaland for the consultation meeting of Tribal Hohos of Nagaland for the ongoing peace talk and Women Reservation Policy for ULBs, which was held in Kohima on 11th May, under your progressive government of which the Kuki Inpi Nagaland (KIN) is yet to be invited for the discussion in the coming days for the best reason known to you. To this, it has been recalled a very courageous and factual speech that you gave at Mimkut Festival, Molvom (Gaspani-II) on 17th Jan, 2018. Basing on the Simon Commission, while lauding the role of early Kukis in the Naga Political Scenario, you spoke of the Kukis of Nagaland having equal right to Naga History (Nagaland Post, 18 Jan, 2018). In your inspiring speech, you have stated that the Kukis of Nagaland, our history is in Nagaland, not on any other parts of the world. This speech has again rejuvenated the flame of belongingness and togetherness in us which have been passed down from our forefathers, fathers who have struggled, shed their sweat and precious blood along with our other fellow and brother Naga tribes of Nagaland for the land we truly love calling My Nagaland.

Yes, our history was, is in Nagaland and our history will be in Nagaland. We have and we will walk and talk, toil and live with our other Naga brothers and sisters: share our story as, “We the People of Nagaland”.

We sincerely hope and pray that you and your team continue to be a channel of blessing to all the indigenous tribes of Nagaland and to all the people who dwell and toil in Nagaland.

Thangjamang Misao, Molvom village, Dimapur newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Ex-AG Rohatgi appointed CM kicks off PDA LS by-poll campaign in Dimapur ‘eminent jurist’ in Lokpal panel

High Court wants CBI probe in Tihar prisoners assault case The court said prison officials do not need to resort to violent methods to manage their jails and just because a person in uniform is inflicting the violence, the act does not get decriminalised. The court direction came while hearing a plea filed by advocate Chinmay Kanojia alleging that his client and terror suspect Syed Shahid Yusuf, the son of Hizbul Mujahideen

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Eighteen inmates lodged in the high-risk cells of Tihar Jail were beaten up on November 21 last year when they objected to the seizure of their pillow covers, a preliminary investigation directed by the Delhi High Court had established.

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Urging everyone to vote for PDA candidate, Patton said, “In the interest of peace and development for all, I call upon every electorate, whether indigenous or non-indigenous to extend your full support for Tokheho.”

Those who spoke at the programme included ministers-- Jacob Zhimomi, convenor PDA Dimapur district election committee and G. Kaito Aye; NDPP president Chingwang Konyak, NDPP working president, Alemtemshi Jamir; Advisors-- Imnatiba and Tovihoto Ayemi etc. The invocation was pronounced

by Rev Toshipokba Longkumer while vote of thanks was delivered by Kuputo Shohe, state BJP vice president.

The programme was chaired by NDPP working president, Nuzota Swuro. The programme featured songs presented

by Coloured Keys and Pretty Rhythm. A host of elected Members from the Alliance partner parties attended the programme.

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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct an investigation into the alleged assault on several prisoners lodged in the high risk ward of Tihar Jail here.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar asked the investigating agency to submit a report within four weeks and listed the matter for further hearing on July 10.

Delhi gover nment standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra told the court that criminal proceedings should not be initiated against security personnel as they are working under stressful conditions in an overcrowded prison.

particularly while relaying the voice of the Naga people in Parliament. He assured to work tirelessly for the cause of the Nagas and the peace process and abide by the policies of the PDA while discharging his duties as MP, if elected.

Earlier, deputy chief minister, Y Patton, in a speech, thanked the people for reposing faith on PDA by giving its mandate to form the government.

He said, PDA in its manifesto had promised various programs for the overall development of the people which was the basis on which the people had given its support to the party and therefore PDA was committed to fulfilling those promises.

Patton said the PDA had unanimously decided to field a seasoned politician for the upcoming bye-poll for the LS seat.

In this regard, he said PDA chose the experienced and veteran leader Tokheho Yepthomi, who was the best choice of the government to represent Nagaland in Lok Sabha.

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selection panel on the same grounds. Justice Gogoi said that it was expected that eminent persons on the selection committee will be alive to the urgency to appoint the Lokpal.

However, the apex court refused to give directions on the time frame for the appointment of the Lokpal which, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal said, would take some time.

Venugopal had during a hearing on April 17 told the court that the Selection Committee’s meeting on April 10 recommendations

that Nagas pressed for solution way back in 2012 before the general election in 2013 but which could not be accomplished. The same was repeated earlier this year prior to the February election.

Rio said that in relation to this, he held meetings held with political leaders in New Delhi on the need for a solution before the Lok Sabha elections next year. He said this was thoroughly discussed and the same also passed in the form of resolutions during recent meetings with the tribal hohos.

Rio assured that PDA would lend out its total support towards Forum for Naga Reconciliation, civil societies and NGOs that are working for the peace process and to achieve an early settlement.

Also addressing the campaign, PDA consensus candidate Tokheho Yepthomi assured that he would hard for the people of Nagaland if elected, even if the tenure of the current Lok Sabha was for about one year.

Tokheho expressed gratitude to the NDPP and the PDA partners for selecting him as the candidate and also asked for forgiveness from people if at any time, he had offended anyone in the past.

He praised chief minister Rio for having been a proactive MP before returning to state politics as per the desire of the people. Tokheho also highlighted the importance of electing an MP from the ruling party for proper and effective coordination between the MP and the State Government for the benefit of the Nagas

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for appointment of an eminent jurist on the panel had been made and approval of the said recommendation was pending. Reacting to Rohatgi’s appointment as eminent jurist on the Selection Committee, lawyer Prashant Bhushan tweeted: “Today, the government informed the Supreme Court it has made progress on the appointment of Lokpal.

After four years, the Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India and the Lok Sabha Speaker have selected former AG of Modi government and counsel for Amit Shah and assorted criminals as ‘eminent jurist’ on the Lokpal Selection Committee! However Lokpal would take ‘considerable time’.”

The selection panel will now constitute a seven-member Search Committee for preparing a list of persons to be considered for appointment as Chairman and members of Lokpal.

for the differently abled persons. He said the differently abled will also be inducted into the NOA and special infrastructures will be constructed where they can actively train themselves in various sports disciplines.

Rio also assured that the Dr. T. Ao Award for sportspersons will be reinstated. Besides this, he also reiterated that as various Naga tribes have festivals every month of the year and hence, it was necessary to have Mini Hornbills festivals in collaboration with the respective tribal hohos.

Further, he mentioned that indigenous recognised tribes of Nagaland like the Kukis, Garos, Kacharis etc will have equal rights, equal opportunities and equal protection. “There will be no injustice. We will deliver justice to the people,” Rio said.

The chief minister also expressed his profound appreciation to all the 14 Tribal Hohos for participating at the recently held meeting with the Political Affairs Committee and the PDA on May 11. He said the house, besides, adopting other important resolutions, also requested the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to reconstitute the Joint Legislators Forum (JLF) in order to strengthen the efforts being made towards the peace process.

Rio appealed to all Naga groups including the NSCN (K) to join the peace process and support solution to the vexed Naga political problem.

Rio dwelt at length about Naga political issue when he reminded

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NEW DELHI, MAY 15 (IANS): Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed to the Lokpal Selection Committee as an eminent jurist.

Rohatgi served as India’s 14th Attorney General from June 2014 to June 2017.

A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi was told that Rohatgi was selected by a committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Supreme Court Chief Justice Dipak Misra at their April 10 meeting.

That meeting was not attended by Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge as he was called not as a member of the selection panel but as a special invitee.

Kharge stayed away from the March 1 meeting of the

(From p-1) He asked people to be aware of the political scenario in the country where BJP-led NDA was still in power. In this regard, he said it was important for the state to have its representative with the ruling government.

The chief minister pointed out that two months and six days have passed since the PDA came to power in Nagaland and had already begun the process of fulfilling its campaign promises to achieve certain promises within 100 days of being in office.

However, due to the announcement of Lok Sabha by-election, he said there has been some hiccups but assured that these will resume with earnestness in fulfilling both these campaign promises including the Common Minimum Programme of the PDA. He also announced that the state government will provide Rs.5 lakh ex-gratia to any student studying outside Nagaland in the event of any unfortunate mishap or tragedy and so urged Nagaland students studying outside to register their names with the government.

Rio also announced that the Nagaland Olympic Association (NOA) will soon be meeting to deliberate on promoting sports and evolve sports policy within the next 100 days.

After every two years, he said there will be Nagaland Olympic Games which will be at the culmination of events of schools and district-wise games besides Special Olympics

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Aadhaar is a 12-digit number, issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), that acts as identification and address proof.

There are about 48.41 lakh central government employees and 61.17 lakh pensioners.

Singh cited various initiatives started by the central government for the welfare of its employees and pensioners.

“For instance, minimum pension has been increased to Rs 9,000, ceiling of gratuity has been increased to Rs 20 lakh, fixed medical allowance has been increased to Rs 1,000 per month,” the minister said.

“Constant attendance allowance has been increased from Rs 4,500 to Rs 6,750 with effect from July 1, 2017. Some benefits relating to income-tax e.g. standard deduction, taxrebate etc.on interest made available in the Finance Bill, 2018,” he said.

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“The liabilities on account of LoUs/FLCs, which became due up to March 31, 2018 amounting to Rs 6,586.11 crore have been paid by the bank...,” the PNB said in a regulatory filing, while announcing its fourth quarter result.

It further said that as a prudent measure, the bank has created liability in the books in respect of LoUs/ FLCs which are becoming due after March 31 amounting to Rs 6,959.79 crore.

“Bank will make payments to the concerned banks on the due dates of LoUs/FLCs. “After including outstanding amounts under other credit facilities to the above entities, the amount involved now works out

NEW DELHI, May 15 (PTI): Aadhaar card is not mandatory for central government employees to get their pension, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh has said.

In 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies here recently, he said Aadhaar is an additional facility to enable the use of technology for submission of life certificate without the need for visiting banks.

His assertion assumes significance as there were reports of some retired employees facing difficulty in getting the pension in the absence of Aadhaar linkage with their bank accounts.

The minister clarified that Aadhaar has not been made mandatory for getting pension for govern-

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The fraud was detected at PNB’s Brady House branch in Mumbai involving certain accounts under ‘gems and jewellery’ sector wherein, through apparent connivance between “these entities and few employees of the bank”, some LoUs/FLCs were issued fraudulently to certain overseas branches of Indian banks through misuse of the SWIFT messaging system.

The fraud allegedly perpetuated through Letters of Undertaking (LoUs)/Foreign Letter of Credit (FLCs) is currently being investigated by different agencies.

The CBI yesterday filed its first chargesheet

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scheme will be Rs 967, while the flights on the PatnaAllahabad-Patna route will cost Rs 1,216, Jet Airways said in a release Tuesday.

Similarly, the ticket price for a trip on the Nagpur-Allahabad-Nagpur route has been pegged at Rs 1,690, while the Indore-AllahabadIndore flight will cost Rs 1,914, the release added.

The fare for a DelhiNashik-Delhi flight will be Rs 2,665, it said.

With at least half of the seats in the Udan flights are offered at subsidised rates, the participating carriers get a certain amount of viability gap funding (VGF) – an amount shared between the Centre and the states concerned.

To fund the scheme, the civil aviation ministry is collecting a levy of Rs 5,000 per departure from airlines operating in major routes, including Mumbai and Delhi.

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Mumbai, May 15 (PTI): Full-service carrier Jet Airways Tuesday offered fares starting as low as Rs 967 for the Udan flights which it plans to operate from next month.

The airline had yest e r d ay a n n o u n c e d t h e commencement of its operations under the government’s regional connectivity scheme, Udan, from June 14 onwards, with the first flight to be operated on the Lucknow-AllahabadPatna sector. Jet Airways had bagged four routes in the second round of bidding in January, in which a total of 325 routes were awarded to various operators.

Besides Lucknow-Allahabad-Patna, the airline will also fly on the New Delhi-Nashik, Nagpur-Allahabad-Indore and LucknowBareilly-Delhi routes.

The fares for the Lucknow-Allahabad-Patna flight under the Udan

New Delhi, May 15 (PTI): Exports grew by 5.17 per cent to USD 25.91 billion in April compared to the same month last year on account of healthy performance by engineering, chemicals and pharmaceutical segments, according to the commerce ministry data.

Imports too grew by 4.60 per cent to USD 39.63 billion in the month on yearly basis, leaving a trade deficit of USD 13.72 billion.

Oil imports during the month under review were valued at USD 10.41 billion, 41.5 per cent higher than the same month of previous year.

Non-oil imports , however, dipped by 4.3 per cent to USD 29.21 billion in April 2018.

Engineering, chemicals and pharmaceutical exports recorded a growth of 17.63 per cent, 38.48 per cent and 13.56 per cent respectively during the month.

However petroleum products, carpet, gems and jewellery and iron ore recorded negative growth.

Gold imports too dipped by 33 per cent to USD 2.58 billion in April.

Exports had dipped by 0.66 per cent to USD 29.11 to be Rs 14,356.84 crore,” billion in March, even as PNB said. foreign shipments increased The Reserve Bank by 9.78 per cent for the full has permitted PNB to 2017-18 fiscal. make provisions against the fraud amount.

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It had reported standalone profit of Rs 261.90 crore in the fourth quarter of 2016-17.

The total income for the fourth quarter also declined to Rs 12,945.68 crore, from Rs 14,989.33 crore in the year-ago period.

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assets such as airwaves, mobile masts and fibre optic investments.

The company also plans to sell most of its wireless assets to Reliance Jio controlled by the country’s richest man and Anil’s elder brother Mukesh Ambani in a deal sources said was worth about $3.8 billion.

However, Tuesday’s order from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), means that the asset sale would now be overseen by a court appointed administrator. A lawyer for RCom said it would appeal. The company in a press release said it would decide the next course of action after studying the detailed orders of NCLT. Under India’s bankruptcy law, insolvency resolution needs to be completed within a maximum 9 months, failing which the company is liquidated.

With debt of Rs 45,733 crore ($6.7 billion) at the end of March 2017, RCom is the most-leveraged of all listed telecoms carriers in India.

The company shut down its consumer mobile business late last year.

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on the rupee to a point where they are the worst in Asia.

Cr ude prices hit a 3-year high supported by tight supply and planned US sanctions against Iran that are likely to restrict crude oil exports from one of the biggest producers in the Middle East The Brent crude, an international benchmark, was trading at USD 78.96 a barrel in early Asian trade.

India being a net crude oil importer, a rise in prices can affect the import bill and disrupt the fiscal position,

derailing growth potential.

Hardening prospect of a series Fed rate hike this year along with exodus of capital outflows were the other major trigger points exerting pressure on the rupee, a forex dealer commented.

The trouble is that a free-fall in the currency would lead to a wave of corporate bankruptcies and rating impact on these companies as they have kept most of their foreign currency exposures unhedged largely bettting on rupee stability, a forex dealer warned.

Moreover, the global sentiment is already cautious because of US President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance and threat of a trade war.

However, domestic equities witnessed a largely muted reaction after the poll outcome suggesting that the BJP might not be able to reach the half-way mark on its own to claim government formation in Karnataka.

M U M B A I , m ay 1 5 (Agencies): India’s bankruptcy court on Tuesday admitted an insolvency plea filed by Sweden’s Ericsson against Reliance Communications, potentially delaying the Indian firm’s plans to sell assets to lighten its debt load.

Ericsson, which signed a seven-year deal in 2014 to operate and manage Reliance Communications’ nationwide telecoms network, is seeking Rs 1,155 crore ($170 million) from the company and two of its subsidiaries.

Worries about the ability of RCom, as the company is widely known, to repay its near $7 billion debt to Indian and foreign banks have been mounting for more than a year. Like other incumbents in India’s telecoms sector, RCom has been hit by a fierce price war over the last year, especially after the entry of Reliance Jio, which offered free voice and cut-price data plans.

Run by wealthy businessman Anil Ambani, RCom has said it plans to reduce its debt by selling

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Mumbai, May 15 (PTI): The rupee went into a tailspin by plunging 56 paise today, the second biggest single-day fall of 2018, to end at a new 16-month low of 68.07 as panic dollar demand rattled currency market.

It has been in a virtual free fall for the Indian unit which settled a hairs breadth below its intra-day low of 68.15 a dollar.

This is the lowest closing for the rupee since January 24, 2017 when it had ended at 68.15 against the US dollar.

A slew of domestic and external factors has made the fundamentals unfavourable for the rupee - including a massive trade balance deficit and a declining level of foreign direct investment (FDI).

Overall forex market has been hampered on the heels of the boiling global crude prices - its highest advances since 2014 is squeezing the carry-trade returns

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Iran upbeat on nuclear deal hopes after EU talks

B RU S S E L S, M AY 1 5 (AGENCIES): Iran’s foreign minister said Tuesday that efforts to save the nuclear deal after the abrupt US withdrawal were “on the right track” as he began talks with European powers in Brussels, reports AFP. Mohammad Javad Zarif met EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini ahead of evening talks with his counterparts from Britain, France and Germany -- the three European signatories to the 2015 landmark deal who are scrambling to preserve it.

Tehran has warned it is preparing to resume “industrial-scale” uranium enrichment “without any restrictions” unless Europe can provide solid guarantees that it can maintain the economic benefits it gained from the nuclear agreement despite the United States reimposing sanctions.

Zarif gave an upbeat assessment after a “good and constructive” meeting with Mogherini.

“I believe we’re on the right track to move forward in order to ensure that interests of all the JCPOA

Zarif met with the EU’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini to discuss Iran’s nuclear deal ahead of talks with his counterparts from Britain, France and Germany.

remaining participants, particularly Iran, will be preserved and guaranteed,” he told reporters. The deal’s official name is the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. But European diplomats have sought to play down expectations of Tuesday’s meeting, stressing the enormous challenge of finding a way around US sanctions punishing foreign businesses trading with Iran, which have global reach.

“There is no one magic solution -- there will be a

complicated, comprehensive series of options at both the EU and national level, therefore it will take some time,” a senior EU official said.

The European Union insists the deal is working, pointing to repeated UN inspections verifying the Islamic republic’s compliance with its side of the bargain, and Mogherini’s spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic told AFP ahead of Zarif ’s arrival that “we must do our utmost to preserve it”.

EU leaders aim to show

a united front on preserving the Iran deal when they meet for a pre-summit dinner in Sofia on Wednesday, officials said.

Mogherini and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker will outline to the leaders what measures the bloc could take to shield its now substantial economic interests in Iran.

European firms, especially those from France and Germany, rushed to invest in Iran following the 2015 accord, under which Tehran agreed to freeze its nuclear programme in return for the repeal of punishing international sanctions.

German exports to Iran totalled nearly 3.0 billion euros in 2017, while French exports soared from 562 million euros in 2015 to 1.5 billion in 2017 and oil giant Total has pledged to invest some $5 billion in the South Pars gas field.

When he quit the deal last week, US President Donald Trump gave businesses a maximum of six months to wind up operations in Iran or face swingeing penalties under American sanctions.

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S. Korea flays Japan for territorial claims

Syrian regime forces advance in IS-held pocket of Damascus

SEOUL, MAY 15 (IANS): South Korea on Tuesday denounced Japan for its repeated territorial claims to Dokdo islets, called Takeshima in Japan, lying halfway between the two countries.

Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it strongly protests against the Japanese government repeating its illegitimate sovereignty over Dokdo islets, which it claims to be an indigenous territory of South Korea, Xinhua news agency reported.

The statement strongly urged Japan to immediately drop the claim which was laid through Japan’s annual diplomatic report, the Diplomatic Blue Paper.

It said that “Japan’s futile claim will have no influence on South Korea’s sovereignty over the islets”, which it said is part of South Korea’s territory historically, geographically and under international law.

South Korea restored its sovereignty over the Dokdo islets after its liberation in 1945 from the Japanese colonization. Seoul has since maintained a small police detachment there.

Syrian government forces head towards jihadist positions in the Hajar al-Aswad district on the southern outskirts of Damascus.

BEIRUT, MAY 15 (AGENCIES): Syrian regime forces on Tuesday retook a neighbourhood south of Damascus from the Islamic State group, slicing off yet another part of the jihadist holdout, a monitoring group said.

The government of President Bashar al-Assad has since April 19 waged a fierce air and ground assault against the final IS-held pocket of the capital, reports AFP. “The Syrian regime has seized control of the entire district of Hajar alAswad,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian

Observatory for Human Rights.

Fighting for Hajar alAswad had been particularly bloody, Abdel Rahman told AFP. Since the assault began in April, 221 progovernment fighters and 189 IS jihadists have been killed -- nearly half of them in Hajar al-Aswad alone.

IS remains in control of the nearby district of Tadamun and 70 percent of the adjacent district of Yarmuk, a sprawling Palestinian camp. “If the regime continues to advance on the ground, IS will be sur-

rounded and will be forced to negotiate an evacuation deal,” Abdel Rahman said.

Such deals have allowed the government to recapture swathes of territory across Syria.

Around 160,000 Palestinian refugees once lived in Yarmuk, as well as Syrians.

Just a few hundred people remain there now.

IS declared an Islamic “caliphate” in 2014 that included territory across Syria’s north, centre and east -- but it now controls no more than five percent of the country.

China bans ‘wrongly educated’ India- Italy’s 5-Star, League struggle to reach government pact trained monks from teaching Buddhism BEIJING, MAY 15 (IANS): China has banned Indiatrained “wrongly educated” monks from teaching Buddhism, fearing they may be of “separatist” bend.

The ban was imposed by a county in China’s Southwest province in Sichuan, according to the state-run Global Times.

An official said on M o n d ay t h a t “ m o n k s wrongly educated in India were banned from teaching Buddhism to residents of Litang county”.

Buddhism is one of the five officially recognised

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signs of separatist intent” are strictly monitored and banned from teaching Buddhism to the public, said the official who refused to be named. China has its own criteria to award Gexe Lharampa. Candidates have to pass Chinese Buddhist tests and a sutra debate.

Those awarded the degree overseas are not acknowledged by China and are not qualified to teach Buddhism in the country, Some 105 monks in Tibet have been awarded the Chinese Buddhist version of the degree since 2004.

include promises of tax cuts, increased welfare handouts and a roll back of an unpopular pension reform -- measures that could run foul of European budget rules.

“Where there is a bit of disagreement is whether we should be more or less aggressive over the economic numbers and our ambitions,” said Claudio Borghi, the League’s economics chief, who has taken part in the negotiations with 5-Star.

However, three sources within 5-Star, which was founded in 2009 and has no experience of national government, said the main

stumbling point remained who should head the administration.

League leader Matteo Salvini and 5-Star chief Luigi Di Maio have both agreed to drop their own ambitions to be prime minister and are looking for a candidate from outside their parties to head the government and enact their program.

In a meeting with Mattarella on Monday, 5-Star proposed little-known law professor Giuseppe Conte.

The League has not yet given its go-ahead and a source in the president’s office said it appeared his candidacy was provisional.

“A non-political prime

minister poses some problems because they would find themselves with a program that has been written by other people,” said a 5-Star source, adding that Di Maio had not yet lost hope that he might take charge.

The source in the president’s office said the head of state had given the parties until next week to decide.

The League plans to hold an informal referendum in city squares across Italy this weekend on any eventual deal, which anyone can vote in, while 5-Star plans an online ballot for its members.

5-Star won 32.6 percent of the vote in the March 4

election, while the League, which is part of a centreright alliance, took 17.3 percent. Since then, support for 5-Star has remained stable in opinion polls, but backing for the League has leapt to as much as 25 percent.

Fresh elections in the autumn would probably be almost inevitable if this latest attempt to form a government fails.

With difficult decisions to be taken, the League revived some of its campaign rhetoric, taking aim at European Union budget restraints which impose de facto limits on how much a government can spend to kick-start its economy.

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The flooding, hitting provinces mainly in the north and center of the country, had caused serious damage to around 900 houses, killed hundreds of cattle and damaged agricultural land, Hashmat Khan Bahaduri, spokesman for the Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), said.

religions in China.

China accuses Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of secessionist activities in Tibet where most people follow Buddhism.

The county Litang stages patriotic education classes every year for those educated and awarded Gexe Lharampa, the highest academic degree in Tibetan Buddhist studies in India, an official from Litang’s ethnic and religious affairs bureau told the Global Times.

Those who behaved improperly at the patriotic classes or showed “any

ROME, MAY 15 (AGENCIES): Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and far-right League faced stark differences over both policies and personalities on Tuesday as they held a sixth day of talks to create a coalition government, reports Reuters.

More than 10 weeks after inconclusive elections, the two political rivals had been expected to tell President Sergio Mattarella on Monday that they had a government deal and to reveal the identity of their pick for prime minister.

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Church initiates training prog on animal health care

Church members and resource persons at the training programme.

DIMAPUR: A one-day training programme was organised by Jalukie Town Ao Baptist Church Resource Management Committee (JTABCRMC) on May 12 at Jalukie Town Ao Baptist Church, Jalukie under the theme “One world one health”.

A press release from JTABCRMC stated that resource person, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Peren, Dr. Sentitula, stressed on “Care, Management and Breeding of Poultry”. She

spoke on a number of subthemes such as poultry broiler farming, layer poultry farming, backyard poultry farming and the economics of raising livestock. The DFO also gave practical steps on setting up brooder houses, deep litter system of raising the poultry; advantages and benefits of feeding different feed ingredients during different stages of poultry rearing.

Resource person, assistant professor, College of Veterinary Sciences and

Animal Husbandry, Jalukie, Peren (Ph.D degree in Livestock Production Management), Dr. Imtiwati, spoke on critical manage-mental interventions for profitable piggery. His presentation covered various topics on critical management of pregnant gilts or sows to be adopted before, during and after farrowing in sow, management of piglet’s upto two months of age, growers and boar. Convenor, Bendangonen Jamir in his key note address, challenged

the participants on the responsibility of humankind towards all created beings and particularly live-stock who are our closest neighbour and the source of our wellbeing.

Pointing out that international organisations such as WHO and OIE has taken forward the theme “One World One Health” which was first coined at Wildlife Conservation Society in 2004, Jamir urged the gathering, that as responsible Christians and as a church, one should be in tune with the sustainable livestock production model by raising healthy and happy livestock, as “happy animals produces healthy meat, milk and eggs”.

The programme started with a prayer by pastor, T. Yanger Ao, and concluded with benediction by deacon, I. Sungit, which was followed by animal health care camp, distribution of free medicines and vaccination.

Veterinary field assistants, Sungjeminla and Rongsentila, assisted the doctors present in handling more than 50 cases.

KISFU new office bearers KOHIMA : Kohima Iron & Steel Fabrication Union (KISFU) has elected its new office bearers on May 12 for the tenure 20182021 at the union office with Ketholezo Paphino as the president, Viphrelie Sorhie as general secretary, Vitsalhou Solo as treasurer, Rüvokhrielie Angami as advisor and other four posts. KISFU membership certificate and identity card Each Monday Dimapur Government College faculty and students gather for of the employees are being a family time in the morning assembly to strengthen the culture of unity and issued to registered units and interested persons may identity and to share thoughts, opinions, triumphs and aspirations. contact the union’s office at 8132869773, 9402434485.

USSC handing, taking over prog

On the occasion of Mothers’ Day, Assam Rifles post, Athibung provided lunch for mothers of the villages. 215 (158 mothers and 57 children), public from Athibung, Songhlu, Inbung and Old Chalkot joined the celebration. Thanks giving ceremony was followed wherein all mothers were given return gifts.

DIMAPUR: United Sangtam Students’ Confederation (USSC) conducted its 71st handing and taking over on April 28.

A press release by USSC president, Thrikyuse Sangtam and general secretary, Lipong Mongzar stated that the new USSC official would be led by Sepikyu as president, Selicho as general secretary, Louis Lithrise as executive chairman, and Thronglichem as executive secretary.

NUSU (KC) Meriema holds election DIMAPUR: Nagaland University Student Union (NUSU) Kohima Centre (KC) Meriema held its students’ body election on May 3 at the university campus.

According to NUSU (KC) Meriema, the union has elected the following members as NUSU (KC), Meriema executive for the tenure 2018-19. The new team of office bearers was headed by Chongrokhum Sangtam as president; Khriethono Lese as vice president; Y. Thangliba as general secretary and others.

The programme was chaired by NUSU general secretary, Thangpong Khiamniungan who also invoked God’s presence. 23 candidates contested for 15 different posts, wherein the intending candidates were given time for speeches and followed by a question round.

Handing and taking over programme-cum-orientation took place on May 11, wherein the outgoing executives briefed the new executives about their own portfolios and handed over power, authority and responsibilities to the new team.

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NBHM conducts training on beekeeping at Bhandari

NBHM officials and others at the end of the traning.

DIMAPUR: A one day basic beekeeping training was conducted by Nagaland Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) on May 11, for the women’s welfare group of 7th NAP bn and Mhangka Okho Society, a group comprising of educated unemployed youths at 7th NAP battalion headquarters, Bhandari.

A press release from

NBHM nodal officer, Nzanbemo K. Lotha stated that the training was conducted to promote bee keeping and also to encourage the women and educated unemployed youth to take up beekeeping as a profitable enterprise to earn additional income.

A practical demonstration on colony division and identification on caste

of bees and brood, working with brood and super chambers and routine management was also conducted for the trainees.

NBHM secretary and team leader, Mhabemo Yanthan, along with team members of the mission were the resource persons for the training. 7th NAP bn deputy commandant, Mhalo also spoke during the occasion.

SCTE team conducts debate competition DIMAPUR: Studentteachers of the State College of Teacher Education (SCTE), Kohima, the SCTE M.Ed second semester student-teachers team interning at Unity College of Teachers’ Education conducted a debate competition on the topic ‘Four year integrated B.Ed Course’ at the college premises.

The topic was picked to discuss the merits and demerits of the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD’s), plan to change on the structure of the B. Ed course once again and streamline it to make it an integrated BA BSc/B. Com B.Ed programme of four years.

One of the speakers on the opposition team strongly pointed out that the new course lacked research and thus, it failed to address the ambiguities prevailing in the previous two year B.Ed programme.

“It over lapse mastery over the subject matter and extension of the duration alone cannot address the loopholes. The state agencies and other implementing bodies should check the curriculum,” asserted one

One of the speakers addressing the students and teachers team. of the speakers.

Delivering on the advantages of the new programme, another speaker stated that young people of the present generation have high intelligence and faster learning skills.

Also it was pointed out that candidates could apply for the four-year integrated teacher training programme right after completing class XII and the new programme would be formulated on

the lines of other professional degree courses such as MBBS, Engineering and B.Tech etc.

Other matters related to the topic were also discussed at the sidelines of the competition.

The debate which was judged by a panel comprising of KP Avikasit, Retd associate professor, higher education, Govt.

Of Nagaland, Charles Saldanha, proprietor of class NLP, trainer of neuro

linguistic programming and Akangjungla, director (news and administration) Morung Express, was won by the against-team, scoring a single point higher than the for-team.

It may be mentioned that the debate competition was held as part of partial fulfilment of the M.Ed student-teachers of SCTE, who are currently interning at Unity College of Teachers’ Education for one month.

ATMA conducts farming activities at various blocks

ATMA Chiephobozou block DIMAPUR: Trainings and demonstrations on various farming activities were conducted by ATMA at three blocksChiephobozou, Chizami Kikruma.

At Chie phobozou block, ATMA conducted demonstration on improved package of practices for maize (variety

HQPM 1) cultivation at Tsiesema village on May 11. According to ATMA Chiephobozou block, SDAO Kohima, Kekhrieletuo Yhome, appraised the farmers to go for large scale cultivation to achieve food security.

Demonstration on use of api-seeder was also carried out. The advan-

ATMA Chizami block tages of use of api-seeder include reduced working hours, maintenance of proper spacing between the plants, reduced seed costs and greater yield.

35 farmers, officials and field staff from district agriculture office Kohima and ATMA functionaries from Chiephobozou block attended the programme.

ATMA Chizami b l o c k : AT M A P h e k , Chizami block conducted various training and demonstration at Enhulumi village on May 3 with BTM, Zevoseno Rutsa; ATM, Sibino Dolie; and ATM, Atso Koza.

During the prog r a m m e, AT M , A t s o Koza gave a brief intro-

duction on the functions of ATMA. Meanwhile, training and demonstration was provided on air layering, establishment of citrus nursery and banana pit cultivation.

AT M A K i k r u m a b l o c k : AT M A P h e k , Kikruma block conducted two-day training and demonstration programmes on

ATMA Kikruma block agri and allied activities in Thipuzu and Rihuba on May 9 and 10 respectively.

In a press release, ATMA Kikruma stated that demonstration was done on colour traps for insects, nursery bed preparation, line sowing of seeds and mulching practices in nursery beds.

Importance of integrated nutrient management and integrated pest management was highlighted.

Farmers were encouraged on the availability of alternatives to enhance their productivity rather than relying on chemicals.

The resource persons were BTM, Keduweteii Lomi, ATM, Sedekuonuo

Kelio and Kewe Rhakho.

One persimmon far m school and one food security group was started in Thipuzu village. Various seasonal vegetable seeds as well as papaya seeds were distributed to the participants. The farmers were also encouraged to take up intercropping of papaya in the persimmon farm.

Riot-hit Aurangabad tense; internet services restored

Aurangabad, May 15 (PTI): The situation in Maharashtra’s riot-hit Aurangabad city today remained tense, but under control, four days after the violence claimed two lives and left over 60 people, including 12 policemen, injured.

The police have registered six cases in which nearly 3,000 unidentified people were booked for offences like arson, rioting and damaging public property, an official said.

Internet services were restored this morning and prohibitory orders clamped under Section 144 of the CrPC revoked in the central Maharashtra city, he said.

Besides the local police, seven State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) battalions were deployed in the violence-affected areas, the official said.

Additional Director General of Police Bipin Bihari, after reviewing the situation in the city, located in the Marathwada region, admitted that the police had failed to prevent and contain the spread of violence and to take action against the rioters.

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Acting Commissioner of Police Milind Bharambe will conduct an inquiry into the allegations against a city police inspector for not preventing the violence and ignoring complaints about it, Bihari told reporters here yesterday.

Earlier, a purported video of some police personnel walking with rioters during the violence surfaced, prompting the state police to order an inquiry into it.

“We have asked people (who have the video recording) to deposit the footage to the police. We will check its authenticity and appropriate action will be taken if we find their (policemen’s) involvement,” Bihari had said.

Two persons - a 65year-old man and a 17-year-

old boy - were killed and around 60 others, including a dozen policemen, injured in clashes between groups of two communities over illegal water connections on May 11.

Several shops and scores of vehicles were torched during the riots in the city, located about 350 kms from Mumbai.

Bihari said that a senior police official, who was seriously injured in the violence, had been shifted to Mumbai by air ambulance for further treatment.

The 17-year-old boy was killed allegedly in police firing.

Besides, the other deceased elderly man was trapped in his house when an adjoining shop was set on fire by rioters, an official had earlier said.

Petrol bombs and kerosene-soaked balls made of rags were found during a search operation, the police said.

Maharashtra BJP chief Raosaheb Danve yesterday assured that an inquiry would be conducted into the cause of riots and the culprits would not be spared.

Minister of State for Home Ranjit Patil had earlier said that a high-level committee would inquire into the incident.

The Shiv Sena yesterday dubbed the riots as a “communal” and “preplanned” act of violence.

The BJP’s bickering ally also rapped the state Home department, headed

by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, over the security lapses and failing to appoint a police commissioner for the city, which is considered a “highly sensitive” area.

Aurangabad Police Commissioner Yashasvi Yadav was sent on compulsory leave in March this year due to his alleged failure to handle a riot-like situation in the city over the garbage disposal issue.

The clashes between groups of two communities started in Moti Karanja area around 10 pm on May 11 and spread to Gandhi Nagar, Raja Bazaar, Shah Ganj and Sarafa localities, a police official had earlier said. The police fired in the air and lobbed teargas shells to control the situation, he said.

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Panaji, May 15 (PTI): Authorities in Goa today continued the ban on the entry of Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik for another two months, saying that his statements may lead to violence.

The right-wing leader has been banned from entering Goa since 2014.

The North Goa district magistrate has banned the entry of Muthalik and his associates for 60 days (in continuation of earlier order), an official press release said here.

The ban was imposed because of the speeches by him and his associates that could hurt “the sentiments of certain groups of the public and instigate violence, thus adversely affecting public peace and tranquillity”, it said.

The South Goa district administration has imposed a similar ban on Muthalik and his associates.

Eight students commit suicide in MP after board exam results

Bhopal, May 15 (PTI): Eight students, including six girls, allegedly committed suicide in five districts of the state after the results of the Class 10 and 12 Madhya Pradesh board examinations were declared yesterday, police said.

While four students were from Class 10, an equal number were those who had appeared for the Class 12 exams, they said, adding that two girls, who attempted suicide, are undergoing medical treatment. While some of these students failed to clear their examinations, others took the extreme step as they had not fared as per their expectations, officials said.

Bhopal, Sehore and Bhind districts saw two student suicides each, police said, while one student each ended their lives in Ujjain and Chhattarpur districts yesterday.

Besides, two girls allegedly attempted suicide in connection with the exam results in Chhindwara and Damoh districts yesterday, police said.

Anuradha Rajawat (17) consumed poison at her residence in Nayapura area of Bhind district yesterday night and ended her

life after failing her Class 12 examinations, additional superintendent of police Gurukaran Singh said today.

Swati Bhadoriya (18) also failed her Class 12 examinations following which she committed suicide yesterday night in the district’s Kirtpura area by consuming poison, Singh added.

Shivani Badhai (17), a Class 12 student who failed in the board examination, hanged herself at her house in Shanti Nagar locality of Khajuraho town in Chhattarpur district, Inspector Prashant Mishra said.

“Bhavna Raikwar (17) hanged herself in the kitchen of her house in Bhoipura locality in Bhopal for failing the Class 10 exams yesterday,” said Taliya police station inspector Karan Singh.

Similarly, Class 12 student Karan Kande (20) jumped off the sixth floor of a building in Bhopal’s Koh-e-Fiza, before the results were announced, as he feared that he would fail in the exams, another police inspector said.

U n f o r t u n a t e ly f o r Kande, his premonition turned out to be true, with his friends claiming that he

could not pass the exams.

Vinay Sharma (16), a Class 10 student, allegedly hanged himself in Mahidpur locality of Ujjain district after he failed in five subjects, police said.

In Sehore, two girls-Neha Chouhan (17), a resident of Amlaha village and Kiran Singh (16), a resident of Nasrullaganj area, allegedly committed suicide at their respective residences as they fared poorly in the class 10 exams, police said.

While Chouhan hanged herself, Singh ended her life by consuming poison, police said.

In Damoh district, Puja Ahirwar (18), who failed her Class 12 examinations, tried to end her life by consuming poison at her residence in Rasuli, police said. She is undergoing treatment at a local hospital, an official said.

Similarly, 17-year-old Nithi Sharma, a resident of Chandamate area in Chhindwara district, allegedly attempted suicide by hanging but survived and was rushed to Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra for treatment, police said.

She had fared poorly in the Class 10 exams, police said.

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reporters after attending a wreath laying ceremony of the deceased jawan at the BSF headquarters here.

However, a search operation was on as a group of terrorists is suspected to have crossed the border in an another Pakistan-backed infiltration bid on Sunday night.

The latest ceasefire violation by Pakistani forces

today comes barely four days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

The jawans at the Manguchak border outpost noticed suspicious movement last night and fired illuminated bombs before firing from Light Machine Guns (LMGs) on the infiltrators who, however, managed to flee away, Sharma said.

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“Suspicious movement was again noticed and the action was repeated by the alert personnel. But this time, Pakistani troops also fired and Constable Devender Singh Baghel, who was firing his LMG, was hit by a bullet, through the loophole, in the left eye. He was immediately

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Earlier, a senior BSF official said that Pakistani rangers resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing around 11.30 pm last night and the heavy firing between the two sides continued for an hour.

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Jammu, May 15 (PTI): A 28-year-old BSF jawan was killed as Pakistani troops fired at forward posts to push infiltrators across the International Border (IB) in the Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir, BSF chief K K Sharma said today.

The infiltration bid in the Manguchak border outpost area was scuttled by the alert personnel, Sharma told

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and Eshwar Khandre.

Outgoing Assembly Speaker K.B. Koliwad, who is from the Congress, also lost from Ranebennur in Haveri district.

Siddaramaiah’s son Yatindra, however, won from his constituency Varuna in the Mysuru district.

Congress won 13 Assembly seats and the BJP 11 in Bengaluru, where polling was held on May 12 in 26 of the 28 constituencies, according to the Election Commission on Tuesday.

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Lamani, Shivaraj Tagadagi, Basavaraj Rayareddi and Santosh Lad. Two women ministers Umashree and Mohan Kumari also lost the election.

Besides Siddaramaiah, 14 cabinet ministers who won include Ramalinga Reddy, H.K. Patil, U.T. Abdul Khader, M.B. Patil, D.K. Shivakumar, R. Roshan Baig, Krishna Byre Gowda, Tanveer Sait, K.R. Ramesh Kumar, Jarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao, K.J. George, Priyank Kharge

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Bengaluru, May 15 (IANS): Of the 30 outgoing Congress Ministers, 16 Ministers, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, lost the battle of ballot as the Karnataka Assembly election results were announced on Tuesday.

According to the results declared by the Election Commission (EC), though Siddaramaiah lost in Chamundeshwari in Mysuru by a huge margin of 36,042 votes to H.D. Deve Gowda of the Janata DalSecular (JD-S), he won from Badami in Bagalkot by a slender margin of 1,696 votes against BJP’s B. Sriramulu.

The other 16 cabinet ministers who bit the dust include H.M. Revanna, T.B. Jayachandra, K. Ramanath Rai, H.C. Mahadevappa, H. Anjaneya, S.R. Patil, S.S. Mallikarjun, A. Manju, Kagodu Thimmappa, Pramod Madhwaraj, Rudrappa

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‘Services sector backbone of 21st century economy’

M u m b a i , M ay 1 5 (IANS): The services sector represents a vibrant and expanding component comprising employment, value addition, productivity and innovation and hence forms the backbone of the 21st century global economy, President Ram Nath Kovind said here on Tuesday.

Inaugurating the 4th Global Exhibition on Services, he said in India, the services sector contributes 61 per cent in gross value added and with a young population, large talent pool and comfort with technology, India has natural advantages in the sector and is set to become even more of a provider of services to the world.

“The pace of technology is intensifying the contribution of services in other sectors, including agriculture, infrastructure and manufacturing. The launch of 12 Champion Sectors is a bold new step that will contribute to both India’s economy as well as the global economy and create jobs,” Kovind added.

He said the early Industrial Age and traditional manufacturing economy created jobs in factories and encouraged entrepreneurship in the form of ancillary units and workshops. “To-

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day, we are looking at small but exciting start-ups in the services space. Technology has emerged as an enormous enabler and allowed local services companies to go national and even global.

“In India, which is the third largest centre of startups in the world, this has thrown up a generation of young entrepreneurs of men and women with hunger and ambition,” the President pointed out.

In this context, he said the government’s programmes like Start-up India and Mudra Yojana which has provided capital to 120 million grassroots businesses have seeded a culture of entrepreneurship, largely in services, and hoped that these would grow into giants in the near future.

Union Minister for Industry Suresh Prabhu announced the 12 Champion

Sexual harassment incidents even in Rashtrapati Bhavan: RTI

Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

Lucknow, May 15 (IANS): In response to an RTI query, the President’s secretariat has revealed that two cases of sexual harassment were filed in the Rashtrapati Bhavan since the promulgation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

Responding to a poser by social activist Nutan Thakur, Deputy Secretary J.G. Subramanian revealed that two complaints were filed and both were en-

quired into.

In his reply dated May 9, 2018, Subramanian said one of the complaint was found to be false while in another case, the accused employee was found guilty.

The names and other details related to the two cases were not divulged as it is prohibited under the Act. Thakur had sought information about the number of complaints filed at Rashtrapati Bhavan since the promulgation of the Act and the result of their enquiries.

Wife of India fisherman in Pakistan jail seeks help

Vadodara, May 15 (PTI): A woman from Gir Somnath district of Gujarat today wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, seeking help for bringing back her fisherman husband who is in a Pakistani prison and is suffering from cancer.

Rudiben Chauhan (32), resident of Paldi in Una tehsil, told PTI that her husband Danabhai Chauhan (35) has been languishing in a jail in the neighbouring country for over a year.

Chauhan andfive other fishermen from Gujarat were apprehended by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency near the Jakhau port in Kutch district on May 3, 2017 for allegedly entering the Pakistani waters. Their boat, “Sagar Sonu”, was also seized.

Speaking to PTI, Rudiben Chauhan said her husband called his nephew from a hospital in Pakistan three days ago, and said he was suffering from cancer and he must return to India for better treatment.

“My husband said he does not want to die in Pakistani jail,” she said.

The couple has four daughters and a son. In her

letter to Swaraj, Rudiben said it was the responsibility of thejail authorities in Pakistan to inform the family about her husband’s disease, but they failed to do so.

Nor did she receive any communication from the Ministry of External Affairs or the Indian High Commission about her husband’s condition, she said.

“I seek your help for doing the needful,” Chauhan wrote to Swaraj.

Since her husband was captured by the Pakistani authorities she is working as a labourer to feed her children, the eldest of whom is 12 years old and the youngest is one and a half years old, she said.

“I earn Rs 100 a day which is not enough to feed my children,” she wrote in the letter.

Rajya Sabha member Parimal Nathwani, who hails from Gir Somnath district, and Veljibhai Masani, vice president of the Gujarat Fishermen’s Association (GFA), told PTI that they too have written separate letters to the External Affairs Minister, requesting her to bring back Chauhan in view of his health.

Services Sectors -- Banking and Finance, Tourism and Hospitality, Transport and Logistics, Media and Entertainment, Healthcare, Construction Industry, Legal Services, Environment, Accounting and Finance, Education, IT and Communication and Sports.

He said these would create huge employment opportunities not only in India but all over the world through Global Supply Chain and Global Value Chain.

Saying the Indian economy was growing faster than the global economy, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stressed that Maharashtra will create an ecosystem for this sector to create huge employment potential.

Around 500 delegates from 100 countries are participating in the four-day 4th GES organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Maharashtra government, the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Services Export Promotion Council. Present were Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao, Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia, CII President Rakesh Bharati Mittal and other dignitaries. Kovind released an India Services Book and a portal to mark the occasion.

Subscriber base of pension scheme crosses 1 cr: Centre New Delhi, May 15 (IANS): The government on Tuesday said that the subscriber base of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) had crossed the one-crore mark on completion of three years of the scheme.

The current number of subscribers to the guaranteed pension scheme for citizens, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2015, stands at 1.10 crore, a government statement said. The scheme is focused on the unorganised sector workers who constitute more than 85 per cent of the workforce in the country.

Under the scheme, the guaranteed minimum pension of Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per month will be given at the age of 60, depending on the contributions by the subscribers.

Bihar approves aid for EBC civil services aspirants

Pa t n a , M ay 1 5 (IANS): The Bihar government on Tuesday approved a scheme where Extreme Backward Caste (EBC) students cracking the civil services preliminary tests conducted by the UPSC and the BPSC will get Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 respectively, an official said.

The decision, taken at a state Cabinet meeting here chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, comes a week after the government approved a similar proposal for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students.

“The state government is committed to providing better studying facilities to EBC students who appear for civil services examination.

“The aim is to ensure that EBC students who crack the preliminary test concentrate on the main examination rather than worry about the monetary expenses that will be incurred to pursue their dreams,” Principal Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat Department Arun Kumar Singh told the media.

In another decision, the government approved a proposal to provide Rs 1,000 monthly assistance to students living in minority hostels of the Wel-

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fare Department.

Principal Secretary of the Minorities Welfare Department Amir Subhani said at present, there are 33 minority welfare hostels in which 350 students are living.

The government has proposed to build 11 more such hostels and decided to open special residential schools at the district level to provide free food and lodging to minority students from Class 9 to Class 12, he said.

Last week, the gove r n m e n t a p p r ove d a proposal of the SC-ST Welfare Department to provide an assistance of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 to SC-ST students who pass the preliminary test for the civil services exams held by the Union Public Service Commission and the Bihar Public Service Commission respectively.

It is seen as a move to woo SC/ST, EBC and minorities ahead of the 2019 polls.

Veteran journalist Mark Tully bags RedInk Award Mumbai, May 15 (PTI): Veteran British journalist and former BBC India correspondent Sir William Mark Tully has been chosen for this year’s RedInk award for lifetime achievement in journalism.

The RedInk awards for excellence in journalism are instituted by the Mumbai Press Club.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu will present the award to Tully on May 18 in Mumbai, the Mumbai Press Club said in a statement.

The lifetime achievement award to Tully is the recognition of his long and outstanding contribution to Indian journalism, it said.

Tully worked with the BBC for 30 years before resigning in July 1994. He held the position of Chief

of Bureau, BBC, Delhi, for 20 years.

M e a n w h i l e, Faye D’Souze, the executive editor of Mirror Now channel, has been selected as the winner of the RedInk award for ‘journalist of the year’.

The statement said that D’Souza’s “passionate and honest” style, with which she handled subjects like corruption, political opportunism, price rise and communalism, made her and her programme ‘The Urban Debate’ a subject of “appointment viewing”.

Apart from these two awards, the Redink awards for excellence in journalism are given in 13 competitive categories to 32 journalists after a process of selection by a jury appointed for each category.

The awards will be presented to the winners at a ceremony here on May 18.

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40 feared drowned as boat capsizes in Godavari river Hyderabad, May 15 (AGENCIES): At least 40 people, mostly tribals, are feared drowned in Godavari river when a boat capsized during inclement weather in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district Tuesday evening.

According to initial reports, the boat with around 50 passengers was going from Kondamodalu tribal hamlet on the banks of the river to Rajahmundry, when it overturned in after being buffeted by heavy gales near Mantoor village of Devipatnam block at around 5 pm.

While 10 passengers, including two women, swam to the riverbank, the remaining passengers are feared drowned and their whereabouts were not known till last reports came in. The passengers include a 20-member marriage party, the survivors told locals who launched the initial rescue operations.

While local tribals immediately swung into action to rescue the passengers, the district authorities also reached the accident site along with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams to launch rescue operations. Superintendents of police of East and West Godavari districts also left for the spot immediately.

R a nc h i M a y 1 5 (IANS): Convicted RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav will spend one more night in Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi and may be released on provisional bail on Wednesday, his lawyer said.

The Jharkhand High Court order regarding provisional bail for Lalu Yadav has not reached the CBI court as yet, the former Bihar Chief Minister’s lawyer, Prabhat Kumar, told IANS. “The order copy of provisional bail has not been officially communicated to CBI court. We are hopeful that the court will communicate district court and Lalu Yadav may be released on Wednesday,” Kumar said.

Lalu Yadav returned to Ranchi on Monday after attending his elder son Tej Pratap’s marriage on May 12.

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when he was lodged at the Birsa Munda Jail. He was also sent to AIIMS, New Delhi for treatment.

He has been convicted in four fodder scam cases since 2013 -- the latest being the Dumka treasury case in which a special CBI court sentenced him to 14 years in jail.

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of their prayers I have come out ten feet tall. I have sent a message to Rahul Gandhi ji & Priyanka Gandhi ji that my life is yours,” ANI quoted Sidhu saying.

The tourism minister in the Amarinder Singh government, Sidhu had hit a 65-year-old man, Gurnam Singh, on the head during an argument over the parking of a car in December 1988. Singh later died in a hospital. Sidhu said Singh died of a cardiac arrest and not because he was punched in the head The former cricketer was acquitted of the murder charges by a trial court in September 1999. However, the Punjab high court reversed the verdict and held Sidhu and his co-accused Rupinder Singh Sandhu guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in December 2006. It sentenced them to three years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each.

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Apart from a three day parole to attend the marriage in Patna, Lalu Yadav was also granted six weeks provisional bail by the Jharkhand High Court on May 11 for treatment.

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New Delhi, May 15 (AGENCIES): In a relief for Punjab cabinet minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted him of culpable homicide and convicted him of causing hurt in a 1988 road rage case in which one person died. Despite the conviction, Sidhu retains his cabinet berth. As per the Representation of the People Act, any person convicted of an offence or crime and punished for a term of two or more years is immediately disqualified as a lawmaker.

The Supreme court fined Sidhu Rs 1,000 and did not give him a jail term.

The Congress politician was convicted under Section 323 (causing hurt) of the India Penal Code, under which he faced up to a year in jail or a fine or both.

Sidhu thanked the people of Punjab after the verdict. “I want to thank the people of Punjab, because

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The ZASA (Zunheboto Area Sports Association) planning board for hosting 10 th Sumi Hoho Football, Volleyball and Badminton Trophy which was held from 27th - 3rd May 2018 would like to acknowledge the following individuals for aiding us financially and materially, various departments for assisting through various means for the recently concluded Sumi games.

DONORS 1. Dr. David - 100,000 2. K.T. Sukhalu Rtd IAS - 50,000 3. Inaje Phuleshe PD DRDA Zbto. - 50,000 4. 17 villages (Yemishe, Sukhalu, Natha New, Sheyipu, Kawoto, Natha Old, Shotomi, Baihmo, Newland, Hekiye, Lizu Naghuto, Lizu Aviqhato, Lizu old, Lizu New, Asukhomi, Lochomi, Yezami) - 20,000 each 5. SP & DEF Zbto - 20,000 6. Kahoto Yeptho Deputy AG Kohima - 10,000 7. Kakiye SDO - 10,000

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Naga United Village Council has declared the new team of office bearers for the tenure of 20182021 on 12-05-2018. The team is led by Kuthokuo Shijoh as Chairman, Ng. Sheh as General Secretary and Mulekho Chakhesang as VDB Secretary along with 14 Village Council Members.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Y. Zhimo Colony Council would like to offer sincere and profound gratitude to the following churches, organizations and colony who have contributed in cash towards the relief of the affected families of Y. Zhimo Colony in the devastating fire incident on 23.03.2018.

1. Valley View Sumi Baptist Church 2. Ikishe Baptist Church 3. Chekiye Village Baptist Church 4. SBC Naga United Village 5. Toluvi Baptist Church 6. WSBAK Office 7. Signal Rio Colony This Council fervently prays to the Almighty God to bestow His blessings abundantly upon each one you.

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We the family members with immense joy and gratitude would like to thank our Almighty God and congratulate Dr. T. Lirola Sangtam, daughter of Lt. T. Among Sangtam and Mrs. Ayangla, of Chungliyimti Village for being conferred with Doctor of Philosophy from the Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami on the topic, ‘Studies on Propagation and Conservation of Two Threatened plants : Bambusa nagalandiana Naithani (Poaceae) and Berberries manipurana Ahrendt (Berberidaceae)' under the supervision of Prof. N.S Jamir and Co-Supervisor Prof. C. R. Deb. The family members convey our heartiest commendation to you for being the first PhD holder from Chungliyimti Village and pray that the Almighty God continue to bless you in all your future endeavours.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER DIMAPUR : NAGALAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Chief Veterinary Officer Dimapur, Dr. B. Atem Longchar and staff of A.H & Veterinary Services Dimapur would like to extend deep appreciation to the Department of A.H & Veterinary Services under the initiative of Director, Dr. Aomayang and Sectorial Officer Dr. Temsu of A.H & Veterinary Services for providing special privilege which included supply of Piggery feeds and piglets to the villagers of Chumukedima, Thilixu, Unity, Naga United and Padumpukhuri under the village piggery Development (RKVY) 2017-18.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018

Gaza toll rises to 60; fresh protests gather Scotland set to vote against Brexit bill

GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES), MAY 15 (AGENCIES): Palestinians were gathering Tuesday for fresh protests along the Gaza border, a day after Israeli forces killed dozens there as the US embassy opened in Jerusalem on what was the conflict’s bloodiest day in years, reports AFP. Palestinians on Tuesday marked the Nakba, or “catastrophe”, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.

It came a day after the United States transferred its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem in a move that infuriated the Palestinians and was widely condemned.

Most of the 60 Gazans killed Monday were shot by Israeli snipers, Gaza’s health ministry said.

The toll included a baby who died from tear gas inhalation along with eight children under the age of 16, the ministry said.

At least 2,400 others were wounded in the bloodiest day in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the 2014 Gaza war.

Some funerals were held on Monday, while others were taking place Tuesday. Hundreds of people

A Palestinian woman holding her national flag looks at clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel on May 14, 2018.

took part in the funeral of Yazan Tubasi, 23, killed east of Gaza City.

His father Ibrahim, 50, said his son had a boy aged one year and three months.

“I am happy that my son is a martyr,” he said, though he was crying uncontrollably. “He is among dozens who died for the sake of Palestine and Jerusalem.”

Small numbers of protesters began returning to the border area on Tuesday, with larger crowds expected later.

In the West Bank, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas declared a general strike on Tuesday after accusing Israel of “massacres”.

On Monday, tens of thousands had gathered

near the border in protest while smaller numbers of stone-throwing Palestinians approached the fence and sought to break through, with Israeli snipers positioned on the other side.

The death toll led to strong condemnation from rights groups and concern from a range of countries.

But the United States, which blamed Hamas, blocked the adoption of a UN Security Council statement that would have called for an independent probe into the violence, diplomats said.

Despite the bloodshed, the embassy inauguration went ahead as planned in Jerusalem, attended by a

Washington delegation that included US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, both White House aides.

Israel’s military said 40,000 Palestinians had taken part in the protests and clashes.

It said its aircraft had targeted 11 Hamas sites and tanks fired at “two terror posts belonging to Hamas”, accusing the Palestinian Islamist movement of opening fire towards Israeli forces.

Israel says its action is necessary to stop infiltrations of the border fence and claims that Hamas, which runs the blockaded Gaza Strip, uses the protests as

cover to carry out violence.

But French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the “violence of the Israeli armed forces against the protesters” while EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said “we expect all to act with utmost restraint to avoid further loss of life”.

Britain’s minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, acknowledged “Israel’s right to defend its borders” but also said “the large volume of live fire is extremely concerning”.

“We continue to implore Israel to show greater restraint,” he said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of “state terror” and “genocide”.

Turkey also said it was recalling its ambassadors to the United States and Israel “for consultations”, while South Africa recalled its ambassador to Israel “until further notice”.

In Dublin, Ireland summoned Israel’s ambassador to protest.

The UN rights office said it seemed any Palestinian protesting in Gaza, regardless of whether they pose an imminent threat, is “liable” to be killed by Israeli forces.

China called for restraint, “especially” from Israel.

EDINBURGH, MAY 15 (AGENCIES): Scotland’s parliament is expected to formally reject legislation for taking Britain out of the European Union on Tuesday in an unprecedented move that would set the scene for a constitutional crisis, reports AFP. The Scottish government has urged the parliament in Edinburgh to refuse “legislative consent” for the highly contested European Union (Withdrawal) Bill currently being debated by lawmakers in London.

Prime Minister Theresa May is under no obligation to amend her Brexit plan if Scotland objects, but experts warn that a confrontation between London and Edinburgh could push Scotland towards independence.

The dispute centres on who will have control of powers currently residing in Brussels, such as over farming and fisheries, once Britain leaves the EU. Scotland’s gover nment wants those powers to be under Scottish control, while the British government argues they should reside in London, at least initially.

Scottish officials have accused May of a “power grab”.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the separatist Scottish

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Britain is now heading into ‘uncharted constitutional territory.’

National Party, said Britain is now heading into “uncharted constitutional territory” with a majority in Scotland’s semi-autonomous legislature expected to oppose the bill.

The UK Government has accused Scottish opponents of “nit-picking” and has insisted it is trying to protect Britain’s economic integrity by building a common framework throughout the country when Brussels regulations are handed over after Brexit.

Sturgeon has rejected claims by May’s Scottish Conservative allies that she is trying to “weaponise Brexit” to further her aim of Scottish independence.

“It is likely to be not just the SNP government that votes against legislative consent,” Sturgeon

told an audience in London on Monday.

“We are likely to be joined by Labour and the Liberals and the Greens in the Scottish Parliament so it will only be the Conservatives that vote to go ahead,” she said.

Scotland voted against independence by 55 percent in a referendum in 2014, but Sturgeon insists she has a mandate to hold a second vote since Scotland voted against Brexit by 62 percent in 2016.

“I’m not sure independence will ever be off the table until it is realised, Sturgeon said on Monday.

She has pledged to outline her timetable for a second independence referendum in the autumn, once the terms of the Brexit agreement become clear.

Fleeing conflict, elephants Vladimir Putin opens bridge linking Russia with Crimea help Myanmar villagers to safety

Working elephants are widely used in the rough terrain of Kachin state, including by rebel groups fighting Myanmar’s army.

DANAI (MYANMAR), MAY 15 (AGENCIES): Mahouts and their elephants help sick, young and elderly villagers displaced by conflict cross a chest-deep river in Myanmar’s remote Kachin state, where thousands of people recently completed a trek through dense jungle to safety, reports AFP. The people of Awng Lawt in Kachin state were forced from their homes by escalating fighting between rebels from the Kachin Inde-

pendence Army (KIA) and Myanmar’s military earlier this year.

It is a grinding conflict that plays out away from the more prominent global headlines generated by violence in the country’s west, where the army has driven out some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims since August to fierce international condemnation. For three days, the villagers took shelter in their paddy fields as the sound of gunfire and fighter jets came ever closer.

But as shells started to fall among their homes, village leaders ordered an evacuation to IDP camps dozens of kilometres away.

The slowest and most vulnerable could only manage to hack through the jungle undergrowth for three or four hours a day.

On May 2, after nearly a month and with food running out, they reached the river where some local elephant owners came to their aid. Remarkable footage shows Kachin villagers in bright traditional headdresses hoisting youngsters onto the backs of several of the giant creatures to cross the waterway.

“We had some elderly, sick and blind people,” said one villager, preferring not to give his name. “So we asked the mahouts for help to carry those people.”

Working elephants are widely used in the rough terrain of Kachin state, including by rebel groups fighting Myanmar’s army, which is equipped with helicopters and fighter jets.

KERCH, MAY 15 (AGENCIES): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday drove a truck across a new bridge linking mainland Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea, triggering a fierce reaction from Kiev, reports AFP. Russian state television showed Putin dressed in jeans and a casual jacket sit behind the wheel of a construction truck with workers to drive 19 kilometres (12 miles) across the bridge, which links the Taman peninsula in southern Russian to Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.

“I want to sincerely congratulate you with this remarkable, festive and, in the full sense of the word, historical day,” Putin told workers upon arrival on the Crimean side of the bridge.

“In different historical eras, even under the tsar, people were dreaming of building this bridge,” Putin told cheering workers.

He was referring to Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, who first proposed such a bridge, but the outbreak of World War I prevented it

A view of the new bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula prior to its opening ceremony near Kerch, Crimea, Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

going ahead.

Another unsuccessful attempt was made in the 1930s under Joseph Stalin.

During World War II the occupying Nazis also began building a bridge but abandoned the project.

“And finally, thanks to your work, your talent, this project, this miracle happened!” Putin said.

The Russian leader, who was re-elected for a fourth Kremlin term in March extending his long rule, then pledged to build more of “such projects” across Russia.

The Crimean Bridge overtakes Lisbon’s Vasco da Gama Bridge as the longest in Europe.

Built at a cost of 228 billion rubles ($3.7 billion), the new structure connects the southern Krasnodar region with the Crimean city of Kerch, spanning a strait between the Black and Azov seas.

Ukraine’s condemnation

Ukraine, which along with most of the international community has not recognised Russia’s annexa-

Family photo becomes new picture of militancy in Indonesia J A K A RTA , M AY 1 5 (AGENCIES): In the photo, the mother rests one hand on her youngest son’s arm. Two little sisters in the front hold flowers against matching red head scarves.

Dad stands in the back next to the oldest son who has already outgrown him. The six are dressed in happy prints and colors — a purple batik shirt, a pink flowered dress — and Mom’s flowing headscarf is the color of sky.

It appears to be a picture of a happy middle-class Indonesian family. But it has shocked the world’s most populous Muslim nation this week by becoming its new face of militant violence, reports AP. Friends and neighbors describe the Muslim parents as normal and nice, associating regularly with Christians who lived nearby and letting their home-schooled children play with others in the neighborhood.

But on Sunday, they fanned out with suicide bombs attached to themselves and their children, attacking three churches. The

In this May 13, 2018 file photo, Surabaya Police shows a picture of the family of Dita Oepriarto who carried out the church attacks on May 13 in Indonesia.

entire family was killed in Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya. At least 13 people died in the churches and more than 40 others were injured. The youngest human bomb, the little girl staring directly at the camera with big brown eyes, was just 8 years old. Her big sister was 12.

Before people had time to fully process that children had been used for the first time to carry out a suicide attack in Indonesia, it happened again. Another family — including a 7-yearold child who survived — participated in a similar suicide mission at police headquarters in the same

city on Monday.

Three members of a third family also died when homemade bombs exploded in their apartment Sunday night, and three children survived. Police say the attackers all knew each other, and the father who carried out the church bombings, Dita Oepriarto, headed the

Surabaya cell of Jemaah Anshorut Daulah, an Indonesian network of extremist groups affiliated with the Islamic State group.

In all, 26 people — including 13 militants and their children — have died since Sunday. Authorities say the surviving children are being treated for physical and mental issues and will eventually be placed with safe family members.

“For the kids, I think this is craziness,” said Taufik Andrie, who runs an Indonesian institute that helps rehabilitate former militants ready to rejoin society. “It’s the first time in Indonesia.

I’m afraid this will be a new trend.”

Indonesia suffered its worst terrorist attack in 2002 on the resort island of Bali when 202 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed in nightclub bombings. Jemaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaida-affiliated network, was responsible. The country has been relatively quiet in recent years after major cells connected to larger organized groups were stamped out.

T h e n ew s p a t e o f bombings comes just ahead of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, and follows a melee at a detention center near Jakarta last week in which jailed Muslim extremists killed six officers.

Andrie said much information leaked out after the incident, likely inciting others to act. IS has claimed responsibility for the recent violence in both cities.

“I think the message is simply that they can create momentum,” he said. “And they don’t want to lose it.”

Using women and children in militant attacks has long been a tactic deployed in other countries — Nigerian terror group Boko Haram often uses children as suicide bombers.

Experts say more than 1,000 Indonesians have gone abroad to help IS, and their return raises new worries.

“We’ve got hundreds of fighters coming back. Probably the Indonesians don’t even know how many are coming back,” said Bilveer Singh, a political science professor at the National University of Singapore.

tion of Crimea, condemned the project, which was personally championed by Putin.

“The Russian occupying powers, which have temporarily occupied Crimea, are continuing to act outside international law,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman told AFP in an interview.

Ukraine has also previously complained that the construction has damaged the environment and that larger ships will be unable to get through to its ports on the Azov Sea. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s security service raided the offices of Russian state media in Kiev and detained one journalist, moves the chief editor of Russia’s RT television suggested were linked to the bridge opening.

The chief editor of the Kremlin-funded channel, Margarita Simonyan, wrote on Twitter that “Kiev decided to take revenge on us for the Crimean Bridge,” after the raids on the offices of RIA Novosti state news agency, which is part of the same media group as RT. European Union and

US sanctions have targeted those involved in building the bridge, principally Putin’s close ally, businessman Arkady Rotenberg, whose company Stroygazmontazh won the construction contract.

The annexation of the peninsula in 2014 was condemned by Kiev and the West as an illegal land grab but applauded in Russia.

The peninsula has been hard to reach from southern Russia with long queues of vehicles often forming to board ferries, which cannot always run in winter storms, so the easiest way across is to fly.

Because of blocks imposed by Kiev, in addition to Western sanctions, a large amount of food is currently shipped to the peninsula from Russia, so the bridge will play an important role in reducing the region’s reliance on sea transport.

The four-lane road bridge is opening ahead of schedule as it was due to be completed in December.

Once it opens for traffic on Wednesday, it will be able to carry up to 40,000 cars per day.

Ending conflict vital to food security: UN ROME, MAY 15 (IANS/ AKI): Ending violent conflict, bolstering peace and stability and preventing future strife are all crucial to combating rising levels of chronic hunger in the world, the UN has said in a new report.

“Ending conflict is vital,” said the UN World Food Programme’s Chief of Food Systems Steven Were Omamo who masterminded the report.

“But preventing food crises also requires longterm investment in education, infrastructure and economic growth,” Were Omamo said.

While increases in per capita income help countries limit the scale of food crises, even low-income countries can prevent crises by making such long-term investments, he said.

Bringing lasting peace to conflict zones could cut annual food assistance costs by up to 50 per cent, the newly released “World Food Assistance: Preventing Food Crises” report

found.

A one-point increase in peace and stability on the World Bank’s measure of these conditions - known as the Index of Political Stability and Absence of Violence - could result in a saving of nearly $3 billion (based on 2016 data), according to the report.

In real terms, this would mean WFP would save $300 million a year in Syria, $205 million annually in Yemen and $85 million each year in Somalia, the report said.

WFP said it would spend over $5 billion less per year worldwide if all the causes of famine were tackled: not only conflicts but climate change, chronic hunger and malnutrition, poorly functioning food systems and flawed political, social and economic structures. This vast amount of money saved could be spent on longerterm development initiatives to improve the lives of the most vulnerable populations, WFP underlined.

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Deadpool 2: What the critics thought

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t’s yet another Marvel superhero film - and this time, Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson is back with Deadpool 2.

The original film, an XMen spin-off, was a huge hit in 2016, taking more than $780m (£575m) worldwide.

The film opens in the UK on Wednesday and critics have already given their verdict.

Many have welcomed the return of Reynolds’ wise-cracking vigilante and his X-Force team, but it wasn’t all five-star reviews.

Some felt that while the sequel stayed true to its predecessor’s style of quickfire edgy jokes and send-ups of the superhero genre, it was starting to feel a bit cynical.

Writing in Variety, Andrew Barker said: “Lurking behind its constant self-

critiques - pointing out plot holes before you can, acknowledging when its puckish humour edges toward racism but making the joke anyway - is a strange combination of cleverness and cowardice, a self-inoculation against the very responses it goes out of its way to provoke.

Whether, underneath the ironic sheen, Deadpool 2 avoids the generic traits it persistently insults, is a different question.

Fortunately, it maintains the same, abrasive standard of jokes as the first film - cutting across disability, cancer, gender, sexuality and race. The movie also rips notable genre films to shreds, from Terminator to X Men (Deadpool forms his own team, X Force) and steals Professor Xavier’s

wheelchair to take it for a spin. Personally I found the constant stream of irony and self-awareness a little forced and appreciated the darker, drier humour more but there’s definitely enough there to appeal to a mainstream audience and superhero fans will love it.

Some others agreed.

The LA Times’s Jen Yamato said there was a danger of “sequelitis”.

“Even fuelled by Reynolds, whose likability is practically a super power...

Deadpool 2 suffers from the sequelitis that typically threatens gimmicky gambles turned tentpole franchises.

“There’s a tedium to the sort of repetition that merely rehashes and recycles the same wink-wink barbs that worked the first time around - but also a re-

latable, even pitiable humanity in the film’s desperation to be liked.” AO Scott of the New York Times also felt a bit uneasy.

“What drives this franchise is the same force that drives so much culture and politics right now: the selfpity of a white man with a relentless need to be the centre of attention. He is angry, violent, disrespectful to everyone and everything, and at the same time thoroughly non-toxic and totally cool.

Digital Spy’s Hugh Armitage largely enjoyed it.

The Telegraph’s Helen O’Hara agreed.

“With its commitment to gross-out injuries, pop culture in-jokes and inappropriate touching, Deadpool 2 was clearly made to cater to existing fans with every innuendo-filed moment,” she said.

“This film makes zero concession for newcomers or sceptics, and those of a genteel disposition should avoid it like the plague.”

Screen Daily’s Fionnuala Halligan wrote: “While Deadpool 2 delivers the gags and the gun-shot geeky Marvel insider references, the plot could have done with some more finesse...

If Superhero fatigue is ever going to set in (which seems alternatively inevitable and unlikely), it’s going to be here.

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Bohemian Rhapsody trailer whets fans’ appetite

Marvel’s first muslim superhero ‘Ms Marvel’ is set to join MCU

he first full-length trailer for Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has finally arrived.

The movie stars Rami Malek as frontman Freddie Mercury - and it’s fair to say there’s a pretty strong resemblance.

Sacha Baron Cohen was originally set to star as Mercury but left the project in 2013 over “creative differences”.

The trailer reveals the debates around the release of Bohemian Rhapsody, as we see the band’s manager questions the song’s sixminute length.

The trailer also sees Brian May (played by Gwilym Lee) look surprised when Mercury tells him there’s an operatic section in Bohemian Rhapsody.

Mercury’s response to the classic track being too long is to quip: “I pity your wife if you think six minutes is forever.”

The rest, as they say, is history.

The film has had a difficult journey with the film’s original director, Bryan Singer, replaced by Eddie the Eagle filmmaker, Dexter Fletcher.

The trailer also shows a brief glimpse of a fight in a recording studio.

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arvel – AKA Kamala Khan and M a r ve l ’s f i r s t muslim superhero – is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The character was launched in the comics back in 2013 and her powers include the ability to change shape. She devotedly followed the career of Captain Marvel and went by the codename Ms Marvel once she discovered her own abilities.

Khan’s family is from Pakistan and while she has faced problems outside of her home, there has also been struggles with her nearest and dearest.

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Ms Marvel’s character was created by G. Willow Wilson and Ian Herring.

“It was really important for me to portray Kamala as someone who is struggling with her faith,” Wilson told The Times at the time of Khan’s debut. “It’s about the universal experience of all American teenagers, feeling kind of isolated and finding what they are through the lens of being a Muslim-American.”

After the success of the comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe after Marvel president Kevin Feige has confirmed there are

plans for Ms Marvel to appear in a movie.

Speaking to the BBC, he said, ““Ms Marvel … the Muslim hero who is inspired by Captain Marvel, is definitely sort of in the works.”

There aren’t any more details at the moment but there has been a suggestion that Ms Marvel could appear after the 2019 Captain Marvel movie, starring Brie Larson.

Meanwhile, 65 directors are reportedly being considered for a stand alone Black Widow film.

It was announced earlier this year that writer Jac Shaeffer had been hired for script development on the project.

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‘Race 3’ is action-music bonanza: Salman Markle, Prince Harry’s wedding will be more ‘Americanized

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ollywood superstar Salman Khan who is all set for his upcoming multi-starrer action film “Race 3” on Tuesday said the film offers good music, action and people will have a good time watching the film.

The actor, who was present at the trailer launch of the film, told the media: “Like the kind of film used to happen earlier, this film is like that. This film has a vibe that earlier Bachchan saab, Dharmendraji used to do.”

He said: “I heard the script of the film two years

ago. After that Ramesh Taurani wanted me to listen to the improved script again. It was a difficult genre for me to do, I want-

ed few changes. I knew the genre of the film but I did not know where I will fit in the genre.

“Then Rameshji and Shiraz Ahmed, screenplay writer of the film, sat on the script and re-worked on it. Then I realized that it is actually a fun film to do.”

The film features actors like Anil Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Daisy Shah, Saqib Salim, Bobby Deol among others.

Directed by Remo eghan Markle and D’Souza, the 3D action Prince Har r y’s film “Race 3” is releasing wedding will be on June 15.

(IANS) more “Americanized” because the former actress is handling most of the details leading up to the big day, Queen Elizabeth’s longtime party planner said.

Lady Elizabeth Anson opened up to Sky News about the soon-to-be married couple and said the upcoming May 19 royal wedding would be “more Americanized” than Prince William and Kate Middleton’s nuptials. “Meghan is more in charge of that [wedding planning] so I think it would be more Americanized,” Anson said. She

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The death was ruled a suicide.

But his family has questioned the medical examiner’s ruling, saying

revealed the American tradition to host a rehearsal dinner won’t happen before the royal wedding day.

Anson said Harry and Markle are “hopelessly in love,” adding that their affection for one another was “actually not gross” and just “adoring.”

“When they got engaged and [they posed for] those photographs and they did that interview... It actually made your heart really feel warm towards them,” she said. “And I said, ‘You know, that’s lovely that you can give all the rest of us that pleasure through your own happiness,’ and I think that’s key.”

you’re going to have an elderflower cake.”

The wedding planning seemed to hit crisis mode on Monday when TMZ reported Markle’s father, Thomas, decided not to attend the royal wedding after recently suffering a heart attack and staged photo debacle. The report said Thomas’ choice was to prevent further embarrassment

to the royal family and soonto-be duchess.

Kensington Palace released a statement saying it is a “deeply personal moment for Ms. Markle in the days before her wedding,” but did not comment on the TMZ report. It’s unclear who will be walking Markle down the aisle at St. George’s Chapel.

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that he had a prescription for Ativan and that a higher than recommended dosage may have caused him to experience suicidal thoughts.

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hris Cornell’s widow, Vicky Cornell, announced over the weekend that fans will have a chance to pay tribute to her late husband at a public vigil on Friday (May 18) in Los Angeles.

“It is with great emotion I reach out to all of you as the one year anniversary of my husband’s passing approaches,” she tweeted.

“Chris was loved, so much, by so many. The children and I are so grateful to you all for being by our sides throughout all of this. Your love has created a close-knit community; more like a family; to grieve with, to provide support, and to help us heal. We could not have gotten through these last twelve months without you.”

The public vigil will take place at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Friday at 7 p.m. PT. “We want to open this up to you, our extended family, and invite you to join us on this day of prayer and remembrance to pay our respects together,” she continued. “As we know, there are millions of fans and not everyone can physically be there, we would be honored if you share posts and videos of how Chris’s music has touched you. We can feel your love no matter how far. Light a candle, say a prayer, speak his name…

Loud Love.”

Chris was found hanged in his room at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel in May 2017. His body was found soon after he had spoken with a “slurred”

She called the couple “very tactile” and said she believed the wedding day would be a success.

“I think because the public are so behind this and are particularly so behind Harry, that whatever it is, it’s going to be a success,” she said. “They’ve been very generous in what they’ve let the general public know.

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Man City soak up fans’ adulation in victory parade

Manchester City soccer team players celebrate with the Premier League Trophy during the British Premier League champions trophy parade in Manchester, Monday. (AP/PTI)

MANCHESTER, May 15 (Agencies): An estimated 100,000 Manchester City supporters filled the sun-kissed streets of the city to hail their team as they paraded the English Premier League trophy on Monday.

The victorious squad and manager Pep Guardiola were driven through the streets in an open-top bus to celebrate a historic season filled with recordbreaking achievements.

Only record goalscorer, Argentinian Sergio Aguero, who is undergoing treatment back home on a knee injury to try and get fit for the World Cup finals, and Spanish forward David Silva -- with his young child in Spain -- were absent.

City won the title in record-setting style, be-

coming the first top flight English side to reach 100 points, setting a new scoring mark of 106 goals and taking city rivals Manchester United’s record points-winning margin off them by winning the title by 19 points -- with United in second.

Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, arguably City’s star player of the campaign, was taken aback by the enthusiasm of the thousands of flag-waving fans.

“Seeing all the people who want to join us and have a party is amazing,” he told Sky Sports.

“This season has been unbelievable and to finish it off yesterday in the last second to get the 100 points is unbelievable.

“Everything you win

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Decide appeal against Sreesanth’s discharge: SC

New Delhi, May 15 (PTI): The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Delhi High Court to decide by end of July the appeal challenging a trial court order discharging several cricketers, including S Sreesanth, in the sensational IPL spotfixing case.

Sreesanth, who was banned for life by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has filed an appeal in the apex court challenging the Kerala High Court decision upholding the ban on him.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said it understood Sreesanth’s “anxiety” to play cricket, but would like to wait for the high court’s decision on the appeal of the Delhi Police challenging the trial court order discharging the cricketers and others in the IPL spotfixing case.

The banned India paceman has sought an interim direction that he should be allowed to play the English county cricket in the view of the fact that he has already been discharged in the IPL spotfixing case and has been suffering the ban for the past four years.

The Delhi Police had arrested Sreesanth and other two cricketers Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan on charges of spot fixing during the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2013.

The apex court had on February 5 sought a response of the BCCI and the two members of the committee, which had recommended the life ban on

Sreesanth, over his plea challenging a Kerala High Court verdict restoring the life ban imposed on him by the apex cricket body in the wake of the 2013 IPL spotfixing scandal.

The BCCI had earlier told the court that the case against Sreesanth was an “open and shut” one as telephonic conversations had revealed that he allegedly took money for bowling ‘no balls’ during an IPL match in 2013.

The conversation involved talk of division of money between the cricketer and a bookie for bowling ‘no balls’ in a particular IPL match.

A single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court had on August 7 last year lifted the life ban imposed on 34-year-old Sreesanth by the BCCI and set aside all proceedings against him initiated by the board.

A division bench of the high court had later restored the ban on a petition filed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against the singlejudge bench’s order.

All the 36 accused in the spot-fixing case, including Sreesanth, Chavan and Chandila, were let-off by a Patiala House court in July, 2015. The Delhi Police later challenged the Patiala High Court decision in the Delhi High Court.

The BCCI, however, had refused to alter its disciplinary decision even after the verdict.

Gladiator lift Super Six trophy

Champions Gladiator Sixers along with organisers of 2nd Super Six Tourney.

Dimapur, May 15 (NPN): Gladiator Sixers emerged as the champions of the 2nd edition of Super Six Tourney held at RGHSS ground, Kohima.

The tournament was organised by the Youth Department of Naya Jeevan Baptist Church.

In the final match, Gladiator defeated defend-

ing champions Six Star Club by 6 runs. Gladiator received a cash prize of Rs.12,000, trophy and certificates while Six Star pocketed Rs.6000 along with certificate. Petekhrietuo Rutsa and Lhouvituo Kezieu, both of Gladiator bagged the individual awards for highest run and highest wicket taker respec-

tively.

Altogether 22 teams participated in the tourney.

Associate Pastor of SBCK, Nitoshe Zhimomi graced the inaugural session as chief guest while proprietor of Noksha, Suchimayang graced the valedictory function as patron and gave away the prizes to the winners.

Leo Club organises cricket bash

Dimapur, May 15 best batswoman. Tanisha A l t o g e t h e r, f o u r ( N P N ) : T h e 1 s t L e o Sethi was named the best teams participated in the tournament.

Cricket Bash (female ver- bowler. sion), organised by Leo Club of Dimapur, was 8TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY held on May 12 and 13 at OF LATE KENEIGUTUO (JOY) Lions Park, Dimapur.

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DORTMUND, May 15 (Agencies): Joachim Loew has extended his contract as Germany head coach until 2022, the German FA (DFB) announced on Tuesday. In the post since 2006, Loew, 58, who steered Germany to their 2014 World Cup triumph, has signed a two-year extension to take him through to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Reinhard Grindel, the president of the DFB, confirmed the news at the announcement of Germany’s World Cup squad for the Russia 2018 finals and also revealed Oliver Bierhoff, the national team’s director, has extended until 2024. “We want to thank you for the trust placed in us, which is also an obligation to establish ourselves amongst the best in the world,” said Loew directly to Grindel.

is special but these are the moments you do it for,” added the 26-year-old midfielder.

The parade ended with the squad being greeted on a stage.

Manager Guardiola said now was not the time for looking ahead to see if they could improve on their league performance next term.

“Now is the time to enjoy what we’ve done this season,” he said.

“It’s not the time to talk of next season. This summer we’ll watch the World Cup on the sofa we’ll have some good beer, good red wine and enjoy what we have done. Then we’ll try to come back stronger than this season,” added the 47-year-old Spaniard.

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The family members of Lt. Kezevito Sothu S/o Pulepi Sothu would like to acknowledge the kindness and acts of sympathy shown to us in our sad bereavement.

With deep sense of heartfelt gratitude, we would like to thank all the well wishers who supported us in prayers, physically, spiritually, financially and materially during the sudden illness and at the sad demise.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Doctors, nurses and staff of NHAK. 2. Viswema Baptist Church, Pastors, Leaders and all members.

3. Different organizations of R. Khel.

4. Er. Zale Neikha, Advisor, Youth Resources & Sports.

5. Dr. Mhashevisü Sothu 6. Twenty XI FC Viswema 7. Various prayer groups.

8. The in-laws.

We deeply apologize for our inability to thank every individual personally and we have nothing to give you in return, but pray to Almighty God to bless each and everyone of you abundantly.

Loving family members and relatives

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CWG performance may be Knight Riders edge closer to playoffs considered for Khel Ratna

Kolkata Knight Riders bowler A.Russell celebrates with his teammates the dismissal of Rajasthan Royals’ RA Tripathi during their IPL cricket match, in Kolkata, on Tuesday. (PTI) Kolkata, May 15 (Agencies): Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav starred with an impressive four-wicket spell as he set up Kolkata Knight Riders to a comfortable six-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here Tuesday.

Kuldeep (4/20) flummoxed Rajasthan Royals batsmen with his wrist spin as the visitors were bowled out for 142 from 19 overs after being sent into bat.

KKR chased down the small target with two overs to spare with Chris

KTC meeting with clubs on May 19

Lynn top-scoring with a 42-ball 45 while skipper Dinesh Karthik remaining not out on 41 off 31 deliveries. Karthik took his side home with a six as KKR reached 145 for 4 in 18 overs.

Sunil Narine played a typical but brief explosive innings of 21 off just seven balls at the top of the innings to lay the foundation of the successful run chase.

Except for Narine, all the Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen chose to bat in business like fashion, shunning extravagance and looking for loose deliv-

eries for boundaries.

With the win, KKR kept themselves in the hunt for a play-offs spot with 14 points from 13 matches as they remained

Earlier, Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav scalped four wickets to help the hosts recover from a Powerplay blitz by RR openers and skittle them out for 142 in 19 overs.

In-form English wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler (39 from 22 balls; 5x4, 2x6) and Maharashtra’s Rahul Tripathi (27 from 15; 4x4, 1x6) toyed with the KKR pacers to race to 49/0 after three overs.

But once Andre Russell (2/13) got the wicket of Tripathi, it was all downhill for the away side as Kuldeep (4/20) saw off skipper Ajinkya Rahane (11), Buttler, Stuart Binny (1), and Ben Stokes (11) to rack up his best figures of the season.

The 23-year old, who had not been at his best before this game, took a wicket in each of his overs as Royals’ batsmen showed poor application and had only themselves to blame for the collapse.

IPL standings Team

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Won

Lost

Tied

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Hyderabad

12

9

3

0

+0.400

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Chennai

12

8

4

0

+0.383

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Kolkata

13

7

6

0

-0.091

14

Rajasthan

13

6

7

0

-0.403

12

Punjab

12

6

6

0

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12

Mumbai

12

5

7

0

+0.405

10

Bangalore

12

5

7

0

+0.218

10

Delhi

12

3

9

0

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Mirabai Chanu NEW DELHI, May 15 (Agencies): Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and Sanjitha Chanu’s long wait for a government sports award may soon come to an end, and star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra could get first-time lucky to be conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.

In a good news for the Gold Coast CWG medallists who have applied for this year’s Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards, the sports ministry is planning to keep their impressive CWG performances in mind while deciding on the sporting honour, it’s

Sanjitha Chanu been learnt.

The ministry, while taking into account India’s one of the best-ever CWG shows in terms of medal count, may request the soon-to-be constituted awards’ selection committee to include the CWG medallists’ fine show in Gold Coast while awarding them points for their performance in the last four-year cycle.

The ministry, it’s been learnt, could nominate two sportspersons for the Khel Ratna and three athletes for the Arjuna award as it reserves the rights to do so.

As per norms, a candidate’s performance of last four years up to December 31, 2017 will be taken into account to arrive at the total points accumulated by a sportsperson.

However, the ministry could make an exception, like it did during the time of 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympic Games, to consider their CWG performances.

I n t h a t s c e n a r i o, strong contenders Mirabai, Neeraj, Sanjitha, star table tennis player Manika Batra, badminton star Kidambi Srikanth could benefit immensely.

Shashank re-elected ICC Chairman

D i m a p u r , M ay 1 5 (NPN): Kohima Town Club (KTC) has called a meeting with the eight participating club of 2nd Kohima Football League on May 19 at 3:30 pm at WTF, near Cathedral, Kohima. Important matters will be discussed during the meeting. Therefore, team managers, coaches and media officer have been requested to attend the meeting without fail. KTC has also asked the clubs to pay the registration fee for the 2nd season of KFL.

Shashank Manohar

D i m a p u r , M ay 1 5 (NPN): Medziphema Village Youth Organisation will be organizing a one day penalty shoot-out on June 8 at Medziphema town local ground. Therefore, interested teams can collect the entry forms from Vibrant Enterprise and Moon Store, below Allahabad Bank, Medziphema town. For further details, contact 8787766472 or 7630857444.

Dubai, May 15 (IANS): Shashank Manohar was on Tuesday re-elected unopposed as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman for a second consecutive term.

According to a statement released by the ICC, Manohar was the sole nominee put forward by the ICC board, leading to his unopposed election.

“It is an honour to be re-elected as the Chairman of the International Cricket Council and I would like to thank my fellow ICC Directors for their continued support,” said Manohar, who became the first independent ICC Chairman in 2016.

“Together we have made big strides

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at the third spot.

Rajasthan Royals, meanwhile, stuck on 12 points from 13 matches and they will now find it difficult to make it to the play-offs though theoretically still in contention.

Opener Narine gave KKR a flying start taking K Gowhtam to cleaners with 21 runs from the first over with two fours and two sixes.

Ben Stokes claimed two wickets - that of Narine and Robin Uthappa (4) - in successive overs en route to his superb 3/15 as KKR looked in a spot of bother with 69/3, requiring 74 from 70 balls.

But Lynn remained steady and cut down his strokes to anchor the innings. He and Karthik batted sensibly to put together 48 runs before the Australian became Stokes’ third victim but by then the equation had come down to a simple 26 from 28 balls.

over the last two years, fulfilling promises I made to the sport when I was appointed in 2016.

“Over the next two years we can look forward to launching a global strategy for the sport in partnership with our members so we can grow the game and ensure more of the world can enjoy cricket. The sport is in good health but we are the guardians of the game and we must continue to work hard to maintain that,” he added.

During the last two years, Manohar has led significant reform of the sport, reversing the resolutions of 2014, introducing a revised governance structure, including the appointment of the ICC’s first independent female director and the development of international cricket structures that bring context to the global game and provide more opportunities for more members to compete.

According to the election process, ICC Directors were each allowed to nominate one candidate, who had to be either a present or a past ICC Director.

The nominees with the support of two or more Directors would have been eligible to contest an election.

However, given that Manohar was the sole nominee for the position, the independent Audit Committee Chairman, Edward Quinlan, who has been overseeing the election process, has declared the process complete, and Manohar the successful candidate.

Roberto Mancini poses with the Italy national team shirt after taking up the reins as manager.

ROME, May 15 (Agencies): Former Inter Milan and Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini was given the daunting task of rebuilding Italy’s national side on Monday following their astonishing failure to qualify for the World Cup. Mancini, as had been widely predicted, was named as the new national team coach to replace the hapless Gian Piero Ventura, sacked in November

after Italy missed out on the World Cup for the first time since 1958.

The 53-year-old will begin the job - which had previously been turned down by former Paris St Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti - in the unlikely setting of a friendly against Saudi Arabia in Switzerland on May 28.

The FIGC said it had “concluded an agreement

with Roberto Mancini who will hold the position of coach of the national team.”

It did not give any further details other than to say he would be officially presented on Tuesday at the team’s training base in Florence.

Fo u r - t i m e s wo r l d champions Italy are at an all time low of 20th in the FIFA rankings after losing to 1-0 on aggregate to Sweden in a playoff for a place in Russia.

They were eliminated in the group stage at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, although they have done better at the European Championship, reaching the final in 2012 and the quarter-finals in 2016.

One of Mancini’s first decisions will be whether to recall maverick striker Mario Balotelli, who he often clashed with when the pair were at Manchester City. Balotelli has not been called up by Italy since the 2014 World Cup.

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