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Ukhrul rally calls for end to standoff NSCN (I-M) accuses AR of belligerence

Correspondent

IMPHAL, APR 30: A mass rally converged at Sihai village in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Tuesday called for ending the ongoing standoff between NSCN(I-M) and security forces over the location of the former’s camp at Sihai village.

Hundreds of people including womenfolk took part in the rally organised under the aegis of Tangkhul Civil Society Organisations (CSOs).

The area where cadres of NSCN (I-M) were reportedly taking shelter is situated between border pillar (BP) 124 and 125 of the IndoMyanmar and about 15 km from Sihai village.

The rally was organised to ensure ‘peace, tranquility and love’ amidst the standoff between NSCN (I-M) and Assam Rifles in the area.

Tension was running high at Sihai Khullen village where Assam Rifles troops descended on the village where cadres of NSCN(I-M) engaging in peace talk with India government were camping about 15 km away from the village.

The troops were report-

A solidarity march in Ukhrul district where a stand-off between NSCN (I-M) and AR troopers reported.

edly insisting the cadres of the NSCN (I-M) to vacate the area and shift to a nearby designated camp of the outfit.

The people and CSOs were apprehensive that the standoff could lead to an unwanted situation.

The “Solidarity March” was staged in support of the Indo-Naga peace process and converged at Sihai village where the villagers were leading a life of fear and panicky since the Assam Rifles troops stationed in the village.

The citizens took out rally reportedly after no positive result came out despite the intervention by leaders of Tangkhul CSOs who approached the AR officers to take up necessary steps to ease the tension.

The Assam Rifles troopers stationed there have cordoned off the area after a thorough survey of the location of NSCN (I-M) camp and its surrounding since Friday evening, reports said. Army choppers were also hovering around the camp site, it added.

Petrol, diesel Rahul Gandhi apologises prices hiked to SC for misquoting verdict NEW DELHI, APR 30 (AGENCIES): Oil-marketing companies increased the prices of petrol and diesel across the four metro cities on Tuesday. Petrol is priced at Rs. 73.13 per litre in New Delhi, Rs. 75.15 per litre in Kolkata, Rs. 78.70 per litre in Mumbai and Rs. 75.90 per litre in Chennai, according to state-run Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC) website, iocl.com.

Petrol prices were increased by 5 paise per litre in all the cities.

Diesel rates stood at Rs. 66.71 per litre in New Delhi, Rs. 68.45 per litre in Kolkata, Rs. 69.83 per litre in Mumbai and Rs. 70.44 per litre in Chennai. Diesel rates were increased by 5 paise in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, while it was hiked by 6 paise in Mumbai.

State-run oil marketing companies Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum revise fuel prices with effect from 6 am on a daily basis.

Globally, oil prices on Tuesday reversed earlier losses after Saudi Arabia said a deal between producers to withhold output that has been in place since January could be extended beyond June to cover all of 2019, reported news agency Reuters.

This is it!

“Wonder why only thirdrate liquor is destroyed?

Where are the expensive brands?”

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Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI, APR 30 (AGENCIES): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday expressed apology to the Supreme Court for attributing “chowkidar chor hai” remarks to the Court in the context of the April 10 verdict of the Court to hear Rafale review on merits.

“I sincerely apologise for attributing the comments to SC,” said Gandhi’s lawyer Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

On April 15, the top court had sought Gandhi’s explanation on a petition filed by BJP MP Meenak-

shi Lekhi, who has sought criminal contempt against the Congress president for wrongfully attributing statements to the apex court.

According to Live Law report, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Lekhi, had told the CJI-led bench that Congress president made a remark that the “Supreme Court has said, chowkidaar chor hai” in the verdict in Rafale review delivered on April 10.

In response, Gandhi filed an affidavit saying that ‘Chowkidar’ remarks were made during political campaign in a “rhetorical fashion at the heat of the moment” and clarified that he did not have the slightest intention to bring SC into the political arena or disrepute. He also said that the comments were twisted by his opponents and expressed ‘regret’ for using ‘chowkidar’ remarks in juxtaposition with the SC verdict.

DIMAPUR, APR 30 (NPN): NSCN (I-M) through its MIP said that whatever was happening in the stand-off between Assam Rifles and NSCN (I-M) at Sihai Khunou, Ukhrul district was “extremely unfortunate” especially since 21 years of political negotiations was on the verge of signing of a final agreement.

MIP said it was not the right time for Indian security forces to display “such hostility” which could lead to brinkmanship and that “such an absurdity” went against the spirit of Cease Fire Ground Rules.

MIP pointed out that at CFGR review committee meetings held occasionally, both sides- government of India and NSCN (I-M) recognised that the need was to maintain mutual trust, understanding and respect.

It also recalled that in the last meeting held in Chumukedima, Dimapur on June 8,2018 the government of India team led by special secretary (MHA) Rina Mitra and the NSCN (I-M) team led by ‘Lt.Gen’ (Retd) V.S.Atem had agreed to take

all possible measures to improve the ground situation considering the importance of progress of the ongoing “Indo-Naga” political negotiations and respecting the historic Framework Agreement signed between the Centre and NSCN (I-M) on August 3,2015.

MIP said NSCN (I-M) has maintained a stand to uphold the hard earned progress of the “Indo-Naga” political negotiation but accused Assam Rifles looked down. In keeping with such spirit, NSCN (I-M) claimed that it has maintained the stand to uphold the hardearned progress of the IndoNaga political negotiation.

However, it alleged that Assam Rifles look down upon NSCN (I-M) as some it disliked and kept on alienating it without following any ethical rules as per the spirit of ceasefire ground rules.

MIP said even if there was any misunderstanding because of different interpretation of ceasefire ground rules, there was a mechanism to follow to redress anyviolation of CFGR. (Cont’d on p-7)

CHENNAI, APR 30 (PTI): The Madras High Court on Tuesday held that Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi “cannot interfere” in the day-to-day affairs of the elected government of the Union Territory, a decision hailed by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy who termed it as “victory” of democracy.

Allowing a petition

by K Laksminarayanan, a Congress MLA, Justice R Mahadevan set aside the two communications issued in January and June 2017 by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs “elevating” the power of the administrator.

Referring to the Supreme Court judgement on the tussle between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Governor Anil Baijal, the judge said restrictions imposed on the Government of Delhi are not applicable to the Government of Puducherry.

Footprints, claimed by the Indian Army to be of the “mythical beast Yeti”, near the Makalu Base Camp, Nepal April 9, 2019. (Twitter/PTI Photo)

sighted at Makalu-Barun National Park in the past.”

The Army also released photos along with the tweet showing large footprints in the snow which they claim belong to the creature.

In Nepali folklore, Yeti is a mythical ape-like creature taller than an average human that is said to inhabit the Himalayas, Siberia, Central and East Asia.

NEW DELHI, APR 30 (PTI): The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Centre to file response by May 4 to the petitions seeking review of last December’s verdict which dismissed the pleas challenging India’s deal to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.

The top court did not allow the Centre’s submission that the hearing on three review petitions in the case be adjourned as it wanted four weeks to file its response to the pleas.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph asked Attorney General K K Venugopal, representing the Centre, that the reply, if any, be filed

by Saturday and listed the review petitions for hearing on May 6.

On being told by Venugopal that till now no notice has been issued to the Centre on the review petitions, the court said it would refer to the request of the attorney general in its order and issue a formal notice.

The bench was hearing three review petitions,

Kiran Bedi put in place by Madras HC

Kiran Bedi

“The apex court has clearly held that there is a distinction between the National Capital Territory of Delhi and Puducherry”, the judge said.

Though Puducherry was not a state, the Legislative Assembly would have the same powers as that of a state, he said.

Hailing the judgement, Congress leader and Chief Minister Narayanasamy, who has been at loggerheads with Bedi over various issues, said the court order was “historic and demonstrates the victory of democracy.”

Army claims ‘Yeti’ footprints found in Himalayas NEW DELHI, APR 30 (PTI): The Ar my has claimed its mountaineering expedition team in the higher Himalayas had found “mysterious footprints” in the snow that they believe belong to the Yeti or the abominable snowman, triggering a barrage of reactions.

Sources said on Tuesday that the Indian Army will send to domain experts the pictures and videos of the “large” footprints captured close to the Makalu Base Camp in Nepal earlier this month.

On Monday night, the Army tweeted, “For the first time, an #IndianArmy Mountaineering Expedition Team has sited (sic) Mysterious Footprints of mythical beast ‘Yeti’ measuring 32x15 inches close to Makalu Base Camp on 09 April 2019. This elusive snowman has only been

Rafale review petitions: SC gives just 5 days to Centre to respond

An Army team of 18 personnel led by Major Manoj Joshi embarked on an expedition to Mount Makalu in Nepal on April 2. On April 9, the team spotted “mysterious footprints” measuring 32 x 15 inches to close to the Makalu base camp, the sources said.

The picture was retweeted 7,700 times and received over 17,000 likes

until Tuesday evening.

The sources said the pictures were sent by the team using satellite communication.

“We will share the photos and videos with domain experts to understand more about this,” a source said. The sources did not elaborate on which domain experts they will approach.

The team is expected to be back in India next month.

The pictures posted by the Army received a barrage of reaction on Twitter -- some were overwhelmed while some had a field day mocking the Army.

Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8,485 m. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas, some 19 km southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and Tibet, China.

In her reaction, Bedi said, “We are examining the judgement.”

The judge in his order said, “The Administrator cannot interfere in the dayto -ay affairs of the government. The decision taken by the Council of Ministers and the Chief Minister is binding on the Secretaries and other officials.”

The petitioner Lakshminarayanan is an elected member of the Puducherry assembly from the Raj Bhavan constituency.

He submitted that there were political differences between the elected Government of Puducherry and the Centre.

“She (Bedi) conducts review meetings with the officials directly, by-passing the elected government, carries out inspections and issues on-the-spot orders and thereby runs a parallel and diametrically opposite government within the government,” he claimed.

NSCN (R) extends Moatsu greetings DIMAPUR, APR 30 (NPN): NSCN/GPRN (Reformation) has extended greetings to the Ao community on the occasion of ‘Moatsu Festival’.

NSCN (R) through its MIP expressed hope that Ao community members through this festivity would continue to shine in being the ‘Advocators of Peace among Nagas’ and also be torchbearers and harbinger of forbearance and love to all. The group also prayed that this festival bring ‘prosperity and good tidings’ to Ao brothers and sisters.

Moatsu is celebrated in the first week of May to invoke God’s blessings for a good harvest, prosperity and good health.

It is also to build Cordial relationships with neighbours by inviting them during the festival and promoting friendship.

challenging the Supreme Court’s December 14, 2018 verdict by which it had dismissed a batch of the pleas against the Rafale deal.

The review petitions have been filed by former Union ministers Ar un Shourie and Yashwant Sinha along with activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan, lawyer Vineet Dhandha and AAP lawmaker Sanjay Singh.

At the outset, Venugopal said the Centre has already circulated a letter for seeking adjournment in the case.

Bhushan pointed out that he and his two copetitioners have also filed two applications and the Centre be asked to file replies to them too.

The trio, besides the review plea, has filed one application for per jury against the government for suppressing material information and misleading the court. In the second plea, the three have sought production of certain relevant documents by the Centre for just adjudication of the review plea.

The Attorney General

said the Centre would oppose both the applications.

In the verdict, the apex court had said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France and dismissed all the petitions seeking an investigation into alleged irregularities in the Rs 58,000 crore deal.

The top court had said there was no substantial evidence of commercial favouritism to any private entity.

On January 2, Sinha, Shourie and Bhushan approached the apex court seeking review of the judgement, alleging that it had relied upon “patently incorrect” claims made by the government in an unsigned note given in a sealed cover in the court.

The Centre had submitted that three privileged documents were unauthorisedly removed from the Defence Ministry and used by the petitioners to support their review petitions against the verdict which had dismissed all pleas challenging the procurement of the fighter jets.

Panel for electric vehicle charging infrastructure DIMAPUR, APR 30 (NPN): State government has constituted a technical committee for implementation of “Electric Vehicle Charging infrastructure and its regulation” in Nagaland.

In an office memorandum, the urban development department stated that the terms of reference of the committee include work out the modalities on the setting up of electric motor vehicle charging infrastructure and also work out modalities for its implementation and regulations thereof.

The committee has been asked to submit its report within two months’ time from the date of issue of the office memorandum.

The committee would be headed by chief engineer (D&R) Power, Nagaland as Convenor, chief engineer (R&B) PWD Nagaland, transport commissioner Nagaland and director New & Renewable Energy, Nagaland a s members and joint director SMD (AMRUT) and convenor Re-drafting Committee, NBBL Urban Development Department as member secretary.

CHK condemns alleged murder

DIMAPUR, APR 30 (NPN): Chakhesng Hoho Kohima (CHK) has strongly condemned the alleged murder of late Nesato Swuro in Kohima on Monday by the accused Neilalie, Kikruorietuo Venyo and two other accomplices.

In a press release, CHK general secretary, Sakhohu Vadeo, said that “such senseless and barbaric act of killing one’s own brethren is unacceptable and intolerable.”

The hoho said it was “extremely painful” and “unimaginable” that such crime was taking place in Naga society, wherein youths were “led out with uncontrolled emotions and taking a man’s life for nothing.”

CHK demanded that the police and administration award befitting highest order of punishment to the accused for their act of murder.

The hoho also demanded that the accused should not be given bail in any case. In the event of doing so, CHK cautioned that it would not hesitate to take own course of action.

Meanwhile, hoho has conveyed condolences to the bereaved family and shared sympathy over the loss.

NBPU flays Lanka bomb attacks

DIMAPUR, APR 30 (NPN): Nagaland Baptist Pastors’ Union (NBPU) has condemned the serial bomb attacks in the churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday that resulted in loss of many innocent lives and causing injuries to many.

In a press release, NBPU expressed solidarity with the Churches, affected families and individuals in Sri Lanka and prayed for peace, comfort, strength through Lord Jesus Christ at this time of pain, distress and sorrow.

NBPU also requested all its members and churches to keep praying for all the believers and Churches who were going through persecutions in the country and also in other parts of the world.

Further, NBPU has called upon its members and Churches to be vigilant and watchful in prayer. “We appeal to all its members to pray for our Churches and our land for peace and God’s protection from any evil attacks,” stated NBPU citing Bible passages 1Peter 5:8-9 NKJV and 1Cor.16:13-14 NKJV. K Y M C

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Friends of 80plus observe foundation day

Friends of 80plus during the foundation day in Kohima on Tuesday. (NP) Correspondent

KOHIMA, APR 30 (NPN): Friends of 80plus Kohima village celebrates its 14th Foundation Day Tuesday at Duolhou Garden (Tekhouliesha) Billy Graham

road. Presenting a report of the year 2018-19, Kevitsu Yhome said at present there are 182 registered members of Friends of 80plus Kohima village.

The programme began with welcome address

by Keneingunyü Sekhose followed by invocation by BRCK Sr. Pastor Khrieneilie Sachü.

A special presentation of memory verse was read

by Alhouü Dzüvichü, who is aged above 80, followed

by special song by Neimenuo Rame and friends.

Greetings were also delivered by Classic Club president, Neibou Sekhose; P. Khel chairman, Kruyie Pienyü and L. Khel chairman, Kekhriesetuo Kelio.

3 ILP defaulters arrested in Kma Correspondent

Nagaland governor, PB Acharya with delegates from Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany, led by Charge d’ Affairs, Dr Jasper Wieck and Council General, German Consulate General, Kolkata, Dr Michael Feiner and officers of Raj Bhavan at Raj Bhavan Kohima on April 30. The delegation called on the Governor during their visit to Nagaland. (PRO, Raj Bhavan)

Ko h i m a , A p r 3 0 (NPN): A team of Angami Students’ Union (ASU) led by its president Vizokho Zashumo conducted surprise checking and caught three persons for not possession ILP at NST bus station, Kohima on Tuesday.

They were later handed over to North police station after registering case to be deported immediately.

ASU president, Zashumo said that the three have been identified as Chirajul Hague, Taharun Islam and Samer Ali. Meanwhile, the ASU has urged the district administration and state police to remain alert and initiate necessary measures to check unabated influx of illegal immigrants in the state.

A yearly magazine was also released by KVGOA president, Vizolie Suokhrie.

As part of the programme, free check-up headed by the Naga Hospital Authority was organized for all elderly which was followed by grand feast prepared by the grand children of late Vinyüü Dzüvichü.

It may be noted that Friends of 80plus is a nonprofit, an entirely voluntary and benevolent fellowship which endeavours to follow Naga tradition and culture of bestowing highest value and honour to elders and the aged.

It also aims to document the stories and experiences of the 80 plus citizens and reach out in friendship and fellowship through monthly home visits, offer medical and other assistance to the aged and give them psychological support.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

news in Brief DSSATA general meeting: Dimapur SSA Teacher’s Association (DSSATA) has convened a general meeting on May 4 at 11 am at Chumukedima town council hall, near Government Higher Secondary School Chumukedima, Dimapur. All members are mandatory to attend the meeting.

ARSU general meeting: Atoizu Range Students Union (ARSU) golden jubilee planning board chairman has convened a general meeting on May 4 at 3 pm at Saramati Hotel, Dimapur. All the jubilee committee convenors and members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

ZKP Viswema general meeting: Zheri Khel Panchayat (ZKP) of Viswema village has convened a general meeting on May 2 at 5 pm at Zheri Khel Panchayat hall. All the members have been requested to attend the meeting positively DC Kohima informs: Deputy commissioner, Kohima Anup Khinchi, has informed that in view of the state level mass social work to be held on May 4, a co-ordination meeting with line departments under Kohima district will be held on May 1 at 11 am at the DC’s conference hall, Kohima. DC has therefore directed all the district officers to attend

the meeting positively.

Inter government college Olympic: Minister of Higher and Technical Education, Temjen Imna Along will inaugurate the Inter government college Olympic 2019 on May 2 at Kohima College.

DDGBA meeting: Dimapur District GBs Association (DDGBA) has convened meeting on May 4 at 10 a.m. at Tourist Lodge, Dimapur. All office bearers, executive tribe, representative, tribe officers and elders of DDGBA have been requested to attend the meeting.

KMC informs on mass social work: In view of the state wide pre-monsoon mass social work on May 4, Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) has requested all 19 wards under KMC to conduct social work in their respective wards. All wards have also been requested to particularly focus on clearing drainages and streams on social work day.

Nagaland NGOs Forum informs: Nagaland NGOs Forum in collaboration with NEISSER will be organising the event “We Knit 2019” on May 4 at 9:30 am at DBIDL hall, Don Bosco Campus Dimapur. Further information can be contacted at 9774006893/9436260435 /9436405817.

‘Art Village’ inaugurated in Kohima Correspondent

Kohima, Apr 30 (NPN): To encourage creativity and independence in children, The ‘Art Village’ (creative Art school) was inaugurated and dedicated by Kohima Lotha Baptist church pastor, Renthungo Kikon at DBS colony BSF road Kohima on Tuesday.

Senior artist and retired deputy director, Art and Culture Vilalhou Noudi in his address said that establishing ‘Art Village’ was to nurture and promote the creative talents and abilities of the people in a simple and humble manner.

Noudi said life between birth and death was all about art, and therefore “we must live a purposeful life”. He said art was all about creating something good and beautiful, something lovely

Renthungo, Mhao, Vilalhou and others after the inauguration of Art village in Kohima on Tuesday. (NP)

and admirable and therefore promoting and involving in arts directly or indirectly help boost creativity.

Executive engineer generation division Department of power, Penrithung said that the proprietor of Art village, Mhao Aaron Odyuo has testified his determination, perseverance

and sincerity by opening the village.

Joint secretary Art and Culture, Jamithung Lotha said he was impressed with the proprietor’s activities and dedication for the love of art.

Highlighting about the Art village, the proprietor, Mhao Aaron Odyuo said

he worked for three years to start the village.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by Khrievotsuno Terhase.

The Art village has four art teachers offering beginners course, drawing, landscape, still life and portrait of various duration and time.

GHSS Phek consultative meet DIMAPUR: Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Phek held its managing board & consultative meeting at the school auditorium on April 26, chaired

by DC Phek, Sachin Jaiswal as chairman of the School Managing Board.

A press release from GHSS Phek vice principal stated that the consultative meeting deliberated on ADC & Administrator MMC, Mokokchung, W Manpai Phom, AGM SBI Helun issues pertaining to shortHangshing and others at the launching of locally designed waste bins sponsored age of teaching staff at

by SBI, RBO Mokokchung under the initiative of Clean Mokokchung Campaign, in the secondary level and other matters related to the collaboration with Mokokchung Municipal Council (MMC) on Tuesday. (NP)

school.

Those present at the meeting included the president of Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU), president of Phek Area Public Organization (PAPO), general secretary of Phek Collegiate Forum (PCF), school managing board members, VCCs, VECs, VDBs of neighbouring villages and the school staff. Vote of thanks was delivered by Kewetshete On April 28, the Bengali Youth Generation (BYG) organized a prayer and homage program Wezah, vice principal for victims of the bomb blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Members of different GHSS, Phek. communities and religions participated in the prayer programme. (BYG, Subir Dey)

(R) Border peace meeting held at Saringyim NSF general conference from May 8 NSCN/GPRN terminates one

NSF officials addressing media persons on its upcoming general conference in Kohima on Tuesday. (NP) Correspondent

Ko h i m a , APR 3 0 (NPN): Naga Students Federation (NSF) is all set to hold its 28th general conference under the theme “For a just future” from May 8-11 at Bhandari Town, Wokha. The conference will be hosted by Lotha Students Union.

Addressing media persons at NSF office on Tuesday, convener, organizing committee, S. Supongmeren Jamir said, K Y M C

that the four days conference include debate on the topic “The Naga political dialogue is in the right direction for a secure and just future” and a brainstorming session on “The Naga journey-Hope and Challenges”.

NSF president, Kesosul Christopher Ltu who also addressed the press meet, called upon all the Naga youth beyond borders to come forward to share their concern and work together to structure

a Naga future in the realms of fairness and justice.

North East Students Organisation (NESO), All Assam Students Union (AASU), All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) including Eastern Naga Students Federation (ENSF) will also be participating in the conference.

NSF also further informed that a total of 2000 delegates are expected to partake in the programme with 150 officials and dig-

nitaries and 1400 students from its 14 federating units.

NSF president was optimistic that through this conference it hopes to make big change to the ongoing political aspirations of the people.

Meanwhile, NSF has informed all its federating units to bring in writing in about 100 words on how it envisage for the future adding that it hope to bring all the people together and get their views.

The conference will be graced by state chief minister, Neiphiu Rio; deputy chief minister, Y. Patton; minister PWD, Tongpang Ozukum; advisor Mmhonlumo Kikon; leader of opposition, T.R Zeliang and minister of PHED, printing and stationery, government of Manipur, L.Dikho.

The panelists for the brainstorming session are secretary general NPMHR, Neingulo Krome; envoy to the collective leadership & coordinator, Working Committee NNPGs, Alezo Venuh and executive member, Steering Committee, NSCN/GPRN, V. Horam.

D IMAP U R : N S C N / GPRN (Reformation) has terminated the service of Tovito Kibami ‘rajapeyu’, son of Toshevi Kibami of Ghoshito village with immediate effect.

NSCN/GPRN (R) through its MIP stated that, Tovito was found misusing his office and position by collecting “unauthorized taxation” without the knowledge of the higher authorities, causing “immense harassment to others”.

MIP stated that his action was found detrimental to the national principles, which also contravened to the NSCN (R)’s earlier declaration that “we would maintain ‘zero tolerance’ against any cadre(s) unnecessarily harassing the innocent public” and “collecting unauthorized taxation (s) and will leave no stone unturned in flushing out any unscrupulous element(s) tarnishing the image of the NSCN (R)”.

Therefore, NSCN (R) has cautioned citizens that the discharged individual does not represent the government anymore.

EAC Longchem, Athrong (5th from right) and other members after the meeting.

DIMAPUR: To foster goodwill and neighbourly relations, a peace coordination meeting was held at Saringyim, a border village located in the foothills in Mokokchung district initiated by the Athrong EAC Longchem on April 30.

A press release from Mokokchung NIC district informatics officer and coordinator, BPCC (A-N), Er. Temsu Wathi Ao stated that, the members at the meeting praised EAC for his effort to organise a trans-border cultural ex-

change programme involving the people living in Assam-Nagaland border area during Tsüngremmong festival on August 2, 2019.

On the proposal to convene a get together festivity amongst the border people, the Saringyim Village Council has consented to host the same in their village.

The neighbouring village representatives present at the meeting have also unanimously offered to extend all needed assistance.

Representatives from Assam side also applauded the gesture initiated by the local administrator.

Village functionaries from neighbouring Naga villages and representatives from Assam were present at the meeting. A five member BPCC (A-N) delegation led by its newly nominated working president Jiten Buragohain and coordinator deliberated for peace parleys in the border region. The members also resolved to organize a raffle draw on the festivity day.

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WEATHER FORECAST May 1

(Temperature in ºC)

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Agartala Mostly sunny; pleasant

34 26

Aizawl

Sunshine and patchy clouds

31 19

Guwahati A p.m. shower or thunderstorm 31 21 Imphal

Mostly sunny; pleasant

31 18

Itanagar Showers and a heavier t-storm 24 19 Shillong A thunderstorm in spots

24 17

A thunderstorm in spots

25 16

Dimapur A thunderstorm in spots

32 21

Kohima Mkg

An a.m. t-storm in the area

Tuensang A thunderstorm in spots Wokha

Clouds and sun; a t-storm

Zunheboto A morning t-storm; some sun

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

SIC, GH Ramlia, ADC Jalukie, Tinojongshi Chang and others after unveiling the monolith on Tuesday. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, APR 30 (NPN): Lekieram- a new village born out of Peletkie village under Peren district was formally inaugurated on Tuesday by State Information Commissioner (SIC) Nagaland, GH Ramlia.

Lekieram village was established in May 11, 2012, with the collective effort of Peletkie Village Council (PVC) and Lekie Mtei Nko (LMN), the apex bodies of Peletkie.

It was recognised by the Government of Nagaland on October 11, 2017.

A dedicatory prayer was said by pastor Lekiram Baptist Church, Ilamleung.

Speaking at the inaugural programme as special guest, GH Ramlia said a new village, Lekieram, has been born out of Peletkie- one of the oldest villages in Peren district, where an old British Dak Bungalow is located till date.

He said with much deliberation, Peletkie village council had unanimously resolved to establish a new village in order to protect its ancestral land. Another reason behind the establishment of the village was to bring closer to the plain sector, he added.

Ramlia also said that the village has been blessed with arable land for cultivation and rich natural

resources, and therefore, urged the people to optimize the gifted land.

Lamenting that the present Naga society has been filled with corruption and complications due to desire for easy way of life, he appealed to the villagers to leave aside such attitude and become a responsible citizens by rededicating towards work culture.

He also appealed to the government departments under Peren district to assist the village in every possible ways.

Ramlia also lauded the villagers for their hard work and said that their sacrifices will not go in vain.

Lauding the people

of Jalukie and Peletkie for maintaining good relations, he urged the two villages to continue to uphold the ancestral practice of genial relationship.

Also, speaking at the inauguration programme as guest of honour, ADC Jalukie, Tinojongshi Chang urged the villagers to not overlook its parent village, Peletkie but work hand in hand in consultation with one another.

He also sensitized the villagers on certain government norms and policies for future reference.

Earlier, the special guest unveiled the inaugural monolith, and also planted tree saplings at the village along with the guest of honour.

In the programme, the welcome address was delivered by chairman Lekieram village council, Teilubuing; village survey committee secretary, Teiriesong read out the rules and regulations of the village and vote of thanks was delivered by Namhinheing Disong.

LMN chairman, Hiarwetlang Kenn; Jalukie Pumling chairman, Kumui Nring; and forest ranger Ahthibung range, Irai Hingleu also spoke at the programme. The programme was also attended

by SDO civil Peren, EAC Jalukie, departmental officers, neighbouring village leaders, villagers and well wishers.

DIMAPUR: The age old celebration of ‘Ak-su’ (Ao) or Vukchita (Lotha) between Longkhum and Okotso villages was observed at Longkhum village on April 26.

A press release from Okotso village council chairman, Chumdemo Ngullie stated that, this has been a practice ever since its inception in 1963, introduced by the far sighted pioneers who valued meaningful, strong, social relation and exchange of cultural values.

This event is celebrated between the two villages alternately every

Members of Longkhum and Okotso villagers during ‘Ak-su’ celebration on April 26.

three years. The Ak-su get together was celebrated with pomp and gaiety at Chungli Khel, Longkhum village. A 29 member team of Okotso including Chumdemo

Ngullie, chairman, OVC, Benthungo Murry, VDB secretary and T.L. Merry represented Okotso village.

The next meeting will be held at Okotso village.

Health mela conducted at Akhegwo village DIMAPUR: A one-day health mela was conducted at Akhegwo village under Meluri block, organized by the District Health Society under the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Phek on April 27.

A press release from CMO Phek district media officer, Kutolu Nakro stated that a total of 217 pa-

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tients’ availed free checkups and medicines.

Drop-out children and immunization missed out children were identified and vaccinated. AnteNatal Check up (ANC) and Post-Natal Check up (PNC) and family planning services were provided at the mela.

The mela was con-

ducted by a team of specialist doctors such as gynaecologists, physicians from the district hospital, program officers along with nurses, laptechnicians, counsellor, VCCM and DPMU staff led by the deputy CMO and CMO Phek.

IEC/BCC activities through focus group

discussion with different target groups on different health issues were carried out by DPM, DCM and different vertical programmes.

A nutritional package (eggs) was given to all the pregnant women.

HIV & AIDS and malaria testing, and collection of sputum, HB%

estimation for all ANC cases and deworming were also done.

A film on different health topics was shown to the community and leaflets printed in local dialects were also distributed. AB-PMJAY Beneficiary identification System (BIS) drive was also carried out at the mela.

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Search operation for three missing bodies in Maphou Dam in prpogress on Tuesday.

Correspondent IMPHAL, Apr 30: One of the four missing in boat tragedies caused by the cyclonic storm that lashed in Manipur on April 28 was fished out on April 30.

The body of the 62-year-old man who drowned after the boat he was on board capsized in the Imphal River after the cyclonic storm hit on April 28 last was recovered from the downstream of the river.

Villagers of Nongmaikhong in Bishnupur district

where the old man hailed from recovered the body after it was found floating on water few meters away from the site where he was drowned on Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, with the bodies of the trio drowned in Maphou Dam in Ukhrul district after the boat they were on board is yet to be found.

The state government has sought the help of deep divers of Indian Navy will be arriving at Imphal by Tuesday evening, an official of the State Disaster

Kiren Rijiju lashes out at Congress in Ladakh

Kiran Rijiju

LADAKH, APR 30, (AGENCIES): Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju lambasted the Congress party for “criminal injustice” to the people of Ladakh region during its six decade rule at Centre and in the State.

According to The Northeast Today, He said this while appealing to the people to vote for BJP and strengthen the hands of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for development of the Himalayan region which has faced total neglect during Congress and its allies rule.

He made the statement while addressing ral-

lies at Nyoma in Changthang region near the Line of Actual Control. BJP State president, Ravinder Raina, MLC Tsering Dorjey, party’s MP candidate, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal and other senior leaders from the region also accompanied the Union Minister, Rijiju and addressed the enthusiastic gatherings at Khalsti and Neoma of Ladakh.

The minister also highlighted various steps taken during last five years of Modi Government in development of Ladakh region to bring it at par with other parts of the country.

Response Force (SDRF) camping at the site said.

Currently the search operation is conducted by around 100 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Fire Service Department.

A team of experts from Earth Sciences Department of Manipur University has also joined the search operation.

Three of the 12 youths on board on two boats capsized in Mapithel Dam on the side of Chadong and

GSI NER installs display boards at Mawmluh cave

SHILLONG, Apr 30, (AGENCIES): In Meghalaya, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) North Eastern Region (NER) yesterday installed two geological display boards at two important geological sites in the State with geo-scientific information which will help in creating awareness among visiting tourists, students and the general public.

According to News on Air, the boards were unveiled at Mawmluh cave and Therriaghat, Sohbar in East Khasi Hill District.

Mawmluh cave made headlines earlier as high resolution stable isotopic studies of the stalagmites from the cave have shown that there was a major climatic event about 4200 years ago.

The stalagmite in the Mawmluh cave has been tagged a Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) which is the first formally ratified marker of a geological time period in India.

Meanwhile, Therriaghat marks the Cretaceous (K)-Palaeogene (Pg) mass extinction event.

Ramrei villages under Litan police station by the impact of cyclonic storm swept in the evening of April 28 last.

State legislator K Govindas who has been camping at the site said that the team will be arriving in Imphal by this evening.

All the victims of the boat tragedy - S Rajiv (35), his brother Romen (29) and N Rani (19) were close relatives of the legislator who hails from Ningthoukhong, the same locality of the victims.

The legislator said that he was satisfied with the ongoing search operation comprising of of NDRF, SDRF and state fire service.

Altogether 35 personnel from NDRF, 15 from SDRF and 28 from the fire service assisted by village volunteers have been searching for the missing bodies.

Talking to reporters camping at the site, the deputy commandant of 12 battalion of NRDF, Itanagar said that the search team was using solar technology, four deep diving set and five inflatable rubberised boats in the operation. Trees under the water were hindering the search operation, he added.

Assam ASI caught red handed while accepting bribe

EC likely to announce re-poll at 131 booths in West Tripura seat

NA L B A R I , A P R 3 0 , (AGENCIES): The Assam Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has caught an Assistant Sub Inspector red handed while accepting bribe.

According to Pratidin Time and The Northeast Today, the ASI has been identified as Ram Charan Nath of Tihu Police Station under Nalbari District and he was caught after accepting illegal gratification by The Assam Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) led by a DySP, while the police officer had accepted a Bribe amount of Rs. 15,000/- from the complainant, Udhab Talukdar.

The accused had reportedly demanded a bribe of Rs. 50,000 (Fifty Thousand) , for submission of favourable Case Diary to the court for getting bail by the elder sister and the wife of the complainant, who had been arrested and were in judicial custody.

AGARTALA, APR 30 (PTI/AGENCIES): The Election Commission (EC), in all likelihood, will announce a repoll in nearly 130 polling booths of West Tripura seat — the highest for any Lok Sabha constituency in the ongoing elections.

According to Indian Express, retired IAS officer and former Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi, who was appointed Special Observer for Tripura on April 22, is learnt to have recommended repoll in the 131 booths, in his report to EC recently, on the ground that the “poll process was vitiated”.

Re poll will be announced once “availability of adequate security forces” on “suitable dates” is worked out by the Commission.

West Tripura voted in the first phase of Lok

Agartala-Bangalore Humsafar Express derails at Tripura border

Sabha elections — April 11.

The seat has 1,679 polling booths. EC’s probe found the voting process to be vitiated in roughly 8 per cent of total booths.

Cong delegation meets EC, demands fresh polling in West Tripura seat: A Congress delegation met the full bench of the Election Commission in New Delhi and demanded fresh polling in West Tripura seat alleging large scale rigging by the ruling BJP, senior party leader said Tuesday. Elections in West Tripura seat was held in the first phase on April 11.

We met the EC full bench on Monday and demanded countermanding of the elections in the West Tripura constituency because the polls were heavily rigged by the BJP supporters,” Tripura PCC president Pradyot Deb Burman told reporters here.

GUWAHATI, APR 30, (AGENCIES): In a shocking incident, a body of a new born baby was recovered from inside a drain near Controller of Defence Accounts (CDA) gate at

superficial claims to show the organization in bad light. In fact, PFI claimed that the organization was a registered “national-level organization with headquarters at the national capital and is committed to the Indian Constitution and the democratic system of the country.”

It said PFI had been active in Assam for the past five years. “It is the commitment of the organization to people's cause, the message of empowerment it upholds, and the systematic and organized activism that draws Assamese people to Popular Front, that is the main cause of increasing acceptance of the organization in the state as elsewhere in the country,” it added.

PFI said it was an irresponsible statement with no regard for facts. It clarified that Popular Front's predecessor state organizations in South were active nearly a decade prior to SIMI ban and that PFI was not formed as a regrouping of SIMI. PFI said it had strongly condemned such inhuman acts that happened in Srilanka and that its chairman E. Abubacker had also visited the Sirlanka High Commission in New Delhi to share condolences to the victims.

Basanti Bazaar area in Satgaon, Guwahati. According to G Plus, the body of a new born was discovered by the locals on Tuesday morning and later, they informed the police.

Rohingiya woman, 3 children held in Tripura Agartala, Apr 30 (PTI): Four Rohingya Muslims refugees ; a woman and three children -- were arrested in Tripura’s Unakoti district for staying in India without valid documents, police said on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house in Yeazikhaora village under Irani police station limits and arrested them on Monday, Officer in-charge of the police station, Alamgir Hossain, said.

It is yet to be ascertained whether she is the mother of all the children.

The refugees were produced before Kailashahar Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate’s (SDJM) court on Tuesday.

The SDJM sent the three minors to a juvenile home and remanded the woman to judicial custody for 14 days.

During preliminary interrogation, the woman said they came to India to visit relatives by crossing the Indo- Bangladesh border illegally and reached Assam with the help of a person, Hossain said.

At least 50 Rohingya refugees were arrested in Tripura since January.

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The Congress leaders who met the EC included Jairam Ramesh, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, party candidate from the constituency, Subal Bhowmick besides Deb Barman himself.

Bhowmik said that the ECI was informed about booth jamming and violence due to which Congress election agents couldnt enter 900-1,000 polling stations out of 1,679 of the constituency where polling was held in April 11.

A decision on it would be taken shortly, Deb Burman said.

After the election in West Tripura, the EC had postponed polling in East Tripura, the other Lok Sabha seat in the state, from April 18 to April 23 saying “The law and order situation prevailing... is not conducive to the holding of free and fair poll”.

New born baby found dead inside drain in Guwahati

PFI refutes news report

DIMAPUR, APR 29 (NPN): Responding to the news report published a Northeast Today Guwahati based report- ‘Guwahati on alert after Sri Lanka terror attack’ on April 27 and republished in this newspaper, the Popular Front of India (PFI) has clarified that PFI activities were very open and transparent. “We never engaged in any secret or subversive activities. It is not our agenda also,” PFI Assam unit president Aminul Haque stated.

PFI was reacting to the report wherein the web portal, quoting a senior IPS officer of Assam on condition of anonymity, had alleged that “Popular Front of India (PFI) has set its roots in Assam which is another matter of concern.” The report had also alleged that “PFI is known as an Islamic fundamentalist organization in India and since its inception, the organization has been accused of various anti-social and anti-national activities… and also a radical Islamists outfit and suspected links with banned SIMI organization…”

PFI stated that the reporter, without substantiating the allegations with any evidence, other than referencing to ‘senior IPS officer of Assam police’ had made

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

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Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Pranav Jyoti Sharma, in a statement, informed that an accident relief train has reached the accident site.

Sharma stated that no casualties were reported in the accident.

An Accident Relief Train reached site from Badarpur shortly and Senior divisional officers are already on site He also said that a team of Safety and Engineering officers under Assistant General Manager were dispatched from the Malegaon headquarters of NFR.

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Cyclone Fani alert in Northeast states

Satellite image of cyclone ‘Fani’.

GUWAHATI, APR 30, (AGENCIES): Cyclone ‘Fani’ has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm since Monday night. A report in weather.com states that it is moving in northnorthwestward direction over the Bay of Bengal. It is soon expected to turn into an extremely severe cyclonic storm.

According to a report on The Northeast Today, the Regional Meteorology Centre (RMC) has issued a warning stating that thunderstorm, accompanied by gusty winds at the speed of 30 to 40 kmph speed and lightning is likely to occur at isolated places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram as well as Tripura, and heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland for the period between April 29 and May 3.

Reports also state that on May 1, thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds with a speed of 30 to 40 kmph, and lightning is very likely to occur at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.

A cyclonic circulation over West Bengal accompanied with southwesterly winds along the western Bay of Bengal continues to feed moist air to northeastern and eastern India.

Moderate to heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds are forecast across the region through the week. Another threat of heavy rain and gusty winds persists in the region due to very severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’, even though the trajectory at present remains uncertain.

Isolated rain can be expected in the states like Ma-

nipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha on Tuesday.

Snowfall along with rains can occur in the states like Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

From Wednesday onwards, widespread rain and thunderstorm is expected in some northeastern states along with Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kerala.

Scattered Snow with rainfall is likely to occur in states like Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

Isolated rain and thunderstorms are likely to hit Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha on Wednesday.

Rapist gets 8 years rigorous imprisonment Correspondent

IMPHAL, Apr 30: A 45year-old man was sentenced to eight-year rigorous imprisonment by a local court in Imphal after he was convicted of raping a woman in 2015.

The judge of Imphal east district and session court, Maibam Manojkumar, while announcing the verdict on Tuesday, also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Moirangthem Gambir, a resident of Moirang Khunou of Bishnupur district for raping the woman on July 19, 2015.

The court further directed concern authority to provide the rape victim a compensation of Rs 5 lakhs.

As per the case dossiers, the convict raped the woman after she was abducted around 1.30 pm to force her be his wife. Statements of nine prosecution witnesses were recorded during the trial before the accused was examined on November 22 last year. The accused strongly denied the rape allegation saying that he and the victim had eloped on July 19, 2015 to become husband and wife while pleading before the court.

Due to want of witness to his defence, the judge rejected his submission and after hearing the submission of public prosecutor as well as defence counsel of the convict, the judge reserved the verdict till April 30.

SHILLONG , Apr 30 (AGENCIES): The family members of the miners, trapped in the rat hole coal mines at Ksan village in East Jaintia Hills, have given a green signal to the State Government to call off the rescue operations, reports the Northeast Today (TNT) According to TNT, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister, Kyrmen Shylla told reporters today that the family members have given letters to the State Government, giving their consent to call off the ongoing rescue operations.

“The family members of the miners, trapped in the coal mines hailing from the Garo Hills region, have sent their letter through their lo-

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The letter was handed over to the Deputy Commissioner of East Jaintia Hills, F.M. Dopth,” Revenue and Disaster Management Minister said. The Supreme Court, in response to a petition seeking speedy rescue of the trapped miners, has been

Agartala, Apr 30 (PTI): Two micro observers and three presiding officers of the West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency were suspended for “willful insubordination and dereliction of duty” on April 11 when polling was held in that seat.

The Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) of West Tripura, Sudhakar Shinde, issued a notification in this regard on Monday, which was made available to reporters on Tuesday.

Opposition parties like the Congress and the CPI(M) have alleged large scale rigging by the ruling BJP in West Tripura seat and demanded repoll in many booths. The saffron party, however, denied the charge.

The five suspended officials are micro observers Prof Sangram

monitoring the operation.

So far, two of the victims’ bodies have been fished out of the deep pits filled with water believed to be from a nearby river. Only a team comprising of NDRF and SDRF is presently at the site conducting the operation, which involves pumping

Sinha and Bhasan Chandra Das, and presiding officers Promode Chandra Das, Gautam Debnath and Giridhari Das. Prof Sinha who was appointed as the micro observer for Debipur Gram Panchayat Office did not report incidents of poll interruption or poll violation, which can be termed as “willful negligence of election duty”, the ARO said in a letter to Returning Officer Dr Sandeep Mahatme.

Another Micro Observer, Bhasan Chandra Das, who was appointed for Brajapur Higher Secondary School, had neither informed the general observer about booth capturing and violation of poll process, nor he highlighted the matter in the feedback

report, the ARO pointed out.

The three presiding officers were suspended on similar charges, he informed the returning officer.

Though the officials did not report these irregularities, they came to light during the scrutiny of webcam footages and various documents, sources in the election office said.

The ARO has lodged an FIR against the officials on Saturday, police said.

After the election in West Tripura, the EC had postponed polling in East Tripura, the other Lok Sabha seat in the state, from April 18 to April 23 saying “The law and order situation prevailing... is not conducive to the holding of free and fair poll”.

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Navy drivers trying to retrieve bodies of trapped miners.

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In January, though the Meghalaya government hinted at its willingness to call of the operation, the SC asked it to continue.

However, in mid-March, the apex court sought to know whether the family members of the victims would like the operation to continue as the bodies must have been ‘decomposed’ by now and would make it difficult for the rescuers to retrieve them from the pit.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXIX NO. 143 Dimapur, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

Financing defaulters

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anks continue to suffer on account of bad loans or Non Performing Assets(NPAs) as can be understood from the figure which increased from Rs 9,190 crore in 2011-2012 to Rs 2,16,739 crore in 2013-2014, according to RBI. The figure shot up by 2016 to a little over Rs.6 lakh crore. After re-adjustment with bank charges etc, the NPAs in Indian banks, specifically in public sector banks, are valued at around Rs 4,00,000 crore, which represents 90% of the total NPA in India, with private sector banks accounting for the remainder.

Defaulters are mainly big corporate houses and in particular the big names such as Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi etc among such. Why banks continued to lend such colossal amount of public money to borrowers is because the managers of government owned banks know that if loans given to businessmen close to politicians go bad, the government will ultimately pick up the tab by recapitalising the public sector bank to an adequate extent. Hence, they go easy on giving loans to borrowers who are likely to default. Despite projections of a recovery, 18 SCBs, including all public sector banks under the prompt corrective action (PCA) framework, may fail to maintain the required capital adequacy ratio under a two SD (standard deviation) shock to the Gross Non Performing Asset( GNPA) ratio, unless capital infusion takes place and banks improve their performance, according to RBI’s analysis. The PCA banks are Allahabad Bank, United Bank of India, Corporation Bank, IDBI Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Dena Bank and Bank of Maharashtra. In simple terms, genuine entrepreneurs who seek loans are made to suffer months of running around and ultimately compelled to curtail their requirement by even 50% on account of not having the required collateral. Of course, given that public sector banks give out more loans, it is not surprising that their bad loans are more. The total loans of public sector banks are 2.9 times the total loans of private sector banks. However, their bad loans are 7.5 times that of private banks. Every government has its favourite set of industrialists and this ultimately leads to the public sector banks and in the process the taxpayer, picking up the bill for this politician-businessman nexus. These data points tell us that India’s public sector banks are inefficiently run. This inefficiency has cost the government a lot of money over the years. Between 2009 and March 2017, the government has had to invest close to Rs 1.5 lakh crore in these banks to keep recapitalising their capital, in order to keep them going. Indeed, this is a lot of money and could have gone towards other worthy causes. The basic problem with public sector banks is political meddling. The RBI’s stance was at odds with this age of digital transparency since the All India Bank Employees Association had published the list of defaulters. Today as things stand, it is quite surprising that while the RBI makes every effort to assuage concerns yet it does not do the most logical thing- to disclose those big time defaulters who have caused the nation such colossal losses by defaulting on payments. Instead, the big time borrowers besides wilfully defaulting on repayment of loans, are given more loans in order to stay afloat.

DailyDevotion Spontaneous Love Love suffers long and is kind… —1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is not premeditated– it is spontaneous; that is, it bursts forth in extraordinary ways. There is nothing of precise certainty in Paul’s description of love. We cannot predetermine our thoughts and actions by saying, “Now I will never think any evil thoughts, and I will believe everything that Jesus would have me to believe.” No, the characteristic of love is spontaneity. We don’t deliberately set the statements of Jesus before us as our standard, but when His Spirit is having His way with us, we live according to His standard without even realizing it.

And when we look back, we are amazed at how unconcerned we have been over our emotions, which is the very evidence that real spontaneous love was there. The nature of everything involved in the life of God in us is only discerned when we have been through it and it is in our past.

The fountains from which love flows are in God, not in us. It is absurd to think that the love of God is naturally in our hearts, as a result of our own nature.

His love is there only because it “has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit…” (Romans 5:5).

If we try to prove to God how much we love Him, it is a sure sign that we really don’t love Him. The evidence of our love for Him is the absolute spontaneity of our love, which flows naturally from His nature within us. And when we look back, we will not be able to determine why we did certain things, but we can know that we did them according to the spontaneous nature of His love in us. The life of God exhibits itself in this spontaneous way because the fountains of His love are in the Holy Spirit.

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Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life. ~ Joel Osteen

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

Post-mortem

Dr. S.C Jamir as I know him M I

Renaissance - Why in Europe?

t is indeed a privilege for me to personally know Dr. S.C Jamir, the seasoned politician and a statesman blended together and still stands tall at the age of nearly 90 years old. His eventful public life that has cruised through the various ecstasies and the agonies of life spans beyond sixty years, beginning from his appointment as the Joint Secretary of the Naga Peoples Convention held at Ungma Village during May 1958 till the completion of his tenure as the Governor of Odisha on the 21st of March 2019 during which period he served the people in different capacities as Parliamentary Secretary, Central Minister, Chief Minister and Governors of various States. He is a unique specimen that has providentially survived four assassination attempts on his life yet continues to pursue life undeterred. He has seen and experienced the various events and upheavals that gradually shaped the history of Nagaland to the present State. He himself constitutes a record book. During my recent meeting with him, at his farm house, Chumukedima, he shared some of his visions about Nagaland. He said though Nagas constitute a small community, we should not hide under its cocoon but instead come out of it and look at the bigger picture of the World around us as we have so much to give.

We need to keep abrest with the realities of the changing

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udos to three autonomous colleges in Nagaland which is following the CBCS system as introduced by UGC. Unfortunately Nagaland University has not implemented till today for which all the affiliated colleges are following the semester system. Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Govt. of India, has already initiated the process for developing New Education Policy (NEP) in our country to bring out reforms in Indian education system. University Grants Commission (UGC) participates more actively in developing National Education Policy, its execution and promotion of higher education in our country.

The UGC has already initiated several steps to bring equity, efficiency and academic excellence in National Higher Education System.

The important ones include innovation and improvement in course- curricula, introduction of paradigm shift in learning and teaching pedagogy, examination and education system. The education plays enormously significant role in building of a nation. There are quite a large number of educational institutions, engaged in imparting education in our country. Majority of them have entered recently into semester system to match with international educational pattern. However, our present education system produces young minds lacking knowledge, confidence, values and skills. It could be because of complete lack of

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world instead of always looking back to the past. We need a World Vision but much less a localized vision. Nagas should be connecting agency in bridging our country to the countries of the South East Asia. We should have the will to survive as the Isralites today and also imbibe the spirit of discipline as we see in Singapore.

He regretted that presently our society has landed in confusion and groping in darkness without a vision.

These shattered dreams have affected all the departments.

Even leaders do not know where they are leading their people. It is a sorry state of affairs. There is therefore a dire need to have a clear vision for our future.

Speaking about the Aos, he said that the backbone of Ao leadership which was build up through Christianity and Education has been considerably eroded lately.

Nevertheless there is still hope to rebuild our society.

People specially the younger generation should realise that Christianity which was embraced by the Ao pioneers was the greatest gift to the Aos. It gave us not only a sense of responsibilities but blessings as well. The Aos should learn that they have Obligation towards God to continue the spirit of Christianity. They should also imbibe the spirit of Competitiveness. Even Geographically Ao area is centrally located that favours to play a vital role

to the different neighbouring Districts.

On the issue of Development, there seem to have virtually no developmental works worth mentioning in the Sate and people are busy organising Thanksgiving Services, Celebration of Jubilees and centenaries of different Associations whereas the real developmental works are pushed to the backseat though the Central Government is providing huge amount for the State. Central aids instead of investing are currently shared among various organisations so much so that the real developmental works are not visible on the ground. The innumerable structures that are coming up at Dimapur and elsewhere in the State are mostly private buildings.

Speaking about the 16 Point Agreement specially with references to the provision under article 371(A) of the constitution of India, the Naga Delegation where he was a member, have invested much time in examining other relevant provisions including the Simon Commission, the Akbar Hydari Agreement before they have painstakingly drafted the 16 Point Agreement that gave birth to the State of Nagaland. While leaving his farm house after our meeting, I have realised that this incredible man still occupies an important place in society that cannot be written off yet.

Tali Longkumer, IAS (Retd) Kohima

y daughter always seems to have a repertoire of myriad posers on a variety of subjects under the sun. Though many have baffled and bemused me, still, one question that really accosted me was- ‘Why the Europe alone had become the mother of almost all inventions and discoveries?’ This question made me think deeply. It is true that notwithstanding some factors like climate, infrastructure, etc. played a key role in the inventions of many things; there was one prominent factor that made all the difference.

The renaissance that swept the entire Europe from the 14th centuries beginning in Italy where the seeds of renaissance had been sown as early as the first century itself by none other than Paul, the apostle who preached Jesus Christ, the incarnation of the Almighty God in human flesh, whose birth was supernatural as having been born to the woman, Virgin Mary and the Father being the Holy Spirit.

Paul had come to these parts of regions and enlightened the people who were in darkness. Jesus Christ, proclaimed to be the light of the world, set the people who believed in Him in the sunny side. All his doctrines are unique and unparalleled, let alone revolutionary.

His love is transcendental and treasureworthy as the real love He expounded being the one which prepares and equips a person to sacrifice himself for others.

He asked the people to worship only the Almighty God and shun worshipping myriad gods. With authority He declared that no one can reach the Father (the Almighty God) but through Him because He says in the Bible ‘He is the way, the truth and the life.’

Unlike any other prophets, Jesus Christ (God incarnate or God in flesh.) instructed people to love their enemies and to love their neighbor as themselves, a marvelous idea hitherto unheard, and furthermore, an ordinary mortal setting his eyes on the mundane world cannot comprehend its depth (Think of the

CBCS the need for Higher education

relationship between education, employment and skill development in conventional education system. The present alarming situation necessitates transformation and/or redesigning of education system, not only by introducing innovations but developing “learner-centric approach in the entire education delivery mechanism and globally followed evaluation system as well. Majority of Indian higher education institutions have been following marks or percentage based evaluation system, which obstructs the flexibility for the students to study the subjects/courses of their choice and their mobility to different institutions. There is need to allow the flexibility in education system, so that students depending upon their interests and aims can choose interdisciplinary, intra-disciplinary and skill-based courses. This can only be possible when choice based credit system (CBCS), an internationally acknowledged system, is adopted. The choice based credit system not only offers opportunities and avenues to learn core subjects but also exploring additional avenues of learning beyond the core subjects for holistic development of an individual. The CBCS will undoubtedly facilitate us bench mark our courses with best international academic practices. The CBCS has more advantages • Shift in focus from the teacher-centric to studentcentric education.

• Student may undertake as many credits as they

can cope with (without repeating all courses in a given semester if they fail in one/ more courses).

• CBCS allows students to choose inter-disciplinary, intra-disciplinary courses, skill oriented papers (even from other disciplines according to their learning needs, interests and aptitude) and more flexibility for students).

• CBCS makes education broad-based and at par with global standards. One can take credits by combining unique combinations.

For example, Physics with Economics, Microbiology with Chemistry or Environment Science etc.

• CBCS offers flexibility for students to study at different times and at different institutions to complete one course (ease mobility of students). Credits earned at one institution can be transferred.

• The CBCS offers a ‘cafeteria’ approach in which the students can choose courses of their own choice.

• The credit system allows a student to study what he prefers in his own sequence as per his interests.

• They can learn at their own pace.

• They can opt for additional courses and can achieve more than the required credits.

• They can also opt for an interdisciplinary approach to learning.

• Inter college/university migration within the country and outside becomes easy with the transfer of Credits. This means that

it will be easier for foreign universities to come and offer courses in India.

• Can opt for one part of the course in one institute and the other part in another institute. This will help in making a clear choice between good and bad colleges/ institutes.

• The students have more scope to enhance their skills and more scope of taking up projects and assignments, vocational training, including entrepreneurship.

• The system improves the job opportunities of students.

The CBCS provides an opportunity for the students to choose courses from the prescribed courses comprising core, elective/minor or skill based courses. The courses can be evaluated following the grading system, which is considered to be better than the conventional marks system. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce uniform grading system in the entire higher education in India. This will benefit the students to move across institutions within India to begin with and across countries. The uniform grading system will also enable potential employers in assessing the performance of the candidates. In order to bring uniformity in evaluation system and computation of the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) based on student’s performance in examinations, the UGC has formulated the guidelines to be followed.

Outline of Choice Based Credit System:

30th death anniversary of A.Z. Phizo

years ago, on this day the Nagas came to a standstill in the long struggle for independence. Questions were asked, as to who will lead us, how our movement will continue, while at the same time wondering how to bring back the body of our great leader A.Z. Phizo to his beloved home land. To cut the story short, it was God’s providence which removed all hurdles and to make a smooth passage for his body to come from a foreign land to the land he belong to for his final rest.

All praise, be to God. The event that followed was not of despair, because of a foundation which he had laid, a foundation so strong that Reader’s note: Articles or

highly refined condition of the mind of a person who put it in to practice.).

But Christ himself showed it by being slapped, tortured and finally crucified on the cross. Why did he allow himself to be crucified? Prior to answer this question, it should be born in mind that the religious practice of the then Jews of Israel was to sacrifice an unblemished calf or lamb before the God to absolve oneself from the sin one had committed.

So, based upon this practice, Jesus Christ, having been pure and unblemished, gave himself to be crucified for the sins the entire mankind had done. Henceforth, Jesus declared that people need only call upon His name believing in Him, and they shall be saved - he need not sacrifice any animal for the sins he has committed.

Bigotry and fanaticism (even religions) were the products of Satan who vowed to tempt man out of envy- a selfdestructive ego belonging to Satan to destroy man. But loving God destroyed Satan on the Calvary through the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and His resurrection on the third day.

The teachings of Jesus Christ and His doctrines were preached by His disciples to the then independent city states of Italy and later the same incorporated in the Bible. The mystery and history of the entire cosmos in the physical and metaphysical world are revealed and explained in the Bible. With the advent of printing press, large-scale production of the Bible had been made and people were able to read it directly. It paved the way for a greater change in the lives of ordinary people in Europe. The God’s words set people free from superstitions and other bondages. This resulted in the great renaissance which later gave birth to tens of hundreds of life-changing inventions and discoveries. In short, everything revolved around the truths left behind by Jesus Christ.

T K Nandanan, Kochi

1. Core Course: A course, which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a core requirement is termed as a Core course.

2. Elective Course: Generally a course which can be chosen from a pool of courses and which may be very specific or specialized or advanced or supportive to the discipline/ subject of study or which provides an extended scope or which enables an exposure to some other discipline/subject/ domain or nurtures the candidate’s proficiency/skill is called an Elective Course.

2.1 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Course: Elective courses may be offered by the main discipline/subject of study is referred to as Discipline Specific Elective.

The University/Institute may also offer discipline related Elective courses of interdisciplinary nature (to be offered by main discipline/subject of study).

2.2 Dissertation/Project: An elective course designed to acquire special/ advanced knowledge, such as supplement study/support study to a project work, and a candidate studies such a course on his own with an advisory support by a teacher/faculty member is called dissertation/project.

2.3 Generic Elective (GE) Course: An elective course chosen generally from an unrelated discipline/ subject, with an intention to seek exposure is called a Generic Elective.

P.S.: A core course offered in a discipline/subject may be treated as an elective

by other discipline/subject and vice versa and such electives may also be referred to as Generic Elective.

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These are mandatory for all disciplines. SEC courses are value-based and/or skill-based and are aimed at providing handson-training, competencies, skills, etc.

3.1 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC): Environmental Science, English Communication/MIL Communication.

3.2 Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC): These courses may be chosen from a pool of courses designed to provide value-based and/or skill-based knowledge. * Introducing Research Component in Under-Graduate Courses Project work/Dissertation is considered as a special course involving application of knowledge in solving / analyzing /exploring a real life situation / difficult problem. A Project/Dissertation work would be of 6 credits.

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no power or weapon on earth could stood firm, and unwavering of his bedestroy. This foundation was based lief. A belief for which you and I are on love for all fellow being, and to able to walk with others, shoulder to live at peace and harmony with all shoulder, not to bow down our head in our neighbors, while maintaining shame, on fear of any adversaries but Sir, A union or an association might be attaining certain our right to self determination. We holding on to our hope for freedom, have come a long way, sometime justice and life to all. We do not really stage of celebrating anniversary such as silver or golden quite weary, but we have not given know where we go from here tomor- jubilees. It is a very common celebration as there are several up hope. Because one day differences row, but holding unto own faith in groups and associations in our state. One common thing that divides our family will pass away God our Creator, we shall not let our we see is that in the name of celebrating anniversaries, like a bad dream, and we will all live hope die, but to live the life for which members go door to door for fund raising but we experience them collecting sum of money quite high that some poor our Creator has made us for. as a proud nation.

Let us all be proud for a leader family find it difficult to pay. Those people should learn to As we gather here on this ground, we stand before a Naga leader who to emulate in the life such as late celebrate without depending much on the people who are not part of the group. Also plan according to the budget has made for himself not a mansion A.Z. Phizo. to rest, an estate to enjoy his life, nor Speech delivered by Pheluopfelie and go ask for voluntary donation because celebration at the expense of others is an unpleasant thing. a bank balance to help the family he Kesiezie, convenor Sepo Yimjong Chang, Ranghabahar had left behind, but till his last breath Phizo Graveyard (PG) Committee letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

On celebrating anniversaries

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Rahul citizenship: SC dismissed old complaint

1984 anti-Sikh riots case: SC sets aside conviction of 15 New Delhi, Apr 30 (AGENCIES): Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside conviction of 15 men held guilty of rioting and arson in a connection with anti-Sikh riots in East Delhi’s Trilokpuri in 1984. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said there was no direct evidence against these men and they were not identified by witnesses, said a report by Tribune News Services. The Delhi High Court had upheld the 1996 verdict of the trial court convicting them of rioting and arson in November last year.

Police had recovered 95 dead bodies from Trilokpuri—one of the worst affected areas of Delhi in the riots that broke out after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 30, 1984. More than 100 houses of Sikhs were also burnt.

sociated, had declared him as a British national - the Congress leader later explained this away as an “inadvertent error” and a typographical error.

Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, a member of the ethics committee told IANS that no meeting of the parliamentary panel has been held in the last two years.

“I don’t think any meeting Rahul Gandhi of the committee has been While doubts over held in the last two years.”

Gandhi’s alleged dual citiPrior to this, Swamy zenship had been raised had written to Prime Minisby BJP Rajya Sabha MP ter Narendra Modi, saying Subramanian Swamy, the that the Congress leader be Congress leader had at stripped of his citizenship. the time challenged the He had said in the letter complainant to produce that Gandhi had declared his British passport number himself as a British citizen and relevant documents to for the period 2003 to 2009 back his allegations. For in connection with efforts the record, the matter had to float a private company also been raised by the in London. “The name of BJP’s Maheish Girri. the company is BACKOPS The BJP leaders had Limited and the Director claimed that the annual tax and Secretary of this comreturns of the UK-based pany was Mr Rahul GanBackOps, with which Ra- dhi, presently Lok Sabha H ow r a h , A p r 3 0 hul Gandhi had been as- MP,” the letter had said.

(IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Narendra Modi government saying that its constant “torture and violence” on the locals had turned Jammu Chandigarh, Apr 30 (IANS): Wheat heading towards a record breaking purchase and Kashmir (J&K) into a arrivals across agrarian state Punjab have of more than 132 lakh tonnes,” a spokesper- “burning fire pit”. peaked to 10 lakh tonnes daily and the state is son for the department said.

“Terrorism has inheading for record-breaking wheat procureHe said that despite adverse weather creased by 260 per cent ment of 132 lakh tonnes this season, officials conditions and untimely rains in March and under the Modi regime. said on Tuesday. Food and Supplies Depart- April, the department had so far procured Kashmir has turned into a ment officials also admitted that there was a 79.66 lakh tonnes of wheat till April 29 and burning fire pit. The situaglut-like situation of wheat in certain grain Rs 4,300 crore has been so far released by tion there has become more markets with the arrival of the harvested the Punjab government for payment to the volatile due to continuous crops much more than the capacity to lift it. farmers. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh torture and violence on “Over 60 per cent of the crop has al- on Tuesday reviewed the wheat procure- people,” Banerjee told an ready arrived in the mandis (grain markets). ment operations and directed the Food and election rally in Salkia area The arrivals have peaked with more than 10 Civil Supplies Department to facilitate the of Howrah district. lakh tonnes arriving daily for the past 3-4 farmers and ensure that every single grain She claimed that her days and with the 3-5 per cent anticipated is procured within 24 hours of its arrival in government successfully increase in wheat production, the state was the mandis. tackled the “Maoist probNew Delhi, Apr 30 (IANS): The question of Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship had cropped up earlier and he had defended himself forcefully when the matter had come before the Ethics Committee of Parliament.

This was in 2016, when the matter had come before the parliamentary panel, which is headed by BJP leader L.K. Advani.

Rahul Gandhi, who was not Congress president then, had, reportedly told the panel that he was surprised that it had taken cognizance of the complaint pertaining to his alleged British citizenship even though it was not in order.

He had also said that any such application would be available with the British Home Office. According to the reports he had asserted that he had never sought or acquired British citizenship and that the complaint was part of a design to malign him.

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NSCN (I-M) accuses AR of belligerence

(From p-1) MIP maintained that CFMG should have been informed about any issue rather than “going headlong to create a war-like situation” and resorting to psychological warfare by using local villagers as human shield. It recalled that having designated camps in Ukhrul district was not a new thing as KhangkhuiShirui forest area designated camp was allotted in 2007 by then CFMG chairman Gen (retd) Kulkarni which was vacated in 2009. Again in 2010, mutual understanding was reached with Maj Gen Gurung in respect of the camps at Chatric and Grihang and it existed for nearly 10 years.

It pointed out that Chatric camp was also vacated on the ground that there was no authorised designated camp. MIP said now , Sihai Khunuo camp is being targeted even though it may

not have gone too censorious without following proper channel of addressing any misunderstanding. Under the given situation that was turning acrimonious, MIP said it was better for CFMG chairman to designate any suitable place for its cadres to shift and put an end to the war-like situation.

MIP maintained that “NSCN cadres simply cannot be made to vacate without offering them an alternative location,”. Stating that Ukhrul is not Kashmir, though a Kashmir-like situation has been created, NSCN (I-M) also alleged that three helicopters, along with drones, were keeping surveillance over the camp.

It said the heavy deployment of latest weapons, including artillery, and these are openly displayed in the local ground. Also, it said all sorts of weapons were also stationed right in the heart of the village with the purpose

to generate panic and fear among the villagers.

MIP reiterated the NSCN (I-M) was not a terrorist organisation to warrant such a heavy deployment of weapons with around 30 paramilitary commandos armed to the teeth who were also transported by three helicopters on Monday.

It said the local village ground has been occupied and weapons displayed to create fear psychosis among the villagers, while heavy vehicles brought re-enforcement. MIP said it was unbecoming of the Assam Rifles to keep on chasing NSCN (I-M) cadres while much was achieved during the past 21 years of political negotiations and ceasefire. MIP said there would be much to celebrate by the paramilitary force once permanent peace was established after a final political settlement is signed.

BJP failed to tackle J&K, Killer road claim 36 lives in 3 months Maoist problems: Mamata

Punjab heading for recordbreaking wheat procurement

lem” in the insurgencyprone Jangalmahal (vast forested stretches mainly in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore districts) in Bengal. “You all know about Jangalmahal area in Bengal. It was a den of the Maoists. So many people used to get killed in attacks every year. But since our government came to power, not a single case of murder has happened there in the last five years.

“Modi babu’s party runs the government in Jharkhand. They also had governments in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh for more than 10 years.

Have they been able to neutralise the Maoists there?

No, it has not happened yet.

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fall short of being tagged as “designated camp”, though it was never under scanner of for creating law and order problem in the area. It said even nearby villages would swear by it.

MIP also cited the official CFMG meeting on March 1 when Col Joshi of Assam Rifles had stated that there was no designated camp in Ukhrul district.

NSCN (I-M) stressed that such a misplaced interpretation of ceasefire ground rules at the whims of any officer was a clear violation of ceasefire ground rules.

It also said such a view repudiated the very purpose of signing the “Indo-Naga ceasefire in 1997” to pave the way for creating conducive atmosphere for political negotiation. It said the situation at Sihai Khunou created

by Assam Rifles B. Range (10 Sector, Brigade) was something uncalled for, as the paramilitary force should

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Agra, Apr 30 (IANS): Built with an aim to shorten the travel time, the 302km-long Agra-Lucknow Expressway is actually cutting short people’s lives.

In just 90 days, 36 people of lost their lives, 222 others were injured in over 400 accidents on the Expressway, an RTI query revealed.

Advocated K.C. Jain had filed a Right to Information plea seeking details of accidents on the AgraLucknow Expressway.

Talking to IANS, Jain said: “The situation is truly alarming. We have

not learnt lessons from the Yamuna Expressway accidents, which is taking a heavy human toll with almost an accident everyday. The Agra-Lucknow Expressway is claiming lives because precautionary measures have not been taken.”

According to the data made available by the UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), between August 2017 and March 2018 there were 858 accidents causing 100 deaths.

Between April 2018 and December 2018, 1,113

accidents claimed 91 lives.

In 20 months, 2,368 accidents claimed 227 lives and maimed many. Road safety experts are intrigued at lack of interest on the part of authorities to take adequate measures to prevent accidents.

“Initially, this Expressway was not popular.

But now the traffic is shifting from the national highway to the Expressway, due to traffic jams and road blocks at dozens of points. People boast having covered the distance in less than three hours,” said Jain.

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New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI): The growth of eight core sectors improved marginally to 4.7 per cent in March 2019 against 4.5 per cent in the same month last year.

For the full 2018-19 fiscal, the expansion rate of eight infrastructure sectors -- coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity -- remained flat at 4.3 per cent, official data released Tuesday showed.

Coal generation growth was flat at 9.1 pet cent in March 2019. Natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel and cement sectors recorded positive growth rates.

Crude oil production, however, contracted by 6.2 per cent in March. Electricity generation declined

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Sharma further said that “going forward, the month of May would remain volatile due to crucial election results scheduled on May 23”.

Meanwhile, the Dollar Index which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, slipped 0.30 per cent to 97.56.

Meanwhile, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net buyers in capital markets, putting in Rs 114.59 crore Tuesday, according to provisional exchange data.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 1.24 per cent to trade at USD 72.93 per barrel. Despite the rise, crude prices have recovered significantly from its 6-month high of 75.60 per barrel.

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty Tuesday ended marginally lower after a volatile session, dragged by private sector lender Yes bank which posted a loss of Rs 1,506 crore in the March quarter on higher bad loans provisioning.

Infra sector growth improves to 4.7 pc

Dimapur, Apr 30 (NPN): In an effort to address the unemployment issue and skill mismatch scenario prevailing in Nagaland, YouthNet is organising Job & Skill Fair 2019 for the unemployed youths.

The fair will be conducted in Kohima and Dimapur respectively. The job opening varies from retail hospitality, aviation and BPO sector to education, multimedia and sales & marketing.

The fair is organized in Kohima, Nagaland Job Centre, Razhü Point on April 30 and May 1. The fair in Dimapur will be held on May 2 and 3 at YouthNet Office, 4th Mile, NH 29, near Agri Expo Ground.

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New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI): The rupee appreciated for the second straight session Tuesday to close higher by 46 paise at 69.56 against the US dollar as crude oil prices retreated from six-month high levels and the greenback weakened against global rivals.

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic unit opened at 69.83 and advanced to a high of 69.52 during the day. It finally settled at 69.56, registering a rise of 46 paise against the dollar over its previous close.

The r upee had rebounded by 23 paise to close at 70.02 against the US dollar Friday. The forex market was closed on Monday due to general elections in Mumbai.

“Rupee gains for the second day amid retracement in crude prices from the six-month highs,” V K Sharma, Head PCG & Capital Markets Strategy, HDFC Securities said, adding that the activity remained light on account of holiday-shortened week.

ny for lowering the growth forecast.

“Inability to bring the stuck capital back into the production process will have implications for investment recovery,” India Ratings and Research said in a release.

Investment expenditure growth, as measured by gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), has, therefore, been downwardly revised to 9.2 per cent for 2019-20 from the earlier forecast of 10.3 per cent, it added.

Following the monsoon forecast, India Ratings and Research estimates agricultural gross value added growth at 2.5 per cent (earlier forecast was 3 per cent) for 201920 compared with the 2.7 per cent recorded for 2018-19.

The key support to the gross value added growth in 2019-20 is likely to come from services, followed by industry.

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monetary transmission.

The bank further said all cash credit accounts and overdrafts with limits above Rs 1 lakh will also be linked to the benchmark policy rate, plus a spread of 2.25 per cent.

“The Risk premiums over and above this floor rate would be based on the risk profile of the borrowers, as is the current practice,” according to its website.

SBI’s domestic savings bank deposits stood at more than Rs 10.64 lakh crore at end-December 2018.

In December 2018, the RBI had proposed that floating interest rates on personal, home, auto and micro and small enterprises (MSEs) loans should be linked to external benchmarks like repo rate or treasury yields, from April 1, 2019.

New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI): India Ratings and Research Tuesday marginally lowered country’s GDP growth projection for 2019-20 fiscal to 7.3 per cent mainly due to below normal monsoon prediction and loss of momentum in industrial output.

The Fitch group company had earlier projected India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 7.5 per cent.

The key reasons for the downward revision are the prediction of lower-thannormal monsoon for 2019 and continued agrarian distress, and the loss of momentum in the industrial output growth, especially manufacturing and electricity.

Besides, the slow progress on cases referred to the National Company Law Tribunal under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, was another reason cited by the compa-

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with a balance exceeding Rs 1 lakh. At present, the interest rate is 3.5 per cent. The interest is paid quarterly.

The interest rate on such balances will go up in case the Reserve Bank hikes repo rate (the rate at which it lends to banks) and may fall further if the repo rate continues its downward journey.

The SBI, which controls nearly a quarter of the banking system, was giving interest at a rate of 3.5 per cent for savings bank deposits up to Rs 1 crore and 4 per cent for deposits above Rs 1 crore till Tuesday (April 30).

Earlier in March, the SBI had announced that it will be linking its savings deposits rates and shortterm loans to the RBI’s repo rate from May 1 with an aim to ensure faster

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New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI): Savings bank account holders in SBI having more than Rs 1 lakh balance will earn a quarter percentage point less interest from Wednesday with the country’s largest lender linking the interest rate to the RBI’s repo or shortterm lending rate.

However, SBI savings bank account holders with less than Rs 1 lakh balance will continue to get 3.5 per cent interest on deposits.

According to the information provided on the website of State Bank of India (SBI), the interest rate on savings bank accounts with balances above Rs 1 lakh will be 2.75 per cent below the RBI’s repo rate, which currently stands at 6 per cent.

Hence, the SBI will give 3.25 per cent interest on savings bank deposits

India Ratings lowers GDP growth projection to 7.3%

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on Azhar achieved US warns of more attacks SL revokes social media ban Consultations ‘some progress’ in UN: China in Sri Lanka by terror group

C o lo m b o, A p r 3 0 (PTI): The US has warned that the terrorist threat in Sri Lanka still remains as active members of the group that carried out the massive suicide attacks on Easter Sunday may still be at large, a media report said Tuesday.

The US Embassy here has said that at the request of the Sri Lankan Government, US security experts were working closely with their Sri Lankan partners on “fulfilling short term, specific objectives” related to the recent attacks and to bringing the perpetrators to justice. Nancy VanHorn, the spokesperson at the US Embassy in Colombo that the US believes active members of the attack group that carried out the terror attacks on Easter Sunday may still be at large. “As the (US) Ambassador (Alaina Teplitz) has previously stated and as reflected in our travel advisory, the terrorist threat is ongoing,” the spokesperson told the Colombo Gazette.

Sri Lankan authorities said they believed a

AlainaTeplitz (File) little-known local militant Islamist group known as National Tawheed Jamath (NTJ) was behind the attack that killed 253 people and injured nearly 500 more.

However, the NTJ has not claimed responsibility for the attacks, Sri Lanka’s worst.

On Tuesday, the Islamic State terror group said it had carried out the attacks, and released video of men it says were the bombers, pledging allegiance to the group. The attackers targetted three Catholic churches and three luxury hotels.

Ambassador Teplitz has said the attacks are the

work of a few individuals and not of an entire community. As Sri Lanka looks to the future and to implementing changes in security and communications procedures to prevent future atrocities, the US stands ready to assist with lessons learned from our own past tragedies and through our ongoing cooperation with local authorities, the embassy has said.

“These terrible attacks are the work of a few individuals and not of an entire community. Sri Lankans of all backgrounds and faiths have come together to condemn these atrocities. Unity is the most powerful answer to terrorism,” the ambassador said recently.

On April 26, the Department of State ordered the departure of all schoolage family members of US government employees in Kindergarten through 12th grade. The Department also authorised the voluntary departure of non-emergency US government employees and family members from Sri Lanka.

Colombo, Apr 30 (IANS): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday revoked the government’s ban on social media use that was imposed throughout the island nation after the April 21 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 253 people.

A statement from the government’s information department said that Sirisena had ordered to lift the temporary ban, which had been applied in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, reports Efe news.

In the brief statement, the head of the department, Nalaka Kaluwewa, said the government was appealing social media users to “be responsible in their usage of social media sites even though the ban has been lifted”.

“The decision to ban social media was taken immediately after the attacks.

Now after analysing (the situation), the government is of the view that it can be lifted,” Kaluwewa told Efe. “Further, we have to look at returning to normalcy and this decision (to revoke the ban) was con-

Maithripala Sirisena (File) nected to that as well.”

However, he warned that “who ever shares misinformation has to take responsibility for whatever they share”.

“Under the emergency regulations which are in force, the spreading of misinformation can be addressed and action can be taken against those who share such matter,” Kaluwewa added.

Immediately after the bombings, authorities declared a state of emergency on the island and blocked social media services and messaging apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Snapchat, arguing that such platforms were being used to spread misinformation and rumors across cyberspace to trigger violence.

Beijing/New Delhi, Apr 30 (IANS): Amid indications that it could soon lift its “technical hold” on listing of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist by the UNSC, China on Tuesday said that “relevant consultations” are underway in the world bodys Sanctions Committee on the issue and “some progress” has been achieved.

“I can only say that I believe that this will be properly resolved,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a media briefing in Beijing when asked whether the issue would be settled as early as Wednesday.

“Regarding the listing issue in the 1267 (Sanctions) Committee (of the UNSC), we have expressed our position many times and I just want to stress two points.

First, we support the listing issue being settled within the 1267 Committee through dialogue and consultation and I believe this is the consensus of most members,” Geng said while answering

Masood Azhar (File) questions over the issue.

“Second, the relevant consultations are going on within the Committee and have achieved some progress. Third, I believe, with the joint efforts of all parties, this issue can be properly resolved,” the spokesperson added.

His response came amidst indications that China could soon lift its “technical hold” on listing of Azhar, whose outfit has been responsible for a number of terror attacks in India, including the recent one in Pulwama in which 40 security personnel were killed by a suicide car bomber on February 14.

China has been blocking Azhar’s listing despite a strong push by other per-

manent members of the UNSC like the US, UK and France.

India, which has mooted the proposal at the UNSC, is hopeful that China will be sensitive to its concerns and give consent to proscribing of Azhar.

Asked whether he could confirm reports that China was likely to lift the technical hold on Azhar issue on Wednesday, Geng said: “We have fully expressed our position on this.

China is in contact with all relevant parties on this issue and we will continue to engage in the discussion and review of this issue in a constructive manner.”

When asked whether any momentum on the issue could be expected since India has given technical evidence regarding JeM’s involvement in the Pulwama attack, Geng said: “On the listing issue, China is still working with the relevant parties and we are in contact with all relevant parties within the 1267 Committee and I believe with the joint efforts of all parties, this will be properly resolved.”

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she had earlier described as a “culture battle”, was working.

“With this law, France has become the first country in the world to punish

harassment in streets with fines,” the Minister said.

The legislation was backed by 90 per cent French people, according to an Ifop poll published a year ago.

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Equipment coming from different countries, especially Russia, are not barriers to Indian and US Air Forces working together because interoperability is not only about equipment

but involves operational strategies, Brown said.

"Naturally it is bit easier when it is (all) US, a little more difficult if it is European, but usually if it is a European NATO partner, there is way to do that", he said in an answer to a question. "Russian is much more challenging as you might imagine."

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Admission will be given on the basis of first come first serve.

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Dhanoa and Defence Ministry officials, "what I do see is an interest to increase some of the air aspects of what we do with India.

India does have US capabilities, C-17s and C-130s, and so that was part of the discussion topics".

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in air, "is going to grow", he said.

"It's going to take a bit of time... But it is definitely, I would say, on a positive trend."

Brown, who is the air component commander for US Indo-Pacific Command, said that in his meeting in New Delhi with Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh

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Prospectus and Admission Forms available at the School Office during school hours everyday. Admission will be given on first come first serve basis. Special Scholarships and concessions for rank holders & 80% + students.

Science Stream for Boys and Girls : English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Alt. English, Hindi

Arts Stream only for Girls : English, Alt. English, Hindi, Political Science, Education, History, Sociology, Economics, Computer Science • Air conditioned Multi Media enabled Classrooms. Multi media enabled School Hall.

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Hostel facility. Limited Seats • Air Conditioned Dormitories, Generator facility.

• Off Campus Playground with Children’s Park, State of the Art Basketball Court, Volleyball Court, Football ground and Table Tennis • Spacious Washrooms with 24 hour hot and cold running water • Nutritious planned food (Naga, Indian and Continental) by experienced well trained staff.

• Sunday School & Sunday Evening Fellowship with Annual Spiritual Retreat.

• Special Teacher Supervised Study Halls by residential teachers.

• Special Hostel events like Talent Night, Sports Day, Freshers Night, Hostel Carnival etc.

• Dorm-wise outings • Tata Sky TV Connections. Weekly Movies on large screen projectors • Very clean environment maintained by full time House Keeping staff.

Students with ‘tattoo mark’ will not be given admission.

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Paris, Apr 30 (IANS): The French police have handed out 447 fines for harassment of women in the street since the new “outrages sexists” legislation came into effect eight months ago.

The law, passed in August 2018, allows for on-the-spot fines of up to 750 euros (650 pounds), the Guardian reported. It covers sexist insults, degrading or humiliating comments, or hostile and offensive “sexual or sexist” behaviour towards a person in public areas, schools or workplaces.

French Equality Minister Marlene Schiappa said 447 fines demonstrated that the law against street harassment, which

New York, Apr 30 (IANS): The top US Air Force commander for the Indo-Pacific region has said that the US-India agreement to share highly sensitive information will help grow military ties and the different origins of the aircraft of the two countries were not a barrier to working together.

Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the US Pacific Air Forces commander, told the media here on Monday that the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) "opens the door to increase our information sharing particularly on some of the airplane, air aspects".

Therefore, the defence cooperation between the two countries, particularly

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Awareness on ‘plastic waste management’

DC Mon, Thavaselan K speaking at the awareness EAC Tsogin, Rozy Sangtam along with students at Christian School Tseminyu town on April 30. (DIPR) programme at Mon town council hall on April 30. (DIPR)

Participants during the awareness and community sensitization programme on harmful effects of plastic use on April 30 at Medziphema town hall. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Awareness programme on “plastic waste management” was held in Mon, Tseminyu and Medziphema on April 30.

Mon: In Mon, the day was observed at Mon Town council hall with deputy commissioner Mon, Thavaseelan K, as the special guest.

According to DIPR,

RWUK condemns alleged murder DIMAPUR: The Ruzazho Welfare Union Kohima (RWUK) has vehemently condemned the alleged murder of its general secretary, Nesato Shijoh on April 5, 2019 at Keyakie Colony, Kohima. In a condemnation note, RWUK chairman, Japra Swuro and youth president, Krubzao Shijoh said that the bruises and cut marks on the victim’s body indicated murder. Stating that such evil has no place in civil society, the union demanded proper investigation and urged the law enforcing agency to take up the case with utmost seriousness by leaving no stone unturned. It also urged the law enforcing agency to nab the culprits involved in the crime and punish them as per the law of the land.

the DC encouraged all the students and participants to look for alternate steps to reduce the use of plastics in Mon town. He also distributed prizes to the winners of essay competition on “plastic waste management” and plastic trash collection competition.

The winners of the essay competition were:

Wanmei Walim Konyak, Sacred Heart School, Toilih M. Konyak, Police Unit School and Neha Kumari Ram, Model School respectively. Earlier, the programme was chaired by Ethel Konyak. Entertainment on plastic waste management was presented by Wangba Konyak and vote of thanks by ADC and

administrator Mon Town Council, Hiazu Meru.

Tseminyu: Awareness campaign programme was held at Christian School Tseminyu. EAC Tsogin, Rozy Sangtam in her speech called upon the school children to share their ideas about plastic waste management to their parents at home.

EAC also encouraged them to follow three steps for a proper way of managing the waste plastics, such as, to refuse to use them, to minimise or reduce the use of plastics in our daily lives, or to preserve them for recycling purposes. In order to avoid using plastic bags, cloth carry bags were distributed to the students, teachers and officials present at the programme.

Rozy also reminded the gathering that distribution of cloth carry bags signify Tseminyu town becoming plastic free.

Students of BHSS Tseminyu, Njini Thong and others also spoke about plastic waste management at the programme. The programme was initiated and organised by Tseminyu town council under Swachh Bharat Mission.

Medziphema town: Awareness and community sensitisation programme on harmful effects on plastic use and one-day training on paper bag making organised by ATSI & Co in collaboration with Can Youth, sponsored by district administration media and

Pre monsoon-cum-preparedness meet DIMAPUR: A pre monsoon-cum-preparedness meeting was held at DC’s conference hall, Dimapur on April 29. According to DIPR report, in the meeting it was decided that mass social work as part of the premonsoon preparedness will also be held in Dimapur on May 4 along with the rest of the state. All government and civil bodies will participate in the scheduled social work, with particular emphasis to clear all drains/ nullahs, culverts and natural waterways to prevent clogging and flooding during the monsoon period. It was decided that encroachments on public properties causing potential blockade to drains and waterways would be inspected and stringent action will be taken against the defaulters. Line departments were directed to review and monitor the status of public infrastructure before monsoon. It was also discussed that alternative routes would be identified and informed in case of any road blockades caused during these period.

Concerned departments were also directed to ensure maintenance and pliability of such identified roads in case of emergency.

AMPMM bans use of plastic

DIMAPUR: Aotemolung Medemsanger Putu Menden Mopungchuket (AMPMM) has banned use of singleuse plastic carry bags in Mopungchuket village effective from May 1, 2019. In a press release, office of AMPMM informed that the decision was taken in a meeting on March 10 and that the ban has been imposed as part of the AMPMM’s effort and commitment to make Mopungchuket a plastic-free village. It has requested visitors to the village and travellers passing through to respect the cause.

Co-ordination meeting in Bhandari

DIMAPUR: Co-coordination meeting of head of departments, school institutions, NGOs, Church leaders and land owner union was held at the Town Hall, Bhandari on April 30. According to DIPR, Bhandari Town Land Owners Union chairman, Khonthungo Odyuo, who chaired the meeting, said that the main objective of the meeting was to find better ways and encourage cooperation between the land donors and government departments. Lotha Lower Range Public Organization, president, C.Elithung Oduyo on behalf of BTLOU, requested the departmental heads to furnish the present employee status, the condition and state of the office buildings on which the departments are functioning and the state of their physical infrastructure, etc. Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Bhandari vice principal, Fr. Obed, who also spoke in the meeting, suggested that the road which passes through the premises of the school compound, if diverted will be helpful as it was not secure for the school. CDPO Bhandari, Peter Yanthan highlighted the urgent requirements of the departments and the immediate need of a land for CDPO office building. Meanwhile, members present at the meeting have agreed to uphold the ban on rampant destruction of forest, hunting and fishing with chemical, which is still in force within Bhandari jurisdiction.

ATMA Mon trains farmers on organic farming

Participants at the vermicomposting training organized by ATMA Mon.

DIMAPUR: ATMA Mon Block conducted training and demonstration programmes in various villages from April 22 to 24.

A press release from

ATMA, Mon stated that ATM, Khriezelhou Seyie, gave training on Vermicomposting at Totok Chinglen village on April 22 and explained how organic waste

can be used to improve soil fertility and to enhance crop growth and yield.

BTM, Vimeno Zao demonstrated oyster mushroom cultivation using agro waste

paddy straw and banana leaves as substrate. She also shared about different types of sticky traps used in pest management based on the response of insect pests to colours. A demonstration on preparation of the sticky traps was also shown.

On April 23, a training programme on Orange Orchard management was conducted at Totok Chingha village, where ATM, Khriezelhou Seyie highlighted the common pest and diseases of citrus plant and its management. He also explained the importance of Bordeaux mixture application and demonstrated how to prepare it.

Altogether, around 60 participants from three villages attended the programmes.

UTRC Mkg holds monthly meeting

Members of UTRC Mokokchung after the monthly meeting.

DIMAPUR: Under trial Review Committee (UTRC) Mokokchung conducted its monthly meeting at the district jail premises on April 30 under the aegis of the Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority

IPR was held at public hall, Medziphema town.

According to DIPR report, Nino Krose an elderly person from Medziphema spoke on the topic “action for change”, where she also emphasized on the importance of plastic management. She quoted Mahatma Gandhi “Be the change you want to see in this world” and added that as responsible citizens one should contribute towards a better world.

The resource person Jenpu Rongmei, chief functionary Can Youth while addressing the gathering, spoke about the purpose of the awareness campaign and highlighted the ecological and social effect of plastic pollution.

He also explained how to minimise the triggering threat of plastic pollution and urged the students, NGOs and all present in the programme to sensitise. He further said educational institution and Churches must encourage reducing plastic products in daily life.

Training on paper bag making was also imparted to women.

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(MDLSA).

A press release from MDLSA stated that, UTRC Mokokchung consists of Mokokchung DC Rajesh Soundararajan, SP Mokokchung, Raguramarajan, secretary Mokokc-

hung District Legal Services Authority, WV Patton and assistant jailor, Chingmak Chang.

The committee reviewed the status of the under trial prisoners and convicts as per the Stan-

dard Operating Procedure formulated by the National Legal Services Authority under the directions of the Supreme Court in WP(C) No 406/13 titled Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1382 prisons.

The status of the inmates were found to be satisfactory while the district jail authority was requested to follow up on the medical evaluation status of one inmate as per the previous recommendation of the UTRC. UTRC Mokokchung visited the district jail campus along with Sentinaro, district project assistant, MDLSA and Tajungla, panel lawyer i/c jails and met with the inmates.

Possibility of introducing vocational training facilities and other welfare activities for the inmates were discussed. Provision of medical aid facilities were also discussed and requested the jail authorities to follow up in the next session.

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All is not well in Rajasthan Congress

Jaipur, Apr 30 (IANS): If party sources are to be believed, trouble seems to be brewing in the Congress in Rajasthan.

Talking to IANS, a state Congress leader said that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wanted Congress President Rahul Gandhi and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi to attend a roadshow in support of his son Vaibhav Gehlot, the Congress candidate from the Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency.

However, the brothersister duo couldn’t give dates for the same. Eventually, the Chief Minister had to spearhead Vaibhav’s campaign almost alone, from organising roadshows to sending personal SMSes and going door-to-door appealing people to vote for his son.

Not a single national Congress leader came to support Gehlot or his son, as the Chief Minister stationed himself in Jodhpur for nine days, playing the role of an anxious father going all out to build a safe future for his son, said a Congress worker.

Gehlot himself accepted this fact.

“All the fathers in this world work hard to ensure the success of their chil-

Ashok Gehlot (File)

dren. What is the issue if I do the same,” the Chief Minister had asked after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a rally in Jodhpur that Gehlot knew that all the other seats in Rajasthan were going to the BJP and hence he was working on one seat being contested by his son.

The fraction between Gehlot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot too became evident after the latter refrained from campaigning in Jodhpur, expect for one occasion when he went there to inaugurate Vaibhav’s office.

Incidentally, Pilot had earlier expressed his displeasure over giving tickets to the family members of party workers.

“This would demotivate the party workers. I want

hardworking Congress workers to get tickets for the Lok Sabha polls,” he had said.

However, Pilot’s suggestion was ignored and Vaibhav was fielded from Jodhpur.

Just a day before 13 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state went to the polls on Monday, leader of the Opposition Gulabchand Kataria shocked everybody by claiming that the Chief Minister will be replaced after May 23 when election results will be out.

Addressing media in Udaipur, Kataria said: “The BJP will win 21 seats in the state. And despite having a Congress Chief Minister, if the party loses 21 seats, the Chief Minister will be replaced for

Akhilesh seeks ban on Modi for ‘shameful’ speech in WB

Lu c k n ow, A p r 3 0 (PTI): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for claiming that 40 Trinamool Congress MLAs were in touch with him. He said Mr. Modi should be “banned for 72 years” for his “shameful” speech.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) recently barred several leaders, including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu from campaigning for 72 hours due to Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations.

“Vikas (development) is asking... Did you hear the shameful speech of Pradhanji (PM)? After losing the faith of 125 crore countrymen, he (Modi) is now relying on the

sure.”

He also said that Gehlot’s son would taste defeat, which would speak volumes about the state of the party in Rajasthan.

According to sources, Rahul Gandhi had summoned Congress leaders from Rajasthan to Delhi before the elections and expressed his displeasure over the distribution of tickets to candidates lacking “winnability”. Sources also said that the Congress wanted to change six candidates in the state but dropped the idea as it felt it was too late to do so.

According to a state Congress leader, Gandhi was informed about the wrong selection of candidates while he was on a trip to Uttar Pradesh, and the Congress President had immediately called Gehlot to discuss the matter.

Among the candidates under the lens was Jyoti Khandelwal from Jaipur, whose integrity was questioned following a sting operation by a television channel. A former Mayor of Jaipur, Khandelwal had resigned from her post as a party General Secretary after she was denied a ticket in the 2018 Assembly elections.

No files destroyed in Shastri Bhawan fire: Javadekar New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI): Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said the fire at Delhi’s Shastri Bhawan has not destroyed any files, as claimed by the Congress chief.

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the fire broke out at the building that houses offices of several ministries, Gandhi had said that burning files will not save the prime minister as his “day of judgement” is near.

“Stop peddling lies!

The fire in Shastri Bhavan has caused no damage to any files. The waste and scrap kept on the top floor caught fire and was extinguished within 30 minutes.

Do your homework before casting allegations. One more jhoot of Congress!”

Javadekar tweeted.

“You are daydreaming of coming to power, which is not going to happen. People of India have already decided to repose their faith in @narendramodi ji’s leadership. Your judgement day is coming soon. Wait for the shock,” he added. The fire broke out on the sixth floor of Shastri Bhawan here this afternoon and was brought under control with an hour.

Surat, Apr 30 (PTI): A sessions court here on Tuesday sentenced Narayan Sai, the son of jailed self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, to life imprisonment in a rape case filed against him by a former woman devotee in 2013.

Additional Sessions Judge PS Gadhvi handed down the sentence to Sai and asked him to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the victim.

Besides Sai, lodged at

the Lajpore Jail here since 2013, the court sentenced his three aides, including two women, to 10 years each in jail after holding them guilty of various offences.

His driver Rajkumar alias Ramesh Malhotra was sentenced to six months in prison. The court had convicted Sai in the case on April 26 under IPC Sections 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural offences), 323 (assault), 506-2 (criminal intimidation) and

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Another person died in the village before he could be taken to the hospital, Inspector In-Charge of Tihidi police station Prabhansu Mishra said.

Excise Commissioner Upendra S Punia, who rushed to the area after the incident, told PTI that a forensic team visited the site and collected samples for test.

He said around 40 people were taken to the district headquarters hospital in Bhadrak after they fell ill and currently 28 are under treatment.

Additional District Medical Officer P K Khuntia said the villagers complained of nausea, stomachache and loss of eyesight after consuming the liquor Monday night.

The district administration has ordered an inquiry to ascertain the cause of death and the circumstances that led to the tragedy, a senior official said.

Punia said a clear picture will emerge after samples collected from the area are tested and post-mortem reports of the deceased are available.

Angry over the incident, villagers blocked the Bhadrak-Chandabali road causing massive traffic snarls on the thoroughfare, the SDPO added.

Priyanka Gandhi not to contest from Varanasi

Priyanka Gandhi (File)

New Delhi, Apr 30 (AGENCIES): Breaking her silence on why she did not contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said that she was advised against the move by the senior leaders of the party. “I took advice of all senior leaders of our party and colleagues in UP. They firmly felt that I have responsibility here of looking after 41 seats. I felt that they (candidates) would be disappointed if I focused on only one place,” Priyanka Gandhi was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. The Congress then named and repeated its 2014 candidate Ajay Rai to take on Modi once again in Varanasi. In the 2014 contest, Rai ended up in the third position with just about 7% votes. Priyanka, who is in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, was widely

expected to make her electoral debut in Varanasi.

Congress workers wanted to avoid a 2014-like eventuality and urged the leadership to her from either Varanasi or Allahabad, party functionaries said. The buzz around her candidature gained momentum when she said a decision on the matter rests with party president and her brother Rahul Gandhi.

“You will come to know when the party takes a decision. I have said time and again, I will do whatever the party tells me to do,” Priyanka Gandhi had said when asked about her candidature. Senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda, however, had claimed that it was Priyanka’s decision to not contest from Varanasi. Pitroda said Congress president Rahul Gandhi had left the decision to her. “It was she who thought there are responsibilities for her; rather than concentrating on one seat, she should focus on the job she has at hand.

The decision was finally hers,” said Pitroda.

Meanwhile, on April 29, the Samajwadi Party replaced its candidate, Shalini Yadav, in favour of dismissed BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav to take on PM Modi in Varanasi.

Liquor sale in Delhi to go through total scanning: officials New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI): All liquor sale will done through bar code scanning in Delhi by October this year, officials said.

The move is intended to digitise records of realtime liquor sale in the national capital.

According to the excise department, liquor outlets will have to achieve 80 per cent target by May and 100 per cent by October.

Last month, the department had warned traders against selling alcohol using “coupon or token” system in order to curb distribution of liquor to influence voters during elections in Delhi.

“In the month of June, a target of 90 per cent sale of liquor through scanning has been set by the excise department, while for July it is 95 per cent.

“By October this year, all liquor shops will have to achieve the target of 100 per cent of liquor sale through scanning,” officials said.

In the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, the excise department had issued a circular directing liquor outlets to strictly follow opening and closing time of establishments.

Asaram’s ‘godman’ son sentenced to life in rape case

from under your feet.”

“With just a handful of seats, ‘Didi’ you can’t reach Delhi. Delhi is far away. Going to Delhi is just an excuse.

Her real intention is to politically establish her nephew,” he had said.

The Trinamool leadership was quick to hit back, Akhilesh yadav (File) accusing the Prime Minister unethical assurance of defec- of horse-trading and saying tion allegedly given by the 40 it would complain to the ECI MLAs,” he tweeted. about it.

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5 dead, 28 ill after drinking spurious liquor in Odisha Bhadrak, Apr 30 (PTI): At least five people died and 28 others fell ill on Tuesday after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor in a “post-election feast” in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, police said.

The tragedy struck late Monday night, a few hours after polling for the fourth and final phase of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly elections in the state was over.

Locals claimed that the victims had bought the liquor with the money provided to them by political parties before the polls on Monday, while the police said the entire episode is being probed.

“We have information that people in Daulatapur and another village under Tihidi police station limits had bought the liquor from a local market for a post-election feast,” SubDivisional Police Officer (SDPO) Umakanta Moharana said.

Excise Secretary Nikunja Bihari Dhal said a joint investigation is being conducted by revenue, health, excise and police departments.

“As the incident took place on polling day after voting was over, we are taking the matter seriously,” Dhal said.

While three persons died at a hospital in Bhadrak, another succumbed

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Of the total 11 accused, the court had acquitted six on April 26. In 2013, after

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Cyclone ‘Fani’ intensifies into ‘ severe cyclonic storm’

All fishermen who have already gone to the deep seas have been told to return to the shore by Wednesday. (File)

Bhubaneswar, Apr 30 (PTI): Cyclone ‘Fani’ has intensified into an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ and it will cross the Odisha coast between Gopalpur and Chandbali by Friday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department said Tuesday.

The IMD has issued a formal cyclone alert for Odisha, West Bengal and parts of Andhra Pradesh, and suggested evacuation of costal areas.

The Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said Cyclone ‘Fani’ (pronounced Foni) lays southwest and adjoining westcentral and southeast Bay of Bengal about 760 km south-southwest of Puri (Odisha) and 560 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and about 660 km north-northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka).

“It has intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm,” Additional Director General of the IMD Mritunjay Mohapatra told PTI. ‘Fani’ is very likely to move northwestwards till May 1 evening and thereafter recurve north-northeastwards and cross the Odisha coast between Gopalpur and Chandbali, to the south of Puri around May 3 afternoon with maximum sustained wind speed of 175-185 kilometres per hour gusting to 205 kmph, the IMD said.

The wind speed of a cyclonic storm is 80-90 kmph gusting up to 100 kmph. In case of an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’, the wind speed goes up to 170-180 kmph and could gain the speed of 195-200 kmph.

An IMD bulletin in the evening said storm surge of about 1.5 metre above

astronomical tide is likely to inundate low lying areas of Ganjam, Khurda, Puri and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha at the time of possible landfall.

In view of the severity of the situation, the Indian Navy has stationed two ships at Visakhapatnam and Chennai carrying expert divers and doctors, an official said.

Aircraft of the Indian Navy are also in a state of readiness at two locations for emergency services.

The Indian Air Force has also been alerted and their services will be utilised if necessary, Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) B P Sethi said, adding the state government has taken up the matter with the NDRF. He said 20 units of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and 335 units of fire services have also been kept in a state of preparedness.

After a video conference with Union Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, Odisha Chief Secretary A P Padhi told reporters that the primary task is to ensure proper evacuation of people from low-lying areas of the coastal districts, which will be launched on May 2.

All the 880 cyclone centres have been readied for the purpose. Boats have also been kept in a state of readiness, the SRC said.

SC seeks details of Amrapali’s transactions with MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni (File)

New Delhi, Apr 30 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the beleaguered real estate major Amrapali to disclose the details of transactions that the group and its companies had with former Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni - who was its brand ambassador from 2009 to 2016.

The bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit asked the realty firm to disclose the money paid to Dhoni during the 2009-2016 period by the Amrapali Group’s companies.

The court sought the details while hearing a batch of petitions by the homebuyers and others for alleged cheating.

The forensic auditors in their report have told the court that a huge penthouse was given to Dhoni for a paltry amount -- a finding disputed by Dhoni.

Dhoni has told the court that the price paid by him for the penthouse was “certainly not a paltry amount” and was “lesser due to the applicant (Dhoni) being associated with Amrapali Group as their

Maha records lowest turnout in final phase of polls M u mb a i , A p r 3 0 (IANS): Maharashtra recorded a voter turnout of 57.32 per cent in the fourth and final phase, covering 17 parliamentary constituencies, which is the lowest compared with all the earlier phases so far, Election Commission (EC) officials said here on Tuesday.

In the first phase on April 11, the percentage in the seven seats that voted was 61.81, and in the second phase on April 17, the turnout was 62.91 percent for 10 parliamentary seats.

In the third phase on April 23, the voter turnout was 62.36 per cent for 14 seats, followed by a dismal 57.32 percent for the final phase of elections for 17 seats, including the six seats in the country’s commercial capital, held on April 29.

Nandurbar (reserved

for STs) Lok Sabha seat led with the highest voter turnout -- 68.31 per cent -- while Kalyan in Thane district recorded the lowest at 45.28 per cent.

Besides Nandurbar, the voting percentages in the other reserved constituencies were also on the higher side: Dindori (ST) 65.76 per cent, Palghar (ST) 63.72 per cent and Shirdi (SC) 64.54 per cent.

A m o n g M u m b a i ’s six seats, Mumbai North notched the highest turnout at 60 per cent. Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar, contesting on a Congress ticket, is pitted against BJP MP Gopal Shetty in this seat.

The lowest turnout was recorded in Mumbai South at 51.46 per cent. Former Union Minister Milind M. Deora is contesting

Modi exudes confidence of winning LS polls

Air India sticks to erring vendor SITA

Muzaffarpur, Apr 30 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that the scales have been tilted in favor of the ruling NDA in the first four phases of the general election, and the remaining three would determine the magnitude of its victory and the opposition’s defeat.

Addressing an election rally here, Modi iterated that his government has always displayed its resolve in combating terror but cautioned that the menace was far from over as was evident from the recent bomb attacks in neighboring Sri Lanka.

In a veiled dig at jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad, the prime minister said, “those doing the rounds of court to secure bail are scared of a strong government in New Delhi”. He claimed that the opposition parties “were not fighting for their victory, but to augment their diminished strength”.

“Beware, if they regain their strength, the days of lawlessness will return to Bihar, daughters would no longer be safe outside homes and people might have to stay indoors after dark,” he maintained.

New Delhi, Apr 30 (IANS): In spite of two technical glitches causing operational disruption and financial loss, staterun Air India has refused to claim compensation from its passenger service system (PSS) provider SITA. The airline remains committed to Rs 800 crore deal under which SITA is required to provide IT solutions for baggage checkin, boarding and tracking technology.

SITA is a global airlines IT services solution major providing airport and related services to a host of airlines.

“It is surprising that the airline has not debited SITA for the huge losses caused by shutdown of its server. In the recent technical glitch the airline had to delay hundreds of flights,” said an Air India insider.

He added that instead of penalizing for the poor performance, the airline decided to extend the contract period to two years.

Explaining the twoyear extension, another airline official said that this provision in the contract meant for finding a new vendor after eight years.

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against Shiv Sena’s Arvind G. Sawant from here.

The voting figures in the other constituencies in the city were: Mumbai North East (56.85 per cent), Mumbai South Central (55.23 per cent), Mumbai North West (54.23 per cent) and Mumbai North Central (53.64 per cent) per cent.

Among the other urban and semi-urban centres in the state, Bhiwandi recorded a turnout of 53.07 per cent, while in Thane, which had the highest number of electorate, only 49.21 per cent came out to vote.

The farmer dominated constituencies with a ruralurban mix such as Maval notched a turnout of 59.49 per cent, followed by Nashik (59.43 per cent), Shirur (59.40 per cent) and Dhule (56.68 per cent).

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IANS failed to elicit any response on the issue.

As a result of technical issue in SITA’s software last week, Air India had delayed over 100 flights leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

A similar glitch had taken place last year too forcing the airline to delay nearly 25 of its flights across the country.

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Maoist-infested GadchiroliChimur seat notched the highest percentage voting in the state in 2019 - 71.98 percent, and Kalyan adjacent to Mumbai was lowest at 45.28 percent, the EC said.

This time, a staggering 309,233 handicapped persons voted in the state for whom special arrangements including provision of wheelchairs were made by the EC. Beed Lok Sabha constituency had the highest figure of 39 candidates, while there were only five contenders contesting each in Gadchiroli-Chimur and Dindori (ST) seats.

There were a total of 97,640 polling stations, up by 8,161 compared to 2014, which were manned by 850,000 officials and secured by 104,000 security personnel in the elections.

in huge inconvenience to passengers. This affects relationship with customers in the long run,” the official quoted above said.

Air India operates 470 flights per day while the Air India Group (Alliance Air and Air India Express) provides 674 flight services. As many as 149 flights of the airline group was delayed last Friday due to the technical glitch in SITA systems.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE KOHIMA : : NAGALAND

NO. DEF/KMA/ESSTT/(13)/(1)/2019-20/389 Dated, Kohima the 30th April 2019.

LAST AND FINAL CALLING NOTICE Whereas No. 4343 ABC Robert J. Patton of DEF Kohima, S/o- John Patton, Village – Riphyim Old, POWokha, PS- Wokha PS, Dist.- Wokha, is found absenting from Government bonafide duty w.e.f 12/02/2019 till date.

And whereas this office had issued 3 (three) consecutive calling notices Vide order NO. DEF/KMA/ESSTT/(13)/ (1)/2018-19/250 Dated 12/03/2019, Even No. 343 Dated 22/03/2019 and Even No. 432 Dated 02/04/2019, which were duly served to you but you have failed to report back for duty.

You are hereby directed to report for duty within 07 (seven) days from the date of publication of this calling letter, failing which departmental enquiry proceedings will be initiated ex-parte.

Sd/(P.SENDONGMEREN) IPS Sr. Superintendent of Police, Kohima, Nagaland.

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brand ambassador”.

Claimed to have been” duped” by the Amrapali Group, Dhoni has contended that “inadequacy of consideration” for the purchase of penthouse cannot be a ground to “question the otherwise genuine agreement”.

Dhoni said this in response to a communication from the forensic auditors to all those flat owners who were given flats by Amrapali Group on the payment of alleged “paltry” amount. The top court by its December 5, 2018 order had asked the forensic auditors to issue letters and seek response from all those who were given flats on payment of alleged paltry amount.

The court on Tuesday said that it has not restricted the forensic auditors from sharing their report with the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police.

The court said this as the forensic auditors told the court that they were approached by the officials of Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing seeking a copy of the report.

He told the court that he declined to give the copy of the report, saying they cannot do so without the court’s orders.

The court was briefed by the forensic auditors on their report on the finances of Amrapali Group and said that about Rs 3,500 crore was involved in the diversions of funds.

J-K Governor’s Twitter handle hacked Jammu, Apr 30 (PTI): The Twitter handle of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik was hacked by some mischievous elements following which the matter was reported to police, a Raj Bhawan spokesperson said Tuesday.

“It was noticed today that the Governor J&K’s Twitter handle was hacked by some mischievous elements and he was shown as follower of Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan Twitter Handle,” the spokesperson said.

The moment it was noticed, necessary corrections were made to the account and the Imran Khan Twitter Handle was un-followed, he said.

UP govt to plant 7.5 lakh new saplings in Noida Noida (UP), Apr 30 (PTI): Nearly 7.50 lakh new saplings will be planted in 2019-20 in Noida and Greater Noida as part of Uttar Pradesh government’s efforts to improve green cover in the state, officials said Tuesday.

The district administration said in a statement that 3.73 lakh of the 7.49 lakh saplings would be planted on August 15 this year during a massive afforestation drive, like last year.

All government departments including the police and the three local authorities – Noida Authority, Greater Noida Authority and Yamuna Expressway Authority -- have been allotted targets, it said.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is expecting large scale public participation in the afforestation drive this year also with a targeted planting of 22.55 crore saplings across the state in 2019-20 and 11.27 crore on August 15 alone, according to an official letter. District Magistrate Brajesh Narain Singh said improving green cover and resurrecting water bodies in Gautam Buddh Nagar are among top priorities for the administration.

“We will carry out the plantations on a large-scale and involve all sections of the society. Efforts are on to rope in private players also to utilise their expertise too in the afforestation drive,” he said.

New Delhi, Apr 30 (IANS): The Indian Navy has signed contracts procuring 16 Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft to enhance its surveillance of coastal waters, an official release said.

Contracts have been signed for construction of eight ships each at the Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), Kochi and the Garden Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata, at a cost of Rs 12,600 crore.

The ships are to be delivered from October 2022 and two ships per year will be delivered by each shipyard subsequently.

With India’s long coastline of 7,516.6 km that encompasses 12 major ports and 184 minor ports

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Notice calling objection for the issue of Succession Certificate.

Smt Shiheli Y Sema of Khuvuxu Village District Zunheboto has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate/Guardianship Certificate declaring that Her Husband Late V. Yevito Sema has expired on 5/2/2019.

It is hereby notified that if no objection to issue this certificate is received from anyone within a period of 30 (thirty) days w.e.f the date of publication in press, the Certificate shall be issued and no further complaint will be entertained for issue of the same.

(SHANAVAS C) IAS Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto : Nagaland DP-3242

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSION JUDGE TUENSANG, NAGALAND

Dated Tsg. the 12th April' 2019.

OBJECTION NOTICE Where as Shri/Smti. Lichempi Sangtam of Selounyu, Sector High School ‘B’ Tuensang. District Tuensang has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to operate / draw/ transfer / withdraw the debts & security in respect of his Late, Brother, Yimkum, who expired on 09/04/2019.

Now therefore, public are hereby asked to file claims/ objection if any within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice.

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New Delhi, Apr 30 (IANS): The former employee of the Supreme Court, who has accused Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment, said on Tuesday that she would no more appear before an inhouse committee set up by the apex court to probe her charges as she felt that she is “not likely to get justice”.

The woman, who appeared once before the committee, comprising Justices SA Bobde, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee, said she felt “quite intimidated and nervous” in the presence of the three judges of the Supreme Court.

In a statement to the media, she expressed serious reservations over the panel, saying it was “an in-house committee of sitting judges junior to the CJI and not an external committee as I had requested...”

The woman said during the panel’s hearing on April 26, the judges told her that it was neither an inhouse committee proceeding nor a proceeding under the Vishakha Guidelines and that it was an informal

proceeding.

“I was asked to narrate my account which I did to the best of my ability even though I felt quite intimidated and nervous in the presence of three Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court and without having a lawyer or support person with me,” said the woman.

“I felt I was not likely to get justice from this committee and so I am no longer participating in the 3 Judge Committee proceedings,” she said in the statement.

The woman had told the committee that she had lost hearing in one ear completely due to “stress” and as a consequence, she was “unable to hear, sometimes, the instructions that were being dictated by Justice Bobde to the court official as a record of my statements before the committee.”

She added that “the committee declined my request for video recording” of the committee proceedings. “I was also clearly told that no lawyer/support person could be present with me during the committee hearing.”

Indian Navy to get 16 antisubmarine warfare vessels

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ZUNHEBOTO

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Woman accuser refuses to appear before in-house panel

(VICTO SEMA) Principal District & Session Judge Tuensang, Nagaland.

AFFIDAVIT

I, Smti. KAVITA MILIND BHAGWAT, W/o Shri. Bhagwat Milind Rausaheb, Permanent resident of Gavndgaon, Andarsul, Nashik, Maharashtra, and presently residing at Rangapahar Military Station, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That, I am the lawful wife of Shri. BHAGWAT MILIND RAUSAHEB. 3. That, my official name is "KAVITA MILIND BHAGWAT" as recorded in my Aadhaar Card bearing No. 9642 6474 9455, however, in my husband's service documents my names has been inadvertently entered/recorded as "KAVITA".

4. That, the names "KAVITA MILIND BHAGWAT" and "KAVITA" belongs to same and single person only i.e. me.

5. That, wherever the names "KAVITA" appears it should be rectified and recorded as "KAVITA MILIND BHAGWAT" by all concern for all my official purposes.

6. That, this Affidavit is made to declare and rectify my official name before the competent office/authority.

That, the statement made by me from Para 1 to 6 are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and information and nothing material is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn and declared before me on this 30th day of April 2019.

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and 1,197 island territories, coastal surveillance for antisubmarine warfare operations is considered critical.

“Induction of these specialised ships with lower draught, would significantly enhance coastal shallow water anti-submarine warfare capability of the Indian Navy with improved perfor-

mance of weapons, sensors, hull-mounted and towed sonars,” the release said.

The ships will be equipped with state-of-art indigenous Integrated Platform Management Systems and will be capable of subsurface surveillance of coastal waters and laying of mines.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ZUNHEBOTO NO.JUD.21/2017-18/

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Notice calling objection for the issue of Succession Certificate.

Smt Nitoli T. Rochill of Aichisaghe Village District Zunheboto has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate/Guardianship Certificate declaring that Her Husband Late H. Tohovi Sema has expired on 25/05/2018.

It is hereby notified that if no objection to issue this certificate is received from anyone within a period of 30 (thirty) days w.e.f the date of publication in press, the Certificate shall be issued and no further complaint will be entertained for issue of the same.

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AFFIDAVIT I, Shri. IMTIWABONG AIER, aged about 45 years, Son of Shri. Tiameren Aier, resident of House No. 264, Woodland, Naharbari, P.S. - East Police Station, in the district of Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly declare on oath as under : 1. That I am a citizen of India by birth and a permanent resident of the aforesaid locality.

2. That my name has been entered/recorded as IMTIYWABONG AIER in my HSLC Admit Card, IMTIWABANG AIER, IMTIWAPANG AIER in my service records and IMTIWABONG AIER in my Aadhaar Card, Bank Account and degree records.

3. That the names IMTIYWABONG AIER, IMTIWABANG AIER, IMTIWAPANG AIER and IMTIWABONG AIER are one and the same person having single identity i.e. me.

4. That henceforth my actual name i.e. IMTIWABONG AIER shall be use in all my official use and correspondences.

5. That this affidavit shall be used as a piece of documentary evidence to authenticate my actual name i.e. IMTIWABONG AIER and shall produce before any competent authority as and when required.

VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the contents made in paragraph No. 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me on this the 31st day of May 2018 at Dimapur.

Magistrate/Notary Public Regd. No. 266/2018 Dimapur : Nagaland Date : 31/05/2018 DP-3254 Regd. No. 750/2019

DECLARATION

Date : 29/04/2019

I, Shri. P. Luhang, Age about 40 years, S/o. Penglang, Presently posted at Tuensang, Nagaland, Permanent Resident of Pangsha Village, P.O/P.S-Noklak, DistTuensang, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That presently I am serving as Constable at 40 Assam Rifles bearing Service No. 76158.

3. That in my Service book my name has been inadvertently entered/recorded as P. Lahang, F/N. Panglang, whereas in my Aadhaar Card No. 3791 1867 8510, Birth Certificate and other official documents, my name has been recorded as P. Luhang, F/N-Penglang.

4. That the correct spelling of my name is P. Luhang, F/N-Penglang.

5. That the Name P. Lahang, F/N. Panglang and P. Luhang, F/N-Penglang, refers to one and same person, i.e. me.

6. That henceforth my name shall be address and record as P. Luhang, F/N-Penglang, in my Service Book.

VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the content made in paras 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and beliefs and nothing material is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn and signed by the deponent before me on this 29 day of April 2019 Identified by Notary Public (C. Jacob Kikon) Dimapur : Nagaland Advocate DP-3251

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Terror groups recruiting more women, says study

Japan’s Emperor Akihito (File) Tokyo, Apr 30 (IANS): Japan’s Emperor Akihito on Tuesday declared his abdication and delivered his last public address as emperor, in a historic ceremony in Tokyo. He is the first Japanese monarch to stand down in more than 200 years since 1817, the BBC reported.

The 85-year-old was given permission to abdicate after saying he felt unable to fulfil his role because of his age and declining health.

In his final speech, Akihhito said he “wished Japan and the world peace and prosperity”. “I am deeply grateful for the people that accepted me as a symbol and supported me. “Along with the empress consort, I hope from my heart the ‘Reiwa’ era will be peaceful and fruitful, and I hereby pray for the well-being and happiness of our country and people of the world,” he added. The Taiirei-Seidennogi, or main Ceremony of

the Abdication of His Majesty the Emperor, is taking place at the Matsu-no-Ma state room in the Imperial Palace. It began at 5 p.m. with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko entering the room. Over 330 attendants will also be present.

The ceremony will end with Akihito delivering his final address as emperor, though he will technically remain emperor until midnight. Tuesday’s events will be the first time anyone alive will get to watch a Japanese abdication ceremony. On Wednesday morning, Crown Prince Naruhito will inherit the Imperial Treasures in his first ritual as Japan’s 126th emperor - and will officially lead the country into the new Reiwa era. It will mark the end of the current Heisei era, which began when Akihito ascended the throne in 1989.

The emperor in Japan holds no political power but serves as a national symbol.

Video of IS chief Baghdadi appears, cites SL attacks

Abu-Bakr-Al-Baghdadi (File) London, Apr 30 (IANS): A man, appearing to be the Islamic State leader’s Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, has appeared in a video posted on the terror group’s media network, vowing more attacks in revenge for loss of the “caliphate’s territory”, reports said on Monday.

In the video, Baghdadi, who has not been seen after announcing the “caliphate” across his group’s conquered parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014, admits defeat at the group’s last stronghold in

Syria and refers to the regime changes in Algeria and Sudan where long-time rulers have been forced to step down, the BBC reported.

The video also mentions the Easter Sunday carnage in Sri Lanka - which the IS has claimed responsibility for, but in audio form towards the end of the video with no image of Baghdadi alongside, which indicates it might have been added later.

The 18-minute video, which IS says was shot this month, was posted on the group’s al-Furqan media network. “The battle for Baghouz is over,” says Baghdadi, an 47-year-old Iraqi whose real name is Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim al-Badri and was last heard in an audio recording last August, says in the video, referring to the group’s last territory in violence-torn Syria which the Kurdish militia claimed to have re-captured.

22 IS militants killed in Afghanistan

Kabul, Apr 30 (IANS): Twenty-two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and two others captured on Tuesday as security forces stormed their hideouts in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, an official statement said.

According to the statement, the special operations were launched in the early hours of Tuesday against the hideouts in Khogiani district, reports Xinhua news agency.

Four hideouts have been destroyed and their arms and ammunition were destroyed during the raids. No security personnel was injured, the statement added.

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UN calls for global effort against racism, xenophobia Unit e d Nati o ns, Apr 30 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned against “a disturbing groundswell” of intolerance and hate-based violence targeting worshippers of many faiths. He issued a statement on Monday in the wake of a shooting in a synagogue in San Diego, California, and an attack on a Protestant church in Burkina Faso, both of which led to multiple casualties, Xinhua reported.

“Such incidents have become all-too-familiar: Muslims gunned down in mosques, their religious sites vandalized; Jews murdered in synagogues, their gravestones defaced with swastikas; Christians killed at prayer, their churches often torched. Houses of worship, instead of the safe havens they should be, have become targets,” said Guterres. Beyond the murders, there is loathsome rhetoric: xenophobia aimed not only at religious groups but also at migrants, minorities and refugees; assertions of white supremacy; a resurgence of neo-Nazi ideology; venom directed at anyone considered the “other,” he warned.

ISLAMABAD, APR 30 (IANS): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday sought an extension of the six-week bail granted to him by the Supreme Court on medical grounds.

In the plea Sharif said a review petition was filed in the apex court over its March 26 decision of granting the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader bail for six weeks.

The plea sought an extension of Sharif ’s bail until a decision on the re-

China sentences Canadian to death for drug trafficking

B e i j in g , A pr 3 0 (IANS): A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced a Canadian national to death for producing and trafficking methamphetamine, a highly addictive and illegal psycho-stimulant drug.

An American and a Chinese were also given death although the sentencing for the former will be suspended for two years while four Mexicans were sent to life imprisonment.

Jiangmen Intermediate People’s Tribunal in Guangdong province published a statement on its website stating that the Canadian Fan Wei and Chinese Wu Ziping had been involved in the drug offences between July and November 2012, reports Efe news. All of them established a drug production centre in Taishan, also in Guangdong where four other Chinese citizens played a secondary role who were given minor prison sentences.

They have 10 days to appeal their sentences.

According to Amnesty International, China leads the list of countries with the highest number of death sentences in the world “but the true extent of the use of the death pen-

alty in China is unknown as this data is classified as a state secret”.

The non-profit reported that in 2018 itself thousands of executions were carried out in China.

According to Chinese criminal law, any person who traffics, impor ts, transports or manufactures opium in quantities greater than one kilo, or heroin in quantities more than 50 grams or other narcotics in large quantities, can be sentenced to 15 years in prison, life imprisonment or death, in addition to the confiscation of property.

Fan Wei is the second Canadian to be sentenced to death this year after a court in the Liaoning gave death to Robert Lloyd Schellenberg also for drug trafficking. Diplomatic relations between China and Canada have become strained after the arrest in December of the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, in Vancouver with an extradition request from the US pending. Following Meng’s arrest, China arrested two other Canadians, diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, on charges of jeopardising Beijing’s national security.

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“It’s a slightly cheap shot, I suppose, to try to explain it away. Let’s see the evidence,” Peters told Sky News. “Sometimes it pays to ... get the facts first before you beat your lips with an opinion.”

The Minister said it was a “fair suspicion” that the claim had been made to deflect from intelligence failings in Sri Lanka.

“We’re not going to stand here and have our country misused,” he added.

While the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bloodbath, the Sri Lankan police have in recent days raided the headquarters of a hardline Islamist group -National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) -- founded by Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the bombings.

Authorities believe that Hashim masterminded and was one of the nine suicide bombers in the attacks.

Wellington, Apr 30 (IANS): New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters on Tuesday criticised suggestions that Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday suicide bombings were in retaliation to the Christchurch mosque shootings, saying his country was being “misused”.

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene last week said that according to early investigations, the Easter carnage

which claimed the lives of 253 people had been in revenge for the shootings at two New Zealand mosques on March 15 which killed 50 people.

But Peters, who is also New Zealand’s Foreign Minister, said his government had seen no evidence of a link and that expert advice suggested that the Sri Lankan bombings would have been planned well before the Christchurch terror attack.

Scientists in Chile find 15,000-yearold footprint

Venezuelan opposition leader freed from house arrest

Santiago, Apr 30 (IANS): A team of scientists in Chile have said that they found a human footprint that dates back more than 15,000 years, the oldest one ever found in the Americas, the media reported on Tuesday.

The discovery challenges the previous timeline and map of human migration into South America.

Most available evidence held that humans did not reach the Patagonia region at the southern tip of South America until 12,000 years ago, Karen Moreno, one of the coauthors of the research, told CNN. The scientists believe the trace fossil is an impression of the bare right foot of an adult human, Moreno said.

The research was published last week in the scientific journal PLOSONE. The footprint was found in 2010 at a paleoarchaeological site in the city of Osorno in the southern part of the country, at the edge of a town home development.

But it took years for scientists to confirm the age of the fossil through carbon dating.

Leopoldo Lopez (File) C aracas, A pr 3 0 (IANS): A group of armed men taking orders from Venezuela’s self-declared President Juan Guaido on Tuesday freed prominent opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez after five years in detention in what looks to be a significant triumph for the movement against the embattled President Nicolas Maduro.

Lopez was arrested in 2014 and later sentenced to 13 years and nine months for inciting violence during a period of anti-government protests back in a judicial process condemned by international human rights groups. He had been under house arrest since 2017.

In a video posted on Twitter just before the oper-

ation got underway, Guaido said the day marked the beginning of the final phase to bring an end to the regime in Venezuela and begin a democratic transition in the nation. “Today begins Operation Freedom for all of Venezuela,” he said, surrounded by a group of soldiers. He called on the rest of the armed forces to join the “non-violent” movement, Efe news reported.

The video posted on Twitter showed the released opposition leader standing next to Guaido and speaking to apparent members of the National Guard.

“I have been freed by soldiers on the order of the Constitution and President Guaido. I am at Carlota (military) Base. We all need to mobilize. It’s time to conquer freedom,” said Lopez.

Venezuela’s Communications Minister said the government of Maduro was confronting a coup.

“We inform the people of Venezuela that we are currently confronting and deactivating a small group of traitor military personnel,” he said.

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Lt. Nagashi Zhimo Died on 1st May 2018.

2nd DEATH ANNIVERSARY LT. NITOYI AYE

"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away" Job 1:21 Died on 01.05.2017

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view petition. His bail will expire on May 7, Geo News reported.

Sharif had been in jail since December 2018 following his conviction in Al Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference in line with the Supreme Court’s July 2017 verdict.

In December, the threetime Prime Minister was sentenced to seven years in prison after a ruling that AlAzizia Steel Mills -- a Saudi Arabian firm carrying the name of Sharif ’s son -- belonged to Sharif who could not clarify how the project was funded.

He was granted bail by the top court on March 26. On April 25, Sharif submitted a review petition in the court seeking permanent bail. The three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, will hear Sharif ’s petition on Friday.

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To our beloved, Gone from our home but not from our hearts. If we leave here tomorrow, will you still remember us? Goodbyes are not forever, goodbyes are not the end. We simply mean we miss you.

Loving Son, Daughter, Sisters, Nieces and Nephews.

Not even a single day has passed by without thinking of you. You will always be remembered in our hearts.

Loving Wife and Children

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Through this column, we would like to express heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us, physically, morally, financially, in prayers and all other uncountable ways during the untimely demise of our beloved Ahovi Assumi.

We are unable to personally thank every individual/ organizations for all your good deeds done towards us but we pray that Almighty God bless you abundantly.

We would like to specifically acknowledge the following organizations for your support : 1. Kichilimi Baptist Church 2. Kichilimi Youth & Women Dept.

3. Kichilimi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu 4. Lazami Baptist Church 5. Awohumi Baptist Church 6. Tukunasami Village 7. Aphuyemi Football Club 8. Business Welfare Association, Kohima Road

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project collects data on terrorists associated with organisations inspired by Al-Qaeda.

The researchers conducted comparative analyses of 272 women and 266 men for the study.

“Thirty four per cent of the women, in our sample, were born after 1990, while only 15 per cent of men were born after 1990.

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NEW YORK, APR 30 (IANS): Terrorist organisations may be recruiting more women, suggests a study evaluating the characteristics of women involved in jihadism-inspired terrorism.

For the study, the researchers drew on data from the Western Jihadism Project, based at Brandeis University in the US. The

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Women involved in jihadism-inspired terrorism.

Since we were able to control for age at radicalisation, this suggests an increase in women’s involvement in terrorist groups,” said study co-author Sarah Desmarais, Associate Professor at North Carolina State University in the US. Researchers found significant differences between men and women in their backgrounds and roles within terrorist groups. For example, only two per cent of women had a criminal background before radicalisation, compared with 19 per cent men.

And while about 14 per cent men had no profession in the six months preceding their affiliation with a terrorist group, almost 42 per cent of women were unemployed during the same period.

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First Kohima Arts & Jazz festival celebrated

Nagaland Post, Dimapur WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

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he first Kohima Arts & Jazz Festival was celebrated with much fun fare and joy as the day marked the International Jazz Day on April 30 at Regional Centre of Excellence for Music & Performing Arts (RCEMPA), Jotsoma.

The one-day event was organized by Nagaland College of Music & Fine Arts (NCMFA) and supported by Music Task Force (MTF) Nagaland.

The evening concert kicked started with Chris Jazz Trio setting up the mood of the jazz music in the arena, while Ameu Üsou Zao & the Choir, Tetseo Sisters, Blue Print, Virie, Nagagenous, NCMFA Jazz Ensemble and Mengu

Suokhrie also performed during the occasion.

Advisor, Youth Resources & Sports, Govt of Nagaland, Er. Zale Neikha, graced the event as the special guest for the evening.

In his speech, he said the government was creating more platforms for the young talents to get the exposure, and more avenues will be created in the field of music for those who are willing to work hard.

Adding, he said that there will be competition for young singers and talents where the winners will get an opportunity to tour with established singers and artistes this year.

He added the government was trying its best to

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promote music and arts in the state and has given an industry status calling it music industry.

While the department will be celebrating each music genre this year starting from this festival he hoped that all forms of music would flourish in Nagaland.

The advisor said the department are also introducing “performing arts” in our program for the first time this year where people will be taught to act and communicate to improve the society.

Earlier in the morning session, News Editor of All India Radio Kohima, Asonuo declared the festival open. In her

Chris Hemsworth thanks fans for love for ‘...Endgame’

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s “Avengers: Endgame”, the final chapter from the “Avengers” franchise broke all records globally by raking in $1.2 billion in its first weekend, actor Chris Hemsworth who stars as Thor in the film, thanked fans across the world for making it a success.

Hemsworth took to his Instagram on Tuesday

morning to share a video, wherein he said: “Huge weekend at the box office.

Historical moment. ‘Avengers: Endgame’ had the biggest opening of all time in cinematic history across the globe. Fast becoming the biggest film of all time and it is all thanks to you guys...

None of this is possible without your support.

“Whether you love

these characters from the comic books written many years ago or right through the last 10 years with these 22 films, your love have brought these characters to life and your responsible for its success.”

“Avengers: Endgame”, directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Brie Larson.

In addition to China, where it is already the number four title of all time, the film scored the highest opening weekend in 43 markets including India, UK/ Ireland, Australia, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and France.

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short speech, she said such festival was befitting as it promotes the local artistes in the state and give them a platform to showcase their talent. She also called upon the young people present to make best use of their talents in order to bring out

the standard of an art.

During the day event, it feature indoor and outdoor stages of live music, fine art, photo gallery, restaurants, crafts, ethnic food, and inflatable castle for kids and information booths.

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onths ahead of the India-Pakistan war broke out in 1971, it was just another day at work for the five young pilots at IAF’s 22 squadron in Kalaikunda as they moved around camouflaged nets and concrete blast pens in their black overalls and bikes, preserving themselves for the action.

Realising the similarities in their appearances and the Jawa bikes, they decided to capture the moment in the camera. The five Gnat pilots happily posed for a photograph with one hand on the petrol tank and a cigarette casually dangling from the lips of one of them.

None of them had a clue that the picture clicked nearly 50 years ago will go viral in the social media in 2019.

IANS spoke to Wing Commander Sunith Soares, Air Vice Marshal A.K. Shyam, group captains P.M. Velankar and Ashok Bhagwat (all retired) -- who were traced by Jawa Motorcycles and were made to recreate the photograph with only one difference, the missing fifth man in the 1971 picture

-- group captain V. Pashupati who is no more.

A fifth bike was placed with only a helmet in a missing man formation, an Air Force way of honouring a fallen pilot. “ I t wa s i n 1971, we knew war would come up, there was little flying and most of the day we would just sit around trying to waste time as we were preserving for the hour,” recalled Sunith Soares.

“There was a big shot coming to visit us so we decided to stay in our overalls which was jet black. We did not even have a squadron crest so we called ourselves Hell’s Angels inspired by the US group of bikers wearing black jackets and riding Harley Davidsons, and wore the patch on the sleeve,” he said explaining how they related to the gang of brave bikers who he said was “just like us”.

The Hells’s Angels became Sabre Slayers by the time the war ended as the

formation in which Soares was flying shot down three Sabre jets of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in what came to be known as one of the top five battles of modern jet era. The squadron was later officially crested as “Swifts”.

Air Vice Marhal Shyam recalled that he was only 21-year-old when the picture was taken.

“I used to drive around in my Jawa in the squadron as did all other pilots. I bought the bike from Jamshedpur. On that day (when the picture was taken), it just occurred to us that all of us had same bikes so we decided to take a picture.

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etflix has secured the rights to make a mini-series about the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from a cave in northern Thailand last year.

Wild Boars soccer team made headlines around the globe after they were trapped in a flooded cave for more than two weeks from June 2018.

All of them were saved following a successful operation involving 90 expert divers from around the world.

Eight months on, their story will be told by the streaming giants.

The miniseries will be directed by Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu and Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya.

"The story combines so many unique local and universal themes which con-

nected people from all walks "Thailand is a very imof life, from all around the portant market for Netflix world," said Netflix's Erika and we are looking forward North. to bringing this inspiring

local, but globally resonant story to life," she added.

The team, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach became trapped on June 23 while exploring the cave complex in Chiang Rai, when a rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels.

A 17-day effort to rescue them saw experts from various countries volunteering to help.

Former Thai navy diver Saman Gunan died after losing consciousness on his

way out of the Tham Luang cave complex, where he had been delivering air tanks.

"We look forward to working with all involved parties to ensure our story is told accurately," assistant coach Ekkapol "Ake" Chantapong said. So far, two books about the rescue have been published while a feature film by British-Thai director Tom Waller, The Cave, wrapped up shooting in December, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

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Players of Atlanta and Udinese fight for the ball during their Serie A match.

Chelsea’s Rudiger to miss rest of season

Lo n d o n, A p r 3 0 (Agencies): Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger will miss the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury which requires surgery.

The German centreback limped off during the second half of the Blues’ 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Sunday, and will now undergo an operation in Italy.

Ru d i ge r ’s a b s e n c e comes at a crucial point in the season for Chelsea as they chase success in Europe and a top-four place in the Premier League.

The 26-year-old will be sidelined for both legs of the Europa League semi-final against Eintracht Frankfurt, as well as the potential final.

He will also miss the final two league games of the season, against Watford and Leicester, with Chelsea looking to hold on to fourth spot and qualification for next season’s Champions League.

Rudiger is likely to be replaced by Andreas Christensen given that club captain Gary Cahill has been frozen out by Maurizio Sarri this season.

Rudiger, who has 30 caps for Germany, has made 44 appearances for Chelsea this season, scoring once.

Juventus willing to consider Dybala sale Milan, Apr 30 (Agencies): Juventus are open to the idea of offloading Paulo Dybala during the next transfer window.

The Argentina international is no longer considered to be integral to the Bianconeri’s future plans.

A summer of change is approaching in Turin and Dybala could find himself caught up in that process.

The arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018 has nudged the 25-year-old out of the limelight and into a supporting role.

Boasting a player of such ability as a back-up option is an obvious bonus for Juve, but the player himself is looking for much more.

His ambition dictates that he needs to be filling a leading role at club level. Such a standing is being denied him, with Massimiliano Allegri often asking him to play out of position in order to cater to the needs of Ronaldo.

Dybala has managed 10 goals in 39 appearances, but his situation has become complicated and big decisions are now approaching at a career crossroads.

If Allegri remains at the Juve helm, amid speculation suggesting that he could be targeted by other

aware that sanctioning a sale could still be considered an economic risk.

There are no offers on the table as things stand, but plenty of interest has been mooted in the past.

Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and Manchester United have all been linked with Dybala at one stage or another.

Juve would likely have no trouble finding a buyer were they to make the Argentine available, but they would be taking a financial hit.

Having acquired Dybala for €32 million in 2015, plus another €8m in add-ons, more was expected across four years, and the hope was that his value would have increased significantly by this point.

It now remains to be seen what the going rate would be for a player who remains under contract until 2022.

Dybala’s representatives have already started to hold informal discussions regarding their client’s future, so as not to be caught unawares.

The preference of all concerned would be to remain in Turin, with Juventus allowed to dictate proceedings, but the uncertainty surrounding a proven performer appears set to rumble on.

Milan, Apr 30 (Agencies): Atalanta edged into the Champions League spots when a late Marten De Roon penalty and deflected Mario Pasalic strike earned a 2-0 win over Udinese in a tense Serie A game on Monday.

The Bergamo-based team, who have never qualified for the Europe’s flagship club competition before, moved into fourth place with 59 points, one ahead of AS Roma with four games left. They are followed by Torino and AC Milan (56) and Lazio (55) in what has

become a fascinating battle for fourth place.

Atalanta were missing forward Josip Ilicic and were frustrated by Udinese for the first hour before the cracks started appearing in the visiting defence.

The hosts twice failed to find the finishing touch to balls rolled across the face of goal and Udinese goalkeeper Juan Musso made a desperate save after Alejandro Gomez’s cross was deflected towards goal.

But they also had a letoff in between as Rodrigo de Paul curled a low shot

Rakitic wants Barcelona stay

Rupinder returns to Indian hockey team Frolic Cup reach quarter final stage

Rupinder Pal Singh

New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI): Experienced dragflicker Rupinder Pal Singh Tuesday returned to the Indian men’s hockey team, which also features debutant Jaskaran Singh for the tour of Australia, starting May 10.

Rupinder is returning to the squad after a long injury lay-off. He last played for India at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta last year.

The 18-member squad, announced Tuesday by Hockey India, will be led by mid-fielder Manpreet Singh while Surender Kumar has been named as the vicecaptain.

T h e t o u r, m a r k e d as a preparation for next month’s Hockey Series Final in Bhubaneswar, will be newly-appointed chief Graham Reid’s maiden assignment with the Indian team.

India began the season with a silver medal at the 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia,

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It could be that a role is found for him alongside the Welshman, but such a decision will depend on who is calling the shots from the dugout.

The suggestion is that Allegri will be staying put and that clouds the picture for Dybala, with Juventus

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Dimapur, Apr 30 (NPN): Young Challenger FC beat Machiebadze Boys by 2-0 to reach the quarter final at the ongoing Frolic Cup played at Medziphema town local ground. Noulevituo and Zumzum scored a goal each.

In the 6th pre-quarter final, Greenhill Club defeated Ngwalwa Boys with a solitary goal. The head to head contest was decided with the solitary goal coming from the boot of S. Darhü.

In 7th pre-quarter, Vision Holders Alato beat Young Menace FC 4-1.

The goal scorers for Vision Holders were Inoto Ayemi (3goal) and an own goal by

leading European clubs, then Dybala’s future appears to lie elsewhere.

Having already slipped down the pecking order, the South American is set to see Aaron Ramsey join the creative ranks at Juve once he reaches the end of his contract at Arsenal.

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where a young team with a select few seasoned players were tested against sides like Korea, Japan, Canada, Poland and Malaysia.

In the Australia tour too, India will try youngsters besides testing experienced players ahead of handpicking team for the Hockey Series Final, to be held from June 6 to 15.

P R Sreejesh and Krishan B Pathak are the two goalkeepers, while the backline, which also features Surender, Harmanpreet Singh, Birendra Lakra, Gurinder Singh and Kothajit Singh, will be bolstered by the return of Rupinder.

The 25-year-old Ja-

landhar-born Jaskaran will make his debut in the Indian midfield along side Hardik Singh, Manpreet, Vivek Sagar Prasad and Nilakanta Sharma.

The forward-line will consist of Akashdeep Singh -- who was rested for the season opener in Ipoh -- along with Armaan Qureshi, Mandeep Singh, Sumit Kumar Jr and Gursahibjit Singh.

“This tour will provide me with a great chance to get to know this group of players. It comprises a wellbalanced mix, including some younger players, a debutant and a player coming back from long-term injury,” new chief coach Reid said.

“To be able to play four matches against a world class opposition including a match against club side Western Australia Thundersticks will be a great opportunity to test our players under pressure. It provides the ideal preparation for FIH Men’s Hockey Series Final in June,” he added.

The tour will feature four matches -- two against Australia national side, one against Australia ‘A’ and one against Western Australia.

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M a d r i d, A p r 3 0 (Agencies): Ivan Rakitic insists he wants to stay at Barcelona. The Croatia midfielder intends to see out the remaining three years on his contract amid speculation there is interest from Manchester United and Inter Milan.

But Rakitic suggested his future is out of his hands, following reports in Spain earlier this year that Rakitic maybe for sale as the La Liga champions look to refresh their team.

“I don’t want to be anywhere else,” he told reporters after Barca retained their domestic title at the weekend. “I hope the club, the president, the coach and the fans see this the same way I do. I hope they tell me that I’ll stay here for another three years. I’d like to be able to point to the three more years on my contract and to say I’ll be here three more years. Anything can happen in football, but I am very calm about it all.”

It was reported last month that Barca had held talks with Manchester United’s Juan Mata over a summer switch, seeing him as an enticing free transfer.

Barcelona are longterm admirers of Mata and are looking to pick up free transfers where they can, having surprised many with the signing of Kevin-Prince Boateng in January.

The Catalans are understood to see this as a way of keeping funds free for more ambitious targets this summer such as the highly-rated Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong.

against the post after a solo run.

The breakthrough finally came with eight minutes left when Andrea Masiello skipped past Sandro and fell over the Brazilian’s trailing leg to win a penalty, although contact was minimal. Dutchman De Roon stepped up to convert from the spot. Croatian Pasalic made sure of the points three minutes later with a low 20-metre strike which was deflected past Musso.

Udinese stayed 17th, one place and four points clear of relegation zone.

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The Annual Sports meet of Police Unit School, Mon commenced Monday (20/04/19) at its school premises with Deputy Commissioner, Mon, Shri Thavaseelan K., IAS as the Special Guest.

Speaking at the inaugural program the Special Guest encouraged the students to develop one's faith and believe in whatever good things one is doing and to work hard toward achieving one's goal. He also spoke on the importance of family and friends in a student's life and the importance of out knowledge and co-curricular activities apart from the bookish knowledge.

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New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI): Asian Games and championship gold-medallist Amit Panghal and 2017 world bronze-winner Gaurav Bidhuri were Tuesday nominated for the Arjuna award by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

Panghal, who claimed the light flyweight (49kg) category gold after defeating reigning Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan in the Asiad final at Jakarta, was nominated last year as well for the second highest sporting honour after the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.

However, he was not considered due to a failed dope test in 2012, for which he served a one-year ban.

“We are nominating Amit again and we are confident that he will be

considered this time,” Boxing Federation President Ajay Singh told reporters at a felicitation function.

Panghal, who now competes in 52kg category, had said that the anabolic steroid for which he tested positive was a case of accidental intake during treatment for chicken pox.

His name was not accepted by the awards selection committee due to the positive dope test.

It remains to be seen whether there would be a change in the position due to the Armyman’s continuous remarkable performances, including a Commonwealth Games silver last year and most recently a gold in the Asian championships in the 52kg division.

“Let’s see what happens now. I am hopeful

Wimbledon increases prize money by 11.8%

LO N D O N, A p r 3 0 (Agencies): Wimbledon prize money will total 38 million pounds ($49.4 million) for this year’s championships, a rise of 11.8 percent, the All England Club announced on Tuesday.

The men’s and women’s singles champions will receive 2.35 million pounds — 100,000 more than in 2018.

Continuing a theme of recent years, organisers have again significantly raised prize money for early-round losers. Prize money for qualifying and rounds one to three in the singles will rise by 10 percent with 45,000 pounds now the compensation for a first-round singles exit.

The Championships, which this year will see a roof on Court One, will not employ the ‘shot clock’ used at this year’s Australian Gaurav Bidhuri Open, although it is likely to be rolled out in 2020, acthat this time, I would be cording to club CEO Richconsidered,” Panghal told ard Lewis.

PTI. Similarly, Bidhuri’s name has also been sent again. The Delhi-based boxer, who recently won a silver medal at the national S y dn e y, A p r 3 0 championships, was the (Agencies): Australia lone Indian medallist at the all-rounder James Faulkner 2017 world championships has described speculation over his sexuality following in Hamburg.

Other boxers who will posts on social media as a be in contention but have “misunderstanding”.

The 29-year-old apnot been recommended peared to suggest he was

by Boxing Federation are in a same-sex relationship former world silver-med- when he shared a picture allist Sonia Lather and on Instagram and Twitter former Common Wealth of himself alongside his Games bronze-winner mother and a man he dePinki Rani. scribed as his “boyfriend”.

Women’s assistant The photo was capcoach Sandhya Gurung tioned: “Birthday dinner and former women’s chief with the boyfriend @robcoach Shiv Singh’s names jubbsta and my mother have been recommend- @roslyn--carol--faulkner ed for the Dronacharya #togetherfor5years.”

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BCCI look to earn Rs 20 cr from playoffs New Delhi, Apr 30 (IANS): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is looking to pocket a cool Rs 20 crore from gate money during the playoff games in the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League.

While the gate money during the group stage goes to the various franchises, the money collected from the last four games in the IPL goes to the board.

The BCCI in its budget for the 2019 edition of the cash-rich league has calculated a Rs 2 crore rise from the gate money than what they had collected in the 2018 edition as per documents accessed by IANS. In the 2018, the amount calculated as gate money was Rs 18 crore.

The final of the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on May 12 after the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) failed to

secure permission to open stands I, J and K. But quality performance from Chennai Super Kings has seen the board keep Qualifier 1 in Chennai as BCCI doesn’t want fans to be robbed a chance to watch a knockout game.

While Chennai will now host Qualifier 1 on May 7, Vizag will host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2.

The playoffs are generally hosted at the home grounds of the defending champions and runnersup team, however, certain challenges saw the BCCI remove this year’s final from Chennai to Hyderabad.

Hyderabad was expect-

ed to host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2, but due to local elections scheduled on May 6, 10 and 14, that will not be possible as the police will not be in a position to provide the required security and permissions.

Vizag was kept as back-up for the playoff games and will now host the Eliminator on May 8 and Qualifier 2 on May 10.

Speaking after the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) meeting with Team IPL, chief Vinod Rai had spoken about the need to shift the final as the gate sales of the playoff games is BCCI’s prerogative.

“We had to shift the matches from Chennai to Hyderabad after TNCA intimated us that they have not procured the requisite permission to open the three stands I, J and K. Since the gate sales of the knock-out matches is BCCI’s prerogative, we had to take a call,” he had said.

Rio on Man Utd sporting director shortlist

London , A p r 3 0 (Agencies): Rio Ferdinand is one of several candidates Manchester United have spoken to about becoming their first sporting director. United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has discussed the position with Ferdinand, and wants to finalise an appointment before the start of next season.

United want a candidate who understands how the club works, which makes Ferdinand, who spent 12 years as a player at Old Trafford, an attractive candidate. The person who fills the newly-created sporting director role is expected to focus on the transfer market, the academy and supporting the management team.

Ole Gunnar, who was appointed as United’s permanent manager last month, is willing to work with a sporting director and has been involved in discussions regarding the recruitment.

Faulkner clarifies social media posts stars rushed to praise him, with Glenn Maxwell replying to the post with the message “great courage”, and Shaun Tait saying: “Great courage mate, bet u feel better.”

But it later emerged that the posts had been misinterpreted, with Faulkner confirming on his Instagram account that he was not gay.

“There seems to be a misunderstanding about my post from last night, I am not gay, however it has been fantastic to see the support from and for the LBGT community,” he said. “Let’s never forget love is love, however @

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robjubbsta is just a great friend. Last night marked five years of being house mates! Good on everyone for being so supportive.”

His original post was edited to include “best

mate!!!” in his description of Mr Jubb, who is also said to be Faulkner’s business partner. Cricket Australia released a statement after the post gained wide-spread attention, apologising for “any unintended offence”.

“Cricket Australia does not consider the social commentary this morning from James Faulkner to be a joke, nor does James,” the statement said.

“His comment was made as a genuine reflection of his relationship with his business partner, best friend and house mate of five years. He was not contacted for clarification before some outlets re-

ported his Instagram post as an announcement of a homosexual relationship.”

“James and CA are supportive of the LGBQTI community and recognises coming out can be an incredibly emotional time.

The post was not in any way meant to make light of this. Cricket Australia apologises for any unintended offence.”

Faulkner, man of the match in the 2015 OneDay World Cup final when Australia beat New Zealand, has played 67 one-day internationals for Australia after making his debut against the West Indies in 2013.

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