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Vol XXIX No. 169
DIMAPUR, MONDAY, MAY 27, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.00
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Modi to be sworn in on May 30 It may be mentioned that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance had won a resounding majority in the Lok Sabha elections, securing over 350 seats in the 545-member Lok Sabha out of which the BJP alone has a majority of 303 Members of Parliament.
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NEW DELHI, MAY 26 (NPN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was re-elected with a thumping majority for a second term at the Centre, will take oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 30. The ceremony will take place at 7 p.m., President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted. Other members of the Union Cabinet will also be sworn, reports stated. “President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the Oath of Office and Secrecy to the Prime Minister and other members of Union Council of Ministers on May 30 at 7 p.m. at Rashtrapati Bhavan,” a communiqué issued by President’s press secretary Ashok Malik said. Names of the ministers who would join Modi in his second innings is yet to be disclosed, though there has been speculation about some new members like BJP president Amit Shah, expected to join the council, including from states like West Bengal that played a key role in the BJP’s massive victory in the just-held Lok Sabha elections. On Saturday, Modi was unanimously elected as the
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leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party and the NDA Parliament Party to head the new government. A delegation of the NDA led by BJP president Amit Shah, along with Prakash Singh Badal, Rajnath Singh, Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan, Sushma Swaraj, Uddhav Thakeray, Nitin Gadkari, K Palaniswami, Conrad Sangma and Neiphiu Rio, called on the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. They handed over a letter to the President stating Modi has been elected the leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party. Later, the Prime Minister-elect called on President Kovind and staked claim to form a new government at the Centre.
NDA may get majority in Rajya Sabha next year IANS: After its overwhelming success in the Lok Sabha, the BJP-led NDA is expected to get a majority in the Rajya Sabha by the end of next year which will make it easy for the Modi government to push its legislative agenda that has often faced hurdles in the upper house during the past five years for lack of majority. At present, the NDA has 102 members in the upper house of Parliament, compared to 66 of the Congress-led UPA and 66 of the parties not aligned with either of the two alliances. The BJP-led NDA is expected to add about 18 seats to its tally by November next year. The ruling alliance can also be sure of the backing of some nominated, independent
and unattached members. The half-way mark in the upper house is 123 and the members of upper house are elected by the members of state assemblies. BJP will win most of the 10 Rajya Sabha seats that will fall vacant in November next year in Uttar Pradesh. Nine of these seats are held by the opposition parties- six by Samajwadi Party, two by the Bahujan Samaj Party and one by Congress. By next year, BJP will also pick up seats in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh. It would lose seats in Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. While biennial elections have already been announced for two seats in Assam, three more seats will fall vacant in the state next year. Nearly one third of the seats of the upper house will fall vacant between June this year and November next year. Two seats will fall vacant in Assam next month and six in Tamil Nadu in July this year. Thereafter, fifty five seats will fall vacant in April next year, five in June, one in July and 11 in November.
NPCC calls for open debate on CAB to take collective stand
ECI lifts model code of conduct NEW DELHI, MAY 26 (PTI): The model code of conduct, which came into force on March 10 when the Lok Sabha election was announced, ceased to be in existence, the Election Commission said on Sunday. In an instruction to the cabinet secretary and chief secretaries of state governments, the commission said the model code had been lifted with immediate effect. The code bars the party in power from using official machinery to further its political interests. The poll panel uses the model code to pull up politicians who are either found guilty of threatening voters or using religion and bribe to seek votes. The election watchdog used its constitutional powers to ban some politicians from campaigning for a few days. It cited the disruption of level-playing field to ban biopics on politicians, including one on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, till the election process was over. The seven-phase electoral exercise began on April 11 and ended on May 19.
D I M A P U R , M AY 2 6 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has called for an open debate on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) issue in the presence of all political parties, civil society groups and legal luminaries for enabling all to take a collective stand and generate a consensus, so that the Central government can leave out Nagaland from the purview of the Bill as there is no relation between CAB and Article 371(A). As in the party’s political analysis it was found that Nagas will not be safe under CAB, NPCC president K Therie, in a release, explained that Congress had raised its voice on the issue during the recentlyconcluded Lok Sabha election. However, he admitted that the mandate was in favour of CAB with NDPPBJP combine winning by a slender margin. Alleging that the entire CAB issue was a vote bank politics, he said BJP has reaped benefits from it in the Parliamentary election. Despite the Northeast’s united protest against the Bill, he pointed out that
BJP, with no regard for sentiments of the people of the region, had boldly reiterated during its campaign in Assam that it would pass the Bill should it be voted to power. Asserting that BJP had won in West Bengal and Assam due to illegal immigrant voters and well-wishers yearning to bring their relatives from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, Therie asserted that if their votes can win the election, that alone is proof that they are not in small numbers as was explained in a study paper. He alleged that BJP is not worried about the hill States’ objection to CAB as their numbers hardly matter. What should be focused is the long-term objective of the Bill to submerge political rights and identities of tribals and the region in time to come, he added. While pointing out CAB plans to amend the Citizenship Act of 1955 and grant legal status to the illegal immigrants and that Himanta Biswa Sarma, “alleged architect of the Bill”, had admitted that there are more than eight lakh
Hindu Bengalis in Assam, NPCC president feared that the actual numbers could be more, and all of whom would be granted citizenship. Therefore, the number 31,313 quoted as the number of people who would benefit from CAB is misguiding, he claimed. Recalling that the PDA government had even adopted a resolution to oppose the Bill, Therie alleged that, with the winds having changed at the Centre, an attempt is being made to rebrand and change the narrative of the Bill in the context of the Nagas to please New Delhi. However, he warned that the issue, if not handled with wisdom, could be the start of an end of the Nagas and “our indigenous status”. Pointing out that he was worried because he would not like his future generations to be submerged in the ocean of migrants that he foresees in a matter of a few decades, Therie cautioned that demography will be changed and “our religion, identity, culture and social practices will vanish in the overcrowded population” with time.
Fuel prices ENPO, tribal bodies and 4-lane: TSUD calls Rahul takes back offer to resign as Cong chief hiked for fourth frontal units flay ambush for resolving land wanted him to remain at tasted defeat in Jodhpur. the helm of the country’s Gandhi said that Party gen. secys straight day DIMAPUR, MAY 26 (NPN): Eastern Nagaland compensation issue oldest political party. Ashok Gehlot campaigned & state chiefs The CWC has autho- in Jodhpur for a week, D I M A P U R , M AY 2 6 People’s Organisation (ENPO), along with six DIMAPUR, MAY 26 (NPN): Exrised Gandhi to make com- ignoring the other tasks of (NPN): Petrol and diesel federating tribal bodies and two frontal organisa- pressing concern over the ongoing may face the axe plete overhaul and detailed the party. prices were increased on tions, have condemned the ambush of an Assam dispute between land owners and Sunday for the fourth consecutive day. After the daily revision in retail fuel prices, petrol prices in all the metro cities raised by 13-14 paise a litre while diesel became costlier by 7-8 paise. In the national capital Delhi, petrol prices rose to Rs 71.67 a litre against Rs 71.53 a litre on Saturday while diesel price climbed to Rs 66.64 per litre as compared to Rs 66.57 per litre on Saturday, as per data from Indian Oil Corporation website. Meanwhile in Dimapur, petrol price was hiked to Rs. 69.36 as compared to Rs. 69.23on Saturday and diesel was hiked by 7 paise costing Rs. 64.08 per litre. In Kohima, petrol cost Rs. 70.17 per litre, a hike by 14 paise and diesel was hiked by 7 paise costing Rs. 64.69 per litre on Sunday. The fuel price is dependent on the global crude oil prices, rupee to US dollar exchange rate, global cues, fuel demand, etc. Fuel price includes excise duty, valueadded tax (VAT) and dealer commission. VAT varies from state to state. India imports 80 per cent of its crude requirements.
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Rifles (AR) team by suspected militants between Tobu and Ukha in Mon district on Saturday in which two AR personnel were killed and several injured. In a joint statement, the organisations said the incident was contrary to the December 18 Tuensang Resolution that was based on popular public prayer and demand for peace and tranquillity within ENPO jurisdiction. This was the outcome of people’s experience of years of hardships and violence, particularly fratricidal killings, they explained. Appealing to all concerned to honour the sentiments of public for peace and tranquillity and refrain from merciless killings, Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation and the six federating tribal bodies and frontal organisations also conveyed their deep condolences to the bereaved and wished speedy recovery of the injured. The six federating tribal bodies included Chang Khulie Setshang, Khiamniungan Tribal Council, Konyak Union, Phom People’s Council, United Sangtam Likhum Pumji and Yimchunger Tribal Council, while the frontal organisations are Eastern Nagaland Women Organisation and Eastern Naga Students’ Federation.
contractors engaged in four-laning of NH-29 over land compensation issue, Tenyimi Students’ Union Dimapur (TSUD) has appealed to both Land Owners’ Union and Dimapur district administration to resolve the issue so that development activities are not stalled. In a statement, TSUD president Azo Wetsah and speaker David Keneingutuo Sorunuo, pointed out at a time when the much-awaited construction of the four-lane highway is going on and the public, specially students, are having to endure dusts caused by construction activities but are still eagerly awaiting completion of work at the earliest, it is unfortunate that the work is being sought to be stopped. The duo appealed to both parties to hammer out their differences with understanding and maturity, keeping in mind the general welfare of all.
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS): Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took back his offer to quit as the Congress President, a proposal he made during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Saturday following the party’s rout in the Lok Sabha elections, party sources said. A party source told IANS: “Rahulji has taken back his proposal to resign as the party chief today.” The source added that responsibility will be fixed for the party’s debacle in the general elections and action will unfold in the next 10 days. Many party General Secretaries and state unit chiefs could face the heat, the source said. Gandhi offered to step
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down from the President’s post at the CWC meeting, taking responsibility for Congress’ embarrassing defeat in the Lok Sabha polls in which it won just 52 seats. However, his offer was unanimously rejected by the CWC members though Gandhi had insisted on its acceptance. Party sources said Gandhi took back the offer to resign in the wake of the views expressed by the CWC members who
restructuring of the party at every level. According to the source, the Congress President was quite forthright at the CWC meeting, not sparing even some senior leaders of the party. Gandhi is believed to have said that Congress Chief Ministers Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath were eager to give ticket to their sons although the party President was not very keen on the idea as he felt that they had a bigger role to play in campaigning. While Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath successfully contested from his father’s stronghold Chhindwara, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot
The source said that Gandhi also referred to veteran Congressman and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for pushing for a Lok Sabha ticket for his son Karti Chidambaram from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu. Karti Chidambaram is one of the eight Congress candidates who won in Tamil Nadu. The Congress President reportedly told the Congress Working Committee that these senior leaders had put the interests of their sons before the interests of the party. Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have said that Chidambaram was even willing to walk out of the party if his son was denied a Lok Sabha ticket.
Widespread rainfall in NE due to cyclonic circulations M’laya HC sets aside controversial GUWAHATI, MAY 26 (AGENCIES): Under the influence of two cyclonic circulations, moisture-laden winds have entered the North Eastern region and this situation has caused widespread rainfall activities over AssamMeghalaya and NagalandManipur-Mizoram-Tripura (NMMT) meteorological (Met) sub-divisions on Saturday, covering almost all areas of the two Met subdivisions. As per a report in the Assam Tribune, the first cyclonic circulation, extending up to 0.9 km above mean sea level, is persisting over northern part of Gangetic West Bengal and neighbourhood, while the second cyclonic circulation, extending up to 0.9 km above mean sea level, is persisting over south Assam and neighbourhood. Under the impact of both these systems, moistureladen winds are reaching the
‘Hindu Country’ verdict by HC judge
Trough Cyclonic Circulation Western Disturbance
lower atmospheric levels of the NE region. At present, the moisture-laden winds are reaching Assam-Meghalaya and NMMT. This is the reason why these parts of the region experienced widespread rainfall activities on Saturday. However, the situation will improve thereafter, sources in the Regional Meteorology Centre (RMC) here said.
It needs mention here that in the meteorological parlance, a cyclonic circulation (Cycir) is an atmospheric wind flow in upper levels associated with any low pressure system and under it, the wind flow is counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. A Low Pressure Area
is an area in the atmosphere in which the pressures are lower than those of the surrounding region at the same level and is represented on a synoptic chart by a system of one closed isobar (wind speed on the surface < 17 Knots (Kts) when the system is at sea or one closed isobar in the radius of 3 Deg. from the centre over land).
SHILLONG, MAY 26 (PTI): Meghalaya High Court has set aside a controversial judgement made by Justice SR Sen, its former judge, observing that India should have been declared a ‘Hindu country’ after partition, a TNT report stated. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir found the judgement “legally flawed” and inconsistent with the constitutional principles. In a judgement in December last year, a single judge bench of Justice Sen had observed that India, if divided on the basis of religion, should have been declared a Hindu country. “After bestowing our thoughtful consideration to the entire gamut of the matter we have reached to
a firm conclusion that the judgment impugned dated 10.12.2018 is legally flawed and is inconsistent with constitutional principles, the observations made and directions passed therein are totally superfluous, therefore, is set aside in its entirety,” the bench said in an order. While disposing of a petition by a person who was denied domicile certificate by the Meghalaya government, Justice Sen had also observed that anyone opposing Indian laws and the Constitution should not be considered a citizen of India. The judgement faced criticism from various quarters forcing him to issue a clarification four days later, saying his judgment was neither politically motivated nor influenced by
any party. In his judgement, Justice Sen had also set aside two notifications issued by the Meghalaya government relating to issuance of permanent residence certificate/domicile certificates. The division bench, however, observed that setting aside of the two notifications without any challenge was “impermissible” and “not sustainable”. Justice Sen had also directed the Centre to enact a law to safeguard the interests of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians, Parsis, Khasis and Garos who have already come to India and who are yet to come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan as well as Persons of Indian Origin who are residing abroad. K Y M C
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Himalayan cleanup campaign launched in Nagaland
KMC administrator, Kovi Meyase speaking at the Volunteers during the campaign at Chumoükedima Volunteers being administered the pledge to be Youths during their trek to Mt. Tiyi on the theme, Sanuorii cleanup campaign in Kohima. (DIPR) town on May 25. ambassadors of plastic-free village at Mopungchuket. “green wave” on May 25
DIMAPUR: Along with ten other cleanup teams across Nagaland, Himalayan cleanup campaign kick started on May 25 in Kohima, Chumoükedima, Mopungchuket,Wokha and Dimapur. Kohima: Kohima Sanuorii cleanup campaign kick started with an inaugural programme held at Kohima Arts College auditorium. According to DIPR report, the campaign was organised by the Kohima Village Youth Organisation (KVYO) and Green Team Kohima (GTK) on the theme “Our mountains deserve better in Kohima”. “Much has been said on how precarious our environment and the land we are living in have become, however, not many have come forward to save the environment” said KMC
administrator Kovi Meyase. He said that the KMC was proud to be part of the initiative and assured support in the coming days. General secretary KCCI, Akhrieu Mor, said that the exercise will be carried out meticulously as it was not just about collecting waste and dumping it in the dumping site but understanding waste and how it was polluting the environment. Chairman Kohima Village Council, Dr. Neiphi Kire also speaking at the programme added that if everyone started cleaning their own house and nearby surroundings then the world would be a better place to live in. Volunteers began the cleanup drive from various points like Tinpati, Secretariat and Kohima college area and culminated at the
Sanuorü Bridge with waste segregated from all points to be taken to the dumping area. C TC, C T YO & EcoSquad: Chumoükedima Town Council (CTC) in partnership with CTYO and EcoSquad organised clean Himalaya campaign at Chumoükedima town with participation of volunteers from Agape Higher Secondary School, St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Mt Mary Higher Secondary School, Govt Higher Secondary School, North Town Higher Secondary School, CTSU and EcoSquad. According to DIPR report, the event was an opportunity to meet likeminded people and build solidarity towards sustainable lifestyle. The event was organised on the zero
waste concept. Through this campaign, seven locations were cleaned with a total participation of 240 volunteers. Mopungchuket: In Mopungchuket village, 91 volunteers teamed up and cleaned three prominent sites in the village periphery, initiated by The Greensight Project in association with the Youth Ministry of Mopungchuket Baptist Church. A press release from The Greensight Project convener, Limalenden Longkumer stated that the sites cleaned included Süngkotenem Park, Mangkolong oak tree avenue stretching three kms and Longrangtenem Park, all of which are frequented by tourists and visitors. A total of 212 kgs of waste were collected from
the three sites comprised of pet bottles, multi-layered packaging wrappers and single-use plastic items, tins, textiles, glass and other plastic items. After collecting and segregating the wastes, brand and waste audits were undertaken at all the three cleanup sites simultaneously. The remaining garbage was disposed at MMC dump site located 25 kms away from the village. Earlier in the morning, a brief thanksgiving programme was held at Pongen Salang for Mopungchuket winning the second place in the Himalayan Cleanup 2018 competition. The volunteers present also pledged to be ambassadors of plastic-free Mopungchuket. Volunteers from the village council, Watsü women organization, eighteen women’s
ARPTAN launched in Wokha Correspondent
Nagaland DB Association (NDBA) conducted tour activities in all district headquarters during the month of May. Seen here are NDBA members, DBs of Phek along with DC Phek, Sachin Jaiswal on May 17. (NDBA general secretary, R. Kemerio Yanthan)
ZKGBU condemns alleged assault
Dimapur: Zeliang-Luki Gaon Budha Union (ZKGBU), Ahthibung SubDivision has condemned the alleged physical assault on an innocent villager in Khelma by Zeliangrong Region Cadres over a tax issue on May 23. According to ZKGBU chairman, Seijalam Hangsing, around four to five national workers of Zeliangrong region with their leader “2nd Leiutenent Nzuakam” went to
Khelma village and brutally assaulted one person identified as Benjamin and left him unconscious in cemetery area. While condemning the assault, ZKGBU said such an act of “inhumanity” should be condemned by all people of the KukiZeliang society and appealed to the Zeliangrong region authorities to refrain from such activities in future. Meanwhile, the union
has appreciated the efforts of Ahthibung Assam Rifles and police for arresting the three assaulters – “2nd Leiutenent” Nzuakam son of Suilak of A block - Samzuiram village, “Sgt Maj” Daniel son of Tabui, Razou Peyu and Sitang son of Akhang of A block Samzuiram village. The union has also urged the security forces to visit the area frequently so that peace environment could prevail.
Wokha, May 26 (NPN): Adhoc-Regularized Primary Teachers’ Association, Nagaland (ARPTAN), with an aim to look after the needs and welfare of adhoc-regularized primary teachers under the state’s Department of School Education, was formally launched at LTC Hall, Wokha on May 24, 2019. A communiqué issued by ARPTAN media cell said this was a follow-up execution of the February 15, 2019 meeting held at CANSSEA conference hall, Kohima where it resolved to form an association by the nomenclature ARPTAN to look after the needs and welfare of adhoc-regularized primary teachers of Nagaland who were being discriminated in service matters. The communiqué made it clear that ARPTAN would be an independent association separate from all other associations or organizations within the Depart-
SASRD observes 25th parting social
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his speech asked the graduating students to cherish their accomplishments and challenged them to make best use of the knowledge acquired in SASRD. He also elaborated them on the principles of hard work and perseverance through all trials and tribulations, asking the students to always carry a positive attitude. Dipong, Tinuyangba and Imlibenla Longchar de-
livered speeches on behalf of the outgoing students from B.Voc, B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. and M.Sc. (Ag.) respectively while, Kati S. Zhimomi, B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons 3rd year delivered the speech on behalf of the remaining students. E a r l i e r, we l c o m e speech was delivered by NU: SASRD dean, professor A.K Makar, exhortation by acting pro-vice chancellor professor M.
Aleminla Ao and professor Pauline Alila, student’s welfare-incharge felicitated special guest, dignitaries and the invitees. The programme was chaired by Kedichütuo Peseyie, general secretary, SU: SASRD. Evangelical Union, SASRD presented welcome song and Imnichetla Jamir, social and cultural secretary, SU: SASRD delivered the vote of thanks.
(Civil) Wokha, Chonbenthung Ezung and EAC development Toking for supporting and assisting the youths. The youths also requested all Citizens from Wokha district to be responsible for ecology and to restrain use of plastics while visiting Mt. Tiyi. They also reminded the citizens that waste should be properly disposed off to keep the mountain free from non biodegradable substances. Citizens have also been cautioned against cutting down of trees as the mountain was a guardian to the people. Dimapur: The clean campaign was also carried out at Padam Phukuri Village. The cleanup was jointly coordinated by CAN Youth, North East Welfare Society,
Nature Ambassadors in Collaboration with Padam Pukhuri Village Council and supported by Eastern Christian College, St. Mary Higher secondary School, Pint Mount School and Victory Nagamese Baptist Church, Padam Pukhuri. A press release by CAN Youth stated that the cleanup held at four locations within Padam Pukhuri Village and altogether 220.2 kgs of waste were collected and 118 sacks were used during the segregation and brand audit. The release stated that a short interaction was held between cleanup coordination team, village council chairman and secretary, GBs and VDB secretary on how to minimize the usage of single plastic use and installation of dustbins in every shop.
Marian procession carried out by Catholics at Kohima village DIMAPUR: Christ King Church (CKC), Kohima village carried out its annual Marian procession on May 26 in Kohima. A press release from CKC Kohima stated that, a large number of Marian devotees, Catholics in general as well as members of various associations participated. Service began with a song devoted to Blessed Virgin Mary, and reflections devoted to Mary were given by Fr. James, principal Don Bosco Hr.Sec. School Kohima. The decorated statue of Mary Help of Christians was also blessed. The faithful started the Marian procession from Don Bosco College, Kohima and went up to Christ King Church (CKC) Kohima. The procession concluded with a Eucharistic adoration service at CKC Kohima. According
Catholics taking part in Marian procession.
to Catholics, the month of out the month, rosar y May is devoted to Blessed prayers are recited by the Virgin Mary and through- faithful.
Health awareness at Anatongre village DIMAPUR: Nagaland Health Project (NHP) conducted an awareness programme on the topic “Malaria”, at health and wellness centre, Anatongre organized by health sub-centre management committee on May 25. A press release from NHP stated that, resource person, ANM Tsapichola of HWC Anatongre stressed on the information related to cause and effect of malaria as a disease. Tsulimthong VCC in his short speech encouraged villagers to keep the village environment clean to maintain malaria free village. The programme was led by R. Shulimkiu, chairman HSCMC and invocation by Tsinthong, pastor Anatongre Baptist Church.
Students and faculty at the parting social programme on May 24.
DIMAPUR: School of Ag ricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD), Nagaland University (NU), Medziphema Campus, held its 25th parting social with Renben Jami, director, Land Resource Department as special guest on May 24. A press release from SU: SASRD information and publicity secretary, Atsungpong Longchar stated that, Renben Jami in
ment of School Education, Nagaland. A team led by T. Ezanthung Lotha as convenor, Rhanthungo Kikon as general secretary, Renpenthung Khuvung as finance secretary, and N. Kilumo Humtsoe as joint secretary incharge of Wokha district was also installed to look after the functioning of the association. ARPTAN media cell informed that other office bearers would be co-opted/ inducted from other districts as and when necessary. Hundreds of adhocregularized primary teachers who attended the launching function resolved to extend full support to ARPTAN and also to maintain a distinct identity from that of other associations or organizations within the Department of School Education. ARPTAN media cell has also informed all adhocregularized teachers from all districts in the state to contact the following phone numbers for further details: 7005633162/9436078676/9 615397925/9612971920.
SHGs and MALT participated in the campaign. WVSU: Ten youths from Wokha and Wokha Village Students Union (WVSU) trekked to Mt. Tiyi on the theme, “Green wave”. A press release from WVSU stated that, the mission to clean Mt. Tiyi from plastics as well as proper disposal of garbage was done in collaboration with district administration on the government’s directive to restrict and ban use of plastics and free from nonbiodegradable substances and declare Mt. Tiyi as plastic free zone. Four American cheese nut sponsored by Khyolamo Humtsoe was planted at Mt. Tiyi. Youths who participated at the clean camping appreciated DC, Wokha, Dr. Jeelani Samoon, SDO
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DIMAPUR: New Wokha Village Students Union (NWVSU), youth organizations, VDB and the council will be organising plantation drive, erecting eco-friendly slogans and traffic accident awareness along NH-61 within its jurisdiction on May 29 from 8 am to 4 pm. All commuters on the NH-61 have been requested to cooperate with the volunteers.
Massive landslide occurred at the premises of the GMS Tongdentsuyong Ward in Mokokchung at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, hindering ongoing exams. District Education Office, AEO Alemtemsu Ao visited the spot and donated a sum of Rs. 10,000 as immediate relief.
NSRLM conducts MIS review-cum-training
DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) conducted a fiveday MIS review-cum-training programme in Kohima with an objective to review the achievements of FY 18-19 and also to build the capacity of the MIS professionals at the blocks and districts from May 21-25. A press release from SRLM, state programme manager-MIS, Ren Murry stated that, additional secretary RD & mission director, Athel O. Lotha in her keynote address, stressed on MIS being the backbone of any project and encouraged the staff to be diligent
and sincere in their assigned tasks. She also highlighted in brief the achievements of the last FY (2018-2019) wherein formation of 2414 SHGs, 140 VLOs, 2 CLF/BLF and release of Community Support Fund amounting to Rs.1009.18 Cr was made through fund disbursement module of the MIS portal. Chief operating officer (COO) M. Rollan Lotha underscored the importance of Transaction Based SHG Accounting System (TBDAS) which is an online regular tracking mechanism for SHGs on their activities such as meetings, savings,
loans, repayment schedules, facilitates auditing, crosschecking of SHGs balance sheet and generating grading sheets for accessing bank loans, etc. He also called upon the staff in-depth understanding of the community to develop innovations on micro level data base management other than the macro level TBDAS. During the training, district-block teams also presented their progress, challenges and future plans. The training was facilitated by the state team Renvungo Murry, SPM (MIS) and Chenogi Semp, PM (MIS). K Y M C
Paper bags distributed in Wokha PBCK organises ‘couples seminar’
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WEATHER FORECAST May 27
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Agartala A thunderstorm in spots
36 26
A thunderstorm in spots
30 20
Guwahati A thunderstorm in spots
33 22
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Aizawl Imphal
Itanagar Clouds and sun, a t-storm
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Shillong
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Kohima
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Dimapur Partly sunny Mkg
Partly sunny, a thunderstorm
Tuensang Sunshine, a t-storm in spots Wokha
Partly sunny, a stray t-storm
Zunheboto A thunderstorm in spots
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Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, MAY 27, 2019
President WDCCI, Renbonthung Ezung, TM chief, M James Tungoe along with the team during the distribution programme.
DIMAPUR: Wokha District Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WDCCI) along with Team Metamorphosis (TM) and SHGs led by WDCCI president, Renponthung Ezung and chief TM, M. James Tungoe distributed paper bags to more than 750 shops on May 25. In a joint press release WDCCI and Wokha District Entrepreneurs’ Association (WDEA) stated that
paper bags were distributed to apprise the shop owners about the ban on plastic bags as per the government notification. The release informed that the penalty for violating the above order shall be Rs.2000 for the first offence and Rs. 5000 for subsequent offence and after the enforcement, surprise checking and raids will be conducted from July 1 onwards.
The team thanked the district administration and the Wokha Town Council for the support and its effort towards the implementation and success of the mission of plastic free town and environmentfriendly bags. As per the research conducted by Team Metamorphosis and estimated, around 66,750 plastic bags of different sizes were being circulated every day in
Wokha town itself Taking this into account, the district administration had launched the Paper Bag Project to replace plastic by bags made from papers, clothes etc. And under the Beti Pachao Bedi Padao scheme, the administration had initially provided raw materials under the supervision of TM and NRLM with various SelfHelp Groups (SHGs) of women, who were trained to market these paper bags in order to get orders regularly from the open market. This will inturn generate employment for the SHGs and empowered the less privileged to make a positive difference in their lives and to the community, the release stated. The focus of the project was to replace plastic bags by newspaper or paper bags, cloth bags firstly in-house (to the extent possible) and secondly, to tap the external market simultaneously. It may be noted that Lotha Eloe Hoho has been given the task to initiate producing cloth carry bags as alternative use for plastic bags where the administration has promised to provide ten machines.
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Correspondent K o h ima , M ay 2 6 (NPN): Three-day “couples seminar” under the theme, “towards a good Christian family” organised by Poumai Baptist Church Kohima (PBCK) at PBCK midland Kohima concluded on Sunday Resource persons of the seminar were- pastor PBCK Rev. Th. Thaongaolou Rosii, pastor PBC Senapati Ng. David Sha and former pastor MBCCC Imphal, Rev. L. Simon Raomai. Speaking at the Sunday service on the topic “Christian home in the changing world”, Pastor Sha said every good thing begins from
home and encouraged the Christian family to be directed by God. He cautioned Christian not to be carry away by this contemporary world but stick according to the word of God. On May 25, in his message on “parents’ role for building children”, Rev. L. Simon, while referring to a verse Deuteronomy 6: 5-9 from the Bible, urged the parents to teach their children diligently and impressed upon them the word of God. He asked the parents to lead a Godly live so that their children would emulate them and encour-
aged the parents to impact and influence the children with God’s word. Earlier, Pastor Ng. David Sha spoke on husband and wife spiritual relationship and a husband’s attitude towards wife while Rev. Simon spoke on husband and wife relationship and wife’s attitude towards husband. On the first day, Rev. Th. Thaongaolou Rosii spoke on “towards a good Christian family”. Other highlighted of the seminar included special songs by BYF, women society and others.
EduFair in Kohima, Dimapur concludes ANGPTA holds emergency meeting
Runway Nagaland and Edu Centre and supported by Youthnet was held at De oriental Hotel, Kohima on May 21-22 and Hotel Acacia, Dimapur on May 24-25. A press release by The Runway Nagaland stated that the fair which is a yearly event was organised in the interest of the students for proper guidance and awareness of the varied courses available. It stated that the fair also aims to provide a platform for the students to meet the universities/ colleges. The release informed that SBI RBO Dimapur attended the fair at Dimapur to educate and spread awareness of the educational loan facilities provided by the bank. Over all around 900 Students at the EduFair 2019 in Dimapur. students attended the fair D I M A P U R : E d u Fa i r Knowledge Network and which was participated by 2019 organised by the Edu Hub, powered by 17 universities/colleges.
DIMAPUR: All Nagaland G ove r n m e n t P r i m a r y Teachers’ Association (ANGPTA) central held an emergency meeting with its district units and sub-units on May 23 at D Block Panchayat Hall, Kohima where vital issues pertaining to the association was discussed. A press release by ANGPTA general secretary, Hoshika H Sumi stated that in an induction speech, ANGPTA president, James Ruokuoselhou, highlighted the new service rules of the department and clarified the status of ANGPTA recognition with the government, department and CANSSEA. Ruokuoselhou also highlighted to the members on the delay of preparing tentative seniority list and on the advantages and disadvantages for preparing common seniority list and district wise seniority list.
He also encouraged the members to spread the views so as to uplift the status of teachers in charge to primary head teacher/ head teacher in GPSs and GMSs during the next cadre review. The release stated that after through deliberation, the house unanimously resolved to maintain a common seniority list for primary teachers under the department of school education, so as to work according to the feasibility of technical proceedings. The house also deliberated and resolved that
inclusion of SSA (primary teachers) into common seniority, NSSATA (primary teachers) and to pursue according to their convenience/proceeding with the support of ANGPTA. The meeting chaired by ANGPTA vice president (admin), Kivigho Zhimomi began with an invocation by ANGPTA vice president, Bendangnukshi Sangtam. The meeting was recorded by ANGPTA, joint secretary (admin), Kekhriengulie Khezhie.
ZTSBC, YouthNet organise job fair for youths DIMAPUR: YouthNet in association with youth department, Zunheboto Town Sumi Baptist Church (ZTSBC) organised a job fair in the church premises on May 25. A press release from Bombo K Yeptho media supervisor Zunheboto Town Sumi Baptist Church stated that, Hutoni Shohe, HR executive YouthNet Dimapur and Tsepila Zhimomi, supervisor Nagaland Job Centre (NJC) NCDC YouthNet were the resource persons for the day. 130 unemployed youths who registered for the programme were given intensive orientation about career opportunities in private sector and training programmes imparted by YouthNet to equip job seekers. Recr uiters from O2 Spa invited the unemployed youths to join the industry. The orientation and counselling was followed by an open forum after which there was document verification and spot admission of interested job seekers. Earlier, in the programme chaired by Aketo Yeptho, youth leader, pastor Rev. Dr. Daniel Chishi offered the opening prayer and encouraged youths to be selfreliant. Closing prayer was offered by Julie Chishi. K Y M C
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Arunachal BJP wins 41 out of 60 seats
ITANAGAR, MAY 26 (AGENCIES): The BJP has won 41 seats in the 60-member Ar unachal Pradesh Assembly after results of all the constituencies were announced, an Election official said on Saturday, as per report on The Assam Tribune. Assembly elections in Ar unachal Pradesh were held for 57 seats as three BJP candidates were earlier declared elected unopposed. The Janata Dal (United) won seven seats, the National People’s Party (NPP) five, the Congress four, the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) one and Independents two. Counting of votes on Friday for Daporijo, Dumporijo and Raga constituencies in Upper Subansiri district was delayed, the official said. In the Daporijo seat, the result of which was announced early this morning, BJP candidate Taniky Soki won the seat, defeating his nearest Congress rival, Togam Tamim. BJP candidate Rode Bui bagged the Dumporijo
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu reacts after winning his seat. (PTI)
seat, defeating his nearest JD(U) rival, Gumjum Haider, while Tarin Dakpe of the NPP won the Raga seat, the official said. Counting of votes on Friday for Daporijo, Dumporijo and Raga constituencies was delayed as the counting officials went away from the counting centre without handing over the results for which counting could not be continued as per the guidelines. However, it started after the polling officials returned and handed over the results, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Kanki Darang said. Among the prominent
BJP winners are Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who won from the Mukto seat, for the third time in a row. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein won from the Chowkham constituency. In Miao constituency, State Geology and Mining Minister and BJP nominee Kamlung Mossang beat Chatu Longai of the Congress by 3,856 votes to retain the seat. The Namsang seat, which witnessed a multicornered contest, voted in favour of PHE Minister and BJP nominee Wangki Lowang for the third time in a row.
Hailakandi administration lifts curfew from Sadar areas
Police and security personnel taking stock of the situation.
HAILAKANDI , MAY 26 (AGENCIES): In view of marked improvement in the law and order situation and requests from members of the public and organizations, the Hailakandi district administration has decided to lift curfew imposed in Hailakandi Sadar Police Station areas from 6 am on
Sunday. In an order issued to this effect on Saturday, district magistrate Keerthi Jalli said the order to suspend curfew imposed on May 10 last in Hailakandi Sadar areas has been done following improvement in the law and order situation and pleas from public and organisations so that they
carry on their essential daily work. However, curfew remained in force from 10 pm on Saturday night to 6 am on Sunday morning. It may be mentioned that the administration had lifted curfew from other parts of the district barring Hailakandi Sadar areas on May 17.
In the prestigious Tawang seat, BJP cand i d a t e Ts e r i n g Ta s h i trounced veteran Congress leader Thupten Tempa by a margin of 3,592 votes. Power Minister and BJP candidate Tamiyo Taga suffered defeat at the hands of newcomer Talem Taboh of the JD(U) in Rumgong and Assembly Speaker Tenzing Norbu Thongdok, who represented Kalaktang constituency for two terms, failed to wrest the seat from JD(U) greenhorn Dorjee Wangdi Kharma. State Home Minister Kumar Waii, who quit the BJP to join the NPP, lost the Bameng Assembly seat to newbie Gorduk Pordung of the saffron party. The Congress won four seats but Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Takam Sanjoy lost to Jummum Ete Deori of the BJP in the Lekang seat. The Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing Assembly, Takam Pario of the Congress, lost the Palin seat to BJP’s Balo Raja.
Over 700 rendered homeless after rain in Tripura AGARTALA, MAY 26 (PTI): At least 739 people were rendered homeless and forced to take shelter in relief camps across Tripura due to heavy rain and thunderstorms since Friday, an official said. However, there was no report of any casualty. “North Tripura, Unakoti and Dhalai districts have been affected,” the head of the State Disaster Management Authority, Sarat Das, told PTI. The State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in a report said, out of the 739 people, who are sheltered in various relief camps, 358 people are from Unakoti district and 381 from North Tripura district. A total of 1,039 houses were damaged due to heavy rainfall. A total of 40 rescue boats were pressed into service by the state revenue department to evacuate the people from affected areas, he said.
In a first, M’laya to hold cabinet meeting in Tura SHILLONG, MAY 26 (AGENCIES): Setting precedence, the National People’s Party-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) will have cabinet meetings in other districts as well and not only in Shillong, reports The Northeast Today. This is was announced by Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma who earlier today tweeted, “With the objective of taking governance closer to the people Government has decided to have Cabinet meetings on a rotational basis in different districts.” The Chief Minister , Conrad K Sangma informed that the cabinet meeting, for the first time, will be held in Tura, on the 10th of June 2019 and others districts to follow. It may be mentioned that this decision came a day after designated Prime Minister, Narendra Modi urged the MPs and MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies in the northeast to gain trust of minorities and to remove fear.
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Tearful adieu to Chamling as he leaves CM’s official residence
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GANGTOK, MAY 26 (AGENCIES): It was an emotional farewell for outgoing chief minister of Sikkim, Pawan Chamling, on Saturday when he left office amid crying supporters, reports Northeast Now news. Chamling had been the countr y’s longest ser ving chief minister for any State since independence. On Saturday, Supporters bid a tearful farewell after his party Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) lost the Assembly elections results of which were declared on May 23 last. C h a m l i n g ’s S D F could manage to win 15
seats as against the 17 MLAs of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM in the 32-member Assembly. On Saturday, people started gathered at the chief minister’s official residence at Mintokgang as the outgoing chief minister Pawan Chamling prepared to vacate it and move to his native home at Ghurpishey in Namchi. Many of his supporters were seen sobbing while offering him the traditional khadas (scarf) as a token of respect. Pawan Chamling held his last cabinet meet and meetings with other top bureaucrats before tendering his resignation to
White paper on traffic congestion in Shillong presented
SHILLONG ,MAY 26 (AGENCIES): The Centre for Development of North Eastern Region (CeDNER) of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong and Good World Foundation on Friday submitted a ‘white paper’ on the burgeoning traffic congestion in Shillong which includes recommendations on how to address the problem, reports Northeast Now news. The white paper on traffic congestion came up, out of the brainstorming session held at the IIM Shillong on October 5 and December 19. The white paper was submitted to Meghalaya deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong by a delegation which comprised former home minister R. G. Lyngdoh, former Ambassador of India to Colombia, Rudi Warjri, former director general of police W.R. Marbaniang, former director general of police B.R. Rana, Prof. Amena Passah and journalist Raymond
CeDNER and Good World Foundation present White Paper to Dy. CM P. Tynsong.
Kharmujai. The brainstor ming session was taken part by representatives of various government departments, public transport associations and eminent citizens who deliberated on various aspects of the burgeoning traffic congestion in Shillong and came up with a set of recommendations aiming at
addressing the issue, said a press communique. Stating that the recommendations are both for long and short term solutions, the Centre said that improvement of traffic congestion started by touching upon essential policy frame work of the government relating to public transport and its allied
Meghalaya HC sets aside controversial ‘Hindu country’ verdict
Shillong, May 25 (PTI): The Meghalaya High Court has set aside a controversial judgement made by Justice S R Sen, its former judge, observing that India should have been declared a ‘Hindu country’ after partition. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir found the judgement “legally flawed” and inconsistent with the constitutional
principles. In a judgement in December last year, a single judge bench of Justice Sen had observed that India, if divided on the basis of religion, should have been declared a Hindu country. “After bestowing our thoughtful consideration to the entire gamut of the matter we have reached to a firm conclusion that the judgment impugned dated 10.12.2018 is legally flawed and is inconsistent with
constitutional principles, the observations made and directions passed therein are totally superfluous, therefore, is set aside in its entirety,” the bench said in an order on Friday. While disposing of a petition by a person who was denied domicile certificate by the Meghalaya government, Justice Sen had also observed that anyone opposing Indian laws and the Constitution should
not be considered a citizen of India. The judgement faced criticism from various quarters forcing him to issue a clarification four days later, saying his judgment was neither politically motivated nor influenced by any party. In his judgement, Justice Sen had also set aside two notifications issued by the Meghalaya government relating to issuance of permanent residence certifi-
cate/domicile certificates. The division bench, however, observed that setting aside of the two notifications without any challenge was “impermissible” and “not sustainable”. Justice Sen had also directed the Centre to enact a law to safeguard the interests of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians, Parsis, Khasis and Garos who have already come to India and who are yet to come
Deb meets newly elected MPs in Delhi; meets BJP leaders de puty chief minister Jishnu Deb Barman, state education minister Ratan Lal Nath and party’s general secretary Rajiv Bhattacharjee. During the courtesy meeting, the two newly appointed MPs had discussions on various issues pertaining to the government and organization but it is not confirmed if they had words on possible reshuffle in the State Cabinet. Later in evening, the
chief minister along with both MPs joined the meeting presided by party’s national president Amit Shah in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi, all party leaders and National Democratic Alliance partners were present. All the newly elected MPs of Bharatiya Janata Party and National Democratic Alliance along with and chief ministers from other states of the Northeast are also in Delhi for the same purpose.
Tripura Chief minister along with newly elected MPs from the state in New Delhi
AGARTALA, MAY 26 (AGENCIES): Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb along with the newly elected MPs from the State – Pratima Bhowmik and Rebati K Y M C
Mohan Tripura met two Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretaries Ram Madhab and Ram Lal separately in New Delhi on Saturday, reports Northeast Now news.
They reached the national capital to attend the party meeting called by Amit Shah for all newly elected MPs in New Delhi. The team also had
Governor Ganga Prasad earlier on Friday. It may be mentioned that Chamling is the second Chief Minister in India after Jyoti Basu, of West Bengal to govern a state five terms in a row, with his party Sikkim Democratic Front winning the 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly elections. His party first came to power in Sikkim after winning the 1994 assembly elections. His popularity kept soaring in Sikkim due to his developmental work and for maintaining peace. Chamling was included in the World Book of Records for being the longest ser ving Chief Minister of any Indian State by World Book of Records, London. Chamling was bestowed with the certificate of record by the officials of World Book of Records at the official residence of the Chief Minister at Mintokgang in Gangtok during the month of July last year.
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from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan as well as Persons of Indian Origin who are residing abroad. Any observation which directly or indirectly offends the preamble of the Constitution cannot be sustained, the division bench said, adding that the directions of the single judge bench offended the “secular colour of the country and the provisions of the Constitution of India”.
issues such as road capacity expansion, parking facility enhancement. The Centre would participate and contribute to the Government efforts to improve the traffic situation in Shillong city, if the need arises for providing more clarity to the recommendations and approaches, it added.
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Heartiest Congratulations to MLA Shri. Sharingain Longkumer I, Shri. O. Tinu Longkumer, through this column, extends my heartiest congratulations to newly elected MLA Shri. Sharingain Longkumer who was elected in the by-election of 26 Aonglenden Assembly Constituency on May 23. Thirty-seven year old Shri. Sharingain Longkumer is a dynamic and upcoming young leader and he was rightly chosen to be the undisputed consensus candidate of the ruling People’s Democratic Alliance and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party. He defeated the INC candidate Shri. Alem Jongshi Longkumer by a huge margin in the by-election which was held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha Election on April 11. The by-election in 26 Aonglenden A/C was necessitated after former MLA and Advisor Sericulture and Excise, Shri. Imtikumzuk Longkumer unfortunately passed away last year. While congratulating the present PDA Government for the peaceful and successful conduct of the just concluded elections, I also deeply appreciate Minister for Urban Development Shri. Metsubo Jamir, who was the Mokokchung District in-charge for the elections, for his sincere and tireless efforts in ensuring the huge victory for the NDPP candidate. Nonetheless, I have great hope that MLA Shri. Sharingain would lead the people of Aonglenden A/C and the Naga People and work for the social and economic uplift of the society with special emphasis on the youths. I hope that you would achieve greater heights under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Shri. Neiphiu Rio and the PDA leaders and work for peace and development of the Naga family. May God bless you and guide you in all your future endeavours. MKC-242
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Smriti in Amethi: 7 suspects detained in aide’s murder
Amethi, May 26 (IANS): BJP leader Smriti Irani reached Amethi on Sunday afternoon to meet the family of Surendra Singh, a former village head who was shot dead early on Sunday. Irani met the family members of the deceased and attended the cremation. Surendra Singh’s son Abhay told reporters: “We could not see the perpetrators but it is clear that Congress workers are behind this. My father was actively campaigning for Smriti Irani and the BJP.” The brother of the deceased, Rajendra Singh, also termed it a political killing. He said that his brother wielded considerable influence in his village as well as in adjoining villages and this led to his murder. The post-mortem of the deceased was carried out in Lucknow after which the body was brought to Amethi. A large number of BJP leaders were present outside the post-mortem house and in Amethi. Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohsin Raza, who is in charge of Amethi, said the killers would be arrested within 24 hours. Director General of Police (DGP) O.P. Singh said that seven suspects had
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been detained in connection with the murder and were being interrogated. He said the police had got crucial leads in the matter. Three companies of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) had been deployed in Barauliya village where the murder took place. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the DGP to ensure the arrest of the killers at the earliest. Surendra Singh was shot dead while he was sleeping outside his house. The assailants came on motorbikes and sprayed him with bullets.
No one will dare target BJP workers now: UP Minister
UP Minister Mohsin Raza said on Sunday that the state government will ensure such stringent punishment for the assailants of
BJP MP Smriti Irani’s aide in Amethi that no one will dare to target party workers in future. “No one will dare to harass and target our workers. We will ensure strict punishment for the killers. At the moment we are all with the family of the deceased,” he told reporters. Mohsin Raza and Smriti Irani not only attended the cremation of the deceased Surendra Singh but also carried the body of the deceased on their shoulders. Senior police officials from Lucknow also reached Amethi to supervise the investigation. Barauliya, the village to which the deceased Surendra Singh belonged, is said to be a BJP stronghold and sources say that the BJP got votes from here even when Rajiv Gandhi held the Amethi seat. Surendra Singh, interestingly, had joined the Samajwadi Party on the eve of 2017 Assembly elections but returned to the BJP soon after. Singh was preparing to contest the panchayat elections scheduled to be held later this year and this could have been a motive behind the murder, some said in Amethi.
PM Modi quietly oversaw lynchings of minorities: Owaisi
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Hyderabadm May 26 (IANS): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for removing fear among minorities, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that he “quietly oversaw” mob lynchings of minorities in his first term. Owaisi also reminded Modi that he was opposing the minority character of Jamia Millia Islamia and the Aligarh Muslim University. “We can either be appeased or cheated. Since you say it’s the latter, ask BJP to stop saying the former,” Owaisi said in a series of tweets. “You’re opposing minority character of JMI & AMU, you quietly oversaw minority lynchings, ignored the victims of Mecca Masjid & Ajmer.
“With such a LARGE contingent of Muslim MPs (0/303), I’m sure you’d know that making minority scholarships demand driven is urgently required. Also don’t use the ‘M word’ too much, your core supporter may get confused,” Owaisi “advised” Modi. Owaisi, who was reelected from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat for fourth term in a row, was reacting to Modi’s address to newly-elected MPs of BJP and its allies. The PM said that the minorities were cheated by opposition. The AIMIM chief earlier voiced his anguish over beating up of a Muslim by cow vigilantes in Madhya Pradesh. “This is how Muslims are treated by vigilantes created by Modi voters welcome to a new India which will be inclusive and as @PMOIndia said Secularism Ka Niqaab,” tweeted Owaisi along with the video of the incident. “6 & 9pm nationalist watch how the mind has been hacked in last 5 years, I am sure this is not radicalisation for Modi voters but a natural treatment for Muslims ,this will be watched by Muslim youths will increase alienation & marginalisation -well done Hackers,” he added.
NFHRCC calls for revamping members DIM A P UR , M AY 2 6 (NPN): Nagaland Foothills Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) Saturday expressed concerned over non-participation of some members and for which it has appealed to the apex tribal bodies “to revamp and reactivate the redundant representatives.” In a joint statement, NFHRC convenor Supu Jamir, general secretary W. Lemba Chang and secretary Chenithung Humtsoe said non participation of members have created communication gap, which was also unhealthy for the success of the historic people’s project. Further, NFHRCC during its emergency meeting held on May 25 also acknowledged Zeliang People’s Organisation (ZPO) for the “No Objection Certificate” in order to provide free land without any compensation for the historic project in Peren district. While thanking chief minister Nephiu Rio for upgrading the foothill road to that of a two lane expressway under MoRTH, NFHRCC urged that the construction work should start at the earliest. It also thanked the contractor of the Doyang Bridge at Governor’s camp, Liphanyan for continuing the construction of the bridge as agreed upon and further urge the firm to complete it by the year end.
5 Prayed to God not to give winner more than 250 seats, says Jagan New Delhi, May 26 (IANS): Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister designate Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday said he had prayed to God not to give more than 250 Lok Sabha seats to the party taking power at the Centre so that he can make it grant special category status to the state in exchange for legislative support but unfortunately the BJP got more than 300 seats. The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief, who is set to take oath as the Chief Minister on May 30, said this at a press conference here after his separate meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who requested Modi to accord Special Category Status (SCS) to the state as announced in Parliament at the time of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, admitted that his party can do very little in demanding or commanding the new government at the Centre. “If they had got 250 seats, I could have made them sign the order on SCS before swearing-in but unfortunately they got overwhelming majority. They don’t even need our support,” said Jagan, as the YSRCP chief is popularly
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known. During an hourlong meeting with Modi, he requested him to show magnanimity even in the position of strength. “He listened to the whole thing. He was positive about helping the state and its people. It is a good sign. I am hoping that things will work out positively,” the YSRCP chief said. The YSRCP, which stormed to power in the state with a landslide victory, also won 22 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Asked about his meeting with Amit Shah, Jagan remarked that this was to request the “second-most powerful man” to persuade the “most powerful man” in helping the state. He said he invited both Modi and Shah to attend his swearing-in ceremony in Vijayawada but did not get confirmation from them.
Surat blaze: Fire officers suspended, govt to shut coaching centres Cong may opt for MP from South as LS leader two-wheelers parked below were also gutted in another fire sparked off by the blaze because of the electric wires and poles nearby. The fire broke out late afternoon around 4 p.m. in the Smart Design Studio, which ran illegally on the covered terrace of the Takshashila building that effectively became a fourth storey. Officials said the fire started at the ground floor and reached the top floor. Some students of another class, rushed to the terrace to escape the fire and found themselves stuck there. The only way to the top floor was a three-foot wooden staircase, which had been reduced to ashes. According to witnesses, there must have been around 50 students in the Takshashila Arcade building when it caught fire. Graphic videos on social media showed
more than 10 panic-stricken students from the third and fourth storey jumping off to escape the blaze and the billowing smoke. Tragically, hundreds of people watched and many shot videos and pictures while student after student fell off the building like ninepins. Half of the dozen students who jumped in panic were killed. Eyewitnesses alleged the fire brigade staff, which got delayed by half an hour, did not have any nets to hold the students jumping from the building and even their hydraulic staircase could not go beyond a little over the second floor of the building. The cause of the deadly inferno is not yet clear, though officials believe it was sparked off by a short circuit in a sweet shop in the building.
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS): Increasing its numbers in the Lok Sabha by only eight since 2014, the Congress has now to decide its leader in the lower house and it remains to be seen if party chief Rahul Gandhi takes the role or some other leader is chosen. The Congress again does not have numbers to get the status of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, as was the case in 2014. It had then chosen Mallikarjun Kharge as its leader in the House though there were suggestions then that Gandhi - who was not the party chief then should take the post.
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pal, who is now General Secretary (Organisation) besides Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sushmita Dev and Deepender Hooda, who lost the election. If Gandhi again decides not to take the post, the party will have to choose a leader with sufficient seniority who is able to strongly articulate issues. The names doing the rounds from Kerala include former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, party MP Suresh Kodikunnil, who will be into his seventh Lok Sabha term and K Muraleedharan, the son of former Chief Minister K. Karunakaran and now in his fourth term as MP.
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However, with Gandhi insisting on quitting as party chief at the Congress Working Committee meeting on Saturday, despite the party’s highest decisionmaking body rejecting his resignation, it is unclear if he will accept this post. Also the role of the legislature party leader entails regular presence in the House and it remains be seen if Gandhi can manage, given his campaign commitments. The party will not have some of its articulate leaders from the outgoing Lok Sabha including Kamal Nath, who is now Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, K.C. Venugo-
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along with 40 coaching centres in Bharuch and many others at several places. The police have arrested Bhargav Butani, who ran the art and drawing classes in Takshashila Arcade building in Surat’s Sarthana area, Police Commissioner Satish Sharma said. Two others, including the builder of the commercial complex, Harsukh Vekaria, were also booked. A search was on for the builder. Sharma told reporters: “We have ordered an investigation into the fire incident by the ACP, Crime Branch. A case under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code for culpable homicide has been lodged against the accused.” Official sources revealed there were no proper fire safety norms being followed in the building. Two shops and around a dozen
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Chaudhari late Saturday evening said the death toll in the incident had risen to 22. He informed reporters that “two teenage girls died today, taking the toll to 22, including 18 girls and four boys.” Earlier, an official had said the number was 23. Around 12 injured persons were still undergoing treatment at various hospitals. Most of the students who were killed in the fire were aged between 14 and 17. Some were expecting their Class 12 results on Saturday. Shaken by the fire, all of Gujarat’s eight municipal corporations and scores of municipalities on Saturday ordered a shutdown of all coaching centres running in commercial complexes. Officials said the coaching centres had been ordered to put all fire safety norms in place, without which they would not be allowed to function. The authorities started investigating fire safety norms in coaching classes, private hospitals and other buildings in various towns and cities of the state. Many of these buildings, including a library in capital Gandhinagar, were sealed,
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Surat, May 26 (IANS): The Surat Municipal Corporation on Saturday suspended two fire officers for granting a no-objection certificate to the building which was engulfed by a devastating fire here that claimed 22 young lives, hours after the manager of the coaching class where the deceased students were studying was arrested and two others booked for the incident. Municipal Commissioner M Thenarasan told reporters that Surat’s Deputy Chief Fire Officer S.K. Acharya and Fire Officer Kirti Modh were suspended with immediate effect on charges of not taking action against the Takshashila Arcade where Friday’s blaze occurred for violation of fire safety norms. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani stated: “We have constituted an investigation committee, Urban Secretary (Principal Secretary, Urban Development), Mukesh Puri has been asked to file a report based on which we will take action. The manager and builder have been arrested.” Surat Assistant Commissioner of Police P.L.
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ikiLeaks founder and Australian journalist Julian Assange has been holding the USA to ransom since 2010 when he regularly released confidential and classified information from a former CIA operative Chelsea Manning pertaining to security issues which began when it first erupted in 2010. In that year Assange released top-secret information about US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Those information placed at risk civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq who were secretly passing information to the U.S. military. WikiLeaks also made multiple disclosures over the past decade, including one in March 2017 when the group released what it said were CIA technical documents on a range of spying techniques. This revealed ways that a state-of-the art television could serve as a listening device even when it was turned off. Assange has rape charges filed against him including investigation by the Eastern District of Virginia grand jury for computer-related crimes committed in the U.S. in 2012. He has been forced to hide within the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012 when his request for asylum was granted. Assange was arrested on April 11, 2019 by the London Metropolitan Police for failing to appear in court and now faces possible extradition to the US. Thus ended the life of the most wanted whistleblower who seriously compromised US national security under the plea of freedom of expression. Assange was able to get his hands on heaps of embassy cables which he all too gleefully leaked on internet. These cables not only undermined US military and defence but also greatly embarrassed the US government, not to speak of “friends of the USA”. Over a span of years, WikiLeaks released State Department cables, Iraq war logs, top secret files on Guantanamo detainees, and a video depicting the US military killing Iraqi civilians and Reuters journalists from an Apache helicopter — all records leaked to the organization by former Army private Chelsea Manning. WikiLeaks’ disclosures, which were published by dozens of news outlets around the world, laid bare how US military and intelligence agencies carried out its war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan and the treatment of detainees it captured. His arrest has been equally hailed by many while left wing and liberals damned it. Whatever be the case, opinions are divided on the question of the arrest of Assange. The United Kingdom, as a member of Council of Europe, is committed to respecting Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights which provides the right to freedom of expression and information. This is why, several politicians and associations consider that the arrest of the whistleblower constitutes an attack on the freedom of expression and international law. Assange was accused of rape and other sexual offences against two women following a Wikileaks conference in Stockholm in 2010. He has always denied the allegations, saying the sex was consensual. While priding himself with fighting for freedom of speech and expression, Asange has friends on the opposite sides- Russia- where there is no freedom of speech and expression. The infamous treachery under the guise of freedom of expression has come full circle and Assange will now be tried for trading the lives of many US operatives for a few hundred dollars.
DailyDevotion Thinking of Prayer as Jesus Taught Pray without ceasing… —1 Thessalonians 5:17 Our thinking about prayer, whether right or wrong, is based on our own mental conception of it. The correct concept is to think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts. Our blood flows and our breathing continues “without ceasing”; we are not even conscious of it, but it never stops. And we are not always conscious of Jesus keeping us in perfect oneness with God, but if we are obeying Him, He always is. Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life of the saint. Beware of anything that stops the offering up of prayer. “Pray without ceasing…”— maintain the childlike habit of offering up prayer in your heart to God all the time. Jesus never mentioned unanswered prayer. He had the unlimited certainty of knowing that prayer is always answered. Do we have through the Spirit of God that inexpressible certainty that Jesus had about prayer, or do we think of the times when it seemed that God did not answer our prayer? Jesus said, “…everyone who asks receives…” (Matthew 7:8). Yet we say, “But…, but….” God answers prayer in the best way— not just sometimes, but every time. However, the evidence of the answer in the area we want it may not always immediately follow. Do we expect God to answer prayer? The danger we have is that we want to water down what Jesus said to make it mean something that aligns with our common sense. But if it were only common sense, what He said would not even be worthwhile. The things Jesus taught about prayer are supernatural truths He reveals to us.
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Stunning Modi victory whets people for more T he BJP, no Narendra Modi, has stunned the world. Resounding victory touching 352 plus is a rare feat. The spread is stunning as the fortress West Bengal collapses. The surprise is not his victory. It is the poll management despite in real terms not so bright economy. Yes, Modi stressed on populist measures that touched the poor – Pradhan Matri housing, Ayushman health care, toilets in every house, job ruses of MUDRA or skill India and about 431 other programmes. The programmes in the post-election scenario look to have touched the hearts of millions. May be in their gratitude they voted Modi back to power. That may possibly explain a uniform phenomenon of the rout of the caste-based parties like that of Mayawati’s BSP, with support base among dalits; Ajit Singh’s RLD bases on Jat support; MulayamAkhilesh’s SP a hardcore Yadav-OBC party; Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP, a party of OBC and fringe castes but with a slightly wider base; Sharad Pawar’s NCP, strong Maratha sugar-lobby party or Laloo
Yadav’s RLD, a Yadav party. The economic packages lured the voters of these combine to vote for a Modi, who sells dreams to the fringe classes. That is possibly Modi’s new political economy. It does not serve the elite voters, who certainly no political party can trust for loyalty. The best instance is Modi’s one time chief economic advisor Arvind Subramaniam. Modi could trust him but Subramaniam could not understand Modi and chose a different path. Modi’s macro economy functioned different from his targeted-vote economy. Dole-based economy succeeded politically to break the caste arithmetic, a shrewd move. But his macro economy so far has been a continuation of the hardcore Manmohan Singh’s principles called Manmohanomics. So Modi had to bear the brunt of criticism that had seen ouster of Manmohan Singh. This had put the spanner in the progress of the nation led to joblessness, industrial slowdown, lack of demand, high bank NPAs, crisis in the public sector like giants BSNL/
MTNL, ONGC, petro companies and Maha Navaratnas. That was before polls. Would he now have a new policy? Modi did not promise much in concrete. But If Modi continues the same policy and the nation continues to go downhill, it would neither suit him nor the nation. It is not the public sector alone the Hindustan Lever the largest consumer goods producer had the poorest show in 18 months in March 2019 of 7 percent. Unnerving was its CEO Shivaji Sanjiv Mehta’s statement, “Consumer essentials are recession resistant but not recessionproof ”. From carmakers to toothpaste sellers every farm has lousy start this year. Every eye is now fixed on Modi’s new policies. Would he be breaking away from Manmohanomics to pave a super highway of growth or his team would continue to struggle for a policy. India has to come out of this recession else the aspirational voters might behave in the most frustrated manner. During the last two years farmers’
distress has increased and several times they marched to Delhi or Mumbai. All peaceful, but with extreme angst. Literally, the new government is walking on the razor’s edge. The BJP’s popular Hindutva promises wonderful life as did the Marxism in Soviet Union. An aspirational voter believes in it because he feels he would have more than he can see. The BJP now faces the toughest challenge. Mere booth manSarkar a g e m e n t does not win polls, it realized in the three state polls in December 2018. A correction today has paid seat dividends but now the young voter wants better industrial show, action and result that would ameliorate their lot. The 2019 is an aspirational vote, a process of social synthesis. The caste divide in Indian social system has been obliterated by a strong Modi. Poorer people, having got the basics of food, cash support, house and toilet, would be more demanding. India is entering the middle income category of
countries around $ 2,000 per capita income. Newly emerging consuming classes are driven by aspiration rather than feudal style dole outs. Even less-demanding rural youth vie with the urban youth. E c o n o my n e e d s a boost. The last five years have seen a benign environment where food prices recorded a modest increase. Now a global economic slowdown is visible. There are incipient signs of stress on the price front while global trade wars, may be even real wars, are breaking out. Brexit may change European economy and those dependent on it. He has also to work in education, its funding and linking it to industry and manufacturing. He also has to work on a new shortduration syllabus that saves nation’s money and churns out skilled people faster. Public universities are in crisis and private in a morass. The youth is unhappy. The system needs cash and policy lubrication. The tax system needs reform as the one nation GST has hit many sectors like education, NGOs, small traders and entrepreneurs. Income tax reduction is awaited. It is a tough task as
people’s purchasing power has to be increased as also the government’s revenue. The stock market is in a thaw. Occasional boom is stated to be self-managed. The economic vision has to be redrafted. The NITI Aayog has to be invigorated. It has to find out solutions to inflation, slowdown and joblessness. The Aayog has to function as think tank but is unable to even suggest way to come out of flip-flop policies on taxing fuel or high tolls or cost on working out tax component. Over 5 percent of corporate expenses are on working out the taxes and satisfying tax raiders. The country has reposed trust. It wants to be paid back. It cannot wait for another term to deliver. Indira Gandhi till today is ridiculed for failure of her garibi hatao. A lion of a Modi cannot repeat that. It would devastate the people. He has to function to invigorate the faith in leadership. The aspirations today are more than it was in 2014. Indians believe Modi has the magic wand to solve the problems and make India the leading economy. It hopes next five years would be shining.
Post-mortem How Nagaland Voted for Lok Sabha Election 2019? 2019 Indian polls ‘Orwellian
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he survey findings in the article is based on the National Election Study 2019 (NES 2019), Nagaland: Post-poll survey conducted by a team of scholars and field investigators from Nagaland and coordinated by Lokniti, Programme for Comparative Democracy at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi. The purpose of the post poll survey was to understand the voting behaviour of the voters and why voters chose the parties and candidates. For this survey, we selected samples from 9 (nine) Assembly Constituencies (AC) using Probability Proportional to Size Method (PPS). Within the Assembly Constituencies, 3 (three) polling stations were selected from each sampled constituencies using the Systematic Random Sampling (SRS) technique.
The respondents were also selected using SRS method from the latest updated electoral rolls. From each polling station, 20 persons were selected using SRS method from electoral rolls. The survey was conducted through F2F interview method (Face to Face) using questionnaire as a tool by trained Field Investigators. This enabled us to collect information of the respondents’ socio-economic background and place their political opinions and voting decisions in a broad spectrum. After the statehood, the new state went to the General election for the first time in 1964 and later on in 1967 Nagaland participated in its first election to Lok Sabha. Till now, Nagaland has witnessed 15th Lok Sabha general election. Since then, INC won the maximum number of times (i.e.5 times). But in the last
five Lok Sabha elections, NPF won three times and NDPP twice: by poll and recently concluded Lok Sabha election. Electoral Choice The Lok Sabha election 2019, confirmed a few significant trends in electoral politics of Nagaland but the most important trends were: in terms of preference between party and candidate and the traditional trend of voters swinging towards party in power in the state as well as in the centre was again endorsed. The survey conducted indicated a close battle between NDPP (41.1%) and Congress (40.2 %) as shown in the table 1 below. As per the recent concluded election results, candidate Tokheho Yeothomi (NDPP) secured 500510 (49.73%) of votes and K.L. Chishi (INC) secured 484166 (48.11%) of votes.
Table 1: How Party Voted for Lok Sabha 2019 (Nagaland)? Parties Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Congress 153 40.2 44.00 44.00 BJP 24 6.4 7.0 51.0 NDPP 157 41.1 45.0 96.0 Others 14 3.7 4.0 100.0 Total 348 91.3 100.0 Not Voted 33 8.7 Source: NES 2019 Post Poll Survey by Lokniti-CSDS, Note: Figures are percentages, Sample size: 381 Even thought the contest was the State Assembly election, which 52.5%, don’t like at all: 3.4%) whereas quadruple, the competition was was clearly a by product of alliance like for BJP (a lot: 3.9%, somewhat: between the two popular candidates between Congress and NPF. But the 31.3%, don’t like at all: 33.3%). This K.L. Chishi and Tokheho Yepthomi. push factor for a close fight was the can be correlated to voter’s preference The performance of the Congress preferences of INC party over BJP as between party and candidate, as there was very close to ruling PDA can- CSDS- Post Poll survey indicated: like is little difference in voter’s choice as didate despite the poor result during for Congress (a lot: 20.2%, somewhat: seen in the table 2 below: Table 2: People have different considerations when they go out to vote. What was the most important consideration for you when you voted in the Lok Sabha election - party or candidate? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Party 138 36.3 36.3 36.3 Candidate 161 42.2 42.2 78.4 PM candidate 22 5.8 5.8 84.2 Can’t Say 34 8.8 8.8 93.0 No response 27 7.0 7.0 100.0 Total 381 100.0 100.0 Source: NES 2019 Post Poll Survey by Lokniti-CSDS, Note: Figures are percentages, Sample size: 381 The tradition ‘candidate’ preference of voting during most of the State General election was not manifest emphatically. Apart from the game changer in the politics of Nagaland, that is, money and proxy voting, it could be also because of the general perception with voters as a contest between Congress and BJP, where the latter is considered as anti-christian. Second, based on the current election results in almost all the Assembly constituencies the margins of victory for both the competing parties (NDPP and INC) did not have huge vote’s differences but the decisive factor that might have elevated the vote share of NDPP could be ‘candidate’ effect of sitting MLAs of NPF who were earlier suspended by NPF from the party. As in most assemblies constituencies there were huge differences in terms of NDPP and INC votes voted. Third, interestingly, preference for prime ministerial candidate was a least significant for voters while voting for Lok Sabha Reader’s note: Articles or
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mixed bag of feelings, perceptions and opinions keep surfacing from cross sections of people across the world. Some say that the results were ‘stunning’, while others say ‘expected’. It is in such a context, particularly in the emergent political landscape in India, I am reminded of George Orwell, a renowned futurologists, satirists and dystopian predicted in his novel Nineteen Eighty Four written 70 years ago which became seminal and relevant and eternal moving beyond times and space. For India in the Post-poll 2019 and the years to come “Orwellian 1984 shall be the guide post and goal post that is fixed at least of the next fiveyears—not changing of the goal post. This is the beauty of those who in their own ways envision and thus communicate, nuance and put their concepts in such ways that makes the readers and analysts to peel layer by layer in order to derive meaning and essence. “Orwellian” is an adjective, defining a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as destructive to the welfare of a free and open society. Post-2019 is going to be a defining moment for India—for some their hopes and aspirations be fulfilled in consolidating their identity politics being projected in number of ways, but for many the current scenario presents hopelessness, despair and anxiety. Orwell precisely identifies and thus predicts the emergent factors that bear destructive trends to a multi-cultural, free and open Indian society. He describes a political system in which the government tries to control every facet and part of people’s lives, similar
to that described in the novel Nineteen Eighty Four. George Orwell is best known for his 1949 dystopian novel 1984 with its theme of social injustices and a controlling authoritarian government. 1984 elucidates the real-life situations that are reminiscent of a kind of state control and surveillance carried out by “Big Brother” could perhaps be expected in India in the coming days. Government in a totalitarian setting could go to any extent that crosses its limit by abusing its absolute power. The BJP government at the Centre in due course of time could get involved in watching or listening or following its citizens who it suspects or goes against it in tapping the phone calls or watch closely the writing or speeches or whatever may be the modes of communication can best be described as Orwellian. The government that has been just elected under the leadership of Modi enjoys absolute majority and vested with absolute power and so the power leverage if not moderated could lead to totalitarian dynamic. The emergent landscape is perhaps the most dangerous template wherein power in absolute terms dominates in which the power cliché vis-à-vis the cronies and fringes eventually takes over “power” in totality and thus unleash at those who they consider as “others” and “they” as “non-entities”. Their only justifying point would therefore be the tags that have been constructed as “majoritarian” and “we”; we the “nationalist” and others “against the nation and our brand of ‘nationalism’ and thus be called as “betrayers”. This is indeed ‘Orwellian’. Dr. John Mohan Razu
election. cency, too ignorant on issue based, Another trend that was further fallen to the populist elite politics and consolidated despite Citizenship know how to use Damocles sword Amendment Bill (CAB) being the for personal gains when elections are most blazing issue for North East In- round the corner. dia was swaying away towards party An observation that I would like in power in the state as well as in the to mention is apart from politics as centre. When asked whether they electoral politics, politics depends are aware of CAB: more than half upon between elections. As it is (61.7%) were aware and third of the equally important to understand derespondents (38.3%) were unaware. velopment and governance outcomes Those who answered “aware” were shaped by the government between further asked whether they support elections in the delivery of public or oppose the bill. Here, more than services to the citizens and how the 47% responded that they fully op- opinion of public is regarded as a pose the bill, where as 5.7% fully constructive force in a democracy. It support the bill. Moreover, when often believed regional parties canasked further whether took part in not arise out of a vacuum and come any protest demonstration related up simply to represent the regional to CAB: 49.8% responded ‘NO’ identity and the views of the people Sir, The power fluctuation in Dimapur has started all over and 8.9% responded ‘Yes’. There already prevalent. Regional parties again making it most inconvenient for the power consumers. were also other issues mentioned are thus the medium through which by voters while voting in this elec- a discourse on cultural specificity There has to be some routine for supply of power in Dimapur tion such as development, lack of is translated into political assertive- for which the concerned authority needs to inform various colonies so people are prepared ahead. It would ease the departeconomic growth, and lack of jobs, ness. ment as well as public if scheduled timing is maintained. unemployment. This either might Dr. Achanger, Imti Aier, Kher Mahal, Dimapur signifies we Nagas are too complaSt. Joseph University letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.
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Yeddy, Cong rebel meet BJP leader in K’taka
Bangalore may 26 (Agencies): The Bharatiya Janata Party winning 25 out of 28 seats in Karnataka in the recent Lok Sabha elections has given a fresh lease of life for speculation around the Congress-JDS government in the state falling. Giving ammunition to this, Congress rebel MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi and K Sudhakar, BJP MLAs BS Yeddyurappa and R Ashok, and Independent MP-elect Sumalatha Ambareesh on Sunday visited BJP leader SM Krishna. They met him at his residence in Bengaluru, reports CNN- News 18. The former chief minister’s residence saw Gokak MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi and Chikkaballapur MLA K Sudhakar earlier in the day. Around noon, BJP state president and Shimoga MLA Yeddyurappa, Padmanabhanagar MLA Ashok and Mandya MP-elect Sumalatha followed. Jarkiholi, who has re-
Congress rebel MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi, K Sudhakar and BJP MLA R Ashok at SM Krishna’s residence in Bangalore (CNN-News18)
belled against the Congress, has been threatening to quit the party for months. Sudhakar, who has often been critical of the coalition in the state, called it unholy and questioned the allegations of electronic voting machine (EVM) tampering by opposition parties after exit polls. This came a day after Shivajinagar MLA Roshan Baig hit out at the party. Their colleague, Umesh Jadhav, resigned from the party before the elec-
tions, joined the BJP, contested as its MP candidate from Kalaburgi and won by defeating Mallikarjun Kharge, who has won elections 10 times before. “I will resign but cannot say when. I cannot reveal how many others are going to resign with me. But I will inform you all before doing it,” said Jarkiholi. The leaders claimed that the arrival of all of them around the same time was coincidental.
“I came here to thank SM Krishna. Jarkiholi too came just to meet the leader and speak with him. Nothing else,” said Yeddyurappa. However, the meeting that took place at Krishna’s place is no coincidence, says political analyst Mahadev Prakash. “The coalition government is currently headed by HD Kumaraswamy, a Vokkaliga. If the BJP topples the government now with Yeddyurappa, a Lingayat leader at its top, it won’t go down well with the Vokkaligas. Giving the impression that this is being strategised at SM Krishna’s house, who is a Vokkaliga may help them,” he told News18. Krishna, a former Congress leader is from Mandya, which has been a JDS bastion. Sumalatha is the MPelect from Mandya and had been backed by the BJP after she decided to contest as an Independent. “Sumalatha’s late husband and former
MP Ambareesh is also a Gowda or Vokkaliga. She may even find a seat in Modi’s cabinet and can be a pan-southern leader for the BJP,” he added. Sumalatha is an actor who has more than 200 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi to her credit. After her meeting with Krishna, Sumalatha said she was yet to decide about her forward plans. “I will ask the people of Mandya who voted for me. As an Independent, I can only support a party on issues or policies. I will take any decision that will benefit Mandya,” she said. The BJP currently has 105 MLAs (including the Speaker) in the 225-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Two Independent MLAs have also backed the party, taking their strength to 107. The coalition has 118 MLAs — 80 from the Congress, 37 from the JDS, and one from the BSP.
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PM Modi meets mother in Gandhinagar, seeks blessing New Delhi, May 26 (Agencies): PM Narendra Modi on Sunday met his mother Heeraben three days after coming back to power for the second successive term with a historic win. According to Hindustan Time, PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah arrived in Gujarat on a two-day visit. The PM addressed his first rally on Sunday after the poll victory. He was welcomed by a huge crowd at the rally venue in Ahmedabad. The celebrations in the prime minister’s home state, which has voted for the BJP in all 26 Lok Sabha seats, were muted due to the Surat fire tragedy in which 22 students were killed. Earlier on Sunday, PM Modi offered floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s statue near the Ahmedabad airport.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his mother Heeraben Modi at her residence in Gandhinagar. (ANI Photo)
The BJP-led NDA swept the Lok Sabha elections winning 349 of the 542 seats for which polls were held and notched up almost 45 per cent of the votes across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sworn in for his second term at 7 pm on May 30 at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan. Meanwhile, according to Financial Express, on May 23, when it became clear that PM Modi would be back at the helm, his mother greeted the BJP workers and media persons who had gathered her house following the victory of her son.
CBI issues lookout notice They tore my kurta, told me to say “Jai Shri Ram”: Md Barakat Alam against ex-Kolkata Police chief
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India through an airport or by sea. The 1989-batch IPS officer is accused of being involved in tampering of evidence and attempting to protect certain politicians from investigation into the Rs 2,500-crore Saradha chit fund scam when he headed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of West Bengal
Police. The CBI later took over the case. The SIT was formed by the Mamata Banerjee government in 2013. In 2014, the apex court transferred the case to the CBI. The CBI had told the Supreme Court that it wanted custodial interrogation of Kumar as there was prima facie evidence that he tried to protect the accused. Earlier, the Supreme Court had vacated its order granting protection to Kumar from arrest. Now, the apex court has allowed the CBI to “act in accordance with law”.
Alam, 25, said he was returning from evening prayers when he was set upon by a gang of four to five people who knocked off his skullcap and ordered him to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. He said when he refused, he was manhandled. “I was returning from namaaz when a man came up to me and told me I was not allowed to wear my cap. I refused to remove it but then he hit the back of my head and removed it and started cursing me,” he told NDTV. He said he tried appealing for help from people around him but nobody came forward. “Then they asked me to say “Jai Shri
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Ram”. I said, ‘why should I?’ and then they started hitting me and tearing my kurta,” he added. He said the accused then escaped - one on foot and the rest on motorcycles. A police case has been filed and CCTV footage of the
incident has been seized. However, the accused are yet to be identified. The BJP won a huge victory in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. In 10 seats of Haryana and seven seats in Delhi, the party made a clean sweep. In Madhya Pradesh, which was wrested by the Congress in December, the party won 28 of the 29 Lok Sabha seats. Mohammed Alam said he was from Begusarai in Bihar, which voted for BJP leader Giriraj Singh to parliament over CPI and former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya
Kumar. The incident comes shortly after one in Madhya Pradesh, in which two men were tied to a tree and thrashed for allegedly carrying beef. In a video of the attack, a woman is also seen being hit with a slipper as she curls up and takes the blows in silence from an attacker who is heard yelling “Jai Shri Ram”. The police said five men had been arrested in connection with the assault. One of the accused, Shubham Singh, who calls himself a member of “Ram Sena”, posted the video on his Facebook account on May 23; he deleted it later.
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NEW DELHI MAY 26 (AGENCIES): A 25-yearold man has claimed that he was attacked while on his way home after offering namaz at a mosque in the Sadar area of Gurgaon. The Millennium City lies adjacent to Delhi and is part of BJP-ruled Haryana. The alleged attack comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a speech from Parliament’s Central Hall, asked National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders, lawmakers and Chief Ministers to seek the trust of minority communities who had been “made to live in fear”, reports NDTV. Mohammed Barakat
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of Mumbai and Delhi, in just over a month’s time,” the airline said. Of the 595 planes, IndiGo has 230, Air India 128 and SpiceJet 100. Jet Airways, which ceased operations around mid-last month, had 120 planes in its fleet before going bust. Besides, GoAir has 49 planes, Air India Express 25, Vistara 22 snd AirAsia India 21 planes in their fleet. Alliance Air, which is the regional subsidiary of Air India, has 20 ATRs for operations. SpiceJet had placed a $22 billion order for 205 aircraft with Boeing in 2015 and had followed it up with a $1.7 billion order for 50 Bombardier Q400 planes.
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New Delhi, May 26 (IANS): The upcoming Budget in July may revise the fiscal deficit of 3.4 per cent upwards in view of the need to step up public expenditure to beat the economic slowdown while keeping in mind tax revenue are not going to grow at the required pace to match up with increased expenditure. “In a scenario where consumption, demand, investment and capital formation need support, fiscal deficit can be secondary point though profligacy will not be tolerated and the revision in the deficit will be well-controlled”,
SpiceJet chairman and managing director Ajay Singh said on the induction of 100th plane in the fleet. The Gurugram-based budget carrier now has 68 Boeing 737s, 30 Bombardier Q-400s and two B737 freighters. The airline at present operates 575 daily flights on an average to 62 destinations 53 domestic and nine international, it said. SpiceJet is a key player in the Union government’s regional connectivity scheme UDAN operating 42 flights per day to and from various regional destinations, it added. “SpiceJet has added 23 planes and over a hundred new flights, most of them connecting the key metros
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Mumbai, May 26 (PTI): No-frills airline SpiceJet Sunday announced the induction of a Boeing 737, taking its fleet size to 100 aircraft. SpiceJet is the fourth domestic airline to achieve the feat after national carrier Air India, now defunct Jet Airways and rival IndiGo. Eight domestic carriers - Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir, Air India Express, Vistara, AirAsia and Alliance together have 595 planes in their fleet at the moment. Spicejet in a release said it has added some 23 planes in the last one month alone. “ W h o c o u l d h ave thought that from the brink of closure in December 2014, SpiceJet would have a 100-aircraft fleet in 2019,”
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an easy walk for the government. In the interim budget, the fiscal deficit target for FY 2019-20 is set at 3.4 percent of GDP,” said Deepthi Mathew, Economist, Geojit Financial Services. “In such a scenario, the government might resort to increased market borrowing that won’t work well for private investors.” Industry observers also opined that not only public investment but also RBI’s monetary policy has to play a role in supporting growth. The RBI in April had lowered its key lending rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6 per cent. A monetary policy easing allows banks to reduce their lending rates that helps both consumers and the industry to get cheaper finance. “... private investments are not forthcoming, so public investment should continue to keep pace, which looks difficult given the current fiscal constraints,” said Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, SBI. “Therefore monetary policy should do heavy lifting as fiscal policy is constrained.” Additionally, a faster transmission of earlier policy easing by lenders is required, as high interest rates and liquidity constraints have demoralised auto, home and capital goods consumers.
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aviation. Specifically, the automobile sector has been impacted the hardest. Off-take data showed that in April, car sales which indicate urban and semi-urban demand declined 19.93 per cent to 160,279 units. In the commercial vehicle segment, which is the key indicator of economic activity, domestic sales went down by 5.98 per cent to 68,680 units last month. Similarly, overall sales of two-wheelers, which include scooters, motorcycles and mopeds, edged lower by 16.36 per cent to 1,638,388 units. Recently, State Bank of India’s Economic Research Department in a report said: “In Q4FY19, of 384 companies more than 330 companies exhibited negative growth in mid-line and bottom-line.” “Perhaps, significantly depressed rural prices is disturbing rural income and weak demand is affecting the FMCG sector.” Even on the macrolevels, the latest economic indicators, including Index of Eight Core Industries and Index of Industrial Production have shown a downward trend. However, to complicate the matter further, the government also has to remain fiscally prudent. “Considering, the present fiscal situation it won’t be
MHz, 5470-5725 MHz and 5725-5875 MHz frequency bands have been included as unlicensed for use in indoor and outdoor environment. The opening of more unlicensed frequencies will facilitate development of 5G ecosystem, the TRAI paper said. The department’s WPC (Wireless planning & Coordination) wing is also simplifying rules enabling ‘light-touch’ licensing and delicensing of spectrum for broadband proliferation. TRAI had recommended auction of about 8,644 MHz of telecom frequencies. The 5G committee of the telecom ministry has said about 6,000 Mhz of spectrum can be made available without delay for the next generation mobile service. The panel has identified spectrum for 5G services across 11 bands, of which four bands -- premium 700 Mhz band, 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz), 24 Ghz and 28 Ghz band -- can be made immediately available for the service. It is likely that the entire spectrum quantum suggested by TRAI will be put to auction. Globally, full scale deployment of 5G networks is expected to start by late 2019 or early 2020 for which pilots have already commenced. India is also not far behind. The 5G High Level Forum envisages 5G to be deployed in India by 2020 along with the rest of the world.
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New Delhi, May 26 (IANS): A combination of stimulus measures along with fiscal discipline is prescribed to reinvigorate India’s economy which is ailing with low demand, receding production and stagnant wages. In simple terms, the economy in 2019 faces many challenges like rural distress, slow pace of private investment and high finance cost. These together have subdued consumer sentiment which has further impacted everything from car sales to air passenger traffic. Consequently, slipping demand has impacted production levels further stalling hiring levels and wages. “The government will have limited immediate lever from the fiscal space amid optimistic revenue assumptions. However the immediate focus of the policymakers would be to prop rural demand and improve agriculture terms of trade,” said Madhavi Arora, Lead Economist, Edelweiss Securities. “Besides, better monetary policy transmission of past cuts and possibly more cuts will likely be the focus of the monetary authority.” The need for comprehensive fiscal support measures assume significance as the slowdown has become evident in sectors such as automobile, FMCG and
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS): The Department of Telecom will start identifying and making available new spectrum bands for access and backhaul segments for timely deployment and growth of 5G networks, according to a ministry note. The department will also make available harmonised and contiguous spectrum required for deployment of next generation access technologies, a DoT note said. “Identifying and making available new spectrum bands for access and backhaul segments for timely deployment and growth of 5G networks, making available harmonised and contiguous spectrum required for deployment of next generation access technologies for making adequate spectrum available for being equipped for the new broadband era”, said the DoT noting. To offer multi-gigabits mobile broadband services (MBB), 5G would essentially require large contiguous spectrum blocks per operator to roll out 5G services, according to a TRAI white paper on 5G. DOT’s National Digital Communication Policy also supports this contention. In India, earlier, only 2.400-2.4835 GHz and 5.825-5.875 GHz were unlicensed bands for indoor and outdoor use of low power equipment. Recently, 5150-5250 MHz, 5250-5350
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‘Stop Boris’ campaign launched in UK L o n d o n, M ay 2 6 (IANS): A campaign to stop former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson from becoming the UK’s new Prime Minister and taking the country into a no-deal Brexit has been launched by moderate cabinet ministers. After Theresa May owed to pressure on Friday and announced she would resign as Conservative leader within two weeks, Justice Secretary David Gauke and International Development Secretary Rory Stewart condemned Johnson’s readiness to embrace a no-deal, saying it would be hugely damaging to the national interest, the Guardian reported. The campaign launched on Saturday as part of a concerted “antiJohnson” push by opponents of a hard Brexit followed comments by the former Foreign Secretary on Friday, soon after May’s resignation speech, that the
Boris Johnson (File) UK would definitely leave the European Union (EU) “deal or no deal” on October 31 if he became leader in July. The remark infuriated the soft-Brexit wing of the party, with some MPs and Ministers even warning that there would be “serious numbers” of moderate Conservatives who would be ready to vote down a Johnson government if he set the country on a path
German Jews warned not to wear ‘kippas’ Berlin, May 26 (IANS): The German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner has urged Jews to avoid wearing “kippa”, the traditional Jewish skullcaps in public, the media reported on Sunday. Felix Klein warned Jews against donning the kippa in parts of the country, following a rise in anti-Semitism. Klein said his opinion on the matter had “changed compared with what it used to be”. “I cannot recommend to Jews that they wear the skullcap at all times everywhere in Germany,” he told the Funke newspaper
on Saturday. A sharp increase was recorded last year by the German government in the number of anti-Semitic offences. Official figures showed 1,646 hate crimes against Jews were committed in 2018 - an increase of 10% from previous year. Physical attacks against Jews in Germany also rose in the same period, with 62 violent incidents recorded, up from 37 in 2017. Klein suggested “the lifting of inhibitions and the uncouthness” of society could be behind the spike in antiSemitic crimes.
to no deal. In a clear attack on Johnson, Gauke, writing in the Guardian’s Observer magazine on Sunday, warned that candidates who fail to acknowledge the “enormously harmful” effects of crashing out of the EU will fuel populism and risk doing untold harm to the economy and national interest. His warning came after Stewart, who has declared his intention to stand, tore
into Johnson and said he would refuse to serve in a government under his leadership. “I spoke to Boris, I suppose, about two weeks ago and I thought at the time he had assured me that he wouldn’t push for a no-deal Brexit. So, we had a conversation about 20, 25 minutes and I left the room reassured by him that he wouldn’t do this. “But it now seems that he is coming out for a no-deal Brexit. I think it would be a huge mistake. Damaging, unnecessary, and I think also dishonest,” Stewart added. The race to succeed May has begun with Conservative leadership contenders clashing over Brexit. UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock, 40, become the latest Cabinet Minister on Saturday to declare his intentions to stand for the Conservative leadership after May’s resignation.
Strong quake strikes Peru LIMA, May 26 (Agencies): An earthquake with a magnitude as high as 8.0 stuck northern Peru in the early hours of Sunday morning, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake, at an “intermediate depth” of around 110 kilometers, was felt around the country and even hundreds of miles away in the capital city of Lima, local authorities reported. There were no initial reports of casualties or of significant damage. Peru sits on the socalled Pacific “Ring of Fire” where the majority of the world’s seismic activity occurs. “There are no reports of casualties nor of major material damage at this point,” Hernán Talavera, head of the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP), told local radio station RPP. The earthquake was around 75km SSE of Lagunas and 180 km east of the town of Moyobamba the USGS said.
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Pakistan ready to hold talks with new Indian govt: Qureshi Islamabad, May 26 (PTI): Pakistan is ready to hold talks with the new Indian government to resolve all outstanding issues, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said. Addressing an Iftar dinner in Multan on Saturday, Qureshi said both India and Pakistan should sit on negotiation table to solve issues for the sake of prosperity and peace of the region, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. His remarks came two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday led his Bharatiya Janata Party towards a super-sized victory for a second term in office. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday congratulated Modi on his electoral triumph and expressed desire to work with him for peace and prosperity in the region. “I
Mehmood Qureshi (File) congratulate Prime Minister Modi on the electoral victory of BJP and allies. Look forward to working with him for peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia,” Khan tweeted in both English and Urdu. In April, Khan said he believed there may be a better chance of peace talks with India and settle the Kashmir issue if Modi’s party wins the general elections. The results of India’s
general elections are very significant for Pakistan as the new government in New Delhi will determine the course of Indo-Pakistan ties, which were pushed to a new low after the Pulwama terror attack. Just a day before the announcement of results, Qureshi and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday exchanged pleasantries on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He conveyed to her Pakistan’s desire to resolve all issues through dialogue. Tensions flared up between India and Pakistan after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-eMuhammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel in Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14.
Still have ‘confidence’ in North Korean leader, says Trump Tokyo, May 26 (IANS): US President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his “confidence” in North Korean leader Kim Jong-un despite Pyongyang launching missile tests earlier this month. “North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me,” Trump tweeted from Japan where he is on an official visit. “I have confidence that Chairman Kim (Jong-un) will keep his promise to me,” he added, apparently referring to what he has reported as a pledge by Kim to freeze the testing of missiles
and nuclear weapons, Efe news reported. The Pyongyang regime launched several short-range ballistic missiles on May 4 and 9 in tests overseen by the North Korean dictator. Some countries, including Japan, say the moves violate UN Security Council resolutions. On Saturday in Tokyo, US National Security Adviser John Bolton also said there is “no doubt” the ballistic missile launches violate UN resolutions, in contrast to Trump’s stance. Both the US and one of its regional allies, South Korea, downplayed the importance of the tests earlier this month, which came amid
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have arrived in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday evening for a five-day visit.
the stalemate in negotia- and Pyongyang to achieve tions between Washington the denuclearization of the
Korean Peninsula. In his tweet, Trump also echoed recent North Korean criticism of former US Vice President Joe Biden, who was accused by Pyongyang of being a “fool of low-IQ”. The criticism made by North Korean state media emerged after Biden at a campaign launch in Philadelphia last week asked if the US had become “a nation that embraces dictators like (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and Kim Jong-un”, referring to Trump’s international ties. An article by the official news agency KCNA said Biden was an “imbecile
bereft of elementary quality as a human being”. Referring to those criticisms, Trump said today that he had “smiled” when North Korea called “Joe Bidan (sic) a low IQ individual, & worse”. “Perhaps that’s sending me a signal?” the US president added in the tweet. Trump was scheduled to play a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday and later attend the final of a sumo wrestling tournament. On Monday, he will be received by the new emperor, Naruthito, and will meet with Abe.
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usik-A (Alobo Naga School of Music) held its graduation ceremony of Live sound Management batch 4 at the School premises today on May 24. 19 students were conferred with certificates , interestingly there were 3 female candidates. Like the previous years even this year they had students coming from Manipur &
Assam. Special guest on the occasion, Dr. Hovithal Sothu, project director MTF encouraged the students and spoke about the importance of good sound engineers and the important role of the same in the music industry. He also shared about the various government plans for the musicians. Atsung Jamir, HoD
of Musik-A Sound management, gave away the certificates. The guest were enthralled with a mini concert from the faculty members and students while all the graduating students were assigned behind the mixer to mix for prominent artistes like Manyang Kichu, Thunglamo, Rokosenou, Nokmachiba , Asenle & many more.
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alman Khan has clearly not been able to overcome Priyanka Chopra's departure from his upcoming movie Bharat. While the actress' impending wedding with American singer Nick Jonas was cited as the reason for her sudden departure by the makers at the time, some reports had claimed that Priyanka was apparently not happy with too many actors getting roped in for the film. Her role eventually went to Katrina Kaif. But her sudden exit from the film seemed to have ruffled some feathers. And, Salman, too, is one of them. Days after taking an indirect dig at the actress for leaving the project, the Dabangg star has once again spoken about it. In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Salman thanked Priyanka as Katrina talked about her character in the film. (News 18)
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n incredibly well-preserved shield made from tree bark may be the find of the century and revolutionise what is known about Celtic weaponry. It is the first shield ever excavated in Europe to be made from bark and dated by archaeologists who found it in Leicestershire to be 2,400 years old. All other shields previously unearthed on the continent were made from timber or metal. The use of bark made it far lighter than the alternatives and would have allowed its wielder to move swiftly as they were not restricted by a cumbersome shield. Analysis shows that it was stiffened with wooden straps and fitted with a rim and handles to make it easier to hold and use. The shield was first discovered in 2015 south of Leicester on the Everards Meadows, buried deeply within the waterlogged soil
of the excavation pit. Known as the Enderby shield, it measured 26 x 15 inches (670 x 370mm) in the ground in a spot where archaeologists think was once a livestock watering hole. Speaking to MailOnline, Matt Beamish, project officer at the University Leicester Archaeology Services (ULAS), said 'The shield was found "face down" in the ground and you could see part of the handle on the inside.' Radiocarbon from the wooden pieces found has
dated it to between 395 and 255 BC and researchers have made a modern copy using bark sliced from a tree. Detailed analysis had showed that the bark came from alder, willow, poplar, hazel or spindle tree and that the the outer layer of bark formed the inside of the shield. The shield had been painted and scored in red chequerboard decoration using hematite based paint and was likely severely damaged from the pointed tips of spears nearby, before being cast into the ground.
Researchers used an array of analytical techniques to understand the construction of the object, including CT scanning and 3D printing. According to the dig's website, barks shields may well have been common the Iron Age, but due to the lack of wood preservation and the biased survival of metal, it is hard to find evidence. The shield is first of its kind to have been found in Europe. The shield has now been conserved by York Archaeological Trust. (Daily Mail)
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ormer business manager for late comic book icon, Stan Lee, was arrested on Saturday on suspected elder abuse charges. Keya Morgan, 43, was taken into custody in Arizona after Los Angeles prosecutors charged him with five counts of elder abuse, that include theft, forgery or fraud against an elder adult, false imprisonment of an elder adult and embezzlement. Authorities say Morgan tried to manipulate Lee and act on his behalf without his authority. Prosecutors said Morgan pocketed more than $262,000 from autograph
signings Lee did in May 2018. Morgan took Lee from his Hollywood Hills home to a Beverly Hills
condominium where he exerted control over him, authorities said. Lee died in November at the age
his family and friends and attempting to take control of his money and assets. Morgan's attorney, Alex Kessel, asserts his client's innocence. He said he was in contact with prosecutors to arrange for Morgan's surrender on Tuesday. "It is unfortunate that the DA and police did not honour our commitment to surrender next week and arrested him," Kessel told The Associated Press in an email. Morgan will go before a judge in Arizona before he is expected to be extradited of 95. Lee's daughter ac- to Los Angeles, He is being cused Morgan of prevent- held on $300,000 bond. (Fox News) ing her father from seeing
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early 1.5 crore young "digital natives", most of whom cast their votes for the first time, chose to vote for Narendra Modi as India's next prime minister and Chinese short video-sharing app TikTok played a great role in creating a "Modi wave" among them. While the seasoned members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were busy charting out strategies and organising rallies, the younger, tech-savvy karyakartas took charge of expanding Modi's digital presence across platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter -- and TikTok. TikTok, which claims to have over 120 million monthly active users in India, played a crucial part in circulating dialogues, speeches and candid reactions from Modi on smart phones across the length and breadth of the country. "One day, my Instagram was flooded with TikTok videos showing Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Modi sharing hugs and winks during a Parliament session with 'Aankh maare, ladka aankh maare' song playing in the background. It will always be one of my favourites this election season," Riya Kalwani, content writer from Mumbai told IANS. "Seriously, whoever took the time and energy to make these videos, hats off K Y M C
to them," she added. The app-struck young voters took to the platform to record themselves, shouting the famous "Mitro" and "Iss baar fir Modi sarkar" videos, hash-tagged them with social media trends and shared those. After Modi prefixed the word "Chowkidar" before his name on Twitter, TikTokers went berserk. Not just individuals but families recorded themselves imitating Modi's "Aap aashvast rahiye, aapka ye chowkidar, poori tarah chowkanna hai" dialogue along with videos on the "Mein bhi chowkidar hu" songs. "So many people did TikTok videos on 'Zyada se zyada ye mera kya kar lenge? Aree hum toh fakeer aadmi hai, jhola leke chal padenge' dialogue. It was everywhere. There was also this one where people have dubbed Modi discussing popular daily soap 'Ye rishta kya kehlata hai.' Just hilarious," said Deepika Tiwari, a media student. Another TikTok video that trended showed a TV screen recording of Modi speaking in a session with a paper in hand and his supporters banging the table behind him in agreement along with a famous dialogue from Bollywood movie "Munna Bhai MBBS": 'Sir, bahar casualty mei koi marrne ki halat pe raha, toh usko form bharna zaroori hai kya?" (IANS)
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even duel in which neither squad kept possession of the ball for long. Bayern managed to make the first threat, with a shot by Serge Gnabry at the third minute that was deflected, but the first clear chance was for Leipzig at the 11th minute when Yussuf Poulsen made a promising header that Manuel Neuer deflected against the crossbar. The match continued to be tense, balanced and seemed more controlled by Leipzig than by Bayern. But it all turned around at the 29th minute in one of the first effective plays that Niko Kovac’s team managed to put to-
gether - Bayern took a 1-0 lead thanks to Robert Lewandowski. Thiago started it off with a pass from midfield to Javi Martinez, who got the ball to Kingsley Coman who got it to David Alaba, who then centered it from the goal line into the penalty area where Lewandowski headed it into the net for the score. After the goal, Bayern seemed to take charge of the game and in the last half had several good chances. Coman in the 42nd minute and Hummels in the 45th minute came close to scoring a second goal. After halftime, Leipzig
also made some dangerous charges downfield. However, Bayern took control once more, got together several threats and in the 78th minute Coman made it 2-0 with a left-footed shot after outstanding control in the box left keeper Gulacsi alone in front of the net. The game was winding down when Lewandowski made a counterattack that began with a long pass from Joshua Kimmich. The Pole took the pass from Kimmich, got around a defender and ran freely toward the goal where he scored to make if 3-0 in the 85th minute, and so Bayern’s double was secured.
England sweat on Wood’s WC fitness
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L o n d o n, M ay 2 6 (Agencies): England fast bowler Mark Wood was left with a nervous wait after his World Cup chances were thrown into doubt by a foot injury that saw him leave the field during a warm-up defeat by Australia in Southampton on Saturday. The Durham quick had managed just 3.1
China win Sudirman Cup Nanning, May 26 (Agencies): Shi Yuqi stunned world champion Kento Momota as hosts China whitewashed Japan for an 11th Sudirman Cup title on Sunday. Ja p a n h ave n eve r won the badminton world mixed-team championship and their search goes on after they were well beaten 3-0 in the Chinese city of Nanning. China went 1-0 up through their men’s doubles and then took a 2-0 lead after a captivating women’s singles match between Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi. Japan needed their talisman Momota to beat Shi in the men’s singles to keep the tie alive. It looked like more of the same when the 24-yearold Momota won the first game 21-15, but Shi suddenly found rhythm and his subdued Japanese rival faded spectacularly. The 23-year-old Shi raced to the second game 21-5 and took that searing momentum into the decider, winning the third game -- and with it the Sudirman Cup -- 21-11. Shi sealed the championship with a smash and was mobbed by his teammates, who raced onto the court after his surprise win. K Y M C
overs in his opening spell when he abandoned his run-up after feeling pain in his left foot. “We’ll see how it turns out in the morning. It can be a worry for him,” said England stand-in captain Jos Buttler. “He’s worked really hard and it’s something he’s battled a bit which is a
frustration for him. He puts in all the work, the medical staff are great with him, and I’m sure he’s in the best hands. We hope for the best for him.” This was just Wood’s second appearance of the season and his latest injury was a reminder that World Cup hosts and favourites England may have to callup left-arm paceman David Willey as a replacement before the lengthy event is over. “Unfortunately in professional sport things like this happen,” said Buttler, deputising as skipper for the injured Eoin Morgan. Morgan, however, is expected to recover from a finger problem in time to lead England in World Cup opener against South Africa at the Oval on Thursday.
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS): Badminton Association of India (BAI) President Himanta Biswa Sarma has been elected the Vice President of the Badminton Asia Council (BAC). The 50-year-old got 35 votes from a total of 40 polled on Saturday. “The BAI President is making his foray in the continental committee and we are sure it will help the BAI to get added support from the Asian body and work to develop badminton in the region,” said BAI General Secretary Ajay Singhania. BAC President Anton Subowo also appointed BAI Secretary (Tournaments) Omar Rashid as the Deputy Chairman of Badminton Asia’s Development Committee.
Aus beat England in WC warm-up
Australian players celebrate after taking a wicket during their World Cup warm-up match against England.
Southampton, May 26 (Agencies): Defending champions Australia rode on Steve Smith’s century to beat England by 12 runs in a closely-fought World Cup warm-up match in Southampton on Saturday. Chasing a target of 298 to win, England were bowled out for 285 in the final over but the tournament hosts will be more concerned about injuries than the result. With captain Eoin Morgan not playing due to a fractured finger, England had another scare when fast bowlers Mark Wood and Jofra Archer sustained injuries. Wood was troubled by his left foot and bowled only three overs before leaving the field for treatment while Archer injured himself while sliding to save a
boundary before returning 30 minutes later. “Mark Wood is to have a precautionary scan,” the England Cricket Board said in a statement, as reported by ESPN. “England’s medical team want to ensure there is nothing serious in the buildup to the start of the World Cup.” Smith hit eight fours and three sixes in his 116 off 102 balls before he was caught and bowled by Tom Curran in the final over. “To get 300 was superb,” Australian skipper Aaron Finch said. “Steve played an unbelievable knock.” England’s Liam Plunkett conceded 69 runs in his nine overs, but picked up four wickets — including top-order batsmen David Warner (43) and Shaun
Marsh (30). “The pitch was slower than some of the pitches we’ve played on before,” England’s acting captain Jos Buttler said. “It was still a good wicket, but didn’t have the pace it normally has.” England’s top scorer was James Vince, who hit a patient 64 off 76 deliveries, before he was caught by Nathan Lyon attempting to cut a short ball. Buttler chipped in with a quick-fire 52 off 31 balls which included three sixes. England play one more warm-up match against Afghanistan on Monday before kicking off their World Cup campaign against South Africa on Thursday. Australia play Sri Lanka on Monday before their first match of the campaign on June 1 against Afghanistan.
M u n i c h , M ay 2 6 (IANS): Apurvi Chandela on Sunday won the gold in women’s 10m air rifle at the ISSF World Cup in Munich. The 26-year-old shot 251 points in the final to pip China’s Luyao Wang’s score of 250.8. This was Apurvi’s second gold of the year, having won the first at the Delhi World Cup in February. Her compatriot Elavenil Valarivan, however, narrowly missed out on a medal after finishing fourth behind China’s Xu Hong. The 19-year-old, who won gold in the junior event of the Sydney World Cup in 2018, shot 208.3 while Xu Hong finished with a score of 229.4. Indian shooters are competing for 12 of the 17 Tokyo Olympic quotas available in Munich, having already secured five quota places in rifle and pistol competitions. Chandela and Anjum Mudgil were the first to secure their places. Saurabh Chaudhary then sealed the third quota place with a world record score at the Delhi World Cup in February. The fourth and fifth spots were taken by Divyansh Singh Panwar and Abhishek Verma, respectively, at the Beijing World Cup. Indians therefore had to forfeit their right to quotas in the women’s 10m air rifle and men’s 10m air pistol events.
Zverev clinches Geneva Open trophy
G e n e va , M ay 2 6 (IANS): Germany’s Alexander Zverev captured his first title of the season with a see-saw 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10-8) victory in Geneva Open final over Chile’s Nicolas Jarry, who had two match points but came up just short. The championship match at this clay-court tennis event on Saturday was marred by two long rain delays before the fifth-ranked Zverev finally clinched the win in two hours and 37 minutes, reports Efe news. Zverev dominated the first set, breaking Jarry’s serve in the second game and having chances to get an insurance break in both the fourth and sixth games. He was unable to convert those chances but still wrapped up the set comfortably in the ninth game by holding serve at love. The 75th-ranked Jarry also faced a break point in the opening game of the second set, but after getting out of danger he grabbed a 4-2 advantage by breaking Zverev’s serve for the first time. A few games later, Jarry wrapped up the second set when a Zverev return of serve sailed far over the baseline. Both players stayed on serve throughout the third set to set up a deciding tiebreaker, which featured some dramatic twists and turns. Zverev appeared to have the situation under control when he took a two-
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mini-break lead at 4-0 and once again at 5-2 when Jarry badly misplayed a forehand passing shot. The Chilean got one mini-break back but still faced three match points when serving at 3-6 in the tiebreaker. He saved two of them on his own serve and then made the score 6-6 when he retrieved a Zverev drop shot and ended up finishing off the point with a forehand volley winner. Jarry then had a match point on his own serve at 7-6 but dumped a backhand volley in the net to squander it. Ser ving down 7-8, Zverev saved another match
point when Jarry netted a forehand and then arrived at his fourth match point by striking a remarkable downthe-line backhand passing shot winner. In the end, Jarry’s inconsistency proved the difference as he sent a forehand approach shot meters over the baseline on the final point. Zverev, who won the elite, season-ending ATP Finals last November and appeared poised for a possible run at a maiden Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking in 2019, is back in the winner’s circle after a long title drought and some early-season struggles.
Yastremska claims Strasbourg title
Strasbourg, May 26 (Agencies): Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska beat France’s Caroline Garcia 6-4 5-7 7-6(3) in an thrilling match to win her third WTA singles title at the Strasbourg International on Saturday. Yastremska saved a championship point on her way to the title with the 19-year-old putting on a fearsome display of firepower in a match lasting a minute short of three hours. “You’ve always been my idol, thank you for this match,” Yastremska said. “I was here two years ago and I lost in the first round. I almost lost at match point today but I’m happy to win.” Garcia took an early lead in the opening set but
Yastremska fought back to level at 3-3 with powerful baseline shots. The Ukrainian stepped up her game to take the set with a mixture of baseline rallies and occasionally coming to the net to outfox her opponent. Yastremska’s devastating forehand kept her in control in the second set and she held a 5-3 lead which gave her a chance to serve for the title. Garcia saved two championship points, however, and forced a deciding set as Yastremska doublefaulted. Dayana Yastremska with the trophy after defeating After a tense final set Caroline Garcia in the final. Yastremska dominated the tiebreaker to join Kiki Bertens, Karolina Pliskova ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and Petra Kvitova as the only women to have won two titles this year.
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Born: 20-02-1954 | Died: 08-05-2019 Through this column, we the bereaved family and relatives of our beloved father Late M. Imkongtemjen Aier (Yajang 'C') would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all the individuals, friends, neighbours and well wishers who stood by us physically, spiritually, financially and through prayers during prolonged illness and till his last breathe on 8th May 2019. We convey our special thanks to: 1. Shri. Temjen Imna Along Lkr (Minister for Higher Education and Technical Education, Govt. of Nagaland) 2. Dr. N. Benjong Aier (Ex-Minister) 3. Ao Students Conference (AKM) 4. Japukong Students Conference (JKM) 5. Japukong Youth Organisation (JYO) 6. Clark Theological College (CTC) Aolichen 7. Ungma Village Council 8. APMC Tuli 9. Mr. Selvam (Manager Villa Shipping Pvt. Ltd., Maldives) 10. Changdang Students' Union 11. Aonokpu Students' Union 12. Nokpu Students' Union 13. Yajang 'C' Village Council 14. Yajang 'C' Baptist Church/Women/Youth Department 15. Yajang 'C' Students' Union 16. Bendangtsür Telongjem Yajang 'C' 17. Junglir Aier Kidong Yajang 'C' 18. Lt. M. Imkongtemjen Aier Züngar Telongjem Yajang 'C' 19. Yajang 'A' Baptist Church 20. Yajang Union Dimapur 21. Doctors and Nurses of Eden Medical Centre Dimapur, CIHSR Dimapur, Apollo Hospital Guwahati 22. Blood Donors 23. Relatives from Yajang and Ungma Villages Although we are unable to thank all of you individually your kind deeds shall be remembered and we earnestly pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly. Loving wife, children and relatives
03.08.1961 – 10.05.2019 ‘A Beautiful Soul is never forgotten’ We the children of Late Marsenla (Ungma) would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and sincere thanks to all relatives, churches, neighbours, unions, friends, colleagues and well wishers who stood by us physically, financially and spiritually throughout this difficult time. We sincerely regret and apologize for our inability to mention all the names individually, but it is our fervent prayer that the good Lord bless one and all abundantly. Loving children and in-laws. MKC-243
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Bayern players celebrate with the trophy after winning the German soccer cup final match against RB Leipzig at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, Germany on Saturday. (AP/PTI)
Apurvi wins 10m air rifle gold at Munich WC
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Bayern Munich lift German Cup
B e r l i n, M ay 2 6 (IANS): Bayern Munich came out on top in the final of the German Cup here with a 3-0 win over RB Leipzig, with two goals by Robert Lewandowski and one by Kingsley Coman, which means the Bavarian club close the season with a league and cup double after having already won the Bundesliga championship. Saturday’s final for Bayern was more difficult than the scoreboard indicates. Only at the end of the second half did the Bavarian club pull away and leave its opponent in the dust, reports Efe news. But for a long time, the match looked like an
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Valencia stun Barca to win Copa del Rey
Valencia players with the Copa del Rey trophy after beating Barcelona in the final.
Seville (Spain) May 26 (IANS): Valencia were nearly flawless defensively and opportunistic on the counter-attack in a 2-1 victory over heavily favoured FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final, a memorable achievement for a side marking their 100-year anniversary. For Barca, Saturday’s loss was a second major disappointment this month, coming just 18 days after their stunning collapse against Liverpool in the second leg of their Champions League semifinal, reports Efe news. The Catalans-dominated ball possession from the outset at Benito Villamarin Stadium against an opponent that had no interest in competing in that aspect of the game and were focused on getting out quickly on counterattack opportunities. One of those came very
early in the contest when a blunder by defender Clement Lenglet led to a golden opportunity for Valencia forward Rodrigo, whose shot from close range was cleared away by defender Gerard Pique at the goal mouth. Barca superstar forward Lionel Messi got in on the action in the 18th minute, sending in a low shot that defender Gabriel Paulista did well to clear away for a corner kick. After surviving that scare, the Bats got on the board in the 21st minute on a play in which Jose Luis Gaya received a long pass on the left side and then found Kevin Gameiro, who fired a potent blast from the top of the area past net minder Jasper Cillessen. Barca’s troubles then deepened 12 minutes later when Carlos Soler found
just enough space on a fresh counterattack against defender Jordi Alba on the right side to send in a pass to Rodrigo, who bounced in a header from point-blank range. On the other end of the field, Messi tried his utmost to get his team going and fired a shot from outside the area just before the intermission that goalie Jaume Domenech did well to save. Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde made a couple of substitutions after the break, sending on Malcom for Nelson Semedo and replacing Arthur with Arturo Vidal in an attempt to bolster an attack that was having to make do without the injured Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele. Both teams had good chances to score in the early part of the second half, with Goncalo Guedes coming
close to giving Valencia a 3-0 lead on a shot that went just wide and Messi nearly pulling one back for Barcelona at the 56-minute mark with a nifty run in the area and a left-footed shot that clanked off the woodwork. Barcelona kept pressing forward against their defence-minded opponent, nearly getting a goal from Pique on a close-range shot off a pass from Malcom in the 71st minute and then finally making the score 2-1 when Messi tapped the ball home after a header by Lenglet had struck the right upright. The final 20 minutes were action-packed, with Barca throwing caution to the wind in search of the equalizer and Valencia unable to convert golden chances on the counter-attack. But Valencia’s gritty defence was the story in the end as the Bats secured their eighth title in Spain’s annual knockout soccer competition and their first since 2008. Barca, winners of a record 30 titles in this competition, came up short in their bid to win an unprecedented fifth straight Copa del Rey title. Afterward, Valencia head coach Marcelino Garcia Toral said on the field that he was thrilled to have won his first title in a 20-year coaching career. “There’s always a first final, and it took seven semifinals to get to a final. And thanks to the players, the fans, the coaches and my family, they’ve made me professionally speaking - the happiest man in the world.”
L o n d o n, M ay 2 6 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : M a n chester United have ruled out a move for Ajax defender Matthijs de Ligt. Reports in the national press over the weekend had suggested United could move for the £65m-rated Netherlands international this summer. But it is understood that United have withdrawn the interest they held in De Ligt, with many among the Old Trafford hierarchy believing the 19-year-old is set to join Barcelona. De Ligt has been a regular for Ajax over the past three seasons and captained the club to a league and cup double this campaign.
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He was also instrumental in the Dutch side’s r un to the Champions League semi-finals - suffering defeat to Tottenham in the last four of the competition. On Saturday, Barce-
lona president Josep Bartomeu confirmed the Spanish club were working on departures from the Nou Camp as well as incoming transfers. De Ligt’s Ajax and the Netherlands team-mate, Frenkie de Jong, has already agreed to move to Barcelona this summer for an initial £65m. “Every year new players come in. So far we have confirmed De Jong’s signing and now we will work on bringing in others and moving players on, as is normal every summer,” Bartomeu said. “Now is not the moment to do anything. There are always new signings, but now is not the moment to talk about it.”
SKCD Autocross & Sprint Challenge concludes
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Winners of the competition with their trophies.
Dimapur, May 26 (NPN): The 2nd Street Kings Club Dimapur (SKCD) Autocross & Sprint Challenge concluded on May 25 at Khehoi village, Dimapur. The event was held in 4 categories. In the open category, Brandon Bazeley (MSAM) secured the1st position while Rokobeituo (PVMC), Kamalesh Das (MSAM), Bento Swu (PVMC), and Obeth Shitio (PVMC) secured the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th positions respectively. In SUV category, Sandeep Sharma (PVMC), Anessh M Sangma (TMSC) and Ralph Lyngdoh (MSAM) secured the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. In the rookie category, Donboklang Ranee (PVMC)
secured the 1st position while Grimra Momin (TMSC) and Sheldon Synnah bagged the 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. The only female participant, Marlene Lyngdoh (MSAM) won the trophy in ladies category. Babit Lyngdoh from Team Street Kings, who is currently in the 1st position of the North East Championship, bagged the overall best time trophy and Monwanmi (EJAMSA) won the best decorated car trophy. Grimra Momin won the youngest driver trophy and gift hamper. Team P. Vizheto Motor sport Club won the highest participating club gift hamper and Atoka V. Zhimo won the post promising driver award.
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