May 8, 2018

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Vol XXVIII No. 150

TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Xi’s thoughts are ‘Marxism of modern China’: Chinese official

Barca hold Real 2-2 in feisty Clasico

I want to do better internationally: Anupam

international, Page 9

sports, Page 12

Infotainment, Page 10

Constitution bench to hear plea on impeachment of CJI Misra

NEW DELHI MAY 7 (AGENCIES): Supreme Court has formed a Constitution Bench to hear the petition filed by two Congress MPs seeking initiation of impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Dipak Misra.

The list of business for the Supreme Court showed that the petition would be heard Tuesday at 10.30 a.m. by a five-judge bench comprising Justices A K Sikri, S A Bobde, N V Ramana, Arun Mishra and A K Goel. This sudden development comes after the matter was mentioned on Monday before Justice Jasti Chelameswar. The petitioners had not mentioned the matter before the CJI since the case is against him.

Justice Chelameswar had said he would take a call on Tuesday on whether he should decide about listing of the petition but a bench to hear the case has been formed before he could make a decision.

“You come back tomorrow. We will see,” the

judge had told senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, who mentioned the matter before the most senior judge.

While Justice Sikri, who will head the bench, is number six in the seniority list, others follow him in the sequence of seniority. It is significant that the matter has not been listed before the judges who are number two to five in the seniority.

These judges - Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Jospeh - had held the controversial January 12 press conference in which they had virtually revolted against the CJI by raising a litany of allegations against him.

The petition, filed by Rajya Sabha MPs Partap Singh Bajwa and Amee Harshadray Yajnik, has challenged Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s decision to reject the notice of impeachment filed by seven opposition parties last month.

The petition told the court that Naidu’s decision appears to be motivated by “political consideration”

and should be set aside for being “arbitrary and illegal”.

“The rejection seems to be motivated by political consideration beyond the constitutional scheme which is buttressed by the fact that one of the charges against the Chief Justice is that he has been partial in assigning political sensitive cases pertaining to the ruling party before particular benches of this Hon’ble Court in order to get a predetermined outcome,” claimed the petition.

“None of the reasons given by the chairman in the impugned order carry any weight or are legally tenable.

It deserves to be set aside for being wholly extraneous and ultra vires to the provisions of the Constitution of India and the Inquiry Act,” stated the petition filed through advocate Sunil Fernandes.

It asked for a declaration that VP, as chairman of the Rajya Sabha, cannot exercise discretion and that he must set up an inquiry panel under the Judges’ Inquiry

Act, to probe the allegations against Justice Misra.

Recently, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu had rejected a notice of impeachment motion against CJI Misra moved by Opposition parties led by the Congress.

Earlier in the day, the Congress challenged Naidu’s dismissal of the impeachment notice in the Supreme Court. The party said that Naidu’s decision was “illegal and arbitrary” and taken in a “cavalier, cryptic and abrupt manner”.

Senior Congress leader and lawyer Kapil Sibal, who settled the petition, asked senior apex court judge Justice Chelameshwar to set up a panel to hear the plea. Sibal argued that since the case involved CJI Misra himself, he can’t set up the panel or hear the plea. However, Justice Chelameshwar said that it has already been cleared that Chief Justice was the master of the roaster and only he will allocate the cases and set up benches.

One more OSC approved for state

Gov reviews Swachh Bharat campaign

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NEW DELHI, MAY 7 (NPN): Centre has approved 100 additional One Stop Centres (OSCs) in nine states including Nagaland. This was approved at the Programme Approval Board (PAB) meeting of the Ministry of Women and Child Development in New Delhi on Monday.

In Nagaland, the One Stop Centre would be set up in Tuensang district. Dimapur district and Kohima district already have one stop centres, which were inaugurated in 2016.

The Ministry has set up 182 Centres till date under the scheme of One Stop Centres (OSCs) for women affected by violence since April, 2015.

The purpose of OSC is to facilitate integrated services for women affected with violence such as police assistance, medical aid, psycho-social counselling, legal aid/counselling, temporary stay for 5 days etc.

Cabinet Decision at a meeting on April 21, 2018 decided that in the coming years every district will be covered by one OSC and each OSC will be strengthened with an additional annual grant of Rs. 50,000 for immediate assistance for first aid.

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“I’ve been seeing so many destruction of IMFL but never imported liquor.”

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PB Acharya with State Ambassadors and representatives of Swachh Bharat Mission, at Raj Bhavan Kohima on Monday.

D I M A P U R , M AY 7 (NPN): Nagaland Governor and Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) brand ambassador, P.B. Acharya convened a review meeting of SBM State ambassadors at Raj Bhavan, Kohima on Monday.

According to a press release issued by PRO Raj Bhavan, Acharya appreciated the State ambassadors and the work they have been doing under Swachh Bharat.

He encouraged them to construct public toilets in all their respective districts and stated that public toilets play a key role in community health and individual well-being. He added that women face a lot of difficulties when public toilets are not available.

Also harping on the importance of rainwater harvesting, the governor opined that as hill stations face water

scarcity during dry season, rainwater harvesting is the need of the hour. He called on the SBM ambassadors to encourage others to take up rainwater harvesting in their respective districts. On their part, the ambassadors apprised the governor on the various activities and programmes taken up by them in their respective areas.

They also submitted their reports during the meeting.

Cong as single largest party in K’taka, JD(S) to be kingmaker: poll NEW DELHI MAY 7 (AGENCIES): As the Karnataka poll date inches closer, an opinion poll conducted by ABP has projected ruling Congress to emerge as the single largest party in a hung Assembly.

The opinion poll said that Congress would get a 38% vote share, followed by BJP at 33% and Janata Dal (Secular) at 22%. But none of the parties would get the magic figure of 112, and hence, fall short of forming a government in the state on their own. The survey showed that Congress could win 97 seats in the House of 225, while BJP led by BS Yeddyurappa is projected to win 84 seats.

The opinion poll, like others before it, suggested JD(S) could emerge as the kingmaker with 37 seats.

Earlier, the India Today opinion polls had predicted that the BJP’s vote share is likely to go up, but not enough to dislodge the current Congress government.

According to the India Today Group’s Karvy Insights opinion poll, the Congress would retain its vote share with 90-101 seats.

Meanwhile, the BJP’s seat share, although showing an improvement, stayed at 78-86. Meanwhile, the poll predicted that JD(S) would secure 34-43 seats.

The Karnataka election results will be declared on May 15 and the current Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s tenure will expire on 24 May.

Manipur CSOs seek clarification from PM, HM on Naga accord Correspondent

IMPHAL, May 7 (NPN): Days after possible shape of the Naga peace accord was reported by a national daily, three Manipur civil society organisations (CSOs) have sought clarification from the Government of India, particularly from Prime Minister’s office, on the matter.

Recently, Indian Express had published a news story how the Naga accord was almost finalised and that it was likely to be signed before the monsoon session of Parliament.

Quoting official sources, the newspaper reported that inter-State boundaries would not be changed, while autonomous Naga territorial councils would be constituted in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, besides a common cultural body for Nagas living across States, among others.

A law for Manipur restricting sale of land in the valley could be announced simultaneously with signing of the accord, the daily reported. Reacting to the report, All Manipur United Clubs Organisation (AMUCO), United Committee Manipur (UCM) and Coalition of Civil Societies Kangleipak (CCSK) have demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Rajnath Singh and the BJP government in the State clarify on the matter.

According to AMUCO president Ph Deben, the report published in In-

dian Express on April 26 was in total contradiction to the assurance given by the Prime Minister, Home minister and Central government leaders to the CSOs during a meeting in December last year.

Since the statement of RN Ravi contradicts the assurance given by Modi and Singh, they should clarify on the matter at the earliest, he demanded.

Deben demanded that the BJPled government in Manipur must clarify its stand on the issue since the party was ruling both at the Centre and in the State.

He said such a deal will only ignite public opposition in Manipur, and warned that a major uprising will follow such a settlement. He also urged the people of the State to stay alert for any eventuality in the wake of likely announcement of the Naga accord that could affect the integrity of Manipur.

Pointing out that there is no place where there are no settlements of Nagas or Kukis in Manipur, Deben said the proposal for an autonomous Naga territorial council was a clear case of divide and rule policy.

He warned that, if the Centre continued to indulge in activities against the interest of integrity of Manipur, a mass movement demanding pre-merger status for the State could emerge.

STSU serves two Belgian diplomat calls on Gov, CM weeks deadline on Shamator CHC MO D I M A P U R , M AY 7 (NPN): Shamator Town Student’s Union (STSU) Monday served a two-week deadline on the Medical Officer posted at Community Health Centre (CHC) Shamator, who it claimed had been “wilfully abstaining” from duty since November 2017, to report to his posting place.

In an open letter the medical officer CHC Shamator, the STSU president, K Tsukhumong, and general secretary, K Shokum, stated that Chief Medical Officer Tuensang has been apprised of the matter, but the patients were left unattended and deprived of even their basic right in availing medical services owing to the “prolonged unauthorized absence” of the lone MO.

Governor, PB Acharya with (left) Ambassador Jan Luykx at Raj Bhavan Kohima on Monday.

Staff Reporter

D I M A P U R , M AY 7 (NPN): Belgian Ambassador to India, Jan Luykx, Monday called on Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya, at Raj Bhavan and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, at his official residence in Kohima.

In a tweet, Rio said he had a wonderful meeting with Jan Luykx, Belgium Ambassador, and Alexis Bossuyt, Trade & Investment Commissioner, Govt.

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to positive partnerships for mutual benefits in the near future,” Rio tweeted.

Meanwhile, Embassy of Belgium in New Delhi also tweeted that Ambassador Jan Luykx and Trade and Investment Commissioner of Flanders Alexis Bossuyt were received by Governor of Nagaland.

During his visit, Belgian Ambassador visited Kohima War Cemetery, and paid his respects to the soldiers fallen during the battle of Kohima in April 1944.

‘Floods in NE becoming a perpetual phenomenon’ Gov greets on World Red Cross Day New Delhi/DIMAPUR, May 7 (AGENCIES/NPN): Floods in the North East have virtually become a perpetual phenomenon and a serious and comprehensive strategy is required to handle it, Union minister Jitendra Singh said Monday.

Floods, particularly in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, have virtually become a perpetual phenomenon, occurring year after year and causing tremendous loss to lives and property, Singh said after a research report on the Assam floods, prepared by the Delhi Alumni Association of Assam (DAAA), was presented to him here.

The minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) said a serious and comprehensive strategy to avoid such occurrences again and again was needed urgently.

He said the DoNER

Ministry had, on its own, helped set up the “Brahmaputra Study Centre” at the Gauhati University.

The Centre had started functioning in this regard and the first major research study, initiated a few months ago, dealt with the ways and means to control and prevent the occurrence of floods, Singh said.

For this purpose, he said, experts of international repute were also being involved.

The minister said a number of options were suggested in the past for prevention of a flood-like situation and these included embankments along the Brahmaputra river, dredging for de-siltation in the large rivers, construction of a high gravity concrete dam etc.

However, Singh added that a final call could only be taken after studying the various aspects, including

feasibility, cost-effectiveness and sustainable viability, of any future arrangement.

More T-storms likely to hit NE till May 11

The North Eastern region is likely going to be hit by more thunderstorm and gusty winds in the upcoming days.

In a weather warning bulletin, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the North East states likely to be affected by thunderstorms and gusty winds till May 11 are Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.

Heavy rain is also expected in the six North East states.

It may be mentioned that thunderstorms have affected many places in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Assam during the past few days.

NSDMA issues weather alert

Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department, has informed all the District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMAs) to take precautionary measures as weather forecast still indicates possibility of rains and thunderstorms accompanied by squally/gusty winds across the State.

NSDMA has requested to all the line departments engaged in emergency response/maintenance of public utilities, the DDMAs and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRFs) to remain alert for any monsoon related disasters. NSDMA said that due to incessant rains for the past few days, there was likelihood of floods in the low lying areas (Dimapur, Tizit and Tuli), erosion of river banks and landslides.

DIMAPUR, MAY 7 (NPN): On the occasion of World Red Cross Day, the Nagaland Governor, PB Acharya, who is also president of Indian Red Cross Society Nagaland Branch (IRCS) State Branch, called for reaffirming commitment to relieve human suffering, protect human lives and dignity and respond to emergencies.

World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, an annual celebration of the principles of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, is celebrated on May 8 each year coinciding with the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, founder of International Committee of the Red Cross and recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize.

In his message, Acharya paid tribute to the founder, Henri Dunant, and to the millions of volunteers who have followed in his footsteps to provide assistance and humanitarian service to the vulnerable.

Reminding of this year’s World Red Cross Day theme –– “Everywhere for Everyone”, the governor called upon all responsible to have a generous heart, kind speech and a life of service and compassion, which, he said were essential for nurturing humanity.

Lauding the Nagaland chapter, Acharya said the society, since its inception, has grown and has been rendering humanitarian network in the state by providing humanitarian values, disaster response and health care in the community. “On this significant day let us reiterate that ‘selfless service’ lies at the heart of the Red Cross Movement and all of us should reaffirm our commitment...,” he said.

Meanwhile, the governor appreciated members for their hard work and sincerity in helping the needy and wished the IRCS, Nagaland State Branch success in all future endeavours.

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NSEE 2018 on May 23 D I M A P U R , M AY 7 (NPN): Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has notified that the Nagaland State Entrance Examination (NSEE) 2018 for Para Medical/Agri and Allied degree courses would be held on May 23, 2018 from 10am to 1pm.

In a notification, the NBSE informed that examination centres would be notified at a later date.

Candidates have been informed to collect the provisional admit card personally, which would be issued on May 21 and 22, 2018 in the office of the NBSE. The board informed that signature in all the required places -- forms, counterfoil of the admit card, attendance register, etc -- must tally.

Further, it has been informed that examination fee of Rs. 600 was to be paid during collection of admit card.

As proof of identity, the candidate have been asked to produce the original/photocopy of the admit card of the HSSLC or HSLC Examination while collecting the NSEE Admit card and also have it in their possession in the examination hall.

NBSE informed that no admit cards would be issued on the day of the examination.

NLA committee meet on May 14

D I M A P U R , M AY 7 (NPN): Committee on Subordinate Legislation (CSL) chairman, Toshi Wungtung, MLA, has convened the first meeting of CSL on May 14, 11am in the committee room of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Secretariat.

A press release issued

by NLA Secretariat has requested all members of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2018-19) to make it convenient to attend the scheduled meeting.

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NZP receives one male Capped Langur from Assam State Zoo

Obed Bohovi Swu with Dr. Arindam Kr. Pachoni with other officials during the langur exchange.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Zoological Park (NZP), Rangapahar received one male capped langur from Assam State Zoo, Guwahati on May 6 under captive Wildlife exchange programme.

NZP director, Obed Bohovi Swu, in a press release said that in return, NZP sent one female capped langur to Assam State Zoo. The male capped langur was successfully

transported to NZP by staff of Assam State Zoo, Guwahati, led by Dr. Arindam Kr. Pachoni, forest veterinary officer of Assam State Zoo, Guwahati.

With the arrival of the male capped langur, one of the two females will be his mate, the release stated. The other female was sent to Assam State Zoo to be paired with another male capped langur. The exchange was

approved by Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi since Assam State Zoo did not have any female specimens whereas NZP had two specimens both of which were females.

The new arrival is being kept under quarantine at present for observation and acclimatization and will be introduced to the female after the quarantine period.

‘Educational Fair’ 2018 begins DIMAPUR: EduCentre, in partnership with YouthNet, organised a four-day “Educational Fair” under the IMPACT 5000 by 18 programme which is in partnership with government of Nagaland and Runway. It commenced on May 7 at the De-Oriental Grand Hotel, Kohima.

Krupanidhi group of institutions is the event partner for the Educational Fair in Nagaland.

A press release from EduCentre stated that the two-day Edufest in Kohima was inaugurated by SCERT director, T. Sekhose who encouraged the students to take this time as an opportunity to interact with the institutions so that it will help them think and make the right decision in starting their career.

He quoted Alvin Toffler’s saying “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” The world of employment may be very limited in the government

sector, but someone who was willing to take the risk, willing to explore, willing to look beyond the traditional mindset, will always find employment, and for this to happen, education is basic, Sekhose stated.

Edufair is an interactive platform where students can meet some of the top reputed, accredited colleges and universities from all across the country and abroad. The targeted group are the outgoing students of classes 10+2 and bachelors, wherein scholarships and work placement opportunities in India and abroad are also available.

The programme was chaired by Educentre executive, Temjensola Pongen, invocation was said

by NCF Hyderabad pastor, Zajamo Odyuo, while YouthNet director, Lezo Putsure delivered the welcome note.

The fair in Kohima on May 7 and 8 will be followed by May 9 and 10 in Dimapur, Hotel Acacia, with free entry for all.

IRCS Dmu to observe ‘World Red Cross Day’ DIMAPUR: Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Dimapur branch will be observing World Red Cross Day on May 8 at 11 a.m. at Pranabananda Women’s College, Lhomithi Colony, Dimapur. The event will be graced by Swamiji Chinmayananda Ji Maharaj. A free dental camp will also be organized on the day at the college, where Dr. Dipika Jain, BDS

and a team of nurses will screen the students with support from nurses of Digambar Bhagwan Mahavir Charity Clinic. In this regard, IRCS has extended an invitation to all the patrons, vicepatrons, managing committee members, life members, junior Red Cross members, various NGOs & leaders of the society & well-wishers.

14 days Social Science capacity building

DIMAPUR: Department of Education and the Department of Teacher Education are jointly organizing a two week Capacity BuildA major landslide was averted on Monday, at Tongdentsuyong ing Programme for Social Science faculty members from May 8 to ward by personnel of SDRF (Home guards & civil defence, 21. A press release from Nagaland University said that intake of Mokokchung). (NP) participants for the programme is 30 (20 from 14 states of India and 10 from Kohima) of various subjects. The broad objective of the programme will be to develop research capabilities among young faculty members in Social Sciences and also bring out completed research Kohima: Kohima Municipal KMC, was still in force and any dog into publishable material in the form of journal articles/books.

Council (KMC) in continuation of a wandering unattended would be imprevious order issued on September pounded and kept in the dog shelter/ 8, 2017, informed the general public pound at Kohima Municipal Chaü that all dogs within the municipal parking for a period of 7 days. Dur- DIMAPUR: A 60 hours Chain of Prayer program will commence from jurisdiction should be vaccinated ing this time, the concerned owner May 10, 12 a.m to May 12, 12 noon. United Baptist Churches Associaand chained/leashed. KMC said that may claim their dog on production tion North East India (UBCANEI) executive secretary, Rev. L Hevuto unrestrained dogs were “creating of proper documents after paying Awomi has requested all churches under the association to participate in havoc in the garbage accumulated all necessary expenditures and fines. the said event and pray on the scheduled prayer points. Also, all UBCAareas” and also putting the safety All the general public have been re- NEI executive members of all departments and all the Church leaders of the public at risk. It warned that quested to cooperate with KMC in have been requested to attend the 11th foundation day programme which will be held on May 12, 10 a.m at Midland Dimapur. impounding of dogs, started by the keeping the town clean and safe.

Kohima Municipal Council informs dog owners

UBCANEI 60 hours chain of prayer

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2018

news in Brief ANATG Mokokchung unit general meeting: All Nagaland Adhoc-Teacher Group (ANATG) 2015 batch, Mokokchung unit has convened its general meeting on May 12, 10 a.m. at Penli community hall, Mokokchung. All concerned members who have appeared for their suitability tests on May 20, 2017 have been requested to attend the meeting.

EVC annual general meeting & audit report presentation: Eralibill Village Council (EVC) has convened its annual general meeting & audit report presentation on May 12, 8 a.m. at its council hall. The general public and households members of Eralibill village have been requested to attend the meeting.

GSUK interschool drawing competition: Government Schools Union Kiruphema (GSUK) will be organising an interschool drawing competition for all the government schools at GHS Kiruphema on May 14, 9:30 a.m. All the teacher in-charges have been requested to bring the students from class one to eight (three students each) for the competition.

One-day workshop on ODF for ULB administrators: SBM mission director, A. Zanbemo Ngullie has informed all administrators of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) that Quality Council of India (QCI), Government of India, will be conducting a one day workshop, on Open

Defecation-Free (ODF) towns or cities, at Hotel de-Oriental Grand, Kohima on May 11, 10 a.m. All the administrators of the ULBs along with one staff of the respective ULBs have been requested to attend the workshop. For any further information, one may contact 9436005307.

GPRN/NSCN coordination meeting: Ministry of kilo affairs, GPRN/NSCN has proposed a joint coordination meeting with the Regional Administrative Officers (RAOs) and Regional Secretaries on May 9 at the council headquarter, Kehoi Camp from 10 a.m onwards. All concerned members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

DWU general meeting: The Annual General Meeting of the Duncan Women Union will be held on the May 12, 10 a.m at Duncan Council Hall. DWU general secretary, Sentila T. Yanger has requested all members to attend the meeting without fail.

International Nurses day: Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI) local branch Kohima will be celebrating International Nurses day under the theme “Nurses : A voice to lead - Health is a human Right” on May 12, 11 a.m with MLA, Keneizhakho Nakhro gracing the occasion at D.B.T hall.

All TNAI members working in different health centres under Kohima district have been requested to attend the programme.

NSUP sets up helpline, installs office bearers DIMAPUR: As per the resolution adopted on the 18th General Meeting of the union, the Naga Students’ Union Phagwara- Punjab (NSUP), formerly known as Naga Students’ Union Jalandhar (NSUJ), set up a Admission Helpline for the convenience of new students from Nagaland and other Naga inhabited areas. A press release from the union informed new or intending

students that some of the prominent institutes within the Union’s jurisdiction were Lovely Professional University, GNA University and National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (The NSUP also covers Jalandhar area as of now because there is no separate Naga students’ union in Jalandhar).

It listed the helpline contacts as: i) Avituo (Kekhrievituo Miachie-O),

president contact numbers 8837604882 and 9988789068, ii) N. Metmei Phom, general secretary – 8146458512, iii) asst. professor Pele George, former NSUP president7707996934. The newly installed NSUP executives are led by Kekhrievituo Miachie-o as president, Sedengulie as vice-president, N. Metmei Phom as general secretary and 14 others.

NCVC warns picnickers

DIMAPUR: In accordance with the general meeting resolution adopted on January 27 in the meeting held at New Chumukedima village council hall, New Chumukedima Village Council (NCVC) has banned picnicking in and around its jurisdiction, except in parks, with effect from June 1, until further notice.

A press release from NCVC chairman, S. Bao Hama and secretary, Zakievisie Kruse said that although the council acknowledges the value of leisure time, the ban on picnic has been necessitated on account of numerous unpleasant incidents caused by irresponsible picnickers which has to be borne by the villagers as the in-

habitants of the area. It stated that these reasons include: polluting the environment by bursting fire crackers, breaking bottles, littering the river which serves as the source of water supply for domestic consumption to Dimapur and its extended colonies including Sovima village, drunk picnickers engaging in indecent and immoral activities openly, which is unethical and detrimental for healthy societal conduct. NCVC also reaffirmed its ban on hunting, fishing with electrocuting machines, gill nets, use of chemicals and collection of forest products within its jurisdiction. It further warned that violators of the aforementioned restrictions will be punished as per the village laws.

More reports on Ajeevika Evam Kaushal Vikas Diwas

DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM), celebrated “Ajeevika Evam Kaushal Vikas Diwas” (AEKVD) on Saturday, May 5 all across Nagaland.

Wokha: AEKVD was celebrated at VDB Conference Hall, Wokha.

A press release from BMM Wokha stated that officials from various Departments attended the celebrations –Sunil Pant, Deputy Secretary observer from ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, Thungdeno Mozhui, P.D Cum DMM, DRDA Wokha along with representative from Ministry of Power GOI (LEDB team); Sukhalu Chishi, EAC Wokha; Albert Patton, BDO & BMM Wokha Block and a host of other officials along with VLOs leaders from 16 villages under Wokha block attended the programme.

Nzanbemo Y Patton BPM, presented a progress report on the status of Wokha Block. Nchumbeni DEO Cum Acct. BMMU Wokha Block also delivered a short speech on DDUGKY Kaushal Panjee.

Officials present from various departments spoke about departmental schemes to benefit SHGs and the rural community.

Sunil Pant interacted with the participants and discussed the schemes under ‘Gram Swaraj Abhayan’ and he reiterated that GoI, in collaboration with the state government, would be reaching out to all the rural areas in the country.

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sion Management Unit, RD Block Chumukedima at Tenyiphe-1 Village Council Hall.

According to a press release from the unit, all the villages under Chumukedima Block attended the programme. The dignitaries who attended the programme were Raj Krishan Bhoria, deputy secretary under Ministry of Statistics and Implementing Agency, Government of India and H. Atokhe Aye, PD DRDA, Dimapur DMM. A folk song and a special song were presented by Diphupar B’ SHG and Tenyiphe- SHG respectively.

Awards were given to various individuals, SHGs and VLOs. Vote of thanks was proposed by Akhotso Kehie, BPM/NSRLM. The programme was chaired by K. Yamao Konyak, BDO & BMM RD Block, Chumukedima. The welcome speech was delivered by Helie Kruse, chairman, Tenyiphe-1 village. Pastor Razouvolie of Baptist Church Tenyiphe village invoked God’s blessings.

Satakha: Block Mission Management Unit, Satakha also observed AEKVD at Satakha Tokukujo Kukami Hoho ki, Satakha.

A press release from BMMU, Satakha said the programme was attended

by SDO (civil), Zunheboto, EAC Satakha, bankers, officials from different departments, GBs, DBs, representatives from different NGOs, community cadres, members of different SHGs, VLOs and BLF. Altogether 130 participants attended the programme.

SDO (Civil) Ajit Kumar Ranjan, gave a speech on Gram Swaraj Abhiyan wherein he encouraged women to improve their livelihoods and also talked about producing products beyond the block Hiuto Chophy spoke about the programmes, aims and objectives of DDUGKY. He said that DDUGKY was a program for youth employment which was launched and initiated on September 25 by MoRD. He said that the program was focused on giving rural youths a minimum of three months skilling training with 100% placement.

Tuli: NSRLM, Tuli Block, celebrated AEKVM, at Town hall, Tuli. The event was attended by ADC Tuli, Rhosietho Nguori and branch manager of NStCB, Tuli town, council chairmen from villages under Tuli block, Ao students union and representatives from VLOs. Pastor of Tuli Lenden Baptist Church invoked God’s presence. Temjenlong, DC-FI, NSRLM,Mkg district, gave an overview of NSRLM activities in Mokokchung district.

While addressing the gathering, Rhosietho Nguori acknowledged the achievements of NSRLM and spoke about the advantages of joining a self help group. He urged men folk to support the women of society to join and participate in various SHG activities.

NStCB branch manager spoke on good banking relationships.

Shisajem SHG of Merangkong village and Medemlar SHG of Kangtsung

village shared their success stories. Toshienla, community resource person, shared with the gathering her experience during her training in Andhra Pradesh and motivated the SHG members to march towards a brighter future.

A special number was presented by Wameken VLO and a cultural presentation

by Merangkong VLOs. Tokiye: The celebration of AEKVD at Tokiye Block under Zunheboto District was organised by Block Mission Management Unit (BMMU) Tokiye at Indoor Stadium, Aghunato Town, which was attended by project director & district mission manager Zunheboto and additional deputy commissioner, Aghunato.

A press release from the unit’s Block Program Manager (BPM), Akuluto, Shihani Tsuipu said that the keynote and welcome address was delivered by Yaei Konyak, BDO & BMM Tokiye. A report on the progress of NSRLM under Zunheboto District and specifically on Tokiye Block was presented by BPM Akuluto, Shihani Tsuipu.

A speech on the importance of NSRLM was delivered by Shekiho Phuleshe, PD & DMM, DRDA, Zunheboto.

The program was attended by all the Block Staff along with invited SHG members and youth leaders some GBs, VDB secretaries and village council chairman from across the villages under Tokiye block.

Kiphire: Department of Rural Development Nagaland State Rural Liveli-

hood Mission, BMMU Kiphire, celebrated AEKVD at Hopongkyu Memorial Hall Kiphire.

Dr. B.K. Pandy, NLM MoRD, who was present at the programme and he spoke about the importance of the event.

The programme also saw the participation of various departments such as, Social Welfare Department, Medical Department and Nehru Yuva Kendra. They explained the different benefits and opportunities of centrally sponsored schemes for women and youth.

The status of NSRLM Kiphire Block was reported

by Ripise Sangtam BPM. As per the report, so far Kiphire block has a total number of 148 SHGs, 12 VLOs and 1 BLF. DEO, Risela also gave a presentation about the schemes of DDU-GKY Kausahal Panjee. Forms for registration were also distributed to the youth who were present in the programme.

Social de par tment C.D.P.O Tsangkhuchu and Roko from Medical department described the benefits and opportunities of centrally sponsored schemes and Akheto, volunteer, Nehru Kendra Yuva, spoke about the opportunities for training through NYK. Yimchong: NSRLM Sakshi block under Longleng District celebrated AEKVD with Rohbi Sangtam, EAC Sakshi as the resource person at Council Hall, Yimchong Village. It also observed DDU-GKY Kaushal Panjee (Skill Register). A press release from DPRO Longleng said that

the resource person of the program encouraged the SHGs to perform activities for their livelihood and socio-economic upliftment of rural areas utilizing their innate skills in making handicraft and other indigenous products.

VDB Secretar y of Yimchong village in his short speech encouraged the womenfolk to participate in and be more and pro-active towards social economic development to boost the rural economy and empowerment of women.

A brief report of NSRLM was presented by Alemla, Area Coordinator Sakshi while brief introduction on DDU-GKY Kaushal Panjee was given by Sangribo, accountant & DEO, Sakshi.

Kubolong: AEKVD was celebrated at Kubolong Block, Mokokchung.

SHGs from various villages shared their activities and experiences during the programme.

Tumchobeni Ngullie, acct. & DEO shared details about the schemes of DDUGKY and spoke about the importance of DDU-GKY for the rural unemployed youth. C. Wati Walling, village council chairman Yimchalu village encouraged the SHG members to focus on livelihood skills and work collectively for the upliftment of the mission.

Nchumthung Kikon, senior manager NSCB, Mokokchung, in his speech stressed on the practise of panchasutra strictly and to widen the vision of the women folk.

Moatoshi, block program manager, spoke about

the facilities and programs under NSRLM. Chuchuyimlang: NSRLM Chuchuyimlang Block celebrated AEKVD at community hall, Mongsenyimti village, Mokokchung on May 5. The program was attended by the BDO Chuchuyimlang, branch manager of Central Bank of India, Mokokchung, district functional specialist (NSRLM), District MIS NSRLM, NSRLM staffs Chuchuyimlang Block, Village Councils, womenfolk and youths from the villages under Chuchuyimlang block. The invocation was said by I. Amongla (SHG member Chakpa) followed by a welcome address by Mongsenyimti VC chairman, M. Lima.

Block Program Manager Lanutula emphasized the benefits of implementing various government programmes for the womenfolk in rural areas and encouraged them to strive for progress.

DFS Takatemjen also encouraged the gathering to understand the livelihood scopes and its viability for better action plan which would further increase the income of the individual in particular and the groups in general. BDO, Lanutemjen lauded the Mongsenyimti Village Council for providing the hall for the function and lauded the activities and workings of SHGs as it benefits the community as a whole. CBI, branch manager, Sashiyanger informed the gathering of various social security schemes where members could enjoy insurance benefits such as old

age, sickness, retirement etc. and that they could all benefit from such government schemes as it aided economic development and financial stability.

Changpang: Block Mission Management Unit (BMMU), Changpang Block, Wokha, celebrated AEKVD at its Block office on May 5 at 10 a.m.

BMMU, RD Block Changpang, in a press release said that the event began with ‘Kaushal Panjee’ skill registration which was followed by the program.

The welcome and keynote address was delivered by Myinthungo Ezung, Block Program Manager (BPM), Changpang. The BPM highlighted Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan’s objectives, AEKVD and the involvement of the NRLM in uplifting social harmony.

Documentar y videos about NSRLM were screened during the event for the participants, besides other presentations.

Resource person for the programme was E. Yanpothung Kithan, trainee officer, SBI Bhandari. He explained various schemes and encouraged the SHGs to try and become self-sufficient, take up livelihoods with honesty, unity and hard work.

After the conclusion of the event, individual account opening on some of the aforementioned schemes was done by the resource person.

All together 123 participants attended the events including some village councils members, GB and church leaders.

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Nagaland State BJP president, Visasolie Lhonugu, deputy chief minister, Y.Patton, all India BJP general secretary (Org) Ramlal and other dignitaries from the North East at the North East Sambesh.

DIMAPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka organised a “North East Sambesh” in Bengaluru on May 6 for North East people residing there. Ananta Mishra, secretary organisation, Pangnyu Phom, medical minister and Temjen Imna Along, minister for higher and technical education also attended the said event along with the Nagaland BJP delegation.

A press release from BJP Nagaland, Media Cell said that around 10,000 delegates from all the NE states participated with their respective cultural items in the event. All India BJP general secretary Ramlal was

the main resource person from Delhi and BJP Ministers from Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya and Aurnachal Pradesh were also in attendance. The release said that this conference was first of its kind in South India where respective ministers from each state could interact with their communities.

According to BJP Nagaland, speaking at the meeting on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party Nagaland, deputy chief minister, Y. Patton appealed to the gathering to support the party as most of the people back home (North East) had also voted for BJP in order to see the changes in the

region. He said that similarly in Karnataka, people wanted change and BJP could be the best option.

The following day, the state BJP Nagaland delegation, led by Karnataka Election coordinator Dr. HM Chandrasekhar, interacted with Christian leaders and the Mount Zion Pentecostal International Church community at R.K Puram, Bengaluru which was attended by the Bishop Francis Jackson, who is also the chairman of Karnataka Christian federation. Former state BJP president, Dr. M. Chuba Ao and state general secretary Jaangsillung represented the Nagaland BJP state team.

NU to celebrate 25th anniversary this year

DIMAPUR: With Nagaland University (NU) all set to celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, the recent announcement of the university, ranking 95th in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2018 Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar has become something of an unintended appraisal for university in the journey thus far.

It was a jump from 227th rank secured by the university in NIRF 2016.

I n h i s m e s s a ge t o the university fraternity, NU vice-chancellor Prof Pardeshi Lal called it an opportunity as well as a moment of pride to pledge to perform even better in the future, the VC also congratulated and thanked “Team Nagaland University” for the achievement.

According to a press release issued by NU public relations officer (PRO) Peter Ki, NIRF came into being in 2014-2015 as an outcome of intense discussions and deliberations of an HRD-

appointed 16-member core committee headed by secretary (higher education). The committee had proposed a robust national framework to measure the performance and ranking of higher education institutions, while also making recommendations for the institutional mechanisms, processes, and time lines for its implementation. An Implementation Core Committee (ICC) was also then constituted by the HRD ministry.

In the first NIRF conducted in 2016, rankings were given for universities as well as for specific disciplines of engineering, management and pharmacy. In the NIRF 2017 that followed, the categories of common overall ranking and ranking of general degree colleges were added. And in the just declared NIRF 2018, rankings were also given in the fields of law, medicine and architecture.

As per NIRF guidelines, ranks are allotted to the participating institutions based on five broad

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generic groups of parameters – teaching, learning and resources; research and professional practice; graduation outcome; outreach and inclusivity; and perception.

In addition, committees comprising academic experts are set up to closely examine the submitted data under each of the five broad generic groups of parameters for each discipline.

The participating institutions were also required to nominate senior functionaries as a nodal officer to attend to the feedback and anomalies pointed out by the expert committees. The institutes also have to upload the submitted data on their websites for dissemination to the public.

Peter said NU had a perfect score in the parameter of faculty-student ratio.

Scores were excellent for the parameters of faculty’s qualification and experience, university examinations, and women diversity (percentage of women). Performance was average for the parameter of financial

resources and their utilisation. Thus, in order to retain or improve on the ranking, the university as a whole will have to strive harder, he added.

According to HRD ministry, one of the major outcomes of rankings is that institutions are getting into the good habit of compiling vital statistics of their institutions — about their faculty, staff and infrastructure — more carefully and meticulously.

This can only bode well for the institutions, especially for assessing themselves against internal benchmarks. At the national level, the data can serve as a very useful basis for analysis of the status of higher educational institutions in the country.

Meanwhile, Javadekar has said that educational institutions performing well in the India rankings will be awarded with more funding or grants, enhanced autonomy and freedom of functioning and various other benefits.

Confederation of Indian Tribal Entrepreneurs, state chapter launched

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KOHIMA, MAY 7 (NPN): Confederation of Indian Tribal Entrepreneurs Nagaland chapter under StartUp India, organized by department of Industries and commerce Nagaland, was launched by commissioner and secretary, industries and commerce, Lithrongla G. Chishi at Hotel Japfü, Kohima on Monday.

Lithrongla in her address said that the launching of the confederation chapter for Nagaland was a privilege for the state entrepreneurs and would enable them move forward in step with the rest of the country.

She encouraged local entrepreneurs to not miss the opportunities it brings.

She gave her assurance that the government would act as a facilitator and create awareness on loans for the business community of the state.

She urged the entrepreneurs to be aware of their rights and demand, from the concerned department, what was due to them and strive forward.

She explained that this was a national level programme under StartUp India and all the necessary information is available on the

NDPP Dimapur region meeting on May 9 DIMAPUR: In view of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) central tour team visit to Dimapur in May 9, NDPP Dimapur Region has convened a meeting on the same day at 6 p.m. at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur.

NDPP Dimapur region, general secretary (admn), Hollohon Chishi has asked all the Region office bearers, presidents, general secretaries and secretaries of women organization, youth organization and minority organization along with assembly unit presidents and general secretaries of all five constituencies to attend the meeting without fail.

NDPP has also invited Central office bearers representing Dimapur Region such as Women, Youth and all Frontals and the present NDPP legislator and ex-candidates to share their views and opinions at the meeting.

(L-R) Bendangliba, Lithrongla, Johny and Lima during launching programme of Confederation of Indian Tribal Entrepreneurs Nagaland chapter under StartUp India. (NP)

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Chishi advised Naga entrepreneurs to break the social barriers that hindered them and move forward by knowing their own strength. She pointed out that many Naga entrepreneurs failed due to lack of continuity, sincerity and proper planning. She questioned how long the Naga people would depend on grants, aids and subsidies from the government without starting their own business.

Director (non-official) national Scheduled Tribe Finance Development Corporation, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India (GoI), Johny G. Rengma, in his keynote address, said the launching of

the chapter would provide financial loans at an interest rate of 6% per annum for state entrepreneurs to start their own businesses.

He said however that the loans should be returned in time in order to maintain cash flow.

Rengma said that to avail the loan, one should fulfil the criteria and guidelines of the Nagaland Industrial development Corporation (NIDC), the nodal department for the loan, which is under the strict guidelines of the GoI. He advised Naga entrepreneurs to be reliable and sincere when performing their duties, saying that if they succeeded in their profession, they would be job givers and encourage

others to establish their businesses as well.

The programme was chaired by joint secretary Industries and Commerce Department, Sentiwapang, welcome address delivered by director of Industries and Commerce, I. Bendangliba, while the vote of thanks was proposed

by Lima Longkumer on behalf of confederation of Indian Tribal Entrepreneurs Nagaland chapter.

The confederation of Indian Tribal Entrepreneurs Nagaland chapter will be led by Lima Longkumer as convenor and five other members.

The programme was attended by NIDC officials, entrepreneurs, NGOs and others.

IWSN inaugurates new computer wing

Temsu Jamir, with Azungla Imsong, computer instructors, faculty, managing committee, invitees, well wishers and students.

DIMAPUR: A computer training wing of the Incessant Welfare Society Nagaland (IWSN) was inaugurated on May 4 at the new IWSN office & training centre, Purana Bazar, Dimapur.

A press release from IWSN stated that the new centre was dedicated by Aoyimti Baptist Church pastor, Temsu Jamir, in

the presence of IWSN administrator, Azungla Imsong, computer instructors, faculty, IWSN managing committee, invitees, well wishers and students of IWSN training centre.

It stated that IWSN was registered under Skill Development & Initiative Scheme (SDIS), approved by the directorate of em-

ployment, skill development & entrepreneurship.

The computer training wing of IWSN will offer training courses in DCA, PGDCA, hardware and networking, tally (accounting), programming, multimedia/graphic designing and AUTOCAD by well qualified and experienced instructors.

Pughoboto SDPDB meeting ANCSF urges government NCS probationers trek to Dzükou to lift NCDC scheme ban

Hoto Yeptho giving the presentation on Coffee plantation. (DIPR)

Dimapur: The monthly meeting for the Pughoboto Sub Divisional Planning & Development Board (SDPDB) meeting was held under the SDPDB chairman and MLA, Y. Vikheho Swu in the presence of Land Resource director, Hoto Yeptho, DPO Zunheboto, V. Vikuqha Sema and all the 24 village chairmen and VDB secretaries at the customary court hall, Pughoboto on May 7.

A DIPR report stated that director Land Resources, who once served as SDAO, Pughoboto gave a presentation on Coffee Plantation. He said Pughoboto was one of the best zones in Zunheboto district to plant coffee due to its topography, soil and altitude.

He mentioned two types of coffee--Robusta grows between 400m to 1000m K Y M C

altitude and Arabica, grows between1000m to 1500m and added that Pughoboto area is suitable for Arabica.

He encouraged the people to focus on coffee plantation as a source of income.

He also mentioned that coffee had been a failed crop in our state some thirty years back but now growers were earning good money in some of the districts since it is in high demand in the international market.

According to DPO Zunheboto, about 14 thousand saplings were distributed to the people of Lazami village and Ghathashi area.

He informed those interested to contact him for more information.

The SDO Civil also gave a short presentation on the importance of biodiversity conservation, tree

plantation and cleanliness of villages and towns. He said that tree plantations would be carried out as planned under the supervision of District Administration and Departmental Heads from May 14 to 19 in the subdivision’s 4 ranges.

The house also discussed a matter pertaining to Pughoboto Rest House in Zunheboto and decided to write a letter to the DPDB Zuheboto to allot a certain amount from the common pool for maintenance and repair works. The house also approved the decision to to write a letter to the concerned department for approval of room extension at Heboli Primary Room Construction. Also, the ADC requested all departments to fully cooperate with authorities during the upcoming by-election.

DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Co-operative Societies Federation (ANCSF), through a resolution has urged the state government to lift the suspension/ban of NCDC schemes and start their early implementation in the state. It pointed out that the state government was losing its share, the sum of Rs.10 crores every year compared to other states.

A press release signed

by ANCSF president, Kedou Wetsah and general secretary, Mohokiya Ghaponza said that this was one of the resolutions adopted at its 3rd general meeting held on May 5 with its executive members body, at the State Red Cross Building Kohima.

Appreciating the cooperative department for taking up ICDP projects in five districts, the house strongly urged the government, particularly the cooperative department, to expedite the implementation of ICDP project without further delay The m e e ting a l so agreed in principle to affiliate its registration with the state department of

cooperation w.e.f. May 5.

In regard to this, the house requested the cooperation department to expedite early registration of the ANCSF by-laws.

In another resolution, the federation decided to reorganise its district units into Kohima, Peren, Kiphire, Longleng, Tuensang.

The officials of ANCSF incharge of five districts have been requested to carry out their assignment in time and give the federation a report in the next meeting.

ANCSF also expressed its appreciation for minister of agriculture & cooperation, G. Kaito Aye, for sincerely taking care of the department’s assignments.

It also appreciated the registrar cooperation, Wepe Ritse for successfully improving recovery of loan.

The meeting further asked all the beneficiaries of Primary Co-operative Societies under NCDC/ ICDP of the past year “to expedite for early recovery of their loans to improve recovery drive without further delay.”

NCS (P) probationers with officers and staff of ATI at Dzükou dormitory. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: As part of their field training, NCS (P) along with officers and staff of the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) trekked to Dzükou Valley on May 5.

A DIPR report stated that deputy director & course coordinator, ATI, Dr. Hovithal Sothu led the team of 24 trekkers.

Besides the trek, a devotional service was also held wherein addl. director, ATI, Kevekha Kevin Zehol urged the officers to endure hardships like soldiers to become successful NCS

officers. He also challenged the newly inducted officers to stay focused and be responsible officers wherever

they may be posted. “We should be the torch bearer not only in words but even more in deeds”, he said.

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DESAM demands education minister’s resignation ber to lodge a complaint.”

“We are angered when the director was not available at the office and decided to lockdown his office chamber,” DESAM general secretary Sheetal Oinam said. They also attacked BJP-led government of not translating into action its assurance to bring changes in the state.

“In the education sector too, they have announced various measures and policy to bring quality education, but no positive steps or solution were taken up to utilize the available teachers in all the districts in a proper manner”, DESAM alleged.

During the protest, the students shouted various slogans such as “Make education a free zone, “We don’t want a paper tiger education minister,” “Stop interfering in the functioning of education department,” etc.

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IMPHAL, May 7: Irate students under the aegis of the Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) on Monday stormed the directorate of education (school) office in Imphal and demanded the resignation of state education minister Th Radheshyam and the director.

Calling education minister a “paper tiger”, the students accused the minister of failing to implement stricter rules on transfer and posting of teachers.

Later, the students were dispersed by the police after a brief struggle when they attempted to lock down Members of different organizations and individuals hold placards against the some rooms including the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 hearing by Joint Committee at the Assam director’s office.

They alleged that the Administrative Staff College, Khanapara in Guwahati on Monday. (PTI) director was not in his office Guwahati, May 7 The protesters went in to identity crisis among its when leaders of DESAM (PTI): Members of vari- a peaceful procession to the people, he claimed. “forced to enter to his chamous organisations Monday Assam Administrative Staff The organisations/ protested against granting College, where the JPC was individuals which did not of Indian citizenship to conducting its hearing on register their names earlier Hindu foreigners saying it the Citizenship (Amend- were also heard and their will threaten the existence ment) Bill, 2016 and submit- memoranda received by the GUWAHATI, May 7 (Agencies): of the indigenous people of ted their memoranda, the committee, official sources The Public Health and Engineering (PHE) Assam as the Joint Parlia- police said. The Citizenship said. Stating that the dates Department of the Meghalaya government mentary Committee on the (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was for the maiden tour of the has bagged the award for the Best North Citizenship (Amendment) introduced in the Lok Sabha JPC was fixed by the Lok Eastern state for implementing Swachh Bill, 2016 began its hear- to amend the Citizenship Sabha Secretariat, sources Bharat Mission, TST reported. ing here.

Act, 1955.

Besides, the Best Innovative Stall claimed that it will hear the The 16-member comA key amendment in representatives tomorrow at Award went to Regional Outreach Bureau, mittee headed by BJP MP the bill, however, seeks to Silchar in south Assam.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Rajendra Agarwal visited grant citizenship to people Many organisations Best Stall Award to National Institute of the state under public pres- without valid documents and individuals who sub- Public Co-operation and Child Developsure to inculcate opinions of from minority communities mitted memorandum to ment; Best Informative Stall Award to organisations and individu- -- Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, the Committee claimed that Indian Council of Medical Research; als on the Bill.

Jains, Parsis and Christians they were not given receipts and Best Commercial Stall Award went Several organisations -- from Afghanistan, Bangla- and feared their documents to Mahindra Commercial vehicles. The and citizens voiced their desh and Pakistan after six would not be considered three-day event was organised by Centre concern against the Citizen- years of residence in India. when the JPC takes the final for Agriculture and Rural Development ship Amendment Bill, 2016 Voicing his protest, Akhil decision on the Bill.

(CARD) with National Cooperative Dewhich they claimed would Gogoi the leader of ‘Krishak An official release here velopment Corporation being the main breach the clauses of the Mukti Sangram Samitee said all the organisations sponsor of the programme among others. ‘historic Assam Accord’ of (KMSS)’ said if such a bill and individuals would be Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi underlined 1985 that states all illegal is passed the identity of the heard throughout the day the importance of competence building, foreigners who came to As- indigenous people of Assam and in the evening too. marketing and infrastructure development sam after 1971 from Bangla- will be at stake. It will also desh irrespective of religion threaten the existence of the have to be deported.

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Diphu, May 7: Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), Chief Executive Member (CEM), Tuliram Ronghang on Sunday laid the foundation stone for road improvement connecting Saruborthol Doloni to Hanlokrok a estimated project of Rs. 4 crore. The work will be executed by PWD department.

The CEM also inaugurated the cement concrete pavement road at Pator Arong, Langsudo village near Donkamukam town and pavement road at Langhan Tisso village. He also distributed treated mosquito nets to selected BPL families at Langhan Tisso village.

Later, the CEM addressed a public rally at Tumpreng in West Karbi Anglong, and announced

that almost all roads within Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council area will be black topped within this fiscal year.

He therefore appealed to the people to cooperate with the council so that development could take place. “Make way for good infrastructure and it is possible only with the people’s cooperation, let us do it together,” the CEM said.

Bailey bridge collapses in Manipur

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IMPHAL, May 7: Heavy downpours in the past 24 hours in Manipur’s Thoubal caused a flash flood which claimed one life while a bailey bridge over Manipur River, connecting Kakching and Bishnupur districts at Wangoo collapsed on Sunday night, but no one was injured.

According to reports, a 32-year-old man, Ashem Thoiba Singh son of A. Khomei of Athokpam Makha Leikai of Thoubal district drowned in Arong

river on Monday, at around 1 p.m. Soon after the incident, a rescue operation was launched by the locals. However, the body was yet to be recovered at the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, an important bridge over Manipur River collapsed when a sand laden truck was crossing it.

The truck submerged into the water but the driver managed to escape. Villagers blamed poor quality of work at the time of repairing the bridge for the mishap.

Meghalaya PHE bags award for SBM

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Landmark Colony Council and its residents would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to Shri Moa Sangtam, Administrator, Dimapur Municipal Council and Er. Imtinuksung Longkumer, Asst. Mechanical Engineer (PWD) for providing JCB and Road Roller during road repair within Landmark Colony.

Further, the Council would like to thank all residents for their contributions in making it a success.

Imti Aier Kehoshe Shohe Secretary Chairman

APPRECIATION

The Pejuwahie Self Help Group Seitheke Basa would like to convey our sincere gratitude to NRLM, RD Medziphema Block for helping us to achieve the award for best SHG at Block level on the 5th of May 2018.

We, Pejuwahie SHG pray for success and to continue to shine for the society.

Pejuwahie SHG

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The Tsungiki Gazetted Officers' Forum (TGOF) heartily congratulates the following esteemed members: 1. Y. Vungthungo (S/o Late Yanio Kikon) on his promotion to Senior Principal, Department of School Education, Government of Nagaland.

2. Er. Sutemo Kikon (S/o Lithungbemo Kikon) on his promotion to Executive Engineer, Department of Irrigation and Flood Control, Government of Nagaland.

3. S. Hakomo Ezung (S/o Late Shilamo Ezung) on his promotion to Assistant Superintendent, Vigilance Commission, Government of Nagaland.

The TGOF, while wishing our esteemed members a bright future, also express our heartfelt gratitude to the concerned Departments for honouring our members.

K. Aben Kikon Nchumthung Ngullie General Secretary, TGOF President, TGOF

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AFFIDAVIT

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ZUNHEBOTO Dt. Zbto the 16/04/2018

Notice Calling Objection for the issue of Succession Certificate Smti Vitoli of Khuwaboto Colony, District Zunheboto has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate/Guardianship Certificate declaring

that her husband Lt. I. Sukiye Sema, has expired on 06/11/2017.

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

Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto : Nagaland

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AFFIDAVIT

Date : 31/01/2018

Deputy Commissioner, Mon : Nagaland

I, Shri. Dhaben Mech, S/o Late Gopi Mech, resident of H/No. 572, Purana Bazar, Mt. View Colony, P.O : Purana Bazar, P.S : East Police Station, Dist. Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath declare as under : 1. That I am a citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my old address was Padum Pukhari, P.O : Dimapur, P.S :- East Police Station, Sub-Division :Dimapur, Dist :- Kohima, Nagaland. However, it has been shifted in my own resident, as such for my convenience I wish to adopt/assume my present/permanent as residential H/No. 572, Purana Bazar, Mt. View Colony Colony, P.O :- Purana Bazar, P.S :- East Police Station, Dist. Dimapur, Nagaland.

Pin - 797116.

3. That this affidavit is being sworn to declare the change of my residential address from Padum Pukhuri, P.O :- Dimapur, P.S : East Police Station, Sub-Division : Dimapur, Dist :- Kohima, Nagaland (old address) to my present H/No. 572, Purana Bazar, Mt. View Colony, P.O : Purana Bazar, P.S :- East Police Station, Dist. Dimapur, Nagaland. Pin - 797116 (New address) for all official and future correspondence.

VERIFICATION That the averments made in para 1 to 3 are true to my knowledge and belief and nothing is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 31th day of Jan. 2018, Notary Public DP-3565

AFFIDAVIT DECLARATION OF ACTUAL NAME I, Shri. K. ZHEYITO ACHUMI, S/O KUGHAZHE ACHUMI resident of NEWLAND VILLAGE, and presently residing at KHUWABOTO COLONY, DIST.ZUNHEBOTO, NAGALAND, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows.

1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my actual name is K. ZHEYITO ACHUMI which is recorded in my all documents, but due to the ignorance my name is inadvertently recorded as ZHEITO K. ACHUMI in my SBI passbook bearing A/C No. 11736628846.

3. That the above mentioned names K. ZHEYITO ACHUMI and ZHEITO K. ACHUMI are one and same person which is referred to me.

4. That, from the date of this declaration, I shall use my name as K. ZHEYITO ACHUMI all official purpose and legal proceedings an d at all times and occasions.

5. That the statements made in para 1-4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge & belief and nothing material is concealed therein.

DEPONENT I take oath and solemnly declare/affirm that the particulars furnished above me are correct and that I have not concealed or misrepresented any fact.

Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 5th day of May 2018.

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I, Shri. M. Wongveih Phom permanent resident of Nyang Village in the District of Longleng, State :- Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as follows :1. That, I am a citizen of India by birth and resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That, in all my documents my name has been entered and recorded as M. Wongveih Phom WHEREAS due to ignorance and clerical mistake my name has been entered and recorded as W. Phom in GPF Account Statement.

3. That, this Affidavit is made to declare that the name M. Wongveih Phom and W. Phom refers to same and one person only that is me.

4. That, this affidavit is made to declare that when the name M. Wongyeih Phom and W. Phom appears it should be read corrected and understood as "M. Wongveih Phom".

5. That, the statements made in para 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing immaterial has been made or concealed therein. And I sign this Affidavit on this the 13th day of April at Longleng, Nagaland Deponent Solemnly sworn in and declare before me by the above named Deponent on this the th 13 day of April 2018 at Longleng, Nagaland.

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NOTICE

Dated, Mon the 26th March 2018

Whereas an application has been submitted by Smti M. Esang Konyak with prayer for issue of Succession Certificate for drawal of entitled pension dues and any other outstanding dues from the Government of Nagaland on behalf of her husband deceased Late E. Echem Konyak Ex No. 63405 Constable 6th NAP under the establishment of Commandant 6th Battalion, Tizit, who expired on 29/01/2018.

Objection are hereby invited from persons having objection or claim for drawal of the said dues by the applicants within 30 (thirty) days with effect from the date of issue of this Notification.

No petition will be entertained after the expiry of the given period.

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AFFIDAVIT CORRECTION OF NAME I, Mr. KEKHIISETO TASE, son of Shri. PUDIDEL TASE, resident of H/ No. 66, Jakhama Village, Kohima, Nagaland, solemnly declare hereby that KEKHÜSETO TASE, KEKHUESETO TASE, KEKHUSETO TASE, KEKHÜESETO TASE and KEKHIISETO TASE refer to one and the same person, from today my shall be known as KEKHIISETO TASE in all official documents, future reference and future correspondence vide K-1277 Regd. No. 31/18, Dated 01/05/2018.

OFFICE OF THE

I, Miss Imlikokla hereby declare that my father's name will be used as Shri. I Watinungsang instead of Shri. I Wati Aier or Shri. I. Wati in all my academic records and official documents vide Redg. No. 70/2018 before the Notary Public, Dimapur, Nagaland. DP-3582

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With great joy and pride, we the SAMVRUDI NUKEMER CHUNGTIA, would like to congratulate Mrs. Nungsanglemla Longchar (Chungtia) wife of Mr. N. Moa Aier for achieving the Honorie Doctorate in Social Service for tribal women upliftment by the Commonwealth Vocational University, KUALA LAMPUR, MALAYSIA. Her sincerity and dedication for the welfare of our people and the great recognition by the institution is highly appreciated.

The society further wishes her success and prosperity in whatever task she pursue in future.

Sd/SAMVRUDI NUKEMER Chungtia MKC-22

NAGALAND SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION H.Q. Kohima – 797001 Regd. No. H/RS – 1486, Dt. 16-03-2001

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Nagaland Senior Citizens on behalf of all the aged pensioners drawing pensions from SBI, Main Branch Kohima acknowledges our appreciation and grateful thanks to Shri. Hepuni Bismarck, Chief Manager, State Bank of India, Kohima Branch, for setting up of a separate payment counter for Male and Female at Main Branch, SBI, Kohima.

To mitigate the hardships and suffering being faced for drawal of pensions in a single payment counter and also to maintain decency and orderliness, vigorous efforts were exerted by the NSCA to do the same for enabling the pensioners to draw pensions with ease and convenience while drawing pension.

But to utter dismay, all efforts felt on deaf ears and ended in a fiasco despite verbal assurances while meeting the predecessor Chief Manager, SBI, Kohima personally more than half a decade.

The NSCA places on record of the NSCA your exemplary noble deed not only for the welfare of the pensioners but also honouring the request of the elders.

We wish and pray that the Almighty God grant you and your colleagues wisdom, and good health. Further we wish you all a successful and a rewarding career.

(Dr. S.I. Tushi Ao) (S. Ghunakha Swu) President, NSCA, Kohima General Secretary, NSCA, Kohima

OFFICE OF THE KEZOMA VILLAGE COUNCIL DISTRICT KOHIMA : NAGALAND

CONGRATULATIONS

The Govt. of India has initiated a village based program for women Empowerment in social and Economic aspects called as “Self Help Group” (SHG) and is been awarding the best groups on selection basis. As such, the Kezoma Village under Jakhama Block, Kohima District, Women have organised their groups to impact the Socio Financial ways under this SHG by name “Pete V.L.O Kezoma”. Fortunately, it might be gratefully stated that the “Pete V.L.O Kezoma” is selected to be the best SHG and Smti. Thejaseno Mekro, President “Pete V.L.O Kezoma” and her team received the national award at Ranchi, Uttarakha on 05th May 2018. Thus, the Kezoma Village Council heartily congratulates the “Pete V.L.O Kezoma” and Govt. of India.

The council also urge “Pete V.L.O Kezoma” to promote and progress further of being recipient of National Award at large.

Sd/(Nobao Yongo) (Puhovi Tase) Secretary, Kezoma Village Council Chairman, Kezoma Village Council

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We, the Murry Clan of Yikhum Village, express our heartfelt gratitude to Honorable Chief Minister of Nagaland. Shri Neiphiu Rio, Honorable Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland Shri Y Patton, all the BJP party workers of Nagaland for inducting Shri Yanbos Murry, of Yikhum Village member PDA with Minister of State (MoS) status, Government of Nagaland.

We wish him good health and successful endeavour in future.

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Dear Mom, It is a great day to celebrate your birthday! Thank you for all your patience, love and encouragement. I wish you strong health and a boundless sea of happy moments. I wish you plenty of love, happiness, health, laughter, joy and wonders. Happy Birthday!

With love, Husband and Children.

NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMENTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (SECTION 375 OF THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925)

KHUZAMA VILLAGE COUNCIL DISTRICT KOHIMA : NAGALAND, 797127

MEETING NOTICE

THIS IS TO INFORM ALL THE BONAFIDE CITIZENS OF KHIUZAMA VILLAGE, THAT THE VILLAGE COUNCIL WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON 12-05-2018 AT ITS COUNCIL HALL AT 10:00 AM. ALL ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND THE MEETING POSITIVELY. Sd/SECRETARY VILLAGE COUNCIL KHUZAMA K-1284

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MEDEMCHANGER PUTU MENDEN (Village Council Chungtia)

Mokokchung – 798601, Nagaland INFORMATION

Chungtia Medemchanger Putu held a meeting on 4th May 2018 and took the decision to excommunicate Mr. Tinumayang, S/o Mr. Tekajangba and Mr. Wabangtemjen, S/o Mr. Onentemjen from Chungtia Senso (Citizenship) for a period of 15 (fifteen) years.

Sd/Sd/N. Bendang Toshi Chairman Secretary Chungtia Village Council Chungtia Village Council

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FELICITATION

My Dear Baby Achan, As you add into new life and new year, i pray that our Almighty God continue to Bless you with good health and wish you a succesfull life in your future endeavors ! Happy Birthday , God Bless you.

From, Nita Avungi (loo)

AFFIDAVIT Regd. No : 7A/18, Date : 07/05/2018 I, Shri. Tsenchibemo Lotha, S/o Yanbemo Humtsoe presently residing at H/No. 189, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur, Nagaland hereby solemnly declare that my daughter's name is inadvertently entered as Hachoni T. Humtsoe instead of Mhachoni T. Humtsoe in my service records and both refer to one and same person. From today my daughter's name shall be used as Mhachoni T. Humtsoe in all my official purposes.

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OFFICE OF THE DIMAPUR YIKHUM UNION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Dimapur Yikhum Union would like to extend our profound gratitude and thanks to honorable Chief Minister Shri Neiphiu Rio, Honorable Deputy Chief Minister Shri Y Patton, and all the BJP party workers of Nagaland for inducting1. Shri Yanbos Murry, Member PDA with Minister of State (MoS) status.

2. Shri R Nzanbemo Jungio, PRO to Dy. Chief Minister of Nagaland.

We wish them bright and prosperous future.

(Chumbenthung Kikon) (K Nzuthung Kithan) General Secretary Vice Chairman Dimapur Yikhum Union Dimapur Yikhum Union

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to accelerate growth of the farm sector in the North East.

“The North East is particularly known for its unique horticulture products. Sikkim is known for cardamom, Meghalaya for ginger, Assam for tea and Tripura for pineapples. Therefore, there is an urgent need for training, competence building, investment, marketing, processing, projection and infrastructure development to accelerate growth in this sector,” Mukhi said in the concluding session of Vibrant North East 2018 here on Saturday.

Speaking at the event, the Governor said, “Agriculture is the back bone of the country where 60 per cent of the population is directly engaged in this occupation.

The farmers and the stakeholders are facing many problems in farming but they carry on with their work to feed the nation. Programs like this help the farmers, entrepreneurs, youths and stakeholders of the North Eastern states to be self dependent.”

FELICITATION

In the Court of Smti. Sara S. Jamir Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Nagaland Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late Deepak Bahadur Chettri Deceased, has been filed by Smti. Kamla Chetri relation wife R/o. H.No. 36 Haralu Colony, Dimapur to draw his/her Landed Property etc, who expired on 31.3.12. Covered by Patta No. 1044, Dag No. 1259, Block No. 3, Mouza No. 7.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if he/she so desire may appear in this Court within 30 days, on the said day of 8/6/18.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court this 7 day of 5/18.

Addl. Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland.

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The Langpangkong Senso Telongjem Kohima felicitates Shri. Imnatiba for being successfully elected to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly and also being elevated to the advisor Industries & Commerce, NIDC, Chairman DPDB Mokokchung. The Union also expresses its outmost satisfaction and happiness to the people of its range to have such a committed young and dynamic leader who possess great potential to serve people in this fast changing society.

Further the union wishes him good health, wisdom and God’s blessing in all his future endeavour.

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States to urge Kovind on reframing ToR of 15th FC

Management Act, he said the Central government was borrowing a lot of money but not allowing states to do so.

“The 15th FC has been asked to determine whether the states are controlling the expenditure on populist measures.

“The obvious question that arises is why should the Centre too not be assessed through the same lens?,” said Naidu, whose Telugu Desam Party (TDP) pulled out of the BJP-led Central government and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the demand for special category to the state.

Andhra Pradesh’s Finance Minister Y. Ramakrishnudu said the use of population from Census 2011 by 15th FC with a greater weight for determining the allocation of funds to the states would cause great injustice to the states.

“This approach would penalise states which have shown declining fertility rates and lower population growth over the past four decades,” he said.

Cool relief A squall lashed the national Capital bringing down visibility and causing traffic snarls.

New Delhi, May 7 (Agencies): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued an alert forecasting that several parts of north India could witness thunderstorm and squall on Tuesday with winds gusting up to 50-70 kilometers per hour.

The IMD issued an amber-coloured alert, indicating severe weather, for parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, western Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal. Several parts of these States could witness thunderstorm and squall with winds gusting up to 50-70 kilometers per hour, the alert said.

There are four types of colour codes signifying the level of caution — green (which means no action), yellow (situation to be watched), amber (government agencies to be prepared for severe weather) and red (action needed by the agencies).

A western disturbance runs over Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, while there is a cyclonic circulation over northeast Rajasthan, west Madhya

Pradesh and Haryana, and this will bring light to moderate rainfall in north India, Mritunjay Mohapatra, Additional Director General, IMD, said.

A deadly thunderstorm with winds gusting up to 100 kmph had hit Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh on May 2, killing over 100 people.

Delhi schools to remain shut

In view of a warning by the weatherman of thunderstorms and squalls in many parts of India, including the national capital, the Delhi government on Monday decided to keep all schools closed on Tuesday afternoon, an official said.

The decision to shut schools in the afternoon session was taken in the evening at an emergency meeting chaired

by Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, a senior official attending the meeting told IANS. Thunderstorms and squalls are “very, very likely at isolated places in Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi”, the weather office has predicted. Last week, thunderstorms had wreaked havoc in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, killing nearly 100 people.

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS): NITI Aayog on Monday joined hands with Google to foster growth in India’s nascent artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning ecosystem by working together on several initiatives in the two areas.

Under the aegis of the programme, Google will train and incubate Indian AI startups in an accelerator programme. These startups will be mentored and coached by Google and its affiliates to enable them to better leverage AI in their respective business models, the NITI Aayog said in a statement.

Further, Google will also bring its online training courses on AI to students, graduates and engineers to numerous cities across India in the form of study groups and developer-run courses. Highlighting the importance of this partnership, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that artificial intelligence is going to disrupt the way business is done.

“India, in particular, is uniquely poised in utilising AI to innovate for social and inclusive good.

“India is embracing future technologies such as machine learning and AI to augment its capacity in healthcare, improve outcomes in education, develop innovative governance systems for our citizens and improve overall economic productivity of the nation,” Kant said after the NITI Aayog and Google signed a statement of intent.

BENGALURU, MAY 7 (IANS): Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday served a Rs 100crore legal notice on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and party’s state unit chief B.S. Yeddyurappa for alleged defamatory speeches and advertisements against him in the media.

The BJP leaders will have to face civil and criminal action and pay damages of Rs 100-crore in the event of the BJP leaders failed to withdraw their statements and issuing an unconditional public apology, the notice added.

“The BJP has published several political advertisements in Kannada and English newspapers, television channels and on the social media, which are defamatory against Siddaramaiah,” said lawyer and Congress Member of Legislative Council V.S. Ugrappa in the notice.

T h e l aw s u i t a l s o termed as “maligning” Modi’s speeches referring to Siddaramaiah-led government as a “seedha rupiah sarkar” (moneymaking government) and that the state government was talking about “ease of doing murders” while the world was talking about the ease of doing busi-

ness.

It also referred to newspaper advertisements appearing since March 28 in Kannada and English, which claimed that the Congress government had turned Bengaluru into a city of garbage and destroyed its lakes, along with pictorial display of silhouettes of Siddaramaiah.

“These allegations are completely false, fabricated and do not have an iota of truth and have been made with a malicious intent to defame (Siddaramaiah) and destroy his reputation in the eyes of the public at large,” said Ugrappa in the legal notice.

During public rallies in the southern state ahead of the May 12 Assembly elections, Modi on several occasions alleged that the state’s Congress government worked on commissions basis and was hand in glove with the mining mafia, and was talking about ease of committing murders instead of business. Through the statements and advertisements, the BJP leaders had committed offences punishable under Sections 499, 500, 501 and 502 (defamation and printing defamatory matter) of the Indian Penal Code, the notice said.

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Puducherr y Chief Minister V. Narayanaswamy demanded that the ToR should contain a paragraph to include provisions for union territories also.

“The present ToR indicate a move towards central discretion in the release of funds to states.

What the states want is the opposite. We want a financial regime in which there is a decisive move away from discretionary to assured devolutions,” he said.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the 15th Finance Commission will only lead to a centralised path to development. He expressed his support and to the cause of the conclave.

Amit Mitra, West Bengal Finance Minister, said resistance to this Finance Commission is vital as the ToR are in violation of fundamental constitutional values.

“States are facing massive revenue deficits.

We are forced to borrow from the market to keep our basic government initiatives running. We need to resist this forced ceiling placed on states’ ability to borrow.”

Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, spoke about the impact of GST-related changes.

“We need to take care of power subsidies, food security and facilities that we assure our people. The ToR act as an impediment, and are violative of at least Articles 270 and 285.”

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Amaravati, May 7 (IANS): Stating that the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the 15th Finance Commission undermine the federal structure, a meeting of finance ministers here on Monday decided to seek President Ram Nath Kovind’s intervention to reframe them.

The day-long meet concluded with the decision that they will call on the President to urge him to ask the Central government to amend the ToR to prevent a federal imbalance in the country.

The meet, convened by the Andhra Pradesh government, discussed the contentious ToR and the draft memorandum to be submitted to the President. Finance ministers from 11 states attended the meeting.

Addressing the meeting, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said the ToR will weaken the very cause of cooperative federalism.

He called upon all states to unite and prevent the significant hardships they will face with these ToR. Naidu remarked that ToR almost penalises states for being progressive and well-performing.

“States that are good at population control will be in debt. South Indian states, in particular, who have been reportedly good at population control, will be affected.

“The few seats that South Indian MPs have in the Parliament will soon not be ours. The little voice we have will soon go away,” he was quoted as saying by a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office.

“Poorly performing states must be uplifted, but not at the cost of progressive states. A new paradigm for devolution must be established in the spirit of partnership between the Centre and states, and not based on dominance of the former over the latter.” Quoting the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget

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Act East at home

here are many aspects of Act East involving the north eastern states which, collectively, play a role towards the goal of promoting economic progress. In this regard, there have been as many seminars about the policy (from Look East to Act East) and the areas identified as necessary to promote the objective of the policy. Then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao announced his government’s ‘Look East’ Policy of the early 1990s and afterwards the UPA-I and UPA-II had explored various ways of encouraging economic growth of the north east especially with regard to promotion of border trade.

Eventually after the Modi government came to power in 2014, the focus and thrust changed from ‘Look East’ to current ‘Act East’ Policy. The new slogan seeks to convey the message that it is time to Act instead of talking about the policy. The north east region has been familiar with the policy, earlier as ‘Look East’ and later as ‘Act East’. The present slogan describes a “new-found salience” to India’s engagement with its “eastern neighbourhood and beyond. Though Modi and his party might not like to admit it, India’s economic vision was first expressed

by Jawaharlal Nehru during the series of economic and trade conferences held with South East Asian neighbours. The excitement in the region is quite understandable as it also conveys a picture trade with the ASEAN countries. However, the north east will miss the bus it the states are unable to bring a turnaround in their economies. There are few vital areas where the potential could be harnessed for the foundation to carry the Act East Policy. These include- food processing sector, hospitality sector, agro based industry and minerals etc. The region can also hope to become an educational hub if the quality of higher education can be improved with reform in the education system. That also means education should be affordable to be competitive.

The list also includes the need to promote entrepreneurial skills and to upgrade infrastructural facilities etc. Among the need was to make each of the state’s capitals and important cities interconnect by rail, road and air. While there has been a lot that has been said with regard to the need for improvement of connectivity, the present status of Nagaland state leaves much to be desired. The state government has failed to maintain roads while the railway ministry seems to turn a blind eye for needed improvement of rail connectivity. Rail connectivity in Nagaland is acutely inadequate to serve the needs of passengers and instead Dimapur railway station continues to be downgraded as an appendage of Guwahati or Tinsukia or even Jorhat, though it is the second highest revenue earning station under Maligaon. Even air connectivity needs to be improved with at least three flights between Delhi-GuwahatiDimapur to enable travel to north eastern capitals from Guwahati. This is an important objective of the Act East but which Nagaland has failed to pursue and persuade the responsible authorities. Travel connectivity is like the main artery for development.

The state government appears to be giving a lip service for improvement of rail and air connectivity in order to cater to the demands of travelers. This is the reason why Nagaland’s air and rail connectivity has not only stagnated but even at risk of being further reduced to serve the interests of nearby states.

DailyDevotion Building For Eternity Which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it… —Luke 14:28 Our Lord was not referring here to a cost which we have to count, but to a cost which He has already counted. The cost was those thirty years in Nazareth, those three years of popularity, scandal, and hatred, the unfathomable agony He experienced in Gethsemane, and the assault upon Him at Calvary— the central point upon which all of time and eternity turn. Jesus Christ has counted the cost. In the final analysis, people are not going to laugh at Him and say, “This man began to build and was not able to finish” (Luke 14:30).

The conditions of discipleship given to us by our Lord in verses 26, 27, and 33 mean that the men and women He is going to use in His mighty building enterprises are those in whom He has done everything. “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple ” (Luke 14:26). This verse teaches us that the only men and women our Lord will use in His building enterprises are those who love Him personally, passionately, and with great devotion— those who have a love for Him that goes far beyond any of the closest relationships on earth. The conditions are strict, but they are glorious.

All that we build is going to be inspected by God. When God inspects us with His searching and refining fire, will He detect that we have built enterprises of our own on the foundation of Jesus? (see 1 Corinthians 3:10-15). We are living in a time of tremendous enterprises, a time when we are trying to work for God, and that is where the trap is. Profoundly speaking, we can never work for God. Jesus, as the Master Builder, takes us over so that He may direct and control us completely for His enterprises and His building plans; and no one has any right to demand where he will be put to work.

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The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. ~ Tony Robbins

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he world is getting hotter. The gap between the need and availability of freshwater is widening every day.

Despite finding ourselves in such a situation, we continue to propagate practices that waste trillions of litres of water every day. One of these, which I have been focusing on, is the humungous wastage of water in the meat industry. I have given you the statistics of the water that goes into the production of beef and poultry.

Now come to pork.

Pigs need vast amounts of water to drink and wallow in. The average water footprint of pig meat globally is 5,988 litres/kg, meaning that much water is used to produce 1 kilo of pork on our plates.

The production of pork uses five to twenty times more water than the production of grains and cereals (1500-2000 litres/kg), potatoes (387 litres/kg) and tomatoes (214 litres/kg).

Despite this, pork production is being increased in India. As per statistics of the Indian Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fishing, the production of pork in India has increased by 21% (81,250 tonnes) between 2015-16 and 2016-17. In 2017, an estimated 1.2 crore pigs were slaughtered in India. The import of pork has also been increasing annually by about 11% since 2010.

More Indian producers have adopted the western industrial method of animal production. This is the format of more animals, faster growth and shorter meatto-market time. Large numbers of animals are bred in one facility, where they are fed grains and pumped with growth promoters, before being slaughtered for their meat. These industrial systems use more water than traditional grazing systems, thus increasing the stress on local water resources.

An increasing number of live pigs are being imported into India, as they are larger than local pigs and produce more meat.

These pigs can weigh up to 300 kgs and yield about 180 kgs of pork per animal. If the average global water footprint of pork is 5,988 litres/kg, it takes about 10-11 lakh

Pork production and water litres of water to raise a single such pig for its meat.

The largest proportion of water, about 67% or 7 lakh litres, is spent in growing food for breeding one pig. Pigs have a high feed conversion ratio, which is the amount of food needed by the animal in order to be ready for killing. Pigs are generally given concentrated feed, which again takes a particularly large amount of water and land to produce.

On-farm water use in piggeries is estimated at 33% of the total water footprint, or about 3.5 lakh litres per pig. Pigs drink an average of 25 litres of water a day, depending on the weather and their size. Pigs require upto 75 litres of water per day for drinking and washing down.

This requirement goes up even more if the pig is diseased, the feed is insufficient, the sow is lactating, or if the environmental temperature is high.

Water is also used in maintaining the farms and cages where pigs are kept in preparation for slaughter. As part of the slaughter process, pigs are usually stunned electrically, then cut to bleed to death, after which they are scalded in large amounts of extremely hot water to remove their hair and skin.

After scalding, the animals are immediately chilled to maintain the quality of their meat, which also involves large amounts of water. The removal of internal organs again requires water for cleaning purposes, as does the cutting stage. This combined ‘service water’ use is estimated to be about 85,000 litres per pig. More water is used in post-farm activities, which include the stages of pork processing, packaging,

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distribution and consumer use.

Apart from direct use, it is important to recognize that the production of pigs, right from the feed growing stage till their packaging, pollutes innumerable litres of water with fertilizers, antibiotics, organic and inorganic matter from the pig farm and so on. Not enough care is given to the treatment and disposal of water from piggeries to help reduce the water pollution in the surrounding area. This water pollution is included in the total water footprint of pork.

What you are eating is not pork chops but vast amounts of water. While I cannot convince everybody to turn vegan, I think it’s only fair for each of us to consider just how much meat we consume every day, and how much we could cut down on.

Even one less pork chop, can save more than 900 litres of water.

Let us learn from Cape Town.

Cape Town in South Africa is a rich city of 4.5 million people. It has run out of water. Severe restrictions have been put on every resident. From February 2018 not more than 50 litres, for bathing, eating, washing etc, is allowed per person. Water for flushing, showers, gardens, carwashes, are banned. On June 4th 2018, or Day Zero, all municipal water will stop and be rerouted to 149 emergency pickup points, and people will have to queue for 25 litres every day. Water supply will only be maintained in hospitals.

Cape Town is a test case for what happens when climate change, extreme inequality, and political dysfunction collide.

It is a forerunner for the cities of India.

Cape Town has highways, shopping malls, restaurants, slaughterhouses, highrises. As the water diminished, no attempt was made to stop the large water guzzlers – the meat production industry, the bottled water/cola manufacturers. Cape Town’s water comes from six dams. Rainfall patterns have changed due to global warming.

Most of the dams are now in desertified areas. Theewaterskloof Dam, the biggest feeder, is currently at 12.5 percent of its capacity.

By February 2018 the agricultural sector has incurred R14 billion (US$1.17 billion) in losses due to water shortage.

Capetown farms, which contribute 23 per cent of South Africa’s agricultural output and are the main employer in rural areas, are closing down orchards, fields and vineyards. Livestock herds have been slaughtered, fruit trees felled. So far 37,000 jobs have gone, and an estimated 50,000 have been pushed below the poverty line due to job losses, and inflation due to increases in the price of food.

Tourism is in sharp decline. Businesses are relocating, so other jobs are disappearing. Families that can, are leaving the city.

A breakdown in the sanitary system is leading to an outbreak of disease and civil unrest. The army has been put on alert.

Is this the first time that a large modern city has run out of water? In 2008 Barcelona came close. Sao Paulo, the large city in the Western hemisphere is almost there, three years ago supplies ran so low that the pipes sucked up mud and the flow of water to homes was cut to twice a week The government of Indonesia is considering evacuation of parts of Jakarta, which has run out of potable water. Melbourne, in Australia, says its water could run out in a decade – and even London has warned that demand is close to capacity and the city faces future supply problems.

Military strategists talk of water, not oil, as the potential trigger for 21st Century conflicts, while the United Nations has warned water scarcity could displace 700 million people by 2030.

The Earth has run out of miracles where water is concerned. It is time for politicians and administrators to take stock of how much water we have and when will the Earth come to Ground Zero. I predict ten years. In India, Hyderabad will be the first.

While policy changes will happen only when we reach crisis point, it is our personal choices that can have the most significant and immediate impact. Water is life. You mustn’t play with water. Cutting back on meat is the first solution.

Post-mortem Creating international platforms for Indian arts

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n 1999, as part of a British Council showcase programme, I travelled to the Edinburgh Festival and that set in motion the idea of creating platforms for Indian contemporary and classical art forms across the world.

Working closely with the Festival Fringe, the International Film Festival, the Edinburgh Tattoo and the Edinburgh International Festival, we created an annual offering of work, enlarging our presence from six productions to 16 in a short period.

Many thought we were mad, but our long-term objectives paid off in more ways than one. We presented an array of artists: Aditi Mangaldas, Daksha Sheth, Birju Maharaj and Malavika Sarukkai.

Mrigaya, the world music group which went on to win the Herald Angel Award at Edinburgh in 2002 and a 5-star review from The Scotsman, Indian Ocean, Lillette Dubey and the Primetime Theatre Group, Adi Shakti, Lushin Dubey, Dadi Pudumjee and the Ishara Theatre Company, are some more names I recollect who were on our entourage.

Shah Rukh Khan made his way to Edinburgh in a celebration of the best of Indian arts.

It took some convincing to get the Edinburgh International Film Festival to agree to move Shah Rukh’s “In Conversation” with Nasreen Munni Kabir to a larger venue. They cited examples of having presented the biggest stars, including Sean Connery, in a 300-seat venue. Tickets went on sale and sold out minutes after the box office opened, only to be resold at £100 a ticket! The news made it to The Times front page and the festival organisers, somewhat embarrassed, moved the venue to a 1,000-seat auditorium. Huge crowds gathered at the festival venue. At the afterparty, we had to barricade Shah Rukh in a corner, with tables and bouncers guarding him. The Edinburgh festivals hadn’t quite seen something like this before!

They were ignorant of work from India as very few shows had ever travelled out.

The year we presented Ishara Puppet Theatre’s “Transposition”, the infamous liquid bomb incident took place at Heathrow as we landed. Having being evacuated from the airport and shipped to Gatwick, we finally arrived in Edinburgh after a 16-hour delay, only to find that 24 of our 30 outsized puppet boxes and bags had been lost! Each day was spent at the airport warehouse searching for luggage. Five days and three

cancelled shows later, the BBC ran a story on our predicament.

Hours later, a passenger telephoned Dana Macleod, our coordinator in Edinburgh, to say strange-shaped bags were going around the carousel with stickers bearing her name. The show was back on the road!

Investments in shows and festivals in those early days meant that year-on-year, our balance sheets were red. Co-presenting with existing festivals led to some degree of success, with annual presentations in Singapore, Wellington, Perth and Melbourne.

Much of this was a result of networking at the Edinburgh festivals and setting out a plan for collaborations, a strategy we adopted for the next few years.

As our footprint grew through Asia to include Hong Kong, Korea and Indonesia, we began to look westwards.

Prompted by our then Consul General, Navdeep Suri, we set up the Shared History Festival in South Africa, to bring about an awareness of a new India and the many opportunities it offered, amongst the one-million strong Indian diaspora. We collaborated with the city of Johannesburg’s annual festival, Arts Alive, to bring about resurgence in the crime-infested Central Business District (CBD) area of New Town. The city planned to use the arts to re-populate the CBD and reduce crime and bring back the local populace. With audiences returning to theatres, New Town has now seen a rise in property prices, new businesses opening and residential blocks being re-built. In Durban and Johannesburg, the arts community and the diaspora who had earlier rejected everything Indian began rediscovering and celebrating their roots. Driven by their need to trace their history many have, since then, travelled back to India.

We sought new opportunities in Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain, working through agents and driving box office sales to make projects economically viable.

We produced “Bollywood Love Story”, a musical, to reach new audiences. We were amazed to discover how small towns like Einbeck, Stuttgart, Eindhoven and larger ones like Florence, Barcelona and Stockholm had a huge appetite to celebrate and embrace Indian culture. Local arts-attending audiences came to our celebration dressed in Indian attire, belting out words of songs they didn’t understand and eating their versions of Indian food.

Exporting Bollywood should be the mainstay of our foreign missions in order to capture hearts and minds of people across the world. From Russia to Egypt and China through Canada I have seen an increasing appetite to present and understand the best of Indian culture.

In today’s polarised world, it is imperative that we use the arts as a window into other cultures, traditions, history and a way of working. The arts know no language and have a universality that allows the viewer to seamlessly absorb and appreciate new experiences. A few years ago, the Globe Theatre, as part of the Cultural Olympiad, commissioned an array of exciting productions played out from Afghanistan and India to Romania and Belarus.

Each was distinct and brought to the fore, cultural differences and yet was bound together by the universal language of theatre and performance. Audiences who attended may not have understood the nuances of the languages, but this did not detract them from enjoying what they were witnessing. Pia Behrupiya by Company Theatre was a brilliant piece of original stagecraft. Based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, the ensemble cast sang, danced and created magic at the Globe.

Last year as part of “India70@ UK” we were able to present some of the finest of contemporary theatre, dance and music at premium arts venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Theatre and the Globe.

As the Indian economy continues to grow, the world is curious about India and everything Indian. From exotic locations: Ladhak to Hampi and Ajanta & Ellora to Murshidabad and Varanasi, to a diverse, dynamic and an extremely alive cultural matrix, we have a lot to offer. India needs to create a counter-narrative to that of rapes, murders and religious extremism, absconding businessmen and less then scrupulous business practices that make headlines the world over. The arts can be an anchor for this emerging narrative; not only do they create jobs but also educate and enlighten.

As the third industrial revolution fades away and we look to the fourth, which will be the coming together of creativity and technology, India is well-placed to be a world leader. Unfortunately, our policies and government are yet to seize the moment and set in place incentives and a route map to the future.

(IANS) Sanjoy K. Roy

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Where is ache din?

ince 2014 of the last general election till today the promise of ache din of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his election campaign has not been fulfilled, and interestingly the next general election is coming next year. My only concern is when will be this promise of ache din be fulfilled by the NDA led Narendra Modi government? The intention of bringing back black money by changing the currency of 500 and 1000 notes has affected the poor rather than the rich if we go by the ground reality as reported by different news channels and newspapers. People are killed in the train and were beaten up seriously by the Hindu Fundamentalists just because they carry beef along with them. Women and children are insecure to move around the country and more than that children below 12 years of age are raped and murdered particularly in Kathua, Surat, Unnao, and Patna. The worst thing is that few of the BJP members are also accused of involving in rape cases particularly in Unnao and Kathua (NP April 16, 2018). In another horrific incident, a 16 year old girl was gang raped and subsequently burnt to death in front of her family members in Jharkhand’s Chatra district last Friday (The Morung Express May 5, 2018).

All the above incidents took place either in the BJP ruling states or in the state alliance with the NDA government in the centre. Therefore, when will be ache din be fulfilled in India? Our Prime Minister and his party are responsible for the promises delivered to the people during the election campaign in 2014. For the past four years the Narendra Modi’s government has implemented number of schemes like the Swatch Bharat, but sad to say that nothing has been improve in most of our states in India.

On the other hand it is very interesting to read the manifesto promised by the BJP party in the upcoming Karnataka election.

My only question to the BJP ruling government is that, will those promises be fulfilled in the State of Karnataka? Personally as an educator I feel that some of the promises are baseless just to attract voters only. Smart phone for women below poverty line is totally groundless for most of them are struggling even to get their basic needs such as food, shelter and clothes. Every year farmers committed suicide because of the failure of their crops; however the government did nothing in fulfilling the demands of the farmers in the country. Nevertheless, the BJP manifesto for the Karnataka polls is also to take one thousand farmers to Israel and China each year to study their best agricultural practices. Therefore, will this promise be also fulfilled for the farmers?

The BJP leader also said that Rs 10,000 crore will be sanctioned as fund for women to set up business, run cooperatives across the state and established stores to market products made by women at district and sub-district headquarters. While on the other hand, women and minor girls are being raped and murdered yet neither the state nor the central government interested for the safety of women and children. Hence, as a concern citizen I wrote this article not to favour any political party, at the same time not to discourage the manifesto of the BJP party in Karnataka polls, instead I just want to remind the NDA led BJP government to fulfilled their promises of Ache din in India. On the other hand, we the people of Northeast India are also suffering of financial crises as the ATMs go dry while the government of India is promising of many things in their manifesto in Karnataka polls. As a result will ache din be fulfilled in our country or is the NDA led BJP government postponing the promise to the next general election which will be held next year in 2019.

Aiborlang Nongsiej, Bosco B.Ed College, Dimapur

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Wear Helmet for safety

It is seen that most of the two wheeler riders does not usually wears helmet. Of course, with the coming of summer, the humidity could be one of the reasons for most motorists. It is also seen that, most riders wears helmet only when there are mobile court established by the traffic police, to escape from being fined. Wearing helmet is obligatory for our own safety, wearing helmet will save our life in case of accident that may occur at anytime and at any place. It would be too late to regret once you are victimized, so wear it every day for your own safety.

Sirailiu Chawang, K. Sachu Colony, Dimapur

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issues e-admit cards for Rahul accuses Modi of protecting SC transfers Kathua rape, UPSC June 3 civil services prelims Yedyurappa, Reddy brothers murder case to Pathankot

Victim’s counsel Deepika Singh Rajawat.

New Delhi, May 7 (AGENCIES): The Supreme Court on Monday transferred the trial in the Kathua minor rape and murder case to Pathankot district in Punjab.

A Special Bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra transferred the case out of Jammu and Kashmir with consensus of the victim’s family, the Jammu and Kashmir government and the accused.

“Fair trial is sacrosanct principle under Article 21 [fundamental right to life] of the Constitution,” the court observed in the order.

It said fair trial and fear were contradictory concepts and should not be allowed to coexist. It said fair trial means an “atmosphere where the victims, accused persons and witnesses feel safe and they do not suffer from any phobia from attending court”.

Issuing a series of directions, the court ordered that the trial should be held in camera. This is to protect the witnesses and make the accused “feel safe”.

The court ordered the Pathankot District Judge to conduct the trial and not delegate it to another court. The trial shall be held under the provisions of the Ranbir Penal Code, which is applicable in Jammu and Kashmir.

The documents would be translated from Urdu to English. The apex court allowed the J&K government to appoint a special public prosecutor and continue providing protection, transport and all other ancillary facilities to the victims, lawyers and accused during the trial.

The court refused to examine a separate plea to hand over the investigation to the CBI, saying it was dealing with only a petition seeking transfer of the case for the purpose of fair trial.

Chief Justice Misra said the investigation had been done and charge sheet filed by the J&K Crime Branch on April 9 and it was always open for supplementary investigation, if required.

“When charge sheet is filed, why should we want another agency?” Chief Jus-

tice Misra said. The court said it would continue to monitor the trial, so no other court across the country has jurisdiction to entertain complaints or appeals from the Pathankot District Judge’s orders.

The court ordered a fast-track trial on a dayto-day basis with no adjournments. Chief and cross examinations of a witness should be done without break and there would be no adjournments.

There are a total of 221 witnesses in the case.

The next date of hearing in the Supreme Court has been fixed on July 9.

The court ordered all the records of the case to be sent from the Kathua District and Sessions Judge’s court where the case was committed for trial - to the Pathankot trial court in a sealed cover under police escort.

The hearing saw the court accepting a suggestion by the J&K government, represented by senior advocate Gopal Subramanium, that it would be better to transfer the trial outside Kathua district rather than out of J&K itself.

The court’s decision was fortified after the J&K High Court-appointed judicial report from the Kathua District Judge “indicated” that the local lawyers, demanding a CBI probe, had obstructed the administration of justice by not allowing the Crime Branch team to file the charge sheet in court.

New Delhi, May 7 (AGENCIES): Candidates appearing for the preliminary examination of the civil services on June 3 will not be issued a physical copy of their admit card but will have to download it and carry a printout with them, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said on Monday.

In a statement with a list of dos and don’ts for candidates, the Commission said it had uploaded the e-admit cards on its website — www.upsc.gov. in.

“Candidates are advised to download their e-admit cards and take a printout thereof. The admitted candidates will have to produce the printout of their e-admit card at the allotted venue for... the examination,” the UPSC said in the statement.

In case the photograph is not clear, blurred or not available on the e-admit card, candidates will have to carry to the venue two identical photographs (one photograph for each session) along with proof of identity such as an Aadhaar, a driving licence, passport or voter ID card, and the printout of the e-admit card with an undertaking that the proof was genuine.

“No paper admit card will be issued for this examination,” the Commission said. Any discrepancy in the e-admit card should be conveyed to the Commission immediately by email (to uscsp-upsc@nic.in), it said. Candidates were also advised to take a printout of their e-admit cards well in advance to prevent any last-minute rush or load on the website.

Manipur CSOs seek clarification from PM, HM on Naga accord

(From p-1) On his part, UCM president Karam Sunil recalled that Central leaders, including Modi, had assured the CSOs and people of the State on numerous occasions that there was nothing in the Framework Agreement that might affect the interest of Manipur and its people.

“Even our chief minister had endorsed the assurance of Modi,” he said.

However, the recent statement of Ravi has contradicted the previous assurances, he remarked,

while demanding clarification from the Centre and State in this regard. He said the CSOs are still firm on their six-point charter of demands submitted to the Centre. Reading out the CSO demands submitted to the Centre, CCSK president N Jiten asserted that the organisations will never compromise on the demands at any cost.

People of the State are always ready to rise against any accord that might affect the interest of the State and its people, he pointed out.

Kolar, May 7 (IANS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that BJP’s chief ministerial candidate in Karnataka B. S. Yeddyurappa and Reddy brothers were “most corrupt” and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he was “protecting” them.

Talking to reporters here after his protest here over rise in prices of petroleum products, Gandhi targeted Modi on several issues including atrocities against Dalits, who were being “suppressed, crushed in the country”.

He also accused Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological fountainhead of BJP, of not wanting them to progress.

“There is example of Rohith Vemula. Whenever a Dalit goes towards education, wants to transform his life, the RSS and its thinking stops him,” he said.

Gandhi said there were three main issues in the Karnataka elections.

“Modiji said B. S. Yeddyurappa is their chief ministerial candidate.

Yedyurappaji is the most corrupt CM that the coun-

Rahul Gandhi

try has ever seen. Reddy brothers are the most corrupt people that this country has ever seen. Modiji should tell why he is protecting corrupt Yedyurappaji and Reddy brothers,” he said.

Gandhi also accused Modi of ignoring the farmers of the state.

“He should tell what was he doing when farmers of Karnataka was seeking a loan waiver. The Karnataka government waived off loans of Rs 8,000 crore.

Why did Modiji not contribute a single rupee,” Gandhi asked.

He said Modi had not raised the Doklam issue with China during his recent visit to the neigbhouring country.

“Modiji should tell is why did he go to China.

China has intruded into Doklam, it is constructing a helipad at Doklam and our PM is having tea and greeting them. He did not speak a word on Doklam,” he said.

“The Congress will return to power here. Siddaramaiahji has done very good work. We will win elections,” he added.

Gandhi did not give a direct answer to Modi’s jibe that Congress will be reduced to “PPP (Punjab, Puducherry and Parivar) Congress” after the Karnataka elections, but quipped there were three different modes in the cellphone work mode, speaker mode and airplane mode.

STSU serves two weeks deadline on Shamator CHC MO

(From p-1) The union pointed out that Shamator Town Public Forum (STPF) had also recently “exposed” the poor state of health centre after physical verification. However, it said despite bringing out the facts and figures, neither the health and family welfare department took cognizance of the genuine matter nor the MO paid heed to the call of the STPF. STSU, therefore, has urged the responsible MO to report to his posting place within two weeks from the date of publishing the open letter. Failure to report, the Shamator Town Student’s Union said it would seek legal action in collaboration with Shamator Town Public Forum and “expose every activity of the MO including the immediate cause that led to his departure on whatsoever reason.”

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He said, with enhanced due diligence and checks on credit quality and inventory quality, lenders are more cautious on the sector.

“We expect the tightened credit availability to affect the working capital position of jewellery retailers, especially the unorganised ones,” Srikumar added.

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The traders’ body argued that the government should make it mandatory that such deals can take place only when 75 per cent of the sellers on an e-platform give their assent since they would be the worst sufferers. “In order to ensure free and fair e-commerce business in the country, we suggest that a policy for e-commerce should be finalised at an early date in consultation with all stakeholders including the trading community,” CAIT said.

Mumbai, May 7 (PTI): Demand for gold jewellery is likely to decline by 2-4 per cent this calendar year due to high prices and subdued financing environment, said a report.

However, in value terms, the demand for gold jewellery is likely to register a growth of 5-7 per cent during the year, rating agency Icra said in its report.

“Demand is likely to be affected by 2-4 per cent in 2018. Prices of the yellow metal have increased steadily in the last three months, which coupled with lesser number of auspicious days, impacted jewellery demand.

Also, financing to the gems and jewellery sector have

fore concluding at 67.13, revealing a steep loss of 26 paise, or 0.39 per cent.

This is the lowest level for the Indian unit since February 8, 2017 when it had ended at 67.19 against the US dollar.

The Indian currency has been the worst performer this year so far, losing 5.10 per cent since January.

A sudden flare-up in global crude prices rattled the forex market sentiment in a big way stoking concerns over widening trade

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NEW DELHI, May 7 (PTI): Traders’ body CAIT Monday said it seeks Commerce & Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu’s intervention in the proposed USD 12-billion Flipkart-Walmart deal, saying the alliance will encourage malpractices and predatory pricing in ecommerce.

In a letter to Prabhu, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said the sale of Flipkart’s Singapore holding company should not be allowed till the time the government frames an

Gold jewellery demand may fall by 2-4 percent: Report

Mumbai, May 7 (PTI): The rupee Monday crashed below the 67-mark to close at a 15-month low of 67.13 against the US currency following a surging demand for the dollar as crude oil prices zoomed past USD 75 per barrel level.

Huge dollar purchases by oil importing companies along with speculative activity largely weighed on the rupee, a currency dealer said.

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taxpayers.

To ensure that there is no conflict of interest, the GSTN has barred Infosys from bidding for the fraud analytics project.

Infosys had in 2015 won the Rs 1,380-crore deal for developing and running GSTN’s backend software and hardware. The indirect tax reform, GST subsumed over a dozen local taxes and was rolled out from July 1, 2017.

GSTN has in the bid document mandated that the bidder should develop adequate capability for data storage and calculating complexity of data.

“In the near future, GSTN is likely to experience an ‘explosion’ in the amount of data in its transactional systems,” the GSTN said.

“The figure of data is likely to have quantum jump when the system such as E-way Bill data, external agency data like CBDT, information from banks, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Shops and Establishments Department, other Government and non-government agencies etc. which will be integrated with the GST fraud analytics system,” it added.

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GSTN said in the Request For Proposal (RFP).

The fraud analytics company would be tasked with establishment of taxpayer’s identity. “Based on information available within GSTN as well as third party information, it is expected to reliably establish the identity/360 degree view of the taxpayer and key members of its management,” said the RFP. It would also establish taxpayer’s risk profile by analysing information on purchasers and sellers as part of returns data, whether the taxpayer deals with sensitive or evasion prone commodities, history of the owner of the company as well as rapid change of promoters, among others.

The company, to be appointed for 6 years, would also be required to suggest ways to prevent revenue leakages and forecast revenue growth and other econometric analysis for policy formation.

It can also suggest changes in laws, rules/ procedures based on fraud detection to plug loopholes and identify material/evidences which may be shared with tax authorities for prosecution of fraudulent

lia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand).

The model focuses on three knowledge-intensive sectors within each market that act as critical drivers of global economic growth: financial and business services; TMT; and manufacturing. It also examines the remainder of each economy, said Korn Ferry.

The imminent skilled labour shortage could ultimately shift the global balance of economic power by 2030, if left unaddressed, the study said, and added that technological advancement could be hindered by an acute global labour shortage of 4.3 million TMT workers by 2030.

“India will see a Level A (highly skilled) TMT surplus of 1.3 million workers by 2030, offering yet more opportunities for the nation. India could challenge America’s position well before 2030 in the TMT sector,” said the firm.

The study forecasts a talent deficit of 85 million workers by 2030 across the economies analysed and the largest threat in the near term is faced by the US, Japan, France, Germany and Australia with a combined opportunity cost of $1.87 trillion by 2020.

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N E W D E L H I , M ay 7 (PTI): GST Network (GSTN) has invited bids from private entities for “360-degree” profiling of taxpayers for early detection of fraud as it seeks to transform into an end-to-end platform for checking GST evasion, from being just a tax collection portal.

The analytics company to be roped in will have the mandate for designing and developing a Fraud Analytics System. GST Network has however barred Infosys from bidding for the project to avoid conflict of interest.

The system will take about an year to be operational and leverage existing data pertaining to GST registration, return filing and e-way bill, along with the information from other external sources such as Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), banks and state tax departments.

According to the eligibility criteria, the interested bidder will need to have a turnover of Rs 300 crore and should have posted profit in the past three financial years. Also, it should have experience in implementing Advanced Analytics, the

M u m b a i , M ay 7 (IANS): As increasing global talent crisis is likely to cost different countries $8.5 trillion by 2030. India is the only major world economy with a potential for talent surplus, as per a study by a global executive search firm.

India may even challenge America’s position in technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector, said the ‘Global Talent Crunch’ study by Korn Ferry International Inc. “Left unchecked, the financial impact of this talent shortage amounts to $8.5 trillion in unrealised annual revenue globally over the next 12 years,” it pointed out.

“Interestingly, the country that’s at the other end of the spectrum is India. The world’s sixth largest economy is the only one in the study which will have a talent surplus by 2030, with 245 million more workers in the next 12 years,” it said.

The study covered 20 major developed and developing economies in three regions -- the Americas (Brazil, Mexico, the US), EMEA (France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the UAE, the UK) and Asia Pacific (Austra-

deficit and higher capital outflows.

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

Oil jumped to its highest levels since late-2014 on Monday to cross the significant USD 75 a barrel tag boosted by Venezuela’s deepening economic crisis and a looming decision on whether the United States will re-impose sanctions on Iran.

Brent crude, an international benchmark, was trading at USD 75.57 a barrel in early Asian trade.

“FIIs continue to be net sellers in Indian equities, adding further pressure on the rupee. To this end, CPI release scheduled later this week will be viewed with interest. Markets participants also watched the RBI’s recent move to conduct OMO; to buy government bonds worth up to Rs 10,000 crore on 17May,” said Anand James, Chief Market Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

Adding to the negative feelings, importers rushed to cover their obligations, while exporters cancelled their previously booked forward contracts on growing expectation of a further fall in the rupee value near term.

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M o s c o w, M a y 7 (Agencies): Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated as the president of Russia for the fourth time, renewing another six-year term in office, Al Jazeera reported.

The 65-year-old Russian leader took oath at an official ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace in the capital, Moscow, on Monday, 18 years after he first came to power.

Putin’s fourth presidential term comes after he easily won the elections in March, receiving 76 percent of the votes. Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin came in second with 11.8 percent, followed by nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky with 5.6 percent, according to official results.

“I consider it my duty and sense of my life to do everything for Russia for its present and future - for the peaceful and prosperous future - and the welfare

Vladimir Putin enters to take the oath during his inauguration ceremony as Russia’s new president in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Monday. (AP/PTI)

of every Russian family,” Putin said in a speech at the ceremony. “I can assure you the aim of my life, my work will be as before to serve the people and our motherland,” he added. Speaking to government members on Sunday, Putin laid down the main challenges and tasks that lie ahead during his next tenure. “In general, our key task for the next few years

is a significant raise of the citizens’ real income,” he said, according to a Kremlin press release. Putin has proposed Dmitry Medvedev for the post of prime minister, the Kremlin confirmed in a statement on Monday.

A former agent for the Russian spy agency, KGB, Putin went on to become the country’s prime minister in 1999.

Nikki disapproves Trump’s style of communication

Xi’s thoughts are ‘Marxism of modern China’: Chinese official

Islamic countries call Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’

U n i t e d Nat i o n s, May 7 (IANS): The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has said that President Donald Trump’s “communication style” has made her uncomfortable and has proven to have complicated relationships in the diplomatic sphere.

“He has his communication style, but you are not hearing me defend that,” Haley was quoted as saying in a CBS interview.

Haley illustrated her disagreement with Trump citing a tweet of February when he accused Latin American countries of turning a blind eye on drug trafficking, Xinhua news agency reported.

“They’re laughing at us, so I’m not a believer in that, I want to stop the aid,” Trump said in the tweet, referring to the US aid to the region. Haley later embarked on a trip to Honduras to reconcile and reassure local authorities on US foreign policy.

Beijing, May 7 (PTI): President Xi Jinping’s thought on socialism is the “Marxism of modern China”, a CPC ideologue has said, as the ruling Communist Party celebrated the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx acclaiming his ideology as a saviour of the nation.

Xi has become the only leader, after the Communist Party of China (CPC) founder Mao Zedong, whose “Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” has been enshrined in the country’s Constitution this year and that of the party last year.

The Chinese President’s thought on socialism outlines the ideological course China should take to emerge as the most powerful and developed country in the coming decades.

“Xi Jinping’s thought on ‘Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era’ is the Marxism of

Era” is the latest theoretical outcome of the party in upholding and developing Marxism in the new era with innovative and strategic perspectives, the staterun China Daily today quoted Wang as saying.

He called on the experts and researchers in social sciences and theories to study the spirit of the speeches by Xi, who is regarded as the most powerful leader of China after Mao, as he heads the CPC, the Presidency and the military.

Mao’s successor Deng Xiaoping had first enunciated the socialism with Chinese characteristics as the ideological line.

It successfully merged the market economy with all levers of power vested with the CPC, which has remained in power since 1949 ruling the country with iron clad one party dictatorship, since the founding of the People’s Republic.

DHAKA, May 7 (Agencies): A grouping of Islamic countries said Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims is a “serious and blatant violation of international law” and it is calling for international support in solving the crisis. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation issued a joint statement Sunday at the end of a two-day conference in Bangladesh, which has taken in more than 700,000 Rohingya who have fled violence in Myanmar since August. The statement said the grouping will continue to work the UN and other global platforms to address the rights violations taking place in Myanmar.

The grouping echoed previous international statements saying ethnic cleansing is taking place in Myanmar.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali said delegates pledged solidarity with his country “in the face of the huge Rohingya influx with its humanitarian and security consequences.”

South Asia facing ‘learning crisis’: UNICEF Kathmandu, May 7 (PTI): There is a “learning crisis” in South Asia where only about half of the primary-aged children are receiving education with minimum standards, the UN’s Children’s Fund UNICEF warned Monday.

Investing in children is critical to achieving the sustainable development goals, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said as he inaugurated a three-day South Asian Conference on ‘Learning Generation and Delivery Approaches’,

organised by UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) here.

Nepal’s Constitution guarantees right to education to every child, Oli said.

Regional Director for UNICEF South Asia Jean Gough said: “While impressive strides have been made in achieving universal primary education, we have a learning crisis in South Asia with only about half of primary-aged children receiving education with minimum learning standards.

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UNICEF has joined hands with the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity and working with governments and partners to accelerate progress in education and increase financing for the sector giving priority to children at risk of being excluded from learning, Gough said.

“There is no better path to stronger economies –

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If the ever-worsening learning crisis left unaddressed, it will lead half of the world’s 1.6 billion children and youths out of school or failing to learn by 2030, the report has warned.

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BERLIN, May 7 (Agencies): The foreign ministers of France and Germany say they will hold on to the nuclear agreement with Iran, regardless of the upcoming U.S. decision on whether to nix the deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to cancel the 2015 accord restricting Iran’s nuclear activities this week, saying it’s flawed.

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Johnny Depp accused of assault charges

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he hearing of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s plea for suspending his five-year prison term in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, that was scheduled for Monday, has been adjourned to July 17.

District and Sessions Judge Chandra Kumar Songara ordered the arguments to begin but Salman’s lawyer Mahesh Bora wanted some more time.

Heeding to his request, Songara adjourned the hearing till July 17.

Salman was seen leaving the Jodhpur trial court soon after. He had arrived here on Sunday.

The actor was convicted and handed a five-year imprisonment on April 5

by Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri for killing two blackbucks 19 years ago. He spent two nights in the Jodhpur Central Jail, before he was granted bail by the sessions court on April 7.

Both Khatri, as well as District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi, who gave him bail, have since been transferred in what has been described as a routine administrative move involving a number of judges.

Salman’s Bollywood colleagues Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre were acquitted by the trial court. Another accused Dushyant Singh, an area resident, was also acquitted.

Salman was accused of

shooting and killing blackbucks in Kankani village near Jodhpur on October 1, 1998, during the shooting of the film “Hum Saath Saath Hain”.

This is one of many legal battles Salman has faced in the last 20 years, including allegations of killing a homeless man while driving drunk in Mumbai, a charge he was acquitted of.

He was also booked for keeping a weapon under an expired arms licence. A trial court had acquitted him.

In other cases, he was accused of killing two protected chinkaras in Bhawad and one in Mathania.

However, the Rajasthan High Court acquitted him in 2016.

(IANS)

n out-of-control Johnny Depp attacked a location manager on the set of his upcoming film, “LAbyrinth,” multiple sources told Page Six. The spat even included Depp attempting a punch and bellowing at the veteran production pro, “I’ll give you $100,000 to punch me right now!” before he was pulled off.

“LAbyrinth” stars Depp as the real LAPD detective Russell Poole, who investigated the murder of Biggie Smalls. But an insider said trouble on the “toxic” set began when Depp took over directing a scene in which he cast two of his pals as a cop and a homeless man. “Johnny’s friends were in the scene, and it just turned into way more than it should have been,” said a source.

A d ow n t ow n L A street was closed off, but when the permit ran out, Depp wanted to keep the cameras rolling.

“The producers kept asking for the time to be extended,” explained a source familiar with the production. Finally, a location manager informed the film’s director, Brad

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Adele says she “adores” Childish Gambino and praises his “greatness”

A Furman, that the scene had to wrap, but, “Brad interjected, ‘Tell that to Johnny Depp!’ ” The location manager told Depp, “This is the last shot,” a source said, when an irate Depp — who’d been “smoking and drinking all day on set” — got in the staffer’s face. “He was 6 inches away, yelling, ‘Who are you? You have no right!’ ” sources said.

When the well-liked worker told Depp, “I’m just doing my job,” a source said Depp tried to punch him in the ribs.

But the weak blow didn’t make an impact, and Depp yelled, “I’ll give you $100,000 to punch me right now!” The stunned staffer stood still, and Depp was finally pulled away.

(FoxNews)

ctor Bruce Willis is set to play famed boxing trainer Cus DAmato in the new drama “Cornerman”, about discovering boxing legend Mike Tyson.

T h e c a s t wa s a n nounced on Monday just before the kickoff of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, reports variety.com.

The film will be made by “Homeland” actor Rupert Friend, marking his debut in the director’s chair.

“Cornerman” is set in the 1980s New York, as it chronicles how D’Amato went from training some of the boxing world’s biggest champions to finding a 13year-old Tyson. That role has not yet been cast.

The movie will start shooting in the fall.

“Ultimately, this is a story about a deep love between two ferocious talents, each brave enough to admit their fears to the other, and so spur one another to greatness,” Friend said.

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dele has responded to new music coming from Childish Gambino, saying she “adores” the artist, while praising his “greatness”.

At the weekend, Childish Gambino (aka musician/ actor Donald Glover) released a video for new track ‘This is America’. It marked the Atlanta creator’s first new material since 2016’s Grammy-nominated album ‘Awaken My Love!’.

The political video is directed by Hiro Murai and sees Glover cause chaotic scenes before dancing around them. Glover released the video during his appearance on Saturday Night Live, where he served as both the host and musical guest.

Sharing photos from her recent Titanic-themed 30th birthday party to Instagram, Adele also wrote

in her caption: “Childish Gambino how the hell do you have time to offer us so much greatness on so many platforms. I adore you.”

Glover previously said in the past that he plans to retire his Childish Gambino project. However, he is also reportedly working on new music with Chance The Rapper.

He has also announced a Childish Gambino tour with Rae Sremmurd. Glover will hit the road during September, playing shows in Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Houston, Dallas, Inglewood, Oakland, Seattle and Vancouver.

Glover recently opened up about his thoughts on the music industry, saying that “no one has good intentions”.

(NME)

Revealed: The most-streamed I want to do better internationally: Anupam ‘Game of Thrones’ star named 2018 World’s Strongest Man songs of the 70s, 80s, 90s And while streaming services fight each other for exclusive new releases, Spotify’s own research shows that 40% of songs are streamed more frequently in their second year on the service than their first.

This week, the BPI released data on the “oldies” we played 2017 - showing that songs like TLC’s No Scrubs, Toto’s Africa and The Temptations’ My Girl are still receiving millions of streams.

“Older songs are quietly accounting for a very significant proportion of listening,” says BPI analyst Rob Crutchley, who calculates that 30% of the music played on streaming services was released before 2010.

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“I have to do good work in India but outside, I want to do better.”

Anupam fur ther wrote: “Whenever I am doing an international film or series, in my mind I feel I am officially representing my country and I have to give my bestest. I get a sense of extra responsibility. Desh ki bhi izzat ka sawaal hota hai (it’s a matter of my country’s prestige too)! Looking forward to

a great experience. 515th project.”

The Indian actor, who has earlier featured in a slew of foreign projects, will also be seen in an upcoming series titled “New Amsterdam”, a medical drama.

Besides this, he has been nominated for the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards in 2018 for his work in the adaptation of Satnam Sanghera’s memoir “The Boy with the Topknot”, a TV movie.

“I have been nominated for Bafta on May 13 for the film ‘Boy With The Top Knot’. please pray for that. I will be happy if we win, but if not then I would be happy with the nominations only,” Anupam urged his fans via his video.

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he Mountain” way,” Björnsson wrote. called the Atlas Stones, now is also the Björ nsson won his “The Mountain” placed World’s Stron- qualifying group on Sunday four of the five 360-pound gest Man. in the competition in Ma- stones onto a platform in 41 “Game of Thrones” nila, Philippines. He then seconds, according to the actor Hafþór Júlíus Björn- dominated the Overhead Bleacher Report. He placed sson took part in the 2018 Press and Loading Race to fifth in that event, but it was World’s Strongest Man com- win the overall challenge, enough to catapult him to petition in the Philippines according to Barbend. the top.

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he charts discriminate against aging songs; radio stations stake their reputation on premieres; and Ofcom sets quotas for new music on the BBC. But, for most people, that’s irrelevant. There’s a reason why the best-selling album in UK chart history is Queen’s Greatest Hits; and why second place goes to Abba’s Gold. Research shows that the music of your teenage years is hard-wired into your brain.

There’s even something called the “reminiscence bump” - which shows children have superior recognition for songs that date to their parents’ and grandparents’ teenage years.

eteran actor Anup a m K h e r s ay s whenever he takes up an international film or series, he feels a sense of responsibility about representing India. So while he says he focuses on “good work” in India, he wants to do “better” outside.

The actor, 65, on Sunday had tweeted that he was travelling to Belfast, Ireland for the shoot of “Mrs Wilson”.

In an accompanying video, he said: “Have reached London and from here I got to Belfast for a series for BBC titled ‘Mrs Wilson’. It is a good role.

Whenever I work for an international series or movie, then from within I feel I am representing India and I have to give my best.

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Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Exercise conducted at Thehekhu Village on 4th May, 2018 under Town Maintenance Sub-Division, PHED, Urban Division, under the officer incharge of Er. Merentoshi Walling, SDO (M). Moreover such exercise was also conducted at Sangtamtila Village and Rangapahar Village.

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ATMA Nagaland sponsored a group of 18 Farm Women from across the state for “Training cum Study Tour” to Gangtok, Sikkim on Agricultural and Horticultural Entrepreneurship Development from 21st to 26th April 2018. The Farm women visited organic nursery at Ranipool owned by Rana Chetri a progressive organic farmer, C P Bhattarai Model Integrated Organic Farm at Kameray, East Sikkim and Model Horticulture Centre at Ranipool.

The Farm women had farmer to farmer interactions with the progressive organic farmers. Experience sharing amongst the farmers was impressive from both the states. The team from ATMA Nagaland gained knowledge on organic nursery preparations, treatment of nurseries with bio pesticides and insecticides, etc. The team thanked the Director of Agriculture and State Nodal Officer (ATMA) for giving an opportunity to visit organic state like Sikkim which is very impressing and can be emulated by the farming communities.

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SRH beat RCB to consolidate top spot

Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot during Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad on Monday. (PTI)

Bangalore by five runs and virtually assure themselves a place in the play-offs of IPL. Sent into bat, Sunrisers managed a modest 146 but came back strongly after the break riding on

yet another gutsy bowling display to restrict RCB to 141 for six.

By virtue of this win, Sunrisers have consolidated their position at the top of the table with 16 points from 10 games.

RCB, on the other hand, are standing on the verge of elimination with just six points from 10 matches. Besides needing to win their remaining four games, RCB’s fortune will also depend on the outcome of other matches.

Chasing the modest target, Parthiv Patel got RCB off to a brisk start scoring 20 off 13 balls before Shakib Al Hasan (2/36) caught him plumb in front of the wicket.

Skipper Virat Kohli (39) and opener Manan Vohra (8) added 36 runs for the second wicket before the latter was cleaned up by Sandeep Sharma.

RCB’s woes compounded in the next over when Afghanistan’s wonder spinner Rashid went through the defence of dangerous AB de Villiers (5) with a wrong’un.

Towards the end, Mandeep Singh (21 not out) and Colin de Grandhomme (33) added crucial 57 runs for the sixth wicket to keep RCB in the hunt.

RCB needed 19 runs off the last two overs but Siddharth Kaul (1/25)

Restrain your lawyers from making derogatory remarks: MCA NEW DELHI, May 7 (PTI): Miffed at alleged “derogatory statements” by advocate Puneet Bali against the northeastern states, the Manipur Cricket Association has written a letter to the BCCI, requesting the Board to restrain its legal counsel from making unsavoury remarks.

Manipur CA secretary Singam Priyananda Singh, in his letter to BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary, wrote, “The comments of Puneet Bali have caused widespread anguish and anger not only within the concerned associations but also hurt the sentiments of the cricket loving people in the northeast - NADP (New Area Development Project) states in particular.”

Priyananda said Bali’s arguments in the Supreme Court was racially discriminatory in its tone and content.

“It is extremely surprising to note that although Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Sikkim are also members of BCCI, the said lawyer representing the BCCI in context to ‘One State One Vote’ issue was heard arguing against the interest of the 05 NE-NADP states in a manner which borders on racial discriminatory tone and content,” Priyananda

OIC supports Morocco’s bid to host 2026 WC

Rabat, May 7 (IANS): The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed its support for Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 FIFA world cup.

The decision to back the Moroccan bid was unanimously approved at the 45th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC in Dhaka on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the the Moroccan official MAP news agency.

The 29th Arab Summit, held in the Saudi city of Dhahran last month, also affirmed its support for Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup and called on all Arab states to provide full and unwavering support to this bid.

Morocco is competing against a joint bid from the United States, Mexico and Canada.

This is Morocco’s fifth bid to host the World Cup, after it lost out for the 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010 editions of the quadrennial global football showpiece.

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The BCCI has been a divided house as to how the northeastern states will be inducted into top flight from this year. The technical committee has given a go-ahead and there may be a Ranji Trophy second division in which the northeastern states along with Bihar will take part.

The BCCI is currently thinking on these lines in order to integrate them into the system before throwing them at the deep end of the pool.

Priyananda also alleged that Bali, despite being a BCCI lawyer, was arguing in the apex court with “ulterior motive to deny NE states” their rights.

“I fail to comprehend as to how a lawyer appointed to defend and protect the interest of BCCI and its members is advocating against the development and interests of the members of NE states; with ulterior motives of denying us the rights of full members recommended in the Justice RM Lodha report,” said Priyananda.

He urged Choudhary to keep a check on the arguments of Bali’s tone and tenor. “I would also request you to kindly intervene and restrain Puneet Bali and other officials of

BCCI, if any, from whom he takes and brief and advice of what to present in court, from making de-

and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/27) came up with superb death bowling display to concede just 14 runs and seal yet another win for their side.

Earlier, skipper Kane Wliiamson struck a vital half-century before pace duo of Mohammed Siraj and Tim Southee joined hands to help RCB bundle out SRH for a modest 146.

Williamson scored 56 off 39 balls while Shakib Al Hasan made 35 but it was Siraj (3/25) and Southee’s (3/30) fiery spell that eventually put brakes on Sunrisers’ charge.

Sent into bat, Sunrisers did not have the best of starts as they lost openers Alex Hales (5) and Shikhar Dhawan (13) early.

To make matters worse for the hosts, Manish Pandey (5) too didn’t last long, handing out a simple catch to skipper Virat Kohli off Yuzvendra Chahal (1/25) in the ninth over.

Brief scores: SRH146 (Kane Williamson 56, Shakib Al Hasan 35; Mohammed Sira 3/25, Tim Southee 2/ 30) beat RCB141 (Parthiv Patel 20, Virat Kohli 39; Shakib Al Hasan 2/36) by 5 runs

Aditi finishes 6th at LPGA Texas Classic TEXAS, May 7 (PTI): Young Indian golfer Aditi Ashok notched up her second successive top-10 finish by finishing Tied-sixth at the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic, here.

The tournament, cut short to 36 holes because of rain and weather, had Aditi setting the clubhouse target as she played her second and final round in 5-under 66 to finish at 7-under 135.

The event was shortened to 36 holes due to severe weather on Thursday and Friday.

This was Aditi’s second top-10 in a row after her Tied-seventh at LPGA Mediheal last week. Before that her two best finishes this season were T-14 at Kia Classic and T-19 at HugelJTBC La Open.

Later in the evening, Sung Hyun Park showed why she is one of the stars to watch this season as she went on to win the tournament by coming good in clutch situations.

Aditi, who shot 69 in the first round also played 14 more holes of her second round on Saturday itself for a total of 32 holes. On Sunday she played her four holes with one birdie and on Par-5 15th and three pars to finish the round in 66.

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Aditi’s 7-under target came over two hours before Park began so she knew exactly what was needed to capture her third career LPGA win. Her first big step was a long chip in from just off the green at fourth for eagle to jump into a share of the lead. The second was her last shot of the day, when she was on 10-under. Park chipped in for birdie from

right of the green to finish at 11-under.

Park’s short game was magnificent this week as she took 24 putts in round one and 28 in round two.

Lindy Duncan finished birdie-birdie-birdie about 45minutes after Park had finished to post 10-under.

The chip-in turned out to be the shot that won Park the tournament.

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famatory remarks against our state, in future, during his submission in Supreme Court.”

Ratna Ezong

13.11.1946 to 08.05.2012

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF LATE BOBYTA DUSHA (08-05-2017)

It has been year since you left us on this day. But the memory you bestowed upon us cannot be forgotten. You are forever in our hearts. We love you and we miss you dearly.

Loving mom, brothers, K-1278 children and friends.

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Born : 04/03/1971 – Died : 27/04/2018

We the bereaved family members of Late V. Akuto Muru would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and every individuals, churches, friends, neighbours, relatives and well wishers who stood by us physically, financially and spiritually during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our most beloved and precious father.

We are highly indebted as words are inadequate to express our gratitude but we pray that our Almighty God shower His unceasing blessing upon you all abundantly.

04.04.1944 – 08.05.2017

‘Ala’, the word we always cherish to call.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the bereaved family members of Lt. Khumjila Yim, express our profound gratitude to all who stood by us physically, spiritually, emotionally, materially, financially and not forgetting Blood Donors at the time of her prolonged illness and sad demise.

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Died on 23rd of April 2018 We express our special thanks to: 14. Friday Fellowship, Dimapur 1. NEIGRIHMS, Shillong 15. BYE, SBL, Tuensang 2. Dispur Poly Clinic, Guwahati 16. Hindu and Muslim Community, Tuensang 3. Zion Hospital, Dimapur 17. COC & I, Tuensang 4. District Hospital, Tuensang 18. Shri. Toyang Chang, MLA, Tuensang, Sadar I 5. Yimchunger Baptist Church, Sotokur 19. Shri. Zungkum Chang, Ex. Candidate, Tsg, Sadar II 6. Yimchunger Baptist Church, Tuensang 20. Shri. Noksang, Former President, CKS 7. CYE,YBC, Tuensang 21. Shri. Impung Chang, ACP, Dimapur 8. Yimchunger Baptist Church, Dimapur 22. Mr. & Mrs. Diethoselie 9. Loyir Baptist Church, New Showuba 23. Mr. & Mrs. Mecaden 10. Keshai Baptist Church, 24. Mr. & Mrs. Ramesh 11. Sumi Baptist Church, Purana Bazar 25. Mrs. Alem Zukiumong 12. Rengma Baptist Church,Model Colony, Dmp 26. Mr. & Mrs. Kahoshe Chopy, Dimapur 13. Tuesday Fellowship, Dimapur 27. Mr. Mrs. Khekato Chopy, Dimapur Though we are unable to mention all the names, we thank each and everyone that stood in times of our sorrow and pray that Almighty grace be upon you.

Her loving husband, son, daughters, in-laws, grandchildren & great grandchildren.

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We, the bereaved family of Lt. Nlongtsü Kikon, express our most sincere gratitude to each individual, friends, relatives, neighbours and well wishers who stood by us physically, morally, materially, financially and through prayer at the sudden demise of our beloved father on 30th April 2018.

We sincerely convey our gratitude to: 1. Kohima Lotha Baptist Ekhümkho.

2. Kohima Mekokla Khümshüm.

3. Doctors & nurses of Naga Hospital Kohima.

4. Mrs & Mr. Achumbemo Kikon.

5. Staffs & students of Isaiah Ability School Wokha Town.

6. Wokha Town Mekokla Hoho 7. Molonsü Colony, Wokha Town.

8. Well wishers of Yimparasa Village 9. Mekokla Baptist Ekhümkho.

10. Mekokla Village Council.

We deeply regret our inability to thank every individual but it’s our humble and sincere prayer to our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving wife, children, relatives and family members.

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Hyderabad, May 7 (Agencies): Table toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad produced yet another spirited bowling effort after skipper Kane Williamson’s crucial half-century to beat Royal Challengers

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We, the bereaved family members of Late C. Moachuba Chang would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to all individuals, friends, relatives, neighbours, churches members and well wishers who stood by us and supported us through prayers, physically and financially during the prolonged illness and till the time he left us on 30.04.2018.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. S.P Office all ranks and files Tsg 2. NPTO Staff Tsg 3. DEF Baptist Church Tsg 4. Yungkuk Baptist Church Tsg 5. Officers Sector Tsg Town 6. Shri. Kejong Chang, MLA 7. Shri. Nungsanglemba, President CKS 8. Shri. Sakuchingmak, EAC Tening 9. NPF 54 A/C Tsg Sadar 11.

10. NPF Youth Wing 53 A/C Tsg Sadar 1.

11. Chingmelen Bukmut Thangjam Tsg Town 12. Chingmelen Bukmut Thangjamso Tsg Town 13. Chingmelen Students' Union Tsg Town.

14. Chingmelen Baptist Church 15. Chingmelen Staff Union 16. Chingmelen Village Council.

17. Chingmelen GHS Staff 18. Chingmelen Village Guard.

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Barca hold Real 2-2 in feisty Clasico

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi steers the ball past Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos during a Spanish La Liga match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain on Sunday. (AP/PTI)

BARCELONA, May 7 (Agencies): Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale lashed home to deny La Liga champions Barcelona victory in an ill-tempered ‘Clasico’ which finished 2-2 at the Nou Camp on Sunday after the home side had Sergi Roberto sent off at the end of the first half.

Luis Suarez volleyed unbeaten Barca into the lead after 10 minutes following a gut-busting run and cross from Roberto while Cristiano Ronaldo levelled for Champions League finalists Real five minutes later from close

range.

However, the Portugal forward hurt his ankle in the process and was substituted at halftime.

Bale had risked getting sent off for raking his studs against Samuel Umtiti’s leg but escaped without a booking on that occasion and Roberto was sent off moments later for hitting Marcelo following an offthe-ball tussle.

Lionel Messi scored a mesmerising, record-extending 26th Clasico goal to put 10-man Barca back in front after 52 minutes but Bale, who had contrib-

uted little, silenced the Nou Camp with a thumping strike from the edge of the area in the 72nd.

Champions Barca have 87 points while Real are third in the Liga standings with 72 after 35 games.

Atletico Madrid are second on 75 but have played one game more.

This was the first ‘Clasico’ in a decade which had no bearing on the title race but the game was still played with all the usual passion and tension which makes it the most famous club fixture in Europe.

Referee Alejando Her-

nandez Hernandez showed a total of eight yellow cards as well as the straight red for Roberto.

Bale was eventually booked as was the usually even-tempered Messi, who made an uncharacteristically aggressive challenge on Sergio Ramos after the Real captain had an ugly confrontation with Suarez which led to both players getting yellow cards.

Suarez appeared to have fouled Raphael Varane in the build-up to Messi’s goal and the Uruguayan forward had a goal ruled out for offside three minutes later.

Both sides pushed for a winner and Real could have had a penalty when Jordi Alba caught Marcelo but Barca clung on to remain unbeaten in the league with three games to go.

The champions remained on the pitch after the game to celebrate their double success with the home fans, having clinched the title last week at Deportivo La Coruna and won the King’s Cup final against Sevilla on April 21.

Real refused to offer the traditional guard of honour to the champions before the game so Barca defender Gerard Pique asked the Catalan club’s coaching staff to form two lines either side of his team mates as they left the pitch.

NU Meriema Campus gets new gym D i map u r , M ay 7 (NPN): The newly established gymnasium in boys’ hostel, Nagaland University Meriema Campus was inaugurated by Pro-Vice Chancellor, Prof. R. C. Gupta.

Speaking at the inaugural programme, Prof.

Gupta highlighted the importance of sports and physical exercises in present scenario. Gymnasia apparatus such as multipurpose gymnasia machine, bench press (incline/ decline), parallel bars, high lat pulley, dumbbell, shoulder press, leg press, thigh squat press were installed by sports section.

Also speaking at the programme, Dean of School of Social Sciences, Nagaland University, Dr. N. Venuh said that establishment of gymnasium will not only encourage exercises and physical health of student and staff but will also help to promote community sports and healthy society.

Meanwhile, the student community and hostel officials have thanked Prof. Pardeshi Lal, Vice Chancellor and P Zetsuvi, Deputy Director Sports, Nagaland University for taking proactive measures to uplift the sports infrastructure in University.

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10th open basketball tournament underway

Players with Er. Keviletuo Yiese and Suncity members on Monday. (NP)

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K O H I M A , M AY 7 (NPN): The 10th edition Open Basketball Tournament, organized by Suncity Kohima under the banner of Nagaland Basketball Association, got underway Monday at Kohima local ground.

Additional chief engineer of power department, Er. Keviletuo Yiese graced the opening ceremony as the chief guest.

In his brief address, the chief guest expressed regret that even after 40 years since basketball came to Nagaland there was no development of the sports despite many tremendous talents.

However, he urged the players not to give up but to put more effort.

Altogether 11 teams are taking part in the sixday meet.

The event is being sponsored by Seyie Auto.

The champions of the tournament will walk away with a cash prize of Rs. 60,000 sponsored by Zhaleo Rülho and Sarünyu Linyü while the runners-up team will

pocket Rs. 30,000 sponsored by Keneizhalie Kire.

The losing semi-finalists will receive a cash of Rs. 10,000 each sponsored by Mhasimhalie Yhome and Theyiesetuo Khruomo while the most valuable player will pocket Rs. 10,000 sponsored by Keluongutuo Solo.

Day-1 results Taurus 74 - 26 Mission Giants T.M.B 67 - 30 last Kings Orca 77 - 43 Akelos Stallions 76 - 62 Ephraim Ophidian 35 - 18 S.Naga Trouncers Day-2 matches 1st Match - Cretan Bulls Vs Mission Giants at 1:00 pm 2nd Match - T.M.B Vs Ephriam 3rd Match - Taurus Vs S. Naga Trouncers 4th Match - Last Kings Vs Orca 5th Match - Stallions Vs Akelos 6th Match - S.Naga Trouncers Vs Cretan Bulls 7th Match - Ephriam Vs Orca

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Juggernauts team with their trophy after winning the super six cricket tournament.

D i map u r , M ay 7 (NPN): The 1st super six cricket tournament, organised by Yanmhon (Old) Students’ Union under the theme ‘teamwork makes the dream work,’ concluded Monday at High School Ground, Kohima.

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as the champion and walked away with a cash prize of Rs.10,000 and trophy while the 1st runnersup team, Silverbacks received Rs.5,000 and trophy.

The second runners-up Welp CC received a cash prize of RS.2,500.

In individual cate-

gory, Imomenba Walling was named the best batsman, Thungchamo was named the best bowler and Apenthung was adjudged the player of the tournament.

Altogether 18 teams participated in the tournament.

NFC open penalty shoot-out tournament

Dimapur, May 7 (NPN): Naga Feathers Club (NFC) will be organising its first open penalty shoot-out tournament on May 19 at Boro-lengri public ground. Therefore, interested teams/

clubs have been asked to collect the registration forms from United Sports Agency, Church Road, Dimapur. For more details, contact 8974252263 or 8794916778.

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS): Kenya was on Monday roped in as a replacement for South Africa in the forthcoming Intercontinental Cup after the South African Football Federation expressed its inability to participate in the four-nation tournament.

Apart from host India and Kenya from the CAF region, the Intercontinental Cup, which will kick-off at the Mumbai Football Arena on June 1, will also have representation in the form of New Zealand from the Oceania region, and Chinese Taipei from the AFC region.

The South African Football Federation wrote to the All India Football Federation (AIFF), citing its inability to participate in the meet.

The tournament is being organised to strengthen India’s preparation for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, the second qualification to the Continental Championship in 8 years and the fourth overall, the last being in Doha 2011.

Kiphire, May 7 (NPN): Assam Rifles motorcycle rally which was flagged off from Kohima on May 5 reached Kiphire on Monday. The first leg of the rally will culminate on May 11.

Speaking at the flagging in programme, Major Abinav Sudan of 28 Assam Rif les thanked the people of Kiphire for joining hands with Assam Rifles in its endeavour to make Nagaland HIV/ AIDS and drugs free. The main aim of undertaking such a massive rally was to spread mass awareness and educate people that HIV/ AIDS and drug issues can be tackled with a human approach, he added.

Welcoming the bikers to Kiphire, Commandant of 7 Assam Rifles, Kiphire said it was an opportunity for the people to be a part of such noble cause. He appealed the NGOs and all stakeholders dealing with the awareness campaign and rehabilitation to keep fighting towards the noble cause of saving

AR motorcycle rally team with others after the flagging in ceremony in Kiphire.

lives. The Commandant further stated that it was the desire of Assam Rifles to see healthy Naga youths as it is the youth that contribute towards the growth and betterment of state and society.

Delivering vote of thanks, Lt. Colonel U.K Pandey called upon the gathering to stand together for a cause that will save hundreds of lives. The fight against HIV/AIDS and drugs free Nagaland

is the responsibility of all, he added.

Short skit on HIV/ AIDS was performed by Zisaji Presidency College Kiphire Red Ribbon Club.

Second leg of rally flagged off from Dimapur

The second leg of motorcycle rally on theme ‘HIV/ AIDS & Drug Free Nagaland’ was flagged off

by Brigadier Shibaji Das, Commander 6 Sector Assam Rifles from Kashiram

Basti, Dimapur on Monday. The rally team consists of 28 personnel from Assam Rifles. A total distance of 190 kilometres will be covered in the second leg of the rally. During the rally, the team will conduct various theme based activities like medical camps, awareness lectures, poster making competitions and interaction with youth in the town of Dimapur, Medziphema, Athibung and Jalukie.

Arsenal rout Burnley 5-0 in Wenger farewell KBYF sports fest concludes L O N D O N, M ay 7 (Agencies): Arsene Wenger enjoyed a 5-0 thrashing of Burnley in his final home game in charge of Arsenal after 22 years as manager on a day dominated by tributes to the Frenchman.

Both teams formed a guard of honour for Wenger, 68, before kick-off to a chorus of “there’s only one Arsene Wenger.”

All around a full house of 60,000 at the Emirates fans sported red t-shirts emblazoned with “Merci Arsene” (Thank you Arsene). “I expect today will be dominated by sadness,” wrote Wenger in his final programme notes.

“It’s the end of a long story for me at Arsenal. But I will also feel grateful for having led this club - that I cherish so much - for such a long time.”

Defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday means Arsenal missed out on Champions League qualification for the second consecutive season.

Arsenal players celebrate after scoring a goal against Burnley at the Emirates Stadium.

But they bounced back in style to secure the small consolation of ensuring they will finish sixth in the Premier League ahead of Burnley.

Wenger will wonder what might have been had Pierre-Emerick Aubamey-

ang not been cup-tied for the latter stages of the Europa League as the Gabon striker took his tally to eight goals in 11 Premier League appearances since joining for a club record fee from Borussia Dortmund in January.

Aubameyang opened the

scoring when he slid in to meet Alexandre Lacazette’s cross to get a party atmosphere started after just 14 minutes.

Burnley have qualified for Europe for the first time in 51 years thanks to finishing seventh.

Lacazette stroked home Arsenal’s second just before half-time before Jack Wilshere teed up Sead Kolasinac for a third nine minutes after the break.

Aubameyang turned provider for Alex Iwobi to smash home the fourth after being given a huge amount of time inside the Burnley box to pick his spot.

And Aubameyang finished as he started by steering home Hector Bellerin’s cross to round off a five-star performance by the Gunners to send-off Wenger in style.

Wenger could even afford the luxury of also handing club captain Per Mertesacker an outing from the bench for the closing stages in his final home game before retiring at the end of the season.

And the margin of victory could even have been greater as Aubameyang unselfishly offered up the chance of a hat-trick by trying to square for Danny Welbeck, who just couldn’t reach his pass, before Welbeck rattled the crossbar.

Girls getting ready for a race during the Kohima Baptist Youth Fellowship sports fest.

D i map u r , M ay 7 (NPN): The three-day sports fest of the Kohima Baptist Youth Fellowship (KBYF) was held from May 3-5 at 4th NAP ground and Thizama village ground under the theme, game on.’

Altogether, 12 teams from different churches under KBYF took part in the sports fest.

Youth Secretary of NBCC, Rev. Vikuo Rhi graced the opening ceremony while NBCC general secretary, Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho graced the closing ceremony.

Results Over all champions: Acolytes Football Champions: United Through Christ (UTC) 1st Runners-up: Light House 2nd Runners-up: Acolytes Player of the tournament: Longshio (Light House) Best goal keeper: Diethozo (Acolytes) Volleyball (Men) Champions: Knights 1st Runners-up: Ecclessia 2nd Runners-up: Trinity United Best player: Pitovi (Knights)

Volleyball (Women) Champions: Knights 1st Runners-up: Acolytes 2nd Runners-up: Ignites Best player: Nikhali (Knights).

Basketball (Men) Champions: Winners Connected 1st Runners-up: Light House 2nd Runners-up: Acolytes MVP: Zulu (Winners Connected) Basketball (Women) Champions: Winners Connected 1st Runners-up: Ecclessia 2nd Runners-up: Knights MVP: Watinungla (Winners Connected)

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