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Vol XXIX No. 151

DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019 Pages 16 ` 5.00

Iran warned not to abandon nuke deal

Liverpool beat Barcelona (4-3 agg); reach CL final

Rahul Gandhi tenders unconditional apology to SC

international, Page 9

sports, Page 16

national, Page 7

Oppn meet to stake claim

NEW DELHI, MAY 8 (AGENCIES): The opposition parties are planning to call a meeting on May 21 to fine-tune their strategy on how to stake claim to form the government at the Centre in case the mandate is fractured. Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu, sources told News18, met Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday morning, asking him to call a meeting of all opposition parties two days before the result is announced so that all opposition leaders can be on the same page.

According to sources, the joint opposition is likely to waste no time and will rush to President Ram Nath Kovind as soon as the election result is declared to ask him to invite them first to form the government, never mind the tally or how far they are from the majority mark.

They would go to him immediately with the request that the single largest party, which most opinion polls predicted would be the BJP, is not invited first in case of a hung house.

The Constitution confers discretionary powers on the President of India in extending invite for the

Shortage of court fees, non-judicial stamp papers

D I M A P U R , M AY 8 (NPN): Notaries Association of Nagaland (NAN) has claimed that the Indian non-judicial stamp papers of Rs. 10, Rs. 20 and Rs. 50 denominations have not been issued to the treasury offices in Nagaland from the year 2017 till date compelling people to spend Rs. 100 in place of Rs. 10 or Rs. 20.

The notaries also stated that stamp papers of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 denominations were not available in the treasury offices from 2018 till date, adding that sale deed or gift deed of land for mutation therefore were pending and paralyzed.

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WSH general session

DIMAPUR, MAY 8 (NPN): Western Sumi Hoho) WSH is to hold its general session on May 11, 2019 at Chekiye village. According to the programme released, retired Supreme Court judge, justice HK Sema will grace the occasion as guest of honour and also to be addressed by various speakers.

(See Advt on p-12) Corrigendum: A mix-up of logo in the advertisement “Western Sumi Hoho 39 general session programme published on May 8, is highly regretted.

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“Yes hire rate is high but that’s nothing compared with your shopping bills.”

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Rahul Gandhi and Chandrababu Naidu addressing the media in Delhi. (PTI File)

formation of the government in case of a fractured mandate.

Twenty-one political parties, who together had also moved the Supreme Court over increasing verification of voter slips, are planning to also send a letter to the President that will say that once the result is out, they would present letters of support to form a government.

So far, polling in five phases are over out of seven and the counting of votes will be on May 23. The discretionary powers on whom to invite first to stake a claim

has led to controversy in the past, and the opposition does not want to take any chances this time, sources said.

In 1996, the then President Shankar Dayal Sharma invited Atal Bihari Vajpayee to form the government when BJP emerged as the single largest party. Vajpayee had to resign after he failed to prove majority.

In Goa and Manipur also, the Governor had ignored the claims of Congress as the single largest party and extended an invite to the BJP. In both cases, the BJP claimed support of a major-

ity MLAs in the house.

Last year in Karnataka, however, the Governor invited BS Yeddyurappa, the leader of the single largest party to form the government despite Congress and JDS joining hands to keep BJP out of power.

Taking a lesson from the Karnataka episode, opposition parties were till March hoping to stitch a formal umbrella coalition at the national level to emerge as the single largest pre-poll alliance, but that failed to materialise, forcing them to regroup and rejig strategy now.

SC refuses to extend NRC July 31 deadline

NEW DELHI, MAY 8 (PTI): The Supreme Court made it clear once again Wednesday that it will not extend even by a day the July 31 deadline for finalisation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and gave “free hand” to the Coordinator to deal with complaints.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R F Nariman asked Prateek Hajela, the Assam NRC coordinator, to deal with claims and objections of persons against wrong exclusion or inclusion of citizens in draft NRC. The direction came after Hajela informed the bench that many persons, who had objected to inclusion of certain individuals in the draft NRC, are not coming forward before the panels dealing with such complaints. The draft Assam NRC was published on July 30, 2018 in which the names of 2.89 crore of the 3.29 crore people were included. The names of 40,70,707 people did not figure in the list. Of these, 37,59,630 names have been rejected and the remaining 2,48,077 are on hold.

SC notices to speaker, 2 MLAs over merger D I M A P U R , M AY 8 (NPN): Following a special leave petition (SLP) filed by Nationalist People’s Party (NPP), Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued notices Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Vikho-o Yhoshu, two MLAs who merged with Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) recently and NDPP. NPP filed the SLP (no.

10060 of 2019) before the SC challenging the decision of the speaker of March 20 that accepted the claim of merger of its two MLAs to NDPP. The speaker had by an order passed under paragraph 4(2) of 10th schedule of the Constitution of India accepted the claim of merger from Imntiba and L Khumo to NDPP. As the case came up for hearing on Wednesday before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta, the bench issued notices to the speaker, both the MLAs and NDPP as to why the relief sought by NPP should not be granted.

It also issued notice on the

application of NPP seeking stay of the speaker’s order.

The case is likely come for hearing after summer vacation, i.e., in first week of July.

N P P ’s c o n t e n t i o n before Supreme Court is that both the MLAs have incurred disqualifications by voluntarily giving up party membership by merging with NDPP and their membership of Assembly should be cancelled. It seeks disqualification of the duo as legislators.

The party argued that the order of merger passed

by Yhoshu is ex-facie illegal and beyond the power of the speaker under 10th Schedule of the Constitution of India. It was further argued that in smaller States the objective of 10th Schedule to prevent defection is being violated with impunity and this issue should be decided expeditiously.

Senior advocate A Sharan, along with advocates Amit Kuma and Avijit Mani Tripathi appeared on behalf of NPP before the SC, while senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi appeared for the respondents.

CVC dismayed over dumping of debris DIMAPUR, MAY 8 (NPN): Chümoukedima Village Council (CVC) has expressed dismay with contractors of ongoing 4-lane work for “heedlessly” continuing to dump debris and loose soil in the river from Khuokhi River Bridge to Chathe River Bridge at Patkai Christian College Junction.

CVC chairman Razouvotuo Chatsu said the “lackadaisical manner” in which the works were being carried out and dumping of debris has resulted in polluting the river water and posing health hazards for citizens dependent on the river besides causing serious ecological impact.

Also, taking serious exception to the “haphazard practices” of the construction companies, CVC said it would not tolerate the “needless suffering meted out to its people or allow defacement of its environment at the hands of unmindful construction companies.”

CVC has appealed to the district administration to take note of the impeding situation, and issue an order to ban/restrict dumping of debris in Chathe River by companies/contractors engaged in the 4-lane work.

More trouble for NPF as office NH-29 LOU meets DC NH takes exception to Imna’s remark bearers of 6 A/Cs quit en masse over land compensation DIMAPUR, MAY 8 (NPN): The opposition Naga People’s Front (NPF) seems to be staring at a major crisis as office bearers of all frontal organisations of six Assembly constituencies and representatives to central and division offices announced their resignation en masse from the party on Wednesday.

The development comes barely a day after seven members announced their resignation from the primary membership of the party in protest against the suspension of seven NPF MLAs. Earlier, presidents of seven constituency units of the party resigned on May 3 on similar grounds. In a letter to NPF president Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu, the office bearers of 46, 47, 48, 49, 53 and 54 Assembly constituencies said that following the suspension and filing of disqualification petition against seven party MLAs– C.L. John, Thongwang Konyak, E.E. Pangteang, Eshak Konyak, BS Nganlang, Toyang Chang and Kejong Chang– by the party high command, an emergency meeting of party leaders of all frontal organisations of

DIMAPUR, MAY 8 (NPN): NH-29 Land Owners Union (Purana BazaarChumukidema) has expressed gratitude to the deputy commissioner (DC) Dimapur for assuring them that a separate meeting would be held at the earliest without involving the third party.

In a press note, NH-29 LOU information & publicity secretary Kewetso Kenye said the union held a meeting with DC Dimapur on Wednesday in the presence of executive engineer PWD (NH), Kohima Division; revenue officer, Dimapur; land record & survey officer, Dimapur besides area chairman and GBs of the village concerned along NH-29 (from Purana Bazaar to Chumukidema) and other officials. Kenye said the union at the meeting affirmed that it was not against the developmental activities, but maintained that due compensation should be paid as it was “an inalienable rights which cannot be deprived at any cost.”

Meanwhile, LOU said it has considered the statement of EAC Chumukidema that “the question of land compensation did not arise” as a direct challenge to the Gauhati High Court order. “However, it is assumed that such blatant press release could be out of ig(Cont’d on p-7) norance,” the union stated.

area, town/ward/village units and representatives to central and division offices were held at respective Assembly constituencies.

In the meeting, the members thoroughly discussed the present imbroglio within NPF and deliberated on the facts and evidences of alleged anti party activities by the MLAs. They felt that, without proper consultation at the grassroots levels and before declaration of the Lok Sabha election results, the party high command had taken a harsh decision against the seven legislators by suspending them and filing disqualification petition before the Nagaland Legislative Assembly speaker simply because they had declared their moral support to another regional party’s candidate in the recently-concluded Parliamentary election as no NPF official candidate was in the fray.

The members thus expressed their inability to digest the party high command’s conduct in taking a hasty decision against the elected members when there was no evidence of their defection to other party.

D I M A P U R , M AY 8 (NPN): Drawing attention to the purported statement made by Nagaland BJP president and Minister Imna Along that “Nagas are Indians and Nagas are proud to be part of this great country”, the Naga Hoho (NH) Wednesday expressed the

view that Imna’s statement “needs to be censured, if not, posterity would blame us.” Besides, NH said “we would be doing injustice to the thousands of Naga martyrs who have laid down their lives for the cause of sovereign Naga nation.”

NH through its com-

munication cell said the statement was also disrespectful to the rest of the Naga nationalist who were still alive and striving with the best of their ability to “bring an honourable political solution to the “IndoNaga” political issue.

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NSSO discovers holes in new GDP series NEW DELHI, MAY 8 (AGENCIES): A key database introduced in India’s new gross domestic product (GDP) series has now been found to be full of holes, raising fresh questions over the controversial and contested GDP numbers in Asia’s third-largest economy, reports Mint, business news publication.

A study conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in the 12 months ended June 2017 and released last week has found that as much as 36% of companies that are part of MCA-21 database of companies and are used in India’s GDP calculations could not be traced or were wrongly classified.

The results were so disappointing that two detailed reports based on the survey had to be junked. It is worth noting that these companies were deemed as

“active companies” by the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA), which includes any company that has filed returns at least once in the past three years on its list of active firms. Statisticians say the use of the untested database in national accounts also raises troubling questions about the decline of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which was once a globally renowned institution, and the reliability of India’s official statistics.

“This is a devastating blow for CSO,” said R. Nagaraj, a professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research in Mumbai. “Some of us had repeatedly asked CSO officials to verify the MCA-21 numbers before using them in national accounts, but they finalized the new series without adequate scrutiny and debate.”

The key change in new

GDP series launched in 2015 was the use of MCA21, which CSO sourced from MCA. Even at the time it was being introduced in national accounts calculations, several economists had raised questions on this issue.

Critics argued that database includes many fictitious or shell firms that exist only on paper. They also said the methodology used to plug in MCA-21 numbers in the national accounts tends to lend an overestimation bias in GDP numbers. They demanded MCA-21 data be released to researchers and the public so the unit-level data could be examined. Even those who thought new GDP series represented a great methodological leap by CSO made the same demand.

So far, India’s national accounts statisticians at CSO have defended use of

the new database although they stopped short of making it public. But now, their own colleagues from NSSO have warned about the presence of a large number of ghost firms in the database.

NSSO got into the act while carrying out a survey on service sector (74th round), supposed to be a first-of-its-kind survey on the service sector. MCA-21 database was used as part of sampling frame for the survey as it had addresses and other details of firms. Business registers in states that had such registers and data from last economic census were the other parts of the sampling frame. This survey strategy was approved by National Statistical Commission (NSC) two years ago, and later even a tabulation plan for two reports that were to be generated on the basis of this survey was approved by it.

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Nagaland observes World Red Cross Day

Students presenting a special song on the occasion at Kohima. (NP)

Members of Red Cross Society Longleng with the deputy commissioner Longleng on May 8. (NP)

DC Dimapur, Kevekha Kevin Zehol at Pranabananda Women’s College, Dimapur on May 8. (DIPR)

Volunteers of Junior Red Cross members from various schools on May 8. (NP) Correspondent

KOHIMA, MAY 8 (NPN): Nagaland on Wednesday joined the international community in observing the World Red Cross Day (WRCD) at Red Cross Conference Hall, here on the theme “What you love about Red Cross.” WRCD marks the birth anniversary of Jean Henry Dunant, the founder of Red Cross.

Speaking on the occasion as special guest, advisor rural development Dr. Neikiesalie Kire appreciated the Indian Red Cross Society Nagaland (IRCSN) for coming forward and contributing in times of disasters, saying they could do more for the society.

Dr.Kire also suggested that the society could

play an active role in the disaster preparedness to the community by giving training and sensitisation programmes.

Kire expressed the view that through preparedness major catastrophic disasters could be prevented.

Expressing concern over HIV&AIDs prevalence in the state, Kire pointed out that the society could contribute for prevention of HIV&AIDS by interacting and educating the people especially the youths.

Kire said that IRCS being a voluntary organisation does not expect rewards and awards for what they do or have done, adding that they would be “rewarded handsomely by God Almighty.”

“If you have a heart,

love and concern for your fellow beings then you are a real human being and already a member of the Red Cross even if you are not registered,” he said.

On the occasion, Kire urged the members present not to discriminate when extending help and services to the people, and to be always ready to offer help anytime, anywhere.

Earlier, in his welcome address, IRCS Nagaland state branch general secretary Dr. Kepelhusie Terhüja said that there was a need to change the behavioural attitude and the culture of violence to non-violence in the State.

IRCS Nagaland state branch chairperson Abeni TCK presided over the function, special song

was presented by students of Mt. Sinai Higher Secondary school and Holy Family Higher Secondary School while vote of thanks was proposed by Helena Yepthomi, member managing committee, IRCSN.

Gov greets IRCSN

G ove r n o r o f N a galand, PB Acharya, on the occasion of World Red Cross Day, wished the Indian Red Cross Society Nagaland State Branch all success and good luck in all their future endeavours.

In his message, Acharya, who is also president of IRCSN, said Nagaland chapter of IRCS, since its inception, has grown and has been rendering humanitarian network in the State by providing humanitarian

PDA govt. responsive, sensitive to people: Kikon DIMAPUR, MAY 8 (NPN): Information Technology (IT) adviser Mmhonlumo Kikon claimed that the PDA is a responsive government that is sensitive to the needs of people and assured that it will attempt to provide good governance as per the people’s expectations.

Speaking at the introductory session of 28th General Conference of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) at Bhandari town in Wokha district on Wednesday, Kikon cited the instance of redressing the grievance of Lotha Students’ Union (LSU) regarding Nagaland Petroleum and Natural Gas (NPNG) Rules by the PDA as proof in this regard. This, he said, led to withdrawal of the case filed by LSU on the issue. Whereas LSU wanted rights of indigenous people to be protected and included in NPNG Rules, the organisation was deliberately ignored, thus compelling it to go to the court to secure rights, he recalled.

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resources. Additionally, the rights discourse compartmentalises indigenous selfdetermination by separating questions of governance and community well-being from villages/lands and relationships to the environment, he added.

In this context, he said indigenous rights can be re-articulated as part of a sustainable and community based process rather than solely as narrowly constructed political or legal entitlements. When indigenous revitalization is discussed solely in terms of strategies, rights, and theories, they overlook the everyday practices of resurgence and decolonisation, he pointed out.

The IT adviser explained that Lothas are proud of LSU for various reasons, but the most important being the stand it had taken to uphold the position of NSF on the issue of oil exploration at Changpang and Tssori villages in Wokha district.

In 1994, he said NSF had led the movement for a rights-based approach to develop oil and natural gas resources being explored by ONGC that led to closure

of the entire exploration.

And according to him, the reasons were simple – rights of landowners were not respected as ONGC continued to explore beyond the agreed terms and the benefits accrued were not shared substantially by the State government with the people.

Kikon recalled that the State government in 2014 went ahead in issuing permit to explore despite legitimate and peaceful overtures by LSU for a meaningful dialogue on NPNG Rules. He, however, regretted that the then government’s response was brutal as it refused any dialogue and decided to award the permit to a company with little or no experience to go for exploration and exploitation of the oil resource. Mentioning that LSU protested against the inauguration and launching of the exploration at Changpang village, thus upholding the visionary position of NSF, Kikon reminded the gathering that the protest was met with lathi charge and curfews.

“Therefore, it is only appropriate and vital that the gathering here will

be visiting the oilfields at Changpang as a process of reclamation and restoration of our rights and to further reinforce the theme for a just future of the Nagas,” he remarked. Kikon said the oil issue reminds the people of similar issues raised in other Naga areas and how the people have risen to balance development and their rights.

“Look at Chromite mining and Mapithel dam in Ukhrul District. Any review of both these issues leads us to the same questions all over and over again. Have the rights of the people been respected and have they been allowed to determine for themselves in which way development should take place? How has the apex bodies of Nagas responded to these issues? Have they been able to secure and articulate the rights of people that they must represent?

Or have there been collusions of various agencies to deprive the right to development of the people?” he wondered. Welcoming delegates of the conference to Bhandari town, he wished the conference a success.

Rev. Dr. Tsanso addressing at DBHSS Youth Centre on May 8. (DIPR)

nificance of World Red Cross Day. Earlier the programme was chaired by Y.B. Angam Phom secretary IRCS Longleng branch, Bible reading prayer led by Mongoi Phom associate pastor Longleng Town Baptist Church and special song presented by students’ of Phom Lempong School Longleng.

(Correspondent) IRCS Dimapur: Dimapur district Red Cross Society celebrated the day with DC Dimapur, Kevekha Kevin Zehol, who is also the president of IRCS Dimapur, as special guest and Swami Chinmaynanda Ji Maharaj as guest of honour at Pranabananda Women’s College, Dimapur on May 8.

DIPR reported that, the deputy commissioner highlighted his many years of association with the Red Cross Society at state and national level, saying that the utmost and real joy in life was helping others. He also expressed his concern over the incomplete district Red Cross building which has been left unattended for some time and the immediate need of a hearse to cater to the needs of the society.

He further called upon the office bearers to enroll more members in the district.

Speeches were also delivered by guest of honour and president District Citizen Forum, Joseph Lemtur. The programme was chaired by managing committee member, Kuldeep Jain while welcome address and vote of thanks were proposed by chairman, IRCS Dimapur district branch, Chandu Agarwal and honorary secretary, IRCS, Dimapur district branch, K.K. Paul respectively.

IRCS Wokha: World Red Cross Day was held at Wokha at DBHSS Youth Centre on May 8.

According to DIPR report, chairman, IRCS Wokha branch & deputy commissioner, Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon, said that the international Red Cross

movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 17 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide, formed to protect human life and health.

Manazir added that the main function of the Red Cross Society was to extend aid to soldier and victims of war, disaster relief, blood collection and to provide community education and outreach. He also said that there were about 112 life members in the district, and expressed the need to spread awareness on this organization for more enrolment. He also urged the board members to deliberate on the improvement in the district.

Honorary secretary, IRCS Wokha, Dr. K. Z. Ovung also highlighted the activities and work undertaken by IRCS Wokha branch during the past five years.

Rev. Dr. Tsanso while dwelling on the theme urged the members to honour the founders of the humanitarian society.

IRCS Mokokchung: Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Mokokchung commemorated the “World Red Cross Day” on Wednesday, under the theme “What I Love About Red Cross”.

About 50 volunteers of the Junior Red Cross members from various schools of the town including the Red Cross members commemorated the day by selling tokens as well organizing a cleanliness drive focusing on plastics and plastic wrappers. (NP) IRCS Peren: Peren district branch of the Indian Red Cross Society observed the day at Peren town hall, well attended by students and teachers of GHSS, BHSS and All Saints Higher Secondary School Peren apart from representatives from the Zeliangrong Mipui Organization, Peren Town Women Welfare Organization, Peren Town Youth Organization, Peren Dist Referee Board, and Progressive Peren.

A press release from IRCS Peren district branch stated that, IRCS Peren chairman, Albert spoke on the theme and encouraged the students and other participants to experience the joy of giving and helping the needy. He also said that the IRCS Peren dist branch would soon establish Youth Red Cross and Junior Red Cross units in colleges and schools within the district. The programme was chaired by Haideutad, honorary secretary while a prayer was offered by Makeyitei, PGT, GHSS.

values, disaster response and health care in the community.

He said WRCD day gives an opportunity to recognize the amazing work of volunteers and staff who go out rendering selfless humanitarian services and saving lives every day. “Red Cross has shown its presence on several occasions since its inception and it will always be present everywhere for everyone with its full service,” governor stated.

Achar ya said that this year’s WRCD theme “What You Love About Red Cross” was a guiding mantra for its members, volunteers and staff to express that they were born to love and not to hate each other.

Longleng: Longleng branch celebrated “World Red Cross Day” at DC’s conference hall under the theme “What you Love, about Red Cross” with deputy commissioner Longleng, John Tsulise Sangtam as the special guest.

Speaking on the occasion, the special guest said Red Cross Society is a voluntary organization where members sacrifice their lives in protecting and assisting the world in times of natural disasters, wars, epidemic diseases etc. He said serving voluntarily in Red Cross Movement was one of the noble jobs that

the human being serves on earth. DC called upon the gathering to enhance the dignity of selfless service in protecting the lives of humankind in times of emergency and disasters basing on the fundamental principles of Red Cross Society which includes humanity, impartiality, voluntary and neutrality. He also said that observance of Red Cross Day give people awareness about the organization on how it plays an important role in times of distress.

DC also called upon the members of Longleng District Red Cross Society to be alert and dedicate themselves to serve anywhere and anytime when the situation calls.

While sharing about the love of Red Cross, executive secretary Phom Baptist Christian Association (PBCA) N. Tialemba Phom said, the activities, vision and aims of World Red Cross society was very much related to Biblical concept where it strives and extends its service for humanity. He said, the activities which the Red Cross Society takes up reflect the Good Samaritan of the Bible where members of the society render sacrificial services voluntarily for the sake of humankind.

Y. B. Angam Phom honorary secretary Red Cross Society Longleng branch highlighted the sig-

Naga girl shines in CBSE Cl-XII from U’khand

TU CDC clarifies on election row

Diawa Imchen

DIMAPUR: Naga girl, Diawa Imchen, has topped her school Ecole Globale International Girls School, Dehradun with 98% in CBSE Class XII examination.

A resident of Kohima and daughter of Sentiyanger Imchen, IAS, and Asenla, she also ranked No 7 in Dehradun district and was among Top 10 in the state of Uttarakhand securing 9th rank.

An alumni of G. Rio School Kohima, Diawa had also topped her school in CBSE X examination.

DIMAPUR: Tseminyu Union (TU) Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) convener, Rushvulo Kent, has clarified that the officer bearers of TU are usually elected by the public in a general body meeting.

In a press release the convener stated that the public, in a general meeting, constituted the TU CDC and subsequently after completing their entrusted responsibility a

final sitting was called on March 30 by the committee.

The release stated that the March 30 meeting decided to hold a general public meeting on April 27 for approval of TU constitution and election of new office bearers.

TU CDC convener also condemned Yhunsenlo Kent for defying the April 27 general public meeting resolution and issuing a press release in the

local dailies.

The release further claimed that all bona fide members of TU were present in the general public meeting as per the attendance of the meeting.

TU CDC convener also cautioned all members of the union that any individual, whoever tries to confuse the public, with self-interested motive and was malevolent for the unity of Tseminyu people would not be tolerated.

Commemorating 50 years of Gariphema Village Students’ Union (GVSU), the GVSU golden jubilee organizing committee undertook nature walk-cum-exploration of historical places at Gariphema on May 4. Jubilee plantation drive will also take place on June 5 coinciding with World Environmental Day. (GVSU) K Y M C

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019

Felicitations programmes held for successful students

SRCW felicitation programme at Christ King Hr. Sec. School, Kohima. (DIPR) MHSS, Kohima felicitation programme. (Administrator MHSS Kohima)

DIMAPUR: Under the theme “be focused, be bold and dream big”, a felicitation programme for Naga Adolescent Girls Club (NAGC), was held at Christ King Hr. Sec School, Kohima, organised

by State Resource Centre

for Women (SRCW) on May 8.

According to DIPR report, chairperson, NSSWB, Bano Vinito, in her address congratulated the students and teachers for their achievement. She said education was not just

about textbooks but beyond and that one needed to have a big mind and to carry “I can do it” attitude to achieve success in life. She added that passing high school is just the beginning and soon they will step into being more matured and

responsible persons.

Bano, further enriched the students by saying that, to be successful in life one must hold onto God, because He was the only answer to everything. She also encouraged the students to continue to work

Community library inaugurated at Lasumi village

Sarvahitey Prem Prakash along with others at the inaugural programme.

DIMAPUR: Community Library at Lasumi village was inaugurated under the aegis of Sarvahitey in collaboration with Nagaland State Legal Service Authority (NSLSA) on May 8.

A press release from NSLSA public relations assistant stated that, cofounder Sarvahitey Prem Prakash addressed the gathering by encouraging the members to inculcate

Members of Sand Mahalder & Supply Union, Rangapahar Area Dimapur repairing road at a bridge between Rangapahar and Sangtamtila on Wednesday.

the habit of reading on a positive note. He also called the students to conduct competitive book reading and writing reviews among the students’ community, apart from managing and

running the library. In this line, he assured prizes for best reviews.

Phek District Legal Services Authority (PDLSA) chairman Lungshithung Ezung while appreciating the noble venture of Sarvahitey also enlightened the gathering on the opportunities at their disposal, and added that mere academic reading was not enough to have a civilized life. He stressed that PDLSA was always ready to be of assistance.

Earlier the programme was chaired by Meseweu Therie, secretary, Lasumi Students Union and welcome address was delivered

by Kewekope Marhu, VDB secy. About 700 hundred books on different topics, fiction, biographies etc was donated to the library.

hard, not to be distracted by the worldly things and to be focused in their studies.

She said good education itself was an empowerment and encouraged the girls to focus on their education to be empowered and economically independent.

Information to Eco Clubs DIMAPUR: All the school and college Eco Clubs in Nagaland are informed that the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India has made it mandatory for the Eco Club seed money to be released directly through the school and college bank accounts under the EAT module of Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

Schools and colleges which have not submitted their details till date have been requested to send the same to the State Nodal Agency (Nagaland Pollution Control Board) on or before May 23 through email to ngc.nagaland@yahoo.com or through SMS or Whatsapp to 8974511226.

SJS Mon felicitation programme. (SJS Mon)

Altogether 7 Schools attended the felicitation programme, namely Christ King School, T.M. Higher Secondary School, Oking Christian School, Modern School, Mezhur Hr. Sec. School, Bayayvu High School and Mewi Hr. Sec.

School.

Earlier, felicitation was done by chairperson, NSSWB Bano Vinito in the programme chaired by state coordinator, SRCW, Gracy Aye. Welcome address was delivered by assistant state coordinator SRCW, Juliana

Medom. Invocation was pronounced by research officer, SRCW, Meneno.

NAGC coordinator, Khriezotuolie Chase gave a special song and vote of thanks was delivered by MSK district coordinator, Kesoneinuo Kense.

NBSE English language skill orientation

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) in collaboration with Headword Publications organized English Language Skill Orientation programme for the secondary school teachers on May 7 and 8 at Don Bosco Institute of Development & Leadership (DBIDL), Dimapur and Capital Convention Centre (CCC), Kohima.

According to DIPR report, altogether 262 (two hundred and sixty two) English teachers attended the programme at Dimapur and Kohima. The teachers got the opportunity to interact with the resource person on areas related to English teaching. Resource person Alka Rai, from Headword Publications, is an ELT consultant with a vast experience in this field. She addressed the problems that

the language teachers faces in the classroom. She also made them aware of the importance of developing teachers’ 21st century skills, with a focus on communication skills and use of their English textbooks.

The objective, she said, was to enable young learners to be ready for the socioeconomic world which demands that they are profi-

cient with these skills.

To enable the teachers, she gave them a lesson plan based on a lesson from their textbook and analyzed how it focused on the acquisition of these skills. Amongst the many activities she conducted, she made the teachers go through the speaking skills with special stress on developing phonological skills.

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Manipur govt forms teams to combat ‘Fall Army Worm’

Agartala, May 8 (PTI): Almost two weeks after he was booked for allegedly defaming Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on social media, Anupam Paul has taken to Facebook again, claiming that his ancestral house in Gomati district was set on fire by the supporters of the BJP. Paul was charged with forgery, defamation and criminal conspiracy on April 26 after it was found that he was running a “fake online campaign”, purporting that Deb’s wife Niti has filed for a divorce.

The Facebook user had been on the run since then.

Deb described the rumour as a “deep-rooted conspiracy” to tarnish his image.

In a new Facebook post on Tuesday, Paul wrote, “My ancestral house at Jatanbari (Amarpur subdivision, Gomati district) was burnt for protesting against vulgar practices of BJP, I got the news today, my mother and younger brother were kidnapped by BJP hooligans on (April) 29 night. There is no news of my family till now.”

Uttam Banik, the subdivisional police officer (SDPO) of Amarpur, said, “A general diary entry has been made at Natunbazar police station. A portion of the house at Jatanbari was gutted after the kitchen caught fire. No FIR has been filed so far.”

Meanwhile, the Cong ress Wednesday condemned the incident, asserting that no one “has the

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IMPHAL, May 8: Sudden suspension of service by van and eco-van drivers providing passenger service has severely hit commuters along Imphal-Moreh section of NH-102 on Wednesday.

Vans and eco-vans are not only the main passenger service providers along Imphal-Moreh road but also main transporters of imported goods of cross border trades with Myanmar in Manipur sector. The drivers suspended their service all of a sudden on Wednesday morning registering a strong protest against the unbearable illegal taxes collected from them by both state actors and non-state actors.

The agitating drivers alleged above normal tax being paid to the state transport department and various forms of illegal taxes collecting from them by the state police personnel and underground outfits actively operating along the route.

While they were bearing the burden of innumerable illegal taxes, officials of the state transport department seized some vehicles at the parking lot in Imphal’s Moirangkhom for allegedly carrying out passenger service without tax-permit obtained from the department.

The seizure of vehicles along with vehicle documents triggered protest at the parking lot and suspended their services.

One of the drivers, Khundrakpam Binodkumar Singh, even resorted to hunger strike, in protest against

the act of the officials of the transport department.

He was later hospitalised in the late afternoon after his health suddenly deteriorated. The drivers said that they were not satisfied with the manner the transport department forcibly seized some vehicles on the charge of providing taxi service without the permit of the authority.

They admitted that they were doing the service without the required permit even though the transport department refused to issue permit applied in group as well as individually.

The department was also collecting TR ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 2000 per vehicle a month for running without taxi-permit.

However, officials of the transport department denied the allegations saying that the passenger service vehicles have been asked to obtain the permit repeatedly

and that the department has relaxed their request and collected TR as penalty.

A top official of the department said that as per rule of the Motor Vehicle Act, a vehicle has to obtain taxi-service permit for providing passenger service.

However, none of the van and eco-van doing passenger service along the Imphal-Moreh route obtained the required permit.

The vehicles were repeatedly warned to obtain the required permit . Also, the department had not banned plying of vehicles along the route but only imposed restriction on vehicles providing passenger service without taxi-permit.

If a vehicle has to provide passenger service, obtaining taxi service is mandatory. The officials collected the TR as penalty for providing taxi service without permit from the competent authority.

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The Vitso Clan takes immense pride and honor to extend our heartfelt congratulation to Mr. Swedesül Vitso, S/o Mr. Medoviho Vitso and Mrs. Vimezhonu Vitso for securing Top 18 th Position and highest marks in Science subject (100 marks) in the recently declared HSLC examinations 2019 from Mezhur Higher Secondary School, Kohima.

The clan also congratulates all the successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC and wishes them all a bright future in their endeavours.

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FELICITATION The Tuophemia Dzevi Krotho Kohima heartily congratulates Miss Rokovino Seyie, D/o Mr. Dziesengulie Seyie and Mrs. Asheli Seyie for securing the 4th position, Arts Stream, in the HSSLC exam 2019.

The Krotho pray to Almighty God for continued blessings and wishes her further success in her future endeavours, as she embark on a journey to scale greater heights.

The Krotho also take the opportunity to congratulate all the successful students of HSLC/ HSSLC exam 2019 from Tuophezou villages.

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The Tuophema Village Students’ Union with immense pride and honour extend our heartfelt congratulations to Miss Rokovino Seyie D/o Dziesengulie Seyie for securing Top 4 position and subject topper in Tenyidie in the HSSLC examination 2019.

The Union further convey sincere congratulations to all the members who have successfully cleared their HSLC and HSSLC examination 2019. Extending our best wishes in their future endeavour.

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Through this column, Dimapur Dibuia Pongen Kidong convey our heartiest congratulation to Miss IMTIJUNGLA PONGEN, D/o Mr. Ningsangwaba Pongen and Mrs. Tianungla for achieving the top 1 position in Arts Stream in the recently declared HSSLC examination 2019 under NBSE. We also acknowledge the administrator and the teaching faculty of Christian Higher Secondary School Dimapur for their selfless sacrifice made in delivering quality education.

Lastly, we congratulate all the successful students and also wish them the best of luck in their future endeavour.

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The Union also congratulates all the successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC and wishes them success in their future endeavours.

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Miss. Endiyala Pongen Mr. Emjungwapang Amer The Changki Union Kohima (CUK) takes this opportunity to convey heartiest congratulations to the following HSLC toppers 2019 for bringing laurels to the Union and the village as a whole: 1. Miss. Endiyala Pongen : 12th Rank.

D/o Mr. Imtitemsü and Mrs. Lanumongla.

2. Mr. Emjungwapang Amer : 15th Rank S/o Er. M. Moasashi Amer and Mrs. S. Sentila Imchen.

The CUK also profoundly acknowledges and congratulates all the successful students both in NBSE and CBSE exams and wishes them greater success in the future.

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right to take law in his own hands”.

“We condemn what happened at Jatanbari. If Anupam Paul has committed any crime, law will take its own course. Setting fire to someone’s house means taking laws in hands,” party vice-president Tapas Dey said. Denying allegations of the BJP’s involvement, spokesperson Ashok Sinha said Paul was “paid to malign the saffron party”.

Five years jail for MCS officer in corruption case Aizawl, May 8 (PTI) A special court here Wednesday sentenced a senior Mizoram Civil Service (MCS) officer to five years rigorous imprisonment in a corruption case.

Special judge Thanglian Mang Guite also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Lalrempuii Fanai.

Fanai, when posted as the director of the State Institute of Rural Development, had purchased 150 computers in 2008.

Then anti-corruption watchdog PRISM had submitted a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on June 25, 2009 against the official alleging corruption in the purchase of computers, following which investigation was launched. The prosecution said Fanai had purchased computers at the rate of Rs 25,000 each from an Aizawl-based firm but told the company to write in the bills the rate of a computer at Rs 50,000 each.

The official swindled Rs 37.5 lakh in the purchase of the computers, the prosecution added.

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New Delhi, May 8 (PTI): The Supreme Court Wednesday made it clear that it will not extend the July 31 deadline for finalisation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R F Nariman also gave a “free hand” to Prateek Hajela, Assam NRC coordinator dealing with claims and objections of persons against wrong exclusion or inclusion of citizens in the NRC. The direction came after Hajela informed the bench that many persons, who had objected to inclusion of certain individuals in the draft NRC are not coming forward before panels which are dealing with such complaints. The draft Assam NRC was published on July 30, 2018 in which the names of 2.89 crore of the 3.29 crore people were included. The names of 40,70,707 people did not figure in the list. Of these, 37,59,630 names have been rejected and the remaining 2,48,077 are on hold.

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the only way to manage the insect pest rather than blindly using insecticides recommended by pesticide dealers.

They further warned that blindly using other insecticides recommended by pesticide dealers to control Fall Armyworm may prove counter-productive and more disastrous.

On the other hand, the joint action teams constituted by the state agriculture department will visit the infested districts along with Emamectin benzoate recommended by the farmer welfare department (plant protection) of Union ministry of agriculture and cooperation, an official source said Wednesday.

The department also instructed farmer cultivating maize to closely examin tender shoot and leaf of standing maize crops pointing out that that “As it is found that the worm normally starts attacking from these parts (tender shoot and leaf).”

If the crop is found to be infested the farmers need to spray Emamectin benzoate at the rate 0.4g/l of water or spinosad @ 0.3ml/l of water or Thiamethoxam 12.6 + lambdacyhathrim 9.5 @ 0.5 ml/l of water or chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC 0.4ml/l of water.

The department has further asked farmers to contact district agriculture office or nearest KVK centre for technical support, a source in the department added.

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IMPHAL, May 8: Manipur agriculture departm e n t o n We d n e s d ay constituted three joint action teams to combat the spread of ‘Fall Army Worm’, the invasive pest causing extensive damages to maize cultivation in some areas of the state.

Manipur centre of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) had on Monday alerted that the pest has already caused extensive damages to maize cultivation at Chandonpokpi, Chandel district.

The state agriculture department added that the pest has started attacking maize plants in Churachandpur, Imphal West and Thoubal district too.

With the detection of attacking by the FAW pest, maize cultivators in the state are facing serious threats as the pest is highly invasive.

This pest (Fall Army worm) was earlier confined to the USA until 2015 and by 2017, it spread to some African countries, wreaking havoc in the continent.

In India, the pest was detected for the first time in Karnataka in 2018 and rapidly spread to other parts of the country. By January 2019, Chattisgarh was the last state to report the pest.

In May, 2019 it has been reported from North East states such as Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur.

The pest was also found at Lamphel and Langol Research farm of ICAR, Manipur Centre.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientists says farmers of Chandonpokpi village are now under severe threat from this pest, adding that its rapid spread is due to the female moth being a strong flier capable of flying 100 km in a night and being an exotic insect, there is absence of natural enemies that could keep them under check.

Another factor is its natural environment; tropical and sub-tropical parts of America that is similar to the environmental conditions in India.

It is a polyphagous pest that can feed on many host plants.

It can cause complete devastation of a field within a short time if appropriate control measures are not taken.

It has been reported to feed on rice, sorghum, sugarcane and many commercial important vegetables.

Any invasion by a new, exotic pest is always a threat to the farmers and biodiversity of a place and Manipur being a biodiversity hotspot with many rare and threatened flora is more vulnerable.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientists have further warned that the new invasion must be taken seriously and knowledge about this new pest was

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M’laya CM Conrad inspects Mendipathar Railway Station

Meghalaya CM Conrad K. Sangma visiting Mendipathar Railway Station on Wednesday. (Northeast Now) S H I L L O N G, M AY 8 (AGENCIES): Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday inspected the Mendipathar Railway Station in North Garo Hills district to speed up the process of setting up an entry and exit point there to check influx.

According to the Northeast Now News, the Meghalaya CM was accompanied by state sports minister Banteidor Lyngdoh and other officials of the state transport department besides Railway officials.

The chief minister said

he visited the railway station to check the proposed facilitation centre (entry/ exit point) how to move forward and to ensure that the centre should come up immediately.

He said that land has been identified and the process of taking over the land as well as the process of setting up the facilitation centre has already started.

“We instr ucted the chief engineer PWD (buildings) to ensure that works start at the earliest. We expect that this will take three to six months but we should

be able to complete before that,” the chief minister assured.

The state government requires over Rs 1,000 crore to set up entry and exit points in different parts of the state.

The government has finalised the location for setting up of entry-exit points in four to five areas where there is maximum flow of people from outside especially areas along the inter-state border which include East Jaiñtia Hills, Ri Bhoi, West Khasi Hills, North Garo Hills, West Garo Hills.

Cong demands action on ‘fake’ NRC objections in Kokrajhar

Kokrajhar, May 8 (PTI): With resentment brewing among a section of people here over “indiscriminate” notices being served to them by NRC authorities, the Congress has submitted a memorandum to the District Registrar of Citizen’s Registration, seeking suspension of the “arbitrary” practice.

In its memorandum, the district Congress committee alleged that minorities were being harassed even after due verification of their documents during the preparation of the complete draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), published last year.

The NRC aims to separate “genuine” citizens from “illegal immigrants”.

The complete draft of the register, published in July, 2018, had excluded 40.07 lakh names out of the 3.29 crore applicants.

A w i n d ow e n d i n g December 31, 2018, was provided for those who wanted to file claims for re-inclusion.

Within this same period, people who suspected that foreigners have made their way to the list were also allowed to file their objections.

The final list is slated to be released by July 31.

The Congress memorandum claimed that “fictitious” persons with ulterior motive were raising complaints and objections, based on which the authorities were issuing notices to “genuine” citizens.

The complainants do not appear before the authorities during the time of hearing of their pleas, it alleged.

“It is not even clear whether the complainants have an application receipt number or detailed address,” it stated.

The memorandum, a copy of which was sent to NRC State Coordinator Prateek Hajela, also sought “immediate steps against the illegal and arbitrary process adopted by some Local Register of Citizens Registers of Kokrajhar district”.

The party ‘demanded “appropriate action against “unscrupulous complainants”.

Several organisations have come out in protest against the alleged harassment being meted out to the minorities, as part of the claims and objection verification process.

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Vigil stepped up along IndiaMyanmar border in Manipur

Imphal, May 8 (PTI): Vigilance has been stepped up by the Assam Rifles along the India-Myanmar border in Manipur to check possible human trafficking and illegal drug trade, an official of the paramilitary force said here Wednesday The locals, mostly traders travelling to the border town of Moreh, have been asked to travel with proper identity proofs, the official said.

The existing bilateral agreement allowed local residents of both the countries to travel up to 16 km from the border without travel documents.

“The step has been necessitated following inputs about the possible movement of militants and drug smugglers in in Chandel, Churanchandpur and Ukhrul districts of the state,” the Assam Rifles official said. The precautionary measure has also been taken in the wake of the rescue of 12 suspected Rohingya refugees allegedly from a human trafficking gang in neighbouring Mizoram and the detection of “unauthorised camps” set up by NSCN(IM), a militant

outfit, at Shihai village in Ukhrul district, five km from the international border.

The NSCN(IM) has been in a peace mode since 1997 following its signing of a ceasefire agreement with the Centre.

According to ceasefire ground rules, members of the outfit cannot venture outside their designated camps which are located in Nagaland.

Suspected Rohingya refugees shifted to state-run shelter homes Aizawl, May 8 (PTI): The twelve suspected Rohingya refugees, who were rescued three days ago here allegedly from a human trafficking gang, have been shifted to state-run shelter homes, a senior police officer said.

A group of eight women and four minor boys were apprehended from the house of a local woman in Aizawl on Sunday for residing in India without valid travel documents.

The woman, who had been hosting the group, told police that she provided them shelter as a favour to her cousin in Tahan, Myanmar.

She also said that it was the fifth time that people took refuge at her home, before being transported to Myanmar.

“While the boys were sent to a home for orphans, the women have been moved to another protected shelter home, both maintained by the state social welfare department.

“It seems that all 12 of them were brought to Mizoram from Bangladesh refugee camps,” Deputy Inspector General of Police (Northern Range) Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said.

The DIG also said that the group was probably trafficked to Mizoram through the porous Assam border.

“No one understood the language in which they were speaking, making the interrogation process extremely difficult for us,” Khiangte said, adding that an investigation is underway to nab the culprits who brought them here illegally.

More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine state to neighbouring Bangladesh since August 2017, triggering a massive refugee crisis.

Fierce gun battle in remote Tinsukia village 6 illegal migrants from B’desh held in Assam

DIGBOI, MAY 8 (AGENCIES): A fierce gun battle took place on Wednesday morning between Lekhapani (Tinsukia)-based Para Special Forces and militants belonging to an unidentified rebel group, reports the Northeast Now News.

The exchange of fire took place at Nagadubi vil-

lage near Jagun in Tinsukia district of Upper Assam.

No casualties have been reported on either side.

Assam Police sources stated that a group of four hardcore ULFA rebels are reportedly moving along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.

Top officials of Tin-

sukia police rushed to the spot and have cordoned off the area. Security forces are keeping a hawk eye in the entire area following the heavy gun battle.

Nagadubi is a back of beyond village along the

Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.

Residents of nearby Wara village said that a fierce gun battle took place at the crack of dawn and villagers were jolted out of their beds leading to total

clamour in the area.

It is reported that militants of the unknown rebel outfit panicked when they saw jawans of Para Special Forces at a distance and resorted to unprovoked firing.

Kokrajhar (Assam), May 7 (PTI): Six persons who were declared Bangladeshis living illegally in Assam were arrested in Kokrajhar district on Tuesday, police said.

The Foreigners Tribunal declared these six, including three women, illegal migrants from Bangladesh.

The declarations were made for some in 2006 and for others in 2011 but they were all absconding.

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Border of Kokrajhar, Sorab Ali, said they were apprehended by a police task force from Gossaigaon sub- division of the district.

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Politics of uniform

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ever has there been any election in the past when a ruling party boasts about its military achievements and attributing them to its leader, in this case, prime minister Narendra Modi.

The only time a similar occasion happened was after the 1971 Indo- Bangladesh war when Pakistan was thrashed and 90,000 of its soldiers captured in just 13 days by India. Then prime minister Indira Gandhi was hailed even by the opposition as a decisive and bold leader. Indira had defied the American warning and likely Chinese intervention by okaying the invasion of East Pakistan. The Congress party had hailed Indira Gandhi for her bold and decisive act but the government acknowledged the stunning victory on the military leadership of then Army Chief General (later Filed Marshal)S.H.F.J.Manekshaw.

That is the difference between the polity then and today. By invoking the surgical strikes including the air attack on Balakot against Pakistan, the BJP has claimed an extraordinary credit for these military actions. It was dismaying to see how the armed forces were being used to fight elections. Even the photos of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and photos of other soldiers were blatantly displayed by political parties during election campaigns. This trend was started by the BJP which sought to project itself as patriotic to the core. This was copied by other parties who did not want to be left behind.

In March, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Manoj Tiwari was seen reciting a poem about Varthaman during the launch of BJP’s Vijay Sankalp bike rally in New Delhi. Tiwari was dressed in Army fatigues.

Also, the Balakot “revenge” theme has repeatedly surfaced in the election speeches of several BJP politicians inviting only a mild rebuke from the Election Commission. However, the Election Commission (EC) had to step in to ask political parties to “desist from displaying photographs of defence personnel”. This came against the backdrop of a picture showing a hoarding with images of Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman as well as leaders of the BJP during an election campaign. Abhinandan became a celebrated hero overnight when he was released from Pakistani captivity after his plane was shot down inside PoK. On the other hand, the same BJP which also took credit for the heroism of the pilot officer saw no offence in slandering the memory of 26/11 hero and ATC chief late Hemant Karkare of the Maharashtra Police. Instead of sending his officers, late Karkare led the fight against Pakistani terrorists and died a hero. The anguish felt by the citizens of the country at the descent of political discourse and rhetoric is justified. Using the armed forces to fight election has potentially dangerous consequences for a nation that takes great pride in the neutrality of its service personnel. In fact, this trend is taking Indian towards a dangerous path. Then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had put matters in perspective when he said that surgical strikes were not conducted by any political party but that those at the helm only gave the go ahead and that any credit for surgical strikes go to every Indian including those “doubting Thomases.” Claiming any credit for the achievements of the military is also an insult to the officers and men as it suggests that the uniformed personnel need politicians to lead them. Such a scenario existed in the era of military despots and civilian dictators.

DailyDevotion The Faith to Persevere Because you have kept My command to persevere…

—Revelation 3:10 Perseverance means more than endurance— more than simply holding on until the end. A saint’s life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, but our Lord continues to stretch and strain, and every once in a while the saint says, “I can’t take any more.” Yet God pays no attention; He goes on stretching until His purpose is in sight, and then He lets the arrow fly. Entrust yourself to God’s hands. Is there something in your life for which you need perseverance right now?

Maintain your intimate relationship with Jesus Christ through the perseverance of faith. Proclaim as Job did, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15).

Faith is not some weak and pitiful emotion, but is strong and vigorous confidence built on the fact that God is holy love. And even though you cannot see Him right now and cannot understand what He is doing, you know Him. Disaster occurs in your life when you lack the mental composure that comes from establishing yourself on the eternal truth that God is holy love. Faith is the supreme effort of your life— throwing yourself with abandon and total confidence upon God. God ventured His all in Jesus Christ to save us, and now He wants us to venture our all with total abandoned confidence in Him. There are areas in our lives where that faith has not worked in us as yet— places still untouched by the life of God. There were none of those places in Jesus Christ’s life, and there are to be none in ours. Jesus prayed, “This is eternal life, that they may know You…” (John 17:3). The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything it has to face without wavering. If we will take this view, life will become one great romance— a glorious opportunity of seeing wonderful things all the time. God is disciplining us to get us into this central place of power.

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The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. ~ Hubert H. Humphrey

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Tribalism: A Menace to Naga Society

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hat is tribalism? Ism has more evils in its message. It is an exclusive attitude of a person making him feel proud of whom she/ he is in the given society. It can also be termed as a social evil and vice that destroys human cordiality and relationship in the society.

In the Naga context, tribalism is rooted in ones’ identitybased egoism. It is considered to be the pride of a person to be a member of the community they belong to. Nagas are a people with different tribal distinctions based mainly on the variation of languages, yet culturally and traditionally identical. In the perspective of mainland Indians, the Nagas are a hill tribe, but, to the Nagas, they are of a nationality. This mixed feeling of Indian treatment and Nagas’ identity has opened and created a curiosity to know who they really are. They further find differences and distinctions among themselves and discover their identity apart from the common ‘Naganess’. Interestingly, the Nagas living outside their homeland are viewed as a whole identity, but the reality is that in our homeland, vast hierarchy is prevalent.

The problem lies in the foolish pride of exalting one’s own tribal identity. From the common Naga brotherhood which was evident in the days following the Indian Independence, which I am going to term as ‘Naganess’, there is now a shift in the mentality: tribal hierarchy. Naga tribalism has thus subsequently weakened the concept of Naga Nationalism. Nagas today are being posed with two kinds of identity crises – tribalism and nationalism.

This fact is a menace posing on the Naga society as a whole, and the remedy is yet to be initiated. This contending conflict between tribalism and nationalism within the Naga society has to be resolved through the peoples’ choices and decisions.

If the Nagas allow tribalism to

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ieut. General (Rtd) Shokin Chauhan, Chairman of Ceasefire Monitoring Group(CFMG) stated in the recent interview that Nagaland has come through complete peace for a year now. His assessment on the prevailing situation in Nagaland was based on the report of no physical conflict between the Indian armed forces and the Naga armed groups during the said period of time. The other reason for the Chairman, CFMG to confidently claim that peace has come to Nagaland is that he has not received complaint from any quarter against illegal taxation. The Chairman, CFMG may be right in claiming that there has been peace in Nagaland since there has been no such intergroup physical conflict for quite some time.

The Chairman may be believing that how will peace be wanted in Nagaland in absence of arm conflicts.

Whereas, what has been absent in Nagaland for decades is peace, the genuine peace. To me, the ingredients of genuine peace are the inner peace in the mind of people as a whole by which people enjoy genuine freedom: the unhindered freedom to pursue one’s trade, profession and avocation including the freedom of speech and association.

The other major attributes to genuine peace are administration of justice by those in authority under whose rule people have sense of pride, equality, security and rationality. Under such governance, the citizens enjoy the progress in developments and improvements in their economic conditions. Under such governance, there is transparency and accountability to public whereby its citizens trust and respect the leaders. Under such dynamic administration, the rates of

continue, Naga Nationalism may suffer a fatal blow, similar to the fall of the Soviet Union, or how I sometimes visualize it as, the fall of Humpty Dumpty. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not put the Naga nation back together again.

The sad reality is that we Nagas are enslaving ourselves to this dominating spirit of one tribe over another on tribal lines.

The present social scenario is that the major tribes, or the so-called forward tribes, receive more benefits and opportunities – politically, socially, and economically, and along with the growth of infringing elements that override conventional probity and moral values. We Nagas are contending against each other for power and position corrupt ways and thus poisoning our own society. This foolish greed will lead to a falling into an abysmal pitch and eternal lost. The remedy may be transformation of Nagas’ mentality from an illusory tribal pride and glory, to a national sentiment based on morality.

The well-being of a society depends as much on the independence of the individuals composing it, as on their close political cohesion. History tells us that Greco-European-American culture, and its brilliant flowering in the Italian Renaissance, put an end to the stagnation of Medieval Europe. This was based on the liberal thinking and equitable humanity. Everything that the human race has done and thought is concerned with the satisfaction of felt needs and the assuagement of pain.

We must live up to the standard of being fully humane, as designed and created. We must get rid of all pride, greed and selfish tendency to exploit the right of the other individual or people. When we survey our own lives, we observe that our actions and desires are connected with the existence of other human beings, and we are interdependent as social beings. Therefore, we must live with respect to other fellow humans and recognize

his/her person on equal footing.

A man’s value to the community depends on how far his/her feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows. The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he/she has attained liberation from the self-inflicting vices.

We Nagas need to be selfanalytical and self-critical and know who we are, and where we are going from here.

To me, we (Nagas) are one racial group designed and purposed for a common vision and destination. We are in a battle to prove ourselves a nation and journey towards a common destiny envisioned as the Naga National homeland, to be a nation among nations on the face of the earth. However the bitter truth now looking at the present scenario/situation is that the common vision and destination of a homeland is a far cry. I am sure I won’t be wrong to say that Every Naga individual knows that but no one wants to accept it or consciously want the charade going on for their own personal or tribes benefits because apparently we cannot think anything beyond our tribe’s.

There can be neither progress nor achievement without a sacrifice, and in order to go forward, it is essential to give up what is holding us back; human greed and the negative inflated pride of tribalism. The higher a man lifts his thought, the more blessed and enduring will be his achievements. The universe does not favor the greedy, the dishonest, and the vicious but the honest, the magnanimous and the virtuous. The measure of our sacrifice will determine our triumph. The vision we glorify in our minds, and the ideal we cherish and enthrone in our hearts will be rewarded. Let us cherish a lofty ideal of humanity and someday all the human vices will hopefully vanish from our world.

Pakinzinliu Chawang Salikyu

Counting my blessings

(From previous issue) A good habit: One of the habits I have managed to develop is the habit of writing and reading books. This I consider the best habit I have acquired and this has turned out to be my greatest blessing! The teachings, advices, wisdom, knowledge, truths, principles, observations, expertise and facts in the books have given me the solutions to meet my challenges along the way. I have learned a lot from those booksI read and I am indebted to all the authors whose works had helped but whose names I now cannot recall.

An education: Through the hard work and sacrifices my parentsand my elder siblings had provided me an education which serves me well, I am what I am today; it is all due to the education that was given me through the blood, sweats and tears of my parents and elder siblings until my graduations. I am also very grateful to those individuals, churches, organizations and institutions that provided me moral, spiritual material and financial support in pursue of my higher research studies. I am not crazy after degrees but have learned and inspired from my able teachers that having acquired numerous educational degrees also helps sometimes in your life so I count this as a significant blessings to be able to study from various schools, colleges and universities in here and abroad.

Wonderful ministry: I am blessed with ministry that I enjoyed working in. I have served in different capacity such as, Youth Director, Educational Missionary, Project Manager, Evangelist, Pioneer Missionary, President of LBCAand a Pastor. It provided security, challenges and personal growth for me.

For the family it provided financial security where all my financial obligations could be taken care of and this gave us plenty of emotional stability and peace of mind. Above all I have been given the greatest ministry in all the world, that of ministering to people and reconciling them to the Lord and Majesty of the universe, God Himself. For this reason, I am fully committed to the great ministry He has given me.As a minister, I understood that I have been given the greatest privilege and

Has there been Peace in Nagaland?

essential commodities are monitored and streamlined by which the citizens enjoy cheap and reasonable cost of living. Whether the so-called peace in Nagaland has the above mentioned ingredients or not is the question. What kind of peace I desire is not pseudo peace but holistic peace which is wanted in Nagaland.

Do the people of Nagaland have freedom to pursue trade and business?

No. No trader is spared from taxation. Anyone who defies the order for paying tax is subjected to physical and mental harassment.

The taxation has immense adverse impact on the nascent traders in particular.

The taxation had frightened and discouraged hundreds of young entrepreneurs. The aftershock result is the swell in the number of educated unemployed youth in Nagaland and the strangulation of the overall progress in our economy.

Are the Govt. Departments free from the menace of taxation? No. All the Govt. Departments are pestered with the demand for tax. No Department is exempted. Taxation on Govt. Departments has dual adverse impacts. Firstly, physical developments under most of the Departments cannot be achieved due to heavy deduction of funds earmarked for drawn schemes. Secondly, many of the Departmental authorities used to take undue advantage and there have been misuse of funds in the name of obliging to taxation pressures either in connivance or otherwise. Ultimately, most of the Departments exist in the mere interest of its employed staff but hardly serve the people of the State.

When so, those Departments are virtually privatised as it failed to give benefit to any

beyond its Directorate.

Are the public enjoying peace? People will become happier when the consumer goods are made available to them at cheaper rates. When LPG is adequate at reasonable rate, when the rates for essential commodities as rice, Dal, sugar, tea, milk, etc., and when the building materials like iron rod, sand, cement, etc. are available at cheaper rates, then people will have the sense of peace. How will people enjoy peace when cement is @ of Rs.420/- per bag in Dimapur and @ Rs.550/per bag at Pfütsero as against Rs.385/- per bag in Guwahati just for instance.

Whereas, in my belief, the traders are not paying tax from their pocket to those who are levying, rather the whole tax on any item, be it major or minor, is slapped on the consumers by means of adding it to the rates of the goods. The traders may not necessarily bother about the rates of taxation since the tax burden is ultimately born by the consumers. This vicious cycle of taxation remains unabated which is called ‘voluntary donation’ in the word of the Chairman, CFMG. Therefore, the atmosphere remaining peaceful without gun fights does not necessarily generate peace for the public. I rather consider peace in Nagaland at this rate to be illusory. In fact, our environments are laced with tensions of irritation, suppression, intimidation and inconveniences underneath. The selfish and ego-centric undercurrent clashing with peace is relentless and thus peace is never allowed to rule in Nagaland.

What trend is the antithesis to peace? The Naga political movement is for Naga sovereignty as had

pledged by our forefathers in the Plebiscite of 1951. As for Naga political aspiration, there is no argument on whether we stand for sovereignty or not. The aspiration remains, and the GOI has officially recognised this historical right of ours. Yet, the practical question is how to become sovereign? The sovereignty is never achieved out of theoretical bragging or by mere slogan taking cue from histories. The sovereignty cannot be achieved by anyone who brags for sovereignty from time to time and yet never has gut to venture beyond the comfort zones. It is simple and easy for anyone to artistically act as the champion for sovereignty in any platform by giving bombastically patriotic speeches and yet when such are of mere theory what does such matter when it is bereft of the physical contribution.

Whereas, whoever is capable in delivering theatrical message laced with tons of Naga patriotism in any platform is rated to be a better Naga leader no matter how theoretical it may be. Whereas, these pseudo patriots are mostly megalomaniacs who tend to rate themselves above others similar to those of the Pharisees of Roman world.

Whereas, it is observed that these pseudo nationalists have overshadowed the genuine patriots who are few in number today. Whereas, the belief of the pseudo nationalists is that the greatest service and sacrifice for Naga nation for one to contribute is to brag about Naga sovereignty and that whoever talks about practical politics is a disservice to the Nagas. The pseudo patriots, in their cosy domains, do claim that Naga nationalism is sustained because of their integrity and their steadfast support for Plebiscite of 1951. And when most of

responsibility in all the world: called to be a minister of the living God, called by the Sovereign Lord and Majesty of the universe.

Social Activities: I am being privileged to be able to join in many social organizations such as Good Shepherd Ministry, Green Revolution, Village Development, Global Travelers Peace Mission, World Vision of India and Red Cross. In Red Cross I have become Life Member and have given me the opportunity to represent in many countries as Volunteer and did serve to the capacity of State Managing Committee Member for decade and General Secretary for Nagaland State and Arunachal Pradesh.

Guiding Angels: Throughout my life I always have ‘guiding angels’ watching over me. When young, at the time when my father was struggling with the burdens and responsibilities of a big family thrust upon his shoulders, there came a benefactor who provided help to my father thus ironing out the hardships we were facing then.

Many ‘angels’ appeared to help me through my growing years and in my adult life. These ‘angels’ guided and helped me along the way with advices, insights; some throwing challenges to make me grow. Some appeared in person but some came through as authors of books. The benefits derived from these ‘angels’ are immeasurable.

Decent peers: Peers have undisputed sway over us when we are young; peer pressure is hard to shake. I was lucky to have decent peers when I was young. They had decent habits and good values which kept them on the straight path. It is to their credit they did not lead me astray. Many young lives have been ruined by peers who had led them astray. I am one among hundreds who averted to be fallen into evil-traps.

I write this not to get your solicit, your respect or to impress you. I do this to ‘count my blessings’ and to remind myself to give thanks to God each day! Now that I have done this I feel satisfied, happy and contented.

(Concluded) Rev. Dr. L. Tsanso, pastor Pongidong village

the Naga political and social platforms are dominated by pseudo patriotic and pseudo nationalist actors, eventually our adopted resolutions remained superficial and farcical. And when our society has allowed those Utopians to remain in the social, religious and political lime light, naturally our Naga world is transformed into utopian. Whereas, the Nagas are found to be contented with utopianism as though the pioneers of Naga National Movement had aspired for it.

To add another finding, some of those claimed champions for Naga Plebiscite are allergic to NNC. This category of champions do not agree to keep the legacy of NNC in the history of the Nagas, and they oppose to give credit to NNC. Nevertheless, who mooted the idea of Naga Plebiscite of 1951? The Naga Plebiscite did not emerge out of the blue. It was NNC under the leadership of AZ Phizo, the then President of NNC, that the Plebiscite was undertaken by the Nagas on 16th May, 1951 with great

success. It is not legal for anyone to have Plebiscite as the historically political basis by discarding NNC. To discard NNC is discarding Plebiscite of 1951. Had there not been NNC, Plebiscite would never had been conducted.

Whereas, these Utopians have one common slogan as ‘political solution without sovereignty is meaningless, and therefore not acceptable’. ‘Our Naga aspiration is sovereignty based on Plebiscite of 1951 and anything (solution) short of it is not what we want’ are their assertions. I do not argue with them as that assertion is the historical basis of our political right set by the pioneers. The only questions to these so called nationalists are: (a) What is/ are the practical strategy/ strategies to achieve sovereignty? (b) What are they doing to unite the NNPGs without which Nagas cannot achieve sovereignty? (The Naga disunity has repelled Naga sovereignty. It is self denial.)

(To be concluded) Z. Lohe

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Celebration is for all

Mother’s Day which is approaching is not only for Mother’s who have biological children but for those women who donot have children of their own. Mother’s Day is also for divorcees, widows and for the single women as they all embody motherhood and inherent nurturing instinct. On this Mother’s Day please open your doors to those women who are neglected, ticked off people’s invitation list because they might cramp the style of the hostess or those who have no one to turn to.

Remember, God takes extra care to ensure that the border of the widow (which includes the above) is protected.

Celebrate the day with genuine love for all women and not just for those who are biological mothers.

Sentisangla Ozukum, Mokokchung Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019

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Modi in Kakarhiya, a village he adopted in Varanasi in October 2017.

Va r a na s i , M ay 8 (IANS): Kakarhiya village in Varanasi district is sending a message that is loud and clear to the opposition parties.

Posters screaming “Yeh chowkidaron ka gaon hai, yahan choron ka aana varjit hai” (This is a village of chowkidars and the entry of thieves is banned) have come up in the village.

Kakarhiya village had been adopted by Prime minister Narendra Modi in October 2017 under the Adarsh Gram Yojana. Development that has taken

place after the village was adopted has changed the life of the villagers.

“We now have roads, proper sanitation, toilets and electricity. What more do we want? We will not allow anyone who is against Modi to enter the village and campaign. For us, it is Modi all the way,” says Kartik Kashyap, an undergraduate.

The posters, according to sources, have already had the desired impact and some other villages like Jayapur that was one of the first villages to be adopted by the Prime Minister, are

planning to put up similar posters.

Opposition parties, including the Congress and the SP-BSP alliance, have not yet announced any meeting in these villages.

“Hum kisi ko meeting nahin karne denge” (We will not allow any meeting here), says Ramu Lal, a local.

He adds: “Jo chowkidar ko chor kehte hain, wo khud chor hai. Hum sab chowkidar hain” (Those who claim that ‘chowkidar chor hai’ are thieves themselves. We are all chowkidars).

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Rahul Gandhi tenders NH takes exception to Imna’s remark unconditional apology to SC

NEW DELHI, MAY 8 (PTI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday tendered unconditional apology in the Supreme Court for wrongfully attributing his “chowkidar chor hai” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the apex court in the Rafale verdict.

Gandhi, who filed an additional affidavit, said he holds the apex court in the “highest esteem and respect” and any attributions to it were “entirely unintentional, non-wilful and inadvertent”.

He also urged the top court to close the criminal contempt proceedings initiated on a petition filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who alleged that Gandhi attributed the personal remarks to the apex court and tried to create prejudice.

The three-page affidavit was filed by the Congress president after he had drawn flak from the apex court on April 30 over his earlier affidavit in which he had not directly admitted his mistake for incorrectly attributing the allegedly contemptuous remark to the top court.

“The deponent (Rahul Gandhi) unconditionally apologises for the wrongful attributions to this court.

The deponent further states that any such attributions were entirely unintentional, non-wilful and inadvertent,” Gandhi said in his fresh affidavit filed in the apex court. “The deponent (Gandhi) most respectfully

On recent standoff: NH said it has also taken serious note of the recent stand-off between Assam Rifles and the NSCN (I-M) at Sihai in Ukhrul district.

NH said it failed to understand why the Assam Rifles was provoking the situation of peaceful coexistence from time to time when people were yearning for peace. The hoho stated that chasing out the Nagas

from their own homeland and burning down their camps would not bring peaceful solution. It stated that the ongoing peace process would collapse if such provocative attitudes continued by the Assam Rifles.

The hoho has, therefore, urged upon both the Assam Rifles and the NNPGs to restrain from provoking each other “till the existence of Indo-Naga cease-fire.”

More trouble for NPF as office bearers of 6 A/Cs quit en masse

Shortage of court fees, non-judicial...

(From p-1) “This very statement of Imna Along cannot be the voice of the entire Naga people and actually requires a very long and detail reply by narrating the whole Naga history,” NH said.

However, the Hoho sought to compress the reply in a nutshell by quoting MaRahul Gandhi (File) hatma Gandhi’s statement prays that this court may be “Nagas have every right to graciously pleased to accept be Independent”. the instant affidavit and close the present contempt proceedings,” he stated in the affidavit. Lekhi has filed the contempt plea against Gandhi for the “chowkidar chor hai” remarks against (From p-1) Modi, which the top court In the letter, 46 Mon had said were incorrectly Assembly constituency attributed to it.

(AC) vice-president (adIn his fresh affidavit, ministration) Kaiwang, 47 Gandhi said that he has never intended to, directly Aboi AC general secretary or indirectly, commit any Nyakwang Konyak, 48 act which interferes with the Moka AC general secprocess of administration retary L Langphong, 49 of justice. “At the outset Tamlu AC vice-president the deponent herein most Hamnyei, 53 Tuensang respectfully submits that he Sadar– I AC general secholds this court in the high- retary Chumuhean Chang est esteem, and respect. The and 54 Tuensang Sadar– II deponent has never sought AC general secretary M or intended to, directly or Chingmak Chang stated indirectly, commit any act that they are also confused that it interferes with the by “double standards” of process of administration the party high command of justice,” he said. in making partnership Gandhi also said that with different national the affidavit is made “bona political parties. fide and in the interest of This, they said, is justice, and nothing materi- evident from the fact that al has been concealed there- NPF, on one hand, exfrom”. A bench headed by tends support to Congress Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in Nagaland that does not is scheduled to hear Lekhi’s have a single MLA and, contempt plea against Gandhi on May 10 along with on the other hand, four of the review petitions in the its MLAs are supporting the BJP-led government in Rafale deal case.

Manipur that they termed as “flexible in decision making”.

They said they realised that NPF, the oldest regional party in the State that had been highly regarded by Nagas, has now lost regional characteristics and completely surrendered its principles to national political parties.

Under the above circumstances, they said they felt that they can no longer be in NPF where decisions are taken by a few functionaries without considering future ramifications and compelled to resign en mass from both active and primary membership of the party with immediate effect.

(From p-1) In a memorandum addressed to the principal director treasuries & accounts (T&A), the NAN president DK Nagi sought to know from the department how and why Indian non-judicial stamp papers and court fees including postal stamps were not being supplied to the public?

Further, the association pointed out that Indian non-judicial stamp papers and court fees of Rs. 5000 and Rs. 10,000 denominations were not available from the very beginning in Nagaland. It said those nonjudicial stamp papers and court fees were required and would be very convenient for the public in big transactions if made possible.

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makers. Traders said sentiment turned bullish on the back of pick-up in buying support from local jewellers amid positive overseas trend as rising US-China trade tension boosted gold’s safe-haven appeal. Globally, spot gold was trading higher at USD 1,288.20 an ounce, while silver marginally rose to USD 14.99 an ounce in New York.

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of England were in the vanguard.

Other central banks like in Mexico, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines followed suit.

“With growth still strong in the first half of 2018, this tightening bias remained in place. However, because of rising trade tensions and the global slump in manufacturing, growth began to weaken during the second half of the year.

With inflation showing no signs of accelerating, central banks responded accordingly,” it said.

The Fed initiated its now-famous ‘pivot’ by indicating there would be fewer rate hikes in the near future and the reductions in its balance sheet would be more measured.

The European Central Bank, after stopping its bond purchases, announced new long-term loans to banks and signaled that any rate hikes were a long way off.

New Delhi, May 8 (PTI): Gold prices rose by Rs 180 to Rs 32,850 per 10 gram at the bullion market here Wednesday due to fresh buying from jewellers amid firm trend overseas, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Tracking gold, silver too gained by Rs 100 to Rs 38,220 per kg following increased offtake by industrial units and coin

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Mumbai, May 8 (PTI): The rupee Wednesday fell further by 28 paise to 69.71 against the US currency, extending its losses for the third straight day due to escalating US-China trade tensions and a massive selloff in domestic equity markets.

Besides, sustained foreign fund outflow amid global trade fears also impacted the trading pattern in the currency market, forex dealers said.

However, a weak dollar against major currencies overseas and lower crude prices restricted the rupee’s fall, they added.

The r upee opened sharply lower at 69.57 as the US-China trade related concerns weighed on investor community. The local currency moved in a range of 69.47 to 69.74 before closing at 69.71, down 28 paise from the previous close.

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accommodation, and we expect no additional rate cuts in 2019 with the monetary policy likely to switch to tightening in early-to-mid2020,” it said.

Monetary policy easing, coupled with the relaxation of lending rules and greater election-driven fiscal spending in the first quarter of 2019, will provide some support to growth during the first half of 2019-20 fiscal, it said. The report noted that food and fuel prices should accelerate in coming months particularly in the event of a sub-normal monsoon, and headline inflation would cross 5 per cent mark by the second half of 2019, and average 4.2 per cent in 2019 and 5.3 per cent in 2020.

IHS said globally monetary tightening cycle seems to be over for now.

The acceleration in global growth that occurred in 2017 led some key central banks to begin a steady -albeit slow -- tightening of monetary policy. The US Federal Reserve, the Bank of Canada, and the Bank

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NEW DELHI, May 8 (PTI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to cut interest rates one more time in June before rising inflation pressures and elevated fiscal deficits leave little room for further accommodation in rest of the year, IHS Markit said Wednesday.

RBI had cut interest rate by 25 basis points each in February and April to boost economic growth.

In a report on the forecast for global monetary policy actions and resulting economic impact, the London-based global information provider said RBI is likely to tighten its monetary policy stance in early-to-mid 2020.

“With both domestic and global growth slowing and inflation in India remaining below the RBI’s inflation target, it is now increasingly likely the RBI will proceed with another rate cut in June.

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Iran warned not to abandon nuke deal

L o n d o n, M ay 8 (Agencies): Western countries participating in the Iran nuclear deal have warned Tehran there will be serious consequences if it takes steps that violate its terms.

According to BBC, the UK, France and Germany said they would still back the deal as long as Iran upheld its commitments.

It follows Iran’s move to suspend some commitments now the US has left the deal and begun imposing new sanctions. The 2015 accord was intended to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions in return for relief from sanctions.

But its economy has been badly hit by the new sanctions policy of the Donald Trump administration.

The value of Iran’s currency has dropped to record lows and its annual inflation rate has quadrupled.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said its latest move was within its rights under the deal. It has set a 60-day deadline for European nations to act to protect it from the US sanctions and threatened to resume the production of more highly

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enriched uranium if they do not do so.

Speaking on a visit to London, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Iran’s latest statement was “intentionally ambiguous”.

Pompeo said that although the US remained on the “same side” as its Western allies on countering Iranian influence, it had a different view on the nuclear deal and he indicated the US would act if trade with Iran continued beyond humanitarian aid.

He had flown to the UK from an unscheduled visit to Iraq. US officials have reported threats to US forces and their allies from Iran, but have given few details. A US aircraft carrier has been deployed to the

Gulf. The UK, France and Germany are still part of the deal, as are China and Russia. The US pulled out a year ago.

UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Iran’s latest step was “unwelcome” and he urged Iran “not to take further escalatory steps” and to “stand by its commitments”.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said its position was to “stick by the agreement”, calling it crucial for European security.

French Defence Minister Florence Parly told French media that the European powers were doing everything they could to keep the deal alive but there would be consequences and possibly sanctions if the deal was not adhered to.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged all of the remaining parties to fulfil their obligations, and said that Western signatories were trying to “divert attention” from their inability to do so.

China said it “resolutely opposes” unilateral US sanctions against Iran and called for strengthened dialogue.

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Taliban storm US-backed aid group’s Kabul compound Kabul, May 8 (AFP): Taliban militants stormed a US-funded aid group’s central Kabul compound in an ongoing attack, having targeted the organisation for promoting Western culture and the “inter-mixing” of men and women.

At least nine people were wounded in the latest attack to rock the Afghan capital, which came even as US and Taliban officials were meeting in Qatar for talks aimed at bringing an end to Afghanistan’s war.

The assault began around midday (local time) when a massive blast tore across Kabul. Interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said attackers then entered the compound of Counterpart International, a non-profit group funded at least in part by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

“The police have surrounded the area and a clearing operation is ongoing,” Rahimi said, later adding that in the hours following the initial blast, 169 people were rescued from the site. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, saying Counterpart International was targeted because it promoted the “inter-mixing” of men

and women.

The aid group mentored “Kabul admin workers in various aspects of brutality, oppression, terror, anti-Islamic ideology & promotion of western culture,” Mujahid said on Twitter.

Counterpart was not immediately available to comment, but the group’s website says it r uns a USAID-funded Afghan civic engagement programme supporting women and other marginalised groups across Afghanistan.

Emergency, an Italianrun trauma centre in Kabul, said it had received 15 patients so far. Wahidullah Mayar, the spokesman for the ministry of public health, said at least nine people had been wounded.

The huge explosion shook nearby buildings and shattered windows.

“We started running out of the building and while running outside, I heard small gunfire and the sound of grenades going off nearby,” said Akbar Khan Sahadat, a prosecutor in the Attorney General’s office which was close to the scene of the blast. John Bass, the US ambassador to Afghanistan, said he strongly condemned the attack against the US non-governmental organisation.

10 killed in suicide bombing in Lahore

Officials said a security vehicle deployed in the area appeared to be the target.

Lahore, May 8 (IANS): At least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded when a 15-year-old suicide bomber detonated himself near a police patrol close to Pakistan’s oldest and most popular Sufi shrine in Lahore city on Wednesday.

Five police officers were among those killed in the blast near the 11th-century Data Darbar Sufi shrine, one of the largest in South Asia, as the country marks the month of Ramzan, Dawn online reported. The attack was claimed by the Hizbul

Ahrar, a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, media reports said. The explosion, which occurred at around 8.45 a.m., targeted an Elite Force of Punjab Police vehicle parked near the shrine’s Gate 2, the entrance for female visitors. According to Radio Pakistan, 30 people were injured in the blast.

Police spokesperson Nayab Haider said that initial investigation suggested a suicide bomber was involved. Punjab Chief Minister’s spokesperson Shahbaz Gill said the attacker was a

15-year-old teenager. “He came out of a fruit shop, crossed over to the police van, and then detonated the bomb,” Gill was quoted as saying by Dawn.

Punjab Police chief Arif Nawaz Khan said that a security guard and civilians were also among the dead and that 7 kg of explosives were used in the attack, Geo News reported. TV footage showed the husks of damaged vehicles littering the pavement near the shrine as first responders rushed to the scene.

Musk works 90 hrs per week to keep Tesla alive

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Previously also, the billionaire has mentioned that sometimes he puts in 120 hours in seven days to keep Tesla functioning smoothly.

In his own words, he has described the schedule “excruciating”.

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Islamabad, May 8 (IANS): Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was cleared by the country’s Supreme Court of blasphemy charges last year after spending eight years on death row, has left Pakistan and arrived in Canada to reunite with her family, her lawyer and government officials said on Wednesday.

The mother of five left for Canada on Tuesday and landed there after leaving Pakistan where she faced death threats from Islamist groups despite being exonerated by the apex court.

“Asia Bibi reached Canada last night. She left Pakistan with her husband yesterday after the government permitted her to leave. Although it took long, finally she is safe, Alhamdulillah (Thank God),” her lawyer Saif ul Malook told Efe news.

Pakistan’s Dawn online cited a Foreign Office source as saying that “Aasia Bibi left on her independent will with full support and security from the Pakistani government”.

Another source from the Foreign Affairs Ministry told Efe news: “There was a certain procedure which led to the delay for her to leave the country... but all the arrangements were (made) by the government for her safe exit.

“She is a free citizen and she could move wherever she wanted to,” said the source.

One of Bibi’s close aides told Efe over phone that Bibi and her family members have been offered asylum in Canada.

“The government says that they had to manage some internal issues with the religious parties and with other bodies so it took that long for her to leave the country,” the aide said.

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“In recent years, hours were much higher. Don’t recommend though - bad for health and happiness. But no choice or Tesla would die,” Musk wrote while replying to a Twitter user.

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San Francisco, May 8 (IANS): Elon Musk works more than 90 hours a week because he thinks if he does not, his Electric Vehicle (EV) company Tesla would die, as per a report. While chatting with people on Twitter, Musk confirmed that he indeed works more than 90 hours a week, Metro.co.uk reported on Wednesday.

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DIMAPUR: Monolith in memory of late Asubi Kemp was unveiled at Tesophenyu lower on May 4, chaired by chairman of Tesophenyu village council (TVC) N. R. Magh.

A press release from TVC chairman, N. R. Magh stated that, the monolith was unveiled by senior citizen C.T. Rengma, who presented brief profile of late Asubi Kemp.

He recalled that late Asubi was a great leader during the disturbance periodbetween Indian Army and Naga Army on Naga political issue around 1960s.

Under his initiative, commandant of 16th Durga Regiment posted to Tseminyu (Ramani) awarded and declared Tesophenyu a “Loyal Village” and because of that the village

Nillo Rengma, former minister speaking during the programme on May 4.

escaped from grouping, torture, killing, burning of village & granaries etc.

Nillo Rengma, former minister presented brief history of late Asubi’s activities and involvement in administration particularly

in Rengma areas. Nillo said that although late Asubi was not educated, he was a good administrator and was posted and placed in several responsible posts as political assistant of Tseminyu; chairman Rengma Tribal Council (RTC) and member of RTC for many years.

Sevitso Seyie of Touphima village also gave short speech on the good relationship between Rengma and Angami build due to tireless initiative of a person like late Asubi and late Lhousa-o etc.

Mezasen Jemu, his contemporary also presented short speech. Folk song was presented by village elders and word of gratitude

by Jwenbu Kemp. Earlier invocation was offered by Rev. Wachulo Jemu.

KOHIMA: A team from Directorate of Agriculture Nagaland led by Renbomo Kikon, joint director and Khriesezolie, deputy director accompanied by Rudupra Keyho, district agriculture officer and Thuputhiyi Venuh, chief coordinator Phek Farmers’ Club recently inspected the organic ginger project belonging to Thupuve Vero of Phek village.

A press release from the department stated that the team was satisfied with the project which is the largest ginger cultivation not only in Phek but also in Nagaland.

Thuputhiyi Venuh thanked the agriculture department for visiting the project and encouraging the farmers to take up ginger cultivation on large scale. Thupuve Vero undertakes large scale ginger cultivation upto 6200 kgs.

news in Brief MCCI annual general meeting: Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) has convened its annual MCCI general meeting on May 14, 2 pm onward at MMC Shopping Complex, Mokokchung.

All the members have been informed to attend the meeting positively with agenda if any to be submitted to the office in writing on or before May 10.

DLSU informs: DimapurLotha Students’ Union (DLSU) has informed the Lotha successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC from Dimapur securing 75 percent marks to submit photocopy of their mark sheet.

KUCU informs: Konyak Union Chen Unit (KYCU) has convened its general sessions on May 23 and 24, 10:30 am at Chen HQ. All KU unit Chen, former office bearers, political and public leaders, VCC, VDB secretaries, DBs, GBs and other NGO leaders have been requested to attend the programme.

KSUD general meeting: Khar Students’ Union Dimapur (KSUD) has convened its general meeting on May 11, 11 am at residence of treasurer, Er. Tiameren, Indisen. All students have been requested to attend positively.

DDEO Dimapur informs trainee teachers: Deputy district education officer (DDEO) Dimapur has notified all GPS and GMS teachers undergoing training on LO (Learning Outcomes) in 5 EBRCs under Dimapur district that attendance of trainee teachers has been monitored in all seriousness by district monitoring team. All concerned teachers are to take note that “no work no pay” shall be imposed on absentee teachers as well as those teachers who were dropped out half way without valid reason.

International nurses day: Trained Nurses Association of India local branch Kohima will celebrate nurses day under the theme “Nurses: A voice to lead health for all” on May 10, 12 noon at DBT hall Naga Hospital Authority Kohima.

Ex-serviceman rally in Kohima: State level combined ex-servicemen rally for the benefit of ex-servicemen and their families, veers naris and war veterans of Assam Rifles and defence personnel will be held on May 9, 11: 30 am at Assam Rifles garrison ground Kohima.

NMC seminar: Nagaland Medical Council (NMC) seminar on bioethics/medical ethics will be held on May 10, 5pm at Eden Medical Centre Dimapur and on May 11, 3 pm at DBT hall NHAK Kohima.

Expert on biothics from New Delhi and Vellore would be the resource persons. NMC will be awarding 2 credit points to all participants.

SCM Nagaland to tour international border districts

WESTERN SÜMI BAPTIST CHURCH LEADERS FELLOWSHIP (WSBCLF) cided to tour international advisors and state executive WSBAK members. The tour aims to see the prospects of the people living in the international border region and to bring forward the needs of the people especially in the field of health, education, livelihood, transport and communication.

Officials during the visit to ginger project in Phek village.

DIMAPUR: Seemanta its meeting held on May 4 at Chetana Mancha (SCM) the residence of its organisPurvottar, Nagaland state in ing secretary, Adulu has de-

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SUMI LITERATURE BOARD (SLB) MEETING CONVENED

In continuation of our office letter No. nil. Dated 29th, Oct, 2018, it is hereby notified that a meeting of Sumi Literature Board with NGO's (Sumi Civil Societies) will be held at VDB Hall Zunheboto on 15-05-2019 at 9:00 am.

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DECLARATION Regd. No : 1104/19 Date : 03-05-2019 I, Smti Akhonu Pucho, wife of Late Keholezo Pucho and permanent resident of Viswema Village, Kohima Nagaland solemnly declare that I am the wedded wife of Late Keholezo Pucho and that my names had been entered and recorded as Khreizonuo Angami instead of Akhonu Pucho, and Keholezo Pucho as Keholezo Angami.

That the names Akhonu Pucho and Khreizonuo Angami refers to one and same person i.e, myself, and the names Keholezo Pucho and Keholezo Angami refers to one and same person, i.e my late husband's name. The official corrected name Akhonu Pucho and Keholezo Pucho shall be used in for all official purposes, correspondences and references thereon.

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May Almighty God bless and guide both of you in future endeavors.

The Community also congratulate to all its successful students who got through in HSLC and HSSLC. Sd/Sd/Ahoshe Chophi Simon Achumi President, (XCD) G/Secy., (XCD)

OBJECTION NOTICE Whereas Shri/Smti. Joseph of Pulounyu Sector, Tuensang District Tuensang has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to operate/draw/transfer/withdraw the debts & security in respect of his Late, Mother, Y. Waisangla Chang, who expired on 15/12/2018.

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

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

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT & SESSION JUDGE DIMAPUR, NAGALAND

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT 11 NAP (IR) BATTALION RÜZAPHEMA : NAGALAND

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT 11 NAP (IR) BATTALION RÜZAPHEMA : NAGALAND

NO.11 NAP (IR) BN/RO-14/19-20/378 To, Shri. :- Shophukhuing Yimchunger Regtl. :- NO. 111435 Rank :- Constable (GD) S/O :- Phunung Yimchunger Vill. :- Kuthur P.O :- Tuensang PS :- Tuensang Dist. :- Tuensang

NO.11 NAP (IR) BN/RO-14/19-20/376 To, Shri. :- Nzanbemo Patton Regtl. :- NO.111572 Rank :- Constable (GD) S/O :- Rhushumo Patton Vill. :- Longsa P.O :- Wokha PS :- Wokha Dist. :- Wokha

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NO.JUDL/SC-4(pt-III)/2018-19/456 Dated Pbto, the 7th May 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE Whereas, Smti. Lasheli Sumi, wife of Late Vihoto Sema of Mishilimi Village under Pughoboto Sub-Division has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate under Indian Succession Act, 1925, in order to claim family pension, Bank Account etc. of her Late husband who had been serving as ASI under DEF Zunheboto and who expired on 18/04/2019.

Therefore public are hereby asked to file/claims/objections if any within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice.

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Dated Tsg. the 19th April' 2019

Ref : I. A No. 55/2019 Whereas the petitioner Smti. Sumitra Das, wife of Chandan Das, resident of H/No. 237, Over Bridge Colony, Burma Camp, Dimapur, Nagaland has filed a petition praying for declaring her husband Chandan Das as dead under provision of section 108 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

Notice is hereby issued inviting objection if any to file before this court on 03/06/19 at 10:30 AM as to why the prayer of the petitioner shall not be granted.

Given under my hand and seal of this court this 3rd day of May 2019.

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Sub :- CALLING NOTICE Whereas, you have been found absent from bonafide Govt. duty w.e.f 10/05/18 (AN) without any leave or permission from the competent authority.

Whereas, you have failed to respond to the 3 (Three) consecutive calling notices served to you Vide letter (1) NO.11 NAP (IR)BN/RO-14/18-19/929 Dtd. 12/06/18 (2) NO. 11 NAP (IR)BN/RO-14/18-19/1177 Dtd. 29/06/18 (3) NO.11 NAP (IR)BN/RO-14/18-19/1363 Dtd. 10/07/18 and your failure to respond to 'Show Cause Notice' served vide Letter NO.11 NAP (IR) BN./RO-14/1819/1876 Dated 06/08/2018 through the concerned police station is found to be tantamount to negation of relevant conduct rules and applicable laws.

Whereas, you are directed to report back for duty within 7 (seven) days from the date of publication of this notice failing which, inquiry will be conducted against you exparte without any further notice.

Sub :- CALLING NOTICE Whereas, you have been found absent from bonafide Govt. duty w.e.f 19/01/19 (AN) without any leave or permission from the competent authority.

Whereas, you have failed to respond to the 3 (Three) consecutive calling notices served to you Vide letter (1) NO. 11 NAP (IR) BN/RO-14/18-19/5173 Dtd. 19/02/19 (2) NO.11 NAP (IR)BN/RO-14/18-19/5457 Dtd. 06/03/19 (3) NO.11 NAP (IR)BN/RO-14/18-19/5594 Dtd. 18/03/19 and your failure to respond to 'Show Cause Notice' served vide Letter NO.11 NAP (IR) BN./RO14/19-20/62 Dated 04/04/2019 through the concerned police station is found to be tantamount to negation of relevant conduct rules and applicable laws.

Whereas, you are directed to report back for duty within 7 (seven) days from the date of publication of this notice failing which, inquiry will be conducted against you exparte without any further notice.

Commandant, 11 NAP (IR) Battalion Rüzaphema, Nagaland.

Commandant, 11 NAP (IR) Battalion Rüzaphema, Nagaland.

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OFFICE OF THE XEKIYE COMMUNITY DIMAPUR Dimapur - 797 112 : Nagaland

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSION JUDGE TUENSANG : NAGALAND

Whereas, Smti. Zhetoni W/O Lt. Thavishe Sema retired carpenter under the establishment of E.E PWD (Housing), Akuluto has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under Indian Succession Act, 1925 in order to draw/receive the payment of movable/immovable properties of Lt. Thavishe Sema, who expired on 22-032019.

The incumbent retired as carpenter in E.E PWD (Housing), under Dimapur Division.

Public are hereby asked to file claims/objections if any within 30 days from the date of issue of this notice.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES 1. Family pension: pen/com/5639/NL/S/8901 2. A/C No: 11819330074 3. Any other dues.

Sd/IMSENPERONG WATI Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Akuluto, Nagaland

Dt. Rzpma. the 07th May' 2019

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PUGHOBOTO, NAGALAND

(Dr Rilanthung Odyuo) Managing Director

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OFFICE OF THE NATSUMI KUQHAKULU PUGHOBOTO TOWN FELICITATION Natsumi kuqhakulu pughoboto town would like to congratulate Miss Vivi Sheqi, D/o Mr. Ghotovi Sheqi and Mrs. Qhesheli Sheqi for securing Top 9 position in the recently declared HSSLC examination 2019 and also state topper in Sociology subject 97 marks. The union further wishes her grand success in her future Endeavour.

The union also congratulates all the successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC from Natsumi Village.

Mr. Zukiye Swu Mr. Mughavika Assumi President Gen/Secy.

Email :- cmc.vankhosung@gmail.com, Ph : 9612406597 Regd : NO RS.996 Dated 27-05-1986

With immense pride and joy, The Western Sümi Baptist Church Leaders Fellowship extends its heartiest congratulations to Rev. Dr. Akheto Yeptho Sema on being appointed as General Secretary CBCNEI. The Church leaders wish him a long life and greater achievements in all his endeavours.

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A press release from media & publicity secretary, Vikusuto Kennao stated that the team would be led by its president, Rukuvi Sakhrie, general secretary, Thsapikyu C Ayonger, legal

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We the Kubolong Kaketshir Telongjem would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to all the HSLC successful candidates of GHS Kubolong. We wish you all the very best for your future endeavours.

We would also like to thank all the teachers of GHS Kubolong, the warden and management of the hostel (Academic of Guidance and Learning) for your dedication and tireless effort in shaping our future.

Sd/Sd/Along Aier Tiamenla President General Secretary

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Agri officials visit ginger project at Phek village

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The Yanthamo Village Kikon Ekhüng (YVKE) heartily congratulates Miss Lothungbeni Kikon, daughter of Shri. Khonthungo Kikon and Smti. Lopyoni Kikon of Yanthamo Village under Wokha District for securing the 9th Rank in HSLC Examination 2019.

YVKE takes pride in your achievement and further wishes you a bright future.

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With immense pride and joy, the Tukunasa Students’ Union would like to extend our heartiest Congratulations to the following students who got distinctions in the recently declared H.S.L.C & H.S.S.L.C Examination.

1. Miss Toli K. D/o Mrs./Mr. Kaviho Jimo, distinction in English & Environmental Edu. (E.E). H.S.L.C. 2. Miss H Boliho. D/o Mrs./Mr. L. Hokato, distinction in Chemistry. H.S.S.L.C (Science) 3. Miss Kivituna P Jimo. D/o Mrs./Mr. Phutoshe, distinction in Sociology. H.S.S.L.C (Arts) The Union further congratulate all the successful students and wishing them grand success in all their future endeavors.

Sd/Sd/Anguvito Kappo Kinoka K Zhimo President, TNKK General Secy., TNKK

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The Thenyizumi Students' Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to all the students who have passed out with flying colours in the recently declared HSLC/HSSLC/CBSE Exams 2019. A special mention to BEDUZO SWURO, S/o Choseta Swuro for securing Subject Topper in the Foundation of Information Technology (FIT ) subject and brought laurels to our Union and community in general. The Union also thank all the Teachers, Parents and everyone who sacrificed their time and energy for the success of their children and urged students who couldn't make this time not to be discouraged as failure is a stepping stone to success.

"Ve Kehie To" Sekhozo Thisa Aveto Resu President TSU Gen. Secretary TSU

With Immense Pride and honour, the Old Changsu Village Council would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to its following bona fide members.

1) Miss Chumbeno Humtsoe, D/o. Mrs & Mr. Mhonchan Humtsoe, Top 9th Position HSSLC (Science Stream) 2019 from Model Hr. Sec. School, Kohima, Nagaland.

2) Miss A. Mhonbeni Lotha, D/o. Mrs & Mr. Abemo Ngullie, for receiving a GOLD MEDAL in M. Tech, Dept. of Water Resource Dev & Management (Agriculture Engg.) under Assam University, Silchar.

The Council further congratulates all the successful candidates from Old Changsu Village in the recently declared HSLC & HSSLC, 2019. The Council wishes them all an enduring Success and bright future in the days to come.

Sd/Sd/(Limhathung N Yanthan) (Yanpothung Shitiri) VDB secretary Chairman Old Changsu Village Old Changsu Village

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REV. INACHE MEMORIAL MISSION SCHOOL AKUVUTO : THAHEKHU

WESTERN ANGAMI PUBLIC ORGANISATION MECHÜ KEHOU

The Longmisa Senso Mungdang extends heartiest congratulations to Ms. Imlisungla Pongen, D/o Mr. Limaakum Pongen and Mrs. Tajongsangla Jamitsür for securing top 14 position in the recently declared HSLC examination 2019.

The Mungdang also congratulates all the successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC examination 2019 and wishes them all a bright future.

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Anamul Hassan Tapadar The Headmaster, Staff, Managing Board & School Sponsor (WSBAK) extend hearty congratulations to all the successful students of HSLC Examination 2019.

1. Anamul Hassan Tapadar – Distinction in all 6 subjects (92.50) 2. Rupesh Kumar Singh – Distinction in 3 subjects.

3. Mukesh Barhma – Distinction in 2 subjects.

4. Venito Achumi, Aghalu H. Ayemi & Kilivi Awomi – Distinction in 1 subject.

Pass Percentage - 72% Shikavi V. Ayemi Headmaster Rev. Inache Memorial Mission School DP-3582 Akuvuto : Thahekhu

Riphyim yanchi kyon Bus Zotoro sanphisanri (Riphyim to Wokha) evav tsukona ochona sana choka longshi lia vana tssona tsungon 10 (taro) yutalo VDB Secretary Old Riphyim thungi yivon zojanta na mhona to ntsijantala.

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Sd/- VDB Secretary, Old Riphyim Village Contact No. 8974568923

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ST. PETER’S CHURCH LONGSA VILLAGE WOKHA : NAGALAND.

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We the Church Council members and Catholic Community in general express our immense pride and heartiest congratulation to Rev. Fr. Rhanben Mathew, Head mistress Sr. Reeta and her Co sisters, staffs and students of St. Peter’s of Longsa for securing 100% in HSLC Examination for two consecutive years i.e. 1st batch 2018 (27 students appeared 27 passed), 2nd batch 2019 (38 students appeared 38 passed).

We also express our gratitude to the HSSLC students of St. Peter’s Church Longsa for bringing laurels to the community.

We the community wish all the best in your future endeavour.

Sd/Sd/(Timothy Ezung) (Zanathung Ezung) Catechist G/Secretary St. Peter’s Church, St. Peter’s Church, Longsa Village Longsa Village OFFICE OF THE

The Mekro Clan of Viswema Village congratulates Mr. Keviseto Mekro, son of Mr. Vimhakhol and Narola Mekro for securing the top 10th Position in the HSLC examination 2019. Wishing you God’s abundant blessings and more achievements in the future.

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With immense pride and joy we the Dimapur Changki Senso Telongjem would like to extend our heartiest congratulation to the following students from Changki Village for their achievements.

1. Miss ENDIYALA PONGEN (D/o. IMTITEMSU) TOP-12 in the HSLC, 2019 2. Mr. EMJUNGWAPANG AMER (S/o. Er. M. SASHI AMER) TOP-15 in the HSLC, 2019 3. Miss IMNATILA T. LONGCHAR (D/o. Er. TALIWATI LONGCHAR) TOP-2 in the HSSLC, 2019 (Commerce Stream) The Union also further extends heartiest congratulations to all the successful students from Changki Village both from NBSE and CBSE. (Talimongba Amri) President, DCST

(Talikaba Changkiri) General Secretary, DCST

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DIMAPUR LIRMEN SENSO TELONGJEM

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Eno. Keneizhakho Nakhro Hon’ble Member, Nagaland Legislative Assembly — U kichamia pete bu vi mu shürho ba di vor kepekroshü nuya —

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School Management, New Foundation School, Pughoboto

With immense pride and honor, we the Tsüpfüme Students Union extend our heartfelt congratulation to Miss Dzüpalü Venuh, D/o M r. K e w e p f ü l o Ve n u h f o r securing Top Position in Psychology from Rüzhükhrie GHSS, Kohima in recent HSSLC result 2019, conducted

by NBSE. May the Lord continue to bestow blessing upon your future Endeavour.

H.Q : LONGMISA P.O : MOKOKCHUNG – 798601

(Satemkaba) Mendenbuba

Vinatoli Wotsa

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Teisozha : CACÜ (MAY) 11, 2019 Thechü : COUNCIL HALL, SECHÜ-ZUBZA Puotei : 10:00 AM

Liholi Swu

FELICITATION Longchang Area Students’ Union (LASU) would like to takes immense pleasure to convey our heartiest Congratulations to all the following candidates: 1. Hongkam E Konyak, S/o Late.Eyong GHS Angjangyang 2. Echem E Konyak, S/o Engo Konyak GHS Angjangyang 3. Phongshen, A Konyak S/o Ape Konyak GHS Longchang Town 4. Yeango H, S/o S.Hamshen GHS Longchang Town Longchang Area Students’ Union (LASU) also congratulates all the successful students of HSLC & HSSLC Examination 2019, and wishes them all a bright future endeavour.

Thanking for anticipation SD/WANGKHAO ANGTOK H.KAIPHAK KONYAK PRESIDENT, LASU GENERAL SECRETARY, LASU

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The Mongsenyimti Tsungremkutba Clan heartily felicitates Mr Wangshitemjen Ozukum, grandson of Late Chubazungba Ozukum and son of Mr Tulumatsung Ozukum for securing Top No.1 in the 2019 NBSE Class X Exam securing 98% average and 100 marks in Science and FIT We praise the Almighty God for bringing such outstanding honour to our clan and pray that the good Lord grant him good health, long life and highest achievements in his academic career.

Sd/- Purtoshi Ozukum Sd/- S. Chubanungdang Ozukum President Secretary

JANBEMO KIKON Chairman, YVKE

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to examine the appeal filed by former BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav against the rejection of his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency.

The court has asked the poll panel to revert in a day.

Yadav, who was dismissed from the Border Security Force (BSF) after complaining about poor quality food, had moved the court on Monday challenging the rejection of his nomination papers by the EC to contest from the seat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Yadav alleged he was deliberately kept out of the contest to ensure Modi’s easy win. In the petition, he contended that the Returning Officer “completely failed” to appreciate that Yadav produced the dismissal letter along with his nomination paper. The letter indicated the reason for his dismissal from the BSF as alleged indiscipline and there was no evidence of indulging in corruption or any act of disloyalty to the state, the petitioner said.

Congratulations to the New Foundation School 5th batch HSLC for the 100% Result.

Kudos to Shrimati Liholi Swu for distinction in Mathematics and Shrimati Vinatoli Wotsa for distinction in Social Studies.

CONGRATULATIONS 1. To all the 17 students who got distinction marks in the HSLC Examination.

2. To the 7 students who got average 80% and above in the HSLC Examination.

3. To the 2 students who got 80% and above in all the subjects.

HSLC RESULT 2019 APPEARED – 34 QUALIFIED – 34 PASSING % - 100% ADMISSION IN PROGRESS CLASS XI (ARTS) • Prospectus and forms available in the office Mon – Fri (9 am – 2pm).

• Contact: 8794180866, 9856364056

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With immense pride and honour, we the Thokihimi Students Union congratulate all the HSLC and HSSLC successful candidates both from NBSE and CBSE 2019.

The union wishes them further a fruitful success in their future endeavours.

President Hoto Yeptho

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Modi taken by actor Akshay Kumar, Reddy said, “When the country is facing issues like poverty and unemployment, our PM speaks about eating mangoes, that too with a Canadian citizen (Kumar).”

She also demanded an apology from Goa Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai’s statement that his Goa Forward Party will “weaponise” the youth if clauses like domicile in government jobs are diluted.

Responding to a question on dilution of domicile clause by the Goa University, Sardesai on Tuesday said, “We are willing to go anywhere to protect the interests of Goans. And if our government has made a mistake, then we will weaponise them (youth) to ensure that Goanness is protected.”

Condemning the remarks, Reddy said, “Vijai wants to weaponise the youth. It is against the culture and values of Goa. Goa is about togetherness,Goa is celebrated for its peaceloving culture, the tourism (business) is so big here.”

She said Sardesai’s remarks showed that they were trying to create an atmosphere of “fear” in the state.

SC asks EC to look into Tej Bahadur’s plea

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Panaji, May 8 (PTI): Congress general secretary Apsara Reddy on Wednesday claimed that people were planning to oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power as his NDA government “completely failed” on several fronts.

Reddy also criticised Modi over his recent remarks against former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

“People are clearly designing the ‘Pradhamantri Hatao Yojana’ (remove PM scheme), as the NDA government has completely failed on several fronts,” she told reporters here in Goa. “The way a woman like (Congress general secretary) Priyanka Gandhi is attacked, it should not be encouraged in a democratic set up. Also, what Modi said about late PM Rajiv Gandhi shows India in poor light in front of the entire world,” the Congress leader said.

Modi in a rally on Saturday targeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the Rafale issue and said “your father was termed ‘Mr Clean’ by his courtiers, but his life ended as ‘Bhrashtachari No 1’ (corrupt number 1)”.

Taking a jibe at a recent ‘non-political’ interview of Prime Minister

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Earlier on Wednesday, R i n c h e n A n g m o, a journalist in Leh, said that envelopes were distributed among mediapersons belonging to the Leh Press Club at a hotel where state BJP chief Ravinder Raina addressed a press conference on May 2.

“We were told not to open the envelopes in the hall and that made me suspicious.

After I opened the envelope, I was shocked to find Rs 500 bills inside,” Angmo said.

She added that the envelopes were distributed

by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vikram Randhawa in the presence of Raina.

When she tried to return the envelope, the BJP leader refused to take it back, Angmo said.

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to them.”

Randhawa added that some of the journalists returned the envelopes, saying they did not need a separate invitation as they already intended to cover the event.

Meanwhile, reacting to the allegations levelled by the journalists, former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah demanded criminal proceedings against the BJP leaders.

Po s t i n g t h e t w o page letter sent by the journalists to the District Election Officer (DEO) on his Twitter handle, Abdullah said, “In light of the CCTV footage purported to show BJP leaders attempting to bribe journalists in Leh, I’m retweeting my original tweet with the letter of complaint by the Press Club of Leh. Action must

K o l k at a , M ay 8 (IANS): Veteran Bollywood actor Shakti Kapoor, known for his villainous and comic roles, on Wednesday campaigned for Trinamool Congress candidate Madan Mitra for the bypolls to West Bengal’s Bhatpara Assembly seat. Kapoor participated in a Trinamool Congress road show in the area, travelling in a open jeep accompanied by popular Bhojpuri singer Rani Chatterjee.

“If you want your future to be in safe hands, press button number three in the EVM. Do not forget.

Press button number three” he said as Mitra’s name would be listed on number three on the EVM. He also recited some of his popular dialogues to entertain the people. Trinamool activists and leaders in the road show looked upbeat.

“See Shakti Kapoor has come to you. All of you vote for Madan da,” a Trinamool leader appealed.

The seat has fallen vacant after the sitting Trinamool Congress MLA Arjun Singh defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party and subsequently resigned. He is now contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 polls.

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has been lodged in this regard with the DEO and the police.

Leh District Election O f f i c e r Av n y L ava s a told reporters that the complaint has been sent to the police who have approached the court for directions to file an FIR based on the complaint.

The allegations by the journalists were supported by a video clip that has gone viral. It shows envelopes being distributed among the journalists at Hotel Singge Palace in Leh. Denying the allegations, the Bharatiya Janata Party said it will file a defamation suit against the journalists.

“We will not tolerate such allegations. We will file a defamation suit against Leh Press Club in the high court if it fails to tender a public apology,” Raina said.

The Ladakh p a r l i a m e n t a r y constituency went to the polls on May 6.

I t s aw a a f o u r cornered contest between Jamyang Tsering Namgyal of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress’ Rigzin Spalbar and two Independents, Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai and Sajjad Hussain.

Shakti Kapoor campaigns for TMC in Bengal

Dimapur Lirmen Senso Telongjem (DLST), takes immense pride and honour to congratulate Ms. Imcharenla Longchar, Delhi Public School, Guwahati; D/o Er. Samuel Longchar and Mrs. Purtila Lkr for securing 6th rank all India, and 2nd rank Northeast region with 98.8% in CBSE class XII (Arts) Examination 2019, may God bless you with more success and may God guide your future endeavours.

The Union also extends heartiest congratulations to all the successful students of NBSE and CBSE examinations.

Sd/Sd/Nungshi Longkumer Dr. Temjenwabang President Asst. Gen. Secy.

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J a m m u, M ay 8 (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday denied the allegations levelled by journalists of Leh Press Club that the party had tried to bribe them.

Addressing a press conference here, Vikram R a n d h aw a , t h e B J P leader who has been accused of distributing e nve l o p e s c o n t a i n i n g cash to journalists at a hotel in Leh on May 2, said, “If they (journalists) had discovered cash in the envelopes distributed among them, why did they stay back for the lavish lunch at the hotel which cost the BJP Rs 11,000.”

The Bharatiya Janata Par ty leader fur ther said, “All the allegations levelled by the journalists in Leh are baseless and misleading.

They were supported by the Congress and other anti-BJP elements in Kashmir to malign the image of the BKP. “The CCTV footage being circulated on social media shows invitation envelopes being given to the reporters for covering Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s visit to Leh on May 4.

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No data on ‘surgical strikes’ before Sept 2016: Army

Jammu, May 8 (PTI): Army has no data to suggest that surgical strikes were conducted by its troops across the Line of Control (LoC) before September 29, 2016, the day when such strikes were carried out in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

This was stated by the Directorate General of Military Operations (DGMOs) in a RTI reply, putting to rest the claim of UPA and Congress that six surgical strikes were conducted during the period of Manmohan Singh government.

“This section does not hold any data pertaining to surgical strikes if carried out before September 29, 2016,” said Lt Col A D S Jasrotia at the Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army).

The reply came in response to an RTI filed by Jammu-based activist Rohit Choudhary about the num-

ber of surgical strikes on Pakistan between 2004 and 2014, and after September 2014. He had also sought to know how many of those were successful.

“Indian army conducted surgical strikes along the LOC on 29 September 2016. No Indian soldier lost his life during surgical strikes”, the officer of IHQ of Army’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) said in the RTI reply.

Some Congress leaders including from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh claimed that several surgical strikes were conducted by army during the previous UPA rule.

“Multiple surgical strikes took place during our tenure, too. For us, military operations were meant for strategic deterrence and giving a befitting reply to anti-India forces than to be used for vote

garnering exercises,” Singh had said in an interview to a newspaper.

Congress leader Rajiv Shukla had told reporters at an AICC briefing last week that six surgical strikes were conducted during the period of Manmohan Singh government.

The BJP had questioned the claims and said the Congress had a “habit of lying”.

Union Minister V K Singh, a former army chief, on Saturday denied knowledge of a surgical strike during his tenure and accused the Congress of lying about it.

Taking to Twitter, he said, “Congress has a habit of lying. Will you please let me know which ‘So-called Surgical Strike’ are you attributing to my tenure as COAS (chief of army staff). Am sure you must have hired some Coupta to invent another story.”

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Ranchi, May 8 IANS): BJP President Amit Shah said on Wednesday that Article 370 of the Constitution would be removed if Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to power after the Lok Sabha elections.

Article 370 grants autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir and limits the Parliament’s power to make laws concerning the state.

“I assure you that Article 370 will be removed from Jammu and Kashmir if Narendra Modi returns to power. Jammu and Kashmir will remain a part of India till the workers of

Transfer wages to MGNREGA workers: NPRAAF to govt

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) Wednesday appealed to the state government to transfer wages to MGNREGA workers, saying delay would invite penalty.

NPRAAF through its information and publicity wing stated that the Centre released third instalment of first tranche of central assistance for financial year 2018-19 to the state government amounting to Rs.54.36 lakh on March 13, 2019 and another Rs. 242.75 lakh on April 8, 2019 for 2019.

Asserting that transfer of fund to MGNREGA workers has been inordinately delayed, the forum stated that in the event of non-transfer of fund to MGNREGA workers within three days from the date of receipt of those funds along with the state share of

25:75, the Centre would stop further release.

Besides, NPRAAF said the state government would be liable to pay interest @12% for the period of delay beyond the specified period, which it said the state government cannot afford.

It pointed out that as per section 3 para 29, schedule II of MGNREGA Act 2005, the MGNREGA workers were entitled to receive delay compensation at the rate of 0.05% of the unpaid wages per day for the duration of delay beyond the 16th day of the closure of the Muster Roll (MR).

According to NPRAAF, payment of wages cannot be delayed except in the case of the following circumstances: Funds not available at the paying authority level; wages being paid in time, but details not entered in MIS and Natural calamities.

Further, NPRAAF has appealed to the state government to immediately provide pickaxes, shovels, spade etc to MGNREGA workers. “It’s is very hilarious that, inspite of huge deduction for purchase of material components from the MGNREGA fund the job card holders are bereft of proper tools for work,” the forum claimed.

The mandate of the MGNREGA is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work, it said, adding that fund was accordingly sanctioned to the state government.

However, the forum said the job card holders receive wage for only a few days annually. NPRAAF urged the government to

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The Managing Board Members and Staff of TMTHSS would like to convey our heartiest Congratulations to all the successful students of HSLC & HSSLC Examination 2019 and wishes them success in all their future endeavours.

Miss Mewete – u Miss Chewele Kapfo Miss Vekutolu Mr. Pfucukhro English – 88 English – 88 English – 90 English – 89 Science – 86 Maths – 89 Maths – 92 Alt. English – 80 Maths – 96 S.S – 91 S.S – 81 E.E – 89 Alt. English – 86 Alt. English – 95 Alt. English – 85 S.S – 91 E.E – 88 E.E – 97 (Lhimese Tsido) (H. Mathew Rabha) V. Principal TMTHSS, Pfutsero Principal TMTHSS, Pfutsero

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honestly implement the scheme.

Further, NPRAAF appealed to the politicians, government servants and Naga political groups not to deduct huge amount in percentage from MGNREGA fund considering that rural poor has little or no means of income to sustain their economy.

Reiterating that MGNREGA must be implemented as per Central Guidelines, the forum cautioned that in the event of misappropriation of the fund it would not hesitate to write to the Ministry of Rural Development for fund embargo and initiate legal prosecution against the corrupt.

the BJP are alive,” Shah said while addressing an election rally in Jamshedpur.

Shah on Wednesday campaigned in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in Dhanbad and Jamshedpur.

“After 70 years we have got a Prime Minister who thinks about the country, not any family.

During the UPA regime, anyone used to attack our jawans. The ‘Mauni Baba’ (Manmohan Singh) used to maintain silence over such attacks.

“But after 40 CRPF jawans were killed in Pulwama, the Modi government conducted air strike and killed the terrorists.

India became the third country after the US and Israel to target terrorists in another country,” said Shah.

He further said that the Balakot air strike brought doom to two places -- in Pakistan and at the office of Rahul Gandhi.

DIMAPUR: Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) on Wednesday claimed that it has apprehended eight non-Nagas with “dubious identities” for duping the general public by selling substandard merchandise holding “temporary permit” issued by the Mokokchung Municipal Council (MMC).

They were identified as Fakira Khan (44), Ansar Ahmed (40), Jevan Singh (22), Said Malik (44), Akiel Ahmed (38), Rajuddin Khan (37), Chhote Singh (63) and Jabbar Khan (44).

In a press statement, MCCI president, Tsukti Longkumer and general secretary Limalenden Longkumer claimed that they were also found selling products other than those permissible as per the MMC temporary permit norms.

Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industry also said that ILPs possessed by these persons mentioned that their “pur-

The eight apprehended persons. (Photo: MCCI)

pose of visit” to Mokokchung was for “labour” whereas they were carrying out “guerilla business” with the temporary permits thereby evading all statutory fees and taxes.

Of the eight persons, two of them did not possess any MMC permit while one of them possessed ILP issued by Dimapur district administration, but had not registered with the Mokokchung police, MCCI claimed.

The particulars of the ILP issued at Dimapur also did not mention the date of issue which is again a serious breach of conduct.

In the light, of the above,

MCCI demanded that the temporary permits of the six dubious persons should be cancelled immediately as per the provision of MMC guideline.

MCCI also demanded that all eight of them should be barred from operating any “temporary” business in Mokokchung.

Further, stating that “temporary permit” was self-explanatory, the MCCI stated that a permit needed to be renewed should no longer fall under the “temporary” category in any case and that every temporary permit required renewal should be issued as regular trade permit.

OFFICE OF THE

MOPUNGCHUKET AIT LAISHER TELONGJEM KOHIMA : NAGALAND

FELICITATION The Mopungchuket Ait Laisher Telongjem Kohima (MALT) with immense pride and honour, extend our heartiest congratulation to Mr. Moasunep, S/o Mr. Tongpangyongdang (Eng, Evs, SS, Science), Mr. Olemsunep Longkumer, S/o Mr. Sentitemsu Longkumer (Eng, FIT, Alt. Eng), Ms. Tiana Longkumer, D/o Dr. M. Temjen Longkumer (Eng, Science, SS, FIT), Ms Imlibenla, D/o Mr. Longkumnungsang ( Eng, Math, SS, Alt Eng, FIT) and Ms. Teyangsen Lemtor, D/o Mr. P. Wabang Lemtor (SS, Eng, Hindi, Math, FIT).

The Union would also further like to congratulate all the successful HSLC and HSSLC students and wish them success in all their future endeavours.

Anokba Longkumer President MALT Kohima

Rongsentula Gen. Secretary MALT Kohima

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Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong (KNSK) Kohima Unit takes great honour and pride to heartily congratulate the successful students of HSLC and HSSLC Examination during the recently declared result 2019.

The unit also congratulates the toppers Mr. Akap T. Yenlunghu, S/o Tongnyei Yenlunghu of Holy Family Higher Secondary School from Totok Chingnyu, Miss S. Bongai Panja, D/o Shangyo Panja, (Arts Stream) G. Rio School (AISSCE) Board from Wakching and Mr. Tonpha, S/o Longang Luklem from Model Higher Secondary School (Science Stream) from Totok Chingjho and all the successful candidates from our community.

It is only the beginning of many challenges ahead and we wish all the successful students to give their best in any field they choose to excel and bring laurels to Konyak community and Nagas as a whole.

God bless.

KNSK, Kohima

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SEYIEKÜNÜ KERA ENG, SS, TENY, FIT

OKONÜ VISA

ENG, SS, TENY, FIT

R. KARIINE LUCY

ENG, SS, ALT. ENG, FIT

LETSONO THAPRÜ ENG, SS, TENY, FIT

S. Bongai Panja YEIVITO HIBO SS, TENY, FIT

VIKETUNO TSÜKRÜ ENG, TENY

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KENEITSIZO HIBO SÜVI TSÜKRÜ KEVIPHU KERA TENY TENY TENY The management, staff and the students of Baptist School Khuzama congratulate the HSLC batch of 2019 for securing 100% in their result and bringing laurels to the School.

We wish the best for your future endeavours.

Akap T Yenlunghu

Tonpha Luklem

The Konyak Union Kohima (KUK) would like to congratulate the successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC during the recently declared result 2019.

The Union would like to make a special mention of the toppers S. Bongai Panja, D/o Shangyo Panja for securing top Position 1 in All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) (Arts Stream) of G. Rio School Kohima, Akap T Yenlunghu, son of Tongnyei Yenlunghu for securing toppers Position 13 in HSLC from Holy Family Higher Secondary School Kohima and Tonpha Luklem, son of S/o Longang Luklem for securing top Position 10 in HSSLC (Science Stream) of Model Higher Secondary School Kohima.

KUK wishes all the achievers a very bright future in all your endeavours.

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Thai election: Opposition wins most seats

L o n d o n , M ay 8 (Agencies): The opposition Pheu Thai Party has won the most seats in Thailand’s first election since a military coup in 2014, the country’s Election Commission said.

According to BBC, backed by ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, the party took 136 seats, while the ruling pro-military Palang Pracha Rath Party (PPRP) took 115.

However the 250-seat Senate is expected to back

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PPRP, giving them an advantage in their bid to stay in power. The vote count was marred by delays and complaints of irregularities. Results were released more than six weeks after voting, and come days after a three-day coronation that saw the country’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn crowned in a series of elaborate ceremonial rites.

Thailand has been buffeted by political instability for years, largely a battle between supporters of the

military and former Prime Minister Thaksin.

The country has long been politically split between populist politicians who appeal to rural and poorer voters, and their opponents - who tend to support the military and draw votes from the urban middle class and elites.

The 2014 coup was the 12th time the military has toppled the government since absolute monarchy ended in the 1930s.

A vote for the next prime

minister is expected to happen within a few weeks.

The result means that the military government will remain in charge, and its current military leader Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of the PPRP is likely to keep his job.

Under the election rules, the Senate votes to-

gether with the house to pick the next prime minister - and the military picks all 250 seats in the upper house. This means the PPRP needs fewer small parties to support it in order to gain enough votes in the house and Senate combined to choose the next leader.

Seven ‘suicide bombers’ arrested in SL

C o lo m b o, M ay 8 (IANS): Seven trained suicide bombers identified as followers of the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) Islamist group have been arrested in Sri Lanka, the police said.

The suspects were arrested earlier this week from Hambantota and are alleged to be close associates of Zahran Hashim --

pects were brought to Hambantota by a brother of Hashim, the Daily Mirror reported on Wednesday.

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY LATE HOXULI CHISHI Died on 9th May 2018

A year has passed.

Not a day has passed by without the thought of you.

But your loving memories remain afresh with us.

We miss you deeply in silent tears and prayers.

Loving husband, children & grandchildren

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1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved Father

Lt. Tsumomo Lotha

09-5-2018 Dear Dad, It’s been one year since you left us for your heavenly abode. Words can’t express how deeply we miss your presence. In our grief we find peace knowing that you are with Almighty God. Remembering you with silent tears and prayers.

“Missing you so Much”

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"... and the dead in Christ will rise first." 1st Thess. 4:16 We the bereaved family members of Late Mrs. Nashevi Yesca would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to all our well wishers who stood by us physically, spiritually, morally and financially during the sad demise of our beloved mother.

- Sumi Baptist Church, Chumukedima - Naghutoni Union Dimapur Area - Sumi Totimi Hoho (Apex) - Kucuru Colony Prayer Fellowship, Chumukedima - Kucuru Colony Council, Chumukedima - War-1 Council, Chumukedima - Sumi Sunday Fellowship Police Complex, Chumukedima - Tsaphimi Union, Dimapur - Pishikhu Baptist Church - Staff, Zunheboto Town Council - Staff, PWD(H) Sub-Division, Mon - Abi Tent House, Chumukedima - Pulokini Self Help Group, D.C. Hill, Zunheboto Though we cannot thank each and every individual, may our Almighty bless each and everyone.

Loving children, grandchildren, in-laws and great grand children.

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Loving Wife, Daughters, Son and Grandchildren

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We the bereaved family members of Late Imlikumzuk Yimjenkimong would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual churches, friends, neighbours and well wishers who supported us physically, financially and morally during the brief illness till the time of his demise on 28th April 2019.

We have been Born : 21/06/1934 immensely blessed and Died : 28/04/2019 indebted to each and everyone may the Almighty God shower His abundant blessing to you all Loving wife, children, in-laws, grand children & relatives

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Though you've passed on before us you're always in our hearts and though we're not together, we'll never be apart; our only consolation is that you're in a better place. Put your arms around him Lord and treasure him with care.

We the family of Lt. K. Visheyi Sumi wish to acknowledge our thanks to the many people who showed great kindness, expressions of sympathy and support during his prolonged illness and sad demise.

We convey special thanks to: 1. The Commandant and all ranks of 1 st NAP Battalion, Chumukedima.

2. Dimapur Police Commissioner and all ranks.

3. O/C & Staff, Chumukedima P/S. 4. Satakha Village Union, Dimapur.

5. Satakha Village Baptist Church.

6. Sumi Baptist Church, Chumukedima.

7. Police Baptist Church, Chumukedima.

8. Sumi Sunday Fellowship Police Complex.

9. Friday Fellowship Police Complex.

10. Police Baptist Fellowship, Diphupar.

11. Police Baptist Fellowship, Diphupar Women.

12. C. Company Fellowship, Niuland.

13. Modern School, Chumukedima.

14. Aor Telongjem, Diphupar Complex.

15. All the Staff and Doctor of CIHSR, 4th Mile.

There are countless people we would like to mention but we are unable to acknowledge every single one of you here. We will remember and pray that the Almighty God will bless you all abundantly.

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Islamabad, May 8 (IANS): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, sentenced to seven years in prison in a corruption case, has returned to jail after being out on bail for six weeks owing to illness.

The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader left his Jati Umra residence in Lahore for the Kot Lakhpat jail in a procession of hundreds of PML-N workers led by his daughter Maryam Nawaz around 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dawn online reported.

He was scheduled to reach the jail by sunset, but eventually arrived past midnight after obtaining a special permit to enter the prison later than expected.

Sharif ’s convoy was surrounded by people chanting slogans and throwing flower petals onto the car in which he and his daughter were travelling.

“Nawaz Sharif came along with a rally to the jail and he reached the jail premises at around 12.20 a.m,” an official at the Kot Lakhpat prison, Ahsan Ullah, told Efe news.

“The jail authorities had gone to his residence in the evening to take him under custody but they refused,” Ullah said.

Sharif later thanked his supporters for accompanying him to jail at midnight, saying: “I do not have words to thank you for the passionate way in which you welcomed me.”

He said that their prayers would release him from the “dark prison cell”, in a video shared by his daughter on Twitter.

The Supreme Court on March 26 granted Sharif six weeks bail for medical reasons after he was sentenced in December 2018 to seven years in prison in the Al Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference. He was jailed for failing to explain the ownership of the steel factory in the name of one of his children.

The case was filed in the wake of the apex court’s July 28, 2017 order in the Panama Papers case.

In July 2018, Sharif was sentenced to 10 years in prison in another case of corruption related to a fourstorey luxury property in London while his daughter was given seven years.

the brain behind the Easter Sunday bombings which killed over 250 people and injured hundreds. The sus-

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Died on 5/5/2019 – Born on 10/5/1990 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. You know the way to the place where I am going."

John 14:1, 4

The family of Late Temsutoshi Pongen (Chuchuyimlang) would like to thank all the neighbours, organizations, churches and his friends & colleagues who stood by us during our beloved's illness and till his final rites were performed. We are truly humbled and grateful for honouring him by your presence and also for supporting us in times of our grief. We deeply regret for not being able to thank all individually but it is our fervent prayer that the good Lord bless one and all abundantly.

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We, the bereaved family of Late Kilangsungla would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all who shared our grief with silent tears, prayers as well as assisted us physically, financially, materially and morally at the sad demise of our beloved on 4th of May 2019. It is our humble prayer that our Almighty God blesses you all abundantly.

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Baby Sussex is unveiled to the world!

T he Duke and Duchess of Sussex have proudly showed off their baby son to the world for the first time today as his beaming parents finally showed off their 'own little bundle of joy' to millions of royal fans across the globe.

Baby Sussex made his very first public appearance at a photocall alongside a thrilled Prince Harry and Meghan in the grounds of Windsor Castle, where the new family have been holed up since the historic birth on Monday. The baby boy was lovingly cradled by his adoring father and watched attentively by Meghan, who was herself pictured for the first time in six weeks since withdrawing from public life ahead of the birth.

The couple appeared to be beside themselves with joy, giggling and looking into each other's eyes as they spoke, while Harry could not resist sneaking a peek down at his son as he apparently slept.

Speaking for only a few minutes from inside the majestic St George's Hall at Windsor Castle, a radiant Meghan declared: 'It's magic, it's pretty amazing.

He's just been the dream so it's been a special couple of days.

'I have the two best guys in the world so I'm really happy. He has the

sweetest temperament, he's really calm.'

The Queen has become the first member of the royal family to meet the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's newborn son today.

After introducing Baby Sussex to the world, the proud new parents have taken their son to see the 93-year-old monarch at Windsor Castle this afternoon.

The baby is seventhin-line to the British throne and her eighth great-grandchild. Her Majesty is meeting the two-day-old boy, who has been with his parents at their home in Frogmore Cottage, near the Queen's Windsor Castle residence, since Monday.

Prior to taking him to see his great-grandmother, Harry and Meghan were overcome with joy as they posed for photos with their 'own little bundle of joy' in St George's Hall, at lunchtime today.

(Dailymail)

‘Game of Thrones’ fans blame Sophie for coffee cup mistake cup mystery solved. Sansa is petty, the north remembers,” one person posted on Reddit alongside the photo, as first reported by the New York Post.

(FoxNews)

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Make Red Carpet Debut

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ontestant Kim Cherry, for example, met Stefani, 49, during rehearsals for the NBC reality competition. “I was sitting there getting ready for ‘Waterfalls,’ so we were looking at the piano … and [Shelton] was like, ‘Come here real quick. I want you to meet my girlfriend,’” Cherry, 30, exclusively told Us Weekly at The Voice Live Screening: Top 13 Artists in Los Angeles on Monday, May 6. “And I was like, ‘Cool. Oh, my God, your girlfriend’s Gwen Stefani.’”

“Like, I was geeking out real hard,” Cherry recalled. “I was geeking out over meeting her. No Doubt was like the soundtrack to my life for a certain point. I love Gwen Stefani’s music, and I was always really cool around Blake, but [meeting Gwen], I was like, ‘Be cool.

What’s up, Gwen?’”

C he r r y fo und the “Baby Don’t Lie” singer to be “just as approachable” as Shelton, 42. “She talked to me, she complimented me, we talked about living in Boston versus living in L.A. And they are a match made in heaven. They’re both really down to earth people. [Their chemistry was] just some hugs and eyes, but they were real loving eyes.”

(FoxNews)

Naga model makes Nagaland and Manipur proud

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t’s a great moment of proud for whole state of Nagaland that a young Naga girl name “Wijaidin Pamai” become the first Naga model to walk at international platform “Asian Designer Week” in Delhi. She is not only making Nagaland proud but Manipur too by walking for celebrity designer Robert Naorem along with showstopper actress Soma Laishram.

Wijaidin Pamai belongs to Juluke district of Nagaland , resident of Dimapur and presently residing in Delhi for her professional endeavours and working as model with Delhi Fashion Club.

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North East in all the leading fashion weeks & shows along with mainland fashion designers. She is the face of beauty products Care Pro Retail and has done shoots with many

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ollywood star Akshay Kumar has thanked Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju for supporting him amid a row over his citizenship and has committed himself to the cause of the government-led fund-raising initiative Bharat Ke Veer.

"Thank you so much Kiren Rijiju Sir, and I apologize for the delayed response. I am grateful for your kind words. Please be assured, my commitment to Bharat Ke Veer and to the Indian armed forces would remain steady, no matter what," Akshay tweeted.

His post comes days after Rijiju tweeted in support of the actor, who faced the fury of trolls when his citizenship was questioned.

"Dear Akshay Kumarji, no one can question your patriotism. Your motivation to our armed forces per-

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ject from out of the realm appears sitting on the table: a disposable coffee cup that was left while the scene was being prepped.

Despite HBO issuing an apology admitting the cup “was a mistake,” fans took to Reddit again, this time to point the blame towards Sophie Turner.

An eagle-eyed fan noted that Turner, who plays Sansa Stark in the fantasy series, was seen in a photo on social media holding the same brand of coffee cup that appeared in Sunday night’s episode. “Starbucks

Promoted & groomed by fashion director Harshit Dhingaun, a well known fashion director & chairman, Delhi Fashion Club.

Wijaidin Pamai aspires to walk & represent

designers not only from North East but Delhi too.

Certainly this young lady not only is on the way to make Nagaland or Manipur proud but whole North East.

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ame of Thrones” fans think they’ve solved the mystery behind the coffee cup that was accidentally left behind during Sunday night’s episode.

The cup, which was first spotted by a Reddit user, appears during a scene from Season 8, Episode 4, while Jon Snow and Tormund Giantsbane celebrate the victory over the Night King.

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sonnel and the way you generated funds for our martyrs through Bharat Ke Veer programme will remain an example for every patriotic Indian," Rijiju tweeted on May 3.

The controversy blew up as Akshay did not vote in the Lok Sabha elections.

Akshay holds a Canadian citizenship and had expressed "disappointment" that his citizenship issue is "constantly dragged into needless controversy".

He wrote: "I really don't understand the unwarranted interest and negativity about my citizenship. I have never hidden or denied that I hold a Canadian passport. It is also equally true that I have not visited Canada in the last seven years. I work in India, and pay all my taxes in India.

He added: "While all these years, I have never needed to prove my love for India to anyone, I find it disappointing that my citizenship issue is constantly dragged into needless controversy, a matter that is personal, legal and non-political, and of no consequence to others.

"Lastly, I would like to continue contributing in my small way to the causes that I believe in and make India stronger and stronger."

(IANS)

OFFICE OF THE

DIMAPUR DISTRICT TIMBER MILL OWNERS' ASSOCIATION Regd. No. HOME/SRC-7163 dated 17-10-2017 Head Office : K.C. Complex, East Dimapur, Naharbari Dimapur : Nagaland

PRESS NOTE

KEVISETO MEKRO VETSUNO LOHE Ranked 10 in the Toppers’ List Ranked within Top 20 in the Toppers’ List HSLC Examination 2019 HSSLC Examination 2019 *HSLC (Appeared 15 - Passed 15) * HSSLC (Appeared 29 - Passed 28) C. D. King Higher Secondary School extends its heartiest congratulations to all its successful candidates of the HSLC and HSSLC Examination 2019.

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Ms. Kekhriesino Nakhro Mr. Vizolie Nakhro With immense pride and honour, we the Jotsoma Students’ Union extend our heartiest congratulations to Ms. Kekhriesino Nakhro, D/o Sedevizo Nakhro for securing 11th position and Mr. Vizolie Nakhro, S/o Neihulie Nakhro for securing the subject topper (Mathematics) in the recently declared HSLC exam 2019.

The Union further congratulates all the successful candidates of HSLC/HSSLC 2019 and wish and pray that the almighty God continue to give them good health, wisdom and success in all future endeavors.

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With immense pride and gratitude, we the Angangba Village Students' Union would like to congratulate all the successful students in HSLC Examination 2019 from Christ King School Angangba Village, the first batch after upgrading Class 10, which got 100% result with every students getting distinction.

Union is also pleased to congratulate the same to all the students who successfully passed out HSLC & HSSLC Examination from different schools. The Union wishes best of luck in their future endeavours.

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The Dimapur District Timber Mill Owner's Association (DDTMOA) has undertaken free distribution of tree stumps & saplings to (1) Toshezu Village, (2) K. Hetoi Village, (3) Vihuto Village under Dimapur district and (4) Ghokimi Village under Zunheboto district on 04/05/2019 with the theme "Save our Environment" along with the aim to encourage & uplift the tree farming villagers for future prospects of commercial timber harvesting.

The Association has been undertaking such plantation drive every year to create better environment & climatic awareness and also for future commercial timber production supplementing the economy of villagers in the state. The Association is pleased to encourage like minded societies, organisation, institution etc., to take up such projects for better living environment by joining hands with the rest of the world.

Furthermore, the Association wish to give special thanks to timber based businessmen and all the members of the Association for their invaluable cooperation towards successfully implementing the plantation drive.

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Velocity beat Trailblazers by 3-wkt in Women’s T20

Velocity players celebrate the dismissal of a Trailblazers’ batsman during the Women’s T20 Challenge 2019 at SMS Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Wednesday. (PTI)

and in the next ball Veda Krishnamurthy was run out.

It was a comedy of errors in the next overs, as Deepti, who returned magical figures of 4/14, snared three wickets in five balls with no run being scored.

First, Mithali yorked herself to lose her stumps, followed by Shikha Pandey who was cleaned up as she tried a needless sweep.

Amelia Kerr did the same as Velocity lost five wickets without adding a single run. In the final ball of the 18th over, Sushree Pradhan finally hit the winning runs as the side won with 12 balls to spare.

Earlier, India left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht (2/13) and New Zealand leggie Kerr (2/21) shared four wickets between them to

restrict Trailblazers to 112/6 after Velocity skipper Mithali asked them to bat first.

For Trailblazers, who pulled-off a thrilling tworun win against Supernovas the other day, Harleen Deol (43 runs off 40 balls) top-scored with the help of five boundaries. Bisht was particularly impressive in her four overs, keeping the run-flow in check as Trailblazers failed to get any sort of momentum going.

Mandhana, who scored a brilliant 90 in their match against Supernovas, failed to continue her good show with the bat as she was dismissed by Shikha Pandey, caught behind by wicketkeeper Sushma Verma.

Trailblazers kept losing wickets at regular intervals with Deol holding one end up.

Veteran Football C’ship semifinals today

Carles Cuadrat pens new deal with Bengaluru FC

Bengaluru, May 8 (IANS): Bengaluru FC have reached an agreement with Carles Cuadrat to further the Spaniards stay with the Indian Super League (ISL) champions in a new two-year deal that keeps him with the Blues till the end of the 2020-21 season, the club announced on Wednesday.

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K o h i m a , M ay 8 (NPN): Dimapur, Phek, Kohima and Mokochung district veteran football teams booked their semifinals berth in the 9th Nagaland Veteran Inter District Football Championship 2019 at Indira Gandhi Stadium, here on Wednesday.

In the first match in Group A, Dimapur defeated Mokokchung 2-0.

A brace from Y. Yanbemo Lotha was enough for Dimapur to secure the last four spot.

Kohima overcame Phek team 2-1 in the second match to clinch the top spot in Group-B. Roko and K. Neibou scored for Kohima, while Vekhoto Rhakho scored the lone goal for Phek team.

On Thursday, Dimapur (winner of Group-A) will play against Phek (runners up of Group-B) in the first semi-final match and Kohima (winner of Group-A) will take on Mokokching (runners up of Group-A) in the second match.

The five day long championship is organzied

by Nagaland Veteran Football Association (NVFA) and hosted by Kohima District Veteran Football Association (KDVFA).

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Jaipur, May 8 (IANS): England top-order batswoman Danielle Wyatt starred with the bat as Velocity opened their account with a three-wicket victory over Trailblazers even as Deepti Sharma gave them a last-minute scare, in the second game of the Women’s T20 Challenge here on Wednesday.

Chasing a paltry 113 for victory, Velocity were never in trouble with Wyatt scoring a brisk 46 off 35 balls her innings laced with five fours and two sixes. Skipper and veteran India batswoman Mithali Raj (17) gave her good company as the pair almost took the team over the line.

With two runs needed from 20 balls, Wyatt was removed by Rajeshwari Gayakwad in the 17th over,

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Delhi Capitals bowler Amit Mishra with teammates celebrates the dismissal of Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Martin Guptill during their IPL 2019 (Eliminator stage) on Wednesday. (PTI)

V i s a k h a pat na m , May 8 (PTI): Young Keemo Paul gave the final touches to a Rishabh Pant blitzkrieg as Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by two wickets in a nervewracking IPL Eliminator here Wednesday.

Chasing a target of 163, Delhi Capitals, who had lost the way after a blazing start, were brought to cusp of victory by young Pant, who smashed 49 off 21 balls with five sixes as West Indies’ Paul finished it off the penultimate ball of the innings with a boundary off Khaleel

Ahmed.

Delhi Capital now face Chennai Super Kings in the second Qualifier in their bid to make it to the maiden IPL final against Mumbai Indians.

Needing 34 from three overs, Pant showed brilliant game awareness to target Sunrisers’ weakest link Basil Thampi, smashing him for 21 runs in the 18th over as he brought the game on even keel.

A six off Bhuvneshwar Kumar brought the equation down to five runs before Pant in his bid to finish the game was holed

out with five required from seven balls.

When the chase started, Prithvi Shaw (56 off 38 balls) was in his element in the fifth over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar when he first played a flowing cover drive, followed by a ramp shot for six over third man and a lofted boundary over mid-off to put Sunrisers on the backfoot.

However just like Sunrisers, Delhi also lost momentum at start of the back-10 with Khaleel’s extra pace and bounce accounting for Prithvi and skipper Shreyas Iyer (8).

Madrid Open: Osaka, Halep in OFs

Naomi Osaka

Simona Halep

M a d r i d, M a y 8 (Agencies): World number one Naomi Osaka withstood a firm test from unseeded Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo to reach the last 16 of the Madrid Open on Tuesday while Simona Halep also advanced but Angelique Kerber’s tournament was ended by an ankle injury.

According to Reuters, the Japanese was taken to a tiebreak in the first set by Sorribes Tormo, ranked 73 in the world, and then lost the second before overpow-

ering her opponent for a 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0 victory.

The Australian and U.S. Open champion, playing in her first tournament since being forced to withdraw from the Stuttgart semi-finals last month due to injury, struggled for consistency, frequently following impressive winners with unforced errors.

Osaka was broken to love in the second set, one of three service games she lost, but came roaring back in the decider to set up a last-16 meeting with

Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.

“This match was on my racket because she (Sorribes Tormo) doesn’t really have the game. She wasn’t going for winners and I felt either the point was ended by me making an unforced error, or me making a winner,” Osaka told a news conference.

“I feel like in the first set, I got a bit lucky there.

In the second set I got a little bit unfocused and then in the third set I went zombie mode and then just thought of everything that I had to do to win.”

Romania’s twice Madrid winner Halep beat Britain’s Johanna Konta 7-5 6-1 and will play Viktoria Kuzmova in the next round, while France’s Caroline Garcia set up a meeting with last year’s champion Petra Kvitova after beating Sorana Cirstea 6-4 3-6 6-1.

Prithvi’s innings had six fours and two sixes.

It was Rashid Khan (2/15 in 4 overs), who removed Colun Munro (14) and Axar Patel (0) to peg back Delhi at 111 for 5.

Earlier, Delhi Capitals bowlers pulled the plug in the middle overs, restricting Sunrisers Hyderabad to a par score of 162 for 8 on a good batting surface after opting to field.

Keemo Paul (3/32 in 4 overs) was ably supported

by Amit Mishra (1/16 in 4 overs), Ishant Sharma (2/34 in 4 overs) and Axar Patel (0/30 in 4 overs) as

the quartet bowled 40 dot balls between them.

Ishant got rid of Wriddhiman Saha (8), who offered a simple catch to Shreyas Iyer at mid-off.

Martin Guptill (36, 19 balls) hit three sixes including two off his countrymate Trent Boult to set the pace in the Powerplay overs which yielded 54 runs.

As Guptill was in attacking mood, it gave the normally flamboyant Manish Pandey (30, 36 balls) to play around before the spinners came in operation.

Axar and Mishra choked the run-flow and Guptill was accounted for trying to slog sweep the leg-spinner. His innings had four sixes apart from a boundary.

Sunrisers suddenly lost momentum in those middle overs as Pandey and Kane Williamson (27 off 26 balls) added only 34 runs in seven overs before the Karnataka batsman was dismissed by a Keemo Paul slower delivery. Pandey was holed out by Sherfane Rutherford at long-on boundary making it 90 for 3 for Sunrisers.

Vijay Shankar (25 off 11 balls) and Mohammed Nabi (20 off 13 balls) added 36 runs in 2.4 overs to beef up the total but Paul kept things tight in the end.

BRIE F S CORE S: Delhi Capitals 165/8 in 19.5 overs (Prithvi Shaw 56, Rishabh Pant 49; Rashid Khan 2/15) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 162/8 in 20 overs (Martin Guptill 36, Manish Pandey 30; Keemo Paul 3/32) by two wickets

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THURSDAY, MAY 9,2019

Liverpool beat Barcelona (4-3 agg); reach CL final

Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum, center, celebrates scoring his side’s third goal against Barcelona at Anfield, Liverpool, England, Tuesday. (AP/PTI)

Liverpool, May 8 (IANS): Liver pool are headed to their second consecutive Champions League final after routing Barcelona 4-0 to win the semifinal tie 4-3 on aggregate.

Written off by most after losing 3-0 in the first leg at Camp Nou, the Reds--without Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino -- produced a spectacular comeback at Anfield here on Tuesday, where subs Divock Origi and Georginio Wynaldum each had a brace, reports EFE news agency.

The 54,000 in the stands set the scene with a spirited rendition of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and then greeted Barca’s first touch with full-throated jeering.

Liverpool started aggressively and the visitors didn’t deal well with the pressure, conceding in the seventh minute. An error by defender Jordi Alba created

an opening for Sadio Mane, who set up Jordan Henderson to take the shot. While keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen made the initial stop, Origi was there to knock in the rebound.

Still haunted by their second-leg collapse against AS Roma in last year’s semifinals, Barcelona went on the attack with Lionel Messi in the vanguard and the Argentine great conjured multiple occasions in front of the Liverpool goal.

Sadio Mane, meanwhile, tore up and down the field in pursuit of a second goal for the Reds.

Messi threatened with a long, low strike late in the first half before Alba forced a stop from Liverpool keeper Alisson.

Barca, while rattled, were still ahead 3-1 on aggregate and the odds remained with them. Liverpool began the second half without defender Andy Robertson,

hurt before the break, and Jurgen Klopp decided to shift James Milner from midfield to the back line to make room for Georginio Wynaldum in the middle.

The move paid off in the 54th minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold put a cross in the path of Wynaldum and the Dutchman launched a powerful strike that eluded Ter Stegen to make it 2-0 for the Reds on the night and narrow Barcelona’s advantage to one.

Two minutes later, it was Zherdan Shaqiri’s turn to assist Wynaldum, who connected with a header to level the tie at 3-3 with 34 minutes to go in regulation.

The spectre of extra time was hanging over Anfield in the 79th minute as Alexander-Arnold caught the Barca defense napping, sending a quickly taken corner to the unmarked Origi for the easy goal.

FIFA upholds Chelsea transfer ban

Zurich, May 8 (Agencies): The ban on Chelsea signing players over the next two transfer windows remained largely in place after FIFA issued their ruling on the London club’s appeal on Wednesday, AFP reported.

In February, the Blues were banned from signing players for their men’s teams for the next two transfer windows after being found guilty by FIFA’s disciplinary committee of breaching regulations relating to the recruitment of minors. On Wednesday, the governing body of world soccer announced that its appeal committee had “decided to partially uphold the appeal”. The committee lifted part of the ban, but only for players under 16 who are not “international transfers and first registrations of foreign minor players”.

Stimac leads race for India football coach

K o lk at a , M ay 8 (IANS): When the All India Football Federation’s technical committee sits down to pick India’s next coach at the Football House in New Delhi on Thursday, it will have few other than Croatian Igor Stimac to choose from.

The meeting will start at 2 p.m. and, according to officials, India’s next coach will be known by evening.

After Stephen Constantine stepped down from the role post India’s AFC Asian Cup adventure earlier this year, over 250 aspirants threw their hats in the ring to become his successor.

There were some big names such as former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson, France’s World Cup coach Raymond Domenech, veteran English manager Sam Allardyce and Rogerio Micale, who helped Brazil win their maiden Olympic gold at Rio 2016.

Igor Stimac (File)

While Eriksson was never in the race, Domenech, Allardyce and Micale were too expensive. The AIFF has always been clear that they are not willing to pay more than $25,000 per month to the national coach, which includes income tax expenses.

Therefore, deciding to cut their coat according to cloth, the AIFF mandarins pruned the list to four names -- Stimac, Hakan Ericson of Sweden, South Korea’s Lee Min-sung and former Bengaluru FC manager Albert

Roca of Spain -- to be interviewed by the committee headed by Shyam Thapa.

Although all four individuals have limited coaching experience with any senior national team, it is the 51-year old Stimac who finds himself ahead in the race due to several reasons, primary being the monetary part.

“Stimac fits into the federation’s budgetary allocations. Roca’s name has been there from the beginning but his salary expectations are too high,” a source told IANS. “If there’s isn’t something out of the way happening during the interviews, Stimac will be the next India coach,” he stated.

AIFF officials are also impressed with the fact that Stimac played a big role as the national coach in taking Croatia to the 2014 World Cup finals. However, Roca’s chances cannot be completely ruled out, given

his familiarity with Indian football. Having coached Bengaluru FC, the Spaniard has good equations with several national team players, including skipper Sunil Chhetri.

“We need someone who knows Indian football and understands the players,” India goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu had told IANS in an interview.

But it is Roca’s salary demand of more than $30,000 per month which is keeping him behind Stimac.

Ericson and Lee Min-sung, on the other hand, could find themselves on the back foot because of their lack of experience with a senior national team.

Ericson, whose father Georg Ericson was the national coach of Sweden, remained in charge of the country’s U-21 squad for seven years and was the chief coach of Sweden at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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