15 Sept 2022

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Vol XXXII No. 281

DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 Pages 16 ` 5.00

Zelenskyy visits city retaken from Russians INTERNATIONAL, PAGE 13

BJP chief Nadda to arrive today

JP Nadda (File) Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): BJP national president JP Nadda will be arriving Nagaland on Thursday on a two-day visit.

Besides holding public meeting at Wokha (GMS ground, Old Riphyim) on September 15 and back-toback meetings with party legislators and partyworkers in Kohima, the BJP president will also be meeting Church leaders of Kohima Ao Baptist Church and Cathedral Catholic Church.

According to party sources, Nadda will also discuss party’s strategy to face the 2023 assembly polls.

On Se ptember 16, Nadda will arrive Dimapur and will head to Chümoukedima by autorickshaw, escorted by several hundreds of party workers in autorickshaws.

Though the party was yet to finalize the seats it will be contesting as per the 40 (NDPP):20 (BJP) seat sharing pact with the NDPP, BJP sources said Nadda will be briefed about the constituencies the party planned to set up its candidates.

As reported, there is considerable speculation that the state BJP would want to swap seats with NDPP in some constituencies which were won by NPF in 2018 but now held

by NDPP after merger by 21 NPF legislators.

DC Dmu sets up group to verify flood-prone areas

DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dimapur has constituted an inter-agency group for verification of flood-prone areas in Dimapur district and to formulate mitigation action plan.

In an order, DC Dimapur Sachin Jasiwal stated that the group headed by sub-divisional officer(C) DDMA as convenor would consist of representative from Dimapur Municipal Council, sub-divisional officer urban development department, sub-divisional education officer, district project associates (DDMA) as members.

DC has, therefore, requested the members of the group to submit report by September 15, 2022.

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COVID end ‘in sight’, deaths at lowest since March 2020: WHO

GENEVA, SEP 14 (AP): The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the yearslong global outbreak.

At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world has never been in a better position to stop COVID-19.

“We are not there yet, but the end is in sight,” he said, comparing the effort to that made by a marathon runner nearing the finish line. “Now is the worst time to stop running,” he said.

“Now is the time to run harder and make sure we cross the line and reap all the rewards of our hard work.”

sure we ‘‘...Make cross the line and reap all the rewards of our hard work.

Tedros Ghebreyesus

In its weekly report on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said deaths fell by 22% in the past week, at just over 11,000 reported worldwide. There were 3.1 million new cases, a drop of 28%, continuing a weekslong decline in the disease in every part of the world.

Still, the WHO warned that relaxed COVID testing and surveillance in many countries means that many cases are going unnoticed.

The agency issued a set of

policy briefs for governments to strengthen their efforts against the coronavirus ahead of the expected winter surge of COVID-19, warning that new variants could yet undo the progress made to date.

“If we don’t take this opportunity now, we run the risk of more variants, more deaths, more disruption, and more uncertainty,” Tedros said. The WHO reported that the omicron subvariant BA.5 continues

ANGMU indefinite ‘shutters down’ from Sep 16 DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): After the 72-hour “chakka bandh” by DCCI from September 5-7, 2022, the All Nagaland Goods Movers Union (ANGMU) has called for shutter down of all Dimapur-based goods transport offices with effect from September 16 for indefinite period.

ANGMU in a statement said the indefinite closure of transport offices was called as the authorities failed to arrest the miscreants responsible for August 26 firing incident, in which one employee of TS Goods Carrier at Kalibari Road suffered injuries. In a representation addressed to the deputy com-

missioner (DC) Dimapur, the ANGMU said it was left with no other option but to call for the ‘chakka bandh’ following the firing incident.

ANGMU reg retted that even nearly 20 days after the incident, the miscreants responsible have not been arrested. The Union said this posed serious threat on the life and livelihood of its members. Further, the union claimed that its members were still facing multiple threats from anti-social elements. ANGMU stated that after thorough deliberation with its members and other civil society groups and NGOs, it has unanimously resolved to withhold all

goods transportation to Dimapur. The union has also decided to hoist black flags in all the Dimapur-based goods transport offices.

ANGMU said due to the above reasons, it was left with no other means, but to resort to the democratic means to protest against rampant incidents of extortion, threats and harassment to the members of the union.

ANGMU has appealed to the DC Dimapur to take prompt necessary steps for bringing the culprits of the August 26 incident to justice and also expedite steps for ensuring safe and conducive atmosphere for the goods transporters.

ZRSU serves 15-day ultimatum on DoHE DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): Expressing displeasure over the shortage of 21 teachers at Zunheboto Government College (ZGC), the Zunheboto Range Students’ Union (ZRSU) has served an ultimatum on the department of higher education (DoHE) to depute teachers within 15 days.

In a representation submitted to the department of higher education through the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Zunheboto on September 13, 2022, the ZRSU president Gihuka K Zhimo cautioned that failure to depute the teachers within the stipulated periods, the union would take its own

course of action and the department would be held solely responsible for any untoward incident.

ZRSU said that Zunheboto Government College—the only college in Zunheboto district—had been catering to the needs of the students from Zunheboto district since its inception.

However, ZRSU said that due to the lack of development and acute shortage of teachers, the students and teachers of ZGC had been facing untold hardships for many years.

The union stated that ZGC has been functioning without the required strength of teachers, which

was hindering the teachinglearning process and the smooth functioning of the college to a large extent.

Adding to the shortage of teachers, ZRSU said no appointment had been made in place of the teachers who were transferred, promoted and passed away.

Further, the union stated that the academic career of the students was being jeopardized due to the negligence of the department in appointing sufficient teachers in the college.

ZRSU has, therefore, appealed to the department to appoint the required number of teachers in all the departments at ZGC.

to dominate globally and comprised nearly 90% of virus samples shared with the world’s biggest public database. In recent weeks, regulatory authorities in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere have cleared tweaked vaccines that target both the original coronavirus and later variants including BA.5.

Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19, said the organization expected future waves of the disease, but was hopeful those would not cause many deaths.

Meanwhile in China, residents of a city in the country’s far western Xinjiang region have said they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a lockdown prompted by COVID-19.

State logs 3 fresh Covid cases, 1 death DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): Nagaland on Wednesday recorded three fresh Covid-19 positive cases and one more fatality due to the infection.

All three cases and death were reported from Dimapur, pushing the total caseload to 35,938 and the death toll to 781 (including 5 non-Covid deaths but with positivity).

With the recover y of one more patient from Longleng, the active cases dropped to seven-- one admitted to Covid hospital and six under home isolation.

lies, huge debt, deficit and unfulfilled promises.

The NPCC president reminded Nadda that BJP had in 2015, committed to give political solution within 18 months and after signing of the framework agreement, announced “Naga problem has been resolved” on August 3, 2015.

He also said BJP promised “Election for solution” in 2018 and also announced that talks had concluded with all on board on October 31, 2019 and that “talks are over” in February 2021 through governor’s address to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

However, Therie said

there was nothing to show on the ground.

Therie said it was sad that chief minister Neiphiu Rio and Nagaland BJP were committing an unforgiveable crime against the demography of Nagaland and weakening Christians by promoting and celebrating Hindutva in Nagaland.

He mentioned that the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) would be celebrating 150 years of Christianity in Nagaland on November 2 this year at Impur with Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM) where over 95% of the rural population in Nagaland was Christian.

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NSCN (I-M), NNPGs reaffirm CoR

Leaders of the NSCN (I-M) and WC/NNPGs with members of FNR after the meeting on Wednesday.

DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): Reaffirming the June 13, 2009 ‘Covenant of Reconciliation’, NSCN (I-M) and the Working Committee of the Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) have renewed “to work together in the spirit of love,” and desist from all forms of armed violence and refrain from indulging in violence of words through print and

social media among Naga Political Groups and the general public.

Both groups on Wednesday jointly signed the reaffirmation in the interest of pursuing genuine understanding among the Nagas and incrementally progressing forward.

The Se ptember 14 three-point resolution titled: ‘September Joint Accor-

dant’ was jointly signed

by NSCN (I-M) member collective leadership ‘gen.’

(Retd) VS Atem and WC/ NNPGs co-ordinator Alezo Venuh at a meeting held at Sovima on Wednesday, in the presence of Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) led by Rev. Wati Aier.

The joint statement further reaffirmed that both groups “were committed to a dialogue in order to move forward, live in peace and overcome the cynicism, anxiety, and disagreements that have caused us to see each other as foes and strangers, rather than members of the same family.

“We solemnly affirm the offer of togetherness from God in Christ. This is the Naga belonging renewed and restored with God and with each other,” it added.

3-point ‘September Joint Accordant’ I. The ‘Covenant of Reconciliation” (CoR) of June 13, 2009-signed by the late Isak Chishi Swu, late SS Khaplang, and Brig (Retired) S. Singnya-will be honored in letter and in spirit. Hence, we renew “to work together in the spirit of love,” and desist from all forms of armed violence and refrain from indulging in violence of words through print and social media among Naga Political Groups and the general public. From this time forth, in order to chart a path forward, we remain committed to “peace and respect and to resolve outstanding issues among us” (CoR).

II. We are aware of our differences and hence will guard ourselves against rifts

that further divide us. We are committed to finding ways to transcend our differences through cooperation, to be worked out in future meetings, on the basis of the COR. In this regard, we understand that cooperation which is socially and politically imaginative and prudently concrete is nation building begun.

III. We urgently appeal to all individuals and organizations to refrain from all forms of rhetoric, assumptions and agendas that are divisive. Such a culture must end immediately. In this regard, churches, educational institutions, civil society organizations and conscientious individuals must take the charge to lead with faithful discernment.

POSHAN-A employees demand salary

DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): POSHAN Abhiyaan employees under the department of social welfare have appealed to the state government to intervene and release their eight-month salary.

In a representation addressed to the state chief secretary, the district co-ordinators said that the salary of the POSHAN Abhiyaan employees had not been paid since February 2022, D I M A P U R , S E P 1 4 but the concerned author(NPN): Chang Khulei Set- ity has turned a deaf ear shang (Chang Tribal Council) has resolved to “firmly support” the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) resolution banning any election-related campaign by any party and candidature declaration Spl. Correspondent programme under its jurisNEW DELHI, SEP 14 diction.

CKS through its infor- (NPN): Election Commismation cell stated that the sion of India on Wednesday decision was taken at the released a new digital publimeeting of Chang frontal cation ‘BLO e-Patrika’ at an bodies under the initiative interactive session held with of the CKS on September Booth Level Officers (BLOs) 12, 2022. (Cont’d on p-8) spread across the States. ePatrika will establish direct communication with BLOs. Over 350 BLOs joined via video-conferencing from the office of CEOs in States/ Therie expressed deep UTs and 50 BLOs from the pain by recalling persecu- nearby states joined the tion of Christians by BJP launch event physically at and its elements carried India Habitat Centre, Delout through hate speeches hi. The event was also live that were openly directed streamed on ECI YouTube against Christians, forced channel and was shared with reconversions, desecration over 10 lakh BLOs for faciliof over 395 churches, de- tating their participation.

Addressing the gathfacing statues of Jesus, shaming sisters, torturing ering, CEC Rajiv Kumar pastors and missionaries acknowledged the role of and continuing strangula- BLOs and assured the BLOs tion of the economy of that the Commission recognises the strengths of BLO Christians.

He further pointed that institution which with its anti-conversion Bills di- multifaceted presence enrectly targeting Christians sures door step delivery of and Muslims and misusing services to voters. Today’s the Act to torture innocent event was a first-of-its-kind minorities continued. direct interaction by EC with (Cont’d on p-8) BLOs across the country.

CKS affirms support to ENPO demand

No achievement to thank Nadda, says NPCC DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): A day ahead of the arrival of BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda to Dimapur, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) said his scheduled visit at this juncture was significant but added that it could have been better if he came to Nagaland after implementing the BJP’s promises.

NPCC president K Therie in a statement, pointed out that there was no achievement from BJP to thank Nadda for. Therie said it was therefore unfortunate that Nadda was coming to Nagaland at a time when people were given

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in spite of approaching the department on several occasions for payment.

The signatories said that the assurance to give allowances (TA) for the POSHAN Pakhwada via video conference was also not paid till date. They said it showed lack of transparency and accountability in the department.

Stating that the employees were facing untold financial hardship and difficulties due to non-payment of salary, they said

that the department has failed to disburse the salary even after giving the verbal assurance to release the salary on time.

The signatories also asserted that the government must without discrimination and bias implement the finance department notification dated July 22, 2022 to release the salary of all the monthly pay and fixed pay of all the government employee on the first working day of the month.

KMC notifies CCPA guidelines to prevent unfair trade practices DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) has notified the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) guidelines in order to prevent unfair trade practices and protection of consumer interest with regard to levy of service charge in hotels and restaurants.

This was contained in a notification issued by KMC administrator T Lanusenla Longkumer. The administrator informed that the CCPA guidelines would be in addition to and not in derogation of the guidelines dated April 21, 2017 published by the department of consumers affairs. As per CCPA guidelines, no hotel/restaurant would add service charge automatically or by default in the bill or collected from consumers by any other name.

Further, no hotel or restaurant would force a consumer to pay service charge. The consumer must be clearly informed that service charge is voluntary, optional and at consumers discretion. No restriction on entry or provision of services based on collection

of service charge would be imposed on consumers, the guidelines stated. It also stated that service charge would not be collected by adding it along with the food bill and levying GST on the total amount.

If any consumer finds that a hotel or restaurant was levying service charge in violation to the mentioned guidelines, a consumer could request the concerned hotel or restaurant to remove service charge from the bill amount. One could also lodge a complaint on the National Consumer Helpline (NCH), which works as an alternate dispute redressal mechanism at the pre-litigation level by calling 1915 or through NCH mobile app.

Customer can file a complaint against unfair trade practice with the consumer commission or through e-daakhil portal www.edaakhil.nic.in for speedy and effective redressal. A complaint can be submitted to the district collector of the concerned district for investigation and subsequent proceeding by the CCPA or by email at com-ccpa@nic.in K Y M C

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PM Poshan-mid day meal scheme launched in Dmu

Khriekekhozo Lhoungu (second from left), Subonenba Longkumer, Wonthungo Tsopoe, DC Dimapur Sachin Jaiswal and others.

DIMAPUR: PM PoshanMid day Meal Scheme (MDMS) centralised kitchen was launched on Wednesday, at Government Primary School (GPS) Lengrijan, Dimapur.

In a press release, Community Educational Centre Society (CECS) informed that deputy commissioner (DC) and chairman of PM Poshan Dimapur, Sachin Jaiswal lauded the Department of School Education (DoSE) on the initiative of the PM Poshan in collaboration with implementation agency CECS Dimapur.

In his inaugural speech, the DC remarked

that this was a step forward and would do much for the welfare of children.

“Whenever we tr y to do something new, we have apprehensions but we should break the shackle of comfort zone and work towards the betterment of the community”, Sachin stated.

He encouraged the gathering by saying that it was actions that eradicated doubts and that the community should cooperate in order to lay apprehensions to rest.

In their special addresses, DoSE director Wonthungo Tsopoe and CECS director Subonenba Longkumer said this was

NCRC prison ministry conducts prog at Kohima district jail

an opportune moment and a challenge to do better towards the wellness of children.

The programme was chaired by AEO & PM Poshan coordinator Kikali Achumi, welcome address was delivered by senior SDEO Dimapur Apokla Longkumer while vote of thanks was proposed by L. SMC chairman, GPS Lengrijan, Panger Yaden followed by serving of meal to around 450 children and staff.

The programme was graced by various dignitaries and representatives from organisations and government schools.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Mkg DPDB meeting on Sep 19: Deputy commissioner & vice-chairman, District Planning and Development Board Mokokchung, Sashank Pratap Singh has informed that the DPDB meeting for the month of September will be held on September 19, in the conference hall of the ADC (Planning), 11 am onwards. All the members have been requested to attend the meeting.

Social welfare deptt informs: Directorate of social welfare has informed that online application of scholarship for persons with disabilities from Class I-VIII will open from September 15 for fresh applicants and renewal for existing beneficiaries for the academic session 2022-23 in the common scholarship portal of Nagaland.

Eligibility criteria and guidelines of scholarship for PwDs are available on https://scholarship. nagaland.gov.in. Last date for submission of application through online will be October 31.

J.P. Nadda to visit Wokha district: BJP Wokha district has informed that BJP national president J.P. Nadda will arrive Wokha district on September 15 and preside over a public rally at Old Riphyim village, 37 Tyui mandal. In this regard, BJP Wokha district has informed all district office bearers, morchas, mandals and karyakartas to attend the rally which will be held at GMS ground, 12 noon.

FGN terminates one: In compliance with the directive of FGN kedahge, FGN rali wali ministry, deputy secretary, Thonkiubui Zeliang has notified that Tokuho Swu, acting interim midan peyu of Sumi region has been terminated from active service w.e.f. September 9, “for lack of confidence in the discharge of carrying out his mandatory responsibilities in his duties and functions.” In this regard, all “government assignments and entrustments” to him have been terminated. FGN has informed department or individual dealing with him in the name of FGN would be doing so at their own risk.

Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), principal secretary, along with officials and participants at the inaugural programme of the five-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on “Implementation of SBM (G) Phase II”, in the conference hall of PHED, Kohima on September 12.

Niu colony council seizes liquor, drugs DIMAPUR: Niu Colony Council, Burma camp ward 22 Dimapur Sadar, seized liquor and drugs from Naga youth and students at Assam-Nagaland border (rail track), located at Niu colony.

In a press release, Colony council chairman Vikiye Swu, general secretary Inato N Kiho and GB Hozka K Awomi informed that students with uniforms were caught bunking their schools/ colleges to participate in such activists.

Niu Colony Council has warned that it would be strictly supervising the hotspot and anyone caught indulging in such act will be strictly penalised under the rules and regulations of the council.

USSC directs govt employees to remain at places of posting DIMAPUR: United Sangtam Students’ Conference (USSC) on September 13, directed all government employees under Kiphire district to be in their respective places of posting.

In a press release, USSC executive chairman Rothrongki Sangtam and vice president Sethrongba Y Sangtam stated that most government offices, heads of departments (HoDs) and employees were not in their respective posting places which USSC said, was hindering the smooth functioning of

offices.

Pointing out that the public was also facing inconveniences in every official work, USSC has asked the government employees to provide their services with immediate effect.

USSC also appealed to all the offices under its jurisdiction to provide an employee list and to maintain an attendance register.

Failing to adhere to this directive, USSC said it would initiate its course of action as per the government rule under “no work, no pay”.

Student body, educational institutions hold freshers’ meet

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Christian Revival Church (NCRC), prison ministry conducted a “prison Sunday gospel service” for inmates of Kohima district jail on September 11.

In a press release, NCRC prison ministry president, Thepfuzolie R. Metha informed that speaker at the programme, NCRC council president, Rev. Vangpong Phom spoke on casting all our anxieties, struggles and

hardships unto Jesus, for He cares for all of us (1st Peter 5:7).

He also spoke on forgiveness to others and oneself.

Nagaland Christian Revival Church prison ministry informed that the director general of police (DGP), Prison, Kohima, has approved to observe second Sunday of September annually, as “a day H Chuba Chang speaking of prayer and fasting” for at the CSUD freshers’ meet Mr & Miss fresher and other winners at the LFI College freshers’ meet. Faculty members of MITE and others at the freshers’ day programme. inmates at jails in the state.

DIMAPUR: Chang Stu- gets. profession.

Khamo, Propriter of Tal- meet on September 9 at things he took in. dents Union Dimapur Chang also spoke on He pointed out teach- ent Foresight, House of the LFI auditorium on the He encouraged the (CSUD), Modern Insti- the fast-moving world and ing was the most responsi- Grooming and Joy Sutrad- theme “through difficul- students to become great tute of Teacher Education dwelt on how to make ble profession in the world har, Winner, Nagaland ties to great things”. people with good hearts to DIMAPUR: Department of Posts, North East circle, has (MITE) and Livingstone good use of resources that and that teachers were Mr. Mega Model Hunt, Speaking at the event, bring positive changes in informed that the circle level “dak adalat” will be held Foundation International were made available. weapons for development 2022 were judges.

LFI chairman Dr. Andrew the society in the office of the chief postmaster general, NE circle, (LFI) College organised Other special invitees of family and society.

LFI College: Living- Ahoto Sema reminded At the programme, Shillong on September 26, 11 am. freshers’ meet at different included Chang Wedoshi At the programme, stone Foundation Inter- the gathering about how Kiyekali was crowned The department has informed that the dak adalat locations.

Setshang president, C 18 contestants participat- national College Dimapur a person was self-made by fresher queen while Kevin will be entertaining grievances pertaining to postal serCSUD: Chang Stu- Pongsu, Dimapur Eastern ed here Pewe u Tunyi celebrated its 2nd freshers choices he made and the was declared fresher king. vices. dents Union Dimapur Nagaland Students’ Union Written complaints may be sent through ordinary on September 10, held its vice president Nathan, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT post or speed spot with subject “dak Adalat” superscribed 23rd freshers’ meet at IMC Chang Union Dimapur ACKNOWLEDGEMENT on the cover, addressed to the chief postmaster general, Hall on the theme “forging and Chang Sao Thangjam We , t h e b e r e a v e d NE circle, Shillong-793001. excellence”.

Dimapur. family of Late Imlinokdang The complaints should contain full details such as In a press release, Sanghan Choba complete address and registration receipt number, etc. CSUD president Auch- and Siponglemla were of Chuchuyimlang Village, For complaints on savings schemes and post life insur- ingsonla and general sec- crowned Mr & Miss freshexpress our heartfelt gratitude ances, account number, policy number and full address retary Longyang informed er. for your support and help of the depositor/insurer should be given. that the special guest for MITE: Modern Instiduring his illness and until his Written complaints should be sent on or before Sep- the event, advisor, PWD tute of Teacher Education tember 20. Complaints, if any, received after said period (R&B), H Chuba Chang organised fresher’s day on demise on 10/09/2022. It is will be redressed through the usual channel. Complaints emphasised on the impor- September 9 on the theme our prayer that Almighty God can also be sent to the email address at pg.ne@indiapost. tance of having an aim in of “Eunoia (Good Will)”. bless you all abundantly. gov.in. life, and goal oriented from In a press release, the first day of school or MITE principal Dr. Kate Born on 15/07/1943; Died on 10/09/2022 Loving Wife, Daughters & Date of Birth : 05-08-1985 college.

Dandesh Kumar informed Family Members Date of Death : 10-09-2022 We, the bereaved family members of Late KITEI CHAMLAK, take this dp-4335/22 He stated that deter- that SBI, Kohima AGM S platform to express our heartfelt gratitude to one and all for supporting us mined minds will open Besii Bosco, while exhort- physically, financially and morally in time of sorrows, griefs and pains.

In Fond Memory of You, Apo opportunities and get the ing the gathering as special We also express our profound thanks to the doctors, nurses of District courage to tackle problems guest emphasise on the Hospital Peren and Lekie Baptist Church for your help and selfless sacrifices DIMAPUR: Tseminyu Phek: Phek District no matter how hard life significance of teaching in times of need.

Loving wife, children & grandchildren DPDB meeting was held Planning & Development db-1020/22 in the office chamber of the Board (DPDB) deputy commissioner (DC) held its monthly meeton Wednesday, under the ing on Monday, in the conchairmanship of advisor ference hall of the DPDB. Animal Husbandry & VetAccording to a DIPR erinary Services (AH&VS) report, child development and Women Resource De- project officer (CDPO) velopment, R. Khing.

Phek, Povezo Puro gave a According to a DIPR PowerPoint presentation report, R. Khing requested where he explained all the the officers who were post- activities undertaken by the ed in Tseminyu district to department of Social Welbe present in their respec- fare in the state and Phek tive offices regularly. district.

He also requested the Additional de puty officers to attend DPDB commissioner (ADC) Phek Lt. James Patton meetings without fail.

T. Tia Lemtor entrusted 15 years ago, little did we know that, At the meeting, DC the department of Rural God was going to call your name.

Tseminyu Dr. Zasekuo- Development and Youth It broke our hearts to lose you lie Chusi, who is also the Resources & Sports to deBut you didn't go alone.

Born : 29.01.1964 – Died : 09.09.2022 Born: 07-10-1966 ~ Died: 11-09-2022 vice chairman of DPDB liver the PowerPoint presenFor part of us went with you Tseminyu, warned that tations in the next DPDB The family of Late Khusezo Kezo wishes to We, the bereaved family members of Late The day God called you home. action would be initiated meeting. The meeting also acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and Temjenpokba Ao (Ungma), resident of Arkong We loved you dearly and, against absent officers and reviewed the last meeting gestures of kindness shown to us from far and near There will never be another one, Ward, Mokokchung Town convey our heartfelt that irregular officers would minutes.

To replace you in our hearts. be listed out.

As invited by the during the time of sickness, loss and grief in the form of gratitude to all who stood by us during the prolonged For the sacrifices you made The department of chairman of the meeting, cash and kind, time and efforts and prayers. illness and sad demise of our beloved on 09.09.2022.

To let us have the very best?

Forest and PWD (R&B) the new members princiWe deeply regret our inability to express our We sincerely thank each and every individual for p r e s e n t e d d e p a r t m e n - pal Phek College Tiakaba sincere gratitude to each one of you but it is our We're thanking you now. tal activities while ADC Jamir and district cultural sincere prayer that our Almighty and Loving God your kind gestures. We pray that our Good Lord bless And we are hoping you knew all along, Tseminyu Longasen Lotha officer Zhosa Sapu introHow much you meant to us. you all abundantly. bless you all abundantly. briefed on the conduct of duced themselves at the From your forever grateful Wife, Children and Grand Children Loving Wife and Family Members Loving wife and family members. mkc-342/22 k-2126/22 the election. meeting.

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Agartala A stray thunderstorm

30 25

An afternoon thunderstorm

Aizawl

25 20

Guwahati Clouds and sun with a t-storm 31 25

A thunderstorm in spots

Imphal

Itanagar Warm with a t-storm in spots

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Kohima

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FCI released 11,500 MT food grains in August

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DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): Food Corporation of India (FCI) released 11,500 metric tonne (MT) of food grains in the month of August, 2022, as per the Central government’s monthly allocation.

The corporation also issued 1,054 MT and 3,080 MT food grains quarterly to the state government for Mid-Day Meal (MDM) and Wheat Based Nutrition Programme (WBNP) respectively under other welfare schemes (OWS).

These figures were disclosed by FCI Dimapur divisional officer P Vanlalpak Gangte after inspecting the corporation’s food storage depot (FSD) here, the state’s biggest with a capacity to store 26,712 MT food grains.

He said the FSD received 32,705.34 MT (13 rakes) of food grains during the month of August, which were transported to other FSDs at Mon, Tuensang, Mokokchung, Phesama, CWC Dimapur and then to Manipur.

He also informed that 12,149.73 MT (five rakes) of food grains were re-

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FCI Dimapur divisional officer P Vanlalpak Gangte addressing the media on Wednesday. (NP)

ceived till September 13.

On availability of rice in FSDs, he said FSD Dimapur now had 18,699 MT of rice available for dispatch/issue.

Meanwhile, when asked about the allegations that fortified rice meant for MDM and WBNP were being sold privately and found in private godowns, Gangte replied that there were two methods of disbursement of food grains– dispatch and issue.

He said FCI contractors would dispatch the rice from one godown to another, claiming that the contractors would never dump rice bags in private

godowns.

Regarding “issue”, he pointed out that allocated quantities would be issued to the department concerned as per the allocation of Government of India, clarifying that after issuing to the Supply Department, it was the department’s responsibility.

On total quantity issued to the State government, he said it solely depended on the allocations by the Central government. He mentioned that as per National Food Security Act (NFSA), monthly allocation for the Nagaland was 11,504 MT per month.

Kohima police organise programme on road safety 61 ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN KOHIMA DISTRICT IN 2022

Correspondent KOHIMA, SEP 14 (NPN): With an aim to sensitise the public about road safety and traffic regulations, Kohima police under the aegis of Kohima traffic police carried out a community outreach programme in the panchayat hall, High School Colony, here, on Tuesday.

Speaking at the programme, additional SP (Traffic & Protocol), L. Soriso disclosed that in 2022, 61 accidents were reported in the district, out of which, 28 were recorded as injured and more than three as fatality.

He said in 2021, a total of 180 road accidents were officially recorded in Kohima, and informed that it was during the festive seasons (November, December and January) that road-related incidents were most recorded.

The additional SP gave an overview of road traffic accidents and said the main causes were human errors such as over speeding, drunk driving, distraction to the driver and laxity.

He also spoke on the importance of community participation and encour-

Kohima police officers and traffic personnel along with community members of High School Colony on Tuesday. (NP)

aged the gathering to educate people and to volunteer as traffic marshals in the society.

Speaking on the topic “Motor Vehicles (Driving) Regulations 2017”, deputy SP (Traffic) Manom Wallin spoke on misconceptions of driving rules.

At the programme, Road Safety Cell (RSC) highlighted important sections of the Motor Vehicles Act. It may be mentioned that the Road Safety Cell under Kohima Traffic Police was instituted to

Dr. Andrew Ahoto wins silver award at World Stamp Championship DIMAPUR: Philatelist from the North Eastern region, Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema was conferred with the large silver award at the World Stamp Championship was held at Jakarta, Indonesia from August 4-9.

The award was received in absentia on behalf of Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema by Philately Commissioner of India, Sahadeva Sahoo.

Dr. Andrew, who had earlier won the large silver award at the INPEX (National Stamp and Philatelic Exhibition) held at

The large silver award conferred to Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema at the World Stamp Championship.

the World Trade Centre, Mumbai in December, 2019 is the only philatelist from Nagaland and the entire North East region to have won the large silver award.

Dr. Andrew, who is also a gold patron of National Philately won the large silver award at the World Stamp Championship among 507 exhibitors from 61 countries across

the globe.

He was awarded for his open class philatelic exhibition entitled “World War-II Vignettes”, which provides a visual walkthrough of the World WarII, arguably the most significant event of the 20th century, by way of philatelic and open-philatelic material.

The goal of his exhibit was to introduce selected categories of postal and open-philatelic memorabilia as well as tell the story of the war using interesting

visual elements.

The structure of the exhibit follows a chronological order which progresses from the rise of Hitler’s Third Reich to the key invasions and conquests that caused an allied force to come to war and to the culmination with American and Japanese action.

Towards the end, it showcases commemorative items that remember key events of the war at milestone dates.

The World Stamp

Championship was a philatelic exhibition held in Indonesia by the Indonesia Philatelic Associations (IPA) under the patronage of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP).

The exhibition was held in Jakarta and was fully supported by the ministry of Communication & Information of the Republic of Indonesia, ministry of Tourism & Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia, governor of DKI Jakarta, PT Pos Indonesia and Peruri.

sensitise the public about road safety and to encourage people to become first responders in the absence of the police during emer-

gencies.

The programme was attended by community members of High School Colony.

Road accident data (2022) of Kohima district.

(Kohima Traffic Police): Month No. of Accident No. of fatalities No. of injuries January 07 02 04 February 09 March 13 02 April 07 07 May 11 01 13 June 08 02 July August 06 Total 61 03 28

District level yoga awareness camp

DIMAPUR: Social Welfare department, Peren district, on Wednesday, conducted a district-level yoga awareness camp at New Jalukie Local Ground, Peren.

According to a DIPR re por t, CDPO Jalukie Namhuheing spoke on benefits of yoga while CDPO

Nsong, Disong Chawang encouraged the participants to adopt yoga as a means to promote physical and mental health.

Demonstration on yoga was done by Mezilung and Kekungdibo while district coordination Kukule proposed vote of thanks.

CEO office joins launching programme of BLO e-Patrika DIMAPUR: Chief electoral officer (CEO) Nagaland, V. Shashank Shekhar along with his team of officers and booth level officers (BLOs) from Kohima district joined the launching programme of BLO e-Patrika by the Election Commission of India (ECI) through a video conference, in the office of the CEO on Wednesday.

In a press release, office of the CEO informed that BLO e-Patrika was formally launched by the chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar along with election commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey at Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

BLO e-Patrika will be a bi-monthly publication prepared by SVEEP division in digital format.

The commission is bringing out the publica-

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State Bank of India, Regional Business Office Mokokchung, Arkong Ward I.M. Road, Mokokchung-798 601, Nagaland

CEO Nagaland V. Shashank Shekhar along with BLOs and other officers at the launching programme.

tion with an aim to ensure direct periodic and timely communication with BLOs who are critical and vital link to provide electoral services to citizens in the country.

It is a new venture of ECI publication which aims to recognise and appreciate the continued

efforts and sacrifice made

by BLOs for voter registration, door to door survey for updating and clearing the, etc.

BLO e-Patrika will be available in the office of the CEO Nagaland website at ceo.nagaland.gov.in and in all CEO Nagaland social media platforms.

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NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT) COMMERCIAL/ OFFICE SPACE REQUIRED ON LEASE FOR STATE BANK OF INDIA SHAMATOR, NAGALAND State Bank of India invites offer in two bid system from owners / Power of Attorney holders for premises on lease rental basis for Commercial / Office use for State Bank Of India, Shamator, Nagaland having built up area of approx. 2500.00 Sq ft (± 5%) located in town area of Shamator either in Ground Floor or divided in Ground and First floor. The format for submission of the technical bid containing detailed parameters, terms and conditions and price bid can be obtained from the office of “Regional Manager, Regional Business office Mokokchung, Arkong Ward I.M. Road, Mokokchung-798 601, Nagaland” and also can be downloaded from website www.sbi.co.in > SBI in the News > Procurement news. The last date of submission of tender is up to 02:00 PM on 27.09.2022.

SBI reserves the right to accept or reject any offer without assigning any reasons thereof.

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Union minister Niranjan Jyoti visits Despite opposition, M’laya issues licenses for casinos Mizoram’s ‘aspirational’ Mamit district

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti addressing a gathering in Mamit.

additional amusement,” the minister had told the House.

The JACAC Secretary Ferdynald Kharkamni on Wednesday said they are upset over the government’s decision, which also contradicts Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma’s earlier assurance. He pointed out that people of Meghalaya are not familiar with casino-type gambling which are now operating in Sikkim and Goa. “Though for the past 20-25 years, gambling has been going on in the state with traditional archery games being betted upon on a daily basis, the state government doesn’t earn any revenue from this informal betting.

The JACAC would hold a

public meeting in Nongpoh (headquarters of Ri-Bhoi district) on September 23 to decide on the further course of action on the issue. All five MLAs of the district, chiefs of traditional bodies, church, teachers and students leaders would be invited for the meeting,” JACAC leader Kharkamni said.

The Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC), a civil society organisation of the Khasi tribal people, strongly criticised the National People’s Party (NPP) led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government for introducing the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021, to pave

the way for casinos. Government officials said that the Gaming Act was introduced to regulate gambling parlours that have been operating for years in the northeastern state.

Various organisations, including the influential Meghalaya United Christian Forum (MUCF), voiced “apprehension and shock” over the state government’s decision to legalise gambling and online betting for tourists coming to the state. The MUCF in a statement earlier said that online gambling and casinos might generate a lot of revenue for the government but the bigger question is whether people are willing to pay the price and are they ready to bear the repercussions of such an endeavour on the society at large.

GNF slam AR’s ‘occupation’ of 9 Naga villages in Ukhrul

their lands and customary laws. It asked, “Why the Government of India acting in self-contradiction by sending armed forces to forcefully occupy peaceful Naga villages?

GNF pointed out that while on hand India is violating its own law protecting Naga rights (Art. 371 (A), it is enforcing another law (AFSPA) that takes away the same right, in clear violation of Naga people’s basic human

80 fall ill after attending birthday party

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IMPHAL, SEP 14: At least 80 people, mostly children, fell ill after a suspected case of food poisoning at Tungjoy village in Manipur’s Senapati district late Tuesday night.

The villagers were hospitalized after consuming food at a birthday party in their village on Tuesday evening, official reports said.

Soon after they had eaten the food served at the birthday party, the villagers

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The Office of Tuophema Village Students’ Union with profound delight and pride extends its heartiest congratulations and appreciation to Miss PELEBEI U KENSE, D/o Mr. Neitho-o Kense for clearing the combined technical service examination, to the post of Junior Soil Conservation Officer (Cl-II Gazetted) under Soil and Water Conservation Department.

The union further wishes her success in all her future endeavors.

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started developing health complications. They complained of stomach ache followed by high fever, vomiting and diarrhea, official reports said.

As many as 80 of them were rushed to primary health centres at Tungjoy and Paomata villages. Some of them were discharged after their health improved, the report said. The health conditions of the remaining patients were being closely monitored by the doctors

and nurses of the hospitals, the report added.

To investigate the suspected food poisoning case, a team of officials of the state food safety authority of the state health department has rushed to the village today.

The villagers suspected a food item containing Ngari (fermented fish) would have been behind the food poisoning. A food item prepared with Ngari purchased from Imphal’s Sekmai was served to the participants, they said.

rights, on the other hand.

GNF termed the action in Ukhrul as “a government in opposition to itself when it comes to Nagas” and the Nagas are put in a no-win situation vis-avis India.

Also pointing out the attitude of India towards Nagas that “ goes back as far as 1947”, GNF said, “For India, Nagas are born losers, barbaric rebels, lawless ‘undergrounds’, ‘gangrene’ on India’s body politic, who must be exterminated - to quote some Indian prime ministers.”

Also highlighting the Indo-Naga peace negotiations that is at an impasse, the Nagaland state elections due in a few months, and the Oting murder of fourteen innocent civilians

by Indian armed forces

without the guilty being prosecuted, GNF slammed the latest action of the Assam Rifles’ forceful occupation of nine peaceful villages in Ukhrul.

GNF quoted reports from Tangkhul civil society organizations on the development which stated that public spaces such as the playgrounds, schools, children homes and community halls are being used as camps thereby hindering their usual functioning, private spaces have also not been spared as constructions are being undertaken on private properties with utter disregard for its ownership.

The reports by Tangkhul CSOs lamented security check posts set up and villagers subjected to scrutiny as they go about their daily lives.

“This is not only an obvious discourtesy to the

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The Mükalimi Students' Union congratulates Er. Pitoshe Sumi, S/o Hevito Sumi for bringing laurel and pride towards our Mükalimi village by successfully becoming the first person to crack the Technical Post as Assistant Mining Engineer (Class-1 Gazetted) through NPSC under Geology and Mining Department.

The union salutes him and wishes him more achievements and success throughout his career.

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The Trongar Staffs Union with immense pride and joy express our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Dangtila Sangtam, D/o Shri S. Sejongmong Rtd Sr S.P and Smti. Opangtula Rtd Joint Development Commissioner for successfully securing the post of Medical Officer under the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Nagaland, in the recently declared Combine Technical Service Examination (NPSC) Your hard work and determination lies behind this huge achievement. We wish you the best in all your future endeavors.

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FELICITATION The Kulolau Mukalimi Kuqhakulu (KMK) extend our heartiest congratulations to Er. Pitoshe Sumi, Son of Shri Hevito Sumi for successfully clearing NPSC CTSE and securing the post of Assistant Mining Engineer (Class 1 gazetted) under Geology and Mining Department.

The KMK further wishes him good health, wisdom and success in all future endeavours.

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existing administration of the land but also a lack of consideration for the fears of the people”, the reports added.

The Tangkhul CSO reports in Ukhrul also highlighted how women and children especially are subjected to the fears caused by the unwarranted situation and the elders, who have not recovered from traumas caused by the violence of the armies in the past are being subjected to it all over.

The GNF said it questions the intent and purpose of the intensifying military build-up in Ukhrul district and has appealed to the prime minister and home minister to immediately intervene “if they are truly sincere in finding a non-military resolution of the Indo-Naga problem.”

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by GNF stated, “It (GoI) owes it (explanation) to the people of these villages first and foremost, but also to the country as a whole since India is still a constitutional democracy, not a military dictatorship.

The GNF further stated, “People familiar with the Indian government’s treatment of the Nagas know that the military occupation of these villages will be defended as legally permissible under the 1958 Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).”

GNF said that though there is AFSPA on one hand, people are also aware that Article 371(A) of the Indian Constitution guarantees Nagas the right to

With immense joy and pride, the Mesulumi Students' Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Tshokedu Keyho, S/o Welhite Keyho for successfully clearing NPSC-CTSE 2021 securing 5th rank in Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (Class 1 Gazetted) under Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department In the recently declared NPSC-CTSE result.

May God continue to guide and bestow more of His blessings upon you. The union further extends best wishes in all his future endeavours.

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The office of the Kithagha Students’ Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Victor Semy, S/o Mr. Thapi Semy, for successfully clearing the NPSC Combined Technical Service Examination 2021 and securing the post of Medical Officer (Class-1 Gazetted) under Health & Family Welfare Department.

The Union is immensely proud of his achievement and sincerely wishes him the best for his future endeavours.

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DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): The Global Naga Forum (GNF) has alleged that Assam Rifles have occupied nine villages in Ukhrul district of Manipur without the consent of the Naga village authorities.

GNF said AR suddenly moved into Ukhrul district of Manipur in full.

A press release by the media cell of the GNF said the occupied villages are peaceful and belong to the Tangkhul indigenous people who have rights to their lands and way of life guaranteed by the Indian constitution.

GNF said there are no anti-government activities, law and order issues, anti-social problems in the villages that AR has moved into. It said the Government of India owes an explanation for what it termed an “unnecessary military intrusion in the

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GUWAHATI, SEP 14 (IANS): The Assam government plans to convert all its secondary schools to higher secondary level, the Assembly was told on Wednesday.

Replying to a question, Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said that as per the New Education Policy, the state government has already upgraded 215 high schools to the higher secondary level.

The preparation to convert another 785 high schools to the higher secondary level is underway, he added.

The initial upgradation list was prepared by the Education Department, based on the availability of logistics, manpower, etc. and gradually, the other schools will also be upgraded, Pegu said.

The minister also said that operationalisation of classes in the newly-upgraded schools will be looked into at the district level.

The required administrative machinery will be provided by the state government.

Earlier, a majority of the state government schools in Assam had classes up to 10 only while a few could take students at 10+2 level also.

The state government colleges in the state have the facility to teach higher secondary standard students.

making all efforts to make India a self-dependent country and gives top priority to the northeast region, according to the statement issued by the state information and public relations department.

Jyoti, the union minister of state for rural development, consumer affairs, food and public distribution, arrived here on Tuesday

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an official release issued by the state government said.

Launched in 2018, the Aspirational Districts Programme aims at transforming quickly and effectively the 112 most under-developed districts across the country. During her interaction with officials and local people, the visiting union minister said the Centre is

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AIZAWL SEP 14 (PTI): Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Wednesday visited Mamit, the lone ‘aspirational’ district in Mizoram, and urged officials and local leaders to give their best to develop the district.

She interacted with village authorities and beneficiaries of several schemes,

on a three-day tour to the northeastern state.

The minister said several development projects are being executed in the northeast region.

The Centre has been providing jobs through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and took measures for upliftment and empowerment of women, she said.

Jyoti also urged the officials to properly implement central schemes to ensure that all eligible people get the benefits of the programmes.

She was accompanied by two deputy secretaries from the union consumer affairs and rural development ministries.

Jyoti also visited an exhibition organised at the information and public relations department conference hall in Mamit town.

S H I L L O N G, S E P 1 4 (IANS): Amid the strong opposition from various circles against the issuance of licences to operate casinos in Meghalaya, the state government has issued licences to set up three casinos in the hilly state, officials said on Wednesday. The Joint Action Committee Against Casino (JACAC) and other organisations have been strongly agitating against the setting up of casinos in the state including in RiBhoi district, which borders Assam.

Meghalaya Taxation Minister James P.K. Sangma told the state assembly on Monday that temporary licences were issued to provide additional attractions to the tourists, visiting the state from other states.

“There are huge competitions to attract the tourists. The other northeastern states have a similar topography like Meghalaya and the states also have historical and archaeological sites.

To attract the tourists, we have to give them some

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Ngvuyhunlo Kesen Azaria Kesen The Phenshunyu Lowjvü Students’ Union, with immense pride would like to extend heartiest congratulations to Ngvuyhunlo Kesen, S/o Elia Kesen and Azaria Kesen, S/o Isac Kesen on securing Junior Engineer under Power Department, in the recently released NPSCCTSE results 2021. The Union wishes them the very best in their future endeavours.

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With immense pride and joy, the Natsumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu extends our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Enavi P Kiho, S/o Pukhavi Kiho for securing the post of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (Class I Gazetted) under the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary in the Combined Technical Service Examination 2021 conducted by NPSC. The NKK wishes him great success in his future endeavours.

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Dr. Vedulü Tetseo With immense joy and honour, the State College of Teacher Education Kohima extends its heartiest congratulations to Dr. Vedulü Tetseo Assistant Professor SCTE-K, on being conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) on the topic A Study on emotional intelligence and attitude of B.Ed students towards teaching profession in Nagaland from Nagaland University. The College wishes her success and prays that God grants her grace in all her future endeavours.

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The Nihoto Village Council with immense pride and honour would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Pitoshe Sumi for successfully clearing the presently held NPSC examination 2021-2022 and for being selected for the post of Assistant Mining Engineer (Class-I) under Department of Geology and Mining, Govt. of Nagaland.

We would also like to thank Mr. Pitoshe Sumi for bringing laurels to our village and community in general.

We wish him all the very best for his future endeavours.

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M’laya CM rules out review of boundary agreement

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SHILLONG, SEP 14: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday ruled out revisiting the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Meghalaya and Assam government to resolve the boundary issue, which resulted in a war of words during the Question Hour in the Assembly.

The pandemonium ensued when lone Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) legislator, Adelbert Nongrum told Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh that the latter had “annoyed” him by not letting him speak on the issue during Question Hour, following which the Speaker allowed him to raise just one question even as he asked Nongrum to refrain from disrespecting the chair.

Nongrum then dared the Chief Minister to review the MoU saying that the government did not take stakeholders into confidence while signing the boundary agreement. To this, the CM Sangma instead asked the KHNAM legislator to list out the 12 areas of differences between Meghalaya and Assam without reading it from paper and name the specific village where consultation was not held.

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times he has visited these areas of difference,” Sangma posed a query to the KHNAM legislator.

But Nongrum did not reply to the Chief Minister’s query saying that he “will not do it since the Chief Minister is duty bound.”

Sangma said the state government “has dared” to move forward to resolve this complex issue and there was now no question of revisiting the MoU signed between the two governments.

Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong, who was sitting next to the Chief Minister in the House, also asked the KHNAM legislator to refrain from enacting “drama” and getting “emotional” in the House and stick to asking questions.

“I understand that we are all emotional about this topic and respect his sentiments. I had only asked the member to list the areas of difference because we get emotional about the issue

without knowing the areas or villages. Just simply shouting and showing such drama for whatever reasons maybe elections is coming who knows, doesn’t help.

Emotional outburst is unnecessary,” the CM said.

Earlier, replying to the question asked by suspended Congress legislator, Marylborn Syiem, Sangma said, Meghalaya and Assam government have reached the second phase to resolve the remaining six areas of difference.

He said the process of survey for the purpose of demarcation of boundaries was underway on the agreement reached during the first phase of the talks and subsequent MoU signed.

Countering arguments of the opposition members, Sangma said that during the first phase around 50 meetings were held between the two sides both at the Chief Ministers’ level and by the regional committees tasked to get people’s opinion from affected areas.

He also informed the House that 28 meetings were held and 17 field visits conducted at the grassroots in the six areas of difference.

The CM said that he himself held seven meetings with the representatives of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council, political parties and NGOs.

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Tripura CM discusses Rlys projects with NFR GM

NFR GM Anshul Gupta holds meeting with Tripura CM Dr Manik Saha at Agartala Railway Station

AGATALA, SEP 14(PTI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha at a meeting with General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), Anshul Gupta, discussed augmenting train services and infrastructure development work in the state, an official said on Wednesday.

Saha said progress of various projects, including completion of AgartalaAkhaura rail connectivity, also came up for discussion on Tuesday.

Senior railway officials were also present at the meeting.

“Work sites of the ongoing Agartala-Akhaura international rail connectivity project were inspected by GM/NFR Anshul Gupta to check progress. This project once completed will further

boost the people-to-people contact between India and Bangladesh through railways”, the NFR said in a Facebook post.

The 10-km AgartalaGangasagar (Bangladesh) railway project, commonly known as Indo-Bangla railway link, is expected to be completed by March 2023, a senior railway official said.

“Construction works at Nischintapur, corridor of Indo-Bangla rail link, have been completed. Even sub construction of the elevated corridor has been done but work on the Bangladesh side is tardy leading to delay in execution of the project”, he said.

Earlier, Gupta visited Sabroom railway station at the southernmost end of Tripura bordering Bangladesh.

Speaker’s word of caution to Congress MLA irks Assam Opp party

GUWAHATI, SEP 14 (PTI): The Assam Assembly Speaker’s word of caution to a Congress MLA over risk of facing disqualification from his party for remaining in the House after a walk out by the opposition party led to noisy scenes on Wednesday.

Following it, Speaker Biswajit Daimary had to clarify that his words were only to alert the Congress legislator of the rules so that he may not violate it unknowingly.

The Congress lawmakers had staged the walk out during Question Hour on Wednesday over reduction of time for supplementary queries.

However, some of its MLAs returned immediately afterwards and a question listed by one of them, Diganta Barman, came up for reply.

Before Barman could rise to place his question, the speaker said it was his responsibility to inform the House that if any MLA participates in the proceedings while his or her party was abstaining from it, the member could face disqualification notice from the party.

“Assamese people do not take rules seriously but I have to run the House as per rules. And a MLA can face disqualification notice for not abiding by the party’s decision.

I think it is my duty to

NESOJ elects new office bearers Dalai Lama to visit Sikkim in October

Newly elected office bearers of NESOJ.

PHAGWARA (PUNJAB), SEP 14: The North-East Students’ Organization, Jalandhar, Punjab (NESOJ), held its 7th general election at Hotel Ashish Continental in Phagwara, Punjab where it elected new NESOJ executives for the term 20222023 .

A press release by the newly elected president Imsanger Jamir and vice president Himan Debbarma stated that the meeting was chaired by Subhadip Bhattacharya, member of the nomination committee for NESOJ Punjab and conducted in the presence of Rinlungso Zas, former president of NESOJ; pastor Tiaakum Ozukum, adviso; Pele George Yievinyii, former president of NSUP. The election was carried out by the election committee.

The newly elected team led by Imsanger Jamir as president includes: Himan Debbarma, Vice President; Abhishek Paul,General

Secretary; Edi Ilang, Asst.

General Secretary finance secretary, Bianca Fedelia Jyrwa; assistant finance secretary, Ziang Zemin S.Sangma; cultural secretary, Archita Dutta; Assistant Cultural Secretary,Gebi Jebisow; sports secetary, Tasso Tailyang; assistant sports secretary,David Vanlalcrana; Women’s secretary, V. Lalnundiki; Media and Publicity, Kshitij Sharma; literary secetary, Binokishor Whengham; information and database, Rozal Chettri; assistant information and database, Phurilatpam Legyan Sharma.

The newly elected president, in his speech, vowed that all opinions will be given priority during his leadership and emphasised on working towards the welfare of the northeast region with a motive to “preserve the cultural heritage” of North Eastern states”. He also spoke about how racial slurs and discrimination will

GANGTOK, SEP 14 (PTI): The Dalai Lama will pay a five-day visit to Sikkim from October 28, the state Ecclesiastical Department Minister, Ven Sonam Lama said on Wednesday.

Lama, who is currently at Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, told newspersons here via video conferencing that he along with the department secretary PasDalai Lama sang D Phempu had met the Buddhist spiritual head expressed his keen desire at his residence there on to visit Sikkim, which he Wednesday and delivered a letter from Chief Minister be handled so that people P S Tamang inviting him to see their integrity, prosper- Sikkim. ity, and excellence, the reThe Dalai Lama aclease added. cepted the invitation and

In The CourT of SmTI. W. V. PaTTon, CIVIl Judge (Sr.) mokokChung : nagaland to,

Summon In A SummAry SuIt (order XXXVII, rule 2)

mr. n. Sahojao Singh, S/o. Shri. n. tomal Singh, Phayang Village, P.o/P.S. Lamsang, Imphal West-I, Pin-795146, manipur.

Whereas the State Bank of India, Bazar Branch, mokokchung through the Branch manager has instituted a suit against you under order XXXVII of the code of civil procedure, 1908, for `.3,76,501/- which include contractual rate of interest, you are hereby summoned to cause an appearance to be entered by you, on the 30th day of September 2022, from the service hereof, in default whereof the plaintiff will be entitled, after the expiration of the said period, to obtain a decree for any sum not exceeding the sum of `.3,76,501/If you cause an appearance to be entered for you. the plaintiff will thereafter serve upon you a summons for judgement at the hearing of which you will be entitled to move the court for leave to defend the suit.

Leave to defend may be obtained if you satisfy the court by affidavit or otherwise that there is a defense to the suit on the merits or that it is reasonable that you should be allowed to defend.

Given under my hand and the seal of the court, this 26th day of August 2022.

MKc-344/22

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE

SmT. W.V. Patton Civil Judge (Sr.) mokokchung : nagaland

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION NAGALAND :: KOHIMA

email: industrynaga@gmail.com.e-fax:08468825666 www.industry.nagaland.gov.in

NO.IND/DEV/SA/78/95 (Vol-III) :

NOTIFICATION

Dated Kohima, the th September, 2022.

ADVERTISEMENT Interested Indigenous artisans of Nagaland are hereby invited for State Level Award in the field of Handloom (Textile) & Handicraft. Only genuine artisans above 18 years of age engaged in the field of Handloom (Textile) & Handicraft for the last 5(five) years & above may collect application form from the Directorate of Industries & Commerce, Development Branch, Room No- 34 (1st floor), Kohima Nagaland on any working days.

The last date for submission of form is 27/09/2022 after which no applications will be entertained. dc-1068/22

said is always dear to him, Lama said.

Tamang said “I am joyful that His Holiness accepted the invitation to visit our state. His benign presence will be a great privilege for the devotees to seek his blessings”.

This will be the 86-yearold Buddhist spiritual head’s sixth visit to the state, which till 1975 was a Buddhist monarchy and had a close cultural relationship with Tibet.

Sd/(Vitsutho Nyuthe) Director of Industries & Commerce

Dated Kohima the th Sept 2022 NO.ED/PLN/JAL SHAKTI/2022 :: It is to inform that the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India is organizing 4th National Water Awards with an objective to encourage all stakeholders, including Educational institutions, civil society organizations, Gram Panchayats, urban local bodies, corporate sector and individuals working in the sector for adopting innovative practices of ground water augmentation, rain water harvesting, recycling of water and other steps to ensure creation of a culture of better water resources management.

Therefore, interested schools are hereby invited to apply for the same through the website www.awards.gov.in before 15th September 2022.

The detailed list of categories and other related information is contained in the National Awards Guidelines which is available in the Department’s website education.nagaland.gov.in.

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(WONTHUNGO TSOPOE) DIRECTOR

A session of the Assam legislature in progress.

point this out to the honourable member,” Daimary said.

The other Congress MLAs who were at the lobby beside the House chamber at that time immediately rushed in and claimed that they had decided to listen to the proceedings from outside as they were not being allowed to raise any supplementary questions.

Only those members who had questions listed against their name had reentered the House, they said.

State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika defending the speaker said he was playing a ‘positive role’.

Daimary said that he is currently hearing three disqualification notices from the Congress against its MLAs and therefore

thought it prudent to caution the opposition party’s lawmakers about any activity that may attract action against any of them.

Raking up the matter after Question Hour, deputy leader of Opposition and Congress MLA Rakibul Hussain said the speaker’s words have “hurt” his party.

“We are deeply saddened at the words coming from the Chair that a member of Congress can face problems,” he said.

Seeking to clarify his stance yet again, the speaker said, “I am just like any of you. I have to run the House as per rules.

“My statement on the disqualification notice was addressed to the House. And to Barman was only whether he wanted to raise the question or not,” Daimary added.

List of Participants Selected for State Handloom Expo at Urban Haat, Dimapur.

W.E.F 16th September to 29th September 2022.

Sl.No Name of Participants Address 1 Bina dowarah Assam 2 Ratul Patir Assam 3 Prna Mili Assam 4 Bimala Boro Assam 5 Sangita doley Taid Assam 6 Nilamani Meitei Assam 7 Haobijam Shila devi Manipur 8 Maibam Ibeyaima devi Manipur 9 B. chaoba devi Manipur 10 M. Ayingbi chanu Manipur 11 Sentiyangla Mokokchung 12 Bendangtula Mokokchung 13 Shetoli Achumi Niuland 14 Angukali V Yeptho dimapur 15 Temsurenla Mokokchung 16 Sashimenla Mokokchung 17 Nokluzungla Kohima 18 Imtizongla chang Mokokchung 19 Kughaholi K Kiba Niuland 20 Rentilong Jamir Mokokchung 21 N. Kaheli Zunheboto 22 E. Merry Phom Longleng 23 Akala Rudi Kohima 24 Mongsentula Mokokchung 25 Imtinenla Mokokchung 26 S. Onentila Mokokchung 27 Aloi Kohima 28 Nesute Wezah Phek 29 Y. Manda Phom Longleng 30 Itokali N Kiho Zunheboto 31 Rongmangnaro Mokokchung 32 Arentula Mokokchung 33 Ngipwang Konyak Mon 34 Lily Sote Kohima 35 Methai Mon 36 chonbeni Wokha 37 Imlikala Phom Longleng 38 Ngipagam Konyak Mon 39 Moabenla Mokokchung 40 S. Akanglemla Mokokchung 41 Merenjungla Kohima 42 Kezutso U Sekhamo Phek 43 Beryl Zhimo Zunheboto 44 Sara Zunheboto 45 Anne Z Yeptho Zunheboto 46 Alhoushe Zunheboto 47 chipikali Mokokchung 48 c. Yingshom Phom Longleng 49 Apang Kohima 50 Ayangla Jamir Mokokchung 51 Z. Omegali Assumi Niuland 52 Kato Kiho Zunheboto 53 Kekhrietsu Meru Kohima 54 Vitoyi Zunheboto 55 Y. Maipo Mon 56 T. Toli chophy Zunheboto 57 Angyung K Konyak Mon 58 Kokle Phom Longleng 59 Nepmei Phom Longleng 60 Jungshimanen Mokokchung NB:- 1. The selected participants are directed to report to the exhibition at Urban Haat, dimapur at 7 a.m.

2. The participants are directed to keep their exhibits in their respective stall under lock & key. The office shall not be held responsible in case of any losses/theft.

3. Selected participants are informed to strictly follow cOVId SOP and reach at scheduled time. In case of failure, appropriate action will be taken.

Sd/(ZAKABO V ROTOKHA) NCS Managing Director dc-1070/22

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post

Post-mortem

VOL. XXXII NO. 281 DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Global catastrophe

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eatwaves causing forest fires in one hemisphere while heavy downpour causing huge floods in other parts of the world reflect the global climate crisis. Intense climate-related disasters—floods, storms, droughts, and heat waves— have been on the rise worldwide. After scorching heat waves withered crops and dried up mighty rivers in the Northern Hemisphere, catastrophic super flooding in Pakistan has so far killed more than a 1,000 people, displacing millions more. That heating the planet by burning fossil fuels is broadly making extreme weather more frequent and intense is well established. Scientists have been sounding the alarm bells on that for years. Weather catastrophes are never down to just one cause. They result from natural factors, as well as human-made ones. For instance, large-scale deforestation and paving over green areas that would usually absorb heavy rainfall with concrete and tarmac can worsen flooding. The link between temperature extremes and global heating is much more direct. Swings in temperature are not necessarily more extreme but as global average temperatures rise, heat waves have grown hotter and cold spells milder. Without global heating, recent record temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in the United Kingdom would have been virtually impossible, as would the North American heat wave of 2021, according to WWA analyses. At the same time and coupled with an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, temperatures, on average, have been rising, and are becoming more variable and more extreme. Rainfall has also been more variable and more extreme. Warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, changes in the global water cycle, reductions in snow and ice, the rising global mean sea level, and changes in some climate extremes are already being observed as Green House Gas(GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere continue to rise. According to global weather records, the Earth’s temperature has risen by 0.14° Fahrenheit (0.08° Celsius) per decade since 1880. However the rate of warming since 1981 is more than twice that: 0.32° F (0.18° C) per decade. The rise in temperature in 2021 was the sixth-warmest year on record based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) temperature data. Worldwide, 2016 was the warmest year on record, 2020 was the second-warmest, and 2012–2021 was the warmest decade on record since thermometer-based observations began. Over the past two decades, evidence has mounted that the global climate is changing, and that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are largely to blame.

While countries are facing rising inflation and uneven recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change has not slowed down. 2022 is already set to rank among one of the 10 warmest years on record. Climate impacts threaten to push millions into poverty. The effect of global warming on the climate of India has led to climate disasters as per some experts. India is a disaster prone area, with the statistics of 27 out of 35 states being disaster prone, with foods being the most frequent disasters. The process of global warming has led to an increase in the frequency and intensity of these climatic disasters.

The contributory factors on abnormal weather patterns are varies and many. It is therefore important to make citizens aware of their roles and once this is achieved, perhaps even choice of environmental friendly products would become a necessity.

DailyDevotion Arguments or Obedience …the simplicity that is in Christ.

—2 Corinthians 11:3 Simplicity is the secret to seeing things clearly. A saint does not think clearly until a long time passes, but a saint ought to see clearly without any difficulty.

You cannot think through spiritual confusion to make things clear; to make things clear, you must obey. In intellectual matters you can think things out, but in spiritual matters you will only think yourself into further wandering thoughts and more confusion. If there is something in your life upon which God has put His pressure, then obey Him in that matter. Bring all your “arguments and…every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” regarding the matter, and everything will become as clear as daylight to you (2 Corinthians 10:5). Your reasoning capacity will come later, but reasoning is not how we see. We see like children, and when we try to be wise we see nothing (see Matthew 11:25).

Even the very smallest thing that we allow in our lives that is not under the control of the Holy Spirit is completely sufficient to account for spiritual confusion, and spending all of our time thinking about it will still never make it clear. Spiritual confusion can only be conquered through obedience. As soon as we obey, we have discernment. This is humiliating, because when we are confused we know that the reason lies in the state of our mind. But when our natural power of sight is devoted and submitted in obedience to the Holy Spirit, it becomes the very power by which we perceive God’s will, and our entire life is kept in simplicity.

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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. ~ Honore de Balzac

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

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here is little doubt that Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his clean image and ability to drive the country’s polity on the path of development through macro-level infrastructure build up on one hand and emphasis on startups on the other, has earned his position as the tallest leader in the eyes of the people.

For the sceptics still wondering if India is a nation, Prime Minister Modi in this year’s Independence Day speech defined - in his own inimitable style - the ‘idea of India’ by combining its past, present and the future and placed before the world what can be called India’s national strategy of fostering security, development and integrity.

The address had the distinction of keeping internal politics away and focusing totally on India’s forward-looking mission and the points of reform that need to be considered for preserving a healthy national outlook.

It was a remarkable framework of strategic directions specified by the Prime Minister in which a democratic, inclusive and progressive India would proceed in the times to come. The speech covered all major aspects of national life - position of India as a world power, development as well as future of the youth, cultural roots, participative role of the states in nation-building and importance of maintenance of internal order with special reference to crime against women.

The Prime Minister spoke with a sense of dedication towards the nation,

A complete view of the nation

conviction and self-belief and enhanced his image as a statesman.

It is worth recalling the thematic points of Modi’s Red Fort address for these evidently represent the gist of his strategy of governance for the times ahead. He highlighted the aspirational character of Indian society marked by preponderance of youth and struck a note of optimism amidst the difficult situation of unemployment, by acknowledging that the youth have the right to demand a faster economic growth and better opportunities.

He had at the back of his mind the swiftness with which his government responded to the sudden Covid onslaught - a crisis of unprecedented scale - by focusing on vaccine research and production and later working out a ‘bottom up’ approach to economic recovery in which ‘vocal for local’ carrying India towards self-reliance became a brilliant way out of the economic dump that the pandemic had created.

India with its history of ‘village economy’ was attuned to sustaining the society on localised demand and supply even as it showed its sheer brain power in catching up with ‘globalisation’ - an upshot of the success of information technology revolution that had caused the transition of the world from industrial age to the age of information and knowledge economy.

Economic recovery still is work in progress but Prime Minister Modi gets the credit for leading the country by ‘riding a crisis’ and in the process putting India on the world map

for handling the Covid onslaught successfully - with a rare political will. He reflected a confident optimism - that was well placed - with regard to the future prospect of India.

A remarkable achievement of the Modi regime is the distinct mark that India reached - in a short span of time - in earning the recognition of the international community as an influencer of global geopolitics, because of its success not only in handling the Covid crisis, but also in pursuing a foreign and security policy that is totally independent, free of ‘alignments’ and driven by thoughts of world peace.

It was quite legitimate for Prime Minister Modi to say that India’s goal is to work for a ‘Vikasit Bharat’ at a time when the country - in his words - has become ‘a ray of hope for the world’.

He urged all citizens - in that spirit - to focus on their own commitment to India’s development. It was a befitting call for making the country great both from within as well as in the eyes of the world outside.

Presentation of a broad vision of this kind looked appropriate for an Independence Day address.

The Prime Minister urged the citizens to advance with full conviction about a developed India, get rid of any sense of ‘slavery’ and take pride in the nation’s history and heritage.

He commended ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusiveness’ as the great features of India’s culture, but refrained from using the word ‘secular’ for good reasons. Introduced in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by late Indira Gandhi when she was the

Prime Minister, this adjective always raised controversies in the context of defining the ‘idea of India’ - often because it was politically interpreted as a marker of the ‘special position’ of the Muslim minority here.

In democratic India, which is governed through the free and fair electoral practice of ‘one man one vote’ -regardless of distinction of caste, creed and gender - secularism was built into the state and was not meant to come in the way of the nation drawing strength and inspiration from the glory of its civilisational past.

Modi reminded all Indians that ‘when we are committed to our roots, then only can we fly high’.

While declaring that ‘India is the mother of democracy’, he reiterated that ‘diversity is its strength’. This diversity is not to be invoked for instigating separatism at home. The Prime Minister significantly mentioned the enlarged motto of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’ to highlight inclusivity.

It is in this context that Prime Minister Modi acknowledged from the ramparts of the Red Fort the contributions made to the cause of freedom by ‘revolutionaries’ who sacrificed their lives for it but were kept excluded from the historical accounts of the struggle for Independence advanced by the protagonists of the Congress-led freedom movement.

This anomaly needed an urgent correction. The Prime Minister mentioned Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Netaji

Subhas Chandra Bose, Rajendra Prasad, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Vir Savarkar, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Ram Manohar Lohia, among others, for their contributions.

He also recalled Mangal Pandey, Tantya Tope, Maharani Laxmi Bai and Begum Hazrat Mahal, leaders of the 1857 anti-British revolt looked upon as the ‘First War of Independence’, and went on to name Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru, Chandra Shekhar Azaad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rani Chennamma, Virsa Munda and Rani Gaidinliu and saluted them all as the architects of free India.

The Prime Minister included the freedom fighters of all communities, tribes and regions and from different periods of time to send across the message of India being ‘one nation’.

One cannot envisage a more purposeful address to the nation ever given from Red Fort.

Howsoever indirect, the Prime Minister’s references to some key points of the internal situation were timely and effective. He identified the states with the Centre by stating that ‘when our states grow, India grows’ and urged the states to take to ‘cooperative and competitive federalism’.

He indirectly drew attention to the prevailing law and order scene with reference to crime against women - which is a direct responsibility of the states - by expressing his regret that ‘respect for women who are an important pillar of India’s growth’ is not

adequate.

This connects with his specific mention of women warriors who had fought against the British. In the context of law and order, this country must quickly move towards eliminating gangs indulging in trafficking of women and kidnapping of children on a priority basis and for this the Centre must take due cognisance of the continued failure of a state government and take recourse to a Constitutional remedy after administering two warnings with regard to the incidence of these crimes that have the potential of causing internal destabilisation.

Equally important was the Prime Minister’s call that ‘we must rid the country of nepotistic thinking and push it towards a meritbased society’.

He declared that ‘corruption has to be fully eliminated’ and implicitly put the current drive of the concerned central agencies in a perspective before the citizens at large.

Prime Minister Modi managed to keep his address above internal polity. In a way, he successfully used the important occasion to spell out his government’s approach to the entire spectrum of governance as well as the strategy adopted

by India in the spheres of economic growth, national security and international relations.

The address was in Prime Minister’s typical conversational style and was understood and absorbed by the common Indian and the strategic observers alike.

D.C. Pathak is a former Director of Intelligence Bureau

Can small wind turbines contribute to large renewable goals?

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enthil Kumar, a Chennaibased software engineer, recently experienced the difficulties brought on by hours of power cuts first-hand, on a visit to his hometown Sundarapandiam near Madurai, in southern Tamil Nadu. “I knew my parents were facing power cuts. But only when I visited, I realised how hard it was,” he recalls. Now, he is looking for a renewable energy solution to deal with frequent power cuts.

His hometown is not the only one that faced power outages this year. India went through a severe power crisis in April, as a result of a coal shortage. On April 29, an energy shortage was observed – a massive 214 million units (MU), according to Power System Operation Corporation Limited (PSOCL). Although a study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air predicted a possible crisis again between July and August, the power shortage has been reduced. July 28, 2022 was an exception; it stood at 10.26 MU. The energy shortage ever since, has been limited to well below 10 million units, because of coal imports.

However, recent coal imports have caused electricity prices to increase by 60 to 70 paise per unit, according to the Minister of Power R.K. Singh. While many areas continue to suffer power cuts, electricity prices are likely to increase further. Coal meets about 55 percent of India’s energy needs, according to the Ministry of Coal.

In its efforts to decarbonise, India has set ambitious renewable energy (RE) targets. From an RE goal of 175 GW by 2022 announced in Paris in 2015, India set a new target of 450 GW by 2030 at the United Nations climate conference COP26, conducted last year in Scotland.

However, the implementation of large wind energy projects has slowed down since 2017, because of several policy changes. And rooftop solar is yet to get its pace.

The untapped potential in renewables Given the bottlenecks in the implementation of large RE projects, geopolitical uncertainties, and India’s reliance on imported

coal, the present situation points towards the untapped RE potential, especially the small wind turbines and small wind-solar hybrids, according to energy experts.

A turbine with a rotor swept area smaller than 200 m2 that generates 1,000 AC (alternating current) or 1,500 DC (direct current) power is a small turbine, as per the International Electrotechnical Commission.

“For practical purposes, in the Indian context, we can say turbines up to 10 kW capacity, are small, though some countries consider up to 300 kW for the same,” says Uday Kshirsagar of Pune-based Spitzen Energy, that specialises in the small wind (SW) and small wind-solar (SWS) hybrid systems.

SW turbines can run at wind speeds as low as two metres per second. They can be connected to the grid or be stand-alone systems and can also be hybridised with solar. They can be mounted on rooftops as well. Some of them are portable too.

Given the potential, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched a ‘Small Wind Energy and Hybrid Systems’ programme in September 2010. It included the empanelment of SW turbine manufacturers, wherein the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) tested and validated the turbines.

The certification was prompted by the high number of turbines that were being imported during the time, when repairs and replacement of parts were a challenge, according to MP Ramesh, former director of NIWE. “The scheme was initiated to promote small wind and windsolar, and hence was subsidised,” explained Kshirsagar. The scheme came to a close in March 2017, as per MNRE’s 2018-19 annual report. “Because by 2017, when MNRE reviewed the scheme, it was felt the subsidy was high, as the price of photo-voltaic solar had dropped drastically by then,” says Kshirsagar.

The subsidy was set at Rs 1.5 lakh per kW for government and public institutions and Rs 1 lakh per kW for others. “The

actual cost was Rs 2.5 to 3 lakh per kW,” says A.D. Thirumoorthy, a Coimbatore-based energy consultant.

However, SW and SWS systems continue to be installed without subsidy, primarily for corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects. The applications are varied – from residential to commercial and public entities such as the railway and military, to remote off-grid villages or areas with erratic supply. “We’ve installed SW turbines for farmers, railway stations, level crossings, and tribal schools,” says Kshirsagar.

One of Spitzen’s impactful projects is the 100 kW SWS system installed to operate the gates of a dam in Maharashtra. “Diesel was being used in Madhya Vaitarna Dam. With the SWS system, there’s a drastic reduction in diesel consumption,” recalls Kshirsagar.

Besides small systems, Jaipur-based IYSERT Energy, also installs off-grid systems for the army’s remote posts, and a new SW system on highways, to harness the velocity of moving vehicles. “For the National Highway Authority, we install these turbines in the medians. When vehicles pass, electricity is generated and is used for lighting street lamps,” says Rakesh Biswas, the founder of IYSERT. If feasible, setting up a hybrid system works well, as both renewable sources can complement each other. Some of IYSERT’s turbines that spin on a vertical axis, are hybridised with solar panels.

Challenges in installing hybrid systems “The sound and vibration were the deterrents, besides the cost,” points out Thirumoorthy, when asked why rooftop SW turbines did not take off. Biswas says that more modern systems such as that which IYSERT designs and manufactures indigenously, have overcome these problems. But presently, with no subsidies, the cost factor weighs in favour of solar. “A 1 kW solar rooftop system costs only Rs 40,000, whereas, a 1 kW solar-wind hybrid will cost Rs 2.5 lakh,” says Biswas.

The cost of a small wind turbine starts at Rs 70,000 per kW

and may go up to Rs 2.5 lakh per kW for a hybrid, depending on factors, like the material, technology, locality and whether it is connected to the grid. “It would be good to have a subsidy as we have for rooftop solar,” opines Kshirsagar.

Despite training users, there are practical difficulties in maintenance, especially as most SW turbines are off-grid. “Maintenance is important, which people ignore. And when people get it on subsidy, it becomes nobody’s baby,” says Ramesh.

Spitzen overcomes this by partnering with a local NGO, for CSR projects. Given their rapport with the community, the NGO is able to ensure that the community members maintain the system.

Certification of turbines is a lengthy and costly process, as the turbines are certified after testing through different seasons of the year. As there were no clear recommendations for SW turbines

by IEC or any other entity, NIWE ran its own tests, and charged only

about one-twentieth of the actual testing cost, reveals Ramesh. He points out that SW system manufacturers are small players and lack financial resources. “So, to attract new manufacturers, we need supportive policy,” suggests Kshirsagar.

MNRE’s 2018-19 annual report shows only 3.35 MW of SW and hybrid systems installed across India. Though there is no data on market potential in India, market research firm Mordor Intelligence’s report estimates the global SW turbine market at $309 million by 2027. To utilise this untapped potential, members of the Indian Small Wind Association met MNRE officials in August 2021. They sought support for subsidies and technical aid to connect SW plants to the grid, where possible. A grid-connected system will be more affordable as a storage battery will not be necessary.

Jency Samuel is a civil engineer and an independent journalist (As published in Mongabay India)

Reader’s Post

Education, a right or privilege

Sir,

Education is a right and a matter of concern if any child is deprived of getting education. That was the sole purpose of RTE (2009) to provide free and compulsory education but to consider higher and better education can be pursue only by elites and privileges is a sheer ignorance of the mass. As Nelson Mandela has said “No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Therefore, it’s the duty of the elected Govt to provide subsidies on education through schemes. So, no citizen would be deprived to pursue better and higher education. To remind the fact that spending and subsidies in education is a welfare program and not freebies, the understanding and the elaboration of the aforesaid is pass to policy makers.

There’s a quite an example of state like Telangana who pay mess dues of the students whose parents are not govt employees and this scheme is applicable to all the mentioned students pursuing education in different Universities, Schools and Colleges across the nation, not to deny we even struggle to pay 10% of the scholarship amount left alone the grant and subsidies in education sector for underprivileged.

The trend “Paisa thakiya khan he puribho pare”, has diverted the mentality to question thus failing us to advocate even our right to education. So, until and unless you question, right to education is just an imagination.

Swuto Swu, Dimapur, (swutoswu19@gmail.com)

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.

Hindi, friend of all regional languages, says Amit Shah

“I want to make one thing very clear. Some people are spreading disinformation that Hindi and Gujarati, Hindi and Tamil, Hindi and Marathi are competitors. Hindi cannot be a competitor to any other language in the country. You must understand that Hindi is the friend of all the languages of the country,” Shah said.

He said native languages in the country will prosper only when Hindi prospers, and vice versa.

“Everybody should accept and understand this. So long as we do not accept the co-existence of languages, we cannot realise the dream of running the country in our own language. And I want to say with sincerity that it should be our aim to keep all the languages and mother tongues alive and prosperous. Only with the prosperity of all these lan-

K’taka special court orders graft probe against Yediyurappa BENGALURU, SEP 14 (IANS): In a setback to BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa, a special court for cases against MPs/MLAs on Wednesday ordered the filing of case and investigation by the Lokayukta police, into allegations of misuse of power when he was Karnataka Chief Minister. The special court’s order came on a plea by social activist T.J. Abraham who has alleged that Yediyurappa had allegedly awarded a BDA housing project to Ramalingam Constructions in return for financial favours diverted through shell companies.

Abraham had previously approached the court seeking probe against Yediyurappa, his son B.Y. Vijayendra, Co-Operation Minister S.T. Somashekar and six

B.S. Yediyurappa

others. However, the special court had dismissed the petition for not taking prior consent of the Governor.

Subsequently, Abraham had appealed the High Court which had directed the special court to revisit the case. Yediyurappa said that there is no truth in the allegations and he will emerge innocent, while expressing full faith in the judiciary.

“It’s a conspiracy against me,” he said.

Asaduddin Owaisi

JAIPUR, SEP 14 (PTI): In a left-handed compliment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday suggested that he is quicker than the cheetah when it comes to evading serious issues.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader, who arrived here on a two-day Rajasthan trip, called the recent Varanasi court order in the Gyanvapi mosque- Shringar Gauri case a “setback” and said it went against the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

He also criticised the Uttar Pradesh government’s move to conduct a survey of madrassas in the state.

Owaisi’s cheetah remark – made in a lighter vein, he said -- came when reporters asked the Hyderabad MP to comment on plans to reintroduce the fast big cat to the country.

Modi is set to release eight cheetahs being brought from Namibia into the Kuno National Park

in Madhya Pradesh on his birthday on September 17.

Owaisi said the prime minister “moves faster” than the cheetah when issues like inflation or unemployment are raised, his remark suggesting that Modi runs away from such matters.

“When we talk about u n e m p l oy m e n t , M o d i leaves even the cheetah behind. When we ask about China occupying our territory, Modi ji is quicker than the cheetah,” he said. “He is very quick in these matters, we are telling him to go slow.”

“Wo bolne mein bahut tez hain,” Owaisi said, implying that the PM can talk his way out of tricky situations.

“I am saying all this in a lighter vein so that the UAPA is not invoked against me,” he said, referring to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The eight cheetahs will arrive on a customised Boeing 747400 aircraft from Namibia’s capital Windhoek and then flown to their new home in helicopters.

The AIMIM head denounced the recent Varanasi court order that rejected a plea by the Gyanvapi Masjid committee questioning the maintainability of the petition that sought daily worship of deities whose idols are located on the mosque’s outer wall.

BJP brought armed goons in trains from outside for rally, claims Mamata

KOLKATA, SEP 14 (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the BJP brought in hoodlums armed with bombs in trains from outside the state to foment trouble during its march to the state secretariat Nabanna.

Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, said the police could have opened fire on “violent” BJP protesters during the protest march on Tuesday, but the government exercised “maximum” restraint.

“Many police personnel were brutally attacked by the participants of that rally... Police could have opened fire, but our administration showed maximum restraint,” she said during an administrative meeting at Nimtouri in Purba Medinipur district.

During the rally, BJP supporters fought pitched battles with the police, threw stones at them, torched a vehicle and damaged a kiosk while the cops used batons and water cannons to disperse the protesters. Several persons from both sides were injured in the melee.

The CM said the protest march inconvenienced commuters and traders, as it was held barely a few weeks ahead of Durga Puja, the state’s biggest festival. “ We h ave n o th in g against democratic and

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peaceful protests. But the BJP and its supporters resorted to violence, vandalism and arson. They torched properties and instilled fear among people. We won’t allow this. Arrests are being made, and law will take its own course,” she said.

Addressing the meeting, Banerjee also asked the youth to get themselves trained in technical schools such as Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) as, she said, the state is emerging as a destination for skill-based industries.

She said the state has over 400 polytechnic institutes and ITIs and the youths can acquire skills in their chosen spheres from there.

“Many industries are coming to the state and they require skilled manpower.

Bengal is rapidly emerging as the destination for such ventures,” the CM said.

There should be no issues that can jeopardise the investment climate in Purba Medinipur district, Banerjee

said. “There should not be any malpractice in allotting land for the development of Haldia. The industrial scenario should be peaceful,” she added.

The CM said that funds allocated to the Zilla Parishad should be spent properly. “I have asked MLAs and Zilla Parishad functionaries, who attended a meeting yesterday at Kharagpur, to work expeditiously for implementing government schemes, and ensure they do not get mired in red tape. We have to be on the side of the people,” she said.

She said 30 universities and 14 new medical colleges have come up in West Bengal in the past few years.

Banerjee, who virtually inaugurated several development projects including a beautification drive in the sea resort towns of Digha and Mandarmani, said the state government was turning them into international places. Observing that there has been a spurt in road accidents in the district in recent times, the chief minister said a mechanism was evolved to deal with those issues.

“Once an IPS officer is transferred to another post, he should leave a note to his successor which would help the new officer make the mechanism better,” the CM said adding that she wants a report on if this drill is adhered to.

Nominations for Padma Awards to be accepted till today

NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (PTI): Online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2023, to be announced on the eve of Republic Day next year, will be received till Thursday.

The Union home ministry had opened the window for accepting nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards on May 1. They are being accepted only on the Rashtriya Puruskar Portal (https:// awards.gov.in).

The last date for submitting nominations for the Padma Awards is September 15, 2022, an official statement said.

The Padma Awards, namely Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country.

Instituted in 1954,

these awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

The awards seek to recognise work of distinction and are given for distinguished and exceptional achievements and service in all fields and disciplines, such as art, literature and education, sports, medicine, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, civil service, and trade and industry, etc.

All people without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these awards.

Government servants including those working with public sector undertakings (PSU), except doctors and scientists, are not eligible for the Padma Awards.

The Modi government is committed to transforming the Padma Awards into

“People’s Padma”, an official said.

Concerted efforts are being made to identify talented persons whose excellence and achievements really deserve to be recognised from amongst women, weaker sections of the society, SCs and STs, differently abled persons and those who

are doing selfless service to the society.

Further details in this regard are available under the heading ‘Awards and Medals’ on the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs (https://mha.gov. in) and on the Padma Awards portal (https:// padmaawards.gov.in).

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SURAT, SEP 14 (PTI): Hindi language is not a competitor but a “friend” of all the other regional languages in the country and they are mutually dependent on each other for their growth, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Wednesday. He denounced the “disinformation” campaign to pit Hindi against native languages and underlined the need to strengthen local languages with Hindi.

Addressing the All India Official Language Conference in Surat city on Hindi Day, Shah said that accepting the co-existence of languages was needed and stressed the need to make Hindi flexible by taking words from other languages to expand its dictionary.

Shah observed that unless the Hindi language becomes flexible, it cannot grow.

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Amit Shah with Nisith Pramanik and others during the 2nd All India Official Language Conference in Surat. (PTI)

guages will Hindi prosper,” Shah added.

He said Hindi is an inclusive language and called for strengthening native languages along with Hindi.

Shah said the British banned literary works in various Indian languages, including 264 poetry works in Hindi, 58 in Urdu, 19 in Tamil, 10 in Telugu, 22 each in Punjabi and Gujarati, 123 in Marathi, nine in Sindhi, 11 in Odiya, 24 in Bangla, and one in Kannada.

“This shows how Rajbhasha and native languages strengthened the freedom struggle which forced the British to ban them,” he said.

“We will have to frame policies from indigenous thinking emerging from the native languages rather than from thoughts arising out of foreign languages,” the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said. The Union minister said the dictionary of Hindi needs to become “very large and detailed” to increase its acceptability in the country and abroad.

“A language does not become inferior by adopting words from other languages, rather its scope widens. We will have to make Hindi flexible. Unless we do so, we can’t make Hindi grow,” he said after inaugurating the first edition of “Hindi Shabd Sindhu,” a dictionary.

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CHENNAI, SEP 14 (IANS): The BMW Group on Wednesday categorically refuted reports of setting up an auto component plant in Punjab. “BMW Group India has no plans for setting up additional manufacturing operations in Punjab,” the German group said in a statement.

BMW Group is firmly committed to its Indian operations with its manufacturing plant in Chennai, a parts warehouse in Pune, a training centre in GurgaonNCR and a well-developed dealer network across major metropolitans of the country.

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that normalisation in real rates is warranted.

Even as the monsoon has been progressing well with cumulative rainfall 6 per cent above the longterm average up to September 12, the distribution of the rainfall has been rather uneven.

As a result the summer crop sowing declined by 1.3 per cent on-year up to September 2, largely led by paddy which declined by a negative 5.6 per cent and pulses (-4.4 per cent), UBS said.

To control the domestic prices, the government last week banned exports of broken rice and imposed a 20 per cent duty on exports of various grades of rice.

manufacturing and automotive to accelerate innovative solutions that deliver new value to their clients and operations -- securely at the edge. In India, 5G has the potential to create a cumulative economic impact of $1 trillion by 2035.

Howard Boville, Head of IBM Cloud Platform, said that teaming with Airtel to bring IBM’s hybrid cloud offerings to their Indian multi-access edge compute customers “will help them embrace the opportunities presented by 5G and edge, like innovating with greater speed and security”.

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ROTOMI WELFARE KOHIMA FELICITATION With immense joy and honour, we the Rotomi Welfare, Kohima take the privilege to extend our heartiest congratulations to: 1. er. Kumugha K. shohe, S/o. Khekishe Shohe for being appointed to the post of SdO (civil Engg.) (class-I Gazetted) under PHE department through NPSc (cTSE).

2. er. Tsaikha K. shohe, S/o Khehoshe Shohe for being appointed to the post of JE (Electrical Engg.) (class-II Gazetted) under Power department through NPSc (cTSE).

3. smti. Vivika shohe, d/o Khekishe Shohe for being appointed to the post of Project Officer, National Resource centre for Social Audit (NRc-SA) NIRdPR, Hyderabad.

The Welfare further expresses our sincere prayers and best wishes in their future endeavours.

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said elevated inflation on both the retail and wholesale fronts suggests the need for the RBI’s monetary policy committee to maintain vigilance over evolving price trends and accordingly he expects the MPC to front-load rate hikes, and deliver another 50 bps rate hike on September 30.

On the positive side he notes that the gap between WPI and CPI is closing, it remains wide enough to keep the MPC on its path of front-loaded rate hikes.

In a note, Morgan Stanley said they expect a 35-bps rate hike in the September 30 review as they expect CPI inflation to remain around 5.3 per cent in FY24 and thus believe

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we see a massive opportunity to help businesses across industries transform how they deliver goods and services,” said Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, CEO-Enterprise, Airtel Business.

“We have the largest network of edge data centers available in India under the Nxtra brand and we will leverage our work with IBM to help Indian businesses address their critical business needs with greater efficiency,” he added.

Once deployed, the platform is designed to enable large enterprises across multiple industries including

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to remain elevated around the August levels before moderating meaningfully from October onwards.

This will have the RBI-led monetary policy committee front-loading the tightening cycle and deliver another 35 bps in the September 30 policy review.

For the full year FY23, the brokerage continues to expect retail inflation to average at 6.7 per cent. Accordingly, she says in their base case, they continue to expect the monetary policy committee to front-load the rate hike cycle and raise the repo rate by another 35 bps in the September review.

In a note, Rahul Bajoria, the chief economist at Barclays Securities India,

MUMBAI, SEP 14 (IANS): As India prepares for the 5G roll-out, Cloud major IBM and Bharti Airtel announced to deploy Airtels edge computing platform in the country, which will include 120 network data centres across 20 cities.

To begin with, Airtel edge computing platform backed by IBM Cloud Satellite will power Maruti Suzuki’s initiatives to streamline plant productivity and quality operations. “As India gears up to experience 5G,

NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (IANS): Soon e-commerce entities may face heavy penalty for posting fake reviews of products, as the government is finalising guidelines to curb such practices.

According to highlyplaced sources, a committee formed by the Department of Consumer Affairs is finalising changes in the norms related to fake reviews, which were formulated by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in 2021.

Once the changes are made in these norms, they would become mandatory and entail penalty on ecommerce firms for posting fake reviews and also for getting fake reviews done of rival entities.

Several e-commerce companies get negative reviews done against each other.

The BIS norms on fake reviews, as of now, are voluntary in nature.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (AGENCIES): With retail inflation rebounding and surging 7 per cent in August, analysts see another 35-50 basis points hike in interest rates by the RBI this month.

Retail inflation has stayed above the tolerance band of the RBI for eightconsecutive months. Despite a 140 basis points hike in repo rate, the real rates have been negative due to inflation staying above the 6% mark, Economic Times reported. According to Tanvee Gupta-Jain, the India chief economist at the Swiss brokerage UBS Securities, considering the base effect, inflation print for September is also likely

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deliberated on August 26 ENPO resolution to abstain from any central and State election, resolved to firmly support the ENPO resolution until the ENPO demand for separate State Frontier Nagaland was fulfilled.

CSK further resolved not to allow any electioneering process i.e candidature declaration or campaigns within the Chang jurisdiction.

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than August print in September last year when it was 11.8 per cent.

Inflation in food articles in August rose to 12.37 per cent, as against 10.77 per cent in July, on account of costlier cereals, fruits and vegetables.

The rate of price rise in vegetables was 22.29 per cent during the month under review, while in case of potato it was 43.56 per cent.

Inflation in cereals was 1.77 per cent, while in wheat and fruits it was 17.35 per cent and 31.75 per cent respectively.

In the fuel and power basket, inflation was 33.67 per cent in August, as against 43.75 per cent in

Despite of all these ill-treatments, Therie regretted that many people were running after BJP, believing that it would pump huge money in the election and also remain in power in Centre for years to come.

“This is why we are called weak Christians by Christians around the world,” he said.

Therie emphasised that Nagaland needed a secular government and choice of faith was a freedom of the individual. He said the tragedy was that the voter in a democracy was given one chance to vote in five years.

He claimed that every citizen was witness to the performance of BJP government at the Centre and its alliance government in the State. He therefore, stressed that Nagaland should not miss the bus and vote to bring in a God-fearing secular government.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (PTI): The wholesale pricebased inflation eased to 11-month low of 12.41 per cent in August, on softening in prices of manufactured and fuel products, even as food items remained expensive.

Although the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation declined for three consecutive months, it remained in double digit for 17th months beginning April last year.

The inflation was 13.93 per cent in July and 11.64 per cent in August last year.

It had touched a record high of 15.88 per cent in May this year.

The inflation was lower

July. In manufactured products and oil seeds, it was 7.51 per cent and (-) 13.48 per cent, respectively.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mainly looks at retail inflation to frame its monetary policy.

Retail inflation has remained above the Reserve Bank’s upper tolerance threshold of 6 per cent for the eighth month in a row and was at 7 per cent in August.

To tame stubbornly high inflation, the RBI has hiked the key interest rate three times this year to 5.40 per cent.

According to the central bank’s projections, retail inflation is likely to average 6.7 per cent in 2022-23.

Domestic rating agency Icra said WPI inflation likely to ease to 11-12 per cent in September 2022 and print in single digits thereafter.

“The downside surprise was led by a lowerthan-anticipated rise in fuel and global commodity prices,” Morgan Stanley said in a note.

MUMBAI, SEP 14 (IANS): The Indian rupee ended down 29 paise down, at 79.44, against the US dollar on Wednesday. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee ended at 79.44, against 79.15 in the previous trading session, against US dollar.

Anindya Banerjee, VP, Currency Derivatives & Interest Rate Derivatives at Kotak Securities Ltd, attributed the dip to the strong rally in US Dollar Index and sell-off in equities.

“However, RBI intervention and FPI flows may have capped the advance beyond 79.60. The sharp drop in the forward premium could be a sign of RBI selling in forwards. Post US CPI, odds of a 100 bps hike next week has increased.

These odds can keep USDINR supported till Fed meeting,” he said Dollar index, which gauges the the strength of greenback against the basket of six major currencies, was at 109.243. “We expect a range of 79.20 and 79.80 on spot,” Banerjee added.

Brent crude oil prices were at $92.74 a barrel by the closing of Indian market hours.

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Around 30 Indians trapped in Myanmar’s Fire in AI Express engine at Muscat airport Myawaddy area after falling prey to job scam

taxiway, another aircraft reported observing fumes from one of the engines.

However, there was no fire warning indication in the cockpit. As a matter of abundant precaution, and following the prescribed SOPs, the crew stopped on the taxiway and activated the onboard engine fire extinguishers,” the statement said. Air India Express also

said the matter is being investigated by the regulatory authorities as well as the airline’s flight safety department. A senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the regulator is probing the incident and appropriate action will be taken after the investigation is completed.

Air India Express has arranged a relief flight to

bring back the guests from Muscat.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Oman said there was fire in one of the engines of the aircraft.

“Before the aircraft take off, the aircraft was hit by a failure and a fire in one of its engines, which required an immediate evacuation of passengers,” the authority said in a tweet.

Vedanta-Foxconn: Shinde blames Uddhav, MVA says ‘treachery, bulldozer on Maha’

6 Pak nationals held off Gujarat coast with heroin

Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray

MUMBAI, SEP 14 (IANS): Rattled by the political fallout of the Vedanta GroupFoxconn Rs 2.06 lakh-crore mega project choosing Gujarat, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde blamed former CM Uddhav Thackeray’s government for the loss. At the same time the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi allies slammed Shinde for “treachery, and bulldozing the state economy”, here on Wednesday.

Clearly taken aback by the political-economic bombshell with long-term ramifications, Shinde spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi late on Tuesday where the latter reportedly assured him of “giving even bigger projects to Maharashtra” in the future.

“We are finding out the details. We have come (to power) only two months ago but Vedanta-Foxconn did not get the desired response

Hindi acted as bridge between states: CM Gehlot JAIPUR, SEP 14 (PTI): Hindi language acts as a bridge between different states of the country while being an effective medium for the expression of thoughts, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Wednesday.

The language has played an important role in increasing the spirit of brotherhood among the countrymen as it is an important link for our national integrity, Gehlot added addressing a statelevel Hindi Diwas function organised at Sawai Mansingh Medical College.

On this occasion, he honoured Dr Gunjan Garg and Dr Gopal Kabra with the Hindi Seva Award for excellent writing in the field of medicine and released the Golden Jubilee issue of “Bhasha Vishaar”.

The chief minister also honoured 393 students who got 100 per cent marks in Hindi subject. He said the language plays an important role in connecting people and it a carrier of the country’s cultural heritage. He said it is a matter of pride that Hindi is one of the most spoken languages in the world.

from the earlier (MVA) government,” said Shinde.

Both Shinde and Industry Minister Uday Samant confirmed the discussion with the Prime Minister and the reported promises, but there were no takers in the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of the Nationalist Congress PartyCongress-Shiv Sena. Virtually all parties have demanded a thorough probe into the sequence of events leading to Vedanta-Foxconn opting for Gujarat when more than 90 percent of its deal was finalised with Maharashtra, including allotment of 1,100 acres of land near Pune.

Leader of Opposition, NCP’s Ajit Pawar shot off a letter in which he has alleged that the project has gone to Gujarat due to high-level political pressure, and said Shinde must take steps to ensure it returns to Maharashtra. Attacking the gov-

ernment, NCP MP Supriya Sule said Shinde must immediately catch a plane to New Delhi and ensure that the Vedanta-Foxconn project -- “which had come to Maharashtra on merits” -- is immediately restored.

She rejected the claim that “bigger projects” would be given to Maharashtra and demanded that first the Vedanta-Foxconn project must be brought back in the interests of the state’s youth and economy. Shiv Sena’s exMinister Aditya Thackeray said that Shinde has again resorted to ‘treachery’ - first by toppling the MVA government in June with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and now failing the people of this state by allowing the mega project to go to the BJP-ruled Gujarat.

Congress state president Nana Patole accused Shinde of being “a dummy CM” with Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah running the show, “which is a very serious matter and detrimental to this state”.

“Maharashtra had given a very attractive package to the Vedanta-Foxconn project, but it has chosen Gujarat due to the BJP’s ‘conspiracy’ to weaken Maharashtra economically,” said Patole.

AHMEDABAD, SEP 14 (PTI): The Gujarat AntiTerrorist Squad in a joint operation with the Indian Coast Guard seized 40kg heroin worth Rs 200 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast on Wednesday, a senior ATS official said. Six Pakistani crew members of the boat were also apprehended, he said.

The fishing boat carrying drugs was intercepted mid-sea by a joint team of the Coast Guard and ATS near Jakhau harbour in Kutch district, the official said. “The heroin was meant to be transported to Punjab by road after being offloaded on the Gujarat coast. Based on a specific tip-off, we intercepted the boat which left from Pakistan, and caught six Pakistani nationals with 40kg of heroin,” he said.

The ATS and Coast Guard officials along with the seized boat are expected to reach the Jakhau coast later in the day, he said.

The state ATS and the Coast Guard had foiled similar attempts of drug smuggling in the past also and caught foreign nationals with huge quantities of narcotics which they planned to smuggle into India via the Gujarat coast.

NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (PTI): The Indian embassy in Myanmar has rescued over 30 Indians out of the 60 trapped in that country’s Myawaddy area after falling prey to an international racket promising jobs in Thailand, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Myawaddy area in southeastern Myanmar’s Kayin state bordering Thailand is not fully under the control of the Myanmarese government and certain ethnic armed groups hold sway over it. The people said the Indian nationals were duped by the international gang that offered them jobs in Thailand, but instead, were taken illegally to Myanmar. “As per the available information from various sources, more than 60 Indian nationals were duped by the fraudsters. They are reportedly in the area of Myawaddy. This area is not fully under the control of the government of Myanmar,”

AHMEDABAD, SEP 14 (PTI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said people of the country need to understand their “swa” (self) because the whole world is looking at India for knowledge.

He was speaking at a seminar on the subject “Swadhinta Se Swatantrata Ki Aur”, organised by the RSS’ sister outfit Bharatiya Vichar Manch here.

“Other countries look toward ancient Indian philosophy for guidance. Our ancient scriptures and books are eternal. Even today, the whole world looks toward India for knowledge. In such a situation, we all need to understand our ‘swa’ (self),” Bhagwat is quoted as saying in a release. Even top

Bhagwat.

The seminar was open only to select guests.

Bhagwat said though India became independent in 1947, the people were “late” in understanding their “swa” (self).

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judges have appealed to make necessary changes in the judicial process “on that basis”, he said.

“It’s the religion which teaches us the lessons of love, compassion, truth and penance. We never divided knowledge as indigenous or foreign. We always believed in adopting good thoughts coming from all directions.

Countries which forget their history are destined to be wiped out soon,” said

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Yingphire Union Dimapur, with profound delight and pride conveys its heartiest congratulations to Mr. Khumlise Anar, S/o Er. Chopongse Anar on been selected to the post of JE (IT/Communication) under Department of Power in recently declared NPSC(CTSE).

The Union further acknowledges him for bringing laurels to the Union through success and also wishes him the very best in his future endeavours.

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Dated Kohima, the 14th Sept, 2022

In continuation to the Advertisement No. NSSB-1/2022 in respect of Combined Staff Recruitment Examination 2022 vide No. NSSB/EXAM4/8/2022 dated Kohima 09-09-2022 inviting Online Applications from Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland for filling up the Group C vacancies under the Govt of Nagaland to be recruited by Nagaland Staff Selection Board, the following Addendum and Corrigendum are hereby notified as under; A. ADDENDUM: The following posts are added as under; Item Name of Post Pay Number Name of Department Code for Group Educational Qualification Remarks No Matrix of Vacancies Post 1. HSSLC Science Employment, Skill dev & 002 (A) 1 pharmacist Level-7 1 III 2. diploma in pharmacology from a Entrepreneurship recognised Institution 040

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The Office of the Kangching Bühü Union Dimapur (KBUD) conveys its heartiest congratulations to the following for successfully clearing the NPSC-1/CTSE 2022.

Mr. Shanyu S. Phom, S/o O. Shijang Phom SDO (Civil Engg.) Class-1 Gazetted under Works and Housing Department.

We appreciate your achievements which will serve as an inspiration to our Community. The Union further wishes you good health and wisdom in exercising your duties for the welfare and upliftment of the people of our society.

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He said B R Ambedkar had rightly said that social, economical and political independence is equally important.

He was also quoted as saying that “codes can be changed, not principles”.

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the others out as early as possible,” he said.

On July 5, the Indian mission issued an advisory cautioning against unscrupulous elements offering jobs. “The mission has observed in recent past that some lT companies engaged in digital scamming/forge crypto activities located in remote eastern border areas of Myanmar are recruiting Indian workers from different places through their recruiting agents on the pretext of potential employment opportunities in the IT sector,” it said.

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said one of the people.

They said the Indian embassy in Yangon had been working closely with the Government of Myanmar for their rescue.

“There are other efforts for rescuing these Indian citizens through various contacts among the business community, given that the area is not fully under the control of the local authorities,” the person cited above said. “So far, the embassy has rescued more than 30 Indian citizens trapped in the Myawaddy area, and is continuing all efforts to get

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Air India Express plane engine caught fire at Muscat airport on Wednesday.

As per preliminary information, the aircraft VTAXZ was scheduled to operate flight IX442 from Muscat to Kochi. During taxiing, one of the engines had fire and smoke and subsequently, all the passengers and crew were evacuated on taxiway. Slides were deployed to evacuate the people, the DGCA official said.

According to another input, an observer reported that during taxiing, one of the plane’s engines was on fire, the official added.

Air India Express said full support was extended by Muscat Airport authorities and the passengers were brought to the terminal building. There are no major injuries reported, except minor bruises to some passengers while evacuating.

An official at the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), the engine of the Air India Express’ Boeing plane had caught fire at the Muscat airport before taking off for Kochi at 1250 hours (IST).

1. Graduate (General) / HSSLC (BT) 2. diploma in Computer Application 1. Graduate (General) / HSSLC (BT) 2. diploma in Computer Application 1. Graduate (General) / HSSLC (BT) 2. diploma in Computer Application HSSLC 1. 75% of the vacant posts to be filled

by Candidate possessing HSSLC Science with 1 year certificate course in Inland Fisheries development from Inland Fisheries Training Centre (IFTC) Lamphel, Imphal 2. 25% of the vacant posts to be filled by Candidate possessing Bachelor of Fisheries Science (B. F.Sc) OR B.Sc pisciculture OR B.Sc Zoology with major subject in Fishery Science

B. CORRIGENDUM: 1. Each incorrect answer will carry a Negative Marking of 0.33%, which means for every wrong answer 0.66 marks will be deducted in paper I, II & III. 2. The Educational Qualification for the post of LdA cum Computer Assistant under the directorate of Border Affairs as per Item No. 19, Code No 032 shall be B. Sc Geo Information/ Geospatial/ Remote Sensing and GIS OR B. Tech Geo Information/ Geospatial/ Remote Sensing and GIS OR B.A (Geography)/ B. Sc (Geography) with diploma in Geo Information/ Geospatial/ Remote Sensing and GIS. This post shall fall under Group – III category. Item No. 19 for this particular post has been changed to Item No. 41. Code No. 032 remains the same.

3. The Educational Qualification for the post of Sub-Inspector under the directorate of Evaluation as per Item No. 26, Code No 064 shall be read as Graduate with Statistics/ Economics/ Mathematics/ Commerce/ Agriculture Economics/ Social Work/ Sociology/ Rural Economics/ Education.

4. The Educational Qualification for the post of Electrician under the Chief Engineer, police Engineering project as per Item No. 7, Code No 009 shall be read as HSLC with ITI diploma in Electrical Trade minimum 1 year OR HSSLC with diploma certificate in Electrical Trade from recognised Institution.

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CHUNGLIYIMTI UNION DIMAPUR FELICITATION The Chungliyimti Union Dimapur with great pride extends its heartiest congratulations to Mr. S. Moatoshi Sangtam, S/o Mr. Shipongba Sangtam and Mrs. Kikhemla for clearing NPSC Combined Technical Service Exam and Securing a post of Foreman (Class-III NonGazetted) under Transport Department.

The Union is immensely proud of his achievement and further wishes him even more success in future.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (PTI): As many as 151 people were evacuated from an Air India Express plane at the Muscat air por t on Wednesday after fire and smoke were noticed in one of the engines and aviation regulator DGCA is probing the incident, according to officials.

The incident happened when the Kochi-bound Boeing 737-800 aircraft was taxiing at the airport. Some passengers suffered minor bruises at the time of evacuation, the officials said.

There were a total of 141 passengers, 4 infants and 6 crew members onboard the aircraft, the officials said. Videos and images on social media showed smoke emanating from the plane parked at the Muscat airport.

In a statement, an Air India Express spokesperson said there were 141 passengers onboard the plane, which was to depart Muscat at 1120 hours (local time).

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Either it will be restored by Modi, like he did with the (repeal of) farm laws as he has the majority, or there should be a two-third majority in Parliament. I cannot convince him or his cabinet on this,” he said.

Azad said according to the details he received from Parliament, 86 per cent members in the Lok Sabha -- the BJP and eight other parties -- were in favour of the abrogation while 14 per cent were against it.

“Can any party from here (Jammu and Kashmir) get 86 per cent? We can pray that some day we get the two-third majority but it cannot be today, it cannot be in March next year. If it has to happen by December (this year), only Modi Sahib can do it,” he said.

The other route is the Supreme Court, he said.

“More than three years have passed since the case is in the Supreme Court.

Many Chief Justices have changed since then, but not one has opened even the first page of the petition. No date has been given for hearing

it. If proceedings start, how many years will it take and in whose favour will it be decided, we do not know.

“So, we will not come up with any slogan which is not fair, just and possible. I dont want to give any false hopes, whether people vote for us or not,” he said.

Azad said while Article 370 deserves respect, there are other issues, too, which need to be corrected in terms of development and governance.

“We cannot sit idle till Article 370 is restored,” he said.

On the allegation that he was playing second fiddle to the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, Azad said it was not him but some leaders in the Congress who were helping the BJP in achieving a ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’.

“I am accused of being a friend of the BJP. The real friends of the BJP are those who are helping in establishing a Congress-mukt Bharat.

This is my counter allegation on them,” he said.

Azad said the Congress leaders were levelling the

allegation against him as Prime Minister Narendra Modi got emotional during his farewell in Rajya Sabha.

“I must have done some good work...because this prime minister does not shed tears for anyone just like that. Just run a search for my speeches in Parliament, and you will see the verbal exchnages I have had with the prime minister. Going by those speeches, Modi Sahib should have put me in jail, but he said he has seen all my documents during my tenure as the chief minister, he has seen my notes against corruption. That’s (the corruption) what the BJP is tracking today,” he said.

Azad said the Congress could have encashed the fact that the prime minister cried for him.

“But what did you do?

You keep abusing the prime minister 24 hours a day. The result is that you lost even your own seat. When you keep abusing someone, that person gets sympathy from the people,” he said, without naming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

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Through this column, the Dimapur Kelingmen Students' Union with immense pride and honor extends heartiest congratulations to: 1. Dr. Rongsenneken, S/o Mr Tsuknungchiba Jamir & Mrs. Aitsungla for his success in the recently conducted NPSC (CTSE) Examination for the post of Medical Officer under Health & Family Welfare Department.

2. Er. Imtisanen Ao, S/o Mr. Imkongchuba Jamir & Mrs. Nukenmenla for his success in the recently conducted NPSC (CTSE) Examination for the post of Junior Engineer (Civil Engg.) under PWD (Works & Housing Department).

The union wishes them the best in their future endeavours.

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Felicitation The Luvishe Ghami Kuposhukulu Zunheboto profoundly extends our heartfelt and deepest appreciation to Miss. VINOLI K. AWOMI daughter of Mrs.& Mr. KIHETO AWOMI for successfully clearing the post of Forest Ranger (Class-II Gazette) under the Environment Forest and Climate Change Department in the recently declared NPSC combined Technical Service Examination.

The Luvishe Ghami Kuposhukulu Zunheboto further wishes her the best in her newly assigned job and further endeavours.

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The Office of the Thipüzumi Students' Union expresses immense pride and congratulates Dr Velilü epao, Daughter of Mr Hüchota Epao on being recommended for the post of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon under the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department in the recently declared NPSC, CTSE result.

The Union wishes her bounteous blessings and the best in all her future endeavors.

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The Office of the Yanyen Citizen Forum with immense pleasure conveys our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Pangdun Konyak, S/o Shri. Tsingwang Konyak of Loakkun Village, Tizit for his milestone achievement in the recently declared Combined Technical Services Examination result under NPSC 2021 for the post of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (CL-1 Gazetted) under Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department.

The Yanyen Citizen Forum prays and wishes best luck in his future endeavours.

The Chang Students’ Union Dimapur with immense pride and honour extend our heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Tonen A Chang, S/o N. Aojongshi and Mrs. Nokshanglemla of Litem village for successfully clearing the NPSC-1/CTSE/2021 and qualifying for the post of SDO (Civil Eng.) (Class-1 gazetted) under Works & Housing Department.

The union takes this privilege to express our deepest appreciation and wishes him all the very best for his future endeavors.

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THE OFFICE OF THE LSU WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. SULIBA T SANGTAM, S/O C. TSALITO SANGTAM OF LANGKOK VILLAGE, FOR HIS GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN THE RECENTLY DECLARED NPSC COMMON TECHNICAL EXAMINATION 2021, TO THE POST OF ASST. PROGRAMMER UNDER ELECTION DEPARTMENT. THE UNION WISHES HIM SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVOURS. DP-4364/22

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sources said that both sides have verified their posts at LAC by the ground commanders.

According to sources both India and China moved back their frontline troops to the rear from the face-off site of PP-15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area in eastern Ladakh and dismantled temporary infrastructure there as part of a five-day disengagement process.

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Mr. Tinuwati Lkr Mr. Wapangtoshi Lkr The Nokpu Kaketshir Telongjem (Students Union) takes immense pride in congratulating Mr. Tinuwati Longkumer, S/o Er. Chuba Longkumer & Mrs Asangla Imchen and Mr. Wapangtoshi Longkumer, S/o Mr. Rongsen Longkumer & Mrs. Akumla Imchen for securing SDO (Class 1 Gazetted) under Works & Housing Department GoN and Assistant Programmer under Election Department GoN (Class 3 Non- Gazetted) respectively, in the recently conducted NPSC Combined Technical Examination 2021.

The union is overwhelmed and honored for their outstanding performance in the examination by securing prestigious positions under GoN and for bringing laurels to the village in particular and community in general.

The union further wishes them success in their future endeavors.

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feLicitAtiON With esteemed pride and joy, the Longjakrep Semchir Ungma take this opportunity to convey our heartiest congratulation to er. SUNGKUMLeMBA JAMiR, S/o Mr. Takameren Jamir and Rentibenla Longkumer on being successfully appointed through NPSC Exams as SDO (Electrical) under Power Department, and er. iMLiteMJeN JAMiR, S/o Mr. Rongsenlemba Jamir and Imnuksungla on being successfully appointed through NPSC Exams as Junior Engineer (Civil) under Works & Housing Department.

The Longjakrep Semchir Ungma appreciate your achievements which will serve as an inspiration to our community.

We further wish them good health and wisdom in their future endeavor.

territory to China without a fight. Can GOI explain how this territory will be retrieved?” he said.

Government sources on Tuesday said that there has been complete disengagement at key flashpoints in the Ladakh sector between India and China.

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in the region.

Six of the seriously injured victims were airlifted to Jammu for treatment.

Rs 1 lakh each was announced for seriously injured victims, a UT administration official said.

LG Manoj Sinha also visited the district hospital to enquire about the health of the injured people.

ence here. He alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using public money to “buy” legislators due to which inflation is rising in the country.

Kejriwal also hit out at the Congress after eight of its MLAs in Goa switched over to the saffron camp, saying the grand old party has failed to prevent its lawmakers from being poached.

“The party that is buying MLAs is dangerous for democracy but the Congress is also at fault. Why only Congress MLAs get poached? Why can’t they buy our MLAs despite their attempts?” he asked.

“They (BJP) tried to buy our MLAs in Delhi and now in Punjab, but we

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launched in the border district. Soldiers from the local unit of the Army also joined the operation along with police.

Police sources said 11 bodies were recovered from the spot and the injured were sent to the district hospital.

Many passengers faced serious injuries and were referred to different hospitals

NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (IANS): After reports of disengagement with China at Ladakh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government for not restoring the status quo of April 2020 at Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

Rahul said, “China has refused to accept India’s demand of restoring status quo of April 2020. PM has given 1000 Sq Kms of

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exposed them,” he added.

Eight Congress legislators in Goa, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat, joined the ruling BJP on Wednesday, in a body blow to the opposition party, which is now left with just three MLAs in the 40-member state Assembly.

Later, Kejriwal also took to Twitter and questioned the BJP’s source of money to “buy” MLAs. “After Delhi, these people (BJP) have now reached Punjab to buy our MLAs. Where are these thousands of crores of rupees coming from? They should understand -- we are not the Congress, no one can buy us. The way they are making elected governments fall one by one, this has become a very serious issue for the country and democracy,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.

The AAP’s Punjab leadership said it will submit a complaint to the director general of police along with evidence in support of its allegation.

The Old Riphyim Baptist Church (ORBC) conveys our heartiest congratulations to the following individuals who has successfully cleared the recent NPSC Examination 2021 and bringing laurels to our village.

1. Dr. Zuchobeni Patton, D/o Er. Thungdemo Patton,Medical Officer Class-1 gazetted under Health and Welfare Department.

2. Mr Chonpenthung K. Tungoe, S/o Khondao Tungoe, SDO (Civil Engg) Class- 1 gazetted under Works and Housing Department.

3. Ms Elizabeth V. Lotha, D/o Vandamo Tungoe, Junior Engineer (Civil Engg) Class -II gazetted under Works and Housing Department.

4. Mr. Alex E Ngullie, S/o Elias Ngullie, Junior Engineer (Electrical Engg) Group-B under Power Department.

With immense pride and gratitude in our hearts the Old Riphyim Baptist Church thank the Almighty God for blessing upon us with these tremendous achievements.

It is our prayer that the good Lord will continue to bless them with good health, wisdom and greater success even in the days to come.

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Rescue operation underway at the site of accident.

NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (PTI): Bhutan king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday and both leaders discussed bilateral ties and the ways to further strengthen them. Wangchuck was in India en route to London to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, officials said.

Modi tweeted, “Had a warm meeting with His Majesty the King of Bhutan.

Discussed various ideas to further strengthen the close and unique India-Bhutan friendship. Conveyed my appreciation for the guiding vision provided by successive Druk Gyalpos in shaping our relations.” India and Bhutan share historically strong ties.

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Parliament on Article 370.

“I have countered the prime minister and the home minister in Parliament on this issue. I have highlighted 30 indices where Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 outperformed the national average and 40 indices where it fared better than Gujarat.

“I had said in Parliament that since Jammu and Kashmir was better on most indices, Gujarat should instead be made a Union territory and a Lieutenant Governor be sent there,” he added.

On the restoration of Article 370, Azad said he never ruled out its possibility but was of the opinion that it could consume time.

“I have not said Article 370 cannot be restored.

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JAMMU, SEP 14 (PTI): A day after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced 14 major road projects in Poonch, 11 people were killed and nearly 22 injured in a major accident of a minibus in the district on Wednesday.

The incident occurred when a passenger minibus was travelling from Mandi to Saujiyan area. According to sources, the bus driver was not able to negotiate a sharp turn and the vehicle went into Bareri Nullah, a deep gorge.

The minibus was carrying over 30 passengers.

Soon after the accident, locals informed the police and a rescue operation was

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NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (PTI): Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP on Wednesday of attempting to “buy” 10 of his party MLAs in Punjab by offering them Rs 25 crore each.

He also alleged that the saffron party is planning an “Operation Lotus” to poach MLAs from other parties in every state, either with the help of money or the fear of agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

“We came to know on Tuesday that they (BJP) tried to buy MLAs in Punjab by offering them Rs 25 crore each. Ten of our MLAs were approached. They will address a press conference on Wednesday and expose the BJP,” Kejriwal said.

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S R I NAG A R , S E P 1 4 (PTI): Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said Article 370 was not an obstacle in the development of Jammu and Kashmir, and claimed that the erstwhile state had performed better that national average on 30 indices.

The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir also claimed that he never ruled out the possibility of the restoration of Article 370, but said it could be a time-consuming process, adding only Prime Minister Narendra Modi could do so immediately.

“It (Article 370) was not an obstacle. (As the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir), I introduced a three-shift work system, Assembly sittings were held six days a week, roads were built, a network of schools and colleges was created and environment clearances were given,” Azad told reporters here.

The for mer Union minister, who recently quit the Congress, said he had even countered Modi in

Eight Congress MLAs join BJP in Goa

PANAJI, SEP 14 (PTI): Eight Congress MLAs in Goa, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat, on Wednesday joined the ruling BJP, dealing a body blow to the opposition party which is now left with just three MLAs in the 40-member Assembly.

Kamat told reporters that he visited the temple where in January he took a pledge to remain faithful to the people and the party after the Assembly elections held two months later.

“I went to the temple again and asked God what to do. God told me do whatever is best for you,” he said.

The eight MLAs joined the BJP in presence of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and state BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade.

The Congress termed the move as “height of betrayal and shamelessness” on part of the MLAs who had pledged to remain faithful to the people and the party after the Assembly elections.

In January, they had taken the loyalty pledge at a temple, church and dargah

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Congress MLAs who joined BJP with CM Pramod Sawant

in Goa ahead of the elections. In July 2019, 10 Congress MLAs had switched over to the BJP in Goa. The crossing over of eight of its Goa MLAs to the BJP is part of the ruling party’s ‘Operation Kichad’, the Congress said and claimed the “break” was fast-tracked because of the visible success of its Bharat Jodo Yatra.

“Operation Kichad of BJP in Goa has been fast tracked because of the visible success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. BJP is nervous,” Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh tweeted.

“A daily dose of diversion & disinformation is handed out to undermine

the Yatra. We remain undeterred. We will overcome these dirty tricks of the BJP,” he said. His party colleague Pawan Khera echoed him and said the BJP, rattled by the Bharat Jodo Yatra, had organised ‘Operation Kichad (mud)’ in the coastal state.

The BJP retained power in the coastal state after the state Assembly elections in February this year. It has 20 MLAs in the Assembly, while the Congress’ strength will be depleted from 11 to three. The eight Congress MLAs - Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes - were seen in-

teracting with Sawant in a viral photo hours ahead of formally joining the BJP. Michael Lobo said the MLAs took the decision to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sawant.

Earlier on Wednesday, a resolution was passed in the Congress Legislature Party meeting here to merge with the BJP, Lobo said.

The three MLAs who did not switch sides -- Yuri Alemao, Altone D’Costa and Carlose Alvares Ferreira – were not present at the meeting and said they would stay with the party.

“The party is not dependent on MLAs. Congress will remain firm in the state even if the MLAs have left it,” Alemao said.

“We are giving our word that we will be with the party and will remain strong. We are not some commodity that can be purchased,” he added.

Stating that prior to the elections Congress candidates had taken an oath not to defect, Alemao said, “I don’t know how someone can defy God.”

Carlose Alvares Ferreira said the eight MLAs could not be said to have merged with the BJP. “If they have merged Congress into the BJP, then which party we (three) belong to,” he asked.

Ferreira, a former advocate general, said the same thing happened in 2019 when ten out of 15 Congress MLAs joined BJP. “The Congress party has challenged it in the court. The matter is pending before the Supreme Court,” he said. Altone D’Costa said he was happy that he stood by the party on whose ticket he was elected.

Goa Congress chief Amit Patkar said the party had taken all the precautions against defections. “Earlier, BJP was murdering democracy at night, now they are doing it in broad daylight,” he said. CM Sawant told reporters that no decision has been taken yet on a cabinet reshuffle in the backdrop of the BJP strength rising to 28 in the House.

The Congress MLAs have joined the BJP unconditionally, Sawant said.

Cong slams BJP, says Goa MLAs crossover fast-tracked due to Yatra success NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (PTI): The crossing over of eight of its Goa MLAs to the BJP is part of the ruling party’s ‘Operation Kichad’, the Congress said on Wednesday and claimed the “break” was fast-tracked because of the visible success of its Bharat Jodo Yatra.

In a body blow to the party in Goa, eight of the Congress’ 11 MLAs, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat, joined the ruling BJP. The Congress is now left with just three MLAs in the 40-member Assembly.

“Operation Kichad of BJP in Goa has been fasttracked because of the visible success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. BJP is nervous,” Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet.

“A daily dose of diversion & disinformation is handed out to undermine the Yatra. We remain undeterred. We will overcome these dirty tricks of the BJP,” he said.

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His party colleague Pawan Khera echoed him and said the BJP, rattled by the Bharat Jodo Yatra, had organised “Operation Kichad (muck)” in the coastal state. “Once again it has been proven that the BJP can only break,” the Congress’ communication department head said in a tweet in Hindi.

“Those who are not able to support this difficult journey of uniting India, fearing the threats of BJP, cross over to those who break... (they) should understand that India is watching,” he added.

The Congress and other opposition parties have often accused the BJP of poaching legislators under its ‘Operation Lotus’. Lotus is the BJP’s poll symbol.

Ahead of the switch over by the Congress MLAs, senior party leader Manish Tewari had posted a cryptic tweet, saying, “A cuckoo bird is chiming. Something is apparently cooking in an erstwhile Portuguese Territory. Does not smell good...!

Hope the cuckoo bird is wrong.”

Asked about the developments in Goa and whether the Congress was caught off-guard, party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the party was not clueless, but one cannot have a dialogue with people who compromise their values beyond a point. “I think it is absolutely erroneous for anybody to believe that we did not know,” she told reporters at a press conference at AICC headquarters here.

Those MLAs who crossed over had sought votes from people against the Bharatiya Janata Party, she said.

“With what face are you joining BJP today? Is there a thing as ideology or not,” Shrinate said.

‘Punjab church attack: Probe on right track’ India-China disengagement at Patrolling Point 15 ‘one problem less’: EAM NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (PTI): The disengagement between the armies of India and China at the Patrolling Point 15 in eastern Ladakh is “one problem less” on the border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.

At a media briefing after his talks with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, Jaishankar also took an indirect pot shot at China while replying to a question about ‘’one country’’ blocking proposals at

We the Yongnyah Union Longleng with profound delight extends our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Y. Waulong Phom son of lt. Yongba Phom on being promoted from the post of Medical Officer to Dy. Director/Senior Medical Officer, under Health and Family Welfare Department, Nagaland.

We further wish him sound health to scale more success and prosperity in his future endeavours.

The Mesulumi Youth Society is deeply gratified to felicitate Doctor TSHOKEDU KEYHO, S/o Mr. Welhite Keyho, for providentially clearing the NPSC/CTSE/2021 with 5th Rank in Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (Class-1 Gazetted) under Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department.

The MYS is tremendously elevated by the fruitful and lucrative booming success ushered upon the village, also being an exemplary figure for the future aspirants.

The office of the MYS wishes you the best and infinite success in your future endeavours.

(a. Bauom Phom) President

P.O/P.S Meluri, District – Phek, Nagaland – 797114.

OFFICE OF THE

AIPONGER STUDENTS’ UNION P.O. Hukir, Dist: Shamator Nagaland Motto: “victory through education”

Date…………

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The Aiponger Students’ Union beams with immense pride and honour in extending our heartfelt congratulations to Mr. nagathu Yimchunger, S/o Mr. Lt Allen Yimchunger from Aiponger Village for his well deserved success in clearing NPSC Examination (CTSE) for the post of Junior Engineer (Civil Engg.) (Class-II Gazetted) under Works & Housing Department.

Your sincerity and hardwork has brought laurels to the Aiponger Village.

With prayer in our hearts, we wish you the best for your future endeavors.

Shahoto Yimchunger President a.S.U.

Pungla General Secretary a.S.U

Sd/K. A. TENSO PHOM Gen. Secy, PSUK

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With immense pride and honour, the Laruri Village Council conveys its heartiest congratulations to Mr. Khongtsathvü Peri, S/o Mr. Phoramthü Peri for clearing the recently declared NPSC CTSE 2021 as SDO (Civil Engg.) Class-1 Gazetted Officer (Under Works & Housing Department).

The Laruri Village Council takes pride in his achievement and further expresses gratitude to him for bringing laurels to the Laruri Community through his success as the first person from the village to clear the NPSC CTSE. The Council further wishes him more success in his future endeavors.

Sd/Sd/(Tsheypingtsü Thüvüri) (Chingpeng) Secretary Chairman Village Council Laruri Village Council Laruri

The Bushemhau Phang with immense pride and joy extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. M. Athai Phom, D/o K. Molim Phom and Wanchu Phom on successfully clearing the recently declared NPSC-1/CTSE 2022 to the post of Class-1 Gazetted Medical Officer under Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Nagaland.

We are delighted for you achievement and may your sincerity, determination and integrity lead you to greater heights in future endeavours.

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With immense joy and honour, the Phokhungri Students’ Union extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Wachisie, S/o Levi Perry for achieving the post of JE (Civil Engg.) in the recently declared NPSC result 2021 and thus becoming the first Gazetted officer from the Village through a competitive exam.

We further pray that our Almighty God continue to bless you and wish you all the success in your future endeavours.

Sd/(ZEDANG) General Secretary Phokhungri Students’ Union

Sd/TENHE CHUNGPANG President, PSUK

With immense pride and honour, we the thenyizumi Village council and thenyizumi Students Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to the following members for their tremendous achievement in the recently declared NPSC (CTSE) Examination.

1. er avolu, D/o of Lt. Vepoyi Swiho Junior engineer (Civil Engg) (Class-II gazetted) under Works & Housing Department.

2. er Vekrolu, D/o Lt. Huswunyi Swuro Junior engineer (Civil Engg) (Class-II gazetted) under Works & Housing Department 3. Ms. akhruvo Dawhuo, D/o Besuhu Dawhuo agriculture officer (Class-II gazetted) under Department of Agriculture 4. Mr. Zhokhosa Dawhuo, S/o Zhokhosa Dawhuo Junior Soil conservation (Class –II Gazetted) under Soil & Water conservation Department.

We are delighted with your achievement for bringing laurels to the Union and village. We pray that Almighty God bless them with good health and wishes them greater success even in the near future.

Sd/Medothi Rhakho Chairman Thenyizumi Village Council

Sd/Nuzovo Dawhuo President Thenyizumi Students’ Union

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The Benreu Students’ Union, Nagaland with much pride and honour conveys our heartfelt congratulations to er. Suiyi Liegise, S/o Pauleu Liegise and er. Pezieying iheilung, S/o Akwa Iheilung for clearing the Combined Technical Services Examination, 2022 and for securing the post of Junior Engineer (Civil Engg.) under Works` and Housing Department and Junior Engineer (Electrical Engg.) under Power Department conducted by the NPSC, respectively.

The Union further wishes them the best in all their future endeavors. heichi irangbe isileung thou President BSUN General Secretary BSUN

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We the Zungti Kuposhukulu Dimapur extend our heartiest congratulations to er. Hitoito a. Sumi son of Er. Akheto Assumi for securing the post of S.D.O under Works and Housing Department through NPSC (CTSE) 2021.

The Union wishes him the very best in all his future endeavours.

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YANMHON NEW VILLAGE COUNCIL WOKHA – 797111 : NAGALAND

Felicitation With immense pride and gratitude, the Yanmhon new Village council convey our heartiest congratulations to the following individuals for their grand success in the recently declared nPSc combine technical Service examination 2021.

1. Ms. cHonBeni oRen lotHa daughter of Mr. Orenthung Lotha and Mrs. Eranbeni Patton for securing the post of economics and Statistical officer (class-1 Gazetted).

2. Mr. RenatHUnG a tSanGlao Son of Mr. Ashio and Mrs. Lovungi Tsanglao for securing the post of SDo civil engineer (class-1 Gazetted).

We thank our Almighty God for their achievements, bringing laurels to our village and further wish them an enduring success in life.

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and is set to return home late Friday. On the sidelines of the SCO summit, Modi is set to have separate bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

To a question on “one country” blocking proposals at the UN Security Council to designate Pakistan-based terrorists, Jaishankar said the listing is done as terrorists are a threat to the entire international community.

Office Of the

The office of the Pongching Students' Union, Kohima with immense pride and honour would like to congratulate Mr. MONGLONG N ANGh, S/o L. NYAKLEI PHOM for securing the post of JE under Works and Housing Department, Govt of Nagaland through the recently declared NPSC CTSE result.

The Union wishes him good luck in all his future endeavours.

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area in eastern Ladakh after withdrawing their troops and dismantling temporary infrastructure from the friction point on Monday.

The disengagement that came days ahead of the

visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Uzbek city of Samarkand for the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, triggered speculations about a bilateral meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines the summit this week.

However, there is no official word on it either by the Indian side or by the Chinese government. Modi is scheduled to reach Samarkand on Thursday evening

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the UN Security Council to designate proscribed terrorists. “I do not think I will say anything new today except I would recognise that we have had disengagement at PP-15 (Patrolling Point 15). The disengagement as I understand was completed.

That is one problem less on the border,” Jaishankar said, in response to a question.

Indian and Chinese armies carried out a joint verification of the disengagement process at PP-15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings

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Wednesday, the SIT was constituted to ensure an effective and speedy investigation into the desecration and fire incident at the church in Thakarpura village of Tarn Taran. ADGP Arpit Shukla showed satisfaction over the ongoing investigation by the SIT and said the accused will be held soon.

“The investigation is on the right track. Culprits will be behind the bars soon and strict punitive action against them will be ensured,” he reiterated.

Renbemo Patton Chairman Yanmhon New Village Council

Zungti Kuposhukulu Dimapur

OFFICE OF THE

PANGTI EKHUNG WOKHA TOWN WOKHA : NAGALAND

Felicitation The Pangti Ekhung Wokha Town (PEWT) with immense pride and honour, hereby convey our heartfelt congratulations to the following Union members for their successful achievements in the recently declared CES & CTSE Examination conducted by Nagaland Public Service Commission.

I. Miss. cHiDeno SHitiRi, D/o. Ronjamo Shitiri and Lt. Lochilo Shitiri for successfully securing the post of Assistant Professor in Education, under Higher Education Department.

II. Dr. BiPentHUnG n JaMi, S/o. Mr. O. Nrithung Jami and Mrs. Lichano Jami for successfully securing the post of Medical Officer (Class-I) (Gazetted) under Health and Family Welfare Department.

III. er. KonatHUnG n KYonG, S/o. Mr. O. Nrithung Jami and Mrs. Lichano Jami for successfully securing the post of SDO (Civil Engg) (Class-I Gazetted) under Works & Housing Department.

The Ekhung further prays that, may our Almighty God continue to guide and bless them in their future endeavours.

(Y. Vanthungo Jami) Secretary, PEWT

(N Nzanbemo Ngullie) Chairman, PEWT

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General of Police (Law and Order) Arpit Shukla on Wednesday held a meeting with the SIT. Later, the ADGP along with the SIT members visited the crime spot to discuss the status of the investigation.

The SIT is headed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ferozepur Range, and comprises the senior superintendent of police and the SP (Investigation).

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CHANDIGARH, SEP 14 (PTI): A senior Punjab police officer on Wednesday said the probe in connection with the desecration and fire incident at a church in the state’s Tarn Taran district is on the right track and the culprits will be nabbed soon.

The Punjab Police had constituted a three-member special investigation team to probe the incident in which a church was vandalised by four masked men on August 30 night.

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Queen’s coffin reaches Westminster Hall

LONDON, SEP 14 (PTI): The coffin of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, is Lying-in-State at Westminster Hall after its final journey from Buckingham Palace in London on Wednesday.

King Charles III and his sons, Princes William and Harry, joined a sombre procession as the coffin of the late monarch left her official London residence to be conveyed to the historic hall in the Houses of Parliament complex to lie in state until the state funeral at Westminster Abbey nearby on Monday.

Members of the public began filing past at 5pm local time and will have until 6.30am on the day of the funeral, by which time several thousands are expected to have queued for hours to pay their respects to the Queen.

At 2.22 pm local time on Wednesday, the coffin placed on a horse-drawn

Coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Hall for the Lying-in State, in London, Wednesday. (AP/PTI)

gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery began its ceremonial procession of under two kilometres to the Palace of Westminster.

The Queen’s heir, Charles, and her grandchildren William and Harry walked side by side behind the coffin, with gun salutes firing from Hyde Park and Big Ben tolling during a sombre journey. The Queen’s other children,

Princess Anne and Princes Andrew and Edward, were also among the senior royals in the procession behind the carriage.

Thousands lined the route of the procession, which went past the Mall towards the Palace of Westminster by the river Thames.

The coffin was received at Westminster Hall by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Reverend

Justin Welby, to conduct a short service assisted by the Very Revd Dr David Hoyle, the Dean of Westminster. This ceremony was joined by other members of the royal family, including Kate, Princess of Wales, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, as the coffin was placed on a catafalque, or raised platform.

As the Lying-in-State stage of the ceremony began, a continuous vigil was mounted by officers of the Household Division, the King’s Bodyguards of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, The King’s Bodyguard for Scotland, the Royal Company of Archers and the Yeomen of the Guard.

Overnight on Tuesday, the coffin spent its final night in the Bow Room at Buckingham Palace for the most private part of the ongoing state mourning since the Queen passed away in Scotland

last Thursday.

Earlier on Tuesday, crowds lined the streets of Edinburgh as a cortege took the coffin to the airport after lying in state at St. Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital. There was applause as the coffin left the cathedral, where thousands filed past since Monday to pay their respects to the late monarch.

The Scottish government said more than 33,000 people had paid their respects in Edinburgh before the coffin was taken by road to Edinburgh Airport. It was flown to London, accompanied by the Queen’s daughter Princess Anne, on a Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft that was used to evacuate thousands of people fleeing the Taliban in Kabul last year.

The C-17 Globemaster has also been used to take humanitarian aid and weapons to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Staff of King Charles told during mourning they could lose jobs; UK monarchy criticised LONDON, SEP 14 ( AFP): A British trade union on Wednesday criticised as “callous” a decision by the monarchy to issue redundancy notices this week to some staff at King Charles III’s former official residence. Up to 100 employees who work at Clarence House, including some there for decades, reportedly received the notifications on Monday during a prayer service in Edinburgh for the late Queen Elizabeth II. It follows Charles’s accession to the throne last Thursday upon the death of his mother, which in turn meant he relinquished the prince of Wales title and duchy of Cornwall estate he had held.

Those operations, formally run from the Clarence House residence, will now cease, his office confirmed, after The Guardian newspaper first reported the development on Tuesday.

King Charles III

“The decision of Clarence House to announce redundancies during a period of mourning is nothing short of heartless,” Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), said in a statement.

“While some changes across the households were to be expected, as roles across the royal family change, the scale and speed at which this has been announced is callous in the extreme.” He added the PCS remained “committed to supporting those colleagues

across the wider royal family’s estates whose futures are thrown into turmoil by this announcement, at this already difficult time”.

However, The Guardian noted Clarence House staff are not currently believed to have a recognised union available to them.

The move to wind down Charles’ Clarence House operations follows similar steps with the households of Queen Elizabeth’s mother, who died in 2002, and Charles’s father Prince Philip, who passed away last year. A spokeswoman for Clarence House said “as required by law, a consultation process” had begun following last week’s accession.

“Our staff have given long and loyal service and, while some redundancies will be unavoidable, we are working urgently to identify alternative roles for the greatest possible number of staff,” she added.

Israeli officer, 2 Palestinian militants killed in shootout in West Bank

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emlo-to students’ Union

OFFICe OF THe

Affiliated to ASSU

KONGANIAN WeLFARe FORUM

H.Q. Emlo, Dist. Zunheboto – 798620, Nagaland

FeLICITATION The Konganian Welfare Forum (KWF), with immense joy and pride extends our heartiest congratulations to Mr. O CHINGA JesUHU son of Shri. P Ongyam Jesuhu of Kongan Village on acquiring the post of Workshop superintendent (Grade-A) under Higher & Technical education Department in the recently declared NPSC result which was conducted by Department of Nagaland Public Service Commissioner under Personnel & Administrative Reforms, Government of Nagaland. Furthermore, the Organisation appreciates and acknowledged the Department of NPSC for being observative towards his struggle and selecting him to the post of Workshop Superintendent.

While lauding his relentless effort, the Organisation also prays that the Almighty God grant him good health and success for future endeavour and to be a blessing to the people.

(PANGJeI e JeUHU) President

(PANGLOI N LAKTUHU) General Secretary

PUBLIC NOTICE

Sd/(DeYPAsANGLeY LeYRI) Education & Statistical Secy.

Lüruri Students' Union.

Regd. No. 495/2022

Date 24/08/2022

I, Shri. ZHAVISE VENUH, Son of Lt. Setso Venuh, aged about 52 years, permanent resident of Chobama Village, PO/PS: Pfutsero, District: Phek, Nagaland and presently residing at Dy. Inspector General Sector, HQR, SSB, Bongaigaon, Assam-783380 do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India hailing from Chakhesang Naga Tribe of Nagaland.

2. That my correct official name is Zhavise Venuh and the same has been entered and recorded in my Service Records, PAN card and Aadhaar Card.

3. That in my Academic records my name has been inadvertently entered and recorded as Zhavise instead of Zhavise Venuh. That the word 'Venuh' connotes my surname.

4. That the above mentioned names namely Zhavise Venuh and Zhavise refers to one and the same person i.e myself.

5. That this affidavit is sworn before the appropriate authority to be used as a proof of evidence before authority concern regarding rectification/correction of my name.

6. That the statements made in the above paragraph 1-5 are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing material has been stated or concealed herein.

And I sign this affidavit on this day the 24th day of August, 2022 at Kohima, Nagaland.

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The office of the Emlo-to Students’ Union extends its heartfelt congratulations to er. aghakali K Zhimomi, daughter of Er. K. Kuhoi Zhimomi and Khekhaholi Zhimomi, a native of Sukomi Village, for successfully clearing NPSC-1/ CTSE/2021 for the post of Junior Engineer under PHED Govt. of Nagaland.

The union further wishes her to stride forward with zeal and confidence while continuing to add feathers to her cap and the area at large. We wish you the best in all your future endeavours. toKaVi K. KiBa President ETKK

Kaino V cHiSHi Edu. & Statistical Secy ETKK

tHSoiPHU StUDentS Union

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The Thang Students’ Union with immense pride and joy extends heartiest congratulations to its esteemed members for successfully clearing the Combine Technical Service Examination 2021 conducted

by NPSC and bringing laurels to the Thang denizen and the community as a whole.

Hearty congratulations to the following successful candidates: 1. Mr. H Puchaiu, S/o. Hemping for securing the post of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon(Class-1 Gazetted) under Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department.

2. Mr. Leyang Lam Khiam, S/o. Lungoi for securing the post of Medical Officer (Class-1 Gazetted) under Health & Family Welfare Department.

3. Miss Hemsu H, D/o. Hemping for securing the post of Fishery Inspector under Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Department.

The Union compliments greater heights and prosperity in their future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/(PUCHONG) (KHUMENG.T) President General Secretary

Regd. No. 3441/2021 Date 24/09/2021 I, Shri. Omalemba, S/o Rongsennangba, R/o Sector-B, Aoyimti, Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly declare and affirm as follow : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That Mr. Moaba was an orphan and as such, out of love and sympathy, I took him under my care and protection by giving him shelter in my house.

3. That Mr. Moaba was taken care of by my family out of love, compassion and good faith.

4. That Mr. Moaba was under my care till September 2021.

However, during the month of September, Mr. Moaba was summoned by Aoyimti Youth Organization as well as the Village Council Aoyimti for his habitual offences. As such, Mr. Moaba, on his own will and without any coercion, left my house.

5. That this affidavit is made to declare that, Mr. Moaba is no longer under my responsibility and care and my family is no longer responsible for any act committed by him on this day onwards and in future.

6. That the statement made in para 1-5 are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing material has been concealed therein.

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The Thsoiphu Students Union (TSU) convey our heartiest congratulations to er. M. chongthen chuba, who has been selected to the post of Junior Engineer (Electrical) in the recently declared NPSC Examination. The TSU acknowledges her hard work and perseverance in clearing this prestigious exam and for bringing laurels to the village.

The TSU further wishes her success in her new assignment.

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The Sangtam Students’ Union Kohima (SSUK) would like to extend its heartiest congratulations to Miss Tangrila Thonger (former Social & Cultural Secretary) D/o Lemli Sangtam for successfully clearing the recently declared NPSC Combined Technical Services Examination and for being selected to the post of Junior Engineer, Works & Housing Department.

The Union also extends its congratulations to the following personalities for successfully getting selected for the following post :(1) Miss Moalila Y Sangtam - SDO, Works & Housing Department.

(2) A Lumtsala Sangtam - SDO, Works & Housing Department.

(3) Dangtila Sangtam – Medical Officer, Health & Family Welfare Department (4) Yanglikhumla Sangtam - Junior Engineer, Works & Housing Department.

(5) S Thsaliba Sangtam – Junior Engineer, Power Department.

(6) Khumlise Anar – Junior Engineer, Power Department.

(7) Suliba T Sangtam – Assistant Programmer, Election Department.

(8) S Moatoshi Sangtam – Foreman, Transport Department.

The Union wishes them success in their future endeavours.

(Müwaliba Anar) President

TAMLU VILLAGE STUDENTS' UNION The Office of the Tamlu Village Students' Union with immense pride and joy, extends our heartiest congratulations to: 1.

OFFICe OF THe

Declaration

(Ms. Akangtula Phom) General Secretary

P.O. NOKLAK-798626: DIsT. NOKLAK, NAGALAND email: thangstudentsunion@gmail.com

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P. KHUMING President

(Mr. Monglemtanaok Phom) President

THANG STUDENTS’ UNION

(Mr. MhONRaO LOTha)

(Correction of Name) I, Simon Kussun, S/o Ahoshe Kussun of Old Showuba Village, district Dimapur, Nagaland, presently residing at Upper Chandmari Colony, Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That in some of the documents my name has been recorded as Simon Kussun and in some documents recorded as A Simon Yimchunger and A Simon YIM respectively hence, the stated name represents same person i.e. myself.

3. That henceforth I herewith rectified the same and declares that my name will be Simon Kussun for all official references..

4. That the above statements made are true to the best of my knowledge and no material facts has been concealed herein and I signed this affidavit, before the competent authority on 18th Sept. 2018 at Kohima, Nagaland.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent above mentioned named on this day 18/09/18 Kohima, Nagaland Regd No.: 7540/18 | Date: 18/09/18 MAGIsTRATe/NOTARY PUBLIC

The Dimapur Yaongyimchen students’ Union (DYsU) takes immense pleasure to congratulate our members on their glorious achievements: 1. Dr. Limamanen Phom, S/o Shri. L. Chubanungba Phom for securing the post of Asst. professor in Zoology under Higher Education Department through NPSC. 2. Mr. simonsangsa Phom, S/o Shri. Akumba Phom for clearing Agri. Marketing Inspector under Agri.

Department through CTSE NPSC. 3. Miss Y. Manphen, D/o Shri. Yangpong Phom for clearing Junior Engineer (Electrical Engineer) under Power Department through CTSE NPSC. It is our prayer that God bless them abundantly and wish them more success in their future endeavors.

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Regd. No. 206/22 Date 14/09/22 I, Shri. ASOU SEYIELEZO NDANG, son of Neiba Ndang resident of Kuda A Khel, Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly swear and declares as under :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a permanent resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my official name is ASOU SEYIELEZO NDANG. 3. That in some of my documents my name has been erroneously recorded as SEYIELEZO NDANG and ASOU NDANG instead of ASOU SEYIELEZO NDANG. 4. That the names SEYIELEZO NDANG, ASOU NDANG and ASOU SEYIELEZO NDANG are one and the same person and there are no discrepancies between the above names.

5. That this affidavit is made to declare that from henceforth I shall be known as ASOU SEYIELEZO NDANG for all official purpose and intent.

6. That this affidavit is to be treated as a piece of evidence before the authority concerned as and when necessary.

7. That the above statements are true to my knowledge and nothing has been concealed thereof.

DEPONENT Sworn before me on this 14th day of Sept. 2022.

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With immense pride and profound gratitude, the Lüruri Students' Union is pleased to express its warmest congratulations to Mr. Khongtsathvü Peri, S/o Mr. Phoramthü Peri, of Laruri Village, on clearing and on attaining the prestigious post of SDO (Under Works & Housing Department) in recent NPSC CTSE 2021 and bringing laurels to the Lüruri Community in particular and Pochury Naga in general.

While congratulating all the successful candidates of Pochury( Naga), the union also congratulates all the successful candidates in the NPSC CTSE 2021.

The Lüruri Students' Union wishes the best in your future endeavors.

NOTICE is hereby given to the Public at large that Mr. RENBEMO MURRY, S/o Mr. Mhonrao Lotha, R/o. House No. 53. Kyong Colony, near Sewak Gate No. 3, Dimapur-797112, Nagaland is hereby disowned by me and my family with immediate effect as he persistently continues to bring shame, hardships and innumerable sufferings to me and my family. He has failed to mend his ways despite repeated advice, caution and warnings.

Anyone dealing with him in any financial matters, business activities or undertakings or in personal relations in any form or matters, business activities or undertakings or in personal relations in any form or manner shall be doing so at his/her own risk, cost and consequences and my family and I shall not be held responsible, liable or accountable in any manner whatsoever.

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cupied territory since 2016.

The Israeli military says the vast majority of those killed were militants or stone-throwers who endangered the soldiers. But several civilians have also been killed during Israel’s monthslong operation, including a veteran journalist and a lawyer who apparently drove unwittingly into a battle zone.

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ian militants. The military said soldiers spotted the two militants approaching Israel’s separation barrier in the northern West Bank

praised the attack, hailing the two gunmen as “heroic martyrs.” Israel has been carrying out nightly arrest raids in West Bank cities, towns and villages since a spate of attacks against Israelis in the spring killed 19 people.

Israeli fire has killed scores of Palestinians during that time, making it the deadliest year in the oc-

Dr. Jacob H Phom, (S/o Haulong Phom) for securing the post of Medical Officer (Class -I Gazetted) under Health & Family Welfare Department in the recently declared NPSC/Exam.

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IDF officers inspect the scene of a gunfight in which Maj. Bar Falah, 30, and two Palestinians were killed on September 14, 2022, near the West Bank security fence (Israel Defense Forces)

as Ahmad Abed, 23, and Abd al-Rahman Abed, 22, both from a village near Jenin.

The Israeli military confirmed that Ahmad Abed was a member of the Palestinian Authority security services, which coordinate with Israel in an uneasy alliance against their common foe, the Hamas militant group. Hamas

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and that it dispatched forces to the area. It said the two suspects began shooting automatic weapons at troops, who returned fire.

The Israeli army said that Major Bar Falah, 30, was killed in the shootout.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the Israeli army was holding the bodies of the two men. It identified them

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JERUSALEM, SEP 14 (AP): Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Israeli troops near a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, killing an Israeli army officer, the Israeli military said.

Palestinian officials said that troops killed the two gunmen.

The overnight incident was the latest in a string of deadly clashes in recent months in the northern West Bank, where Israeli troops conduct nightly raids. Most of that fighting, including Wednesday’s, has taken place near the city of Jenin, which is known as a bastion of Palestin-

Ms. P Baulen Phom, (D/o Phongshak Phom) for securing the post of Assistant Programmer (Class-III non-Gazetted) under Election Department in the recently declared NPSC/Exam.

3. shri C Chahpong Phom, (S/o Late Chinguh) on his promotion to Jr. Engineer under the Rural Development Department.

The Union conveys its profound gratitude to them and prays that Almighty God grant them good health and more success in their endeavours.

Phongtang C Phom Dentong C Phom President, TVSU Statistical Secretary, TVSU

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Zelenskyy visits city retaken from Russians

IZIUM (UKRAINE), SEP 14 (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday visited an area of northeastern Ukraine that was recently retaken from Russian forces, witnessing large scale devastation as prosecutors claimed that local residents had been tortured and killed during the half-year occupation.

Russian forces left the war-scarred city last week as Ukraine pressed forward in a sweeping counteroffensive that has reclaimed vast swaths of territory in the country’s northeastern Kharkiv region in a matter of days.

As Zelenskyy visited Izium, the Ukrainian flag was raised in front of the burned-out city hall building in the largely devastated town.

Apartment buildings are blackened by fire and pockmarked by artillery strikes. The entire centre of one residential building had collapsed, a gaping hole and piles of rubble where homes used to be.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes part in a national flag-raising ceremony in the recently retaken city of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday.

“The view is ver y shocking but it is not shocking for me,” Zelenskyy said in brief comments to the press, “because we began to see the same pictures from Bucha, from the first deoccupied territories so the same destroyed buildings, killed people.”

Bucha is a neighbour-

hood near Kyiv where the bodies of civilians, many of them bearing signs of torture, were found dumped in the streets, in mass graves and in yards after Russian forces withdrew hastily in March.

Prosecutors say they have found six bodies bearing traces of torture in re-

cently retaken villages in the Kharkiv region. They announced the creation of investigative teams.

“We have a terrible picture of what the occupiers did, particularly in the Kharkiv region. Such cities as Balakliia, Izium are standing in the same row as Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpin,”

said Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin.

The head of the Kharkiv prosecutor’s office, Oleksandr Filchakov, said bodies were found in Hrakove and Zaliznyche villages, around 60 kilometres (35 miles) southeast of Kharkiv.

He said investigators were also learning of residents being killed and buried

by Russian troops in another retaken town, Balakliia.

On the northern outskirts of Izium, the remains of Russian tanks and vehicles lie shattered along the road. Zelenskyy declared that it was very important for the area to be reclaimed by soldiers, who are welcomed by the population.

“I see how people meet them, in what a sensitive moment,” the president said. “It means that with our army, the life comes back.”

Ukrainian troops have recently carried out a dramatic counteroffensive that has allowed them to recapture large swaths of territory around Kharkiv and inflict a stunning blow on Moscow’s military prestige.

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Kenya’s new Prez vows to advance economic vitality, regional peace NAIROBI, SEP 14 (IANS): William Ruto, Kenya’s new President, said that advancing economic vitality, transforming the civil service, and promoting regional integration, trade, peace and stability will be key priorities of his administration.

Ruto, who delivered an official address soon after his swearing-in on Tuesday as the fifth President of Kenya, said he would devote his initial days in office to tackling unemployment and inflationary pressure facing the citizens, reports Xinhua news agency.

“We anchored our campaign on the platform of the economy premised on job creation and the wellbeing of the people and we will be working vigorously on measures to bring down the cost of living.”

He acknowledged the strain the high cost of food and fuel was exerting on household budgets, adding that his administration has already made plans to supply farmers with subsidized

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fertilizer and seeds in the October planting season in a bid to boost production of key staples.

Ruto was sworn in at a ceremony attended by a host of African presidents, representatives of regional blocs, diplomats and local political elite including global dignitaries.

The former deputy president took over power from Uhuru Kenyatta, his predecessor who ruled Kenya for nearly one decade and is expected to spearhead peace and reconciliation initiatives across the region while in retirement.

Ruto noted that a prolonged drought had also slowed down economic growth and worsened food insecurity in the country, adding that his government will mobilize resources to promote climate resilience for communities living in the rangelands.

He said that his administration will leverage friendly taxation, provision of technical skills, and affordable credit in a bid to boost the growth of youthled enterprises. Abolishing burdensome regulations, and the provision of state grants will also be on the cards to spur the growth of local start-ups, boost economic vitality at the grassroots and create additional jobs for the youth. He said that the establishment of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Development will ensure that local start-ups have secure property rights, access to finance and a predictable regulatory environment.

Shooting at Thai army college kills 2 India can make its own decisions: US on Vostok exercises colleagues at around 8.55 a.m., Xinhua news agency quoted deputy army spokesperson Sirichan Ngathong as saying.

The perpetrator was taken into custody after he surrendered to the police and the motive for the shooting is still unclear, he said.

According to the spokesperson, the injured person is hospitalised and the army will set up a special team to investigate the incident.

WASHINGTON, SEP 14 (PTI): The United States has dismissed questions about India’s participation in the recent multinational military exercises hosted

by Russia and attended by countries like China, saying that India is a sovereign nation and it can make its own decisions.

“Certainly, we have appreciated our partnership with India in the region. They’re an important partner, as you know.

And we’ll continue to work

tion on India participating in Vostok military exercises with Russia and China.

“India’s a sovereign nation, they can make their own decisions in terms of who they’re going to conduct exercises with,” Ryder told reporters on Tuesday.

The Vostok military exercises was held from September 1 to 7 at differOpening ceremony of Vostok 2022 strategic command post ent locations in Russia’s exercise between India, Russia, China and other countries. Far East amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

According to the Rusclosely with them,” Penta- Patrick Ryder told reporters gon Spokesman Brig Gen while responding to a ques- sian Defence Ministry, the

Vostok 2022 exercise involved more than 50,000 troops and over 5,000 weapons units, including 140 aircraft and 60 warships. The drills engaged troops from China, India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Syria and several exSoviet nations. “We have a very close partnership and relationship - defence relationship with India. We obviously will continue to work with India and further develop that relationship,” Ryder said.

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The gunman, a 59-year-old staff worker at the Royal Thai Army War College, shot at his

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BA N G KO K , S E P 1 4 (IANS): A shooting incident at a Thai army college in Bangkok on Wednesday claimed the lives of two people and injured another

The Office of the Aghunato Town Students’ Union (A .T.S.U) extends its heartiest congratulations to Miss Vinoli.K.Awomi, D/o Mr. Kiheto Awomi on been selected to the post of Forest Ranger (Class-II Gazetted) under Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department in the recently declared NPSC-CSTE 2021.

We further wish her all the best and invoke God’s blessing and guidance upon her future endeavours.

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Medical staff transfer an injured person at the Royal Thai Army War College in Bangkok, Thailand, Sept. 14, 2022.

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With immense pride and joy the Ao Senso Telongjem, Kiphire would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Ms. Imokokla Longkumer (Ungma Village) (D/o Temjenyanger Lkr. a bona-fide member of Ao Senso Telongjem Kiphire District on her achievement as Asstt. Professor Deptt. of Education through the recently declared NPSC. May the Almighty God bless and guide you in all your endeavours.

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The Nagaland State of NCP conveys our sincere felicitation to the good office of the National Level NCP for having re-electing Shri. Sharad Pawar ji as the National President of NCP during the 8 National Convention of the NCP held at New Delhi from 10th to 11th Sept’2022. The Nagaland State also conveys our best compliments to Shri. Praful Patel and Shri. Narendra B. Verma on being elevated to Vice President and General Secretary & In-charge of North East respectively along with other central office bearers for the next four years term of office, Meanwhile, the NCP Nagaland state heartily congratulates Shri. Vanthungo Odyuo who has been unanimously re-appointed as the President of Nagaland State NCP along with the tenure of central office-bearers.

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Dr. H. Puchaiu Dr. Leyang Lam Khiam Miss. Hemsu H With immense pride and joy, the THANG HOIKAM KOHIMA would like to express our heartiest congratulations to the following individuals for their achievement in the Cobined Technical Service Examination 2021 conducted by the NPSC: 1. Dr. H. Puchaiu: Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (Class-I Gazetted) under Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department.

2. Dr. Leyang Lam Khiam: Medical Officer (Class-I Gazetted) under Health and Family Welfare Department.

3. Miss. Hemsu H: Fishery Inspector (Class-III Non-Gazetted) under Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Department.

The Hoikam wishes them the best in their future endeavors and may God continue to bless them.

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Jacqueline joins probe in extortion case Madhuri Dixit Nene to star as lead in ‘Maja Ma’ T B ollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez on Wednesday appeared before the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police to join the investigation in connection with the Rs 200 crore extortion cum cheating case involving multimillionaire conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.

She went inside the EOW office from a back door and was accompanied by her counsels.

The EOW had earlier postponed her questioning on her request and had fixed the matter for Wednesday.

Pinky Irani, an associate of Fernandez has also been

summoned to join the investigation and both are likely to be grilled together.

Sources in the unit said that they have prepared a long list of questionnaire which will be asked to the

actress.

“We will ask her about her relationship with Chandrashekar and the gifts, money which she received from the conman. We might confront Irani and Fernandez,” the source said.

There are possibilities that the questioning can go for two or three days. The questions that will be asked to Irani and Fernandez have been prepared by the top officials of the agency to nail the lies of Chandrashekhar.

In the first week of September, the EOW officials had recorded the testimony of another Bollywood actress Nora Fatehi in the matter.

Chandrashekhar was arrested for allegedly cheating and extorting money from some high-profile people, including former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s wife Aditi Singh. Many Bollywood actors and models have been questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for their alleged links to Chandrashekhar.

In April last year Chandrashekhar was arrested in another money laundering case linked to the 2017 Election Commission bribery case, which allegedly involved a former AIADMK leader among others. (IANS)

winkle toes Madhuri Dixit Nene will be seen as the lead star in the upcoming movie ‘Maja Ma’, a family entertainer slated to release digitally on October 6.

Directed by Anand Tiwari, ‘Maja Ma’ is Prime Video’s first Indian Amazon Original movie, set against the celebratory backdrop of a traditional festival and a quintessential, colourful Indian wedding.

It boasts of an ensemble cast including Gajraj Rao, Ritwik Bhowmik, Barkha Singh, Srishti Shrivastava, Rajit Kapur, Sheeba Chaddha, Simone Singh, Malhar Thakar and Ninad Kamat.

Director Anand Tiwari said that this is his second project with Prime Video after the

success of ‘Bandish Bandits’.

“The movie is a labour of love for all of us, from the wonderfully talented cast to the hardworking crew, each of whom have put in their best to bring this amazing movie to the audience.”

“The result is a story with intricate storytelling, interspersed with human emotions and several life lessons that continue to be with the audiences long after they have finished watching the movie. I cannot wait to see the reactions to this beautifully crafted story from viewers within as well outside the country.”

Said Apar na Purohit, head of India Originals, Prime female protagonist and her strength of conviction, Video: “This movie is also beautifully portrayed on screen by the Bollywood special for us as it showcases a icon, Madhuri Dixit.” (IANS)

Basic Body-Weight Exercises You Can Do Right Now hips or back dip down or arch up. Make controlled, smooth movements.

Squats: They’re perfect for making yourself more flexible and building lower body strength. You’ll make your lower body and hips more mobile. The main muscles you use are the big ones in your leg, like your quadriceps, hamstrings, hip adductors, and gluteus maximus. Be careful not to put too much weight on the balls of your feet. Instead, squat with your thighs parallel to the ground and push back up through your heels.

Planks: Planking -- an exercise where you hold your body up parallel to the ground -- is a very versatile exercise with plenty of benefits. If you’re looking to strengthen your core, the plank is definitely for you.

Core work can help with

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With immense joy and appreciation, the Office of the Shesulimi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to er. GhUnaVi G KinniMi, S/o Mr. Ghuhashe Kinnimi & Mrs Hosheli Kinnimi for successfully qualifying the post of SDO (Class-1 Gazetted) under Water Resource Department in the CTSE examination 2021 conducted by the NPSC. The Union wishes him the best in all his future endeavors.

lower back pain. It’ll also ease stress on your spine, which can help improve your posture. You’ll get more flexible and gain balance, too.

Mountain Climbers: As the name suggests, this exercise has you imitating the movements you might make as you climb a mountain. These can be a great warmup to a workout or a powerful exercise to practice

all on its own. You’ll work your legs, core, triceps, and shoulders, but almost every muscle group will get some use, all the while including cardio. Mountain climbers also encourage your body to move in ways you don’t usually move.

Pelvic Tilt: To do one of these, lie flat on the floor, lifting your pelvis off the ground while keeping your knees bent and your feet

flat. It makes your posture better and strengthens the muscles in your buttocks and core. Don’t forget to keep breathing while you’re doing this. Try not to lift your shoulders or upper back off the floor.

Burpee: To do this fullbody exercise, bring your body down to the ground to do a squat thrust before exploding with a high jump.

You’ll engage all your major muscle groups. At the same time, you’ll work your heart and lungs. Burpees help you build strength, which can fight back as your body loses muscle as you age.

Single Leg Deadlift: Stand on one leg with a slight knee bend. Focus on keeping your core tight.

Then slowly bend forward at your hips and keep that standing knee slightly bent.

Although this technically works the whole body, you’ll feel it most in your hips and legs. It builds endurance and strength in the muscles below your waist. This exercise also helps build your ancillary muscles -- muscles that improve your balance -- and offers the most resistance on your lower body.

Lunges: These focus on working the muscles in your legs. They’re also great for conditioning for sports, particularly ones like soccer, basketball, or tennis, since they all use lunging movements. Make sure that your knee doesn’t go farther than your toes and that it stays in

the middle over your foot.

Don’t let your knee roll outward or inward.

Abdominal Crunch: Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat. Fold your arms across your chest and raise your shoulders and head off the ground, using your core muscles. It’ll strengthen those muscles and make it easier to do most sports and physical activities. Never clasp your hands behind your head when you’re doing these crunches. Doing that can not only stop you from targeting the abdominal muscles, but it can also hurt your neck.

Step-ups: Although you don’t need any equipment for this one, make

sure you have access to a set of stairs. Standing in front of them, you’ll push through your main foot and lift your body up onto the step before stepping back into the position you started.

Keep your core muscles tight and your back straight. This targets your gluteal muscles, hamstrings, and quadriceps.

Superman: For this, you’ll lie flat on your stomach and raise both your legs and arms at the same time.

It builds the muscles in your lower back, which can help you ease back pain or avoid it altogether. Just make sure you hold the position for at least 5 seconds to activate your muscles.

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UsütoMi KiphiMi KüQhaKUlU P.S. SATAKHA, DIST. ZUNHEBOTO "Akighiche Kudau Jukucho" Felicitation

With immense pride and honour, the Usutomi Students’ Union extends our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Khekuto Kiho, S/o Mr. Kikheto Kiho and Mrs. Hokheli Hesso for clearing the NPSC CTSE examination as an Asst. Geologist (Class-1 Gazetted) under Geology & Mining Department.

The union wishes him great success in his future endeavors.

Jessi l. Kinimi President, UKK

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What Are BodyWeight Exercises?

They’re exercises that use your body’s weight as resistance. They usually target many muscles and help build stability and strength. You don’t need any machines or weights, so you can do them just about anywhere. You can also tailor these exercises to your needs. So whether you’re a beginner or an expert, you can get big benefits.

Pushup This might be the most well-known body-weight exercise. You’ll use your triceps and chest muscles the most, since you’re pushing up your body weight. At the same time, your deltoids -the muscles in your shoulder -- support your arms’ movement, and your abdominal muscles work to keep your core tight. Don’t let your

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OLD RIPHYIM GAZETTED OFFICERS’ FORUM Forward in Unity

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dt. 14.09.2022 The office of the Old Riphyim Gazetted Officers’ Forum (ORGOF) conveys its heartiest congratulations to the following for bringing laurels to the village in the recently concluded NPSC-1/CTSE- 2022.

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With immense delight and honour, the Loakkun Students; Union would like to express and extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Pangdun Konyak, S/o Shri. Tsingwang Konyak and Mrs. Amo Konyak of Loakkun Village for his magnificent achievement and bringing laurels to the village in the recently declared Combined Technical Services' Examinations under NPSC 2021 to the post of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon (CL-I Gazetted) under Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, GoN. The Union prays and wishes him greater success in his future endeavours.

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The Sakshi Union Longleng, with immense pride and honour would like to extend its heartiest congratulations to Er. Choimei Moileen Semdok, D/o Lt. Er. T. L Semdok and Imtisangla Semdok of Sakshi Village for her success in the NPSC (CTSE) examination to the post of SDO (Civil Engineering) Class-1 Gazetted securing the 10th position under Works & Housing Department.

The Sakshi Union Longleng further wishes her success in the new assignment.

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The Dimapur Lakhuni Senso Telongjem, with pride and honour conveys our heartiest congratulations to Er. I ALANGLA WALLING, D/o Mr. IMTILEPDEN WALLING & Mrs. IMKONGCHILA on being selected to the post of Junior Engineer (Civil Engg) under Works and Housing Department in the recently conducted NPSC Examination.

May the good Lord continue to guide and bless in her future endeavours.

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Guest of honour, Tito Yepthomi with the players of both the teams and officials before the final match.

DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): Detroit Tigers sprang surprised when they defeated a spirited Diphupar Warriors 1-0 to win the 2nd Open Football Tournament at DDSC Stadium, here on Wednesday.

The Warriors entered the final as one of the favourite but were outplayed by their younger opponents, who dictated the match with their pace and swift movement.

Both teams played an attacking game and tested each other’s defenses

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while the goalkeepers of both sides were kept busy throughout the entire session.

Eventually, Tigers’ Mughahuto scored the winning goal in the 26th minute, when he converted the spot kick. The spot kick was taken after Phanjamo was brought down inside the danger zone by one of the Warriors defender.

Unlike the semifinal, luck was not on Warriors side as one of its player had its shot deflected after hitting the cross bar in the later

stage of the game. Warriors’ striker Rhitsho, who was kept under checked by the rival defenders missed a golden opportunity in the second half.

Earlier, before the kick off, a minute of silence was observed to pay respects to Athletics Coach, Awala Walling who passed away on September 13.

The final match was graced by DDADU president, Tito Yepthomi as guest of honour. In his brief speech, he thanked the DDFRA for organizing the

tournament thereby creating platform to the youngsters. He also encouraged the players never to shy away from their dreams but keep on pursuing till they achieve. He however, reminded the players that discipline, hard work and dedication was prerequisite for success.

The tournament was organized by Dimapur District Football Referee Association (DDFRA) in commemoration of its silver jubilee. 15 teams took part in the tournament.

Virat Kohli rises 14 spots to 15th on latest ICC T20I batter rankings

Sepaktakraw coaching camp in Chümu, Peren

DUBAI, SEP 14 (IANS): Star India batter Virat Kohli has risen 14 spots to 15th overall on the ICC T20I batter rankings due to his efforts in the recentlyconcluded Asia Cup in the UAE. Kohli scored his first international century in almost three years -- against Afghanistan -- and scored 276 runs in the continental showpiece event.

Kohli has some way to go before he is back into contention for the top ranking for T20I batters, but he is at least moving in the right direction now after returning to form during the Asia Cup. The champion right-hander was the big mover near the top of the T20I batter rankings, with India team-mate KL Rahul (up seven places to 23rd) and Sri Lanka star Bhanuka Rajapaksa (up 34 spots to 34th) also making good ground on those players near the top. Sri Lanka

DIMAPUR, SEP 14 (NPN): Department of Youth Resources & Sports will be conducting a selection-cum-coaching camp for under-14 (both boys & girls) in Sepaktakraw for Chümoukedima and Peren districts.

In this regard, interested players from Chümoukedima district have been asked to contact 7005660252 / 8729815972 before September 20 and Peren district to reach United Christian School, New Jalukie, at 3pm on September 21.

Intending candidates should be born after October 12, 2008 and documents such as Adhaar card (original) and birth certificate will be required at the selection trial.

all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has also been rewarded for his dominant performances at the Asia Cup, while a new No.1 all-rounder has been crowned in the shortest format of the game.

Sri Lanka match-winner Hasaranga improved three places to sixth on the bowler rankings and seven spots to fourth on the all-rounder list after he was adjudged ‘Player of the Tournament’ at the Asia Cup. The Sri Lanka all-rounder picked up nine wickets for the tournament -- including three in the final against Pakistan -- and his form was a big reason why the island nation was able to claim a sixth Asia Cup title.

Hasaranga could be eyeing a top spot in both ranking lists should he be able to replicate his current form during the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia later this year.

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Mandhana scores 50 as India eves thrash Eng to level T20I series 1-1

MELBOURNE, SEP 14 (IANS): Australia trio of left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc, all-rounders Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis are set to miss the upcoming T20I series against India due to injuries.

Opener David Warner had already been rested from the trip and now, Starc (knee), Marsh (ankle) and Stoinis (side strain) have been ruled out of the short tour of India.

“Selectors felt with three games in six days across three cities -- including travel to India and internally -- Marsh, Stoinis and Starc are best served remaining in Australia to prepare for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup,” said a statement from Cricket Australia (CA). Earlier, a report in cricket.com.au said pacer Nathan Ellis, all-rounders Daniel Sams, and Sean Abbott will be the replacements for the injured trio on their trip to India.

DERBY, SEP 14 (IANS): Following their nine-wicket defeat against England women in the opening T20 International, India hit back with an equally impressive comeback win as vicecaptain Smriti Mandhana smashed an unbeaten half century to help the visitors level the series with an eight-wicket victory at the Country Ground in Derby late on Tuesday.

The 53-ball 79 from Mandhana was enough for India to chase down a competitive 142/6 from England for the loss of just two wickets and with 20 balls to spare.

The deciding third T20I will be played at Bristol on Thursday, following which the focus will shift to the One-day International series beginning at Hove on September 18.

On a day when Freya Kemp becomes the youngest woman to make a T20I half-century for England, the total proved too less for

Smriti Mandhana India who batted with far more authority in the chase, with Shafali Verma (20) and Mandhana giving India a solid start of 55 runs.

By the time the young opener departed in the sixth over, Verma had laid a solid foundation from where Mandhana just took off, hitting 13 boundaries and scoring at a strike rate of nearly 150. With none of the damp and soggy English conditions to trouble India after their travails in their

opening game, which they lost by nine wickets, India went about their task in a cool manner at Derby’s Incora County Ground.

England women lurched from 16/3 to 54/5 before 17-year-old left-hander Freya Kemp guided them to a face-saving score with an unbeaten 51.

Mandhana then put on an opening partnership of 55 with Verma, who departed following a sharp return catch to Sophie Ecclestone.

However, an unbroken stand of 69 with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (29 not out) ensured victory for the tourists.

In between, Dayalan Hemalatha lost her wicket to Freya Davies. Mandhana brought up the winning runs with a boundary off off Davies.

Brief scores: England 142 for 6 in 20 overs (Freya Kemp 51 not out; Sneh Rana 3/24) lost to India 146 for 2 in 16.4 overs (Smriti Mandhana 79 not out) by eight wickets.

MMA: Ritu Phogat ready to take on Tiffany

NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (PTI): Unperturbed by the defeat in her previous fight, India’s Ritu Phogat is ready to return to the MMA cage after a long injury lay-off against Tiffany Teo of Singapore in a ONE 161 clash on September 29 in Singapore.

The Indian wrestlerturned-MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter will return to action since competing in the final of the ONE Women’s Atomweight World Grand Prix in December last year. Phogat, who has a 7-2 record in her MMA career with three knockout wins and four wins be decision, will clash with Teo in the atomweight category. “I will be back in the ring after 8-9

tion on Wednesday. in my game.” On taking on “My opponent is a top the local favourite Toe, Phofighter, she is the number gat said: “It doesn’t matter one contender in atom- to me that the fight will be weight. I have accepted her in her home ground I will challenge. She is very expe- try to beat her in her home.” rienced. My team and I have The 28-year-old reiterated made game plans for her. her aim to become a MMA The Commonwealth world champion. “When I Championship gold medal- joined MMA that time my list in wrestling, Ritu had wrestling career was at the sustained a shoulder injury. top and 2020 Olympics was “My last match I couldn’t also there but I wanted to win. I have learnt a lot from do something different. I that loss. I injured my shoul- used to follow MMA since der also so I wanted to re- I was a child and I would cover completely and now think when some one from Ritu Phogat I’m ready. I have imple- India will become world months. The fight against mented a lot of new things champion.

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The Ghotovi Village Council and Ghotovi Students' Union would like to honor and congratulate Ms. Kughali Zhimomi, D/o Mr. Kahoto Zhimomi Hd GB and Mrs. Catherine of Ghotovi Village for bringing laurels to the family and village in successfully clearing NPSC Examination, for the post of Junior Engineer (JE) Works and Housing Department.

The Village Council and Students'Union once again extends heartiest congratulations and wishing the best in your service. May this success inspire the young youths and through the generation to come. God bless you immensely Yekishe Kappo Kinali Awomi Kivigho Zhimomi President, G.S.U General Secy., G.S.U Secy., Ghotovi V.C

The Dimapur Sümi Students’ Union (DSSU) with immense pride and joy would like to express our heartiest congratulations to the following for clearing NPSC CTSE (2021).

1. Er. Manato S Chophy, Junior Engineer (Electrical Engineering) – Power Department.

2. Miss H Olivi Awomi (Forest Ranger) under Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department.

3. Er. Tsaikha K Shohe, Junior Engineer (Electrical Engineering) – Power Department.

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2. Miss Vino N Tuccu, d/o Nitovi Tuccu and Mrs. Ghotoli Tuccu, for clearing NpSC (CTSE) and securing the post of Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Class-I Gazetted under Environment Forest and Climate Change department.

It is our sincere prayer that Almighty God continue to guide and bless them in their future endeavours.

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Dr. K. Pulopu Wilson Zhimomi Miss Vino N Tuccu Through this column, the Khukiye Lukhai Service Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to : 1. Dr. K. Pulopu Wilson Zhimomi, S/o Late Kughavi N Zhimomi and Late Keluongu-ii Helena Khruomo, for clearing NpSC (CTSE) and securing the post of Medical Officer (MO) Class-I Gazetted under Health and Family Welfare department.

2. Miss Vino N Tuccu, d/o Nitovi Tuccu and Mrs. Ghotoli Tuccu, for clearing NpSC (CTSE) and securing the post of Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Class-I Gazetted under Environment Forest and Climate Change department.

It is a matter of pride and honour. Our faith and trust are in your success which will bring more change and progress to our community. The Union further wishes them good health and success in their future endeavours.

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We are delighted with your achievement for bringing laurels to the Union and Village.

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The New Tssori Students' Union with immense pride and joy would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Ms. ROSY T KITHAN daughter of Mr. N Thungbemo Kithan and Mrs. Mhonlumi Kithan for bringing laurels to the union in particular and village in general for being selected to the post of Assistant Chemist (Class -1 gazetted) under the Department of Geology & Mining in the recently declared Combined Technical Services Examination (CTSE) conducted under NPSC 2021.

The union expresses profound gratitude and wishes her unending blessings and greater success in all her future endeavours.

The Kelingmen Kaketshir Telongjem with immense pride and profound admiration extends our heartiest congratulations for bringing honor and laurel to the community: 1. Dr. RONGSENNEKEN, S/o Mr. Tsuknungchiba and Mrs. Aitsungla for his outstanding effort in achieving the post of Medical Officer (2nd rank) Class-I Gazetted, under Health & Family Welfare Department in the CTSE 2021 conducted by NPSC. 2. Er. IMTISANEN AO, S/o Mr. Imkongchuba and Mrs. Nukenmenla for his outstanding effort in achieving the post of Junior Engineer (24th rank) Class-II Gazetted, under Works & Housing Department in the CTSE 2021 conducted by NPSC. May the Almighty God continue to bless and guide you in all your future endeavors.

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The Office of the Dimapur Sakshi Union takes pride to convey its heartiest congratulations to Er. Choimei Moileen Semdok, D/o Late Er. T. L Semdok & Mrs Imtisangla Semdok of Sakshi Village, Longleng Nagaland for clearing the recently declared NPSC Combine Technical Service Examination 2021 as SDO (Civil Engg.) (Class-I Gazetted) securing 10th Position under Works & Housing Department.

The Union with utmost sincerity congratulates her for bringing laurels to the village and takes pride in her achievement and further express our gratitude for being an inspiration to many as she is the First Lady Engineering graduate and first among the women folk to achieve such position from Sakshi Village. The Union further wishes her success and conveys our best wishes in all her future endeavours.

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Durand Cup: Mumbai FC enter final

Mumbai City FC players celebrate after Bipin Singh’s winner. ( Debasish Bhaduri/The Hindu) KO L K ATA , S E P 1 4 ( AG E N C I E S ) : B i p i n Singh scored in the final minute of the regulation time to help Mumbai City FC beat local favourite Mohammedan Sporting SC by a solitary goal in the first semifinal of the 131st Durand Cup, at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Wednesday.

According to Sportstar, the match saw an even contest with Mohammedan Sporting enjoying some moments of dominance before the former Indian Super League champion scored the winner in the 90th minute to reach the

title round in its maiden appearance in the tournament.

Mumbai City FC will take on the winner of the second semifinal –between reigning ISL champion Hyderabad FC and Bengaluru FC – in the title clash scheduled on Sunday.

Bipin Singh, currently one of India’s finest wingers in business, found the net after an excellent combination between Scottish forward Greg Stewart and Lallianzuala Chhangte, who et him up for the goal.

The barren first half reflected the lack of incisiveness in attack as both

teams failed to keep a single shot on target. Mohammedan Sporting started on a breezy note and dominated the action in the first quarter of the match. But Mumbai City FC found its way back in the second quarter but could not create the chance to find the lead.

The change of ends saw both the opponents showing more purpose but the goal continued to remain elusive as both Mohammedan Sporting and Mumbai City struggled to finish the few openings happening in the boxes on either end.

Mumbai City had one

good chance in the 60th minute but the Mohammedan Sporting goalkeeper Zothanmawia came up with a spectacular save as Stewart tried to curl the ball past him. Marcus Joseph had a fine chance in the 65th minute to put Sporting in the lead but it was the Mumbai City custodian Phurba Lachenpa’s turn to send the ball out of harm’s way.

Just when the match appeared to be headed for extra-time, came the Mumbai City attack that Bipin Singh converted to decide the match in the Islanders’ favour.

Samson misses out: Fans to protest against BCCI T H I RU VA NA N T H A PURAM, SEP 14 (IANS): Miffed with the non-inclusion of local boy Sanju Samson in the upcoming T20 World Cup squad, fans here are planning to protest against the national cricket board (BCCI) during the India-South Africa T20 match, to be held at the Greenfield Stadium on September 28.

Samson, who hails from the coastal village near the international airport, is presently the skipper of Rajasthan Royals and had a good tour of the West Indies recently.

Hopes were high that he would make it to the T20 World Cup squad, but failed to impress the selectors.

Netizens are also questioning the selectors’ decision that how the young wicket-keeper batter got ignored yet again.

Another grouse is that despite KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant’s lean season, they were considered ahead of Samson.

IANS has learnt that there are plans that locals may come wearing T-Shirts with Samson’s picture on it and protest against the BCCI during the India vs South Africa match.

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Ganguly, Shah set for 2nd innings as SC allows BCCI to amend constitution

NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) plea in connection with the amendments proposed to its constitution to relax the cooling-off period requirement.

The cooling-off period for office bearers will kick in after two consecutive terms at either the BCCI or at the state association level. The office bearers can now have a maximum of 12 years at one go: two three-year terms at the state association level and two three-year terms at the BCCI, and after this, the cooling-off will be applicable.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the BCCI, submitted before a bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kohli that clause 6 as approved by the top court indicates that a person who has competed one term at the state cricket association level followed by one term at the BCCI would have to undergo a three-year cooling off period.

Therefore, the cooling off-period would come into effect after only one term at the BCCI. Mehta had submitted before the bench that three years is a very short time

Jay Shah and Saurav Ganguly period to prove leadership qualities to take the sport forward, and urged this provision, in the existing constitution, be modified to reflect that it comes into effect after an office-bearer has completed two consecutive terms.

On this existing cooling-off period rule, the top court said it is unduly stringent and needs to be modified with regard to the purpose with which cooling-off periods were introduced.

The proposed amendment enables the current President Saurav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah to seek a second term at BCCI. According to the unamended clauses, they would have attracted disqualification - they have completed one term each at the state association and the BCCI. The top court noted submissions from senior advocate Maninder Singh,

amicus curiae in the matter, that there was no justification in confining the cooling-off period to the President and Secretary, and it should extend to all officebearers at the BCCI. “We’re of the view that the proposed amendment would not dilute the spirit and object of the cooling-off period, if implemented after an individual has completed two terms at either BCCI or state federations. We, therefore, accept this amendment,” said the bench.

During the hearing, the bench noted that a 12-year total term across BCCI and state associations would be possible as administrators, and state association office bearers can escape the cooling-off after switching to the BCCI. The bench said to address this concern, it can say that after two terms at state association, there should be a cooling-off period.

Uthappa retires from Indian cricket TTFI marred by chaos, needs revamp: HC-appointed CoA

NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (IANS): Former India opener Robin Uthappa on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of Indian cricket.

Uthappa shared a heartfelt post announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket on social media.

The right-handed batter said it has been “greatest honour” to represent India and Karnataka during this illustrious career.

“It has been my greatest honour to represent my country and my state, Karnataka. However, all good things must come to an end, and with a grateful heart, I have decided to retire from all forms of Indian cricket. Thank you all,” Uthappa said on the Koo app.

Uthappa played the 2004 Under-19 World Cup. He made his international debut two years later and featured in 46 ODIs and 13 T20Is for India.

Robin Uthappa “It’s been 20 years since I started playing professional cricket, and it has been the greatest honour to represent my country and state, Karnataka- wonderful journey of ups and downs; one that has been fulfilling, rewarding, enjoyable and has allowed me to grow as a human being,”

Uthappa further said in the post.

The stylish batter was a part of the Indian side which lifted the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 in South Africa. The batter from Karnataka has won two IPL trophies-- one for KKR and one for CSK in 2014 and 2021 respectively.

NEW DELHI, SEP 14 (IANS): Observing the “sorry state of affairs” in the running of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and the need to revamp it, the Delhi High Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) on Wednesday observed that there is total mismanagement in TTFI’s functioning with no record of any decision or meeting to take major decisions.

In its 91-page report submitted before the high court, the CoA said there “is a critical need to reexamine the entire byelaws and its constitution in view of not only the sports code, but also for fair and transparent execution of functions as they are being managed in an unprofessional manner”.

The CoA, which was categorically clear in observing that the sport’s governance in the country since long has been plagued by nepotism, fiefdom, lack

of accountability and financial irregularities, recommended that “there is also requirement of various effective steps, which are required to be taken by the TTFI in the procedure of election, the auditors, the appointment of ombudsman and for grievance redressal”.

The high court, hearing a petition filed by ace women’s paddler Manika Batra, had in February directed the appointment of an administrator to run the TTFI, saying its faith was shaken in view of the sports body’s “sorry state of affairs”.

Observing that the TTFI office-bearers have turned a blind eye to the issues of mismanagement, the report poiinted out, “Unfortunately, they appear to have indulged in such practices. The executive committee members are not having any expertise in international competitions of table tennis of skills

to administer in a professional manner.

“If permitted by the court, the CoA needs to examine the matter by taking inputs from all the stakeholders and examining the working of other federations in India and abroad to achieve the ultimate goal of the sport flourishing from grassroots to the international level.”

The CoA, headed by retired Delhi High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal, recommended to examine the necessity of prescribing essential qualifications of the office-bearers of sports associations to ensure the

right talent and expertise is available in the organisation.

“The sport needs more cleansing, particularly the TTFI. The CoA undertakes to complete unfinished tasks to the best of its ability in terms of the orders of the court. The time has come to implement all the steps which have been noticed and also to take effective steps to remove all action of certain individuals who are controlling, directly or indirectly, the TTFI.” Favouring the implementation of long-term measures keeping in view the upcoming international

events, especially the Olympic Games in 2024 and 2028, the CoA observed that the players have worked assiduously and the selected coaches have shown an abounding commitment to the sport.

Asking the TTFI to set its house in order urgently to remain relevant and not to merely be reduced to a courier service with its role being confined to just sending entries for various national and international events, CoA member and Chandigarh-based senior advocate Chetan Mittal told IANS that they noted serious concerns as it is controlled by some people who are promoting their own interests with lack of transparency and accountability.

“The functioning is being done behind closed doors and without taking into account the interest and grievances of persons affected by its decisions, especially the players,” he said.

Champions League: Bayern beat Barca; Liverpool grab late winner in eight years. Sane then pulled off a great solo effort for the second just four minutes later, bursting into the area and rolling a calm finish inside the far post.

In the other Group C game, Edin Dzeko got the better of Viktoria Plzen again. Dzeko had one goal and an assist as Inter Milan beat the Czech club 2-0 in the other Group C game. The Bosnia international now has 10 goals in nine matches against Plzen, and nine in the last six.

Liverpool leaves it late

Bayern Munich celebrates after beating Barcelona at home in the Liverpool’s Joel Matip scored the winner in the 89th minute, earning three Champions League. (Getty Images) points for the Reds, against Ajax in the Champions League. (Reuters) LONDON, SEP 14 (AP): It doesn’t seem to matter which shirt Robert Lewandowski is wearing — Bayern Munich just keeps getting the better of Barcelona either way.

Bayern extended its recent dominance over the Spanish giant with a 2-0 win in the Champions League on Tuesday to show it can cope quite well without Lewandowski, who left to join Barcelona in the offseason.

It started out as a friendly homecoming as Lewandowski walked down the familiar steps of the Allianz Arena players’ tunnel before kickoff, hugging every one of his former teammates along the way. Bayern’s players didn’t extend the same level of hospitality once the game started.

After Lewandowski missed sev-

eral good chances to score in the first half, Lucas Hernández and Leroy Sané scored within a five-minute span in the second as Bayern took control of Group C with two wins in two games. “Luck wasn’t on his side,” Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said about Lewandowski. “For Lewi, it’s an emotional game, here, a bit like coming home.”

Sporting Lisbon also moved to six points in Group D after netting two late goals to beat Tottenham 2-0 at home. The other group game between Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt was marred by fan disturbances before kickoff, forcing riot police to intervene when opposing supporters launched flares and fireworks at each other. Frankfurt won the game 1-0

thanks to a first-half goal from Jesper Lindstrøm.

Liverpool needed an 89th-minute goal to get its first win of the European campaign. Joel Matip headed home a corner to give last year’s runner-up a 2-1 home win over Ajax, bouncing back from a 4-1 loss to Napoli in the opening round. Napoli’s game at Rangers was postponed until Wednesday because of limited police resources in Scotland following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. A period of silence was held before Liverpool’s game, while Bayern fans showed their displeasure with UEFA allowing the British monarch’s death to disrupt the schedule by holding up a banner reading: “Last minute match delays and bans because of a

royal’s death? Respect fans!”

Same old Bayern

After losing 3-0 to Bayern in both group meetings last season — and with the 8-2 drubbing in the 2020 quarterfinals still fresh in memory — there was hope among Barcelona fans that things would be different with Lewandowski on their side.

Instead it was just more of the same. After the Poland striker was uncharacteristically wasteful in the first half, Hernandez did his best Lewandowski impression when the defender popped up at the near post to head home a corner in the 50th minute. It was the kind of goal his former teammate scored so many of during his Bayern career, when he netted 344

Liverpool got the win it so badly needed, but it was another performance that highlighted that Jurgen Klopp’s team is no longer the high-scoring machine it once was. Liverpool struggled to convert its possession into goals in the second half and then needed the aid of goal-line technology to show that Matip’s late header crossed the line before cleared by a defender.

“Coming back from the horror show in Naples, it was important we showed a reaction,” Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk said. “It wasn’t easy … but it’s something to work on.”

Mohamed Salah had earlier ended his run of seven Champions League games without a goal by putting the team ahead in the 17th, but Mohammed Kudus equalized when he created space in the area before smashing an unstoppable shot in off the underside of the crossbar in the 27th.

Klopp had urged Liverpool fans to show respect during the tribute to the queen, who died last week at the age of 96, after some of the club’s supporters

booed the national anthem ahead of the FA Cup final last season. And the period of silence was respectfully observed, except for a few random shouts that were quickly hushed.

Sporting win

Tottenham had not lost a game in any competition this season before a pair of Sporting substitutes ended that unbeaten run.

Paulinho glanced in a header from a corner in the 90th minute and Arthur Gomes added the second in the third minute of stoppage time when he cut in from the left wing, darted between two Tottenham defenders and shot between the legs of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

In Marseille, Lindstrøm took advantage of a defensive error in the 43rd minute to score the winner for Frankfurt. Tottenham and Frankfurt have three points, with Marseille last on zero.

Brugge continues to surprise

Group B is throwing up some surprising results so far, with Club Brugge atop the standings after routing Porto 4-0 away for its second straight win.

Forward Ferran Jutgla had a goal and an assist for Brugge, which saw four different players score. It was Porto’s fourth straight loss in the Champions League going back to last season.

Struggling Bayer Leverkusen upset Atlético Madrid 2-0 for just its second win of the season after six defeats in eight games across all competitions.

Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby scored late for the German team.

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