November 12, 2018

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Rajapaksa switches party, likely to contest snap polls

Chelsea held 0-0 by Everton; Liverpool win

Army and police should respect each other: Rijiju

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Rahul-Modi face-off in 5 states

category, the Congress had won just one in the 2013 Assembly polls, while the BJP had emerged victorious on nine.

Jogi-Mayawati’s support base comprises mostly members of the SC community and if they get a few seats, it will be at the expense of the BJP, Baghel had said.

However, voters here traditionally haven’t elected the same party to power for two terms in a row and hence anti-incumbency is a major player here than other states. The results are hard to predict as with the Lok Sabha elections looming large the dynamics of the state polls is different this time and the final stretch of campaigning would be important.

Prime Minister Modi and Congress chief Gandhi are expected to criss cross the five states in a campaign blitz that is expected to be a trailer of their face-off during the Lok Sabha polls next year.

Polls in MP and Mizoram will take place on November 28, while assembly elections in Rajasthan and Telangana will be held on December 7.

Modi govt attaches much priority to NE region: Sitharaman

Stay in touch with your roots: Gov

NEW DELHI, NOV 11 (PTI): A Narendra ModiRahul Gandhi face-off, lastminute switching of camps, allegations, counter-allegations, and caste equations make for a heady election cocktail in five states, but poll results remain as unpredictable as the climax of a Hollywood thriller.

The first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly polls on Monday will kick off what is being seen as a semi-final before the general election that will decide how major political parties such as the BJP, Congress and BSP are positioned for alliances to fight the 2019 battle.

Political parties will battle it out in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana for 90, 230, 40, 200 and 119 seats respectively.

If the Congress manages to upset its dominant rival in these assembly polls, then it will be a big boost to the opposition for the Lok Sabha polls, while a good show by the BJP will energise its cadres and give a fillip to its hopes of retaining the power at the Centre in 2019. In Telangana, the ruling K Chandrasekhar

Rao-led Telangana Rashtra Samithi is seen to be going strong and will face contest from the Congress and the BJP. After winning 63 seats in the 2014 assembly polls, the TRS’ ranks swelled with members of rival parties joining it over the years.

However, anti-incumbency and advancing of polls by KCR may throw up surprises.

In Mizoram, the Congress has been in power since 2008, while in Chhattisgarh and MP, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been ruling for the last 15 years.

In the 2013 Chhattisgarh assembly polls though there was a difference of 10 seats between the BJP and the Congress, the difference

UP minister demands Muslims in BJP change names also

SASU demands bridge between World leaders mark 100 years of WWI in Paris Langzanger and Thsingar villages

L U C K N O W, N O V 11(AGENCIES): Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar has targeted the UP government after the names of Mughalsarai and Faizabad were changed by chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

He said that BJP changed the names of Mughalsarai and Faizabad as they were named after Mughals.

However, he pointed out that BJP has three Muslim faces- National Spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and UP Minister Mohsin Raza and asked why don’t they change their names first?

Rajbhar said “This is all a drama to distract the backward and oppressed whenever they raise their voices to demand their rights. No one else has given the things which Muslims gave. Should we throw away GT Road? Who built the Red Fort? Who built the Taj Mahal?” BJP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Som created a flutter when he said the state government will soon be changing names of many other cities in the state after Allahabad was named Prayagraj and Faizabad to Ayodhya.

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Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi

KIPHIRE, NOV 11 (NPN): Seyochung Area Students’ Union (SASU) has appealed to PWD, Road & Bridges (R&B) department to expedite construction of a bridge between Langzanger and Thsingar villages in Kiphire district. This is the bridge to connect Sitimi and Seyochung areas.

SASU president Chumseli K and general secretary Holise Sangtam, in a press release, made this appeal to the R&B department by stating that the bridge was the only lifeline for Thsingar village connecting it to Kiphire district headquarters.

SASU further pointed out that a makeshift wooden bridge was the only thing keeping the road functional right now and that it was uncertain how long this would last.

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between their vote share was just 0.75 per cent.

The contest in Chhattisgarh again promises to be a nail-biter as the ruling BJP is facing anti-incumbency, while the Congress is up against the challenge of the Ajit Jogi-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) tie-up.

Chhatisgarh’s Chief Minister Raman Singh had said last week that Jogi’s party, Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC), would impact the Congress’ electoral prospects more than that of the BJP. On the other hand, state Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel has said that the alliance would damage the BJP’s prospects more as out of the 10 seats reserved for the Scheduled Caste

A picture of the wooden bridge between Langzanger and Thsingar villages taken on September 2018. dents’ body, its team visited Thsingar and interacted with the villagers there. It was learnt that the government had taken up construction of the road five years back.

However, as there was no bridge, the villagers had to take the initiative and constructed one with wood for

light vehicles. The wooden bridge poses a problem while transporting the sick to hospitals, SASU added.

Under these circumstances, the union urged the authority concerned to construct the bridge between Langzanger and Thsingar for welfare of the public.

ITANAGAR, NOV 11 (PTI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the Narendra Modi government attached priority to the North Eastern region and the visit of four union ministers every month bears testimony to this.

Centre has initiated various steps to provide the region its legitimate facilities on a par with other parts of the country, she said.

“The NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi mooted the Act East Policy in place of Look East Policy under which activities in ground reality took long time,” the minister said.

“At least four ministers visit North Eastern states every month– not for picnic but to complete all the schemes and projects of the Centre which was not materialised in the last 50 years,” Sitharaman said.

While delivering a lecture here, she termed North East as the gateway to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).

She also called upon the people of North East never to forget their roots.

PARIS, NOV 11 (AGENCIES): World leaders gathered in the driving rain in Paris on Sunday to mark 100 years since the end of World War I, with host Emmanuel Macron warning against nationalism at a time of growing strain between Europe and Donald Trump’s America, AFP reported.

Around 70 leaders including US President Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin marked the centenary of the 1918 Armistice in the French capital at 11am local time (1000 GMT).

After church bells rang out across France, the leaders sat together at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe for a memorial that included a performance by star cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the reading aloud of letters by WWI soldiers. Macron delivered a 20-minute speech that called on his fellow leaders not

PB Acharya with Neiba Kronu and others during the People’s Festival Khezhakeno 2018 cum Inauguration of Chida Resort at Khezhakeno Village.

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 1 (NPN): Nagaland Governor PB Acharya called upon the people of the state to protect and preserve the culture by staying in touch with their roots.

“We must stay in touch with our roots,” he said.

Speaking on the occasion of the People’s Festival Khezhakeno 2018 cum inauguration of Chida Resort at Khezhakeno village under Phek district on Saturday as chief guest, Acharya hoped that the young generation would realise the importance of culture and heritage that made every community and their land unique.

Harping on mother

tongues, he urged the youth to preserve one’s own language as it gave a person his or her identity.

He acknowledged the hard work put in by Khezhakeno residents in hosting the inaugural function and hoped the Chida Lake would become a tourist hotspot in the State.

Acharya also presented Governor’s Meritorious Certificates to two outstanding students from Khezhakeno village on the occasion.

In his speech, Planning & Coordination and Land Revenue minister Neiba Kronu expressed his gratitude to the governor for attending the festival.

He also lauded the governor

Heads of states and world leaders attend ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe Sunday. (AP/PTI)

to forget the lessons of the past and worldwide hopes for peace. “Ruining this hope with a fascination for isolation, violence or domination would be a mistake for which future generations would rightly find us responsible,” Macron told them.

He also delivered a stinging indictment of nationalism, calling it “the

exact opposite” of the patriotism shown by soldiers.

“Nationalism is a betrayal,” he said. The service concluded with the bugle call that was played at 11am on November 11, 1918 to signal the end of fighting on the Western Front. Elsewhere, ceremonies in New Zealand, Australia, India, Hong Kong and Myanmar

for taking various initiatives to promote and preserve cultural identity.

The programme was chaired by additional secretary Kevekha Kevin Zehol, while the welcome address was delivered by Khezhakeno Youth Organisation president Senovielhou Koza. There were cultural performances from various troupes and a traditional blessing was pronounced by the Khezhakeno Village Council chairman.

A brief account of the festival was given by Tenyimia Public Organisation president S Kepfelhou Ladu, while Rengma Hoho president Kenyenseng Tep delivered the greetings.

began a day of remembrance services around the world for a conflict that involved millions of troops from colonised countries in Asia and Africa. The leaders of Commonwealth nations -whose forces were deployed under British command 100 years ago -- also delivered messages of peace.

“This was a war in which India was not directly involved yet our soldiers fought world over, just for the cause of peace,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter. “For our tomorrows, they gave their today,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told people gathered at a ceremony in Canberra. British Prime Minister Theresa May and Prince Charles, standing in for Queen Elizabeth, attended a separate remembrance event in London where thousands of well-wishers also paid their respects to fallen soldiers.

Govt approved renaming of 25 places in past one year Mizoram govt proposes names NEW DELHI, NOV 11 (PTI): Centre has given consent to the renaming of at least 25 towns and villages across India in the past one year and among the pending proposals is one for the state of West Bengal, according to officials.

Allahabad and Faizabad are the latest additions to the growing list of places that have been renamed.

Several proposals, including the renaming of West Bengal as ‘Bangla’, are pending with the central government. The process is a long-drawn one with the involvement of multiple central ministries and departments.

The Union Home Ministry has given consent to the proposals of name change in 25 villages and towns in different parts of the country in last one year, a senior ministry official told PTI. The proposals to change the names of Al-

lahabad to Prayagraj and Faizabad to Ayodhya are yet to be received by the ministry from the Uttar Pradesh government, the official said.

Some of the approved name change proposals are: Rajahmundry as Rajamahendravaram in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh; Outer Wheeler as A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island, situated in Bhadrak district of Odisha; Arikkod as Areekode in Malappura district of Kerala; Pindari as Pandu-Pindara in Jind district of Haryana; and Samphur as Sanphure in Kiphire district of Nagaland.

However, a proposal to change the name of Kacharigaon to Phevima in Dimapur district of Nagaland was not yet accepted by the Home ministry, the official said. Other renaming proposals approved by the ministry include Landgewadi to Narsinhagaon in Sangali dis-

trict of Maharashtra; Garhi Sampla as Ch. Sir Chhotu Ram Nagar in Rohtak district of Haryana; Khatu Kalan village as Bari Khatu in Nagour district of Rajasthan; Mihgawan Chhakka and Mihgawan Tilia as Mihgawan Sarkar and Mihgawan Ghat respectively in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh and Shukratal Khadar as Sukhtirth Khadar and Shukratal Bangar as Sukhtirth Bangar in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh. The Home ministry considers such proposals according to the existing guidelines in consultations with agencies concerned, another official said.

The ministry gives its consent to the change of name of any place after taking no-objections from the Ministry of Railways, Department of Posts and Survey of India.

These organisations have to confirm that there

is no such town or village in their records with a name similar to the proposed one.

The renaming of a state requires amendment of the Constitution with a simple majority in Parliament. For changing the name of a village or town, an executive order is needed.

The proposal to change the name of West Bengal to ‘Bangla’, as suggested by the state government, was recently forwarded by the home ministry to the Ministry of External Affairs for its opinion as the proposed name sounded similar to the name of neighbouring country Bangladesh, the official said.

On Thursday, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said the state government was considering renaming Ahmedabad as Karnavati and the name change could be effected before next year’s Lok Sabha elections.

BJP leader Raja Singh

said on Thursday that the party would “aim” to rename Hyderabad and other cities in the state after the names of great people if it is elected to power in Telangana after the forthcoming assembly polls.

Last year, the Centre had approved the proposal to rename the iconic Mughalsarai railway station to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) station after the Jan Sangh leader who was found dead in the railway station in 1968.

Approval was also given to add the word “Maharaj” in Mumbai’s iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. It is now known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. The name of any state was changed last time in 2011, when Orissa became Odisha. Names of Bombay was changed to Mumbai in 1995, Madras to Chennai in 1996, Calcutta to Kolkata in 2001.

of 3 IAS officers for CEO’s post

AIZAWL, NOV 11 (PTI): Mizoram government has proposed the names of three IAS officers, as desired by the Election Commission (EC), for the post of a new chief electoral officer (CEO) in the state, an official said Sunday.

The poll panel had asked the state government to suggest the names after it decided to replace CEO S.B. Shashank, who had courted controversy in the poll-bound state.

The names suggested by the government were-Lalhmingthanga, H Lalengmawia and K Lalthawmmawia -- the official said on the condition of anonymity.

He also said Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain, who led the second EC team to Mizoram Friday, had told officials that it would take two-three days to select and appoint a new

CEO. Jain had also assured the NGO Coordination Committee leaders -- who were spearheading the movement against Shashank -- that the CEO would be replaced and the Bru voters housed in Tripura relief camps would exercise their franchise from Mizoram, which were the primary demands of the organisation.

An EC spokesperson had said in New Delhi that the poll panel had “only decided to call for a panel of names for the post of the state CEO from the chief secretary of Mizoram”.

Shashank had reportedly sought deployment of additional Central forces in the state and complained to the EC that the state’s former principal secretary, Lalnunmawia Chuaungo, was interfering in the poll process.

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NMM’s Mission Challenge 2018 concludes

Delegates, organizers and attendees on the final day of NMM, NBCC Mission Challenge 2018, on November 11.

DIMAPUR: Mission Challenge 2018, the three-day conference organised by Nagaland Missions Movement (NMM) of NBCC under the

theme “Therefore Go” concluded on November 11.

A press release by NBCC stated that workshops, musical events, testi-

monies of missionaries and worship services were some of the highlights of the program. NMM also extended gratitude to associations

and churches under NBCC, speakers, resource persons, participants and delegates, families and individuals who supported, and con-

tributed toward making, the conference a successful one.

Altogether around one thousand participants attended the event.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018

NSDMA conducts seminar in Phek DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) conducted a Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Preparedness Training Program organised by NSDMA (DDMA Phek) in collaboration with Razeba Town Chakhesang Students’ Union (RTCSU) for Razeba range, at Razeba town on November 6.

A press release by RTCSU publicity media and information, Kikhovi Zholia stated that Kelengunuo Solo, EAC Razeba, spoke on the occasion and urged the students, youth and parents to fight against deforestation, forest burning and asked them to preserve nature and combat global warming as responsible citizens.

She also said that in case of any calamity the community should inform the administration so that appropriate measures could be taken in case of emergencies.

A short speech was also

More mourn late K Yamakam

Thousands of Yimchungers and others, gathered from neighbouring villages to bid farewell to former minister, late K. Yamukam. Presidents of YTC, YAA, YWO, Yimchunger GB’S union, GB’S Union Shamator Area, and head GBs and DBs of various villages, ADC Shamator, and DC Tuensang were among those who spoke at the program. (Shahoto Yimchungru)

Shalom Public School Chumukedima (SPSC) held its annual children’s retreat on November 2 and 3, under the theme “Every child is a star”. The retreat was conducted to give the children a change from their regular lives with something refreshing through different activities. (SPSC director, Merenla Longchar)

DIMAPUR: Condolence messages from more organizations and personalities continue to come in for former minister and four-time MLA, K Yamakam, father of advisor, SCERT, IPR and Village Guards, Toshi Wungtung, who passed away at a private hospital in Dimapur on Friday.

ENPO: Eastern Nagaland Peoples Organization (ENPO), in a condolence note by president, Kekongchim and general secretary, Manglang Phom, stated that late Yamakam had a deep love and concern for the people of Eastern Nagaland, and all people who knew him greatly respected him.

ENPO also recalled its late leader as their “history book” who had contributed and sacrificed much during turbulent times and brought peace to their region in particular and the state in general. With his death the people of Eastern Nagaland has lost an outstanding personality and a prominent leader, stated ENPO. It further added that it would always cherish the memory of his sincere dedication for his people. The organization also conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for the departed leader to rest in eternal peace.

N o k e Wa n g n a o : Noke Wangnao, advisor of Social Welfare, Home Guard and Civil Defence

in a condolence message stated that late Yamakam was one of the tallest leaders of the Yimchunger tribe, who served the Nagas as a dedicated social worker and later as an elected member of the NLA. Noke described late Yamakam as a visionary man of wisdom and stated that his unfinished mission would be carried forward by his son, Toshi Wungtung. Noke also extended deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

NNC/GDRN: All ranks and file of the Naga National Council/Government of the Democratic Republic of Nagaland (NNC/GDRN), in a condolence message by general secretary, Shehoto I Yesca, stated that in the demise of Yamakam, the Nagas in general and Tuensang in particular had lost one of its tallest leaders, leaving a vacuum which would be difficult to fill. NNC/ GDRN conveyed prayers for Almighty God to grant fortitude to the bereaved family and also prayers for the departed soul to rest in eternal peace.

YUD: Yimchungrü Union Dimapur (YUD) in a condolence message by president, Albinus Atsumong, said late Yamakam was a man of principle, integrity and commitment who always stood by and worked for the common people. YUD stated that

his demise had left a huge social and political vacuum for the Yimchungru community in particular and Nagas in general, which would be difficult to fill.

YUD further stated that Yamakam’s contributions towards society will always be cherished and remembered, and expressed its deepest sympathy for the bereaved family.

T. T o r e c h u : T Torechu, MLA stated that late Yamakam was a charismatic and down to earth statesman, and his absolute resolve and commitment to the people he represented was unprecedented. Torechu added that his immense political and social contribution for the state and the Yimchungru community would always be cherished.

Torechu added that in Yamakam’s demise, Yimchungrus and Nagas have lost a great leader and a fatherly figure. He conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members.

PACSU: Pungro Area College Students ‘Union (PACSU), in a condolence message, stated that in the demise of Yamakam, the Yimchungers had lost an able leader and fatherly figure. It stated that his illustrious deeds during his life time will ever be remembered. PACSU also conveyed its condolences and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

Members of State Disaster Response Force demonstrating first aid administration during the training program on November 6.

given by Neilhouzu Zholia, headmaster of Government High School Razeba, who emphasised on taking care of the environment and keeping surroundings clean.

Vekuzo Lohe, DPA Phek, spoke about various relief funds and how to avail help from the government in the event of a calamity or destruction faced by and individual or community.

Khrolou Koza Lohe, STCBO said that the com-

munity was the first responder and that the community needed to help one another during any disaster or calamity.

She also enlightened the people on prevention, precaution on fire safety, lightning and earthquake.

Demonstration on first aid, search and rescue techniques was conducted by SDRF Phek. The concluding remark was given by Khrolou Koza Lohe.

news in Brief RSU felicitation program: A Rengma Students Union (RSU) felicitation program for NPSC successful candidates will be held on November 14, 1 pm at Hotel Japfü, Kohima. All RSU seniors, federating units, subordinate bodies and students have been requested to attend the program.

DLE meeting & election: Dimapur Longsai Ekhung (DLE) has convened its general meeting & election of office bearers for November 17, 10 am at Oasis, Nyamo Lotha Colony. All bona fide members have been requested to attend the meeting.

SRSU consultative meeting: Satakha Range Students Union (SRSU) has convened a consultative meeting for November 17, 2 p.m. at Tourist Lodge, near Dimapur Railway station. All ex-officials and well wishers have been asked to attend the meeting. For further information, one can call 9862379273.

Ahuna festival at Purana Bazar: Sümi community of High School Colony, Purana Bazar East Dimapur will be celebrating the Ahuna festival on November 14, 11 a.m. at the residence of High School Colony Council chairman, L. Ghokehto Achumi. All residents have been requested to attend the event in traditional attire.

Farmers training at Chungtiayimsen village DIMAPUR: Sub-Divisional Agriculture Office (SDAO) Mangkolemba conducted a training program under NFSM(Pulses) on field pea and mustard cultivation on November 5 at Chungtiayimsen village.

A press release from the office of SDAO Mangkolemba stated that key note address was delivered

by SDAO Mangkolemba, A. Temsu Aier. He briefed farmers on the purpose of

the NFSM scheme and encouraged them to sustain themselves through hard work in farming. The farmers were told to minimize the use of chemical input and they were encouraged to practice organic farming. A ‘Field Pea’ field training and demonstration was done by AI, Chaso and on mustard by AFA, Talisunep. The program concluded with a free seed distribution to the participants.

Seminar & expo on Rock Art in India DBS Chhath Mahaparv greetings Nepali CRC celebrates silver jubilee DIMAPUR: Dimapur Bangali Samaj (DBS), through its president K. K. Paul, has extended heartiest greetings for Chhath Mahaparv to all devotees. The greeting added that DBS prays to Chhathi Maiya and the sun to keep a benevolent eye upon all.

Hybrid Solar Dryer inaugurated

Dr. D. Gnanadurai, History department students and faculty of St. Joseph University after the Seminar & Project Expo, on November 5.

DIMAPUR: A one-day Seminar & Project Expo on “Rock Art in India and its preservation” was organised by the History department of St. Joseph University (SJU), on November 5 to create awareness about rock art in India.

A press release from PRO SJU, Fr. Justin stated that vice chancellor, Dr. D. Gnanadurai, exhorted the gathering and encouraged the students to participate more in skill enhanceK

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ment activities. He also mentioned that apart from acquiring a degree, skill was also a requirement to survive in an actual working environment. The vice chancellor and Sr. Thianes distributed certificates to the students.

The students delivered special talks on the topics “Definition and types of rock”, “Importance of rock art and threats to rock art” and “Preservation and management of rock art

sites”. The talk was followed by an exhibition on Indian rock art sites created by the 12 groups of MA (History) students.

Earlier, a welcome address was delivered by head of department, Dr. Avinuo Chupuo.

The main objective of the seminar was to enable students to understand the subject’s broader sense and equip them with knowledge about the richness of Indian rock art.

DIMAPUR: A Hybrid Solar Dryer, under community development plan, with a capacity of 100 kg Naga King Chilli per batch was inaugurated at Mbaupungchi village on November 2 by Jimmy Zeliang (Kuigau), assistant director Information and Public Relations (IPR), as special guest.

A press release from North East Rural Livelihoods Project (NERLP) district project manager, Ruuvilie Kotsu stated that Jimmy Zeliang thanked the NERLP for installing the hybrid solar dryer and said that development of a village started with unity among the villagers. The installation will ensure more production and profitability from the crop, he said adding that the venture should collectivise resources of the neighbouring villages and include them in the operation. He encour-

aged the farmers to use bio manure and pesticides and desist from using harmful chemical substances.

Ruuvilie Kotsu, DPM NERLP Peren exhorted the villagers saying that it was their unity and the sense of ownership that had brought the venture to its successful completion.

He also highlighted the various NERLP activities in Peren like the formation of 1033 SHGs, adding that over Rs. 14 crores have been released to the SHGs. The Community Development Group (CDC) secretary, in his speech, acknowledged the dedication and commitment of the project staff.

The prog ram was chaired by Namteibeu VDB secretary, invocation was offered by the local Church pastor, while the GB shared his gratitude with the NERLP.

Lhuovizhü Sachü (Left), speaking at the Nepali CRC High School Area Kohima Silver Jubilee celebrations on Sunday. (NP) Correspondent

KO H I M A , N OV 1 1 (NPN): Nepali Christian Revival Church celebrated its Silver Jubilee under the theme “Your faithfulness continues through all generations…” (Psalms 119:90) at the High School Area Church premises, in Kohima on Sunday.

Pastor of CRC Kohima Village, Lhuovizhü Sachü, as the main speaker, spoke from the books of Isaiah, Hebrew, Titus and Joel and encouraged

believers to remain faithful in order to have the assurance of life.

Nepali CRC High School started as a fellowship of a few believers in the year 1989 and the full-fledged Church was inaugurated in 1993, said Souvenir Committee convener, Tirsha Thapa.

A Jubilee Mono lith was unveiled by Rev. Khriezetuo Keretsü, chairman ACRCC. Lighting of the jubilee candle was led by Vichülie Kelio, pastor CRC Ko-

hima Village. Presentation was led by Suochühieü Belho.

On the occasion, associate pastor Nepali CRC, Kumar Karki, greeted the congregation and special numbers were presented

by Jubilee Choir, Menguseü Suokhrie and youth of the Church.

Pa s t o r o f N e p a l i CRC, Khriesakuo Keretsü led the service, Neisevoü Linyü offered the invocation and a jubilee feast brought the celebrations to a close.

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WEATHER FORECAST November 12

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sun

29 16

Aizawl

Mostly sunny; pleasant

Guwahati Hazy sun Imphal

Clouds and sun; pleasant

Itanagar Hazy sunshine, not as warm

25 12 28 16 26 12 25 13

Shillong

Hazy sun

20 8

Kohima

Mostly sunny; pleasant

22 10

Dimapur Mostly sunny; pleasant

28 15

Mkg

Mostly sunny; comfortable

Tuensang Mostly sunny; cooler Wokha

Hazy sun; cooler

Zunheboto Mostly sunny

24 11 16 7 20 14 21 8

Delhi Police recruitment date extended

DIMAPUR: ADC of police, Rohini district and chairman for recruitment board Nagaland, Delhi Police, B L Suresh has informed candidates that the last date for application form submission for the special recruitment drive to be conducted by Delhi Police in Nagaland has been extended to December 5.

In a press release, B L Suresh stated that the age of constables (male) has been made 18-30 years, relaxable by five years for STs and for sports persons (national/international), the age criteria is 18-35 years. No criteria changes have been made for female constables.

More details can be had from the Nagaland police website or by calling the Delhi Police Help Desk at 6909150908 or North East Cell, Delhi Police helpline at 011-26569656.

Menukhol John and other SAGOK members at its general conference held on November 10.

DIMAPUR: Souther n Angami Gazetted Officers’ Krotho’s (SAGOK’s) general conference was held in Kidima village on November 10, chaired by president, Nosazol Charles Chaya.

A press release by SAGOK general secretary, Shurhovol Naleo stated that Menukhol John, principal secretary, School Education and SCERT, as the main speaker stated that

officers should know their responsibilities when dispensing their official work and not be hampered by other social obligations. He also questioned the officers whether they were useful or useless and whether they would be fondly remembered after retirement.

Menukhol also pointed out that quality education was the need of the hour and people should be far sighted and plan for

the coming generation by giving them good education. He lamented that the school drop-out rate was very high in Nagaland and needed to be seriously addressed.

Menukhol John also released the census book of SAGOK. Earlier, a welcome address was given by Dr. Kedise Pucho, president, KGOK; special songs were presented by Kidima

Youth Organisation and the Noswes; invocation and benediction were offered

by Kehovi Tase, travelling pastor, Japfuphiki Baptist Church Council and Rev. Keholeshu Tepa, Sr. Pastor, Baptist Church Kidima, respectively.

S h u r h ovo l N a l e o, secretary SAGOK presented a report highlighting SAGOK’s activities for the last three years and an audit report was also presented by convenor, audit committee Vikho Motonyu.

New office bearers were also elected, led by Kevithuto Sophie, Assistant Inspector General of Police (Supply). Vote of thanks was delivered by Nosezole Seleyi women coordinator, SAGOK. The conference was hosted by the Kidima Gazetted Officers Krotho (KGOK) and saw the participation of gazetted officers from 12 villages of Southern Angami Region.

All frontal organisation office bearers of Southern Angami area including the Angami Gazetted Officers Krotho (AGOK), NAGOK, office bearers graced the occasion.

Rachunglung Kamei and others with students who attended the Life Skills Education workshop held on November 9.

DIMAPUR: Master of Social Work (MSW) trainees of North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR), in collaboration with Development Association of Nagaland (DAN), conducted a workshop on November 9 at Government Middle School (GMS), Khriezephe village on “Life skills education”.

A press release from NEISSR media cell stated that MSW trainee Rachunglung Kamei, while addressing the gathering, said that life skills education has the ability to mould adaptive and positive behaviour.

He said that this enables an individual to deal with demands and challenges of everyday life

effectively. Stressing on the main three branches of life skills education -- cognitive skills, social skills and emotional skills -- Kamei urged students to cultivate these skills for all round development. Various activities were carried out to demonstrate life skills to the students. The workshop was attended by fifty one students.

‘Kumari: Kathmandu’s enigmatic Meeting for Hornbill Festival 2018 held in Kohima goddess’ book released at CTC

Rev. Dr. K. Danbir Rai (author) with Rev. Dr. Mar Pongener during the book release on November 10.

DIMAPUR: A book titled “Kumari: Kathmandu’s enigmatic goddess” authored by Rev. Dr. K. Danbir Rai, professor of Religions at Clark Theological College (CTC), was formally dedicated and released by principal of CTC, Rev. Dr. Mar Pongener during the CTC 46th Thanksgiving Day on November 10 in the college multi-purpose hall.

A press release from CTC stated that the author in his brief speech said the book dealt with the Kumari tradition among the Hindu Newars and therefore reading through the book will inform the readers towards uncovering the religious, social, cultural and political scenario in Kathmandu.

The author added that the book would be helpful

both for missionaries to Kathmandu, Nepal, as well as for scholars who were committed and looking for gender equality, women empowerment, religious harmony and divine presence.

The book is research based and targets an audience among historians, culturists, politicians, mythologists, philosophers, researchers and students.

CBCK Youth Ministry Jubilee concludes

The Jubilee Choir presenting a special song at the CBCK Youth Ministry 50 Year Jubilee celebrations on Sunday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, NOV 11 (NPN): The 50 Year Jubilee celebrations of Chakhesang Baptist Church Kohima’s (CBCK’s) Youth Ministry, celebrated under the theme “Amaze”, concluded at CBCK on Sunday evening.

At the Sunday morning worship service, Rev. Dr. Vesekhoyi Tetseo, general secretary Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF), complimented the CBCK Youth Ministry for completing 50 years.

Taking up the topic “Amazing Grace,” he challenged the youth to rededicate themselves to the service of God and renew their faith. “Do not compromise your faith in God,” he said and at the same time chalK Y M C

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lenged the congregation to put their faith in God so that God may take them wherever they needed to go.

He said the APBF wants to do something for those in need of help and invited the CBCK Youth Ministry to consider a short term mission they could do together.

Sharing greetings, Rev. Vikuo Rhi, youth secretary Nagaland Baptist Church Council, urged the Youth Ministry to reach out to people who need help. He also challenged the youth to renew their commitment and dedication and accustom themselves to the basic principles of Christianity and live as good Christians. The morning service was led by Razukhrii Vasa and Rev. Dr. Kevekhalo Khalo invoked God’s blessings.

Later, Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho, general secretary Nagaland Baptist Church Council, gave a talk on the topic “Proclaim God’s Righteousness” in the evening worship service.

Muliivoyi Nienu, youth secretary Chakhesang Baptist Church Council also shared greetings.

The evening service was led

by Pusiihii Theliio and Kethovino Rhakho pronounced the invocation prayer. Thsopelo Kapfo proposed the vote of thanks.

Jubilee Choir, CBC Ministers’ Hill Kohima Youth Choir, youth office bearers and senior youth fellowship, presented special numbers on the occasion. A community feast was also laid out to mark the occasion.

DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Soundararajan held a meeting with concerned departments, police, district administration, village councils, youth organizations and stakeholders for the preparation of Hornbill 2018 on November 5 at DC conference hall Kohima.

According to a DIPR report, deliberating on the status of roads in and around Kohima, the DC’s requested the concerned departments to complete maintenance works latest

by November 20 and asked them to provide continual status updates.

On the optical fibers, cables and wires along the highways, he asked the officials to make sure these were arranged properly. The DC also said that separate meetings for security coordination and traffic management would be convened soon.

He further called upon the KCCI to implement the “Plastic Free Zone” program at Kisama and the entire stretch of the night

SBAK-NM 53-U Pastors’ Conference DIMAPUR: A three-day Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (SBAK-NM) Pastors’ Conference, under the theme, “Unity in Christ” which started on November 7, concluded at Shena New Baptist Church on November 9.

A press release from SBAKNM stated that speakers were Rev. Dr. Hukashe Zhimomi, executive secretary NPBCA; Rev. Hukugha Zhimo, executive secretary SBAKNM; and Rev. Khutovi Swu, pastor Khukishe B/C. Rev. Dr. Hukashe Zhimomi was the resource person for a Bible Study on the book of Philippians.

The resource persons for the group discussion were Hekato Awomi, youth secretary; Dr. Botoholi, associate pastor SBCK; Rev. Ahoto Awomi, evangelist; Kashili, associate pastor women, UBC Satakha; and Atovi Chophy, evangelist SBAK-NM. Er. Picto Shohe, MLA 32 A/C Atoizu and Justice H.K Sema, Retired Supreme Court Judge, also exhorted the Church leaders. An area/village-wise hymnal competition was among the highlights of the event. SBAK-NM pastoral secretary N. Shekheto Swu expressed gratitude to the speakers, resource persons, program officials, delegates, volunteers and host church Shena New for success of the program.

Hundreds of church leaders under SBAK-NM attended the conference.

The program was jointly chaired by Benito, pastor Asukhomi B/C, and Avisheli, APY Saptiqa Town B/C. Kazheli, APW Khrimto B/C, and Hevuto, APY Surumi, were the session recorders.

carnival. Soundararajan also asked that shopkeepers along the national highway, starting from Kohima till Khuzama, paint their shops and shutters.

Senior SP Kohima, Vekhosa Chakesang said that Tourist Police would also be deployed for the safety and security of tourists during the Hornbill Festival, starting from December 1 and a five-day training program for the Tourist Police has been scheduled for mid November, to be conducted by Nagaland Police and the Tourism department. The SP also sought cooperation of Assam Rifles, other paramilitary forces and the general public.

Chief manager of SBI also reported that mobile ATMs would be provided at Kisama and he promised that ATMs would be supplied with sufficient cash during the festival, not only at the main venue but in the capital for 24 hours.

Officials from the Power department also reported that the depart-

ment had started working towards providing efficient street lighting and stable power supply during the Hornbill.

The Kohima Chambers of Commerce and Industries requested the concerned departments to ensure that sufficient street lights were installed for smooth conduct of the carnival.

Meeting convened at Jakhama

SDO (C) Jakhama, Alemyapang Longchar conducted a meeting at SDO (C) office Jakhama on November 6 to discuss works and activities to be undertaken at the Southern Angami area during the Hornbill Festival.

According to DIPR, the meeting was attended by village council chairman, village representatives, DBs and GBs. The SDO told them that two events would be included in this year’s Hornbill Festival. A Night Carnival will be held at Kigwema local ground from 4 pm

to 8 pm daily during the festival. Folk songs and folk dance will be presented and indigenous food and handicrafts will also be available during the night carnival, organised by the Kigwema Youth Organisation (KYO). On December 6, Sekrenyi festival will be celebrated at Jakhama village, to be organised by the Southern Angami area DBs and GBs. The meeting also decided to direct all shops along the National Highway from Phesama to Khuzama to paint their shops and fix light bulbs outside their shops. All the villages under Jakhama sub-division have also decided to deploy at least 10 volunteers from each village to guide and help tourists during the festival. Longchar requested all villages under Jakhama sub-division to cooperate with the authorities. The village authorities and representatives also assured the officials of their full cooperation to make the Hornbill Festival, 2018 a success.

Kiphire Wildlife Division workshop

Village leaders, Kiphire Wildlife Division officials and others at Thanamir village after the capacity building workshop on November 7.

DIMAPUR: Kiphire Wildlife Division, department of Forest, Environment & Climate Change, conducted a capacity building workshop on Environment, Education & Livelihood at Fakim and Thanamir villages, Kiphire district on November 6 and 7.

The capacity building workshop was facilitated

by CAN Youth, assisted

by Rural Community Development Centre Society, Peren.

A press release from wildlife warden, Kiphire Wildlife Division, Suman W M Sivachar stated that the workshop was facilitated by chief functionary CAN Youth, Jenpu Rongmei, and founder &

chairman RCDC Society Peren, Dikugong Esalung. The capacity building workshop focused on the importance of preservation and conservation of the environment, in creating resourceful students through education and promoting achievement of sustainable livelihood through existing and limited natural resources of the village.

The capacity building workshop highlighted ownership and responsibility, identifying problems, identifying resources of villages, creating impact and sustainable livelihood for Self Help Groups (SHGs), problem solving and decision making, difference

between needs & wants, grassroots leadership and importance of education.

Development of an action plan for overall development of villages by the village councils and other community leaders, was also discussed at the workshop.

Village council and leaders from Thruntsuvong, Sangtsong, Vongtsuvong and Khongsa villages also attended the workshop. A total of 75 people at Fakim and 55 people at Thanamir attended the program which included members of village councils of nearby villages, women, staff of Kiphire Wildlife Division and NGO representatives.

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Army and police should respect each other: Rijiju

New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): In the wake of a clash between Army and police personnel in Arunachal Pradesh’s Bomdila town, Union minister Kiren Rijiju Sunday said both the institutions should respect each other as they are serving the nation.

In a Facebook post, Rijiju said the Army is country’s pride which secures “our motherland” and police are the pillar of internal security. “We must respect both great institutions. Every individual and institution functions under a system governed by law... Let’s respect and strengthen each other,” he wrote.

The minister’s comments came in the wake of some soldiers allegedly vandalising the Bomdila police station, and assaulting police personnel and civilians last week.

During a visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Rijiju took stock of the situation arising

Kiren Rijiju (File)

out of the clashes between Army and police personnel.

“Our uniform people sacrifice their personal comfort and family for the nation...There are always elementary human errors which can be taken care of and the matter will be resolved. I appeal everyone not to jump into the matter with loose comments without knowing the facts with prejudice mindset (sic),” he said. Rijiju, who hails from the state, said the “spontaneous” decision of the defence minister to visit Bomdila, where she interacted with local people and district admin-

istration, has “generated a huge goodwill” among the residents.

In a Twitter post, the Union minister of state for home said that due to “indecorous” acts at individual level, a “reprehensible” incident took place but the whole institutions can’t be dragged along.

“My constituency people are peace loving.

But some outside elements are making hateful comments on social media without any factual knowledge,” he tweeted.

The Bomdila incident occurred when a group of soldiers allegedly misbehaved with civilians and police personnel at the Buddha Mahotsav celebrations last week, officials said. Following this, the local station house officer went to the spot and two soldiers were brought to police station. After that some soldiers allegedly vandalised the Bomdila police station, assaulted police personnel and civilians, they said.

northeast NE first ‘water handloom hut’ inaugurated Correspondent

IMPHAL, Nov 11: The first ever “Water Handloom Hut” in the North East region was inaugurated at Loktak Lake, the largest fresh water lake in the region, on Sunday.

Tripura’s forest and tribal welfare minister, Mevar Kumar Jamatia, inaugurated altogether five water handloom huts built on phumdis (floating biomass) at Loktak Lake in Bishnupur district. The water handloom huts were built at the cost of Rs 75,000 each with financial assistance from the state department of textiles, commerce and industries.

Officials of the state textile department said that the water handloom huts were constructed with the objective of improving the socio-economic conditions of the weavers residing in the phumdis at Laktak Lake.

After inaugurating the huts, Tripura minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia said that the huts will not only help improve the socio-economic conditions of the weavers but also attract tourists from across the globe.

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Manipur police detain 28 for disrupting exam Correspondent

IMPHAL, Nov 11: Manipur police on Sunday detained around 28 members of ‘JAC Thang-Ta Teachers Recruitment’, including, ten women for storming an ongoing written examination for recruitment of 688 lecturers conducted by the state education (school) department at two examination centres.

Following the disturbances, state education department cancelled the examinations and rescheduled them for November 13.

The members of JAC stormed the examination centres at Modern College and Ananda Singh Higher Secondary School, both in Imphal.

They snatched and destroyed the question papers and answer sheets of some candidates forcing the police to intervene into the situation.

The demand of JAC to the state government was to include Thang-Ta (Indigenous Martial Arts) lecturers in the recruitment.

Official sources said that the examinations in the remaining 10 centres were held successfully without any disturbances.

Talking to reporters this afternoon, convener of JAC, S Shanta Meetei stated that members of the JAC had foiled the ongoing examinations at Modern College and Ananda Singh Higher Secondary School.

He produced some question papers and answer sheets which members of the JAC allegedly snatched from the candidates appearing in the examinations.

While demanding immediate release of the detained JAC members, the convener threatened to launch a series of agitations if the government failed to heed to their demand.

While serving a 24hour deadline to release the detained members, the convener said that JAC will not allow conduct of any recruitment examinations unless the government agrees to recr uit Thang-Ta teachers.

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Sitharaman pitches for dialogue between India and China Injured Meghalaya women’s activist

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman being welcomed by Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Kahndu before a high-level meeting in Itanagar, Sunday. (PTI)

Itanagar, Nov 11 (PTI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday pitched for dialogues between India and China on various issues, saying differences between the two nations should not be allowed to become disputes.

Both India and China should respect each other and resolve issues through

dialogues and join hands together for peace and prosperity, Sitharaman said.

There are various issues such as defence, border disputes, border trades and presence of Indian and Chinese defence forces in the Indian Ocean which can be resolved through continuous dialogues, the minister said.

“Competition is nor-

mal, but contest must not turn into conflict. Differences should not be allowed to become disputes, she said here.

“Solution lies in dialogue, solution lies in peaceful engagement. But for this, mutual trust should be there.” However, she added, mutual recognition of sensitivity in each country should be respected and resolved

Indigenous tribal bodies in Sikkim demand NRC, ILP

New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): Various ethnic bodies of Sikkim have demanded that a National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Inner Line Permits (ILPs) be introduced in the state to curb the menace of influx, which according to them is posing a threat to their identity.

“The need of the hour is to check the ever-growing and uncontrolled influx.

The National Register of Citizens exercise should be carried out in Sikkim as there are already thousands of people with dubious citizenship on record,” says Tashi Lhamu Lepcha, general secretary of Sikkim Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association (SILTA).

Accusing the Sikkim government of taking a casual approach that led to the “phenomenal changes in the state’s demographic composition”, Tseten Tashi Bhutia, convenor of Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (SIBLA), claims Sikkim has become a soft ground for illegal migrants from neighbouring countries.

The tiny Himalayan state shares international borders with China in the north, Nepal in the west and Bhutan in the east. It shares its southern boundary with West Bengal and

is located close to the country’s Siliguri Corridor near Bangladesh.

“The rise of influx has certainly added an extra burden on our land and economy. It has become absolutely necessary to restore and implement Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in Sikkim to safeguard the interest of the people of the state,” says Bhutia.

The state government, however, has said that as of now, it has no plans to introduce ILP and also no decision has been taken on NRC. “Some organisations of Sikkim have been demanding introduction of ILP in the state. Till today, the government of Sikkim has no plan to introduce ILP in the state,” Pratap Pradhan, Special Secretary (Home) told PTI. “After the NRC episode in Assam, the Sikkim government has received petitions from many organisations for NRC in Sikkim.

The government has not taken any decision regarding this,” he said.

The ILP is an official document issued by the Centre to allow inward travel of a citizen into certain areas for a limited period. At present, Arunachal Pradesh,

Nagaland and Mizoram are the three states in the Northeast where the ILP is in force.

According to Tshering Wangchuk Lepcha, general secretary of Nationalist Sikkim United Organisation (NSUO), Sikkim has off late, turned into a sociopolitical and an economic dustbin in all manners.

“If the influx continuously increases, then it may affect culture and heritage, socio-economic and demographic pattern of local tribes as well as pose a threat to their identity,” he says.

Phigu Tshering Bhutia, secretary of Bhutia Lepcha Protection Force (BLPF), feels the existing BhutiaLepcha seat composition of 37.5 per cent in the legislative assembly should not be disturbed. He alleges that tactical efforts are being made by the Pawan Kumar Chambling-led government to reduce the seats further down to 30 per cent as it has proposed to increase the assembly seats from 32 to 40 seats. “The existing proportion of the 12 Bhutia-Lepcha seats in the 32- member Sikkim Assembly is 37.5 per cent. We thoroughly insist that status quo of 37.5 per cent should be maintained,” he said.

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through dialogues.

Sitharaman was delivering the seventh memorial lecture of former RSS activist from Arunachal Pradesh, Rutum Kamgo, on the theme: ‘Towards Bridging the Indo-China Relationship for an Emerging Asia’.

On a proposal of Chief Minister Pema Khandu for opening up border trade with China through Bum La Pass, Sitharaman said trade was possible with the border villages of both the countries, like the current border haats at Nathu La in Sikkim and Moreh in Manipur.

However, she added, the balance of trade between the countries was in favour of China.

“Trade between India and China is done in large scale amounting to USD 80-90 billion. But, sadly, we are purchasing from them in huge quantities. But, for our products, their market is not open.”

“We have several products like telecommunication, vegetables, tea, soya,

raw sugar, pharmaceuticals etc in which China evinces keen interest,” the defence minister said, adding that there were certain areas where both the nations could cooperate, especially in containing terrorism and promoting sustainable development.

The minister termed India and China the growth engines for the entire world, saying that emergence of both the countries would pave the way for an emerging Asia.

“Peace, security and development in Asia are possible when India and China are developed. Development of both the nations is possible only when there is mutual respect and understanding among the two countries.”

“There are many multilateral institutions in the world like (the) UN, IMF, World Bank etc where representations from country like us with more population and demands are negligible. India and China should raise the issue jointly for mutual benefits,” she added.

Arunachal CM asks Centre to get external funding

Manipur joins ‘Armistice Day’ observance

Itanagar, Nov 11 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Sunday appealed to the Centre to take steps to get external funding for the state from agencies such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB). Getting funds from ADB and WB is not possible at present due to interference from China, Khandu said while addressing a function here in the presence of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

“The Centre should start a comprehensive dialogue with neighbouring China for building a cordial relationship to overcome such issues,” the chief minister said. Khandu also said if the relation between India and China improved, Arunachal Pradesh will immensely benefit.

Lauding the Defence Ministry for undertaking infrastructure development in areas sharing border with China, Khandu said work on permanent infrastructure is going on in many forward areas of the state.

“After Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, works on creating border infrastructure in border posts of the state for the Army and the CRPF have started.

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Shillong, Nov 11: Meghalaya’s frontline women’s activist Agnes Kharshiing, who was brutally attacked by a mob, continues to be on life support system since Thursday and she is still in “critical condition”, hospital authorities at North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) said on Sunday.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who is currently on an European tour, informed Kharshiing’s family members that he is constantly monitoring the situation and has asked his team to update him regularly. He assured the family of all assistance from the government Family sources said that office of the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, J.P. Nadda was in touch with NEIGRIMS authorities and have advised for all assistance to the injured Kharshiing and her

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aide Amita Sangma.

“Kharshiing is still on Ventilator and in a critical condition. Her condition is dynamic and can change with time,” NEIGRIMS spokesperson, K.K. Pandita said.

“Sangma is fully conscious and oriented. Taking orally and is able to converse normally,” he added.

Kharshiing, who is leading the powerful Civil Society Women’s Organisation, along with her aide Amita Sangma and their driver E. Kurbah were brutally assaulted by a group of some 40 people on November 8 at Tuber Sohshrieh

area after the activist lodged a complaint on the illegal mining and transportation of coal in East Jaintia Hill district.

Of the 40 odd attackers, police arrested only two people from Kongong area on the next day of the dastardly attacks.

Meanwhile, Swaraj India Party has demanded an independent enquiry to probe the case and the alleged nexus between the coal smugglers and police.

The party asked the Chief Minister Conrad Sangma to make sure the perpetrators are arrested and prosecuted and also ensure that the case is expedited to prevent further criminal activity leading to loss of lives.

The Geneva-based Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) too has demanded an immediate, full and impartial investigation into the cases and prosecution of the attackers.

Observance of ‘Remembrance Sunday’ or ‘Armistice Day’ at Imphal's War Cemetery on Sunday. (NP) Correspondent

IMPHAL, Nov 11: Second World War Imphal Campaign Foundation (2WWICF), Imphal, joined the observance of “Remembrance Sunday” or “Armistice Day” on Sunday.

The commemoration function held at Imphal War Cemetry at Dewlaland of Imphal was part of the observance of “Re-

membrance Sunday” in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.

2WWICF observed the day marking the 100th anniversary of many Manipuries participating as Labour Crops and as regular soldiers

during the First World War, organizers said.

Floral tributes were paid by the members of 2WWICF and tourists from Australia and Philippines, who were visiting the state at the memorial cross of the men and women who sacrificed their lives in the two World Wars (WW I and WW II) and subsequent conflicts. A two-minute silence was also observed at

11 am. It may be noted that Remembrance Day or the Armistice Day is observed on the second Sunday of November or the Sunday nearest to November 11, which is Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities of the First World War in 1918.

This year was the centenary of the end of First World War, 100 years since the end of the war.

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CIC’s show-cause notice: RBI seeks time

Reserve Bank of India has sought time till November 26 from Central Information Commission. (File) New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): Slapped with a show-cause notice to its Governor Urijit Patel from the CIC, the Reserve Bank of India has sought time till November 26 from the commission, highest adjudicating body in RTI matters, for furnishing its response. The case is likely to meet a dead end as Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu will complete his term in the panel on November 20 which will be his last date of working, sources said.

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the RBI to furnish response

by November 16, but the bankers’ bank has now sought time till November 26, sources said.

The Central Information Commission (CIC) had issued the notice to Urijit Patel as the RBI refused to disclose the list of big loan defaulters in spite of orders of the Supreme Court (Jayantilal Mistry case in 2015) which had asked the RBI to abide by one of the orders of the then Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi calling for the disclosure of

the loan defaulters under the Right to Information Act. Acharyulu had said that such defiance of Supreme Court orders cannot be at the level of Central Public Information Officer.

He said the RBI governor should be considered as deemed CPIO under the provisions of the RTI Act for not disclosing the information and explain why he should not face maximum penalty for obstructing information in spite of apex court orders.

Acharyulu overturned earlier position taken by a two-member bench of the commission comprising the then Information Commissioners Manjula Prasher and Sudhir Bhargava both former bureaucrats.

They were hearing a case of activist Subhash Agrawal who had also sought the list of defaulters of Rs one crore and above under the RTI Act. In 2017, they said that matter cannot be decided till Supreme Court gives an order in Prashant Bhushan case filed in 2003 wherein he had sought details of loan defaulters of Rs 500 crore and above.

Ironically, the Bhushan case which is going on in Supreme Court is not about applicability of the RTI in the disclosure of the information as it was filed two years before the RTI Act was enacted.

The Supreme Court order in Jayantilal Mistry case, on which Acharyulu has relied to issue the notice to RBI governor, pertains specifically to disclosure of information of loan defaulters under the RTI Act .

In Mistry case in 2015, a two-member bench of the Supreme Court upheld a CIC order by Shailesh Gandhi directing RBI to

disclose the information on loan defaulters and rejected all the contentions of the bankers’ bank against disclosure.

The bench however preferred to go with proceedings in Bhushan case where no final orders have been given.

He said in the 2017 order they decided to keep matter pending till SC gave its order in Bhushan case in spite of clear directions of apex court in Mistry case in 2015 to disclose the information.

Although the Bhushan case pertained to seeking disclosure of loan defaulters of Rs 500 crore and above, it was not about applicability of RTI on such a list, he said.

Even after three years, the Supreme Court bench which is hearing Prashant Bhushan case has not stayed operation of its two-judge bench order of 2015 in Jayantilal Mistry case.

The RBI has been denying the information citing the clauses of economic interests of the state, the commercial confidence and the information held in fiduciary capacity.

Hearing a petition of applicant Sandeep Singh, Acharyulu rejected the contentions of the RBI.

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Reddy arrested, sent to judicial remand in Ponzi scam case

Bengaluru, Nov 11 (PTI): Mining baron and former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy was arrested here Sunday after marathon questioning by police in connection with a multi-crore Ponzi scam case, a top police official said.

Reddy, whose whereabouts were not known and remained incommunicado since Wednesday till he appeared at the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police office Saturday, was arrested after the intense questioning ended Sunday morning, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar told reporters.

Later, he was produced before the 6th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court which remanded him to judicial custody till November 24. The CCB had been on the look out for Reddy, who was declared absconding by police last week in connection with a transaction worth crores of rupees allegedly linked to the ponzi scheme fraud involving hundreds of crores of Rupees.

The intense grilling which began Friday afternoon lasted till around 2 am and continued this morning and Reddy had to sleep in the CCB office, police said.

Before being produced in the

G Janardhana Reddy court, Reddy was subjected to a medical examination.

Reddy, who was allegedly on the run, had turned up before police along with his advocates Saturday evening after making a dramatic appearance in a video, saying he was not absconding and would present himself before police. He has claimed the allegations against him were part of a “political conspiracy”.

While it was earlier stated the CCB also detained Reddy’s close aide, Ali Khan, in the case, the ACP later said since Khan had obtained bail from the sessions court, police faced a technical problem in effecting his arrest as of now.

The CCB was on the lookout for Khan, who had allegedly struck a Rs 20crore deal with Syed Ahmed

Fareed of Ambidant Marketing Pvt Ltd, a company accused of involvement in the ponzi scheme, to bail him (Fareed) out from the Enforcement Directorate investigation.

During investigation, Fareed who is on bail, had claimed he had paid the money so as to get help from Reddy in connection with ED probe.

Reddy Saturday denied the allegations against him as a “political conspiracy.”

In a video message shortly before he came to the CCB, the Ballari-based Reddy had said he was not absconding and was very much in the city, while asserting that there was no need for him to flee.

Reddy’s close confidant Sriramulu’s sister J Shantha, a BJP candidate, lost in the by-polls from Ballari Lok Sabha constituency, considered a strong hold of the Reddy brothers.

The Congress won the seat breaking BJP’s grip over Ballari since 2004.

However, police have said there was no political connection to the probe and they were working on the case for the last 20 days, but waited till November 3 for the bypolls to be over for further action, so that it was not politicised.

Rising drug addiction in Himachal Naik retract comments Chidambaram questions govt’s matter of concern: Acharya Devvrat on replacing Parrikar rush on RBI capital framework R a m p u r , N ov 1 1 (IANS): Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Sunday expressed concern over the rise in drug addiction, particularly among the youth in the state, and called for concerted efforts to tackle the menace.

“Effective steps have been taken by the government and police administration, but we all need to work together in this direction,” he said at the inauguration of the centuries-old Lavi Fair in Rampur town, which was once a centre of barter trade with Tibet.

He called upon the people to promote natural farming. The state government has made a provision of Rs 25 crore to promote natural or organic farming to produce chemical-free food.

The 400-year-old Lavi Fair has undergone a sea change with the rural folk’s changing lifestyles and aspirations, resulting in a greater sale of gadgets and automobiles than traditional items such as farm implements, livestock and dry fruits.

The fair dates back to the time when Raja Kehari

Acharya Devvrat (File) Singh of Rampur Bushahr state signed a treaty to promote trade with Tibet.

Rampur, 120 kilometres from state capital Shimla, was once a major trade centre as it is located on the old silk route connecting Afghanistan, Tibet and Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.

“People have stopped buying farm implements, horses and sheep. Now, they prefer to shop luxury goods like television sets and automobiles,” trader Ishwar Goyal told IANS. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will preside over the concluding session of the fair on November 14.

Another trader Deepak

Negi said Rampur was a centre of trade before the 1962 India-China war.

The traders from Tibet used to bring raw wool, butter, herbs and leather products and bartered them for wheat, rice, farm implements and livestock.

“Now, the traders from across the border have stopped coming. Indian multinational companies come here to sell their products. The fair has largely lost its relevance,” he added.

A three-day horse trade-cum-exhibition was organised before the beginning of the Lavi Fair.

The main attraction during the exhibition were the Chamurthi horses - an endangered species known as the ‘Ship Of the Cold Desert’. Being a surefooted animal, it is mainly used for transporting goods in the Himalayas.

The Chamurthi horse traces its origin to the Tibet region. In India, it’s bred in the villages of Himachal Pradesh bordering China.

The fair sees several folk artistes from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh perform.

Panaji, Nov 11 (IANS): A day after suggesting that ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar needed to be replaced, Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik on Sunday retracted his comments saying that Parrikar was handling the state administration efficiently.

Naik had told reporters in Panaji that due to the Chief Minister’s prolonged illness, replacing Parrikar was a “requirement” and that the change could happen “today or tomorrow”.

“Even though the Chief Minister is ill, he is handling administrative affairs well.

Therefore, there is no need for a change in leadership. If such a need does arise, the party will take a decision,” Naik said in a statement.

Naik said that his comment on leadership change in Goa was “misinterpreted” by the media and that the question he was posed at a media briefing on Saturday was an “adventurous” one.

On Saturday, when asked whether there was a need to replace Parrikar, Naik had said: “Change will have to be done today or tomorrow. It is a requirement.

IAF is aware of emerging threats: Dhanoa New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): The Indian Air Force is “very much alive” to emerging threats that could arise in the Indo Pacific region, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said Sunday, and asserted that his force was prepared to deal with any challenge to protect India’s national interests.

He also said there is cause for concern over the rate of modernisation and induction of new equipment in India’s neighbourhood, even as India faces challenges emanating from “unresolved territorial disputes” and “sponsored” non-state and transnational actors. But the IAF is capable of, and is moving ahead, for countering them effectively, he told PTI in an interview.

Asked whether the IAF can play a role in smashing terrorist training camps across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, he did not rule out such a possibility.

Referring to India’s immediate security challenges,

B S Dhanoa (File) without naming China and Pakistan, he said, “The current challenges emanate from unresolved territorial issues, sponsored non-state actors and transnational actors who act against national interests through the global commons.”

“The IAF is prepared 24x7 for any threat and is ready for a befitting response to any contingency with all our available assets,” he told PTI. Dhanoa also made an indirect reference to China’s rapid modernisation of its air force and also about the infrastructure development Beijing has carried out in the

Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) bordering India. “ T h e I A F i s we l l equipped to take on challenges across the entire range of threats that could emanate across our borders.

While there is a cause for concern as regards to the rate of modernisation and induction of new equipment in our neighbourhood, the IAF is nevertheless, moving ahead with appropriate measures to cater to these new developments,” he said.

The US has been pushing for a greater role for India in the Indo-Pacific which is seen by many countries as an effort to contain China’s growing clout in the region.

In November last year, India, the US, Australia and Japan gave shape to the long-pending “Quad” Coalition to develop a new strategy to keep the critical sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence.

Dhanoa said the IAF was adopting a holistic approach in harnessing all

available resources at its disposal to deal with various security challenges in a collaborative and cohesive manner.

He also mentioned the planned induction of 83 Tejas light combat aircraft and 36 Rafale jets.

“Further, case for 114 fighter aircraft is being processed under the Strategic Partnership model of DPP (Defence Procurement Procedure)-16. Other options are also being explored to build up to authorised strength at the earliest,” he added.

The IAF has already started the process to procure a batch of 114 fighter jets. At present, the IAF has a total of 32 squadrons of fighter jets much below the authorised strength of 42 squadrons.

“The IAF is adopting a holistic approach in harnessing all available resources at its disposal to tackle emerging challenges in a collaborative and cohesive manner,” said the IAF chief.

Shripad Naik (File) You know the Chief Minister’s health is not good. But he is still working in this condition...”

Parrikar is suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer and has been in and out of hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, New York and Delhi for nearly nine months. He returned from New Delhi’s All-India Institute of Medical Sciences on October 14 and has not moved out of his private residence for any official event since then.

The Opposition and ruling coalition allies have been demanding the resignation of the Chief Minister, claiming that the administration has come to a standstill due to Parrikar’s long absence.

New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram Sunday asked the Centre what was its “tearing hurry” to “fix” the capital framework of Reserve Bank of India when the ruling dispensation had just four months to complete the term.

In a series of tweets, the senior Congress leader slammed the government for allegedly seeking funds from the RBI despite claiming that its (Centre) fiscal math was correct.

“The NDA government has competed 4 years and 6 months of its term. It has effectively 4 months left.

What is the tearing hurry to ‘fix’ the capital framework of RBI?” he said.

Chidambaram said if the government did not need any more money this financial year, why was it “mounting pressure” on the central bank in the last four months of its tenure. “Why did it keep silent for 4 years and 6 months?” he said.

The Congress leader said the government had claimed that its “fiscal math is correct” and “boasts” that

Congress leader P Chidambaram arrives in Indore, Sunday. (PTI) it had given up Rs 70,000 crore of borrowing for 201819.

“If so, why does it need money from the reserves of RBI this year?” he said.

The central government had on Friday said it was discussing an “appropriate” size of capital reserves that the central bank must maintain, but denied seeking a massive capital transfer from the RBI. The RBI has a massive Rs 9.59 lakh crore reserves and the government, if reports are to be believed, wants the central bank to

part with a third of that fund -- an issue which along with easing of norms for weak banks and raising liquidity has brought the two at loggerheads in recent weeks.

Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg took to Twitter on Friday to clarify that the government was not in any dire need of funds and that there was no proposal to ask the RBI to transfer Rs 3.6 lakh crore.

“There is no proposal to ask RBI to transfer (Rs) 3.6 or (Rs) 1 lakh crore, as speculated,” he tweeted.

Cong poll promise to check RSS shakhas running in MP B h o pa l , N o v 1 1 (AGENCIES): Congress’s promise to revoke a Madhya Pradesh government order allowing its staff to take part in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakhas and to ban the use of government property for such meetings, drew strong condemnation from the BJP, which accused Congress of trying to create fear among minorities for votes. BJP spokesperson Rajneesh Agrawal said RSS is a disciplined social and cultural organisation and “this has been accepted even by the courts”.

“By raising this issue, the Congress is trying to project that RSS is anti-minority and trying to instill fear among the minorities and consolidate its vote bank,“ he said. Senior Congress leader Manak Agrawal rebutted him, saying there is very little doubt that RSS is a political organisation. “Its members constantly comment on political development and its cadre directly helps the BJP and many have dual membership.” Congress leaders, led by state chief Kamal

Nath, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Digvijay Singh and others, had released the party manifesto on Saturday. Among many promises, the party had announced about the RSS shakhas. Defending the announcements, Congress

spokesperson Bhupendra Gupta said that use of government buildings for political organisations is banned by an order of the Union government and no government employee is allowed to be a part of any political party,

according to service conduct rules. It is only in Madhya Pradesh that the BJP government passed an order in 2006, allowing its employees to take part in RSS shakhas, which are often held in official buildings.

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Custodian is not owner

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here is an uneasy feeling that the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is being targeted by the government of the day for its reserves and other funds. The finance ministry wanted Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to transfer a surplus of Rs 3.6 lakh crore and believes that the central bank’s capital requirements and terms for the transfer of its reserves to the government are based on a very “conservative” assessment of risk, a media report said. This would amount to more than a third of the total Rs 9.59 lakh crore reserves of the central bank, to the government, the report said. The RBI, however, had opposed to this view and believes that the government’s request for transfer surplus can adversely impact macroeconomic stability.

The central bank was of the view that the use of its reserves will hurt the government’s commitment to fiscal prudence. The government recently called for the RBI to relax its lending restrictions on some banks, and Centre has also been trying to trim the RBI’s regulatory powers by setting up a new regulator for the country’s payments system. This is totally unacceptable since the government is just a custodian and not the owner of public money. It is wise to understand that any government that thinks it has the right to act like the owner of public money like Muhammed bin Tughlaq. The Mughal mistook the taxpayer’s money as his own and the empire went into a tizzy despite being the first conqueror of the south of India. This was the mistake which the UPA government attempted to do and because of which NPAs had shot up to uncontrollable levels. The UPA leaders were severely criticised for sending the economy into a spin. They also thought that being in power enabled them to play with anything whether they had a claim to it or not.

The people whose money they were playing are suffering today. Their interest accrual has halved.

Banks deposits are critical despite recapitalisation with lakhs of crores of rupees. When one mistake should have been another’s caution, the successor NDA government followed the predecessor by wanting to get its hands to the Rs.3.6 lakh crore from the RBI’s reserves so as to reduce the fiscal deficit which was created by the NDA’s profligacy and use it to recapitalise banks. This is a folly with dire consequences to the financial health of the country. Any government ought to be reminded that RBI and banks are custodians of public money and that the government does not own the RBI or the banks The people need to speak up with a clear voice. They need to tell the government to keep its hands off their money. The government has no right on it. Even the dividend the banks and RBI are paying is not a gift from the government. If the government of the day goes on scooping the hard earned savings of the public depositors then the nation will have to face a crisis. By all means any such attempt has to be prevented. Governments come and go but people have to save their own hard earned money. Those sitting in the government must not forget they are there not to enjoy their time and loot.

DailyDevotion The Supreme Climb He said, “Take now your son…” —Genesis 22:2 God’s command is, “Take now,” not later. It is incredible how we debate! We know something is right, but we try to find excuses for not doing it immediately. If we are to climb to the height God reveals, it can never be done later— it must be done now. And the sacrifice must be worked through our will before we actually perform it.

“So Abraham rose early in the morning…and went to the place of which God had told him” (Genesis 22:3). Oh, the wonderful simplicity of Abraham!

When God spoke, he did not “confer with flesh and blood” (Galatians 1:16). Beware when you want to “confer with flesh and blood” or even your own thoughts, insights, or understandings— anything that is not based on your personal relationship with God. These are all things that compete with and hinder obedience to God. Abraham did not choose what the sacrifice would be. Always guard against self-chosen service for God. Self-sacrifice may be a disease that impairs your service. If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; or even if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him. If the providential will of God means a hard and difficult time for you, go through it. But never decide the place of your own martyrdom, as if to say, “I will only go to there, but no farther.” God chose the test for Abraham, and Abraham neither delayed nor protested, but steadily obeyed. If you are not living in touch with God, it is easy to blame Him or pass judgment on Him. You must go through the trial before you have any right to pronounce a verdict, because by going through the trial you learn to know God better. God is working in us to reach His highest goals until His purpose and our purpose become one.

Quotes

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. ~ Sun Tzu

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wo years, lots of speculation and India is still trying to assess the benefits of invalidated currency of Rs 15.41 lakh crore.

There are benefits. It has, as per the government, reduced black money, widened tax base, 14,000 highvalue properties brought under scanner, lakhs of shell firms detected, 300 benami properties identified, 18 lakh suspicious transactions spotted, cash to GDP ratio declines.

The central board of direct taxes (CBDT) says that the I-T collection has increased to Rs 10.03 lakh crore 2017-18. A record number of 6.92 crore I-T returns were filed. This was 1.31 crore more than 5.61 crore returns filed in 2016-17.

It looks good. But taxpayer is less than five percent of the population. All I-T return filers do not pay tax and a majority of them a measly sum. In 2013, CBDT data shows, only about 1 percent of India’s population paid I-T. Even at 6.92 crore it means a mere 5.3 percent of the people file returns.

Actual taxpayers are far less. The cost is too huge to manage the I-T operations

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Note-ban has huge costs

at 130 percent of the taxes collected, according to a NIPFP study. If I-T is given up the government and taxpayers can save more and contribute to the growth.

In a country of 130 crore, detecting just 14,000 high value - of above Rs 1 crore - properties is not a big number. An average flat in even Delhi’s suburbs cost around a crore of rupees.

The question is why it was not found in routine departmental operations and who is to be blamed for it.

All the companies that are deregistered every year are not shell companies. So projecting all de-registrations, as the taxman is trying to tell the government, are not that of shell companies, though truly many are.

Again is just 300 benami properties such a big number? Either it means benami is a miniscule operation or is being too hyped or the taxman could not go down to the crux.

Similarly mere 18 lakh suspicious currency swaps during demonetization is not a big number. Not all finally would prove after chaffing the details to be wary transactions.

The CBDT apparently is trying to overplay. The additional income-tax payers

Govt loses Rs 50,000 cr RBI dividend, Exchange market wary about rupee are at the threshold level at Rs 2.7 lakh a year, the Economic Survey (ES) 201617 pointed out. It raises a question whether such low earners should be taxed at all. Abolition of the Shivaji I - T wo u l d earn the government more money, stop unnecessary harassment and add to faster growth, a dire need after the 2016-17 slow down.

The then chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian had said that after demonetisation there has been a 20 per cent reduction in cash in the economy.

The ES 2016-17 showed that currency in circulation contracted by 19.7 per cent whereas reserve money contracted by 12.9 per cent.

But the recent RBI report says that cash flow has increased more than the pre-note-ban level. It also says that actual currency circulation is more than it was in 2016.

A major aspect of the demonetisation has never been taken into account.

In countries like Indonesia, the Indian rupee was freely convertible. It is so even

now. But the agents pay about Indonesian rupiah 170 to a rupee against the official value of rupiah 200.

They tell visitors that they do not trust the Indian system as also Sarkar they have to recover huge losses because the currency they had was not exchanged.

The note-ban also has huge economic and financial costs.

The currency notes that were rendered illegal caused miseries to crores of people for standing in queues for days hitting the poorest, the middle class, farmers, rural people the most. Millions lost wages and suffered in myriad ways.

A World Bank study

by Robert Beyer and others of the South Asia office in different types of districts found that demonetisation’s impact was biggest in rural districts with lower banking access and hit informal workers more.

These districts grew at a significantly slower rate in the quarter after demonetisation and, while the shock was only temporary, the short-term local impact

was severe.

It had a huge cost on the RBI, the banking system, security, policing, law and order and other paraphernalia in collection of disused currency, stacking, transporting, counting at banks, recounting at RBI, scrapping and huge overtime payments to bank staff.

The RBI has declined to reveal the cost incurred on shredding banned currency notes worth Rs 15,31,073 crore (of Rs 15,41,793 crore), or 99.3 percent, which returned to banks following demonetisation, an RTI activist said, citing a response from the central bank, according to an agency report.

T h e R B I s ay s t h e process of destruction of banned notes through currency verification machines got over in March 2018 and that invalidated notes worth Rs 10,720 crore did not return to the banks.

So what is the cost to the exchequer? Even in a modest way it would be not be less than the cost of printing new notes.

According to RBI annual report, it incurred a total expenditure of Rs 7,965 crore on printing currency notes in 2016-17, which is more than double the Rs

3,420 crore spent in 201516 and almost 2.6 times of Rs 2770 crore spent in 2014-15. The rise in cost of printing could be attributed to printing of new currency notes.

It means at least another Rs 8,000 crore was spent on collection and scrapping invalidated currency. The transportation, often airlifting to meet the shortage and counting at banks and recounting at RBI, recalibration of ATMs increased the costs. Even a modest calculation would put it at not less than Rs 4,000 crore.

The system apparently has lost over Rs 20,000 crore in printing new notes and scrapping the old ones alone. The government itself got lesser from the RBI, which paid Rs 30,659 crore as dividend for the year ended June 2017. It is less than half of what it gave a year ago at Rs 65,876 crore.

In 2018, it is to be Rs 50,000 crore.

The raid raj increased by 158 percent from 447 to 1152 groups and seizures rose by 106 percent from Rs 712 crore to Rs 1469 crore.

Taken together, the costs of demonetisation seem to outweigh the benefits.

Post-mortem

The Disability Vote matters!

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ote as if your life depends on it - because it DOES!” this was famously said by Justin Dart, the man often considered the father of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This is especially true for People with Disabilities.

Every policy decision that impact their lives are influenced by whom we elect - from employment to transportation, to the funding of health programmes and social security, accessibility and so on and so forth. Yet, ironically, majority of People with Disabilities are unable to exercise their fundamental right to vote.

Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) recognises the right and Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) guarantees to all citizens ‘the right and the opportunity … without unreasonable restrictions … to vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors’. The right to political participation, including of Persons with Disabilities, is also firmly enshrined in the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as well as the national Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.

However, one of the most well-articulated rules of international human rights law is also one of the more frequently denied rights for individuals with disabilities.

Society is packed with small and large barriers that prevent full participation for People with Disabilities.

In Nagaland, where the level of awareness and understanding of disability rights is very poor and everything disability is pretty much still running on the charity model, it comes as no surprise that there’s not even any real recognition that people living with disabilities are being denied this fundamental right that belongs to every citizen.

We had our state general elections not too long ago and, for the first time ever, some encouraging efforts were made by the Election Department to include eligible voters with disabilities. However, many still could not be registered or were unable to vote.

Many again may not get the

A call to help register eligible voters with disability opportunity to cast their ballot in the upcoming national general elections.

The fact that People with Disabilities are invisible is underlined by politicians and political parties who don’t find it useful enough to talk about disability issues in their campaigns and speeches. Courting the disability community is not important for them since they are not ‘vote banks’ like women or youth or senior citizens. As it stands, the lives and issues of People with Disabilities just don’t matter and this is truly depressing given the bleak conditions they exist in.

The disability vote is seen as inconsequential since it is not a big enough block to benefit the political class like other demographics. So, one way to get those who get elected to positions of power to pay more attention to the injustices faced by the disability community is to enhance their participation in the electoral process.

A significant move in recent years is the endeavour of the Election Commission of India to include Persons with Disabilities in the electoral process under the slogan ‘No voter to be left behind’.

The first step towards this is registration of eligible voters.

We can talk about accessible voting booths and voting machines, transportation for voters with disability, voting from home, entry passes and so on, but all these become moot unless eligible individuals with disability are enrolled as voters.

The state election machinery has been carrying out special enrolment drives

from time to time but so far only about 2500 voters with disability are registered in the electoral rolls, which is obviously very low. Many are not enrolled while some may be enrolled but not identified as a voter with disability. There are many reasons for this, such as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) not being trained properly, lack of disability certificates and reluctance of families to acknowledge disability due to stigma attached to it and a false sense of shame. There is also the fact that disabled people themselves are unaware of their rights as equal citizens.

Most people living with disabilities consider themselves as third class citizens who are not counted in anything since they have always been treated as such. Then there are those who may not even know that they have a disability.

Intensive training programmes are being carried out for BLOs in all the districts and more enrolment campaigns will be held. BLOs are tasked with updating electoral rolls in their respective areas.

However, for registration of the disability vote to see any improvement, it also needs you. Community leaders, men, women, youth and, importantly, the church – you can help identify eligible voters with disability, talk to families and encourage them to enrol.

It’s all too easy to talk ‘nice’ about People with Disabilities and say that you care.

People nod their heads, make appropriate noises to express solidarity and emphatically state their support for People with Disabilities and their fight for equality. Some will

The 21 disability conditions specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 are: 1. Blindness 2. Low-vision 3. Leprosy Cured persons 4. Hearing Impairment (deaf and hard of hearing) 5. Locomotor Disability 6. Dwarfism 7. Intellectual Disability 8. Mental Illness 9. Autism Spectrum Disorder 10. Cerebral Palsy 11. Muscular Dystrophy 12. Chronic Neurological conditions 13. Specific Learning Disabilities 14. Multiple Sclerosis 15. Speech and Language disability 16. Thalassemia 17. Haemophilia 18. Sickle Cell disease 19. Multiple Disabilities including deaf-blindness 20. Acid Attack victim 21. Parkinson’s disease

loudly declare as unacceptable the existing appalling conditions. But we rarely find anyone following through with needed actions in this regard. Here’s something that you can do to empower the voice of the disability community – help in the identification and enrolment of eligible voters with disability in your areas. In the process, you can even help anyone who you feel has a disability and is not aware get in touch with medical professionals to get certified so that they and their families can get the support they need.

BLOs look after only manageable areas with several households in their respective areas. So, this should not be a major operation. If anyone is able to spare a couple of hours or so to confer with the concerned BLO and talk to a family or two, if necessary, it could go a long way towards getting more voters with disability registered in the electoral roll.

One thing I’ve observed is that people love to bring the Bible into play when talking about People with Disabilities. They quote verses and wax eloquent about love and compassion and, of course, almost always sneak in the overused phrase ‘we are all God’s children’. All these ultimately end up as empty sermons that amount to nothing for people living with disabilities. Nothing changes. If the scripture must be referred to, here’s one that I like. It’s from the book of Mark about the paralysed man who came to see Jesus but could not gain access. Seeing this, the people carrying him cut a hole in the roof and lowered him down to the spot where Jesus was teaching. The way I see it, they cared so they took action. They didn’t sit around mouthing platitudes about how sad it all was or how bad they felt. They cut a hole. The disability community does need this kind of proactive caring and support – people who, for instance, will take action to ensure that schools build ramps and accessible toilets and train their teachers when they see children with disabilities unable to go to school because of the lack of disability facilities which, by the way, are mandatory under law.

Can we find people who care enough to cut a hole in the roof if they have to?

Diethono Nakhro

BIG challenge for organic production system

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ecently Sikkim became the world’s first 100% organic state being recognized by the UN. This is indeed a huge accolade for the state and the nation, no doubt about that. However, organic agriculture and organic production systems have their own local, regional and global challenges and it is important that we understand that in depth.

One of the most formidable challenges regarding organic production is numerous misinformation and lack of education and awareness among the target consumers that is acting against the successful establishment of the organic market worldwide in spite of the huge economic potential it carries.

But this poison free myth associated with organic production has been its biggest USP for attracting customers who are ready to pay extra for food safety and security. Lack of appropriate certification and stringent monitoring of pure organic production is lacking around the globe and there have been numerous reports of abuse of certification and non-organic products either intentionally or nonintentionally being falsely identified as organic thereby cheating innocent customers for higher profit margin by a section of dishonest producers, retailers and distributors. Hence for the long term sustainability of the organic industry; organic and local must walk side by side to cut down transportation cost and avoid using any feed source that may have chemicals in it defeating the total purpose of the organic production system. Only locally produced organic animal feed can help the growth and development of the local organic livestock, dairy and meat industries.

Cost of organic production to compete with the production level of non-organic or traditional chemical based agricultural production systems is often comparably high. This higher cost often restricts organic products to be accessible to a large section of customers who could not afford to pay the higher pricing associated with it.

(To be concluded) Saikat Kumar Basu, Apt 6-409, 43 Street South, Lethbridge AB Canada T1J 4B3

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Traffic rules must be followed by all

Dimapur Urban Council Chairman Federation (DUCCF) and GB Union (Sadar) Dimapur appreciates the DCP and all rank & file of traffic police Dimapur for streamlining the alloted vehicles parking zones in the city. At the same time supports the stringent measures undertaken against the parking defaulters. With growing number of vehicles it is imperative that traffic rules be followed by all. Our “khusi khusi” attitude will not take us forward. It’s high time Nagas learn and respect the Rule of Law. Therefore, the two organizations appeals to all drivers n riders to follow the traffic rules and parking instructions diligently. The two organisation further appeal to the DCP Traffic to earmark all the remaining stretch of roads outside the main city center as designated parking zones. With the onset of festive seasons it will be convenient for all if every roads are earmarked and parking done accordingly. The two organizations also appreciate the administrator DMC for painting and beautifying the parking zones.

President DUCCF and President GB Union

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.

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Chhattisgarh blast: 1 BSF killed Tigress killing: protest march held

adding that a search operation was still underway in the region.

This is the fourth IED blast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh in the last 15 days.

In another incident, a Maoist, clad in ‘uniform’ was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur district, located around 450 km from here.

The exchange of fire took place at a forest in Bedre area when a team

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dy’s mother and YSRCP honorary president Y S Vijayamma appealed to the people Sunday.

Speaking to reporters in Hyderabad, she said her son would be resuming the foot march after he escaped an attempt on his life.

In a party release, Vijayamma alleged that ever since the YSRCP was formed, the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) had joined hands to “trouble” her family.

“Jagan did not budge to any pressure and his resolve was undeterred as people are with him and he has been with the people, who are like his family, which will provide the pro-

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Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has come under fire from these organisations for the killing, though he and the state government have defended it, calling the incident “sad” but necessary after the tigress had attacked forest staff trying to tranquilise it.

Among those who attended the protest, called “Global March for Avni”, was Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam who called the tigress’ killing something that could not be defended.

“State Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar is ex-

India witnessing heavy cyber attacks from Russia, US, China

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS): India has been the target of over 4.3 lakh cyber attacks from five countries including China, Russia and the US while more than 73,000 attacks were initiated from India between January and June this year, says a Finnish cybersecurity company.

According to F-Secure’s honeypot data, Russia, the US, China, the Netherlands and Germany targeted India with 436,090 attacks.

This is nearly 12 times more than which originated from India.

Honeypots are basically decoy servers that emulate the real IT environment of a business enterprise.

Russia accounted for most cyber attacks on India (255,589), followed by the US (103,458), China (42,544), the Netherlands (19,169) and 15,330 attacks from Germany.

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the top five countries that were targeted by Indian cyber attackers were Austria, the Netherlands, the UK, Japan, and Ukraine -- a total of 36,563.

F-Secure gave the break-up: Austria (12,540), the Netherlands (9,267), the UK (6,347), Japan (4,701) and 3,708 attacks targeted Ukraine’s businesses.

“The relatively higher number of inbound attacks on Indian honeypots reflects how the fast-digitising country is becoming more lucrative for global cyber criminals,” Leszek Tasiemski, Vice President of cyber security products R&D at F-Secure, said in a statement on Sunday.

“We are gathering and analysing all the pertinent data to ensure that our customers stay protected given the dynamically evolving threat landscape,” he added. To track these cyber attacks, F-Secure has deployed 41 honeypots

across the globe. “Our public honeypots are a valuable source of threat intelligence and an integral part of the infrastructure that powers our various security offerings, including our Rapid Detection and Response Service,” Tasiemski said.

Honeypots are set up explicitly to grab attention of attackers. They are used to gain critical insights on attack types, popular targets, sources, volume and TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures).

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However, wildlife seems to be most unsafe under his rule. His decision of killing tigress Avni cannot be defended or accepted under any circumstance. He should be sacked immediately,” Nirupam said at the protest march.

Following the protest, Aam Aadmi Party leader Preeti Sharma Menon led a delegation to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and asked him to ensure the rescue and rehabilitation of Avni’s two 10-month-old cubs.

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New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): National Commission for Minorities chief Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi Sunday said Ram temple must be built in Ayodhya so that Muslims can live “peacefully” and “respectfully”. Rizvi also stressed that the dispute should be resolved soon to help strengthen ties between communities.

Some Muslim organisations had sought the panel’s intervention in the Ayodhya title suit case, Rizvi said. The commission in its November 14 meeting will decide whether to approach the Supreme Court for an early hearing on the matter or not, he added. “The National Minority Welfare Organisation and some other

New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): Delhi’s air quality remained in the “severe” category on Sunday owing to unfavourable weather conditions and a significant increase in contribution from stubble burning, authorities said.

The overall air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 423, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board.

The city’s air quality was recorded in the “very poor” category on Saturday morning, but it again slipped to the severe level in the evening.

On Sunday, the PM2.5 (particles in the air with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres) level was recorded at 299, while the PM10 (particles in the air with a diameter of less than 10 micrometres) level was recorded at 477, according to data from the CPCB. Twenty-eight areas in Delhi recorded air quality in the “severe” category, while seven areas recorded “very poor” air quality, according to the CPCB.

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tective shield if necessary,” she was quoted as saying.

Expressing lack of trust in the ongoing probe into the attack on Reddy, Vijayamma said, “We have no faith in the investigation as the DGP and the chief minister had set the tune of the exercise by rushing to the press with concocted versions aimed at diluting the case even before the probe began.” The YSRCP president, who had commenced the walkathon on November 6, 2017, has so far covered a distance of 3,211 km spread over 122 Assembly constituencies in 12 districts of the state.

The “yatra” is almost on the last leg, with Reddy still to cover a part of Vizinagaram district, apart from Srikakulam.

He is scheduled to conclude his “yatra” at Itchapuram in Srikakulam district, bordering Odisha, where his late father, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, too had culminated his foot march in 2003.

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Amravati, Nov 11 (AGENCIES): YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will resume his “Padayatra” (foot march) Monday from Makkuva in Vizianagaram district.

The leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly broke his “yatra” on October 25 after he was attacked at the Visakhapatnam airport and was on rest on the advice of doctors.

Now that he has recovered, he will resume the “yatra” to complete the final leg, his party has announced.

On October 25, Reddy was injured on the left shoulder when he was attacked by a man with a small knife at the airport in Visakhapatnam.

The assailant, J Srinivas, was employed at the airport canteen, the police had said.

“This is a re-birth for my son. I have placed him in your hands and you should protect him,” Red-

Delhi’s air quality remains severe

Mumbai, Nov 11 (PTI): Hundreds of people Sunday held a protest march against the killing of tigress Avni and converged at Shivaji Park here to demand the sacking of Maharashtra’s forest minister as well as finding the big cat’s missing cubs.

The tigress, officially known as T1, was shot dead in an operation in a forest in Yavatmal district on November 2, leading to outrage among animal lovers and wildlife organisations who accused the state government of violating norms.

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on Monday when Naxals blew up the improvised explosive device (IED) in a forest in Kanker district, around 200 km from the state capital Raipur.

BSF sub-inspector Mahendra Singh was seriously injured in the blast and he succumbed to injuries while being taken to a hospital, said Kabra, who is the nodal officer for election-related security in the state.

Reinforcement was rushed to the spot, he said,

People take part in a protest against the recent killing of tigress Avani, in Kolkata, Sunday, (PTI)

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Raipur, Nov 11 (PTI): A BSF personnel was killed when Naxals detonated an IED, while a Maoist was gunned down in an encounter with police in separate incidents in Chhattisgarh on Sunday, a day ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls in the state.

Inspector General of Police (Raipur range) Dipanshu Kabra told PTI that a team of the Border Security Force (BSF) was out on an area domination operation in view of the polls

bunker vehicle with an IED in Bijapur district.

Security has been heightened in the eight districts which go to polls in the first phase on Monday.

Around one lakh security personnel have been deployed to ensure smooth conduct of elections.

Polling parties are being sent to their destination amid tight security, election authorities said.

Helicopters have been pressed into service for air-lifting EVMs, polling personnel and polling materials to polling stations in sensitive remote areas, a senior police official earlier said.

Chopper services will be used for around 200 polling booths, he added.

The 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will go to polls in two phases -- on November 12 and 20 -- and the results will be announced on December 11.

The first phase of polls will cover 18 constituencies of eight Naxal-affected districts - Bastar, Kanker, Sukma, Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur, Kondagaon and Rajnandgaon.

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BSF sub-inspector Mahendra Singh was seriously injured in the blast and he succumbed to injuries.

of the Special Task Force (STF) was out on an antiNaxal operation, a senior police official said.

The body of the rebel and a rifle were recovered from the spot, he said.

Naxalites have called for a boycott of polls in the state and have executed half a dozen attacks in the last 15 days, three of them major ones which left 13 people dead including a camera-person of national broadcaster Doordarshan who was covering the election campaign.

On November 8, four civilians and a CISF jawan were killed when Naxals detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in Dantewada district.

Besides, two BSF jawans were injured in an IED blast on November 2 in Kanker district.

On October 30, three police personnel, besides the DD cameraman, were killed in the Maoist attack in Dantewada district.

Before that on October 27, four CRPF personnel, belonging to 168th battalion were killed and two others injured after Maoists blew up their bullet proof

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New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): Exports of over half of the 30 sectors closely monitored by the Commerce Ministry were in the negative zone in September, according to official data.

Overall exports in September contracted by 2.15 per cent to USD 27.95 billion mainly due to the base impact. Outbound shipments of as many as 16 key sectors — including rice, tea, coffee, tobacco, engineering, leather, spices, cashew, fruits and vegetables, marine products and gems and jewellery — dipped during the month under review, the commerce ministry data showed.

Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) President Ganesh Gupta said the negative growth in September is primarily due to high base effect last year. However, he expressed hope that the export growth would be better in the coming months as the order books are healthy.

Steps like increasing interest subsidy to 5 per cent from 3 per cent recently would give a further boost to exports, he said adding the government, however, needs to look at ensuring smooth flow of credit.

Gupta demanded for augmentation of the flow of credit to the export sector as a sharp decline in credit when exports are growing at the double-digit does not augur well for the future.

During September, important segments like engineering, readymade garments of textiles, gems and jewellery and leather exports contracted by 4.12 per cent, 33.58 per cent, 21.7 per cent and 13 per cent, respectively. These sectors contribute significantly in the country’s total outbound shipments.

Agri-products, which constitute over 10 per cent of the country’s total shipments, too recorded a negative growth during the month under review. The government is in the process of rolling out an export policy to boost shipments.

Overall, eight out of 13 main agriculture products slipped into negative territory.

Exports of rice, cashew and tea fell 31.64 per cent, 29.3 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively. However, shipments of pharmaceuticals, plastic, chemicals, and electronics have recorded positive growth in September.

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New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): GST compensation paid to states by the Centre has declined to over Rs 11,900 crore during August-September, an official said. The bi-monthly GST compensation paid during the June-July period was Rs 14,930 crore, nearly four-fold jump from Rs 3,899 crore paid in April and May. “Over Rs 11,900 crore has been released to the states from GST compensation fund during August-September after regular and ad-hoc settlement of IGST fund,” an official told PTI. The government collected a record Rs 1,00,710 crore from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the month of October. The returns filed and taxes collected in October reflect purchase and sale activities of September. The government has settled Rs 15,107

crore to states GST from Integrated GST (IGST) as regular settlement. Further, Rs 15,000 crore has been settled with the states from the balance IGST available with the Centre on provisional basis at the end of October.

Total revenue earned by the state governments after regular and provisional settlement was Rs 52,934 crore in October.

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New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): India’s coal imports rose by 7.9 per cent to 134.46 million tonnes (MT) in the first seven months of the current fiscal, according to mjunction services.

The country imported 124.57 million tonnes of coal in the corresponding period of previous fiscal.

“During April-October 2018-19, India’s coal and coke imports stood at 134.46 MT, about 7.9 per cent increase over 124.57 MT recorded for the same period last year,” mjunction services, a joint venture ecommerce platform of Tata

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New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): The Sebi has shortlisted seven firms, including Wipro and L&T Infotech, to build a private data storage cloud, automate its inspection of brokers and enhance analytics capabilities, as the regulator is eyeing a technological leap in surveillance and investigation functions.

Other firms on the shortlist are Accenture Solutions Capgemini Technology Services India, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (India), EIT Services India and Tharavu Technologies.

“Bidders have been shortlisted for further process,” the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said. The Sebi, in August, had invited expression of interests (EoIs) from companies for enhancement of analytical capabilities and setting up of private cloud to provide infrastructure, storage and computing capacity to different upcoming projects.

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ing months of 2017.

The crop exports to China during the period were up at 6.67 million kilos as against 5.59 million kilos in the same period last year .

The board data also said tea shipments to CIS countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and others, were at 43.91 million kilos in the JanuarySeptember period of 2018, down from 47.41 million kilos.

Exports to the UK at 10.33 million kilos were up marginally in the period under review, as against 9.66 million kilos shipped out in the year-ago period while exports at 6.69 million kilos to Germany during the period were down marginally from 7.47 million kilos exported in the corresponding months of 2017.

NEW DELHI, NOV 11 (PTI): Foreign investors have pumped in nearly Rs 4,800 crore into the Indian capital markets in the last five trading sessions, after pulling out hefty funds in October, amid cooling global crude oil prices and rising rupee.

The recent infusion comes following a net outflow of more than Rs 38,900 crore in October, which was the steepest withdrawal in nearly two years.

FPIs had pulled out over Rs 21,000 crore from the capital markets (both equity and debt) in September. Before that, foreign investors had put in Rs 7,500 crore in July and August.

According to depositories data, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) infused Rs 215 crore in the equity markets during November 1-9, and Rs 4,557 crore in the debt market, taking the total to Rs 4,772 crore.

“Continued fall in oil prices and drop in yield eased liquidity concerns,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services.

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Ko l k ata , N ov 1 1 (IANS): India’s tea exports rose marginally to 173.80 million kilos during the January-September period this year from 173.52 million kilos exported during same period last year, according to data from the Tea Board India.

Provisional data from the Board also suggested that tea export, in value terms, during the nine-month period was up by about 2.3 per cent to Rs 3,496.90 crore as against Rs 3,417.49 crore in the year-ago period. Exports to neighbouring Pakistan and China went up while the shipments to Germany and CIS countries were down.

Tea exports to neighbouring Pakistan stood at 11.69 million kilos in the period, up by over 28 per cent from 9.13 million kilos exported in the correspond-

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has a massive Rs 9.59 lakh crore in reserves and the government reportedly wants the central bank to part with a third of that amount.

Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg had said that the government was not in any dire needs of funds and that there was no proposal to ask the RBI to transfer Rs 3.6 lakh crore.

The government, he said, is on track to meet the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of GDP for the financial year 2018-19.

According to experts, the ‘economic capital framework’ includes transfer of surplus reserves to the exchequer.

Former Chief Economic Adviser Ar vind Subramanian had in the Economic Survey 2016-17 said the RBI was already exceptionally highly capitalised and nearly Rs 4 lakh crore of its capital transfer to the government can be used for recapitalising the banks and/or recapitalising a Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency.

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the view that if the RBI aligns it with the global average, it would free up bank capital which can be used for increased lending to productive sectors, sources said.

Earlier this month, Reserve B a n k Deputy Governor N S Vishwanathan dismissed calls for lowering capital adequacy norms for the lenders and matching them with global levels.

The capital requirements are high for domestic lenders because of higher defaults/bad loans, Vishwanathan explained, and warned that lowering capital norms merely for aligning them with global standards will create “make believe” strong banks.

With regard to capital framework, the government last Friday said it was discussing an “appropriate” size of capital reserves that the central bank must maintain as it denied seeking a massive capital transfer from the Reserve Bank.

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Other issues which could be raised include alignment of capital adequacy norms with those in advanced countries and some relaxation in the Prompt Corrective Action framework, sources said, adding more measures to enhance lending to MSMEs and NBFCs may also be discussed.

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New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI): The RBI’s board meeting on November 19 is expected to be a stormy affair in the backdrop of the ongoing tussle between the government and the central bank, sources said, adding that some members are likely to raise issues concerning capital framework, management of surplus and liquidity measures for MSMEs. Tensions between the RBI and the government have recently escalated, with the Finance Ministry initiating discussion under the never-used-before Section 7 of the RBI Act which empowers the government to issue directions to the RBI Governor.

RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya had in a speech last month talked about the independence of the central bank, arguing that any compromise could be “potentially catastrophic” for the economy.

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Sources said the gov-

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L O N D O N, N ov 1 1 (Agencies): Prime Minister Theresa May was under growing pressure on Sunday to change her plan for Britain to leave the European Union to avoid defeat in a parliamentary vote, Reuters reported.

With both Britain and the EU suggesting an agreement is close, eurosceptic lawmakers and a leading member of a small Northern Irish party that props up her Conservative government made new threats to vote against the terms of the deal she is working on with Brussels.

The vote in parliament, most likely to come later this year, is gearing up to be the biggest showdown in the lengthy negotiations to leave the EU, Britain’s biggest shift in foreign and trade policy in more than 40 years.

May, who was attending a ceremony to mark 100 years since the end of World War One, found some support from ministers in her cabinet, but it would be hard for her to ignore the growing calls to change tack after a minister resigned and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party threatened to rebel.

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“If the government makes the historic mistake of prioritising placating the EU over establishing an independent and whole UK, then regrettably we must vote against the deal,” Steve Baker, a leading eurosceptic and former minister, wrote alongside the DUP’s Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.

The main battleground is over a so-called backstop to prevent the return of a hard border between the British province of Northern Ireland and EU-member Ireland, something that would only come into force if a deal on future ties cannot guarantee the type of frictionless trade needed to keep it open. Fears that proposals

would mean keeping Britain inside the EU’s customs union indefinitely or that Northern Ireland would have to accept different rules and regulations to the rest of the United Kingdom have focused opposition to May’s deal.

Eurosceptics have long criticised May’s proposals, but it was the resignation of Jo Johnson, the remainvoting younger brother to Brexit campaign leader Boris Johnson, that highlighted the depth of anger over her plans.

Many say May’s desire to prioritise free flowing trade of goods with the rest of Europe will make Britain little more than a “rule taker”, unable to break free of Brussels’ decisions.

Comments by Education Minister Damian Hinds will also do little to temper those concerns. He told the BBC Britain could not push for a deal giving London the sole right to say when it was ready to leave any backstop arrangement.

“The prime minister has to negotiate something which is negotiable with the other side as well as working for people here,” Hinds said.

Rajapaksa switches party, likely to contest snap polls Colo m b o, N ov 1 1 (PTI): Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed prime minister in a controversial move by President Maithripala Sirisena, on Sunday ended his five-decade-long association with the SLFP and joined the newly-formed Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP).

Rajapaksa’s move signalled that he would contest the snap polls, to be held on January 5, under his own party banner and not that of Sirisena’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

The former president obtained the membership of the SLPP, launched by his supporters, Sunday morning.

His father Don Alwin Rajapaksa was a founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, which was formed in 1951.

The SLPP was formed last year by Rajapaksa’s supporters to create a platform for his re-entry into politics. The party in February’s local council election won two-third of the total 340 seats. The 72-year-old strongman, who ruled Lanka for a decade from 2005, was unexpectedly defeated by his deputy, Sirisena, in the presidential election held in January 2015 with

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the support from Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP).

However, the powersharing arrangement between Sirisena and Wickremesinghe became increasingly tenuous on several policy matters, especially on economy and security.

Finally, on October 26, Sirisena abruptly ousted Wickremesinghe and replaced him with Rajapaksa, after three-and-a-half years of an estranged relationship with him.

The island nation plunged into a constitutional crisis following the move.

Sirisena had suspended parliamentary proceedings until November 16. Later, owing to domestic and international pressure, he issued a notice to reconvene parliament on November 14.

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Emmanuel Macron snubs US arms in defence spat with Trump PARIS, Nov 11 (Agencies): Europe should not spend higher defence budgets on US-made weapons, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview due to air Sunday, after a defence row with President Donald Trump.

According to AFP, one of dozens of world leaders attending World War I commemorations in France this weekend, Trump tweeted after landing in Paris that Macron’s call for a “real European army” was “insulting”.

In an interview recorded on Saturday with CNN after talks with Trump, Macron said the two leaders had spoken about what his office has portrayed as a misunderstanding.

“We had a regular discussion this morning and he confirmed in front of the press that he was ok,” Macron told CNN. Both leaders agree there should be “better burden-sharing within NATO”, meaning Europe should be less reliant on US spending for its defence, Macron said.

But Macron told CNN: “To be very direct with you, what I don’t want to see is European countries increasing the budget in defence in

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order to buy American and other arms or materials coming from your industry.”

Macron had last month criticised Belgium’s decision to buy US-made F-35 fighter jets instead of European planes, saying it “goes against European interests”.

In his CNN interview he stressed the need for Europe to take charge of its defence.

Whereas “after the Second World War we needed the US to be present for our security, I think now the momentum for Europe is to build its own security and its own sovereignty,” he said.

He refrained from commenting on Trump’s “insult” tweet, beyond saying, “I always prefer having direct discussions or answering questions than mak-

ing my diplomacy through tweets.”

In a radio interview this week, Macron had named the United States alongside China and Russia as sources of risk.

He said the EU needed to be less dependent on the United States, not least following Trump’s withdrawal from a Cold War-era nuclear treaty.

Trump on Friday called Macron’s comments “very insulting”. The French presidency later sought to defuse the row, saying Macron remarks had been misinterpreted.

In his talks with the US leader Macron said he was merely arguing that Europe needed to take greater ownership of its own security, and Trump described the pair as “very good friends”.

Macron however told CNN that while he and Trump had things in common -- notably their rise to power as outside candidates -- their outlook on the world was very different.

“I’m not a nationalist, which for me is very different from being a patriot. I do defend my people, I do defend my country, I do believe we have a strong identity,” Macron said.

DR Congo Ebola outbreak ‘worst’ in country’s history Afghan Taliban attacks intensify L ondon, N ov 1 1 (Agencies): The latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the worst in the country’s history, the health ministry says.

According to BBC, almost 200 people have died since August, officials say, with more than 300 confirmed or probable cases.

A vaccination programme has so far inoculated about 25,000 people.

Congo has suffered long years of instability

Medical teams are vaccinating people to help stop the spread of the virus.

and efforts to relieve the “At this point, 319 disease have been ham- cases and 198 deaths have pered by attacks on medi- been registered,” health cal workers. minister Oly Ilunga said.

“In view of these figures, my thoughts and my prayers go to the hundreds of families grieving, to the hundreds of orphans and the families which have been wiped out.”

About half the victims were from Beni, a city of 800,000 in the North Kivu region, the national health authority said.

The current outbreak is the tenth Congo has suffered and the worst since Congo’s first epidemic in 1976, so early in the disease’s history it had yet to

Freezing air could stop 99% of pollutants: Scientists

California wildfires toll reaches 25

dropping out by gravity, and emerging as clean air.

Their method was able to remove 99 per cent of particulates and 98 per cent of nitrogen oxide pollutants.

“Hazardous outdoor air pollution has severely affected indoor air quality, threatening the health of billions of people,” said Professor Robert Mortimer, Dean of the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences at Nottingham.

“Outdoor air pollution in cities is a global problem. While there are some existing technologies to purify indoor air, they can be inefficient, expensive or produce harmful byproducts. “When outdoor air quality is poor, people tend to spend even more

San Francisco, Nov 11 (IANS): The death toll in the three raging wildfires in California has increased to 25, while the fires have caused destruction to numerous communities across large areas of the US state, the media reported on Sunday.

Fires continued to rage on both ends of California as of Saturday night, spreading with breakneck speed and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.

Of the 25 victims, 23 were killed in the Camp Fire, that is burning about 100 miles north of state capital Sacramento, while two bodies were found, both burned, in Malibu in a vehicle that had been in the path of the wildfire.

L ondon, N ov 1 1 (IANS): Freezing pollutants can prevent deadly outdoor air pollution -- thought to cause more than three million premature deaths worldwide every year -from seeping indoors by 99 per cent, scientists have discovered.

The research, by a team of scientists from the Nottingham Trent University in the UK and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, involved studying the effectiveness of cryogenics for indoor air purification, by removing the gaseous pollutants and tiny particulates caused by haze.

The team found that as they circulated hazepolluted air through a cryogenic condenser, the finer particles stuck together in the condenser tube before

time indoors - but outdoor pollution also leads to indoor pollution and people are still impacted.”

The experiments, reported in the journal Science of the Total Environment, showed that by simply circulating polluted air through a small freezing chamber we can remove most of the fine particles and gas pollutants.

“Our study makes it possible to add an ‘air cleaner’ option to household appliances in areas which might experience extremely poor air conditions. By controlling indoor air pollution and improving air quality in this way, this work could be greatly beneficial for public health,” added Gang Pan, Professor at the varsity.

be named.

The outbreak in 1976 of what was then an unknown disease in a remote part of Congo sparked terror, but was brought under control by experts quickly identifying the virus’ nature and using quarantines.

Ebola is spread via small amounts of bodily fluid and infection often proves fatal. Early symptoms are flu-like, followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, a rash and internal and external bleeding.

Ghazni (Afghanistan), Nov 11 (Agencies): The Taliban intensified attacks in a district heavily populated by minority Hazaras Sunday, as US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad returned to the region as part of efforts to convince the group to end the 17-year war.

In pre-dawn fighting in Jaghori district in the southeastern province of Ghazni, militants killed 15 civilians and 10 members of Afghanistan’s elite special forces, provincial police spokesman Ahmad Khan Sirat told AFP. Another six special forces and eight civilians were wounded, Sirat added.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a WhatsApp message that 22 Afghan commandos had been killed and “a large number” wounded.

Fighting in the district has been ongoing since Wednesday, fanning fears that the violence could be rooted in ethnic or sectarian differences.

Kabul deployed special forces to the area on Thursday to reinforce local Hazara pro-government fighters, as the Taliban denied targeting “any specific race, ethnicity or sect”. Most Hazaras belong to the Shiite branch of Islam.

The Taliban, which are Sunni and largely ethnic Pashtuns, have been accused of committing human rights violations against the group during their oppressive 1996-2001 rule.

The flare up in violence coincided with the return of Khalilzad to Afghanistan as he seeks to coordinate regional efforts to bring about peace in the war-torn country.

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Inoto Kinimi Jasper Aye President ZUD G. Secy, ZUD

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Miss Sümi grand finale tonight

Nick Jonas geared for ‘bachelor party’

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he much awaited Miss Sümi 2018 will be held tonight at IMC Hall, Dimapur where the 17 contestants will be put to the ultimate test to determine who is eligible to be crowned as the next Miss.

The beauty pageant will be held with Superintendent of Taxes, Dimapur, Tokatoli Sohe as the chief guest, who was also crowned Miss Nagaland and Miss Sümi in the year 1998.

The panel of judges will include Isaac Zhimomi, Kavili Kiba Swu and Allen Benjamin with Mika K Tuccu as the host for the event.

The evening will feature several rounds including

Traditional Wear, Modern Ethnic, Cocktail Wear and Evening Wear.

Special appearances will be made by James Aye, Vini K Chishi, Viwoto Zhimomi, Anatoli Yepthomi, Pretty Rhythm, Aghole and Insyng Taekwondo.

The winner of the pageant will walk away with a cash prize of Rs 75k and while the first and second runners-up will receive Rs 50k and Rs 40k respectively besides the gift hampers.

Along with the top three winners there will be an additional ten subtitles including Miss Photogenic, Miss Perfect 10, Miss Congeniality, Miss Flawless Skin,

Miss Beautiful Smile, Miss Radiant Hair, Miss Fluent Sütsah, Miss Talented, Best Traditional Attire and Best Ramp Walk.

For over a week the contestants have been groomed at DBIDL complex, Dimapur where they were put through a series of trainings and personality development sessions under the guidance of show director Zakali Zhimo and Choreographer Vili Chophy.

Make-up artist for the event will be Calvina Zhimo, Tabulator will Omega G Sumi while Photo & Videography has been done by Windy City Connections.

(Staff Reporter)

head of his wedding with Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, American singer Nick Jonas is all geared up to celebrate his bachelor party.

Nick on Friday shared a few pictures of himself on Instagram and captioned: “Bachelor party weekend is officially underway people.”

In the shared pictures, the “Find You” singer can be seen posing on a yacht, wearing a sailor cap. While, in another picture, he looks dapper in a black suit.

Earlier, Priyanka was in Amsterdam to celebrate her pre-wedding festivities and treated her fans with her bachelorette party pictures. Priyanka and Nick are reportedly getting married at Rajasthan’s Mehrangarh Fort in December.

The two got engaged in August in a traditional ceremony at her residence in Mumbai.

(IANS)

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018

All That Remains guitarist Oli Herbert drowned

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ll That Remains guitarist Oli Herbert died of drowning, his widow has confirmed.

Herbert was found dead on October 16 near his home in Connecticut. He was 44 years old.

According to TMZ, police were dispatched to Oli’s Stafford Springs residence after someone reported him missing.

Cops searched the area and found Oli in a nearby pond.

Earlier today, Oli’s wife Beth released a statement via his official Facebook page in which she revealed that her husband drowned after apparently ingesting antidepressant medication and sleeping pills.

She wrote: “Good morning everyone this is Beth. And indeed it IS a good morning; Toxicology results are back as is the official cause of my husband’s death!

“Cause of deathDrowning. Toxicology- Oli was apparently self-treating for manic-depression that has run in his family for

psych meds, please call CT State Police, Troop C in Tolland, CT.” In the comments section below her original post, Beth offered a possible explanation for how Oli ended up in the pond. “One of the drugs can have a hallucinogenic effect, also restlessness,” she wrote. “Oli kept wanting to go outside that night before he disappeared and he kept walking towards the Oli Herbert pond, which is a pitch black part of our propseveral generations. Antierty as well as very depressants were found slippery. Add to that fact in his system, as well as that it was raining that evea sleep aid. The psych ning. Apparently he left the meds found in his system house after I went to bed were the same ones that so I couldn’t stop him and a close relative has been bring him back inside.” prescribed for a long time, Herbert began playing so he knew what to hunt guitar at 14. He co-founded down for the ‘treatment’. Aall That Remains with Seeing how he was not go- frontman Phil Labonte in ing (and WOULDN’T GO) 1998. to a doctor to get diagnosed All That Remains has with the issue and was not released nine studio albeing prescribed the medi- bums, a live CD/DVD, cations and monitored on and has sold more than one them, it explains his occa- million records worldwide. sional erratic behavior here The band’s new LP, “Victim Of The New Disease”, at home.

“If anybody knows arrived on November 9.

(Blabbermouth) where Oli was getting the

Mother tongue has its own magic: Riteish Deshmukh

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ctor-producer Riteish Deshmukh’s tough policeman avatar in the teaser of his new Marathi film “Mauli” is being loved.

He says while he would love to show this side of his performance in a Hindi film, there’s something else about doing it in his mother tongue.

The action-packed teaser of “Mauli” was unveiled by superstar Shah Rukh Khan on social media earlier this week.

It received a positive response from a majority of the film fraternity, with director Ram Gopal Varma questioning Riteish as to “why you don’t show this kind of attitude in Hindi films and reserve it only for the Marathi Manoos?”

(IANS)

Akshay Kumar, Chitrangada Elvis to be honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom to be part of IFFI 2018

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s the 49th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is organising a special section for sports films, members from the film fraternity including Akshay Kumar, Chitrangada Singh, Reema Kagti and Rakesh Omprakash Mehra will attend the gala to present their sportscentric films.

Among those selected from the sports section to be screened at the event are “Gold”, “Soorma”, “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag”, “1983”, “Mary Kom”, “MSD: The Untold Story” and “Mary Kom”.

Aiming to celebrate sports and recognise the

Elvis Presley

breaking audiences to his shows, sent television ratings soaring and earned 14 Grammy Award nominations. He ultimately won three Grammy Awards for his gospel music. Elvis Presley remains an enduring American icon four decades after his death.”

The Presidential Medal of Free-

dom is recognized as the nation’s highest civilian honor, awarded to those whom the President believes made a “meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”

Apart from Presley, other recipients include: famed baseball player Babe Ruth, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, hall-of-fame quarterback Roger Staubach, Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan C. Page, Senator Orrin G. Hatch and committed doctor and humanitarian Miriam Adelson.

(Billboard)

contribution of Indian sportspersons, the sports section, which is being introduced under the Khelo India campaign, will take place at the Joggers’ Park in Altinho.

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Yamaha artiste Nise Meruno was on his debut tour to Kathmandu, Nepal recently. Seen here with Meruno are Karen from Dzükou Kitchen and Namgyal from Le Sherpa where he performed. Nise was also joined by artists from UK and China. (NPN)

Akshay Kumar and Chitrangada Singh.

resident Donald Trump has selected the late Elvis Presley as one of this year’s recipients for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Saturday (Nov. 10).

“Elvis Presley defined American culture to billions of adoring fans around the world,” a statement from the White House read. “Elvis fused gospel, country and rhythm and blues to create a sound all his own, selling more than a billion records. Elvis also served nearly two years in the United States Army, humbly accepting the call to serve despite his fame. He later starred in 31 films, drew record-

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T h e S a t a k h a Vi l l a g e Students' Union extend our profound appreciation and heartiest congratulations to Shri. Mughato Z. Zhimomi, S/o Shri Zhetoi Zhimomi on being promoted to Inspector (ABI), 6th NAP. The Union wishes him success in his future endeavours.

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Chelsea held 0-0 by Everton; Liverpool win Czech Republic clinch Fed Cup title

Within seconds of the second half starting, Morata was inches away from breaching Jordan Pickford’s clean sheet.

CPL: Trinity, Natak FC and Sporting Union win Dimapur, Nov 11 (NPN): Trinity Sporting thrashed Case FC 6-1 to continue their dominance at the top of the Case Premier League table. Atokito continued his rich scoring form by thumping in 5 goals while Gigin added the other goals. Trinity began well and dominated the midfield. Case FC managed to get a consolation goal through Chichang from a long range effort.

A t t h e 1 s t NA P ground, Nizams FC edged past Ruboo United 2-1.

Nizams dominated the proceedings with many early chances. However, the strikers could not find the target. Nizams FC were unfortunate to concede a penalty before half time. Lanujungshi of Ruboo converted the penalty.

Lalbem equalised right after the start of second half. Five minutes later, a defence splitting ball found Angam on the right of the field, who dribbled past two defenders to cross the ball to Aloto who headed in the winner.

Natak FC maintained its winning momentum by blanking Joga Bonito 3-0.

With that win, Natak FC

Injured Saha eyeing comeback

by December Ko l k ata , N ov 1 1 (IANS): Out of action for most part of the year due to injury, India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha on Sunday said he is eyeing a comeback to competitive cricket by the mid or end of December.

“I am much better than before. I expect to make a comeback by mid-December or by the end of the year.

The rehabilitation is going on keeping that in mind.

So hopefully, if things go to plan I will make a comeback by that time,” Saha told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of Wiki, a sports fiction based on the life of a wicketkeeper.

“I have started knocking at the nets and taking throwdowns but I am not match fit yet.”

Saha has been out of action ever since his last Indian Premier League (IPL) match for Sunrisers Hyderabad in May due to a number of injuries, chief of which were a broken finger and a shoulder problem.

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has won the last 6 matches.

Natak started the stronger of the two and dominated the midfield with accurate passes. Natak deservedly took the lead with a powerful shot outside the D-box

by Neibu. After going down a goal, Joga Bonito sprang into life and should have levelled but their strikers could not convert any of their chances with only the keeper to beat. Against the run of play, Natak scored 2 more goals in quick succession both from Ashai. In the 2nd half, Joga Bonito defended well and Natak strikers were kept at bay.

Sporting Union thrashed Super Strikers 5-1.

Hat-trick by Aonungshi powered Sporting Union to solidify the second place.

Akum Ao opened the scoring with a long range effort. Aonungshi tapped in the second goal. Sporting dominated the play as Aonungshi scored a beautiful overhead kick to score the third goal. Katovi pulled one back for super strikers but it was not enough. Aonungshi completed his hattrick from the penalty spot.

Ekon added the fifth goal before the end of play.

a free-kick. The Spaniard hit a sweet first-time volley with such power and technique but Jordan Pickford produced a fine save to palm it away. It was more of a dominant display from Chelsea in the second-half and efforts from both Morata and Hazard forced Pickford into action early in the second period, before Willian fired just wide of the goal shortly after.

Then came the big chance of the game. Alonso, a constant threat down the left, was unfortunate to see his thunderous low effort strike the post from a

tight angle.

Chelsea pushed for the winner and Morata thought he had the opened the scoring after coolly slotting home from Azpilicueta’s cross but the flag was correctly raised.

Sarri threw on Ross Barkley to face his former club for the final 10 minutes but the midfielder couldn’t help his side find the winner. Chelsea remain unbeaten but will be frustrated at their failure to get the victory they deserved.

Earlier, Mohamed Salah capitalized on some quick thinking by Liverpool

before the final, the Czechs proved their dominance in the women’s team tournament this decade, leaning on the hustle of Siniakova.

“It was an unbelievable match for me. It was up and down, nerves,” the 22-yearold Siniakova said on the court after the marathon match that was just short of the longest rubber, at four hours flat, in Fed Cup history.

“I am just terribly happy I won.”

Siniakova, who won the French Open and Wim-

bledon doubles titles with her Czech team mate Barbora Krejcikova this season, proved too much in the end for the Russian-born Kenin, who cried after the match and was consoled by her team mates.

With the Czechs an unassailable 3-0 up in the best-of-five final, the second reverse singles and the doubles were cancelled.

The competition’s two most successful nations were meeting in a Fed Cup final for the first time in more than three decades.

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Tsitsipas wins Next Gen ATP trophy Milan, Nov 11 (Agencies): Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas capped a breakthrough season by rallying from a set down to beat Australian Alex de Minaur in the Next Gen ATP Finals on Saturday.

The 20-year-old Tsitsipas, ranked 15th in the world, came through 2-4, 4-1, 4-3 (7/3), 4-3 (7/3) against 19-year-old de Minaur after one hour and 41 minutes for his second title after Stockholm last month.

Tsitsipas, one of the sport’s most improved players this year after starting the season ranked 91st, also finished runner-up to

Winner Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas (L) and runner-up Australia’s Alex De Minaur pose with their trophy after

Rafael Nadal in Barcelona and Toronto.

The top seed claimed the title by winning all five

of his matches during the week, to succeed South Korea’s Chung Hyeon, who won the inaugural edition

last year in which Tsitsipas only played an exhibition match.

“It feels great. I’ve been playing some great tennis this week here in Milan,” Tsitsipas said.

“I stayed calm although I had a chance twice to win the match, but remained calm. I was aiming to win that match.

I was mentally very strong and that was proven in the tie-break in the last set.”

Second seed de Minaur - who began the season at number 208 in the world rankings and reached a career-high 31 last month had been undefeated until the final.

The funeral service of late pastor Anil Adhav, centre pastor, TPM Kma will be held on the 13th Nov ‘18 at 12 noon from the Pentecostal Church premises, New Market Road Kohima.

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In loving memory of our beloved mother

LATE. I. ASANGLA LKR 1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Born : 1918 – Died on : 06.11.2018 We, the family members of LT. XETOZU ASSUMI, extend our heartfelt and sincere gratitude to each and everyone for your support at the time of our bereavement. We deeply regret our inability to thank you all personally but, we sincerely pray that our Almighty God shower His blessings upon you all.

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A year has passed since you left us and words can’t express our grief and sorrow but we take comfort knowing that you are in heaven. We deeply miss and remember you with silent tears everyday.

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Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard but always near. Still loved, missed and held so dear.

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P r ag u e , N ov 1 1 (Agencies): The Czech Republic won their sixth Fed Cup title in eight years on Sunday as world doubles number one Katerina Siniakova outlasted American Sofia Kenin 7-5 5-7 7-5 in front of a boisterous, soldout home crowd.

In an exciting backand-forth rubber lasting three hours 45 minutes, Siniakova held off the 19year-old Fed Cup debutante to give the Czechs a 3-0 win in the final against a United States team who were the defending champions but were missing their top players.

Despite also losing their two best players just

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LATE KHETOSHE ZHIMO

Born : 03.05.1965 | Died: 12.11.2017 It hurts to think that you are not here anymore.

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Remembering Lt. DR. LICHAMO YANTHAN on his 5th Death Anniversary

(Born : 31.12.1966 – Died : 24.10.2018)

"And said, naked came I out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."

(Job 1:21)

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12.04.1958 – 12.11.2013 SOLACE IN HIS ARMS If we could see your face one day Perhaps find the stairway to Heaven Maybe for some few seconds All the pain we felt will be erased.

If one day, we could send the winds above To seal a kiss and bring one back from you All the times we’ve felt empty in these five years Would all melt away.

If one day, we could see you smile As you sit there in Heaven With your shiny golden robes.

One day, that good day Will come and our hearts will be reunited And find solace in your loving arms -Wife, children, in-law, grandsons and relatives

We the family members extend and express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone who stood and supports us physically, morally and financially along with your valuable prayers at the sudden demise of our beloved Mom Lt. Mughali L. Swu on 24th Oct. 2018.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. Zhuikhu Baptist Church 2. Sumi Baptist Church, Diphupar 3. Mudutsughomi Dimapur, Kohima 4. Sakipheto Village 5. Alato Village 6. Medziphema Sumi Baptist Church 7. Heqheshe Village 8. Khaibung, Sochunoma 9. Noah Ark Ministry Society 10. WSBAK Youth Ministry 11. Local Churches Asso. Pastor Youths

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easily been down to 10 men too, as Jorginho could have seen a red for a two-footed lunge on Gylfi Sigurdsson but escaped with a booking.

Both players were booked

by Friend before Bernard and Rudiger came to blows off the ball. Replays appeared to show the Brazilian aiming a headbutt at the Chelsea defender, who went down clutching his face, and a booking for both players seemed to be the fair outcome.

Marcos Alonso came closest to giving the Blues the lead when Willian found him unmarked from

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L o nd o n, N ov 1 1 (Agencies): Chelsea were held by Everton as Marco Silva’s men battled to a feisty goalless draw at Stamford Bridge on Remembrance Sunday.

Referee Kevin Friend dished out five yellow cards in an ill-tempered first half and seven in total in a game which saw Bernard and Antonio Rudiger both cautioned for a clash off the ball. Yerry Mina was perhaps fortunate not to see his debut ended early after jumping into a challenge on Eden Hazard.

Chelsea could have

to maintain his impressive scoring record at Anfield in a 2-0 win over last-place Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday.

Moments after Fulham had a goal disallowed for offside, Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson took a quick free kick to find right back Trent Alexander-Arnold, who played in Salah to race in on goal and open the scoring in the 41st minute.

There were just 14 seconds between the flag being raised for offside and Salah finding the net.

Xherdan Shaqiri scored the other goal in the 53rd minute, a cushioned volley into the corner from Andrew Robertson’s deep cross, as unbeaten Liverpool won for the ninth time in its opening 12 games.

In six league games at home, Salah has scored in five of them.

It was a seventh straight loss for Fulham in all competitions, keeping the pressure on manager Slavisa Jokanovic heading into the two-week international break. The London team’s only win since returning to the Premier League was in late August and it hasn’t scored a goal in its last three league losses.

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India clean sweep T20I series vs WI

Indian players are congratulated by west Indies after they won the 3rd and final T20 match in Chennai on Sunday. (PTI)

Kochi, Nov 11 (Agencies): FC Goa beat Kerala Blasters 3-1 at the JL Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Sunday. Ferran Corominas and Manvir Singh set up the victory for Goa to open up a three-point lead on top of ISL table. Nikola Krcmarevic got a late consolation for Kerala.

It took only ten minutes for Goa to show their class.

Edu Bedia’s ball in from a short corner missed everyone inside the box. Ahmed Jahouh picked up the ball as Corominas leapt in front of Edathodika and Rakip to send in a glancing header into the net from the cross.

Right before the halftime, a counter-attack initiated by Jahouh and Edu Bedia saw Corominas take the ball from near the centre circle and make a run. The Spaniard wrong-footed Nikola Krcmarevic and slammed the ball into the bottom corner of the net, doubling the lead.

It could have been a hat-trick for the former Espanyol player but his back-toback attempts were thwarted well by the Kerala defence.

However, substitute Manvir Singh clinically headed in from Brandon’s corner kick, seven minutes after his introduction to make it 3-0.

On the other end, Seiminlen Doungel came from the bench but failed to see the back of the net despite putting pressure on Mohammad Nawaz. But Nawaz was not to keep a clean sheet as Krcmarevic slotted home the consolation in stoppage time.

C h e nna i , N ov 1 1 (PTI): Shikhar Dhawan smashed a career-best 92 to guide India to a thrilling six-wicket win over the West Indies in the third and final T20 International, thus completing a 3-0 clean sweep on Sunday.

Dhawan hit 10 fours and two sixes in his 62-ball innings and forged a scintillating 130-run partnership with Rishab Pant (58) for the third wicket to take India home in the last ball of the innings.

There was some drama towards the end as India lost the wickets of Pant and Dhawan leaving the host to score one run off the last delivery bowled by Fabian Allen to secure the victory.

Manish Pandey and Dinesh Karthik ran the

single after Allen misfielded the former’s shot to pick up the winning run.

Earlier, left-handed batsman Nicholas Pooran’s quick-fire half-century powered West Indies to a competitive 181 for 3.

Chasing the target of 182 to win, Dhawan and Rishab came together at 45 for 2 after India had lost skipper Rohit Sharma (4) and K L Rahul (17).

The Delhi duo put up a splendid show, treating the spectators at the M A Chidambaram stadium to some spectacular shots with Pant, in particular, showing a penchant to go for the big shots.

After an indifferent run in the first two matches, Dhawan found his groove early and stroked the ball

Akila Dananjaya reported for suspicious action

Ato Area Sports Association meet concludes

Colombo, Nov 11 (Agencies): Sri Lanka off-spinner Akila Dananjaya was reported over a suspect bowling action during the first Test which England won by 211 runs, the International Cricket Council said Sunday.

“Dananjaya’s bowling action will now be scrutinised further under the ICC process relating to suspected illegal bowling actions reported in Tests, ODIs and T20Is,” the governing body of the sport said in a statement.

Dananjaya took two wickets giving away 184 runs in the match. The match officials’ report, which was handed over to the Sri Lanka team management, cited concerns about the legality of his bowling action, the ICC said.

He is required to undergo testing within two weeks and, during this period, Dananjaya is permitted to continue bowling in international cricket until the results are known, the ICC added.

fluently. Boundaries flowed from his bat as he kept the scoreboard ticking. The two were quick between the wickets and also ran twos at will.

The Indian innings started on a disappointing note for Rohit Sharma’s fans as the skipper fell after scoring a boundary, caught by his opposite number Carlos Brathwaite off Kemo Paul’s bowling.

The stylish K L Rahul hit four boundaries in his brief stay, before nicking one from the pacer Oshane Thomas to the wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin.

Dhawan and Pant then joined hands and dominated the West Indies attack which seemed clueless as to how to stop the flow of runs. Both went on the

rampage and none of the bowlers could provide a breakthrough.

Earlier, Pooran blasted four boundaries and as many sixes in his 25ball unbeaten innings. His blistering 87-run unbeaten partnership in 43 balls with fellow southpaw Darren Bravo (43 off 37 balls) enabled the team move from 94 for 3 to 181 in the allotted 20 overs.

Chahal was the most successful Indian bowler with 2 for 28 from his four overs.

Washington Sundar, who took the wicket of Denesh Ramdin (15), was the other wicket-taker.

Earlier, openers Shimron Hetmyer (26) and Shai Hope (24) got the visitors off to a brisk start.

The stylish righthander hit the first six of the innings, lofting Krunal Pandya over long-on. He perished in going for another big hit, caught on the boundary by Sundar off Yuzvendra Chahal’s first ball of the match. His contribution was 24 in a first wicket partnership of 51.

Hetmyer slammed four boundaries and a six in his 21-ball 26 but was dismissed when trying to cut a delivery from Chahal.

Brief Score: West Indies: 181-3 (Nicholas Pooran 53; Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28).

India: 182-4 (Shikhar Dhawan 92, Rishabh Pant 58; Keemo Paul 2/32).

ISL: FC Goa beat Kerala blasters 3-1

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018

1st falcon angling competition held

Winners of 1st Falcon Angling Competition along with the organisers.

D i m a p u r , N ov 1 1 (NPN): The 1st Falcon Angling Competition, organised by District Anglers Wokha Nagaland (DAWN), was held on November 9 at Tzüza Eryu, Doyang. The event was sponsored by Department of Tourism, Government of Nagaland as part of Amur Falcon Conservation Week & Festival. Besides local anglers from Wokha, Mokokchung, Dimapur and Kohima, angling enthusiasts from Assam also participated in the competition.

Akum Ao from Mokokchung district emerged as the winner of

the competition and was awarded a cash prize of Rs.30,000. He caught 1.42 Kg Mahseer which was released back as an effort to create awareness and save the endangered Mahseer.

Nyanthung Odyuo secured the second place, Wapang came third while Libemo Kithan and Chumbemo Ngullie bagged the fourth and fifth place respectively.

Award for first catch of the competition went to Chumbemo Ngullie, Ponathung Tungoe won the most disciplined angler award while Y. Zubenthung Ovung was named the luckiest angler.

Lotimenba, Joint Director, Fisheries & Aquatic Resources who graced the prize distribution ceremony as the special invitee spoke on the huge potential of Doyang reservoir and the department’s efforts to conserve and utilize it for the benefit of the people.

Phukato Sumi, president, Anglers Association Nagaland (AAN) in his brief speech urged the local people to cooperate, conserve and popularize the Tzüza angling zone in order to harvest various economic benefits in near future.

Ranji Trophy: Nagaland, Sikkim match from today Dimapur, Nov 11 (NPN): The Nagaland Cricket Association is all set to host the second First Class match at NCA Stadium from November 12 to 15. Nagaland will take on Sikkim after defeating Mizoram in the inaugural match.

The team will then play Meghalaya from November 20 to 23 in Shillong.

The Nagaland Under-16 team is also playing their fourth Vijay Merchant match against Meghalaya at Golaghat, Assam from November 12 to 14 after winning its previous three matches.

The Nagaland Under-23 team is also scheduled to play its second C K Nyadhu Trophy match at Shillong against Meghalaya from November 14 to 17.

Winners along with guest of honour, other dignitaries and tournament officials at Sukhato village on Friday.

D i m a p u r , N ov 1 1 (NPN): The 33rd session of Ato Area Sports Association (AASA) concluded on Friday at Sukhato village.

Zheshito Swu, president, Western Sumi Hoho graced the closing ceremony as guest of honour and gave away the prizes to the winners.

In the 30th Nikhekhu and N. Yihoto Zhimo Memorial Volleyball Trophy (men & women), Viheto village lifted the men’s title while Sukhato and Loyir bagged the second and third place respectively. Shikaho

of Viheto was named best player. In women’s event, Nikhekhu emerged as champions and, Nighakhu and Hozukhe finished in the second and third spot. Aholi of Nikhekhu bagged the best player award of women’s volleyball.

Viheto village also lifted the men’s event of 5th Shekuto Suu Memorial Badminton Trophy while Loyir and Nighakhu were placed 1st and 2nd runners up. Okito Chishi of Viheto was named best shuttler.

Nikhekhu lifted the women’s trophy while Loyir

and Nighakhu bagged the 1st and 2nd runners-up respectively. Rosy of Nikhekhu was declared best women shuttler.

Loyir village beat Nikhekhu village via tiebreaker to retain the 33rd GBs Football Trophy while Hozukhe village finished third. Dilo of Loyir was declared at player of the tournament and Abel of Hozukhe village emerged as highest scorer. Akiho of Hozukhe and Kiyika of Toshiho were named best defender and best goal keeper respectively.

Nihokhu was named the best disciplined team.

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Zheshito pointed out that society needs collective effort of all concerned for overall progress and, sports is one medium through which togetherness and development can be brought into the community. While reminding the sportspersons that there are avenues and privileges for them, the guest of honour said that urged them to avail the facilities provided by the government for sportspersons.

SASRD, SET organise exhibition football and basketball matches

Football teams of School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development and School of Engineering and Technology.

D i m a p u r , N ov 1 1 (NPN): In a bid to foster unity among the sister campuses of Nagaland University, exhibition football and basketball matches were played between School of Engineering and Technology (SET, Dimapur Campus) and School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD, Medziphema

Campus) on November 10.

The School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development emerged victorious in basketball (boys and girls) and also football (boys).

The exhibition match was initiated by the students’ unions of both campuses.

The students’ unions are hopeful that such matches can also be organized with

the other campuses, stated Atsungpong Longchar, information & publicity secretary of Students’ Union SASRD. The idea is to know each other and to strengthen relationships so that the stakeholders of the university can lead the way for a stronger and better university, added Longchar.

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