November 16, 2018

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Vol XXVIII No. 240

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

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High growth necessary for poverty alleviation: Jaitley

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Need to empower villagers: Gov

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 5 (NPN): Nagaland Governor PB Acharya on Thursday called upon the people to empower and improve the lives of villagers.

Inaugurating the fourth three-day Thuwuni- the ultimate outdoor festival, at Pughoboto local ground as chief guest, Acharya said that though the festival was celebrated to thank God, it also showed how the people could be united to keep alive their identity and stay connected to their roots.

Besides the need to change the education system, he also stressed on giving importance to cherish and preserve one’s own mother tongue. Acharya urged the people not to be self-centred and remarked that, unless everyone woke up and changed mindset, India would never be strong.

He also encouraged the people of Pughoboto to establish a private college.

Mentioning that each village was unique, he congratulated the organizers, local MLA Y Vikheho Swu and the entire team, including Swachh Bharat brand ambassador and convener of the festival, Alobo Naga, for

NRC: Prohibitory orders in Guwahati ahead of protests GUWAHATI, NOV 15 (AGENCIES): With thousands protesting across Assam demanding the withdrawal of proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the Guwahati administration has slapped prohibitory orders banning the assembly of four or more people across the state capital.

The prohibitory orders, Section 144 of the CrPC, has been issued until further orders by the Guwahati West district Deputy Commissioner of Police, Harekrishna Nath and was made public on Thursday.

The prohibitory orders will be effective in the entire West district of Guwahati.

The order comes in the wake of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti-led (KMSS) 70 other organisations calling a state-wide protest against the bill. Members of these 70 organisations are expected to protest at the Janata Bhawan in Guwahati against the bill.

However, the state administration has denied the KMSS to hold the said rally.

The leader of KMSS, Akhil Gogoi, has threatened to call a bandh if the state administration does not allow them to hold the scheduled meeting.

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“No Doctor you’re wrong, I went through internet and it said my condition does not need medication.”

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Acharya handing over the Cleanest Village Award 2018 to Kitami village at Pughoboto on Thursday (DIPR)

organising such a wonderful concept for the people.

Speaking about Thuwuni festival, Vikheho Swu said Thuwuni meant “to grow or to progress”. He explained that the idea behind organising it was to involve young Ahuyemis.

He said this year a separate date was chosen for Thuwuni as many villages wanted to celebrate ‘Ahuna’, a post-harvest festival of the Sumis.

Swu said among other activities, music was a major event that will draw huge crowd, and credited Alobo Naga for bringing in artistes

from different parts of the country to perform at the festival. He said this year too Alobo managed to bring an international artiste to Pughoboto, thereby making Thuwuni an international event. He sought the cooperation of the people of Pughoboto to ensure that the festival was a huge success.

Swu explained the main objective of the festival was to promote economic growth of the region, for which organisers decided to extensively use products that were locally generated or produced. He said agriculture produce and other local

products could be brought to the festival for selling and developing long-term business relationship with buyers.

He said efforts were also being made to encourage farmers to create collection centres in their villages and at strategic locations in Pughoboto sub-division with assistance and support of the village councils so that agriculture produces could be sold or passed on to markets throughout the year.

Stating that Thuwuni in so many ways belonged to SDPDB, Swu, who is also the Pughoboto SDPDB chairman, stated that the board’s role and contribution in ensuring success of the festival since its inception had been tremendous.

He also thanked the power department’s engineers for installing new 63-KV transformer at the new stadium on a war footing.

He mentioned that in January 2019 Thuwuni tours would be conducted with two groups– the first group from the village awarded for being the cleanest would visit Asia’s cleanest village Mawlynong in Meghalaya,

GUWAHATI, NOV 15 (NPN): Non-Open Defecation Free (ODF) states in the northeast region have committed to declaring themselves as ODF by December 2018 during a regional review meeting of the North Eastern States held in Guwahati on Wednesday.

The workshop comprised discussions on sustaining Open Defecation Free status, solid and liquid waste management (SLWM), and rural water supply.

Teams from Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Sikkim joined the review. Key aspects of sustainability such as geo-tagging, verification of ODF villages, conversion of dysfunctional toilets, IEC expenditure, Swachhagrahi engagement

were reviewed.

Speaking on the occasion, ParameswaranIyer, Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation emphasized the importance of the joint effort being made by the Central and State SBM teams towards sustaining gains made under the program so far.

He spoke about the importance of continued focus on behavior change communication and periodic verifications to ensure that the safe sanitation habits and practices developed over the past few years are sustained in the future as well.

The teams from the Open Defecation Free States of the region spoke about efforts to sustain their ODF status. Sikkim highlighted the solid and liquid waste management initiatives being undertaken in the first ODF State

Correspondent

KOHIMA, NOV 15 (NPN): In a shocking revelation, a 14-year old juvenile male was taken to custody by Kohima Police investigating the brutal murder of a teenaged girl on November 13.

Police informed that the juvenile was caught based on investigations and that he also confessed to the crime during interrogation. The accused juvenile, was produced before the court Thursday which also ordered his detention in an Observation home. Police are following leads in the course of their investigation.

It may be recalled, that on November 13, the body of a teenaged girl was found in the building under construction of Dr. Neilhouzhü Kire Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS), Seikhazou.

The body was sent for post-mortem and was buried after identification by parents at North PS at around 10 a.m. One of the family members recognised the bloodied face of the victim being circulated on Whatsapp. Post mortem report is (Cont’d on p-8) expected after a week.

NE states commit to declaring ODF by Dec Spl. Correspondent

Minor nabbed for Nov 13 murder

of the country.

Akshay Rout, Director General, Special Projects, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation pointed to the criticality of the sustainability phase of SBM and the necessity for the managers for regular monitoring.

A parallel session was held for the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) at the review meeting. V Radha, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, spoke about the need to increase the coverage of household water supply connections by taking up community-managed, low cost schemes.

Other senior officials taking part in the review we r e H i r a n ya B o r a h , Deputy Director General, Samir Kumar, Joint Secretary, and Mission Directors from the participating States.

CVC notifies on usage of nomenclature D I M A P U R , N OV 1 5 (NPN): Chümoukedima Village Council (CVC) has notified to all responsible that, “originally and historically”, the name of their village was spelled as ‘Chümoukedima’, which has significant connotation and meaning in Angami Naga dialect.

In a public notice, CVC chairman, Razouvotuo Chatsu, however, stated that with the passage of time, the said name has been wrongly pronounced, spelled and recorded as “Chumukedima”. In order to revert back to, and to restore the correct name, CVC has declared that, henceforth, their village would be known, called and identified as “Chümoukedima” for all intent and purposes. CVC requested all responsible to use the corrected nomenclature from now on.

Air inside your home can be more polluted NEW DELHI, NOV 15 (AGENCIES): Winter is the season of holidaying in the hills, curling up by the fire, enjoying hot chocolate, and celebrating holidays. Unfortunately, it is also the season of smog and pollution. But if you thought that the danger is only outdoors, you have got your facts wrong.

Indoor air can be 5 times more polluted than outdoor, a ToI report stated quoting the basis findings published

by Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agencies, Indian Council of Medical Research & internal research.

Upon the arrival of winter, people in regions where winter is marked by cold weather tend to spend significantly more time indoors.

According to the American Lung Association, poor air circulation in a home can promote the spread of bacteria and viruses. Once

Common Indoor Air Problems Moisture

VOCs and Chemicals

such bacteria or viruses are inhaled, coughs, colds and flu can spread. In addition, asthma and allergy sufferers may experience worsening symptoms thanks to the presence of endotoxins, which are substances that come from the broken-down cells of dead bacteria.

Health effects of indoor air pollution exposure: If you or someone in your family is experiencing allergies, stress, colds, and influenza, without any explicable causes, it might be because of poor air quality at your home and workplace. Look

Smoking

out closely for symptoms like coughing, sneezing, watery eyes, fatigue, dizziness, headaches, upper respiratory congestion etc. Another tell-tale of a poor indoor air quality is that you will notice such symptoms to go away soon after leaving a particular room or building.

The most obvious tip is to open the windows and let ventilation do its job. Letting some air in the house lowers concentrations of toxic chemicals as well as carbon dioxide (CO2) inside it. The next tip is just two easy steps – stop smoking, and ask

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smokers to light it outside.

The smoke you breathe out after taking a drag on a fag contains more than 4,000 different chemicals.

Tidy up your place to effectively improve air quality. Use a doormat to inhibit dirt from entering the house.

Also, vacuum clean and mop floors every week.

Control the humidity in your home because a study by the Institute of Medicine (2000) found a connection between indoor exposure and mold with upper respiratory tract symptoms in healthy people.

Cong fires fresh salvo at PM on Rafale deal Accuses Modi of overruling pricing objections; France refuses sovereign guarantee NEW DELHI, NOV 15 (AGENCIES): Congress on Thursday levelled the most serious set of accusations on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafale deal, saying he compromised national security to ulterior ends and bypassed established procedures and laws, reports The Tribune.

According to the report, Congress fielded its media head Randeep Surjewala to reiterate the demand for a joint parliamentary committee probe into the deal and also suggested that the outcome of the Rafale petitions in the Supreme Court would not impact its own demand for an investigation into the contract.

“The Supreme Court has constitutional limitations on the matter and cannot look at file notings which reveal the truth of the Rafale. The court is not an enquiry office. The facts will emerge when JPC summons files of the meetings of Cabinet Committee

on Security, Defence Acquisition Council and the price negotiations committee,” Surjewala said, citing “facts” from government files which he said had now been confirmed publicly by one Sudhanshu Mohanty, a retired officer who dealt with finance in the Defence Ministry.

Surjewala made serious accusations on PM alleging that he overruled his own defence minister Manohar Parrikar and the defence acquisition council by raising the benchmark price of 36 Rafale jets from some 32,000 crore to over 62,000 crore.

Congress leader also said that PM ignored the file advice of the Law Ministry and the air acquisition wing of the Air Force to insist on a sovereign bank guarantee from France for the deal signed in April 2015.

Thirdly, the Congress alleged that the PM changed the terms of the arbitration clause under

the Rafale deal by saying the arbitration will happen between the Indian Government and Rafale maker Dassault Aviation and the seat of arbitration will be Geneva rather than Delhi.

“Even on arbitration, the PM overlooked the suggestions of the Law Ministry and defence experts who said the partners in arbitration should be the Governments of India and France rather than the Government of India and a private supplier. PM told the Parliament that Rafale deal was an inter-government agreement between two nations. How is this an inter-government agreement when the arbitration clause is between India and Dassault? PM by ending the legal requirements to have the arbitration seat in India and by also changing the partners between whom arbitration will happen betrayed national interest,” Surjewala alleged.

Fourthly, the Congress asked how NSA Ajit Doval was negotiating the jet price in Paris in January 2016 when the price negotiation committee for the deal was still deliberating the issue and submitted its report in August that year.

ACAUT says NNPGs unable to rein in rogue elements within their setup D I M A P U R , N OV 1 5 (NPN): Condemning the abduction of a Naga salesgirl of a pharmacy at East Dimapur by suspected NSCN (I-M) cadres on November 9, ACAUT Nagaland Thursday expressed dismay that Naga national political groups (NPGs) had not been able to rein in rogue elements/cadres within their rank and file nor dealt with the excesses perpetuated by their cadres in a manner that was appropriate and justifiable before the public eye.

In a statement issued by its media cell, ACAUT Nagaland said people of the State were now quite familiar with extortions on the pretext of nationalism.

However, the “brazen act of abducting a helpless working woman” by NSCN (I-M) cadres for

extortion as one such “unpardonable and shameless act” unimaginable in Naga society, ACAUT said.

While lauding Dimapur Police for its prompt action, ACAUT called for a thorough investigation into the case so that all those involved in the crime were arrested. The organization also urged the judiciary to give appropriate punishment to these criminals.

Mentioning that Dimapur was the most “diverse, pluralistic and progressive” city of Nagaland and an indicator of the heath of Naga society, ACAUT lamented that it was also one of the most afflicted by the scourges of taxation, extortion and syndicate system, with jungle raj and lawlessness symbolising rotting moral ethics and a collapsing society.

Election Commission replaces Mizoram’s CEO NEW DELHI, NOV 15 (IANS): Election Commission on Thursday replaced Mizoram’s Chief Electoral Officer SB Shashank after local groups demanded his removal and appointed Ashish Kundra, a 1996 batch IAS officer, as the new CEO ahead of the November 28 elections. It also directed that Shashank be attached with the Election Commission “with immediate effect and until further orders”.

The order came after a high-level Election Commission team held meetings last week, including with the Mizoram NGO Coordination Committee (MNCC), which had been spearheading the state-wide protests for Shashank’s removal and reinstatement of the ousted principal secretary (Home).

The leaders of MNCC, led by Mizoram’s most powerful NGO, Young Mizo

Association, started the agitation last week after principal secretary (Home) Lalnunmawia Chuaungo was removed on an Election Commission order.

The controversy arose after an administrative tussle between the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and the Principal Secretary (Home) became politicized along ethnic lines.

The issue first came to light when Shasank reportedly wrote to the Election Commission to keep Chuaungo away from election duties. On November 2, acting on a letter written

by Shashank, ECI removed Chuaungo from election duty.

This enraged the Mizo civil society which directed their anger at the CEO and served him a ‘Quit Mizoram’ notice while picketing his office.

ACAUT explained that as the city embraced both traditional and moder n set-ups and social structure, law and order had become a tricky and complicated affair for the district administration and the police to handle alone.

Therefore, according to ACAUT, exerting social pressure by all tribal bodies, NGOs and civil body organisations on individuals from within their own community to conduct and act in such a manner so as not to disturb the fragile balance of diversity that was the flavour and very essence of Dimapur had become an absolute necessity.

Meanwhile, it was reported that a meeting between PAC of NCD and NSCN (I-M) functionaries were held here in regards to the abduction case.

Petrol, diesel price cut again NEW DELHI, NOV 15 (AGENCIES): Petrol and diesel prices were slashed again on Thursday after remaining unchanged on Wednesday. Petrol price was cut by 14-16 paise while diesel became cheaper by 9-11 paise after today’s revision.

In November so far, petrol prices have been cut by over Rs 2 per litre while diesel has become cheaper by Rs 1.70 across all the metro cities of the country.

In Delhi, unbranded petrol was priced at Rs 77.28 as against Rs 77.43 on Wednesday and diesel was sold at Rs 72.09 as compared to Rs 72.19 yesterday, according to data available on Indian Oil Corporation website. In Dimapur, price of petrol was Rs.73.17 per litre and diesel was Rs. 67.70 per litre on Thursday while in the state capital a litre of petrol and diesel was Rs. 73.98 and Rs. 68.32 respectively.

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Projects inaugurated in Yaongyimchen

Temjen Toy and others November 15. (DIPR) DIMAPUR: Additional chief secretary & finance commissioner of Nagaland, Temjen Toy graced the inaugural function of the Community Initiative & Owned Projects as the Special Guest at Yaongyimchen village on November 15.

According to DIPR, addressing the commemoration program of two circle completion since November 2016 of Amur Falcon satellite tagging in Longleng, Toy congratulated the people of Lemsachenlok for successfully initiating various community development projects for the growth and development of the community.

watching Amur Falcons from the view tower on It may be noted that Lemsachenlok is a community development society comprising of Yaongyimchen, Alayong & Sanglu villages. They have been conserving their biodiversity for the last 12 years.

Toy also lauded the village functionaries of Yaongyimchen village for successfully implementing the biodiversity program without ignoring to the call of their visionary leader Nuklu Phom. Pointing out that understanding comes with action, Temjen said action is not always an easy task. “Conservation itself is a missionary project” he stated adding that people

should not only think and act globally but also support globally to achieve their goals.

Special invitee Menukhol John, principal secretary, School Education, in his speech lauded the community spirit in implementation of the Midday Meal scheme by the Yaongyimchen village. John told the people gathered that they were the stewards of the children and emphasized on composite learning to avoid children dropping out of schools. Lamenting on increasing numbers of dropout children from class IX in the state, he opined that quality education was

crime beat

Dimapur Police apprehend five robbers

The five accused in police custody.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur police arrested five persons on criminal charges of gang robbery from Agri-Expo area Dimapur on November 11. The five were identified as Mughato Swu (35), son of Salumo, V/o Mishilimi, PO/PS Pughoboto, P/A Burma Camp United Colony, Dimapur; Richard Achumi (30) under secy of NSCN (U), son of Avito Achumi, V/O Alaphumi, PO/PS Akuluto P/A Burma Camp United Colony Dimapur; Obeto K. Awomi (35) under secy (Home) of

NSCN (U), son of Khutoi Awomi, V/O Ustomi, PO/ PS Satalha, P/A Thilixu Village Block–I, Dimapur; Pusheto Aye (38) “major” of NSCN (U), son of Phuwoto Aye, V/O Vihokhu, PO/PS-Dhipupar, P/A Mishikito, Dimapur; and Bendangtoshi Lusangri (24) son of Imtikumzuk Lusangri, V/O Changkri, PO/PS Mongolemba, P/A. Burma Camp North Block ‘B’ Dimapur According to additional deputy commissioner of Police/PRO Dimapur,

their modus operandi involved soliciting phone calls from potential but gullible customers intending to buy vehicles like JCB, dumper trucks etc. Then at the appointed time and place when the victim brought the cash for the vehicle purchase, they would rob them at gun point. In this manner one person was robbed of Rs. Six lakhs in the month of August 2018. However, on receipt of credible input that the same gang members were planning another such robbery, the police swung into action and successfully affected their arrest. In this connection, one country-made .22 pistol with six live rounds, cash and two vehicles used for the commission of crime were seized from their possession. A case has been registered in Diphupar Police Station Diampur under relevant sections of the IPC and Arms Act for further investigation.

Excise Kohima seizes liquor

DIMAPUR: Excise Kohima duty party detailed at Nuiland-Botsa Road seized 40 cases of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) between November 12-15. According to superintendent of Excise Kohima, I. Vikikhe Aomi, bootleggers are plying on the Dimapur-Nuiland-Botsa route taking advantage of non presence of check gates in this route. He said the liquor is then smuggled to different parts of Nagaland. In this connection, Aomi said six persons were arrested and booked under relevant sections of Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act 1989. The seized articles are kept in the Excise Kohima office malkhana, Aomi said.

Kohima police crime reports

DIMAPUR: Kohima police has released its illegal liquor seizure reports with cases from September to November. Kohima police seized approximately 452 cases of IMFL worth Rs. 9,42,000.

According to PRO Kohima Police, on November 15, Kohima Police personnel, while conducting MVCP below old KMC dumping area NH 29 intercepted one Tata Mobile (NL 07A7756) vehicle carrying assorted IMFL. The vehicle and the consignment totaling 180 cases of different brands were seized.

The arrested driver was identified as Ajibun Rahim (20), son of Abdul Rahim, Daboka village under, Daboka police station, Nagaon district Assam, presently residing at Chumoukedima second gate.

On September 13, a joint exercise was conducted between Kohima Police personnel along with 10 NAP K

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(IR), and while conducting MVCP on NH 29, they recovered at total of seven cases of various brands of IMFL from a truck (NL 01A5753) and arrested two persons in this connection.

The arrested accused persons were identified as Shiv Kumar Singh, son of Babu Kamal Singh, Majahar village, Motihari district Bihar, presently residing at Kezieke colony Kohima; and Bhutan Sahani, son of Bhainath Sahani, Chitorah village, Motihari district Bihar, presently residing at Kezieke Colony, Kohima.

Also Police personnel manning the Peducha check gate during routine checking October 9 at around 9: 30 a.m. intercepted a truck (NL 01K 3181) and recovered 200 cases of Kingfisher Beer which were concealed beneath cement bags. In this connection, one occupant of the truck identified as Arjun Thapa (25) son of Karna

Bahadur Thapa, Jorthobi village under Khatkhati police station, Karbi Anglong, Assam, was arrested.

On October 30, Kohima Police personnel manning Peducha check gate while conducting routine checking of vehicles, intercepted one Maruti Alto (WB 26C 6817) at around 1 p.m. and recovered a total of 16 cases of various brands of IMFL. In this connection, one person identified as Alumba (21), son of Pithrongse, Chongchose village, Kiphire district Kiphire, presently residing at Upper AG colony Kohima was arrested.

Kohima police personnel during raids at shops in and around Jail Colony, Kohima on November 9 recovered a total of 49 cases of various brands of IMFL and also arrested ten persons for possession and sale of illicit liquor.

a joint responsibility of both the government and the community.

Bano Haralu, managing director trustee, Nagaland Wildlife & Biodiversity Conservation Trust said she came to be a part of the program to celebrate the success of Community biodiversity conservation in Yaongyimchen. She asserted that Nagas were at a crossroads, and had lost the sense of direction and governance. Bano said it was time for Nagas to retrospect, reconnect and turn towards nature to end all violence.

A brief history of the community biodiversity conservation was delivered

by Y. Nuklu Phom, team leader Lemsachemlok. Short speeches were delivered by village council chairmen of Sanglu & Yaongyimchen, Yaongyimchen Union Longleng, Takotemjen and Yongchet.

An MoU for partnership for Alijo-LEMSACHENLOK-Lighthouse Model was signed between Menukhol John and Y. Nuklu Phom. Temjen Toy also inaugurated the Innovative Community Biodiversity View Tower and launched the Far East Agro Products, an organic species production project, and Innovative Integrated Terrace Farming a community initiative project at Lemsachenlok.

NNC/GDRN (N/A) warns former member D I M AP U R : N N C / GDRN (N/A) through its MIP has claimed that its former member, Thranenba Yimchunger son of Khoklo Yimchunger of Sothokur Village has been indulging in illegal activities in and around Yimchunger region under the banner of NNC/ GDRN (N/A).

In this regard, NNC/ GDRN (N/A) has warned Thranenba not to indulge in such activities in its name adding that action would be taken against him and his “cronies” if they do not comply with the order.

NNC/GDRN (N/A) has also informed all establishments and authorities not to entertain Thranenba in any manner.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

news in Brief ANGPTA Dimapur district emergency meeting: All Nagaland Government Primary Teachers’ Association (ANGPTA) Dimapur district (Dimapur SDEO and Niuland SDEO) has convened an emergency meeting for November 17, 2 p.m. at Premier Lodge near Agri-Expo gate 4th mile Diphupar. All the primary teachers under Dimapur district have been informed to attend the meeting.

ANHTU silver jubilee: All Nagaland Hindi Teachers Union (ANHTU) silver jubilee will be celebrated on November 22, 11 am at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima. All concerned members have been requested to attend the function.

DDGBA 16th general conference: Dimapur District GB Association’s (DDGBA’s) 16th general conference will be held on November 24, with two sessions 1:30 pm (1st session) and 3:30 pm (2nd session) at Diphupar (B) local ground. It is compulsory for all GBs under the association to attend the conference in GB uniform.

Absentees will be fined Rs. 500.

NBCD informs on general public meeting: Notun Bosti Council Dimapur (NBCD) has informed the general public of Notun Bosti that a general public meeting will be held on November 17, 9 am at the council hall to discuss some important agendas related to the colony.

All the colony residents (at least one representative from every household/resident) have been informed to attend the meeting without fail. NBCD has also directed all the shop keepers and business establishments, except medical shops within Notun Bosti jurisdiction, to close down their business from 9 am to 12 noon. NBCD cautioned that stern action would be taken against defaulters.

NSF emergency presidential council meeting: Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has informed all federating units and subordinate bodies that an emergency presidential council meeting will be held on November 16, 12 noon at NSF office, Naga Club Building, Kohima.

All the members have been informed to attend the meeting without fail.

Corrigendum: Apropos the brief news “NNC/FGN annual meet” published on November 15, the date mentioned should read as November 26 and not as rendered.

WSYF emergency meeting: Western Sumi Youth Front (WSYF) has convened an emergency meeting for November 16, 2 pm at Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) office, Chekiye village, for the upcoming cultural program at Niuland scheduled for November 24. All concerned office bearers and executives of WSYF have been informed to attend the meeting without fail.

NBHM to organize painting competition: Nagaland Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) is organising a painting competition on November 16, 10 am at NBHM multi utility centre, 6th Mile Dimapur for school students in commemoration of the 1st Nagaland Honey Bee Day 2018, under the theme, “Save the Honey Bees”.

TBBWA conducting medical camp: Tibetan Bhutia Buddhist Welfare Association (TBBWA) of Dimapur will be organizing a medical camp conducted by a medical team from “Men Tse Khang” (Tibetan Medical and Astrological institute of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Shillong branch) at 9 am on November 16 and 17 at TBBWA hall near Hotel Yak at Eros Lane. The medical camp is conducted once in two months.

F&CS Kohima informs FPS, village councils: Food & Civil Supplies (F&CS) Kohima has informed all FPS, village councils of Kohima centre that PHH and AAY food grains will be released from November 19 onwards between 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The food grains will be released as follows: Kezocha Circle Villages and Merema, Tsiese Basa & Bawe, Thizama & Rusoma on November 19, Jakha Circle Villages on November 20, Kohima Sadar and Secu circle Villages on November 22 and Kohima Town FPS on November 26-27.

Meeting for Finance Commission’s visit: The Finance Department has convened a meeting to discuss issues with all the departments in connection with the visit of the Fifteenth Finance Commission to the State from November 27 to 29, for November 17, 11 am at Secretariat Conference Hall, Kohima. All Administrative Heads of Departments (AHoDs) and Heads of Departments (HoDs) have been directed to attend the meeting without fail. (DIPR)

Skills training centre inaugurated

Dr. Nicky with officials, staff and trainees of Pinnacle Skills Training Centre at the inaugural function on November 15.

D I M AP U R : P i n n a c l e Skills Training Centre was inaugurated by advisor of Rural Development, Dr. Nicky Kire on November 15, near new DC office in Chümoukedima.

A press release from Pinnacle Skills chief executive, Dr. Yan Murry stated that the training centre has been set up under the

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) youth employment scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. The scheme has been implemented through the Nagaland State Rural Livelihood Mission (NSRLM).

Speaking at the inaugural function, Dr. Nicky

stated that there was no substitute for hard work. He encouraged students to make the most of the training and job placements and build a career for themselves. He also distributed training kits to the students. Dr. Nicky mentioned that he would be making surprise inspections to check how trainings were being carried out.

Additional secretary & mission director of NSRLM, Athel O. Lotha and chairman of Pinnacle Skills, Dr. John Murry were also present.

T h e f u n c t i o n wa s chaired by Dr. Yan Murry and a prayer was offered by pastor of Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur, Yanbemo Ovung.

NDPP functionaries hold meeting DIMAPUR: NDPP Dimapur II A/C and NDPP 26 Aonglenden A/C functionaries held a joint meeting on November 7, where the house deliberated on the by-election necessitated by the demise of NDPP legislator and advisor, Imtikumzuk Longkumer. During the meeting, both the sides opined that a capable and dynamic candidate should

be sent to represent the 26 Aonglenden A/C, NDPP Dimapur-II A/C president R. Sanen Longkumer stated in a press note.

The members also paid tributes to the departed leader.

The functionaries also resolved to further strengthen the party under the leadership of chief minister Neiphiu The overall review of NRDWP and SBM was held at Guwahati with union secretary, P. Rio and president Ch- Iyer and DG, GoI of Water and Sanitation. Maongwati Aier, commissioner and secretary ingwang Konyak. of Nagaland attended the review meeting on November 15. (PHED Nagaland)

RSU felicitates Rengma NPSC achievers DIMAPUR: A Rengma Students Union (RSU) felicitation program for NPSC successful candidates 2018 was held at Hotel Japfü, Kohima on November 14.

A press release from RSU media cell stated that special invitee R. Khing, advisor of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services and Women Resource Development congratulated Ketsinle Tep, EAC and Khetilo Seb, DSP for bringing laurels to the Rengma community.

He stressed on the importance of individual choice in the process of decision making and reminded the gathering to put God first in everything. He also

said that after a gap of 27 years Khetilo Seb achieved NPS. He also encouraged the students to work hard with full determination and dedication.

Kisheto Kent Rengma, president RSU in his address congratulated both the achievers and said RSU in particular and the entire Rengma community in general shared in the pride of their achievement.

Both the pass candidates, in their short speeches, encouraged aspirants to be passionate and persevere in which ever career they chose.

Heiko Kent, president Tseminyu Students Union (TSU) chaired the program, Zakievi Kessen pro-

R. Khing and RSU office bearers with the NPSC passed candidates on November 14. nounced the invocation, presented a special number, delivered by Andrew Kent Shawalo Kent and friends and vote of thanks was general secretary RSU.

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CM Chang with members of Nagaland Timber Traders’ Union during the annual session on Thursday. (NP)

Staff Reporter D I M A P U R , N OV 1 5 (NPN): The 13th Nagaland Timber Traders’ Union (NTTU) annual session and get-together was held at TL Angami Park, Chumoukedima on November 15 with C.M. Chang, minister of Forest, Environment and Climate Change as the chief guest.

Speaking on the occasion, C.M. Chang highlighted the importance of planting trees. Everyone is cutting trees but no one is planting it, he said while emphasising on the ‘cut one, plant two trees’ policy.

While stating that constant deforestation had led to irreparable impacts on the environment, the minister called on the gathering to think of the future for the

younger generation. Chang also assured the NTTU that he would look into the matter of multiple taxations, in response to an earlier appeal by the president of NTTU, Kevise Sogotsu, who urged the minister to look into the problems of multiple taxations by various government departments and NPGs. In Nagaland, everything is being taxed except for sleeping, Sogotsu said in his speech, adding the warning that “Naga business is entering a dark phase”. He also urged all the units to come together in order to tackle the problems faced by the timber traders of the state.

The NTTU also submitted a memorandum to C.M. Chang. In the memorandum, NTTU urged the minister to ensure that Transit Permits are issued

Agriculture department trains Tuensang farmers on organic farming

Department officials with organic farmers after a training session at Konya Village on November 13.

DIMAPUR: Under The Mission Organic Value Chain Development For North East Region (MOVCD-NER) phaseII program, department of Agriculture, Tuensang conducted training programs on organic farming practices in all cluster areas starting from October 9 to November 13.

A press release from District Agriculture Officer (DAO) Tuensang Sanenpfu Mach stated that the organic farmers were shown the benefits of organic farming and organic foods, methods of vermi-composting, development of organic farm inputs for pest/disease controls, dos and don’ts in organic farm-

ing and overview on implementation of the project during the training.

The training program was successfully conducted with resource persons from the Agriculture department and with the active participation of farmers in all the trainings conducted separately in 10 allotted clusters.

for transport within the state. It also requested the minister to give vehicles ferrying timber from Kiphire to Dimapur, security. In the memo, NTTU also urged the minister to ensure that timber laden trucks were checked only at the source and destinations.

Members of Kiphire District Timber Association, Phek District Timber Association, Dimapur District Timber Mill Owner Association, Chumoukedima Timber Association, Dimapur District Timber Industry Union and representative of women timber traders also spoke on the occasion.

T h e p r o g r a m wa s chaired by Alem Pongener, opening prayer was offered by Huska and vote of thanks was proposed by Sanyi Dukru.

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The program, initiated by Non Communicable Disease (NCD) team Kiphire, was chaired by Medical Officer (IDSP), Dr. Dhenni Thonger and a vote of thanks was delivered by NCD counsellor, Neiwhenu Kennao.

CMO, MOs, nurses, NCD staffs, and district media officer CMO Office Kiphire were in attendance.

Free health check up and free medicine were also provided to patients.

Phek district: Phek district observed “World Diabetics Day” on November 14 at the Conference Hall of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Phek.

A press release by the office of CMO Phek stated that District Hospital Phek, medical specialist, Dr. Ngopelo Keviechu, spoke on the theme “The family and diabetes”.

He said the 2018 theme aims to highlight the impact diabetes has on families and the role of family members in supporting prevention, early diagnosis and good management of diabetes.

D r. N g o p e l o a l s o spoke on the importance of diet for diabetes patients, regular medication etc. and

stressed on the importance of the four Ds for healthy living and prevention of further complications i.e.

Diabetic Diet, Daily physical activity and Drug.

Program officer NVBDCP, Dr. Lanuakum and epidemiologist, Dr. Limatoshi also spoke on the importance of proper diet for diabetic patients, strategies for prevention and control of diabetes.

They also highlighted the complications and risk factors of diabetes. Participants were also made aware of the importance of exercise for a diabetic patient and foods that a diabetic patients should avoid.

Free screening for blood sugar, blood pressure, counselling and distribution of information materials on non-communicable diseases was carried out.

Wo k h a d i s t r i c t : Wokha district observed “World Diabetes Day” at the DC’s conference hall on November 14.

A press release from CMO office, media officer NHM, Mhonbeni Ezung stated that, Lanusenla Longkumer SDO (C) graced the program and exhorted

Information for retired officials

DIMAPUR: Senior accounts officer (SAO) has informed all retired state government officers/officials that pension and GPF final payment cases settled for the month of October 2018 with date of dispatch/date of handing over to nodal officer of concerned departments have been uploaded on the PAG Nagaland website at www.agnagaland.gov.in.

The list has also been put up for display at the public relation cell and can be viewed on any working days during office hours. SAO has also informed all state government officials that a “Grievance Redressal and Feedback Committee for Entitlement Functions” has been constituted.

Aggrieved pensioners or government officials facing genuine problems with regard to settlement of any entitlement benefits may write directly to the Deputy Accountant General (A&E) Kahoto J Yepthomi via email at kahoto_j@yahoo. co.in or agaenagaland@ cag.gov.in or send a handwritten letter. All Heads of the Departments have been requested to forward pension cases after MACP is granted wherever applicable, so that inconveniences of revising the pension again at the later stage is avoided. Except Wednesday, all other days will be public interview days from 11 am to 1:30 pm.

Public meeting held at Lakhuti village

Mhathung Yanthan, and other officials at Primary Health Center, Lakhuti village on November 12.

DIMAPUR: A public meeting initiated by Mhathung Yanthan, advisor of Horticulture, was held at Lakhuti village on November 10 and 11 to sensitize villagers about various schemes undertaken by the government in respective departments.

A press release by the advisor’s public relations in-charge, Chumbemo M. Patton stated that Mhathung was accompanied by chief engineer, Er. K. G. Sumi and additional chief engineer PHE, Er. Repang Longkumer, director Horticulture, Dr. R. Elithung Lotha and other senior officials from various

departments.

Meetings were held on November 10 and 11, where the officials made the villagers aware about the initiatives being undertaken by the government under various schemes. The advisor chaired the public meeting on November 11 evening where issues faced by villagers were discussed and also erring officials not performing their duties were asked to perform their duties diligently.

The village administration, women hoho, and student unions were also asked to be more proactive as mediators to bridge the gaps.

Mhathung also encouraged the government officials, village administration officials and the villagers to voice their grievances for redressal on paper by reaching out to him through proper channels.

On November 12, the advisor accompanied by the village administration, GBs and others visited the primary health centers, government schools, official quarters, where some of the structures were found in dilapidated conditions and needing immediate restoration. The advisor promised to take up the issues at the right platforms.

Fish ban in Mokokchung relaxed

DIMAPUR: DC Mokokchung, Sachin Jaiswal has informed the Mokokchung public that sale of fish and fish products, import of fresh fish and other fish products into Mokokchung district from other places is relaxed with immediate effect.

According to DIPR, this relaxation is predicated on the condition that the fish consignments will be first sent to Kohima for laboratory testing before retail sale and also sample laboratory testing of fish will be done from time to time.

CMO Dimapur informs DIMAPUR: The Dimapur Chief Medical Officer, Dr K Vikato Kinimi has informed all concerned that ‘Vulnerability Mapping and Diseases Profiling’ survey is being carried in the urban areas of the district since October 16.

A press release by the CMO stated that the National Urban Health Mission Team under the Department of Health & Family Welfare Dimapur, will be conducting health camps in certain identified localities to provide health services and also to screen for various diseases.

For smooth conduct of the survey, the CMO has requested the public and community leaders of all wards to lend their support and cooperation to the survey team.

The survey is being carried out by the IEC Bureau, department of H&FW Nagaland led by deputy director, IEC Bureau, Kohima, Subongbenla.

More World Diabetes Day reports

DIMAPUR: World Diabetes Day was observed across Nagaland by variuous organizations and departments on November 14. Following are some more reports of these programs.

Kiphire: Commemorating the day, District Health Society (DHS) Kiphire organised an awareness program on November 14 at District Hospital Kiphire.

A press release by office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kiphire stated that the CMO Kiphire, Dr. E. Motsuthung Patton, highlighted preventive measures to fight against diabetes and laid stress on the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.

“Sugar is not only the resulting factor that causes diabetes but it is also due to the excessive stress and hypertension” said Patton.

Special invitee, Kiphire Area Students Union (KASU) president, Tsalumbi Sangtam, thanked the medical team of Kiphire for organising the program and added that these kind of awareness programs would ensure better health and better development in the area.

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the participants to adopt healthy lifestyles. She said that this included proper diet, regular exercises, and she encouraged the participants to go for regular blood sugar checkups.

Medical officer Dr. Moathung Odyuo (MD) District Hospital delivered the keynote address, and said that every six seconds one person dies of diabetes and as such it was one of the fastest growing diseases. He said that there are two types of diabetes: Type 1 where the body cannot produce enough insulin, and Type 2 caused by the ineffective use of body insulin. He also revealed that by year 2025 India will be known as the Diabetic capital of the World as people are reluctant to go for blood sugar test regularly.

The prog ram was chaired by Dr. Zuben Kikon deputy CMO, who said that the main objective of the day was to create awareness in the community about diabetes and about the availability of testing facilities in health centres.

A screening camp was conducted and a total of 80 persons were screened for blood sugar.

Nagaland Christian Ministries Association (NCMA) held its 4th Conference in GCYM Sovima on November 13, which hundreds of missionaries and workers from different ministries in Nagaland attended. N. Lipok Jamir, pastor Ao Baptist Church Diphupar, was the main speaker and Rev. R. Meren Jamir, executive secretary NBCA, encouraged, and prayed for, the new office bearers. (NCMA)

Wild elephants wreak havoc in village fields

DIMAPUR: The chairman of New Riphyim village under Wokha district in a press release, Nyimtsemo Odyuo has stated that herds of elephants venturing into cultivable land has threatened the lives of the villagers.

The village which has been declared a ‘Green Village’ has just one road leading to their cultivations and plantations

which is very unsafe, for the fear of elephants has kept away farmers from harvesting their crops after toiling hard throughout the year. This would lead

wild elephants were recently spotted venturing in and around paddy fields posing a grave threat to the villagers, he added.

Odyuo said that de-

‘Villagers will go hungry unless government intervenes’ to the crops either being wasted or damaged by the elephants.

A herd of around 50

spite several reports of human and elephant conflict in the region in newspapers and social media, it

is “sad that nothing has been done so far by the government.”

He added that unless the government initiates proper policies and remedial measures to keep the elephants away or issue proper compensation with timely action, the villagers have no other option but to go hungry this season as crops have not been harvested.

Assam Rifles Khumo initiates road clearance Tobacco ban personally since last week in Peren district Dimapur Correspondent by deploying machinery TUENSANG, NOV 15 and man-power. The gen- DIMAPUR: The District organises rally (NPN): The National High- eral public of Shamator, Tobacco Control Cell of DIMAPUR: Dimapur Battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of IGAR (North) organised an ExServicemen Rally on November 10 at Kashiram Basti.

A press release by Assam Rifles stated that 278 Assam Rif les exser vicemen, including families and widows from Dimapur and adjoining areas attended the rally.

T h e r a l ly g ave a platform for ex servicemen and their widows to interact with various representatives of DGAR for pension related issues and airing general grievances.

A medical camp was also organised alongside for consultation with various specialist doctors of ENT, medical, dental and general ailments.

Facilities for banking and investment guidance were also provided by bank representatives.

A CSD counter was also established to facilitate CSD card renewal and purchase of grocery items.

way - 202, had been completely cut-off since June due to a heavy landslide near Yayi Bridge covering a stretch of about 350 metres between Kiphire and Tuensang.

Advisor Fisheries, Evaluation, Economics & Statistics, L. Khumo has taken the initiative to clear the landslide hit areas, where he had been engaged

especially Tsurongto range, has expressed gratefulness to Khumo for his service to the people.

The pubic fur ther thanked the administration of Shamator led by ADC Shamator, Thsanglao Lotha, for its contribution and service beyond its official jurisdiction for the cause of the common people at large.

Phek DPDB meeting held

DIMAPUR: The monthly Phek District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting for the month of November was held at Shilloi Lake on November 9. The meeting was chaired by DC & DPDB vice-chairman, Phek, Orenthung Lotha.

According to DIPR, MLA, Yitachu exhorted the house to encourage and engage youth to venture into trade and business with south east countries under the “Look East Policy.” He pointed out that Nagas cannot survive only through government jobs. He also requested the board to request the Government of India to take up Avangkhu to Thamanti under International Road Connectivity.

The DC in his speech suggested that the area organize weekly trade activities with Myanmar. He apprised the house of plans for traders from Meluri to be engaged on a rotation basis to initiate trade activities at ITC Avangkhu.

Earlier, the meeting began with an opening prayer by pastor, Letsam Baptist Church, welcome address by ADC Meluri, Rhosietho Ngouri, a vote of thanks by Luchui Fithu, EAC, Phek.

Peren district has enforced the following with immediate effect: ban on smoking in public places which includes government buildings, public transport, hotels, restaurants, parks, hospitals, schools, libraries, auditoriums, open auditoriums, railway stations, work places, cinema halls, discotheques, pubs, airport lounges, prisons etc.

A DIPR report stated that a ban will also be enforced on all forms of direct and indirect advertisements of tobacco products; on their sale to and by minors, and ban on their sale within 100 yards of educational institutions.

Violation of this order will be dealt with as per the provisions of the COTPA Act, 2003.

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Thakurnagar (WB), Nov 15 (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that “dirty politics” is going on in the name of publication of the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam as names of genuine voters have been struck off the list.

The Trinamool Congress supremo asserted that she was not against the Assam government, but she does not support NRC. “I still believe that dirty politics is being played in the name of the NRC. Names of genuine voters have been struck off the list. We do not support this,” Banerjee said during her visit to Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

She was here to take part in the birth centenary celebrations of Binapani Devi Thakur, known as ‘Boroma’, the revered ‘mother’ of the Matua community.

The community originally hailed from present-day Bangladesh and migrated to India over the past five decades.

Banerjee has been very critical of the BJP-led government at the Centre since the publication of the final draft of Assam’s NRC on

Mamata Banerjee (File)

July 30. She had accused the BJP of resorting to “divide and rule” politics in the country and the Narendra Modi government of trying to make millions of people “stateless” in Assam for political gains.

The TMC supremo had warned that stripping the people of their citizenship could lead to “bloodbath” and a “civil war” in the country. “They (the Centre) are driving away Bengalis from Assam. In Gujarat they are trying to drive away Biharis. We never do this here in West Bengal. We have assured them (Bengalis in Assam) that we are beside them. They must not forget Bengal is also their home.

“We are not against Assam (government). But in the name of the NRC, lakhs of people have been kept out of the list. It is not a crime to

NE has Rs. 10 lakh cr mineral reserves yet to be exploited: GSI

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Shillong, Nov 15: India’s North Eastern states has mineral reserves worth more than Rs 10 lakh crore, which are yet to exploited, a Geological Survey of India (GSI) official said on Wednesday.

The GSI is engaged in generating baseline data, and mineral exploration besides research and development projects on the field of geosciences, mining and exploration.

Noting that if these mineral reserves are exploited the region will flourish, GSI official said the mineral sector drives the growth of the country and not only does it contribute to the GDP, it also acts as a catalyst for the growth of other core industries like power, steel, cement, which in turn are crucial for the overall development of the economy.

“A total resource of

1642.64 million tonnes of coal has been estimated from the three states of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh,” Mulkh Raj Jarngal, who is the additional Director General (ADG) and Head of Department of GSI, North Eastern Region, told journalists.

He said the region has a limestones reserve of 10108.6 million tonnes has been estimated from Meghalaya to the southern part of Assam.

“Dolomite low grade deposit is found in Arunachal Pradesh with a 58 million tonnes estimated reserve in Dedza and 185 million tonnes probable reserve in Rupa area,” Jarngal said.

He said Graphite with an estimated reserve of 703.015 million tonnes is found in Arunachal Pradesh.

While clay with a probable resource of one million to three million tonnes have been discovered in Mizoram and Tripura.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND O/O THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, WOKHA : NAGALAND Dt. Wokha the 31st Oct 2018 NOTICE

No. Judl–47/2017-18/ / Whereas Smti. Tsenyani V Yanthan, wife of Late Shri. Vanthungo Lotha a permanent resident of Wokha Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits/ family pension from the Govt. and to close SBI AC No. 11766583091 and NSCB AC No. 1006006009855 in favour of her deceased husband Late. Shri.

Vanthungo Lotha who expired on 08/10/2018.

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

No claims/objections will be entertained after the cut off date and Succession Certificate shall be issued.

K. Mhathung Tsanglao Addl. Deputy Commissioner Wokha, Nagaland WC-XXXX

Dated Tuensang the 6 Nov. 2018 th

NOTIFICATION

Whereas this office has received related documents forwarded by Executive Chairman Adhoc Chongshen Village Council for recognition of proposed CHONGSHEN Village under Tuensang Sadar of Tuensang District.

And whereas the area of the proposed CHONGSHEN Village for recognition as per survey report is 1124 Acres with the following boundaries:1. North: Phenjang Forest 2. South : Leishepung Forest 3. East: Delong Forest 4. West: Tuensang Village.

I, Shri. L. Jamithung Lotha, Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang do hereby issue this public notice that claim/objection if any, for recognition of the said village may be given in writing within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice by any claimant to the undersigned, otherwise, the said village will be taken up for recognition under the procedure as laid down by the Government.

The public notice will come into force w.e.f. the date of issue of this notification.

L. JAMITHUNG LOTHA Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang K-3383 Regd. No. 1283/18

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Rural Assam to be ODF by yearend: Official Guwahati, Nov 15 (PTI): The rural areas of Assam are all set to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by December 31 this year with 98 per cent of the target being already achieved, a central government official said here Thursday.

Assam and Tripura are the only two north eastern states where rural areas are yet to become ODF, while the remaining six states in the region have already achieved it much ahead of the October-2, 2019 deadline, secretary to the union ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Parameswaram Iyer said.

“Assam has already achieved 98 per cent ODF in the rural areas, while Tripura has met 89 per cent of the target. Both the states are likely to be ODF by the end of this year,” he said.

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IMPHAL, Nov 15: Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh on Thursday said that Union defense minister Nirmala Sitharaman will inaugurate the 10-day mega event “Sangai Festival” on November 21.

He also said that Princess of Thailand, two chief ministers from Myanmar and US Ambassador to India will grace some evening events of the festival.

In this regard, Singh urged the people to uphold Manipuri tradition by extending hospitality and to receive the guests with utmost decency.

The chief minister said this while talking to media on the sideline of joint Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders’ Day held at the durbar hall of chief minister’s secretariat. Around 140 stalls of different foreign firms, mostly from Korea, China, Thailand and Myanmar will be set up, Singh said.

Meanwhile, the chief minister urged all concerned to desist from imposing bandh or blockade as it will give bad impression about the state to the visitors. He said that the government was ready for talks to resolve any matter.

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IMPHAL, NOV 15: Manipur police commandos Thursday arrested two PREPAK (Pro) militants and seized IED making materials from their possessions during a counter insurgency operation in Imphal East district.

The cadres have been identified as Ningthoujam Yamba Singh (36) Kei-

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND SATAKHA : NAGALAND OBJECTION NOTICE

I, Miss ROME MECH @ RUMI MECH, D/o Menaram Mech R/o Padumpukhuri Village, in the district of Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That my name has been entered as ROME MECH in all my educational documents, and whereas in Birth Certificate and Aadhaar card it has been entered as RUMI MECH. 3. That the name ROME MECH and RUMI MECH pertains to the same and one person and there are no discrepency between the names.

4. That henceforth I shall be known as RUMI MECH and it shall be used for all my official/correspondence purposes.

5. That the statements made from para 1 to 4 are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing herein has been concealed.

DEPONENT Solemnly affirmed and declared before me on this 6th day of Sept.

2018.

MAGISTRATE/NOTARY PUBLIC DP-8589

In the Court of Shri. Albert Ezung Additional Deputy Commissioner Dimapur District, Nagaland Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late Y. Zhimoto Sema, Deceased, has been filed by Smti. Marlyn, relation Wife. R/o H/No - 74, Lake View Colony, Dimapur to draw his/her family pension, Bank Acct, etc, who expired on 08-10-2018.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if he/she so desire may appear in this court within 30 days, on the said day of 16-12-2018.

Given under the hand and seal of the court this 15 day of 11-2018.

Addl. Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland

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rao Awang Leikai and Mangdengbam Shamu Singh (53).

Police source said that Yamba, who claimed to be an Indian army personnel was later found to be a cadre of PREPAK (Pro).

He brought the IED materials from Myanmar on November 11 and assembled the same at the house of Shamu of the

leader said.

But the candidates have to be accompanied by MPF leaders of the local units during their houseto-house campaigning to ensure that they do not use money power, the MPCC leader said.

The MPF leaders were also chairing public meetings addressed by the contestants, the MPCC leader said.

“Election observers, especially personnel of the surveillance team, are also maintaining a strict vigil and checking vehicles,” he said.

The display of flags of political parties and posters have also been minimised under the supervision of the flying squads and the MPF. Bio-data of the candidates and their appeals to voters were collected by the MPF leaders and distributed to the members of each household besides publishing them in the house journals of the churches, he said. Lallenmawia Jongte, the secretary of the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF), said that the front did not organise public meetings, except in some villages.

“We convened party block conferences and unit meetings where candidates and star campaigners or party leaders delivered speeches

Date 20/09/18

I, Shri. IMTILEPDEN, S/o Late Asung, resident of Upper P.W.D. Colony, Below Central Store, H/No. 335, Kohima Town, Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That, my official name is "IMTILEPDEN" as entered/recorded in my Pension Payment Order bearing P.P.O No. 111815099, however in my State Bank of India (SBI) passbook bearing Account No. 10276994015 my name has been inadvertently entered/recorded as "IMTILAPDEN AO".

3. That, the names "IMTILEPDEN" and "IMTILAPDEN AO" belongs to same and single person only i.e. me.

4. That, wherever the names "IMTILEPDEN" and "IMTILAPDEN AO" appears it should be treated as same and one person only by all concerned for all my official purposes.

5. That, this Affidavit is made to declare before the competent office/authority that both the names belongs to same and one person only i.e. me.

That, the statements made by me from Para 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and information and nothing material is concealed therein.

DEPONENT Solemnly Sworn and declare before me on this 20th day of Sept. 2018.

DP-8597 ADVOCATE & NOTARY PUBLIC

outfit on November 12.

Police said that they planned to plant the IED along NH-2 (Imphal-Mao section) at Pheidinga.

The two along with the IED were handed over to Irilbung police station for further necessary action, police source added.

The ar rest of the militants with the IED was amidst the security measure being taken up across the state, particularly in twin capital districts and the venues of the upcoming Manipur Sangai festival slated from November 21.

As part of the security measure, police have been conducting a series of mopping operations at sensitive places in the last few days.

In one such mopping operation conducted in the surrounding villages of Keibul Lamjao National Park, police detained three persons.

BEFORE THE MARRIAGE OFFICER DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

Marriage Regd. No. 65/2018

Dated Satakha the 12/11/2018 NO.JUD-7/Pt-1/15-16/222 Whereas Smti Tohuli K W/o Lt. Kihozhe V. Zhimo has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act 1925, Part X to Operate his/her Pension Bank A/C No. 11819538801 LIC Policy No. Land Patta No. Who expired on 3/10/2018 Now therefore Public are hereby asked to file claims/objection if any within One Month from the date of issue of this notice.

(T. L Kiusumong Tikhir) NCS Additional Deputy Commisioner Satakha : Nagaland DP-8594

Regd. No. 597/2018

Aizawl, Nov 15 (PTI): Electioneering has gained momentum in Mizoram for the upcoming assembly polls with candidates trying to woo voters under the supervision of a church-backed election watchdog.

Elections to the 40member Mizoram Assembly will be held on November 28.

Mizoram is the only North Eastern state where the Congress is in power and the BJP is keen on making inroads in the Christiandominated state.

Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) leader Lalhr uaitluanga Kawlni said that public meetings and door-to-door canvassing were being organised in villages under the close supervision of the local forums of the Mizoram People’s Forum (MPF), the church-sponsored election watchdog.

The standard mode of campaigning in the assembly elections in 2008 and 2013 was a common platform with all candidates of a constituency sharing a stage.

However, this time, the MPF has relaxed the guideline and skipped the common platform.

After consulting representatives of political parties, the MPF has agreed to door-to-door campaigning by the candidates, a MPF

The two with the seized IED materials in police custody. (NP)

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Campaigning picks up for Mizoram Assembly polls to persuade the voters to vote in their favour,” Jongte said.

Door-to-door campaigns were being conducted in all the villages under the supervision of the MPF and the election watchdog was extremely particular about organising dinners, he said.

Community feasts have been prohibited by the MPF and any political party organising such feasts as part of their campaign was being condemned publicly, he said.

Election campaign offices have been opened in all the villages and more than one campaign office have been set up in larger villages and towns. Supporters of contestants were found visiting relatives in other villages for canvassing support for the nominees.

On the major poll issues, the ruling Congress was banking on its flagship programme - the New Land Use Policy (NLUP) - which brought the party to power for two consecutive terms.

The Congress also floated a new policy called New Economic Development Program (NEDP) as a convergence of the NLUP under which around Rs 1 lakh each was disbursed to each beneficiary family.

The opposition MNF promised assistance to the tune of Rs 3 lakh to each

family under the Socio-Economic Development Policy (SEDP) and to close down liquor shops and impose prohibition again as wished by the powerful church.

The MNF is banking on a non-Congress government at the Centre for funding its development projects.

Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM), the newly floated conglomerate of two political parties and five groups, which is contesting in 36 seats as a group of independents, promised crop insurance, purchase of the produces of the farmers and remunerative prices by earmarking fund in the annual budgets.

ZPM leaders said that marginal farmers would be helped to better themselves with what they described as a “hand-holding policy”.

The main plank of People’s Representation for Identity and Status of Mizoram (PRISM) was combatting corruption and creation of jobs by way of opening venues for entrepreneurs.

The BJP in Mizoram, contesting in 39 seats, is riding on the development works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while the National People’s Party (NPP) is depending on its tribal and Christian centric image for the people of the northeast region.

2 PREPAK (Pro) militants held in Manipur

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

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speak in Bengali?” the chief minister asked.

Asserting that many people from erstwhile East Pakistan had come to India as refugees, she said, “All those who came to India before 1971 are very much Indian citizens. They have their name on the voters’ list, have ration cards and caste certificates.”

“You are an Indian citizen and that is your identity.

It cannot be taken away from you. Those trying to snatch it are doing a wrong thing,” she said. A delegation from the Matua community of Assam was present at the programme. A huge number of people of the community did not find their names in the Assam NRC list.

She said that Matua community member and TMC MLA Mamata Thakur, and seven other party leaders were not allowed to leave Silchar airport in Assam when they had gone there after the publication of the final draft of NRC. Names of over 40 lakh people were excluded from the citizens’ register. Out of the 3.29 crore people who had filled their applications for the NRC, 2.89 crore found their names in the draft list.

Sitharaman to grace Manipur Sangai Festival

Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Dated Dimapur, the 14th Nov. 2018

NOTICE OF INTENDED MARRIAGE

I, Marriage Officer, Dimapur, Nagaland hereby give notice Under Section 15 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, that a petition of intended marriage has been filed by Mr. Asakho Joseph aged about 34 years, S/o Shri.

Helozu Sani, resident of New Ministers Hill, Kohima AND Miss. K. Mughatoli Zhimomi, aged about 36 years, D/o Shri. Khehoshe Zhimomi, resident of Chekiye Village before me on 14th day of November 2018 and whereas 14th December 2018 has been fixed for solemnizing their Marriage. Objections, if any are to be furnished on or before the aforementioned fixed date.

Addl. Deputy Commissioner Cum Marriage Officer Dimapur : Nagaland DP-8617

Dear Elreni May your 4th birthday be happier than your third one, you are a blessing and we love you so much. Continue giving us that beautiful smile always and forever.

You are a little angel for us. As you turn 4, grow with strength, courage, heart and a whole lot of grand days.

Love Ayo, Apo, sisters and cousins Dear Sentimaong, You are a blessing for us and we are all here to wish you a big HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY. Dear, Ericbo You give me the joy, love, and light in my life. I hope you have the happiest and craziest Birthday ever.

“Happy Birthday” With love & prayer’s, F.N

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DP-8618

AFFIDAVIT I, Smti. T. Nungsangmongla Chang, Daughter of Shri. Toshimeren Chang, resident of House No. 395, Naga United Village, Razho 'D' Khel, P.S.-Diphupar, in the district of Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows : 1. That I am a citizen of India by birth and a permanent resident of the aforesaid locality.

2. That my name has been entered/recorded as T. Amongla Wati in my HDFC Children double benefit plan, bearing policy No. 15356585 and 15347231, whereas in all my other documents it is entered/recorded as T. Nungsangmongla Chang.

3. That both the names T. Nungsangmongla Chang and T. Amongla Wati are one and the same persons having single identity.

4. That this affidavit shall be used as a piece of evidence to authenticate my actual name i.e. T. Nungsangmongla Chang and shall be produced before any competent authority as and when required.

VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the contents made in paragraph No. 1 to 4 are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed therein.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me on this the 8th of August 2017 at Dimapur.

Regd. No. 468/2017, Date 08/08/2017 Notary Public DP-8601 Regd. No. 2711/18

AFFIDAVIT

Date 15/11/18

I, MR. BHIM BAHADUR THAPA CHETRI, S/o Sob Bahadur, resident of Medziphema Town, P.O. Medziphema, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows: 1. That, I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That my actual name is BHIM BAHADUR THAPA CHETRI whereas my name has been recorded as SOVIT BAHADUR THAPA CHETRI in other documents.

3. That, this affidavit is sworn to declare that these names BHIM BAHADUR THAPA CHETRI and SOVIT BAHADUR THAPA CHETRI refers to the same person, and seeking for kind acceptance, rectification by any concerned department relating to me in future.

4. That, the contents of this affidavit from para (1) to (3) are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material has been concealed therein.

And I have signed this affidavit on this the 2018 at Medziphema, Dimapur, Nagaland.

DEPONENT Solemnly affirmed and declared before 1st Class Magistrate NOTARY PUBLIC DP-8588

email-Sushilkrpatel@Yahoo.co.in

NO.REV-25/2010-D/7373-75 Dt. Dimapur the 15th Nov' 2018.

To, 1. Smti. Nungshienla 2. Shri. E. Patric Yanthan Sub :- SUMMON Ref :- No - (1) Rev-25/2010-D/6867-69 dtd - 20/10/2018 (2) Rev-25/2010-D/3988 dtd- 30/10/2018 Whereas, the matter could not be heard regarding the references above, on the ground of your non-appearance. Now therefore notice is given that the date of hearing is hereby re-fixed on 19/11/18 a 01:00 P.M. Accordingly you are directed to appear before the undersigned in person without fail to present your statement.

Failure to comply with this order shall attract legal action or pass necessary order against you.

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Sushil Kumar Patel, IAS Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur : Nagaland

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India for peaceful Indo Pacific region: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with ASEAN leaders attend the ASEAN-India Informal Breakfast Summit, in Singapore. (PTI) clusive Indo Pacific region, strengthening maritime cooperation and commitment to a balanced Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact, Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Raveesh Kumar said.

The RCEP, involving 10 ASEAN members (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Laos and Vietnam) as well as China, Japan, Australia, India, New Zealand and South Korea, would cover about half the world’s population and a third of its GDP. Prime Minister Modi

also interacted with leaders of other countries, including his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, before the East Asia Summit Retreat.

Later, the EAS leaders posed for a customary group photograph.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi participated in the ASEAN-India Breakfast Summit where he underlined the need for maritime cooperation and centrality of trade for the prosperity of the strategic Indo-Pacific region.

“Had a great interaction with ASEAN leaders at the ASEAN-India Informal Breakfast Summit.

We are happy that ties with

Haryana Governor gives sanction to prosecute Hooda in AJL case

Delhi designer murdered, 3 held

SINGAPORE, Nov 15 (PTI): India was committed to a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as he called for enhancing multilateral cooperation, economic and cultural ties among member nations at the 13th East Asia Summit in Singapore.

It was Prime Minister Modi’s 5th East Asia Summit (EAS). India has been participating in the EAS since its very inception in 2005.

“At the East Asia Summit in Singapore, I shared my thoughts on enhancing multilateral cooperation,

Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS): Haryana Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya on Thursday approved prosecution of Congress leader and former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) case on illegal re-allotment of land to the promoters of The National Herald newspaper.

The state vigilance bureau in May 2016 had registered the case against Hooda for cheating and corruption in the allotment of land to the AJL in Panchkula city near here.

HUDA officials and office-bearers of AJL were also charged with illegal re-allotment of the plot in 2005.

The two-time Chief Minister described the Governor’s approval as politically motivated.

He said the decision to allot the plot to the AJL was taken by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and not by a single

economic and cultural ties among member nations.

Also reiterated India’s commitment to a peaceful and prosperous Pacific region,” the prime minister tweeted.

The EAS consists of 10 ASEAN nations (Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, The Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Brunei and Laos), Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia and the US. It was formed to further the objectives of regional peace, security and prosperity.

Prime Minister Modi reiterated India’s vision of a peaceful, open and in-

individual.

As the Chief Minister, Hooda was chairman of the HUDA at the time of the plot allotment.

The AJL is linked to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and President Rahul Gandhi as The National Herald newspaper is the legacy of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Assembly Abhay Singh Chautala had, in a letter to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, demanded registration of a criminal case against the AJL and Hooda in the case.

Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Chautala, in his letter, had demanded that the trustees and directors of the AJL and Hooda should be booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Prevention of Corruption Act. Referring to media reports regarding plot number

C-17 at Sector 6 in Panchkula, the INLD leader said the 3,360 square-metre-land was re-allotted to AJL on June 29, 2005.

The plot was allotted to AJL in 1982 but taken back in 1996 after the company failed to construct a building on it.

“No sooner was the Congress voted to power in 2005, that the then Chief Minister Hooda initiated the process of restoring the plot to AJL on a representation made on the firm’s behalf by one of the trustees,” Chautala said.

Documents revealed that Haryana’s Joint Legal Remembrancer Jagdeep Jain had, on August 17, 2005, strongly opposed the plot’s re-allotment. However, Hooda overruled Jain’s note.

On his part, Hooda defended his action, saying there was “no wrongdoing and that everything was done as per the procedure”.

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS): A fashion designer and her help were stabbed to death in a south Delhi farmhouse, police said on Thursday, adding that the three suspects who have been detained went to a police station to confess their crime.

Mala Lakhani, 53, who operated the Tulsi Creations boutique in Green Park and stayed in Vasant Kunj Enclave, was found dead along with her domestic help, Bahadur, 50. Their bodies were discovered with multiple stab wounds on Thursday at her home, Deputy Commissioner of Police Devender Arya said. Prima facie, the crime appeared to have occurred late on Wednesday.

It was reported to the police on Thursday morning, he said in a statement. “We have detained three persons, including prime suspect Rahul Anwar, who worked at her boutique,” Arya added.

The officer said all three went to a police station and confessed to committing the crime at 2.45 a.m.

ASEAN are strong and are contributing to a peaceful and prosperous planet,” Modi tweeted.

Prime Minister Modi also met with the NCC cadets who got the opportunity to visit Singapore as a part of a cadet exchange programme.

“Wonderful moments with my young friends.

Spent time with NCC cadets, who got the opportunity to come to Singapore as a part of a cadet exchange programme. They shared their memorable learnings and experiences with me,” Modi tweeted.

Prime Minister Modi began his two-day visit to Singapore Wednesday by delivering his keynote address at the prestigious Fintech Festival.

He also held separate bilateral meetings with US Vice President Mike Pence and the premiers of Singapore, Australia and Thailand and discussed ways to further strengthen ties, including in areas of trade, defence and security.

Before leaving for Singapore, Modi had said in New Delhi that his participation in the ASEANIndia and East Asia summits symbolised India’s “continued commitment” to strengthen its engagement with ASEAN members and with the wider Indo-Pacific region.

5 Panel to examine Naxalism will end in next draft service rules three-five years: Rajnath D I M A P U R , N OV 1 5 (NPN): State government has constituted a committee to examine the draft service rules to control, monitor and guide the officers and staff under the establishments of Nagaland House in Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong including VIP Guest House Kohima.

In a notification, home department stated that informed officers and staff under those establishments have been functioning without any service rules. “There is dire necessity to have a proper service rules to control, monitor and guide the officers and staff under these various establishments,” stated the notification.

In this regard, a sixmember committee headed by secretary home (GAB) as chairman has been constituted to examine the draft service rules. Other members of the committee include representative from finance department, representative from law department, DRC Kolkata, DRC Delhi and representative from P&AR department as member secretary. The committee has been asked to examine the draft service rules in detail and prepare final draft service Rules within three months time. The committee has also been directed to make exercise for framing a model staffing pattern for Nagaland Houses/Medical Lodges.

Rajnath Singh R aip u r , N o v 1 5 (IANS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday expressed confidence over eliminating naxalism in the coming three-five years and asked Maoists to join the mainstream by surrendering under the rehabilitation policy for them.

“Naxalism will end in next three to five years.

The surrender process is continuous and the government has decided to make the rehabilitation policy more effective,” he told reporters here during his two-day election campaigning in Chhattisgarh.

Rajnath Singh said Maoism was going through its last phase and that it had been reduced from ninety districts to only ten or eleven districts of the country.

He said earlier the killing of security person-

nel was more but the number of casualty of Maoists has increased with forces having an upper hand.

The Minister appealed to the Maoists to shun the path of violence and surrender, assuring them of providing benefits of rehabilitation policy being pursued by the government.

The Minister mocked at the Congress for not declaring its Chief Ministerial candidate in Chhattisgarh, saying “Congress is moving ahead with a marriage procession without the groom”.

“The Congress as well as all opposition political parties have been currently facing a crisis of credibility. The Congress has lost its inherent strength which is the base of any political party. This is the reason the Congress hasn’t so far announced its Chief Ministerial candidate (in Chhattisgarh),” he said.

Congress, which is seeking to end 15 years of BJP rule in Chhattisgarh, has so far not declared its Chief Ministerial candidate in the state that will go for the second phase of Assembly polls in 72 of the 90 constituencies on November 20 to elect a new Assembly. The first phase concluded on November 12.

Cyclone Gaja set to hit Tamil Nadu, Puducherry New Delhi, Nov 15 (Agencies): Cyclone Gaja is expected to make a landfall between Cuddalore and Pamban on Thursday night bringing heavy rainfall to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the weather department said, prompting authorities to shut schools and colleges in the area.

According to Hindustan Times, “The Cyclonic storm ‘GAJA’ over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved further west-southwestwards with a speed of 10 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centred at 2330 hrs IST of 14th November, 2018 over Southwest Bay of Bengal near latitude 12.0°N and longitude 83.8°E, about 410 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and 450 km east-northeast of Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu),” the India Meteorological Department said in its latest bulletin.

“It is very likely to move west-southwestwards and intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 12 hours. While

Fishermen dock their boats as a precautionary measure ahead of the arrival of cyclone ‘Gaja’, in Chennai, Thursday. (PTI) moving west-southwestwards thereafter, it is likely to weaken and cross Tamil Nadu coast between Pamban and Cuddalore, around Nagapattinam during 15th November evening as a Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph,” it added.

As a result, Karaikal in Puducherry and the coastal districts of Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur,

Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu would receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on Thursday.

Chennai would be spared from the onslaught of the cyclone though it would bring isolated rainfall. Sporadic rainfall was reported in Chennai and the vulnerable districts in the central Tamil Nadu remained cloudy on Thursday.

The district collectors of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Pudukottai, Nagapattinam, Ramanathapuram and Cuddalore have declared a holiday for schools and colleges on Thursday. All educational institutions in Puducherry and Karaikal regions would also remain closed. All university examinations have also been deferred, officials said.

Indian Railways has cancelled all the train services in the districts, which will be affected by Cyclone Gaja. The IMD’s bulletin also warned that the gale winds and rain could damage huts, rooftops and power and communication lines besides uprooting trees and causing havoc to paddy fields and other crops as well as orchards. Officials of the state agriculture department have urged farmers to insure their crops immediately.

State revenue minister RB Udhayakumar has said the state government has taken all precautionary measures to face Cyclone Gaja.

21 lakh bedroll items missing from trains Sabarimala all-party meet fails

In the light of the thefts, especially of towels, the Railways has decided to replace the face towels with cheaper, smaller, disposable, takeaway napkins.

NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (IANS): The passengers of the air-conditioned coaches are the prime suspects as over 21 lakh towels, bed sheets, blankets and other items went missing during 2017-18, an official said.

The passengers are suspected to have made off with precisely 21,72,246 “bedroll items” - including 12,83,415 hand towels, 4,71,077 bed sheets and 3,14,952 pillow covers

- from trains across the country in the last fiscal.

Besides, the Railways found 56,287 pillows and 46,515 blankets missing from the AC coaches during this period.

“Together, the missing items are estimated to cost over Rs. 14 crore,” a senior Railway Ministry official told IANS. While the theft of toilet mugs, taps, flush pipes and mirrors are also

reported on a regular basis, the missing bedroll items in substantial numbers has posed a challenge for the railways, which is trying to provide better amenities to upper class passengers.

Currently, about 3.9 lakh sets of linen are provided daily - this comprises two bed sheets, a towel, a pillow and a blanket for each passenger in the AC classes.

“The maximum

number of items stolen are towels, followed by bed sheets, as reported by coach attendants at the end of each journey,” the official said.

In the light of the thefts, especially of towels, the railways has decided that the face towels given to passengers travelling in airconditioned coaches will be replaced with cheaper, smaller, disposable, takeaway napkins, said the official.

The railways has already started changing the cover of blankets in some sections while the frequency of washing is being increased from monthly to fortnightly and weekly.

There is also a move to increase the frequency of washing of blankets to begin with and replacing the existing ones with the newly designed lightweight blankets made of soft fabric in a phased manner.

The plan envisages improvement of linen management with the aim of providing clean, hygienic and good quality linen to passengers travelling in AC classes, the official said.

Among the 16 zones

of Indian Railways, the Southern zone alone accounted for the theft of 2,04,113 hand towels, 29,573 bedsheets, 44,868 pillow covers, 3,713 pillows and 2,745 blankets.

In the missing list, South Central zone has registered 95,700 towels, 29,747 pillow covers, 22,323 bedsheets, 3,352 blankets and 2,463 pillows.

In the Northern zone, 85,327 towels, 38,916 bedsheets, 25,313 pillow covers, 3,224 pillows and 2,483 blankets were found missing. In the East Central zone, 33,234 bedsheets, 22,769 pillow covers, 1,657 pillows, 76,852 towels, and 3,132 blankets were stolen last year.

In the Eastern zone, 1,31,313 towels, 20,258 bedsheets, 9,006 pillow covers, 1,517 pillows and 1,913 blankets were reported missing by attendants after the end of the train journey.

The East Coast railways has registered 43,318 towels, 23,197 bed sheets, 8,060 pillow covers, and 2,260 blankets as missing.

T hir u v anan thapuram, Nov 15 (PTI): An all-party meeting Thursday failed to end the deadlock over the Supreme Court verdict that lifted the ban on entry for women of menstrual age to Sabarimala temple which was wrapped in an unprecedented security blanket on the eve of its opening for the two-month long annual pilgrim season.

Amid fears of fresh protests against the verdict, officials said prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC banning assembly of four or more people would be in force in Sabarimala in Kerala from midnight Thursday for a week.

The temple opens Friday evening, for the third time since the apex court verdict on September 28 allowed women of all age group to offer prayers at the hilltop Lord Ayyappa temple though none could do so following stiff resistance from devotees and activists, opposing any change in the temple traditions.

At the meeting Thursday, the Kerala government took a firm stand it would implement the verdict,

prompting the opposition to walk out in protest.

The government also put forward certain suggestions, including setting apart certain days for young women to offer prayers, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, adding these had to be discussed with all stakeholders.

State Director General of Police Loknath Behara told reporters at Nilackal, a base camp, that security has been doubled at Sabarimala and nearby areas for the season, compared to the previous two occasions when the temple opened last month and early this month.

Over 15,000 personnel, including women police personnel and 860 women civil police officers, would be deployed during the season, when lakhs of devotees from different parts of the country are expected to throng the shrine, police said.

Earlier, at the end of the nearly three-hour-long all-party meet, dubbed as a ‘farce’ by opposition, Vijayan said his government was duty bound to enforce the court verdict as it had

not been stayed.

Vijayan convened the meet in the backdrop of state-wide protests by devotees after the Supreme Court ended the ban on entry of women in the 10-50 age group.

“The government has no other option as Supreme Court has made it clear that the September 28 verdict has not been stayed, which means women in the 10-50 age group have the right to visit the Sabarimala temple,” Vijayan told reporters.

Opposition Congressled United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP staged a walkout at the meeting.

Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly Ramesh Chennithala accused the government of being adamant, while BJP state President P S Sreedharan Pillai said the meeting was a ‘waste of time’.

Meanwhile, the erstwhile Pandalam Royal family, associated with the temple, told Vijayan there was no change in its stand with regard to rituals and traditions of the shrine and it was against entry of young women.

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Trump enigma

S president Donald Trump may survive the current term of his presidency but it is most unlikely he would stand any chance of being re-elected in 2020. The only possibility of a likely re-election is if the American economy continues to perform and the dollar gets stronger. Trump has been very successful in bringing down inflation and improving the economy and also enabling creation of more jobs than in the past but still, his popularity does not match the disapproval ratings. This is because Trump is proving to be the most “unpresidential” of all incumbents and his administration has been hit by unwanted controversies. In addition, Trump has actually lived up to his role as the host in the American television serial, The Apprentice where he is either ‘hiring or firing’ people. Trump has been a truly disappointing president who won an unexpected victory of the much touted and hyped rival Hillary Clinton. One of the most potent critic of Trump happens to be the liberal media, the left and the democrats. The never ending attacks on Trump in the media especially CNN, which has made it its number one priority, has created a negative image of Trump as he is seen as one who can never do anything right. Liberals, leftists and democrats are forever predicting Donald Trump’s political demise.

After each purported outrage - Charlottesville, separating children from their immigrant parents, Helsinki and now the CNN lawsuit - they confidently contend that this latest event will finally force Trump’s supporters to abandon him. This has not happened and instead, Trump’s rating has actually risen by 6% since late 2017. Fueled by his historic tax reform and an unprecedented regulatory rollback, the economy grew by 4.1 percent in the second quarter.

The unemployment rate is just 3.9 percent - near the lowest it has been in nearly two decades - and the New York Times reports, “Job growth is on a record streak [and] American factories ... are hiring at their fastest rate in two decades.” Even African American and Hispanic unemployment rates are at near record lows, while unemployment rate for women is the lowest it has been since 1953. The American liberal media has got it wrong again as it had when Trump was poised to fight Clinton for the presidency.

The sheer ordinariness of Trump’s coalition is impossible to overstate. Trump has pressed towards the mark of keeping his poll pledges and that has kept his bulk support base happy even as the media flays him with each supposed transgression. After the recent mid-term polls in which the Republicans retained majority of the Senate but lost Congress to the Democrats, angry Trump-hating Democrats are forcing their leaders to impeach Trump. The antiTrump liberal media speculated on impeachment of the president by Democrats in the US Congress but on closer scrutiny out of 52 Democrats who had slammed Trump only 11 wanted impeachment. The liberal media has been using every opportunity to attack Trump in order to discredit him. Unfortunately, Trump’s conservative support base remains intact and instead his policies are showing positive results.

All these have made the attacks from the media and the democrats more vitriolic.

DailyDevotion “What Is That to You?” Peter…said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “…what is that to you?

You follow Me.” —John 21:21-22 One of the hardest lessons to learn comes from our stubborn refusal to refrain from interfering in other people’s lives. It takes a long time to realize the danger of being an amateur providence, that is, interfering with God’s plan for others. You see someone suffering and say, “He will not suffer, and I will make sure that he doesn’t.” You put your hand right in front of God’s permissive will to stop it, and then God says, “What is that to you?” Is there stagnation in your spiritual life? Don’t allow it to continue, but get into God’s presence and find out the reason for it. You will possibly find it is because you have been interfering in the life of another— proposing things you had no right to propose, or advising when you had no right to advise. When you do have to give advice to another person, God will advise through you with the direct understanding of His Spirit. Your part is to maintain the right relationship with God so that His discernment can come through you continually for the purpose of blessing someone else.

Most of us live only within the level of consciousness— consciously serving and consciously devoted to God. This shows immaturity and the fact that we’re not yet living the real Christian life. Maturity is produced in the life of a child of God on the unconscious level, until we become so totally surrendered to God that we are not even aware of being used by Him. When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured-out wine, we have yet another level to reach— a level where all awareness of ourselves and of what God is doing through us is completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint— a saint is consciously dependent on God.

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The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Post-mortem

As India fails to clean up its air, Water access and sanitation China is winning war on pollution shape birth outcomes W

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pending more time per day fetching water increased Indian women’s risk of delivering a low birth-weight baby, a study has said.

The study, by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and published online in October, highlights the relationship between adverse birth outcomes and sanitation access, domestic water-fetching, crime and gender-based harassment.

Among women without a household water source, two hours was the median time they trekked to collect water, the study reported. It suggests physical and psychosocial stress are possible mechanisms by which water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) access affects pre-term births (PTB) and low birth-weight (LBW) among Indian women.

“What we think is most likely is that carrying heavy loads of water requires a lot of calories, and that many women aren’t consuming enough healthy food during pregnancy to sustain the micronutrient needs to grow a healthy baby,” said study coauthor Kelly Baker, an assistant professor of occupational and environmental health.

Pregnant women need to consume 300 extra calories per day of nutritious food to give the foetus adequate nutrition.

“Recent studies have linked maternal malnutrition to low infant birth weight, and our study is suggesting a mechanism for why pregnant women may be malnourished,” Baker told Mongabay-India.

United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal target 6.1 calls for universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water. In 2010, the UN General Assembly explicitly recognised the human right to water and sanitation.

The State of the World’s Water Report 2018 reveals that in India, nearly 163.1 million people lack access to clean water close to home, despite the country being among world’s most-improved nations for reaching the most people with clean water.

India is reeling under problems of falling groundwater levels, drought, demand from agriculture and industry, pollution and poor water resource management - challenges that will intensify as climate change contributes to more extreme weather shocks, the report said.

At the same time, India also

faces a daunting task to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of bringing neonatal mortality from the current level of 25 to 12 per 1,000 live births and under five mortality rate from 43 to 25 per 1,000 live births by 2030.

The present study contributes to the limited evidence related to environmental causes of PTB and LBW by demonstrating that lack of household WASH infrastructure and social factors, like crime and harassment of women and girls, are risk factors for adverse birth outcomes in women in low- and middle-income countries, the researchers write.

The researchers culled data from the India Human Development Survey. The survey asked women about their drinking water source, walking time to that source, time spent fetching water, sanitation (toilet) access, harassment of women and girls and local crime among other queries. They examined the effect of pre-birth WASH and social conditions on self-reported PTB status and LBW status for 7,926 women who gave birth between 2004 to 2005 and 2011 to 2012.

Of these women, 14.9 percent experienced premature birth and 15.5 percent delivered a low birth weight baby.

Baker goes on to say that one of the most important limitations in their study was reliance upon self-reported behaviours, experiences, and birth outcomes, which may have been prone to response bias. Also, the amount of information collected about WASH and social capital was limited.

Gendered roles of water usage In November, India restructured its National Rural Drinking Water Programme with a goal to reach 90 percent of rural households with piped water by 2022.

As per government data, only 56.3 percent of the rural population has piped water supply.

In India, a ground-water dependent nation, drinking water security of nearly a billion Indians is at potential risk on account of the county’s groundwater crisis. At least 85 percent of the rural population relies on groundwater for their daily drinking water needs and nearly 50 percent of the urban share of water supply is groundwaterbased.

Western Sydney University’s Basant Maheshwari who

Cold ‘Super-Earth’ exoplanet discovered orbiting nearby star

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n international team of researchers have discovered a cold super-Earth exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf Barnard -- the second closest star system to Earth.

The new planet candidate, called Barnard’s star b (or GJ 699 b), is a super-Earth with a minimum of 3.2 Earth masses. It orbits its red star every 233 days near the snow-line, a distance where water freezes.

Lacking atmosphere, its temperature is likely to be about minus 170 degrees Celsius, which makes it unlikely that the planet can sustain liquid water on the surface.

“After a very careful analysis, we are over 99 per cent confident that the planet is there, since this is the model that best fits our observations,” said lead author Ignasi Ribas, researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

“However, we must remain cautious and collect more data to nail the case in the future, because natural variations of the stellar brightness resulting from starspots can produce similar effects to the ones detected,” Ribas added.

The results of the study are published in the journal Nature. Barnard’s star, which is just six light-years away, moves in Earth’s night sky faster than any other star. It is smaller and older than our Sun and is among the least active red dwarfs known, so it represents an ideal target to search for exoplanets.

Astronomers have since 1997 collected a large number of measurements on the oscillation movement of the star. In 2015, they found that it could be caused by a planet with an orbital period of about 230 days.

To confirm the hypothesis, the team used the radial velocity method.. “With the radial velocity method, precision spectrometers are used to measure the Doppler effect. When an object moves away from us, the light we observe becomes slightly less energetic and redder. On the contrary, when the star approaches us, the light becomes more energetic and bluish,” Ribas said.”When we re-analysed all the combined measurements, a clear signal arose at a period of 233 days. This signal implies that the Barnard´s star approaches and moves away from us at about 1.2 meters per second - approximately the walking speed of a person - and it is best explained by a planet orbiting it.”

(IANS)

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works on sustainable groundwater use and management observed women also make substantial use of groundwater for productive purposes. In most developing countries, like India, the trend is that women are responsible for household water collection and water use and management, including promoting hygiene within the household and community.

On the other hand, men are perceived to be responsible for productive water use and management such as the running of farms or small businesses even though women are very much involved in productive water use as well. Despite women’s significant role in water use and household management, their needs and uses of water are not often represented in water resource management policies or projects, according to a 2017 study coauthored by Maheshwari which looked at the gendered roles and responsibilities of water usage and collection in two watersheds of rural India.

Analysis of surveys across Meghraj watershed in Gujarat’s Aravalli district and the Dharta watershed in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district revealed that enhanced access to reliable and proximate water supply reduces the time spent by women in collecting water and the proportion of hard labour performed by them.

In addition, freed time may be spent on other income generating activities. Women interviewed indicated improved water access translated as diversified livelihood activities that increase their income earning potential and help strengthen their bargaining position.

The results confirm that a large number of women continue to travel many times a day to collect water for various uses. Women travelled an average of three times in a day for 50-77 minutes per trip to collect drinking water, depending on the season.

The responsibility of collecting water for drinking, domestic and livestock use also means girls are late to school or end up missing school altogether.

Further, the outcome highlighted the need for planners and policy decision makers to recognise the diverse roles that women play in groundwater use and management.

(IANS) Sahana Ghosh

hile New Delhi and other Indian cities choke amid worsening air conditions and half-hearted government measures, neighbouring China -- the world’s largest polluter -- is slowly winning its war against pollution.

Over a dozen Indian cities today are where their Chinese counterparts used to be some five years ago.

Until 2009, 16 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities were in China.

This year, the first 14, including New Delhi, are in India, and only the last four -- minus Beijing -- are in China.

China is notorious for pollution and it’s not just an offshoot of four decades of furious industrialisation.

The problem stretches back centuries when dynastic leaders ignored the environmental costs of development.

China had no environmental institution until 1972, six years after which the country went into an almost four-decade-long economic frenzy that saw smoke-billowing factories sprout across its landscape.

The government woke up to the problem only in late 2013 when a severe smog descended on Beijing -- dubbed “airpocalypse” -- and an eight-year-old girl in Jiangsu province was diagnosed with lung cancer attributed to air pollution, making her the youngest cancer patient in the country.

This triggered a huge public outcry and, surprisingly, the state-owned media joined the chorus.

“That was a watershed moment.

People were angry. It was then that the government decided to monitor PM (particulate matter) 2.5 in 74 cities and make the data public,” Ma Jun, Director at the Institute of Public Environmental Affairs, a Chinese NGO, told IANS. The stability-obsessed Chinese government also realised that merely disseminating data was not enough and announced an ambitious plan to wage a “war on pollution”.

Green activists say although China has a long way to go to curb pollution, its efforts have begun to pay off. The Chinese Environment Ministry said in September that over half of some 650 cities saw air quality improve year-on-year. Now the skies over Beijing are blue -- and on some days exceptionally clean.

“Political will and ambitious targets set by the government in 2013 have delivered very impressive gains, but the level of determination going forward needs to be reaffirmed,” Lauri Myllyvirta, senior global campaigner, coal and air pollution, Greenpeace, told IANS. “Of course, things could still change this year if the first month or two of the winter period show negative progress,” he added.

China is the world’s largest

coal producer and burns half of it itself, causing severe air pollution.

But over the years, China has shut many coal-fired power plants and shifted to natural gas heating. This leaves many homes outside Beijing and other provinces extremely cold in winter but reduces smog.

In a bolder decision this October, the Chinese government said it will switch another 1.18 million residential households in the country to natural gas heating this winter.

“If you look at Beijing, the capital’s coal consumption has dropped from 22 million tonnes in 2012 to five million tonnes this year,” said Ma. “Beijing’s 2.5 PM has dropped from 90 to 58 in 2018.”

The Chinese standard for PM 2.5 is 35.

China has also cracked down heavily on polluting factories, shutting tens of thousands of them. It has a “green police” which has the power to send its inspection teams to any part of the country, a privilege enjoyed only by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

In 2017, 18,000 companies for were punished for pollution and fines worth $125 million were levied.

The green police also has the power to sack officials for being lax in controlling pollution. Last year, 12,000 officials were disciplined.

Setting off crackers is completely banned in 444 cities, including Beijing.

The glut of cars in Beijing is responsible for 30 percent of the city’s air pollution. And to tackle this, the government has placed a limit on license plates of cars. Car rationing is implemented with ease when pollution shoots up.

In another major decision last month, the Chinese market regulator decided to set up a system to recall vehicles that violate the country’s pollution and emissions standards.

Besides, China has the most number of electric vehicles in the world and it subsidises their manufacture.

The country is, in fact, spending heavily on clean energy -- more than twice the amount invested by the US. “More actions are needed. The coal consumption has stagnated but we need to reduce it further,” Ma said.

“There are many cities in China’s coal-belly, Shanxi, which still cannot meet the modest air quality standards. Things have improved, but we have a long way to go.”

The World Health Organisation has acknowledged China’s efforts in curbing pollution and reckons that India can take a cue from it.

(IANS) Gaurav Sharma, (sharmagaurav71@gmail.com)

Nutrition programmes, education help lowering anaemia in India

mproved public health and nutrition programmes for children under five years of age, and higher education and wealth among expectant mothers substantially contributed to lowering anaemia among these two groups between 2006 and 2016, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said.

Anaemia reduction among teenage girls and women under 50 years, however, showed minimal progress.”More than half of the population of women and children in India is anaemic and is, therefore, currently experiencing reduced quality of life in various respects such as work capacity, fatigue, cognitive function, birth outcomes and child development,” said Phuong Hong Nguyen, lead author and IFPRI researcher.

“In addition to describing the problem, showing slow improvements, and showing high variability between different states, our paper identifies drivers of anaemia from a broad set of potential drivers at various levels,” Nguyen added. The study, “Trends and drivers of change in the prevalence of anaemia among one million women and children in India, 2006-2016”, co-authored by IFPRI’s Samuel Scott, Rasmi Avula, and Purnima Menon; and FHI360’s Lan Mai Tran, was published recently in BMJ Global Health journal.

Using data from two rounds of the National Family Health Survey conducted in 2005-06 and the latest one in 2015-16, the researchers examined changes in haemoglobin and anaemia among a million women and children in India, and to identify key factors contributing to lowering anaemia prevalence in the country.

Among various drivers, positive changes in mothers’ education, coverage of nutrition and health interventions, socioeconomic status, sanitation and meat and fish consumption contributed to improvement in the haemoglobin count -- low haemoglobin count indicates anaemia -- among both children and pregnant women during 2006-16.

Better education alone accounted for nearly onefourth of the improvement seen in the haemoglobin count among expectant mothers, and one-tenth in children.

“Further improvements in these common drivers can substantially impact maternal and child anaemia, simultaneously bringing down anaemia prevalence across the country in these two groups,” said Nguyen. Haemoglobin and anaemia improved significantly among children less than five years; and pregnant women 15-49 years old, but not in the non-pregnant women in the same age group between 2006 and 2016.

Anaemia declined by

11 percentage points among children (70 per cent in 2006 to 59 per cent in 2016), 7.6 percentage points among expectant mothers (58 per cent to 50.4 per cent), and a mere 2.1 percentage points in teenage girls and women under 50 (55 per cent to 52.9 per cent). “It’s surprising that no progress has been made in reducing anaemia among non-pregnant adult women in India in the last decade. Most programmes have not focused on this group but, instead, have focused on pregnant

women and young children,” Scott said.

India’s recently launched Anaemia Mukt Bharat initiative puts the focus on women of reproductive age (20-49 years), who will start receiving weekly iron-folic acid supplementation, which supports the finding on the need to attend to this population segment.

In addition, the Centre has mandated the fortification of salt with iodine and iron, and wheat flour with iron, folic acid and Vitamin B-12.

(IANS)

Reader’s Post

A proud moment and great honour

Sir,

It is a proud moment and great honour to be given the opportunity of serving the nation as Acting C-in-C of the Naga Army. I am grateful to Brig. (Retd) S. Singnya, the Kedahge and the Federal Government of Nagaland for giving me this privilege. It is a huge responsibility no doubt but I will try to do justice to the trust by adhering to the Yehzabo of Nagaland and the Naga Army Rules and Regulations to serve the Naga Nation with sincerity, zeal and commitment. I call upon all Naga Army personnel to give their best/co-operation and serve our Nation with unity, loyalty and dedication.

It is an ardent desire of all civilized people to live in peace and harmony. I support the ongoing peace talks between the NNPGs and the Government/GoI of India because I believe that the best way to resolve political issues and disputes is not through wars and conflicts but through peaceful means and political dialogues. At the same time, I urge the two entities to be sincere in resolving the issues timely so that a lasting peaceful atmosphere can prevail in the land.

Maj. Gen. Kutsoru Lohe, Acting C-in-C, Naga Army, Federal Government of Nagaland

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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Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Workshop on Sustainable Development Goals concludes

Minister of Planning and Co-ordination, Neiba Kronu speaking at the valedictory function of the workshop at Hotel Vivor, Kohima on November 14.

DIMAPUR: The valedictory function of the workshop on “Building capacities for taking forward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nagaland” was held at Hotel Vivor, Kohima on November 14.

According to DIPR, speaking on the occasion, Minister of Planning and Co-ordination, Neiba Kronu said that the seminar

was organized to build capacities of various departments in order to forward and achieve SDGs. He acknowledged the UNDP for coming forward to impart the training to the officials of the state government and also NITI for helping in various ways to take the SDGs forward in Nagaland along with the rest of the country. He admitted that the state government was

far behind other states in the implementation of SDGs. However, he hoped that the two day workshop would be a brainstorming exercise and lift the minds of the officers and the participants to bring the state at par with the rest of the country. He encouraged everyone to join hands to achieve the SDGs in order to bring the people to a better living standard.

A presentation on financial planning and resources was given by special secretary finance department, V. Kenzo. Key takeaways and way forward for SDG implementation in Nagaland was delivered by regional head NER, UNDP, John Borgoyary.

The program was chaired by chief secretary, R. Binchilo Thong and vote of thanks was delivered by MSME specialist UNDP, Mallika Adhikari.

Organizations condemn murder

DIMAPUR: Various organizations have condemned the murder of a teenage girl whose body was found on November 13 morning in a building under construction, at Dr. Neilhouzhü Kire Government Higher Secondary School, Seikhazou D. Khel.

D C, D S U, D M K : Dapfhütsumia Council (DC), Dapfhütsumia Students’ Union (DSU) and Dapfhütsumiapfü Mechü Krotho (DMK) Kohima village has jointly condemned the heinous act and brutal murder of the girl.

A joint condemnation by D Khel Council Kohima village chairman, Kelhouphilie Kire, Dapfhütsumiapfü Mechü Krotho president, Sedeneinuo Sachü and DSU president, Kikrukhrielie Khezhie expressed strong resentment against the barbaric act committed by unknown miscreant/s in its jurisdiction. The joint condemnation, while extending full support and cooperation, has appealed to the law enforce-

ment agencies to expedite the investigation by booking the culprit/s and bringing the case to a just and logical conclusion leaving no stone unturned in the process.

DYO: Dapfhütsumia Youth Organization (DYO) in a condemnation from DYO president, Vituonyü Khezhie and general secretary, Zedikuolie Kire has urged the law enforcement agency to book the involved culprits if found and punish them according to the law.

DYO also conveyed heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the grieving family.

DNKGHSS: Staff and students of Dr. Neilhouzhü Kire GHSS (DNKGHSS) Kohima have strongly condemned the brutal murder.

A condemnation note from the school principal stated that such acts of barbarism inside an educational institution called for condemnation by all right thinking citizens. The school further requested the law enforcing agencies to investigate the heinous crime and book the culprits without delay.

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CMO Kohima issues food safety advisory DIMAPUR, NOV 15 (NPN): Following suspension of food licences of two bakeries in Kohima last month for failure to comply with some conditions, the chief medical officer (CMO) and designated officer Kohima, Dr. Ritu Thurr, has issued advisory to bakeries in Kohima.

In an advisory, CMO stated that the premises of bakeries should be clean and maintain overall hygienic environment.

It stated that all equipments must be kept clean, washed, dried and stacked at the close of business to ensure freedom from growth of mould/fungi and infestation.

The advisory stated that drainage system should be efficient and there should be adequate provisions for disposal of refuse. It also stated that all food handlers must keep their finger nails trimmed, clean and wash their hands

with soap or detergent and water before commencing work. The workers working in processing and preparation are to wear clean aprons, hand gloves, head wears, face mask and foot wear, it stated.

Further, advisory said that person suffering from infectious diseases should not be permitted to work.

Any cuts or wounds should remain covered at all time and the person should not be allowed to come in direct contact with food. It insisted that all food handlers should avoid wearing loose jewellery during working period.

It was also stated that vehicles used to transport foods must be kept clean.

With regard to Food Safety Display Board, the advisory stated that a minimum of one should be displayed in the premises, adding that more than one can be displayed in case the outlet was big in size and board was not visible to the

consumers and food handlers. On food packaging, the advisory stated that food business operators should use food grade plastic for packaging. It cautioned that using of coloured plastic for wrapping the cake should be avoided as they were mostly not of food grade plastics.

With the coming of festive season, the advisory directed that cakes should be wrapped in food grade plastic, which should be transparent so the purchasers/consumers would be able to see the condition of the cake. Moreover, it said the label should be in place identifying the name of the bakery, place, manufacturing date and best before date.

Meanwhile, the purchasers/consumers have been requested to see that it was packed in transparent food grade plastics with the requisite information on the label before purchasing.

PGCPTA holds 5th annual meeting

Children’s Day was celebrated at Model Higher Secondary School Kohima along with a cultural program on November 14. The day witnessed the teachers and the students performing attractive items such as songs, dances, skit, story-telling, etc. (MHSS media team) MGMHSS, Dimapur celebrated Children’s Day-&-School Annual Day with a variety of cultural programs presented by students from nursery to higher secondary classes MGM teachers also performed a variety of items for the students. (MGMHSS media cell)

DAYO condemns kidnapping

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Nagaland State Legal Services Authorities (NSLSA) celebrated Children’s Day by conducting placard rallies with legal literacy club members of each district in line with NALSA Child Friendly Legal Services to Children and their Protection Scheme, 2018. (NSLSA public relation assistant)

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District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) Avika Zhimomi along with staff of DCPU Peren visited Child Care Institution (CCI’s) and distributed gifts on the occasion of Children’s Day. (DCPU Peren)

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Zakiesato Memorial Higher Secondary School Dimapur observed Children’s Day on November 14 with great exultation and recalling the love and heart of “Chacha Nehru”. (Administrator ZMHSS, B.P Sharma)

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DIMAPUR: Dimapur Ao Youth Organisation (DAYO) has condemned the abduction of a Naga sales woman allegedly by NSCN (I-M) cadres for ransom on November 9.

Condemning the act, DAYO president, Aotemsu and general secretary, S Pangertoshi, said such a despicable act was alien to Naga culture and ethos.

The organisation said no reason could justify such an act perpetrated on any woman who could be someone’s daughter, wife, sister or mother.

DAYO lauded Dimapur police for arresting the kidnappers and has extended its support to the police for justice to be served and rule of the law A fire ravaged a mobile tower generator near Don Bosco School Dimapur at to prevail in Dimapur. around 8:30 pm, Thursday night. (NP)

Children’s Day was celebrated at Imsutemjen HSS Mokokchung with school administrator Moa. A number or presentations from the teachers and awards for remarkable students marked the day. (Imna Jamir)

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DIMAPUR: Pfutsero Government College Parent-Teachers Association (PGCPTA) held its 5th annual meeting on November 9 at the College Seminar Hall. A press release by PGCPTA reports that PGC principal, Dr. Moanochet Longchar, briefed the participants about NAAC assessments and requested the association to extend its support towards the college achieving accreditation.

In view of the college preparation for NAAC assessment, PTA president, Neikhwetso Mero, also requested the parents to extend full support and help the college.

The association also recognised and awarded Dane Dukru of 6th Semester for academic excellence. The meeting ended with a benediction by HoD Political Science, Medozu Mero.

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A total of 141 million people are enrolled under accident insurance while 55 million have availed life insurance under the scheme, he said.

Besides, a low premium pension policy called Atal Pension Yojana was launched, targeted at providing sustenance pension after 60 years of age.

For funding the unfunded, the government introduced the Mudra scheme.

Once these accounts became operational, he

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said the government moved towards formalising and digitising the economy.

“To for malise the economy, the government demonetised high value currency which compelled people to put all their cash into the banking system,” he said.

The government also introduced a new taxation regime -- the Goods and Services Tax (GST) -- where multiple taxes were combined into one, he said, adding the tax system became completely online and brought many activities into the formal system.

This is still work on progress, Jaitley added.

Speaking at the occasion, Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar said enthused by the success of PMJDY, the government recently launched its second phase with a target of providing bank accounts to all individuals and doubling overdraft facility to Rs 10,000.

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place but it will be a slow process and aspirational society is not willing to wait indefinitely.”

Talking about the financial inclusion drive of the Narendra Modi government since 2014, he said the ultimate objective was to bank the unbanked, secure the unsecured, fund the unfunded and service the unserviced areas.

Banks, especially public sector banks, opened 330 million accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in a few months, he said.

Initially, it was zero balance accounts and gradually people started putting in money.

To incentivise operational accounts, he said an overdraft facility was provided to them.

Noting that India predominately is an uninsured and unpensioned society, he said the government offered insurance at very affordable premium as part

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New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI): A high rate of growth is necessary to alleviate poverty and ensure that benefits of development reach the poor, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Thursday.

Addressing the 25th World Congress of Savings and Retail Banks here, he also said an aspirational society cannot wait indefinitely for the benefits of growth to improve the quality of life of the poor.

“Economies like ours all over the world need a high rate of growth. We want to use growth as a mechanism to pull the maximum number of people out of poverty, improve upon quality of life but we are conscious of the fact that dangers of development and progress benefiting a few and leaving many others out of inclusion system are also there,” he said.

Therefore, he said, “the penetration effect of growth will certainly take

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ners and Cleanest Village Award 2018, which was bagged by Kitami village, were later awarded by the governor.

Tree plantation awards were also given away on the occasion and Shesulimi, Natsumi and Chisololimi bagged the first, second and third positions respectively.

Qhetubo Kimilipu (greased pole clamping) competition was also held on the occasion, in which people from Mishilimi, Pughoboto, Natsumi, Awohumi, Shesulumi, Mukalimi, Iqhanumi, Kilomi and Tukuliqa participated.

Traditional Sumi female sports, bamboo stilt race and Sumi kick-fight competitions were also held on the first day.

Earlier during the day, Acharya lit the traditional ritual Itsa (fire making).

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(From p-1) while the second group of entrepreneurs involved in meat production and sale would visit meat processing centre in Guwahati.

As Thuwuni becomes popular, Swu said there was a need to genuinely plan a future course of action for the benefit of all Aphuyemis. This year, he said the major task of organising the festival was given to MUSIK-A, which was organised by Alobo Naga and his team.

He appealed to all sections of Pughoboto people to rise up to the occasion, even as he narrated the experience and achievements of Thuwuni thus far.

Meanwhile, a Swachh Bharat marathon was organised on the occasion, which was flagged off by the Vikheho Swu. The marathon win-

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Asthana, regional manager-sales and dedicated by Kevichalie Metha, pastor of Peraciezie Baptist Church, Kohima.

Kovi Meyase, administrator, Kohima Municipal Council, in his speech as the special guest, lauded Royal Enfield as well as KK Motors, Kohima for bringing the premier motorcycle brand to Kohima. He opined that two-wheelers are the solution to ease the ever growing menace of traffic jams in Kohima.

Kekhrieletuo Kelio, proprietor of KK Motors,

NEW DELHI, NOV 15 (PTI): After the GST implementation, the pharmaceutical sector grew 6 per cent to Rs.1,31,312 crore on a year-on-year basis till May 31, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) impact on the sector has largely been positive and constructive, he added.

“Before GST, annual turnover of the pharma sector (as on May 31, 2017) was Rs.1,14,231 crore,” Mandaviya said in a statement.

Elaborating on the reasons for the growth, he said that under the ‘One Nation, One Tax’ regime, the removal of complexity of multiple taxes has reduced their cascading effect on the final product.

“GST is expected to decrease the manufacturing cost in view of merging of different taxes levied earlier and promote ease of doing business. It will create one single market for all stakeholders with equal chance towards development,” Mandaviya said.

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oil prices softened.

In July, fuel demand had risen by 6.3 percent to 16.99 MT, according to PPAC data.

During October, petrol sales were up 4.6 percent to 2.33 MT while diesel consumption was up 6.7 percent to 6.98 MT. Pe t r o l p r i c e h a d touched an all-time high of Rs 84 a litre in Delhi on October 4 but has since declined to Rs 77.28 per litre on Thursday.

Diesel, which had touched a record high of Rs 75.45, is now priced at Rs 72.09 per litre in Delhi.

During October, aviation turbine fuel (ATF) sales were up 9 percent to 6,89,000 tonnes.

With the government pushing for use of cleaner liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as cooking fuel by giving free connections to poor women, cooking gas (LPG) consumption was up 4.8 percent at 2.06 million tonnes.

The result of LPG push was a 7.4 percent drop in kerosene usage at 2,88,000 tonnes in October when compared to the year-ago period.

D i m a p u r , N ov 1 5 (NPN): Royal Enfield, the fastest growing motorcycle brand in the world, opened its showroom with automated servicing centre in Kohima under the name KK Motors at North Hill Arcade, Opposite Vishal Mart, Kohima. Delivering the brand philosophy of ‘pure motorcycling’ in every aspect of ownership experience, Royal Enfield’s exclusive store is the 2nd in Nagaland and 37th in the North East.

The showroom was inaugurated by Ravi Prakash

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI): India’s exports rose by 17.86 per cent to USD 26.98 billion in October compared to the year-ago month, according to the commerce ministry data.

Imports during the month also rose by 17.62 per cent to USD 44.11 billion, leading to widening of trade deficit to USD 17.13 billion.

The deficit widened despite a steep decline of 42.9 per cent in gold imports to USD 1.68 billion during the month under review. The trade gap was USD 14.61 billion in October 2017.

During the April-October period of the current fiscal, exports grew by 13.27 per cent to USD 191 billion.

Imports were up by 16.37 per cent to USD 302.47 billion, leaving a trade deficit of USD 111.46 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal.

It was USD 91.28 billion in April-October 2017-18.

thanked the Royal Enfield management, friends and well-wishers who worked for the construction of the showroom and servicing centre. The showroom offers the ambience of a motorcycle enthusiast’s living room featuring an interesting visual merchandising format, sitting spots and innovative product displays which include purposebuilt protective riding and lifestyle gears. It has been designed not just as a point of purchase but also a meeting point for conversations around motorcycling.

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI): India’s fuel demand rose by 4 percent in October as a drop in prices propelled a rise in petrol and diesel consumption. Fuel consumption in October totalled 17.99 million tonnes (MT) as compared to 17.3 MT in the same month last year, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Oil Ministry showed.

When fuel prices started to rise on the back of a spurt in international oil rates and depreciation in rupee value against the US dollar in August, demand marginally dipped by 0.3 percent to 16.5 MT. In the following month, when petrol and diesel prices continued their upward trend, consumption rose by just 1 percent to 16.51 MT. However, rates have been on the decline in October as the government cut excise duty by Rs 1.50 a litre and asked oil firms to subsidise fuel by another Re 1 a litre, which many states matched with equivalent cuts in sales tax (VAT), and international

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May faces no confidence threat Indian-origin minister quits in fresh Brexit jolt MPs are nowhere near the numbers they need (158) to defeat May in a confidence vote, British media reported.

Rees-Mogg told reporters that "coup" is the wrong word, as he is following legitimate means to try and oust the Prime Minister.

"Leaving the European Union is the most fantastic opportunity for the United Kingdom. This opportunity is being thrown away," he said.

"The problem is that the negotiations have given way on all the key points," the Conservative lawmaker said.

Another Conservative MP, Henry Smith has also submitted his letter, requesting a vote of no confidence in May. Rory Stewart, a minister of state at the Ministry of Justice, attacked MPs attempting to trigger a leadership challenge against May, saying it "feels like a sort of coup d'etat taking place in Parliament."

Earlier, Vara, the Conservative Party MP for Nor th-West Cam-

Theresa May

bridgeshire, who has been a minister in the Northern Ireland Office since January, said, "We are a proud nation and it is a sad day when we are reduced to obeying rules made by other countries who have shown that they do not have our best interests at heart. We can and must do better than this. The people of the UK deserve better."

He attacked the draft withdrawal agreement which would form the basis of the UK's exit from the EU by March, 29, 2019 as a "half-way house with no time limit on when we will finally become a sovereign nation".

Raab's resignation was followed by another pro-Brexit minister, work and pensions secretary

California wildfires death toll climbs to 58; over 130 missing

Rescuers work among debris after the wildfire in Paradise, California.

San Francisco, Nov 15 (IANS): The death toll from the three raging wildfires in California has increased to 58, while authorities have continued their search for more human remains and also track down 130 people who remain unaccounted for.

The majority of the missing were reported from the town of Paradise, where the Northern California’s Camp Fire, deemed as the worst wildfire in the US state’s history, started on the morning of Novem-

ber 8, CNN quoted Butte County Sheriff and Coroner Kory Honea as saying on Wednesday.

About 461 people and 22 cadaver dogs were searching the town and other communities.

“We’re moving as fast as we can. It will take as long as it takes,” Honea said when asked about a timeline for the search.

“It’s an impor tant thing that we get right. And I understand the issue (of residents wanting to return to their properties), and I’m

Second Trump-Kim summit in 2019, says Pence

to commitments once sanctions were lifted.

The US Vice President lauded Chinese efforts on the issue and added that Trump would discuss North Korea with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the two meet in Buenos Aires later this month during the G20 summit.

Taliban kill 30 policemen in Afghanistan Kabul, Nov 15 (Agencies): Kabul: Afghan officials say the Taliban have killed 30 policemen in a blistering overnight attack in western Farah province.

Provincial council member Dadullah Qani said on Thursday that the onslaught on the police outpost in the province’s district of Khaki Safed began late on Wednesday and continued for more than four hours.

In Kabul, lawmaker Samiullah Samim said the district police commander, Abdul Jabhar, was among those killed.

The Taliban managed to flee with a large amount of weapons and ammunition. Samim says retaliatory airstrikes killed 17 Taliban fighters.

The Taliban have in recent months been staging near-daily attacks across Afghanistan, inflicting heavy casualties on Afghan forces.

Authorities no longer regularly provide casualty figures but unofficial estimates say about 45 Afghan police or soldiers are killed or wounded daily.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Khashoggi family in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

RIYADH, Nov 15 (Agencies): Five Saudi officials face the death penalty for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was dismembered inside the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate, but Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was not involved, the prosecutor said Thursday.

The announcement follows growing international outcry over the killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of the Saudi rulers who was last seen entering the consulate on October 2 to obtain paperwork for his marriage.

Khashoggi died after being drugged and then dismembered, a spokesman

for the public prosecutor’s office said in the first Saudi confirmation of how he was killed.

The journalist’s body parts were then handed over to an agent outside the consulate grounds, the spokesman said.

He denied Prince Mohammed had any knowledge of the murder.

The deputy chief of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence, General Ahmed al-Assiri, gave the order to repatriate Khashoggi -- and “the head of the negotiating team” that flew to the Istanbul consulate had ordered his murder, the spokesman said.

After repeated denials, Saudi Arabia finally admitted in mid-October

that Khashoggi had been murdered at the compound, but blamed it on a “rogue” operation.

The prosecutor has requested the death penalty for the five who “are charged with ordering and committing the crime and for the appropriate sentences for the other indicted individuals,” an official statement published by state news agency SPA said.

It said a total of 21 individuals were in custody in connection with the killing, 11 of whom have been indicted with investigations to continue into the others.

Turkey on Wednesday called for an international investigation into the murder.

Ankara has already shared voice recordings linked to the murder with a number of countries including Saudi Arabia, the United States and its Western allies.

After first insisting Khashoggi left the consulate unharmed, Saudi authorities said he was killed in an argument that degenerated into a brawl before finally accepting what Turkey had said virtually from the start -- that he was killed in a premeditated hit.

White House sacks Donald Trump’s top aide

Mira Ricardel

New Delhi, Nov 15 (Agencies): Trump's deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel was

forced to step down from her post by the White after the first lady Melania Trump called for her firing.

Donald Trump’s wife and the first lady of the United States Melania Trump had said that Ricardel did not deserve the honour of working for the White House.

“She no longer deserves the honour of serving in this White House” Melania had said on Tuesday.

Just a day later, in a

statement, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Ricardel is leaving her post and will "transition to a new role within the Administration."

Ricardel had entered a spat with the First Lady and her staff over Melania’s trip to Africa in October and over the use of government resources for the trip, reports said.

Ricardel has had several clashes with rest of White House staff too, Washington

Post said, highlighting her frequent clashes with Secretary Jim Mattis. Ricardel had berated people in meetings, yelled at professional staff and argued with the first lady, it reported.

National security adviser John Bolton had roped in Ricardel in April to serve as his deputy, hailing her “impressive” track record of successfully managing teams and diverse organisations, as well as addressing complex issues.

NDPP 2 DIMAPUR-II A/C & 26 AONGLENDEN A/C

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On 07-11-2018, NDPP Dimapur-II A/C Official paid a courtesy visit to NDPP 26 Aonglenden A/C Official at Kohima as a mark of respect and Honour to the departed leader Late Hon'ble Advisor Imtikumzuk Longkumer. In the said meeting it was fully deliberated to strengthen the party under the dynamic leadership of Hon'ble Chief Minister Rio and Party President Chingwang Konyak. Further, with regard to by election to the 26 Aonglenden A/C, after much deliberation it was opined that a capable and dynamic leader will be sent to represent the 26 Aonglenden Assembly Constituency.

R. SANEN LONGKUMER PRESIDENT NDPP 2 DIMAPUR II A/C

Apropos to the Advertisement published on 12 th October 2018 on Photography Contest by Child Protection Services, Department of Social Welfare Nagaland, the venue has been changed from Highland Park Kohima to Ozone Cafe, Razhii Point Kohima at 4:00 PM. Date of Result Declaration shall remain the same i.e 20th November 2018.

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I, Mr. Kewezü Mero, Joint Secretary and Caretaker, Naga Club was surprised by a statement published in the Local Dailies on the 12th of November, 2018 in my name.

The statement, declaring my support and solidarity to the Centenary Celebration of Naga Club scheduled on the 29th of November, 2018 and to the persons involved in organizing the celebration, was published without my knowledge and by impersonating my identity.

To set the record straight for the Naga people in general the last mandated office bearers of the Naga Club was re-formed on 7th January, 1982 at Kohima Village, Panchayat Hall with the following persons: Eno. Azuto Rengma - President Eno. Kriesacisie - Vice-President Eno. Vilavor Liegise - General Secretary Eno. Kewezü - Joint Secretary Eno. Pudilie - Treasurer Eno. Shihani Lgha - Chaplain Therefore, the statement published on the 12 th November, 2018 should be rendered null and void.

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3rd KING'S VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

The All Nagaland Hindi Teachers Union (ANHTU) is going to celebrate its 25 years of Silver Jubilee on 22nd Nov. 2018 at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima at 11:00 A.M. Shri. P.B. Acharya, His Excellency, Governor of Nagaland will be the Key Note Speaker and Shri. Menukhol John, Principal Secretary will be the Guest Speaker. All Nagaland Hindi Teachers are requested to attend the programme.

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were not entirely happy with the final text.

The biggest sticking point remains over what is termed as a Northern Ireland backstop, which leaves the EU with the option of keeping the whole of the UK within a common Customs Union if a future trading relationship fails to be thrashed out during the 21-month transition period, set to run until December 2021.

Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader, attacked Prime Minister May in his response to May's statement on Brexit to the House of Commons.

He said May's negotiations that resulted in Wednesday night's draft Brexit deal with the European Union had ended in a "huge and damaging failure."

Corbyn demanded that the government should withdraw the deal.

"The government simply cannot put to Parliament this half-baked deal that both the Brexit Secretary and his predecessor have rejected," he said.

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Singapore, Nov 15 (IANS): US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday confirmed that a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would take place next year.

The first summit between Trump and Kim was held on June 12 in Singapore, in which the North Korean leader had agreed to work towards denuclearizing the country and the US President had guaranteed security for the regime, reports Efe news. “We believe that the summit will likely occur after the first of the year, but the when and where of that is still being worked out,” Pence told the media.

Trump said last week that the meeting with Kim would take place at the beginning of 2019 and added that he was happy with the discussions with Pyongyang, despite recent reports that missile bases in North Korea remained active.

Pence said that Trump was determined to maintain sanctions and maximum pressure on the North Korean regime to avoid a repeat of past mistakes, referring to Pyongyang not sticking

balancing the competing interests.”

The sheriff ’s department will begin taking DNA samples from people who are missing a family member on Thursday, he said.

Of the 58 victims, 56 were killed in Camp Fire while a second blaze, Woolsey Fire in Southern California’s Los Angeles and Ventura counties, has killed at least two people and destroyed nearly 500 homes.

A third Southern California blaze has burned 4,531 acres and was 96 per cent contained as of Wednesday morning.

According to Cal Fire, Camp Fire was 35 per cent contained. More than 10,000 str uctures have bur ned down, officials said.

More than 230,000 acres burned in California in the past week. That’s larger than the cities of Chicago and Boston combined.

In 30 days, firefighters have battled more than 500 blazes, said Cal Fire, the state’s forestry and fire protection agency.

Esther McVey, announcing that she is resigning from the Cabinet over the issue. Another junior Brexit minister Suella Braverman quit over Brexit, shortly after her former boss Raab quit office.

The resignations are being seen as a sign of bigger troubles ahead for May, who defended the deal before belligerent MPs in the House of Commons.

Making a statement on the withdrawal agreement, dubbed the Outline Political Declaration, at the heart of the intensifying rebellion, May said she respected the views of her Cabinet members who chose to resign but delivering Brexit involves difficult choices.

"The choice is clear.

We can choose to leave with no deal. We can risk no Brexit at all. Or we can choose to unite and support the best deal that can be negotiated....," the defiant prime minister said.

While she claimed the Cabinet had collectively given its backing to her deal, many ministers had spoken out against it and

Khashoggi murder: Prince Salman exonerated; 5 face death penalty

We the Kohima Okotsoe Ekhung (KOE) and Kohima Okotsoe Students’ Union (KOSU) with immense pride and happiness extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Athungbeni Ngullie, D/o Mr. Ngangshithung Ngullie for securing the Post of LDA cum Computer Assistant in the recently conducted recruitment exam by the Office of Commissioner, Kohima, Nagaland.

We wish and pray that Almighty God continue to bless her with more success and wisdom in her future endeavours.

MR. ABEMO LOTHA MR. MHABEMO SHITIRI President General Secretary Kohima Okotsoe Students Union Kohima Okotsoe Ekhung

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L o n d o n, N ov 1 5 (PTI): Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday faced a possible "coup" after Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, Indian-origin minister Shailesh Vara and two other ministers resigned from her divided Cabinet over UK's "half-baked" divorce deal with the European Union.

Minutes after Vara stepped down as Northern Ireland minister, Prime Minister May was hit by a bigger blow as her Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigned from the Cabinet saying he "cannot in good conscience" support the draft of the withdrawal agreement with the 28member bloc.

Amidst a spate of resignations, prominent Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg directly challenged 62-yearold May in the House of Commons. He later submitted a letter of no confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party.

May's opponents need 48 letters from Tory MPs to trigger the confidence vote.

However, Brexiter Tory

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HONILI MEMORIAL HR. SEC. SCHOOL Lhomithi Village, Dimapur Cordially invites all the Alumni To be part of our School

SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION On 17th November, 2018 9:00 A.M. at the school premises.

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ANCSU organizes beat contest 1st Tokhu Von competition LiveNow sets stage for HIRC A

T Performance by Immanuel College, Dimapur

Mokokchung. Each band played two songs and was judged by three judges; Incipit lead guitarist Atsa Long Roths, proprietor of Crescendo Akum Jamir, and Incipit drummer Yangkum Jinger.

The special invitee for the evening was Advisor, Rural Development, Niekiesalie Nicky Kire, who in his address, encouraged the students to be the best not just where they were but even in the nation-

al level. He also pointed out how those who dissuade youngsters from pursuing sports and music as a career have been proven wrong as sports persons earn the most today.

The other highlight of the programme included a brief note by the ANCSU social and cultural secretary, Keneisituo Kense. The comperes for the best contest were Atokali Kiba and Ruopfukuolie Chutso.

Staff Reporter

Nepali gospel voice 1st edition of Mr. Kohima on Nov 17 he coronation of 1st The judges for the event hunt season 2 held edition Mr. Kohima will be PR director BASN, on No- Mele Pucho; fashion model, in Chümoukedima vemberwill17beatheldRCEMPA Opang Jamir; general secre-

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Jotsoma, from 12 noon onwards.

Its main motive is for a charity cause of Tabitha Enabling Academy Kohima.

During the event, special appearance will be made by Femina Miss India Nagaland 2018, Rupfuozhano Whiso.

tary BASN, Tiaren Jamir; and director of REN, Atheli Zhimomi. The winner will be sponsored by CEO of DMC, Moatemsu Sangtam; first runner up by Hetika Cafe, second runner up by Ilandlo.

The show will be supported

by BASN.

stage in the Great Hornbill Guitar Jamboree and the organizers had reserved day four event more special however informed that it will be informed once confirmed.

Soulmate, a renowned band from Shillong will perform on day nine. The organizers also informed that an international DJ was expected to perform though final confirmation was still awaited.

The four shortlisted bands from Nagaland are: Udx – Dimapur; Since 90’S – Dimapur; Yellow Beacon – Dimapur And Switchblade - Kohima. Shortlisted national bands for HIRC: Moongphali (Delhi), Vishnu (Siliguri), Snuffer (Halflong), Skvi (Aizawl), Perfect Strangers (Bangalore), Her Illegal Practice (Gangtok), Vikrit (Ranchi), Tripp Pilots (Mumbai), Kroashia (Aizwal), Meraki (Darjeeling), Granite Yard (Gangtok), Ambush (Diphu),Tyrrhenian (Guwahati), Lost Icons (New Delhi), Rongbin the Secret Realm (Karbi Anglong), Quiet Battle (Shillong), Looking Glass (Pune), Existence (Ranchi), Pralaya (Darjeeling) and Highway 69 (Ranchi).

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HAPPY 75 BIRTHDAY th

Howoto I. Kinimi

Ingu, May God's grace and blessings continually be upon you.

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NACRSC OFFICE BEARERS

FELICITATION With immense pride and joy, we the maternal uncles would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Ezao L Ezung, S/o. Mr. Lamathung Ezung and Mrs. Yanbeni Ezung of Longsa Village for securing the post of Block Development Officer (Cl-I Gazetted) under Rural Development Department in the recent NPSC Examination.

We deeply appreciate his achievement and pray that the Almighty God bless him with good health, wisdom and success in all his future endeavours.

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The Northern Angami Christian Revival Churches of Council had elected its New Sub Office bearers for the tenure 2018 to 2021 1. Chairman : Mr. Rheilhou Lhoungu 2. Vice Chairman : Mr. Sevilie Kerhü-o 3. General Secretary : Mr. Khrielelie Loucü 4. Joint Secretary : Mr. Keviletuo Sopfü 5. Treasurer : Mr. Neikho-o Mere

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oice hunt season - II, the Nepali gospel singing competition in and around Dimapur Nepali Churches organized by Nepali Baptist Church (NBC) Chümoukedima youth department was held on November 11 at Nepali Baptist Church Chümoukedima.

The programme was graced by joint secretary of Dimapur Gorkha Union, Samir Gurung, who in his speech focused on how music plays an important role in the life of youth and encouraged each participant to glorify Lord with their God given talents.

This was the second time the community of Gorkha NBC Chümoukedima youth department took initiative of organising singing competition for Nepali singers.

Its principle aim was to nurture and provide platform for the upcoming singers, teenagers and musicians of Christian Gorkha youths in Dimapur to develop their music skills.

The music ministry of NBC Chümoukedima youth department also aimed to make use of music to strengthen friendship and to bridge the gap between the Gorkha community by worshiping and praising God’s grace.

The contest was of two categories solo singing (karaoke) and solo acoustic singing.

All together 10 contestants from eight different Gorkha Churches of Dimapur took part in the event namely NBC Walford, GBC Viola, GCC Darogapathar, NBC Chümoukedima, Bread of Life Church Naharbari, NBC Padum pukhuri, GBC Diphupar.

Winners of the Nepali gospel voice hunt season - II winners were, in acoustic category: First prize was bagged by Edna Rai of Gorkha Baptist Church Diphupar; second

by Dipak Sunar of Gorkha Christian Church Darogapathar; and third by Anand Thapa of Gorkha Baptist Church Viola.

In karaoke category the first prize was bagged

by Yeshi Thapa of Bread of Life Church Naharbari; second prize by Vivek Lamgadey of Nepali Baptist Church Chümoukedima; while third prize was bagged by Rahul Sharma of Nepali Baptist Church Padumpukhuri.

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aged the participants to be a visionary with trust and enthusiasm in one self and in the goal to be achieved.

Aims and objectives of LNCS were delivered by president LNCS Okying hq.

Kohima, Zubemo Kithan.

The main purpose of the competition was to bring out the hidden talents of the upcoming youngsters.

All together 10 participants took part in the competition, wherein Lobeno Tungoe won the first prize, while runner up was bagged

by Konathung Murry. Cash prize along with recognition certificates were awarded to the winners.

(LNCS, Wokha Unit)

have conveyed their interest to participate he said there have been a few hitches, therefore there may be no international bands contesting this year.

He informed as per the decision of the state government encourage and uplift the musicians, that winners from the mini hornbill festival will be given a platform during the Hornbill Rock Contest and music festival as per the winners for the Rock Contest will walk away with a cash prize of 10 Lakhs, Rs. 5 Lakhs to the 2nd runner up and 3rd runner up will get a cash prize of Rs. 3.5 Lakhs and other individual category prizes.

LiveNow will manage the 10-day long HIMF. The director Atsung Jamir informed that on ont first day there will be Naga Musicians showcasing their talents while on the second day there will be "Praise Sunday" where Christian music will be given a platform and proceeds from the entry fee collection will be donated to charity in keeping with the concept "Hornbill giving back to the society".

He said Day three will see guitarists taking centre

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s part of its 4-day collegiate meet, All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) held a beat contest featuring six college bands at Dimapur Government College on Thursday evening.

The six colleges that vied for top honours were; Immanuel College, Dimapur; Kohima Science College, Jotsoma; Dimapur Government College; Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung; and People’s College,

o enhance the singing potential and confidence of the upcoming youngsters, Lotha Naga Cultural Society (LNCS) Wokha village unit organised the first Tokhu singing competition on November 6 at Wokha village local ground.

A press release from LNCS Wokha village unite stated that sr. dental surgeon & DNO (NTCP) Wokha, Dr. Meribeni Odyuo, graced the occasion as the special guest.

Addressing the program she urged the citizens of Wokha village to protect, preserve, and promote the rich culture in all aspects of life. She also encour-

s part of the Hornbill International Music Festival, the Hornbill International Rock Contest (HIRC) 2018 which was considered as one of the best and biggest Rock Contest in the country will kick start from December 5 at Dimapur and will culminate on December 8.

The HIRC as part of the 10-day long hornbill festival and audition for Nagaland was held Thursday at Regional Centre of Excellence for Music & Performing Arts (RCEMPA) Jotsoma.

Briefing media persons on the lined-up event, before the start of the audition at RCEMPA Jotsoma today, former director MTF and consultant Gugs Chishi said branding of Hornbill International Rock Contest have touched the national and international arena.

He said for 2018, 10 bands from Nagaland will be auditioned out of which four bands will be shortlisted to enter the competition and 20 bands will be shortlisted out of the 40 bands from outside the state for the contest.

Chishi informed that though international bands

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Man Utd profit falls in first quarter

L o n d o n, N ov 1 5 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : M a n chester United have revealed reduced revenue and profit for the first quarter of 2019.

The club generated £135m in revenue for the period up until 30 September, which is 6.1 per cent down on the same time last year.

The club say the fall can largely be attributed to reduced sponsorship revenue, as a result of a smaller summer tour, and reduced match-day revenue, as a result of playing fewer home games.

Furthermore, United have only played one home game in the Champions League during the period in question, as opposed to two during the same time last year, which has resulted in up to a £10m reduction

in broadcast revenue.

United’s wages have also risen 10.2 per cent on last year, largely due to the signings of Alexis Sanchez, Diogo Dalot and Fred, as well as the new contracts agreed with Luke Shaw and Marouane Fellaini.

As a result, United’s operating profit for the quarter is £13.9m, 22.3 per cent lower than in the same period last year.

However, there is good news for United in that their net debt has fallen by 7.8

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per cent, although it does sustainable growth across with stakeholders, Wood- united in their aim to gain still stand at £247.2m. all areas of the club.” ward added, “The squad momentum in the Premier Despite the falling revIn a conference call and manager are fully League.” enue and profit, United still predict record revenues of between £615m and £630m across the whole year.

United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward was positive about the figures, and said the club’s “financial strength” will allow the club to invest in the first team and the academy.

He said, “Our financial strength enables us to continue to attract and retain top players and to invest in our academy, as we look to drive the success on the pitch that the club and our fans expect.”

“We remain on track to deliver our record fullyear revenue guidance, underpinning our long-term, strategic plan to create

Peren Legislator’s Football Trophy underway

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved LT. TOVILI AYE 16.11.2017

It’s been a year since you left us but your loving memories still linger in our hearts and give reason to smile and cherish the time we spent together. We miss you so much.

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Loving parents, brothers & sister

IN MEMORIAM ON YOUR

20TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY LT. NUKRANGTIBA OZUKUM

16-11-1998 “As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; When I wake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form” Psalms 17:15 The passing of the years without you in our midst, awakens in our hearts the cry for permanence.

Loving Wife & Loved ones.

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C.L. John, B.S. Nganlang Phom, Y.M Yolom Konyak and PDRA officials.

the country, the MLA said enthralled the crowd with that sportsmen should aim a special number.

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We, the family of The opening remark Late Renthungo Ngullie and welcome address was delivered by Ernest Sep- (Vikugha) acknowledge he, president, Peren Dis- the expressions of trict Referee Association sympathy and gestures of kindness shown (PDRA).

The invocation prayer to us. We offer our was offered by Rev. Fr. Roy heartfelt thanks to Thomas, Parish Priest, St, friends, neighbours and Paul’s Church Peren and all the well wishers who Wikedon, winner of Peren were with us during Voice impact session 5, our darkest hour by

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We t h e b e r e a v e d family members of Late Sendonglemba (Waromung Compound) would like to express our profound gratitude and deepest indebtedness to all who stood with us physically, emotionally, financially and in prayers at his sudden demise.

Though we are unable to thank each of you individually, your kind deeds shall always be remembered.

May the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved Late P.N. Ajungla

Born: 13.02.1944 – Died: 16.11.2017 Every dawn’s brilliant sunshine reminds us of you; Every second is tinged and imbued with your thoughts; Loveliest Mother, Already, it's one year since you departed for your Eternal Home; God only knows how deeply we miss you with our every breath.

May your beautiful soul rest in Eternal Peace Until we meet again.

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providing us physical, financial and prayer support.

We are unable to thank each and everyone individually personally but our prayers and thoughts Born on : 20/02/1967 will always be with you. Died on : 12/11/2018 Lastly, a special thanks to the Doctors and Nurses of Eden Hospital and Faith Hospital who had rendered their yeomen service for the departed soul.

May God bless each and everyone of you.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Through this column, we the bereaved family would like to thank all who stood by us through physically, spiritually, mentally and financially during our pain and sudden demise of our beloved son Lt. Khekito Ghunatsa (Akibo) We are thankful to : 1. Tukunasami Baptist Church 2. Tukunasami Women Department Born : 01-08-1996 3. Tukunasami Youth Department Died : 09-11-2018 4. Tukunasami Students' Union 5. Tukunasami Union Dimapur 6. Tukunasami Union Kohima 7. Tukunasami Union Satakha 8. V.L.O. Tukunasami 9. Satakhami Welfare Society Kohima 10. Sumi Baptist Church, Padumpukhuri 11. New Christian Church, Naga Colony, Burma Camp 12. Kichilimi Village Council 13. Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu 14. Western Sumi Students' Union 15. Satakha Range Students' Union 16. Nunumi Students' Union 17. Eastern Christian College Students' Union 18. Eastern Christian College (Friends) 19. Dean of the Students' Eastern Christian College 20. Shri. G. Kaito Aye, Minister 21. Shri. Zheito Chophy, Ex-Candidate, 36 A/C N.P.F, Satakha 22. Mr. & Mrs. Hekuto Zhimo, Dy. Kilonser GPRN/NSCN 23. Mr. & Mrs. Kakuto Swu, Dy. S.P (Rtd) 24. Mr. & Mrs. Asheto Kiba 25. Mr. Khetoshe (Best Friend) We regret our inability to mention the names of all the individuals but we pray that God Almighty repay you abundantly.

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Loving parents and relatives

4th DEATH ANNIVERSARY "There is nothing left to worry.

About the sun and her flower are here"

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Loving Wife, Son and Relatives.

OBITUARY

-Rupi Kaur

Lt. CHENKEYA TEP RENGMA

Lt. K. Hutoli Awomi

(9/10/1965 – 16/11/2014) Today, we fondly remember and celebrate the greatest joy of life we had together dear mom. Your wisdom engraved in our hearts keeps us thriving yet it also leaves us aching. However, what is stronger than the "Human heart" is the deepest love of our dear mother. Therefore, your nourishment of wisdom filled with love and prayers will always be our greatest merit as we continue to thrive.

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Forever in our hearts Lovingly husband & children

Born on : 15-12-1983 – Died on : 08-11-2018 Phillipians 4:1 THEREFORE, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord beloved.

We the bereaved family members of Late Chenkeya Tep Rengma would like to express our most heartfelt and profound gratitude to all our friends, neighbours, churches, organization, Unions and well wishers who stood by us physically, spiritually, materially and financially during our hour of extreme grief and distress at the sudden and untimely demise of our beloved brother on 8th Nov. 2018.

We are at a loss for words or action to repay each one of you individually for the kindness and sympathy which you have shown to us. But your good deeds and your expressions of sympathy will always be remembered and indebted in our hearts.

It is our humble prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Loving Dad, Brothers, Sisters, Nephew, Neice and Relatives.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Born on March 1924 – Died on 30th October 2018 We the family members of LATE MRS. DOHUNO NAGI D/o ZAPRA PESEYIE of Jotsoma Village would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us Spiritually, Physically and Financially from the time of our beloved Mother’s illness till her demise on 30th October 2018.

We convey our sincere gratitude to each and every Individual, Family Members, Clans, Jotsoma Village, Organisations, Churches, etc. May our living God bless everyone. We convey our thanks to: 1. Calvary Baptist Church, Phezhu Jotsoma 2. Calvary Baptist Thenuko Krotho, Phezhu Jotsoma 3. Nagamese Fellowship, Calvary Baptist Church, Phezhu Jotsoma 4. Ao Baptist Church Fellowship, Phezhu Jotsoma 5. Phezhu Youth Organisation, Phezhu Jotsoma 6. P.H.E.D Staff, Kohima Science College, Phezhu Jotsoma 7. Nepali Puja Committee, Kohima Science College, Phezhu Jotsoma 8. Baptist Church Jotsoma 9. V.D.B Jotsoma 10. Nourhe Society, Jotsoma 11. Jotsoma Thenuko Krotho 12. Dzüdza Village, Jotsoma 13. Nagamese Fellowship, Dzüdza Village 14. Nagamese Church, Naga Bazaar 15. N.B.C.A Kohima Region Women Fellowship 16. Zanuo Krotho, D. Block, Seikhazou 17. Vice President on behalf of NNC 18. Yimchungrü Region, NNC 19. Chairperson on behalf of Naga Women Federation, NNC ~ From loving sons, daughters, and grandchildren

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D i m a p u r , N ov 1 5 (NPN): The 12th edition of Peren District Legislator’s Football Trophy 2018 got underway on November 13 at Peren town with MLA C.L. John gracing the opening ceremony as special guest.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, the special guest said that the district was fortunate to have legislators initiating noble job by organizing a running trophy. Citing the legendary footballer Dr. T. Ao for his contribution towards

We offer our heartfelt thanks to friends, neighbours, relatives, churches, organizations far and near.

There are no suitable words to express our thankfulness to each one of you, for the kindness shown to us in our difficult times. You were the angel sent

by God to be the comforter in our pain.

We could cry on your shoulder during the sudden demise of our beloved, Late L. Ghokuto Sema (Hoqheto Tsuqu) on 9th November 2018.

Your contributions made our Born on 06/04/1962 loss more bearable. As it would Died on 09/11/2018 be impossible to Thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude. May you be the Angel for many in your life’s journey.

God sees your good work and your great labour will not go in vain.

Born on 15-01-1990 – Died on 11-11-2018 Through this column, we the bereaved family members of Lt. Akashe L Assumi express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us through your prayer support, physically and financially at the untimely demise of our beloved on 11th Nov. 2018.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every one personally but we pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly. We convey our special thanks to : 1. Sumi Baptist Church, Kohima 2. Daklane Women Organization 3. Daklane Youth Social Organization 4. Daklane Panchayat 5. Daklane Aza noqo Friday Kighini muqo 6. Sumi Community Daklane, Kohima 7. Seven Home School, Zbto 8. South Point West Prayer Fellowship, Zbto 9. Usütomi Union (Kohima, Zbto) 10. Usütomi Urban Forum 11. Usütomi Baptist Church 12. Kichilimi Union Kohima 13. Principal & Staff, Zbto Govt. College 14. Joseph Hesso, DIG (HQ) 15. Ghunakha Swu, Daklane 16. Heshito Shohe, Rotomi 17. Kihoto Shohe, Rotomi 18. Yeheli Shohe, Daklane 19. Hukato Murru, Padam Pukhuri Dmp 20. Friends & Well Wishers Brothers, sister and relatives K-3381 K Y M C

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CVYO reach semi finals

The match between Chedema VYO (white) and United V&NN Dimapur on Thursday. (NP)

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Kohima, Nov 15 (NPN): Chedema Village Youth Organization (CVYO) booked semi-final berth after defeating its strong rival at the ongoing 24th Classic Cup at Kohima local ground on Thursday. The tournament is being organised by Classic Club Kohima.

Playing the last quarterfinal match, Chedema Village Youth Organization defeated United V& S Dimapur by 7-6 via tie break after the match ended in a 1-1 draw in the stipulated time of 80th minutes play.

Both teams scored a goal each in the extra time of 15th minute and the match was decided by tie break.

One of the most excit-

Bolt could call it a day in football by end of month Melbourne, Nov 15 (IANS): Star sprinter Usain Bolt will give himself until the end of November to take a call on whether to continue pursuing a career in professional football or not. “I’ve got a lot of offers from a lot of other clubs out there,” Bolt told Omnisport.

“We’ll make a decision before the end of November if I’m going to go to another club or call it actually quits.”

The eight-time Olympic champion turned down an offer from Central Coast Mariners following a long trial with the A-League club.

Bolt took part in the club’s most recent A-League tie against Melbourne Victory despite failing to reach an agreement with the Mariners. Bolt has also trained w i t h N o r we g i a n t e a m Stromsgodset and German giants Borussia Dortmund.

ing and competitive match, both the teams displayed equal skill and ball possession, however after 10th minutes play United V&N Dimapur started dominating the match and in the process, Medonituo made a long dangerous attempt but custodian saved it brilliantly.

In its continuous attacks, United V & N took advantage and opened the first account in the 14th minute through the boot of Laiwang with good supply by Medonituo. Chaba missed an opportunity to equalise the goal as his attempt went wide. Till the first half, United V&N lead the match with 1-0 on the score board.

After the breather,

Chedema VYO came back strong and dominated the match. However, attempts made by Shurhosul, Chaba and Kekhrieletuo missed the target. The much struggled and hard-earned equaliser was netted by Shurhosul in the 61st minute with assist from Punuru.

The ended match in a 1-1 draw in the stipulated time of 80th minute and headed for 15th minutes extra time. In the extra time, Shurhosul scored the second goal for CVYO in the 89th minute, however Souhimpou found the equalizer in the 110th minute to take the match to tie breaker .

Today’s match 1st semi-final: 2:00 pm Deja Vu Edition FC Vs Head Hunter Jakhama

Boxing will remain in Olympics: AIBA chief New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI): Boxing faces uncertain Olympic future but the world body chief Gafur Rakhimov Wednesday said the sport will remain in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games roster having made improvement on several aspects as sought by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The sport risks ejection from the Olympics after controversial Uzbek businessman Rakhimov was elected AIBA president this month. Whether boxing will be in the 2020 Olympics will be decided at an executive commission meeting of the IOC in Tokyo next month.

Rakhimov’s election has caused consternation at the Olympic movement with the 67-year-old linked to organised crime by the US Treasury Department.

He has, however, vehemently denied the allegations. Addressing a press conference after declaring the 10th Women’s World Championships open, Rakhimov said he was confident of boxing’s future as an Olympic sport.

“There is nothing to worry. These (issues) has been happening for many years and we have been correcting them. It has nothing to do with one person and the person’s interest will not be above boxing. Boxing will always be in Olympics,” he said.

“We are doing a lot

for the boxers. In the last 10 months at the helm of affairs at the AIBA, we have brought a lot of reforms and improvement. We will continue to give the best for our boxers.”

Asked about the report submitted by the AIBA to the IOC ahead of the Olympic umbrella body’s executive committee meeting in Tokyo next month, Rakhimov said, “The areas of concern were accumulated for many years. These include anti-doping, refereeing integrity, governance and financial aspects.

“This report also combined information from Youth Olympic Games for refereeing which was well welcomed by the IOC as well as anti-doping cases, WADA cases that AIBA is now 100% compliant.

AIBA always looks forward to cooperation with the IOC in order to improve any area which we are lacking and which have been of concern by National Olympic Committees.”

On the issue of refereeing controversies, Rakhimov said, “The IOC has advised to retain Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) as the company to oversee or analyse refereeing programmes and structures and to make recommendations. So far, the recommendations have been positive and we will continue working to improve the badly inherited refereeing system from the past.”

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Cilic beats Isner at ATP Finals

Marin Cilic returns a shot to John Isner during their ATP Finals match.

L o n d o n, N ov 1 5 (Agencies): Perennial O2 loser, Marin Cilic, finally got into the winning habit with only his second victory in 11 matches at the ATP Finals.

Cilic battled back to defeat an emotional John Isner and put himself in with a chance of qualifying for the knockout stages at the end-of-season tournament, claiming a 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 6-4 success.

Emotions were running high for Isner, who heard the sad news that his best friend, former strength coach, Kyle Morgan, had lost his life.

The American posted a tribute to the former Florida Gator football player on social media on Tuesday and came out for his latest round-robin match wearing his initials ‘KM’ on his trainers.

Cilic was forced to save three set points in an

epic 10th game as he struggled to deliver a first serve, losing his rhythm, while Isner was playing impeccably controlled tennis.

Somewhat unsurprisingly we headed into a tie-break and Isner, who claimed the biggest title of his career by winning the Miami Open earlier this year, took charge with some brilliant serving and huge groundstrokes on his way to the set.

Since losing the first six matches between the pair, Isner has won three out of the past four, and the 33-year-old, who is the oldest first-time qualifier at the season-ending tournament since a 35-year-old Andreas Gimeno debuted at the championships in 1972, appeared to be in an inspired mood.

He was forced to save two break-points in the sixth game thanks to more huge serving, which was

proving dispiriting for the fifth-seeded Croatian, until he gifted Cilic the vital break he craved after finally cracking in the eighth game with a rare doublefault. That allowed last year’s Wimbledon runnerup to wrap up the set and level things up.

Nerves appeared to creep into play with both players unable to hold serve as the opening three games of the deciding set went against the server until Cilic got a grip of proceedings to stay ahead and held his nerve to serve it out.

The result means Novak Djokovic will advance to the knockout stages for the eighth time in the year-end championships.

Cilic will take on world No 1 Djokovic in his final round-robin match, while Isner faces Alexander Zverev in a must-win clash for both men on Friday.

Cummins, Mustafizur released by MI Srikanth enters Hong Kong Open quarters

Pat Cummins

M u m b a i , N ov 1 5 (IANS): Australia quick Pat Cummins and star Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman are among the 10 players, released by the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2019 player auction next month.

The three-time champions have retained 18 players, including the Pandya brothers (Hardik and Krunal), Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande, Aditya Tare, Ishan Kisan, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy and

Mustafizur Rahman

Suryakumar Yadav.

To maintain the mix of experience and youth, the franchise has retained Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, destructive opener Evin Lewis and Kiwi pair of Mitchell McClenaghan and Adam Milne.

The management has also backed Australia’s T20 specialist Jason Behrendorff after the left-arm quick was recalled to the national side to face the Proteas.

Rohit Sharma will continue to lead the Mum-

bai Indians.

Coming to the released players’ list, Cummins and Mustafizur are joined by South African veteran Jean-Paul Duminy and Sri Lankan spinner Akila Dananjaya.

Mumbai Indians have also released India discards Saurabh Tiwary and Pradeep Sangwan. Among the uncapped players to be excluded are: Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, UP pacer Mohsin Khan and Kerala’s MD Nidheesh.

KOWLOON, Nov 15 (PTI): Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open World Tour Super 500 tournament here Thursday.

Fourth seeded Srikanth, who had claimed a silver medal at this year’s Commonwealth Games, had to dig deep in his reservoir to outwit fellow Indian H S Prannoy 18-21 30-29 21-18 in a thrilling match, clocking an hour and seven minutes.

Srikanth will face either Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto or Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen.

S a m e e r, h oweve r, qualified for the quarterfinals after his formidable opponent, Olympic champion Chen Long pulled out of the competition due to injury. He will face either Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus or local hope Lee Cheuk Yiu on

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Friday.

However, mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lost 17-21 11-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Lee Yang and Hsu Ya Ching to bow out of the tournament.

The match between the two trainees of the Pulella Gopichand acad-

emy turned out to be a pulsating contest as former world no 1 Srikanth did the catch up act with Prannoy enjoying the early spoils.

Prannoy, who had defeated Srikanth at the Senior National final last year, moved neck-and-neck till 9-9 before the former jumped to a 14-10 lead.

Srikanth clawed back

at 15-15 before Prannoy again moved ahead to secure the opening game.

The second game was a cliffhanger as the duo played out of their skin, giving nothing away. After a close-battle, Srikanth grabbed a slender 11-10 lead at the break, which evaporated soon as Prannoy took a 15-12 lead.

Srikanth again drew parity at 16-16 and moved to 19-17. However, Prannoy took two points to make it 19-19.

After that there was nothing to separate the two as both kept taking points alternatively before Srikanth managed to grab the upper limit of 30 points first to pocket the game and roar back into the contest.

In the decider, Srikanth continued his momentum surging to a 11-4 lead at the interval. Prannoy caught up at 16-16 before Srikanth again moved ahead to seal the contest.

Bangladesh level Test series with Zimbabwe

Bangladesh players celebrate after taking a wicket during their match against Zimbabwe.

DHAKA, Nov 15 (Agencies): Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor fought valiantly with his second century of the Test but Bangladesh won the final match by 218 runs to end the series at 1-1 on Thursday.

Needing a mammoth 443 to win, Zimbabwe were bowled out in the second session on the fifth day in Dhaka with Taylor remaining unbeaten on 106.

Taylor’s knock of patience and controlled aggression came from 167 balls

and featured ten fours. He had hit 110 in Zimbabwe’s first essay of 304.

Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan was the wrecker-inchief on the final day as he returned bowling figures of 5-38 -- his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests.

Mehidy denied Zimbabwe any chance of repeating their clinical performance of the first match in Sylhet that they won by 151 runs.

Taijul Islam added two more wickets to his five in the first innings and finished

the series with a career best haul of 18 scalps in two matches. He was named the player of the series.

The home side declared the first innings on 522 for seven with Mushfiqur Rahim hitting an unbeaten 219 -- the first time a wicketkeeper hit two double tons in Test cricket.

The visitors’ hopes of securing a draw rested on the pairing of Taylor and Peter Moor, whose 139-run sixth wicket stand in the first innings took the visitors past

the 300 mark.

But once Moor departed after a 79-ball vigil for a paltry 13 runs, smartly caught at short leg by Imrul off Mehidy, the Zimbabwe batting fell flat.

Resuming at 76 for 2, Zimbabwe lost another key man Sean Williams for 13 after pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman provided Bangladesh with the day’s first breakthrough.

Spinner Taijul dismissed Sikandar Raza for 12 by taking a sharp return catch to reduce Zimbabwe to 120 for 4.

But Taylor and Moor saw their side through to the lunch break with an unbeaten 41-run stand for the fifth wicket. Bangladesh declared their second innings on 224 for six at the tea break Wednesday after skipper Mahmudullah Riyad completed his second century in eight years.

The victory was Bangladesh’s first this year and it came after eight innings in which the Test minnows could not cross the 200 run mark.

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